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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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08KINGSTON25 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-09 13:22:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU JM |
08KINGSTON271 | JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR LEAVY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Jamaica Defense Force (JDF) for International Military Education and Training (IMET) Program April 9 to April 11, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-03-31 19:00:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
08KINGSTON277 | JAMAICAN BUDGET TECHNOCRATS OPTIMISTIC [...] (SBU) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) released a USD 7 billion estimated expenditure budget on March 27. The fiscal deficit is 5.5 percent of GDP, but should return to the 4.5 percent of GDP target for next year. The GOJ is focusing on increased tax compliance and taking tougher measures agai [...] | 2008-04-02 12:05:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS ETRD PREL PGOV EINV EAIR JM CH VZ XL |
08KINGSTON280 | JAMAICA: MARCH POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (SBU) The current Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) led government continues to press forward, albeit at a snail's pace. When the JLP released their manifesto, during the campaign for the national elections last summer, it was full of promises for innovations and reform proposals (Ref A). Now, with no re [...] | 2008-04-03 13:25:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI ECON EAIR JM XL |
08KINGSTON290 | JAMAICA: NEW DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-04 14:23:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC JM KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL SNAR |
08KINGSTON310 | JAMAICA: DUAL NATIONAL MP NOT ELIGIBLE TO SERVE IN [...] (SBU) In the afternoon of April 11, Chief Justice Zaila McCalla of the Supreme Court announced her judgment in the first case of election petitions filed alleging that an elected Member of Parliament (MP) had been improperly nominated; as he had sworn allegiance to a foreign power. The case w [...] | 2008-04-14 19:08:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CACS CPAS JM XL |
08KINGSTON329 | JAMAICA: DIPNOTE RE FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL SERVICE REQUEST [...] Post has received the following diplomatic note from the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),dated April 15, 2008: (Begin text of GoJ's diplomatic note no. 220/701/23) --------------------------------------------- ------ The Ministry of Fore [...] | 2008-04-17 19:11:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PGOV PTER KTIA JM XL |
08KINGSTON342 | JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR LEAVY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Jamaica Defense Force (JDF),and the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) for the Caribbean Defense and Security course, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information [...] | 2008-04-22 21:01:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
08KINGSTON345 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING IN [...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaica Defense Force (JDF),for USG-funded International Military Education and Training (IMET) Program, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of [...] | 2008-04-23 12:40:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
08KINGSTON364 | JAMAICA: APRIL POLITICAL ROUND-UP [...] (SBU) It's budget time in Jamaica, and presentations on the budget from both parties in Parliament dominated the media this month. The only story bigger than the first new JLP budget in over 18 years is the ongoing saga of dual nationals serving in Parliament. The first test case was complet [...] | 2008-04-29 15:58:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON EFIN JM XL |
08KINGSTON386 | JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR LEAVY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF)for the upcoming FBI National Academy Retrainer, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed can [...] | 2008-05-05 18:54:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
08KINGSTON391 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS MAY 18, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-06 17:42:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
08KINGSTON392 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS MAY 18, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-06 17:42:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
08KINGSTON394 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS MAY 18, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-06 18:00:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
08KINGSTON398 | JAMAICA: MORE BACKLASH AGAINST U.S. PASSPORT [...] (SBU) On May 5, Director of Elections Danville Walker announced his immediate resignation. Walker's resignation marks the latest casualty in the dual citizenship imbroglio that already has forced at least three Members of Parliament to formally renounce their U.S. citizenship (Ref A). Under [...] | 2008-05-07 12:03:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI CVIS CPAS JM XL |
08KINGSTON409 | JAMAICA: VETERAN OPPOSITION PARTY ORGANIZER [...] (C) Dave Anderson, the former Special Advisor to ex-Minister of National Security Peter Phillips and a veteran People's National Party (PNP) political organizer: (A) predicts that Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding will call a snap general election in July, and that his ruling Jamaica Labour [...] | 2008-05-09 17:42:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC SOCI PINR KHUM KCOR JM XL |
08KINGSTON419 | JAMAICA/CUBA: PRIME MINISTER BRUCE GOLDING'S [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-13 12:15:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID PTER SOCI ASEC MARR SNAR ETRD |
08KINGSTON442 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS JUNE 2, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-19 14:40:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
08KINGSTON470 | JAMAICA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: May 19, Ambassador Johnson met Jamaica's new Minister of National Security, Col. Trevor MacMillan. MacMillan, who is usually quite talkative, was surprisingly taciturn. In addition to providing MacMillan with brief snapshots of our current law enforcement, military and counter [...] | 2008-05-22 19:08:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL JM PGOV |
08KINGSTON476 | JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR UPDATES TO NAMES, TITLES AND [...] This is an action response to reftel - Operations Center's request for information: HEAD OF GOVERNMENT Last/Family Name: Golding First/Middle Names: Orette "Bruce" Conventional Usage: Prime Minister Formal Title: The Honorable Orette Bruce Golding, M.P., Prime Minister of Jamaica Off [...] | 2008-05-27 15:09:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL |
08KINGSTON538 | JAMAICA: HEADS OF KEY DONOR COUNTRY MISSIONS DISCUSS [...] (SBU): Summary: At a June 10 breakfast hosted by UNDP representative Minh Pham to discuss the deteriorating crime and violence situation in Jamaica, heads of key donor country missions and UN agencies agreed that the international community in Jamaica should support Jamaica Constabulary Force [...] | 2008-06-11 16:58:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC JM KCRM PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR SOCI UNDP XL |
08KINGSTON569 | JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR LEAVY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Jamaica Defense Force (JDF) for Counter Drug (CD) Program Training pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed candidates are: [...] | 2008-06-25 13:55:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
08KINGSTON571 | JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER BRUCE GOLDING'S GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-25 15:19:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SNAR ASEC ECON EFIN ETRD EAIR EPET KCRM JM |
08KINGSTON575 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET ON JULY 8 [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate: [...] | 2008-06-25 17:22:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
08KINGSTON576 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COUNTER DRUG [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate: [...] | 2008-06-25 17:23:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
08KINGSTON597 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COUNTER DRUG [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) Firearms who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed can [...] | 2008-07-03 20:51:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
08KINGSTON598 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COUNTER DRUG [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) MIU who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate: [...] | 2008-07-03 20:51:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
08KINGSTON599 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COUNTER DRUG [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) FAT who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candida [...] | 2008-07-03 20:51:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
08KINGSTON60 | JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER GOLDING REQUESTS MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-17 18:50:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV JM XL |
08KINGSTON600 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COUNTER DRUG [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JDF) OCID Intel who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed [...] | 2008-07-03 20:52:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
08KINGSTON617 | JAMAICA: FORMER MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In a recent conversation with the NAS Director, Jamaica's former Minister of National Security and opposition People's National Party (PNP) leader, Peter Phillips, agreed that there is danger that Jamaica could go the way of Haiti if the current government were to fail in its refo [...] | 2008-07-11 14:35:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PINR PGOV SOCI ASEC KCOR JM XL |
08KINGSTON621 | JAMAICA: FORMER MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In a recent conversation with the NAS Director, Jamaica's former Minister of National Security and opposition People's National Party (PNP) leader, Peter Phillips, agreed that there is danger that Jamaica could go the way of Haiti if the current government were to fail in its refo [...] | 2008-07-11 20:13:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PINR PGOV SOCI ASEC KCOR JM XL |
08KINGSTON628 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COUNTER DRUG [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidates: [...] | 2008-07-16 12:25:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SNAR JM |
08KINGSTON629 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COUNTER DRUG [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidates: [...] | 2008-07-16 12:26:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SNAR JM |
08KINGSTON647 | JAMAICA: LOOMING STRUGGLE FOR LEADERSHIP OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-22 12:03:00 | Embassy Kingston | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR SOCI SNAR ASEC ECON EFIN KCRM |
08KINGSTON653 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE RE PRESSURE ON THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-23 16:25:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | COL VE HR EUN PTER AF SNAR PGOV PREL JM XL |
08KINGSTON707 | JAMAICA: POLICE SUPERINTENDENT, CHARGED WITH EXTORTION AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-05 21:39:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SENV PHUM SOCI AID ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL |
08KINGSTON709 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DIPNOTE RE FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL SERVICE [...] Per reftel (D),Post delivered diplomatic note, together with a Word copy reflecting tracked changes, to the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) on the afternoon of August 7. 2. Post will report further developments. JOHNSON [...] | 2008-08-08 14:44:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PGOV PTER ASEC KTIA JM XL |
08KINGSTON710 | JAMAICA: DEFENSE MINISTERIAL OF THE AMERICAS (DMA [...] In response to DCM's inquiry per reftel, the Permanent Secretary in the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of National Security, Gilbert Scott, has provided the following information: (A) The Minister of National Security, Colonel Trevor MacMillan, will represent the GoJ at the DMA VII [...] | 2008-08-08 19:38:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON MARR MOPS PGOV PREL JM XL |
08KINGSTON727 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING IN [...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF),for USG-funded International Military Education and Training (IMET) Program, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of p [...] | 2008-08-20 13:42:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
08KINGSTON731 | JAMAICA: OLYMPIC TRIUMPHS IN BEIJING IGNITE [...] Spectacular performances by Jamaican athletes at the Beijing Olympics have enthralled this nation of 2.7 million, dominating the media and igniting widespread spontaneous celebrations. In Kingston and Montego Bay, normal commerce and traffic have slowed to a crawl as thousands have remained gl [...] | 2008-08-21 17:55:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL PREL PGOV ECON EINV SOCI KCRM JM XL |
08KINGSTON739 | JAMAICA: DIPNOTE RE FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL SERVICE REQUEST [...] In response to Embassy's diplomatic note delivered August 7 per reftels (D) and (E),on August 21 Post received the following diplomatic note from the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),dated August 13, 2008. For ease of reference, points at whi [...] | 2008-08-22 18:48:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PGOV PTER KTIA PREL JM XL |
08KINGSTON742 | JAMAICA: 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS DRAFT DECLARATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-22 19:32:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORD APER BEXP ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL |
08KINGSTON764 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE REJECTING RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-02 13:46:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS MARR GG RU JM XL |
08KINGSTON766 | JAMAICA: HIGH NOON APPROACHES FOR THE [...] (C) Following an interlude in which first the Beijing Olympics and then the devastation of Hurricane Gustav have monopolized the nation's attention, Jamaica now faces a high-stakes political struggle for the leadership of the opposition People's National Party (PNP). On September 20, some 4,00 [...] | 2008-09-02 14:39:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SOCI SNAR ASEC ECON EFIN KCRM KCOR IBRD |
08KINGSTON785 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF),for USG-funded International Military Education and Training (IMET) Program, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of [...] | 2008-09-08 20:40:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
08KINGSTON786 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF),Training, for USG-funded International Military Education and Training (IMET) Program, pursuant to the LEAHY Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-09-08 21:02:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
08KINGSTON787 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF),for USG-funded International Military Education and Training (IMET) Program, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Nam [...] | 2008-09-08 21:13:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
08KINGSTON808 | JAMAICA DOES NOT EXPECT TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY OF [...] Jamaica does not plan to participate in the Community of Democracies (CD) meeting scheduled for September 26 on the margins of the UN General Assembly, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Deputy Director for International Organizations, Diedre Mills. Speak [...] | 2008-09-15 19:39:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA KDEM JM |
08KINGSTON823 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF),for USG-funded International Military Education and Training (IMET) Program, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Nam [...] | 2008-09-18 19:30:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
08KINGSTON837 | JAMAICA: CHARISMATIC FORMER PRIME MINISTER PORTIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-22 20:15:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SOCI SNAR ASEC ECON EFIN KCRM |
08KINGSTON858 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the Evaluation Workshop for the IOM Human Trafficking Investigation Course held in San Salvador, October 21 - 23, 2008, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign As [...] | 2008-09-26 19:59:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
08KINGSTON870 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in the Basic Officer Leadership & Military Intel Courses held at Field Artillery School, Ft. Sill, OK, November 7, 2008, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance [...] | 2008-10-03 17:20:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
08KINGSTON872 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in the International Defense Transformation Course, Civil-Military Relations NPS Center, held in Monterey, CA, October 27, 2008, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign [...] | 2008-10-03 17:47:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
08KINGSTON884 | OPPOSITION PEOPLE'S NATIONAL PARTY REGROUPING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The opposition People's National Party (PNP) is reorganizing and healing rifts in the aftermath of a hotly contested leadership election. Former Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller (PSM),the incumbent party president, retained her seat in the September 20 contest, beating her ch [...] | 2008-10-09 16:33:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SOCI SNAR ASEC ECON EFIN KCRM |
08KINGSTON935 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET FOR UNIT VETTING TRAINING AND/OR RECEIVING EQUIPMENT FROM U.S., KINGSTON, JAMAICA, JANUARY 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-03 15:34:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
08KINGSTON94 | JAMAICA: UNABLE TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO'S PROSPECTIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-30 12:05:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU JM |
08KINGSTON949 | JAMAICA: IPR WORKSHOP BRINGS OLYMPIC GOLD [...] (U) Three-time gold medal winner Usain Bolt emphasized the importance of protecting intellectual property rights at a three-day workshop on Combating Piracy of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) held at the U.S. Mission in Kingston. The workshop held November 4-6 was organized by the Political [...] | 2008-11-07 13:40:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR SOCI PGOV SCUL USTR KCRM JM XL |
08KINGSTON957 | JAMAICA: RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-13 14:49:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PARM SOCI MASS EFIN ECON EAID |
08KINGSTON969 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in the International Officer Intel Course, held at Intelligence School, Ft. Huachuca, AZ, December 15, 2008, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post [...] | 2008-11-14 21:19:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
08KINGSTON972 | JAMAICA: FATAL SHOOTING MARS ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF RULING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-17 19:06:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR JM XL |
08KINGSTON981 | JAMAICA: DIPNOTE RE FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Post has received the following diplomatic note from the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)?s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),dated November 8, 2008: (BEGIN TEXT OF JAMAICAN DIPLOMATIC NOTE) ---------------------------------------- Ref No.: 358/801/3) The Ministry of Fo [...] | 2008-11-19 16:06:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PGOV PTER KTIA PREL JM XL |
08KINGSTON985 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the ANACAPA training course held Orlando, Florida, December 8-12,2008, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-11-21 14:57:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
08KINGSTON989 | CARIBBEAN AFFAIRS DIRECTOR DISCUSSES CRIME AND [...] (SBU) Summary: WHA Director for Caribbean Affairs Velia De Pirro visited Kingston October 29-31. Crime and corruption colored every discussion between Jamaican interlocutors and De Pirro. In meetings with Jamaican officials and Canadian and British diplomats, she affirmed the U.S. commitm [...] | 2008-11-21 19:06:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR JM XL |
08KINGSTON996 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in the Unit Vetting, Mobile Training Team, January 2009, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of propose [...] | 2008-11-21 20:45:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
08KINGSTON998 | UPDATED TO REFLECT CORRECT TRAINING/TRAINING DATE: [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in the Unit Vetting, Mobile Training Team, January 2009, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of propose [...] | 2008-11-21 21:16:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
08KINSHASA1002 | SENIOR ADVISOR SHORTLEY'S MEETINGS WITH NATIONAL [...] (S) Summary: National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe told AF Senior Advisor for Conflict Resolution Tim Shortley and PolCouns November 6 that the GDRC had already started on a multi-step process designed to lead to the resumption of full diplomatic relations between the DRC and Rwanda within [...] | 2008-11-13 06:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1004 | INTERNATIONAL FACILITATION MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from the International Facilitation (IF) and MONUC Force Commander Gaye met on November 11 in Goma to discuss various issues. EU Special Representative Roeland van de Geer provided a brief overview of the Nairobi Summit, emphasizing that the IF will support Oba [...] | 2008-11-13 10:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1005 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 13, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. 2. (U) The items contained in this situation report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Securit [...] | 2008-11-13 10:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1007 | GOMA NOTES - NOVEMBER 14 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation in Goma and Surrounding Area ------------------------------------- [...] | 2008-11-14 10:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1009 | DRC - TIP WATCH LIST INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The GDRC has taken first steps to address human trafficking. The Congolese National Demobilization Agency (in French--Unite d'Execution du Programme National de Desarmament, Demobilisation, et Reinsertion (UEPN-DDR)) launched a national awareness campaign of zero tolerance for [...] | 2008-11-14 14:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CG |
08KINSHASA1010 | PRESS FREEDOM QUARTERLY: JULY-SEPTEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: Congolese security forces continue to harass journalists. Intelligence agents arrested a journalist in Kindu, Maniema for allowing on-air criticism of local authorities. An anonymous official threatened a journalist in Kananga, Kasai Occidental for criticizing the state of te [...] | 2008-11-14 16:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM CG |
08KINSHASA1012 | Update on the UN Justice Mapping Project [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Justice Mapping Project for the DRC began its six month deployment phase on October 17. The project has field teams in North Kivu, South Kivu, Katanga, and Orientale provinces as of October 24. The three main objectives of the Mapping Project are to conduct an inventor [...] | 2008-11-17 06:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS CG |
08KINSHASA1015 | GOMA NOTES - NOVEMBER 17 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security and Humanitarian Situation ----------------------------------- 2. (SBU) [...] | 2008-11-17 13:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1016 | RWANDAN ARMED GROUP POLITICAL LEADERSHIP PUSHES FOR [...] (SBU) Post received a copy of a letter dated November 13 from the National Congress for Democracy (CND -- "Congres national pour la democratie" in French),which is a political umbrella for several FDLR elements, to Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexis Thambwe Mwamba. CND makes an open call to [...] | 2008-11-17 13:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA102 | North Kivu Military Meetings Fail as CNDP Walks Out [...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC Vice Admiral Dieudonne Etumba, with MONUC as co-chair, convened a meeting of CNDP and Mai Mai groups January 28 to establish a preliminary Technical Commission to follow up the Kivu accords, but the lone CNDP representative objected to Etumba's proposed structure as differ [...] | 2008-01-30 12:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS CG |
08KINSHASA1024 | Eastern Congo Developments: Nkunda- [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. 2. (SBU) Summary: During his November 16 meeting with UN Special Envoy Obasanjo, CN [...] | 2008-11-18 12:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1025 | KABILA PICKS DIDIER ETUMBA, A REGIONAL OUTSIDER, [...] (U) On November 17, President Kabila named Didier Etumba Longila as the new Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, replacing Dieudonne Kayembe. Concurrently, Etumba was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General. Although an army officer, Etumba had been serving as Navy Chief of Staff, as well [...] | 2008-11-19 07:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | SECRET | PGOV PREL CG |
08KINSHASA1026 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - NOVEMBER 19 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) The CNDP announced publicly on Tu [...] | 2008-11-19 15:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1032 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - NOVEMBER 20 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) UNDSS reported sporadic shooting [...] | 2008-11-20 13:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1034 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - NOVEMBER 21 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) At a November 21 morning briefing [...] | 2008-11-21 11:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1038 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - NOVEMBER 24 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. 2. (SBU) Summary: CNDP rebel leader Laurent Nkunda presented new local administrato [...] | 2008-11-24 12:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1044 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - NOVEMBER 25 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) A senior MONUC military official [...] | 2008-11-25 10:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1049 | BEHIND THE LINES: A VISIT TO NKUNDA LAND [...] (SBU) Summary: CNDP Chairman Laurent Nkunda held his first public rally in the recently captured town of Rutshuru on November 22. Goma Poloff made the 80-kilometer drive from Goma with a MONUC escort, observing few signs of combat and generally relaxed residents along the crowded corridor. [...] | 2008-11-25 16:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA105 | African Union summit - DRC confirmed [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-31 06:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KSUM PREL PGOV XA CG |
08KINSHASA1050 | UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR THE GREAT LAKES OBASANJO [...] (C) Summary: UN Great Lakes Envoy Olusegun Obasanjo briefed Kinshasa-based diplomats November 15 on his meetings with Angolan President dos Santos and with senior DRC officials, including President Kabila. Dos Santos told Obasanjo that there were no Angolan troops in the DRC, except for a f [...] | 2008-11-26 07:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KPAO |
08KINSHASA1052 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - NOVEMBER 26 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) After three days of relative calm [...] | 2008-11-26 11:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1057 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - NOVEMBER 28 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) MONUC Goma reported that CNDP too [...] | 2008-11-28 11:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1059 | FIRST OFFICIAL DONOR MEETING WITH NEW DRC PRIME MINISTER [...] (U) Summary: A group of heads of development and cooperation agencies from key donor countries met with new Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito on November 22, 2008. The discussion lasted for approximately 90 minutes and touched upon the Prime Minister's new p [...] | 2008-12-01 07:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH CG |
08KINSHASA1060 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 1 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) MONUC security sources in Goma re [...] | 2008-12-01 11:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1064 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 2 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) According to MONUC contacts in Go [...] | 2008-12-02 15:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1066 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 3 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) At a December 2 briefing in Goma, [...] | 2008-12-03 11:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1070 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 4 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) MONUC told Goma poloff on Decembe [...] | 2008-12-04 09:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1074 | RADIO JOURNALIST KILLED IN EASTERN DRC [...] (SBU) Summary: Didace Namujimbo, a Radio Okapi journalist, was killed November 21 by an unidentified armed man in Bukavu, South Kivu province. This is the second Radio Okapi journalist assassinated in this town in the past eighteen months. Two other journalists were victims of violence in Ki [...] | 2008-12-04 15:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM KPAO CG |
08KINSHASA1075 | CONGOLESE NATIONAL TV NETWORK SUSPENDS JOURNALISTS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 2, executives of the government-owned "Radio Television Nationale Congolaise" (RTNC) suspended twelve journalists for broadcasting footage of a protest march that purportedly highlighted seditious content. This decision is not a departure from RTNC's long history o [...] | 2008-12-04 15:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM KPAO CG |
08KINSHASA1078 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 5 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) At a December 4 Kinshasa briefing [...] | 2008-12-05 11:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1081 | DRC and Rwanda Agree on Plan to Combat the FDLR [...] (SBU) Following two days of meetings in Goma December 4-5, DRC Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba and Rwandan Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali issued a Joint Communiqu (full text at paragraph 5) in which both sides announced a joint "comprehensive operational plan" against the FDLR. T [...] | 2008-12-08 11:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1082 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 8 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) OCHA Goma reported that FARDC ele [...] | 2008-12-08 12:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1087 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 9 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) According to information from NGO [...] | 2008-12-09 15:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1089 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 10 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Nairobi Talks ------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC and the international community con [...] | 2008-12-10 11:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1094 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 11 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) The DART team reported that MONUC [...] | 2008-12-11 15:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1095 | SLOW START TO GDRC-CNDP NAIROBI TALKS [...] (SBU) According to a MONUC contact, the Nairobi talks between the CNDP and GDRC focused almost exclusively on procedures, with virtually no progress. On substance, the CNDP opted for a maximalist strategy, calling into question the DRC constitution and its institutions, including the national [...] | 2008-12-11 19:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1096 | KIWANJA MASSACRES: UNHRO PREVIEWS REPORT [...] (C) United Nations Human Rights Office (UNHRO) Director Todd Howland recently shared with post initial findings from UNHRO's investigation into the mass killings committed November 4-6 in Kiwanja (reftels). Eye witness testimony, as well as reports from MONUC troops in the area, indicate CNDP [...] | 2008-12-11 20:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV MOPS PREL CG |
08KINSHASA1099 | VIRUNGA PARK REPORT: TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BY REBEL GROUP TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Following renewed fighting in North Kivu in October, 2008, park rangers have returned to Virunga park and in particular to the Mikeno sector, home of the approximately 200 mountain gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Laurent Nkunda's rebel National Congress of the [...] | 2008-12-12 13:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH CG |
08KINSHASA110 | CNDP Returns to Military Committee in Goma [...] (SBU) Summary: After a rocky couple of days, with revolts first by CNDP and then by Mai Mai, Vice-Admiral Etumba's effort to bring armed groups in North Kivu together concluded with symbolic success January 31, even if confusion continued to reign. MONUC announced setting up a cell for verify [...] | 2008-02-01 11:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1100 | CONCERNS GROW OVER ECONOMIC DOWNTURN IN DRC [...] (SBU) Summary. Falling international commodities prices, a tightening of credit, the still incomplete mining contract review process and continuing instability in eastern DRC have combined to create an increasingly worrisome macroeconomic situation in the DRC. GDP growth for 2009 will likely be [...] | 2008-12-14 07:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EINV PGOV PREL CG |
08KINSHASA1101 | CONCERNS GROW OVER ECONOMIC DOWNTURN IN DRC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-14 07:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EINV PGOV PREL CG |
08KINSHASA1103 | GOMA NOTES - SUMBEIWO'S MEETING WITH NKUNDA [...] (SBU) Retired Kenyan General Sumbeiwo, in his capacity as chief mediator for SGSE Obasanjo's peace efforts in the eastern DRC, met with CNDP Chairman Laurent Nkunda and approximately 15 members of his North Kivu administration on December 11 in the context of the negotiations that were being h [...] | 2008-12-15 11:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1104 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 15 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) At the December 12 UN security br [...] | 2008-12-15 11:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1105 | IMF, GDRC APPEAL TO DONORS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Both the IMF and Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (GDRC) have appealed to donors to provide emergency support as the DRC confronts a significant economic downturn as a result of the global financial crisis. During a briefing to donors on December 10, the visiting [...] | 2008-12-15 14:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EINV PGOV PREL CG |
08KINSHASA1106 | CNDP REACTS TO GROUP OF EXPERTS REPORT [...] CNDP spokesman Bertrand Bisimwa mass mailed a press statement as an attachment to an e-mail dated December 14, 2008 with his organization's reaction to the recently-released report by the UN Group of Experts on alleged GOR and GDRC collaboration with armed groups in North Kivu. Unofficial emb [...] | 2008-12-15 16:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1109 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 16 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operation ------------------ 2. (SBU) According to MONUC sources, FARDC [...] | 2008-12-16 11:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA111 | French Foreign Minister visits DRC [...] French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner pledged France's support for the Kivus conference's Acte d'Engagement during his January 25-26 visit to Kinshasa and Goma and announced his government's intention to open two new consulates in the DRC to assist in implementing the peace process. Followi [...] | 2008-02-01 11:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM CG FR |
08KINSHASA1111 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BUILDING SUPPORT FOR A UN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-16 17:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO CG SO |
08KINSHASA1113 | CNDP CLAIMS FDLR BEHIND ATTACK ON ITALIAN NGO AND THREATENS [...] (U) CNDP spokesman Bertrand Bisimwa mass mailed a press statement as an attachment to an e-mail dated December 16, 2008 with his organization's reaction to the December 15 attack on an Italian NGO vehicle in CNDP-controlled territory (reftel). The statement also catalogues CNDP allegations of [...] | 2008-12-16 18:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1115 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 17 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operation ------------------ 2. (SBU) MONUC briefers reported on Decemb [...] | 2008-12-17 09:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA112 | Vatican names Ituri bishop as administrator of Kisangani [...] Recently-appointed Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo of Kinshasa (reftel) informed clergy prior to departing his former archdiocese of Kisangani that the Vatican had appointed Bishop Marcel Utembi Tapa as diocesan administrator until Pope Benedict XVI appoints a new archbishop, Monuc's Radio Okapi r [...] | 2008-02-01 12:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PGOV CG UG |
08KINSHASA1123 | DRC OPPOSITION: SPLINTERED AND BICKERING [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloffs met separately with the leadership of the DRC's main political opposition to identify party priorities and gauge the level of coordination between opposition elements. Opposition leaders identified security and justice sector reform as pressing needs, as well as improvin [...] | 2008-12-17 14:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM CG |
08KINSHASA1125 | DRC: TAKING ACTION AGAINST GENDER- [...] (SBU) Summary: During the UN 16 Days of Activism Campaign Against Gender-Based Violence, embassy personnel participated in several events. USAID Social Protection Officer spoke at the Protestant University of Congo and CALI (Congolese-American Language Institute) English clubs about Sexual an [...] | 2008-12-17 14:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN KPAO SOCI CG |
08KINSHASA1127 | GOMA NOTES - MASISI UNDER THREAT? [...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC has long suspected that the CNDP will make another attempt to take Masisi, located along a strategic road that controls access to the west and south. It has been reinforcing its positions in the town, and established a model relationship with the non-integrated 81st Brig [...] | 2008-12-17 15:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1130 | DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: [...] (U) Following is post's submission for the 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism. The point of contact at post for this issue is Political Officer Steele Means (meansjs@state.gov). 2. (U) Begin 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism submission. There is no credible evidence to indicate the prese [...] | 2008-12-18 06:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PGOV PREL CG |
08KINSHASA1133 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 18 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. North Kivu Security Situation ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) According [...] | 2008-12-18 16:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1134 | KABILA STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS [...] (U) Summary: President Joseph Kabila delivered the constitutionally mandated State of the Nation address before Parliament on December 13. The nationally televised speech fell on the second anniversary of his presidential inauguration. Kabila acknowledged security, social, and economic chall [...] | 2008-12-18 16:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1136 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 19 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. North Kivu Security Situation ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC and o [...] | 2008-12-19 08:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1142 | CNDP - GDRC: ONE STEP FORWARD, TEN STEPS BACK? [...] CNDP Spokesman Bertrand Bisimwa disseminated by e-mail the following message regarding the latest round of GDRC-CNDP negotiations in Nairobi. 2. Begin CNDP message (unofficial Embassy translation from the French): Negotiations Bulletin, December 20, 2008 One step forward, ten steps b [...] | 2008-12-22 07:12:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1146 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 22 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) Given increased activity by both [...] | 2008-12-22 12:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1147 | BACK ON TRACK: 43RD MEETING OF [...] (SBU) The Joint Monitoring Group Task Force (JMG TF) met at MONUC Headquarters in Goma on December 19, the first meeting since October 10 in Gisenyi, after which subsequent meetings were suspended due to Rwandan concerns about security in Goma. The three-person Rwandan delegation was led by F [...] | 2008-12-22 14:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1150 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 23 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) MONUC confirmed that CNDP and PAR [...] | 2008-12-23 12:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1154 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 24 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Note: Due to seasonal holidays, our next report will appear on December 29. End not [...] | 2008-12-24 09:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1163 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 29 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) The CNDP continued to accuse the [...] | 2008-12-29 10:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1164 | CNDP CLAIMS FARDC IN DISENGAGEMENT ZONE [...] CNDP Spokesman Bertrand Bisimwa issued a statement, addressed to MONUC SRSG Alan Doss, on December 25, requesting that Doss effect the withdrawal of "government coalition troops" from areas around Goma airport (Note: CNDP has referred to a government coalition of FARDC/FDLR/PARECO/Mai Mai elem [...] | 2008-12-29 15:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1165 | CNDP CLAIMS NO INTENTION TO ATTACK GOMA [...] CNDP Spokesman Bertrand Bisimwa issued a press statement on December 25, declaring the CNDP's intention to refrain from attacking Goma in light of political progress in negotiations with the GDRC. The statement also warns that advances by government forces could jeopardize the CNDP's October [...] | 2008-12-29 15:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1166 | CNDP REQUESTS DRC PARLIAMENT ROLE IN NAIROBI [...] CNDP Spokesman Bertrand Bisimwa sent a letter, dated December 25, requesting that the presidents of the DRC National Assembly and Senate, Vital Kamerhe and Leon Kengo wa Dondo, respectively, participate as facilitators in negotiations between the CNDP and GDRC in the Nairobi political talks. [...] | 2008-12-29 15:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1168 | AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH THE MINISTER OF PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Minister of Plan Olivier Kamitatu on December 23 to discuss a broad range of challenges facing the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Kamitatu described four priorities for the DRC: security, creation of development corridors, capacity building, and an i [...] | 2008-12-30 14:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EINV PGOV PREL CG |
08KINSHASA1169 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 30 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) According to MONUC sources, DRC [...] | 2008-12-30 14:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA117 | Prime Minister officially names cabinet [...] On January 7, 10 months after being installed by the National Assembly, Prime Minister Gizenga officially named the remaining 58 members of his cabinet. Like Gizenga, most are natives of Bandundu province. He had named nine principal counselors in June 2007. The January decree replaced two o [...] | 2008-02-04 14:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EFIN SOCI KDEM CG |
08KINSHASA1172 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 31 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) During meetings in Goma on Dece [...] | 2008-12-31 10:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1175 | DRC FOREIGN MINISTER ON THE EAST, RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) During a December 30 courtesy call by the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba said he was cautiously optimistic about improving DRC-Rwandan relations. Thambwe identified the task of eliminating illegal economic activity in war-torn North Kivu as key to ending the conflict. [...] | 2008-12-31 13:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC MOPS CG |
08KINSHASA118 | Joint Monitoring Group Task Force - Goma, February 1, 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Rwandan delegation to the Joint Monitoring Group Task Force meeting in Goma February 1 announced that Rwanda had completed its comprehensive (but never final) list of 6,400 genocidaires. It criticized the DRC for falling behind on its FDLR plan. MONUC/DDRRR reviewed its o [...] | 2008-02-04 14:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR CG RW |
08KINSHASA120 | Goma Round-Up February 3, 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: Kabila's envoy met South Kivu armed groups (minus Banyamulenge dissidents) February 2 in Goma and will meet with them again in Bukavu February 4. Rumors of a split in CNDP appear to be false. End Summary. 2. (SBU) The principal disturbance in the Kivus February 3 was an ea [...] | 2008-02-04 16:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI CG |
08KINSHASA121 | Spanish Foreign Minister visits Kinshasa [...] Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos signed a bilateral cooperation agreement with the DRC January 28 during a two-day visit to Kinshasa. He also pledged 20 million euros in aid for 2008 to help improve basic social services and to strengthen democratic institutions. 2. Moratino [...] | 2008-02-04 16:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID KDEM SOCI CG SP |
08KINSHASA124 | CNDP Concept of Military Technical Commission [...] (SBU) Summary: CNDP's concept of the Kivus military commission, presented to MONUC and FARDC February 3, differs markedly from the government's concept, which CNDP purported to have accepted on January 31. The principal difference is CNDP's insistence that "armed groups" (Mai Mai) be relegate [...] | 2008-02-05 10:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CG |
08KINSHASA135 | DRC DECEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary Agriculture ----------- - GDRC sets up Forests' National Consultative Council Aviation -------- - A South African Aircraft Crash Lands Cooperation ----------- - African Bank for Development Acquires Shares of Advans Bank Congo - World Bank Approves 82 Loans and Credits [...] | 2008-02-07 13:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG |
08KINSHASA14 | Goma Report January 7, 2008 - [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kivus Conference, which opened January 6 in Goma, will probably not get down to substance for a few days and is likely to continue later than the projected finish date of January 14. The relative satisfaction of Tutsis with their prominent role in the Conference is in con [...] | 2008-01-08 13:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1428 | DRC RESPONSE TO MSF REPORT ON ANGOLAN ABUSE [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 5, Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) published a report describing atrocities being committed by Angolan forces against Congolese citizens in Angola. PolOff discussed the report with MSF reps on December 6 to discuss the report. On December 12, a Caritas representativ [...] | 2008-01-01 08:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL PREF AO CG |
08KINSHASA1429 | DRC OUTSOURCES MANAGEMENT OF SNCC AND [...] (U) Summary. The Steering Committee for the Reform of the Public Sector (COPIREP) solicited private sector bids for the management of the Congolese national railroad company (SNCC) and national transportation company (ONATRA) ports. The GDRC Council of Ministers has approved the awarding of m [...] | 2008-01-01 08:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ELTN PREL PGOV CG |
08KINSHASA143 | Final Interim Technical Committee meetings in Bukavu and [...] (SBU) Summary: Vice-Admiral Etumba, who is likely to continue to play a leading role in the military commission created by the Goma accords, pressed ahead with interim meetings with armed groups in Bukavu February 4-5, CNDP in Goma February 6 and other armed groups in Goma February 7. All par [...] | 2008-02-11 06:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR PHUM CG |
08KINSHASA144 | Evangelical bishop's meeting with Nkunda February 6 [...] (SBU) Summary: Evangelical Bishop J. M. Runiga, an informal intermediary with Nkunda, reported that Nkunda may, for the time being, be willing to stay the course but will not accept several elements of the "Amani" decree of February 2, particularly what he sees as inadequate representation of [...] | 2008-02-11 09:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS CG |
08KINSHASA146 | GDRC INVITES DOS/DOE TEAM TO NEGOTIATE DEFUELING [...] (C) Summary. The GDRC sent a letter of invitation on January 30 to restart negotiations with the US Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) delegation. The GTRI team members from the Departments of State and Energy are invited to restart negotiations for the transfer of nuclear fuel from t [...] | 2008-02-11 11:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EMIN IAEA PGOV CG |
08KINSHASA147 | Political ties mark new parastatal boards [...] (SBU) Summary. Although many senior parastal executives appointed by President Kabila January 12 were vetted through a public examination process, connections with the ruling coalition or senior political figures were highly influential in appointments of most governing board members. End sum [...] | 2008-02-11 14:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EMIN ENRG EFIN KDEM CG |
08KINSHASA148 | Unofficial translation of Kivus Conference Acte [...] This message transmits, with minor corrections, an unofficial English translation provided by MONUC of the Acte d'Engagement signed at the conclusion of the Kivus Peace and Security Conference: 2. Begin text: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO ACTE D'ENGAGEMENT We, - CNDP, Politi [...] | 2008-02-11 14:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI CG |
08KINSHASA150 | IOM reports continued Angolan abuse of Congolese expellees [...] Summary: Angolan abuses of Congolese expellees are continuing, International Organization for Migration (IOM) officials report following a January 28-February 1 MONUC investigative mission to Kasai Occidental. IOM has requested U.S. assistance to help establish a transit center to receive Con [...] | 2008-02-11 14:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL AO CG |
08KINSHASA151 | EU Special Envoy meets Nkunda [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting at Kirolirwe with EU Special Envoy Roeland van de Geer February 9, Laurent Nkunda affirmed his commitment to the Kivus conference Acte d'Engagement. He said that the future of Tutsis in Congo could only be assured through the Goma peace process rather than through [...] | 2008-02-11 14:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM MOPS KDEM PREL CG |
08KINSHASA153 | North Kivu ceasefire holding as MONUC continues [...] (SBU) Summary: Ceasefire violations in North Kivu have been minor since the Kivus Conference and are dwindling in number. PARECO, perhaps with FDLR instigation, appears to be the main offender. MONUC has substantially expanded its mobile bases, and displaced persons have begun to return to th [...] | 2008-02-11 21:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM MOPS KDEM PREL CG |
08KINSHASA154 | Joint Monitoring Group Task Force, Goma, February 8 [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting of the Nairobi process's Joint Monitoring Group Task Force February 8 in Goma was a bit testier than usual. The Rwandan side leveled charges of co-location of FDLR and FARDC forces, regretted that the Congolese government was not living up to its timetable of actions to [...] | 2008-02-12 06:29:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PREF CG RW |
08KINSHASA158 | Senior officials travel to North and South Kivu to present [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior government officials led by Interior Minister Kalume presented the structure of the Peace Program established by Kabila's "Amani" decree to North Kivu Mai-Mai groups and international facilitators February 12 in Goma. They planned similar meetings February 13 with CNDP i [...] | 2008-02-13 12:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA16 | Goma Report January 8, 2008 - third day of Kivus Conference [...] (SBU) Summary: A prominent Protestant clergyman who is in contact with Nkunda told poloff Nkunda holds to the commitments he made with Special Envoy Tim Shortley but is worried about potential negative effects of the Kivus Conference. The clergyman confirms that Nkunda is willing to send his [...] | 2008-01-09 15:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA162 | Government, CNDP agree on moving Goma process forward [...] (SBU) Summary: Government and CNDP delegations agreed in Goma February 13 that the Technical Commission charged with overseeing implementation of the Kivu Conference's Acte d'Engagement will be officially empowered and have decision-making authority, and that CNDP will have input to its missio [...] | 2008-02-14 17:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG UG |
08KINSHASA168 | DIILS wraps up first round of training in prosecution and [...] A/DCM took part in closing ceremonies for graduates of Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) training February 8 at the Higher Military Training Institute (GESM). The event was the capstone of a program designed to bolster the capacity of Congolese military justice officials [...] | 2008-02-15 13:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR SOCI KJUS CG |
08KINSHASA169 | Etumba fleshes out government proposal for implementing [...] (SBU) Summary: The Congolese government intends to issue a follow-up decree to clarify problematic elements of the "Amani" decree intended to implement the Goma peace process. The forthcoming decree would vest decision-making power in the provincial military and humanitarian sub-commissions r [...] | 2008-02-18 11:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA173 | Government, CNDP unable to agree about Technical [...] (SBU) Summary: No progress was made by government, CNDP and international facilitators in February 13-18 technical discussions on implementing the Goma process. The government has shown some flexibility in small matters but key differences remain, particularly regarding the structure of the T [...] | 2008-02-19 14:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA175 | Joint Monitoring Group Task Force, February 15 [...] (SBU) The Joint Monitoring Group Task Force for the Nairboi process held its ninth meeting February 15 at MONUC headquarters in Goma. The most notable aspect was the attendance for the first time of a South African diplomat who attended the meeting from Kigali. As has become the practice, memb [...] | 2008-02-19 17:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA177 | Another Katangan academic takes over as presidential [...] (SBU) Summary. President Kabila named fellow Kantangan Kaumba Lufunda as special counselor for security matters February 4. A criminologist by training, Kaumba was a bete noire of Congolese human rights groups during his tenure as rector of the University of Lubumbashi. It is too early to sa [...] | 2008-02-20 06:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI KDEM CG |
08KINSHASA181 | Demarche delivered in Kinshasa: Kosovo Independence [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche February 19 to Ambassador Oscar Matondo, Director of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the DRC. 2. Matondo declined to offer an official Congolese position on Kosovo independence. He expressed the DRC a [...] | 2008-02-20 13:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU CG |
08KINSHASA183 | Promising Signs for a Renewed DDR Program in the DR Congo [...] SUMMARY: A critical component of international support for the peace process in Eastern Congo is support for Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) of combatants. There are promising signs that the GDRC and World Bank are close to resolving long outstanding issues and nearing agree [...] | 2008-02-20 15:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV MARR KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA185 | Goma Report February 21 - Little progress in talks with [...] (SBU) Summary. Meetings February 20 in Goma made little progress in breaking the current impasse between government and CNDP on implementing the Kivus Conference's Acte d'Engagement. Vice Admiral Etumba, the government's chief representative, signaled possible willingness to increase CNDP rep [...] | 2008-02-21 17:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA186 | TENSIONS BETWEEN FARDC COMMANDOS AND EX-NKUNDA [...] (C) Summary. A confrontation between FARDC commandos and ex-Nkunda brassage candidates at Kamina base in northern Katanga escalated into a shootout that left at least 30 wounded during the night of February 17-18. The ex-Nkunda fighters were supported by ex-PARECO counterparts during the fi [...] | 2008-02-22 11:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL CG |
08KINSHASA189 | CONGOLESE URANIUM: GDRC LOOKS TO CHINA FOR HELP [...] (S/NF) Summary: Minister xxxxxxxxxxxx briefed the Ambassador on possible future Chinese involvement in uranium studies in the DRC at the request of President Kabila. End Summary. 2. (U) Minister xxxxxxxxxxxx requested a meeting with Ambassador Garvelink Thursday, 21 February after having met with [...] | 2008-02-22 14:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | SECRET//NOFORN | EMIN ENRG ETRD KNNP PGOV PINR PINS |
08KINSHASA191 | UNHRO December 2007 Human Rights Assessment [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN's December 2007 Human Rights Assessment describes a number of human rights violations by FARDC soldiers. This message highlights three arbitrary killings of civilian by soldiers. In two of the three cases, military authorities took no action against the alleged perpetrat [...] | 2008-02-25 09:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PINS KDEM KJUS CG |
08KINSHASA194 | UNSG Representative on IDP rights visits DRC [...] Walter Kalin, The UN Secretary General's Representative on the human rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs),called for a sustainable solution for displaced people during his February 12-22 visit to the DRC. At a briefing for the international diplomatic corps in Kinshasa on February 22 [...] | 2008-02-25 13:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM CG |
08KINSHASA195 | Demarche delivered in Kinshasa - U.S. position on Cuba [...] A/DCM and PolOff delivered reftel demarche February 25 to Nzuzi Mazemi, Director of International Political Organizations at Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. Mazemi stated that the DRC shared the position of the United States on the right of the Cuban people to democratic expression and the [...] | 2008-02-26 06:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EU CU CG |
08KINSHASA196 | Joint Monitoring Group Task Force - February 22 [...] Summary. Intervention by MONUC political chief Christian Manahl February 22 in Goma promises to impose some discipline on future meetings of the Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) Task Force. Manahl conveyed JMG envoys' dismay at the meetings' lack of focus and presented generally well-received pr [...] | 2008-02-26 10:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO CG RW |
08KINSHASA2 | Goma situation report for January 1, 2008 [...] (SBU) One Indian battalion of about 300 men is responsible for Masisi and Walikale Territories in the "Petit Nord" area of North Kivu. This area is about 31,000 square kilometers of terrain (roughly three times larger than Kosovo, with a comparable population density),most of which is mounta [...] | 2008-01-02 14:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA200 | FRF - security concerns, but high hopes for international [...] Summary. International facilitators met FRF leadership February 26 in South Kivu's High Plains. FRF complained about FARDC harassment of civilians and demanded investigation of FARDC human rights abuses. They asked MONUC to deploy in several villages, agreed to detail a FRF liaison officer [...] | 2008-02-27 11:29:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL MOPS PGOV KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA207 | Congolese foreign minister concerned about timing of FDLR [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Mbusa Nyamwisi told us February 21 he agreed with the idea of an UN Security Council resolution on the FDLR but had concerns about its timing. Mbusa is the Congolese signatory to the Nairobi communique with Rwanda, and has been working to organize a meeting with FDLR fac [...] | 2008-02-28 13:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC ASEC KPKO CG RW ETTC |
08KINSHASA21 | Goma Report January 9, 2008 -- fourth day of [...] (SBU) Summary: Vital Kamerhe, speaking to international observers, said that the Kivus Conference, which picked up in pace January 9, would operate at two levels, with the real work taking place in side discussions with the armed groups (especially CNDP). It was essential that the Conference [...] | 2008-01-10 14:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA213 | CNDP pique at leaked MONUC report continues to block Goma [...] (SBU) Summary. CNDP continues to complain about the leaked MONUC report into a January massacre at Kilonge. It called again February 27 for outside investigation into the incident. CNDP opted out of a February 28 meeting called by MONUC to discuss CNDP-PARECO ceasefire violations, leaving P [...] | 2008-03-03 08:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA215 | Task force held hostage [...] (SBU) Summary. Predictions that Joint Monitoring Group Task Force (JMG-TF) meetings would be short and productive were overly optimistic. The February 23 meeting led off with a fascinating four-hour briefing on DDRRR, then endured five-and-a-half hours of Rwandan-led wrangling over minutes. C [...] | 2008-03-04 12:49:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO CG RW |
08KINSHASA216 | KAMINA UPDATE - SITUATION CALM FOLLOWING FEBRUARY [...] (U) The situation is currently calm at FARDC's Kamina base in northern Katanga, site of the February 17-18 shootout between FARDC commandos and brassage candidates drawn mainly from Nkunda's CNDP forces (reftel). MONUC officials confirmed this state of play in separate briefings March 3. Howe [...] | 2008-03-04 13:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MARR PGOV CG |
08KINSHASA218 | POLICE OPERATION AGAINST BDK MILITANTS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. February 28-29 clashes in Bas-Congo province between police and partisans of the Bunda dia Kongo (BDK) politico-religious movement have left at least 22 dead following weeks of government inaction in response to a wave of intimidation and violence by BDK militants, primarily in [...] | 2008-03-05 12:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC SOCI PHUM MOPS CG AO CF |
08KINSHASA22 | DRC DECEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary Agriculture - FAO Promotes Manioc Infrastructure - TV and Radio Broadcasters Recoup Licenses to Transmit - President of African Development Bank Announces Africa's First Satellite Investment - Swiss Government Allocates USD 136 Billion for Local DRC Elections Labor - E [...] | 2008-01-10 14:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG |
08KINSHASA223 | Ambassador addresses latest graduates of USG-funded staff [...] The Ambassador, speaking at graduation ceremonies for the 36 graduates of the U.S.-funded Battalion Staff Officer Training Course March 3 in Kinshasa, cited the program as further evidence of the good state of U.S.-Congolese relations and encouraged graduates to see their role as protecting th [...] | 2008-03-05 16:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MASS CG |
08KINSHASA224 | SSR roundtable long on particulars, short on priorities [...] (SBU) Summary: The Congolese government presented its priorities for reform of the military, justice and police sectors at the long-awaited but hastily-organized security sector reform (SSR) roundtable February 25-26 in Kinshasa. Officials offered a series of detailed presentations which gave [...] | 2008-03-05 18:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MASS CG |
08KINSHASA236 | GOMA NOTES 03/06/08 - GOMA PROCESS: BACK TO WRANGLING [...] Summary: The CNDP rejoined Goma process talks March 6 following meetings between AF Senior Adviser Tim Shortly and Nkunda in Kirolirwe. However, its delegation had not been briefed on the Shortly-Nkunda talks, and Vice Admiral Etumba, the GRDC delegation head, apparently presumed their retur [...] | 2008-03-09 19:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO CG UN |
08KINSHASA237 | GOMA NOTES 03/07/08 - GOMA PROCESS: ABBE MALUMALU ARRIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: Goma process talks resumed again March 7 in Goma with the full CNDP delegation present. No sooner had the CNDP announced it could proceed no further unless National Coordinator Abbe Malumalu was present, did Malumalu call to say he had stepped off a plane in Goma and agreed to [...] | 2008-03-09 19:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO CG UN |
08KINSHASA238 | GOMA NOTES 03/08/08 - ABBE MALUMALU GOES TO THE MOUNTAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Abbe Muholongu Malumalu, the newly-appointed National Coordinator for the Goma peace process, traveled March 8 to Kirolirwe to meet with Nkunda and find a way to move beyond the procedural wrangling that has prevented the establishment of the Joint Technical Committee on Peace a [...] | 2008-03-09 20:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO CG UN |
08KINSHASA24 | Goma Report for January 10 - Day five of Kivus [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kivus conference will be extended until January 20. CNDP threatened to boycott but is apparently now willing to continue attending. Three heavyweights -- Kamerhe, Ruberwa, and Mbusa -- gave contrastingly positive speeches, each emphasizing that the conference represented [...] | 2008-01-11 11:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA240 | GOMA NOTES 03/09/08 - GOMA PRCESS: BACK ON TRACK [...] (SBU) Summary. Abbe Malumalu worked late into the night of March 8 with both the Mayi-mayi and CNDP to ensure agreement on his proposals for a revised structure of the Joint Commission to implement the Goma accords. Agreement was formalized March 9 at a meeting attended by most of the signato [...] | 2008-03-10 16:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO CG UN |
08KINSHASA243 | SPECIAL POLICE FORCES ASSAULT BDK COMPOUND IN [...] (C) Summary: Congolese special police forces assaulted the compound of the separatist movement Bundu dia Kongo (BDK) March 8 in the Bas-Congo capital of Matadi, partially destroying it, killing several people and robbing a number of nearby residents. Details of the operation remain sketchy, [...] | 2008-03-11 13:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PHUM SOCI ASEC CG AO |
08KINSHASA246 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USAID ADMINISTRATOR AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is slowly grappling with fundamental governance, security and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the linchpin of central Africa a [...] | 2008-03-12 07:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON PREF PHUM MARR ASEC |
08KINSHASA249 | Demarche delivered in Kinshasa: CEEAC summit Kinshasa [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche March 11 to Minister Alice Kimpembe of the Office of International Organizations at the Congolese Foreign Ministry. 2. Kimpembe stated that while she was not directly involved in the preparations for CEEAC (Economic Community of Central African States) summi [...] | 2008-03-12 15:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL CD SU CG |
08KINSHASA25 | VIOLENT CLASHES BETWEEN POLICE AND POLITICAL- RELIGIOUS [...] (U) Summary: Clashes between police and members of the political-religious sect Bundia dia Kongo (BDK) on January 5 in Bas-Congo Province left at least six people dead and dozens more injured. The violence is the latest manifestation of tension between the BDK and the Congolese government. T [...] | 2008-01-11 11:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PHUM PINS PTER PREL CG |
08KINSHASA254 | CEEAC summit condemns attempts to overthrow Chadian [...] A special two-day summit of the Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC) in Kinshasa March 10-11 condemned armed attempts to destabilize the Chadian government and reiterated its support for the government and people of Chad. The summit, organized by the DRC as holder of the CEEAC' [...] | 2008-03-14 06:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AO AU BY CD CG CM CT GB EK TP SU |
08KINSHASA255 | GOMA NOTES 03/13/08 - TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) Summary: The international Facilitation for the Goma process faces a temporary leadership gap with the absence of two key members. MONUC has yet to identify a permanent solution for heading its participation in the process. MONUC's initial review of progress on its stabilization plan c [...] | 2008-03-14 08:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO CG UN |
08KINSHASA258 | GOMA NOTES - NAIROBI PROCESS: 12TH MEETING OF JMG TASK [...] (SBU) Summary: The March 7 meeting of the Nairobi process Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) Task Force went smoothly and professionally. Discussion of the minutes of the previous meeting took only about 20 minutes. Congo noted it had launched its FDLR "sensibilization" campaign March 1. FDLR lead [...] | 2008-03-15 18:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO CG RW EUN SF AU UN |
08KINSHASA265 | GOMA NOTES - NAIROBI PROCESS: 13TH MEETING OF JMG TASK [...] (SBU) Summary: The main agenda item of the March 14 meeting of the Nairobi process Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) Task Force was the DRC's plans for action against the ex-FAR/Interahamwe (ex-FAR/IH). FARDC and MONUC are planning to do something at some point in the coming months, but March 15 wi [...] | 2008-03-17 15:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG RW UN |
08KINSHASA269 | DRC'S INPUT FOR 2008 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA [...] (U) Post submits the following in response to reftel. ------------------ Economic Situation ------------------ 2. (U) The development of a market-based economy in the DRC continues to progress slowly. The Congolese franc (FC) has floated freely since mid-2003 without significant governmen [...] | 2008-03-18 15:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON AGOA PGOV CG |
08KINSHASA272 | BAS-CONGO UPDATE: CONGOLESE POLICE CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: MONUC continues to receive reports of violence involving Congolese police forces and members of the politico-religious movement Bundu dia Kongo (BDK) in Bas-Congo province in the aftermath of the initial operation in February 28 (ref A). MONUC's information indicates police cont [...] | 2008-03-19 15:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC SOCY PHUM MOPS CG AO CF |
08KINSHASA273 | KAMERHE COMMITTED TO MOVING FORWARD ON GOMA AND [...] (C) Summary. National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe displayed command of the issues and strong personal rapport with AF Senior Adviser Tim Shortley in their discussions on the Goma and Nairobi processes March 8 in Kinshasa. Kamerhe is committed to moving forward on both agreements and voic [...] | 2008-03-19 15:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS RW CG |
08KINSHASA274 | SHORTLEY BRIEFS P3+2+MONUC FOLLOWING MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary. AF Senior Adviser Tim Shortley briefed P3 2 ambassadors March 7 in Kinshasa on his talks with Nkunda and Kigali the previous week. Shortley confirmed that Nkunda had agreed to rejoin the Goma process. Shortley stressed that the international community must treat Nkunda in a way [...] | 2008-03-19 16:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO MARR MOPS CG RW UN |
08KINSHASA275 | UN independent human rights expert visits DRC [...] The UN Human Rights Council's Independent Expert on Human Rights in the DRC, Titinga Frederic Pacere, called for an end to insecurity and impunity at a press briefing following his March 12-14 visit to Kinshasa. He highlighted the lack of judicial capacity and the continuing violation of huma [...] | 2008-03-20 07:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI CG UN |
08KINSHASA276 | Copper diggers back at Gecamines concession after deadly [...] (SBU) The situation in the Katanga mining center of Likasi, where police March 6 fired on a group of illegal copper miners protesting their expulsion from a nearby parastatal concession, has returned to normal, a MONUC analyst told us March 20. Local officials have permitted diggers to return [...] | 2008-03-20 13:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV EMIN ELAB KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA277 | Copper diggers back at Gecamines concession after deadly [...] (SBU) The situation in the Katanga mining center of Likasi, where police March 6 fired on a group of illegal copper miners protesting their expulsion from a nearby parastatal concession, has returned to normal, a MONUC analyst told us March 20. Local officials have permitted diggers to return [...] | 2008-03-20 15:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV EMIN ELAB KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA279 | DFA FORE'S MEETING WITH DRC PRIME MINISTER ANTOINE GIZENGA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-21 08:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PGOV CG |
08KINSHASA281 | MBUSA SKEPTICAL ON RENEWAL OF MANDATE FOR UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-21 10:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV UN CG |
08KINSHASA283 | GOMA NOTES 03/18-20/08 - WAITING FOR MALUMALU [...] (SBU) Summary: National Coordinator Abbe Malumalu is expected back in Goma March 22 prior to the hoped-for inaugural meeting the following week of the Joint Commission (JC) to implement the Goma accords. The list of pending JC business continues to grow in anticipation of a decree establishin [...] | 2008-03-21 11:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS KPKO CG UN |
08KINSHASA284 | USAID ADMINISTRATOR FORE'S MEETING WITH DRC [...] (C) Summary: USAID Administrator Henrietta Fore stressed U.S. support for development assistance to the DRC and for the Goma peace process and the Nairobi communique in her March 17 meeting with President Kabila. She stressed that the Congolese people must see tangible change in their daily [...] | 2008-03-21 12:12:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA287 | GOMA NOTES - NAIROBI PROCESS: 14TH MEETING OF JMG TASK [...] (SBU) Summary. The March 21 Joint Monitoring Group Task Force session in Goma went reasonably smoothly, with little wrangling. Congo characterized its post-March 15 military plans against the ex-FAR/Interahamwe as a "progressive operation," not "classical war." Rwanda characterized as "positi [...] | 2008-03-24 07:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS MARR PGOV KPKO CG RW SF UN EUN |
08KINSHASA290 | JUDICIAL REFORM, DECENTRALIZATION AND ELECTIONS KEY ITEMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Judicial reform and decentralization legislation are among the key priorities for the regular session of Congolese Parliament which opened March 15. Creation of a successor body to the Independent Electoral Commission will be one of the more difficult agenda items. Also likely [...] | 2008-03-24 11:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL CG |
08KINSHASA293 | ABBE MALUMALU REVIEWS KEY AMANI PROGRAM CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary. National Coordinator Abbe Malumalu discussed challenges to and key elements of the Amani Program with the Ambassador March 18. Its chief current challenges are armed group participation, planning and program infrastructure. Malumalu envisions a program focused on military ref [...] | 2008-03-25 10:49:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID PREL MARR CG |
08KINSHASA294 | GDRC PUBLISHES MINING CONTRACT REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary. The GDRC Mining Contract Review Commission published its final report on 61 mining contracts March 20, calling for all contracts to be either terminated or modified. Companies will have the opportunity to start negotiations or appeal decisions with a GDRC task force, but detail [...] | 2008-03-25 10:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EMIN PGOV CG |
08KINSHASA296 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. [...] (U) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act the following candidates of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo(FADRC) selected to participate in a U.S.-sponsored Battalion Level Staff Officer Course at the Higher Milit [...] | 2008-03-26 06:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR PGOV CG |
08KINSHASA297 | USAID ADMINISTRATOR AND DFA HENRIETTA FORE'S MEETING WITH [...] Summary: USAID Administrator and U.S. Director of Foreign Assistance Henrietta Fore and North Kivu Governor Julien Paluku reviewed provincial development issues March 15 in Goma. Paluku emphasized the need for capacity building at all levels of government to help meet the population's high ex [...] | 2008-03-26 15:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV CG |
08KINSHASA299 | USAID ADMINISTRATOR AND U.S. DFA HENRIETTA FORE'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Summary: USAID Administrator and U.S. Director of Foreign Assistance Henrietta Fore's March 15-17 visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo focused on Peace and Security, Democracy and Governance, the Environment, and Economic Growth. She met with Congolese leaders including President Jos [...] | 2008-03-27 10:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL CG |
08KINSHASA300 | BAS CONGO UPDATE: GOVERNMENT REVOKES BDK CHARTER [...] (C) Summary: The DRC Council of Ministers, meeting in Matadi March 21, approved revocation of the charter of the political-religious group Bundu dia Kongo (BDK) as a social and cultural organization. Earlier, BDK spiritual leader Ne Muanda Nsemi told the press that the group seeks a peaceful [...] | 2008-03-27 10:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI MOPS ASEC CG |
08KINSHASA301 | GOMA NOTES 03/26/08 - BRIEFING IN BENI [...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC assesses the situation in North Kivu's Grand Nord region as much calmer than that further south near Goma. Combat is occurring only between PARECO and FDLR/RUD forces southwest of Lubero, with relatively limited disruption. There is a significant presence of foreign armed [...] | 2008-03-27 11:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MARR PGOV SOCI KPKO CG UN UG |
08KINSHASA305 | GOMA NOTES - NAIROBI PROCESS: 15TH MEETING OF JOINT [...] Summary. The March 28 meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) Task Force in Goma was again generally businesslike. The DRC claims to have captured Rwandan-national CNDP fighters, and the prisoners have alleged the presence of more. The DRC also claims to have captured a brigade-level FD [...] | 2008-03-31 09:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO CG RW UN EUN |
08KINSHASA306 | KAMERHE, KENGO STRESS STATE AUTHORITY AND REFORM AT OPENING [...] Summary: National security, judicial reform, and the lack of fundamental services such as water and electricity were key themes presented at Parliament's March 15 opening ceremonies by the leaders of its two houses. National Assembly President Kamerhe cited recent violence in Bas-Congo as an [...] | 2008-03-31 13:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PHUM CG |
08KINSHASA315 | SOUTH KIVU ASSEMBLY ELECTS NEW GOVERNOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The South Kivu provincial assembly elected Louis Muderhwa governor March 21 following the censure, reinstatement, and resignation of previous Governor Celestin Cibalonza. The support of heavyweight national politicians was a critical factor in Muderhwa's victory. End summary. [...] | 2008-04-01 17:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM CG |
08KINSHASA316 | IMPROVING LAKE ALBERT SECURITY AND INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Tullow Oil continues to face difficulties with the GDRC with regard to Blocks I and II in the Albertine Basin, but has not expressed specific concern about security on the DRC side of the border. Other commercial interests, including U.S.-based Terralliance, are also working to [...] | 2008-04-02 07:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET MARR PGOV CG |
08KINSHASA323 | MILITARY INTEGRATION ("BRASSAGE") IN THE DRC [...] Summary: "Brassage" is the DRC military integration process through which ex-combatants and FARDC soldiers are re-trained together and formed into integrated brigades. It is a key element of security sector reform (SRR) in the DRC, and inextricably linked to the Disarmament, Demobilization an [...] | 2008-04-03 09:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | AIDAC MOPS PGOV MARR KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA326 | DRC FEBRUARY/MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-03 15:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | CG EAIR ECON EFIN ELAB EMIN PGOV |
08KINSHASA327 | DRC FEBRUARY/MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-03 16:12:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | CG EAIR ECON EFIN ELAB EMIN PGOV |
08KINSHASA329 | DRC FEBRUARY/MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary Aviation -------- - MONUC Owes Government of Uganda USD 10 Million in Aviation Fees - Royal Air Maroc Service to Casablanca and Europe - Air Zimbabwe Offers Flights from Kinshasa to Dubai and Brussels Banking Sector -------------- - Low Rate of Bank Account Ownership in DR [...] | 2008-04-04 15:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG |
08KINSHASA332 | DRC FEBRUARY/MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary Aviation -------- - MONUC Owes Government of Uganda USD 10 Million in Aviation Fees - Royal Air Maroc Service to Casablanca and Europe - Air Zimbabwe Offers Flights from Kinshasa to Dubai and Brussels Banking Sector -------------- - Low Rate of Bank Account Ownership in DR [...] | 2008-04-07 06:49:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG |
08KINSHASA333 | DRC FEBRUARY/MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary Aviation -------- - MONUC Owes Government of Uganda USD 10 Million in Aviation Fees - Royal Air Maroc Service to Casablanca and Europe - Air Zimbabwe Offers Flights from Kinshasa to Dubai and Brussels Banking Sector -------------- - Low Rate of Bank Account Ownership in DRC [...] | 2008-04-08 06:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG |
08KINSHASA335 | GOMA NOTES 04/04/08 - SRSG DOSS BRIEFS THE HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: SRSG Doss described the UN Security Stabilization Strategy as an effective framework for coordinating North Kivu diplomatic, political, military and humanitarian initiatives an April 4 briefing in Goma. He said that MONUC will give timely briefings to NGOs on military movements [...] | 2008-04-08 13:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CG |
08KINSHASA336 | GOMA NOTES 04/01/08 - GOMA PROCESS: NORTH KIVU ARMED GROUPS [...] (SBU) Summary: North Kivu "native" (non-Tutsi) armed groups agreed to remain in the Goma process following considerable agitation about their share of positions in the Amani Program. A principal point of contention was objections by PARECO's (Hutu) Goma representative over the unexpected appo [...] | 2008-04-08 13:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CG |
08KINSHASA337 | Goma Notes 04/03/08 - Goma Process: Launch of the Joint [...] (U) Summary. The Joint Technical Commission on Peace and Security, the key implementing body for the Goma accords, was officially launched in a ceremony in Goma April 3. Remarks by Congolese and international representatives were upbeat, recognizing the challenges and achievements to day, and [...] | 2008-04-08 13:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CG |
08KINSHASA338 | GOMA NOTES: 04/04/08 - GOMA PROCESS: THE JTCPS GETS DOWN TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Amani Program's Joint Technical Commission on Peace and Security (JTCPS) convened for its first working session April 4. Abbe Muholongu Malumalu was very much at the center of things in his role as National Coordinator. Much of what happened must have resonated deeply with [...] | 2008-04-08 13:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CG |
08KINSHASA345 | GOMA NOTES - NAIROBI PROCESS: 16th MEETING OF JMG TASK [...] (SBU) Summary: The 16th meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) Task Force for the Nairobi communIque April 4 in Goma was punctuated by several unexpected exchanges. The FARDC's regional military intelligence chief implied that CNDP is an ally against FDLR. The Congolese delegation repor [...] | 2008-04-15 12:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO CG UN RW SF EUN |
08KINSHASA346 | GOMA NOTES - NAIROBI PROCESS: 17th MEETING OF JMG TASK [...] (SBU) Summary: A smiling Vice Admiral Didier Etumba dropped into the Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) Task Force April 11, and fast bumped heads with Rwandan delegates about the FARDC's "scenarios" for ridding the country of FDLR. None of this impeded Etumba's briefing or dampened its cordiality. [...] | 2008-04-15 12:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS CG RW |
08KINSHASA349 | PLANE CRASH KILLS DOZENS IN GOMA, EASTERN CONGO [...] (U) Summary. A Congolese airliner carrying 79 passengers and 5 crew members crashed on takeoff from Goma airport in eastern Congo at 14:45 local time on April 15, killing dozens of people including passengers and persons on the ground. The majority of passengers appear to have survived, but exa [...] | 2008-04-15 17:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC EAIR ECON PGOV |
08KINSHASA359 | GOMA NOTES 04/16/08 - GOMA PROCESS: BACK TO THE BUSINESS AT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Goma process Joint Technical Committee on Peace and Security debated and approved bylaws for the conduct of internal business in Goma April 15-16. The sessions were generally businesslike, in contrast to an earlier meeting April 12. Many of the most egregious passages had [...] | 2008-04-18 08:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO CG UN EUN |
08KINSHASA36 | Joint Monitoring Task Force (JMG-TF) [...] Reftels are reports on prior meetings of the JMG-TF. 2. Following are highlights of the Task Force Meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group held in Goma on January 4, 2008. Goma Report January 11, 2008: Task Force of the Joint Monitoring Group 3. Summary: At the meeting of the Task For [...] | 2008-01-14 14:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA361 | Press freedom quarterly: January-March 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: Congolese authorities used restrictive freedom of expression laws to convict a journalist in Kasai Oriental province and arrest four others in Kinshasa and South Kivu. Police beat a cameraman filming their operations in Katanga. Legal proceedings resumed in the case of murdere [...] | 2008-04-18 11:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM CG |
08KINSHASA367 | DC-9 CRASH UPDATE - 45 CONFIRMED DEAD [...] Summary: Six days after the April 15 crash of a Hewa Bora Airways DC-9 at Goma airport (ref A),and in the absence of an official report, the toll of passenger and ground casualties stands at 121, with 45 dead and about 76 injured. Company and civil aviation officials say they have found the [...] | 2008-04-21 12:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC EAIR PGOV ECON KPKO CG UN |
08KINSHASA37 | Goma Report for January 11-13 - ethnic groups [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kivus Conference is moving toward the end of its lengthy plenary phase. Ethnic communities and armed groups in both Kivus have, for the most part, had their say and the more difficult phase of bringing them together on a concrete way forward will soon begin. Amid the some [...] | 2008-01-14 14:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG |
08KINSHASA370 | BAS-CONGO UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Following recent violence involving militants of the political-religious movement Bundu dia Kongo (BDK) and Congolese police forces (reftels),focus is now on investigating claims of excessive use of force and the steps needed for political reconciliation. MONUC currently expects [...] | 2008-04-21 16:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC SOCY PHUM CG |
08KINSHASA373 | GOMA NOTES: 04/12/08 - NORTH KIVU "GOMA" SPOILERS [...] (SBU) Summary: For the last few weeks, there has been ferment within and among the North Kivu armed groups, particularly among those best known for close ties to the FDLR. This message is based on reports of conversations between a MONUC military officer and some of these groups, and a talk b [...] | 2008-04-23 15:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG UN |
08KINSHASA374 | GOMA NOTES - NAIROBI PROCESS: 18TH MEETING OF THE JMG TASK [...] (SBU) Summary: Rwanda told the Joint Monitoring Group Task Force (JMG-TF) during its April 18 session in Goma that it should be more active and consider meeting in the field as a matter of course, but drew no support. UN agencies led presentations on reducing negative impact on IDPs and retur [...] | 2008-04-23 15:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF MOPS PHUM KPKO CG RW UN |
08KINSHASA375 | NEW SOUTH KIVU GOVERNOR TARGETS SECURITY, GOVERNANCE, [...] (SBU) Summary: Governor Louis Muderhwa of South Kivu targeted security, governance, and poverty issues in his April 8 meeting with the Ambassador. He requested computer and communications technology to extend provincial authority and accelerate the disarmament and reintegration of foreign fig [...] | 2008-04-23 15:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EMIN KDEM PINR CG |
08KINSHASA383 | AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON GAINS CONGOLESE SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with senior officials from the Congolese Government (GDRC),MONUC, NGOs and the diplomatic community during his April 9-12 visit to Kinshasa. He emphasized that his meetings were part of a broader Great Lakes visit [...] | 2008-04-29 06:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KPKO KJUS SOCI PINR CG RW UN |
08KINSHASA386 | GOMA NOTES 04/21/08 - GOMA PROCESS: CNDP HARDLINERS ATTEMPT [...] (SBU) Summary. The CNDP clung to hardline arguments April 18-19 linking the proposed calendar of activities for the Amani Program Joint Technical Committee on Peace and Security (CTMPS) to progress against the FDLR, but a weekend of pushing by National Coordinator Apollinaire Malumalu and the [...] | 2008-04-29 15:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG UN EUN |
08KINSHASA390 | GOMA NOTES 04/24/08 - GOMA PROCESS: STANDING TOGETHER TO [...] (U) Summary: The Joint Technical Commission on Peace and Security raced for three days April 22-24 to complete the first block of tasks on the Amani Program schedule, scrapping language that linked disengagement to progress under the Nairobi criteria, and confirming the cease-fire in a bilingu [...] | 2008-05-02 13:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE |
08KINSHASA392 | Kabila, SRSG/P-3 plus two and Angola discuss East, [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 2 President Kabila met with SRSG Doss, ambassadors of the P-3 plus 2 nations, and Angola, the first meeting in this format in 2008. Kabila and the European ambassadors expressed disappointment - without explicitly blaming each other - for slow movement on economic devel [...] | 2008-05-05 14:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA40 | MONUC's Kivus Conference Report -- third day of [...] (SBU) Under the moderation of Azarias Ruberwa, today's plenary started with speeches by governors Didier Manara (Maniema province) and Medard Autsai (Orientale province). Both presented their respective provinces, which they portrayed as places where ethnic groups coexisted peacefully, as exa [...] | 2008-01-14 16:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG |
08KINSHASA410 | ANOTHER STEP ALONG A ROCKY ROAD: BELGIAN MINISTERS VISIT [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht's meetings with President Kabila April 20-21 in Kinshasa aggravated pre-existing bilateral tensions on both sides. Belgian Ministers of Defense and International Cooperation accompanied De Gucht during his April 20-26 visit to the DRC [...] | 2008-05-11 13:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM EMIN CG BE |
08KINSHASA413 | DRC APRIL ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary Agriculture ----------- - New DRC Agricultural Code Presented to Traditional Chiefs - African Wildlife Foundation Assists Isolated Population - Orientale Province Poised to Renew Agricultural Activities Aviation -------- - CAA Suspends Flights, All Planes to South Afric [...] | 2008-05-12 06:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG |
08KINSHASA417 | HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY FUND - FY 2008 1ST AND 2ND [...] This message updates FY 2008 programming reported by the International Fund for Election Systems (IFES),the Carter Center, Journalists for Human Rights (JHR),Search for Common Ground (SFCG) and the American Bar Association's Africa Law Initiative (ABA-Africa) under grants from the Human Righ [...] | 2008-05-12 09:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV OPRC KDEM KJUS CG |
08KINSHASA418 | 21st Meeting of JMG Task Force, May 9, 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Task Force members heard MONUC DDRRR director Philip Lancaster speak during most of the day's meeting, as the single expert on the agenda. Lancaster bracketed his presentation with cautions that logistical constraints and unrealistic time lines will limit the impact of the pre [...] | 2008-05-12 11:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE |
08KINSHASA42 | Goma Report for January 16 - [...] (SBU) Summary: In his meeting with National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe January 16, Senior Adviser Tim Shortley urged Kamerhe (and similarly Foreign Minister Mbusa, Conference President Malu Malu and Conference Moderator Ruberwa) to get the authorization of President Kabila (who arrived i [...] | 2008-01-17 11:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG |
08KINSHASA421 | FRF relays serious concerns over FARDC human rights abuses [...] (U) Summary: USAID Goma liaison officer along with the Belgian Consul General and MONUC Head of Office in Bukavu traveled to Kamombo, South Kivu along with three Forces Republicaines Federalistes (FRF) members of the Mixed Technical Commission on Peace and Security (MTCPS). The delegation met [...] | 2008-05-13 12:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA425 | International facilitation dinner with Malu Malu [...] (U) Summary: International Facilitation met with Abbe Appolinaire Malu Malu April 30 in Bukavu to discuss the CNDP, the Amani process and armed groups operating in the Kivus. Malu Malu relayed CNDP concerns about the ICC arrest warrant for Bosco Ntaganda and the location of brassage centers. [...] | 2008-05-13 14:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE |
08KINSHASA426 | PRC Engagement in the DRC [...] (SBU) Summary: The story of Chinese (PRC) involvement in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),dating to the 1970's when the DRC was barely into its second decade as an independent nation, is long and complex. Since the early 2000's, China has ramped up its presence and exchanges with the D [...] | 2008-05-13 15:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAGR ECPS MARR PREL PGOV SENV |
08KINSHASA428 | GOMA NOTES 05/02/08 - TEAM BUILDING: 20TH MEETING OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 2, Task Force members traveled by road to the Headquarters of the 6th Integrated Brigade (FARDC) in Kiwanja, Rutshuru Territory, which has responsibility for keeping FDLR troops away from the Uganda border. The brigade's operations netted a high-profile commander last mon [...] | 2008-05-15 06:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE |
08KINSHASA432 | USAID, U.S. Forestry Service support planning seminar to [...] From May 8 - 10 a workshop entitled "Forest Planning: Tool for Sustainable Management of the Forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo" was hosted by the Ministry of Environment, Conservation of Nature and Tourism in Kinshasa. Supported by USAID/CARPE and the US Forest Service, the workshop [...] | 2008-05-15 14:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PGOV PREL CG |
08KINSHASA435 | ANGOLA'S INFLUENCE IN THE DRC [...] (U) Background and summary: This cable provides an overview of Angola's political and military interests and goals in the DRC. Angola is one of the DRC,s closest allies and the two countries cooperate closely on economic matters, border security, and between militaries. The nature of the cu [...] | 2008-05-16 15:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS MARR AO CG |
08KINSHASA436 | CDC TEAM RESPONDS TO MONKEYPOX OUTBREAK IN DRC [...] (U) Summary. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sent a team of three doctors to investigate a recent monkeypox outbreak in the Equateur Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The CDC epidemiologists joined representatives from the GDRC Ministry of Health (MO [...] | 2008-05-16 16:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | CDC ECON EAGR EAID SENV TBIO PGOV CG |
08KINSHASA438 | GOMA NOTES - PARTNER'S PLAN FOR AMANI PROGRAM MOBILITY AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Concerned that a crippled transportation infrastructure will slow down implementation of the Amani Program and humanitarian assistance, Father (also French: "Abbe") Apollinaire Malu Malu convened partners from MONUC and International Facilitation on April 20 to discuss improvin [...] | 2008-05-19 05:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE |
08KINSHASA439 | MASHAKO MISSION UNTIES PARECO KNOT [...] (SBU) Summary: After three days of pressure from officials and facilitators of the Amani Program, PARECO-FAP leaders agreed on a list of members from the Mugabo and LaFontaine factions who would jointly represent their movement in the Goma Process. Amani Humanitarian Coordinator Professor Ma [...] | 2008-05-19 06:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE |
08KINSHASA440 | FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY: THEORY VS. PRACTICE [...] (SBU) Summary: Articles 25 and 26 of the 2006 DRC Constitution guarantee freedom of assembly for peaceful meetings and protests. Congolese authorities often take advantage of differences between the Constitution and existing law to prevent or suppress public protests. The Embassy is working w [...] | 2008-05-19 06:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM CG |
08KINSHASA441 | FARDC 14TH BRIGADE: A BURDEN TO KABARE RESIDENTS [...] (SBU) Summary. The FARDC 14th Brigade looted two schools in Kabare Center, South Kivu on April 28 and continues to plunder the local population, including food supplies. The 14th Brigade settled in Kabare since it disintegrated during fighting with the CNDP in North Kivu in December 2007. A [...] | 2008-05-19 06:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PHUM PGOV PINS SOCI CG |
08KINSHASA448 | NKUNDA PUSHES FOR ACTION ON AMANI, NAIROBI [...] (SBU) Summary: At a meeting in Kitchanga (Masisi Territory) on May 17, Laurent Nkunda told U.S. Goma Rep and Facilitation members that he wants to be fully involved in the success of the Amani Program, that the Kinshasa government is moving too slowly on amnesty legislation and financial supp [...] | 2008-05-19 18:02:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE |
08KINSHASA459 | DRC: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S SPONSORED [...] (U) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. The candidates have been selected to participate in the Sex Crimes Investigator training program [...] | 2008-05-23 18:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MARR PGOV CG |
08KINSHASA46 | MONUC's Kivus Conference Report - [...] (SBU) Summary: The ethnic communities of South Kivu commence their presentations in the fourth Plenary session. Tension rises swiftly when the Bembe and the Fulero issue anachronistic anti-Tutsi declarations, and the Banyamulenge demand the recognition of the Minembwe Territory. The Conferen [...] | 2008-01-17 12:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG |
08KINSHASA460 | NOTES ON 22ND MEETING OF JMG TASK FORCE, FIELD TRIP, 16 MAY [...] (SBU) Summary: The 22nd Task Force (TF) meeting was in the form of a field trip to Walikale on 16 May 2008, at the invitation of the Congolese Delegation. Members heard three briefings: The Territorial Administrator talked about "sensitization" (awareness raising) efforts since March 15; the [...] | 2008-05-25 14:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE |
08KINSHASA461 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. [...] (U) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act the following candidates of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo(FARDC) selected to participate in a U.S.-sponsored Sex Crimes Investigator Training program in Kananga, DRC [...] | 2008-05-27 05:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR PGOV CG |
08KINSHASA462 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. [...] (U) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act the following candidates of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo(FARDC) selected to participate in a U.S.-sponsored Sex Crimes Investigator Training program in Kananga, DRC [...] | 2008-05-27 13:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR PGOV CG |
08KINSHASA463 | KISANGANI MEETING: POSITIVE MOVEMENT ON THE PART OF FDLR [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff attended the May 26 Kisangani meeting at which the GDRC and elements from FDLR-RUD and the RPR (Rassemblement du Peuple Rwandais) made public a document related to these armed groups' disarmament and repatriation or resettlement. The conference was principally ceremonial [...] | 2008-05-27 13:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG RW |
08KINSHASA469 | DEPLOYMENT OF MILITARY INFORMATION SUPPORT TEAM TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post requests deployment of a military information support team (MIST) to plan, conduct and execute special information programs and training in coordination with appropriate Embassy sections, the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC),and the UN Observer [...] | 2008-05-28 11:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | SECRET | MARR MASS PGOV PK PREL KPAO |
08KINSHASA47 | SPECIAL ADVISOR SHORTLEY'S JANUARY 12 MEETING WITH [...] (C) On January 12, Tim Shortley, Senior Adviser for Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer for Conflict Resolution met with General Lauren Nkunda at his request and the request of President Kabila,s staff. The objectives of the meeting were to understand Nkunda state of mind and readiness for pe [...] | 2008-01-17 14:02:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PINR PHUM CG |
08KINSHASA472 | RESURGENT SOUTH KIVU ARMED GROUPS: MORIBUND FORCES [...] (SBU) Summary: Zubaida Rasul, MONUC Head of Office in Bukavu, detailed for us that most of the signatories to the South Kivu Acte d'Engagement were actually defunct or non-existent prior to the Goma Peace Conference. The conference in turn has provided them with legitimacy and finances in t [...] | 2008-05-28 15:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS CG |
08KINSHASA480 | DRC: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S SPONSORED [...] (U) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. The candidates have been selected to participate in the Sex Crimes Investigator training program [...] | 2008-06-02 07:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MARR PGOV CG |
08KINSHASA488 | NAIROBI PROCESS - MOVING FORWARD AFTER KISANGANI [...] (SBU) Summary: May 27-28 technical committee meetings following the Kisangani FDLR Conference reached agreement on the process through which the FDLR-RUD and RPR will disarm and begin repatriation to Rwanda or resettlement in the DRC. MONUC is guardedly optimistic regarding prospects for suc [...] | 2008-06-03 12:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG RW |
08KINSHASA498 | FOREIGN MINISTER REACTS TO NUCLEAR ISSUES [...] (SBU) Ambassador met May 24 with Foreign Minister Antipas Mbusa and raised two issues related to the DRC,s nuclear research facility and the Congo,s status as a rich source of natural uranium. Vice-minister Ignace Gata also attended. DCM was notetaker. GDRC Nuclear Team Invited to Vienna -- [...] | 2008-06-05 09:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EMIN IAEA PGOV CG |
08KINSHASA499 | GOMA NOTES: ETUMBA'S PLAN FOR DISENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Amani Program Peace and Security Co-President Didier Etumba has proposed disengaging government and CNDP forces in North Kivu along lines in Masisi in Rutshuru, and creation of five ex-combatant assembly centers in the province. He suggested three centers for South Kivu, where [...] | 2008-06-05 10:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA5 | THE DRC'S KIVUS CONFERENCE -- HARBINGER OF PEACE, [...] (C) Summary: The "Conference on Peace, Stability and Development in North and South Kivu" opens January 6 in Goma amid great fanfare. President Kabila made the decision to convene the Conference, which ruling coalition hardliners had attempted to stall indefinitely in hopes of ending the in [...] | 2008-01-04 13:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KDEM MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL KPKO |
08KINSHASA504 | GOMA NOTES: MALU MALU RETURNS ... AND DEPARTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Amani program Coordinator Malu Malu said May 27 that provincial-level working groups implementing disengagement decisions of the Joint Commission on Peace and Security must trump Nkunda's insistence on subcommittee-level cells manned from the field. Although Amani is strapped [...] | 2008-06-06 09:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA513 | GOMA NOTES 06/07/08: UN SECURITY COUNCIL VISITS GOMA [...] (SBU) Visiting UNSC ambassadors, including Ambassador Garvelink representing the U.S., listened with interest and appreciation June 7 to arguments advanced by Apollinaire Malu Malu, President of the Independent Electoral Commission and National Coordinator of the Amani Program, for support to [...] | 2008-06-10 07:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG UN EUN |
08KINSHASA519 | BELGIAN-DRC RELATIONS AT A NADIR [...] (C) Summary: Diplomatic relations between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Belgium remain tense following controversial statements by Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht on human rights, good governance, and corruption in the DRC (ref C). The Congolese government has recalled to [...] | 2008-06-12 13:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BE CG |
08KINSHASA520 | GOMA NOTES 06/05/2008: NAIROBI PROCESS - JMG TASK FORCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The JMG Task Force traveled June 5 to Mwenga in South Kivu to observe actions being taken by the Congolese government against FDLR in the area. Three battalions consisting of 1,575 fighters are deployed throughout Mwenga town and district. Government representatives there insp [...] | 2008-06-12 14:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO CG RW UN |
08KINSHASA521 | SENIOR ADVISER SHORTLEY'S MEETING WITH SRSG DOSS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: SRSG Alan Doss told AF Senior Adviser Tim Shortley June 2 that international supervision will be necessary at brassage centers for ex-combatants from North and South Kivu. He and Shortley agreed that disarmament and relocation or repatriation of FDLR members will be important [...] | 2008-06-12 14:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG UN |
08KINSHASA522 | SENIOR ADVISER SHORTLEY'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: AF Senior Adviser Tim Shortley and Defense Minister Chikez Diemu reviewed progress on the Goma and Nairobi processes and military reform June 2 in Kinshasa. Shortley highlighted the Kisangani FDLR conference as a positive step, which should also be used to pressure Nkunda. Th [...] | 2008-06-12 15:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA528 | UNSC GETS FIRST HAND LOOK AT DRC CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Security Council ambassadors held meetings in Kinshasa and Goma June 7-8. Three themes emerged in their discussions in Kinshasa: democracy-building, the Goma and Nairobi processes, and sexual violence. President Kabila impressed the ambassadors with his command of issues [...] | 2008-06-16 10:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG UN |
08KINSHASA529 | MLC LEADERSHIP ON BEMBA AND MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a long discussion June 3, leaders of Bemba's MLC ("Mouvement pour la Liberation du Congo") party told PolOff they are not planning further public demonstrations in Kinshasa following a canceled May 31 march in the capital. The strongest displays of support for Bemba have oc [...] | 2008-06-16 10:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN ECON CG RW |
08KINSHASA535 | GOMA NOTES 06/08/08: CONGOLESE DDR CHIEF BRIEFS [...] (SBU) Summary: Congolese DDR chief Alphonse Ntumba Luaba briefed International Facilitation representatives June 7 and 8 on the ability of the GDRC's program to address Goma and Nairobi process DDR requirements. The program is budgeted at $75 million; Ntumba anticipates that the World Bank a [...] | 2008-06-17 12:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG UN |
08KINSHASA537 | Meeting with Rene Abandi June 14, 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary. USAID and OCHA representatives met with CNDP spokesman Rene Abandi June 14 to raise concerns regarding several recent developments, including a CNDP letter attacking NGOs, its demand for involvement in humanitarian decisions in its territory, withdrawal of its forces from the a [...] | 2008-06-17 15:12:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG UN EUN |
08KINSHASA54 | Goma Report for January 19 - Kabila [...] (SBU) Summary: With forty-eight hours left in the Kivus Conference, President Kabila summoned diplomats present in Goma January 19 to outline the peace process that would be established by the conference. The government and all internal armed forces and ethnic communities in the Kivus would [...] | 2008-01-21 09:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG |
08KINSHASA544 | GDRC SENDING 20 ELECTION OBSERVERS TO ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Theophile Mbayo, Foreign Minister Mbusa's Advisor for the Great Lakes Region, told us June 18 that the GDRC plans to send 20 election observers to Zimbabwe next week for the second round of Presidential elections. The delegation will include civil society, Congolese Independent Electora [...] | 2008-06-20 06:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ZI CG |
08KINSHASA548 | FRENCH SECRETARY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VISITS DRC [...] (SBU) Summary: French Secretary for Human Rights Rama Yade re-extended an invitation to President Kabila to visit France, announced a 300,000 euro grant to assist street children in Kinshasa and made a side trip to Bukavu during her June 8-11 visit to the DRC visit. The French hope Kabila wi [...] | 2008-06-24 11:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SOCI CG FR |
08KINSHASA55 | Goma Report for January 20 - CNDP Makes [...] (SBU) Summary: On what was meant to be the next-to-last day of the Kivus Conference (now apparently extended to January 22),the CNDP expressed dissatisfaction on multiple points. End Summary. 2. (SBU) On what was meant to be a final day of preparations before closure on January 21, the [...] | 2008-01-21 09:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG |
08KINSHASA553 | JUNE 19 MEETING OF STEERING GROUPS FOR AMANI AGREEMENTS, [...] A joint meeting of the steering committees for the "Amani Process" (or Amani Program),and the "Nairobi Process' met in Kinshasa June 19 at the Ministry of the Interior. The meeting was chaired by Interior Minster Denis Kalume. Presenting an update on the Amani Process was its coordinator, F [...] | 2008-06-25 14:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO CG RW UN |
08KINSHASA555 | GOMA NOTES 06/13/08: NAIROBI PROCESS - 26TH MEETING OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The 26th meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group Task Force, held in Bukavu June 13, featured a briefing on FARDC operations against the FDLR by General Patrick Masunzu of the 10th Military Region. Masunzu reported that four newly-deployed integrated and MONUC-trained battalions [...] | 2008-06-25 16:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG RW UN |
08KINSHASA56 | President Kabila's half-sister is murdered [...] Congolese media report that Mrs. Aimee Kabila Mulengela, believed to be an illegitimate (but acknowledged) daughter of late President Laurent Kabila, was killed in her Kinshasa residence last Wednesday by two unidentified men wearing military uniforms. The assassins broke into Mrs. Mulengela' [...] | 2008-01-21 09:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM CG |
08KINSHASA560 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE JULY 01-02 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is slowly grappling with fundamental governance, security and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the linchpin of central Africa a [...] | 2008-06-26 15:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON MARR PHUM CG |
08KINSHASA563 | GOMA SITUATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The recent absence of the principal Congolese actors from Goma has resulted in lost time and inefficiencies in the Amani process. The Joint Technical Commission on Peace and Security is now not meeting, but the International Facilitation and MONUC are mapping out a plan for rev [...] | 2008-07-01 15:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA568 | DAY OF CELEBRATION: EMBASSY INAUGURATES SCHOOL [...] Summary: PolOff inaugurated a school May 27 in Buburu, Equateur which was rehabilitated by the FY2007 Ambassador's Fund for Refugees. Local officials and the entire town of Buburu welcomed, with much fanfare, the arrival of the Embassy-UNHCR delegation. They visited UNHCR's Refugee Transit C [...] | 2008-07-08 13:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PGOV CG UN CF |
08KINSHASA569 | DEATH OF KINSHASA PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY VICE PRESIDENT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The vice-president of the Kinshasa provincial legislature, a member of the main opposition party "Mouvement pour la Liberation du Congo (MLC)" was killed at a roadblock early July 6 in the Ma Campagne quarter of Kinshasa. Four men have been detained by the national police in co [...] | 2008-07-08 15:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM CG |
08KINSHASA57 | MONUC'S Kivus Conference sitrep report #8; [...] (U) Summary: South Kivu Communities finished their presentations. North Kivu armed groups starting with CNDP take the floor in this fifth day of plenary sessions. End summary. 2. (SBU) After the extremist speeches from yesterday, particularly directed against the Banyamulenge by the Bem [...] | 2008-01-21 11:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG |
08KINSHASA570 | DR CONGO QUARTERLY REFUGEE REPORT, JUNE 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR reports repatriation of over 10,600 Congolese as of June 2008. There are currently over 338,000 Congolese refugees in neighboring countries and over 176,000 refugees from other countries in the DRC. Repatriation of Congolese from Tanzania has recently halted, repatriati [...] | 2008-07-08 15:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PREL KPKO CG TZ UG ZA UN |
08KINSHASA58 | Major breakthrough as CNDP agrees [...] (SBU) Summary: After intense discussions with leaders of the Kivus Conference late January 20 and early January 21, CNDP agreed that it would sign the final conference declaration with some additional text changes. There remain the issues of getting other armed groups on board, and approval [...] | 2008-01-21 14:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG |
08KINSHASA586 | CNDP UNHAPPY WITH GDRC AMANI PROVINCIAL STRUCTURES DECREE [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Embassy Goma office and CNDP leadership met July 11 to discuss CNDP concerns about the GDRC decree establishing Amani program provincial commissions and CNDP roles in the sub-commissions. The CNDP is concerned about the absence of humanitarian structures and the level of C [...] | 2008-07-14 16:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE |
08KINSHASA593 | CNDP, AT JULY 14 MEETING WITH INTERNATIONAL FACILITATION, [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Facilitation in Goma met with CNDP representatives Rene Abandi and Bertrand Bisimwa July 14 to discuss further the CNDP concerns outlined reftel. Abandi and Bisimwa reported that the CNDP has not backed off from these concerns, and also that the group may now [...] | 2008-07-16 14:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA594 | Tripartite Plus: Coordinator's Visit to Kinshsa [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Joyce Leader, Snior Coordinator of the Tripartite Plus Joint Comission, traveled to Kinshasa June 22-23 as partof a regional trip to Tripartite Plus capitals. Hr schedule included meetings with Foreign Ministr Mbusa, CHOD Kayembe, Presidential Envoy Seraphi Ngwej, an [...] | 2008-07-17 14:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA596 | TWO KILLED IN ATTACK ON WWF VEHICLE IN VIRUNGA PARK [...] (U) The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) confirmed through a press release July 9 that two people were killed and three injured in an attack on a WWF vehicle in Virunga National Park, around 150 km north of Goma (Note: No U.S. citizens were involved. End note) The vehicle, a Toyota pickup truck, was [...] | 2008-07-21 05:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KENV CG |
08KINSHASA598 | NEW WAVE OF CONGOLESE EXPULSIONS FROM ANGOLA [...] (SBU) Summary: According to reliable sources, Angolan forces have expelled more than 60,000 Congolese in the first six months of 2008. A CARITAS-Germany representative and a MONUC Joint Military Analysis Center (JMAC) analyst told PolOff July 8-9 that Angola is expelling Congolese nationals [...] | 2008-07-21 12:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL AO CG |
08KINSHASA599 | MISSION OFFICER GOMA ESCAPES SERIOUS INJURY WHEN UN CAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Mission officer Nicholas Jenks and a small party of international functionaries assigned to Goma undertook to visit territory held by irregular armed groups in outlying areas on Friday, July 18, together with "Museveni" (nom de guerre),representing the PARECO insurgency. The [...] | 2008-07-22 07:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG RW |
08KINSHASA600 | GOMA PROCESS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Facilitation met July 17 in Goma with Apollinaire Malu Malu, acting SRSG Ross Mountain, and a number of MONUC staff members to discuss a variety of issues related to the Goma process. With respect to the continued non-participation of the CNDP and its set of g [...] | 2008-07-22 07:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA603 | JULY 18 MEETING OF JMG TASK FORCE DEALS WITH ANTI-FDLR [...] (SBU) Summary: The 31st meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group Task Force on July 18 was, overall, a cordial gathering. U.S. members of the International Facilitation in attendance were DCM Sam Brock and Program Officer Geoffrey Parker. In the absence of Jean-Michel Dumont, the EU chairmanshi [...] | 2008-07-22 12:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE |
08KINSHASA613 | CNDP SOLDIERS TURN BACK FACILITATION CONVOY [...] (SBU) Summary: International Facilitation and MONUC officials, traveling overland to Kirolirwe for a previously scheduled meeting with Nkunda July 23, were turned back at a CNDP barrier approximately ten miles from Kimoka. CNDP soldiers on the scene provided no explanation, and an attempt to [...] | 2008-07-28 08:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA614 | FRF AGREES (POSSIBLY) TO REJOIN AMANI PROCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Apollinaire Malu Malu and members of the International Facilitation (IF) traveled to Kamombo, South Kivu July 22 to persuade the leadership of the FRF (Forces republicaines federalistes in French) to rejoin the Amani process. The FRF agreed to return to the process should the C [...] | 2008-07-28 08:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA62 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TIP TIER 2 ACTION PLAN [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche January 9 to Chikez Diemu, Minister of Defense; Philomene Omatuku, Minister of Women's Issues and Children; and Boniface Bola, Secretary General of the Ministry of Labor. 2. All three Congolese officials cited child labor as the biggest trafficking problem [...] | 2008-01-23 06:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN CG |
08KINSHASA625 | STORM CLOUDS GATHER AROUND AMANI PROCESS; WILL FIGHTING [...] (SBU) Summary: Defense Minister Chikez convened a meeting July 28 with ambassadors of major donor countries and MONUC to discuss security sector reform (SSR),focusing specifically on three main areas: peace processes in the east; rapid reaction force training; and overall institutional deve [...] | 2008-07-31 08:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA630 | GDRC receives surrender July 31 of RUD soldiers [...] (SBU) The recent surrender of 67 Rassemblement pour l'Unit et la Democratie (RUD) soldiers in a public ceremony in North Kivu on July 31 was a small but potentially significant victory for DDRRR. The ceremony took place in the vicinity of Luofu in Lubero district. In attendance were the DRC M [...] | 2008-08-05 06:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG UN EUN |
08KINSHASA64 | Day of Disappointment at Kivus Conference [...] (SBU) Summary: January 22, the day the Kivus Conference was supposed to close, started with optimism in the anticipation that it would be the day of signing of an accord to end conflict in the Kivus. The day bogged down, however, as the CNDP went back on its commitment of the previous day. [...] | 2008-01-23 10:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG |
08KINSHASA648 | 32nd MEETING OF JMG TASK FORCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The 32nd meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group Task Force July 25 was unusually short at just over three hours. U.S. members of the International Facilitation were Nicholas Jenks and Geoffrey Parker. Jean-Michel Dumont of the EU chaired the meeting. Due to a misunderstanding, [...] | 2008-08-07 11:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA65 | Breakthrough with Nkunda [...] (SBU) Summary: After a discouraging day January 22, (reftel) the morning of January 23 brought a breaking of the impasse with the CNDP. Nkunda has ordered his delegation to return to Goma and sign an agreement with a few more changes in his favor. The key was direct telephonic contact betwe [...] | 2008-01-23 14:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG |
08KINSHASA655 | CNDP PARTICIPATES IN AUGUST 6-7 MEETING IN GOMA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Steering Committee of the Amani Process met in Goma August 6-7 with the presence of the CNDP and FRF, which had not participated in recent meetings. Interior Minister Kalume presided over the deliberations with greater assertiveness than Father Apollinaire Malu Malu, the A [...] | 2008-08-11 07:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG |
08KINSHASA664 | AMANI PROGRAM WORKING GROUP ON THE EXTENSION OF STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: European Union (EU) political advisor Veronique Aulagnon provided Emboff notes from the August 9 meeting of the Amani Program working group on the extension of state authority in North and South Kivu. Provincial government members suggested increasing the number and pay of mag [...] | 2008-08-14 06:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA665 | AD HOC FACILITATION MEETING WITH CNDP [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Facilitation in Goma held an informal meeting August 11 with two CNDP representatives, Rene Abandi and Bertrand Bisimwa. The two representatives raised a new CNDP concern: a recent statement by RCD ("Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie" in French, a po [...] | 2008-08-14 06:29:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA677 | KABILA MEETS AUGUST 5 WITH DONOR COMMUNITY ON DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: President Joseph Kabila convoked bilateral and multilateral development partners August 5 to assess progress on his development priorities and to review social and economic development issues. This meeting was significant as it was President Kabila's first encounter with the i [...] | 2008-08-18 07:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL PGOV CG |
08KINSHASA683 | UNHCR EXPANDING ITS ACTIVITIES IN NORTH KIVU [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy's Political Officer in Goma spoke with the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) leadership in Goma, Coordinator for the East Karl Steinacker and Head of Sub-Office Ibrahima Coly. After years of minimal involvement in North Kivu, UNHCR is ramping up programs in the c [...] | 2008-08-20 09:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PGOV MOPS KPKO CG RW UN |
08KINSHASA684 | CONVERSATION WITH CNDP REPRESENTATIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: USAID Goma officer held a private meeting with CNDP representatives Rene Abandi and Bertrand Bisimwa at their request August 13. USAID officer stressed that the CNDP should take meaningful action to demonstrate that they are not completely out of the Amani process. The CNDP r [...] | 2008-08-20 14:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA689 | GOMA ROUND-UP AUGUST 19 [...] (SBU) EU representative Veronique Aulagnon told Goma PolOff August 19 that EU envoy Roeland van de Geer planned to attend the September 1 meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group in Kinshasa. He planned to travel first to Kigali, to meet Sezibera August 27, and then to Goma on August 28. Van de [...] | 2008-08-21 15:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE |
08KINSHASA693 | PRESS FREEDOM QUARTERLY: APRIL-JUNE 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: Congolese security personnel, often under orders from government officials, as well as illegal armed groups continue to harass, intimidate, and detain journalists. Federal immigration service agents (DGM - "Direction General de Migration" in French) detained an independent Bel [...] | 2008-08-25 13:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM CG |
08KINSHASA696 | MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 15 MEETING OF THE JOINT MONITORING [...] No U.S. representative attended the August 15 meeting in Goma of the Joint Monitoring Group Task Force. In the interest of ensuring that Washington and other addressees remain informed of the Task Force's deliberations, post is transmitting the following official minutes from the meeting: [...] | 2008-08-25 16:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA7 | Joint Monitoring Task Force (JMG-TF) [...] Refs (A) and (B) are reports on two prior meetings of the JMG-TF. 2. Following are highlights of the Task Force Meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group held in Goma on January 4, 2008. Participants ------------ 3. Moderator: Gernot Sauer, Acting Head of MONUC's Goma Office Rwande [...] | 2008-01-07 11:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA700 | JOINT MONITORING GROUP TASK FORCE MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC/DDRRR reported that in July, it had transferred 97 FDLR members to Rwanda, although Rwanda classified fewer than half that number as ex-combatants. The GDRC did not object, as long as those repatriated were properly accepted in Rwanda. The Rwandan side stressed the impo [...] | 2008-08-26 14:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA701 | GOMA ROUND UP FOR AUGUST 24, 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: A glitch with the CNDP, which would have forestalled the August 26 plenary of the Joint Commission, appears to have been resolved. The International Facilitation team will meet CNDP and Etumba August 25 to try to ensure the parties stick to script. End Summary. 2. (SBU) [...] | 2008-08-26 14:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA702 | Goma Round-Up August 26 -- Plenary of [...] (SBU) Summary: After five hours of meetings with the facilitation team, CNDP agreed to go forward with the concept of a working group on disengagement. Prior to the August 26 plenary of the Joint Commission, the team met Malu Malu and Etumba, who bought off on the plan and pushed it through [...] | 2008-08-27 13:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA704 | Minutes of the August 22 Meeting of the [...] Introductory Remarks 2. Elaborate recommendations for JMG /TF field visits 3. Discussion of next field visit : GoDRC and GoR 4. Recommendation to the Special Envoys 5. Minutes of the last meeting 6. AOB 7. Agenda for the next meeting 8. Closing Remarks Summary of discussion [...] | 2008-08-27 16:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA705 | Goma Round-Up August 26 -- Plenary of [...] (SBU) Summary: After five hours of meetings with the facilitation team, CNDP agreed to go forward with the concept of a working group on disengagement. Prior to the August 26 plenary of the Joint Commission, the team met Malu Malu and Etumba, who bought off on the plan and pushed it through [...] | 2008-08-27 16:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA706 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY JENDAYI [...] (SBU) The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is slowly grappling with fundamental governance, security and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the linchpin of Central Africa and beyond [...] | 2008-08-27 16:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON MARR PHUM CG |
08KINSHASA71 | Kivus Conference Closure Ceremony [...] (U) Summary: The five-hour closing ceremony of the Kivus Conference January 23 featured the two-hour signing of the "Acte d'Engagement" by 58 parties. The CNDP was the first and the key signer. End Summary. 2. (SBU) The much delayed-closing ceremony of the Kivus Conference on Peace, Se [...] | 2008-01-24 10:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG |
08KINSHASA713 | Goma Report August 28 - [...] (SBU) Summary: By the end of the day, MONUC had not ascertained responsibility for the clashes that occurred in the Rutshuru area August 28, nor the extent of casualties or collateral damage. Political damage was clear: CNDP did not attend the North Kivu working group on disengagement. Howe [...] | 2008-08-29 09:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA716 | PODCASTING HITS THE CONGO [...] Summary: Embassy Kinshasa introduced a dozen radio journalists to the concept of podcasting, focusing on IIP's French website (http://www.America.gov/fr). Media representatives made a number of useful suggestions about how this multimedia tool can be used in the Congo and were clearly intere [...] | 2008-08-29 11:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KPAO CG UNESCO |
08KINSHASA719 | Goma Report August 31 - Assessing [...] (SBU) Summary: Exchanges of fire flared up on August 28, 29, and 30 along various points east of the Goma-Rutshuru road where FARDC and CNDP forces have been separated by a buffer zone and relatively quiet for several months. The spark appears to have been a major theft of cattle from the CN [...] | 2008-09-02 12:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA720 | Goma Report: August 29 meeting of Joint [...] Summary: Rwandan side called for faster deployment of FARDC battalions to combat FDLR. DRC side said it regretted missing deadlines but pointed to progress, e.g., in increased rates of repatriation of FDLR. End summary. 2. In another amicable meeting of the Task Force of the Joint Moni [...] | 2008-09-02 15:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA721 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-02 17:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CG GG RU |
08KINSHASA724 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-02 17:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CG GG RU |
08KINSHASA725 | PLANE CRASHES NEAR BUKAVU; NO SIGN OF SURVIVORS [...] (SBU) Summary. An Air Serv International plane carrying seventeen persons, including two pilots, crashed in heavy rain near Bukavu on September 1. Rescue efforts remain underway, but there are no signs of survivors. Several UN and aid workers were on board, but no American citizens were lis [...] | 2008-09-03 07:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV CG |
08KINSHASA728 | Goma Report September 3 - Stoning of [...] (SBU) Summary: The international facilitation team traveled via MONUC convoy September 2 to three sensitive areas along the confrontation line between FARDC and CNDP in Rutshuru territory, hoping to affirm FARDC withdrawal from two newly occupied positions. FARDC still occupies those positio [...] | 2008-09-04 07:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA733 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY DAVID [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is grappling with fundamental governance, security and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the linchpin of Central Africa and bey [...] | 2008-09-05 12:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PHUM PREL PGOV EAID ECON MARR CG |
08KINSHASA734 | Goma Report September 5: CNDP Captures Katsiru [...] (SBU) Summary: CNDP launched a three-pronged attack at dawn September 5 and drove FARDC out of Katsiru. The International Facilitation team has urged FARDC and CNDP to begin urgent military talks to get forces back to positions held two weeks ago. CNDP insists on such talks taking place at [...] | 2008-09-08 07:29:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA736 | Goma Report September 6 -- [...] (SBU) Summary: CNDP continued northward September 6 and occupied Nyanzale with no resistance. MONUC's North Kivu brigade reacted with uncharacteristic firmness. CNDP has evacuated the FARDC's 7th brigade headquarters at Nyanzale and promised to evacuate the town within hours. End Summary. [...] | 2008-09-08 08:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA738 | DRC Government agrees to SOFA [...] After initially requesting that the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo enter into a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) more than a year ago, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed the Embassy on August 30 via diplomatic note that the GDRC has accepted the proposed terms and pr [...] | 2008-09-08 16:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA739 | Goma Report September 8: Continued [...] (SBU) Summary: Clashes occurred in yet another area September 8, with CNDP occupying Numbi just across the provincial border in South Kivu. North Kivu brigade fired on CNDP north of Nyanzale September 7, to keep CNDP elements from moving on Kikuku. On the other hand, CNDP had withdrawn from [...] | 2008-09-09 08:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA740 | Minutes of the August 29 meeting of [...] Following are the official minutes of above-captioned meeting. A reporting cable on the meeting is contained at reftel. 2. Begin minutes SUMMARY OF MINUTES OF THE MEETING Joint Monitoring Group 37TH Meeting of the TASK FORCE Goma, 29 August 2008 The thirty seventh meeting of the [...] | 2008-09-09 17:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA741 | Goma Report September 9: [...] (SBU) Summary: A force of at least 200 CNDP on September 9 reached Kayala, 20 km south of the strategic town of Kanyabayonga, and could reach that town by dawn September 10. Meanwhile, CNDP withdrew from Numbi in South Kivu. End Summary. 2. (SBU) At the end of day September 9, poloff me [...] | 2008-09-09 18:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA746 | Goma Report September 10 - [...] (SBU) Summary: CDNP forces on September 10 remain within striking distance of the strategic town of Kanyabayonga (well north of the normal area of CNDP control),but MONUC has strengthened its presence there and CNDP has not moved further north. Meanwhile, heavy fire erupted in the hills wes [...] | 2008-09-11 09:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA748 | Meeting of Senior Advisor for [...] (SBU) Summary: CNDP told Senior Advisor Shortley September 4 that it agreed in principle to (1) withdrawal to positions held on August 28; (2) disengagement talks in Kimoka on the basis of a proposed plan by MONUC; (3) agreement in principle of the Phase 1 disengagement, disarmament and integ [...] | 2008-09-12 07:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA750 | Senior Advisor for Conflict Resolution Meeting [...] (SBU) Summary: General Etumba said that CNDP's participation in the Amani process was essential, but he balked at disengagement talks being held at Kimoka, noting CNDP had already agreed to an ad hoc process in Goma. International Facilitation team expressed surprise at the lack of a meeting [...] | 2008-09-12 07:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA751 | Goma Report September 11 - MONUC Goes [...] (SBU) Summary: Reflecting a marked change of MONUC's military posture, Force Commander General Gaye told the facilitation team September 11 that MONUC would use force as necessary to push CNDP back to previous lines. By the end of the day, North Kivu brigade said it had evicted CNDP from two [...] | 2008-09-12 08:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA756 | Text of September 11 CNDP statement [...] As indicated reftel, the CNDP issued a statement September 11 in the form of a letter addressed to SRSG Alan Doss in which it promises a unilateral withdrawal from territories occupied "in recent days." Following are embassy's unofficial translation of the statement (para 2),as well as the o [...] | 2008-09-13 12:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA757 | Goma Report September 12: [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 12 the MONUC military facilitated CNDP withdrawal from recently-occupied areas, giving CNDP an ultimatum of 12:00 September 13 to make a complete withdrawal. EU Special Envoy van de Geer will meet CNDP at Kimoka September 13. FARDC's willingness to make a reciproc [...] | 2008-09-13 13:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA758 | Chairman's summary of September 1, 2008 Special [...] Introduction Representatives of the signatories of the Nairobi Communique of 9 November 2007 met on 1 September 2008 in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, to assess progress made in the implementation of the Communique. This was the fifth meeting at Special Envoy level [...] | 2008-09-13 14:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA759 | Kabila reaffirms commitment to Amani Process [...] (SBU) Summary: President Kabila came for an infrequent visit to Goma September 13 following CNDP's unilateral declaration of withdrawal and summoned P-5 ambassadors for a tour d'horizon September 14. Kabila was clear in his support for the Amani process which, it was announced at the meeting [...] | 2008-09-15 09:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA767 | DRC PRESS MINISTER BANS [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 10, 2008 Press Minister Emile Bongeli signed a decree shutting down five Kinshasa TV stations for allegedly running afoul of national media laws. A local human rights group depicts the ban as unsubstantiated and an attack on freedom of speech targeting opposition [...] | 2008-09-16 10:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPAO CG UNESCO |
08KINSHASA769 | Goma Report September 16 [...] (SBU) Summary: The only area of continued firing remains the Ngungu-Kirtoshe area. Nkunda and CNDP are not communicating with EU special envoy Van de Geer. MONUC has presented a plan for zones of separation to the government, to include FARDC departure from positions in Rutshuru buffer zone [...] | 2008-09-16 11:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA770 | SEPTEMBER 16 SPOT REPORT: FIGHTING NEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Fighting near Kirotshe September 16 is worse than first indicated, with FARDC bringing in tanks. It is not clear if FARDC is planning to go on offensive just when MONUC had presented plan for separation of forces. Meanwhile, a MONUC armored personnel carrier overturned north [...] | 2008-09-16 16:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA775 | Government approves, begins implementation of [...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC, with support from the international facilitation (U.S., EU),unveiled September 18 to the GDRC a North Kivu disengagement plan which the government has accepted and begun to implement. The plan calls for withdrawal from forward positions occupied August 28-29. Implemen [...] | 2008-09-19 14:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA776 | GDRC INVITS NTSB TO ASSIST WITH AIR SERV CRASH [...] (SBU) Summary: The GDRC Civil Aviation Authority (AAC) extended an invitation verbally through Econoff for the NTSB to assist in the investigation of the September Air Serv crash near Bukavu (Ref A). The NTSB ivestigator hopes to bring the Flight Data Recorder ack to the U.S. for analysis a [...] | 2008-09-22 06:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV CG |
08KINSHASA777 | Goma Report September 20: [...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC launched an early morning offensive September 20 into CNDP terrain north of Sake and in the course of the day was repelled by CNDP. The MONUC base at Kimoka was caught in the crossfire. This grave violation of the ceasefire came a half day after the Minister of Defense [...] | 2008-09-22 06:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA778 | Goma Report September 19: Masisi Fighting [...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC helicopters fired on CNDP four miles south of Masisi, forestalling a possible CNDP move on Masisi or Katale. Minister of Defense warned the facilitation team that it had only two more days to get Nkunda's agreement to the disengagement plan and then use of force ("contrai [...] | 2008-09-22 06:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA779 | Text of September 18 CNDP statement [...] The National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP),the insurgent group in North Kivu led by Tutsi General Laurent Kabila, issued the a statement September 18. An unofficial English translation of the statement is at para. 2. The original text in French is at para. 3. 2. Begin u [...] | 2008-09-22 06:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA78 | Fifth Meeting of Joint Monitoring Group Task Force [...] (U) Reftels are reports on prior meetings of the JMG-TF. 2. (U) Summary: The Task Force of the Joint Monitoring Group had its fifth meeting January 18 in Goma. The Rwandans promised to have the list of genocidaires (perhaps over 10,000) ready in time for relocation of ex-FAR elements to re [...] | 2008-01-25 08:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG |
08KINSHASA780 | Text of September 21 CNDP statement on the [...] The National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP),the insurgent group in North Kivu led by Tutsi General Laurent Kabila, issued the a statement September 18. An unofficial English translation of the statement is at para. 2. The original text in French is at para. 3. 2. Begin u [...] | 2008-09-22 06:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA781 | GDRC INVITES NTSB TO ASSIST WITH AIR SERV [...] (SBU) Summary: The GDRC Civil Aviation Authority (AAC) extended an invitation verbally through Econoff for the NTSB to assist in the investigation of the September 1 AirServ crash near Bukavu (Ref A). The NTSB investigator hopes to bring the Flight Data Recorder back to the U.S. for analysis [...] | 2008-09-22 06:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV CG |
08KINSHASA784 | ITCR EFFORTS TO LOCATE RWANDAN FUGITIVES [...] (S) Summary: ICTR Prosecutor Hassan Bubacar Jallow told the Ambassador on September 9 that the ICTR has located 5 suspected Rwandan "genocidaires" on Congolese territory. The ICTR is attempting to engage MONUC and the GDRC to step up efforts to apprehend the fugitives. The GDRC, while willin [...] | 2008-09-22 12:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM ICTR CG |
08KINSHASA785 | TANZANIA'S UNDERSTATED ROLE IN THE DRC [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Tanzania plays a quiet, but useful, role in facilitating a peaceful resolution of the conflict in the DRC's East. The reasons behind this are likely connected to Tanzania's historical connections to the Kabila family, refugee issues, and economic interests. Inc [...] | 2008-09-23 06:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD CG TZ |
08KINSHASA786 | Goma report September 22: Restiveness [...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC launched indiscriminate barrages from Sake into the western heights September 22, uncoordinated with MONUC. Corpses arriving in Goma September 21 stirred angry mobs in the city, and MONUC restricted movement of its civilian employees. Both the government and CNDP appear [...] | 2008-09-23 06:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA787 | GDRC TAKING STRIDES TO ADDRESS TIP ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: The GDRC has recently taken positive steps to address trafficking in persons. It has made some progress in addressing the problems of child soldiering and children working in the mining sector. NGO groups, however, have highlighted a troubling trend throughout the DRC of grow [...] | 2008-09-23 06:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG PHUM PGOV PREL KTIP KCRM KWMN CG |
08KINSHASA797 | Goma Report September 23: [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite FARDC's misbehavior at Sake September 20 and 22, MinDef promised September 23 that FARDC would withdraw, as scheduled in the disengagement plan, from forward positions in the Rutshuru corridor beginning September 25. However, the populace is still blocking MONUC in the [...] | 2008-09-25 06:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA799 | Amani Program Steering Committee meets 23 [...] (U) The Amani Steering Group, tasked with monitoring progress on the implementation of the Goma agreements of January, 2008 (the "Actes d'Engagement") met September 23 in Bukavu, capital of the province of South Kivu. The selection of Bukavu follows a decision by Denis Kalume, Interior Minist [...] | 2008-09-25 11:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA8 | Kivus Conference opens in Goma without Kabila; [...] (SBU) Summary: The ceremonial opening on January 6 of the projected week-long Conference on North and South Kivu (reftel) kept to a positive script. Absent at the opening ceremony was President Joseph Kabila; he did now show, it is believed, because of security concerns. After gaining secur [...] | 2008-01-07 12:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA800 | Goma Report for September 24: More FARDC [...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC attacked CNDP on a new front September 24, adding to its ceasefire violations over the past week. North Kivu brigade commander feels duped by FARDC. The city of Goma remained quiet throughout the day. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Despite another reaffirmation by the gover [...] | 2008-09-25 15:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA802 | DRC PRIME MINISTER GIZENGA RESIGNS [...] (U) Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga delivered his resignation letter to President Joseph Kabila today, September 25. In a subsequent address on national television, Gizenga cited health reasons as the driving force behind his resignation, which Kabila has yet to formally accept. Although it w [...] | 2008-09-25 16:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CG |
08KINSHASA804 | 40TH MEETING OF THE JMG TASK FORCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The 4oth meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group Task Force in Goma was held GIVE DATE. The weapons destruction ceremony planned for the meeting was canceled due to ongoing fighting near Sake. A joint MDPR/DDRRR assessment mission to the RUD disarmament camp in Kasiki revealed [...] | 2008-09-26 07:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA805 | Goma Report for September 25: [...] Summary: Of 100,000 civilians displaced or re-displaced (50 percent) in the Petit Nord in the first two weeks of September, 65 percent had returned by the third week. Ngungu was the main exception. Humanitarian workers are beginning to return to the area (keeping apart of MONUC except where [...] | 2008-09-26 07:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA806 | Goma Report September 25: Further FARDC [...] (SBU) Summary: On the day FARDC was meant to have started withdrawing from the eastern zone of separation, September 25, it penetrated further into CNDP territory in the northern sector. A demonstration against MONUC and U.S. NGOs may occur September 26 in Rutshuru. End Summary. 2. (SB [...] | 2008-09-26 09:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA808 | Goma Report September 26: Signs of [...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC appears September 26 to have begun withdrawal from the eastern (Rutshuru) zone of separation. FARDC and the territorial administrator helped quell a demonstration in Rutshuru. CNDP has counterattacked in the northern zone. End Summary. 2. (SBU) FARDC showed the f [...] | 2008-09-29 08:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA809 | Goma Report September 28: [...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC has done some withdrawing from the Rutshuru corridor, while pounding away at CNDP sites near Rugari and reinforcing its hold on Tongo. Meanwhile, CNDP has occupied much of the buffer zone at Ngungu, making commencement of the southern zone of separation doubtful. End Su [...] | 2008-09-29 09:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA810 | Goma Report September 27: Trouble [...] (SBU) Summary: After the FARDC's sweep into CNDP territory in the northern sector, CNDP has responded with a move back toward Nyanzale. FARDC continues to hold the key CNDP town of Tongo, but has partially withdrawn from the Rutshuru zone of separation. End Summary. 2. (SBU) On Septemb [...] | 2008-09-29 09:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA812 | MINISTER OF PLAN WELCOMES CAS AND HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Plan Olivier Kamitatu told USAID Director, DCM and Econcouns on September 18 that he welcomed the new Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) and hoped to engage international partners to improve DRC's investment climate and increase private sector development. Kamitatu [...] | 2008-09-29 14:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EINV PGOV PREL CG |
08KINSHASA814 | Goma Report September 29: At meeting with [...] (SBU) Summary: Facilitation members joined a MONUC-CNDP meeting near Bunagana September 29, in which CNDP refused to consider any further withdrawals from proposed zones of separation until FARDC ceases all military action and withdraws to pre-August 28 positions. End Summary. 2. (SBU) [...] | 2008-09-30 07:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA818 | Goma Report September 30: North [...] (SVB) Summary: General Rawat told facilitation team September 30 that after a month of fighting, CNDP appeared to have weakened, but there was still no likely military solution. Chief of army staff Kayembe told him he was amenable to direct military talks between CNDP and Etumba. EU rep Du [...] | 2008-10-01 16:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA819 | Text of September 23 CNDP [...] The National Congress for the Defense of the People (Congres National pour la Defense du Peuple -- CNDP),the insurgent group in North Kivu led by Tutsi General Laurent Nkunda, issued a letter September 23 addressed to Alan Doss, head of the UN Mission in the Congo (MONUC) and the UN Secretary [...] | 2008-10-01 16:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA832 | KABILA MAKES LOCAL GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS [...] (U) President Joseph Kabila signed three ordinances September 24 appointing nearly three hundred individuals to sub-provincial government positions. The list included both new political appointees and incumbents, as well as non-partisan civil servants at the district commissioner, mayor and d [...] | 2008-10-02 12:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM CG |
08KINSHASA835 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GDRC: 63RD UNGA FIRST [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche September 25 to Alice Kimpembe, Director of the International Organizations Office in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kimpembe stated the GDRC would "consider supporting" the USG resolution on non-proliferation compliance. BROCK [...] | 2008-10-03 11:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PGOV UNGA CG |
08KINSHASA836 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GDRC: IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche October 3 to Alice Kimpembe, Director of the International Organizations Office in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kimpembe made no promises but did agree to review USG points. BROCK [...] | 2008-10-03 11:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL PGOV KNNP CG |
08KINSHASA838 | Goma Report October 3: Belligerent [...] (SBU) Summary: North Kivu has had it fourth quiet day militarily October 3, even while Nkunda has called for national liberation, and FARDC claims an imminent CNDP attack, for which North Kivu brigade sees no evidence. The little ceasefire augurs well, but the belligerent language augurs bad [...] | 2008-10-03 16:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA840 | Goma Report October 4: Nkunda on Okapi; [...] (SBU) Summary: Nkunda gave an interview to MONUC's radio Okapi October 4 which was even more truculent than his BBC interview, and complained when Okapi refused to air it. Acting SRSG Mountain came to Goma and assured Abbe Malu Malu that MONUC would continue with the Amani program, with a fo [...] | 2008-10-06 13:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA841 | MONUC's October 3 Statement [...] (SBU) On October 3 the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) issued a statement criticizing the decision by Laurent Nkunda, leader of the insurgent group known as CNDP ("Congres National pour la Defense du Peuple" in French) to withdraw from the Amani process and redefine [...] | 2008-10-06 13:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA843 | RENEWED FIGHTING IN ITURI PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Summary: There has been renewed fighting in Ituri Province, as LRA rebels attacked DRC villages September 17-26 and the previously dormant Front for Patriotic Resistance in Ituri (FPRI-Force Patriotique de Resistance in Ituri) attacked FARDC positions and villages south of Bunia beginnin [...] | 2008-10-06 14:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PREF PHUM CG |
08KINSHASA844 | Minister of Foreign Affairs convokes [...] (SBU) Summary: Congolese Minister of Foreign Affairs Mbusa Nyamwisi convoked UN Security Council P-5 representatives on October 4 to make an official statement on the situation in the eastern part of the Congo and to discuss GDRC preoccupations with Laurent Nkunda's recent belligerent declarat [...] | 2008-10-06 14:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA845 | October 3 discussion with Colonel Mamba, [...] (SBU) Summary: Goma poloff spoke October 3 with the head of the Congolese delegation to the Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) Task Force, Colonel Augustin Mamba. Mamba claimed the RUD disarmament in Kasiki was overall a success story. He explained that working together with certain figures that [...] | 2008-10-06 15:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA853 | AFRICOM DEMARCHE CONVEYED TO GDRC [...] On October 7, PolCouns delivered reftel points on AFRICOM's start-up to Alice Kimpembe Bamba, Head of the MFA's International Organizations Directorate. Kimpembe said that the GDRC very much welcomed AFRICOM's establishment. She added that the GDRC shared many of AFRICOM's priorities, includ [...] | 2008-10-07 15:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PREL CG |
08KINSHASA864 | Goma Report October 8: Heavy Fighting in [...] (SBU) Summary: Heavy fighting erupted October 8 in the Rutshuru region. CNDP overran a FARDC brigade head-quarters near Rumangabo, apparently inflicting heavy casualties and capturing significant amounts of military equipment. MONUC told post that CNDP almost certainly initiated the fightin [...] | 2008-10-09 16:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA868 | Goma Report October 9: Rutshuru fighting subsides; CNDP [...] (SBU) Summary: There were no major incidents on October 9, following heavy fighting on October 8. Stating it was responding to the SRSG's request, CNDP announced it would withdraw from the FARDC base at Rumangabo. There were anti-MONUC demonstrations by students in Kisangani, the first such [...] | 2008-10-10 11:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA87 | Post-Conference in Goma: Struggling with Implementation [...] (SBU) Summary: The structure and timing for implementing the Acte d'Engagement and recommendations of the Kivus Conference -- particularly establishment of the technical committee on security -- remain unclear, as the conference leaders and FARDC have different approaches. Most of the heavy-h [...] | 2008-01-28 16:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM MOPS CG |
08KINSHASA873 | Kabila breaks silence with call for national [...] (U) In a late evening national television speech on October 9, President Joseph Kabila appealed to the nation to mobilize in support of the armed forces and elected government. The appeal came in the context of renewed conflict in the eastern Congo, deteriorating regional relations, and the a [...] | 2008-10-10 15:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CG |
08KINSHASA882 | KABILA NOMINATES PALU CANDIDATE FOR PRIME MINSTER POST [...] (U) Late on October 10, President Joseph Kabila nominated Adolphe Muzito to be Prime Minster. Muzito is currently Minister of Budget and a member of the Unified Lumumbist Party (PALU -- "Parti unifie lumumbiste" in French). The nomination was announced 24 hours after a televised address duri [...] | 2008-10-14 14:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CG |
08KINSHASA883 | Kabila rejects AU plea from Jean Ping [...] (SBU) African Union Commission Chair Jean Ping made a lightning trip to Kinshasa October 10-12 in an effort to defuse tensions between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda over fighting in the eastern DRC. Ping met with P-3 plus 2 ambassadors, SRSG Alan Doss, EU representatives, Se [...] | 2008-10-14 15:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO AU CG |
08KINSHASA884 | Goma Report October 10: North Kivu Calm; [...] (SBU) Summary: North Kivu was generally calm October 10, but fighting between FARDC and the Popular Front for Justice in Congo (FPJC-Front Populaire pour la Justice au Congo) in Ituri provoked momentary fear of an FPJC attack on Bunia. Demonstrations against MONUC continued in Kisangani, but [...] | 2008-10-15 12:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA885 | JOINT MONUC-FARDC PATROL SUCCESSFUL AGAINST FDLR [...] (U) MONUC and FARDC units carried out joint patrols October 7-10 in and around the village of Mpofi, 45 kilometers east of Walikale Town in North Kivu. Limited access to the remote area has encouraged the presence of FDLR ("Forces democratiques pour la liberation de Rwanda" in French) and oth [...] | 2008-10-15 16:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA886 | DRC PRESSES MONUC FOR ACTIVATION OF VERIFICATION [...] (U) DRC Foreign Minister Mbusa Nyamwisi delivered a letter October 9 to UN SRSG Alan Doss requesting activation of the Joint Verification Mechanism (JVM) to investigate GDRC allegations of Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) involvement in recent clashes between Congolese armed forces (FARDC) and arme [...] | 2008-10-15 17:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CG |
08KINSHASA89 | USG inaugurates military training program on investigation [...] Acting DCM Craig Cloud officially opened the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) training program for Congolese military investigators and prosecutors January 28. The four-day course is designed to train Congolese military prosecutors and investigators in gathering eviden [...] | 2008-01-29 11:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MASS PHUM KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA890 | 42ND MEETING OF THE JMG TASK FORCE [...] (SBU) The 42nd meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) Task Force was held October 10 in the Rwandan border town of Gisenyi. All key Task Force members were present. The Task Force agreed upon a document prepared by the Chairman (the U.S. Office in Goma currently holds the rotating chair [...] | 2008-10-16 12:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA891 | Kabila visits Quebec City to promote Kinshasa's [...] (SBU) Summary: President Joseph Kabila has broken with his preference for staying at home to instead attend this week's Francophonie Summit in Quebec City. Just days ago, the Democratic Republic of the Congo submitted its letter of candidacy for Kinshasa to host the 2010 summit; the only oth [...] | 2008-10-16 14:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID SCUL CG |
08KINSHASA896 | October 10 letter to Secretary of State [...] Below at para. 3 is October 10 letter from rebel leader Laurent Nkunda to Secretary Rice. The letter was e-mailed to Embassy Kampala (polchief FitzGibbon) through Victor Ngezayo, a prominent Congolese Tutsi businessman from Goma who is close to the CNDP, Nkunda's political-military group. Th [...] | 2008-10-17 10:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PTER CG |
08KINSHASA897 | Prominent Banyamulenge Criticizes Nkunda [...] (SBU) Summary: Enoch Ruberangabo Sebineza, a prominent Banyamulenge leader, recently told post that Nkunda's actions were in fact creating anti-Tutsi sentiment throughout the Kivus. Nkunda was thus putting Congolese Tutsis at risk, rather than protecting the community, as he constantly claim [...] | 2008-10-17 10:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM CG |
08KINSHASA898 | GOMA NOTES OCTOBER 15: POSSIBLE FARDC WITHDRAWAL FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Goma Poloff met with FARDC General Lukama October 15 to receive his assessment of the situation in North Kivu. Lukama confirmed that going after the FDLR was a second-order priority for the FARDC compared to fighting the CNDP. He noted that his greatest challenge was his units [...] | 2008-10-17 11:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA9 | UNHRO reports continued deficiencies [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Human Rights Office's (UNHRO) Monthly Human Rights Assessment of the DRC for October 2007, released November 28, 2007, describes numerous violations highlighting the inadequacies of the country's justice system at all levels including the police, the courts, an [...] | 2008-01-07 15:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PINS KDEM KJUS CG |
08KINSHASA900 | Next Steps For Joint Verification Team [...] (SBU) Summary: Goma Poloff spoke with members of the Goma-based Joint Verification Team (JVT) to determine next steps following the GDRC's formal request to investigate Rwandan support of the CNDP (reftel). The JVT team leader said that the process, from submission of the request until a fin [...] | 2008-10-20 13:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA901 | GOMA NOTES OCTOBER 17: NORTH KIVU PROVINCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Goma poloff spoke with the North Kivu Provincial Assembly President, Leon Bariyanga, and two colleagues to discuss recent governmental defections to the CNDP, alleged harassment of Tutsis, and general security in North Kivu. They complained that the CNDP problem was inhibiting [...] | 2008-10-20 14:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA904 | Roeland Van de Geer Briefs MONUC, International [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting with MONUC and the international facilitation October 17, EU Great Lakes Envoy Roeland van de Geer said that National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe had recently been more open to FARDC/CNDP bilateral talks on military issues. Kamerhe added that political talks could f [...] | 2008-10-20 15:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA906 | CATHOLIC CONFERENCE OF DRC CONDEMNS [...] (U) The Congolese Catholic Conference of Bishops ("Conference Episcopale Nationale du Congo" - CENCO - in French) issued a statement October 13 expressing grave concern about the resumption of hostilities between armed groups and government forces in the eastern part of the country. The state [...] | 2008-10-21 13:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA909 | ARRIVAL OF SECOND MONUC DEPUTY SPECIAL [...] (SBU) Algeria native Leila Zerrougui has recently assumed the position of MONUC Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (DSRSG). She will join DSRSG Ross Mountain as one of two deputies to MONUC SRSG Alan Doss. DRSG Mountain serves as the development and humanitarian coordinat [...] | 2008-10-21 15:02:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA910 | Goma Report: October 17-20 [...] (SBU) Summary: Six CNDP soliders were reportedly killed during a firefight between CNDP and FARDC in Katali October 17. The Front for Patriotic Resistance in Ituri (FPRI-Force Patriotique de Resistance in Ituri) is expanding its operations. Although they number only approximately 250 combat [...] | 2008-10-21 16:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA916 | WAR OF THE DIP NOTES CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Post has received a copy of the GDRC's diplomatic note no. 130/12/CH/0894/2008, which was sent October 9 via MONUC to the Government of Rwanda (GOR) in response to the GOR's note of October 5 criticizing the GDRC for an "alliance" between the DRC's armed forces and the ex-FAR/Interahamwe [...] | 2008-10-22 13:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS CG RW |
08KINSHASA918 | THE DRC AND CHINA: WE CAN HAVE OUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent public statements by the IMF, China (PRC)'s Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (GDRC) on the multi-billion dollar Sino-Congolese agreement concluded in early 2008 (ref A) share several common theme [...] | 2008-10-22 15:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH CG |
08KINSHASA919 | INTERVIEWS WITH ESCAPED CNDP SOLDIERS [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 20 Goma Poloff had the opportunity to speak with three escaped CNDP soldiers. The soldiers, 13, 15, and 23 years old, had been brought to Goma by MONUC. The interview took place on the MONUC DDRRR compound where a handful of CNDP and FDLR escapees trickle in on a d [...] | 2008-10-22 16:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS KPKO KTIP CG |
08KINSHASA921 | EASTERN CONGO PEACE INITIATIVES FROM THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Two regional organizations, the Eglise du Christ au Congo and the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR),have outlined initiatives to persuade Rwandan President Kagame and DRC President Kabila to meet. The ICGLR initiative would involve the mediation by ano [...] | 2008-10-24 06:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA922 | GOMA UPDATE: OPENING FOR POLITICAL TALKS? [...] (SBU) Summary: Alpha Sow of MONUC reported to the International Facilitation (IF) October 23 that FARDC's Admiral Etumba had told him that the GDRC would like to start serious operations against the FDLR. Etumba also reportedly said the GDRC was open to political talks with the CNDP. Colonel [...] | 2008-10-24 06:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS CG |
08KINSHASA928 | (C) AZARIAS RUBERWA ON GOMA, AMANI, [...] (C) Summary: Former Vice-President and current Chairman of the Congolese Rally for Democracy party (RCD -- Rassemblement Congolais pour la Democratie) Azarias Ruberwa told emboffs that, while the Goma Accords contained a solid basis for a lasting political settlement, implementation had been [...] | 2008-10-27 09:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS CG |
08KINSHASA930 | EASTERN CONGO PEACE INITIATIVES FROM THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Two regional organizations, the Eglise du Christ au Congo and the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR),have outlined initiatives to persuade Rwandan President Kagame and DRC President Kabila to meet. The ICGLR initiative would involve the mediation by ano [...] | 2008-10-27 10:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA931 | GOMA NOTES: CNDP RETAKES RUMANGABO [...] (SBU) Summary: The CNDP has retaken the FARDC base at Rumangabo, as well as the town of Rumangabo. The CNDP claimed its actions were 'pre-emptive.' The fighting died down by nightfall October 26, but there is concern that the Goma-Rutshuru road will be blocked, something MONUC has consisten [...] | 2008-10-27 12:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA933 | KABILA NAMES NEW GOVERNMENT OCTOBER 26 [...] (U) President Joseph Kabila, in a government decree released late in the evening October 26, presented the new DRC cabinet of Prime Minister-designate Adolphe Muzito. Major changes include an increase in the number of ministers from 33 to 37 and the replacement of the three ministers of state [...] | 2008-10-27 13:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM CG |
08KINSHASA934 | GOMA NOTES OCTOBER 24: ETUMBA EQUIVOCAL ABOUT POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Facilitation (IF) met with the FARDC's Admiral Etumba on October 24. The IF pressed Etumba to clarify his recent comments to Alpha Sow, head of MONUC Eastern Coordination, regarding the GDRC's willingness to hold political talks with the CNDP. Etumba's vague [...] | 2008-10-27 14:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS CG |
08KINSHASA940 | GOMA SITUATION REPORT - CONTINUING CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: As of the morning of October 28, MONUC's no movement order was still in effect. Violent demonstrations started late in the morning of October 27 between the town center and the Goma airport, resulting in one civilian death outside of a MONUC transit camp, when a soldier from th [...] | 2008-10-28 14:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA943 | DRC - INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE ELECTION [...] Sayeman Bula-Bula was born in 1949 in Bandundu province. He is a member of the Yanz ethnic group. He is currently a tenured professor at the University of Kinshasa teaching public law. He also serves as a member of the Permanent Arbitration Court. He previously served as an ad hoc judge at [...] | 2008-10-28 17:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNGA UNSC CG |
08KINSHASA944 | GOMA UPDATE OCTOBER 28-29: GOMA QUIET, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Fighting has resumed the morning of October 29 near Kibumba. On October 28, approximately 200 CNDP troops entered the Virunga Forest, although it was uncertain whether they were headed south towards Goma or west to link up with other CNDP forces near Sake. There are conflictin [...] | 2008-10-29 12:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA946 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - OCTOBER 29, 2008, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-29 20:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA949 | UN TEAM CRITICIZES RWANDA FOR CNDP LINKS, DRC FOR [...] (C) Summary: Two members of the UN Group of Experts for the DRC (UNSC 1807) detailed on October 27 to Poloffs what they claimed was very strong evidence of Rwandan support for the CNDP, as well as extensive FARDC-FDLR military and commercial collaboration. The UN team is focusing on several [...] | 2008-10-30 09:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EMIN MOPS PHUM CG |
08KINSHASA951 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - OCTOBER 30, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa's EAC met at 9:00am to discuss the situation in Goma (septel). RSO noted that there were reports the evening of October 29 of fleeing FARDC and [...] | 2008-10-30 11:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA953 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - OCTOBER 30, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Poloff spoke with MONUC contact in Goma at 1:45 p.m. who said that the situation in town appeared to be much improved. People were moving about in the streets and [...] | 2008-10-30 17:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA954 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - OCTOBER 31, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) USG personnel recently evacuated to Gisenyi have not received permission to return to Goma at the present time. 3. (SBU) USG staff member based in Gisenyi rep [...] | 2008-10-31 11:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA959 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 3, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) On the evening of November 1, Charge consulted with EAC members, as well as RSO Kigali and the Department's Operations Center, regarding the status of USG personn [...] | 2008-11-03 11:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA96 | Congolese Parliament wraps up special session [...] Congo's National Assembly and Senate adopted legislation on the 2008 budget and on the status of the political opposition during their December 15-January 15 special sessions. Both laws are now in force after having been reviewed by the Supreme Court and promulgated by President Kabila. Memb [...] | 2008-01-29 16:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM CG |
08KINSHASA962 | CHARGE'S OCTOBER 31 VISIT TO GOMA IN THE AFTERMATH [...] (C) Summary: Goma remains calm, but with fewer people on the streets. The FARDC has effectively collapsed in the region, leaving Nkunda in control of large swaths of area north and west of Goma. Nkunda will most likely not attack Goma, as the city does not threaten his operations in North K [...] | 2008-11-03 16:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA963 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 3, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) USAID officer TDY in Goma/Gisenyi reported that banks in Goma have now reopened, a sign of normalization. All bank cash had reportedly been transferred to Kinsha [...] | 2008-11-03 16:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA964 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 4, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) The EAC met today at 11:00 AM and decided to maintain the current mandate that USG employees return to Gisenyi during nighttime hours (septel). Efforts will be m [...] | 2008-11-04 11:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA965 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 4, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC continues to reinforce Goma, to include armored personnel carriers at key locations, although troop levels appear to be less than optimal. MONUC military c [...] | 2008-11-05 07:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA967 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 5, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) USAID officer TDY in Goma/Gisenyi attended a MONUC military briefing the afternoon of November 4, at which it was confirmed that the GDRC curfew for Goma (applyin [...] | 2008-11-05 11:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA971 | DR CONGO QUARTERLY REFUGEE REPORT, OCTOBER 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent fighting between the CNDP and FARDC has displaced an estimated 250,000 IDP's since the end of August. Approximately 10,000 Congolese have crossed into Uganda over the last several weeks. UNHCR staff has just resumed operations in and around Goma. LRA activity has recen [...] | 2008-11-05 15:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PREL KPKO CG CF TZ UG ZA UN |
08KINSHASA972 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 5, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) USAID officer TDY in Goma/Gisenyi reports continued calm in Goma. However, because the possible impact of the PARECO-CNDP fighting (reftel) is unclear, OCHA has [...] | 2008-11-05 16:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA973 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS CRISIS PLAN TO DEAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Assembly adopted on October 28 a non-binding plan for the DRC to deal with the crisis in eastern DRC. (Note: An unofficial embassy translation of the plan begins at para. 9. End note.) The plan proposes alternatives for political, military, and diplomatic dialo [...] | 2008-11-05 17:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA974 | CNDP THREATENS TO END ITS UNILATERAL CEASE- [...] (SBU) Post received a scanned copy of November 3 letter from CNDP Chairman Laurent Nkunda to MONUC SRSG Alan Doss, in which the CNDP states that, unless certain conditions are met, it might end its unilateral cease-fire. These conditions are: GDRC commitment to the cease-fire; an end to FDLR [...] | 2008-11-05 17:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PREF PHUM CG |
08KINSHASA975 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES MUZITO GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Summary: The National Assembly approved the government of Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito on November 2. The government easily obtained the necessary absolute majority vote following intense debate during an emergency plenary session of parliament. Muzito stressed reinforcing state author [...] | 2008-11-06 06:02:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM CG |
08KINSHASA980 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 6, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. 2. (U) The items contained in this situation report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Securit [...] | 2008-11-06 11:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA983 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 6, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. 2. (U) The items contained in this situation report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Securit [...] | 2008-11-06 16:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA984 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 7, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. 2. (U) The items contained in this situation report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Securit [...] | 2008-11-07 11:29:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA990 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 10, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. 2. (U) The items contained in this situation report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Securit [...] | 2008-11-10 10:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA995 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 10, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. 2. (U) The items contained in this situation report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Securit [...] | 2008-11-10 16:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA996 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 12, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. 2. (U) The items contained in this situation report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Securit [...] | 2008-11-12 11:12:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA997 | Foreign Minister Thambwe's November 11 [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba convoked ambassadors November 11 for a briefing on the summits in Nairobi on November 7 and in Johannesburg on November 9. Nairobi had reaffirmed the Amani and Nairobi processes as the "only framework" for resolving the conflict in the ea [...] | 2008-11-12 15:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA998 | CNDP DENIES TARGETING CIVILIANS IN KIWANJA [...] (U) Post received a scanned copy of the November 10 press statement from CNDP Political Leadership Executive Secretary Deogratias Nzabirinda. In the letter, Nzabirinda categorically denied all allegations of CNDP-authored civilian assassinations at Kiwanja. The CNDP accused FARDC, in collabo [...] | 2008-11-12 16:02:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA999 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 12, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. 2. (U) The items contained in this situation report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Securit [...] | 2008-11-12 16:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KOLKATA1 | PRESIDENT'S RULE IMMINENT IN BJP-CONTROLLED NAGALAND [...] (U) Summary: The Union Cabinet has recommended implementation of President's Rule in the Northeast Indian state of Nagaland, currently ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-backed Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) coalition and with Congress as the main opposition party. Current Chief [...] | 2008-01-03 11:10:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IN |
08KOLKATA100 | LATEST ROUND OF W. BENGAL AI OUTBREAK SPREADS TO MALDA [...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 18, the presence of H5N1 virus was confirmed in a state-owned large poultry farm in West Bengal's Malda town. Culling and disinfection of the farm has started along with human health surveillance. The West Bengal Animal Resource Department Minister admitted that his dep [...] | 2008-03-19 12:12:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU EAGR TBIO PGOV SENV AMED CASC IN |
08KOLKATA105 | LATEST AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK IN WEST BENGAL SPREADS TO [...] SUMMARY: Avian influenza has spread to Northern West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district. A culler who fell sick in the AI-affected Malda district has shown no sign of H5N1 infection so far. The infection continues to spread as officials now put in place movement restrictions and culling. Village [...] | 2008-03-28 13:49:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU EAGR TBIO ECON PGOV CASC AMED SENV IN |
08KOLKATA11 | GOWB REACTS QUICKLY TO POULTRY DEATHS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-14 12:36:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO SENV PGOV IN |
08KOLKATA111 | AVIAN INFLUENZA SPREADS TO TRIPURA AND NEW AREAS IN WEST [...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 6, the Northeast Indian state of Tripura confirmed an outbreak of avian influenza in three villages close to the India-Bangladesh border. In West Bengal, the H5N1 virus appeared in an administrative block in Nadia district. Experts told post that the West Bengal governme [...] | 2008-04-07 11:55:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU EAGR SENV TBIO PGOV AMED CASC ECON IN |
08KOLKATA114 | DAS FEIGENBAUM HEARS PITCH FOR INVESTMENT IN WEST BENGAL, [...] (U) During his April 2 visit to Kolkata, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Evan Feigenbaum SIPDIS met with the Government of West Bengal (GOWB) Commerce Secretary and industry representatives, discussing investment opportunities in West Bengal, the business clim [...] | 2008-04-09 12:09:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PREL EFIN EINV PGOV IN PHUM |
08KOLKATA116 | TIBETANS ARGUE OVER A THIRD RINPOCHE AS CALLS FOR A [...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 27-30 visit to Darjeeling and adjoining towns, ConOff spoke with the Tibetan community about the unrest in Lhasa, and attended an enthronement ceremony for a possible Third Reincarnation of the Domogeshi Rinpoche. ConOff also visited the Tibetan Self-Help Center [...] | 2008-04-10 10:00:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF IN CH NP |
08KOLKATA117 | IN WEST BENGAL, LAND ACQUISITION FOR INDUSTRY (SLOWLY) [...] (U) Summary: As the Government of West Bengal (GOWB) continues its efforts to attract investment and industry into the state, the debate over how and where to acquire land continues in the run-up to May's panchayat (local) elections. The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM)-led Left Front c [...] | 2008-04-10 14:15:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EINV PGOV EFIN IN |
08KOLKATA123 | AES EXPANSION PLANS INDICATE POWER SECTOR SUCCESS STORY IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AES India, the wholly-owned Indian subsidiary of the US energy major AES Corporation, will invest around USD 1.2 billion each in two 1,200MW capacity coal-based power plants in Orissa and Chhattisgarh over the next few years. Collectively, the USD 2.4 billion investment will be [...] | 2008-04-16 11:43:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EMIN EINV BEXP PGOV IN SENV |
08KOLKATA127 | MAOIST ATTACKS IN BIHAR AND JHARKHAND KILL SEVEN [...] (U) On April 13 and 14 Maoists in India launched attacks in the states of Bihar and Jharkhand leaving at least seven dead. On April 13 Maoists attacked the busy Jhajha railway station, located 150 km southeast of Bihar's state capital Patna, killing six people including four railway security pe [...] | 2008-04-18 04:59:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL IN |
08KOLKATA128 | CONTIGUOUS INFECTED AREAS IN BANGLADESH MAY UNDERMINE THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Feedback from contacts and media reports suggest that Tripura responded well to the current H5N1 outbreak in the state. Rapid Response Teams completed culling on schedule, put in place effective restrictions on poultry movement, and villagers cooperated with the culling teams. So [...] | 2008-04-18 13:40:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU EAGR TBIO SENV PGOV PREL IN BG |
08KOLKATA131 | RISING FOOD PRICES FOSTER STRIKES IN EAST INDIA [...] (U) The Trinamul Congress (TMC) and the Socialist Unity Center of India - both part of the opposition in West Bengal -- called a 12-hour bandh (strike) on April 21 to protest rising food prices. Public dissatisfaction has been building up with recent reports that annual inflation has more than [...] | 2008-04-23 12:22:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR PGOV IN PTER |
08KOLKATA134 | THE EFFECT OF NEPAL'S MAOIST VICTORY ON INDIA'S LEFT [...] (SBU) Summary: Eastern Indian security officials are concerned about the implications of the Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (CPNM)'s victory in the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) elections for regional stability. Indian leaders have sought to put the best face on the CPNM's success, [...] | 2008-04-28 04:10:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PREF PGOV PINR IN NP |
08KOLKATA14 | AVIAN INFLUENZA CONFIRMED IN TWO WEST BENGAL DISTRICTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Indian Ministry of Agriculture announced the presence of the H5N1 virus at two poultry farms in West Bengal. Reportedly, 20-30,000 birds have died since January 7. Beginning January 16, approximately 100,000 birds will be culled within a five kilometer radius from Birbhum, w [...] | 2008-01-15 12:44:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO SENV CASC PGOV IN |
08KOLKATA141 | VILLAGE ELECTIONS - THE FOUNDATION OF LEFT POWER IN WEST [...] (U) Summary: "Panchayat" (rural local self-governance bodies) elections in West Bengal are scheduled in three phases in May. Violence between political supporters has flared in parts of the state and has reignited in Nandigram which has seen repeated classes between local villagers and Commun [...] | 2008-05-07 11:54:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL IN |
08KOLKATA148 | WEST BENGAL LOCAL ELECTIONS INCLUDE CONTROVERSY AND [...] (U) Summary: On May 11, the first phase of panchayat (local village) polls took place in five districts of southern West Bengal. Violence and controversy in Nandigram dominated the day's events. Local Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) Member of Parliament (MP) Lakshman Seth attempted to [...] | 2008-05-13 11:12:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM IN |
08KOLKATA153 | OVER 30 KILLED IN LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS IN WEST BENGAL [...] (U) Summary: Voting in West Bengal's Panchayat (local body) elections concluded May 18. The voting took place in three separate phases and was marked by violence and intimidation, resulting in approximately 30 deaths. Compared to the last Panchayat elections in 2003, where over 70 died, thi [...] | 2008-05-20 11:53:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM IN |
08KOLKATA159 | INDIAN MILITARY PROTESTS CHINESE ACTIVITIES ON THE SIKKIM [...] (C) Summary: On May 15, during a scheduled Indo-Chinese division commander-level meeting at Sikkim's Nathu La Pass on the Tibetan border, Indian officers reportedly protested what they characterized as repeated Chinese intrusions into northern Sikkim's "Finger Area." Indian press has note [...] | 2008-05-27 12:18:00 | Consulate Kolkata | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR MARR PGOV CH IN |
08KOLKATA160 | CPM LOSES GROUND IN LOCAL ELECTIONS DUE TO THEIR VIOLENT [...] (SBU) Summary: West Bengal's ruling Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM) led Left Front suffered a serious setback in the local level "Panchayat" elections in the state. The CPM's control was diminished at all three levels of the Panchayat structure. While land acquisition for industry [...] | 2008-05-28 06:42:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAGR EIND IN |
08KOLKATA162 | BRICKS, BAGS, AND CLOTHES -- THE TIP OF THE CHILD LABOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: In flagrant violation of the Child Labor (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, garment, brick and leather goods manufacturing units continue to employ child laborers in West Bengal, a state where the government has shown little or no political will to deal with this problem. Between [...] | 2008-05-30 11:50:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV KWMN SOCI PHUM SMIG ECON IN |
08KOLKATA167 | TRIBES NEAR INDIA'S URANIUM MINES SUFFER FROM CONGENITAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jadugoda, located in the mineral-rich Singhbum district of Jharkhand in Eastern India, supplies much of India's uranium needs. Mining uranium there, however, comes at a significant human and environmental cost according to a recent study by the non-government organization (NGO) [...] | 2008-06-06 09:04:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGR EMIN PGOV PHUM ELAB SENV TRGY ASEC IN |
08KOLKATA17 | AVIAN INFLUENZA IN WEST BENGAL: SITREP 3 - JANUARY 16, 2008 [...] (U) SUMMARY: January 16, the first day of poultry culling operations launched at Margram and Balurghat in West Bengal following the outbreak of H5N1 virus, was marked by confusion. Contacts told post that villagers were not cooperative and that some poultry was smuggled out of the affected ar [...] | 2008-01-17 03:05:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO SENV PGOV CASC IN |
08KOLKATA179 | GORKHAS CALL FOR INDEFINITE STRIKE IN WEST BENGAL'S [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 16 the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha's (GJMM) called for an indefinite "bandh" or strike in the Darjeeling hills in its protest for a separate Gorkhaland state for ethnic Nepalis. Earlier, GJMM had called an indefinite strike on June 11 which was later relaxed on June 12 (re [...] | 2008-06-16 16:15:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM CASC ASEC IN |
08KOLKATA180 | MUSLIM SUPPORT FOR WEST BENGAL'S COMMUNISTS ERODING [...] (SBU) Summary: One of the factors which contributed to the Communist Party of India - Marxist's (CPM) significant losses in the May panchayat (local, district and village-level) elections was the erosion of Muslim support. This growing Muslim disaffection was prompted by the 2007 Sachar Comm [...] | 2008-06-18 13:15:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM SOCI ECON IN |
08KOLKATA182 | WEST BENGAL CHIEF MINISTER COMMENTS ON STATE SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 9, ConGen made his farewell call on West Bengal Chief Minister (CM) Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. The CM was very engaged and candid during his discussion, commenting on his concerns about rising Islamic fundamentalism, his differing views on policies with his Party's natio [...] | 2008-06-19 14:37:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ECON ASEC IN |
08KOLKATA184 | WEST BENGAL CHIEF MINISTER COMMENTS ON STATE SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 9, ConGen made his farewell call on West Bengal Chief Minister (CM) Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. The CM was very engaged and candid during his discussion, commenting on his concerns about rising Islamic fundamentalism, his differing views on policies with his party's natio [...] | 2008-06-20 14:06:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL ECON ASEC IN |
08KOLKATA19 | AI IN W. BENGAL MAY BE SPREADING: SITREP 4 - JANUARY 17 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As of 1500 hours local time on January 17, reports of poultry deaths have come in from additional districts close to ground-zero (Margram) and in districts closer to Kolkata. Some poultry deaths have also been reported in neighboring Jharkhand state. The media, quoting GOI offici [...] | 2008-01-17 12:53:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO EAGR SENV PGOV CASC IN |
08KOLKATA192 | SUSPECTED ULFA BOMB KILLS 5 IN ASSAM AND INJURES 70 [...] (U) On Sunday June 29, suspected United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) militants triggered an explosion at the weekly market in Assam's Baksa district near the Bhutan border, killing five persons, including three women. About 70 persons were also injured from the blast. The bomb was plant [...] | 2008-06-30 12:24:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER MARR ASEC KCRM PGOV IN BT |
08KOLKATA193 | MAOISTS IN ORISSA AMBUSH COUNTER INSURGENCY UNIT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On Sunday June 29, 36 commandos from Andhra Pradesh's elite counter-insurgency Greyhound force were missing after Maoist rebels ambushed a boat carrying the group on the Balimela reservoir in Orissa's remote Malkangiri district. Also missing were three Orissa police escorts. A [...] | 2008-06-30 13:10:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER MARR KCRM SOCI PGOV ASEC IN |
08KOLKATA198 | COMMUNISTS AGAIN SUFFER LOSSES IN WEST BENGAL'S LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 29, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) experienced another serious electoral loss in local elections, with the results from the local, municipal elections. This latest setback, follows bad results in the May panchayat (local government) polls (reftel). Of the [...] | 2008-07-03 09:59:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI IN |
08KOLKATA2 | VIOLENCE SUBSIDES IN ORISSA BUT TENSIONS ABOUT RESERVATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 2, Federal Home Minister Shivraj Patil visited Orissa's riot-hit Kandhamal district and assured the victims of last week's violence of government protection and security. Patil also visited a Baptist church and some houses that were torched during the riots. On De [...] | 2008-01-04 10:03:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI ASEC IN |
08KOLKATA200 | LARGEST INDIAN SUPERMARKET CHAIN GROWS IN HEART OF [...] (U) Summary. "Spencer's," India's largest supermarket chain, and member of the Kolkata-based RPG Group, continues to expand in West Bengal despite the problems faced by rival Reliance Retail. Spencer's Senior Vice-President, Operations Ramesh Menon attributed this success to the fact that hi [...] | 2008-07-07 10:26:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EAGR PGOV IN |
08KOLKATA206 | SUSPECTED MAOISTS KILL JHARKHAND LEGISLATOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-10 10:08:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV PHUM IN |
08KOLKATA21 | CPM SAYS THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE TO CAPITALISM [...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of recent statements, senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) leaders appeared to endorse, or grudgingly accept, capitalism as a means for economic development and industrialization. Although they qualified their views as "the only way forward" given the "ne [...] | 2008-01-18 07:38:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EIND EAGR IN |
08KOLKATA212 | 21 KILLED IN FRESH MAOIST ATTACK IN ORISSA [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 16, Communist Party of India - Maoist (Maoists) insurgents killed at least 21 people, including 17 policemen, by blowing up an anti-landmine vehicle in the Malkangiri district of the eastern Indian State of Orissa. This is the first time in Orissa an anti-landmine vehic [...] | 2008-07-21 07:54:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV PHUM IN |
08KOLKATA22 | INDIAN STATE CRISIS MANAGEMENT NEEDS WORK [...] (SBU) Summary: Whether it is a fire that burns uncontrolled for five days, investigating explosions or containing avian influenza, recent disasters in W. Bengal highlight the poor quality of the GOWB's approach to crisis management. A lack of organization and a seeming disregard for the seri [...] | 2008-01-18 09:47:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI IN |
08KOLKATA227 | NORTHEAST INDIAN INSURGENTS BOYCOTT INDEPENDENCE DAY [...] (U) On August 10, the United Liberation Front of Asom [Assam](ULFA) and three other insurgent outfits of Northeast India called for a boycott of the August 15 Independence Day celebrations and a "general strike" on the day. The ULFA, the North-Bengal based Kamtapur Liberation Organization (KLO [...] | 2008-08-12 10:31:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PHUM PINR IN BG |
08KOLKATA23 | AI IN WEST BENGAL - SITREP FOR JANUARY 18. [...] (SBU) Summary: Econ FSN traveled on January 18 to Margram in Birbhum district. As of the morning of January 18, approximately 24,852 birds had been culled in the districts of Birbhum and S. Dinajpur. Culling operations are slow because the villages and farms are spread out over a large distanc [...] | 2008-01-18 12:07:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO EAGR SENV PGOV CASC IN KHIV |
08KOLKATA24 | AI IN WEST BENGAL - SITREP 6, JANUARY 19-21 [...] (U) Summary: Avian Influenza continues to spread through the West Bengal. Over the January 19-21 weekend, the presence of H5N1 was confirmed in the Bankura and Malda districts of West Bengal, bringing the total number of affected districts to seven in less than one week. The seven affected [...] | 2008-01-22 13:12:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO EAGR PGOV KHIV CASC IN |
08KOLKATA245 | ORISSA: COMMUNAL VIOLENCE SUBSIDES [...] (SBU) Summary: After a week of attacks on Christian communities in the Kandhamal district of Orissa, the violence appears to have subsided. Government of Orissa officials confirm ten fatalities and are investigating reports of one or two additional casualties. The government established relie [...] | 2008-08-29 10:30:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV IN |
08KOLKATA247 | UPDATE ON ORISSA COMMUNAL VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The situation in Orissa's Kandhamal district still remains tense. Federal Home Minister Shivraj Patil was able to make a spot assessment of the situation in Orissa on September 3. At least 16 people have died in the communal clashes which began on August 24 and about 550 houses [...] | 2008-09-03 13:17:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV IN |
08KOLKATA252 | ORISSA: REPORTS FROM THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Two weeks after communal violence targeting Christians erupted in the Kandhamal district in the State of Orissa, increasing numbers of victims are being housed in government camps. Three new camps opened this week, bringing the total to ten camps housing over 12,000 people. This [...] | 2008-09-04 12:59:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV IN |
08KOLKATA26 | AI IN W. BENGAL SITREP-8 - JANUARY 23: AI CONTINUES TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 23, confirmed avian influenza (AI) virus cases moved to within 20 miles of Kolkata as the W. Bengal government (GOWB) started culling operations in Hugli district. GOWB also confirmed the presence of the virus in Cooch Behar district in Northern W. Bengal, along the In [...] | 2008-01-23 12:21:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO EAGR SENV KHIV CASC IN PGOV |
08KOLKATA275 | THE POLITICS OF SINGUR [...] (SBU) Summary: The conflict in Singur over land acquisition for the new Tata Motors Nano automobile factory has been the theater on which the ruling Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM) and West Bengal's primary opposition party Trinamul Congress Party (TMC) have staged their latest epic ba [...] | 2008-09-23 08:55:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV ELTN EIND IN |
08KOLKATA285 | KANDHAMAL CONTINUES TO SMOLDER; CHANGING TREND IN VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Stringent measures employed by government forces in Kandhamal District in Orissa to quell the recent communal violence have created a backlash, with attacks now focused on the police. In Meghalaya on September 29, former Deputy Prime Minister and BJP leader L.K. Advani for the [...] | 2008-10-01 09:37:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM IN |
08KOLKATA286 | BOMBINGS STRIKE TRIPURA; KOLKATA INCREASES SECURITY AHEAD OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 1 blasts in Tripura's capital, Agartala, have caused an increase in security measures along the Indo-Bangladesh border, but police officials remain unsure as to who is responsible for the attacks. The central government has sent investigators to Agartala in an effort [...] | 2008-10-06 10:58:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL BG IN |
08KOLKATA288 | KOLKATA CELEBRATES DURGA PUJA [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite increased security measures stemming from a fear of terrorist attacks due to the recent wave of bombings throughout India, Kolkata celebrated the Durga Puja without incident. We observed no significant decrease in turnout compared to last year's festival and Kolkata's se [...] | 2008-10-10 08:15:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER IN |
08KOLKATA295 | JHARKHAND'S PARLIAMENTARY SEATS ARE UP FOR GRABS [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 14-16, CG and New Delhi PolCouns visited the mineral-rich state of Jharkhand, India's newest state. With six governments in the last eight years, newly installed Chief Minister (CM) Shibu Soren of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leads a fragile United Progressive Allianc [...] | 2008-10-24 05:45:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI IN |
08KOLKATA298 | TRIPURA GOVERNMENT ON ALERT AFTER CHICKENS DIE IN [...] SUMMARY: The Tripura and West Bengal state governments are on heightened alert to respond to an H5N1 avian influenza outbreak, given the recent outbreaks in Bangladesh. To date, authorities have not detected any incidents of H5N1 infection in Tripura or West Bengal in the past three months. If [...] | 2008-10-24 10:14:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU EAGR ECON TBIO SENV PGOV PREL IN BG |
08KOLKATA299 | BIHAR AND JHARKHAND RESPOND TO MAHARASHTRA VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: From October 21-25, students vandalized railway cars and stations in Bihar. The violence was in response to Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) activists' attacks on north Indian Hindi-speaking job aspirants at railway recruitment centers in Maharashtra on October 1 [...] | 2008-10-29 07:07:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELTN PGOV ASEC CASC SOCI IN |
08KOLKATA301 | SERIAL BLASTS CAUSE SEVERE DAMAGE AND SPARK RIOTS IN ASSAM [...] (U) On October 30, a series of bomb blasts took place in different parts of the Northeast Indian state of Assam starting at approximately 11:30 am. The press and CG Kolkata contacts report varying numbers of attacks ranging from 9 to 18. Police confirm at least 50 deaths and the media report [...] | 2008-10-30 12:47:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER SOCI PGOV PREL IN |
08KOLKATA302 | UPDATE ON OCTOBER 30 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN ASSAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Assam police have confirmed that there were 9 serial blasts on October 30 in the Northeast Indian state of Assam, causing 77 deaths so far. Bomb experts are investigating the nature of the explosives that caused unusual amounts of damage. A very slow reaction by first responder [...] | 2008-10-31 11:32:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER SOCI PREL PGOV IN |
08KOLKATA311 | ULFA AND NDFB SUSPECTED IN ASSAM TERRORIST ATTACKS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Northeastern state of Assam's police special investigation team has unofficially implicated the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) in the October 30 terrorist attacks that killed 86 people. Police suspect external assista [...] | 2008-11-14 07:59:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV IN |
08KOLKATA328 | CONFIRMED AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK IN ASSAM [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 27 the Government of India (GOI) Ministry of Agriculture confirmed an outbreak of avian influenza (H5N1) found in birds, primarily poultry, in the state of Assam. No human cases have been reported. The state government has imposed restrictions on poultry movement and [...] | 2008-12-04 10:44:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU EAGR SENV CASC PGOV IN |
08KOLKATA329 | ORISSA POST VIOLENCE - SECURITY, RECONCILIATION AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Orissa state government is currently engaged in ensuring security, coordinating relief efforts and facilitating reconciliation in Kandhamal district. The government reports 40 deaths and 134 injuries statewide in the violence that began on August 23 with the murder of Hindu [...] | 2008-12-04 11:46:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRF PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI IN |
08KOLKATA330 | ORISSA POST VIOLENCE - SECURITY, RECONCILIATION AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Orissa state government is currently engaged in ensuring security, coordinating relief efforts and facilitating reconciliation in Kandhamal district. The government reports 40 deaths and 134 injuries statewide in the violence that began on August 23 with the murder of Hindu [...] | 2008-12-04 13:55:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRF PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI IN |
08KOLKATA332 | KOLKATA RESPONDS TO MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Like their fellow Indians throughout the country, Kolkatans were captivated and shocked by the Mumbai terrorist attacks. However, the initial reactions have failed to transform themselves into a general sense of urgency in the government or the general public for action. The pr [...] | 2008-12-05 15:46:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER IN |
08KOLKATA35 | AI IN W. BENGAL - SITREP 12 [...] (U) SUMMARY: With new districts like South 24 Parganas, Howrah and West Midnapur officially added to the AI-infected list, the GOWB revised its culling target to 2.7 million. Reports of cullers walking off the job in the Birbhum district received coverage in the press. Municipal authorities i [...] | 2008-01-29 11:56:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO EAGR CASC SENV ECON ETRD PGOV IN |
08KOLKATA353 | ORISSA ORGANIZATION CANCELS PROPOSED STATE-WIDE CHRISTMAS [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 19 the Laxmanananda Saraswati Shrandhanjali Samiti (LSSS),a body of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) in Orissa, cancelled its proposed statewide strike for December 25. It had previously threatened to strike on the Christian religious holiday if the Orissa state gove [...] | 2008-12-24 08:08:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRF PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI IN |
08KOLKATA354 | STATE GOVERNMENTS CONTAIN AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAKS IN WEST [...] (SBU) Summary: The West Bengal state government (GOWB) has completed culling operations in the confirmed Avian Influenza (AI) epicenter in Malda district. The GOWB claims to have contained the latest outbreak, citing its limited size and better level of preparedness. One senior GOWB official [...] | 2008-12-24 08:33:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU EAGR ECON ETRD SENV CASC PGOV IN BG |
08KOLKATA357 | AVIAN INFLUENZA SPREADS TO NEW AREAS IN ASSAM [...] Summary: On December 24, the Government of India (GOI) confirmed that H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) has spread to two more districts (Baksa and Nagaon) in the Northeastern state of Assam. The GOI confirmed new cases of AI in additional villages in the previously affected districts of Kamrup and Bo [...] | 2008-12-31 05:00:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU EAGR ECON ETRD SENV CASC PGOV TBIO AMED |
08KOLKATA36 | SCENESETTER FOR UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN THREE NORTHEAST [...] (U) Summary: Nagaland, Tripura and Meghalaya - all states in Northeast India - are scheduled for state assembly elections in February on completion of their 5-year terms. Following its defeat in the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections, the Congress Party (Congress) will try to r [...] | 2008-01-30 05:46:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IN |
08KOLKATA37 | BIHAR SEES A SIGNIFICANT RISE IN POLIO CASES IN 2007 [...] (U) Summary: Compared to 2006, the state of Bihar saw a significant rise in polio cases in 2007 of nearly 43 percent. Because of the increase in the number of cases, UNICEF and the Bihar Public Health Department, following Indian Expert Advisory Group on Polio guidelines, have stepped-up their [...] | 2008-01-30 07:27:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KHIV SENV PGOV IN |
08KOLKATA40 | AI IN W. BENGAL - SITREP 14 [...] (U) SUMMARY: On the evening of January 30, W. Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee chaired a digital video conference with all of W. Bengal's district magistrates and senior health and ARD officials to discuss improving coordination in the state's avian influenza (AI) response effort [...] | 2008-01-31 13:07:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO EAGR SENV CASC AMED PGOV IN |
08KOLKATA41 | AI IN W. BENGAL - SITREP 15 [...] (U) Summary: On February 1, culling began in three new blocks of West Bengal. Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee announced that the culling target of 2.8 million would be met by February 2. Quarantine guidelines regarding cullers, however, are not being followed uniformly in the districts [...] | 2008-02-01 15:37:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO EAGR SENV CASC AMED PGOV IN |
08KOLKATA43 | AI IN W. BENGAL-SITREP 16: GOWB IMPOSES STATEWIDE BAN ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 5, the West Bengal government imposed a statewide ban on poultry trading. The ban will be effective until further notice. With most areas reporting no unusual poultry deaths for the first time in weeks, the GOWB is preparing to launch final clean up and culling operat [...] | 2008-02-05 12:29:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO EAGR SENV PGOV ETRD CASC AMED IN |
08KOLKATA46 | AI IN W. BENGAL-SITREP 17 [...] (U) SUMMARY. As of February 6, no new districts were added to West Bengal's H5N1 map, but there were reports of unusual bird deaths in three AI-affected districts. GOWB resources continue to be shifted from culling to mop-up and disinfection mode. Observation and isolation facilities have be [...] | 2008-02-06 12:09:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO EAGR SENV PGOV CASC AMED ECON IN |
08KOLKATA49 | AI IN W. BENGAL - SITREP 18: CLEAN UP CONTINUES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Mopping up and disinfection operations continue in the flu affected districts of West Bengal. According to latest available figures as of February 7 3,593,008 birds have been culled, exceeding the projected target of 3,125,620 in 16 districts of West Bengal. Media reports sales [...] | 2008-02-08 12:25:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO EAGR SENV PGOV ECON CASC AMED IN |
08KOLKATA50 | PM SINGH SIGNALS INDIA'S COMMITMENT TO KEEP ARUNACHAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 31, barely two weeks after his visit to China, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh went to Arunachal Pradesh, a northeast Indian state bordering China and Bhutan, to signal India's commitment to keeping the territory. He announced development projects to the tune of USD 2 [...] | 2008-02-08 12:49:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON MARR CH IN |
08KOLKATA51 | CPM ALLY BARKS BUT WON'T BITE [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 6, the Communist Party of India-Marxist's (CPM) Left Front partner Forward Bloc (FB) called a 24-hour strike in West Bengal to protest the February 5 killing of six FB supporters by police in Cooch Behar district. The strike was withdrawn after 12 hours and was large [...] | 2008-02-08 13:13:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR PREL IN |
08KOLKATA54 | AI IN W. BENGAL - SITREP 19 - WEST BENGAL WITHDRAWS BAN ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: The W. Bengal government (GOWB) withdrew a statewide ban on the sale and transport of poultry, citing an improving H5N1 situation. On the same day, media reported the deaths of around 1,000 chickens in North Bengal. All the human samples tested for H5N1 so far have turned out ne [...] | 2008-02-13 11:48:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO EAGR SENV PGOV CASC ECON AMED IN |
08KOLKATA64 | BIHAR POLICE SEIZE FOUR KILOGRAMS OF SUSPECTED URANIUM [...] (SBU) On February 19, Bihar Police seized approximately four kilograms of what they believe may be low-grade uranium in the Supaul district near the Indo-Nepal border. The Bihar police arrested six people connected with the smuggling operation, including a Sashatra Seema Bal (SSB) constable p [...] | 2008-02-20 12:21:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP TRGY PARM PGOV IN |
08KOLKATA66 | GORKHAS PROTEST FOR A SEPARATE STATE IN WEST BENGAL'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Political tension have increased in West Bengal's Darjeeling area over revived local demands for a separate Gorkhaland state. Since February 19, local "godfather" and administrator of the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (DGHC) Subhas Ghising has been blocked by the opposition f [...] | 2008-02-21 13:36:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PHUM ASEC CASC NP IN |
08KOLKATA69 | AI IN W. BENGAL SITREP 20 - APHIS ADVISOR VISITS BIRD FLU [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 13-15, USDA-APHIS Scientific and Technical Advisor for Emergency Management, Joseph Annelli and New Delhi Embassy Senior Attache for Agricultural Affairs, Oliver Flake visited a West Bengal district affected by the recent H5N1 outbreak. They also visited the India-Ban [...] | 2008-02-22 15:43:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU EAGR TBIO SENV PREL PGOV AMED CASC IN BG |
08KOLKATA74 | INDIA'S LEFT TO PUSH FOR MORE TAXES AND EXPENDITURES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: February 25-26, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) leadership met with Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram to present the Left's budget proposals prior to Finance Minister's submission of the budget to parliament on Friday, February 29. The Left is hoping to pressure [...] | 2008-02-27 11:50:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV IN |
08KOLKATA81 | NAGALAND POLLS GO OFF PEACEFULLY, CONGRESS NOW HAS TO WAIT [...] (U) March 5 Assembly elections went off peacefully in the Northeast Indian state of Nagaland as Congress and the Nagaland People's Front (NPF)-led coalition of Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) vied for control of the 60-member Assembly. Voter turnout was about 85 percent, a two percent dr [...] | 2008-03-06 12:04:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IN |
08KOLKATA84 | AVIAN INFLUENZA "REAPPEARS" IN WEST BENGAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Late in the day on March 8, authorities confirmed a suspected H5N1 outbreak in 41 villages in West Bengal's Murshidabad district. In the neighboring district of Birbhum, there are now reports of over 1,000 bird deaths occurring in the last week. On March 10, the GOWB deployed 40 [...] | 2008-03-10 10:43:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU EAGR TBIO ECON PGOV CASC AMED SENV IN |
08KOLKATA88 | NORTHEAST INDIA DOES NOT FAVOR CONGRESS, LEFT'S STRENGTH [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Northeast Indian state of Meghalaya, the incumbent Congress-led government was again sworn in despite its lack of majority in the state legislature. In neighboring Nagaland, the Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN),a BJP coalition, which was ousted in January when the [...] | 2008-03-12 12:22:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IN |
08KOLKATA9 | SUSPECTED MAOISTS KILL THREE CPM LEADERS [...] (U) During the first week of January 2008, suspected Maoists killed three Communist Party of India --Marxist (CPM) leaders in West Bengal. Two were killed in districts bordering the state of Jharkhand, a state with a significant Maoist presence. Local leaders believe that the attacks were ai [...] | 2008-01-11 09:16:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV ASEC IN |
08KOLKATA93 | WEST BENGAL UNABLE TO MEET CULLING TARGETS IN LATEST AI [...] SUMMARY: In West Bengal's latest H5N1 outbreak, cullers managed to cull only half their target of 50,000 birds in one week. Despite a ban in the affected areas, people continue to buy and sell poultry. GOWB officials are unsure of how to manage the situation and efforts at containing poultry [...] | 2008-03-14 11:07:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU EAGR TBIO ECON PGOV CASC AMED SENV IN |
08KOLKATA95 | IN MIZORAM AND BURMA BAMBOO FLOWERING MAY BRING FAMINE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Northeast Indian state of Mizoram, wedged between Burma and Bangladesh, is at the height of an acute food and grain shortage due to the destruction of crops by an exploding rat population. Approximately every [...] | 2008-03-18 11:19:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EAID PREF PGOV EAGR IN BG BM |
08KOLKATA99 | A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT - CONNECTING BURMA AND INDIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Kaladan Multi-Modal Transport Project linking the landlocked states in Northeast India with Sittwe port in Myanmar holds the promise of making Mizoram an economic gateway, and providing India with access to international trade routes via the Bay of Bengal. The tentative ste [...] | 2008-03-19 12:02:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON SENV PGOV ETRD EWWT EPET IN BM BG |
08KOLONIA103 | (S) MOBIL REJECTS FSM PETROLEUM CORPORATION PROPOSAL FOR [...] (S) Summary. In a veil of secrecy, a nascent national petroleum corporation for the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) has begun to purchase fuel storage tanks from Mobil in all four FSM states. Purchase of the fuel terminals should be complete by the end of July. The President of Mobil [...] | 2008-07-16 03:49:00 | Embassy Kolonia | SECRET | ECON PGOV PREL FM CH |
08KOLONIA105 | DISMISSAL OF CHUUK FINANCE DIRECTOR SETS BACK REFORM [...] (SBU) On July 11, Chuuk State Governor Wesley Simina abruptly fired President Mori's handpicked and staunchly determined fiscal manager, Gillian Doone, who made major headway in balancing the budget of a bankrupt state. Governor Simina simply cited "repeated insubordination" as the cause of [...] | 2008-07-17 00:38:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID FM |
08KOLONIA108 | FSM GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO COMPACT CRITICISM WITH HURT, [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Hughes asked to call upon President Mori on July 25 to discuss shortcomings in implementation of requirements of the Amended Compact on the part of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). With sorrow, Mori said he felt wounded by the tone of recent communications [...] | 2008-07-28 00:59:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID FM CH |
08KOLONIA11 | POHNPEI'S FUEL SITUATION HEATS UP [...] (SBU) Summary. Pohnpei's outgoing governor engineered a secretive memorandum of understanding on fuel between the SIPDIS Pohnpei Utilities Corporation and a South Korean firm. Signed before the closing date and review of bids on the PUC's Invitation to Bid for fuel, the MOU appears to be [...] | 2008-01-27 10:00:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PGOV FM RM |
08KOLONIA110 | CHINA SHIFTS FROM GRANTS TO LOANS IN THE FSM; OFFERS TO [...] (SBU) China's Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) advised that her country has recently diminished grant aid to the FSM. She claimed that Beijing was less inclined to fund her own proposals for grants and projects. Beijing believes there is little return on investment owing [...] | 2008-07-29 05:44:00 | Embassy Kolonia | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID CH FM PGOV |
08KOLONIA150 | CONFIDENCE EBBS IN THE MORI ADMINISTRATION - LEADERSHIP [...] (C) The administration of Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) President Emanuel Mori is increasingly perceived within the FSM as secretive and ensnared within the narrow interests of cohorts from the President's home state of Chuuk. Mori, who is reserved by nature, rarely addresses the FSM [...] | 2008-09-26 04:30:00 | Embassy Kolonia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH FM |
08KOLONIA152 | CHINA AND THE FSM EXTOL ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND FRIENDSHIP [...] (C) Summary. As frustration with the Compact of Free Association has mounted, FSM leaders have cautiously turned to China for material assistance. Privately, Micronesians have expressed misgivings about China's growing influence. On Independence Day of the Peoples Republic of China October [...] | 2008-10-10 06:46:00 | Embassy Kolonia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH FM |
08KOLONIA174 | FSM PRESIDENT INITIATES NATIONAL PRAYER DAY, LINKED TO U.S. [...] (U) To commemorate the Federated States of Micronesia's first National Prayer Day, President Emmanuel Mori hosted a National Prayer Day Celebration that pulled together all branches of the national government, Pohnpei State representatives, leaders from the Catholic and Protestant churches, a [...] | 2008-12-01 05:32:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI FM |
08KOLONIA27 | DEMARCHE RE KOSOVO [...] Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard Pruett demarched the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) Department of Foreign Affairs on the subject of reftels. In the absence of higher interlocutors he spoke with Henry Shrew, Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of American and European Affairs. SI [...] | 2008-02-15 10:59:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU FM |
08KOLONIA45 | REFORM IN CHUUK IS ALIVE BUT SPUTTERING - DISILLUSION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a recent trip to Chuuk, which is the most populous state in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM),Ambassador encountered a deepening spiral of economic and social deterioration. With reluctance, the state government has embarked on a mandated program of reform. A cor [...] | 2008-03-27 04:37:00 | Embassy Kolonia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID FM |
08KOLONIA62 | FSM OFFICIALS APOLOGIZE FOR MORI MAGAZINE INTERVIEW [...] SBU - Entire Text 2. Summary. With chagrin, two close aides of Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) President Mori invited Ambassador to lunch on April 29 to apologize for the tenor of an interview with Mori published in this month's Pacific Magazine. The interview characterizes Mori as [...] | 2008-04-30 02:59:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID FM CH |
08KOLONIA69 | FSM COMPACT IMPLEMENTATION - NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) Summary. Pursuant to reftel, Ambassador discussed follow-up actions to implement elements of the Compact of Free Association with FSM President Emanuel Mori and separately, with the Director of the Office of Statistics, Budget, Overseas Development and Compact Management (SBOC) Fabian N [...] | 2008-05-11 22:35:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | FM PGOV EAID |
08KUALALUMPUR1001 | SCENESETTER FOR FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR JOHN S. [...] (C) The Embassy warmly welcomes you to Malaysia! Your visit comes at an opportune time as the Embassy is ramping up engagement on law enforcement and rule of law priorities. Clearly, you will also travel at a moment of serious concern in the U.S. and Asia about the threat of global recession, [...] | 2008-11-12 09:37:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MASS MOPS ECON KJUS KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR1003 | MALAYSIA - U.S. COAST GUARD COOPERATION ADVANCES [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Kuala Lumpur is using its USD 1 million in NDAA Title 1207 funding to achieve three mission objectives: to establish a durable, long-term relationship between the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA); to support the MMEA - as a ne [...] | 2008-11-12 10:00:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER MCAP MARR MY |
08KUALALUMPUR1009 | MALAYSIA SEEKS DISCUSSION OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-13 09:19:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECIN ETRD SOCI PGOV PTER MY |
08KUALALUMPUR1013 | AMBASSADOR AND DPM NAJIB DISCUSS APEC, WORLD [...] (C) The Ambassador met on November 11 with Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and, in the context of priorities in our bilateral relations in the lead up to the new U.S. administration, discussed APEC, the global financial crisis, FTA talks, and economic reform measures. The Amb [...] | 2008-11-14 09:11:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECIN ETRD PREL PGOV MY |
08KUALALUMPUR1017 | MALAYSIA: INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Embassy Kuala Lumpur provides the following submission as an interim assessment of targeted actions by Malaysia on trafficking in persons (TIP) since April 2008, as requested ref A. Implementing and Enforcing the Law ---------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Malaysia is in the pr [...] | 2008-11-17 09:33:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KTIP MY |
08KUALALUMPUR1024 | MALAYSIA RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON BURMA CRACKDOWN [...] (C) Polcouns and visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee professional staff member Paul Grove called on Malaysian Foreign Ministry Principal Assistant Secretary (Southeast Asia) Ismail Haji Salam and Assistant Secretary Firdauz Othman on November 19 and raised serious concerns over the Bu [...] | 2008-11-20 05:06:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV BM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR1026 | DPM NAJIB WELCOMES GREATER ENGAGEMENT, DISCUSSES [...] (C) Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, who is expected to become Prime Minister in late March 2009, told the Ambassador on November 11 that he anticipated a "very constructive relationship" with the incoming U.S. administration and welcomed greater engagement, which the Ambassad [...] | 2008-11-20 10:10:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KJUS ID MY |
08KUALALUMPUR1029 | UMNO COMPLETES NOMINATIONS FOR UPCOMING PARTY [...] (SBU) The United Malays National Organization (UMNO),the party that dominates Malaysia's governing coalition, concluded divisional elections on November 9 and wrapped up nominations for the party's national leadership positions, which will be contested in the party elections March 24-28, 20 [...] | 2008-11-21 09:09:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR1045 | IRAN-MALAYSIA TIES REFLECTED IN LATEST BILAT TALKS [...] (C) Malaysia and Iran held their Seventh Joint Commission meeting in Putrajaya, November 10-11. Trade and investment issues dominated the talks, which were conducted at the foreign minister level. Results from the Commission meeting appeared modest, according to press reports. Malaysian For [...] | 2008-11-28 07:13:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETTC ECON IR MY |
08KUALALUMPUR1049 | HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST IRENE FERNANDEZ ACQUITTED [...] (U) Summary and Comment: The Kuala Lumpur High Court on November 24 acquitted human rights activist Irene Fernandez of her 2003 conviction of "maliciously publishing false news" against the government, thus bringing to a close Malaysia' longest running court case. The government originally b [...] | 2008-11-28 09:45:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KTIP MY |
08KUALALUMPUR105 | INDIAN "ROSE RALLY" DOUSED BY POLICE [...] (SBU) Summary: An ethnic Indian demonstration on February 16 by the Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF),in the form of a march to present roses to Malaysia's Prime Minister, met with a stiff police response, including use of water cannon, tear gas and arrests. With probably less than a tho [...] | 2008-02-19 10:16:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR ASEC KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR1050 | MALAYSIAN VIEWS ON DECEMBER ASEAN SUMMITS [...] (C) Summary: The Embassy collected Malaysian economic and political views of the December ASEAN summits from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) and from the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS),a government-linked think-tank. According to MITI Deputy [...] | 2008-11-28 10:30:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ASEAN BM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR1080 | MALAYSIAN GROWTH DECLINING DESPITE IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malaysian government and private sector analysts expressed pessimism about the performance of the Malaysian economy in 2009 during meetings with visiting Treasury Attache Susan Baker and Econcouns. Although banks are well capitalized, a sharp decline in demand for Malaysia's man [...] | 2008-12-14 23:46:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON ETRD PGOV MY |
08KUALALUMPUR1100 | Malaysia Intends to Participate in ASEAN Regional Forum [...] National Security Council (NSC) Undersecretary for the Crisis and Disaster Management Division Mr. Che Moin bin Umar told ESTHOff on December 16 that the Malaysian government intends to participate in the ASEAN Regional Forum's Voluntary Demonstration of Response (VDR) exercise to be held in th [...] | 2008-12-18 08:53:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV MARR MY |
08KUALALUMPUR1101 | MALAYSIA HOPES TO KEEP FTA NEGOTIATIONS IN PLAY [...] (C) Summary: According to senior Ministry of Trade and Industry (MITI) officials, Deputy Prime Minister Najib told the Malaysian cabinet that concluding the Malaysian-U.S. bilateral FTA was at the top of his agenda. MITI officials say Najib told cabinet members he hoped Malaysia could concl [...] | 2008-12-18 09:22:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PGOV MY |
08KUALALUMPUR111 | MALAYSIA PUBLICLY "WELCOMES" KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-21 00:19:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU MY |
08KUALALUMPUR1110 | AMBASSADOR VISITS GOVT TIP SHELTER; MORE VICTIMS [...] (SBU) The Ambassador visited the Malaysian government's trafficking victims' shelter for women in Kuala Lumpur on December 17 at the invitation of the Women's Minister. The shelter housed 11 adult victims of sex trafficking, while the nearby children's shelter housed four girls. A senior Wo [...] | 2008-12-22 09:04:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KTIP KCRM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR1111 | MALAYSIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Following is the draft text of the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism for Malaysia. Until the report is finalized for submission to Congress, please treat as Sensitive. Begin Text: The police forces in Malaysia continued to conduct all counterterrorist investigations and operations. M [...] | 2008-12-22 09:07:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV MARR KCRM ASEC MY |
08KUALALUMPUR1112 | MALAYSIAN OIL PRODUCTION MOVING TO DEEPER WATERS [...] (SBU) Summary: As crude oil production from Malaysia's shallow waters tapers off, oil companies are exploring and developing oil fields in deeper waters. Kikeh, Malaysia's first deepwater field, is producing 100,000 barrels per day (bbl/day) and is on track to reach its full production target [...] | 2008-12-22 09:35:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV XC XF |
08KUALALUMPUR1114 | PRESSURE MOUNTS AGAINST INTERNAL SECURITY ACT (ISA) [...] (S) Summary: The Malaysian government's use of the Internal Security Act (ISA),which allows for detention without trial and is central to the GOM's intelligence-driven CT effort, has come under increasing political pressure over the past three months. The GOM's employment of the ISA in Sep [...] | 2008-12-23 07:21:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PTER PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM |
08KUALALUMPUR1116 | ABDULLAH'S REFORMS PASS PARLIAMENT, BUT WILL THEY [...] (SBU) Malaysia's Parliament has hurriedly passed two judicial reform bills personally championed by outgoing Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi as his parting legacy. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) bill replaces the existing Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) with a more autonomous Com [...] | 2008-12-24 07:21:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM KJUS MY |
08KUALALUMPUR1118 | GAZA REACTION: MALAYSIANS CONDEMN U.S. ALONG WITH [...] (SBU) Malaysian political leaders and press have reacted with angry rhetoric to Israeli air strikes in Gaza and heavily criticized the U.S. together with Israel. The Malaysian government came out quickly to condemn the Israeli air strikes on Gaza, labeling this action as a "war crime" and ca [...] | 2008-12-30 08:54:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC IS MY |
08KUALALUMPUR1119 | SUMMARY OF DETENTIONS AND RELEASES UNDER [...] (SBU) The Malaysian government currently holds 46 individuals under the Internal Security Act (ISA),which allows for detention without trial for terrorists and other persons deemed threats to national security, according to figures from a local NGO that reports reliably on ISA detentions. [...] | 2008-12-30 09:15:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR1126 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ASSA CORP DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-31 08:35:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL PGOV IR MY |
08KUALALUMPUR121 | MALAYSIA WILL RECOGNIZE KOSOVO, BUT TIMING STILL [...] (C) In the absence of the Ambassador and the Foreign Minister, Political Section Chief delivered ref A demarche to the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's acting Under Secretary for European Affairs Mahinder Singh, who is also Under Secretary for the Americas. Polchief praised Malaysia for its Febru [...] | 2008-02-25 00:01:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU MY |
08KUALALUMPUR130 | PRESS STIFLED IN ALTANTUYA MURDER TRIAL OVER [...] (C) In the latest turn of the ongoing Altantuya murder trial (reftels),accused political insider Abdul Razak Baginda, who has remained calm and composed through most of the proceedings, unleashed an emotional tirade shortly after the February 20 noon recess on the trial's 90th day. Referring [...] | 2008-02-26 00:16:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS MY |
08KUALALUMPUR140 | MALAYSIA'S ELECTION CAMPAIGN UNDER WAY [...] (C) Malaysia's 12th general election campaign kicked off on February 24 after more than 1,500 candidates filed nomination papers for the 222 parliament and 505 state seats. Cooperation among Malaysia's opposition parties ensured some 94 percent of all the seats will see head-to-head contests [...] | 2008-02-28 09:43:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL MY |
08KUALALUMPUR146 | MALAYSIA: TIP PROPOSALS FOR FY2008 ESF AND INCLE [...] Post submits for funding consideration the following two proposals from The Asia Foundation and the International Organization for Migration. Post fully recommends both proposals and lists them by priority. Both proposals focus on effective implementation of Malaysia's new comprehensive ant [...] | 2008-03-03 10:43:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG ASEC ELAB KCRM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR148 | MALAYSIA DEPLOYS NEW IMMIGRATION ARRIVAL DATA [...] (SBU) Malaysian Immigration has upgraded its collection of arriving passenger data, moving from paper landing forms to an electronic system. The system, a product developed locally, is called the Single Immigration Platform System (SIPS). Immigration deployed SIPS in late January at 44 entry [...] | 2008-03-04 06:01:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER KFRD MY |
08KUALALUMPUR151 | SUHAKAM CHAIRMAN REVIEWS HUMAN RIGHTS LANDSCAPE [...] (C) Malaysian Human Rights Commission (SUHAKAM) Chairman Abu Talib Othman reviewed the country's human rights landscape with the Ambassador during their February 15 introductory meeting. The Chairman noted SUHAKAM's role in pressing for the anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) law and serving o [...] | 2008-03-05 11:20:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR154 | CLEAN FINGERS, DIRTY ELECTIONS? [...] (C) With only three days remaining before the March 8 general election, Malaysia's Election Commission (EC) abruptly announced its decision not to apply indelible ink to the fingers of voters, citing police reports of alleged sabotage plans and previously unidentified constitutional barriers. [...] | 2008-03-06 09:22:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR158 | FINAL PUSH BEFORE MALAYSIA'S ELECTION DAY [...] (C) Malaysia's national election campaign will conclude at midnight on March 7. Polling booths will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. on March 8. Local election officials will quickly announce results in their respective districts, and almost all races should be known by midnight March 8. Th [...] | 2008-03-07 11:53:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR160 | MALAYSIA'S ELECTION SHOCK - THE WORLD TURNED [...] (C) Malaysia's March 8 national elections and the unprecedented success of the opposition have stunned the dominant UMNO party of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, shattered component members of the National Front (BN) coalition, put 5 of 13 states in opposition hands, and propelled former Depu [...] | 2008-03-10 09:57:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR163 | MALAYSIA'S ELECTION: CRUNCHING NUMBERS FOR BN [...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysia's dramatic March 8 election setback for Prime Minister Abdullah and his National Front (BN) coalition resulted not only in the loss of four additional state governments to the opposition (reftel),but in a potentially fundamental shift of power in the ruling coalition [...] | 2008-03-11 11:06:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR178 | ELECTION AFTERMATH: ABDULLAH AND UMNO STOKE MALAY [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and senior officials from his UMNO party seemingly are using the media to stoke ethnic Malay fears over opposition Chinese political gains at the expense of Malays, using the new Chinese-led opposition government in Penang as the lightening rod. UM [...] | 2008-03-13 12:37:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL MY |
08KUALALUMPUR182 | MALAYSIA'S ELECTION: EMBASSY OBSERVATIONS IN [...] (SBU) Embassy KL positioned election observers in six hotly contested states during the final days of Malaysia's campaign period and on the March 8 polling day. In addition to our previous reporting on campaigns in the capital city areas of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, this message provides fir [...] | 2008-03-14 09:52:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR183 | POST-ELECTION VIEWS FROM EAST MALAYSIA [...] (C) East Malaysians, whose support in the March 8 election provided Prime Minister Abdullah with the necessary majority to form the new government, are closely watching what opposition parties do with their newly won states, especially Penang, according to our contacts in Sabah and Sarawak on [...] | 2008-03-14 11:08:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL MY |
08KUALALUMPUR184 | POST-ELECTION SCENE REMAINS VOLATILE, PER MARCH 14 [...] (C) Events on March 14 demonstrated that Malaysia's post-election political scene remains volatile, while the question of Abdullah's longevity in office remains far from settled. Abdullah's UMNO party staged a short-lived low-octane protest in opposition-held Penang on March 14 in support of [...] | 2008-03-14 13:11:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL ASEC MY |
08KUALALUMPUR185 | POST-ELECTION SCENE REMAINS VOLATILE, PER MARCH 14 [...] (C) Events on March 14 demonstrated that Malaysia's post-election political scene remains volatile, while the question of Abdullah's longevity in office remains far from settled. Abdullah's UMNO party staged a short-lived low-octane protest in opposition-held Penang on March 14 in support of [...] | 2008-03-14 13:11:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL ASEC MY |
08KUALALUMPUR186 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUPPORTING COUNTRY-SPECIFIC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-17 03:05:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL MY |
08KUALALUMPUR192 | MALAYSIA'S NEW CABINET - STATUS QUO WITH ONLY [...] (C) Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi announced his new cabinet on March 18, retaining roughly half (17) of his ministers from the previous cabinet, but bringing in only a few politicians identifiable for their reform credentials. Abdullah remained Finance Minister I, but gave up his his positio [...] | 2008-03-18 12:46:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR193 | MALAYSIA'S NEW CABINET -- MINISTERIAL PORTFOLIOS [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi on March 18 announced Malaysia's new cabinet. This message provides a brief summary of each cabinet-level appointment, focusing particularly on changes and newcomers. Septel provides Post's initial overall impressions of the new cabinet. End Summ [...] | 2008-03-18 12:50:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR195 | MORE UMNO CHALLENGES TO ABDULLAH'S AUTHORITY [...] (C) More challenges to Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's authority within his United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party emerged in the wake of Abdullah's March 18 cabinet announcement. The powerful Youth wing, led by an ally of Deputy Prime Minister Najib, contradicted Abdullah's instr [...] | 2008-03-19 12:21:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR200 | G/TIP REPORTING OFFICER VISITS MALAYSIA [...] (SBU) G/TIP reporting officer Sally Neumann visited Malaysia from February 11-13, during which she met with Government of Malaysia (GOM) officials and representatives from civil society, including representatives from the Catholic Church in East Malaysia. The meetings were fruitful, providin [...] | 2008-03-24 05:23:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR202 | KING VERSUS PRIME MINISTER IN TERENGGANU [...] (C) The royal household in Terengganu has gone against the choice of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and his United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party and appointed its own candidate to become Chief Minister of the state, a decision that threatens a constitutional crisis and pits Prime [...] | 2008-03-24 10:01:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR212 | MALAYSIAN GOVT SHELTERS INITIAL 23 TIP VICTIMS [...] (SBU) Malaysia's Women's Ministry publicly announced that on March 25 it had admitted 17 female trafficking victims to one of its two recently established government shelters in Kuala Lumpur. The women, all Thai nationals, had been rescued in a police raid in Johor Bahru on March 24, accordi [...] | 2008-03-26 09:26:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR223 | UMNO SETS PARTY ELECTION FOR DECEMBER, ABDULLAH [...] (C) The March 27 Supreme Council meeting of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) decided the party's election will be held December 16-20, 2008. The election is widely anticipated to feature a challenge to Abdullah's continued leadership. The el [...] | 2008-03-28 10:38:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR224 | MALAYSIA NOT READY YET TO FORMALLY RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (C) With the unavailability of more senior Malaysian officials, Political Section Chief delivered ref A demarche on March 27 to Principal Assistant Secretary Zakhir, who is currently responsible for Kosovo issues in the Foreign Ministry's European Division. Zakhir responded that the Malaysia [...] | 2008-03-30 23:43:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK EU MY |
08KUALALUMPUR256 | UMNO VOICES NAJIB TAKE-OVER; ANWAR TO CONSOLIDATE [...] (C) Division-level leaders from Prime Minister Abdullah's UMNO party in three states, including the key UMNO stronghold of Johor, are increasingly voicing support for Abdullah to step down in the wake of the March 8 election set-back, with some party officials backing Deputy Prime Minister Naj [...] | 2008-04-11 12:30:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PGOV PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR261 | MORE UMNO PRESSURE FOR IMMEDIATE LEADERSHIP CHANGE [...] (C) Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's April 11 meeting with officials from his UMNO party in the key party stronghold of Johor has focused more pressure on Abdullah to step down quickly. Abdullah reaffirmed his intention to transfer power to Deputy Prime Minister Najib, but only sometime -- p [...] | 2008-04-14 08:27:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR265 | ANWAR'S OFFICIAL RETURN - CELEBRATION AND [...] (S) Anwar Ibrahim and his People's Justice Party (PKR) celebrated the expiration of the ban on Anwar holding formal political office at an April 14 rally in Kuala Lumpur, an event intended to maintain the opposition leader's political momentum. Police intervened to stop the "illegal gathering [...] | 2008-04-15 11:52:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PGOV PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR273 | TREASURY DEPARTMENT ENGAGES MALAYSIANS ON IRAN AND [...] (C) Summary: During meetings on March 31 and April 1, Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Patrick O'Brien impressed upon his Malaysian counterparts at the Central Bank, the Ministries of Finance and Foreign Affairs, charities regulators, and private banks [...] | 2008-04-17 09:19:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER PGOV KNNP MNUC PARM UNSC |
08KUALALUMPUR291 | PENAN TRIBAL LEADER'S DEATH RAISES SUSPICIONS [...] (C) Penan tribal members in the East Malaysian state of Sarawak found tribal headsman and anti-logging activist Kelesau Naan dead on December 17, 2007, after he went missing for two months. Police initially refused to open an investigation until Malaysia's Human Rights Commission (SUHAKAM) i [...] | 2008-04-21 06:19:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV EIND EAGR SENV SOCI KCRM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR294 | PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES FIRST STEPS IN JUDICIAL [...] (C) Some eight months after the Malaysian Bar Council took to the streets to demand judicial reform, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi used an April 17 Bar Council dinner to announce the proposed establishment of a Judicial Appointment Commission and review of judicial salaries. He also announc [...] | 2008-04-21 09:06:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM KCOR SOCI MY |
08KUALALUMPUR295 | ABDULLAH PUSHES REFORMS DESPITE UMNO, NAJIB DRAWS [...] (C) Embattled Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi announced initial steps for judicial reform and strengthening the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) despite objections from his own UMNO party, PM confidante Kalimullah told the Ambassador on April 17. Deputy Prime Minister Najib thus far is sticking b [...] | 2008-04-21 12:55:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR307 | GOVERNMENT DENIES LICENSE RENEWAL FOR TAMIL [...] (C) Summary. The Home Ministry has denied renewal of the publication permit for the Tamil language newspaper "Makkal Osai" (Voice of the People). The Ministry provided no explanation, but the paper was a vocal critic of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) and its President Samy Vellu. The pa [...] | 2008-04-23 08:29:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR334 | NEW OPPOSITION-CONTROLLED STATES PUSHING THE RIGHT [...] (SBU) Following the March 2008 election, four new opposition-controlled state governments assumed power in Selangor, Perak, Penang and Kedah, while in Kelantan the opposition Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) significantly increased a previously thin majority. In their first weeks of power, the [...] | 2008-04-30 03:58:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR337 | ANWAR IBRAHIM CRITICIZES GOVERNMENT FOR EJECTING [...] (SBU) De facto opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim used a public speaking engagement on April 27 and his personal internet blog to criticize the Malaysian government for bowing to U.S. pressure and ejecting Iranian entities from the Defense Services Asia (DSA) military sales exhibition, held in K [...] | 2008-04-30 11:43:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV ETTC IR MY |
08KUALALUMPUR338 | NEW PARLIAMENT OPENS - GET READY TO RUMBLE [...] (C) Malaysia's new Parliament opened April 29 with a significantly increased opposition presence following the March 8 election. The Ambassador attended the official opening, which featured the King reading the speech prepared by Prime Minister Abdullah's government focused on domestic rice [...] | 2008-04-30 13:06:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR340 | MALAYSIA'S FLUID SCENE - DAS MARCIEL'S MAY 5-7 [...] (U) Thank you for coming to Kuala Lumpur. Your May 5-7 visit to Malaysia provides an excellent opportunity to assess Malaysia's fluid political scene, identify new openings to pursue U.S. objectives, and support key areas in our regional and bilateral diplomacy. 2. (C) Not quite two mont [...] | 2008-05-02 09:50:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR ECON KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR342 | DEMARCHE TO MALAYSIA: BURMA'S FLAWED [...] (C) Poloff met May 5 with the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's Southeast Asia and South Pacific Division chief Rahimi Harun to convey reftel points, emphasizing in particular the importance of ASEAN,s role. Rahimi responded that the GOM had been pushing the regime &for years8 to expedite the pro [...] | 2008-05-05 09:33:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM BM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR343 | OTHMAN CONFIRMS MALAYSIA'S STAGED IMT PULL-OUT [...] (C) Malaysian facilitator for the Philippines (GRP)/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace talks Othman Abdul Razak, speaking with polchief April 28, confirmed Malaysia's decision to withdraw in stages from the International Monitoring Team (IMT) in Mindanao beginning on/about May 10 and [...] | 2008-05-05 10:03:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER MOPS EAID KISL JA RP MY |
08KUALALUMPUR355 | UNPRECEDENTED SEDITION CHARGES AGAINST BLOGGER [...] (C) Summary. For the first time, Malaysian authorities have resorted to a colonial-era law to bring sedition charges against a blogger and the author of a comment on an internet web site. Blogger and veteran anti-government activist Raja Petra Kamaruddin touched a sensitive nerve in implying [...] | 2008-05-08 08:32:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM KPAO MY |
08KUALALUMPUR357 | IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - MALAYSIA [...] (U) Rising global prices for major food commodities so far are having limited impact on their availability to Malaysian consumers. Long-standing price controls on many food staples have kept such items affordable, but have also contributed to some spot shortages. While it is only about 65% self [...] | 2008-05-08 23:46:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD PGOV PREL SENV MY |
08KUALALUMPUR364 | MALAYSIA ON EDGE OR STABILIZING? DAS MARCIEL'S MAY [...] (S) Senior Malaysian government officials and opposition politicians discussed Prime Minister Abdullah's struggle to remain in power and prospects for the strengthened opposition during EAP DAS Marciel's May 5-7 visit to Kuala Lumpur, while DAS Marciel also addressed the Burma crisis and his A [...] | 2008-05-09 09:56:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR MARR ECON KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR365 | CATHOLIC CHURCH ALLOWED TO PROCEED WITH "ALLAH" [...] (C) Summary: Malaysia's Catholic Church, challenging a government ban on use of the word "Allah" by non-Muslims, has won its first round in court on May 5. Church contacts told us the government was shocked by the strong reaction of the Catholic Church against the ban of "Allah," given that [...] | 2008-05-09 09:58:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR SCUL KIRF KISL MY |
08KUALALUMPUR366 | : SCENESETTER FOR VADM CROWDER,S VISIT TO [...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter [...] | 2008-05-12 00:42:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | MCAP MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER OVIP MY |
08KUALALUMPUR367 | SCENESETTER FOR VADM CROWDER'S VISIT TO MALAYSIA [...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter [...] | 2008-05-12 05:55:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | MCAP MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER OVIP MY |
08KUALALUMPUR376 | PARLIAMENTARIAN QUESTIONS GOM'S IRAN POLICY [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Malaysia's position on Iran's nuclear program is subject to criticism and scrutiny not only from the political opposition but, as recent questions in Parliament illustrate, from elements of the ruling UMNO party as well. The Foreign Ministry responded to an UMNO MP's [...] | 2008-05-13 11:10:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV ETTC IR MY |
08KUALALUMPUR377 | OPPOSITION SIGNALS IMMINENT EAST MALAYSIA [...] (C) De facto opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and his lieutenants, both publicly and privately, are raising expectations of possible imminent defections by National Front (BN) MPs, particularly from East Malaysia. Senior Vice President of Anwar's PKR party Azmin Ali told us to expect a public [...] | 2008-05-13 11:50:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR392 | AMBASSADOR AND ATTORNEY GENERAL DISCUSS ISA, [...] (S) The Ambassador called on Malaysia's Attorney General Abdul Gani Patail on May 13 and discussed prospects for prosecuting terrorists, the importance of passing an export control law, and factors affecting progress in the FTA talks. The Ambassador congratulated the AG on drafting of the 200 [...] | 2008-05-15 09:12:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINR ECON ETTC KJUS MY |
08KUALALUMPUR393 | CHALLENGES TO MARCH ELECTION RESULTS [...] (U) Summary. Losing candidates in Malaysia,s March 2008 elections have filed petitions challenging results in 12 parliamentary districts and 17 state assembly districts. Based on past precedent, such challenges rarely succeed, but the ruling coalition conceivably could regain power in Perak, [...] | 2008-05-15 10:38:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV MY |
08KUALALUMPUR394 | ATTACK ON DAP OFFICE IN PERAK REFLECTS PRESSURE ON [...] (C) Summary: An early morning May 15 attack on an opposition party office in Perak produced only minor damage and no injuries. Whether or not orchestrated by elements of Prime Minister Abdullah's UMNO party, the attack will allow UMNO to focus more pressure to bring down Perak's opposition- [...] | 2008-05-15 10:43:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR398 | MALAYSIAN OIL REVENUE: GRAVY TRAIN RUNNING OUT OF [...] (U) Summary: At its current 4% annual rate of increase, domestic demand for petroleum products is expected to overtake supply by 2011 or 2012, making Malaysia a net importer of oil, according to Petronas, the country's national oil company. This bodes poorly for a federal government that re [...] | 2008-05-16 05:35:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EFIN ENRG MY PGOV |
08KUALALUMPUR399 | IMMIGRATION DETAINEES RIOT AFTER RELA BEATS [...] (C) Some 60 to 70 detained suspected illegal immigrants rioted at Lenggeng Immigration Detention Center (IDC) on April 21, setting fire to the temporary administration building according to press and firsthand accounts. Malaysia's Head of Immigration Enforcement claimed the riot started after [...] | 2008-05-16 06:08:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PGOV PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR4 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON DEPUTY PRIME [...] (C) The Ambassador and Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak met on December 31 for an introductory call, during which they discussed U.S. and Malaysia's common interests in bolstering international systems such as the UN and WTO. Najib described core relations with the U.S. as good and looke [...] | 2008-01-02 09:38:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR ECON RP TH MY |
08KUALALUMPUR40 | MALAYSIA SYMPATHETIC TO KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-15 08:10:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU MY |
08KUALALUMPUR408 | MAHATHIR RESIGNS FROM UMNO, NO ONE FOLLOWS [...] (C) Former PM Mahathir unexpectedly announced his resignation from the ruling UMNO party on May 19 in an obvious attempt to increase pressure on PM Abdullah to step down. In an indication of the seriousness of Mahathir's move, PM Abdullah hastily arranged a May 20 meeting with UMNO Members o [...] | 2008-05-20 11:08:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR411 | PM ADVISOR LIM ON REFORMS AND ABDULLAH'S EVENTUAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted Prime Ministerial Political Secretary Vincent Lim to dinner on the evening of May 14. (Note: This dinner occurred prior to former PM Mahathir,s May 19 anouncement that he would quit the ruling party. See reftel for Embassy reporting on Mahathir,s surprise [...] | 2008-05-21 04:13:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR421 | MALAYSIA: WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL BLANK [...] Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes Professional Staff Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Mr. Jonah Blank to Malaysia from May 28 to June 3, 2008. The purpose of the trip is research of issues before the committee, particularly those relating to the insurgency in southern Thailand. [...] | 2008-05-23 08:46:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP PGOV OTRA AMGT ASEC AFIN THKSJA MY |
08KUALALUMPUR422 | ACCUSED TRAFFICKER CHARGED UNDER NEW TIP LAW [...] (SBU) Malaysian authorities for the first time have charged a suspected human trafficker under the country's new comprehensive anti-trafficking law, which came into full effect on February 28. On May 11 police charged Ee Chin Kai with trafficking two Thai women for the purpose of sexual expl [...] | 2008-05-23 09:28:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PINR KCRM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR423 | PAS LEADER FAVORS TAKING POWER THROUGH NEXT [...] (C) Nasaruddin Mat Isa, Deputy President of the Islamist opposition party PAS, speaking with us on May 21, said the opposition should seek to take power through the next federal election, rather than through immediate defections by ruling coalition MPs, in part to reduce the risk of a harsh c [...] | 2008-05-23 09:50:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR447 | NAJIB AIDE: ABDULLAH SHOULD MAKE WAY SOON FOR [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Najib's political secretary, Fatmi Che Salleh (protect throughout),suggested in a May 29 meeting with us that Prime Minister Abdullah should make way for a Najib ticket with UMNO Vice President Muhyiddin by announcing as soon as possible that he (Abdullah) [...] | 2008-05-30 07:58:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR MARR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR448 | AMBASSADOR AND NEW WOMEN'S MINISTER ENGAGE ON [...] (SBU) Ambassador Keith met on May 28 with Dr. Ng Yen Yen, Minister for Women, Family, and Community Development, and discussed the Ministry's operations of two trafficking victims' shelters, migrant workers, illegal immigrants, and developing programs for women and children. Minister Ng invi [...] | 2008-05-30 08:02:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI KWMN MY |
08KUALALUMPUR460 | FORCED AND CHILD LABOR REPORT - MALAYSIA [...] Embassy sources have reported incidents of forced labor in Malaysia's garment industry, and forced labor and exploitative child labor in the palm oil sector. We received corroborating reports from multiple sources for most information, but Embassy officers have not had the opportunity to con [...] | 2008-06-03 08:40:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV ELAB ECON ETRD MY |
08KUALALUMPUR476 | MALAYSIA RAISES GASOLINE PRICE OVERNIGHT BY 40 PERCENT, [...] SUMMARY: In an effort to address rising costs of energy subsidies, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi yesterday announced a 40 percent price increase on gasoline, a 60 percent price increase on diesel, and 20 to 26 percent increases in electricity rates, effective at midnight on June 4. The new p [...] | 2008-06-06 09:27:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV MY |
08KUALALUMPUR481 | TIP REPORT DELIVERED TO MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Post delivered the Malaysia narrative from the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report on June 4 to various government representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Women's Ministry, Immigration Department, Police, and Attorney General's Chambers. The Charge conveyed the [...] | 2008-06-10 05:32:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI KWMN MY |
08KUALALUMPUR482 | OPPOSITION CALLS FOR PROTESTS OVER FUEL PRICES [...] (SBU) Malaysia's sudden and drastic increase in fuel prices has given the Opposition a rallying point and new means to direct populist pressure against the incumbent National Front (BN) government. Opposition groups announced plans to stage a nation-wide series of protests, with the first la [...] | 2008-06-10 08:37:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC ECON MY |
08KUALALUMPUR495 | TWO BURMESE ALLEGE TRAFFICKING EXPERIENCE AT [...] (C) Summary: Two Burmese refugees met with us and alleged that low-level Malaysian Immigration officials sold and delivered them into the custody of armed Thai nationals at the Thai-Malaysian border. UNHCR has received similar firsthand reports from other refugees. On June 6, we shared inf [...] | 2008-06-12 07:23:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PGOV SMIG KCRM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR504 | S/CT PDAS FEIERSTEIN MEETS SENIOR MALAYSIAN [...] (C) Summary: S/CT PDAS Jerry Feierstein visited Kuala Lumpur June 6-7 and met with the head of the Malaysia's National Security Council, Muhammad Hatta, and the Deputy Secretary General of the Home Ministry, Ahmad Fuad. Discussion of counterterrorism covered de-radicalization efforts, improvi [...] | 2008-06-16 05:25:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV MY |
08KUALALUMPUR512 | UMNO YOUTH OFFICIAL ON HEATED PARTY CONTESTS AND [...] (C) Many UMNO party branches and divisions could nominate a Najib/Muhyiddin ticket despite Prime Minister Abdullah's confirmation that he will stand for reelection in the December party contest, UMNO party youth official Suffian Awang told us on June 17. Eleven candidates would vie seriously [...] | 2008-06-17 10:13:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR516 | DEFECTIONS FROM BN ABOUT TO BEGIN? [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-18 10:52:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MY |
08KUALALUMPUR52 | MALAYSIAN POLICE SEEKING U.S. SPEAKER FOR TIP [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) The Malaysian Royal Police (RMP) will hold trafficking in persons (TIP) training for their officers as they continue to develop their capacity to enforce their new anti-trafficking in persons law. The RMP has not yet set the [...] | 2008-01-22 10:01:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS SMIG SOCI MY |
08KUALALUMPUR523 | NO CONFIDENCE MOTION - DOES THE OPPOSITION HAVE A [...] (C) There was much smoke but little fire on June19 concerning the announcement the day before that a ruling coalition member party will introduce a parliamentary no-confidence motion on the Prime Minister. Sabah politicians have told us that the move was coordinated, but opposition Democra [...] | 2008-06-19 10:53:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MY |
08KUALALUMPUR529 | BLOGGER ALLEGES DPM'S WIFE AT MURDER SCENE [...] (C) Controversial internet journalist Raja Petra executed a sworn statement on June 18 to the effect that Deputy Prime Minister Najib's wife, Rosmah Mansor, was at the scene of the murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibbu in October 2006, and that PM Abdullah and a Royal received info [...] | 2008-06-23 09:15:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KJUS KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR535 | NO-CONFIDENCE PLOY FIZZLES IN PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Prime Minister Abdullah won a tactical victory on June 23 as his National Front (BN) parliamentarians voted as a block to approve a motion on the recent controversial fuel price hikes, beating back public speculation that the vote would become a no-confidence motion on Abdullah's leadership [...] | 2008-06-24 11:40:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR536 | WILL SABAH DEFECT? [...] (C) Sabah politicians of all walks criticized Prime Minister Abdullah's leadership and the National Front (BN) government's marginalization of Sabah during polchief's meetings in the east Malaysia state, June 18-20, which took place as a small Sabah BN party, SAPP, announced its two MPs would [...] | 2008-06-24 12:38:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR557 | ANWAR TAKES REFUGE IN TURKISH EMBASSY, MOVES [...] (C) Malaysia's de facto opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim took refuge in the Turkish embassy on June 29 within hours after a police complaint of sodomy was filed by a junior staff assistant. Against the backdrop of his politically motivated jailing in 1998 over sodomy charges, Anwar's decision [...] | 2008-06-30 10:54:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR562 | NO GOM ACTION AFTER LINGAM PROBE IMPLICATES [...] (C) The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Lingam video scandal concluded that former Prime Minister Mahathir and five other prominent individuals should be investigated for manipulating judicial appointments and promotions. The Commission, established by the Government of Malaysia (GOM) t [...] | 2008-07-02 09:13:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KJUS KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR563 | ANWAR ON THE OFFENSIVE [...] (C) Malaysia's de facto opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim went on the "offensive" after emerging on June 30 from this 36-hour refuge in the Turkish embassy. On July 1, Anwar filed a police complaint against the national police chief and the Attorney General. He held a press conference and lat [...] | 2008-07-02 11:58:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR570 | GOM PROTESTS U.S. REMARKS ON ANWAR IBRAHIM CASE [...] (C) Malaysian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Rastam Mohd Isa called in the Ambassador on July 3 to deliver a note of protest over remarks by the State Department Spokesman on June 30 related to the recent sodomy allegations against de facto Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. After reading [...] | 2008-07-03 07:46:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR572 | ANWAR IMPLICATES DPM NAJIB IN MURDER CASE [...] (C) A private investigator's legal deposition, revealed by Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on July 3, implicates Deputy Prime Minister Najib in the high-profile Altantuya murder case. The deposition, based primarily on statements reportedly made by Altantuya and murder defendant Razak Bagind [...] | 2008-07-03 09:18:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MARR KDEM KJUS MY |
08KUALALUMPUR575 | NAJIB FIGHTS BACK; WEEKEND PROTEST FAILS TO IMPRESS [...] (C) As de facto Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim went on the offensive last week, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak wasted no time in denying any link to the Altantuya murder case, while diffusing another bombshell by admitting he previously had met the man accusing Anwar of sodomy. On Ju [...] | 2008-07-07 11:49:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR58 | EMBASSY RAISES RELA ROLE WITH MALAYSIAN IMMIGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Members of Malaysia's People's Volunteer Corps (RELA) began taking up guard duties at immigration detention centers beginning January 15, according to press reports. Government officials describe RELA's assignment as a stop-gap measure while responsibility for the immigration [...] | 2008-01-24 09:25:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF MY |
08KUALALUMPUR588 | OPPOSITION FILES NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION; [...] (C) Malaysia's opposition coalition has filed a no-confidence motion in Parliament against Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi as part of Anwar Ibrahim's new "offensive" against the National Front government. The Opposition does not expect the motion to succeed, and instead sees this as one way t [...] | 2008-07-10 11:53:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR604 | ABDULLAH CONFIRMS 2010 HAND-OVER TO HELP SECURE [...] (C) PM Abdullah announced on July 10 his intention to step down as Prime Minister and United Malays National Organization (UMNO) president in June 2010 and hand over power to his deputy Najib Tun Razak. Abdullah and Najib will seek re-election in the December 2008 party polls as part of this [...] | 2008-07-11 11:24:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR609 | UMNO RESISTS POPULAR CALLS FOR REFORM [...] (C) The Malaysian electorate delivered a strong endorsement for change and a major set-back for Prime Minister Abdullah's United Malays National Organization (UMNO) and National Front (BN) coalition in the March elections, but UMNO thus far has resisted reform. The shocking election result i [...] | 2008-07-13 04:47:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON KDEM KJUS MY |
08KUALALUMPUR614 | PARLIAMENT "WAR ZONE," AS ANWAR DUCKS POLICE [...] (C) A heavy police deployment, particularly at Parliament, on July 14 added to the atmosphere of political tension in Kuala Lumpur as the Parliament Speaker shot down an emergency Opposition motion of no-confidence in Prime Minister Abdullah and de facto Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim backed [...] | 2008-07-14 09:10:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM ASEC MY |
08KUALALUMPUR615 | Malaysia Scenesetter for DOE DAS Secretary Ed McGinnis and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Kuala Lumpur looks forward to your July 21-23 visit as an opportunity to advance important and continuing discussions with the government of Malaysia (GOM) on nuclear energy and the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP). The visit will allow you to explore Malaysia's [...] | 2008-07-14 09:20:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR MY |
08KUALALUMPUR619 | POLICE COMPEL ANWAR'S APPEARANCE ON JULY 16; [...] (C) Malaysian police have threatened Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim with arrest if he does not appear at a police station on July 16 to give his statement in the criminal investigation regarding sodomy allegations. Anwar's lawyer publicly stated that Anwar will comply with the police order, [...] | 2008-07-15 11:24:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR62 | POLICE THWART PRICE HIKE PROTEST, DETAIN [...] (C) Summary: Opposition political activists attempted unsuccessfully to stage a demonstration in Kuala Lumpur on January 26 against government policies and price hikes. Police arrested the protest leaders, including senior opposition party officials, before the demonstration took form, and c [...] | 2008-01-30 01:33:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI MY |
08KUALALUMPUR626 | ANWAR ARRESTED FOR SODOMY [...] (C) Police arrested Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim just before 1300 on July 16, one hour before Anwar was due to appear at Kuala Lumpur police headquarters to provide his statement for the investigation into sodomy charges. As of 1600, police are holding Anwar at police headquarters, where [...] | 2008-07-16 08:30:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR630 | ANWAR RELEASED ON POLICE BAIL [...] (C) Police released Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on police bail the morning of July 17, some 20 hours after his arrest. Prosecutors have not yet charged Anwar, but he remains a formal suspect in connection with the forced sodomy allegation. Under conditions of police bail, police can requ [...] | 2008-07-17 10:29:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM ASEC MY |
08KUALALUMPUR631 | PROMINENT BLOGGER ARRESTED, CHARGED IN COURT [...] Police on July 17 arrested Raja Petra, controversial editor of the online portal Malaysia Today, and prosecutors charged him with criminal defamation of Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak's wife, Rosmah Mansor and two others. In a sworn affidavit, Raja Petra claimed he was "reliably informed" [...] | 2008-07-17 10:32:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KJUS KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR644 | MALAYSIA'S POLITICAL CRISIS [...] (C) The next four weeks will be a telling period in the history of the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) rule in Malaysia. For the first time in its fifty-year dominance, UMNO is faced with a multi-racial opposition alliance that has some credible prospect for forming the next govern [...] | 2008-07-22 08:29:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS MY |
08KUALALUMPUR645 | ANWAR TELLS DIPLOMATS HIS FUTURE IS PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) An energetic and seemingly confident Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim told 40 assembled diplomats on July 22 that in the face of government attempts to use sodomy charges to derail his political challenge, he would either become Prime Minister or end up in jail, "and this time I'm not goin [...] | 2008-07-22 12:24:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS MY |
08KUALALUMPUR648 | HOME MINISTER ASSEMBLES DIPLOMATS, DEFENDS [...] (C) Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar briefed foreign diplomats, including the Ambassador, on the sodomy case against Anwar Ibrahim on July 23, one day after de facto Opposition leader conducted his own diplomatic briefing. Syed Hamid dismissed claims of conspiracy, defended the police handling [...] | 2008-07-23 12:23:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS MY |
08KUALALUMPUR651 | TREASURY DAS DOHNER'S VISIT TO MALAYSIA [...] (U) Summary: Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia Robert Dohner briefed Bank Negara officials on the U.S. economic and financial situation and exchanged views on Treasury's decision to include Malaysia in the executive summary of the U.S. Foreign Exchange Report. DAS Dohner defended th [...] | 2008-07-24 03:31:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV MY |
08KUALALUMPUR653 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINISTER FOR HUMAN RESOURCES [...] (SBU) Ambassador Keith made an introductory call on Minister for Human Resources S. Subramaniam on July 14. (Note: Minister Subramaniam remained willing to meet the Ambassador at Parliament on a day when it was closed to the public and under tight security (reftel) due to domestic political t [...] | 2008-07-24 09:46:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM PGOV AMGT MY |
08KUALALUMPUR665 | UMNO-PAS TALKS PROVOKE CONTROVERSY [...] (S) Prime Minister Abdullah's July 20 revelation of secret meetings between his ruling United Malay National Organization (UMNO) and Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) beginning shortly after the March 2008 general election sent shock waves through both political coalitions and unsettled PAS itsel [...] | 2008-07-30 12:14:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PGOV PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR682 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH INFORMATION MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. Information Minister and prominent reform-proponent Shabery Cheek assured the Ambassador that PM Abdullah remains committed to his reform agenda despite resistance from some of the PM,s own senior advisors and the UMNO old guard. While exhibiting some discomfort regarding the i [...] | 2008-08-04 09:48:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR688 | ANWAR TO BE CHARGED [...] (C) Summary. Anwar Ibrahim has been summoned to appear in court on the morning of August 7 and will be charged with sodomy. In the meantime, the Election Commission announced an August 26 date for the by-election for the parliamentary seat Anwar is contesting. The sodomy charge in itself will [...] | 2008-08-06 10:45:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR69 | CONTROVERSIAL SQURES OF CHRISTIAN BOOKS [...] (C) Ministry of Internal Security officials confiscated some Christian children's books from stores in early January. Officials took the action because the books contained pictures of Moses and Noah, and they judged portraits of these figures, who are also prophets in Islam, would offend Musl [...] | 2008-01-31 08:25:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL MY |
08KUALALUMPUR701 | ANWAR CHARGED BUT REMAINS FREE [...] (C) Summary. As expected, on August 7 Anwar Ibrahim was formally charged with consensual sodomy, but his supporters were jubilant when the judge ruled the de facto opposition leader would remain free on a "personal bond." The Government's prosecution team made no attempt to oppose bail, and [...] | 2008-08-07 10:17:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR704 | DOWNGRADE MALAYSIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION? [...] (C) Malaysia's Human Rights Commission (SUHAKAM) faces potential downgrading by the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (ICC) for non-compliance with the Paris Principles. If downgraded, SUHAKAM will be banned from atte [...] | 2008-08-08 09:16:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV MY |
08KUALALUMPUR719 | RELIGIOUS, RACIAL POLITICS MARK RUN-UP TO CRITICAL [...] (C) Summary. The ruling National Front (BN) coalition is gearing up to oppose Anwar Ibrahim's return to parliament via an August 26 by-election. BN tactics include intense rhetoric with religious and racial connotations. A Malaysian Bar Council forum on conversion to Islam was shut down by [...] | 2008-08-13 10:11:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR KISM KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR72 | THE MALAYSIAN MARITIME LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY -- A [...] (SBU) Summary: The Japanese Embassy in Kuala Lumpur provided to its Trilateral Strategic Dialogue partners a summary version of its assessment of the Malaysian Maritime Law Enforcement Agency (MMEA). The seven-page brief reflects information culled from extensive engagement by the GOJ with [...] | 2008-02-01 03:31:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV MARR MY |
08KUALALUMPUR73 | PROSECUTOR DOWNBEAT ON ALTANTUYA MURDER CASE [...] (C) Deputy Public Prosecutor Noorin Badaruddin, a member of the prosecution team in the Altantuya murder case (reftel),told Polchief during an informal conversation January 30 that there was almost no chance of winning guilty verdicts in the on-going trial of defendants Razak Baginda, a clos [...] | 2008-02-01 06:17:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS MY |
08KUALALUMPUR738 | PAS REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR OPPOSITION ALLIANCE [...] (SBU) In its annual convention, the Malaysian Islamic Party confirmed continuing support for the opposition alliance despite the recent PAS &dialogue8 with the ruling coalition,s United Malay National Organization (UMNO). PAS leaders predictably condemned U.S. actions in Iraq and Afghanistan [...] | 2008-08-19 06:06:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL MY |
08KUALALUMPUR742 | MALAYSIAN OPPOSITION NOT SO CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: On Thursday, August 14, Econ Counselor and Econoff met with Tony Pua, opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) Member of Parliament. Pua is DAP's one and only economic advisor in a coalition in which the other two parties, KeAdilan ("Justice") and PAS (Islamic),economic experti [...] | 2008-08-21 09:47:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL MY |
08KUALALUMPUR743 | GOM PLAYING HARDBALL IN RUN-UP TO KEY BY-ELECTION [...] (C) The Government is increasingly playing hardball in the run-up to de facto opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim,s attempt to return to Parliament via an August 26 by-election in Permatang Pauh district of Penang. On the campaign trail, UMNO (United Malay National Organization) continues to sp [...] | 2008-08-21 09:59:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL MY |
08KUALALUMPUR753 | INDICATORS ALL POINT TO ANWAR VICTORY IN AUG. 26 [...] Poloffs in Penang report that local observers continue to expect a decisive victory for Anwar in the Permatang Pauh by-election August 26. Government-influenced media, however, continue to portray the campaign as close, and negative press stories on Anwar are prevalent. Opposition rallies ar [...] | 2008-08-25 09:41:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR759 | ANWAR WINS RESOUNDING BY-ELECTION VICTORY [...] (SBU) Summary. Anwar Ibrahim appears to have won the Permatang Pauh by-election by a wide margin, with early reports on the evening of August 26 giving him a two-to-one advantage over his Barisan Nasional opponent. On election eve, Anwar had sought to dampen expectations of a landslide victor [...] | 2008-08-27 00:27:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR762 | ANWAR - NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary. In the wake of Anwar Ibrahim,s decisive victory in the Permatang Pauh by-election yesterday, the Speaker of Parliament has reversed himself and now says he will swear in the newly-elected MP on August 28. This will enable the soon-to-be official opposition leader to confront P [...] | 2008-08-27 09:47:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR765 | ANWAR SWORN IN AT PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary. Anwar Ibrahim, still savoring his landslide by-election victory, was sworn into Parliament on August 28 after being officially confirmed as leader of the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) opposition alliance. His first intervention was to question the merits of the DNA identification bill whi [...] | 2008-08-28 09:43:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR772 | ADM WILLARD'S MEETING WITH DPM NAJIB [...] (C) In an August 25 meeting with Admiral Willard and the Ambassador, DPM Najib expressed appreciation for U.S. military activities in Sabah and noted that terrorism remained a threat in the region. Najib indicated there was still a question as to whether Malaysian troops would stay in southe [...] | 2008-09-02 07:39:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER OVIP MY |
08KUALALUMPUR775 | SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE OIC URGES MORE MALAYSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with GOM officials, local and international Islamic intellectuals, the Islamic Development Bank and media, U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber described proposals for greater USG-OIC cooperation and dialogue. He urged [...] | 2008-09-04 01:09:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON KIRF MY |
08KUALALUMPUR782 | SABAH DEPORTATIONS A POLITICAL BAND-AID [...] (C) Residents of Malaysia's Sabah state, in northeast Borneo, are dismissive of the Government's latest "crackdown" against illegal immigrants. The federal government launched the campaign as a measure to meet demands by Sabah politicians who are being wooed to shift their support to the opp [...] | 2008-09-05 10:12:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR ELAB SOCI MY |
08KUALALUMPUR786 | STAFFDEL LUSE ENGAGES PM'S OFFICE, MFA ON [...] (SBU) Senate Foreign Relations Committee Professional Staffer Mr. Keith Luse met with GOM officials at the Prime Minister's Office, the Foreign Ministry's Southeast Asia Office, and at the Southeast Asia Regional Center for Counter Terrorism (SEARCCT) August 27-29. Luse raised concerns ab [...] | 2008-09-09 09:14:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF PTER KDEM KTIP MY |
08KUALALUMPUR787 | UMNO AND ITS COALITION IN DISARRAY AHEAD OF [...] (C) Prime Minister Abdullah and top leaders of his United Malays National Organization (UMNO) appear unnerved as they approach the September 16 deadline set by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim for toppling Abdullah's National Front (BN) government. UMNO's disarray and the weakness of the BN c [...] | 2008-09-09 10:12:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MARR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR798 | GOM SEEKS TO SHIFT ANWAR CASE TO HIGH COURT, NEXT [...] (U) Summary: The prosecution in the Anwar Ibrahim sodomy trial used the September 10 court session to seek a shift in venue to the High Court, a widely anticipated move. Anwar's lawyers asked for time to prepare their arguments, and the Sessions Court judge set the next court date for Septemb [...] | 2008-09-10 09:49:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR802 | Flooding in Northern Peninsular Malaysia Highlights [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Extensive rains over the last week have triggered flooding in northern peninsular Malaysia following heavy downpour in the states of Kedah and Penang. According to media and Malaysian government reports, the floods have affected more than 10,000 people, including forced evacuatio [...] | 2008-09-12 01:46:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV MY |
08KUALALUMPUR805 | PM ABDULLAH'S POSITION ERODED AFTER TUMULTUOUS WEEK [...] (C) Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi has seen his political position eroded during a tumultuous week of mounting challenges from within his United Malay National Organization (UMNO),his coalition partners, and the opposition. While struggling to regain cohesion within his National Front (BN) c [...] | 2008-09-12 12:33:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MARR MY |
08KUALALUMPUR806 | OPPOSITION JOURNALIST DETAILED UNDER THE INTERNAL SECURITY ACT [...] (C) Summary: Malaysian police on September 12 arrested controversial blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin under the Internal Security Act (ISA),which allows for detention without trial. Raja Petra's arrest came days after Prime Minister Abdullah threatened to use the ISA to clamp down on those al [...] | 2008-09-12 12:40:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR809 | SOUTHEAST ASIA REGIONAL CT VOLUNTARY VISITOR [...] (U) This message has been cleared by Embassies Jakarta, Manila, and Kuala Lumpur. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY and ACTION REQUEST: The Legal Attaches from Embassies Manila, Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur have jointly designed a tri-border regional visitors program for police and prosecutors handling terro [...] | 2008-09-15 08:41:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV MY RP ID |
08KUALALUMPUR810 | UPROAR OVER INTERNAL SECURITY ACT AS UMNO DEBATES [...] (C) Malaysian authorities' September 12 arrest of three persons under the Internal Security Act (ISA) created an uproar across the political spectrum, resulting in the release of one detainee the following day and the September 15 offer of resignation of de facto legal reform minister Zaid Ib [...] | 2008-09-15 11:40:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS MY |
08KUALALUMPUR815 | SEPTEMBER 16 ANTI-CLIMAX, BUT ANWAR REMAINS [...] (C) Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's original September 16 deadline to wrest power from ruling National Front (BN) coalition has passed in anti-climactic fashion, and without the crossover of any government members of Parliament (MPs) to the opposition ranks. The opposition Pakatan alliance [...] | 2008-09-16 11:18:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR821 | PM ABDULLAH TAKES OVER DEFENSE PORTFOLIO AHEAD OF [...] (C) Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi took over the Defense Minister portfolio from his deputy Najib Tun Razak with immediate effect on September 17, one day ahead of a rumored showdown within Abdullah's ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party. In return, Najib assumed the Finan [...] | 2008-09-17 12:01:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MARR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR825 | ANOTHER OPPOSITION BLOGGER DETAINED, BUT NOT UNDER [...] (U) Another opposition internet blogger, Syed Azidi Syed Aziz, was detained on September 17 under the Sedition Act for encouraging other Malaysians to fly the national flag upside-down during national day celebrations. Aziz first made his comments on August 3, stating that this action would s [...] | 2008-09-18 23:38:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPAO MY |
08KUALALUMPUR833 | PM ABDULLAH SET BACK BY UMNO SUPREME COUNCIL [...] (C) Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi failed to quell dissent or gain consensus support for his 2010 transition plan during a very heated September 18 UMNO Supreme Council meeting, which featured calls for Abdullah to step down led by UMNO VP Muhyiddin Yassin. Following the meeting, Muhyiddin a [...] | 2008-09-19 12:09:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR MARR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR834 | MP TERESA KOK RELEASED AFTER ONE WEEK OF ISA [...] (C) Malaysian police unexpectedly released Democratic Action Party (DAP) MP Teresa Kok on September 19, one week after she was detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA). Upon release, Kok immediately held a press conference in which she explained the accusations over which she was detain [...] | 2008-09-19 12:29:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR839 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES AT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-22 09:43:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM UNGA MY |
08KUALALUMPUR84 | GOM POLL SHOWS DECLINE IN PM ABDULLAH'S POPULARITY [...] (S) Summary: A secretive government poll revealed a 30 percent drop in Prime Minister Abdullah's approval rating since 2004, according to a retired senior intelligence official and current advisor to the Prime Minister. This matches recent findings by a private survey. With unpopular econo [...] | 2008-02-11 10:59:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PGOV PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR846 | UPDATES ON ANWAR SODOMY CASE, RAJA PETRA DETENTION [...] (SBU) The sodomy case against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim continued on September 24 with the prosecution requesting that the trial be transferred from the trial-level Sessions Court to the appellate-level High Court. After listening to arguments, the judge adjourned the hearing for two we [...] | 2008-09-24 09:22:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS MY |
08KUALALUMPUR847 | PM ABDULLAH REGROUPS, REAFFIRMS UMNO ELECTION PLAN [...] (C) Embattled Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi claimed support from state-level officials of his ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) for his re-nomination as party president, in an effort to bounce back after some national UMNO leaders on September 18 urged the PM not to contest i [...] | 2008-09-24 09:29:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MARR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR855 | OPPOSITION-HELD SELANGOR GETS ON WITH BUSINESS OF [...] (SBU) The Ambassador's call on Selangor Chief Minister Khalid Ibrahim and other embassy meetings in September with state executives provided insights into issues of governance facing the first-ever opposition administration of Malaysia's richest state that surrounds the national capital. The [...] | 2008-09-26 05:44:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON EINV KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR858 | ENDGAME FOR ABDULLAH [...] (C) An emergency leadership meeting of the ruling United Malay National Organization (UMNO) on September 26 seemingly spelled out the endgame for embattled party leader and Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi. The UMNO Supreme Council postponed party elections from December to March 2009, but appar [...] | 2008-09-26 10:59:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR866 | POLITICKING GEARS DOWN FOR MUSLIM HOLIDAYS [...] (C) The United Malay National Organization (UMNO) Supreme Council's decision on September 26 to postpone the party's election to March 2009 (ref A),and the widely-rumored understanding that Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi would not seek reelection, have generated some reactions within the ruli [...] | 2008-09-30 07:49:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR868 | SOMALI PIRATES RELEASE HIJACKED MALAYSIAN SHIPS [...] (SBU) Somali pirates released two hijacked Malaysian tankers on September 27, following the payment of a multi-million dollar ransom by the Malaysian government. The exact amount of the paid ransom is unknown due to conflicting reports, but it is in the range of $2-3 million. The U.S. assis [...] | 2008-09-30 08:11:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR MY |
08KUALALUMPUR880 | EMBASSY DELIVERS TIP ACTION PLAN TO MALAYSIAN [...] (SBU) Post delivered the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Tier 2 Watch List Action Plan for Malaysia to senior government officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Ministry of Human Resources in late September, with further meetings pending. On September 24, the DCM and Political Co [...] | 2008-10-06 10:08:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG SOCI |
08KUALALUMPUR889 | PRIME MINISTER ABDULLAH TO STEP DOWN IN MARCH [...] (C) Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi announced late on October 8 after a meeting of the ruling National Front (BN) coalition that he would not seek reelection as the president of the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) in the March 2009 party elections. By stepping down as UMNO presiden [...] | 2008-10-08 10:58:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MARR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR891 | UMNO WELCOMES ABDULLAH'S DECISION, SUPPORT SHIFTS [...] (SBU) Leaders of the ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) welcomed Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's October 8 announcement that he would step down in March as party president and head of government, and immediately sought to position themselves for upcoming UMNO elections. Former [...] | 2008-10-09 10:25:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR895 | MALAYSIAN MINISTER OF DOMESTIC TRADE AND CONSUMER [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Keith October 8, Minister of Domestic Trade Shahrir reaffirmed Malaysia's desire to conclude the FTA with the U.S. Shahrir confirmed that the Cabinet Ad-Hoc Committee recently had agreed to expand the negotiating mandate to include competition polic [...] | 2008-10-10 07:48:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV MY |
08KUALALUMPUR897 | MALAYSIA FEELING EFFECT OF FINANCIAL CRISIS, [...] (SUB) Malaysia started the financial crisis with relatively good macroeconomic fundamentals and a strong external position for handling shocks to the system. GDP growth was strong, reserves were at USD 125 billion, exports were growing fast and Malaysia enjoyed a substantial balance of paym [...] | 2008-10-10 09:35:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV MY |
08KUALALUMPUR90 | ABDULLAH CALLS FOR SNAP ELECTIONS; A PRIMER FOR [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi announced the dissolution of Malaysia's Parliament on February 13 and called for snap elections, a fully expected move, but one that came a year before elections were required under the constitution. Malaysia's Election Commission (EC) will annou [...] | 2008-02-13 08:58:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL MY |
08KUALALUMPUR905 | MALAYSIA UNLIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN ASIA PACIFIC [...] (U) Poloff conveyed demarche points (ref A) on October 14 to Mr. Selvaraj Ramasamy, Principal Assistant Secretary in the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's Regional Economic Cooperation, Social & Cultural Affairs Division. Selvaraj informed us that he recently spoke with our South Korean counterpa [...] | 2008-10-15 09:06:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR914 | UMNO COALESCING AROUND NAJIB; ANWAR SHIFTS GEARS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-16 10:18:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR915 | UMNO COALESCING AROUND NAJIB; ANWAR SHIFTS GEARS [...] (SBU) The Malaysian Parliament reconvened on October 13 after a six week recess, with initial discussion focused on the 2009 budget rather than opposition moves to bring down the government. Despite speaking for four and a half hours on the opening day, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim did not [...] | 2008-10-16 10:30:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR92 | MALAYSIA UNDECIDED ON TIMING OF KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-13 23:39:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU MY |
08KUALALUMPUR926 | MALAYSIAN POLICIES ADDRESS FINANCIAL UNCERTAINTIES [...] (U) Summary: On October 16, Malaysia's central bank announced an expanded deposit insurance program designed to dampen local concerns raised by the global financial crisis (septel Singapore). With a 37 percent year-to-date fall of the Malaysian stock market and revised 2009 economic growth fo [...] | 2008-10-21 08:01:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON ETRD PGOV MY |
08KUALALUMPUR929 | MALAY RULERS REASSERT CONSTITUTIONAL ROLE IN [...] (SBU) Malaysia's nine Malay monarchs, who form a collective called the Council of Rulers, released an unprecedented special statement on October 16 reaffirming their fundamental constitutional role and defending key provisions in the federal constitution regarding ethnic Malay interests, as we [...] | 2008-10-21 10:38:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM PJUS MY |
08KUALALUMPUR935 | THE SUMMER 2008 OLYMPICS THROUGH MALAYSIAN EYES [...] (U) This is Embassy Kuala Lumpur's response to action request in reftel. 2. (SBU) Summary: Interviews with media professionals and comments from other contacts in Kuala Lumpur confirmed that the opulent pageantry and success of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing enjoyed a short-lived posit [...] | 2008-10-23 01:13:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL PGOV MY |
08KUALALUMPUR94 | EARLY FEBRUARY PROXIMITY TALKS BETWEEN PHILIPPINES [...] (S) Malaysian facilitator for the Philippines (GRP)/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace talks Othman Abdul Razak held proximity talks between GRP and MILF negotiators in early February, following the failure of the December 2007 round. Othman and the MILF regretted that the GRP side wa [...] | 2008-02-14 08:53:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR PTER MOPS EAID KISL JA RP MY |
08KUALALUMPUR940 | FINNISH COMPANY POLAR ELECTRO ASSISTS FORCED LABOR [...] (SBU) Finnish company Polar Electro recently provided compensation and repatriation assistance to 40 forced labor victims from its Malaysian joint-venture company, following interventions by an international NGO and Post. The Polar Electro case appears illustrative of the challenges facing so [...] | 2008-10-24 08:16:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ELAB KTIP FI VM ID MY |
08KUALALUMPUR943 | POLICE ARREST 11 HINDRAF SUPPORTERS AT PM'S OFFICE [...] (SBU) Police arrested 11 Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF) supporters, including K. Shanti, wife of defacto exiled HINDRAF Chairman Waytha Moorthy and brother to HINDRAF leader P. Uthayakumar, on October 23 while the group attempted to deliver a letter to Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's off [...] | 2008-10-24 09:55:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR944 | MCA, GERAKAN PARTY CONVENTIONS CRITICIZE UMNO [...] (C) The recent conventions of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) and the Malaysian People's Movement (Gerakan),two Chinese-based component parties of the ruling National Front (BN),featured open criticism of the United Malays National Organization's (UMNO) domineering role in the coalit [...] | 2008-10-24 10:03:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR95 | ELECTION DAY SET FOR MARCH 8 [...] (U) One day after Prime Minister Abdullah announced the dissolution of Parliament and set the election process in motion (reftel),Malaysia's Election Commission (EC) announced on February 14 that it has set Election Day for Saturday, March 8. The EC also set February 24 as the date for nomi [...] | 2008-02-14 09:08:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL MY |
08KUALALUMPUR955 | MALAYSIA'S NEW ANTI-TRAFFICKING SECRETARIAT [...] (SBU) Polcouns and Poloff met with Malaysian officials leading the newly established anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) Secretariat, located in the Home Ministry, on October 23. Polcouns reviewed U.S. recommendations for anti-TIP measures in Malaysia, outlined the 2008 U.S. TIP report proces [...] | 2008-10-31 02:48:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KTIP MY |
08KUALALUMPUR959 | COURT ACQUITS NAJIB'S EX-ADVISOR IN MURDER TRIAL [...] (SBU) High Court Justice Mohamad Zaki on October 31 acquitted Political Analyst Abdul Razak Baginda, former advisor to Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, of the charge of abetting the murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu in October 2006, but ordered the continuation of the murder t [...] | 2008-10-31 11:03:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR964 | MALAYSIA 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Per reftel instructions, Post submits the following text for the 2008-2009 INCSR, Part 1. BEGIN TEXT: Malaysia I. Summary Malaysia is not a significant source country or transit point for U.S.-bound illegal drugs; however, domestic drug abuse in Malaysia remains on the rise, and Mal [...] | 2008-11-03 09:24:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV MY |
08KUALALUMPUR965 | MALAYSIAN ECONOMY RESILIENT FOR NOW, SAY ECONOMISTS [...] (C) Summary: In the face of the global economic crisis, Malaysia,s central bank has adjusted growth forecast for 2009 down to the 3-4 percent range while private sector economic analysts now expect growth to fall below 3 percent with a chance of recession in 2009 if U.S. demand for Malaysia' [...] | 2008-11-03 10:41:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ECON ETRD PGOV MY |
08KUALALUMPUR966 | MALAYSIAN ECONOMY RESILIENT FOR NOW, SAY ECONOMISTS [...] (C) Summary: In the face of the global economic crisis, Malaysia,s central bank has adjusted growth forecast for 2009 down to the 3-4 percent range while private sector economic analysts now expect growth to fall below 3 percent with a chance of recession in 2009 if U.S. demand for Malaysia' [...] | 2008-11-03 23:27:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ECON ETRD PGOV MY |
08KUALALUMPUR97 | TIP EXPERT MOHAMED MATTAR DISCUSSES MALAYSIA'S NEW [...] (SBU) Dr. Mohamed Mattar, an internationally recognized expert on trafficking in persons (TIP) laws from John Hopkins University, conducted meetings with Malaysian government officials, local NGOs, universities, and with press during his January 28-February 1 visit to Kuala Lumpur. Dr. Mattar [...] | 2008-02-15 07:16:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR976 | MALAYSIA RECOGNIZES KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) The Malaysian government acted on long-standing sympathy toward Kosovo (reftels) by recognizing Kosovo's independence on October 31. The Serbian government reacted immediately, declaring Malaysia Ambassador to Serbia, Saw Ching Hong, persona non grata. Foreign Minister Rais Yatim told [...] | 2008-11-04 09:58:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KV YI MY |
08KUALALUMPUR979 | INITIAL MALAYSIAN REACTION TO U.S. PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) The U.S. presidential election result attracted major attention and immediate reactions in Malaysia on November 5. Foreign Minister Rais promptly issued a Malay language statement noting that Senator Obama's victory brings new possibilities in the bilateral relationship, and expressed hop [...] | 2008-11-05 11:06:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON KDEM KPAO MY |
08KUALALUMPUR983 | MALAYSIAN TRADE MINISTER ON BILATERAL FTA AND APEC [...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysia's Minister for Trade Muhyiddin congratulated the Ambassador on the U.S. elections, noted that Malaysia looked forward to continuing efforts to expand trade and investment ties with U.S. and expressed the hope that the U.S. would not shift to a more protectionist trade [...] | 2008-11-06 08:33:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD KIPR MY PGOV EINV |
08KUALALUMPUR989 | POLICY LEVEL TALKS WITH MALAYSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for South and Southeast Asia James Clad conducted policy-level talks with the Malaysian Ministry of Defense on October 30. The talks, led on the Malaysian side by Dr. Haji Ismail Haji Ahmad, Defense Ministry Undersecretary for Policy, saw discus [...] | 2008-11-07 10:54:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS MASS PREL PGOV PTER MY |
08KUALALUMPUR990 | RAJA PETRA RELEASED FROM ISA DETENTION; ANWAR [...] (SBU) A Malaysian judge on November 7 ordered the release of prominent blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin from detention under the Internal Security Act (ISA) in a surprise ruling that could provide for limited judicial oversight of the government's use of ISA. The ruling is subject to appeal and [...] | 2008-11-07 11:01:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS MY |
08KUALALUMPUR991 | ANWAR SHIFTS GEARS, NOT GOALS, SAY AIDES [...] (C) Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has shifted to a less aggressive posture for now, but his goal remains bringing down the UMNO-led government through parliamentary crossovers prior to Deputy Prime Minister Najib becoming the next UMNO party president and Prime Minister, according to top of [...] | 2008-11-09 23:24:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR992 | ANWAR SHIFTS GEARS, NOT GOALS, SAY AIDES [...] (C) Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has shifted to a less aggressive posture for now, but his goal remains bringing down the UMNO-led government through parliamentary crossovers prior to Deputy Prime Minister Najib becoming the next UMNO party president and Prime Minister, according to top of [...] | 2008-11-09 23:25:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR994 | POLICE ARREST MP, 22 OTHERS AT CANDLELIGHT VIGIL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-10 09:57:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM MY |
08KUWAIT1007 | KUWAITI AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO BAGHDAD CONCERNED [...] (C) Summary: Ali Al-Mou'min, Kuwait's newly-designated Ambassador to Iraq, expects to arrive in Baghdad no later than mid-October, prior to an anticipated visit by the Kuwaiti PM. According to Al-Mou'min, the GOK has made few preparations for his arrival in Baghdad and he will be, at least [...] | 2008-09-24 15:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER IZ KU |
08KUWAIT1021 | LABOR ISSUES REMAIN AT THE FORE IN KUWAITI [...] (C) Since an outbreak of violent labor strikes in late July, Kuwaiti officialdom and the media have continued to scrutinize TIP and labor issues. The GOK appears to be leveraging a 'law and order' approach to violent strikers, including the planned deportation of thousands of undocumented wo [...] | 2008-09-29 14:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI ELAB KTIP KU |
08KUWAIT1022 | KUWAIT: PRIME MINISTER'S WASHINGTON VISIT STRIKES [...] (SBU) Notwithstanding their preoccupation with fasting and feasting during the holy Ramadan season, Kuwaitis were almost universally pleased with Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Al Mohammed Al Sabah's September 18-19 visit to Washington and his subsequent visit to New York, where he addressed the [...] | 2008-09-29 14:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER CVIS KU |
08KUWAIT1048 | KUWAITI FM RAISES CONCERNS OVER IRAQ WITH DEPUTY [...] (C) Summary: In an October 7 meeting, Deputy Secretary Negroponte told Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Dr. Mohammad Al Sabah that a just-completed country-wide visit to Iraq had revealed significant signs of stabilization and progress there. The Deputy Secretary said that, despite problems, Prime Mi [...] | 2008-10-09 14:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ KU |
08KUWAIT1053 | REQUEST FOR M113 APC TRANSFER MAY HAVE TO COME [...] (S) In respective October 6 and 7 demarches, the Ambassador raised reftel points requesting the GOK consider providing U.S.-origin M113 APCs, on an urgent basis, to the Government of Yemen with MFA Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah and POLCOUNS raised the same points with Hamad Al Mashan of M [...] | 2008-10-14 15:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER PGOV KU |
08KUWAIT1054 | GOK OFFICIALLY REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR AMBASSADOR'S [...] This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: The Kuwaiti MFA has formally requested via diplomatic note interim transportation and security assistance for Kuwait's Ambassador-designate to Iraq, Ali Al-Mou'min, who is scheduled to travel to Baghdad on October 21. Ambass [...] | 2008-10-14 15:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KU IZ |
08KUWAIT1084 | DHS CYBERSECURITY DISCUSSIONS FOCUS ON INTERNAL [...] (C) Kuwaiti Central Agency for Information (CAIT) and National Security Bureau officials discussed with DHS Deputy U/S Scott Charbo on October 21 the vulnerabilities and challenges faced by the GOK in staving off electronic attacks on its information technology (IT) systems. The GOK official [...] | 2008-10-28 13:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KHLS AINT KU |
08KUWAIT1088 | FOR KUWAIT, THE SOFA A LITMUS TEST OF IRAQI [...] (S/NF) During an October 26 meeting, Kuwaiti FM Dr. Shaykh Mohammad Al Sabah suggested to Ambassador that Iraq's acceptance or rejection of the U.S.-Iraqi SOFA will be a litmus test for future Iraqi behavior towards its neighbors. While characterizing their bilateral relations as "correct," [...] | 2008-10-29 17:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV KU IZ |
08KUWAIT1096 | IMPLEMENTATION OF DHS API/PNR PROGRAM RAISES [...] (S/NF) Summary: In follow-up to discussions held between Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff and the Kuwaiti Prime Minister held September 19, 2008, between, Homeland Security Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism Policy Thomas Warrick and accompanying delegation from DHS met with Go [...] | 2008-11-02 11:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER CVIS KU |
08KUWAIT1110 | KUWAIT'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: OFF TO A ROCKY START [...] (C) As widely predicted by Kuwaiti political observers, the October inaugural session of Kuwait's re-convened National Assembly was filled with verbal pyrotechnics and minor human drama as MPs squabbled over election counting errors, the presence of bare-headed female ministers, and threats [...] | 2008-11-05 14:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR KWMN KU |
08KUWAIT113 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW [...] (C) On January 17, A/POLCOUNS notified Director of MFA Follow-up and Coordination Department, Ambassador Khaled Mohammed Al-Maqamis of GTMO Administrative Review Board (ARB) determinations to keep three of the four Kuwaiti GTMO detainees in detention (refs A and B). (It was decided in a prev [...] | 2008-01-30 03:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KDRG PGOV KU |
08KUWAIT1137 | IRAQI CHARGE IN KUWAIT DESCRIBES SUNNI/SHIA [...] (C) Summary: Former Iraqi Prime Minister Allawi called publicly following meetings with Kuwait's Crown Prince and Prime Minister on November 11 for further dialogue to advance the bilateral relationship. The Iraqi Charge d'affaires in Kuwait told POLCOUNS that Shia circles around PM Al-Maliki [...] | 2008-11-13 14:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KU IZ |
08KUWAIT1143 | GOK NOT LIKELY TO SHARE M113 APC WITH YEMEN [...] (S) In response to ref A query on the feasibility and availability of transfering M113 Armored Personnel Carriers (APC) currently in Kuwait to Yemen via a Third Party Transfer, Post learned via Office of Military Cooperation-Kuwait (OMCK) that the GOK has a total of 123 M113s as follows: - [...] | 2008-11-18 04:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PARM PGOV MAS KU |
08KUWAIT1144 | RUMORS SWIRL OF IMMINENT PARLIAMENTARY DISSOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: A member of the ruling family with access to the Al Sabah inner council sought an urgent meeting with the Ambassador late yesterday afternoon to warn that the Amir intended to dissolve parliament unconstitutionally, perhaps as early as November 19. The expectation, according to [...] | 2008-11-19 14:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KU |
08KUWAIT1161 | COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER OUTLINES WAY FORWARD ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Kuwaiti Minister of Communications Abdul Rahman Khalid Al-Ghunaim told Ambassador on November 23 that the recent steep drop in oil revenues and the global economic crisis would not affect implementation of the previous ministry's priority projects, the government's overall 'Five [...] | 2008-11-24 12:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EAIR ELTN PGOV KU |
08KUWAIT1166 | GOK CABINET RESIGNS, OUTMANEUVERING PARLIAMENT, [...] (C) In a step forecasting the possible -- but not necessarily imminent dissolution -- of the National Assembly, Kuwaiti Cabinet members submitted their resignations on November 25 after staging a clearly pre-arranged walkout from Parliament cued by discussion of grilling PM Shaykh Nasser Al [...] | 2008-11-25 15:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KU |
08KUWAIT1175 | AMIR ACCEPTS CABINET RESIGNATION [...] (C) After nearly a week of political uncertainty over a potential dissolution of parliament, the Amir on December 1 instead accepted the resignation of Kuwait's Cabinet, which had been tendered after the ministers' dramatic walkout from a November 25 parliamentary session (reftel). The anno [...] | 2008-12-01 15:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KU |
08KUWAIT1178 | CABINET RESIGNATION: NOT YET FINAL [...] (U) Contrary to December 1 public announcements that Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al Sabah had accepted the resignation of Kuwait's Cabinet (reftel),Parliamentary Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi clarified to the press on December 2 that such announcements were "misinterpreted" and that the Amir was [...] | 2008-12-02 15:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KU |
08KUWAIT1185 | BITS AND PIECES FROM THE IRAQI CHARGE ON [...] Summary: During a December 1 call on the Iraqi Embassy, the DCM and the Iraqi Charge compared notes on the progress of Kuwait-Iraq relations. While acknowledging perennial frustration over his role as Charge for a government that regularly leaves him out of the loop on major policy decisions [...] | 2008-12-04 14:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KU |
08KUWAIT1186 | GOK BEGINNING TO WONDER IF MUMBAI-TYPE ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary: As reported reftel, Kuwaitis were shocked and horrified by the November 26-29 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India. The fact that at least nine Kuwaitis -- including several women from prominent Kuwaiti families -- were trapped in a hotel room during the siege brought home to many t [...] | 2008-12-04 15:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PINR KU |
08KUWAIT1187 | (C) KUWAIT'S DEMOCRATIC JALOPY - STILL CHUGGING [...] (S) Summary: Kuwait's developing democracy is undergoing yet another of the transitional wheezing attacks that seem to grip it every several years, but it is nowhere near death. Like the 70's)era Chevrolet Impalas that continue to ply Kuwait's choked freeways, alongside European sports cars a [...] | 2008-12-04 17:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM KW |
08KUWAIT1188 | SHAYKH MISHA'AL: KUWAIT'S EXTREMIST REHABILITATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-05 09:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PTER KU |
08KUWAIT1196 | KUWAIT QUESTIONS SECDEF'S CALL FOR IRAQI GCC [...] (C) Office Director to the Foreign Minister -- and son of the Prime Minister -- Shaykh Dr. Ahmed Al-Nasser Al-Mohammed Al Sabah shared with Ambassador during a December 14 conversation Kuwaiti anxiety over and general opposition to SecDef Gates' call (ref speech) for Iraqi inclusion in the Gu [...] | 2008-12-15 15:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IZ KU |
08KUWAIT12 | GOK LOOKING FORWARD TO POTUS VISIT; AMIR TO RAISE [...] (C) In a December 31 meeting with CDA to discuss Iraqi border and other issues (reported septel),MFA U/S Khaled Suliman Al-Jarallah said that the GOK is looking forward to the January 11-12 POTUS visit. He added that there are many issues for both sides to discuss. He recalled the Amir's S [...] | 2008-01-03 15:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDRG KU |
08KUWAIT1202 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KOSOVO RECOGNITION TIED TO GCC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-18 10:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KU |
08KUWAIT1204 | AMIR OFFICIALLY ACCEPTS CABINET RESIGNATION [...] (C) In an expected but delayed move, Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah accepted on December 14 the resignation -- tendered on November 25 -- of the Kuwaiti Cabinet. The outgoing ministers will continue to serve in a caretaker capacity until the formation of a new government [...] | 2008-12-18 14:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KU |
08KUWAIT1237 | KUWAIT'S AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ FINDS IMPROVED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-28 03:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KU IZ |
08KUWAIT1250 | KUWAITIS OUTRAGED BY ISRAELI ATTACKS ON GAZA [...] (U) Summary: The GOK and Members of Parliament strongly denounced Israel's December 27 air raids on Gaza. Statements typically use strong language, including terms like "genocide" and "massacre". A number of MPs have called for a rally on the evening of December 28 to provide Kuwaitis with a [...] | 2008-12-29 07:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC IS KU |
08KUWAIT1259 | KUWAIT HALTS K-DOW PETROCHEMICAL VENTURE IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Following the Government of Kuwait's December 28 decision to withdraw approval for the K-Dow joint venture between Kuwait's Petrochemical Industries Company(PIC) and Dow Chemical, PIC's Chair and Managing Director Maha Hussain told Econoffs that PIC will continue to seek approval f [...] | 2008-12-31 12:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EINV EPET ENRG PGOV PREL KU |
08KUWAIT126 | KUWAIT DECRIES GAZA SITUATION, SENDS RED CRESCENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to the January 23 breaching of the border at Rafah, Kuwaiti MPs, governmental bodies, and human rights organizations have united in criticism of the humanitarian situation in Gaza. This follows a January 22 Parliamentary declaration condemning Israeli actions in Gaza [...] | 2008-01-31 14:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PGOV PHUM KU |
08KUWAIT1260 | UPDATED COPY OF KUWAIT'S DRAFT COPYRIGHT LAW [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (U) On December 28, 2008, Embassy Kuwait received in Arabic an updated draft copyright law from the Kuwait Ministry of Information. Post emailed the draft to USTR and the desk. Mana Al-Baghdadi, an attorney at the Ministry of Informat [...] | 2008-12-31 13:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU ETRD EINV ECON PGOV |
08KUWAIT128 | TERROR FINANCE: DESIGNEES CONTINUE TO RANT WITH SOME SUPPORT FROM PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary: The reaction by the Kuwaiti media and GOK to the January 16 UN Security Council designation of three Kuwaitis -- Hamed Al-Ali, Jaber Al-Jalahmah and Mubarak Al-Bathali-- as terrorist facilitators and inciters has remained relatively subdued with the exception of defiant statements from [...] | 2008-01-31 14:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER |
08KUWAIT14 | KUWAIT MFA U/S: SYRIA AND IRAN [...] (C) In a December 31 CDA call on MFA U/S Khaled Suliman Al-Jarallah, the U/S discussed preparation for the January 11-12 POTUS visit and relevant Kuwait-Iraq border issues (reported septels). Jarallah also expressed deep concern over the political situation in Lebanon and said that "all of t [...] | 2008-01-04 09:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS KDRG KPAL ETRD ECON KU IR SY |
08KUWAIT148 | AMIR TO PETRAEUS ON IRAQ, SALVAGE OPERATIONS AND [...] (C) On February 4, GEN Petraeus met separately with Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah Al Sabah; Defense Minister Shaykh Jaber Al Sabah; and Chief of Staff LTG Fahad Al-Amir. The Amir commented on the positive impact of the surge in Iraq, but again criticized the CPA's dissolution of the Iraqi milita [...] | 2008-02-07 11:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PBTS KU |
08KUWAIT15 | KUWAIT MFA U/S ON KUWAITI MILITARY INCIDENT, IRAQI [...] (C) In a December 31 CDA call on MFA U/S Al-Jarallah, the U/S reviewed preparation for the January 11-12 POTUS visit (reported septel) and discussed relevant Kuwait-Iraq border issues. He said that he urged the Interior Ministry to allow MNF-I salvage operations to resume in Khawr Abdallah W [...] | 2008-01-04 09:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS KU IZ |
08KUWAIT154 | REPORTED DEATH THREAT AGAINST MP OPPOSING GENDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 5, liberal MP Ali Al-Rashed submitted an amendment to Parliament to eliminate the gender segregation requirement in private universities. The bill follows a recently brokered deal between the GOK and Islamist MPs to enforce long-neglected gender segregation legislation [...] | 2008-02-07 16:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KWMN KISL KU |
08KUWAIT155 | EXTREMIST REHABILITATION PROGRAMS (C-CT8-00002) - [...] (S) The Government of Kuwait (GOK) does not currently have a rehabilitation program for jihadists or extremists. This analysis is based on post's conversations with the Ministry of Interior Kuwait State Security (KSS),the National Security Bureau (NSB),the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Legal [...] | 2008-02-07 16:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PINR KISL PGOV PINS PTER SOCI KU |
08KUWAIT159 | TWO MORE FORMER GTMO DETAINEES ACQUITTED [...] (S) On February 6, Kuwait's highest court, the Court of Cassation, acquitted former Guantanamo detainees Omar Rajib Amin and Abdullah Kamel Al-Kandari of all terror-related charges. With this ruling, the Court of Cassation has now acquitted seven of the eight former detainees released to Kuwa [...] | 2008-02-10 14:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL KDRG PTER PGOV KU |
08KUWAIT165 | SCENESETTER FOR AUSTR DONNELLY'S VISIT TO KUWAIT [...] (SBU) Shaun, we look forward to and warmly welcome your visit to Kuwait on February 13 and 14 for the third round of TIFA talks, and the first in Kuwait. In addition to the TIFA Council meeting on February 14, we have arranged meetings for you with the Amir's Economic Advisor Dr. Yousef Al-Ebr [...] | 2008-02-11 14:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV KU |
08KUWAIT172 | KUWAIT LIKELY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-14 09:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV EU KU |
08KUWAIT196 | KUWAIT TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE "THE GCC [...] (C) Kuwait will recognize Kosovo independence; but according to the Prime Minister and MFA officials, recognition will be announced through a GCC collective statement. The timing of this statement is unknown, but likely to be within a week. End summary. Responses to Post's Urgings ------ [...] | 2008-02-19 14:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV EU KU |
08KUWAIT203 | LEBANON: KUWAIT DONATES USD 5 MILLION TO SPECIAL [...] (C) During a February 18 meeting with visiting former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Kuwait Prime Minister SIPDIS Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al Sabah told CDA that Kuwait finalized the allocation of USD 5 million for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. He said that Kuwait set aside thi [...] | 2008-02-20 15:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV UN PREL PHUM KDEM KU |
08KUWAIT213 | CROWN PRINCE/PRIME MINISTER: "NO PREMATURE TROOP [...] (C) On February 18, CDA took advantage of meetings between former Secretary Albright and the Kuwaiti Crown Prince and Prime Minister to discuss Iraq, Iran, and prospects for Middle East peace. The GOK leadership praised the USG liberation of Iraq but warned against a premature troop withdraw [...] | 2008-02-24 10:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS KU IZ |
08KUWAIT217 | KUWAIT AIRWAYS: SETTLEMENT OF JUDGMENT AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: In a February 21 meeting with the CDA and Embassy Baghdad Transportation Attache McCormick, Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) Chairman explained that the decision to settle the USD one billion judgment against Iraq Airways Company (IAC) is not within the authority of KAC, and inste [...] | 2008-02-24 13:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAIR ECON KU IZ |
08KUWAIT218 | TERROR FINANCE: MFA ON GOK [...] (C) On February 13 A/Polcouns and Econoff called on Ambassador Khaled Al-Maqamis, MFA Director of Follow-up and Coordination to discuss the implementation of Kuwait's obligations to freeze the assets of three recently Kuwaiti terrorist financiers under UNSCR 1267. This discussion was prompted [...] | 2008-02-24 13:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER |
08KUWAIT227 | TERROR FINANCE: MFA ON GOK [...] (C) On February 13 A/Polcouns and Econoff called on Ambassador Khaled Al-Maqamis, MFA Director of Follow-up and Coordination to discuss the implementation of Kuwait's obligations to freeze the assets of three recently Kuwaiti terrorist financiers under UNSCR 1267. This discussion was prompted [...] | 2008-02-28 09:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER |
08KUWAIT238 | MOI U/S ON TIP, CEIP AND BORDERS WITH IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 20, CDA met with new Ministry of Interior (MOI) U/S, Lt. Gen. Ahmad Al-Rujaib to discuss TIP, Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection and Kuwait-Iraq border issues. On TIP, Al-Rujaib said that the U.S. report was "exaggerated" and laid blame for violations on thir [...] | 2008-03-03 15:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EPET ELAB PREL PHUM KCIP PGOV PTER KU |
08KUWAIT243 | AUSTR DONNELLY PRESSES GOK FOR FURTHER ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: On February 14, a delegation led by Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Shaun Donnelly met with a GOK delegation led by Under Secretary of Commerce and Industry Rasheed Al-Tabtabai for the third round of Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks between the U.S. and K [...] | 2008-03-05 11:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV ECON PGOV KU |
08KUWAIT245 | MFA U/S AL-JARALLAH ON LEBANON/SYRIA AND ARAB [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 4, CDA met with MFA U/S Jarallah to discuss a range of issues including Lebanon/Syria and the Arab League Summit. Jarallah confirmed Kuwait's decision to contribute USD 5 million to Hariri Tribunal start-up costs, and said the GOK would willing to contribute in support [...] | 2008-03-05 15:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KU |
08KUWAIT258 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED:MARCH 5-6 ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) On March 4, A/POLCOUNS delivered reftel points to MFA International Organizations (IO) Counselor Dr. Hamad Bou Rahma. Lebanon ------- 2. (C) Bou Rahma agreed that SARG's allowing the Lebanese political stalemate to continue puts the upcoming Arab Summit in jeopardy. He also said [...] | 2008-03-06 14:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN SY KV KU |
08KUWAIT259 | DURING DAS PATTON VISIT KUWAITIS SLAM PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary (NEA/PI) Kent Patton visited Kuwait on February 27 for meetings with the GOK, women activists, and politically active youth. MFA Director of the Follow-Up and Coordination Office, Ambassador Muqamis said that Kuwait lacked confidence in its elected MP [...] | 2008-03-06 14:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWMN KMPI SOCI KU |
08KUWAIT273 | GOK NOTIFIED OF ARB IV PROCEEDINGS FOR CYCLES 1 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-09 13:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDRG PINR PTER PGOV KU |
08KUWAIT283 | (C) TERROR FINANCE: GOK SLOW TO FREEZE ASSETS OF [...] (S) Summary and Comment: Despite assurances by senior officials from the Kuwaiti MFA and National Security Bureau, the head of AML/CTF at the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) said he has not received any instructions from the GOK and therefore has not taken any action to freeze the accounts of the [...] | 2008-03-12 12:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER |
08KUWAIT286 | GOK DIPNOTE DETAILING TRAVEL PLANS TO GTMO [...] (S) On March 9, post received diplomatic note 20080342 from MFA's Follow-Up and Coordination office detailing the travel plans on March 13 of four Kuwait Security Service (KSS) officials to Washington and Guantanamo Detention Facility. The GOK previously informed Post of the names of the fou [...] | 2008-03-12 13:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDRG KU |
08KUWAIT292 | MFA U/S AL-JARALLAH ON TIP [...] (C) On March 4, CDA briefed MFA U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah on the upcoming TIP report and expressed concern about the lack of recent concrete progress on the part of the GOK. CDA listed the commitments made by the GOK last fall and cited positive steps taken by some of Kuwait's Gulf neighbors in [...] | 2008-03-13 12:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KTIP SMIG KU |
08KUWAIT294 | MFA U/S AL-JARALLAH ON IRAQ ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 4, CDA met with MFA U/S Al-Jarallah and discussed a new border crossing with Iraq, sending a Kuwaiti ambassador to Iraq and Khor Abdullah salvage operations. Jarallah was receptive to a visit to the proposed border area near Camp Bucca and told CDA that the GOK would r [...] | 2008-03-13 12:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS KTIA KU IZ |
08KUWAIT30 | KUWAITI FATHER PLEADS FOR HIS SON'S RELEASE FROM [...] (C) An open letter appeared in the January 7 Kuwait Times that contained a personal plea to President Bush for the release of the author's son, Fawzi (AKA Fouzi Khalid Abdullah Al-Awdah-ISN 232) from GTMO. The letter is well-crafted and rational as opposed to the usual diatribes on GTMO that [...] | 2008-01-07 16:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KU PHUM KDRG PTER |
08KUWAIT305 | AMIR OF KUWAIT TO ATTEND DAMASCUS AL SUMMIT [...] (C) In a March 17 meeting at Seif Palace, Amiri Diwan Minister Sh. Nasser Sabah al-Ahmed Al Sabah told CDA that the Amir of Kuwait will/will attend the Damascus Arab League summit. The Minister acknowledged CDA,s arguments against attendance, but concluded that the Amir had considered careful [...] | 2008-03-17 14:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KPAL KU |
08KUWAIT307 | KUWAIT CABINET OFFERS ITS RESIGNATION [...] (C) Summary: On March 17, the entire cabinet of the Government of Kuwait offered its resignation to PM Shaykh Nasser Al Sabah, citing a lack of cooperation from MPs that has "undermined national unity and security." The surprise move comes after many months of head-butting between cabinet and [...] | 2008-03-17 15:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KMPI KU |
08KUWAIT312 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - GOK CABINET RESIGNATION [...] (U) Following the late afternoon resignation of the Kuwaiti cabinet on March 17 (Reftel),the Kuwaiti press the next morning focused on what the event might mean for the country's short-term political future. In banner headlines, the ten Arabic-language and three English-language daily newspap [...] | 2008-03-18 10:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL PGOV XF KU MEDIA REACTION |
08KUWAIT313 | MUGNIYAH AFTERMATH: GOK TO PROSECUTE MEMBERS OF [...] (C) Summary: On February 27, Kuwait's public prosecutor questioned three individuals and issued arrest warrants for five others who were involved in the now-infamous Imad Mugniyah "eulogy" of February 16. By March 13, the GOK had released all of the detained individuals on bail, pending possi [...] | 2008-03-18 13:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PGOV SOCI KU IR |
08KUWAIT320 | KUWAIT'S AMIR DISSOLVES PARLIAMENT; NEW ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: On March 19, Kuwait's Amir opted to dissolve the National Assembly. His decision opens a new chapter in the dysfunctional relationship between the current government and Parliament dating back to June 2006. The Amir is widely expected to set a date for new elections within 60 day [...] | 2008-03-19 15:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KMPI KU |
08KUWAIT35 | PROMINENT WOMEN'S ACTIVIST ON DISSOLUTION RUMORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA met with prominent women's activist Rola Dashti on January 6 (NOTE: Dashti will attend the Women's Round-table Discussion on Democracy and Development on January 12 with POTUS. END NOTE). Dashti told CDA that she expects the Parliament to be dissolved prior to the scheduled [...] | 2008-01-08 15:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KDEM KU KWMN PGOV SOCI KMPI |
08KUWAIT36 | CODEL WOLF: INTERFAITH DIALOGUE IN JERUSALEM; NEED [...] (C) On January 4, Kuwaiti Islamist Mubarak Al-Mutawa told CODEL Wolf that Hamas would put an end to violence and recognize Israel, if it was convinced that Palestinian sovereignty was truly an option. He also praised the CODEL for promoting interfaith dialogue as a key to peace and stability [...] | 2008-01-08 15:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KU PTER KPAL IZ PHUM PINR |
08KUWAIT37 | GOK TO SUPPORT PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER CERD [...] On January 7, Post received the below diplomatic note from the MFA confirming the GOK's support of Mr. Pierre-Richard Prosper's candidacy for reelection to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). 2. Begin Text of informal translation: Ministry of Foreign A [...] | 2008-01-08 15:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KU |
08KUWAIT384 | KUWAITI LEADERSHIP PRAISES MALIKI FOR BASRA [...] (C) In separate April 2 meetings with A/S Welch, Kuwaiti Crown Prince Shaykh Nawaf Al Sabah, Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Al Sabah and Amiri Economic Advisor Dr. Yousef El-Ebraheem offered their support for Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki's Basra campaign. The GOK, which typically expresses a lack o [...] | 2008-04-08 07:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER KU IZ IR |
08KUWAIT392 | MFA U/S COMMENTS ON AL SUMMIT, LEBANON AND KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 conversation with CDA, MFA U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah commented on the recently-concluded Arab League Summit, initiatives by Lebanese Speaker Nabih Berri to resolve his country's presidential crisis, and the lack of a GCC decision to recognize Kosovo. Discussion of Iraq [...] | 2008-04-09 15:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KU ZL XF |
08KUWAIT394 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DONOR PLEDGES TO AFFORDABLE [...] (C) Following up on Post's March 12 diplomatic note in support of OPIC's program for affordable housing in the West Bank, CDA delivered reftel points during an April 8 meeting with MFA U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah. CDA recommended the program to Al-Jarallah and suggested that the GOK could direct US [...] | 2008-04-10 14:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | IS SA KWBG PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID KU |
08KUWAIT395 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREPARATION FOR THE PARIS [...] (C) In an April 8 meeting with MFA U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah, CDA delivered reftel points about the June 12 Paris Conference. Al-Jarallah said the GOK had not yet received a formal invitation. 2. (C) CDA also highlighted the USAID-GOA-sponsored April 20-23 Donor Coordination Event in Kabul ac [...] | 2008-04-10 14:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | SA KU KDEM EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL |
08KUWAIT396 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF [...] (C) CDA delivered Ref. A demarche to MFA Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah on 8 April. Al-Jarallah thanked CDA for the advance warning, but cautioned that this was a very sensitive issue for Kuwait. Al-Jarallah reiterated GOK requests for evidence against RIHS and UNSCR 1267-designated [...] | 2008-04-10 14:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KTFN PREL PGOV KU DEMARCHE |
08KUWAIT410 | INFORMATION ON SOURCE OF POLITICAL IMPASSE IN [...] (S) Summary: The Kuwaiti Cabinet's mass resignation and the Amir's subsequent dissolution of Parliament represent the widely expected culmination of a contentious and dysfunctional relationship between the GOK and Parliament going back several years. In the short term, the dissolution provide [...] | 2008-04-15 06:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI ECON KU |
08KUWAIT411 | POLITICAL OVERVIEW OF KUWAIT IN RUN-UP TO ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: With candidate registration commencing on April 14, Kuwait's electoral field is beginning to take shape. The GOK is hoping that the new five-district electoral system will deliver more nationally focused candidates as well as a more cooperative Parliament. Islamist candidates sta [...] | 2008-04-15 07:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI ECON KU |
08KUWAIT43 | PARLIAMENT'S GRILLING MORE FIZZLE THAN SIZZLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 8 and 9, Islamist MP Saad Al-Shraye "grilled" (publicly questioned) Education Minister Nouriya Al-Sabeeh before the National Assembly. Al-Shraye's accusations against the Minister were weak and vague, and Al-Sabeeh defended herself ably on the Assembly floor. Parliamen [...] | 2008-01-10 12:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KWMN PINR KU |
08KUWAIT435 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S APRIL 21-22, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Embassy Kuwait looks forward to your return for the April 21-22 Iraq Neighbors Conference. Ambassador Jones arrives April 19, and receiving you will be her first official act. In addition to your primary focus on the multilateral Iraq event, the timing is propitious for advancing bila [...] | 2008-04-17 14:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON EAID OVIP KU IZ IR |
08KUWAIT437 | TAKING STOCK OF INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO [...] The following is Post's response to questions from reftel based on recent exchanges with Waleed Al-Bahar, Regional Manager for Central Asian and European Countries for the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED). (Note: The Kuwait Fund is the GOK's foreign assistance agency. It man [...] | 2008-04-20 10:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV KU PK |
08KUWAIT438 | AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS; CALLS FOR [...] (C) On April 20 Ambassador called on FM Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem Al Sabah at Bayan Palace for initial presentation of credentials. Upon his acceptance of the copy of her credentials, AMB Jones is able to begin a limited range of diplomatic duties, including full support for the Secretary' [...] | 2008-04-20 10:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KU IZ |
08KUWAIT453 | FINAL COMMUNIQU OF THE EXPANDED MINISTERIAL [...] On April 22, the participants of the Expanded Ministerial Conference of the Neighbouring Countries of Iraq issued a final communiqu listing agreements reached during the conference. Text of the communiqu is included below. Overview of conference reported septel. 2. Begin text. Final C [...] | 2008-04-24 12:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PBTS KU |
08KUWAIT47 | ON EVE OF POTUS VISIT, PARLIAMENT SUDDENLY PASSES [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Amidst rumors of parliamentary dissolution and following years of delay in bringing any significant economic reform legislation to a vote, Kuwait's parliament passed three important economic laws on January 9 to privatize Kuwait Airways, to control investment related [...] | 2008-01-10 17:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR PGOV EINV ETRD KU IZ |
08KUWAIT471 | AMONG KUWAITI SHI'A, NATIONAL LOYALTIES RUN DEEP [...] (C) Summary: Kuwait has always had a significant percentage of Shi'a citizens, and Sunni/Shi'a relations are traditionally good. According to most estimates, Shi'a currently constitute 30 percent of all Kuwaiti nationals, numbering some 350,000 individuals. There are also between 150,000 and [...] | 2008-05-01 08:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PGOV PINR PTER KISL SOCI ECON KU IZ IR |
08KUWAIT476 | TERROR FINANCE: DESPITE GOK CONFIRMATION UN 1267 [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Despite assurances by MFA officials in March, contacts at the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) and Kuwait Finance House (KFH) continue to tell us they are unaware of any official instruction to freeze the assets of the three recently designated Kuwaiti terrorist facilita [...] | 2008-05-01 15:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER |
08KUWAIT48 | GOK PROVIDES NEW ASSURANCE ON GTMO ON EVE OF POTUS [...] (S/NF) The Kuwaiti message in para 3, delivered to Embassy Kuwait after-hours on the evening before President Bush's January 11 arrival, is a last-second GOK attempt to define a positive basis for discussion of the GTMO detainee question. It constitutes both an official response to the U.S. dem [...] | 2008-01-10 20:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDRG PTER KU |
08KUWAIT498 | PM MALIKI DISCUSSES IRAQ AIRWAYS DEBT WITH GOK [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Cabinet Affairs Faisal al-Hajji on April 21, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki asked the GOK to forgive the debt of 1.2 billion USD owed by Iraq Airways (IAC) to Kuwait Airways (KAC),according to KAC Legal Advisor [...] | 2008-05-06 15:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAIR ECON ETRD KU IZ |
08KUWAIT507 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES GOK CT EFFORTS AND IRAQ WITH [...] (C) Summary: In an introductory call with Crown Prince Shaykh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al Sabah on May 7, Ambassador Jones urged the GOK to make progress on counter-terrorism efforts, especially with regard to monitoring former Guantanamo detainees, in light of possible Kuwaiti involvement in [...] | 2008-05-08 11:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KU IZ |
08KUWAIT508 | 5/8/08 AMBASSADOR MEETING WITH KUWAITI FM: MOSUL [...] (C) Summary: In a May 8 meeting with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Dr. Mohammad Al Sabah, her first call on the Kuwaiti FM Dr. Mohammad Al Sabah since presenting credentials April 20, Ambassador stressed the need for GOK action to improve CT performance and cooperation following reported suicide a [...] | 2008-05-08 15:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER KDRG KU |
08KUWAIT509 | 5/4/08 AMBASSADOR MEETING WITH KUWAITI MINISTER OF [...] (S) Summary: In a warm and welcoming introductory call, the Amir's eldest son and Minister of the Amiri Diwan, Shaykh Nasser, acknowledged embarrassment and a bit of GoK confusion over the former Kuwaiti GTMO detainee's reported terror attack in Mosul, and outlined an optimistic economic visi [...] | 2008-05-11 05:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL KU |
08KUWAIT519 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LEBANON NEEDS ITS FRIENDS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-12 12:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KU |
08KUWAIT536 | INTERIOR MINISTER SEIZED WITH ELECTIONS; LOOKING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-14 13:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PGOV PTER PINS KDEM KU |
08KUWAIT537 | KUWAIT MINDEF: STRONG TIES DESPITE FMS IRRITANTS; [...] (C) Ambassador used her introductory call on Kuwait MinDef Shaykh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al Sabah to thank him for the unparalleled support Kuwait provides to our military forces and their efforts in Iraq and the broader war on terrorism. The Ambassador noted that we were looking at ways to [...] | 2008-05-14 14:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MASS MARR MOPS KU |
08KUWAIT554 | KUWAIT ELECTION-EVE REPORT [...] SUMMARY: Despite the suspension of all election-related activities due to the recent death of the former Amir, voting will still take place on May 17. The total number of candidates running for Parliament now stands at 274, including 27 women. Based on polls and visible trends, the new Par [...] | 2008-05-18 11:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KWMN KMPI KU |
08KUWAIT555 | TERROR FINANCE: GOK NOT ON BOARD WITH UN 1267 [...] (C) On May 12, following a meeting between S/CT Dailey and MFA Director of Follow-up and Coordination Ambassador Khaled Maqamis (septel),Econoff met separately with Maqamis to solicit his response to S/CT Dailey's request that GOK support, a pending UNSCR 1267 designation of the Revivial of [...] | 2008-05-18 11:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER |
08KUWAIT556 | TERROR FINANCE: GOK NOT ON BOARD WITH UN 1267 [...] (C) On May 12, following a meeting between S/CT Dailey and MFA Director of Follow-up and Coordination Ambassador Khaled Maqamis (septel),Econoff met separately with Maqamis to solicit his response to S/CT Dailey's request that GOK support, a pending UNSCR 1267 designation of the Revivial of [...] | 2008-05-18 11:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER |
08KUWAIT557 | S/CT DAILEY OFFERS CT COOPERATION; KSS DESCRIBES [...] (S) In separate meetings May 12 with Kuwait State Security (KSS) and MFA officials, on May 12, S/CT Dailey briefed on the USG paradigm of counterterrorism (CT) efforts and urged speedy and transparent information and intelligence exchanges and tighter border controls. S/CT Dailey also urged [...] | 2008-05-18 11:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER PGOV KDRG PREL KTFN KU |
08KUWAIT558 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH KUWAIT PM: IRAQ, CT, [...] (C) Ambassador used her introductory call on Kuwait Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al Sabah to thank him for the "indispensable support" that Kuwait provides to USG efforts in Iraq and the region, and to urge greater GOK support for the Al-Maliki government. The PM s [...] | 2008-05-18 11:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PINR KDEM KU |
08KUWAIT559 | TERROR FINANCE: GOK NOT ON BOARD WITH UN 1267 [...] (C) On May 12, following a meeting between S/CT Dailey and MFA Director of Follow-up and Coordination Ambassador Khaled Maqamis (septel),Econoff met separately with Maqamis to solicit his response to S/CT Dailey's request that GOK support, a pending UNSCR 1267 designation of the Revivial of [...] | 2008-05-18 11:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER |
08KUWAIT560 | TERROR FINANCE: KUWAI FINALLY FREEZES ASSETS OF THREE FINANCIERS [...] (C) Officials from the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) and Kuwait Finance House (KFH) confirmed to Econoff on May 12 that they have frozen the accounts of the three terrorist financiers Hamed Al-Ali, Jaber Al-Jalahmah, and Mubarak Al-Bathali, upon instruction of the MFA. 2. (C) xxxxxxxxxxxx tol [...] | 2008-05-18 11:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER |
08KUWAIT565 | KUWAIT ELECTION RESULTS: NO WOMEN, GAINS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: As widely predicted, both Shi'as and Salafis gained parliamentary seats in the Kuwaiti May 17 elections. No female candidates won, although one came tantalizingly close. Per GOK protocol, the full Cabinet resigned; the Amir is expected to appoint a new one within 14 days. Apart fr [...] | 2008-05-19 15:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN |
08KUWAIT574 | BIO DATA ON NEW KUWAITI PARLIAMENT [...] The following is a list of MPs in Kuwait's new Parliament elected on May 17, 2008 (reftel). Information on each MP includes: political affiliation, constituency, number of votes received, previous parliament participation, date of birth, education and tribal affiliation as applicable. ---- [...] | 2008-05-21 05:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KDEM KU |
08KUWAIT577 | MINISTER FOR CABINET AFFAIRS NOT OPTIMISTIC AFTER [...] (C) Summary: In a May 20 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Faisal Al-Hajji said he was not optimistic about the prospects for better relations between the Government and Parliament following the May 17 election, which appeared to retur [...] | 2008-05-21 09:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWMN KMPI KU |
08KUWAIT578 | KUWAIT INPUT FOR 2008 REPORT OF INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Post is unaware of any current investment disputes or expropriation claims involving American claimants in Kuwait. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s Vi [...] | 2008-05-21 11:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC EIVN KIDE OPIC PGOV KU |
08KUWAIT585 | TERRORIST FINANCIER MUBARAK AL-BATHALI REMAINS IN [...] (C) Kuwaiti press reported on May 21 that Kuwaiti terrorist financier and UNSCR 1267 designee Mubarak Al-Bathali had been arrested on May 8 for inciting youth to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan. The article indicated that although Al-Bathali was initially due to be released from detention on Ma [...] | 2008-05-21 16:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER |
08KUWAIT586 | TERRORIST FINANCIER MUBARAK AL-BATHALI REMAINS IN [...] (C) Kuwaiti press reported on May 21 that Kuwaiti terrorist financier and UNSCR 1267 designee Mubarak Al-Bathali had been arrested on May 8 for inciting youth to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan. The article indicated that although Al-Bathali was initially due to be released from detention on Ma [...] | 2008-05-21 16:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER |
08KUWAIT589 | KUWAIT HOSTS FOURTH WORLD ISLAMIC ECONOMIC FORUM [...] Summary: From April 29 to May 1, Kuwait hosted the Fourth World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF). The event was opened by the Amir of Kuwait and was attended by representatives from most of the member states of the Organization of the Islamic Conference including the heads of state of Jordan, Af [...] | 2008-05-22 12:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN PREL PGOV EAID ENRG KU |
08KUWAIT611 | KUWAIT A CANDIDATE IN UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION [...] On May 5, post received diplomatic note 60, dated April 29, 2008, from MFA's Department of International Organizations announcing its candidature for election to the Administrative Council of the Universal Postal Union. 2. Diplomatic note text follows: Complimentary Greetings The Gove [...] | 2008-05-28 10:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV AORC ECPS KU |
08KUWAIT614 | KUWAITI WOMEN IN ELECTIONS: NO WINS...YET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although no women were elected in Kuwait's recent parliamentary contests, women made a strong showing and improved their performance compared to the 2006 elections. Participation among women voters increased from the previous election and many observers believe Kuwait is on t [...] | 2008-05-28 13:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KWMN SOCI KU |
08KUWAIT615 | NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR LEADING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-28 13:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL |
08KUWAIT621 | NEW GOK CABINET: GAINS FOR TRIBAL SALAFIS, SHI'A [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al Sabah announced May 28 the formation of a new Cabinet that included seven new ministers, five royal family members, one MP, two women, two Shi,a, one Islamic Constitutional Movement representative (ICM-Kuwaiti Muslim Brotherh [...] | 2008-05-29 14:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KWMN KU |
08KUWAIT633 | INAUGURAL SESSION OF KUWAITI PARLIAMENT PROCEEDS [...] (C) In the June 1 inaugural session of the Kuwaiti Parliament, Amir Shaykh Sabah Al Sabah warned in unusually harsh terms against "chaos and discord," and made clear that he would not hesitate to dissolve the Parliament again if it failed to move past the political stalemate that marked the p [...] | 2008-06-02 14:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KWMN KU |
08KUWAIT637 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TIP AND RIHS DESIGNATION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's introductory meeting June 3 with newly appointed Minister of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL),Bader Al-Duwaila, coincided with the planned June 4 release of the 2008 TIP report and Kuwait's downgrade to a Tier 3 ranking. Ambassador urged immediate action to me [...] | 2008-06-04 11:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR GTIP KTFN KHUM KU |
08KUWAIT639 | KUWAIT AIRWAYS DISAPPOINTED WITH IRAQI PROPOSAL [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Econoff on June 1, Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) legal advisor Abdulsattar Setareh expressed disappointment with the Iraqi proposal for debt repayment presented to KAC and the GOK on May 26 and 27. Setareh reported that the Iraqi Finance Minister told KAC the [...] | 2008-06-04 12:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAIR ETRD ECON KU IZ |
08KUWAIT64 | 2008 KUWAIT INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT SUBMISSION [...] Per reftel instructions, the following is Post's submission for the 2008 Kuwait Investment Climate Statement: OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT The Council of Ministers approved the implementing regulations for its current Direct Foreign Capital Investment Law -- Law No. 8/2001 - passed by [...] | 2008-01-16 04:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EINV KTDB USTR OPIC KU |
08KUWAIT652 | AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 3 CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. In their introductory June 3 meeting, Ambassador notified Minister of Information Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Hamad Al Sabah that we were ready to sign a memorandum of agreement between the Ministry and the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB). The Minister voiced concern about incre [...] | 2008-06-08 08:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SCUL SCOL PTER |
08KUWAIT669 | AMBASSADOR SATTERFIELD DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH PM AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: S/I Ambassador Satterfield briefed Kuwaiti Prime Minister, Shaykh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al Sabah and Foreign Minister, Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al Sabah June 12 on the current situation in Iraq. Ambassador Satterfield highlighted the recent successes in [...] | 2008-06-12 18:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KU IZ |
08KUWAIT694 | KSS TO WAINSTEIN: KUWAIT CT LEGISLATION INADEQUATE [...] (S) Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Kenneth Wainstein, in a June 11 meeting with Kuwait State Security (KSS) Director Muhaylan, conveyed the President's appeal for increased counterterrorism (CT) cooperation and information sharing among partners [...] | 2008-06-18 11:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER PGOV KDRG PREL KTFN KU |
08KUWAIT695 | JUNE 11 WAINSTEIN MEETING WITH SOCIAL [...] (SBU) Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, Kenneth L. Wainstein, accompanied by the Ambassador on June 11 met with newly appointed Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Bader Al-Duwaila to discuss U.S.-Kuwaiti CT cooperation. Al-Duwaila thanked Wainstein for [...] | 2008-06-18 11:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER |
08KUWAIT696 | NSB ACKNOWLEDGES INCREASED AL QAEDA ACTIVITY AND [...] (S) Summary: Kenneth Wainstein, President Bush's Assistant for Homeland Security and Counter-terrorism (APHSCT),met with the President of the National Security Bureau (NSB),Ahmed Al-Fahd on 11 June. The principals discussed the recent increase in Al-Qaeda-related activity in Kuwait, ongoin [...] | 2008-06-18 11:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER PGOV KDRG PREL KTFN KU |
08KUWAIT704 | TERRORISM FINANCE: GOK CONDEMNS USG DECISION TO [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Both liberal and conservative newspapers and politicians have been outspoken in criticizing the USG's action to designate the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS). (See Refs A and B for Kuwait media reaction to RIHS designation.) The GOK Council of Ministers [...] | 2008-06-19 11:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER |
08KUWAIT71 | FORGIVENESS OF IRAQI DEBT, COMPENSATION NOT [...] (C) CDA met on January 14 with Amiri Economic Advisor and former Finance Minister Dr. Yousef Al-Ebraheem to deliver a readout of the President's January 11 meeting with the Amir and follow up on the issues of Iraqi debt and UN Compensation Commission payments. CDA conveyed the President's requ [...] | 2008-01-16 13:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID PREL PGOV KU IZ |
08KUWAIT720 | TERRORIST FINANCIER MUBARAK AL-BATHALI WILL REMAIN [...] (U) Kuwaiti press reported on June 24 that Kuwaiti terrorist financier and UNSCR 1267 designee Mubarak Al-Bathali will remain in detention for an additional 14 days pending further investigation into his role in inciting youth to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan (reftel). Al Bathali has been in [...] | 2008-06-25 05:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER |
08KUWAIT729 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DISBURSING PLEDGED FUNDS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-26 11:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG KPAL IS PGOV PREL KU |
08KUWAIT735 | PETRAEUS DISCUSSES IRAQ SECURITY, KUWAIT-IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his June 25 visit to Kuwait, Gen. Petraeus, accompanied by the Ambassador met with the Amir and Crown Prince (together) and had a separate meeting with the PM, MinDef and FM. At both meetings Gen. Petraeus briefed on the current security situation in Iraq and asked for a [...] | 2008-06-26 16:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS KU IZ |
08KUWAIT771 | TERRORIST FINANCIER BATHALI OUT ON BAIL [...] (U) Kuwaiti press reported on July 8 that Kuwaiti terrorist financier and UNSCR 1267 designee Mubarak Al-Bathali (see reftel) was released on 1000 KD (USD 3775) bail, but is banned from travel (Note: His January 2008 UN 1267 designation already bans his international travel. End note.) Pres [...] | 2008-07-08 15:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER |
08KUWAIT777 | INITIAL KUWAIT REACTIONS TO UAE ANNOUNCEMENT OF [...] (U) The UAE's July 6 decision to cancel its Iraqi debt garnered front page headlines in Kuwait, and prompted commentaries that indicated that Kuwait will not follow suit. Kuwaiti daily, Al Watan reported, "Fearing that the Kuwaiti government may take advantage of the Parliament's summer rec [...] | 2008-07-09 14:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KUNC KU |
08KUWAIT782 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES RIHS AND TIP WITH THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador discussed the UNSCR 1267 designation of Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) (Ref B) and TIP July 9 with Hussain Nasser Al-Huraiti, the new Minister of Justice and Minister of Awqaf (religious endowments) and Islamic Affairs. The Minister, a RIHS boardmember, de [...] | 2008-07-10 09:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KTFN KISL TIP KU |
08KUWAIT787 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL REED'S JULY 20 VISIT TO [...] Embassy Kuwait warmly welcomes your July 20th visit to this small but important Gulf ally. Your timing is propitious for advancing bilateral engagement between Iraq and Kuwait. We have requested a meeting with Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah during which you will have the oppor [...] | 2008-07-10 13:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV OREP KDEM KU |
08KUWAIT789 | NEW HEALTH MINISTER: MORE HOSPITALS, FEWER MEDICAL [...] (U) Summary. The Ambassador and new Minister of Health Ali Al-Barrak laid the groundwork for USG-GOK cooperation in the healthcare sector during a very cordial meeting on July 8. The Minister highlighted the GOK's intention to build additional hospitals, which the Ambassador noted would be [...] | 2008-07-13 06:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KU PGOV PREL |
08KUWAIT79 | GOK APPEALS TO STOP DESIGNATION OF KUWAITI [...] (C) Director of the MFA Americas Desk Ambassador Ali Hussain Al-Sammak sought an urgent meeting with CDA on January 17 to request, on instruction from the Kuwait FM, that the U.S. use "its good offices" to end the initiative to designate three Kuwaiti terrorist financiers (Hamid Al-Ali, Jaber [...] | 2008-01-17 17:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN |
08KUWAIT793 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KEEPING THE PA AFLOAT [...] (U) Econoff conveyed points reftel to Mr. Ahmad Al-Baker, Deputy Director, Arab World Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on July 10. Al-Baker told Econoff that the USD 80 million PA pledged funds had been approved last month as part of Kuwait's annual budget, but could not be di [...] | 2008-07-13 14:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL IS PGOV PREL KU |
08KUWAIT794 | NEW MINISTER OF HOUSING: BREAKING GROUND ON [...] (C) Minister for Housing and Development Affairs Dr. Moudhi Abdul Aziz Al-Homoud told Ambassador she will deal with the uncertainties of Kuwaiti's obstreperous "revolving governments" (Note: with two dissolutions in as many years. End Note.) by focusing on a "five-year development plan" aimed [...] | 2008-07-14 09:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KU PGOV PREL |
08KUWAIT804 | EDUCATION MINISTER: SLOW ROLLING GENDER [...] (SBU) Summary: During a July 13 meeting with Minister of Education Nouriya Al-Sabeeh, the Ambassador raised the issue of gender segregation and its potential impact on mixed-gender programs in Kuwait, such as the State Department-sponsored and AMIDEAST-administered ACCESS English Language Mi [...] | 2008-07-16 13:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EINT KPAO KU PREL PGOV |
08KUWAIT808 | U/S JARALLAH: IRANIAN WHEEDLING, IRAQI DAWDLING, [...] (C) During their July 15 meeting, Ambassador chided MFA U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah over Kuwaiti National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi's public criticism that USG policy toward Iran was "provocative," noting that now is not the time for irresponsible rhetoric. Al-Jarallah characterized as "ve [...] | 2008-07-17 07:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS KPAL PBTS KU |
08KUWAIT811 | KUWAIT: NO FORCED LABOR OR CHILD LABOR IN THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-17 12:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI KU |
08KUWAIT835 | GOK WARMLY RECEIVES NODEL READ; PLEDGES CONTINUED [...] (C) Amir Shaykh Sabah Al Sabah on July 20 warmly received a bipartisan Congressional delegation led by Senator Jack Reed that included Senators Chuck Hagel and Barack Obama. Senator Obama thanked the Amir for Kuwaiti support for USG efforts in Iraq and the Amir responded with his appreciatio [...] | 2008-07-24 07:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV OREP KDEM KU |
08KUWAIT836 | (CORRECT COPY) GOK WARMLY RECEIVES NODEL REED; PLEDGES [...] (C) Amir Shaykh Sabah Al Sabah on July 20 warmly received a bipartisan Congressional delegation led by Senator Jack Reed that included Senators Chuck Hagel and Barack Obama. Senator Obama thanked the Amir for Kuwaiti support for USG efforts in Iraq and the Amir responded with his appreciatio [...] | 2008-07-24 08:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV OREP KDEM KU |
08KUWAIT837 | KUWAIT: "WE'VE DONE OUR PART; BALL IS NOW IN [...] (C) Former NEA DAS and newly minted Senior Advisor on Southern Iraq Affairs Gordon Gray met with GOK officials July 22 to discuss Iraq and how to facilitate progress on some of the outstanding issues between Kuwait and Iraq. In direct correlation to Kuwait's proximity to Iran, Kuwaiti paranoi [...] | 2008-07-24 11:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KCRS PBTS PINR KU |
08KUWAIT86 | GOK/PARLIAMENT DISCUSS ISRAELI ACTION IN GAZA [...] (C) Recent Israeli measures in Gaza illicited sharp reactions from the Kuwaiti Government, Parliament and press. The MFA U/S demarched P-5 member representatives on the matter and called for UN Security Council action, calling the Israeli response to HAMAS attacks unbalanced and unjustified. [...] | 2008-01-22 14:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KU |
08KUWAIT865 | DR. MOHAMMED ON VARIOUS AND SUNDRY: PA FUNDS, [...] (C) Ambassador requested a meeting with Deputy PM and FM Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah to review a number of issues prior to both taking summer holidays. During an hour long exchange August 3, the following topics were addressed: -- PA Funding: Ambassador stressed the urgency of the situation a [...] | 2008-08-04 16:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PHUM PGOV PTER KPAL KU BG |
08KUWAIT884 | KUWAIT TO FOLLOW ARAB LEAGUE LEAD ON MAURITANIA [...] (C) During an August 11 introductory call on Nayef Al-Otaibi, responsible for North African issues within MFA's Arab Affairs department, newly arrived POLCOUNS informally queried Al-Otaibi about Kuwait's reaction to the recent military coup in Mauritania. Al-Otaibi responded that Kuwait deplo [...] | 2008-08-12 15:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KU MR |
08KUWAIT90 | EDUCATION MINISTER SURVIVES VOTE OF NO [...] (C) On January 22, Kuwaiti Education Minister Al-Sabeeh survived a vote of no-confidence. On January 8, an Islamist MP ineffectively grilled her on a variety of charges deemed weak by the GOK and Kuwaiti press, and a motion was filed for the vote. With this victory, she became the first mini [...] | 2008-01-23 15:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL SCUL SOCI KU |
08KUWAIT910 | GOK OFFICIALS TELL CODEL BARDALLO "THE SURGE HAS [...] (C) In an August 13 meeting, Kuwait's Acting Prime Minister and Defense Minister told CODEL Bordallo that Kuwait is committed to a close, long-term defense relationship with the U.S. and prepared to host U.S. troops indefinitely. Nevertheless, there is frustration over long delays in purchasin [...] | 2008-08-21 06:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS OREP KU |
08KUWAIT911 | KUWAIT: CONCERN ABOUT BEING CAUGHT IN U.S.- IRAN [...] (C) Summary: The war of words over Iran's refusal to suspend its nuclear enrichment activities has sparked considerable concern in Kuwait, which fears the situation could devolve into an actual U.S. or Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear sites. The nation's media and a number of its parliamenta [...] | 2008-08-21 06:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KU |
08KUWAIT913 | MOVING KUWAIT FORWARD ON LABOR STANDARDS [...] (C) Embassy examined with interest and appreciation Ref A suggestion that we explore addressing labor rights abuses in Kuwait through a trilateral meeting with Kuwaiti and Bangladeshi officials followed by a series of multilateral roundtables with representatives of all major labor-sending cou [...] | 2008-08-21 15:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV TIP KU |
08KUWAIT934 | (C/NF) RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] (S/NF) This message is an initial response to ref A request for additional reporting on the ruling Al Sabah family's decision-making processes, as well as the relationship between Amir Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al Sabah and Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser al-Mohammed al-Ahmad Al Sabah. Res [...] | 2008-09-01 14:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PGOV KU |
08KUWAIT937 | PROMINENT KUWAITI MP SEES OPENING TO SYRIA; [...] (C) Summary: Mohammed Jassem Al-Sager, a prominent Kuwaiti Member of Parliament (MP) who met with Syrian President Bashar Assad during a late August visit to Damascus, told the Ambassador he perceived an opportunity to drive a wedge between Syria and Iran and move the former closer to the int [...] | 2008-09-03 11:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SY IR KU |
08KUWAIT953 | KUWAITI PM TO VISIT BAGHDAD AFTER MID-SEPTEMBER [...] (C) During a September 7 Ramadan event, Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah confirmed to the Ambassador that media reports of his imminent trip to Iraq are essentially accurate. The PM indicated that his visit to Baghdad will occur some time after his [...] | 2008-09-09 12:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KU |
08KUWAIT954 | KUWAIT: SOUL-SEARCHING ON LABOR ABUSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Stung by international media attention to widespread labor abuses by Kuwaiti contractors, the GOK continues to discuss and investigate TIP-related issues and promises significant action. Domestic media continue to provide wide coverage of the issues. Recent developments includ [...] | 2008-09-09 12:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI ELAB KTIP KU |
08KUWAIT97 | TERROR FINANCE: LIMITED MEDIA REACTION SO FAR TO [...] (SBU) Initial Kuwaiti media reaction to the January 16 decision by the UN Security Council to designate three Kuwaitis -- Hamed Al-Ali, Jaber Al-Jalahmah, and Mubarak Al-Bathali -- as terrorist facilitators and inciters has been subdued. There has been little reaction by the local press with [...] | 2008-01-24 15:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN |
08KUWAIT98 | KUWAIT MFA U/S ON IRAQ, GTMO, 1267 DESIGNEES [...] (C) On January 21, MFA U/S Al-Jarallah told CDA that Kuwait is ready to invest in Iraq, but delays in funding are caused by the Iraqi failure to get project proposals to relevant GOK officials. Recent high-level Iraqi visits to Kuwait have increased bilateral cooperation, and there are now s [...] | 2008-01-24 16:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KU IR IZ KDRG PINR PTER ETRD |
08KUWAIT990 | AD-Hoc Liaison Committee Meeting: GoK views [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) On September 17, Ecouns talked to Ambassador Jassim Al-Mubaraki, the Director of the MFA's Arab World Department. Mubaraki confirmed that the GOK had received an invitation from Norway to attend the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) [...] | 2008-09-17 15:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KPAL PGOV PREL IS KU |
08KUWAIT991 | KUWAITI AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ SWORN IN BY AMIR [...] (C) On September 16, Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah swore in Lieutenant General (retired) Ali Al-Mou'min as the first Kuwaiti Ambassador to Baghdad since the Iraqi invasion in 1990. The swearing-in was lightly heralded by the press -- mentioned in only one daily, but co [...] | 2008-09-17 16:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KU |
08KYIV102 | UKRAINE: PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO FEELING CONFIDENT [...] (C) Summary. With an eye toward reelection in early 2010, President Yushchenko is asserting himself more confidently now with coalition partner Tymoshenko as Prime Minister than he did when faced with Yanukovych. The President has issued numerous public statements instructing the government o [...] | 2008-01-17 11:22:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
08KYIV1047 | UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF COMMERCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Ukraine comes as the fragile two-vote majority coalition struggles to move ahead with an ambitious agenda as dissension between the two parties increases. All eyes are on whether Prime Minister Tymoshenko and President Yushchenko can work together better than they [...] | 2008-05-29 15:56:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PGOV EINV UP |
08KYIV1063 | UKRAINE: SE GRAY AND DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH DPM [...] (C) Summary. On the margins of the Kyiv Energy Security Summit May 22-23, Special Envoy Gray and DAS Bryza met with Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Hryhoriy Nemyrya to discuss US-EU-Ukraine cooperation on energy security, including the Ukrainian proposal to expand gas transit through Ukraine [...] | 2008-06-03 09:29:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG PINR PGOV UP |
08KYIV1064 | UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO POISONING REVISITED [...] (C) Summary. In the heat of a spat between President Yushchenko's team and former financial and political backer David Zhvaniya, the issue of Yushchenko's poisoning in September 2004 has once again become subject of political accusations. After the Presidential Secretariat initiated a case t [...] | 2008-06-03 16:23:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
08KYIV1077 | UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES WTO-REQUIRED CUSTOMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Parliament adopted a bill on June 3 to lower Ukraine's tariff rates in line with commitments made during WTO accession negotiations. The law as adopted, however, delays tariff reductions for a large number of goods until 2009, in contradiction to accession commitments. The bil [...] | 2008-06-04 08:45:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO PGOV UP |
08KYIV1085 | UKRAINE: LOW-KEY REACTION TO DUMA STATEMENT ON [...] (SBU) Summary. The June 4 Russian Duma statement calling for termination of the 1997 Ukraine-Russia Friendship Treaty in response to Ukrainian NATO membership has elicited relatively restrained responses in Kyiv. President Yushchenko, on the eve of his departure for the CIS Summit in St. Pete [...] | 2008-06-05 13:14:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PGOV PREL RS UP WTO |
08KYIV1087 | UKRAINE: BALOHA CASTS COALITION IN NEGATIVE LIGHT [...] (C) Summary. Head of the Presidential Secretariat Viktor Baloha told the Ambassador on June 3 that the coalition was struggling forward and would continue to work together, but that they were nearing the breaking point. He criticized Tymoshenko for being unconstructive and populist, with pol [...] | 2008-06-05 14:37:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
08KYIV109 | UKRAINE: PM TYMOSHENKO TO LEAD DELEGATION FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: President Yushchenko has asked Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to lead the Ukrainian delegation for the January 20 inauguration of Georgian President Elect Mikhail Saakashvili. Although some here were surprised that Yushchenko was not attending himself, both he and Tymoshenko [...] | 2008-01-18 13:23:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | UP PGOV PREL GG |
08KYIV1105 | UKRAINE: COALITION TEETERING [...] (C) Summary. The June 6 announcement by two relatively unknown MPs -- one from BYuT and one from OU-PSD -- that they are withdrawing from the coalition leaves the coalition in an unclear legal status and without enough votes to push through legislation. BYuT and OU-PSD faction leaders, as wel [...] | 2008-06-06 13:18:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
08KYIV1144 | UKRAINE: NATO INFORMATION CAMPAIGN GAINS MOMENTUM [...] (SBU) Summary. There has been no official launching ceremony, but a combination of recent NATO-related Presidential decrees, Cabinet adoption of a multi-year Euroatlantic information campaign, and passage of amendments to the 2008 state budget have given critical mass to Ukraine's NATO informa [...] | 2008-06-11 15:58:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PREL UP |
08KYIV1182 | UKRAINE: RADA COUNTING DOWN TO SUMMER RECESS [...] (C) Summary. The consensus in the Rada across the political spectrum on June 17 was that regardless of the legal status of the coalition, the reality is that the parliament will not accomplish anything significant in its remaining month in session and all are now looking to the fall for chang [...] | 2008-06-17 15:41:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
08KYIV1200 | UKRAINE: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST VOWS TO CARRY ON [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Dmytro Groisman, a prominent Ukrainian human rights activist, told Emboff on June 12 that he had recovered fully from a beating by unknown assailants on May 23 (reftel). He suspected that he was attacked because of his public criticism of Ukraine's State Penal Depar [...] | 2008-06-20 14:41:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV UP |
08KYIV1201 | UKRAINE: NATO SYG/NAC VISIT [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The June 16-17 visit to Kyiv and Ukraine's regional capitals by NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer and the North Atlantic Council (NAC) was seen as a strong positive by the MFA and Ukrainian pro-NATO political forces. Extensive positive press coverage, the constr [...] | 2008-06-20 14:46:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PREL UP |
08KYIV1202 | UKRAINE: PRESIDENT VETOES FLAWED CUSTOMS TARIFF [...] On June 20, President Viktor Yushchenko vetoed a bill amending the Law "On the Customs Tariff of Ukraine," which Ukraine's Rada (parliament) had adopted on June 3. While the original draft law was meant to lower Ukraine's tariff rates in line with commitments made during WTO accession negotia [...] | 2008-06-20 15:52:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO PGOV UP |
08KYIV1226 | UKRAINE: FAMILY OF SLAIN JOURNALIST IHOR [...] (C) Summary: The son of journalist Ihor Aleksandrov, killed in 2001 for his critical reporting on officials in Donetsk Oblast, told EmbOffs that he and his family continue to seek justice in his father's case and that he now fears for his and his family's safety. Both the lawyer of Mryoslav [...] | 2008-06-23 15:13:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREF UP |
08KYIV1256 | UKRAINE: MIGRATION AUTHORITY TRANSFERRED TO MOI [...] (C) Summary: On June 18, the Cabinet of Ministers issued a decree transferring authority on asylum issues from the State Committee on Nationalities and Religion (SCNR) to the Ministry of Interior (MOI). UNHCR Kyiv, which has taken a neutral position on the change, told us that although the M [...] | 2008-07-01 10:26:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV UP |
08KYIV1300 | UKRAINE: YATSENYUK, RISING POLITICIAN [...] (C) Summary. Rada Speaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk has become one of the most interesting senior politicians in Ukraine to watch. Only 34 years old, Yatsenyuk has already served not only as chair of the parliament, but Foreign Minister, Minister of Economy, and Acting Governor of the National Bank. [...] | 2008-07-03 14:10:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
08KYIV1330 | UKRAINE CONSIDERING ITS ROLE IN RUSSIA'S WTO [...] (C) Summary: Ukraine's lead WTO negotiator Valeriy Pyatnytskiy told us on July 4 that Ukraine did not intend to block Russia's WTO accession, and was not planning to request any tariff concessions from Russia, but would likely make some requests of Russia given the importance of their bilater [...] | 2008-07-07 13:45:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD WTRO PGOV RS UP |
08KYIV1342 | UKRAINE: LAST WEEK OF RADA STARTS OFF BADLY [...] (C) Summary. Party of Regions on July 8 shook up the planned agenda for the Rada's last week in plenary by moving forward with efforts to hold a no confidence vote on Prime Minister Tymoshenko. In response, her BYuT faction blocked the Rada rostrum and Speaker Yatsenyuk was forced to close t [...] | 2008-07-08 16:17:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
08KYIV1356 | UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO SAFE, NO CONFIDENCE VOTE FAILS [...] (C) Summary. In a nail-biting vote, Prime Minister Tymoshenko was given a reprieve after Party of Regions' resolution of no confidence in the Cabinet failed, garnering only 174 votes. After a lengthy diatribe from Regions MP Azarov, Tymoshenko gave an impassioned defense of her government's [...] | 2008-07-11 14:05:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
08KYIV1455 | UKRAINE: DAS MERKEL HEARS SKEPTICISM ON UNITED [...] (C) Summary. During his July 24-25 visit to Kyiv, DAS David Merkel heard from representatives of several political forces that the way forward on internal politics was unclear, but that a great deal depends on President Yushchenko and how he decides to proceed. Secretary of the National Secur [...] | 2008-07-29 13:38:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
08KYIV1510 | UKRAINE: VISIT OF PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW SPURS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodoxy, arrived in Ukraine on July 24 for a five day visit to celebrate the 1,020th anniversary of the christianization of the Kyivan Rus. Although he has no jurisdiction over other Orthodox patria [...] | 2008-08-04 14:40:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV UP |
08KYIV1516 | UKRAINE: HATE CRIMES CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: Since the beginning of 2008, human rights NGOs have reported over 40 apparently racially motivated attacks in Ukraine, five of which proved fatal. While the Government introduced new initiatives in 2007 and 2008 aimed at intensifying efforts to combat racism and intolerance, the [...] | 2008-08-06 08:09:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV UP |
08KYIV1553 | UKRAINE: ICRC TO CLOSE ITS DELEGATION IN KYIV [...] (C) Summary: The Head of the Kyiv Regional Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross/Red Crescent (ICRC) informed Post on August 7 that it will close its Kyiv delegation later this year. The reasons given were its strategy to consolidate regional operations, position itself [...] | 2008-08-12 07:33:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV UP |
08KYIV1557 | UKRAINE: IMPACT OF GEORGIA CRISIS ON DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Events in Georgia have triggered front page charges/countercharges between Moscow and Kyiv -- including dueling MFA statements on Russian deployment of its Black Sea Fleet (BSF) off the Georgian coast and Russian attacks on Ukrainian arms sales to Tbilisi. While DFM [...] | 2008-08-12 15:29:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR RS UP |
08KYIV1624 | UKRAINE: PRESIDENT'S BSF DECREES HEIGHTEN DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The issuance on August 13 by President Yushchenko of two decrees regulating Russian Black Sea Fleet (BSF) and other military units' entry into Ukraine and deployments from Ukrainian territory has triggered another sharp exchange between Kyiv and Moscow (ref. A). The [...] | 2008-08-15 13:36:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR RS UP MARR |
08KYIV1627 | TFGG01 Ukrainian Media on Georgian Conflict [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukrainian media is split on its coverage of the conflict in Georgia, which occupied the front page of Ukrainian newspapers this week and featured prominently on broadcast and on-line media. Pro-Western and pro-presidential periodicals denounced Russia's support for separatist r [...] | 2008-08-15 14:04:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL PGOV KPAI GG UK |
08KYIV1630 | UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO POISONING REMAINS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. President Yushchenko,s 2004 poisoning has resurfaced as a major issue being examined both at at the Prosecutor General,s Office (PGO) and in the press, with many seeing the Presidential apparatus working the issue as a potential vote getter in the upcoming presidential campaign. [...] | 2008-08-18 13:55:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM UP |
08KYIV1631 | UKRAINE: OFFER OF MISSILE WARNING COOPERATION MORE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On August 16, Ukraine's MFA announced that Ukraine was ready to develop active cooperation on early warning and missile monitoring systems with "European countries." It also stated that President Yushchenko on August 13 ordered Ukraine's withdrawal from a 1992 miss [...] | 2008-08-18 16:05:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PINR PREL UP |
08KYIV1672 | UKRAINE: PRESIDENTIAL SECRETARIAT ALLEGES [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On August 19, Deputy Presidential Secretariat Head Andriy Kyslynskiy publicly accused PM Tymoshenko of colluding with Russia in exchange for Moscow's support of her expected run for the presidency in 2009/2010. On August 21, acting head of the Security Service of Ukr [...] | 2008-08-23 10:02:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM UP |
08KYIV1673 | UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE VICE [...] (SBU) Summary.... [...] | 2008-08-23 10:31:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL UP |
08KYIV1706 | UKRAINE: GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS RUSSIAN RECOGNITION [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Ukraine has made strong public statements condemning Russia's decision to recognize South Ossetia and Abkhazia. In both public statements and in meetings with the Ambassador, Democratic Coalition leaders remain committed to Euro-Atlantic collective security and [...] | 2008-08-28 11:09:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS UP |
08KYIV1707 | UKRAINE: GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS RUSSIAN RECOGNITION [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Ukraine has made strong public statements condemning Russia's decision to recognize South Ossetia and Abkhazia. In both public statements and in meetings with the Ambassador, Democratic Coalition leaders remain committed to Euro-Atlantic collective security and [...] | 2008-08-28 11:09:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS UP |
08KYIV1804 | ORANGE COALITION CRISIS: NO SIGN OF RECONCILIATION [...] (C) The Orange coalition has shown no movement toward reconciliation since the September 2 vote by President Yushchenko's "Our Ukraine" party to withdraw. PM Tymoshenko, reportedly surprised by Our Ukraine's sudden exit, expressed willingness to meet with Yushchenko to try and work out a deal [...] | 2008-09-11 17:17:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
08KYIV1860 | ORANGE COALITION ENDS; CLOCK STARTS ON NEW [...] (C) As expected, on September 16 Rada Speaker Yatsenyuk announced the termination of the Orange Coalition, starting the 30-day clock on formation of a new coalition and, failing that, providing the option for President Yushchenko to call new elections. With parties continuing to jockey for ad [...] | 2008-09-17 15:10:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
08KYIV1869 | UKRAINE: PASSAGE OF JOINT STOCK COMPANY LAW A [...] Summary: Ukraine's parliament passed a new Joint Stock Company Law on September 17. The law was among the top priorities of any list of desperately needed economic reforms, and its passage, by a large bipartisan majority, is a remarkable piece of good news at a time of intense political infig [...] | 2008-09-19 10:43:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EINV PGOV UP |
08KYIV191 | UKRAINE: RADA SESSION CLOSES WITH A WHIMPER [...] (C) Summary. The final weeks of the new Rada's first session ended disappointingly with the Party of Regions blockading the rostrum and the coalition unable to muster a majority to pass any legislation or make personnel appointments. With over 700 draft bills at some stage of the legislative [...] | 2008-01-29 11:59:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
08KYIV192 | UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO PUSHES AHEAD WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. President Yushchenko is moving forward with his plans to further amend the constitution in an effort to clarify poorly written articles, but constitutional experts are not convinced that this process will succeed. Yushchenko issued a decree in late December 2007 forming the Nat [...] | 2008-01-29 12:02:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
08KYIV194 | UKRAINE: SENATOR LUGAR HEARS THAT ENERGY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: In Kyiv meetings with Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) January 15-16, President Yushchenko, PM Tymoshenko, opposition representatives and local business leaders all discussed the importance of energy issues for Ukraine. President Yushchenko talked in detail about ways to transport Cen [...] | 2008-01-29 13:42:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ECON PGOV UP |
08KYIV1943 | RADA UPDATE: COALITION TALKS INCONCLUSIVE; DROP [...] (C) Negotiations continue between President Yushchenko's Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense (OU-PSD) and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) to re-form the Orange coalition in conjunction with potential new partner, the Lytvyn Bloc. This would avoid early elections, a goal PM Tymoshenko appears st [...] | 2008-09-29 15:26:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
08KYIV1966 | TYMOSHENKO CALLS YUSHCHENKO'S BLUFF [...] (C) On October 1, PM Tymoshenko announced that her BYuT faction would accept all Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense (OU-PSD) ultimatums and conditions in order to form a three-party coalition, keep orange forces together, and avoid early elections. At the same time, Tymoshenko predicted Yushc [...] | 2008-10-02 15:10:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
08KYIV1968 | ICRC RECONSIDERS DECISION TO CLOSE DELEGATION IN [...] (C) Summary: Representatives from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) told us that it was reconsidering its plan to close the ICRC delegation in Kyiv (Reftel) and said that they perceived a high level of tension among the ethnic Russian, Crimean Tatar, and Ukrainian communit [...] | 2008-10-03 12:06:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM UP |
08KYIV200 | UKRAINE: EUR A/S FRIED HEARS ABOUT FRAGILE [...] (C) Summary. In A/S Fried's meetings with top Ukrainian leaders, all dominated by discussions about Ukraine's pending request for a NATO MAP (septel),the internal political subtext was fragility, distrust, and creeping dissatisfaction from all parties about the current government and its pos [...] | 2008-01-31 06:00:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
08KYIV2012 | YUSHCHENKO DISSOLVES RADA, CALLS NEW ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) In a widely expected move, President Yushchenko on October 8 issued a decree dissolving the Rada and setting pre-term parliamentary elections for December 7. Contacts in Prime Minister Tymoshenko's BYuT party have told us they may attempt to block the decree in court, but are prepared to [...] | 2008-10-09 13:56:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
08KYIV2022 | AKHMETOV HOLDS FORTH ON UKRAINIAN POLITICS AND [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on October 8, billionaire industrialist and Party of Regions MP Rinat Akhmetov expressed support for President Yushchenko's plans to dissolve the Rada, saying elections were the only "democratic" way forward for the country. Akhmetov said that Regions woul [...] | 2008-10-10 13:30:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL UP |
08KYIV2024 | PARTY OF REGIONS APPEARS UNITED FOR EARLY ELECTION [...] (C) The Party of Regions appears united around the upcoming election challenge. Fundraising and organizing for the pre-term election started in early September. Deputies will soon start heading to the oblasts for campaigning. Regions expects to increase its share of Rada seats by focusing i [...] | 2008-10-10 15:11:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
08KYIV2025 | PARTIES JOCKEY FOR POSITION; SNAP ELECTION COULD [...] (C) A day after President Yushchenko's decree dissolving the Rada and setting a snap election for December 7, PM Tymoshenko's BYuT blocked the Rada rostrum to prevent a vote on election legislation. Deputy PM Nemyria told the Ambassador that the election could "get ugly" with provocations and [...] | 2008-10-10 15:46:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
08KYIV2030 | UKRAINIAN NATIONAL BANK IMPOSES CAPITAL CONTROLS [...] (U) Summary. The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU),pressed to stop a run on deposits in commercial banks, sharply tightened capital controls on October 13. The measures effectively prevent Ukraine's banking system, which has relied heavily on foreign borrowing to fuel its breakneck growth in [...] | 2008-10-14 14:39:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV XH UP |
08KYIV2034 | ELECTION BATTLE SHIFTS TO THE COURTS AND ELECTION [...] (C) On October 10, a Kyiv District Administrative Court suspended President Yushchenko's decree dissolving the Rada and ordered the Central Election Commission (CEC) to halt election preparations. In response, Yushchenko appealed the decision to the Administrative Court of Appeals, fired the [...] | 2008-10-15 14:35:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
08KYIV2080 | REGIONS-BYUT COALITION DEAL: WHY IT FELL APART [...] (C) The Party of Regions and Prime Minister Tymoshenko's party (BYuT) narrowly failed to form a majority coalition in the Rada after the ruling coalition disintegrated on September 3. They had agreed to a broad pro-European foreign policy that included continued cooperation with NATO. Ultimat [...] | 2008-10-17 12:25:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
08KYIV2097 | UKRAINE IMF VISIT HIGHLIGHTS DEEPENING BANK CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is not commenting on the substance of its ongoing discussions with the government of Ukraine (GOU) on a possible support program, but its representatives told us on October 17 that the delegation's stay in Kyiv was open-ended. PM Tymoshenk [...] | 2008-10-17 17:02:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV XH UP |
08KYIV2105 | UKRAINE'S BUSINESSES TENSE; IMF AND NSDC DELIBERATE [...] (SBU) Summary. With ongoing International Monetary Fund (IMF) negotiations and an emergency session of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) as the backdrop, Ukraine's politicians swapped jabs, while businesses scrambled to cover their mounting losses. No announcement was made abo [...] | 2008-10-20 15:31:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV XH UP |
08KYIV2106 | TYMOSHENKO MEGA-COALITION PROPOSAL FALLS FLAT [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Tymoshenko on October 19 proposed creating a unity coalition of all parties in the parliament to address the effects of the international financial crisis. She asked President Yushchenko to rescind his order for early parliamentary elections and support her proposal. Most [...] | 2008-10-20 15:33:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
08KYIV2111 | TYMOSHENKO APPEALS TO USG: UKRAINE HAS "HOURS, NOT [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See Summary and Paragraphs 11 and 12. Summary ------- 2. (C) At a late night meeting on October 20, Prime Minister Tymoshenko told the Ambassador that Ukraine had "hours, and not days" to restore confidence in the country's financial system. The situatio [...] | 2008-10-21 14:08:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV PREL ECON ETRD XH UP |
08KYIV2112 | TYMOSHENKO BLOC IN EFFORT TO REUNITE ORANGE CAMP; [...] (C) President Yushchenko announced on October 20 the suspension of his decree dissolving the parliament, but still called for early parliamentary elections December 14. Yushchenko also called on the Rada to pass a package of legislation to combat the worsening economic situation and to amend t [...] | 2008-10-21 15:34:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
08KYIV2113 | UKRAINE CRISIS MEASURES PASSED TO UN-DISSOLVED RADA [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) approved a series of as yet unpublished anti-crisis proposals on October 20, designed to stave off a worsening financial emergency. President Viktor Yushchenko temporarily lifted his decree on parliament's dissolution to a [...] | 2008-10-21 15:49:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV XH UP |
08KYIV2127 | MV FAINA: UKRAINIAN REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-23 13:48:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL UP |
08KYIV2128 | POLITICS CONTINUE TO TRUMP ECONOMICS IN UKRAINE [...] (C) Continuing political turmoil threatens to hold up potential IMF assistance to Ukraine. On October 23, PM Tymoshenko's government submitted anti-crisis legislation, and demanded that any election legislation be shelved until emergency economic measures were in place. President Yushchenko' [...] | 2008-10-23 14:20:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON ETRD UP |
08KYIV2130 | UKRAINE CURRENCY DOWN 20 PERCENT; RADA DIVIDED ON [...] (SBU) Summary. While Rada factions were busy haggling over three competing versions of anti-crisis measures, the hryvnia exchange rate slipped dramatically on October 23. Embassy contacts in the real estate and transportation sectors report more dismal news, indicating general woes throughou [...] | 2008-10-23 15:43:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV XH UP |
08KYIV2138 | THE RADA FIDDLES... [...] (C) On October 24, the Rada was again unable to reach consensus on legislation to address Ukraine's looming economic crisis. Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) MPs once again blocked the rostrum to prevent voting on any anti-legislation tied to election funding -- and even allegedly disabled some Rada vo [...] | 2008-10-24 14:42:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON ETRD UP |
08KYIV2139 | EBRD: UKRAINE NEEDS $20 BILLION IMF PACKAGE "TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-24 15:20:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV PREL ECON ETRD XH UP |
08KYIV2141 | UKRAINE: HRYVNIA CONTINUES ITS SLIDE AS [...] (SBU) The hryvnia continues its slide against the dollar, having crossed the psychologically important barrier of 6 UAH/$ on October 24-25. It appears that demand for dollars by ordinary Ukrainians, fearful of further devaluation and inflation, is beginning to drive movements in the market, a [...] | 2008-10-25 14:18:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV PREL ECON ETRD XH UP |
08KYIV2142 | HISTORICAL IMF PACKAGE IMMINENT, MAY NOT BE ENOUGH [...] (C) Summary. IMF chief envoy Ceyla Pazarbasioglu told the Ambassador on October 25 that Ukraine,s IMF package may amount to the second largest ever in IMF history and would be likely finalized soon, possibly as early as this weekend. She stated that implementation of the assistance package wo [...] | 2008-10-25 18:45:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
08KYIV2166 | ANTI-CRISIS LEGISLATION PASSES FIRST READING; [...] (C) Rada faction leaders on October 29 broke a legislative impasse by agreeing to consider IMF required anti-crisis legislation before President Yushchenko's early election amendments package. The anti-crisis package passed, drawing unanimous support from the Prime Minister and President's bl [...] | 2008-10-29 16:43:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
08KYIV2172 | UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH CRIMEA'S POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, along with a small American business delegation, traveled to Crimea October 19-20 for an annual investment forum. The Ambassador also met with Crimea's political leadership while there. Local leaders characterized the September 19 vote by the Crimean Rada (parlia [...] | 2008-10-30 11:15:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EINV RS UP |
08KYIV2174 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CORKER VISIT TO KYIV [...] (SBU) Your November 8-10 visit to Ukraine comes during an unfolding domestic economic crisis and an ongoing struggle between President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko over whether to hold snap parliamentary elections. Yushchenko on October 8 dissolved Ukraine's parliament (the Rada) a [...] | 2008-10-30 15:33:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL UP |
08KYIV2188 | UKRAINE: U.S. AMBASSADOR VISITS SUMY IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Taylor on September 25 became the first U.S. Ambassador to officially visit the Sumy Oblast (region) in northeastern Ukraine. The Ambassador met with the Governor and the Mayor of the city of Sumy before attending Sumy's International Economic Forum. He also spoke [...] | 2008-11-03 15:06:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ECON UP |
08KYIV2191 | RADA PASSES FINAL ANTI-CRISIS LEGISLATION: [...] (C) On October 31 the Rada passed compromise anti-crisis legislation, a critical step towards Ukraine's receipt of a $16.5 billion IMF assistance package (Ref A). PM Yuliya Tymoshenko's BYuT and Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense (OU-PSD) voted with a majority of Lytvyn Bloc MPs to pass the le [...] | 2008-11-03 16:41:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN UP |
08KYIV2198 | IMF SET TO APPROVE UKRAINE PACKAGE, DESPITE [...] (C) Summary. The IMF and the government of Ukraine (GOU) "have agreement" on the provisions of a $16.5 billion stand-by package. The IMF's Kyiv-based resident representative is "relatively positive" Ukraine's anti-crisis legislation will pass muster for the IMF Executive Board, when it consi [...] | 2008-11-04 17:12:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
08KYIV2207 | UKRAINE: PROMINVESTBANK FAILURE TEST CASE FOR NBU [...] (C) Summary and comment: Liquidity problems, a run on deposits, and a possible corporate hijacking at Prominvestbank, Ukraine's sixth largest bank, last month contributed to the run on other Ukrainian banks, which were already jittery due to the world financial crisis (refs). The Acting Chai [...] | 2008-11-06 12:59:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
08KYIV2211 | TYMOSHENKO CONTINUES TO PUSH ORANGE COALITION [...] (C) Prime Minister Tymoshenko continues to push for a renewed Orange coalition. She believes President Yushchenko will block any new coalition and maintain his pursuit of early parliamentary elections in the hope of reaching a deal with the Party of Regions (Regions) to secure a second term i [...] | 2008-11-07 07:26:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
08KYIV2212 | KUCHMA AND KRAVCHUK ON ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL [...] (C) Ambassador recently sounded out former Presidents Kuchma and Kravchuk on Ukraine's dual economic and political crises. Kuchma worries most about the potential for large-scale unemployment in the metal, mining, chemical and construction sectors. Kravchuk's focus is more on the political [...] | 2008-11-07 07:43:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
08KYIV2224 | NBU STABILIZES HRYVNIA, BUT FURTHER WEAKENING NECESSARY [...] (SBU) The hryvnia has stabilized in the past week as a result of the National Bank of Ukraine's new policy to sell unlimited amounts of dollars at an exchange rate that it resets daily. The strategy is probably draining the NBU's reserves, which stood at $31.9 billion on October 31, but the NB [...] | 2008-11-10 09:56:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV XH UP |
08KYIV2242 | UKRAINIAN RADA SPEAKER YATSENYUK OUSTED [...] (C) Rada speaker Yatsenyuk was ousted during a fractious parliamentary session on November 12, which included two legally questionable votes and a physical confrontation between MPs. The Party of Regions, Lytvyn Bloc, Communist party and a handful of Our Ukraine-People's Self Defense bloc MPs [...] | 2008-11-13 05:24:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
08KYIV2243 | ANTI-XENOPHOBIA UNIT: OFF TO A SLOW START [...] (C) The Security Service of Ukraine's (SBU) Department to Combat Xenophobia has been in operation for about a year, investigating 120 cases. Officials highlighted the achievement of three criminal convictions (for inciting ethnic hatred) during that time. Extremist groups have contributed t [...] | 2008-11-13 15:00:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI UP |
08KYIV2245 | NO CONSENSUS YET ON NEW SPEAKER: RADA CLOSES [...] (C) On November 13, a day after the Ukrainian Parliament (Rada) voted to remove Speaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk in a tumultuous session (Ref. A),the Rada was unable to find consensus on a replacement candidate and recessed until November 18. Rada contacts told us that Volodymyr Lytvyn, leader of t [...] | 2008-11-13 16:25:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
08KYIV2259 | UKRAINE: A CLOSER LOOK AT THE CRIMEAN ECONOMY, [...] (U) This is the first of two cables on the economy in Crimea. The second cable will focus on Russia's influence on the Crimean economy and will examine the city of Sevastopol. 2. (SBU) Summary: Economic development in Crimea has fallen behind other parts of Ukraine despite great potential, [...] | 2008-11-17 15:02:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PGOV PINR RS UP |
08KYIV2263 | EXPECT SOCIAL UNREST AND GROWTH OF RADICAL [...] (C) A disaffected but influential Party of Regions MP told the Ambassador that an additional three million Ukrainians could lose their jobs in the next few months and that the country's leaders do not comprehend the magnitude of the economic crisis. He predicted the Party of Regions would be [...] | 2008-11-18 15:18:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI ECON UP |
08KYIV2269 | NATO MAP: UKRAINE BEGINS LOWERING EXPECTATIONS FOR [...] (C) The Presidential Secretariat has begun to de-emphasize the importance of receiving a MAP invitation at the December 2-3 NATO Foreign Ministers' meeting in Brussels. Deputy Secretariat Head Honcharuk on November 18 said failure to receive MAP in December would not be a "tragedy." MFA cont [...] | 2008-11-19 16:31:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PREL UP |
08KYIV2289 | SCENESETTER FOR ADMINISTRATOR FORE'S VISIT TO KYIV [...] (SBU) Your November 22-23 visit to Kyiv will be an important sign of continuing USG support for international recognition of the Holodomor, the Great Famine of 1932-1933, which has been a top priority for President Yushchenko. Your visit will come at a time of an unfolding economic crisis and [...] | 2008-11-20 17:05:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL UP |
08KYIV2294 | UKRAINE: FIRTASH USES CRISIS TO EXPAND INTO BANKING [...] (C) Summary. Dmitry Firtash, one of Ukraine's most wealthy and notorious oligarchs, plans to buy a controlling stake in Nadra Bank, Ukraine's seventh largest bank. The acquisition of Nadra, which will join Firtash's international holding company (Group DF) when the deal is final, would be Firtash's [...] | 2008-11-21 14:48:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
08KYIV2297 | UKRAINE: THE CRIMEAN ECONOMY, PART II - RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: Russia continues to be the largest foreign investor in Crimea, although there is disagreement over whether Russian investment is mainly commercially motivated, and hence good for development, or whether the Kremlin directs it for political purposes. Crimean authorities support Ru [...] | 2008-11-24 08:35:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PGOV RS UP |
08KYIV2305 | NEGOTIATIONS ON NEW RADA SPEAKER AT A STALEMATE [...] (C) As Ukraine nears the two-week mark since the November 12 removal of Parliament (Rada) Speaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk, negotiations over his replacement are at a stalemate, claimed Speaker contenders and other political leaders in meetings with the Ambassador. None described a clear way out of t [...] | 2008-11-24 15:15:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
08KYIV2323 | SUBJECT: UKRAINE'S MAIN EXTREMIST GROUPS [...] (U) Extremist groups in Ukraine espouse a wide range of ideologies. Groups such as the UNA-UNSO and Patriot of Ukraine are ultra nationalists while the Ukrainian National-Labor Party and the Ukrainian Movement Against Illegal Immigration have a neo-Nazi following. The group Bratsvo has an a [...] | 2008-11-26 11:52:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI UP |
08KYIV2340 | UKRAINE: DOLLAR AUCTIONS TO OFFSET FALLING HRYVNIA [...] (SBU) The hryvnia traded around 6.7/$ on the interbank market on November 26, down roughly 3 percent from the previous day and falling from 6.0/$ a week ago. On Kyiv streets, dollar bids started around 6.65/$ with offers topping 7.0/$. Speculation about a developing black market filtered into [...] | 2008-11-28 05:32:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP |
08KYIV2354 | UKRAINE'S MEDIA MONITORS DECRY CURRENT STATE OF MEDIA IN [...] Summary: At a November 20 luncheon hosted by Ambassador Taylor, ten Ukrainian media monitors and observers shared their views on the current state of media in Ukraine. Participants agreed that, despite great expectations, Ukraine's media development had been disappointingly slow in the years s [...] | 2008-12-02 05:22:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PGOV KPAI KPAO RS UP |
08KYIV2383 | AND THE BAND PLAYED ON: RADA STALEMATE CONTINUES [...] (C) On December 4 the Ukrainian parliament (Rada) voted to invite President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko to an extraordinary session on December 9 to discuss the "situation in the country." The Rada once again was unable to find consensus on a new Speaker, and voted to close the session afte [...] | 2008-12-04 15:53:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
08KYIV2412 | UKRAINE FINANCE MINISTER'S PECULIAR AVOWALS [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine's Minister of Finance Viktor Pynzenyk told the Ambassador on December 4 that a change of leadership at the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) is necessary to stabilize the country's faltering economy. Alluding to what he said was an inept inter-agency anti-crisis team, he d [...] | 2008-12-09 16:32:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
08KYIV2413 | UKRAINE "NOT YET THERE" ON 2009 BALANCED BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ministry of Finance has granted a preview of the draft 2009 budget to the IMF and World Bank. The World Bank told us the GOU foresees a 2009 budget deficit equal to 0.3 percent of GDP. After studying the draft, however, the World Bank puts the deficit at 0.8 percent of G [...] | 2008-12-09 16:49:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
08KYIV2417 | UKRAINE: PROGRESS ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT REFORM [...] Summary: Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers on November 19 issued new provisions to regulate the country's government procurement system. Experts, including from the World Bank, agree that the new provisions are an improvement after several years of GOU backsliding on procurement reform. The pro [...] | 2008-12-10 11:42:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV PGOV WTRO UP |
08KYIV2424 | LYTVYN ELECTED NEW SPEAKER, ANNOUNCES NEW [...] (C) A rumored super-majority coalition of PM Tymoshenko's BYuT and Party of Regions failed to materialize in the Ukrainian parliament as the Rada on December 9 elected Volodymyr Lytvyn as its new Speaker. Lytvyn announced that his Lytvyn bloc, BYuT, and a majority of Our Ukraine-People's Self [...] | 2008-12-10 16:43:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
08KYIV2434 | UNSTEADY UKRAINE RESPONSE WORRIES IMF TEAM [...] (C) Summary. An IMF team led by Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, in Kyiv to assess Ukrainian implementation of the Fund's $16.4 billion Stand-By Arrangement (SBA),offered mixed reviews of GOU anti-crisis efforts during her December 10 meeting with the Ambassador. Pazarbasioglu complimented Minister of [...] | 2008-12-11 15:41:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
08KYIV2440 | PARTY OF REGIONS GEARS UP TO OPPOSE NEW COALITION [...] (C) Opposition Party of Regions appears resigned to the new three faction coalition led by PM Tymoshenko's bloc, announced December 9. Regions contacts note that even if the parties are able to sign a coalition agreement, they lack a solid voting majority in the Rada. Regions MPs expressed l [...] | 2008-12-12 17:04:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
08KYIV2464 | UKRAINIAN HRYVNIA IN FREEFALL AS NBU BOTCHES POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary. A casualty of the worsening financial crisis, Ukraine's currency has lost another 12 percent of its value in recent days. Following an interim visit by the IMF to monitor GOU progress in implementing the $16.4 billion Stand-By Arrangement (SBA),the National Bank of Ukraine (N [...] | 2008-12-18 13:57:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP |
08KYIV2485 | CHERNOMYRDIN: UKRAINE MUST PAY GAS DEBTS [...] (C) Viktor Chernomyrdin, in a meeting with the Ambassador, highlighted the importance of Ukraine paying its gas debts. He stressed that Russia was unwilling to subsidize Ukraine, adding: "if you like them, help them." Chernomyrdin is convinced Ukrainian leaders, mired in power struggles, are [...] | 2008-12-19 11:35:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD PINR RU UP |
08KYIV2486 | SNAPSHOT OF THE NEW RADA COALITION [...] (C) The new Rada coalition is a small step in the right direction toward greater political stability in Ukraine. Based on discussions with coalition members, it appears the grouping is likely to continue Prime Minister Tymoshenko's broadly pro-Western policies and would be more amenable to US [...] | 2008-12-19 12:52:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
08KYIV2487 | "CYNICAL" PM BLASTS "INFLEXIBLE" UKRAINE BANK CHIEF [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko lashed out at the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on December 18, calling for the resignation of NBU Governor Volodymyr Stelmakh and lobbing stinging criticisms at NBU exchange rate policy. Although Tymoshenko has denounced the NBU chief [...] | 2008-12-19 16:31:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
08KYIV2518 | TYMOSHENKO ON THE ATTACK [...] (C) On December 19 PM Tymoshenko upped the ante in her ongoing political battle with President Yushchenko when she declared herself in open opposition to him. Accusing him of currency manipulation and other destructive activities in concert with the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU),Tymoshenko [...] | 2008-12-23 15:33:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
08KYIV2520 | CORRECTED COPY: COALITION AGREEMENT SIGNED - [...] (SBU) With the support of 37 out of 72 Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense (OU-PSD) MPs, deputy faction leader Borys Tarasyuk on December 16 signed a coalition agreement with PM Yuliya Tymoshenko's BYuT and Rada Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn's bloc. Two of President Viktor Yushchenko's closest allie [...] | 2008-12-24 08:28:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
08KYIV2532 | IMF NEGATIVE ON UKRAINE BUDGET BOMB [...] (SBU) Summary. The local IMF office has unofficially told us that the 2009 budget is "quite negative" and likened the budget's failure to reign in pension outlays to an "exploding bomb." According to the IMF, the 2009 budget is based on unrealistic macroeconomic projections and a 2.97 percent [...] | 2008-12-30 15:25:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
08KYIV2538 | UKRAINE PRESIDENT AND PM APPEAL TO IMF [...] (SBU) Summary. In an unusual display of cooperation, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko sent a joint letter (full text below) to IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn on December 30, confirming their intention to adhere to IMF conditionalities. S [...] | 2008-12-31 10:48:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
08KYIV283 | UKRAINE: RADA MANAGES TO OPEN NEW SESSION AND [...] (C) Summary. The Rada got off to a rocky start on February 5 with more blockading and fistfights, but Speaker Yatsenyuk did manage to close the old session and open the new one as required in the constitution, although the President's planned "state of the nation" address to the Rada was post [...] | 2008-02-05 11:45:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
08KYIV299 | UKRAINE: READY TO WORK WITH FINLAND AS OSCE [...] (C) Summary: Unlike their Spanish predecessors, the Finns appear ready to take on the problem of Russia in the OSCE context, judging by Finnish Foreign Minister Kanerva's January 15-16 visit to Kyiv in his capacity as OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO). Kanerva met with President Yushchenko, FM O [...] | 2008-02-07 05:45:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS OSCE RS UP |
08KYIV303 | UKRAINE: PM TYMOSHENKO MAKES THE PITCH FOR MAP AT [...] (C) Summary: PM Tymoshenko made a more convincing case for her personal commitment to Ukraine's request for a MAP at Bucharest during a February 5 meeting with visiting HFAC Europe Subcommittee Chairman Wexler (D-FL). She told Wexler that the letter requesting MAP signed by the President, PM [...] | 2008-02-07 12:56:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UP |
08KYIV34 | UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO HITS THE GROUND RUNNING [...] (C) Summary. At a time when most of Kyiv slows down for the holidays, Prime Minister Tymoshenko has pushed full-steam ahead in her first month in office to get Ukraine's financial house in order, fulfill key election promises, and get her team on the ground and working. Tymoshenko was confir [...] | 2008-01-11 12:06:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR UP |
08KYIV358 | UKRAINE: RUSSIAN ACTIONS ANSWER MEDVEDEV'S [...] (C) Summary and Comment: For many Ukrainians, Vladimir Putin's February 12 threat that membership in NATO could result in Russian missiles pointed at Ukraine answered Russian presidential candidate Dmitry Medvedev's question about Russia's neighbors posed during a January 22 campaign appearan [...] | 2008-02-15 12:55:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PREL UP |
08KYIV359 | UKRAINE: RADA COMES IN, VOTES, STALLS AGAIN [...] (C) Summary. The Rada managed to overcome political differences on February 12 to vote on social and economic issues, but then immediately sunk back into an impasse. After several Coordinating Council meetings early in the week, on the morning of February 12 leaders from BYuT and Party of Reg [...] | 2008-02-15 12:56:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
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