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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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08SANTIAGO1030 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - NOVEMBER 22-24 [...] At the APEC Summit in Lima, President Bachelet called on the private sector to forge alliances with the public sector to protect employment and prevent massive layoffs. The President will travel to Cuba in February to open the Havana International Book Fair and meet with Fidel Castro; The Chri [...] | 2008-11-24 20:05:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL EFIN CI |
08SANTIAGO1032 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - NOVEMBER 25 [...] World stock markets on the rise as a result of the bailout plan for Citigroup; Finance Minister Andres Velasco foresees that Chile will end with a fiscal surplus in 2009 despite the drop in copper prices. U.S.-related News ----------------- 2. Chileans comment on Timothy Geithner. Vitto [...] | 2008-11-25 18:10:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL EFIN CI |
08SANTIAGO1033 | CHILEAN RESPONSE ON NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-25 21:12:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NU CI |
08SANTIAGO1035 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - NOVEMBER 26 [...] Peruvian President Alan Garcia phoned President Bachelet to apologize for the remarks made by his Commander-in-Chief, noting the General is being retired. Congress approved the 2009 budget that includes a 5.7% increase in public expenses compared to 2008. A Russian fleet docked in Venezuela. [...] | 2008-11-28 10:38:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL EFIN CI |
08SANTIAGO1041 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - NOVEMBER 28 [...] At ENADE, Chile's most important annual and national business gathering, speakers concurred that one way to reactive the economy is by lowering taxes and making labor laws more flexible. Bachelet announced a bailout program for the salmon industry. Ricardo Lagos scheduled meetings with the P [...] | 2008-11-28 19:27:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
08SANTIAGO1044 | CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF NOVEMBER 24 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This continues a series of regular updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. By week's end, November 28, copper prices hit a three-year low and the exchange rate and stock market recovered some lost ground. Chile's sta [...] | 2008-12-01 10:32:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO1046 | ENERGY MINISTER TOUTS RENEWABLE ENERGY GOAL TO VISITING [...] SUMMARY: During a Nov. 10 meeting with visiting members of Congress and the Ambassador, Energy Minister Marcelo Tokman highlighted Chile's dependence on foreign energy supplies and said the country intends to work towards a goal of meeting 20% of domestic energy needs through renewable source [...] | 2008-12-01 17:26:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV PGOV TRGY CI AR |
08SANTIAGO1048 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT: NOVEMBER 29-DECEMBER 1 [...] Chile's front pages focused on the tense relations between Chile and Peru over the inflammatory remarks of Peru's Army Commander-in-Chief, which appeared on YouTube, and how the financial crisis is hurting growth in an array of sectors nationwide. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. I [...] | 2008-12-01 20:06:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
08SANTIAGO1051 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT: DECEMBER 2 [...] The front pages highlighted a Health Ministry epidemiology report that reveals the AIDS cases in Chile increased by 42% between 2006 and 2007. Separate headlines noted the government will submit a new education law to Congress today. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Experts concur [...] | 2008-12-02 18:38:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
08SANTIAGO1055 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- DECEMBER 3 [...] Chilean headlines noted that former FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt will meet with President Bachelet today. Dailies also highlighted government coalition opposition Senators expressed their willingness to discuss the education law that will go to Congress today. U.S. - Related News ------ [...] | 2008-12-03 19:14:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
08SANTIAGO1060 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- DECEMBER 4 [...] Front pages highlighted the meeting between former FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt and President Bachelet yesterday. Dailies also reported on a case of serious animal abuse and neglect at the Animal Protection Society in Santiago. U.S-Related News ---------------- 2. Photograph of Ambass [...] | 2008-12-05 11:16:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
08SANTIAGO1061 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MEEKS [...] (SBU) The Embassy looks forward to your visit to Santiago, which will be seen as supporting our shared vision of strong democratic institutions; market-based, trade-oriented economies; and solid cooperation on issues ranging from energy to education to defense. You will be arriving in Chile si [...] | 2008-12-05 12:17:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG CI |
08SANTIAGO1062 | CHILE: Progressive Political Leader Hopes for Obama-Style [...] (SBU) Summary: Claudio Orrego, the popular and recently re-elected mayor of one of the Santiago area's most diverse communities, told the Ambassador Nov. 25 that Chile is still looking for "the spirit of Obama" and needs to mobilize a new generation of voters. Orrego expressed disappointment [...] | 2008-12-05 12:57:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI CI |
08SANTIAGO1064 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- DECEMBER 5 [...] Front-page news highlighted Ricardo Lagos' announcement that he would not run as a presidential candidate for the Concertacion bloc. Dailies also noted the ceremony in Punta Arenas between Presidents Bachelet and Fernandez to commemorate Pope John Paul II's successful mediation to prevent a w [...] | 2008-12-05 20:01:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
08SANTIAGO1065 | CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF DECEMBER 1 [...] SUMMARY: This continues a series of regular updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. By week's end, December 5, copper prices hit a four-year low, the peso fell against the dollar, and the stock market was down. The indicator of mon [...] | 2008-12-09 10:41:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO1075 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - DECEMBER 7-10 [...] Chilean newspapers highlighted likely cabinet changes that will take place today. Dailies also highlighted the victory of the U.S. team in the Under 20 Women's Soccer World Cup. Headlines continue to give coverage to the impasse between Chile and Peru and Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley's [...] | 2008-12-10 15:13:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
08SANTIAGO1080 | CHILEAN DEFENSE MINISTER GONI EXPLAINS SPAT WITH [...] (C) Chilean Defense Minister Jose Goni briefed Ambassador Paul Simons December 1 on the current tensions between Chile and Peru. Goni explained he and his Peruvian counterpart had tried to defuse the controversy resulting from comments by the Peruvian Army Commander-in-Chief. President Garcia [...] | 2008-12-10 22:00:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PBTS PGOV PREL CI PE |
08SANTIAGO1083 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- DECEMBER 12 [...] Dailies highlighted the fining of Chile's three major pharmaceutical drugstore chains for conspiring to overcharge consumers. Dailies also highlighted the cabinet changes and Jose Miguel Insulza's likely presidential candidacy. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The Santiago Appeals [...] | 2008-12-11 17:15:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
08SANTIAGO1087 | CHILEAN ENERGY MINISTER TOKMAN OUTLINES SOLAR [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Energy Minister Marcelo Tokman reviewed Chile's progress in moving ahead on renewable energy projects. Recognizing the difficulty of launching any commercial-sized solar generation project without government incentive, Tokman indicat [...] | 2008-12-11 20:09:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP KGHG SENV TRGY CI ECON PGOV |
08SANTIAGO1092 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - DECEMBER 12 [...] Headlines report that the Ministry of Health has been unable to notify 512 public hospital patients who tested positive for HIV. Dailies continued to highlight the suit filed by the Economic Prosecutor against the three largest pharmaceutical chains for conspiring to overcharge consumers. L [...] | 2008-12-12 18:32:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
08SANTIAGO1094 | CHILE'S PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS JOCKEY FOR POSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Ricardo Lagos's recent announcement that he will not be running for president for the ruling center-left Concertacion coalition has shifted the scenario for presidential hopefuls. While the Christian Democrats (DC) and the Radical Social Democrats (PRSD) have their candidates [...] | 2008-12-12 18:49:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO1096 | Chile's New Action Plan on Climate Change [...] (SBU) Summary: President Michelle Bachelet announced December 4th a National Action Plan on Climate Change, the culmination of a three-year process conducted by the National Commission for the Environment (CONAMA). The plan is divided into three categories: adapting to the effects of climate c [...] | 2008-12-15 12:21:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV ENRG PGOV CI TRGY |
08SANTIAGO1098 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- DECEMBER 13-15 [...] All dailies highlighted the Christian Democrats (DC) proclaiming Eduardo Frei as their presidential candidate as well as the UDI endorsement of Sebastian Piera as the Alianza candidate in the 2009 electoral race. Other headlines highlighted concerns over the effect of declining copper prices [...] | 2008-12-15 19:07:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
08SANTIAGO1099 | CHILE'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE: PINERA AND FREI [...] (U) Business tycoon Sebastian Pinera emerged as the sole presidential candidate of Chile's center-right Alianza coalition after winning the endorsement of the conservative Democratic Union (UDI) party on December 12. Former Christian Democrat party leader Soledad Alvear movingly endorsed form [...] | 2008-12-15 19:21:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON CL |
08SANTIAGO1101 | INSULZA WON'T RESIGN FROM OAS UNTIL MID-JANUARY [...] (C) Although confident that OAS SecGen Insulza will run for president of Chile, key Insulza confidante Enrique Correa told the Ambassador December 15 Insulza will not likely resign his OAS post before January 26 and only then because he has to inscribe himself by that date in the Concertacion [...] | 2008-12-16 14:17:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO1103 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - DECEMBER 16 [...] All dailies highlighted Claudia Serrano's appointment as the new Labor Minister. Dailies also highlighted the Comptroller's warning over the continuous use of emergency funding to finance the Transantiago public transport system. U.S.-Related News ----------------- Â [...] | 2008-12-16 16:42:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
08SANTIAGO1105 | RELOCATING DEA PERSONNEL FROM BOLIVIA: CHILE [...] (C) The Ambassador used a December 16 meeting of visiting CODEL Meeks to raise with Interior Minister (and Acting President) Edmundo Perez Yoma ref A demarche. The Ambassador - as well as Representatives Meeks (D-NY) and Hinojosa (D-TX) - noted to Perez Yoma the increased risk of narcotics flo [...] | 2008-12-16 19:47:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR AR BO BR CI PA |
08SANTIAGO1110 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - DECEMBER 17 [...] Dailies highlighted Raul Castro's participation at the Latin American and Caribbean Summit in Brazil. Also highlighted was the drop in the price of gasoline. U.S.-Related Stories -------------------- 2. Chilean and U.S. delegations discussed the results of the FTA, in effect since Janua [...] | 2008-12-17 18:45:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
08SANTIAGO1114 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - DECEMBER 18 [...] Dailies highlighted the drop in the price of oil, which is likely to generate a significant drop in electricity bills and other utilities. Dailies also highlighted a photograph taken of President Bachelet during an early morning swim in Brazil, where she was attending a regional conference; t [...] | 2008-12-18 17:34:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
08SANTIAGO1117 | CODEL MEEKS: PRAISE FOR "CHILEAN WAY;" EXCELLENT [...] (SBU) Visiting CODEL Meeks emphasized to Acting President Perez Yoma that Chile's success in reducing poverty, establishing democratic institutions, and committing to open trade policies was much appreciated in the U.S., and that its policy choices are worthy of emulation. Chairman Meeks was c [...] | 2008-12-18 19:46:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PGOV PREF CI |
08SANTIAGO1123 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - DECEMBER 19 [...] Dailies highlighted that state-owned copper mine Codelco is studying the possible merger of its Andina mine with privately-owned Los Bronces (Anglo American). The merger would create the largest copper mine in the world. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The fall in the price of co [...] | 2008-12-19 18:09:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
08SANTIAGO1124 | CODEL MEEKS HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF U.S.-CHILE FTA WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives Meeks, Ryan, and Hinojosa underlined the success of the U.S. - Chile Free Trade Agreement to Chile's de facto trade minister. DG Furche echoed their assessment, noting the positive impact of the FTA on Chile. He cited many signs of the benefits of free trade to [...] | 2008-12-19 18:34:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO1126 | REGIONAL MEETINGS IN BRAZIL: CHILE'S FM WORRIED [...] (C) In a short one-on-one conversation with the Ambassador on December 19, Foreign Minister Foxley noted that he was troubled by the mood at the December 17 Latin American/Caribbean summit meetings in Brazil. Presidents Calderon and Lula, he suggested, were genuinely serious about replacing [...] | 2008-12-19 19:44:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV XM XL XS |
08SANTIAGO1127 | CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR DECEMBER 8-19 [...] SUMMARY: This continues a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. Between December 8 and 19, copper prices hit a new four-year low, the peso rose modestly against the dollar, and the stock market was up slightly. Copper e [...] | 2008-12-22 10:45:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO1132 | SEGPRES MINISTER: WELCOME OBAMA, POSTPONE SUMMIT [...] (C) A key Bachelet minister says President-elect Obama has a unique opportunity to positively influence U.S.- Latin relations, with expectations in the region for change very high. The new administration's policy towards Cuba will be telling, more so than how the U.S. deals with Venezuela. Ho [...] | 2008-12-22 19:50:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO1134 | MEDIA REACTION - CUBA AND LATAM; SANTIAGO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-22 20:10:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PHUM PGOV CI |
08SANTIAGO1136 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - DECEMBER 20-22 [...] All dailies highlighted Wal-Mart's offer to purchase Chile's largest supermarket chain, D&S. Also highlighted was Mahmud Aleuy's appointment as Under Secretary for National Development. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Wal-Mart, the world's largest retail company, will launch a bid [...] | 2008-12-23 14:48:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
08SANTIAGO1138 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - DECEMBER 23 [...] All dailies carry reports on the results of the national PSU college admissions tests, which show an enormous gap between private and public schools. Dailies also continue to highlight Wal-Mart's offer to purchase Chile's largest supermarket chain, D&S. U.S. - Related Stories ------------- [...] | 2008-12-23 17:37:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
08SANTIAGO1139 | CHILE'S TRANSANTIAGO: SEARCHING FOR CONSENSUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Transportation Minister Rene Cortazar December 17 to request an update on Transantiago. Cortazar explained the latest improvements in the capital city's public transportation system. The GOC is working with the Congress to reach an agreement on funding T [...] | 2008-12-23 19:04:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELTN ETRD EINV PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO1140 | CHILE: INFORMATION ON PLANS TO PURSUE NUCLEAR ENERGY FOR [...] (U) The following is a response to STATE 127423. This is Post's report on in-country developments regarding civil nuclear energy, as requested by the Civil Nuclear Energy Working Group of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee of the International Trade Administration in the U.S., Departme [...] | 2008-12-23 19:43:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG KNNP SENV TRGY PGOV CI |
08SANTIAGO1143 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - DECEMBER 24 [...] The president of the Chilean Association of Municipalities issued a statement harshly critical of the Education Law, characterizing it as an impediment to improving education, primarily because of its rigid labor provisions. Relatedly, dailies highlighted the results of the recent national PS [...] | 2008-12-24 15:59:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
08SANTIAGO1144 | CHILE'S NEW MINISTER OF LABOR HITS THE GROUND RUNNING [...] Summary: Maintaining political equilibrium in her cabinet, President Bachelet chose Claudia Serrano, a Socialist (PS) from the "New Left" faction, as Chile's new Labor Minister. Former Minister Osvaldo Andrade stepped down on December 10 to pursue a parliamentary position in next year's elec [...] | 2008-12-24 16:15:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB SOCI ECON CI |
08SANTIAGO1147 | CHILEAN: ENERGY HIGHLIGHTS FOR NOVEMBER-DECEMBER [...] Summary: This cable provides updates on developments in the Chilean energy sector. Energy Minister Tokman announced the national energy crisis has ended. A hydroelectric project planned for the Patagonia region has stopped operations while HydroAysen, the energy company overseeing the projec [...] | 2008-12-24 16:34:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG KNNP SENV TRGY PGOV CI |
08SANTIAGO1149 | EIGHTEEN YEARS LATER, PINOCHET-ERA HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although General Augusto Pinochet stepped down as President in 1990 and died two years ago, Chile continues to struggle with his legacy. Successive Concertacion governments were cautious about launching investigations into abuses committed under Pinochet's rule, and Chile's j [...] | 2008-12-24 16:34:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV XR |
08SANTIAGO1150 | CHILE: LOOKING TO THE U.S. FOR INSPIRATION ON POLITICAL [...] Summary: Young Chileans have long complained about uninspiring political leaders, weakening political parties, and the overall lack of renewal in local politics. A glance at Chile's presidential candidates and other political leaders shows that, for the most part, individuals who emerged as [...] | 2008-12-24 16:48:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO1151 | CHILE'S LABOR CHALLENGES: COMBATING UNEMPLOYMENT, [...] SUMMARY: Chile's new Labor Minister, Claudia Serrano, faces pressing challenges in creating--or at least maintaining--jobs despite the economic slowdown, resolving a public policy dispute about Sunday and holiday pay, and implementing ambitious reforms to Chile's pension system. The private [...] | 2008-12-24 17:09:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB SOCI ECON CI |
08SANTIAGO118 | NEW INTERIOR MINISTER SEEKS HELP ON INDIGENOUS [...] (S) Interior Minister Perez Yoma told the Ambassador February 6 that he is concerned about the potential radicalization of Chile's indigenous population, including funding from foreign terrorist groups and/or Venezuela. The GOC would like to draw on U.S. experience in addressing indigenous issues. [...] | 2008-02-07 11:07:00 | Embassy Santiago | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL PTER SOCI CI |
08SANTIAGO124 | LOOMING ENERGY CRISIS IN CHILE; GOC LOOKING TO U.S. FOR HELP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-07 21:03:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD ENRG PREL PGOV CI |
08SANTIAGO165 | MEDIA REPORT: FIDEL CASTRO [...] Summary: Santiago dailies on February 20 ran extensive coverage of Fidel Castro's resignation. Dailies quoted President Bush calling for a democratic transition in Cuba and Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte's remarks that the U.S. would not lift the embargo. Newspaper-of-record "El M [...] | 2008-02-20 20:25:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PHUM PGOV CI |
08SANTIAGO167 | CHILE: POST RECOMMENDS CHILE REMAIN ON PRIORITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends Chile remain on the Special 301 Priority Watch List (PWL) in 2008. In January 2007, Chile was placed on the PWL following an Out-of-Cycle Review (OCR) and it remained there for all of 2007. The GOC does not like being on the PWL, and the stick has provided moti [...] | 2008-02-21 15:13:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD PREL PGOV CI |
08SANTIAGO188 | U.S. POSITION FOR CHANGE IN CUBA: CHILE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-27 16:42:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CU CI |
08SANTIAGO20 | MEDIA REACTION: AMBASSADOR SIMONS' PRESENTATION OF [...] Summary: Ambassador Simons highlighted the solid U.S.-Chile relationship during a press conference at the Embassy following his presentation of credentials to President Bachelet at La Moneda Palace on January 8. Chilean media on January 9 highlighted the Ambassador's remarks in headlines such [...] | 2008-01-09 21:39:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV KIPR ECON CI |
08SANTIAGO216 | MEDIA REACTION: CHILE ON COLOMBIA-ECUADOR CONFLICT [...] Summary: Chile's media has given prominent coverage to Foreign Minister Foxley's comments and efforts to find a peaceful solution to the Colombia-Ecuador conflict. While he echoed President Bachelet's emphasis on the sanctity of respecting borders, Foxley also condemned terrorism and guerrill [...] | 2008-03-07 11:23:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL PTER VE CI |
08SANTIAGO217 | MEDIA REACTION -- COLOMBIA-ECUADOR CONFLICT [...] Summary: Chilean dailies on March 7 continued with their extensive coverage of the crisis between Colombia and Ecuador. On-line "El Mostrador" announced Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit to Chile and Brazil, quoting spokesman Tom Casey that she would address the crisis in all her me [...] | 2008-03-07 16:58:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL PTER VE CI |
08SANTIAGO221 | CHILE'S SPOKESMAN PREFERS URIBE TO CHAVEZ [...] (C) Summary. Government spokesman Vidal told the Ambassador the GOC considered Uribe an ally, and an alternative to Chavez in South America. This friendship made the current Colombia/Ecuador conflict "complicated" for the GOC given Chile's historical respect for the inviolability of settled [...] | 2008-03-07 20:06:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON ECPS CO VE EC CI |
08SANTIAGO249 | CHILE'S "NEXT PRESIDENT" WILL PROPOSE A "NEW [...] (C) Billionaire businessman and all-but-certain 2009 opposition presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera told the Ambassador that the center-right - led by him - has a "wonderful opportunity" to win the 2009 presidential elections, given the "incompetence and corruption" besetting the governing Conc [...] | 2008-03-17 14:08:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO263 | PROMINENT OPPOSITION SENATOR PREDICTS A CROWDED [...] (C) Senator Hernan Larrian of the UDI, the more doctrinaire of Chile's two center-right parties, told the Ambassador that the opposition to the right of the governing Concertacion center-left coalition could field up to four candidates in the 2009 presidential campaign, including two nascent c [...] | 2008-03-19 17:21:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO271 | TWO TIME PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LAVIN LIKELY TO [...] (C) Joaquin Lavin, who narrowly lost the 1999 second round presidential election (to Ricardo Lagos),and then was bested again in the 2005 first round (by fellow Aliancista Sebastian Pinera and eventual winner Michelle Bachelet),told the Ambassador he will not run in 2009, clearing the path fo [...] | 2008-03-25 18:39:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO28 | AMBASSADOR REVIEWS ECONOMIC THEMES WITH NOBEL PRIZE WINNER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted Dr. Robert Solow -- 1987 Economics Nobel Prize winner -- and Central Bank President Jose De Gregorio at the residence on January 8 to discuss economic issues in Chile. The conversation focused largely on the distinctive elements that make Chile and its econ [...] | 2008-01-11 11:28:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV CI |
08SANTIAGO293 | CAN SHE DUCK THE LAME TAG?: BACHELET AT MIDPOINT [...] (C) President Michelle Bachelet marked the halfway point in her four year term on March 11, a milestone perhaps become millstone, an anniversary freighted with the weight of unmet expectations. Bachelet swept into office two years ago, Chile's first female president, promising a new style of polit [...] | 2008-04-02 20:14:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV PINR PREL SOCI CI |
08SANTIAGO313 | AMBASSADOR PROMOTES ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION AND [...] Promoting U.S.- Chile environmental cooperation was the primary focus of Ambassador Simons, visit to Chile's 12th and Southernmost region -- Magallanes -- March 27-31, 2008. Principal areas of interest were the Yosemite-Torres del Paine Sister Parks Agreement, the Wildlife Conservation Societ [...] | 2008-04-08 21:29:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PGOV SENV CI |
08SANTIAGO323 | AMBASSADOR SWING'S VISIT TO CHILE IN SUPPORT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador William Swing visited Santiago April 1 to seek GOC support for his candidacy for Director General (DG) of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). He met with Minister of Interior Perez Yoma, senior officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the local I [...] | 2008-04-10 16:38:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREF PREL PGOV IO PHUM CI |
08SANTIAGO33 | BIOS ON NEW CHILEAN CABINET MEMBERS [...] (SBU) Following is biographic information on the six new members of President Bachelet's cabinet, who were announced and sworn in January 8, 2008, as part of Bachelet's third cabinet shuffle (reftel). This message also includes biographic information on Francisco Vidal, who replaced Ricardo L [...] | 2008-01-11 19:51:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR CI |
08SANTIAGO370 | ECONOMIC GROWTH AND SOCIAL AGENDA TO BE TWIN [...] (C) Bachelet's domestic policy advisor told the Ambassador April 16 that the Bachelet adminstration in its last two years will focus on maintaining economic growth and completing its social agenda. Principal challenges to the latter will be in implementation of pension and education reform, e [...] | 2008-04-21 21:27:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CI |
08SANTIAGO380 | KOSOVO RECOGNITION: CHILE REMAINS ON FENCE [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by E/Pol Counselor, took advantage of a previously scheduled April 24 courtesy call on Deputy Foreign Minister Alberto Van Klaveren (septel) to raise reftel points. The Ambassador noted that the situation on the ground has stabilized considerably, that Serbian cult [...] | 2008-04-25 19:00:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO KV SR UNMIK CI |
08SANTIAGO388 | DEPUTY FM TELLS AMBASSADOR CHILE'S RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Van Klaveren praised solid Chile-U.S. relations, agreeing that cooperation on education, particularly, is pushing the bilateral partnership to new levels. While Chile's relations with the "major powers" (U.S., EU) are on an even keel, its ties with its immediate ne [...] | 2008-04-28 20:59:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO394 | SANTIAGO'S REGIONAL LEADERS DISCUSS METROPOLITAN CHALLENGES [...] (U) Summary: In meetings with the Ambassador on April 2 and 3, respectively, the Mayor of Santiago listed public education as the biggest priority for his municipality, while the Intendant of the Metropolitan Region focused on public transportation (Transantiago),traffic congestion and public [...] | 2008-04-29 21:05:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO453 | SOUTHERN CONE COM CONFERENCE REVIEWS NEXT STEPS TO [...] (C) Southern Cone COMs, meeting in Santiago April 25-26, and joined by ranking SOUTHCOM, WHA, and OES representatives discussed a wide range of regional issues, including security, economic and envionmental challenges, as well as reviewed consular, immigration and public diplomacy best practi [...] | 2008-05-16 15:45:00 | Embassy Santiago | SECRET | ECON EINV ENRG FARC IR MARR PGOV PREL PTER |
08SANTIAGO454 | SOUTHERN CONE COM CONFERENCE SHARE BEST PRACTICES [...] (U) Southern Cone COM's met in Santiago April 25-26, where they shared information on environmental ("green building"),public diplomacy, and consular best practices in the region. They also heard from OES on its priorities, including on climate change and biofuels. A DVC with Customs and Bord [...] | 2008-05-16 15:45:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ABLD AMGT CASC CMGT CVIS PGOV PREL SCUL SENV |
08SANTIAGO480 | BACHELET'S STATE OF THE UNION: EDUCATION AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: President Bachelet gave her third State of the Union address and announced increased social spending of USD 222 million. Highlights of her lengthy address include announcements on education, science and technology, labor, political and electoral reform, and Chile's internationa [...] | 2008-05-23 20:53:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI ELAB CI |
08SANTIAGO512 | CHILE'S POLICE CHIEF DIES IN HELICOPTER CRASH IN PANAMA [...] (U) Summary: Chile's police chief, Director General Jose Bernales, his wife and some members of his delegation, died on May 29, when their helicopter crashed into a three-story building in Panama City. General Bernales and his delegation were attending a United Nations-sponsored conference on [...] | 2008-05-30 20:57:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV PM CI |
08SANTIAGO560 | MEDIA REACTION - BACHELET VISIT TO CALIFORNIA [...] SUMMARY: Most Chilean dailies highlighted the warm personal interaction between the President and Governor Schwarzenneger. El Mercurio and La Tercera featured the Governor's praise, that Bachelet's life reads like a Hollywood movie script: She's a doctor, surgeon, pediatrician, first woman [...] | 2008-06-13 19:34:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KPAO PREL KMDR PGOV OVIP CI |
08SANTIAGO561 | NUMBER TWO DEFENSE OFFICIAL ON BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: Chilean number two Defense official Gonzalo Garcia expressed considerable praise for the concrete advances in bilateral defense relations over the past three years in conversations with poloff during the Defense Consultative Committee (DCC) meeting in Santiago on June 11-12. Garc [...] | 2008-06-13 19:35:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV CI |
08SANTIAGO581 | CONCERTACION DECISION TO RUN TWO LISTS FOR UPCOMING [...] Summary: Concertacion coalition parties announced on June 5 that they will run two lists of candidates in October's municipal elections, the first time since winning power in 1990 that the Concertacion is running a split ticket. The two larger parties - Socialists and Christian Democrats - wi [...] | 2008-06-19 19:40:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CI |
08SANTIAGO583 | SMORGASBORD: NUMBER THREE AT MFA ON P5 AND IRAN, [...] (C) Chile shares international concern over Iran's nuclear program, agrees the P5 1 package of incentives is generous, and recognizes continued Iranian isolation is the logical outcome should it refuse the package. Chile is prepared to offer the new administration in Asuncion technical assista [...] | 2008-06-19 20:39:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO60 | CHILEAN SENATE PASSES RESOLUTION CRITICIZING [...] (C) On January 17, Foreign Ministry North American Affairs Desk Officer Francisco del Campo called Poloff to the Foreign Ministry to convey the Chilean Senate's concern about the reported establishment of a "wall" along the U.S.-Mexico border, as expressed in a non-binding resolution passed by [...] | 2008-01-22 14:35:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CI MX |
08SANTIAGO633 | KOSOVO RECOGNITION: NO CHANGE IN CHILE POSITION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-03 20:26:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO654 | INSULZA OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ELECTORAL PROSPECTS [...] (U) OAS General Secretary Jose Miguel Insulza spoke briefly with the Ambassador at the latter's July 10 reception for the OAS Sustainable Energy Conference. The conversation, which focused on Insulza's electoral prospects, took place in the context of a poll released earlier that day showing [...] | 2008-07-14 15:22:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV CI |
08SANTIAGO665 | CHILEAN DEFENSE MINISTER ON SOUTH AMERICAN DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a July 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Jose Goni explained that the proposed South American Defense Council will not/not be a military alliance and instead will promote defense coordination, exchanges, and transparency. Chile's recently signed defense ag [...] | 2008-07-17 18:29:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PREL CI BL VE |
08SANTIAGO671 | U.S., CHILE AGREE TO COORDINATE CLOSELY ON 2009 [...] (C) Chile will support efforts to focus the 2009 Summit of the Americas on themes of energy security, environmental sustainability, and human prosperity and use its experience in multilateral fora to help further a positive outcome. USG National Summit Coordinator USOAS PermRep Ambassador Mora [...] | 2008-07-18 14:25:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | IO PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO688 | CHILE SUPPORTS COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT IN FARC [...] (C) E/Pol Counselor, accompanied by E/Pol Officer, delivered reftel demarche points to Carlos Charme, Deputy Director of the MFA's Office for South American Affairs. Charme was joined by Enrique Barriga, Desk Officer for Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela. E/Pol Counselor stressed that it is c [...] | 2008-07-25 21:16:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER SNAR PGOV PREL CI CO BR NU |
08SANTIAGO715 | CHILEAN CONGRESS WELL-INFORMED ON ENERGY ISSUES, [...] SUMMARY. Chile's Senate Energy Committee has a solid grasp of Chile's energy challenge and an eagerness for further cooperation with the U.S. on energy issues. Members told the Ambassador July 30 Chile must become more energy independent, and proposed a variety of options--from energy conse [...] | 2008-08-04 20:44:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV CI |
08SANTIAGO716 | CHILEAN CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS OPINE ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bachelet administration has failed to address income inequality, outspoken Senate President Adolfo Zaldivar told the Ambassador July 30. Zaldivar also hinted at his own presidential ambitions. In a separate meeting, Chamber of Deputies Acting President Guillermo Ceroni sa [...] | 2008-08-04 20:46:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CI |
08SANTIAGO735 | CHILE'S MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: CENTER-LEFT PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary. Pepe Auth, President of the center-left Party for Democracy (PPD),recently told the Ambassador that the PPD's growing strength and an outdated formula for dividing city council seats among Concertacion candidates led his party to join with the Social Radicals (PRSD) in presen [...] | 2008-08-12 14:41:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CI |
08SANTIAGO767 | WHAT WE GOT HERE IS A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE: [...] (SBU) Photos of burned out farms and menacing masked gunmen, as well as strings of editorials bemoaning the GOC's failure to resolve the "Mapuche conflict," signal the recent return to the headlines of Chile's long-simmering "indigenous issue." Unlike in neighboring Peru and Bolivia, Chile's [...] | 2008-08-22 20:50:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PTER SCUL SOCI CI |
08SANTIAGO77 | CHILEAN REACTION TO PERU'S SUBMISSION TO THE HAGUE [...] (C) Summary: The Chilean government categorically rejects Peru's maritime claim and has vowed to use all available legal resources to defeat it. In public, the GOC is taking the moral high ground: it has expressed its "profound regret" at Peru's decision and pledged continued cooperation with [...] | 2008-01-25 17:03:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CI PE |
08SANTIAGO792 | OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENERGY ENGAGEMENT: A/S SULLIVAN MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 22, EEB A/S Sullivan and Minister Tokman discussed Chile's progress on energy issues since their December 2007 meeting. Tokman commented favorably on U.S.-Chile cooperation on energy issues and focused on Chile-California activities, the domestic nuclear debate, Chile [...] | 2008-09-02 11:57:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV BTIO OEXC PGOV CI |
08SANTIAGO812 | CHILE'S TRANSANTIAGO: IN STORMY WATERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Treasury A/S Lowery, DAS O'Neill, and Ambassador Simons received a readout on Transantiago from Transportation Minister Cortazar and Finance Minister Velasco September 1. The public transport system is a thorn in the side of the Bachelet Administration, and its woes have increa [...] | 2008-09-05 21:01:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP EAID ECON EFIN EINV ELTN PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO813 | FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD GOVERNOR KROSZNER A HIT IN CHILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Federal Reserve Board Governor Randall Kroszner presented the keynote address at a Central Bank-hosted conference for representatives of the banking and financial sector in Santiago on August 29. In his first visit to Chile, Kroszner also met with influential business entreprene [...] | 2008-09-05 21:01:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL OVIP CI |
08SANTIAGO816 | TREASURY A/S LOWERY AND CHILEAN MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Treasury A/S Lowery and Minister of Public Works Sergio Bitar agreed, September 1, to a joint-effort on helping countries throughout Latin American and the Caribbean build infrastructure. A/S Lowery proposed an Infrastructure Finance Expert Corps that would draw from U.S. and C [...] | 2008-09-09 12:51:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP EAID ECON EFIN EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO818 | A SHIFT IN CHILE'S THINKING ON BANK SECRECY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Treasury A/S Lowery, DAS O'Neill, and Ambassador Simons met with Finance Minister Velasco and Special Envoy to the OECD Karen Poniachik, in separate meetings, September 1. A/S Lowery explained the U.S. could not consider a double taxation treaty without a change in Chile's bank [...] | 2008-09-10 17:55:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP ECON EFIN EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO82 | NEW INTERPOL INTERIM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PRESIDENT [...] (U) The head of Chile's investigative police (Policia de Investigaciones de Chile - PICH),Arturo Herrera Verdugo, was January 22 named to Interim President of Interpol's Executive Committee, in the wake of the resignation of South African Jackie Selbi, who faces corruption charges. According [...] | 2008-01-25 20:05:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | FBI KCRM PGOV PINR PREL PTER SNAR |
08SANTIAGO838 | CONCERTED EFFORT TO CURB VIOLENCE ON 1973 COUP ANNIVERSARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 35th anniversary of the September 11 military coup was marked with violence, but less than in previous years. Interior Minister Perez Yoma told the Ambassador that the police, using intelligence and preventive measures, had done a good job minimizing protests, particularly i [...] | 2008-09-15 20:42:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON CI |
08SANTIAGO839 | CONCERTED EFFORT TO CURB VIOLENCE ON 1973 COUP ANNIVERSARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 35th anniversary of the September 11 military coup was marked with violence, but less than in previous years. Interior Minister Perez Yoma told the Ambassador that the police, using intelligence and preventive measures, had done a good job minimizing protests, particularly i [...] | 2008-09-15 20:49:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON CI |
08SANTIAGO840 | CHILEANS LAMENT EXPULSION OF U.S. AMBASSADORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met separately with Interior Minister Perez Yoma and Foreign Minister Foxley and briefly discussed the expulsions of Ambassadors Duddy and Goldberg from Venezuela and Bolivia. Both Chilean Ministers expressed surprise and disappointment with the developments. Pe [...] | 2008-09-16 11:33:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BL VE CI |
08SANTIAGO851 | UNASUR LEADERS TO SUPPORT DIALOGUE IN BOLIVIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UNASUR Summit concluded with a commitment from leaders to facilitate dialogue through a UNASUR commission in Bolivia. The leaders also agreed to send a team to investigative the deaths and disappearances in Pando Department and provide (undefined) experts to assist and suppo [...] | 2008-09-17 17:53:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON VE BL CI |
08SANTIAGO852 | UNASUR'S ROAD AHEAD AFTER EMERGENCY BOLIVIA [...] (C) Summary. A senior Chilean diplomat characterized UNASUR's meeting this week to deal with the crisis in Bolivia as an important early victory for the new organization and for its President Pro-Tempore, Chile. According to MFA Planning Subdirector Patricio Pradel, UNASUR is still defining [...] | 2008-09-17 20:35:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI MARR BL CI |
08SANTIAGO853 | CHILEANS GENERALLY UPBEAT ON UNASUR OUTCOME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Political commentators we consulted over the past two days tended to view the emergency UNASUR meeting as a positive development, particularly the nudging of Bolivia toward a political dialogue. They regard the UNASUR consensus as a Chilean foreign policy success for having tam [...] | 2008-09-18 16:55:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON VE BL CI |
08SANTIAGO856 | CONTROVERSY OVER FARC CONNECTIONS IN CHILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bachelet administration has come under fire from the opposition for not taking action on information provided by the Colombian government in May that identified contacts between Chilean sympathizers and Colombia FARC rebels. The evidence surfaced from emails found on the co [...] | 2008-09-22 18:05:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL SNAR PHUM CO CI |
08SANTIAGO879 | AMBASSADOR VISITS THE GATEWAY TO PATAGONIA [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador traveled to the southern XI region of Aysen on September 26 to meet with local officials and highlight a recent U.S. Trade Development Agency (TDA) grant intended to help expand and modernize the region's principal airport. The Balmaceda Airport, located near the Aysen [...] | 2008-10-01 14:32:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV CI |
08SANTIAGO891 | CHILE'S UNASUR DESIGNEE ON BOLIVIA CRISIS PROVIDES [...] (C) According to Chile,s UNASUR representative Juan Gabriel Valdes, UNASUR's role in helping resolve Bolivia's political crisis remains unclear, although it appears Morales wants UNASUR present and prepared to intervene should tensions escalate. Talks in Bolivia are focused on two technical a [...] | 2008-10-03 17:59:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO893 | CHILE: OPPOSITION LEADER LOOKS FOR INCREMENTAL [...] (C) Summary: Senator Andres Allamand, a founding member of the National Renewal (RN) center-right political party, told Ambassador the opposition hopes to improve its performance in municipal elections on October 29, but an outright victory is out of reach. Instead, the opposition Alianza c [...] | 2008-10-06 14:15:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CI CO XM |
08SANTIAGO901 | CHILEAN RIGHT WING STILL LUKEWARM ON PINERA IN [...] (C) The doctrinaire wing of the center-right Alianza remains undecided as to whether it will give its support in 2009 to the presidential ambition of the opposition coalition's front-running but more moderate Sebastian Pinera. The results of the October 2008 municipal elections, as well as wh [...] | 2008-10-07 21:35:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IDB PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO906 | LATIN AMERICAN ARC OF PACIFIC COUNTRIES AFFIRM [...] (U) The Fourth Ministerial of the Latin American Arc of the Pacific concluded October 3 with a reaffirmation that Arc countries should strengthen ties with Asian counterparts on the other side of the Pacific, so as to diversify opportunity and reduce risk "such as that represented by the curren [...] | 2008-10-09 12:42:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO907 | CHILE LIKELY TO SUPPORT KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT [...] (C) E/Pol Counselor October 7 delivered reftel demarche to Eduardo Schott, the MFA's Deputy Director for European Affairs. Noting that the Embassy had repeatedly urged Chile to recognize Kosovo (ref B),E/Pol Counselor argued that even if Chile would not yet take that step, it should recognize [...] | 2008-10-09 14:11:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV UNGA KV CI |
08SANTIAGO909 | CHILE'S ECONOMY: STRONG BUT BEGINNING TO FEEL THE IMPACT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chile's economic fundamentals remain strong, but economic growth will likely slow, negatively impacted by declining trade and investment, relatively high inflation, falling commodity prices, especially copper, and tightening liquidity. The peso's fall against the dollar, low fo [...] | 2008-10-10 11:54:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO912 | UNASUR COMMISSION HEAD SAYS LAST ROUND OF [...] (C) Juan Gabriel Valdes, the head of the UNASUR commission to Bolivia told the Ambassador October 9 that the last round of meetings in Cochabamba had "for the short term" created a space to continue dialogue and prevented violence. While there was no accord, the government seemed committed to [...] | 2008-10-10 19:51:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CI BL |
08SANTIAGO915 | UPDATE ON CHILE'S ECONOMY: OCTOBER 10 SEES CONTINUED FALL [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is the second in a series of reports on major developments in Chile's economy in the face of recent, global financial turmoil. On Friday, October 10, there were continued declines in the price of copper, Chile's exchange rate, and the stock market. Chile's private pension f [...] | 2008-10-14 16:59:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO919 | UPDATE ON CHILE'S ECONOMY: MARKETS RECOVER ON OCTOBER 13 [...] SUMMARY: This is the third in a series of reports on major developments in Chile's economy in the face of recent, global financial turmoil. On Monday, October 13, there was rebound in copper, the exchange rate, and the Chilean stock market, following the trend of international markets. Small [...] | 2008-10-14 20:13:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO921 | UPDATE ON CHILE'S ECONOMY: OCTOBER 14 MARKED BY [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is another in a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy in the face of global financial turmoil. On October 13, the GOC held an all-political party, unity summit on the state of the economy. On October 14, there were further gains in copper prices, the ex [...] | 2008-10-15 15:34:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO922 | A CONFIDENT BACHELET - AND CHILE - RIDING OUT THE [...] (C) Bachelet's top domestic affairs advisor told the Ambassador October 14 that "rainy day" policies implemented by the President had positioned Chile well to weather the current global financial downturn. Bachelet's standing with the Chilean public had also been enhanced by her good showing [...] | 2008-10-15 15:48:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO923 | UPDATE ON CHILE'S ECONOMY: OCTOBER 15 MARKETS SLIDE BACK [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is another in a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy in the face of global financial turmoil. On October 15 copper prices fell and Chile's state-owned copper company projected lower profits. There were also decreases in the exchange rate and the Chilea [...] | 2008-10-16 10:52:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO927 | UPDATE ON CHILE'S ECONOMY: OCTOBER 16 SEES MIXED DAY IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is another in a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy in the face of global financial turmoil. On October 16 copper prices and the stock market fell, but the exchange rate appreciated. Finance Minister Andres Velasco said in an interview that the Chilea [...] | 2008-10-17 10:38:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO929 | UPDATE ON CHILE'S ECONOMY: ANOTHER MIXED DAY FOR MARKETS [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is another in a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy in the face of global financial turmoil. On October 17 copper prices fell further, the exchange rate appreciated slightly again, and the stock market moved up as well. A Chilean private pension fund [...] | 2008-10-20 10:42:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO93 | AMBASSADOR HOSTS JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE WITH RELATIVE OF [...] Summary: Ambassador Paul Simons held a joint conference at the Embassy on January 29 with Olga Weisfeiler, sister of Boris Weisfeiler, the U.S. citizen who disappeared in southern Chile in 1985 during the military regime. Chilean dailies and the Associated Press highlighted Ms. Weisfeiler's [...] | 2008-01-30 19:43:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KPAO PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO931 | ECONOMIC WOES AT CHILE'S NORTHERN BORDER [...] SUMMARY: Arica, Chile's northernmost city, faces multiple economic challenges, including the 2000 kilometers that separate it from Santiago and competition from cheaper Peru, which is just a short drive north. This city, once part of Peru, has the highest unemployment rate in Chile and pove [...] | 2008-10-20 15:47:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND PGOV ELAB SOCI EWWT EAGR EFIS CI PE BL |
08SANTIAGO932 | IMPACT OF OLYMPICS ON VIEWS TOWARD CHINA [...] (SBU) This cable transmits Santiago's responses to questions (reftel) about the impact that China's hosting of the Olympic Games has had on views on China. A) How closely did the public follow the Beijing Olympic Games? Chileans followed the tennis star Fernando Gonzalez extensively. C [...] | 2008-10-20 15:47:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL PGOV PREL CH CI |
08SANTIAGO933 | BACHELET'S UNASUR PARLIAMENT PLANS DRAW FIRE FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several Chilean parliamentarians have criticized President Bachelet's attendance at an UNASUR parliament event in Bolivia to be held Oct. 17. The Chilean legislators allege that Bachelet should have consulted with them before attending and should have invited them to join the [...] | 2008-10-20 15:52:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CI BL |
08SANTIAGO942 | NORTHERN CHILE: CORRUPTION AND LOW-LEVEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In Chile's northernmost city, Arica, relations between the indigenous Aymara community and the overwhelmingly non-indigenous local political leadership are somewhat strained. Nonetheless, the indigenous community has successfully fought central government decisions that they [...] | 2008-10-21 19:24:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PHUM KCOR SCUL CI |
08SANTIAGO950 | CHILE'S MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: WHO IS LIKELY TO WIN [...] (SBU) Summary: On Sunday, October 26, voters across Chile will head to the polls to elect mayors and city council members. These nationwide local elections come just a year before the Chilean presidential election and are widely seen as a bellwether of the strength of political parties and [...] | 2008-10-23 19:49:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO954 | THE HEAT IS ON: KEY RACES TO WATCH IN CHILE'S MUNICIPAL [...] Summary. With thousands of seats being filled in this weekend's municipal elections, results can be interpreted in many different ways. One of the principal metrics that pundits will analyze are the outcomes of mayoral races in key districts, known as "emblematic communes". Of the communes [...] | 2008-10-24 14:24:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO955 | AMBASSADOR SCHULTE OUTLINES IN CHILE USG NUCLEAR [...] (U) U.S. Ambassador to the IAEA Schulte October 14-16 reviewed with Chilean audiences Iran's ongoing failure to cooperate with the IAEA; USG and IAEA assessments of Tehran's attempts to develop nuclear weapons; and, the dual-track international effort to either bring Iran to the negotiating tab [...] | 2008-10-24 17:56:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV BTIO OEXC PGOV CI |
08SANTIAGO956 | AMBASSADOR SCHULTE OUTLINES IN CHILE USG NUCLEAR [...] (U) U.S. Ambassador to the IAEA Schulte October 14-16 reviewed with Chilean audiences Iran's ongoing failure to cooperate with the IAEA; USG and IAEA assessments of Tehran's attempts to develop nuclear weapons; and, the dual-track international effort to either bring Iran to the negotiating tab [...] | 2008-10-24 17:57:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV BTIO OEXC PGOV CI |
08SANTIAGO958 | AMBASSADOR SCHULTE REVIEWS WITH CHILEANS IAEA OVERSIGHT [...] (U) U.S. Ambassador to the IAEA Schulte, in Chile October 14-16 primarily to review developments on international efforts to rein in Iran's nuclear program (septel),also discussed the IAEA's role working with countries interested in safeguarding and sharing nuclear technology, as well as in de [...] | 2008-10-24 19:31:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV BTIO OEXC PGOV CI |
08SANTIAGO960 | CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF OCTOBER 20 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This continues a series of regular updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. By week's end on Friday, October 24, Chile's economy had seen significant declines in copper prices, the exchange rate, and the stock market. [...] | 2008-10-24 21:17:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO964 | MIXED RESULTS IN CHILE'S MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS [...] Summary: On Sunday October 26, voters across Chile headed to the polls to elect mayors and city council members. This election - widely viewed as a referendum on the national political mood - delivered mixed results. The conservative Alianza coalition won a majority of mayoral votes for the [...] | 2008-10-27 20:52:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO971 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL [...] (SBU) The Embassy looks forward to your visit to Santiago, which will be seen as supporting our shared vision of strong democratic institutions; market-based, trade-oriented economies; and solid cooperation on issues ranging from energy to education to defense. You will be arriving in Chile [...] | 2008-10-29 20:17:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL ENRG CI |
08SANTIAGO975 | CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF OCTOBER 27 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This continues a series of regular updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. October 31 is a national holiday and Chilean markets will be closed. By week's end, October 30, there was a recovery in copper prices, contin [...] | 2008-10-30 20:43:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO976 | CHILEAN CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT DE GREGORIO UPBEAT [...] (C) Chilean Central Bank Governor Jose De Gregorio told Ambassador Simons October 29 he is optimistic about the state of the Chilean economy in the face of the global financial turmoil, noting liquidity was not an issue for Chilean banks and the GOC would not need assistance from international [...] | 2008-10-30 21:02:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO979 | TREASURY DAS MCDONALD AND CHILEAN MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Treasury DAS McDonald and Minister of Public Works Sergio Bitar agreed, September 30, on next steps to build an Infrastructure Finance Expert Corps with U.S. and Chilean experts. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) Ambassador Simons, U.S. Treasury DAS Larry McDonald, Treasury Associate Dire [...] | 2008-11-03 21:37:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP EAID ECON EFIN EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO98 | INDIGENOUS RIGHTS, SOCIAL ISSUES, ENERGY SHORTAGES [...] (C) Secretariat General of the Presidency Minister Viera Gallo told the Ambassador January 30 that the GOC - and Chilean society - are only belatedly taking seriously a growing problem with Chile's indigenous (largely Mapuche) population, which has never been fully integrated and is becoming increa [...] | 2008-01-31 20:14:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI CI |
08SANTIAGO982 | FORMER CHILEAN CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR CORBO [...] (C) Vittorio Corbo told Ambassador Simons October 30 he is confident Chile can withstand the global financial crisis, although there will be a significant impact on the real economy. The Central Bank had built up reserves that could act as a cushion, foreign denominated debt was low, and the [...] | 2008-11-04 19:51:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL CI XR |
08SANTIAGO985 | REQUEST FROM CHILEAN PRESIDENT BACHELET [...] (SBU) President Bachelet called the Ambassador on November 4 at her initiative to convey her congratulations on the U.S. electoral process and to express her desire that our bilateral relations continue to strengthen in the transition to a new U.S. administration. 2. (C) During the convers [...] | 2008-11-05 20:00:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO986 | POSITIVE REACTION IN CHILE TO OBAMA'S ELECTION [...] Summary: Every Chilean daily on November 6 gave extensive coverage to reactions about Barack Obama's election, including remarks by President Bachelet and local political party leaders. The Ambassador also received calls about the election results from an exuberant Senate President Adolfo Zald [...] | 2008-11-06 20:04:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO989 | CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF NOVEMBER 3 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This continues a series of regular updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. By week's end, November 7, there was a decrease in copper prices, some appreciation in the exchange rate, and losses/gains in the stock market [...] | 2008-11-07 21:21:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO99 | FM FOXLEY EMPHASIZES BILATERAL COOPERATION, [...] (C) FM Foxley told the Ambaassador January 31 that Chile seeks to maximize cooperation with the U.S. in 2008, even as the U.S. enters into its "electoral transition period." Chile wants to work to reinvigorate a partnership with California, with a focus on innovation. Development of a joint e [...] | 2008-01-31 21:06:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CI |
08SANTIAGO999 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - NOVEMBER 12 [...] Front page headlines focused on pension system loses (more than $25 billion) because of the international financial crisis; the strike of public employees who are demanding higher wages; and the ongoing scandal about individuals that tested positive for HIV but who had not been notified by the [...] | 2008-11-13 10:43:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL SNAR CI |
08SANTODOMINGO1023 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FERNANDEZ: CHEVRON, [...] (C) Summary: In the Ambassador's June 19 meeting with the President, Fernandez agreed to intervene in Chevron's investment dispute to prevent violence, but not to settle the dispute itself, stating that -- despite the contract -- there had to be a negotiated settlement. The President describe [...] | 2008-06-25 13:32:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PBIO ECON ENRG EAID EAGR CACS HA DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1024 | AFTER THE ELECTION, WHAT NEXT? [...] (SBU) Now that the presidential election is over, President Fernandez is turning to plans for his next term, the opposition is digging in its heels, and reformers are focusing on how to improve the democratic system before the congressional election of 2010. On economic issues, Fernandez face [...] | 2008-06-25 13:35:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1073 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS, [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following individuals who have been selected for Peacekeeping Operations Platoon Exchange, scheduled for 26 July - 06 August, 2008. Post has no disqualifying i [...] | 2008-07-01 19:05:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR MARR PGOV PHUM |
08SANTODOMINGO1074 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS, [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following individuals who have been selected for Peacekeeping Operations Platoon Exchange, scheduled for 26 July - 06 September, 2008. Post has no disqualifyin [...] | 2008-07-01 19:09:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR MARR PGOV PHUM |
08SANTODOMINGO1075 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - PEACEKEPING OPERATIONS, [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following individuals who have been selected for peacekeeping operations course, scheduled for 26 July - 06 September, 2008. Post has no disqualifying informat [...] | 2008-07-01 19:13:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR MARR PGOV PHUM |
08SANTODOMINGO1076 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - DEPARTMENTAL RESOURCE [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following individuals who have been selected for a Departmental Resource Management Course, scheduled for 26 July - 06 August, 2008. Post has no disqualifying [...] | 2008-07-01 19:27:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR MARR PGOV PHUM |
08SANTODOMINGO1078 | INVITATION FOR PRESIDENT BUSH - INAUGURATION OF [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. Please see paragraph 3. 2. On May 16, President Leonel Fernandez was elected President of the Dominican Republic. On August 16, per the Dominican Constitution, President Fernandez will be sworn-in. 3. Action request: Post requests that WHA/CAR wor [...] | 2008-07-01 20:38:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1085 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE [...] (C) Charge d' Affaires, a.i. Bullen spoke with and presented Ref A demarche to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Manuel Trullols on July 2. Trullols took the Charge's comments on board, stated he will raise the issue with FM Morales when he returns to the country, and remained non-committal [...] | 2008-07-03 17:10:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO UNMIK UN YI EU DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1122 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - COUNTER TERRORISM [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following individuals who have been selected for a Counter Terrorism MARSOC/JCET Course, scheduled as on-going training from January 2008 - October 2010. Post [...] | 2008-07-11 16:11:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR MARR PGOV PHUM |
08SANTODOMINGO1167 | DOMINICAN SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS BANINTER BANK [...] Summary. On July 11, the Dominican Supreme Court upheld the convictions in the Banco Intercontinental (Baninter) bank fraud case ensuring that the four defendants will spend time in prison. This is an important step forward because it is the first time that significant sentences were given to [...] | 2008-07-18 12:09:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PGOV PREL KJUS KCOR DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1184 | SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, JULY 22, [...] Government,s Plan to Address Economic Crisis 2. Fernandez Focused on Constitutional Reform 3. Subsidy Must Keep Pace with Oil Prices or Lights Will Go Out 4. Astwood Extradition Controversy  [...] | 2008-07-22 20:01:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ENRG KJUS DR |
08SANTODOMINGO119 | AMBASSADOR' MEETING WITH PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-23 15:53:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR EINV DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1235 | PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN MINISTER ON DRUGS, CHEVRON, [...] (SBU) On July 23, in front of an audience that included President Fernandez and Acting U.S. DEA Chief, Dominican drug czar Marino Vinicio "Vincho" Castillo said that the United States is persistently obstructing the Dominican Republic's anti-drug efforts. Castillo said that this has harmed som [...] | 2008-07-30 19:30:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ENRG SNAR IR DR |
08SANTODOMINGO124 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE [...] (C) In his January 16 meeting with the Ambassador, PRD party presidential candidate Miguel Vargas Maldonado expressed concerns regarding the fairness of the election process; warned of possible Venezuelan support for his opponent; cited the importance of election observation; and explained his [...] | 2008-01-23 19:48:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ENRG VE DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1251 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - NCO DEVELOPMENT COURSE [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following 16 individuals who have been selected for a NCO Development Course, scheduled for 11 August - 26 September, 2008. Post has no disqualifying informati [...] | 2008-08-05 21:48:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR MARR PGOV PHUM |
08SANTODOMINGO1265 | COLOMBIAN AMB DISCUSSES MASSACRE, CONCERNS ON DOM [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Fannin received Colombia's new Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Juan Jose Chaux on August 6 for a courtesy call that quickly turned substantive. Ambassador Chaux's message was that the Dominican Republic must address three key challenges to preserve its democracy: [...] | 2008-08-08 11:40:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM ENRG PGOV PTER KJUS EAID |
08SANTODOMINGO127 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS, [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who has/have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug respo [...] | 2008-01-25 14:35:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PHUM DR |
08SANTODOMINGO128 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES VENZUELA WITH COLOMBIAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Fannin and Mrs. Fannin met Colombian Ambassador Luis Emilio Sierra and his wife Liliana Martinez de Sierra for a courtesy call. During the meeting Ambassador Fannin inquired as to the extent of Venezuelan influence in the Dominican Republic. Sierra stated that there is [...] | 2008-01-25 15:05:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EINV PARM PINR SNAR VE DR |
08SANTODOMINGO129 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - COLOMBIAN TRAINERS FOR [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following foreign subject(s) who will be providing training in community based policing to the Dominican National Police. [...] | 2008-01-25 17:04:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM CO DR |
08SANTODOMINGO130 | LEAHY REQUEST - COASTAL SEARCH AND RESCUE [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who are tentatively slated to receive training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug r [...] | 2008-01-25 18:30:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PHUM DR |
08SANTODOMINGO131 | LEAHY REQUEST - MARITIME SAFETY/PORT CONTROL [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for EcoPol. 3. Name and identifying i [...] | 2008-01-25 19:00:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PHUM DR |
08SANTODOMINGO132 | LEAHY REQUEST - INFORMATION OPERATIONS, FT. [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for EcoPol. 3. Names and identifying [...] | 2008-01-25 19:14:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PHUM DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1332 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - ALP COURSE (1),DOMINICAN [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following MAAG sponsored individual who has been selected for an ALP Course, scheduled for 27 August 2008 - 24 July, 2010. Post has no disqualifying informatio [...] | 2008-08-21 20:32:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR MARR PGOV PHUM |
08SANTODOMINGO1340 | PLD LEADER MEDINA KEEPS DISTANCE FROM FERNANDEZ [...] (C) BACKGROUND: Danilo Medina is the second-most powerful leader in the PLD party, after President Fernandez himself, and is seen as the strategic brains behind the organization's rise from third-party status in the 1980s to control of the presidency and both houses of congress by 2006. Medina se [...] | 2008-08-25 19:57:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBIO SNAR ECON DR |
08SANTODOMINGO135 | LEAHY REQUEST - MAAG LIAISON OFFICERS [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who will be receiving meals and other incidental expenses paid for by Defense Department funds. Post h [...] | 2008-01-28 13:00:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PHUM DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1353 | FERNANDEZ PLAYS MUSICAL CHAIRS WITH CABINET [...] (C) In a series of decrees issued following his August 16 inauguration, President Fernandez shuffled his cabinet; however, many of the officials simply moved from one ministry to another. There was no clear public policy message sent by the personnel moves. Rather, by keeping most of the cabinet [...] | 2008-08-27 17:02:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR SENV MARR ETRD ECON DR |
08SANTODOMINGO136 | LEAHY REQUEST - AIRCREW LIFE SUPPORT. SHEPPARD [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for EcoPol. 3. Names and identifying [...] | 2008-01-28 19:54:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PHUM DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1360 | REJECTING RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF S. [...] POLCHIEF delivered Reftel talking points on Russian recognition of the breakaway Georgian regions to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subsequent Dominican response. (U) Please vi [...] | 2008-08-28 18:19:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV GG RU DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1383 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - CYBER CRIME TRAINING (2), [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following two individuals who have been selected for LEGAT sponsored Cyber Crime Training, scheduled for 03 - 05 September, 2008. Post has no disqualifying inf [...] | 2008-09-02 18:09:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR MARR PGOV PHUM |
08SANTODOMINGO139 | LEAHY REQUEST - PILOT INSTRUMENT PROCEDURES [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for EcoPol. 3. Names and identifying [...] | 2008-01-28 20:58:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PHUM DR |
08SANTODOMINGO140 | LEAHY REQUEST - PILOT INSTRUMENT PROCEDURES [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for EcoPol. 3. Name and identifying i [...] | 2008-01-28 21:05:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PHUM DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1410 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - MARITIME TERRORISM CIV-MIL [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following three US Navy sponsored individuals who have been selected for a Maritime Terrorism Civ-Mil Course, scheduled for 06 - 20 September, 2008. Post has [...] | 2008-09-05 21:45:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR MARR PGOV PHUM |
08SANTODOMINGO1444 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - INSTR. FLIGHT PROCEDURES, [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following MAAG sponsored individuals who have been selected for Instr. Flight Procedures Course, scheduled for 16 September - 12 December 2008. Post has no dis [...] | 2008-09-15 16:23:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR MARR PGOV PHUM |
08SANTODOMINGO1445 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - HELICOPTER CREW CHIEF [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following MAAG sponsored individuals who have been selected for Helicopter Crew Chief Training, scheduled for 09 September - 12 December 2008. Post has no disqu [...] | 2008-09-15 17:02:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR MARR PGOV PHUM |
08SANTODOMINGO145 | FERNANDEZ MAKES HIS CASE TO THE DOMINICAN PEOPLE [...] (SBU) On January 29, President Fernandez gave a major campaign speech in which he took credit for reestablishing macroeconomic stability, warned against returning the rival PRD party to power during challenging economic times, and promised a series of programs for his next term. While engagin [...] | 2008-01-30 16:03:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1456 | SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, [...] Open Skies Agreements with Panama and Canada 2. U.S. Company Purchases Airport Operations 3. Bank Fraud Conviction Upheld 4. Venezuela: Scandal Over Houses Donated to Storm Victims 5. Unions Press for Wage Increase  [...] | 2008-09-18 12:42:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ELAB EFIN ECON PGOV VE PM CA DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1471 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - PKO/CFAC COURSE (33), [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following MAAG sponsored individuals who have been selected for PKO and CFAC courses, scheduled for 03 - 17 October, 2008. Post has no disqualifying informatio [...] | 2008-09-19 18:30:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR MARR PGOV PHUM |
08SANTODOMINGO1475 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - VISIT TO COLOMBIAN [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following NAS sponsored individuals who have been selected for a visit to the Colombian National Police, scheduled for October 19 - 25, 2008. Post has no disq [...] | 2008-09-19 19:27:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR MARR PGOV PHUM SNAR |
08SANTODOMINGO1484 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - EXPLOSIVE INCIDENT [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following DS/RSO sponsored individuals who have been selected for an Explosive Incident Countermeasures Course, scheduled for 20 October - 20 December, 2008. P [...] | 2008-09-22 14:29:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR MARR PGOV PHUM |
08SANTODOMINGO149 | AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL WITH CANADIAN AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador and Mrs. Fannin met Canadian Ambassador Patricia Fortier and her husband Paul Durand, the OAS representative in the Dominican Republic, for a courtesy call. Fortier highlighted the GOC's efforts in stabilizing Haiti and increased role in fighting crime, as well as are [...] | 2008-01-30 20:53:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EINV PINR CA DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1509 | URGENT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - AIR INTEL (2 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-26 12:23:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV MARR DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1513 | THE DR'S REFORMISTA PARTY - A PHOENIX OR DEAD [...] (SBU) Summary: The Social Christian Reform Party (PRSC),once the powerful political instrument of President Balaguer, is struggling to rise again after it received less than five percent of the vote during the May 2008 elections. The party is split in various ways and several nominal membe [...] | 2008-09-26 19:01:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1532 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - TECH TRAINING INST.COURSE [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following MAAG sponsored individuals who have been selected for a Tech Training Inst. course, scheduled for 07 October - 12 December, 2008. Post has no disqual [...] | 2008-10-01 17:35:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR MARR PGOV PHUM |
08SANTODOMINGO1533 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - NCOA COURSE (4),IAAFA, [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following MAAG sponsored individuals who have been selected for a NCOA course, scheduled for October 15 - December 12, 2008. Post has no disqualifying informat [...] | 2008-10-01 17:58:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR MARR PGOV PHUM |
08SANTODOMINGO1535 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - INT'L ASSOC. OF CHIEFS OF [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following NAS sponsored individual who has been selected for the International Assoc. of Chiefs of Police Annual Conference, scheduled for 08 - 12 November 2008 [...] | 2008-10-02 13:00:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR MARR PGOV PHUM SNAR |
08SANTODOMINGO1536 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - TWO (2) ADDITIONAL NAMES [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for two (2) additional MAAG sponsored individuals who have also been selected for the same Tech Training Inst. course as those candidates listed in reftel A. This cours [...] | 2008-10-02 13:52:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR MARR PGOV PHUM |
08SANTODOMINGO1572 | STAFFDEL KILDEE [...] Embassy Santo Domingo welcomes STAFFDEL Kildee. Post understands that the Control Officer for the visit is: Captain Baxter Goodly, USN Executive Officer USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) Tel: (757) 443-7615 E-Mail: goodlyb@lhd3.navy.mil 2. Post understands that Post is not being requested to prov [...] | 2008-10-09 20:12:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MARR OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1608 | FERNANDEZ'S PRIORITY: A NEW CONSTITUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 18, President Fernandez delivered his long-promised draft of a new constitution to the Congress. With the goal of a "democratic revolution," Fernandez proposes changes to the judiciary, presidential re-election, electoral system, nationality, and many other areas. [...] | 2008-10-17 15:21:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1610 | DOMINICAN ECONOMY VULNERABLE TO GLOBAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: The global financial crisis has not yet had a serious impact in the Dominican Republic where the banking system appears to be in relatively good shape as a result of stronger regulatory measures put into place after the 2003 banking crisis. However, the private sector is publicl [...] | 2008-10-17 20:16:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1613 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - PT-6A ENGINE TECHNICIAN [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following MAAG sponsored individuals who have been selected for a PT-6A Engine Technician Course, scheduled for 05 November - 12 December, 2008. Post has no d [...] | 2008-10-20 12:27:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR MARR PGOV PHUM |
08SANTODOMINGO1628 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - 4TH ANNUAL SOVEREIGN [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following DAO US SOCOM sponsored individual who has been selected for 4th Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference, scheduled for 11 - 20 November, 2008. Post has [...] | 2008-10-22 11:36:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR MARR PGOV PHUM |
08SANTODOMINGO163 | LEAHY REQUEST - AIR MISSION COMMANDER (SPANISH), [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for EcoPol. 3. Names and identifying [...] | 2008-02-01 18:07:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PHUM DR |
08SANTODOMINGO164 | LEAHY REQUEST - AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE MAINTENANCE [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for EcoPol. 3. Names and identifying [...] | 2008-02-01 18:14:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PHUM DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1649 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - HIV/AIDS PLAN. & POLICY [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following 3 MAAG/DOD sponsored individuals who have been selected for HIV/AIDS Planning & Policy Development, scheduled for 06 - 12 December, 2008. Post has no [...] | 2008-10-27 14:18:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR MARR PGOV PHUM |
08SANTODOMINGO165 | LEAHY REQUEST - UH-1H HELICOPTER MECHANIC COURSE, [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for EcoPol. 3. Names and identifying [...] | 2008-02-01 18:19:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PHUM DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1650 | CANCEL LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - 4TH ANNUAL [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. New information has surfaced and Post therefore respectfully requests to withdraw reftel request for human rights vetting pursuant to the Leahy Amendment. BULLEN [...] | 2008-10-27 16:37:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR MARR PGOV PHUM |
08SANTODOMINGO1666 | SANTIAGO: THE OTHER DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Whereas piles of trash and crumbling sidewalks decorate Santo Domingo, Santiago - the DR's second largest city - demonstrates what public-private partnerships and civic pride can achieve. The entrepreneurial spirit of the region was on display during Ambassador Fannin's recent [...] | 2008-10-30 14:03:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCRM EINV ECON DR |
08SANTODOMINGO167 | LEAHY REQUEST - SPECIAL REACTION TEAM COURSE, SAN [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for EcoPol. 3. Names and identifying [...] | 2008-02-01 18:24:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PHUM DR |
08SANTODOMINGO168 | LEAHY REQUEST - CORROSION CONTROL TECHNICIAN [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for EcoPol. 3. Names and identifying [...] | 2008-02-01 18:28:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PHUM DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1682 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - SWAT TRAINING (96),SANTO [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following 96 MAAG sponsored Dominican SEFA Unit individuals who have been selected for SWAT training, scheduled for 01 November 2008 - 01 November 2009. Post [...] | 2008-10-31 19:42:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR MARR PGOV PHUM |
08SANTODOMINGO1683 | HAITIANS SUBJECTED TO VIOLENCE AND DEPORTATION [...] (U) Summary: Longstanding tensions between Haitians, persons of Haitian descent, and Dominicans resulted in violence this week that left at least 6 dead, dozens of homes burned, and hundreds deported. Dominican authorities have issued statements condemning the violence and, while it is uncle [...] | 2008-10-31 20:18:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KCRM PREL DR HA |
08SANTODOMINGO169 | LEAHY REQUEST - T-53/L-13 ENGINE TECHNICIAN [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for EcoPol. 3. Names and identifying [...] | 2008-02-01 18:32:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PHUM DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1697 | DEMARCHE ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR CIM DELIVERED [...] POLCHIEF delivered Reftel talking points on the U.S. candidacy for the Inter-American Commission of Women to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Ciro Amaury Dargam, Assistant Secretary of International Organizations Affairs, took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will [...] | 2008-11-05 12:40:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC OAS KWMN PGOV PREL DR |
08SANTODOMINGO170 | LEAHY REQUEST - HELICOPTER CREW CHIEF TRAINING, [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistancein conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for EcoPol. 3. Names and identifying [...] | 2008-02-01 18:35:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PHUM DR |
08SANTODOMINGO172 | LEAHY REQUEST - AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for EcoPol. 3. Names and identifying [...] | 2008-02-01 18:43:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PHUM DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1724 | YOUR HELP IS NEEDED TO ENSURE PASSAGE OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-07 17:31:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM |
08SANTODOMINGO174 | AVIAN FLU OUTBREAK SPURS TRADE DISPUTE WITH HAITI [...] (C) Summary. The Dominican poultry industry is claiming that it is suffering significant financial losses as a result of the decision by the Haitian government to ban all chicken and egg imports from the Dominican Republic on January 4. The decision to ban imports was the result of an occurrenc [...] | 2008-02-04 14:56:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | KFLU EAGR SENV ECON ETRD PGOV HA DR |
08SANTODOMINGO178 | UN DRIP FOLLOW-UP AND OAS STATE OF PLAY [...] In response to reftel, Embassy Santo Domingo does not have current (or future) programs or outreach efforts to assist the indigenous population of the Dominican Republic. While there are some renewed historical and cultural interest among scholars and academics in the country's indigenous Tain [...] | 2008-02-04 20:15:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV DR |
08SANTODOMINGO18 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - NAS MONEY LAUNDERING [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for [...] | 2008-01-04 19:10:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PHUM DR |
08SANTODOMINGO180 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN: DIVERGING POLLS PROMPT [...] (SBU) The results of four major presidential campaign opinion polls differ by as much as 20 percent (pct.),from a 16 pct. lead for the PLD's Leonel Fernandez to a 4 pct. lead for the PRD's Miguel Vargas Maldonado. The rival campaigns are busy debating the reliability of their favored polling [...] | 2008-02-05 18:55:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1807 | GODR RESPONSE TO GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR [...] FAS Counselor delivered talking points as per reftel to Minister of Agriculture Salvador Jimenez. On November 25, Jimenez responded by letter conveying his support for the proposed Global Partnership for Agriculture and Food (GPAF). Jimenez said he views GPAF as having the potential to reasse [...] | 2008-11-26 15:33:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO EAID PGOV DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1812 | SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, NOVEMBER [...] IMF Visit Raises Concerns about Balance of Payments, 2009 Deficit 2. Government Completes Purchase of Oil Refinery 3. Another Bank Fraud Conviction Upheld by Supreme Court 4. Fernandez Hosts Seminar on Financial Crisis 5. Vargas Maldonado Makes Power Play in PRD Party  [...] | 2008-11-28 14:06:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1815 | DR TIP WATCH LIST INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (U) The following is Embassy Santo Domingo's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Watch List Interim Assessment, per ref A request. 2. (U) Authorities of the Dominican Republic report that they are working to prevent human trafficking, protect TIP victims and prosecute offenders under the "Traffick [...] | 2008-11-28 18:33:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SMIG KCRM KTIP KWMN DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1819 | VISIT BY WHA DAS ROBINSON [...] (U) Summary: The November 17-19 visit of WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Robinson and WHA/CAR Deputy Director Willard Smith to the Dominican Republic provided them an opportunity to hear first hand about the challenges faced by the GODR and Embassy Santo Domingo - the energy and fiscal cr [...] | 2008-12-01 18:57:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM SNAR DR |
08SANTODOMINGO19 | NO DOMINICAN-HAITIAN POLITICAL PARTY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The press recently reported that the Dominican-Haitian Community Political Movement (MPCDH),led by Ruben Jean-Baptiste Latorti, will form a political party representing the interests of Dominicans of Haitian descent. Jean-Baptiste clarified that he will not form a political party [...] | 2008-01-04 19:56:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1906 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - NAVAL STAFF COLLEGE (3), [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following 3 MAAG sponsored individuals who have been selected for Naval Staff College, scheduled for 02 January - 17 June 2009. Post has no disqualifying infor [...] | 2008-12-15 14:11:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR MARR PGOV PHUM |
08SANTODOMINGO1907 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - GUEST INSTRUCTORS (4), [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following 4 MAAG sponsored individuals who have been selected as guest instructors, scheduled for 07 January, 2009. Post has no disqualifying information. Plea [...] | 2008-12-15 14:13:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR MARR PGOV PHUM |
08SANTODOMINGO1908 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - SWAT (3),07 JANUARY 2009 [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following 3 MAAG sponsored individuals who have been selected for SWAT training, scheduled for 07 January 2009. Post has no disqualifying information. Please s [...] | 2008-12-15 14:13:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR MARR PGOV PHUM |
08SANTODOMINGO192 | OPEN SOCIETY JUSTICE INITIATIVE CONDEMNS DR BIRTH [...] (SBU) Summary: EmbOffs met with representatives of the Soros affiliated Open Society Justice Initiative to discuss the Dominican Republic,s birth registration policy, especially how it adversely affects Dominicans of Haitian descent. The Justice Initiative highlighted deficiencies with the co [...] | 2008-02-07 16:33:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SMIG CASC HA DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1921 | REFORM OF THE REFORMISTA PARTY - THE DREAM IS ALIVE [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with Victor "Ito" Bisono, a rising star of the falling Reform Party (PRSC) to discuss prospects for the party's revival - an on-going saga (ref A). Although some Dominicans have already dismissed the party as a thing of the past, Bisono has a different vision: He pred [...] | 2008-12-16 20:39:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR KJUS VE DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1950 | DR POLITICS - EX-PRSC STAR GUIDING FEW, FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: Eduardo Estrella, a former presidential candidate of the PRSC (Partido Reformista Social Cristiano) offered Poloff a worrying assessment of the DR's political and economic scene much like other politicians and officials have done: Corruption is reaching self-destructive proportio [...] | 2008-12-22 14:11:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PREL KJUS SNAR DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1951 | DR POLITICS - EX-PRSC STAR GUIDING FEW, FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: Eduardo Estrella, a former presidential candidate of the PRSC (Partido Reformista Social Cristiano) offered Poloff a worrying assessment of the DR's political and economic scene much like other politicians and officials have done: Corruption is reaching self-destructive proportio [...] | 2008-12-22 14:11:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PREL KJUS SNAR DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1959 | RULE OF LAW ROUND-UP - DEC 2008 [...] (U) This constitutes the first in a planned series of cables collecting and summarizing developments in the rule of law field, writ large: notable cases and controversies related to corruption, narco-trafficking, money-laundering, human smuggling and trafficking, as well as the functioning of [...] | 2008-12-23 17:57:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KCRM SNAR PREL DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1967 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - RSO - INTERDICTING [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following 12 RSO sponsored individuals who have been selected for an Interdicting Terrorist Activity course, scheduled for 2 - 13 February 2009. Post has no d [...] | 2008-12-29 14:24:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR MARR PGOV PHUM |
08SANTODOMINGO1973 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT [...] The 2009 Investment Climate Update for the Dominican Republic. ---------------------------------- A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ---------------------------------- 2. While the Dominican government welcomes foreign investment, significant systemic problems can make investing in the [...] | 2008-12-30 14:38:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD OPIC USTR KTDB PGOV DR |
08SANTODOMINGO202 | LEAHY REQUEST - NATIONAL POLICE ANTI-MONEY [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects, all of whom are members of the Dominican National Police Central Office of Criminal Investigation. P [...] | 2008-02-11 19:04:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM DR |
08SANTODOMINGO225 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ROUNDUP, FEBRUARY 15, 2008 [...] Opposition Walks Out on Central Elections Board 2. Participacion Ciudadana Launches Observation, Cites Abuses 3. Fernandez Criticized for Describing Sun Land Issue as "Closed" 4. New Polls Fail to Clarify Divergent Numbers  [...] | 2008-02-15 15:25:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON KDEM DR |
08SANTODOMINGO241 | LEAHY REQUEST - INTERNATIONAL LOGISTIC/SUPPLY [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for EcoPol. 3. Name and identifying i [...] | 2008-02-19 17:02:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PHUM DR |
08SANTODOMINGO242 | LEAHY REQUEST - AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE, [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for EcoPol. 3. Name and identifying i [...] | 2008-02-19 17:07:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PHUM DR |
08SANTODOMINGO250 | LEAHY REQUEST - INTELLIGENCE BASIC COURSE, FT. [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects and requests notification of clearance NLT February 27, 2008, as notification on or before this date i [...] | 2008-02-20 19:22:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PHUM DR |
08SANTODOMINGO323 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HUMAN [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Alejandra Liriano, Undersecretary of State for Foreign Relations at the MFA. MFA has no substantive response at this time, but will undertake to relay the information for further consideration. FANNIN [...] | 2008-03-04 16:41:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL |
08SANTODOMINGO373 | FM MORALES AND OAS REP ON RIO GROUP, OAS [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a March 12 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Morales described the successful outcome of the Rio Group Summit as a "team effort." Responding to Reftel demarche on the OAS Ministerial, Morales cautioned against any action that could scuttle the peace gains that t [...] | 2008-03-13 21:32:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM CO EC DR |
08SANTODOMINGO387 | ONDCP DIRECTOR, DEA ADMINISTRATOR CALL ON [...] (C) Summary: On February 25, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director John Walters, accompanied by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Acting Administrator Michele Leonhart, U.S. Ambassador P. Robert Fannin, ONDCP and DEA Chiefs of Staff, and poloff called on Domi [...] | 2008-03-17 19:24:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR MARR DR |
08SANTODOMINGO389 | PLD HOPES FERNANDEZ WINS WITH SIXTY PERCENT [...] (SBU) On March 6, The Ambassador, ECOPOL Counselor and POLOFFS met with Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) leaders, Francisco Javier Garcia Fernandez, National Campaign Chairman, Cesar Torribio Pena, Presidential legal advisor, and Reinaldo Pared Perez, President of the Senate, to hear their vie [...] | 2008-03-17 19:36:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV DR |
08SANTODOMINGO39 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN RHETORIC HEATS UP [...] (SBU) After a respite caused by two major tropical storms and the holiday season, rhetoric among presidential candidates heated up again over the weekend. The PLD party candidate, President Leonel Fernandez, launched the first attack. Referring to the 2003-2004 economic crisis during the las [...] | 2008-01-08 17:01:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON DR |
08SANTODOMINGO414 | MEDICAL DOCTORS AND OTHER GROUPS CALL FOR MORE STRIKES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dominican Doctors Union (CMD) organized a march to the Presidential palace on Wednesday, March 12, to demand a salary increase for medical doctors employed by the state. However, the press reported the National Police aided by the National Investigation Department (DNI) disp [...] | 2008-03-26 18:15:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB PGOV DR |
08SANTODOMINGO418 | CONCERN GROWING OVER GOVERNMENT'S CAMPAIGN RULES [...] (C) Summary: On March 24, the Government and ruling PLD party suffered a setback when a Central Elections Board (JCE) decision found that a special government payroll existed to pay party members who did no work, and ordered that the practice be ceased. The ruling follows a damning report by a [...] | 2008-03-27 17:39:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM DR |
08SANTODOMINGO518 | INVITATION FOR HOUSE SPEAKER PELOSI [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR; see para. 3. 2. On April 7, the Ambassador met with Congresswoman Minou Tavares Mirabal (PLD-Santo Domingo),Chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Committee. Tavares delivered an invitation to the U.S. Congress to partic [...] | 2008-04-14 12:51:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON DR |
08SANTODOMINGO56 | URGENT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - COUNTER DRUG [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for [...] | 2008-01-11 13:14:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PHUM DR |
08SANTODOMINGO561 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: BANINTER BANKING CONVICTIONS [...] In a key blow to impunity, the 3rd Chamber of the National District's Court of Appeals early this morning upheld the convictions of senior banking officials involved in the disastrous 2003 bankruptcy of Banco Intercontinental (Baninter),made additional findings of guilt for a previously convi [...] | 2008-04-18 18:36:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KJUS KCOR PGOV DR |
08SANTODOMINGO57 | URGENT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - COUNTER TERRORISM [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject who has been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for E [...] | 2008-01-11 13:14:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PHUM DR |
08SANTODOMINGO586 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: LEFTIST PARTY HOPES TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In his April 16 meeting with PolOff, Guillermo Moreno, the presidential candidate for the political party Movement for Independence, Unity, and Change (MIUCA),expressed concern about the allegations of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party's (PLD) use of state resources for the [...] | 2008-04-22 18:09:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV DR |
08SANTODOMINGO611 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ROUNDUP, APRIL 25, 2008 [...] Participacion Ciudadana's Second Observation Report 2. Latest Poll Results 3. Fernandez Discusses Removing Term Limits 4. Small Party Candidate Alleges Donations by Narcotics Traffickers  [...] | 2008-04-25 18:50:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ECON DR |
08SANTODOMINGO63 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - DOMINICAN NATIONAL POLICE [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. And understand per REF t [...] | 2008-01-11 20:20:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PHUM DR HO |
08SANTODOMINGO668 | PRD CLAIMS POSSIBLE ELECTION FRAUD; PLD SMELLS A [...] (SBU) The opposition Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) has strongly criticized the new electronic system for transmitting electoral results to the Central Election Board (JCE),with one senior party official even alleging an organized effort to steal the election. The ruling Dominican Liber [...] | 2008-05-02 19:12:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM DR |
08SANTODOMINGO699 | OAS HITS THE RIGHT NOTES IN ELECTION REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 6, the OAS's Electoral Observation Mission issued a "Pre-Electoral Report" on the campaign for the May 16 presidential election. The report praised the performance of the Central Elections Board (JCE); criticized the ruling PLD party for spending state resources on the [...] | 2008-05-09 12:53:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM DR |
08SANTODOMINGO751 | SCENESETTER FOR DOMINICAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, [...] (SBU) Dominicans go to the polls on Friday May 16 in the fourth presidential election since 1994, when widespread fraud led to significant reforms to the electoral system. Since 1994, substantial USAID funds have been used to strengthen the Central Elections Board (JCE),make it more independe [...] | 2008-05-15 15:43:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON DR |
08SANTODOMINGO760 | DOMINICAN ELECTION: FIRST RESULTS INDICATE [...] The Central Election Board (JCE) released its "First Bulletin" at approximately 10:15 p.m., with the following results: -- Leonel Fernandez, Dominican Liberation Party (PLD),53 percent -- Miguel Vargas Maldonado, Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD),41 percent -- Amable Aristy Castro, Ref [...] | 2008-05-17 02:45:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON DR |
08SANTODOMINGO769 | POLICE KILLINGS - A CAUSE OF CONCERN [...] (SBU) Summary: The recent spate of police killings in Santo Domingo and Boca Chica highlight a disturbing trend of deaths at the hands of police, often attributed to "exchanges of gunfire." In both incidents, police demonstrated improper adherence to police and judicial procedures and used ex [...] | 2008-05-19 20:58:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PHUM PGOV SOCI DR |
08SANTODOMINGO770 | CESFRONT - A PERSPECTIVE FROM PEDERNALES [...] PolOff met with source who is a U.S. citizen currently residing in Pedernales, a border town in the south of the country, doing local development work. Source, in the course of her duties, has regular contact with NGOs, local community leaders, and residents, including Dominicans, Haitians and [...] | 2008-05-19 20:58:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG MCAP HA DR |
08SANTODOMINGO822 | DEMARCHE ON CANDIDATE FOR INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL [...] On May 21, Post delivered Diplomatic Note No. 95 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The note contained the talking points and resume provided in Reftel regarding the candidacy of David Stewart for the IAJC. 2. The Foreign Ministry has not made any immediate reply. We will report any subs [...] | 2008-05-28 20:35:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV OAS XM DR |
08SANTODOMINGO90 | VIEW FROM SANTIAGO: FERNANDEZ CAMPAIGN FACES [...] (U) On January 11 ECOPOLCOUNS and POLOFF visited Santiago, the Dominican Republic's second largest city, to discuss the presidential election campaign. Santiago is the capital of a province of the same name, as well as the hub of the Cibao, a 14-province region with a record of successful priv [...] | 2008-01-17 12:49:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON DR |
08SANTODOMINGO929 | ELECTION SHOWS STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The analysis of Post and other observers of the 2008 presidential election is that the Dominican democratic system has improved to the extent that widespread election day fraud, which occurred as recently as 1994, is now a thing of the past. Other strengths of Dominican democr [...] | 2008-06-09 18:38:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON DR |
08SAOPAULO122 | SANTA CATARINA GOVERNOR SURVIVES IMPEACHMENT SCARE [...] (U) Summary: Luiz Henrique da Silveira, Governor of the southern state of Santa Catarina, has survived an attempt to remove him from office over allegations of abuse of power. On February 21, the Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE) voted for technical reasons to suspend the legal proceedings ag [...] | 2008-03-12 09:40:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KDEM BR |
08SAOPAULO129 | BRAZIL'S WORKERS' CENTRALS GAIN LEGAL RECOGNITION, [...] (SBU) On March 11, Brazil's Chamber of Deputies passed a bill giving legal recognition to Brazil's labor Centrals. Although they have been playing an important role in Brazilian political life for many years, the Centrals have not been considered part of the national labor system, but rather [...] | 2008-03-14 15:53:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI EFIN ECON BR |
08SAOPAULO142 | SAO PAULO ELECTIONS: ALCKMIN MAYORAL CANDIDAC VIEWED AS [...] (SBU) The Social Democracy Party of Brazil (PSDB),the counry's largest and most important opposition party is facing internal division as well as a possibe breach with its principal ally, the Democrats arty (DEM),over this year's municipal elections. Despite their partnership on the national [...] | 2008-03-18 16:15:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR BR |
08SAOPAULO170 | HUMAN RIGHTS AND PUBLIC SECURITY CHALLENGES IN MATO GROSSO [...] (SBU) Mato Grosso do Sul's public security and human rights challenges are typical of those found in many Brazilian states today. The state's geographic location, sharing an international border with Bolivia and Paraguay, however, creates an additional set of public policy tests for the state [...] | 2008-04-02 12:52:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI KCRM SNAR ASEC BR |
08SAOPAULO19 | FORMER FINANCE MINISTER ON BRAZILIAN POLITICS AND RELATIONS [...] (SBU) During a January 7 meeting with the Ambassador, former Minister of Finance Antonio Delfim Netto (strictly protect),who is currently working as a political and business consultant, discussed the opposition's victory over the government in a major tax battle and its implications for domes [...] | 2008-01-15 16:07:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV ETRD BR VE |
08SAOPAULO199 | MATO GROSSO DO SUL STATE HIGHLIGHTS BRAZIL'S AGRICULTURAL [...] (SBU) Brazil's continued position as a leading international agricultural powerhouse is fueled by the rapid economic expansion in states such as Mato Grosso do Sul (MS). Driven by high commodity prices as well as tourism to the world's largest wetland space, the Pantanal, MS is undergoing an [...] | 2008-04-18 15:14:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR ECON EIND ETRD BR |
08SAOPAULO225 | All Politics is National: Presidential Race is Endgame of [...] (SBU) On April 24, the Sao Paulo State Executive Committee of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) voted unanimously to support Sao Paulo incumbent Mayor Gilberto Kassab (Democratic Party - DEM) in this year's municipal elections. PMDB state president Orestes Quercia stated that nat [...] | 2008-05-08 17:23:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR BR |
08SAOPAULO228 | SAO PAULO POLICE ACCUSED OF CRIMES AGAINST PCC LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: As the second anniversary of organized criminal violence in Sao Paulo approaches (reftels),an investigation has uncovered evidence of possible civil police misconduct related to the First Capital Command (PCC) criminal gang. Two investigators have been accused of illicit wire [...] | 2008-05-09 09:41:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KCRM SNAR ASEC BR |
08SAOPAULO242 | DRUGS, ARMS AND CONTRABAND CONTINUE TO ENTER BRAZIL [...] (SBU) Brazil continues to wrestle with the serious challenge posed by increasingly creative traffickers of drugs, arms and IPR-infringing products, according to law enforcement officials and NGO representatives in Sao Paulo and Foz do Iguacu. Growing demand, both domestic and international, [...] | 2008-05-13 12:39:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KCRM SNAR KIPR SENV ASEC PARM BR |
08SAOPAULO248 | MST "RED APRIL" SHOWS DECLINE IN ACTIVITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST) is facing a significant change in its organization. The number of its members is slowly decreasing, as is the number of land invasions it carries out. Some observers cite President Lula's "Bolsa Familia" cash transfer program for the p [...] | 2008-05-16 09:18:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ELAB PHUM PINS EINV PGOV SOCI ASEC BR |
08SAOPAULO276 | CONTACTS FEAR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ON THE RISE [...] (SBU) Brazil's trafficking in persons (TIP) dilemma presents a growing challenge to the law enforcement community and NGOs assisting with TIP victims. Brazil is home to some cases of agricultural forced labor as well as urban textile sweatshops where Bolivian migrants work in precarious condi [...] | 2008-06-03 16:59:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ELAB KCRM SMIG BR |
08SAOPAULO285 | SAO PAULO: MARTA SUPLICY'S MAYORAL CANDIDACY COULD LEAD TO [...] (SBU) On June 4, Marta Suplicy confirmed her resignation as Minister of Tourism and her pre-candidacy as the Workers' Party (PT) candidate for Mayor of Sao Paulo. She and the PT are counting on three elements - President Lula's popularity, the strong economy, and division in opposition ranks - [...] | 2008-06-06 17:25:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR BR |
08SAOPAULO292 | ORGANIZED LABOR DOING WELL WITH LULA [...] (SBU) A year and a half into his second term, President Lula has won back the approval of many in organized labor who had expressed disenchantment with him during his first term. By signing legislation granting legal recognition and government funding to the large labor Centrals while vetoing [...] | 2008-06-10 15:46:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV ECON BR |
08SAOPAULO301 | U.S. AIRLINES DIFFER AHEAD OF BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. aviation companies are of a mixed mind about expanded passenger routes between the United States and Brazil. On the one hand, rising fuel prices and a tightening market globally are weighing on the business decisions of the four U.S. carriers operating in Brazil (American [...] | 2008-06-13 15:25:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL PGOV ECON EINV BEXP BR |
08SAOPAULO335 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BRAZILIAN OIL CONCESSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 13 meeting with the Ambassador, former Minister of Finance Antonio Delfim Netto (strictly protect),who is currently working as a political and business consultant and widely believed to be an unofficial advisor to President Lula, discussed his views on Brazil's newf [...] | 2008-06-26 09:29:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV EINV EAGR BR |
08SAOPAULO338 | SAO PAULO: WITH AN EYE TO 2010 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Avoiding open confrontation, the Social Democracy Party of Brazil (PSDB) held its municipal convention June 22 and nominated former Governor Geraldo Alckmin as its candidate for Mayor of Sao Paulo. In a deal reportedly brokered by Governor Jose Serra, the faction that favored su [...] | 2008-06-30 09:47:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR BR |
08SAOPAULO38 | GOVERNMENT EXPANSION OF "BOLSA FAMILIA" BENEFITS DRAWS [...] On the last working day of 2007, President Lula expanded the scope of Bolsa Familia, the federal monthly stipend benefiting some 11 million poor families, to include an additional payment for each child aged 16 and 17. Opposition politicians called the action unethical and possibly in violati [...] | 2008-01-28 18:39:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI EAID EFIN ECON BR |
08SAOPAULO437 | SOUTHERN BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S VISIT STRENGTHENS TIES [...] (U) Ambassador Clifford Sobel traveled to the city of Curitiba, capital of the State of Parana, Brazil August 3-4, 2008. During his visit to Curitiba, Ambassador Sobel visited the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham),met with the Governor of Parana, Roberto Requico, was a featured speaker a [...] | 2008-08-12 17:22:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECIN KCRM KMDR BR |
08SAOPAULO49 | BRAZIL: INFRASTRUCUTRE COOPERATION AND SECURITY ISSUES: [...] (SBU) Ambassador met January 28 with Sao Paulo Governor Jose Serra to follow up on previous discussions of cooperation between the state government and the USG on law enforcement and public security issues. He also conveyed USG's interest in supporting Brazil's efforts to develop its physical [...] | 2008-02-01 13:54:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR EINV EFIN BEXP ASEC KJUS EAIR BR |
08SAOPAULO528 | Senator Hagel Meets Sao Paulo Business/Political Leaders [...] Summary: Senator Chuck Hagel visited Sao Paulo September 2-3, during which time he met with a variety of interlocutors, including local business representatives as well as foreign policy experts and the Sao Paulo State Governor (foreign policy and Serra discussions Septel). Business contacts [...] | 2008-10-02 16:17:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAO BR |
08SAOPAULO529 | Senator Hagel in Brazil, Meetings on Foreign Policy [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Chuck Hagel visited Sao Paulo September 2-3, meeting with a variety of interlocutors, including foreign policy experts and Sao Paulo Governor -- and likely 2010 presidential candidate -- Jose Serra. They emphasized that the United States should not try to push Brazil on [...] | 2008-10-02 16:26:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAO BR |
08SAOPAULO536 | SAO PAULO MAYOR'S RACE: KASSAB'S PERFORMANCE SOLIDIFIES [...] (U) Summary: DEM Party Sao Paulo incumbent Mayor Gilberto Kassab's surprising first-place finish in first-round Sao Paulo mayoral voting against PT candidate Marta Suplicy makes Kassab the favorite for the October 26 second-round vote. Even more important, Kassab's strong showing solidifies P [...] | 2008-10-07 08:26:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON BR |
08SAOPAULO542 | LEVERAGING LEBANON,S DIASPORA FOR [...] (C) This message contains an Action Request. See Paragraph 12. Summary: 2. (C) Brazil's extensive Lebanese Diaspora, the largest such community in the world, contains important, influential people who want to work with the USG to help the cause of democracy in Lebanon, a position made [...] | 2008-10-09 14:55:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHALANAGE PARTY PINR PREL KISL LE BR |
08SAOPAULO56 | POOR SAO PAULO PRISON CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO POSE SERIOUS [...] (SBU) Although state authorities emphasize that they are working hard on introducing new plans to address deficiencies in Sao Paulo's penitentiaries, reputed to have Brazil's best-organized and well-run jails and detention centers, local prison watchers tell us that conditions are in an abysma [...] | 2008-02-08 10:46:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCRM SNAR ASEC BR |
08SAOPAULO560 | MILITARY-CIVIL POLICE CLASH OUTSIDE SAO PAULO [...] (C) Summary: Striking members of the Civil Police clashed with on-duty Military Police in a confrontation that left 25 persons wounded near the Sao Paulo Governor Serra's Palace on 10/16. The confrontation, which generated some lurid TV and press images, reflects Civil Police frustration with [...] | 2008-10-17 15:32:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR BR |
08SAOPAULO581 | Brazil: Sao Paulo Mayor Wins Landslide Reelection, Set Up [...] (U) Summary: Democrats (DEM) Party candidate and incumbent Sao Paulo Mayor Gilberto Kassab capped off an extraordinary political comeback with a 61-39 victory over Workers Party (PT) candidate Marta Suplicy in the second round of the mayoral race on 10/26. Kassab's convincing win represents a [...] | 2008-10-27 16:25:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR |
08SAOPAULO606 | SAO PAULO RACE COULD SET STAGE FOR 2010 PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 2008 Sao Paulo mayoral race set the stage for Brazil's 2010 presidential elections, positioning Sao Paulo Governor Jose Serra (Social Democrats - PSDB, opposition) to face off against presidential chief of staff Dilma Rousseff (Workers Party - PT, government),presid [...] | 2008-11-07 18:56:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR |
08SAOPAULO61 | PARANA GOVERNOR REQUIAO TAKES ON THE FEDS [...] (SBU) Summary: A dispute between Parana State Governor Roberto Requiao and federal prosecutors and judges has attracted widespread media attention. Prosecutors accused the Governor of using the state's public educational television channel as a vehicle to promote his own political agenda and [...] | 2008-02-13 11:45:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM BR |
08SAOPAULO679 | ECONOMIC CRISIS HELPS SERRA POSITION FOR 2010 [...] (C) Summary: The PSDB leadership sees an opportunity for their party as the ongoing global economic crisis hits Brazil. In this context, Sao Paulo state governor Jose Serra, the most likely PSDB nominee right now, has started a campaign of economic activism at the state level, promoting prog [...] | 2008-12-19 17:41:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR |
08SAOPAULO77 | FOLLOW-UP WITH SENIOR JUSTICE ON DRUG AND WEAPONS [...] (C/NF) Sao Paulo State Court of Appeals Criminal Division Justice, Jose Amado de Faria Souza, told Consul General (CG) that while his concerns expressed reftel regarding the possible transportation of heavy weapons across the Tri-Border Area (TBA) and from Colombia into Brazil were based on c [...] | 2008-02-20 14:11:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV OEXC SNAR KCRM BR |
08SAOPAULO90 | BRAZIL CIVAIR: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH US AIRLINES [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 19 the Ambassador met with representatives from U.S. carriers American, Delta, and United Airlines to elicit their views on the Sao Paulo International Airport Guarulhos (GRU) parking fee dispute, follow up on bilateral aviation negotiations, discuss the domestic and i [...] | 2008-02-26 10:33:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL PGOV ECON EINV BEXP BR |
08SAOPAULO94 | SAO PAULO'S MAYORAL ELECTION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR 2010 [...] (SBU) In October, Brazilians will go to the polls to elect the Mayors and City Council members ("Vereadores") of the country's 5,064 municipalities. Political analysts and consultants, as well as politicians from across the spectrum, agree on one thing: these elections will set the stage for [...] | 2008-02-26 13:11:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR BR |
08SARAJEVO100 | BOSNIA: TIHIC AND THE SDA POWER STRUGGLE [...] (C) The Party for Democratic Action (SDA) is in the midst of an internal power struggle between Sulejman Tihic, the party president, and a faction led by Bakir Izetbegovic, the son of the party's late founder. Recently diagnosed with colon cancer, Tihic hopes to retain his position as party [...] | 2008-01-17 12:28:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR BK |
08SARAJEVO1021 | BOSNIA - ENSURING A CHOD TRANSITION THAT KEEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: We have been working for several months with NATO HQ Sarajevo, including Major General Wightman, to ensure that the July 21 transition from outgoing CHOD LTG Sifet Podzic (Bosniak) to a new CHOD is as smooth as possible (Reftel). The right leadership within the uniformed military [...] | 2008-06-16 12:35:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV MARR BK |
08SARAJEVO1036 | BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR THE JUNE 24-25 PEACE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The June 24-25 Peace Implementation Council (PIC) will take place in the warm glow of Bosnia's June 16 signing of its Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU. Though this fulfills one of the two conditions set by the PIC in February for closure of OHR. Prog [...] | 2008-06-18 16:53:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KAWC MARR ECON EAID EU |
08SARAJEVO1051 | BOSNIA - RESIGNATION PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO DODIK'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In late May, a senior advisor to Republika Srpska Prime Minister Milorad Dodik resigned from her position as Chief of the Cabinet and turned in her party membership card. In a private exchange with us, Srebrenka Golic asserted that corruption and incompetence among Dodik's senior [...] | 2008-06-20 13:01:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR BK |
08SARAJEVO1056 | BOSNIA - TIHIC THROWS SUPPORT BEHIND DURAKOVIC FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 19, the Party for Democratic Action (SDA) announced that it would nominate Camil Durakovic, the notorious leader of the Srebrenica separatist movement and organizer of the Srebrenica tent settlement, as their candidate for mayor of Srebrenica. Several senior SDA members h [...] | 2008-06-23 09:52:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KAWC KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1068 | DODIK TARGETS YET ANOTHER STATE INSTITUTION (BHRT) [...] (SBU) Summary: RS Prime Minister Dodik recently launched a frontal attack against BiH's national public broadcaster, BHRT, demanding that it be forced into bankruptcy, as part of his broader campaign to attack state-level institutions. As he has in other political initiatives, Dodik has sough [...] | 2008-06-26 08:31:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO BK |
08SARAJEVO107 | BOSNIA- SILAJDZIC DISCUSSES KOSOVO, CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Summary. CDA met with Bosniak member of the Presidency Haris Silajdzic January 16 to advocate support for Bosnia's Iraq deployment. They also had a wide-ranging discussion on the political situation in Bosnia and the region. Silajdzic told CDA that he believed "everything was on hold" unt [...] | 2008-01-17 16:09:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK |
08SARAJEVO1087 | BOSNIA - WHERE WE ARE PROSECUTING THE SREBRENICA [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: As the thirteenth anniversary of the genocide that took place in and around Srebrenica in July 1995 approaches, we thought it would be useful to review the progress made and the challenges faced by the State Prosecutor's Office Special Department for War Crimes (SDWC) investiga [...] | 2008-07-02 14:42:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KAWC PHUM BK |
08SARAJEVO1088 | BOSNIA - CORRUPTION VERDICTS HIGHLIGHT RULE OF LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent verdicts in corruption cases against senior Bosnian political leaders have highlighted the vulnerability of the judiciary to political attacks and the systemic weaknesses in the judicial system that continue to require the attention of the international community. On June [...] | 2008-07-02 15:10:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS KDEM EAID BK |
08SARAJEVO1089 | BOSNIA- DAO VERFIES DESTRUCTION OF AMMUNITION [...] (U) DAO visited the Bosnian Armed Forces' ammunition destruction facility in Doboj July 2 to verify destruction of ammunition per terms of US-BiH agreement (reftel). DAO confirms that destruction of second segment of ammunition, 870 tons, occurred as required by the agreement. Minister of Def [...] | 2008-07-03 07:54:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR BK |
08SARAJEVO1090 | BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: We are looking forward to your July 8-12 visit to Bosnia, and I am pleased that you will be able to join me on July 11 for the commemoration in Srebrenica of the 1995 genocide that took place in and around the municipality. Your participation in the event will signal, particularly [...] | 2008-07-03 12:03:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV KJUS KAWC KCRM EAID BK EU |
08SARAJEVO1110 | BOSNIA- PRESIDENCY APPROVES NEW IRAQ DEPLOYMENT, [...] (C) At its July 4 session, the Presidency gave final approval for the deployment of a "platoon-plus" to serve with coalition forces in Iraq for fixed-site security duties. The unit is currently scheduled to arrive in Iraq on or about August 1, and will be the first multi-ethnic operational uni [...] | 2008-07-07 15:42:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR BK |
08SARAJEVO1111 | BOSNIA- PRESIDENCY APPROVES NEW IRAQ DEPLOYMENT, [...] (C) At its July 4 session, the Presidency gave final approval for the deployment of a "platoon-plus" to serve with coalition forces in Iraq for fixed-site security duties. The unit is currently scheduled to arrive in Iraq on or about August 1, and will be the first multi-ethnic operational uni [...] | 2008-07-08 06:35:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR BK |
08SARAJEVO1112 | BOSNIA-SDA MAKES LAST MINUTE SREBRENICA SWITCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 7, the deadline for registering candidates for the October 2008 municipal elections, the Party for Democratic Action (SDA) submitted Osman Suljic to be its candidate for the Srebrenica mayoral race. Following several days of discussions with SDA leadership, SDA President [...] | 2008-07-08 16:59:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KAWC KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1114 | BOSNIA - RUSSIS WALKS OUT OF PIC AND REFUSES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the June 24-25 Peace Implementation Council (PIC),PIC member states, except Russia, reiterated their commitment to a benchmarks-driven approach to determining OHR's closure date. PIC member states also underscored to Bosnian political leaders that they would consider national [...] | 2008-07-09 11:50:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID KJUS KAWC KCRM RU BK |
08SARAJEVO112 | BOSNIA- IRAQ EOD UNIT MANDATE EXTENDED; EXPANDED [...] (SBU) The Presidency voted January 17 to extend the mandate of Bosnia's Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit in Iraq through the end of 2008. The EOD extension is pending parliamentary confirmation by both the House of Representatives and House of Peoples. Following up on a USG request fir [...] | 2008-01-18 16:50:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ BK |
08SARAJEVO1127 | BOSNIA:CONSTITUTIONAL COURT IGNORES POTENTIALLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The BiH Constitutional Court (CC) continues to refuse to rule on two critical petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Republika Srpska (RS) Law on Frozen Foreign Currency Accounts (FFCA). The RS law allowed for the issuance of bonds to repay frozen foreign currency acco [...] | 2008-07-09 15:25:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV BK |
08SARAJEVO113 | BOSNIA: MEETING WITH NEWLY APPOINTED SIPA DIRECTOR [...] (C) The Charge accompanied by RSO and POLOFF met, January 15, with newly appointed director of the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) Mirko Lujic. The discussion focused on the challenges posed by improving SIPA's performance. The Charge reviewed the history of USG financial su [...] | 2008-01-18 17:01:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINR KJUS MOPS BK |
08SARAJEVO1180 | BOSNIA - REACTIONS TO ARREST OF ICTY FUGITIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The arrest of Radovan Karadzic is a critical milestone in the quest for justice for the victims of war crimes committed in Bosnia. It could also constitute an important step on the road to reconciliation in the country depending, in part, on how the International Criminal Tribun [...] | 2008-07-23 07:47:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KAWC KJUS BK SR |
08SARAJEVO1193 | BOSNIA - DODIK REMAINS TOP DOG IN THE RS DESPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his 2006 election campaign, Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik promised the RS public that he would revitalize the RS oil industry and the Gacko thermo power plant, finish the highway connecting Banja Luka to Croatia, and build a comprehensive network of hig [...] | 2008-07-24 16:26:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM ECON KDEM BK |
08SARAJEVO120 | BOSNIA- LETTER FROM MINISTER OF DEFENSE CIKOTIC TO [...] (SBU) Minister of Defense Cikotic requested Post deliver the following letter from the Minister to General Petraeus, Commander of MNF-I Iraq. Begin Text of Letter: Bosnia-Herzegovina Ministry of Defense Sarajevo January 18, 2008 General David Howell Petraeus Commanding General Mul [...] | 2008-01-22 16:46:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR IZ BK |
08SARAJEVO1202 | BOSNIA - OHR/EU POISED TO LIFT TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph seven below. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Republika Srpska Prime Minister Milorad Dodik continued to make public statements about the July 21 arrest of Radovan Karadzic. Among other things, Dodik criticized attacks on the RS by leading Bosniak politicians in [...] | 2008-07-25 15:44:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KAWC KCRM CVIS BK |
08SARAJEVO1221 | S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON'S JULY 8-12 VISIT TO [...] SUMMARY: (C) During a July 8-12 visit to Bosnia, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, Clint Williamson, met with key justice, political and international representatives to discuss war crimes issues. Officials working with the Bosnian State Court repeatedly expressed the need to exten [...] | 2008-07-29 15:29:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1226 | BOSNIA -- PARLIAMENT APPROVES NEW IRAQ DEPLOYMENT; [...] (SBU) On July 30, the Bosnian House of Peoples voted to confirm the Presidency's decision to deploy a platoon-plus, 49 men, of Bosnian soldiers for fixed-site security duties in Iraq by a vote of 11 in favor, 0 opposed and 2 abstentions. The previous day, the House of Representatives voted to [...] | 2008-07-30 14:37:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR BK |
08SARAJEVO1227 | BOSNIA - A VISIBLY UPSET DODIK DIMISSES USG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik responded angrily to a letter from Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried, which outlined USG concerns about statements and actions by Dodik that created the impression that Dodik believed the RS can take a path separate form Bosnia as a [...] | 2008-07-30 15:10:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PINR EUN BK KDEM PHUM |
08SARAJEVO1231 | BOSNIA - THE LONG, SAD SAGA OF BOSNIA'S HUMAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The appointment of a single state-level Ombudsman for human rights, a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) and Council of Europe post-accession requirement, remains incomplete almost two years after the Bosnian parliament adopted legislation mandating it. The initial att [...] | 2008-07-31 08:50:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM EAID BK |
08SARAJEVO1236 | BOSNIA - COURT HANDS DOWN STIFF SENTENCES, [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 29, a first instance panel at the State Court convicted seven individuals accused of killing more than 1000 Bosniak men and boys in the Kravica Farming Warehouse Cooperative on genocide charges, but acquitted four other defendants due to insufficient evidence of their p [...] | 2008-07-31 13:45:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1238 | BOSNIA -- PRESIDENTS' ADVISORS PLAY SIGINIFICANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past year and a half, we have worked closely with the cabinets and advisors to the three members of Bosnia's Tri-Presidency: Bosniak Haris Silajdzic, Serb Nebojsa Radmanovic, and Croat Zeljko Komsic. As we reported previously, (reftel),the advisors play a significant role [...] | 2008-08-01 08:43:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BK |
08SARAJEVO1260 | BITTER POLITICAL STANDOFF OVER STOLAC SECONDARY [...] (SBU) Summary: With Bosnia-Herzegovina's local elections looming in October, the future of the Stolac Secondary School in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton remains the political hot button of choice for local and cantonal politicians looking to energize their electorate and mobilize voters. The a [...] | 2008-08-05 08:33:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BK PGOV PHUM SCUL |
08SARAJEVO1265 | NEW DEATH THREAT TO RS HELSINKI COMMISSION STAFF, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Republika Srpska Helsinki Citizens' Committee (HCC) received a death threat against its president, Branko Todorovic, and members of his family on July 31. Todorovic speculated that the threat is possibly linked to rogue elements (or former members) of RS intelligence and p [...] | 2008-08-05 14:51:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM BO |
08SARAJEVO1273 | BOSNIA - LAJCAK STRESSES WEAK HAND DURING MEETING [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a meeting with visiting EUR/SCE Office Director Jason Hyland on August 4, High Representative Miroslav Lajcak stressed his weak hand in dealing with Bosnia's political problems. He said that Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik can control events by threaten [...] | 2008-08-06 16:15:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL BK |
08SARAJEVO128 | BOSNIA- SCENESETTER FOR MINISTER CIKOTIC'S JANUARY [...] (C) Summary. Minister Cikotic will lead a high-level delegation from the Bosnian Armed Forces and Parliament to visit Bosnia's Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit and consult with senior MNF-I commanders in Iraq January 28-30. Bosnia's nearly three year deployment of its EOD unit continues [...] | 2008-01-23 17:28:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR IZ BK |
08SARAJEVO1287 | BOSNIA - THIS LIE HAS LEGS: MEDIA FRENZY OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Radovan Karadzic's claim of an alleged secret deal with Richard Holbrooke, which he outlined in a four-page written statement addressed to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),has dominated the news in Bosnia for the past seven days. Despite our d [...] | 2008-08-07 14:38:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO129 | BOSNIA- AMBASSADOR AND NATO HQ PUSH MOVABLE [...] (C) On January 23, the Ambassador, NATO HQ Sarajevo Commander US MG Wightman, and NATO POLAD met with President Nebojsa Radmanovic and Prime Minister Spiric to stress the importance of resolving movable defense property issues in the near-term. In particular, the Ambassador told Radmanovic an [...] | 2008-01-23 18:37:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR BK |
08SARAJEVO1312 | TIP: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS HOTLINE NUMBERS FOR [...] (U) In response to reftel, post provides the following information on TIP hotlines in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). It is worth noting that the situation in BiH is made more complex, both legally and practically, by the existence of the two entities in BiH (the Federation of BiH and the Republ [...] | 2008-08-14 05:45:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL BO |
08SARAJEVO1342 | BOSNIA - BIH CONSTITUTIONAL COURT: A DAYTON [...] (C) SUMMARY. The BiH Constitutional Court has played an important role in helping Bosnia become a stable, functional state, but is now widely perceived within the local and the international community as a Dayton Peace Process success story gone awry. The appointment process for judges has [...] | 2008-08-22 11:37:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1343 | BOSNIA: SIX-PARTY TALKS REOPEN DIALOGUE ON [...] (C) Summary: Sulejman Tihic--chairman of the Party for Democratic Action (SDA)--will host a discussion on August 23 with the six ruling parties in the BiH state government. These talks, which Tihic called at the urging of High Representative Miroslav Lajcak, will reopen stalled dialogue on Bo [...] | 2008-08-22 13:33:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK |
08SARAJEVO1348 | BOSNIA: NO BREAKTHROUGHS IN SIX-PARTY TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary: As expected, Saturday's meeting of the leaders of the six parties in the BiH ruling coalition did not yield any major compromises on the country's most contentious issues. All parties agreed to resume substantive discussions on constitutional reform immediately after the Octob [...] | 2008-08-25 16:09:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | BK PGOV PREL |
08SARAJEVO1417 | BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL FIZTGERALD'S [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Despite Bosnia's having achieved formal progress in its path toward candidacy for the EU and NATO, the political situation in Bosnia has not improved, and in some ways it has continued to deteriorate since your January visit. Political leaders continue to engage in a destabili [...] | 2008-09-04 16:14:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR BK |
08SARAJEVO1418 | BOSNIA: SCENESETTER FOR DAS JONES' SEPTEMBER 8-9 [...] (C) SUMMARY: You are coming to Bosnia at a time when rising ethnic nationalism, a weakened Office of High Representative (OHR) and threats by Russia to break off cooperation with its partners in the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) have brought reform to a standstill and could potentially t [...] | 2008-09-04 18:07:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KJUS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL EU BK |
08SARAJEVO1423 | BOSNIA - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN OFFICIALY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The campaign season officially opened today (September 5) for Bosnia's October 5 municipal elections. Although municipal-level party officials tell us their campaigns will focus on local-level issues, party leaders have already begun trying to capture votes by focusing on divisive [...] | 2008-09-05 16:58:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | BK KDEM PGOV PINR PREL |
08SARAJEVO1426 | BOSNIA: SARAJEVO SELLS ELECTRICITY SURPLUS DESPITE [...] (U) Summary: Sarajevo-based electricity distributor Elektroprivreda BiH (EPBiH) announced their intention to sell close to 200 mln USD worth of surplus electricity to prospective utilities and electricity trading companies. Although profits from electricity surplus would be a boon for the Fede [...] | 2008-09-08 14:44:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ENRG EPET PGOV PREL BK |
08SARAJEVO1435 | BOSNIA - DISPLACED CROAT COMMUNITY DENIED VOTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 28 August, the Central Election Commission (CEC) rejected the voter registration applications of 2,048 displaced Bosnian Croats, provoking howls of criticism from Croat political parties that they and their voters were victims of discrimination. The CEC's decision rests on co [...] | 2008-09-09 13:23:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
08SARAJEVO1449 | BOSNIA -- A HOUSE DIVIDED: MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The campaign to register 1991 residents of Srebrenica to vote in municipal elections there has leveled the political playing field in the municipality for Bosniaks, whose demographic profile in Srebrenica reflects the genocide and ethnic cleansing that took place in and around the [...] | 2008-09-11 13:28:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KAWC KDEM BK |
08SARAJEVO1476 | BOSNIA - PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS IN WAR CRIMES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Earlier this month, the State Prosecutor's Office publicly debuted its demographic analysis and new case selection criteria for war crimes cases. The demographic analysis identifies the timeframes and places in which significant numbers of people were killed during the 1992-199 [...] | 2008-09-16 15:38:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ICTY KAWC KJUS KCRM BK |
08SARAJEVO1481 | BOSNIA - DISENFRANCHISEMENT IN POSAVINA LEAVES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Central Election Commission (CEC) decided on September 9 not to approve voter registration applications for 2,084 Croats from the Posavina region (details of the Croats' dilemma are reported reftel). The party that helped spearhead the effort to register these Croats is laun [...] | 2008-09-17 08:12:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BK |
08SARAJEVO1484 | BOSNIA - SERBS AND CROATS ANGRY OVER DELIC VERDICT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The September 15 decision by the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to acquit Rasim Delic on several charges of murder and cruel treatment and to sentence him to just three years in prison received prominent press coverage in Bosnia. Delic was found guilty on [...] | 2008-09-17 15:04:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ICTY KAWC KJUS KCRM BK |
08SARAJEVO149 | BOSNIA - THE RS AND KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE; EXPECT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bosnian Serbs are following developments in Kosovo closely and see Kosovo as an integral part of both Serbia and their own national identity. Many also believe that if Kosovo Albanians have the right to become independent, the Republika Srpska (RS) should also have the same right [...] | 2008-01-25 16:10:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | BK PGOV PREL PINR |
08SARAJEVO1492 | BOSNIA - DIVISIONS, DIVISIONS, AND MORE DIVISIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 9, as part of his two day visit to Bosnia, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Stuart Jones met with Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik and had dinner with political leaders from the six parties that make up Bosnia's state-level go [...] | 2008-09-18 13:31:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KJUS EU BK |
08SARAJEVO1494 | BOSNIA - DAS JONES' SEPTEMBER 8-9 VISIT TO SARAJEVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his September 8-9 visit to Sarajevo Deputy Assistant Secretary Stuart Jones met with Republika Srpska Prime Minister (RS PM) Milorad Dodik and attended a dinner hosted by the Ambassador with leaders from coalition parties and the leading opposition party (both events repor [...] | 2008-09-18 15:15:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KJUS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL EU BK |
08SARAJEVO1498 | BOSNIA: TACTICAL VICTORY ON TRANSCO LEADS TO A [...] (C) Summary: On Monday, September 15, in a bait and switch rarely seen in functioning European governments of the 21st Century, the RS Government substituted a "new" conclusion on the state electricity company Electroprenos (TRANSCO) for the one it had previously announced after its September [...] | 2008-09-19 15:16:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ENRG PREL PINR PGOV EU BK |
08SARAJEVO150 | BOSNIA- AMBASSADOR AND NATO HQ ENGAGE SILAJDZIC [...] (C) On January 24, the Ambassador, NATO HQ Commander US MG Wightman and NATO POLAD met separately with Presidents Haris Silajdzic and Zeljko Komsic to continue their outreach with senior leaders on movable defense property issues. The delegation urged the Presidents to support the new Ministry [...] | 2008-01-25 16:12:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR BK |
08SARAJEVO1507 | BOSNIA - SDA ISSUES WARNING TO DODIK AND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Party of Democratic Action (SDA) main board on September 20 adopted a declaration that: decried the "perpetual and systematic obstruction" of Dayton by "some politicians" (read: Republika Srpska PM Dodik); stressed that Dayton had not been implemented; underscored that it was [...] | 2008-09-23 13:29:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BK |
08SARAJEVO1510 | BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thirteen years after Dayton, Bosnia and Herzegovina remains a deeply divided society. Dayton's division of the country into two entities - one overwhelmingly Serb (Republika Srpska - RS),and one divided between a Bosniak (Muslim) majority and a Croat minority (the Federation) - [...] | 2008-09-23 15:58:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KAWC BK |
08SARAJEVO1518 | BOSNIA - SILAJDZIC STOKES THE FLAMES OF A RESTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bosniak Tri-Presidency member Haris Silajdzic has ratcheted up his anti-Republika Srpska (RS) rhetoric, this time tking his vitriol to the international stage. Hedelivered his most recent potshot during his Septmber 23 speech to the UN General Assembly, at whic he declared -- as [...] | 2008-09-25 14:13:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BK |
08SARAJEVO1520 | BOSNIA - DODIK'S OPTIONS FOR BOSNIA: IT'S MY WAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: As we have reported, Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik has taken a number of actions over the last 12 months to undermine the Bosnian state, his most being his attacks on TRANSCO (Ref C) and in challenging the authorities of state-level law enforcement and judicial authoritie [...] | 2008-09-25 15:16:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KAWC KDEM BK |
08SARAJEVO1530 | BOSNIA - PIC SPLITS OVER DODIK CHALLENGE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Peace Implementation Council (PIC) Steering Board Ambassadors (SBA) met on September 26 to discuss its response to the Republika Srpska (RS) government's conclusion that the RS administration and administrative organizations are not obligated to provide SIPA documents in conne [...] | 2008-09-26 15:35:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KJUS KAWC BK |
08SARAJEVO1531 | BOSNIA - REPUBLIKA SRPSKA ATTACKS ON MISSING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Republika Srpska (RS) authorities have taken a series of steps that undermine the ability of the state-level Missing Persons Institute (MPI) to locate, exhume, and identify victims of the 1992-1995 war. MPI was designed to search for missing individuals without regard to ethnicit [...] | 2008-09-29 09:59:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KAWC KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1536 | BOSNIA - DODIK APPEARS TO STEP BACK FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 26, High Representative Lajcak issued a statement acknowledging written assurances from Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik that his government was willing to honor a subpoena presented by State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) in connection with an inves [...] | 2008-09-29 16:12:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KJUS KAWC BK |
08SARAJEVO1547 | BOSNIA - DODIK RENEGES ON PROMISE TO COOPERATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: After promising publicly on September 28 that the Republika Srpska Government (RSG) would cooperate with state-level law enforcement institutions, RS PM Milorad Dodik informed the State Prosecutor's Office on September 30 that his government would not submit documentation requeste [...] | 2008-10-02 14:47:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KJUS KAWC BK |
08SARAJEVO1553 | BOSNIA - AGREEMENT ON CENSUS? DON'T COUNT ON IT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Underscoring growing political intransigence on key reforms, Bosnian leaders sharply diverge on the data to include in a country-wide census, which Bosnia has not conducted since 1991. The EU-Bosnia Partnership Agreement -- a non-binding document outlining reforms the EU deems n [...] | 2008-10-03 11:32:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BK |
08SARAJEVO1559 | BOSNIA - DODIK IMPLIES RS POLICE WILL RESIST [...] (SBU) Commenting on the ongoing standoff between Republika Srpska (RS) and state-level law enforcement and judicial authorities, RS PM Milorad Dodik implied that RS police would prevent the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) from obtaining documentation requested by the State Pro [...] | 2008-10-03 15:24:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KJUS KAWC BK |
08SARAJEVO1560 | BOSNIA - DODIK IMPLIES RS POLICE WILL RESIST [...] (SBU) Commenting on the ongoing standoff between Republika Srpska (RS) and state-level law enforcement and judicial authorities, RS PM Milorad Dodik implied that RS police would prevent the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) from obtaining documentation requested by the State Pro [...] | 2008-10-03 15:32:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KJUS KAWC BK |
08SARAJEVO1561 | BOSNIA - DODIK IMPLIES RS POLICE WILL RESIST [...] (SBU) Commenting on the ongoing standoff between Republika Srpska (RS) and state-level law enforcement and judicial authorities, RS PM Milorad Dodik implied that RS police would prevent the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) from obtaining documentation requested by the State Pro [...] | 2008-10-03 16:01:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KJUS KAWC BK |
08SARAJEVO1571 | BOSNIA -- MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS FREE, FAIR AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bosnia's October 5 municipal elections were conducted in an orderly manner with only minor irregularities at the polling stations. Turnout was low in some major cities such as Sarajevo (40 percent),but was considerably higher in rural areas such as Gacko (73 percent) and in t [...] | 2008-10-06 14:00:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR BK |
08SARAJEVO1572 | BOSNIA: FOREIGNERS AFFAIRS SERVICE DETAINS IMAD [...] (S) On October 6 the Foreigners Affairs Service (FAS) and Federation police arrested Syrian born foreign fighter Imad Al-Hussein (better known as Abu Hamza al-Suri) and brought him to the FAS immigration center near Sarajevo. Initial reports indicate that Al-Hussein's detention occurred withou [...] | 2008-10-06 14:12:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KJUS KCRM BK |
08SARAJEVO1575 | BOSNIA - COUNCIL OF EUROPE REPORT PLAYS INTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on September 30 adopted a resolution on Bosnia that -- inter alia -- calls for a new constitution by October 2010 that: 1) reforms entity voting; 2) narrows the "vital national interest" protections; 3) allows "others" to [...] | 2008-10-07 13:14:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BK |
08SARAJEVO1585 | BOSNIA - DODIK,S PARTY PRESENTS MORE DEMANDS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In two recent op-eds, Rajko Vasic, Secretary General of Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik's Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD),presents a state-level investigation into possible corruption in the RS and the 13-year post-Dayton effort to strengthen the state as p [...] | 2008-10-09 15:32:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR BK |
08SARAJEVO1587 | BOSNIA -- RADMANOVIC'S BLEAK ASSESSMENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a lunch with the Ambassador, Serb Member of Bosnia's Tri-Presidency and member of Republika Srpska (RS) PM Dodik's Alliance of Independent Social Democrats party (SNSD) Nebosja Radmanovic sent troublesome signals about the current political climate in Bosnia and the country's f [...] | 2008-10-10 11:17:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK |
08SARAJEVO1593 | BOSNIA - MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS UNLIKELY TO CHANGE DOWNWARD POLITICAL TRAJECTORY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-10 16:34:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | BK KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08SARAJEVO1594 | BOSNIA: EU COMMISSIONER REHN SHOCKED BY BIH [...] (C) EU Ambassador Kourkulas briefed Ambassador and High Representative Lajcak on the details of the October 10 meeting of EU Commissioner for Enlargement Ollie Rehn and the Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency. Kourkulas was shocked at the behavior of all of the Presidents, saying it was more li [...] | 2008-10-10 16:43:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON PGOV PINR PREL EU BK |
08SARAJEVO1596 | BOSNIA - DODIK VS SIPA: A TIMETABLE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The State Prosecutor's Office plans to ask the State Court for a seizure order on October 20, which would authorize the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) to obtain documents from the RS Tax Administration and other RS government offices in connection with a State Pr [...] | 2008-10-14 10:48:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON KCRM KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1598 | BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR HIGHREP'S OCTOBER 20-21 [...] (C) SUMMARY: High Representative Miroslav Lajcak will visit Washington on October 20-21 as part of his consultations with Peace Implementation Council (PIC) capitals prior to the November 19-20 PIC. Lajcak's stop in Washington follows visits earlier this month to Quint capitals, Brussels, and [...] | 2008-10-14 14:55:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KAWC KDEM PHUM BK |
08SARAJEVO1599 | BOSNIA - PUBLIC BROADCAST REFORM: BAD NEWS [...] (C) Summary: Public Broadcast Reform, though a prerequisite for the signing of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA),remains incomplete, and recently suffered two notable setbacks. On September 17, Croat and Serb parliamentarians joined forces and passed over the objections of [...] | 2008-10-15 09:12:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM KPAO BK |
08SARAJEVO161 | ICTY LEGACY VISIT TO BOSNIA [...] (U) During a January 16-18 visit to Sarajevo, Bosnia Desk Officer Anna Stinchcomb, S/WCI Special Assistant Matt Lavine, Embassy The Hague's Deputy Legal Counselor Denise Manning, and S/WCI Regional FSN Dubravko Bolsec met with key justice officials, representatives from international organiz [...] | 2008-01-29 13:06:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1613 | BOSNIA - RS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY REAFFIRMS RIGHT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following calls in September by Bosniak Tri-Presidency member Haris Silajdzic for the abolition of the RS, the Republika Srpska National Assembly (RSNA) held a special session on October 13 and 15, at which it adopted a resolution implying the right of the RS to hold a referendum [...] | 2008-10-16 14:28:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BK |
08SARAJEVO1614 | BOSNIA: SREBRENICA MAYOR'S OFFICE RETAINED BY [...] (C) Summary: SDA candidate Osman Suljic won the mayor's office of Srebrenica, carrying with him a significant number of seats for the SDA-SBiH coalition in the municipal assembly, though fewer than SDA previously held. The resounding defeat of SDP's Hakija Meholjic, and the cooperative tone [...] | 2008-10-16 15:19:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM BK |
08SARAJEVO1619 | BOSNIA - DODIK SENDS MIXED MESSAGES TO AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16, the Ambassador met with Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik and warned him that the U.S. was growing increasingly concerned with his statements and actions, particularly his attempts to undermine state-level institutions. The Ambassador underscor [...] | 2008-10-17 14:03:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KCRM KDEM KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO162 | BOSNIA- AMBASSADOR AND NATO HQ PREPARE TO ENGAGE [...] (C) On January 28, the Ambassador and NATO HQ POLAD continued their outreach in support of the NATO draft transfer agreement for movable defense property, meeting with the Chairman and Deputy Chairmen of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defense and the Federation Prime Minister. NATO HQ a [...] | 2008-01-29 13:18:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR BK |
08SARAJEVO1626 | BOSNIA: STATE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE MOVES BACK [...] (C/NF) The State Prosecutor's Office delayed plans to request a seizure order from the State Court on October 20, which would have authorized the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) to obtain documents from RS government in connection with an ongoing investigation (reftel). Inst [...] | 2008-10-20 14:41:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON KCRM KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1628 | BOSNIA - BIH CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECISIONS SEND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Within the past several weeks, the BiH Constitutional Court has handed down three controversial decisions that have reinforced the growing view that it is not up to the task of defending the rule of law in Bosnia. In a pair of contradictory decisions, the Court upheld the const [...] | 2008-10-21 05:57:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL KCRM BK |
08SARAJEVO1629 | BOSNIA - AMBASSADOR'S INTERLOCUTORS GIVE FEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 15-16 trip to Banja Luka, the Ambassador met with senior Republika Srpska (RS) officials, key advisors to RS PM Milorad Dodik, and former RS President Dragan Cavic to discuss U.S. concerns with statements and actions by Dodik aimed at de-legitimizing and undermin [...] | 2008-10-21 16:30:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL BK |
08SARAJEVO1655 | BOSNIA - BACKSLIDING ON BRCKO [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the municipal elections behind us and the November PIC approaching, OHR and Bosnian leaders are again discussing the five objectives and two conditions for OHR closure. Among the outstanding objectives is the completion of the Brcko Final Award, which requires the Superviso [...] | 2008-10-24 15:57:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BK |
08SARAJEVO1656 | BOSNIA -- DETERIORATING POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO SYG De Hoop Scheffer called Bosnia's Foreign Minister, Sven Alkalaj, to Brussels October 15 to discuss the deteriorating political climate in Bosnia and the threat it poses to Bosnia's progress towards NATO membership. Members of Bosnia's NATO Coordination Group admit that p [...] | 2008-10-25 07:15:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR BK |
08SARAJEVO1664 | BOSNIA: VISIT OF AMB. CHRISTIAN KENNEDY [...] (SBU) Summary: The visit of Amb. Christian Kennedy, Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, highlighted for Bosnian political and religious leaders the importance the United States attaches to restitution issues, including restitution of properties lost to victims of the Holocaust. Bosnian Jewis [...] | 2008-10-27 15:48:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BK |
08SARAJEVO1674 | 2008-2009 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA INCSR REPORT (PART I) [...] (U) Below follows the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) Part One for Bosnia-Herzegovina. I. Summary Narcotics control capabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina ("Bosnia") remain in a formative stage and have not kept pace with developments in other areas of l [...] | 2008-10-29 09:07:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SNAR KCRM BK |
08SARAJEVO1703 | BOSNIA - DODIK FAILS TO DELIVER DOCUMENTS TO STATE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Despite public and private promises, including an October 23 commitment to the Ambassador, Republika Srpska PM Milorad Dodik and his government have yet to comply with a request for RS government documents from the State Prosecutor's Office. The State Prosecutor had reiterat [...] | 2008-11-04 14:20:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1705 | BOSNIA - S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON'S OCTOBER [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson visited Sarajevo October 27-29 to discuss the possible transfer to Bosnia of some of the "Algerian 6" (A-6) group of Guantanamo detainees. Williamson met with Prime Minister Nikola Spiric, Minister of Security Tarik Sadovic, Foreign Minister S [...] | 2008-11-05 12:01:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL PTER BK AG |
08SARAJEVO1721 | BOSNIA:EU PROGRESS REPORT REPORTS LITTLE PROGRESS [...] Summary. The European Commission (EC) on November 5 published its 2008 progress report on BiH's accession efforts. It acknowledges that progress since November 2007 in the four key areas led to the signing of a Stabilization and Accession Agreement (SAA) in June 2008, but that since then Bos [...] | 2008-11-07 15:58:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN PREL PGOV EU BK |
08SARAJEVO1722 | ENERGY AGREEMENT MAY MEAN SOMETHING GOOD [...] (C). Summary: In a surprise move, on November 6, Republika Srpska (RS) Premier Milorad Dodik, Federation Premier Nedzad Brankovic and Bosnia Council of Ministers Chairman Nikola Spiric signed a comprehensive agreement on energy policy. If the agreement is implemented in good faith, it will [...] | 2008-11-07 16:16:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN PGOV PREL EU BK |
08SARAJEVO1723 | BOSNIA - AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FM ALKALAJ TO URGE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-07 17:04:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL PTER BK AG |
08SARAJEVO1724 | BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR NOVEMBER 19-20 PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Peace Implementation Council (PIC) will meet in Brussels on November 19-20 against the backdrop of continued political deterioration in Bosnia. The major parties continue to focus on their narrow ethnic agenda, not the reforms required for Euro-Atlantic integration. Republika [...] | 2008-11-07 17:52:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KDEM EU BK |
08SARAJEVO1725 | BOSNIA: REPUBLIKA SRPSKA MOVES ON PROPERTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 4, the Republika Srpska National Assembly (RSNA) passed, on its first reading, a draft law on the restitution of property which would address outstanding property issues for victims of expropriation, nationalization, and forcible donation, including properties lost dur [...] | 2008-11-07 18:12:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF ECON PINR KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1728 | BOSNIA - DODIK, TIHIC, COVIC AGREE TO A POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 8, Bosnia's three main political party leaders -- Sulejman Tihic, Dragan Covic, and Milorad Dodik -- issued a joint statement outlining a common approach to a number of controversial issues. The statement deals with constitutional reform, state and defense property, th [...] | 2008-11-10 18:48:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BK |
08SARAJEVO1734 | BOSNIA - STATE PROSECUTOR REQUESTS TEMPORARY [...] (C/NF) In light of the Republika Srpska (RS) government's failure to submit documents needed for an inquiry into corruption associated with government building and other contracts in the RS, the State Prosecutor's Office on Monday requested a temporary seizure order from the State Court, whi [...] | 2008-11-13 07:54:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1735 | BOSNIA - AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ALGERIAN 6 WITH PM [...] (S/NF) The Ambassador met separately on November 12 with Prime Minister Spiric and on November 10 with Security Minister Sadovic and Justice Minister Colak to convey points about the possible return to Bosnia of some of the "Algerian 6" Guantanamo detainees (Ref A). The Ambassador stressed t [...] | 2008-11-13 09:04:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL PTER BK AG |
08SARAJEVO1738 | BOSNIA - HIGHREP PROPOSES "NO CONTACT" POLICY WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ongoing confrontation between Republika Srpska PM Milorad Dodik, the RS government and state-level law enforcement and judicial authorities intensified on November 13. The RS government issued a defiant statement asserting that it "had no legal obligation" to comply with a re [...] | 2008-11-13 18:04:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KJUS KDEM PHUM BK |
08SARAJEVO1739 | BOSNIA - POLITICAL MANEUVERING BEFORE THE PIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Going into next week's PIC, most Bosnian leaders are capitalizing on a climate of relative political optimism created by the three-party agreement that Milorad Dodik, Sulejman Tihic, and Dragan Covic reached on November 8 (reftel). Tihic, Covic, and Dodik have put elements of thei [...] | 2008-11-13 19:17:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BK |
08SARAJEVO1767 | BOSNIA - BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT AGREES TO FURTHER [...] (S/NF) On November 17 the Bosnian Foreign Ministry delivered its official response to our reftel demarche regarding the return of some Guantanamo detainees to Bosnia. An informal translation follows: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Hercegovina presents its compliments to the E [...] | 2008-11-19 13:12:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL PTER BK AGAO |
08SARAJEVO1789 | BOSNIA: RS GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES PLANS TO APPEAL [...] (C/NF) On November 20, contacts at the State Prosecutor's Office told us that the RS government has not yet complied with the temporary seizure order that was requested by the State Prosecutor's Office for its preliminary investigation into corruption associated with RS government building and [...] | 2008-11-24 17:00:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM KJUS KCRM BK |
08SARAJEVO1790 | BOSNIA: RUSSIA'S ECONOMIC INTEREST -- RESTRICTED [...] (C) Summary: The largest Russian investment in recent years into the RS, Zarubjezneft's purchase of the Brod oil refinery, the Modrica Lubricant Refinery and the "Petrol" network of gas stations, seems to be finally advancing to stage where the company has fulfilled its initial financial commi [...] | 2008-11-26 08:20:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PREL PINR PGOV EU BK |
08SARAJEVO1795 | BOSNIA - POSSIBLE BREAKTHROUGH IN THE RS/STATE [...] (C/NF) We understand from contacts at the State Prosecutor's Office that the Republika Srpska (RS) government handed over today some of the documents requested by the State Prosecutor's Office for its investigation into corruption associated with government building and other contracts to St [...] | 2008-11-26 17:03:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM KJUS KCRM BK |
08SARAJEVO1796 | BOSNIA - SECURITY MINISTER SADOVIC'S RESPONSE TO [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The Charge and Acting Political Counselor met with Minister of Security Tarik Sadovic on November 24 to discuss the request in reftel A regarding the possible return to Bosnia of some members of the "Algerian Six" group of Guantanamo detainees. The Charge noted that we are now [...] | 2008-11-26 17:32:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL PTER BK AGAO |
08SARAJEVO1803 | BOSNIA - RS GOVERNMENT FILES CRIMINAL SUIT AGAINST [...] (U) The Republika Srpska government on November 27 filed "criminal charges" with the State Prosecutor's Office against Principal Deputy Representative Raffi Gregorian, Acting Chief Prosecutor Milorad Barasin, and seven other individuals in connection with the State Prosecutor's investigation [...] | 2008-11-28 17:29:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1807 | BOSNIA - SNAPSHOT OF RECENT INL-FUNDED PROGRAMS [...] (U) The INL-funded programs implemented by OPDAT and ICITAP programs are critical to our efforts to strengthen rule of law in Bosnia, and more broadly speaking, the state. In keeping with the Embassy's priorities, much of this assistance is geared to state-level institutions (State Border Po [...] | 2008-12-02 18:18:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1810 | BOSNIA: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON SREBRENICA-RELATED [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the past several weeks, the State Court reached verdicts on two Srebrenica-related war crimes cases we have been tracking (Ref A). On November 6, a first instance panel found Mladen Blagojevic, a former member of the RS Military Police who had been deported from the U.S., g [...] | 2008-12-03 17:30:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1811 | BOSNIA - MAYORALTY BATTLES MAY THREATEN TENUOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the October 5 municipal elections, parties are measuring their strength not only in terms of the number of mayoralties and city council positions they hold, but in the concentration of power in the areas of importance to each ethnic group. As such, the Croatian Democrati [...] | 2008-12-03 18:14:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BK |
08SARAJEVO1832 | BOSNIA - PIC REITERATES COMMITMENT TO 5-PLUS-2, [...] (C) Summary: At the November 19-20 PIC, HiRep Lajcak and PIC members underscored their commitment to seeing the 5-plus-2 benchmarks and conditions met in full prior to OHR closure and transition to EUSR, but stressed a desire be in a position to make a decision on transition at the next PIC m [...] | 2008-12-05 13:53:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM KCRM KDEM EU BK |
08SARAJEVO1836 | BOSNIA - BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT AGREES TO ACCEPT THREE [...] (S/NF) On December 5, we received a letter from the Ministry of Security regarding the return of some Guantanamo detainees to Bosnia. A translation of the letter follows. 2. (S/NF) BEGIN TEXT: The BiH Ministry of Security presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States o [...] | 2008-12-05 16:27:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL PTER BK AGAO |
08SARAJEVO1847 | DCM's DECEMBER 3-4 VISIT TO BANJA LUKA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a two-day visit to Banja Luka on December 3 and 4, Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) Judith Cefkin met with a series of key Republika Srpska (RS) political leaders on topics including the recent Prud/Odzak agreement, developments within in RS political parties, and the recent [...] | 2008-12-10 16:03:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF SCUL BK |
08SARAJEVO1861 | BOSNIA - CROAT COUNCIL PROPOSAL STRIKES A [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Prime Ministers of the three Croat-majority cantons declared on December 9 that they intend to form an Inter-Cantonal Council by the end of December. The chairmen of the two parties that lead these cantons -- the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)-1990 and the Croatian Party of [...] | 2008-12-13 15:54:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BK |
08SARAJEVO1862 | BOSNIA: DODIK CROSSES THE LINE WITH ATTACK AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The conflict between Republika Srpska Prime Minister Milorad Dodik, his government, and state-level judicial institutions over the State Prosecutor's preliminary investigation into corruption in the RS rose to new heights the week of December 8. Dodik, whose government has been [...] | 2008-12-14 15:22:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1867 | BOSNIA - OHR URGES ACTION ON POST-OHR IMMUNITY [...] (C) On December 11 the HighRep and Deputy HighRep provided Quint Ambassadors with a non-paper outlining the need for OHR immunity following OHR's closure. The paper, which is contained in paragraph two below, describes the urgency of the problem and proposes several ways of addressing it; tho [...] | 2008-12-15 14:17:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN BK |
08SARAJEVO1868 | BOSNIA - MESIC AND DODIK GO AT IT AGAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Croatian President Stjepan Mesic's strong criticisms of Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Dodik in a December 8 speech in New York provoked a sharp reaction from Dodik and an even fiercer counterattack from Dodik's political allies and the RS media. Mesic referred to Dodik as [...] | 2008-12-15 14:18:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PHUM KDEM KISL IR BK |
08SARAJEVO1869 | BOSNIA - PROGRESS ON PRUD AGREEMENT SLOW AND SHAKY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A month after the signing of the November 8 Prud Agreement (Ref A),the leaders of all three signatory parties continue to profess their support for the document. However, intra-party rifts, quibbling over details, continued concern over the element of the Agreement pertaining to [...] | 2008-12-15 16:55:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BK |
08SARAJEVO1873 | THREE FORMER "ALGERIAN 6" DETAINEES RETURN TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-16 17:54:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL PTER BK |
08SARAJEVO1894 | BOSNIA - RETURN OF ALGERIANS SPARKS BOSNIAK MEDIA [...] (S) SUMMARY: The return of the first three members of the "Algerian Six" from Guantanamo has been the top news item for much of the Bosnian media since their arrival on December 16. The detainees' return has sparked a media battle between the two Bosniak-led dailies, one portraying the detaine [...] | 2008-12-22 16:30:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER BK |
08SARAJEVO1900 | BOSNIA - AMBASSADOR VISITS SREBRENICA, PUSHES [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador English visited Srebrenica December 16 to inaugurate two USAID-funded projects and one new American-backed investment. He also met with newly-elected Mayor of Srebrenica Osman Suljic, who named his municipal team at the inaugural session of the Srebrenica assembly on [...] | 2008-12-24 06:37:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM BK |
08SARAJEVO1906 | BOSNIA - HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMEN (FINALLY) TAKE [...] (SBU) On December 4, after more than two years of political wrangling, Bosnia and Herzegovina's three new state-level ombudsmen for human rights issues finally took office. The inaugural session of the ombudsman institution took place December 15, with a formal hand-over of responsibility fro [...] | 2008-12-29 13:37:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV BK |
08SARAJEVO191 | BOSNIA - SILAJDZIC AND AVAZ: TROUBLE IN PARADISE? [...] (C) Influential Bosniak daily Dnevni Avaz has recently featured a number of articles critical of Bosniak Presidency member Haris Silajdzic. The articles constitute a shift in the editorial stance of Avaz which had formerly been a staunch Silajdzic ally. Negative coverage of SBiH attempts to [...] | 2008-02-01 15:26:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR BK |
08SARAJEVO1911 | BOSNIA - TIHIC OFFERS HAND OF COMPROMISE, BUT [...] (C) Summary: In a December 26 press conference, Party of Democratic Action (SDA) chairman Sulejman Tihic called on Bosniaks to abandon the politics of victimhood and stressed that compromise with Serbs and Croats is the only path to a stable Bosnia. Tihic also attacked rival Bosniak politician [...] | 2008-12-30 15:56:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BK |
08SARAJEVO1913 | BOSNIA - SERBIA'S FM VISITS BOSNIAN STATE AND [...] (C) Bosnia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well of representatives of both Bosnia's entities, welcomed Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic in Bosnia for a two day visit, of which Jeremic spent the first, December 25, privately with relatives in Sarajevo. Although Bosnia's FM Alkalaj was ( [...] | 2008-12-31 11:49:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK SR |
08SARAJEVO194 | BOSNIA - LAJCAK RETURNS FROM RUSSIA OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) On February 1, High Representative Miroslav Lajcak met with Sarajevo-based Quint representatives to discuss his January 31 trip to Moscow. Lajcak traveled to Russia, where he met with Deputy Foreign Minister Titov and Political Director Kharchenko, to discuss the upcoming February 26-27 P [...] | 2008-02-01 16:08:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BK RU EU |
08SARAJEVO202 | BOSNIA: ABU HAMZA SUPPORTERS RALLY TO OPPOSE [...] (C) A rally in support of former mujahedeen Imad al Husein AKA Abu Hamza took place in Zenica over the weekend. The rally occurred in the wake of a State Court decision upholding the revocation of Abu Hamza's Bosnian citizenship. The demonstration featured an address by Abu Hamza in which he [...] | 2008-02-04 16:37:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER BK FR |
08SARAJEVO204 | BOSNIA - TIHIC BLOCKS POLICE REFORM; DODIK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Talks between the six major coalition parties took place in Siroki Brijeg on February 2. High Representative Lajcak also took part in the meetings. The talks were intended to consolidate political support for the work of the police reform working group currently drafting legisla [...] | 2008-02-04 19:39:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BK |
08SARAJEVO226 | BOSNIA - QUINT DISCUSSES SHORT-TERM (TIHIC) AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: High Representative Lajcak met with Quint Ambassador on February 5 to discuss two political challenges. The first was February 2 decision by Sulejman Tihic, President of the Party for Democratic Action (SDA),to apparently repudiate the Mostar Agreement on police reform. Tihic's [...] | 2008-02-05 19:15:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
08SARAJEVO234 | BOSNIA - SREBRENICA MEMORIAL TRANSITION COULD [...] (C) Summary: Bosnian politicians seem poised to appropriate the Srebrenica-Potocari Memorial and Cemetery to advance ethnic political interests. Serb politicians may be gearing up to oppose state oversight of an institution in the RS as an extension of the campaign to limit state competencie [...] | 2008-02-06 14:27:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK |
08SARAJEVO244 | BOSNIA - RADMANOVIC DISCUSSES DEFENSE PROPERTY, [...] (C) On February 6, the Ambassador met with Bosnian Serb member of the Tri-Presidency Nebojsa Radmanovic over lunch for a wide-ranging discussion on current political developments. The Ambassador and Radmanovic had detailed discussions on defense reform, and Radmanovic again signaled his suppo [...] | 2008-02-07 17:17:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK |
08SARAJEVO245 | BOSNIA: TIHIC ADAMANT ON REJECTION OF POLICE REFORM [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador telephoned Party for Democratic Action (SDA) president Sulejman Tihic February 7 to urge him to reconsider his rejection of the current police reform plan. The Ambassador stressed the importance of reaching consensus on police reform to allow for the signing of a S [...] | 2008-02-07 18:30:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
08SARAJEVO246 | BOSNIA- DODIK BACKS OUT OF DEFENSE PROPERTY DEAL, [...] (C) Reneging on a clear commitment to the Ambassador and NATO HQ, Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik failed to have his government approve the transfer agreement on movable defense property on February 7 and instead referred the matter to a working group to negotiate a "comprom [...] | 2008-02-07 19:16:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR BK |
08SARAJEVO259 | BOSNIA: RS REQUESTS FBI ASSISTANCE IN CAR BOMBING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Republika Srpska (RS) Interior Minister Stanislav Cadjo requested that visiting LEGAT provide FBI assistance in the investigation of the November 2007 car bombing that killed municipal whistleblower, Milan Vukelic. LEGATT also discussed the case with RS Police Director Uros Pena [...] | 2008-02-08 16:21:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | BK KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL |
08SARAJEVO287 | BOSNIA - TWO NEW SERB CHALLENGES TO DAYTON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the last week, two issues have arisen that raise additional questions about the broader political objectives being pursued by Republika Srpska PM Milorad Dodik and his Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD). The SNSD-led Ministry of Civil Affairs has drafted a new la [...] | 2008-02-13 12:00:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SCUL BK |
08SARAJEVO288 | BOSNIA - RS AUTHORITIES WARN OF KOSOVO-RELATED [...] (C) In separate press conferences February 11, Milorad Dodik and RS law enforcement officials warned that reactions to Kosovo independence "would be certain" and would likely include some degree of unrest. RS authorities announced they are implementing an action plan to maintain public order. [...] | 2008-02-13 13:58:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BK |
08SARAJEVO290 | BOSNIA - DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST VIOLENT CRIME [...] (U) The February 5 murder of a youth by other juveniles on a Sarajevo tram has focused popular attention on the perception of a growing problem with violent juvenile crime in Bosnia. The murder follows on the heels of other high profile crimes committed by minors including the deliberate immo [...] | 2008-02-13 17:03:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KCRM BK |
08SARAJEVO301 | BOSNIA: SILAJDZIC ON POLICE REFORM, ENERGY AND THE [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Bosniak Presidency member Haris Silajdzic February 11 to discuss police reform developments and plans for Silajdzic's upcoming assumption of the Presidency Chairmanship. Silajdzic asserted his SBiH was solidly behind him in his support for the police reform legisla [...] | 2008-02-14 17:23:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EINV ENRG EPET BK |
08SARAJEVO302 | BOSNIA: SILAJDZIC ON POLICE REFORM, ENERGY AND THE [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Bosniak Presidency member Haris Silajdzic February 11 to discuss police reform developments and plans for Silajdzic's upcoming assumption of the Presidency Chairmanship. Silajdzic asserted his SBiH was solidly behind him in his support for the police reform legisla [...] | 2008-02-15 06:44:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EINV ENRG EPET BK |
08SARAJEVO307 | BOSNIA- UNDER PRESSURE, SPIRIC SECURES COM [...] (C) Prime Minister Nikola Spiric presided over a Council of Ministers (CoM) decision approving the Transfer Agreement on Movable Defense Property at its February 14 session. This development comes after sustained mission engagement with PM Spiric following the February 7 decision by the Republ [...] | 2008-02-15 17:40:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR BK |
08SARAJEVO331 | BOSNIA - DODIK AND REPUBLIKA SPRSKA OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: It appears that Republika Srpska (RS) officials, including RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik, are using Kosovo's declaration of independence to assert an RS right to self-determination. Dodik's party, the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD),first made such a claim on J [...] | 2008-02-20 09:28:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BK |
08SARAJEVO347 | BOSNIA- DODIK CONDEMNS VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (C) Summary. On February 21, approximately 1500 violent demonstrators protesting Kosovo's declaration of independence moved on the US Branch Office in Banja Luka, prompting its evacuation. The Ambassador phoned Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik to relay strong USG concern over [...] | 2008-02-21 16:27:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK |
08SARAJEVO348 | BOSNIA - PIC MEETS AMID BREWING POLITICAL CRISES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Peace Implementation Council (PIC) Political Directors will meet in Brussels on February 26-27 as Bosnia enters yet another in a long series of political crises, which stretch back to May 2006. Bosnia's continued political deterioration has shaped an emerging consensus among PIC [...] | 2008-02-21 17:08:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PNIR BK |
08SARAJEVO349 | BOSNIA - PARLIAMENT CONFIRMS GOVERNMENT; DEBATES [...] (U) Bosnia's House of Representatives on February 20 confirmed all nominations for the Council of Ministers. The government had been in technical mandate since November 1 when Nikola Spiric, Chair of the Council of Ministers and Prime Minister, resigned in protest over the imposition of the [...] | 2008-02-21 17:44:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BK |
08SARAJEVO350 | BOSNIA - ONE YEAR POST ICJ VERDICT, MUCH PROGRESS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In February 2007, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) verdict that genocide was committed in and around Srebrenica in July 1995 unleashed pent-up Bosniak anger about the 1992-1995 war. Bosniak political leaders exploited the verdict in order to advance their own narrow, nati [...] | 2008-02-21 18:32:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KAWC KDEM PHUM BK |
08SARAJEVO361 | BOSNIA - BRCKO SUPERVISOR REQUESTS EUFOR/NATO [...] (C) On February 21, Brcko District Supervisor and Principal Deputy High Representative Raffi Gregorian sent a letter to EUFOR Commander General Villalain and NATO Commander General Wightman noting "implicit and explicit calls by Republika Srpska (RS) government officials, politicians and non-g [...] | 2008-02-22 17:34:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MARR BK |
08SARAJEVO362 | BOSNIA - DODIK RATCHETS UP THREAT TO PURSUE [...] (C) RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik,s February 21 speech to the RSNA asserted recognition of Kosovo creates new rights for the RS and laid out conditions that, if not met, would justify an RS independence referendum. Dodik's conditions are intentionally unattainable and attempt to shape debate [...] | 2008-02-22 20:15:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | BK PGOV PREL |
08SARAJEVO363 | BOSNIA: POLICE REFORM LAWS GENERATES CONTENTIOUS [...] (C) Summary: On February 14 the Council of Ministers (CoM),over Bosniak objections, adopted two draft laws which create the seven state level police bodies called for in the Sarajevo Action Plan and Mostar Declaration. (Ref A) On February 20 after a contentious debate, the State-level House [...] | 2008-02-22 20:35:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
08SARAJEVO372 | BOSNIA - RS OFFICIALS ON UPCOMING DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (C) During the course of February 25, senior RS government and law enforcement officials assured the Embassy that the Banja Luka Branch Office will be protected during planned demonstrations on February 26. RS Interior Minister Stanislav Cadjo told the Charge that the RS police will fulfill i [...] | 2008-02-25 17:07:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK |
08SARAJEVO378 | BOSNIA - BANJA LUKA DEMONSTRATION WELL-CONTROLLED [...] (C) February 26 protests in Banja Luka were well controlled by RS Police forces and did not reach the Branch Office. Crowds were smaller than predicted by the organizing NGO SPONA with most estimates placing the number of participants at 6,000. A small group of youths attempted to reach the [...] | 2008-02-26 18:24:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK |
08SARAJEVO398 | BOSNIA - SUBMISSION FOR 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Summary: This cable constitutes Post's submission for the 2008 TIP report for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Post's point of contact for trafficking issues is Poloff Danielle Harms, phone 387-33-445-700 x2312, fax 387-33-659-722, e-mail HarmsDA@state.gov. Time spent in preparing report: Po [...] | 2008-03-03 06:55:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG |
08SARAJEVO414 | BOSNIA - SENIOR MILITARY COMMANDERS CONCERNED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate discussions, Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFBiH) Generals Mirsad Gutic and Dragan Vukovic, a Bosniak and Bosnian Serb respectively, expressed concern about the impact the long-running series of political crises were having on the armed forces. They warned t [...] | 2008-03-04 14:45:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR BK |
08SARAJEVO424 | BOSNIA - UNSCR 1803 PRESENTED TO FOREIGN MINISTRY [...] (SBU) We presented reftel non-paper, along with copies of UNSCR 1803 and the P5 1 Foreign Minister's statement, to Asim Dorovic, advisor to Foreign Minister Alkalaj. Dorovic had no immediate response, but pledged to convey the documents to FM Alkalaj and other senior MFA officials. He stated [...] | 2008-03-05 11:24:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KNNF MNUC PARM BK IR |
08SARAJEVO435 | BOSNIA - PEACE IMPLEMENTATION COUNCIL DECIDES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 26-27, the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) met in Brussels to discuss the future of the Office of the High Representative (OHR). PIC members agreed that the political situation in Bosnia had deteriorated since their October 2007 meeting and expressed concern about [...] | 2008-03-06 11:08:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU RU BK |
08SARAJEVO454 | BOSNIA - SILAJDZIC ASSUMES PRESIDENCY CHAIR; SHOWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bosniak Member of the Presidency Haris Silajdzic assumed the chairmanship of the institution on March 6. Silajdzic's actions and comments in recent weeks indicate that he plans to use his chairmanship to promote his divisive political agenda. His agenda, rooted in the past, has [...] | 2008-03-07 06:42:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK |
08SARAJEVO455 | BOSNIA - SILAJDZIC ASSUMES PRESIDENCY CHAIR; SHOWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bosniak Member of the Presidency Haris Silajdzic assumed the chairmanship of the institution on March 6. Silajdzic's actions and comments in reent weeks indicate that he plans to use his chairanship to promote his divisive political agenda. His agenda, rooted in the past, has co [...] | 2008-03-07 06:43:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK |
08SARAJEVO466 | BOSNIA - DEMINING DIRECTOR PROVIDES LIST OF [...] (S) At his request, we met with Dusan Gavran, the Director of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Mine Action Center (BHMAC) on March 3. (Note: BHMAC is the lead government organization overseeing demining activities. End Note) Gavran told us that he believed there was "now an opportunity" to remove all [...] | 2008-03-07 14:45:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET | MASS PREL MOPS PGOV PINR KAWC BK SI |
08SARAJEVO478 | BOSNIA - RADMANOVIC TAKES FIRM LINE ON POLICE [...] (C) The Ambassador spoke with Nebojsa Radmanovic, Bosnian Serb member of the Presidency, by phone on March 10 to raise concerns over Republika Srpska (RS) and SNSD actions on three important issues: the failure to approve the transfer agreement on movable defense property; threats to scuttle p [...] | 2008-03-11 17:26:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR BK |
08SARAJEVO479 | BOSNIA: KOMSIC ON POLITICAL CLIMATE AND CHOD [...] The Ambassador met on March 10 with Zeljko Komsic, the Croat member of the Presidency, to discuss the current political climate. The Ambassador also stressed that the CHOD, General Sifet Podzic, should step down in July as mandated by the Law on Defense. Komsic, who has close ties to the mi [...] | 2008-03-11 17:46:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL MARR BK |
08SARAJEVO488 | BOSNIA: COMMITTEE REJECTS POLICE REFORM LAWS [...] (C) Summary: On March 12, the Joint Committee on Defense and Security failed in a six-six vote to endorse the two draft police reform laws mandated by the Mostar Declaration and the Sarajevo Action Plan (Ref A). The EC has indicated that the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) might [...] | 2008-03-13 15:38:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
08SARAJEVO494 | BOSNIA - BRAMMERTZ VISITS BOSNIA; RADMANOVIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: Serge Brammertz, the Chief International Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),visited Bosnia March 5-8. He met with key government leaders; representatives from the judicial and law enforcement services; representatives from internat [...] | 2008-03-14 17:16:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO506 | BOSNIA: HOUSE REJECTS NEGATIVE COMMITTEE REPORT ON [...] (C) Summary: On March 18 the House of Representatives voted to reject a negative report from the Joint Committee on Defense and Security (Ref A) on the two draft police reform laws mandated by the Mostar Declaration and Sarajevo Action Plan (Ref B). The draft laws will be sent back to the Joi [...] | 2008-03-18 17:30:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
08SARAJEVO507 | BOSNIA - OSCE SECRETARY GENERAL PROCLAIMS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragaph four below. 2. (SBU) OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, who is on two-day visit to Bosnia, made several unhelpful comments to the press about the possible secession of Republika Srspka. The comments appeared in the March 1 [...] | 2008-03-18 17:44:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BK |
08SARAJEVO521 | BOSNIA: COMMITTEE KILLS POLICE REFORM BILLS; [...] (C) Summary: On March 20 the Joint Committee on Defense and Security gave a second negative appraisal to the two draft police reform bills mandated by the Mostar Declaration and Sarajevo Action Plan (Ref A). The draft bills, which had been returned to the committee by the House of Representat [...] | 2008-03-20 17:58:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
08SARAJEVO529 | BOSNIA- RS APPROVES MOVABLE DEFENSE PROPERTY [...] (C) After intense discussions with the Ambassador, Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik agreed to have the RS government approve the agreement on movable defense property that transfers ownership of all arms, ammunition and explosives from the entities to the state. Dodik has bee [...] | 2008-03-21 15:31:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR PINR BK |
08SARAJEVO532 | BOSNIA - DODIK FORCED TO WITHDRAW PROPOSAL TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The international community and civil society groups scored a victory this week in blocking a move that would have walked back a key democratic gain in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This came on March 19, when Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik withdrew a proposal to eliminate the [...] | 2008-03-21 17:44:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM SOCI ECON BK |
08SARAJEVO541 | BOSNIA - RS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AIMED AT THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Republika Srpska National Assembly (RSNA) adopted draft amendments to the Republika Srpska (RS) constitution on March 19, which will require a two-thirds majority for future transfers of entity-level competencies to the state, change the official capital of the RS from Sarajev [...] | 2008-03-25 14:12:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM EU BK |
08SARAJEVO569 | BOSNIA - MOVABLE DEFENSE PROPERTY AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] (C) State-level Prime Minister Nikola Spiric, Federation Prime Minister Nedzad Brankovic, and Republika Srpska (RS) Minister of Trade and Tourism Pedrag Gluhakovic signed the agreement on movable defense property on March 27 during a ceremony held at the Armed Forces of BiH's (AFBiH) ammunition [...] | 2008-03-28 17:20:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR BK |
08SARAJEVO599 | BOSNIA - POLICE REFORM APPEARS HEADED FOR ANOTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The prospects for passage of draft police legislation on April 2 do not look good. If the legislation is not adopted, it is unlikely that Bosnia will sign a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) later this month, as the EU had suggested might be possible. Passage depends [...] | 2008-04-01 19:27:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
08SARAJEVO608 | BOSNIA - PARLIAMENT FAILS TO PASS POLICE REFORM; [...] (C) SUMMARY: As anticipated, Parliament failed to pass police reform legislation at its April 2 session (Ref A). Party for BiH (SBiH),Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD),and Croatian Democratic Union-BiH (HDZ-BiH) each put forward its own version of the laws, but failed to negoti [...] | 2008-04-02 17:30:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
08SARAJEVO649 | BOSNIA - POLICE REFORM IN DODIK'S COURT [...] (C) Summary: The fate of police reform in Bosnia-Herzegovina is now in the hands of Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik. OHR scrapped April 7 plans to table compromise draft legislation with political leaders compromise (Ref A) following Haris Silajdzic's refusal to attend. Am [...] | 2008-04-09 17:26:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
08SARAJEVO654 | BOSNIA - PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM: THE [...] (C) Public administration reform, an initiative intended to remedy the systemic dysfunction crippling Bosnia's state institutions, and one of four requirements for signing a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU, has stalled. Although the EU has determined that SAA condi [...] | 2008-04-10 12:54:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK |
08SARAJEVO657 | BOSNIA - AUTHORITIES ARREST FORMER BOSNIAN ARMY [...] (C) On April 8, the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) arrested three former members of the war-time Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzgovina's (ARBiH) Fifth Corps for alleged war crimes committed against Serb civilians in the Bihac area during the fall of 1995 as part of Op [...] | 2008-04-10 18:03:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KCRM BK |
08SARAJEVO67 | BOSNIA: KARADZIC FAMILY TRAVEL DOCUMENTS SEIZED [...] (U) Acting on a request from the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),High Representative Lajcak early on January 10 ordered the seizure of travel and identification documents from Radovan Karadzic's immediate family. RS police carried out the order the same day [...] | 2008-01-11 17:25:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KAWC PREL BK |
08SARAJEVO735 | BOSNIA - LOOMING POLITICAL CRISIS OVER SREBRENICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Central Election Commission (CEC) plans to announce on May 8 that municipal elections will take place on October 5. In Srebrenica, Bosniaks currently hold the mayoralty and majority of the 27 seats on the Municipal Assembly (17; Serbs hold the other 10 seats). There is a r [...] | 2008-04-23 13:49:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM KAWC BK |
08SARAJEVO747 | BONSIA - DODIK INTENSIFIES ATACKS ON STATE-LEVEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the beginning of 2008, Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik, as part of his wider campaign to undermine the state, has intensified his campaign to challenge state-level judicial institutions. The primary focus of his attacks has been the High Judicial and Pros [...] | 2008-04-24 10:38:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KAWC EFIN EID EU BK |
08SARAJEVO757 | BOSNIA - NO GOOD OPTIONS ON SREBRENICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Quint Ambassadors met with High Representative Lajcak on April 24 to discuss options for addressing concerns that the October 2008 municipal elections could put Serbs in control of the entire Srebrenica municipal administration. This outcome would likely spark another destabilizi [...] | 2008-04-25 11:58:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KAWC RU BK |
08SARAJEVO790 | RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL [...] Summary. Rising food prices in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) contributed to the overall 4.9% inflation rate in 2007 (Central Bank figures). As a net food importer, BiH experienced across the board food price increases, but particularly troublesome was the effect on the price of bread, a stapl [...] | 2008-04-30 12:13:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD PGOV PREL BK |
08SARAJEVO802 | BOSNIA - SPIRIC SEEKS DISMISSAL OF ALKALAJ, [...] (SBU) On April 24, the Bosnian Central Election Commission (BHEC) found three members of the Council of Ministers (CoM) -- Foreign Minister Sven Alkalaj, Deputy Defense Minister Igor Crnadak, and Deputy Civil Affairs Ministers Senad Sepic -- in violation of the Law on Conflict of Interest in G [...] | 2008-05-05 15:51:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BK |
08SARAJEVO816 | BOSNIA - PARLIAMENT ADOPTS SREBRENICA ELECTION LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 7, Bosnia's Parliamentary Assembly adopted an amendment to the BiH Election Law that will allow all 1991 residents of Srebrenica Municipality the option to vote there in the upcoming October 2008 municipal elections. The amendment was supported by every major political party [...] | 2008-05-07 17:02:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PHUM KDEM BK |
08SARAJEVO852 | BOSNIA - SPIRIC, ALKALAJ, AND THE POLITICS OF [...] (C) Prime Minister Nikola Spiric's recent request to parliament to dismiss three members of the Council of Ministers (COM),Foreign Minister Sven Alkalaj of the Party for BiH (SBiH),Deputy Defense Minister Igor Crnadak of the Party for Democratic Progress (PDP),and Deputy Civil Affairs Minis [...] | 2008-05-14 15:27:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR BK |
08SARAJEVO863 | BOSNIA - CHURCH AGREEMENT SPAT ALLOWS SERBS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 7, Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency Haris Silajdzic's vetoed on legal grounds a bilateral agreement between Bosnia and the Serb Orthodox church. Since then, senior Republika Srpska (RS) leaders have gone on the offensive, defending the right of Serbs to practice their [...] | 2008-05-15 15:04:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR BK |
08SARAJEVO870 | BOSNIA - DISCUSSIONS WITH SDA LEADERSHIP ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 15, we met two senior officials from the Bosniak Party for Democratic Action (SDA) -- Federation Vice President Mirsad Kebo and state-level parliamentarian Bakir Izetbegovic -- to discuss the party's plans to the October municipal elections, particularly the steps SDA was t [...] | 2008-05-19 08:47:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KCRM PHUM PTER IR BK |
08SARAJEVO871 | BOSNIA - DISCUSSIONS WITH SDA LEADERSHIP ON [...] (C) Summary: On May 15, we met two senior officials from the Bosniak Party for Democratic Action (SDA) -- Federation Vice President Mirsad Kebo and state-level parliamentarian Bakir Izetbegovic -- to discuss the party's plans for the October municipal elections, particularly the steps SDA was [...] | 2008-05-19 11:15:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KCRM PHUM PTER IR BK |
08SARAJEVO876 | BOSNIA - SDA SURPRISINGLY BLOCKS SILAJDZIC VETO ON [...] (SBU) On May 16, the Bosniak caucus of the Federation House of Peoples (HoP) rejected in a party line vote Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency Haris Silajdzic's veto of the agreement between Bosnia and the Serbian Orthodox Church (reftel). Silajdzic sent his legal advisor, Damir Arnaut, to th [...] | 2008-05-19 15:22:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR BK |
08SARAJEVO90 | BOSNIA - DODIK'S ATTACKS ON PRESS AND NGOS RAISE [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 10, Embassy officers and representatives of the International Community met with non-governmental organizations and independent media outlets in Banja Luka to discuss concerns over the deterioration of press freedom and freedom of speech in the Republika Srpska (RS). [...] | 2008-01-15 15:38:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KMDR BK |
08SARAJEVO910 | BOSNIA - DRAFT SALARY LAW THREATENS TO UNDERMINE [...] (U) SUMMARY: During its May 14 session, the House of Representatives postponed voting on a problematic draft law which, while intended to harmonize civil servant salaries, would also eliminate Bosnia's independent judicial salary structure and cause salaries for state law enforcement officers [...] | 2008-05-23 15:23:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI KJUS PREL PINR PTER KCRM KAWC |
08SARAJEVO93 | BOSNIA - ABU HAMZA, THE CRC, AND EXTREMISTS: A [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Citizenship Review Commission (CRC) has completed its review of the decisions on naturalization made by Bosnian government officials on behalf of former mujahedeen who came to fight for the Republic of Bosnia during the 1992-1995 war. Elements of the Bosnian government, notab [...] | 2008-01-16 09:05:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER BK |
08SARAJEVO953 | BOSNIA - HIGHREP LAJCAK USES BONN POWERS AGAINST [...] (U) See action request in paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary. In coordination with the International Criminal Tribunal for War Crimes (ICTY),High Representative Miroslav Lajcak announced two seperate Bonn Powers decisions on May 30 targeting ICTY indictee Stojan Zupljanin. He ordered RS poli [...] | 2008-06-04 10:14:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM CVIS BK |
08SARAJEVO971 | BOSNIA - A GOOD DAY IN PARLIAMENT FOR RULE OF LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: During its June 4 session, the BiH House of Representatives (HoR) voted on three initiatives of interest to our rule of law and political-military agendas. It passed a Law on State Salaries that protected U.S. investments in state-level judicial and law enforcement institutions [...] | 2008-06-06 09:52:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI PREL PINR PTER KCRM KAWC KJUS |
08SCTION02OF02SAOPAULO335 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BRAZILIAN OIL CONCESSION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-26 09:29:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV EINV EAGR BR |
08SECTIN01OF02BUDAPEST836 | HUNGARY: CODEL LUGAR SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Welcome to Budapest. Your visit comes as the Hungarian Government slowly re-engages following the long summer "cucumber season" and offers an excellent opportunity for discussion of Georgia and energy security. While Hungary remains a committed partner in the trans-Atlantic relationsh [...] | 2008-08-22 12:31:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON GG RU HU |
08SECTIN03OF03KABUL3036 | DISCUSSIONS ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LAW AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 10:13:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KTIP AF |
08SECTINN02OF02JAKARTA1486 | PAPUANS TAKE TO THE STRETS IN LARGE, PEACEFUL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-05 08:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KISL ID |
08SECTION01F03BEIRUT1568 | LEBANON: HARIRI TELLS A/S HOOK HE MET NASRALLAH [...] (S) Majority Leader Saad Hariri stressed to Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Brian Hook the importance of building Lebanese state institutions and improving the Lebanese economy to counter Hizballah's influence. He said the calmer political situation followi [...] | 2008-11-03 14:57:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER UNSC ECON LE SY |
08SECTION01GF02BISHIEK21 | Libel S5iT3 Chill Fre% Sp%ech in KyR%yzStan [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-06 09:32:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAK IC PGOV |
08SECTION01OF03CAIRO1416 | CODEL ACKERMAN MEETIGS WITH MUBARAK, SULEIMAN, AND ABOUL GHEIT [...] (C) Summary: In separate June 28 eetings with President Hosni Mubarak, EGIS Direcor Omar Suleiman, and FM Ahmed Aboul Gheit, CODELAckerman and the Ambassador discussed Israeli-Paestinian developments (focusing on Egypt's goalsfor building upon the current "calming period"),Eypt's regional rela [...] | 2008-07-07 13:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL KPAL EAID ENRG IS |
08SECTION01OF04HARARE754 | ZIMBABWEAN HUMANITARIAN CRISIS WORSENING AS BAN [...] (SBU) The Mugabe government continues to deny nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and private voluntary organizations (PVOs) access to 1.3 million at-risk Zimbabweans to provide food, water, seed, fertilizer, and hygienic support. Currently, less than 300,000 people are receiving assistance [...] | 2008-08-28 15:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC EAID PHUM ZI |
08SECTON01OF02BEIRUT896 | LEBANON: SEVERE POWER CUTS AND INCREASED GAS AND [...] (U) It is expected that power outages will be reduced in frequency after Finance Minister Azour approved opening $140 million Letters of Credit for fuel imports for national power utility Electricite du Liban (EDL). Azour indicated that EDL is using power cuts to put pressure on the GOL and Tr [...] | 2008-06-16 05:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08SECTON02OF02TIRANA398 | RIPPLES FROM A BOULDER: AMBASRADOR'S REMARKS RENEWQ DEBATE ON CORRUPTION, IMQUJITY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-23 15:04:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AL |
08SEOUL1 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 8 VISIT TO [...] (C) Madam Secretary, We at Embassy Seoul are delighted that you are able to make this visit. Foreign Minister Yu is eager to see you, especially as he had to cancel his visit to Washington last month due to key National Assembly hearings. President Lee Myung-bak wants to thank you and the Pre [...] | 2008-12-31 05:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL1000 | POLITICAL PUNDIT ON PRESIDENT'S PLUMMETING POLLS [...] (C) Summary: At a meeting with a group of foreign diplomats, political consultant Park Sung-min provided his insights on the controversy surrounding the reopening of the Korean market to U.S. beef and his perspective on the recent precipitous drop in President Lee Myung-bak's approval ratings [...] | 2008-05-16 01:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1004 | WORLD VISION KOREA WELCOME IN NORTH KOREA [...] (C) SUMMARY: DPRK officials are rolling out the welcome mat for World Vision Korea, according to Park Chang-min, the North Korea Division Director who has managed its North Korean projects since 2001. After resisting expansion of the NGO's potato-seed project last year because it would requir [...] | 2008-05-16 01:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV |
08SEOUL1007 | ROKG SEEKS CONSULAR RELATIONS WITH CUBA [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 3. 2. (C) MOFAT Director General for Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Doo Jung-soo met with POL M/C on May 15 to discuss Korea's interest in establishing consular relations with Cuba. According to DG Doo, over 4,000 Koreans visit Cuba each yea [...] | 2008-05-16 04:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CU KS |
08SEOUL1010 | ROK CHURCH FOUNDATION HELPING NORTH KOREANS START [...] (U) SUMMARY: In an effort to provide essential job training and employment for North Korean refugees who have been resettled in South Korea, a local church group formed the "Merry Year Foundation" in 2007. The Foundation is funded by donations from congregation members who generously donated [...] | 2008-05-16 08:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF ELAB KS KN |
08SEOUL102 | PRESIDENT-ELECT ASKS FOR SENATORS' SUPPORT ON FTA, [...] (C) Summary. On September 16, President-elect Lee Myung-bak met with Senators Inouye and Stevens and the Ambassador at the President-elect's office. He talked in a relaxed manner about the alliance, ending Korea's ban on U.S. beef imports, the KORUS FTA, and the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). [...] | 2008-01-17 07:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
08SEOUL1020 | UK AMBASSADOR TO DPRK: NORTH KOREA IS CHANGING [...] (C) SUMMARY: UK Ambassador to Pyongyang, John Everard, told the DCM and Poloffs on May 16 that the there has been slow but noticeable change in North Korea during the two years that he has been serving there. North Korean elites were more openly flaunting their wealth in Pyongyang where it w [...] | 2008-05-20 01:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI KNNP EAID KS KN |
08SEOUL1021 | EMBASSY SEOUL, KOREAN NGOS SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador on May 19 hosted a lunch meeting with Burmese exiles residing in South Korea and the South Korean NGOs supporting the exiles. In brief remarks before the South Korean press present at the event, the Ambassador conveyed the U.S.'s deep concern over the growing human [...] | 2008-05-20 04:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS PGOV PHUM BM PREL |
08SEOUL1029 | NEW START FOR U.S.-ROK BASE RETURN NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) The ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) convened a SOFA Special Joint Committee (SJC) meeting at the Alternate Representative level on May 15 to discuss how to improve the camp returns process under the U.S.-ROK Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). At the meeting, both sides st [...] | 2008-05-20 08:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PARM PGOV KS |
08SEOUL1039 | SOUTH-NORTH STANDOFF WORRIES CONSERVATIVE ACADEMICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Conservative academics criticized former President Roh Moo-hyun's North Korea policy as too accommodating. Now they worry that President Lee Myung-bak's lack of dialogue with the North means that the ROK will lose its influence, while U.S.-DPRK relations improve. END SUMMARY. [...] | 2008-05-21 05:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
08SEOUL1045 | LEE HOI-CHANG LOOKS FOR BEEF SOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador's May 20 lunch with three-time Presidential candidate Lee Hoi-chang focused primarily on possible solutions to the controversy surrounding the reopening of the Korean market to U.S. beef. Lee also talked about the "balancing and checking" role that his minority con [...] | 2008-05-22 00:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1058 | FORMER FM SONG: PHASED APPROACH FOR BEEF IS THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 22 luncheon meeting with the Ambassador, National Assembly member-elect (and former Foreign Minister) Song Min-soon said that it was up to the U.S. to find a way out of the current beef situation and recommended a phased opening of the beef market (as the Roh administrati [...] | 2008-05-23 07:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL1060 | ROK IN SYNC WITH U.S. POSITIONS ON BURMA AID [...] (C) Seo Eunji, MOFAT Deputy Director for Humanitarian Assistance, said on May 23 that the ROK had the same views as the U.S. concerning the priorities of the May 25 conference. The ROK was concerned about the lack of access granted by Burmese officials to international humanitarian aid workers, [...] | 2008-05-23 07:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS PGOV PHUM BM EAID |
08SEOUL1061 | PREVIEW OF ROK-PRC SUMMIT, JOINT STATEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the May 27-30 Summit with PRC President Hu Jintao in Beijing, President Lee Myung-bak will agree to upgrade the Korea-China relationship from the current "Comprehensive Cooperative Partnership" to one of "Strategic Cooperative Partnership," said Noh Kyu-duk, Director of MOF [...] | 2008-05-23 07:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS PGOV PREL CH KN |
08SEOUL1086 | NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION RELUCTANTLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 28 meeting with POL M/C, National Human Rights Commission Commissioner Yoo Nam-young and colleagues explained that the Commission is complying with a Blue House request to complete a study of human rights conditions in North Korea by the end of the year, after largely ig [...] | 2008-05-28 23:52:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PHUM |
08SEOUL1087 | LEE SANG-DEUK ON BEEF, PRESIDENT LEE'S MISSTEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over a lunch of U.S. beef, the Ambassador and Vice Speaker Lee, who is President Lee Myung-bak's elder brother, discussed solutions to the continuing controversy over the planned reopening of the Korean market to U.S. beef. Vice Speaker Lee and recently reelected lawmaker Chun Yu [...] | 2008-05-29 02:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL1104 | KOREAN NATIONALISM ACROSS THE GENERATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Prominent Korean researchers focused on Korean nationalism studies believe recent beef protests are motivated by what young Koreans see as a deviation from a basic expectation of equity among nations. A distinct divide separates the youth and adult protesters. The student-yout [...] | 2008-05-30 06:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KS PGOV PREL PINR |
08SEOUL111 | WHAT TO EXPECT: HOW WILL PRESIDENT LEE CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: The Korean people have sky-high expectations for President-elect Lee Myung-bak. He will take office as the seventeenth president of Korea on February 25 and carries with him a long to-do list for his government and for the country. For insight on what Lee's administration will l [...] | 2008-01-18 07:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1113 | CANADIAN READOUT ON MAY 7-9 PYONGYANG MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: DPRK Foreign Minister Pak Ui-chun told a Canadian delegation on May 8 that the DPRK was expecting to move forward on denuclearization if the USG took appropriate actions and that relations with South Korea were "alarmingly strained," according to an official at the Canadian Embass [...] | 2008-06-02 06:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV CN |
08SEOUL112 | KEY LEE MYUNG-BAK ADVISERS BELIEVE NEW PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: At lunch with the Ambassador on January 17, Lee Myung-bak advisers Choi Shee-joong and Hyun In-taek expressed optimism about Korea's future under President-elect Lee Myung-bak's leadership. Choi, a long-time political mentor to Lee and one his closest advisers, said that this yea [...] | 2008-01-18 08:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL1120 | ROK'S 17TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WINDS DOWN: A ROUNDUP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 17th National Assembly, which officially ended, was characterized by the prominent role of 386er representatives (those born in the 60s that led the democratization movement in the 80s),its left-leaning ideology, the increased number of women, and intense partisan politics. [...] | 2008-06-03 07:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL1122 | PROTESTS IN SEOUL BECOME MORE FLUID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Protestors turned out in force over the weekend following the announcement by the Agriculture Minister on the evening of May 29 that Korea would shortly resume quarantine inspections on U.S. beef as a first step to reopening the market. Although there had been a string of cand [...] | 2008-06-03 08:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD EAGR KS |
08SEOUL1141 | INVITATION TO CONFERENCE IN SEOUL ON UNITED [...] (C) MOFAT delivered a diplomatic note to Post on June 3 concerning a Letter of Invitation to the International Conference on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, titled, "United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: Major Achievements and Implications for Policy Development," to be held in Seoul [...] | 2008-06-05 07:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS PGOV PHUM UN |
08SEOUL1144 | GNP DEFEAT IN BY-ELECTIONS REFLECTS PUBLIC ANGST [...] (SBU) Summary: The ruling Grand National Party's (GNP) poor showing in the June 4 by-election -- on the same day as President Lee Myung-bak's 100th day in office - is largely a reflection of public dissatisfaction with the new administration. The GNP party won only nine of the 52 local seat [...] | 2008-06-05 08:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1145 | GNP LEADERSHIP REACHES OUT TO U.S. ON BEEF [...] (C) Summary: On June 6 the Ambassador met with leaders of the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) to discuss ongoing public outcry over the U.S.-ROK agreement to lift the Korean ban on U.S. beef imports. GNP chairman Kang Jae-sup, who requested the meeting earlier in the week, said the party w [...] | 2008-06-05 08:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1153 | PROTESTS CONTINUE AS BLUE HOUSE STRUGGLES TO FIND [...] (C) Summary: Throughout the June 6-8 holiday weekend, protesters continued to call for a renegotiation of the agreement to reopen the Korean market to U.S. beef, a ban on imports of beef from cattle over 30-months-old, and President Lee Myung-bak's removal from office. The protests, which oc [...] | 2008-06-09 08:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1172 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH KIM SOOK: A NUMBER OF [...] (C) Summary: In a June 9 meeting, Kim Sook, the newly appointed ROK representative to the Six-party Talks, told the Ambassador that he had been treated with respect during his first meeting with his North Korean counterpart, Deputy FM Kim Kye-gwan (KKG),and that KKG had listened intently when [...] | 2008-06-11 07:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL1174 | PROTESTS PAST PRIME? LEE VOWS "FRESH START" [...] (C) Summary: The June 10 anniversary of the 1987 pro-Democracy protests drew record numbers of crowds demanding a renegotiation of the agreement to lift the ban on imports of U.S. beef. The demonstrators remained peaceful, heeding the pleas of the ROKG and former Presidents Roh Moo-hyun and [...] | 2008-06-11 08:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL1187 | GENERAL SHARP'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON DEFMIN LEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: General Walter "Skip" Sharp, the new Commander UNC/CFC/USFK, paid an introductory call on the ROK Minister of National Defense Lee Sang-hee on June 10. General Sharp, accompanied by Ambassador Vershbow, stated that his predecessor had done much to strengthen the U.S.-ROK Allianc [...] | 2008-06-13 01:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PINS KN KS |
08SEOUL1201 | MOVING APDP FORWARD IN KOREA [...] (SBU) Summary: During meetings with Korean officials on June 11, NSC Senior Director Paul Lettow and S/P's Daniel Twining encouraged the ROK to renew its efforts to support the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) and to consider hosting a deputy minister-level meeting in the fall (Septem [...] | 2008-06-16 04:20:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS |
08SEOUL1204 | TURBULENT TIMES FOR PRESIDENT LEE: CAN HE RECOVER? [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Lee Myung-bak is only four months into his five-year term in office and already he has hit historically low popularity ratings of around 10 percent. Lee's first 100 days have been a crash course in political reality. The public's disappointment with the new administrat [...] | 2008-06-16 10:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1215 | ROK URGED BURMA TO ACCEPT AID WORKERS, INCLUDING [...] (C) Hong Sang-hun, MOFAT Deputy Director for Humanitarian Assistance, said on June 9 that the ROK had urged Burma to fully implement measures permitting humanitarian assistance personnel, regardless of nationality, to travel to areas affected by Cyclone Nargis in dire need of relief assistance. [...] | 2008-06-18 01:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS PGOV PHUM BM EAID |
08SEOUL1244 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JUNE 26-27 VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your visit to Korea comes at a particularly sensitive time in U.S.-ROK relations. Since your last visit in February, the optimism that accompanied President Lee Myung-bak's inauguration has been replaced by growing public discontent with the Lee Administration and its policies. [...] | 2008-06-23 08:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1248 | BLUE HOUSE LINEUP: EXPERIENCE IN, PROFESSORS OUT [...] (C) The June 22 changes to the Blue House Chief of Staff and senior secretaries indicate a perceived need by President Lee Myung-bak for professionalism and experience of his immediate staff. Compared to the previous line-up, the percentage of bureaucrats and politicians assigned to senior po [...] | 2008-06-24 05:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS PGOV PREL PINR |
08SEOUL126 | WHAT TO EXPECT: HOW WILL PRESIDENT LEE CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: If South Korean President-elect Lee Myung-bak has his way, his five-year term in office will see a dramatic increase in Korea's economic performance, international competitiveness, and cooperation in multinational fora. Lee intends to achieve these ambitious goals through even m [...] | 2008-01-22 07:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL127 | LEE MYUNG-BAK TRANSITION TEAM: ONE MONTH LEFT [...] (C) Summary: President-elect Lee Myung-bak's Transition Team has had a busy first month. Charged with laying the blueprint for Lee Myung-bak's presidential term, they are now submitting legislation to begin to "pull the weeds" from the Roh and Kim Dae-jung administrations. Lee brings a diffe [...] | 2008-01-22 07:59:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1273 | PARK JIN: BEEF PROTESTS A RESULT OF "TOO MUCH [...] (C) Summary: Grand National Party (GNP) Representative Park Jin spent most of his June 18 dinner with ASD James Shinn discussing domestic politics. Park described the current political situation as a "crisis," and said the Lee Myung-bak Administration would have to handle the upheaval very c [...] | 2008-06-26 05:20:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS |
08SEOUL1280 | UPDATE FOR THE SECRETARY'S JUNE 26-27 VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Developments on beef and North Korea issues create an opportunity to get the Koreans -- up until now completely paralyzed by the beef crisis -- to reengage on our bilateral and international agenda. This cable provides an update to our earlier scenesetter, and suggests some prio [...] | 2008-06-26 08:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1292 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 26 meeting with the Ambassador, National Security Advisor Kim Sung-hwan, in office less than a week, said that it was a shame that, because of the protests over American beef, President Bush's July 9-11 visit had to be postponed. President Lee looked forward to resch [...] | 2008-06-27 07:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1317 | ROK STILL IN AGREEMENT WITH U.S. ON BURMA POLICY [...] (C) Hong Sang-hun, MOFAT Deputy Director for Humanitarian Assistance, said that ROK policy on Burma had not changed (reftels). The ROK had finished providing humanitarian assistance to Burma, but would still press Burma publicly and privately that further such assistance would depend on full [...] | 2008-07-01 07:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS PGOV PHUM BM |
08SEOUL1337 | PRESS BULLETIN - July 3, 2008 [...] Time for the President to Eat U.S. Beef (Chosun Ilbo, July 3, 2008, Page 27) 2. ROK-U.S. Summit; Breach of Diplomatic Protocol (Hankook Ilbo, July 3, 2008, Page 35) 3. Repeated U.S. Diplomatic Discourtesy (Hankyoreh Shinmun, July 3, 2008, Page 31) Features 4. Bush to Visit Seoul on [...] | 2008-07-03 05:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
08SEOUL1345 | PRESS BULLETIN - July 7, 2008 [...] We Have More Important Things to Worry About (Chosun Ilbo, July 7, 2008, Page 31) Features 2. U.S. "Condoned Summary Executions during Korean War" (Daily Chosun, July 7, 2008) 3 3. Foreign Students in the U.S. Can Work as Interns (Dong-a Ilbo, July 7, 2008, Page 13) 3 4. Majority of [...] | 2008-07-07 06:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
08SEOUL1347 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Post was unable to find any new media or NGO reports about child labor in South Korea, nor do there seem to have been any high-profile cases involving child labor. According to Ministry of Labor statistics, in 2007 there were 551 violations against child labor laws. [...] | 2008-07-08 00:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV KS |
08SEOUL1354 | WEB PORTALS AID "SMART MOB," STYMIE KOREAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the ongoing protests about U.S. beef, new means of disseminating information and networking internet users created what is being called a "smart mob." These new capabilities allowed protestors to use their cellphones to instantaneously upload video, pictures, and inform [...] | 2008-07-08 07:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1370 | GNP, DP ELECT NEW LEADERSHIP, NA SET TO OPEN [...] (C) Summary: In early July both the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) and the main opposition party, the newly renamed Democratic Party (DP),selected their party leadership in a move that should end the stalemate over convening the National Assembly. The election of Park Hee-tae to lead th [...] | 2008-07-09 07:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL1391 | ROKG INCLINED TO SUPPORT REVISITING HRF ECOSOC [...] (C) PolOff conveyed to MOFAT reftel talking points in support of according the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) ECOSOC consultative NGO status. The MOFAT Human Rights and Social Affairs Division responded that the ROKG did not have enough information about the HRF at this time to commit to suppo [...] | 2008-07-11 05:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV AORC UN NGO PHUM |
08SEOUL1417 | MT. KUMGANG SHOOTING AND ITS AFTERMATH BODE POORLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: ROK Unification Minister Kim Ha-joong told the Ambassador that growing anger in South Korea about the DPRK response to the Mt. Kumgang shooting incident could produce further deterioration in North-South relations and perhaps even affect the Six-Party Talks. He urged the U.S. [...] | 2008-07-15 07:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV |
08SEOUL1427 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OPENS, BUT NOT FOR BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The 18th National Assembly finally opened on July 10, ending the main opposition party's five week boycott. Pundits cited negative public opinion about the political paralysis, the need to prepare for the 60th anniversary of the Constitution on July 17, and the worsening econo [...] | 2008-07-16 07:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL1448 | SCENESETTER FOR JULY 23 S MEETING WITH ROK FM YU [...] (C) With two weeks to go before President Bush's visit to Seoul, most Koreans see the Lee Myung-bak government -- particularly its foreign policy -- as rudderless. Hence, the ROKG is a friend in need. Your meeting with Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan comes as Korea is simultaneously dealing w [...] | 2008-07-21 09:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL1480 | FSC CHAIRMAN ON LONE STAR, BANK PRIVATIZATION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Financial Services Commission (FSC) Chairman Jun Kwang-woo confirmed press reports earlier that day that the FSC was considering soon launching its review of Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC)'s qualifications as majority share [...] | 2008-07-25 06:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV KS |
08SEOUL1490 | GNP LEADERS REVIEW BEEF, FTA RATIFICATION, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 23 the Ambassador met with National Assembly Speaker Kim Hyung-oh and newly-elected Grand National Party (GNP) Chair Park Hee-tae. The amicable meetings focused on the beef issue and the KORUS FTA. Both Kim and Park expressed appreciation for U.S. efforts to defuse the [...] | 2008-07-29 03:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ETRD KN KS |
08SEOUL1524 | DP CHAIRMAN CHUNG SE-KYUN ON FTA, BEEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador made a July 23 courtesy call on newly elected Democratic Party (DP) Chairman Chung Se-kyun. During the cordial meeting, conducted entirely in English, the two discussed prospects for ratification of the KORUS FTA. Chung said the DP was prepared to support FTA rat [...] | 2008-08-01 07:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL1525 | DP CHAIRMAN CHUNG SE-KYUN ON FTA, BEEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador made a July 23 courtesy call on newly elected Democratic Party (DP) Chairman Chung Se-kyun. During the cordial meeting, conducted entirely in English, the two discussed prospects for ratification of the KORUS FTA. Chung said the DP was prepared to support FTA rat [...] | 2008-08-01 07:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL1526 | DP CHAIRMAN CHUNG SE-KYUN ON FTA, BEEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador made a July 23 courtesy call on newly elected Democratic Party (DP) Chairman Chung Se-kyun. During the cordial meeting, conducted entirely in English, the two discussed prospects for ratification of the KORUS FTA. Chung said the DP was prepared to support FTA rat [...] | 2008-08-01 07:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL1527 | FM YU PLEASED WITH SUMMIT PREP, SAYS "ALL'S WELL [...] (C) On July 31 Ambassador Vershbow paid an office call on Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan to confer on preparations for President Bush's August 5-6 visit to the Republic of Korea (ROK). During their meeting they agreed that plans for the visit were proceeding smoothly and reviewed the most lik [...] | 2008-08-01 08:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL PGOV MARR KS KN JA |
08SEOUL1528 | DPRK FOOD AID VISIT: GOOD BEGINNING [...] (C) During a June 30-July 5 visit to the DPRK to observe the beginning of the U.S. food aid program, USAID and Embassy Seoul officers met with World Food Program (WFP) and U.S. NGO representatives who said cooperation with DPRK authorities on launching the program was good. The WFP and NGOs ha [...] | 2008-08-01 09:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS EAID PGOV |
08SEOUL1532 | ALLIANCE SCHOLARS CAUTION AGAINST MAINTAINING THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a series of recent discussions with top Korean experts, including former ministers and ambassadors, a common theme emerged: although the U.S.-ROK Alliance has brought Korea peace, stability, and prosperity for the last half-century, North Korea no longer poses the military thre [...] | 2008-08-04 02:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV KS KN |
08SEOUL155 | LEE MYUNG-BAK ADVISERS DEFINE RECIPROCITY [...] (C) Summary: During a January 17 dinner with the Charge, Nam Sung-wook and Suh Jae-jean, two close advisers to President-elect Lee Myung-bak, commented on the incoming administration's reciprocity-based criteria for engaging the North and their dim outlook for progress in the Six-Party Talks. [...] | 2008-01-25 03:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1570 | VISIT TO RURAL DPRK: AGRARIAN, ORDERLY, QUIET [...] (C) During a June 30-July 5 visit to North Korea to evaluate the beginnings of the U.S. food aid program (ref A),Poloff and USAID officers spent three days in Pyongyang and also traveled to two port cities to the southwest--Nampo and Songrim--and four agricultural towns farther north--Hyangsan [...] | 2008-08-10 23:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN EAGR ECON PGOV PINR SOCI ELTN MARR |
08SEOUL1581 | BLUE HOUSE OFFICIAL HOPEFUL OF IMPROVED ROK-DPRK [...] (C) Assistant Secretary to the President for Unification Yu Joon-ha (protect) told poloff August 7 that the Lee administration is committed to improved ties with the DPRK, but does not expect any movement until next year. The ROKG is determined to establish reciprocity as part of the ROK-DP [...] | 2008-08-11 07:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID KS KN |
08SEOUL1606 | ROK RELIEVED DPRK NOT MAKING ISSUE OF COLLISION OF [...] (C) At 2:25 a.m. on August 12, the 658 ton "Dongi No.1," a South Korean barge, collided with an unnamed North Korean fishing vessel in North Korean territorial waters approximately 8 km northeast of Jangjon, a port on the DPRK's eastern cost. The ten crewmen of the South Korean barge admitte [...] | 2008-08-14 05:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PHSA PINS MARR KS KN |
08SEOUL162 | LIKELY MINISTERIAL APPOINTEES [...] (C) Summary: The Presidential Transition Committee is expected to announce the ministerial nominations as early as January 26 for discussion in the National Assembly session that starts January 28. Though speculation is rife, a few names have started to rise to the top. Han Seung-soo, Speci [...] | 2008-01-25 06:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1620 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: POLITICAL PARALYSIS PREVAILS [...] (C) Summary: Major South Korean political parties have yet to resolve differences over formation of the standing committees, a necessary step in order to get the National Assembly up and running for the start of the regular session in early September. An agreement was reached on August 11 o [...] | 2008-08-18 06:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1663 | MT. KUMGANG: HYUNDAI ASAN WAITING ON ROKG TO TAKE [...] (C) Summary: Hyundai Asan Senior Vice President Jang Whan-bin told poloff August 13 that only the ROKG could resolve the stalemate with the DPRK over the Mt. Kumgang shooting incident. He does not believe financial incentives will compel the North Koreans to negotiate, saying the matter had [...] | 2008-08-20 23:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID KS KN |
08SEOUL1676 | KEY NA COMMITTEES LIKELY COOPERATIVE [...] (C) Summary: The Grand National Party (GNP) now controls both the Foreign Affairs, Trade and Unification Committee and the National Defense Committee -- good news for U.S.-relevant legislation. In addition to the chairs, the committees are stacked with other pro-U.S. lawmakers, though the pro [...] | 2008-08-22 06:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1681 | ROKG ON CHINA: U.S. ALLIANCE IS VITAL [...] (C) Summary: In a round of August 18 meetings on the state of ROK-PRC relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) officials, the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses (KIDA),the Korea Research Institute for Strategy (KRIS),and academics told poloffs that 1) the U.S.-ROK alliance [...] | 2008-08-25 04:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN ZO |
08SEOUL1696 | KIM YOUNG-SAM PESSIMISTIC ON OUTLOOK FOR PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a farewell meeting with the Ambassador, former President Kim Young-sam freely voiced his opinions on the current administration's woes and on prospects for improved Korea-Japan relations; he was pessimistic about both. Kim said that current President Lee Myung-bak's problems [...] | 2008-08-27 05:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1700 | ROK-PRC SUMMIT MEETING: NORTH KOREA ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: In an August 26 meeting with POL M/C, MOFAT Director General for Northeast Asian Affairs Cho Tai-young said that Presidents Lee and Hu held extensive discussions on North Korea during the August 25 ROK-PRC summit meeting. Lee requested Hu's assistance in persuading the North to r [...] | 2008-08-27 06:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN CH |
08SEOUL1710 | LEE MYUNG-BAK'S OLYMPIC MOJO: POLL INCREASES [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent opinion polls conducted by various ROK media agencies show that President Lee Myung-bak's approval rating is recovering, reaching between 24 to 31 percent in various polls taken from August 23. Pundits note that the recent increase was mainly due to Korea's success at [...] | 2008-08-28 06:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1719 | ROKG BIDING ITS TIME ON SOUTH-NORTH RELATIONS [...] (C) -- Six months into the Lee Myung-bak Administration, the ROKG appears increasingly resigned to having no dialogue with North Korea this year, expecting the North to come to the table sometime in 2009. -- Minister of Unification (MOU) Kim Ha-joong, who helped launch "Sunshine Policy," i [...] | 2008-08-29 06:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
08SEOUL1753 | ROUND III OF US-ROK SMA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: At the third round of SMA negotiations (August 28-29) the ROK lead negotiator, Ambassador Cho Byung-jae, restated the position he had put forth in the previous round on July 21. He said the ROKG would seek an 8 percent reduction in the overall SMA contribution and wanted rap [...] | 2008-09-05 04:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV MARR KS |
08SEOUL1757 | ROK SAYS "NO" TO HOSTING APDP SENIOR OFFICIALS' [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-05 06:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM KS |
08SEOUL1768 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE: ROK WILL GIVE RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: While officially taking a non-committal stance toward the reftel Third Committee resolutions, Korea is likely at least to oppose no-action motions and defamation of religion resolutions. Korea is not taking a position on country-specific actions until draft resolutions are circul [...] | 2008-09-08 05:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL178 | HAN SEUNG-SOO TAPPED AS LEE MYUNG-BAK'S FIRST [...] (SBU) Summary: President-elect Lee Myung-bak officially announced the nomination of Han Seung-soo, UN Special Envoy on Climate Change, as the first Prime Minister for his government. Lee is said to have taken into account Han's extensive experience with state affairs and his credentials as a [...] | 2008-01-28 07:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL1795 | KIM JONG-IL ILL HEALTH RUMORS [...] (C) Rumors that Kim Jong-il (KJI) may be gravely ill or worse are circulating in Seoul, fueled by various leaked intel and his failure to appear at the September 9 Pyongyang parade celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of the DPRK. The ROKG initial reaction is cautious, seeking fac [...] | 2008-09-10 09:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
08SEOUL1808 | PRESS BULLETIN - September 11, 2008 [...] Preparing for a Post-Kim Jong-il North Korea (Dong-a Ilbo, September 11, 2008, Page 27) 2. A Sick State (JoongAng Ilbo, September 11, 2008, Page 30) 3. Talk of Kim Jong-il Being Ill Tests Our Crisis Management (Hankook Ilbo, September 11, 2008, Page 39) 4. Act, Don't Overreact, To Rumors a [...] | 2008-09-11 06:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
08SEOUL1819 | UNIFICATION MINISTER AND MOFAT: CALM APPROACH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 11 meeting with DASD for Asia David Sedney and EAP/K Director Kurt Tong, Minister of Unification (MOU) Kim Ha-joong said that: -- the ROKG was being careful to respond to rumors of Kim Jong-il's (KJI) August stroke in a calm manner, to maintain South Koreans' sen [...] | 2008-09-12 05:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
08SEOUL1820 | ROK RECONSIDERING HOSTING APDP MEETING; REQUESTS [...] (C) Summary: This is an action request. The ROK is giving positive consideration to hosting the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) Senior Officials' Meeting (ref A),the Deputy Foreign Minister for Multilateral, Global, and Legal Affairs Oh Joon told the DCM on September 12. Oh said, [...] | 2008-09-12 05:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KS |
08SEOUL1826 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON FORMER PRSIDENT ROH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 9 meeting with former President Roh Moo-Hyun at his home in Bongha village, South Gyeongsang Province, Ambassador Vershbow and Roh discussed the accomplishments that took place in the U.S.-ROK bilateral relationship during the last two years of Mr. Roh's term, in [...] | 2008-09-16 04:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RU KS |
08SEOUL1831 | PLENTY TO FIGHT ABOUT IN 18TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: The 18th National Assembly's regular session began on September 1 after nearly three months of deadlock. Though the opposition Democratic Party (DP) finally ended its boycott, this session is unlikely to be smooth sailing for the Grand National Party(GNP),despite its significant [...] | 2008-09-16 05:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1841 | DASD SEDNEY MEETING WITH ROK DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the end of SPI-19 (septel),DASD David Sedney and Ambassador Vershbow met with ROK Minister of National Defense Lee Sang-hee. The Ambassador delivered reftel points on the pending announcement by the Government of Iraq regarding reductions in Coalition forces that would [...] | 2008-09-17 07:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PHSA PINS MARR KS KN |
08SEOUL1844 | SPI CLOSED SESSION: IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, BURDEN [...] (CO) SUMMARY: DASD David Sedney met with MND Deputy Minister Jeon on September 10 for a closed meeting of the U.S.-ROK Security Policy Initiative (SPI). The discussed the following four issues: -- DASD Sedney informed DM Jeon of the reftel A decision that would result in the drawdown in I [...] | 2008-09-17 07:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PHSA PINS MARR KS KN |
08SEOUL1845 | DASD SEDNEY MEETING WITH MOFAT NORTH AMERICA DG [...] (CO) SUMMARY: On September 11, DASD David Sedney and EAP/K Director Kurt Tong paid an office call on MOFAT North American Affairs DG Chang Ho-jin. They agreed that the September 10 Security Policy Initiative talks had gone well, but that several issues -- camp returns and the SMA burden-shar [...] | 2008-09-17 07:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PHSA PINS MARR KS KN |
08SEOUL1847 | ROK CLOSE TO AGREEMENT TO HOST APDP; REQUESTS U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Based on the Department's answers to his queries (refs B-D),Deputy Foreign Minister for Multilateral, Global, and Legal Affairs Oh Joon told the DCM on September 17 that he would recommend to the Foreign Minister that the ROK agree to host the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership [...] | 2008-09-17 07:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KS |
08SEOUL1859 | ROK AGREES TO HOST APDP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-18 06:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KS |
08SEOUL1865 | GNP IN DISARRAY, LEGISLATIVE PROGRESS UNLIKELY [...] (C) Summary: The ruling Grand National Party (GNP) is facing a crisis in party cohesion. Once merely split by two powerful factions -- one led by President Lee Myung-bak (MB) and the other by long-time party leader Park Geun-hye -- the GNP is increasingly plagued by divisions within the pro- [...] | 2008-09-19 03:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1869 | FORMER FM YOO ON NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary: Former FM Yoo Chong-ha told poloffs September 18 that President Lee Myung-bak had not yet come up with a formula for conducting successful foreign policy. Yoo said he was personally committed to helping Lee get it right since he felt, as one of the co-chairs of the election comm [...] | 2008-09-19 06:20:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL1912 | ROK PLANS TO UPGRADE RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: MOFAT's European Affairs DG Kim Eun-joong asked for a meeting with POL M/C on September 25 to discuss the status of negotiations with Russia over the joint statement to be announced by Presidents Lee and Medvedev in connection with their summit next week. In particular, DG Kim w [...] | 2008-09-26 08:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN RU |
08SEOUL1946 | US-ROK CONSULTATIONS ON INTER-KOREAN POLICY AND [...] (C) At the first of three scheduled consultation sessions between a U.S. delegation led by DAS Alex Arvizu and a ROKG delegation led by MOFAT DG for Korean Peninsula Peace Regime Huh Chul on September 24, Huh noted that the ROKG policy goal toward North Korea remained essentially the same as th [...] | 2008-10-06 03:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL1947 | US-ROK CONSULATIONS ON NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS: [...] (C) In the third and final consultation session between delegations headed respectively by EAP DAS Alex Arvizu and MOFAT Director General for Korean Peninsula Peace Regime Huh Chul on September 25, ROK officials said that they discerned no significant improvement in the human rights situation i [...] | 2008-10-06 03:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PHUM |
08SEOUL1956 | OCT 2 INTER-KOREAN MILITARY WORKING LEVEL TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY The 37th inter-Korean military working level, Colonel-level talks were held at Panmunjom on Thursday, 2 Oct. This was the first North/South official meeting since Lee Myung-bak took office. The last military meeting was held on January 25, 2008. Colonel Lee Sang Chul of the ROK Mi [...] | 2008-10-06 09:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL1957 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ROK PRESIDENT LEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a thirty-minute meeting immediately upon concluding the presentation of credentials ceremony, President Lee warmly welcomed the Ambassador, telling her that she was in a position to bring Americans and Koreans even closer together. Lee said that he took pride in restoring trus [...] | 2008-10-06 10:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL1960 | ROK VICE FOREIGN MINISTER KWON ON NORTH KOREA, [...] (C) Summary: In his meeting with the Ambassador on October 2, First Vice Foreign Minister Kwon Jong-rak expressed concern about the North Korean nuclear issue and said further progress would require strong determination on the part of all involved parties. It was critical that there be a time [...] | 2008-10-07 05:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PREL PGOV PINR |
08SEOUL1985 | ROK VICE FOREIGN MINISTER SHIN ON VISA WAIVER, [...] (C) Summary: During a courtesy call by the Ambassador October 6, Second Vice Foreign Minister Shin Kak-soo described the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) as an example of an area of strengthening ROK-U.S. ties. He said that MOFAT's Consular Affairs Bureau planned to start a public relations campaign [...] | 2008-10-08 08:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ABLD CVIS OEXC KS |
08SEOUL2000 | US-ROK CONSULTATIONS ON DPRK HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) Summary: At the second of three meetings between a U.S. delegation led by DAS Alex Arvizu and a ROKG delegation led by MOFAT DG for Korean Peninsula Peace Regime Huh Chul on September 24, Huh said the ROK would consider additional contributions of food aid or fertilizer to the DPRK only a [...] | 2008-10-10 07:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL2014 | ELECTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN: ROKG SEEKS DETAILS ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) On October 14, poloffs delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Development Cooperation Division's Jong-ho Kyun. Kyun noted that Deputy Minister for Multilateral, Global and Legal Affairs Oh Joon, who h [...] | 2008-10-14 08:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | AF KDEM KS PGOV PREL XB XC XD XE XF XG |
08SEOUL2016 | IMPACT OF OLYMPICS ON ROK VIEWS TOWARD CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: Ref A requested an assessment of the effect that China's hosting of the Olympic Games had on Korean views of China. The Korean public avidly followed the Korean Olympic team's historic success as it placed seventh in the overall medal count and second among Asian countries. Th [...] | 2008-10-14 08:59:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KS |
08SEOUL2029 | LEE STIRS [...] (C) Over the past few weeks, President Lee Myung-bak has taken action to try to improve his still lackluster popularity. At the cabinet meeting on October 7, the Lee Administration announced 100 policy priorities the government will seek to address in the coming years. On October 13, Lee he [...] | 2008-10-15 07:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL2034 | SCENESETTER FOR THE 40TH US-ROK SECURITY [...] (C) Since your June visit to Seoul, the South Korean domestic political scene has largely returned to normal. President Lee has escaped from the morass that was the beef controversy, but still has much work to do before his government regains the trust and support of the Korean public. The s [...] | 2008-10-15 08:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV PINS KS KN JA |
08SEOUL2035 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER KIM [...] (C) Summary: In an October 10 meeting with National Assembly Speaker Kim Hyung-o, the Ambassador and the Speaker discussed the current state of North Korean affairs and the support of both governments for a denuclearized North Korea. Turning to the KORUS FTA, which the government submitted to [...] | 2008-10-15 09:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL2037 | ROK UNIFICATION MINISTER ASSESSES INTER-KOREAN [...] (C) Summary: Unification Minister Kim Ha-joong gave the Ambassador an assessment of the current state of inter-Korean relations during a courtesy call October 13. The DPRK's harsh rhetorical attacks on the Lee administration continued, Kim said, as did its refusal to meet to discuss implement [...] | 2008-10-16 02:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL2048 | FORMER PRESIDENT ROH MOO-HYUN: ACTIVE AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Former President Roh Moo-hyun's recent activities on the internet and in public have sparked speculation that he is vying to re-enter the political stage after six months of relative calm in his rural hometown near Gimhae. Initial speculation began when Roh officiated at a we [...] | 2008-10-17 05:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL2075 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FORMER PRESIDENT KIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former President Kim Young-sam told the Ambassador on October 21 that he was still struggling from the "shock" of his father's death on September 30 and wondering how to comfort his daughter since her husband had recently suffered a stroke and would not recover. The Ambassador r [...] | 2008-10-22 08:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL2077 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON ROK MINISTER OF [...] (C) During her October 22 introductory office call on Lee Sang-hee, ROK Minister of National Defense: --- Ambassador Stephens and the Minister swapped positive reports on the October 17 U.S.-ROK Security Consultative Meeting. Lee cited in particular its helpfulness in allaying Korean conce [...] | 2008-10-22 08:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV PINS KS |
08SEOUL2078 | AMBASSADOR HOSTS SCHOLTE TO CONGRATULATE ON SEOUL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador hosted a luncheon in honor of the 2008 Seoul Peace Prize recipient and North Korean human rights activist Suzanne Scholte on October 11, 2008. Scholte reflected on her twelve years of experience working to improve the human rights of North Koreans and highlighted [...] | 2008-10-23 05:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL2082 | PATIENT LEE STILL STUCK ON THE RUNWAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Political consultant Park Sung-min told poloffs over a recent lunch that President Lee Myung-bak was in dire straits. Neither President Lee nor his staff understood the reasons behind Lee's flagging popularity (stuck around 25 percent in recent polls) and had no idea what to d [...] | 2008-10-23 06:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL2109 | AMBASSADOR AND FORMER PRESIDENT KIM DAE-JUNG [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 22 courtesy call by the Ambassador, former President Kim Dae-jung said that she had come to Korea at an important point in the relationship. Relations were good, but there was still much work to be done on North Korea. After recounting his meeting with Kim Jong-il [...] | 2008-10-28 04:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL2120 | FATU COMMITTEE DELIBERATES ON NORTH KOREA POLICY, [...] (SBU) Summary: In the first parliamentary audit of the 18th National Assembly by the Foreign Affairs, Trade and Unification (FATU) Committee, the Grand National Party (GNP) and the Democratic Party (DP) butted heads over North Korea policy. The parties struggled to reconcile former President [...] | 2008-10-30 01:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL2166 | ROK EMBRACES ITS ROLE AS CHAIR OF FIRST APDP SOM [...] (U) Summary: The Republic of Korea hosted and chaired the first Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) of the Asia-Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) in Seoul on October 31, 2008. Twelve countries participated: Australia, Canada, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mongolia, New Zealand, the Philippines, the [...] | 2008-11-05 06:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PHUM KS |
08SEOUL2176 | AMBASSADOR AND LABOR MINISTER DISCUSS ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: In a cordial November 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Labor Minister Lee Young-hee commented on the need to stabilize labor-management relations, workers' concerns about the recent economic downturn, and its potential impact on the KORUS FTA. Minister Lee refuted the common perc [...] | 2008-11-06 08:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL2192 | PRESS BULLETIN - November 10, 2008 [...] Prepare for Renegotiation of ROK-U.S. FTA (Hankyoreh Shinmun, November 10, 2008, Page 27) 2. Seoul Should Not Delay Introducing the FTA Ratification Bill to the National Assembly (Seoul Shinmun, November 10, 2008, Page 31) 3. Cooperation and Trust (JoongAng Ilbo, November 8, 2008, Page 26) [...] | 2008-11-10 07:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
08SEOUL2203 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH GNP LEADER PARK GEUN-HYE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging conversation on Nov. 6, the Ambassador and GNP legislator Park Geun-hye discussed North Korea, the future of the U.S.-ROK relationship, domestic political trends in Korea, the FTA, and camp returns. Exchanges on policy issues were interwoven with historical ane [...] | 2008-11-13 06:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL2206 | ROKG'S CALM REACTION TO DPRK BORDER-RESTRICTION [...] (C) Summary: DPRK authorities announced on November 12 that "rigid limits and blockages" would be placed on land border crossings between South and North Korea as of December  [...] | 2008-11-13 09:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL221 | FEUDS UNLIKELY TO SIGNIFICANLTY DIMINISH GNP GAINS [...] (C) Summary: The conservative Grand National Party (GNP) -- out of power for the last decade -- is poised to win big in the April 9 National Assembly elections, giving them control over both the parliament and the Blue House. The progressive United New Democratic Party (UNDP) is still flound [...] | 2008-02-01 09:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL2248 | PUSHING BACK AGAINST THE JUNTA'S LATEST CRACKDOWN [...] (C) MOFAT's Director of the Southeast Asia Division Kim Young-chae said in response to reftel demarche that the ROKG's inclination was to take a non-confrontational, indirect approach with Burma. Korea's interactions with Burma were so limited, he said, that he did not see how the ROK, acting [...] | 2008-11-21 04:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL BM KS |
08SEOUL2251 | NICARAGUA POLITICAL SITUATION OF CONCERN TO ROKG [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel talking points on reported irregularities in the November 9 Nicaraguan municipal elections to ROK Mininstry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Central America and Caribbean Division Director Lee Eun-chul on November 21. Director Lee said that the Korean Embassy in Managu [...] | 2008-11-21 07:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS NU |
08SEOUL2265 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 05:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
08SEOUL2270 | ROKG REACTION TO DPRK'S RATCHETING UP PRESSURE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- On November 24, the DPRK announced that it would further restrict South-North economic cooperation as of December 1 by stopping Kaesong City tours and reducing ROK managers entering the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) by half. -- A Foreign Ministry official said the ROKG, [...] | 2008-11-25 11:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL2275 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO GWANGJU: POLITICALLY [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's November 18-19 visit to Gwangju, it became clear that, politically, not much has changed in Korea's southwest region in the past ten years. Through discussions with various local leaders, it was evident that the region remained politically left of center, [...] | 2008-11-26 04:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL2279 | PRESS BULLETIN - November 26, 2008 [...] The ROK and the U.S. Agree to Transform Cash-based Financial Contribution for USFK Upkeep to a Goods Provision (Dong-a Ilbo, November 26, 2008, Page 8) 2. 37% of ROK Lawmakers: "The KORUS FTA Would be Revised" (Dong-a Ilbo, November 26, 2008, Pages 1 and 6) Top Headlines Chosun Ilbo, H [...] | 2008-11-26 07:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
08SEOUL2281 | AMBASSADOR MEETING WITH DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 24 luncheon meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Yong-joon said with SMA negotiations concluded, he looked forward to making progress on USFK camp returns. Lee lamented that his goal of completing the return of nine facilities before the end of [...] | 2008-11-26 08:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AMGT KS |
08SEOUL2282 | ROK MINISTRY OF UNIFICATION ON DPRK BORDER [...] (C) Summary: The DPRK's November 24 announcement of measures to restrict economic exchange activity and border crossings continued to reverberate in Seoul. On November 26, ROK Unification Minister Kim Ha-joong reported to the National Assembly on the state of affairs, pointing out that restri [...] | 2008-11-26 11:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL2286 | PRESS BULLETIN - November 28, 2008 [...] U.S. Beef Sales; "It Is Cheap..." "But..." (Hankook Ilbo, November 28, 2008, Page 13) Top Headlines Chosun Ilbo Prosecutors to Seek Arrest Warrant for Former President Roh Moo-hyun's Elder Brother on Suspicion of Taking 1 Billion Won in Return for Influencing Sale of Sejong Securities t [...] | 2008-11-28 07:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
08SEOUL2305 | HELP FOR NORTH KOREAN DEFECTORS: PRIVATE CHARITY [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff visited two government supported and two private institutions for helping student-age North Korean defectors: Hanawon, the re-education center where all defectors spend two months on arrival; Hangyerae School, where 220 students live and study; the Heavenly Dream School, [...] | 2008-12-02 09:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV KS KN |
08SEOUL2306 | NEW NGO REVEALS ABUSE AT PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN DPRK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the November 18 inaugural gathering of Campaign for North Korean Freedom (NK Freedom),Yonsei University Associate Professor of Law Hong Seong-phil explained that the group's founding was based on the notion that defectors needed to take ownership of the North Korean human r [...] | 2008-12-02 22:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PGOV PROP KTIP KS KN |
08SEOUL2307 | U.S.-ROK SMA (AD REF) AGREEMENT [...] (C) On November 19-20, U.S. and Republic of Korea delegations, led respectively by Ambassador Jackson McDonald and Ambassador Cho Byung-jae, met in Honolulu for the sixth and likely final round of this year's Special Measures Agreement (SMA) defense cost-sharing negotiation. The talks starte [...] | 2008-12-02 22:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS MARR MCAP KS |
08SEOUL2335 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS DISAGREE ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Four National Assembly members evinced frustration with worsening South-North relations in separate December 2-3 meetings, but disagreed on the causes and possible solutions. They saw close coordination with the USG as crucial. All were pessimistic about KIC's future, though the [...] | 2008-12-05 07:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL2336 | ROKG FOREIGN AND UNIFICATION MINISTERS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan told the Ambassador in a December 4 meeting that he did not know whether the DPRK would take further steps that would result in the complete closure of the Kaesong Industrial Complex, but that the ROKG was ready for that eventuality. The Foreign Mi [...] | 2008-12-05 10:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL2340 | PRESIDENT LEE UNPOPULAR, OPPOSITION EVEN MORE SO [...] (C) Summary: President Lee Myung-bak is suffering from entrenched low popularity that is affecting his ability to govern effectively. Even some Blue House insiders worry that if he does not turn things around in 2009, he could spend the remainder of his term powerless, overshadowed by jockeyi [...] | 2008-12-08 07:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL2341 | PRESS BULLETIN - December 8, 2008 [...] U.S. Automakers' Blaming of the ROK Preposterous (Dong-a Ilbo, December 8, 2008, Page 27) 2. North Korea's Nuclear Verification Needs Patience (Hankook Ilbo, December 8, 2008, Page 39) Features 3. U.S. State Department Asks Ambassadors Overseas to Submit Resignations (Dong-a Ilbo, De [...] | 2008-12-08 07:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
08SEOUL2383 | KOREA'S VIEW ON THE RISE OF CHINA (C-AL8-02576) [...] (U) This message addresses questions posed in Ref A on South Korean views on China. ------------------------------ ROK-PRC Engagement: Inevitable ------------------------------ 2. (C) Due to history, geography, cultural affinities, and China's rise as a regional power, Korea has no choic [...] | 2008-12-12 06:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL KS |
08SEOUL2389 | REGULAR SESSION PASSES 7.5 PERCENT OF BILLS; MORE [...] (C) Summary: The 18th National Assembly's first regular session came to a close on December 9 without passing the 2009 budget bill or much legislation at all. To address the budget and other outstanding bills, a 30-day temporary session opened on December 10 but it is not likely many laws wi [...] | 2008-12-12 08:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL2399 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-15 07:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
08SEOUL2400 | CHOI JANG-JIP: KOREA NOT YET MATURE DEMOCRACY [...] (C) Summary: Legendary political scientist and Korea University emeritus Choi Jang-jip told poloff on December 11 that he thought Korea had not fully democratized and that the main hurdle to this goal was an overly strong central government. Choi, a college classmate of President Lee Myung-b [...] | 2008-12-15 08:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL2401 | PRESS BULLETIN - December 15, 2008 [...] "Six-Party Process Reveals Its Fundamental Limitations" (JoongAng Ilbo, December 13, 2008, Page 26) 2. What the "Controversy over North Korea's Nuclear Status" Means (Chosun Ilbo, December 15, 2008, Page 35) 3. Obama's Way of Dealing with North Korea (Hankook Ilbo, December 15, 2008, Page 39 [...] | 2008-12-15 08:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
08SEOUL2402 | DAY IN LIFE OF NORTH KOREAN DEFECTORS IN SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff attended the second annual group wedding for four North Korean defector couples organized by a South Korean NGO. The couples were grateful for the ceremony, which they postponed because of lack of funding. Poloff also met with two of the brides to discuss their experien [...] | 2008-12-15 08:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL2403 | 2009 BUDGET PASSES NA; MORE CLASHES TO COME [...] (C) Summary: On December 13, the ruling GNP along with the conservative Liberty Forward Party (LFP) passed the annual budget bill while the opposition Democratic Party (DP) and Democratic Labor Party (DLP) members boycotted the vote. Most pundits and Assembly sources note that the ruling party [...] | 2008-12-15 08:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL2409 | ROKG TO MAINTAIN FIRM STANCE TOWARDS DPRK [...] (C) Summary. During a December 15 luncheon meeting with the DCM, Dr. Kim Tae-hyo, a principal advisor to ROK President Lee Myung-bak, indicated that President Lee would maintain his firm policy stance toward the DPRK despite internal politics. The DPRK is finding fewer friendly media outle [...] | 2008-12-16 06:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KN KS |
08SEOUL2411 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-16 07:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
08SEOUL2423 | PRESS BULLETIN - December 17, 2008 [...] U.S. Congressional Delegation: "If the ROK Ratifies the KORUS FTA, the U.S. Congress Will Also Make Efforts to Do So" (JoongAng Ilbo, December 17, 2008, Page 6) 2. "Line" in Front of U.S. Embassy Has Disappeared, but No Tourism "Boom" Yet (Munhwa Ilbo, December 16, 2008, Page 10; Excerpts) [...] | 2008-12-17 06:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
08SEOUL2427 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-18 05:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
08SEOUL2429 | U.S.-ROK SMA AGREEMENT INITIALED [...] (SBU) In accordance with reftel, A/DCM Joseph Yun and MOFAT Ambassador Cho Byung-jae initialed the SMA Agreement on Wednesday, December 17, and agreed on the text for the accompanying diplomatic note. A scanned copy of the initialed agreement has been sent to both EAP/K and USFK. 2. (SBU) [...] | 2008-12-18 06:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL PGOV KS |
08SEOUL2431 | ROK PLANS AID TO AFGHANISTAN DESPITE MEDIA [...] (C) Summary. In a December 18 meeting with A/DCM, MOFAT Director-General Chang Ho-jin requested that Washington and Seoul avoid public discussions of possible additional aid for Afghanistan. The ROK is considering a number of options, including deployment of military personnel and assets. [...] | 2008-12-18 08:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS |
08SEOUL2444 | ENVIRONMENT MINISTER ON CLIMATE CHANGE, USFK CAMP [...] (C) Summary: In a December 16 luncheon meeting with ROK Environment Minister Lee Maan-ee, Ambassador and Minister Lee discussed climate change, Korea's Ultra-Low Emission Vehicle (KULEV) regulations due to go into effect January 1, environment issues related to USFK camp returns, and domestic [...] | 2008-12-19 05:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SENV AMGT KS |
08SEOUL2452 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH THE KOREAN MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 18, 2008, Ambassador Stephens paid a courtesy call on Korean Minister of Justice Kim Kyung-Han at the Gwacheon Government Complex. She raised USG concerns about international child custody and abduction issues and urged the ROK to join the Hague Convention on the C [...] | 2008-12-22 05:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL CVIS CASC KOCI KS |
08SEOUL2453 | PRESS BULLETIN - December 22, 2008 [...] Wrong Troop Dispatch Should Never Be Repeated (Hankyoreh Shinmun, December 20, Page 27) Features 2. Former U.S. Ambassador Vershbow: "In Case of Kim Jong-il's Death, Reform and Opening-up Will Be Accelerated... The ROK Should Prepare for North Korea Contingency" (Dong-a Ilbo, December 22 [...] | 2008-12-22 06:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
08SEOUL2457 | BLUE HOUSE ADVISOR SAYS FTA, MAJOR LAWS WILL PASS [...] (C) Summary: Ze Seung-wan, advisor to President Lee for civil affairs, told poloff December 22 that the KORUS FTA, along with other major legislation currently on hold due to physical opposition from the Democratic Party (DP),would be passed during the current 30-day special session set to en [...] | 2008-12-22 07:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL2458 | YOUNGNAM: GNP LOYALTY AND REGIONALISM STILL REIGN [...] (C) Summary: On 17-18 December, poloff traveled to Daegu and Busan to gauge the popularity of President Lee Myung-bak and the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) in the conservative stronghold of Youngnam -- traditional nomenclature for the south-eastern area of Korea comprised of North and Sout [...] | 2008-12-23 05:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL2485 | COOL GANGWON: GOVERNOR KIM ON TOURISM, NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over dinner on December 22, Gangwon Province governor Kim Jin-sun and the Ambassador discussed the need for better North-South relations, the importance of tourism to Gangwon Province, and cooperating on climate change. Kim, a three-term governor who will step down in 2010, said [...] | 2008-12-30 04:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL2487 | PRESS BULLETIN - December 30, 2008 [...] "Breaking the Cycle" (JoongAng Ilbo, December 30, 2008, Page 30) 2. "Massive Israeli Assault on Palestinians" (Hankook Ilbo, December 30, 2008, Page 39) 3. "Israel Is Launching Indiscriminate Attacks for What?" (Hankyoreh Shinmun, December 30, 2008, Page 27) Features 4. Kim Jong-il' [...] | 2008-12-30 07:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
08SEOUL2502 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 8 VISIT TO [...] (C) Madam Secretary, We at Embassy Seoul are delighted that you are able to make this visit. Foreign Minister Yu is eager to see you, especially as he had to cancel his visit to Washington last month due to key National Assembly hearings. President Lee Myung-bak wants to thank you and the Pre [...] | 2008-12-31 05:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL262 | BLUE HOUSE SENIOR SECRETARIES ANNOUNCED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 10, the Presidential Transition Committee announced the lineup for the Blue House Senior Secretaries. Notably, GNP lawmaker Park Jae-wan was named SIPDIS Senior Presidential Secretary for Political Affairs, and Korea University Professor Kim Byung-kook Senior Secr [...] | 2008-02-11 07:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL292 | ROK WILL RECOGNIZE KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE, BUT UNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 13 meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Shim Yoon-joe, the Ambassador stated that Kosovo would declare its independence very soon, and that the U.S. and its EU partners would recognize Kosovo within the first 24 hours of its declaration of independence. The Ambassado [...] | 2008-02-13 22:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KS |
08SEOUL297 | CABINET REFORM PLAN AT A STANDSTILL [...] With the Cabinet reform bill set to cut the number of ministries from 18 to 14 stalled at the National Assembly, the Transition Team and the GNP are planning to announce the Cabinet lineup February 15. The list is said to be almost final, although there may be some additions depending on how [...] | 2008-02-14 08:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL317 | STIFF COMPETITION FOR GNP SEATS IN BUSAN [...] (U) This message is from the American Presence Post (APP) in Busan, Korea. 2. (U) With the April 9 general elections less than 60 days away, competition for Grand National Party (GNP) seats is setting new records. Spurred on by Lee Myung-bak's landslide victory in the presidential election [...] | 2008-02-18 01:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KS |
08SEOUL327 | REPATRIATED NORTH KOREANS' FATE HIGHLIGHTS ROKG'S [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 18, the Grand National Party (GNP) called for an inquiry into whether 22 North Korean's were sent home against their will following unconfirmed reports that they were executed upon repatriation. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) has said publicly that the No [...] | 2008-02-19 08:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL329 | SETTING THE RIGHT COURSE: TRANSITION TEAM [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 19, Transition Team Chairwoman Lee Kyung-sook and National Security Advisor-designate Kim Byung-kook met with the Ambassador to discuss preparations for the planned April U.S.-ROK summit, the Transition Team's performance, and the best way to kick off President-elect [...] | 2008-02-20 06:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL330 | ROK REITERATES SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE, [...] (C) The Ambassador noted that the U.S. had recognized Kosovo and again urged the ROKG follow suit as soon as possible in a February 19 telephone call with Deputy Foreign Minister Shim Yoon-joe. Shim said that the ROK position remained unchanged: it supported Kosovo's independence and expected [...] | 2008-02-20 06:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV KS |
08SEOUL343 | SCENESETTER: LEE MYUNG-BAK PROMISES A BETTER [...] (C) Madam Secretary, the election of Lee Myung-bak, his appointment of pro-American advisors, and the likelihood that his party will secure a commanding majority in the National Assembly elections in April, provide an excellent opportunity to build a more substantial U.S.-ROK partnership for t [...] | 2008-02-21 03:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MNUC KN KS OVIP |
08SEOUL347 | COMPROMISE REACHED: GOVERNMENT DOWNSIZING BILL SET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 20 the United Democratic Party (UDP) and the Grand National Party (GNP) broke a month-long deadlock and came to a compromise on Lee Myung-bak's government reform plan. The compromise includes the survival of the Unification and Gender Equality Ministries. The refo [...] | 2008-02-21 07:52:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL365 | ROH MOO-HYUN'S TURBULENT TERM: HISTORIANS MAY BE [...] (C) Roh Moo-hyun ends his presidency a deeply disappointed man. According to Blue House contacts, Roh has been moody and morose since the presidential election in December which resulted in a lopsided victory for the conservative candidate Lee Myung-bak. Not helping Roh's mood is the piling [...] | 2008-02-25 08:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL37 | PRESIDENT-ELECT LEE MEETS FORMER USG OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: During a January 4 meeting with former Secretary of Defense William Perry and other former senior SIPDIS USG officials, President-elect Lee Myung-bak said that: -- The DPRK government was feeling "tremendous uncertainty" after Lee's election and consequently had a wait-and-s [...] | 2008-01-07 08:30:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
08SEOUL379 | ROK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE: ADVANCING THE U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-26 09:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU CU KS |
08SEOUL390 | LESS EUPHORIA OVER NEW ROK PRESIDENT LEE MYUNG-BAK [...] (C) Summary: Lee Myung-bak's transition period, which ended with his inauguration on February 25, was plagued by weeks of political wrangling within the Grand National Party (GNP) over nominations for the April 9 National Assembly elections and intense debate with the United Democratic Party [...] | 2008-02-27 07:20:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL392 | POLITICAL BATTLES CONTINUE, PRIME MINISTER NOT YET [...] (C) Summary: The Blue House and the National Assembly are in a staring match and it appears the UDP has no reason to blink. With nothing to lose, the UDP has delayed putting the PM-designate Han Seung-soo's nomination to a vote in the plenary and they have the necessary 150 votes (141 seats p [...] | 2008-02-27 08:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL43 | 2020 VISION OF A MORE VIABLE AND STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: For more than half a century, the U.S.-ROK Alliance has served the interests of both our countries, while significantly contributing to the overall security of Northeast Asia. In recent years, however, the Alliance has experienced significant change. South Korea has changed, th [...] | 2008-01-08 09:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS MARR MASS KN KS |
08SEOUL45 | 2020 VISION OF A MORE VIABLE AND STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In our previous message (ref A),we described the impact that changes in and around the Korean Peninsula are having on the U.S.-ROK Alliance and argued that the mission and footprint of our military presence must adapt to meet those changes. We pointed out that while many aspec [...] | 2008-01-09 04:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS MARR MASS KN KS |
08SEOUL453 | ELECTION RUNUP: GNP GOING STRONG; LIBERAL LOSS [...] (C) Summary: Despite recent stumbles by the Grand National Party (GNP) and President Lee Myung-bak, continued attacks on Lee's appointees, and record low support for a president days after inauguration (49 percent in a March 1 Hankyoreh poll),the GNP still holds the pole position heading int [...] | 2008-03-07 08:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL455 | NEW DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS DEFINING COMMON INTEREST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador held his first official meeting on March 7 with Lee Sang-hee, the new ROK Minister of National Defense. They engaged in a one-hour discussion that focused on the strategic importance and future role of the U.S.-ROK Alliance. -- The Ambassador congratulated Minst [...] | 2008-03-07 12:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | MARR PGOV PINS PREL KN KS |
08SEOUL459 | UNIFICATION MINISTRY OFFICIAL SEES SOUTH-NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Unification's (MOU) Assistant Minister for Planning and Coordination Park Chang-bong, a veteran MOU official who criticized the Sunshine Policy, expects President Lee Myung-bak's government to make clear to the DPRK that most economic assistance, including fertili [...] | 2008-03-10 08:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL MNUC |
08SEOUL474 | NGO CONTACTS UNAWARE OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW [...] (U) Embassy contacts in Korea's NGO community were unaware of the UN Human Rights Council's new Universal Periodic Review special mechanism, and, consequently, did not submit input to the review. As noted in reftel, the deadline for Korean NGOs to participate has passed. VERSHBOW [...] | 2008-03-11 07:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL IO DRL KS UN |
08SEOUL488 | NSA KIM FORECASTS PRODUCTIVE SUMMIT, ADVOCATES [...] (C) Summary: Over a cordial lunch with the Ambassador on March 12, National Security Adviser Kim Byung-kook said that he was sure President Bush and ROK President Lee Myung-bak would get along well in their April summit meeting. Kim is planning a trip to the U.S. March 17-19 to meet with seni [...] | 2008-03-12 09:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL496 | BUSAN NOT AS FAR FROM NORTH KOREA AS YOU MAY THINK [...] (U) This message is from the American Presence Post (APP) in Busan, Korea. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Despite an apparent lack of attention to North Korean issues, the port city of Busan is home to several key players in the expansive realm of North Korean issues. While Busan is home to one of the [...] | 2008-03-13 04:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KS |
08SEOUL502 | ROK AGREES WITH US VIEWS ON IRAN'S PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Kwak Sung-kyu, MOFAT Director for Middle Eastern Affairs, said that the ROK agreed with all of the reftel points detailing the U.S.'s assessment of the March 14 parliamentary elections. Instead of a public statement condemning the elections, however, Kim believed that a statement that exp [...] | 2008-03-14 00:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS IR KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL |
08SEOUL513 | SOHN PLAYS UDP'S LOSING HAND WELL [...] (C) Summary: The United Democratic Party's (UDP) resounding defeat in the December presidential election left the party struggling to get out from under the shadow of unpopular former President Roh Moo-hyun. Moreover, the new party chief, former Grand National Party (GNP) member Sohn Hak-kyu [...] | 2008-03-17 06:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL530 | GNP NOMINATIONS CUT RECORD NUMBER OF INCUMBENTS [...] (C) Summary: The political spotlight is fixed on the April 9 National Assembly elections, overshadowing even President Lee and the current financial shocks Korea is experiencing. The UDP fired off the first surprise blast by excluding all applicants from the nomination process with past conv [...] | 2008-03-18 07:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL555 | A STOIC PARK GEUN-HYE DISCUSSES GNP PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 18 lunch meeting with the Ambassador, Park Geun-hye discussed Grand National Party (GNP) party politics and policy toward North Korea. Though she seemed relaxed, Park confessed to being disturbed by the party's nominations process (reftel) and said the decision to cut [...] | 2008-03-20 05:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL560 | ROK WILL SUPPORT CALLS FOR GREATER PARTICIPATION [...] (C) In a March 19 meeting with poloff, Han Woo-yong, MOFAT Deputy Director for Southeast Asian Affairs, said in response to reftel points that the ROK has consistently expressed its desire for authentic democratization in Burma to Burmese officials. As such, it would have no problem urging Bur [...] | 2008-03-20 07:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS PGOV PHUM BM |
08SEOUL561 | ROK SUPPORTS HRC SPECIAL MANDATES FOR NORTH KOREA, [...] (C) In a March 19 meeting with poloff, Jang Hyun-cheol, MOFAT Deputy Director for Human Rights, said that the ROK will vote to extend the special mandate for the Special Rapporteur for North Korean Human Rights in the U.N. Human Rights Council. Furthermore, the ROK also supported the continua [...] | 2008-03-20 07:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN BM PGOV PHUM PREL |
08SEOUL562 | ROK WILL CONSIDER JOINT DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA, [...] (C) In a March 20 meeting, Jang Hyun-cheol, MOFAT Deputy Director for Human Rights and Social Affairs, said that the ROK would consider the proposal to jointly demarche Indonesia on the non-paper and Indonesia's active participation in the Asia-Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP). Mr. Jang sa [...] | 2008-03-20 07:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS PGOV PHUM |
08SEOUL566 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VFM KWON JONG-RAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on March 19, Vice Foreign Minister Kwon Jong-rak discussed a wide range of topics including the upcoming summit in Washington and the associated joint statement. Paralleling statements made by NSA Kim Byung-kook, who was then in Washington discussi [...] | 2008-03-20 08:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL575 | MINISTER HAN SEUNG-JOO SLAMS LMB'S FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In remarks delivered at the monthly dinner meeting of DCMs in Seoul on March 19, former Foreign Minister and Ambassador to the U.S. Han Seung-Joo presented a surprisingly negative assessment of the foreign policy direction of the new Lee Myung-bak Government. While acknowledging t [...] | 2008-03-21 08:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KS KN |
08SEOUL592 | SCENESETTER: MARCH 26 MEETING WITH ROK FOREIGN [...] (C) Madam Secretary, the main reason for Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan's March 26-27 visit to Washington is to set the stage for a successful April 18-19 summit meeting at Camp David between President Lee Myung-bak and the President. Since your meeting with FM Yu on February 25, political in [...] | 2008-03-25 05:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR MNUC KN KS OVIP |
08SEOUL616 | KIC EXPULSION SIGNALS DPRK DISCONTENT [...] (C) On March 27 at 1 a.m. Seoul time, 11 South Korean officials stationed at the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) were expelled by the DPRK. According to the South Korean Ministry of Unification (MOU),the DPRK cited Unification Minister Kim Ha-joong's comments linking denuclearization with e [...] | 2008-03-27 09:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
08SEOUL617 | ROK PRESIDENT LEE DELIVERS NUANCED STATEMENT ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his visit to the Unification Ministry on March 26, ROK President Lee Myung-bak made extensive comments on North Korea, especially the importance of denuclearization. Lee stressed that peace and prosperity in North Korea could be achieved only through denuclearization. H [...] | 2008-03-27 09:41:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL62 | CHUNG MONG-JOON: DELEGATION LEADER, PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 21-23 National Assembly member and presidential aspirant Chung Mong-joon will lead a Presidential Transition Committee delegation to Washington, DC. A similar delegation visited in 2003 on behalf of then President-elect Roh Moo-Hyun and met with the Secretary of State [...] | 2008-01-11 02:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
08SEOUL622 | ROK OFFICIALS, ACADEMICS AND NGOS SEE SERIOUS DPRK [...] (C) Summary: In March 17-18 meetings with INR analyst Mark Phelan and poloff, ROK observers cited reasons for serious concern about the DPRK's food situation this year: -- ROK observers expected decreased DPRK crop production because of 2006 and 2007 flood damage in the 'rice bowl' surround [...] | 2008-03-28 05:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN ECON EAID EAGR PGOV |
08SEOUL629 | CAMPAIGN SEASON BEGINS FOR ROK NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 13-day official campaign period for the April 9 general election began March 27, 2008. The short campaign period, coupled with a nomination process tainted by political infighting, makes it virtually impossible for any meaningful policy debate to take place. Voter turnout i [...] | 2008-03-31 07:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL636 | ROKG'S CALM RESPONSE TO DPRK RHETORIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice Foreign Minister Kwon Jong-rak told the Ambassador on March 31 that recent DPRK rhetoric was an effort to test the new government's dedication to denuclearization, but that the ROKG would "respond calmly" without backing down. Assistant Minister of Unification Park Chang-bo [...] | 2008-03-31 10:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
08SEOUL644 | ROK REACTION TO DOD REPORT ON CHINA MILITARY POWER [...] (C) As requested in reftel, Emboffs engaged our ROKG contacts to gauge reaction to the March 3rd Defense Department release of the 2008 China Military Power Report. Ministry of National Defense (MND) U.S. Policy Division Chief Colonel Song Seung-jong told us that he did not review the report [...] | 2008-04-01 04:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PREL PGOV TSPA KS CH |
08SEOUL645 | CONGRESSMAN ROHRABACHER'S MEETINGS IN SEOUL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, met separately with ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan and members of the National Assembly on March 25 to advocate several proposed initiatives. Foremost on the list was the Congressman's propos [...] | 2008-04-01 04:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR ENRG KNNP PHUM KS KN IRAQ |
08SEOUL68 | FOREIGN MINISTER HOPEFULS DISCUSS OPCON, NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a relaxed January 10 lunch with the Ambassador, National Assembly member and chief of the Presidential Transition Committee's foreign affairs team Park Jin and Lee Myung-bak adviser and former Ambassador to both Kenya and Ireland Kwon Jong-rak discussed OPCON transfer, North K [...] | 2008-01-13 23:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
08SEOUL682 | FINAL POLLS POINT TO GNP MAJORITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: With general elections less than a week away, the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) is poised to secure a significant majority in the National Assembly. The latest polling data ) the last to be released before April 9 according to election law stipulations ) revealed that of the [...] | 2008-04-04 08:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KN KS PGOV PINR PREL |
08SEOUL706 | GNP HEADED FOR VICTORY LANE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Koreans go to the polls tomorrow, April 9, to choose their National Assembly representatives. Coming less than four months after the presidential elections, interest is low and the outcome, despite all the media chatter, not really in question: the conservative Grand Nati [...] | 2008-04-08 08:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL707 | NSA KIM ON NORTH KOREA, SUMMIT AND ALLIANCE ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over an April 8, 2008 luncheon meeting with the Ambassador, ROK National Security Advisor Kim Byung-kook said that President Lee's position on North Korea had not changed despite the heated rhetoric from Pyongyang. Lee wanted "sincere and substantive" dialogue with the North, d [...] | 2008-04-08 09:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL719 | APRIL 9 ROK NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: GNP EKES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With 97 percent of votes counted, Lee Myung-bak's Grand National Party (GNP) won 151 of 299 seats, giving them a much slimmer majority than expected. The opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) did better than anticipated, winning 82 seats. Lee Hoi-chang's Liberal Forward Pa [...] | 2008-04-09 14:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL728 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTION: COSTLY WIN FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the April 9 general elections, in which voters threw in their ballot for all 299 seats in the National Assembly, the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) gained a small majority with 153 seats. Nevertheless, the GNP majority combined with the surprisingly good showing by indep [...] | 2008-04-10 09:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL737 | FORMER FM FRETS: MB'S TEAM UP TO THE TASK? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a frank April 11 lunch meeting, former Foreign Minister Yoo Chong-ha gave poloffs his view of Lee Myung-bak and said he hoped Lee would play it safe during the April 18-19 summit with President Bush. Yoo said he would continue to advise President Lee whenever called, as he was [...] | 2008-04-11 07:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL738 | ROK HAS FORGIVEN 80 PERCENT OF IRAQ DEBT, LOOKING [...] (C) In an April 11 meeting with Gulf Region Division First Secretary Moon Byung-jun, poloff, per reftel, (1) requested SIPDIS that MOFAT attend the May 29 Ministerial in Stockholm, (2) recommended that the ROKG use its meetings with Iraq,s neighbors to encourage them to increase engagement w [...] | 2008-04-11 07:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KS PREL IZ IR TU EUN |
08SEOUL773 | PRESIDENT LEE GETS SPECIAL SESSION TO DISCUSS [...] (C) On April 15 the floor leaders for the Grand National Party (GNP) and United Democratic Party (UDP) decided to convene a special National Assembly session for one month beginning on April 25. The term of the current progressive-dominated 17th National Assembly does not end until May 29, a [...] | 2008-04-16 07:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL774 | PRESIDENT LEE'S NORTH KOREA POLICY: ESTABLISHING [...] (C) Lee Myung-bak won the presidency on a conservative platform, emphasizing a new approach toward North Korea. Candidate Lee repeated over and over that ten years of Sunshine Policy had yielded nothing. During that time, the North, with newly acquired nuclear weapons, had become more dangero [...] | 2008-04-16 08:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV EAID PREL |
08SEOUL776 | LEE MYUNG-BAK WEATHERS POLITICAL STORM; AWAITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Korea's political landscape is in transition -- in the last two months President Lee Myung-bak was inaugurated, a new National Assembly was elected, new parties were formed; in the coming two months leaders for the two main parties are set to change. The ruling Grand National Pa [...] | 2008-04-17 08:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL80 | LEE KYUNG-SOOK DISCUSSES TRANSITION TEAM PRIORITIES [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador, Presidential Transition Committee Chair Lee Kyung-sook discussed the political realities of the transition team's agenda and President-elect Lee Myung-bak's personal management style. Lee Kyung-sook, who is clearly one of the president-elect [...] | 2008-01-15 00:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
08SEOUL804 | SEOUL RESPONSE; DONORS CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MOFAT) Development Cooperation Division Acting Director Kyun Jong-ho recently told us the ROKG was prepared to make a "substantial" pledge (involving both grants and loans stretching over three to four years) at the upcoming Af [...] | 2008-04-21 06:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN KDEM KS PGOV PREL |
08SEOUL862 | FORMER PRESIDENT KIM YOUNG-SAM STAYS RELEVANT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over lunch on April 25, former President (1993-98) Kim Young-sam told the Ambassador that Lee Myung-bak needed to do better in handling domestic political issues and find a way to accept former Grand National Party (GNP) lawmakers recently elected as independents or under the Pro [...] | 2008-04-29 01:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL877 | REQUEST TO DOWNGRADE CABLE CLASSIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-29 08:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KNNP SY KS KN |
08SEOUL879 | SOUTH KOREAN ANGER AT CHINESE STUDENTS' VIOLENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On Sunday, April 27, Chinese students studying in Korea who had gathered for the procession of the Olympic torch through downtown Seoul violently attacked South Korean demonstrators who were protesting China's treatment of North Korean refugees and Tibet. Unlike in other parts of [...] | 2008-04-29 08:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS PGOV PHUM CH |
08SEOUL896 | ROK REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES: NEAPSM AND NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 30, POL M/C met with MOFAT Director General for the Korean Peninsula Peace Regime Bureau, Huh Chul, to discuss regional issues including a Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism (NEAPSM) and North Korean refugee policy. On NEAPSM, DG Huh said there had been very li [...] | 2008-05-01 07:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KS KN |
08SEOUL903 | SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 7-8 [...] (C) Your visit to Korea falls between the April 18-19 Camp David Summit and the Secretary's expected stop in Seoul at the end of June. Secretary Gates will also be coming for the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) change-of-command ceremony on June 3. These visits will be followed by a second U.S.-ROK [...] | 2008-05-01 08:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PREL PGOV PINS KN KS CH JA |
08SEOUL917 | ROK CONSIDERING PUBLIC STATEMENT ON FLAWED BURMESE [...] (C) In a May 2 meeting with poloff, Han Woo-young, MOFAT Deputy Director for Southeast Asian Affairs, said that the ROKG was currently discussing the possibility of making a public statement about the flawed nature of the May 10 referendum in Burma. There was "favorable discussion" on the top [...] | 2008-05-02 07:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS PGOV PHUM BM |
08SEOUL919 | KOREA-JAPAN POST SUMMIT: LOOKING FORWARD BUT NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since his inauguration in February, ROK President Lee Myung-bak has consistently said that he intends to focus on the future of relations with Japan and not dwell on past issues. Holding two summits with Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda already within his short time in office is [...] | 2008-05-02 08:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JP KS KN |
08SEOUL928 | ROK TO ISSUE STATEMENT ON BURMESE REFERENDUM AFTER [...] (C) In a May 6 meeting with poloff, Han Woo-young, MOFAT Deputy Director for Southeast Asian Affairs, said that the ROKG will release a public statement concerning Burma after Deputy Secretary Negroponte meets with Vice Foreign Minister Kwon Jong-rak on May 8 in Seoul. The statement will inclu [...] | 2008-05-06 08:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS PGOV PHUM BM |
08SEOUL952 | PARK GEUN-HYE AND GNP LEGISLATORS ON BEEF [...] (C) Summary: Over lunch with Grand National Party (GNP) leader Park Geun-hye, the Ambassador discussed the current controversy over the re-opening of the Korean market to U.S. beef and made the strong case that U.S. beef was safe, telling Park that we rely on leaders like her to calm the situ [...] | 2008-05-09 04:41:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL96 | UNDP GOING DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT [...] (C) In a meeting that started off in front of a crowd of cameras and reporters, newly-selected United New Democratic Party (UNDP) chair Sohn Hak-kyu gave the Ambassador his assessment of North Korea's delay in providing a full declaration of its nuclear programs and (after the press left) his [...] | 2008-01-17 00:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
08SEOUL976 | MINISTER OF UNIFICATION: ROKG STEADFAST ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 9 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Unification (MOU) Kim Ha-joong described ROKG policy as "steadfast" on its principle that significant economic assistance to the DPRK would require progress on denuclearization, but also "flexible" in terms of seeking dialogue a [...] | 2008-05-13 08:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
08SEOUL977 | OPPOSITION LAWMAKER KIM BOO-KYUM ON BEEF, FTA, UDP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recently re-elected to a third term, United Democratic Party (UDP) lawmaker Kim Boo-kyum told poloff over a May 13 lunch that he believed controversy surrounding the reopening of the Korean market to U.S. beef would blow over. Also, he explained that there were several non-binding [...] | 2008-05-13 08:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL987 | SEOUL RESPONSE; PLEDGING AT THE PARIS SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MOFAT) Development Cooperation Division Acting Director Kyun Jong-ho recently confirmed that Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan will be leading the ROKG delegation to the Paris conference. While the ROKG has not yet finalized its [...] | 2008-05-14 07:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN KDEM KS PGOV PREL |
08SEOUL988 | SEOUL RESPONSE: PARTICIPATION IN INT'L COMPACT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-14 07:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ |
08SHANGHAI103 | SHANGHAI EXPANDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR MIGRANT [...] (SBU) Summary: As in many other large Chinese cities, the Shanghai Municipal Government is exploring ways to improve the quality of education for migrant children. The Shanghai Education Commission (SEC) in January 2008 announced plans to increase the proportion of migrant children in Shanghai [...] | 2008-03-21 08:52:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL SMIG PGOV SOCI CH |
08SHANGHAI122 | SHANGHAI AMERICAN STUDIES SCHOLAR ON TAIWAN ELECTION, TIBET [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 26, 2008 DPO and Conoff met with Fudan University Professor Wu Xinbo, Deputy Director of the Shanghai Institute for American Studies to discuss the Taiwan presidential election. Wu speculated that under certain conditions Beijing could tolerate a U.S. visit by Ma Ying-je [...] | 2008-03-27 05:20:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON CH TW |
08SHANGHAI126 | CHINA 'CANNOT ACCEPT' MA YING-JEOU U.S. VISIT, SHANGHAI [...] (C) Summary: Professor Zhang Nianchi, Director of the influential Shanghai Institute for East Asian Studies (SIEAS) and expert on cross-strait relations, told DPO that Beijing would "not be able to accept" a visit by Taiwan's president-elect Ma Ying-jeou to the United States, in a March 27 m [...] | 2008-03-28 04:19:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
08SHANGHAI127 | SHANGHAI SIIS SCHOLARS COMMENT ON POST-ELECTION TAIWAN, [...] (C) Summary: On March 28, 2008, Deputy Principal Officer (DPO) met with Yan Anlin, Executive Vice Director of Taiwan Affairs and Cross-Strait Relations, Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS),and Zhang Xihong, Researcher, Taiwan Affairs and Cross-Strait Relations, SIIS to discuss [...] | 2008-03-28 09:03:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
08SHANGHAI133 | MEETING WITH WESTINGHOUSE TO DISCUSS FACILITATED VISA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 12, 2008, Consular Section Chief met with Westinghouse representatives to discuss special visa processing in support of the AP1000 Nuclear Power Plant Project. This year alone, Westinghouse plans to sponsor up to 200 Chinese nationals for nuclear power technologies tra [...] | 2008-04-01 04:37:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT CVIS PGOV ECON CH ENRG |
08SHANGHAI134 | SOCCER DIPLOMACY IN SHANGHAI [...] (U) Summary: In late March 2008, North Korea played South Korea in a World Cup Qualifier that ended in a draw. The mostly South Korean crowd gave each team a standing ovation at the end of the match. In Early March, the Los Angeles Galaxy played the Chinese All-Star team, although Chinese fan [...] | 2008-04-02 05:40:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI OEXC OIIP KPAO CH KS KN |
08SHANGHAI144 | RURAL REFORM AND NGO ACTIVITIES IN ANHUI PROVINCE [...] (C) Summary: Poloff and political assistant traveled to Anhui Province on April 7-8 to meet with Zhang Deyuan, the deputy director of the China San Nong Problem Research Center at Anhui University in Hefei, and to observe a rural poverty alleviation project in Yuexi County sponsored by the NGO [...] | 2008-04-11 09:29:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAGR SOCI CH |
08SHANGHAI154 | YIWU PARTY SECRETARY ON IPR, RMB APPRECIATION, AND TIBET [...] (SBU) On April 18, the Consul General (CG) hosted Yiwu Party Secretary Wu Weirong for lunch in Shanghai. Yiwu, a city in SIPDIS central Zhejiang Province of 1.6 million people, claims to be home to the biggest small commodity wholesale market in the world. Yiwu also has a reputation for b [...] | 2008-04-22 03:50:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON KIPR CH |
08SHANGHAI159 | THE EVE OF CIVIL SOCIETY'S ARRIVAL: NPI PROMOTES [...] (SBU) Summary. According to Director of the Shanghai Pudong-based Non-Profit Incubator (NPI) Simon Lu, the Pudong District Government began to "outsource" some social services to local non-government organizations (NGOs) as a part of its comprehensive coordination pilot reform program approved [...] | 2008-04-29 03:06:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PHUM CH |
08SHANGHAI165 | AUTHORITIES IMPLEMENT MEASURES IN ATTEMPT TO BOOST CHINA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: TDY Econ Officer solicited views on China's equity markets, particularly in light of recent measures to boost market performance, which highlight authorities' continued efforts to manage the domestic equity markets. Two measures were implemented during the week of April 21, a [...] | 2008-04-30 09:54:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV SOCI CH |
08SHANGHAI174 | ZHEJIANG PROVINCE'S WENZHOU: CHINA'S ENTREPRENEURIAL CENTER [...] (U) Summary: During an April 23-24 visit to Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, local officials and entrepreneurs said that many of Wenzhou's export-oriented enterprises are under pressure from increasing raw material prices, renminbi (RMB) appreciation and U.S. economic changes. In response, local [...] | 2008-05-13 03:04:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD PGOV KIPR SOCI CVIS CH |
08SHANGHAI184 | (C) SHANGHAI SCHOLARS DISCUSS INCOMING TAIWAN MA [...] (C) Summary. Shanghai scholars of cross-strait relations cautioned Stimson Center Distinguished Fellow Alan Romberg on May 16 that China will need time to adjust to the incoming Taiwan administration of President Ma Ying-jeou, including time to assess Ma's statements and initiatives followin [...] | 2008-05-19 10:58:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS ETRD CH TW |
08SHANGHAI187 | SED ENVOY HOLMER VISITS SHANGHAI AND NINGBO [...] (SBU) Summary. During a May 18-20 visit to Shanghai and Ningbo, Special Envoy for China and the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) Ambassador Alan Holmer, Managing Director for China and the SED Dan Wright, and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy Joel Szabat engaged U.S. busin [...] | 2008-05-23 10:06:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN KIPR ENRG SENV EWWT CH |
08SHANGHAI19 | SHANGHAI RESIDENTS PROTEST MAGLEV EXTENSION [...] (C) Summary. Large-scale demonstrations on January 12 and 13 against the Shanghai government's plans to extend the Maglev train line have not only highlighted dissatisfaction by Shanghai residents over the government's plans, but is an example of local residents using public means to press fo [...] | 2008-01-16 08:57:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ELTN CH |
08SHANGHAI195 | A TOUR D'HORIZON OF THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP FROM FUDAN'S [...] (C) Summary. During a May 24 meeting Fudan University American Studies Center Director Shen Dingli told incoming EAP/CM Director David Shear that the Sichuan earthquake, which had revealed much weakness in the Chinese government, would be a catalyst for positive change. He appraised the th [...] | 2008-06-02 05:35:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ENRG CH TW IR |
08SHANGHAI20 | TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL/USA PRESIDENT BOSWELL'S LUNCH [...] (C) Summary: During a January 15 lunch, Transparency International/USA President and CEO Nancy Boswell engaged representatives of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress (SMPC) and an academic specializing in NGO development on ways of improving transparency in the budget process, organizing [...] | 2008-01-16 09:11:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS SOCI ETRD KPAO CH |
08SHANGHAI209 | SHANGHAI AMERICA-WATCHERS ON A DIFFICULT YEAR, TAIWAN, AND [...] (C) Summary. On May 24, David Shear, incoming EAP/CM Director, met with Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) Vice President Huang Renwei and, separately, with Fudan University Center for American Studies Deputy Director Wu Xinbo. (Meetings with Shanghai Institute of International Stud [...] | 2008-06-05 06:08:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN CH TW |
08SHANGHAI210 | CIC AND SAFE: SHANGHAI FINANCIAL INDUSTRY VIEWS, LATE MAY [...] (SBU) Summary. Visiting Department economic analysts and Congenoff (Econoffs) met May 21-23 with Shanghai financial industry participants and regulators to discuss China's capital market development and sovereign wealth fund issues. Most of the interlocutors agreed that the State Administra [...] | 2008-06-05 08:17:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV CH |
08SHANGHAI212 | SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. During a June 10 lunch for visiting former EAP DAS Randy Schriver, participating Shanghai academics were cautiously optimistic on near-term cross-Strait rapprochement. Despite general agreement that economic cooperation between China and Taiwan was achievable, there was little con [...] | 2008-06-12 06:52:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
08SHANGHAI219 | SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ZHANG NIANCHI PREDICTS SLOW PROGRESS IN [...] (C) Summary: In a June 16 meeting, Shanghai Institute for East Asian Studies President Zhang Nianchi expressed pleasure that talks between Taiwan and the Mainland have resumed, but cautioned against high expectations for future talks. Tough issues, including more international space for Taiwan [...] | 2008-06-16 10:16:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW MARR |
08SHANGHAI234 | SHANGHAI-BASED "NGO" DEMOCRACY BUILDING EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary. In the past five years, Shanghai-based Harmonious Committee Institute (HCI),a non-profit organization, has been working to promote democracy through strengthening homeowners associations and educating homeowners of their property rights. According to HCI General Manager Liu She [...] | 2008-06-23 08:18:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI |
08SHANGHAI239 | LIANYUNGANG - ENTREPOT FOR JIANGSU'S LESS DEVELOPED NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Consul General's June 12-13 visit to the city of Lianyungang in northern Jiangsu Province, Mayor Xu Yiping extolled the virtues of Lianyungang's strategic location, noting the city has received a large amount of attention and financial support from the Provincial and [...] | 2008-06-25 05:27:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EINV KIPR ELAB ETRD ENRG EWWT CH |
08SHANGHAI246 | SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE: RECENT VOLATILITY, PROSPECTS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Shanghai financial services industry participants identify last year's stock market bubble as the primary source of the Shanghai Stock Exchange's most recent volatility. Poor economic performance in certain sectors has also fueled volatility, with inflation and softening real [...] | 2008-06-27 08:52:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV SOCI CH |
08SHANGHAI254 | SHANGHAI BAR ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT CONCERN ABOUT COMPETITION [...] (SBU) Summary. In a June 26 meeting with ConGenoffs, newly appointed Shanghai Bar Association (SBA) President Liu Zhengdong expressed his concerns about the increase in the number of foreign law firms operating in Shanghai in direct competition with local Shanghai firms. He acknowledges, ho [...] | 2008-07-02 06:11:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON CH |
08SHANGHAI259 | SHANGHAI BISHOP JIN ON CHINA-VATICAN RELATIONS, SHESHAN [...] (C) Summary. In a July 7 meeting with Pol/Econ Section Chief and Poloffs, Shanghai Bishop Aloysius Luxin Jin continued to be pessimistic about prospects for normalization of relations between the Vatican and Beijing. He also confirmed that Beijing had taken measures to keep the annual pilgrim [...] | 2008-07-08 00:31:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KIRF CH VT TW |
08SHANGHAI264 | SHANGHAI MARKET PARTICIPANTS DISCUSS HOT MONEY: MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary. Shanghai market participants agree, hot money presents a serious challenge for Chinese monetary policy. With sterilization bills becoming increasingly costly to issue and reserve requirement ratio (RRR) increases hurting the profitability of an already constrained banking sect [...] | 2008-07-14 08:40:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV CH |
08SHANGHAI273 | (C) SIX-PARTY TALKS: SHANGHAI ACADEMICS COUNSEL SHORT-TERM [...] (C) Summary: Several Shanghai academics believe the Six-Party Talks can produce continued movement by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) toward denuclearization and regional dialogue, but counsel patience since any progress is likely to be gradual. It is unclear whether North Ko [...] | 2008-07-22 08:41:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON JA KN PGOV PREL |
08SHANGHAI275 | CHINA SUMMIT ON ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: The China Summit on Anti-Corruption, a private-sector conference aimed at providing U.S. businesses and multi-national companies with information on anti-corruption best practices and strategies to comply with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, took place in Shanghai from July 1 [...] | 2008-07-23 00:47:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS CH |
08SHANGHAI280 | SHANGHAI ACADEMIC YANG JIEMIAN ON TAIWAN, SED [...] (C) Summary: During the Consul General's July 25 farewell call, Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS) President Yang Jiemian noted improvements in cross-Strait relations and expressed his hope that the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) will continue even after the change in admi [...] | 2008-07-25 08:59:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PGOV PREL TW |
08SHANGHAI285 | SHANGHAI'S CIQ LEADERSHIP CALLS FOR MORE COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Consul General (CG) met July 17 with China Inspection and Quarantine (CIQ) Shanghai Director General Xu Jinji to discuss ways the two sides can work closer together on information sharing. CG noted that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would soon open an office in Shan [...] | 2008-07-28 09:08:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD TBIO PGOV ECON BEXP EAGR CH |
08SHANGHAI29 | YANGTZE RIVER DELTA TEXTILE MAKERS FEAR RMB APPRECIATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese textile manufacturers in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) say that they face significant challenges that threaten their businesses in the coming year. Their main concern is the ongoing renminbi (RMB) appreciation that makes their exports more expensive and less competitive. [...] | 2008-01-24 11:19:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX EFIN ETRD EAGR PGOV ELAB SENV CH |
08SHANGHAI296 | SHANGHAI CUSTOMS: EMPHASIS ON TRANSPARENCY AND CUSTOMER [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 22 meeting, the Shanghai Customs Director General Sun Yibiao welcomed the "close relationship" between Customs and the Consulate over the past three years and discussed areas for future cooperation. Sun emphasized the importance of input from the Consulate and the U.S [...] | 2008-08-01 05:46:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV ECON BEXP KIPR EAIR CH |
08SHANGHAI297 | SHANGHAI PARTY SECRETARY YU ZHENGSHENG'S PRAGMATIC [...] (C) Summary: Eight months after taking over the leadership in Shanghai, Consulate contacts praise Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng as being fair-minded and pragmatic. He may not be a charismatic leader, but he is able to strike a balance between Beijing and Shanghai's interests. As a practical [...] | 2008-08-01 05:47:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON CH |
08SHANGHAI298 | NANJING LEADERSHIP SEEKS CLOSER U.S. TIES [...] (SBU) Summary. During the Consul General's July 30 visit to Nanjing, Mayor Jiang Hongkun and Vice Mayor Jin Daoqiang pushed for an increased U.S. commercial and diplomatic presence in Nanjing. A U.S. Consulate in Nanjing would be useful in deepening cultural and economic ties said Mayor Jian [...] | 2008-08-01 09:30:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EINV KIPR ELAB ETRD ENRG EWWT CH |
08SHANGHAI306 | TAIWAN ENTREPRENEURS IN HANGZHOU CONCERNED ABOUT MAINLAND [...] (C) Summary: At an August 1 roundtable, members of the Hangzhou Taiwan Compatriots Investment Enterprise Association voiced concerns about the Mainland business environment, and wished for better access to national-level Chinese officials. Rising costs, a slowing global economy, the new Labor C [...] | 2008-08-05 05:50:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON ELAB ETRD PGOV PREL TW |
08SHANGHAI309 | CONSUL GENERAL'S MEETINGS WITH JIANGSU PARTY SECRETARY LIANG [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with the Consul General (CG) on July 30, Jiangsu Party Secretary Liang Baohua and Governor Luo Zhijun expressed their appreciation for the CG's efforts to increase ties between Jiangsu Province and the United States. Like Nanjing municipal officials (see reft [...] | 2008-08-06 00:57:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV KIPR CH |
08SHANGHAI313 | ZHEJIANG'S YIWU: BEARING THE BRUNT OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. Zhejiang's Yiwu is home to one of the largest wholesale markets in the world. During a July 21 visit, the Consul General discussed the impact of global economic trends on Yiwu with Yiwu Party Secretary Wu Weirong and Mayor He Meihua. In addition, the CG visited Huahong Home D [...] | 2008-08-08 05:23:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ELAB ETRD KIPR ENRG CH |
08SHANGHAI318 | JIANGSU AND NINGBO CIQS URGE GREATER COOPERATION ON FOOD AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Consul General (CG) met with the Jiangsu Provincial Entry-Exit Quality Inspection and Quarantine (CIQ) Office in Nanjing on July 31 and the Ningbo City CIQ Office on August 4 to discuss a wide range of import and export issues. Both offices welcomed greater cooperation with [...] | 2008-08-12 10:15:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD TBIO PGOV ECON BEXP EAGR CH |
08SHANGHAI320 | ZHEJIANG LEADERS CONFIDENT IN TRADE TIES WITH UNITED STATES [...] (SBU) Zhejiang Province enjoys a good relationship with the United States built on a foundation of strong trade ties, provincial and local officials told the Consul General on his farewell trip to Hangzhou, Zhejiang's provincial capital on August 6-7. Zhejiang officials remain concerned that t [...] | 2008-08-13 05:14:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ELAB ETRD EINV ENRG CH |
08SHANGHAI326 | NINGBO'S ECONOMY - OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW [...] (SBU) Summary. During an August 4 farewell visit to Ningbo in Zhejiang Province, the Consul General (CG) discussed Ningbo's economy and development plans with Mayor Mao Guanglie and Ningbo Foreign Affairs Office Director Kong Weiwei. The two officials said Ningbo aims to "upgrade" its econo [...] | 2008-08-14 07:07:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ELAB ETRD KIPR CH |
08SHANGHAI328 | CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALLS ON SHANGHAI LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 14, the Consul General paid separate farewell calls on Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng, Shanghai Municipal People's Congress (MPC) Chairman Liu Yungeng and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Shanghai Committee Chairman Feng Guoqin. Mayor Han noted the i [...] | 2008-08-14 08:41:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CH ECON |
08SHANGHAI330 | SHANGHAI IP ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES MOVE FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 8 farewell visit to Shanghai, Senior IPR Attachi Mark Cohen engaged Shanghai IP Administration (SIPA),Shanghai IPR Complaint Center, and Shanghai Administration of Industry and Commerce (SAIC) officials on current initiatives and opportunities for cooperation [...] | 2008-08-15 02:54:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON EINV PGOV CH |
08SHANGHAI337 | VOLUNTEERISM IN SHANGHAI [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite ample opportunities for people to volunteer, local volunteer organizations still have problems attracting people. Interlocutors blamed the lack of interest in volunteering to the absence of legislation on volunteers, the lack of a system to track someone's volunteer exp [...] | 2008-08-18 00:34:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI ELAB CH |
08SHANGHAI342 | CASH MEETS CAPITAL: UNDERGROUND FINANCING IN WENZHOU [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 12, Econoff visited the entrepreneurial city of Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province to discuss challenges facing small and medium size enterprises (SMEs). Interlocutors noted several difficulties brought on by the current economic slowdown. In particular, SMEs have been disp [...] | 2008-08-18 08:28:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV CH |
08SHANGHAI35 | AVIAN INFLUENZA PREVENTION IN JIANGSU PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Two confirmed cases of Avian Influenza (AI) in Jiangsu Province have focused attention on Jiangsu's ongoing efforts against AI. In meetings with Conoff, Jiangsu health officials confirmed reports that a father and son both contracted AI in December. Jiangsu CDC does not have [...] | 2008-01-28 08:21:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PGOV ECON CH |
08SHANGHAI352 | NANJING SCHOLARS UPBEAT ON CHANCES FOR CONTINUED [...] (S) Summary: Nanjing scholars express optimism that cross-Strait relations can continue to develop at a brisk pace, though cautious on the possibility of short-term steps toward political integration or a "diplomatic truce." Chinese President Hu Jintao's flexibility on Taiwan nomenclature and [...] | 2008-08-22 05:48:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | CH ECON PGOV PREL TW |
08SHANGHAI36 | SHANGHAI AVIAN INFLUENZA PREVENTION CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary: In discussions with Conoff on January 25, Shanghai Health Bureau and Center for Disease Control (CDC) officials stressed that the city's Avian Influenza (AI) prevention and reaction plans are on track. Shanghai CDC has recorded only one case of AI infection, which occurred in 20 [...] | 2008-01-29 07:14:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO ECON PGOV CH |
08SHANGHAI360 | SHANGHAI ACADEMICS ON CHINA'S PROTESTANTS, CCC/TSPM [...] (C) Summary. Academic contacts in Shanghai describe Protestantism in China as growing in number and diversity. There are three categories of Protestants in China: the official church, unofficial urban churches, and unofficial rural churches. Members of unofficial rural churches have limited [...] | 2008-08-27 08:07:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KIRF CH |
08SHANGHAI364 | DOL SECRETARY CHAO'S AUGUST 27 MEETING WITH SHANGHAI PARTY [...] (C) Summary: In an August 27 lunch meeting with Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Elaine L. Chao, Shanghai Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng described challenges facing Shanghai, such as relocating residents out of poor housing blocks, providing adequate social services to migrant workers, and sh [...] | 2008-08-28 08:44:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON ELAB ENRG PGOV PINR |
08SHANGHAI371 | CHINESE PROTESTANT SEMINARY IN NANJING SLATED FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Nanjing Union Theological Seminary is on track for a major expansion in facilities and student capacity, according to Dean Reverend Ambroise Aiming Wang. The Seminary's new campus in the Nanjing suburbs, scheduled to open next year, as well as a new cathedral, have both been m [...] | 2008-09-04 06:52:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CH KIRF PGOV PINR SOCI |
08SHANGHAI372 | HIGH SPEED RAIL FURTHER INTEGRATES EAST CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past year, East China has embarked on a quest for further intra-regional connectivity and economic integration through faster passenger rail transport. On July 15, Shanghai and Zhejiang Province announced plans for a new high-speed rail link that will connect Hangzho [...] | 2008-09-04 08:45:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN PGOV ETRD EINV ECIN CH |
08SHANGHAI374 | NANJING'S AMITY PRINTING COMPANY WORLD'S LARGEST BIBLE [...] (C) Summary: With its recent move to a larger facility, the Amity Printing Company in Nanjing will increase its production of Bibles to over 12 million volumes annually, cementing its position as the world's largest Bible publisher. Among other successes, Amity Printing was commissioned by Bei [...] | 2008-09-05 08:13:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI |
08SHANGHAI383 | SHANGHAI VICE MAYOR AI BAOJUN DISCUSSES SHANGHAI'S ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: During a September 5 meeting with Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary David Bohigian, Shanghai Vice Mayor Ai Baojun explained the Shanghai Government's efforts to build its alternative/renewable energy capacity, particularly focusing on wind energy and alternative energy [...] | 2008-09-11 05:28:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON EIND PGOV BEXP CH |
08SHANGHAI384 | EAST CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ON IMPACT OF OLYMPICS AND [...] (C) Summary: Three East China human rights activists told Poloff on September 10 that their activities were tightly constrained during the recent Beijing Olympics with one of the activists prevented from traveling to the United States to attend a conference. Local security forces currently are [...] | 2008-09-11 07:40:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON ETRD KIRF PGOV PHUM |
08SHANGHAI385 | NEW CHINA CHRISTIAN COUNCIL PRESIDENT DISCUSSES CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: Gao Feng, the new President of the China Christian Council (CCC),said during a September 2 meeting with Poloff that he would take steps to address challenges such as the insufficient number of pastors and churches and the lack of education opportunities for church workers and laym [...] | 2008-09-11 07:47:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH KIRF PGOV PINR |
08SHANGHAI387 | SCHOLARS OFFER MIXED ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL VIEWS AT WORLD [...] (SBU) The Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) hosted its third World Forum on China Studies September 7-9, to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of SASS. This third iteration of the World Forum on China Studies featured 15 panel discussions and three roundtables [...] | 2008-09-12 03:06:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL ENRG KIRF CH |
08SHANGHAI396 | SHANGHAI SEEKING NEW PERKS FOR FINANCIAL SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Slowing coastal economic growth and the slumping stock market are driving top Shanghai officials to lobby the central authorities for a package of financial sector reforms. A key part of the plan is for increased authorities to be granted to local branches of financial regulat [...] | 2008-09-17 05:48:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN PGOV |
08SHANGHAI397 | SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS: MA'S [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai academics are divided in their opinion of Ma's political skills, some claiming his distinct style of leadership creates complications for the PRC, which is frequently not consulted in advance of Ma's initiatives. The international space issue will take many years to reso [...] | 2008-09-17 07:26:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH MARR MCAP PA PGOV PREL TW |
08SHANGHAI399 | CHINESE AUTHORITIES NERVOUS OVER AIG FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: According to an American International Group (AIG) General Insurance Company China high level official in Shanghai, Chinese regulatory authorities are concerned about AIG's stability in China. The State Council ordered the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) to request [...] | 2008-09-18 10:22:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL CH |
08SHANGHAI402 | SHANGHAI AUTHORITIES ALSO DEMAND ASSURANCES FROM AIG [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-19 10:19:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL CH |
08SHANGHAI407 | SHANGHAI CATHOLIC BISHOP JIN OPTIMISTIC ON RELIGIOUS [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai Bishop Aloysius Jin (JIN Luxian) told the Consul General that he is generally satisfied with the situation of Catholics in China, favorably contrasting present freedoms against the Mao Zedong era. The 92-year-old Bishop said he was unaware of any bishops presently incarcer [...] | 2008-09-22 07:38:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI |
08SHANGHAI408 | SHANGHAI HOUSE CHURCH LEADER SAYS OLYMPIC CLAMPDOWN TO [...] (C) A prominent Shanghai house church leader said local police clamped down on house church activity during the Beijing Olympics, and the increased scrutiny has shown no signs of abating in the month since the Games concluded. The leader stated that he believes the local government fears the r [...] | 2008-09-22 07:44:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KIRF SOCI CH |
08SHANGHAI41 | SHANGHAI ACADEMIC YANG JIEMIAN ON THE SENIOR DIALOGUE, SED, [...] (C) Summary: During a January 22 meeting, EAP DAS Thomas Christensen and Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS) President Yang Jiemian exchanged views on the Senior Dialogue and Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED),Taiwan, Iran, North Korea, and China's non-interference principle. [...] | 2008-02-01 06:22:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR CH TW IR BM |
08SHANGHAI410 | THE CONSUL GENERAL DISCUSSES BILATERAL RELATIONS, [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the successful Beijing Summer Olympic Games, international economic stability is now Beijing's top priority, according to Shanghai scholars. They regard U.S. actions leading up to and during the Olympics as having provided a psychological boost to bilateral relatio [...] | 2008-09-22 08:57:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON CH KN RS TW |
08SHANGHAI411 | SOME SHANGHAI BANKS NERVOUS ABOUT US TRANSACTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Some Chinese banks are refusing to increase their exposure to U.S. bank debt since the Lehman failure, although there does not appear to be a broad government policy in effect, said several U.S. banks with operations in Shanghai contacted on September 22. End summary. Some [...] | 2008-09-22 09:13:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL |
08SHANGHAI412 | SHANGHAI CPPCC CHAIR DEFENDS CITY'S FOOD SAFETY RECORD; [...] (SBU) Feng Guoqin, Chairman of the Shanghai Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC),defended Shanghai's food safety record during an introductory call by the Consul General on September 22, stating that inspection teams are working to ensure that dairy produ [...] | 2008-09-22 09:15:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EAGR PREL BEXP ETRD CH |
08SHANGHAI416 | FINANCIAL CRISIS MAY FURTHER DELAY CHINESE BOARD FOR TECH [...] (C) Summary: Xu Guangxun (strictly protect),the Chief Representative in China for the NASDAQ OMS Group and a Shanghai Congen contact of several years standing, said on September 23 that the Central Government once again is considering delaying the launch of the Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) [...] | 2008-09-24 06:32:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV PREL ECON CH |
08SHANGHAI418 | AIG FACING FURTHER REGULATORY PRESSURE [...] (SBU) Summary: A top AIG official in China on September 25 described disruptive new reporting requirements from the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC). These are having a significant impact on AIG's operations in China, and AIG is working with regulators to institute more workable com [...] | 2008-09-25 09:57:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV PREL ECON CH |
08SHANGHAI419 | AIG FACING FURTHER REGULATORY PRESSURE [...] (SBU) Summary: A top AIG official in China on September 25 described disruptive new reporting requirements from the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC). These are having a significant impact on AIG's operations in China, and AIG is working with regulators to institute more workable com [...] | 2008-09-25 10:09:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV PREL ECON CH |
08SHANGHAI42 | SHANGHAI ACADEMICS DISCUSS TAIWAN, NORTH KOREA AND IRAN WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a January 22 lunch, four of Shanghai's leading U.S.-China relations academics exchanged views with EAP DAS Thomas Christensen on Taiwan, U.S.-China military relations, North Korea and China's non-interference principle. The academics expressed concerns about the domestic polit [...] | 2008-02-01 06:28:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR CH TW IR BM |
08SHANGHAI422 | SHANGHAI SCHOLARS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER DELAY IN SIX-PARTY [...] (S/NF) Summary: xxxxx are concerned about the current impasse in the Six-Party Talks, but each varies in his diagnosis of its causes and prescriptions for U.S. policy. xxxxx claims that a debate has emerged within the Chinese leadership over the merits of quick U.S. delisting, as a result of Pyongy [...] | 2008-09-26 06:40:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET//NOFORN | CH KN PGOV PHUM PREL |
08SHANGHAI427 | SHANGHAI: OFFICIALS SHAKEN BY MILK SCANDAL BUT LITTLE [...] (C) Summary: Officials in Shanghai and other East China cities appear shaken by the current milk scandal, but there have been few apparent political outcomes such as forced resignations or incidents of social instability. High-level officials in Shanghai continue to reassure the public and the [...] | 2008-09-29 08:00:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON CH |
08SHANGHAI43 | SHANGHAI ACADEMIC ZHANG NIANCHI CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ON [...] (C) Summary. In a January 23 meeting with EAP DAS Thomas Christensen, Shanghai Institute for East Asian Studies (SIEAS) President Zhang Nianchi was cautiously optimistic that there can be progress on cross-Strait issues. He was pleased with the Taiwan Legislative Yuan (LY) election results an [...] | 2008-02-01 06:36:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH TW |
08SHANGHAI435 | SHANGHAI CONTACT ON THIRD PLENUM [...] (C) Summary: One day prior to the opening of the Third Plenum of the 17th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, a well-connected Shanghai contact said CPC leaders believe the "time is now" to quicken the pace of rural reform; however, any land reforms introduced during the Plenum wi [...] | 2008-10-09 10:29:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN CH |
08SHANGHAI436 | HANGZHOU VICE MAYOR DISCUSSES FINANCIAL TURMOIL, CPC PLENUM, [...] (SBU) Tong Guili, Vice Mayor of Hangzhou, told the Consul General on October 9 that the city's exports have decreased in the face of a challenging economic environment, and the municipal government has introduced several export promotion measures to counter the effects of the global financial c [...] | 2008-10-09 11:05:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD EINV KIPR CH |
08SHANGHAI441 | SHANGHAI WTO CENTER DIRECTOR SPEAKS ON THE FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) In an October 9 meeting with the Consul General, Shanghai WTO Affairs Consultation Center Director Wang Xinkui emphasized that the global financial crisis will have a deep effect on the Chinese economy, particularly the trading sector. It will also have significant implications for the g [...] | 2008-10-14 09:07:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD EINV WTRO CH |
08SHANGHAI449 | ANHUI OPTIMISTIC IT WILL WEATHER ECONOMIC STORM [...] (SBU) Anhui Provincial officials told visiting Congenoffs on October 14-15 that the global economic slowdown has affected the province but not as severely as in coastal provinces. The most significant impact of the economic situation is likely to be felt by Anhui's rural-to-urban migrants work [...] | 2008-10-21 02:17:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ELAB ETRD EIND EINV CH |
08SHANGHAI450 | STONES FROM OTHER HILLS SERVE TO POLISH THE JADE: SUZHOU'S [...] (U) Summary: Suzhou Mayor Yan Li invited Shanghai-based diplomats, business people and sister city reps to a two-day event Sept. 26-27 showcasing the city as a model of investment-friendly and harmonious development. Although billed as a an opportunity for the city to seek advice from outside [...] | 2008-10-21 04:35:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV PGOV PREL ETRD ECON SOCI CH |
08SHANGHAI460 | CONSUL GENERAL'S INITIAL MEETING WITH LIU YUNGENG, CHAIR OF [...] (C) Summary: In an October 24 meeting with the Consul General, Shanghai Municipal People's Congress (MPC) Chair Liu Yungeng discussed the MPC's efforts to improve transparency in its legislative process. Liu said ordinary citizens can observe some MPC meetings and voice concerns directly thro [...] | 2008-10-28 07:42:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON CH |
08SHANGHAI461 | JIANGSU WELCOMES LAND REFORMS BUT PROGRESS ON GOVERNANCE [...] (C) Summary. Farmers in Jiangsu Province welcomed the Central Government's policy announcements on land reform during the Third Plenum of the 17th CPC Central Committee (Ref A),but progress on local governance and evaluation of government officials will have a greater impact on the lives of t [...] | 2008-10-28 08:00:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN CH |
08SHANGHAI467 | YIWU: MIXED PICTURE FOR CHINESE EXPORTERS, MANY SHIFTING [...] (SBU) Summary: Zhejiang Province's Yiwu, home to one of the world's largest wholesale commodity markets, has experienced a general downturn in its export-oriented economy. However, local government officials remain cautiously optimistic, saying the global economic crisis "presents a threat a [...] | 2008-10-29 10:01:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ELAB ETRD EFIN EINV CH |
08SHANGHAI476 | (C) YIWU'S MUSLIM COMMUNITY: POSSIBLE TRANSIT POINT FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Muslim community in Yiwu, a key trading center in East China's Zhejiang Province, is thriving on the back of China's growing trade with South Asia and the Middle East. In an effort to attract Muslim businesspeople to the city, local government officials have set up Muslim sch [...] | 2008-11-04 02:01:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER XF PK CH |
08SHANGHAI477 | SHANGHAI GOVERNMENT RESTRUCTURING FOLLOWS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) The CPC Central Committee and the State Council recently approved Shanghai's plan on restructuring municipal government agencies. The restructuring is in line with the Central Government's administrative reorganization in March 2008 at the National People's Congress, which also was known [...] | 2008-11-04 02:47:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ETRD EINV EAGR SENV CH |
08SHANGHAI49 | SHANGHAI MAYOR HAN ZHENG GETS SECOND TERM [...] (C) Summary: Despite earlier speculation that Mayor Han Zheng would be reassigned elsewhere, he was re-elected to a second five-year term at the end of Shanghai's Municipal People's Congress (MPC) on January 30. Contacts are mixed as to whether Mayor Han will complete his term. The MPC also [...] | 2008-02-01 10:01:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON CH |
08SHANGHAI491 | SERVICE PROVIDER OR A SUPPLEMENT TO GOVERNMENT: A [...] (SBU) Scholars at an international conference on social welfare in Nanjing said strengthening service-oriented non-government organizations (NGOs) would be a stable and secure strategy for NGO development in the future but would have limited influence in China's political system and promotion o [...] | 2008-11-12 05:47:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI CH |
08SHANGHAI493 | U.S.-CHINA INTERNET INDUSTRY FORUM EMPHASIZES COOPERATION; [...] (SBU) The Internet Society of China (ISC) and Microsoft co-hosted the 2nd U.S.-China Internet Industry Forum November 7-8 in Shanghai, encouraging more bilateral cooperation on Internet issues. Chinese participants highlighted technological advances and the patriotic virtues of the Internet, w [...] | 2008-11-14 04:28:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PHUM TINT KIPR ETTC KPAO OIIP SOCI CH |
08SHANGHAI494 | SHANGHAI: THE PARTY SECRETARY IS ONLINE [...] (SBU) Shanghai CPC Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng participated in his first webchat on November 6, fielding questions from Shanghai residents on economic and social issues. Netizens took advantage of the opportunity to raise concerns about economic development, infrastructure projects, housing [...] | 2008-11-14 06:00:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PHUM EFIN TINT ETTC SOCI CH |
08SHANGHAI496 | THE OLYMPICS AND NATIONALISM: VIEWS FROM EAST CHINA [...] (C) Summary: Interlocutors in Shanghai and Nanjing believe rising Chinese nationalism in the months preceding the Olympics was mainly a reaction to Western criticism and "bias" against China during the Tibet crisis. Although China is more confident after a "successful" Olympics, the interlocu [...] | 2008-11-14 07:37:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SOCI CH |
08SHANGHAI499 | SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE OFFICIAL HOLDS DIM VIEW OF LOCAL [...] (C) Summary. A well-placed Shanghai financial professional, James Liu of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE),offered a series of candid views on Shanghai's economic prospects, in particular the real estate sector, Chinese stocks, and the U.S. financial bailout plan. Liu is as critical of Sh [...] | 2008-11-14 09:57:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV EWWT PGOV PREL CH |
08SHANGHAI503 | SHANGHAI ACADEMICS: ARATS CHAIR VISIT TO TAIWAN A SUCCESS, [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars view the recent visit to Taiwan by ARATS Chair Chen Yunlin a "success" mainly for its symbolism and for helping to "maintain momentum" in cross-Strait dialogue. However, they see this visit as only the first "easy" step in a long difficult process. Some scholar [...] | 2008-11-19 08:12:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PINR CH TW |
08SHANGHAI505 | LUWAN DISTRICT OFFICIAL RETURNS TO SHANGHAI AFTER MYSTERIOUS [...] (C) An official from Shanghai's Luwan District returned home earlier this month after mysteriously disappearing during a business trip to France in October. It is unclear why the official vanished, or why he returned, but media reports have focused on corruption as the likely cause. Public sc [...] | 2008-11-20 08:38:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON CH |
08SHANGHAI506 | SHANGHAI MAYOR ADDRESSES TAXI CONCERNS [...] (C) Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng met with taxi drivers and other public transportation representatives on November 18 to discuss upcoming reform plans. The mayor's meeting with taxi drivers comes on the heels of highly publicized work stoppages by taxi drivers in Chongqing and Hainan, and one cont [...] | 2008-11-20 08:55:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB PHUM SOCI ECON CH |
08SHANGHAI510 | EXPORT GROWTH RATE PLUNGING SAYS SHANGHAI CUSTOMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai Customs Director General Sun Yibiao and Consul General (CG) discussed trade trends, the Megaports initiative, the Container Security Initiative (CSI),and opportunities for further cooperation during an October 31 courtesy call. According to Sun, the growth rate of ex [...] | 2008-11-24 05:23:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EWWT PGOV ECON BEXP CH |
08SHANGHAI513 | SHANGHAI: MILK NOT DOING THE BODY POLITIC ANY GOOD [...] (C) Public reaction to the recent milk scandal remains muted in Shanghai even as local stores have faced difficulties stocking an adequate supply of imported milk. Observers say Shanghai residents are angry about the food safety lapse, but the situation has not led to social instability in lar [...] | 2008-11-25 03:26:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON EAGR CH |
08SHANGHAI518 | (SBU) ZHEJIANG SEEKING TO RESTRUCTURE AS ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary. Zhejiang Province is not likely to suffer a long-term economic downturn as a result of the global financial crisis, agree several Consulate contacts, but Zhejiang officials are seeking to use the current challenges to encourage firms to gradually restructure away from export de [...] | 2008-11-26 11:51:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV SOCI CH |
08SHANGHAI522 | (C) ZHEJIANG: FACTORY CLOSURES RAISE SOCIAL STABILITY [...] (C) Social and political analysts in Zhejiang Province said the province's economy may recover from the current financial crisis (Refs A and B),but factory closures could result in social unrest, particularly as Lunar New Year approaches. Zhejiang-based observers worry that the Central Governm [...] | 2008-12-05 08:24:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN ELAB PHUM CH |
08SHANGHAI523 | (C) HUMAN RIGHTS DAY PETITION TO CALL FOR POLITICAL REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Contacts in Hangzhou said they have joined a petition calling for more political reform in China, which they said would be posted on-line o/a December 10 to coincide with UN Human Rights Day. Both contacts said China's current social and economic environment provides an opportuni [...] | 2008-12-08 02:08:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH UN |
08SHANGHAI526 | GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS HURTING TAIWAN BUSINESSES IN KUNSHAN, [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan entrepreneurs in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, said the global economic downturn has severely impacted their businesses, with orders for electronic components, the mainstay of Kunshan's Taiwan manufacturers, down at least 20 percent this year. Several large Taiwan factories i [...] | 2008-12-08 07:56:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ELAB EFIN CH TW |
08SHANGHAI527 | HANGZHOU CONTACTS ON INTERNET FREEDOM IN EAST CHINA [...] (C) The case of a blogger from Jiangsu Province about to go on trial for libel is being watched closely in East China, according to contacts in neighboring Zhejiang Province. Journalists and intellectuals told Poloff they see internet freedom as a critically important issue, particularly given [...] | 2008-12-08 08:46:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI TINT CH |
08SHANGHAI530 | FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR TO CHINA JOHN LEIGHTON STUART LAID TO [...] (U) Nearly 60 years after departing his post, the last U.S. Ambassador to serve in pre-PRC Mainland China was laid to rest in a cemetery near Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang Province. The interment of the remains of former Ambassador Dr. John Leighton Stuart on November 17 completed a jo [...] | 2008-12-09 04:46:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAO CH |
08SHANGHAI533 | SHANGHAI ACADEMIC YANG JIEMIAN ON OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS) President Yang Jiemian said the Chinese Government wants to stabilize bilateral relations with the United States and avoid the recurring "pendulum effect" in relations that seems to occur each time a new administration comes int [...] | 2008-12-10 03:47:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
08SHANGHAI542 | (C) HANGZHOU POLICE QUESTION ONE CHARTER SIGNATORY BUT NO [...] (C) Summary: Hangzhou activist Wen Kejian, who first informed Consulate Poloff about the "08 Charter" (reftels),was questioned by local police on December 10 and later released. Another Hangzhou activist told Poloff on December 11 that he has not been contacted by police despite being both a c [...] | 2008-12-11 08:18:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH UN |
08SHANGHAI543 | POWER CONSUMPTION DOWN IN SHANGHAI DUE TO ECONOMIC DOWNTURN [...] (SBU) Summary: Energy contacts in Shanghai say power consumption in Shanghai has slowed significantly the past few months due to the economic downturn. In contrast to the situation earlier this year, there is now an "oversupply" of coal in Shanghai, said one analyst, who also thinks power pri [...] | 2008-12-11 08:38:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV PGOV CH |
08SHANGHAI544 | POWER CONSUMPTION DOWN IN SHANGHAI DUE TO ECONOMIC DOWNTURN [...] (SBU) Summary: Energy contacts in Shanghai say power consumption in Shanghai has slowed significantly the past few months due to the economic downturn. In contrast to the situation earlier this year, there is now an "oversupply" of coal in Shanghai, said one analyst, who also thinks power pri [...] | 2008-12-11 09:08:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EINV ENRG PGOV |
08SHANGHAI545 | IPR INTERNET PROGRAM BUILDS CAPACITY IN EAST CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 20-21 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)-sponsored trip to Nanjing and Shanghai, Department of Justice Trial Attorney Tyler Newby, Federal Bureau of Investigation Supervisory Special Agent Kiffa Shirley, and PTO Trade Policy Analyst Susan Tong held two cap [...] | 2008-12-15 04:48:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON EINV PGOV TINT CH |
08SHANGHAI546 | SHANGHAI LEADS OUT ON JUDICIAL IP PROTECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Building on its reputation as high caliber center for judicial intellectual property (IP) protection, Shanghai has taken a number of measures since October to highlight and strengthen its judicial capabilities. On October 29, Shanghai held a ceremony for the establishment of t [...] | 2008-12-15 05:26:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON EINV PGOV CH |
08SHANGHAI550 | (SBU) EXPORT SLOWDOWN SPURRING BANK REFORMS IN ZHEJIANG [...] (SBU) Summary. Zhejiang provincial and local officials are pushing ahead with financial reforms to create small lending companies as part of their answer to the global financial crisis. Our contacts described the need to increase financing for SMEs as critical because bank lending to SMEs ha [...] | 2008-12-16 05:37:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH EFIN ECON PGOV |
08SHANGHAI551 | THE BUMPY ROAD OF EAST CHINA LOGISTICS [...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 17-21 visit to Shanghai, Department of Transportation Office of International Standards Office Hazardous Materials Safety Director Duane Pfund and Assistant Director Ryan Paquet met with three U.S. logistics companies and attended the China World Logistics Confe [...] | 2008-12-16 10:28:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN PGOV ETRD EINV ENRG CH |
08SHANGHAI552 | SHANGHAI LEGAL EMPLOYMENT MARKET HIT BY ECONOMIC DOWNTURN [...] (SBU) Expansion of Shanghai's legal employment market appears to have come to a sudden halt. Partners at Chinese and international law firms report a hiring freeze, but they said their firms have not yet begun layoffs. Law students express frustration trying to find legal employment. Profess [...] | 2008-12-17 00:46:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON CH |
08SHANGHAI557 | (SBU) U.S. CHICKEN EXPORTER FACING TRADE FINANCING [...] (SBU) Summary. A shortage of trade finance in Hong Kong is causing problems for Tyson Foods, Inc., imports of chicken into China. The troubles with trade finance are squeezing the US$400 million in revenues that Tyson earns annually from chicken parts sales in the China market. The high mar [...] | 2008-12-18 01:04:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH EFIN ECON PGOV ETRD |
08SHANGHAI558 | REAL ESTATE WEBSITE OFFERS WINDOW ON SOCIAL STABILITY [...] (C) Summary. Public aggravation with housing issues that in recent months has sometimes boiled over into street protests in East China can be gauged by chatroom activity on the nationwide Soufun.com website, according to a contact in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. The Public Security Bureau (PS [...] | 2008-12-18 01:19:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV |
08SHANGHAI562 | (C) SHANGHAI LAWYERS SAY THEY ARE TOLD TO STAY AWAY FROM [...] (C) Summary. Shanghai attorneys say the Shanghai Bar Association informed its members to stay away from sensitive cases related to melamine and residents displaced by proposed Maglev construction (reftels). Many of the lawyers expressed concern that rule of law in East China is threatened by [...] | 2008-12-18 10:28:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON PREL CH |
08SHANGHAI571 | SHANGHAI COFCOM DG: SHANGHAI'S ECONOMY ON SOLID GROUND, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: During a courtesy call with Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce (Shanghai COFCOM) Director General Sha Hailin, the Consul General discussed a wide range of economic and business-related issues, including Shanghai's response to the financial crisis, the city's long-term pl [...] | 2008-12-23 02:51:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD ELAB EAIR CH |
08SHANGHAI572 | LEADING INDIAN IT COMPANIES IN SHANGHAI IMPACTED BY GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Major Indian IT outsourcing firms in Shanghai said their China businesses have been hit hard by the global economic downturn, as multinational and domestic clients cancel or defer projects. The boom of recent years has come to a screeching halt, with revenue growth falling short [...] | 2008-12-23 06:36:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV CH IN |
08SHANGHAI578 | KMT-CCP TALKS: VIEWS OF SHANGHAI ACADEMICS [...] (C) Summary: Poloff spoke with several Shanghai academics about the 4th annual KMT-CCP forum which took place in Shanghai December 20-21. One academic who participated in the forum said the talks proceeded "smoothly" and "without big surprises." The forum focused on enhancing cross-Strait eco [...] | 2008-12-24 07:42:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EFIN EINV CH TW |
08SHANGHAI580 | O HOLY NIGHT: FOREIGN PROTESTANTS PACK CHURCHES AT [...] (C) Foreign Protestants packed church services for Christmas celebrations in Shanghai, taking advantage of recent indications that the Municipal Government is willing to provide more opportunities for expatriate Protestants to meet corporately in the city. With the growing number of foreigners [...] | 2008-12-30 08:56:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KIRF SOCI CH |
08SHANGHAI581 | ECONOMIC CRISIS CRIMPING REVENUES OF ZHEJIANG EXPORT HUB [...] (SBU) Summary: Slowing economic activity in Ningbo, a major port in Zhejiang Province, is leading to much lower revenue growth, which in turn will impact Central Government finances, according to the chief economist of the local planning commission. Ningbo's growth is on a declining trend, a [...] | 2008-12-31 06:11:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV |
08SHANGHAI66 | PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION RESEARCH PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary: In an effort to find ways to amend the Administrative Litigation Law, China's Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has tasked Suzhou University School of Law Professor Huang Xuexian to conduct research on public interest litigation. Public interest litigation occurs when an individual sues [...] | 2008-02-15 02:20:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR KJUS SENV CH |
08SHANGHAI74 | ZHEJIANG POWER NEEDS MET BY BLACKOUTS IN SHANGHAI [...] (SBU) Summary: Zhejiang Province's electrical grid and power supply system that was severely damaged during the recent winter storms (Refs A and B) have been largely repaired, but generation and transmission capacity is not yet fully restored. The Shanghai Electric Power Company (SEPC) has sen [...] | 2008-02-21 12:30:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PGOV CH |
08SHANGHAI75 | SHANGHAI HOUSING RIGHTS LAWYER ZHENG ENCHONG DETAINED [...] (C) In a phone conversation with Poloff on February 22, Shanghai petitioner Chen Enquan confirmed a February 20 report by Human Rights in China (HRIC) that prominent Shanghai housing rights lawyer Zheng Enchong was detained on February 20. She also asserted as appeared in the HRIC report that [...] | 2008-02-22 06:27:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
08SHANGHAI81 | SHANGHAI HOUSING RIGHTS LAWYER ZHANG ENCHONG UPDATE [...] (C) In a phone conversation on the evening of February 22, Shanghai Housing Rights Lawyer Zheng Enchong confirmed that he is currently under heavy surveillance and was beaten by thugs he believed to be plainclothes police. According to Zheng, he was beaten by two "policemen" on February 16 af [...] | 2008-02-26 07:44:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
08SHANGHAI88 | DASD SEDNEY'S SHANGHAI ACADEMIC MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: During his February 27-March 2 trip to Shanghai, in addition to leading the U.S. delegation to the Defense Policy Coordination Talks (DPCT),Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia (DASD) David Sedney exchanged SIPDIS views on U.S.-China relations with Shanghai's le [...] | 2008-03-07 03:31:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR CH TW BM RS JA |
08SHANGHAI97 | CHINA FINANCIAL FUTURES EXCHANGE WAITING FOR STATE COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 5 meeting with Consulate TDY Econ Officer, China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX) Research and Development Head Dr. Zhang Xiaogang and his staff provided a status update on CFFEX preparations to launch a stock index future. Licenses have been granted for 75 futures [...] | 2008-03-19 07:43:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV CH |
08SHENYANG103 | PRC-DPRK BORDER TIGHTENS PRE-OLYMPICS: DPRK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local officials confirm they have taken measures to "strengthen control" of the PRC-DPRK border region during the Olympics. New checkpoints have been established outside some sensitive border cities. The PRC "through diplomatic channels" requested that the DPRK stem border-cross [...] | 2008-07-29 05:40:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV PREF ASEC KN CH |
08SHENYANG109 | PRC-DPRK: BORDER-CROSSERS AND THEIR OFFSPRING; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts along the PRC-DPRK border report smaller-than-usual numbers of North Korean border-crossers this summer. Civil Affairs officials in one key border city screen detained border-crossers for infectious diseases and arrange for medical care pending repatriation. Children bor [...] | 2008-08-06 06:13:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV PREF KN CH |
08SHENYANG116 | PRC-DPRK BORDER DEFENSE, BORDER-CROSSERS, NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The PRC has made some progress in PRC-DPRK border security in recent years, but advances ought not be overestimated, say northeast China experts. Although new investment, infrastructural improvements and modern technologies have enhanced defense capacity, the border remains porou [...] | 2008-08-20 05:20:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV PREF ASEC KTIP SNAR KN CH |
08SHENYANG12 | NORTH KOREAN BORDER-CROSSERS: MORE PRC THINKING; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The small group of specialists researching North Korean border-crossers for the PRC government largely endorses Chinese policy on the issue, even if small differences exist. One researcher said a PRC "transit corridor" permitting North Koreans to quietly traverse Chinese territor [...] | 2008-01-18 00:38:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PINR GTIP KN KS CH |
08SHENYANG123 | POOR DPRK ATTENDANCE, SOME SHIPPING NEWS, AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pyongyang's delegation to the Northeast Asia Investment and Trade Expo, held last week in Jilin Province, appeared smaller that last year's. North Korean diplomats at the expo privately praised China's grain harvest, with one claiming the DPRK's crop was also "good." In a keynote [...] | 2008-09-09 23:51:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EWWT ENRG KN KS JA RS CH |
08SHENYANG13 | PRC: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM A MIXED PICTURE IN YANBIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Religious freedom is enjoying modest improvement in a key ethnic minority enclave of Jilin Province, near the PRC-DPRK border. Christianity is making inroads among local Chinese, migrant workers, and North Korean border-crossers. "House churches," many with links to official chu [...] | 2008-01-24 01:25:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI PREF KN KS CH |
08SHENYANG134 | NORTHEAST CHINA: CORRUPTION SCANDALS SNARE JUDGES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Corruption scandals in northeast China over the past year have reached levels in seniority unseen for several years. Jilin Province quietly sacked ten of its High Court judges, but legal contacts say the Party prevented a thorough investigation. Attorneys report that judicial co [...] | 2008-09-26 05:02:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON CH |
08SHENYANG135 | NORTHEAST CHINA: CORRUPTION SCANDALS SNARE JUDGES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Corruption scandals in northeast China over the past year have reached levels in seniority unseen for several years. Jilin Province quietly sacked ten of its High Court judges, but legal contacts say the Party prevented a thorough investigation. Attorneys report that judicial co [...] | 2008-09-26 05:02:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON CH |
08SHENYANG136 | DALIAN PORT GROUP EXPANDS REACH THROUGHOUT [...] (U) Summary. The "Five Points One Line" development plan, devised by former Liaoning Party Secretary and current Executive Vice-Premier Li Keqiang, is virtually co-extensive with the expansion of Dalian Port Group, which continues to broaden its reach throughout Northeast China (Ref A). In ad [...] | 2008-09-26 05:06:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON ETRD EWWT PGOV PREL |
08SHENYANG138 | SUBJECT: CHINA,S SUCCOTASH SECURITY-PLENTY OF CORN [...] (C) Summary. Jilin Grain, a key enterprise in China,s drive for grain security, sees continued price pressure in soy beans and oil. Jilin and other corporate entities in China are taking major steps to increase the amount of China-controlled soy plantation both in China and around the world. [...] | 2008-09-29 06:44:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH EAGR ECON PREL EIND EINT ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV |
08SHENYANG14 | CHINA'S DPRK-BOUND FOOD AID, AG EXPORTS CONTINUE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Contrary to ROK press reports, PRC food aid and agricultural exports to the DPRK have not been suspended as a result of increased export tariffs on grain and other agricultural commodities imposed by Beijing in a bid to counter domestic inflation. New export regulations and a dro [...] | 2008-01-24 02:15:00 | Consulate Shenyang | SECRET | PINR PGOV ECON ETRD EAGR KN KS CH |
08SHENYANG150 | PRC-DPRK: NORTH KOREAN DIPLOMATS; FOOD SECURITY; [...] (C) SUMMARY: North Korean diplomats in northeast China did not, contrary to rumor, receive orders from Pyongyang restricting their travel in October, and trade officials recently recalled to Sinuiju reported no changes given them in policy direction, say contacts. PRC security posture appears [...] | 2008-11-04 05:29:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF EAGR KN KS CH |
08SHENYANG151 | PRC-DPRK: NORTH KOREAN DIPLOMATS; FOOD SECURITY; [...] (C) SUMMARY: North Korean diplomats in northeast China did not, contrary to rumor, receive orders from Pyongyang restricting their travel in October, and trade officials recently recalled to Sinuiju reported no changes given them in policy direction, say contacts. PRC security posture appears [...] | 2008-11-04 05:30:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF EAGR KN KS CH |
08SHENYANG152 | PRC-DPRK: NORTH KOREAN DIPLOMATS; FOOD SECURITY; [...] (C) SUMMARY: North Korean diplomats in northeast China did not, contrary to rumor, receive orders from Pyongyang restricting their travel in October, and trade officials recently recalled to Sinuiju reported no changes given them in policy direction, say contacts. PRC security posture appears [...] | 2008-11-04 05:30:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF EAGR KN KS CH |
08SHENYANG16 | CASH FINANCING MAINTAINS HOUSING BOOM IN NORTHEAST [...] (U) Summary. Similar to the early days of the boom in other parts of China, housing developers in Northeast China raise cash chiefly through high-return, advance purchase agreements without recourse to the banking system and are thus immune from tighter credit controls. The current glut o [...] | 2008-01-25 03:30:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV CH |
08SHENYANG169 | Labor Contract Law Slows Hiring and Investment in China's [...] (SBU) Summary: China's Labor Contract Law has had an uneven impact on major foreign and domestic businesses in Northeast China. While many of the results are seen as beneficial to labor, the law has had some unintended consequences detrimental to workers interests. Both companies and their em [...] | 2008-11-26 05:08:00 | Consulate Shenyang | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV PREL HK CH |
08SHENYANG185 | NORTH KOREA: RAJIN PORT FRICTIONS; CHINESE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese commercial concerns have been focusing on the North Korean port of Chongjin since Pyongyang recently terminated a Chinese company's lease rights at the DPRK port of Rajin and awarded those privileges to a state-owned Russian firm. One Chinese scholar claims the move is fu [...] | 2008-12-24 02:50:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EWWT KN KS CH |
08SHENYANG189 | PRC-DPRK: CHINA'S COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1718 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two years on, PRC compliance with the spirit of UN Security Council Resolution 1718's luxury- goods provisions appears limited at best. Dandong and other border officials tell us privately that while they are implementing military-related provisions of UNSCR 1718, they are not en [...] | 2008-12-30 23:51:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ETRD KN KS CH |
08SHENYANG19 | SENIOR HEILONGJIANG OFFICIALS ON STABILITY-RELATED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Inflation is a pressing concern for senior Heilongjiang officials, who are implementing a full range of countermeasures not always made public in order to avoid a panic. Along with new export taxes, the policy of supplying grain and coal nationwide to cover excess domestic demand [...] | 2008-02-13 02:58:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ECON EIND ETRD CH KN RS |
08SHENYANG3 | PRC HUMAN RIGHTS: YAO FUXIN ABUSE ALLEGATIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Health problems continue to beset imprisoned Liaoning labor activist Yao Fuxin, whose case has triggered high-level USG attention since his initial arrest in 2002. In a letter to his daughter he recently managed to have smuggled out of prison, Yao for the first time described sev [...] | 2008-01-07 07:43:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS SOCI CH |
08SHENYANG30 | PRC/DPRK: IMPACT OF PRC EXPORT RESTRICTIONS; [...] (C) SUMMARY: NEW PRC EXPORT RESTRICTIONS ARE DELAYING, IN SOME CASES BY MANY WEEKS, SHIPMENTS OF KEY CHINESE COMMODITIES TO NORTH KOREA VIA DANDONG. IN LIMITED CASES, BEIJING IS GRANTING TEMPORARY WAIVERS FOR PRC FIRMS WITH LARGE, PREEXISTING CONTRACTS IN THE DPRK. PYONGYANG IS DISPLEASED, [...] | 2008-03-03 06:00:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV ECON ETRD KN KS CH |
08SHENYANG36 | "SLAVE LABOR" SCANDAL HITS CHINA AGAIN: 33 FORCED [...] (U) SUMMARY: Authorities in Heilongjiang Province announced yesterday that they discovered 33 migrant "slave laborers" held captive and coerced to work--some for as long as three years--in a suburb of the provincial capital. Initial reports claim the captors "systematically" targeted vulnerabl [...] | 2008-03-20 10:14:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ELAB GTIP KCRM ECON CH |
08SHENYANG37 | NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN PRC-DPRK BORDER TRADE [...] (C) SUMMARY: New PRC export restrictions are complicating some PRC-DPRK trade and contractual relationships, according to more Chinese trade officials. North Korean businessmen have been sent abroad recently on grain "purchasing" missions, essentially requesting free "donations" in places like [...] | 2008-03-21 02:10:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV ECON ETRD PREF KN KS CH |
08SHENYANG38 | NORTH KOREAN BORDER-CROSSERS: PRC OLYMPICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two Chinese provincial governments hosting Olympics events this summer have enlisted Korea specialists to investigate potential contingencies involving North Korean border-crossers or activists that support them. Scholars in Liaoning and Shandong have told us they are keeping a cl [...] | 2008-03-21 08:04:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PINR PGOV KN KS CH |
08SHENYANG44 | NORTHEAST CHINA LEADERS TO WATCH (PT. 1): LIAONING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Northeast China is home to a number of promising, up-and-coming officials worth watching as they seek to prove their political mettle in "revitalizing" this strategic corner of the PRC. Communist Youth League lineages remain a common denominator in most, but not all, profilees. [...] | 2008-04-07 00:30:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON CH |
08SHENYANG45 | NORTHEAST CHINA LEADERS TO WATCH (PT. 2): [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Northeast China is home to a number of promising, up-and-coming officials worth watching as they seek to prove their political mettle in "revitalizing" this strategic corner of the PRC. Communist Youth League lineages remain a common denominator in most, but not all, profilees. [...] | 2008-04-08 07:54:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON CH |
08SHENYANG48 | MORE INTERNAL PRC RESEARCH ON NK BORDER-CROSSERS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Northeast China is home to 10,000-20,000 North Koreans, according to the internal research of another one of the few Chinese specialists studying North Korean border-crosser issues for the PRC Government. PRC policy toward North Korean border-crossers shifted in 2002 in part beca [...] | 2008-04-10 01:12:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PINR PGOV PREL PHUM KN KS CH |
08SHENYANG51 | LIAONING AND SHENYANG PARTY CHIEFS ON GOVERNANCE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a meeting with the Ambassador in Shenyang, Liaoning Province's new Party Secretary, Zhang Wenyue, explained that high-level attention from Beijing, a booming economy and growing revenue expansion are bankrolling Liaoning Province's efforts to address key social-stability issues [...] | 2008-04-15 07:36:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PREF ECON KN CH |
08SHENYANG56 | REPORTS OF MAJOR DROUGHT IN CHINA'S NORTHEAST ARE [...] (C) Summary. Over the past six weeks, China's Xinhua News Agency has published numerous reports of serious drought in Northeast China, many of which were picked up by western wire services. Econoff,s queries about the drought during a series of trips around the region, however, met with res [...] | 2008-04-25 06:03:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV |
08SHENYANG67 | NORTH KOREA: PRICE WOES, SQUEEZED AID GROUPS, PRC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent returnees from Pyongyang, Sinuiju and Rason point to sharply surging food prices in the DPRK. North Korean laborers employed by one aid group in Rason have complained that food-inflation has eviscerated their purchasing power. Customs officials in Yanbian are strictly enfo [...] | 2008-05-22 00:10:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV PREF EAGR KN KS CH |
08SHENYANG68 | DPRK FOOD TROUBLES AND PRC-DPRK RESPONSES: VIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRC-DPRK border contacts agree that the DPRK's food situation is more dire than in recent years, but remain divided on the question of severity, with some contending conditions are "not as extreme as being reported in the West." North Korean diplomats and other officials have ack [...] | 2008-05-29 05:33:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV PREF EAGR KN KS CH |
08SHENYANG7 | PRC-DPRK: TRILATERAL RAILWAY HANG-UPS; MUSAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Unreported DPRK-related obstacles appear likely to delay the implementation of a late December PRC- DPRK-Russian agreement that aims to link the Greater Tumen region by railway; Chinese contacts are pessimistic that the new Tumen-Tumangang-Khasan cargo-transport corridor, even if [...] | 2008-01-16 02:25:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV ECON KN KS CH |
08SHENYANG71 | PRC-DPRK: BORDER-CROSSERS, RELIGIOUS TROUBLES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The PRC appears to have tightened internal security in the PRC-DPRK borderlands in recent months, though border-crossers continue to trickle into China. Border residents report increased official scrutiny of some religious activities. Yanji officials warned religious leaders that [...] | 2008-05-30 06:56:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV PREF PHUM KIRF KN KS CH |
08SHENYANG76 | DPRK: RASON THROUGH THE EYES OF AN AID WORKER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rason, in northeastern North Korea, is home to a variety of foreign-assistance ventures, involving everything from agriculture and animal husbandry to power generation, transportation and pharmaceuticals, according to a Westerner involved in several projects there, but tensions ha [...] | 2008-06-13 00:20:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF KN KS CH |
08SINGAPORE1014 | SECRETARY OF LABOR CHAO MEETS SINGAPORE FM GEORGE [...] (U) August 30, 2008; 11:30 a.m.; Crowne Plaza Hotel. 2. (U) Participants United States Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao, Ambassador Patricia L. Herbold, Associate Deputy Secretary of Labor Anna Hui, Dr. James Chao, Jennifer Coxe, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor, Office of Public [...] | 2008-09-18 07:14:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PREL PGOV OVIP SN |
08SINGAPORE1015 | SECRETARY OF LABOR CHAO MEETS SINGAPORE PM LEE [...] 1. (U) August 29, 2008; 1:30 p.m.; the Istana (the Palace). 2. (U) Participants United States Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao, Ambassador Patricia L. Herbold, Associate Deputy Secretary of Labor Anna Hui, Dr. James Chao, and DCM Daniel Shields (notetaker.) Singapore Prime Mi [...] | 2008-09-18 07:27:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PREL PGOV OVIP SN |
08SINGAPORE1016 | SECRETARY OF LABOR CHAO MEETS SINGAPORE LEE KUAN [...] (U) August 29, 2008; 5:00 PM; the Istana (the Palace) 2. (U) Participants: United States: Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao Ambassador Patricia L. Herbold Dr. James Chao Associate Deputy Secretary of Labor Anna Hui E/P Chief Ike Reed (notetaker) GOS: Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew P [...] | 2008-09-18 07:34:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PREL PGOV OVIP SN |
08SINGAPORE1017 | SECRETARY OF LABOR CHAO MEETS SINGAPORE ACTING [...] (U) August 29, 2008; 3:00 P.M.; Ministry of Manpower. 2. (U) Participants United States Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao, Ambassador Patricia L. Herbold, Associate Deputy Secretary of Labor Anna Hui, Dr. James Chao, Alden Sanborn, Special Assistant to the Secretary, and Senior Polit [...] | 2008-09-18 07:39:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PGOV OVIP SN |
08SINGAPORE1019 | DASD SEDNEY HEARS OF SINGAPORE'S MALAYSIA [...] (C) Summary: Singapore perceives a distinct possibility of racial conflict in Malaysia, Bilahari Kausikan, MFA Second Permanent Secretary told David Sedney, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia September 15. Kausikan offered his view that if racial conflict provoked ethnic Chin [...] | 2008-09-18 10:09:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEAN SN MY BU ID IN TH KN |
08SINGAPORE104 | SINGAPORE DETAINS TWO MORE TERRORIST SUSPECTS, [...] (C) Summary: Singapore detained two terrorist suspects and issued a Restriction Order against a third under the Internal Security Act (ISA) in December 2007, the Ministry of Home Affairs announced January 24. MHA said the three men were involved in "activities that posed a potential terrorist [...] | 2008-01-25 09:52:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | KGIT PREL PINS PTER PGOV SN |
08SINGAPORE1046 | TRILATERAL CT SECURITY DIALOGUE WITH JAPAN AND [...] (C) Summary: Emboffs met counterparts from the embassies of Japan and Australia September 18 to discuss counterterrorism (CT) efforts with Singapore in relation to the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD). Emboffs provided counterparts a matrix of Post's CT-related training and cooperative act [...] | 2008-09-25 08:33:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PHUM SN |
08SINGAPORE1127 | DEPOSIT INSURANCE DOMINOS FALLING ACROSS SE ASIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Last week, Southeast Asian governments' limited deposit insurance schemes fell like dominos. Even though authorities insist that their financial systems are strong, expansions of deposit insurance in competitor jurisdictions outside Southeast Asia, especially Hong Kong, Austra [...] | 2008-10-21 09:18:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SN |
08SINGAPORE114 | ANTI-TIP PROVISIONS GO INTO EFFECT ON FEBRUARY 1 [...] (U) On February 1, the Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2007 will come into operation. The amendments include three important provisions to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) by criminalizing: commercial sex with a minor under 18 years old, commercial sex by any Singaporean citizen or permanent re [...] | 2008-01-29 09:27:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM PGOV KWMN PREL SN |
08SINGAPORE1153 | CHEE'S PARTY FACING THREAT OF DISSOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Beset by legal actions, threatened with insolvency, and hobbled by a leadership that seems unable to gain traction with the public, Chee Soon Juan's Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) shows no sign of becoming a credible political opposition for the long-ruling People's Action Par [...] | 2008-10-31 00:29:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM SN |
08SINGAPORE1176 | SINGAPORE EXPRESSES APPRECIATION FOR U.S. SUPPORT [...] (U) Embassy Singapore received the following Diplomatic Note dated 24 October 2008 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Singapore. 2. (U) Text of Diplomatic Note: Begin Text MFA/IOD/00901/2008 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Singapore presen [...] | 2008-11-05 10:03:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | INTERPOL PGOV KTIA SN |
08SINGAPORE1205 | ASEAN SUMMIT: SINGAPORE KEEPS FINGERS CROSSED [...] (C) Singapore is guardedly optimistic the Thai-hosted December 15-18 ASEAN Summit will go well, despite Thailand's unsettled political situation. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for ASEAN William Tan told E/P Counselor November 11 he thought Thai officials would face logistical ch [...] | 2008-11-13 09:26:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ASEAN SN |
08SINGAPORE1207 | ASEAN SUMMIT: SINGAPORE KEEPS FINGERS CROSSED [...] (C) Singapore is guardedly optimistic the Thai-hosted December 15-18 ASEAN Summit will go well, despite Thailand's unsettled political situation. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for ASEAN William Tan told E/P Counselor November 11 he thought Thai officials would face logistical ch [...] | 2008-11-14 00:21:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ASEAN SN |
08SINGAPORE1256 | COURT SLAMS DOW JONES FOR CONTEMPT BUT IMPOSES [...] (SBU) Summary. A Singapore judge has fined publisher Dow Jones over US$16,000 for contempt of court, the largest contempt fine ever imposed here. The judge also called Dow Jones a "repeat offender" and ordered the company to pay Singapore's Attorney-General (AG) nearly US$20,000 in legal co [...] | 2008-11-26 09:38:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS SN |
08SINGAPORE1285 | SINGAPORE MFA PERMSEC HO SAYS POSTPONING ASEAN [...] (C) Summary: Delaying the ASEAN Summit until March due to political turmoil in Thailand would be a setback for Southeast Asia and would reinforce perceptions that ASEAN is a disorganized grouping, Peter Ho, Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told United States Ambassador [...] | 2008-12-10 00:58:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEAN PINR SN |
08SINGAPORE1289 | SINGAPORE TOYS WITH ALLOWING POLITICAL FILMS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Singapore is moving at glacial speed toward deciding whether, when, and how to allow political films in the island republic. Singapore's Films Act has long criminalized political films. After 20 months of work, a government-appointed Advisory Council on the Impact of New Media [...] | 2008-12-11 09:04:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SN |
08SINGAPORE1296 | SINGAPORE VIEWS ON THE RISE OF CHINA (C-AL8-02576) [...] (C) This Cable is in response to reftel demarche requesting information on Asian reactions to the Rise of China. This entire message is classified Confidential. A) Assuming your host country's response to China is marked by both engagement and hedging, which do you see as predominant at pre [...] | 2008-12-12 09:45:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR MARR PGOV PREL SN CN |
08SINGAPORE1299 | SINGAPORE ACADEMICS: ASEAN GOING THROUGH A [...] (SBU) Summary: ASEAN leaders have yet to hold substantive discussions on the financial crisis, and ASEAN is in danger of being marginalized due to its lack of concerted action in a number of areas, academics at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) told U.S. Ambassador for ASEAN Affa [...] | 2008-12-15 07:10:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEAN PINR SN |
08SINGAPORE1307 | SINGAPORE VIEWS ON THE RISE OF CHINA (C-AL8-02576) [...] (C) This Cable is in response to reftel demarche requesting information on Asian reactions to the Rise of China. This entire message is classified Confidential. A) Assuming your host country's response to China is marked by both engagement and hedging, which do you see as predominant at pres [...] | 2008-12-16 06:53:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR MARR PGOV PREL SN CN |
08SINGAPORE1322 | REFORM PARTY RUDDERLESS WITHOUT JEYARETNAM STAR [...] (C) Summary. Iconic opposition leader and lawyer J.B. Jeyaretnam (JBJ) emerged from government-imposed bankruptcy earlier this year and co-founded the Reform Party. The press and public greeted the event as a dramatic comeback by a political figure long known for his defiance of the ruling [...] | 2008-12-19 07:49:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SN |
08SINGAPORE144 | SINGAPORE MEDIA CELEBRATE CORRESPONDENT'S RELEASE [...] (SBU) Singapore media featured prominently China's decision to parole the Singapore Straits Times' chief China correspondent Ching Cheong February 5 (reftel). Coverage included photos of Ching's joyful reunion with his family in Hong Kong after China's surprise decision to release him just be [...] | 2008-02-06 10:10:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV HK SN CH |
08SINGAPORE153 | AMBASSADOR URGES SINGAPORE TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) The Ambassador met with Singapore MFA Permanent Secretary Peter Ho on February 12 to urge Singapore to SIPDIS recognize Kosovo immediately after Kosovo declares independence. She delivered reftel points, emphasizing the high [...] | 2008-02-12 07:14:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU SN |
08SINGAPORE332 | SINGAPORE'S FY2008 BUDGET: RECORD SURPLUS FUNDS MORSELS [...] (U) Summary: Coming off a year of record-setting revenues and a fiscal surplus of 14.8 percent of GDP, the GOS budget disappointed analysts by providing a package of only S$1.8 billion (US$ 1.28 billion) in "giveaways" for lower and middle income groups, and leaving the personal income tax ra [...] | 2008-03-17 05:10:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB EINV PGOV SOCI KTDB SN |
08SINGAPORE34 | SINGAPORE - 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) In response to reftel instructions, this message is Post's draft chapter of the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Singapore. As requested, we have also provided via email a Microsoft Word version of the document to EB/IFD/OIA. 2. (SBU) Begin text of Statement: Singapore 2008 [...] | 2008-01-10 07:27:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR |
08SINGAPORE35 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR [...] (SBU) Embassy Singapore looks forward to your January 14-15 visit. While we are not allies, the United States enjoys a close relationship with Singapore, based on similar strategic views and substantial trade and investment ties. Singapore is a keen observer of regional developments, but for [...] | 2008-01-10 09:14:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV SN |
08SINGAPORE534 | BLOGGERS DEMAND INTERNET FREEDOM [...] (U) Thirteen Singaporean bloggers submitted proposals for increased internet freedom to the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA) in late April. The proposals called for a change in the law that requires registration of political- or religious-focused websites. The blogg [...] | 2008-05-09 05:56:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV SN |
08SINGAPORE662 | DEPUTY COUNTERTERRORISM COORDINATOR FEIERSTEIN [...] (C) Deputy Counterterrorism Coordinator Gerald Feierstein thanked the Government of Singapore (GOS) for its cooperation on the Global War on Terror (GWOT) and encouraged improved information sharing in meetings with the Internal Security Department and the Security and Intelligence Division on [...] | 2008-06-10 05:11:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER SN |
08SINGAPORE71 | SINGAPORE AND TAIWAN - BETTER DAYS AHEAD? [...] (C) Summary: Singapore and Taiwan have significant security and economic ties; however, their once close political relations have been strained for a number of years. The GOS believes Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian and his predecessor have jeopardized regional stability with irresponsible rh [...] | 2008-01-18 02:42:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD TW SN |
08SINGAPORE749 | SINGAPORE STILL UNCONVINCED ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) Responding to reftel demarche, MFA Europe Directorate Director Lawrence Anderson told us July 1 that Singapore understood the points we had presented on the developing situation in Kosovo but thought that recognition remained a "complex" issue. He indicated Singapore is among "many coun [...] | 2008-07-03 09:18:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU KPKO KV SN |
08SINGAPORE768 | (S) GOS USING "AL-HESBAH WEB FORUM" TO GATHER [...] (S/NF) Singapore Internal Security Department (ISD) Deputy Director for Counterterrorism Matters Finian Markose Silva told LEGAT July 3 (information reported to FBIHQ separately through LEGAT channels) that ISD does not currently plan to take down the al-Hesbah Web Forum website because ISD int [...] | 2008-07-10 04:03:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINR PGOV SN |
08SINGAPORE936 | SENATOR SHELBY MEETS TEMASEK'S HO CHING, GOS [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) used meetings with Temasek CEO Ho Ching, GOS officials and others on August 25 to emphasize that the United States remains open to foreign investment. The Senator, Ranking Member of the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, also stressed th [...] | 2008-09-03 01:26:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN OREP PGOV SN |
08SINGAPORE947 | BACKGROUNDER ON THE CHIANG MAI INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: In Vietnam's recent balance of payments episode, analysts in Singapore and around the region tried to draw comfort from potential loans from one of Asia's premier post-Asian financial crisis programs: the Chiang Mai Initiative (CMI). However, analyst confusion over how the CMI [...] | 2008-09-05 02:02:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SN |
08SKOPJE103 | MACEDONIA: A STEP FORWARD ON THE NAME ISSUE [...] (C) President Crvenkovski's Chief of Staff, Natasha Savova, gave us a brief readout by phone on the February 8 closed-door meeting between the President and Prime Minister to discuss the approach to the name issue and Macedonia's NATO candidacy. Savova said she and the President were "shocked [...] | 2008-02-08 15:23:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK GR |
08SKOPJE104 | MACEDONIA: UNUSUALLY POSITIVE NAME ISSUE MEDIA [...] (C) Front-page press on February 8 covered statements on the name issue by President Crvenkovski, PM Gruevski and FM Milososki. A day after the Ambassador's meetings with Crvenkovski and Gruevski (reftels),the two leaders, who disagree on nearly every other issue, issued a unified message a [...] | 2008-02-08 16:03:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE108 | MACEDONIA: CODEL TANNER SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Welcome to Macedonia, a strong NATO membership contender and a multi-ethnic democracy, the only one in the region. From 2001, when the country teetered on the brink of an inter-ethnic civil war, to today, when it is at peace, implementing reforms, and pursuing an ambitious free-market e [...] | 2008-02-11 15:39:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OVIP MK |
08SKOPJE109 | MACEDONIA: CODEL TANNER SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Welcome to Macedonia, a strong NATO membership contender and a multi-ethnic democracy, the only one in the region. From 2001, when the country teetered on the brink of an inter-ethnic civil war, to today, when it is at peace, implementing reforms, and pursuing an ambitious free-market e [...] | 2008-02-11 15:39:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OVIP MK |
08SKOPJE113 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS KOSOVO RECOGNITION, BUT WILL [...] (C) Macedonia's position on Kosovo recognition remains unchanged. As reported in ref B and previous, Macedonia will "not be among the first, nor among the last" to recognize a newly independent Kosovo. The competing historical and economic ties both with Kosovo and Serbia have not prevented [...] | 2008-02-12 07:26:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MK |
08SKOPJE114 | MACEDONIA WILL NOT SUPPORT SERBIA'S CALL FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-13 10:01:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EU MK OSCE PGOV PREL UNAUS YI UNMIK |
08SKOPJE120 | MACEDONIA: SECULARISM CALLED INTO QUESTION AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Controversial GOM decisions to use taxpayer money to fund the construction of an Orthodox church in the main city square of Skopje, and to reconstruct a mosque in Tetovo, have sparked political gamesmanship and debate on preserving state secularism. Concerns about the impact [...] | 2008-02-14 16:10:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MK |
08SKOPJE139 | U.S. COMPANY A PIONEER INVESTOR IN MACEDONIA [...] (SBU) In March the U.S. multi-national company Johnson Controls will begin production at its factory in Macedonia's free trade zone (FTZ) and will start exporting electronic circuit boards to major automobile companies. The Johnson Controls factory represents a breakthrough for Macedonia - th [...] | 2008-02-20 16:14:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EIND PGOV MK |
08SKOPJE140 | MACEDONIA'S PRESIDENT ON LATEST NAME PROPOSAL [...] (C) President Crvenkovski briefed the Ambassador February 19 on the state leadership's reaction to the latest Nimetz proposal, which had been provided to the Greek and Macedonian sides the night before. In a dispassionate, moderate analysis, Crvenkovski said the proposal was unexpected and co [...] | 2008-02-20 16:22:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MK |
08SKOPJE141 | MACEDONIA: POSITION ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION UNCHANGED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-21 08:19:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MK |
08SKOPJE143 | MACEDONIA: CONSTRUCTIVELY LAYING THE GROUNDWORK [...] (C) The government is laying the groundwork for public acceptance of a compromise on the most recent Nimetz name proposal (reftel). In an encouraging break with the past, it has moved a giant step away from its dual-name position toward acceptance of a name for use in international organizatio [...] | 2008-02-21 13:26:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE146 | MACEDONIA'S LUSTRATION LAW: OPENING PANDORA'S BOX? [...] (SBU) Parliament unanimously adopted on January 22 a Lustration Law that is likely to make it difficult for those accused of having once served as informers to clear their name, or to fully exercise their constitutional right to employment in the public sector. International observers are con [...] | 2008-02-22 15:25:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MK |
08SKOPJE15 | MACEDONIAN PEACEKEEPING HELICOPTER CRASHES, [...] (U) A Macedonian Mi-17 military helicopter returning to Skopje from the EU-led peacekeeping mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina crashed several kilometers short of Skopje Airport early the afternoon of January 12, killing all eleven Macedonian peacekeepers on board. The crash prompted Macedonian au [...] | 2008-01-14 11:55:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV MK |
08SKOPJE153 | MACEDONIA MEETING NATO MEMBERSHIP CRITERIA [...] (C) In striving to meet NATO membership requirements, the GOM is taking a constructive approach to resolving the name dispute with Athens, although there are concerns the Greeks will veto Macedonia's NATO bid even if Skopje demonstrates additional flexibility. The government has shown signific [...] | 2008-02-25 16:42:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE155 | MACEDONIA: "BIG FISH" CONVICTED IN CORRUPTION CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. In a landmark ruling, a Macedonian court has convicted two high-profile defendants in a major corruption case. A former National Bank Governor and a controversial businessman were convicted and sentenced to four-and-a-half-years imprisonment on February 25 for a financial frau [...] | 2008-02-26 15:01:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCRM KCOR NATO MK |
08SKOPJE158 | MACEDONIA: RETURN OF ICTY FILES [...] (C) Four ICTY files concerning alleged crimes reputedly committed by ethnic Albanian NLA rebels during the country's inter-ethnic conflict in 2001 have been returned to Macedonian jurisdiction. Should the Chief Public Prosecutor here develop evidence against any of the individuals that is dee [...] | 2008-02-27 14:42:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ICTY MK |
08SKOPJE162 | MACEDONIA: POLICE BLOCK HOOLIGANS FROM REACHING [...] (SBU) A splinter group from a peaceful 2,000-person rally in downtown Skopje in support of Macedonia's constitutional name attempted to march on the Greek Liaison Office (GLO) the night of February 27. Forcefully intercepted by the police, the group of protestors wreaked havoc on nearby resid [...] | 2008-02-28 10:34:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC PREL GR MK |
08SKOPJE166 | MACEDONIA'S 2008 BUDGET: MORE, BUT RESPONSIBLE, SPENDING [...] (SBU) The GOM's 2008 budget is significantly larger than last year's budget, allowing the GOM the room to pursue a number of politically popular policies. The GOM has increased government employees' wages by 10 percent and intends to increase spending on infrastructure projects by a whopping 4 [...] | 2008-02-29 12:18:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV MK |
08SKOPJE167 | MACEDONIA: FM MILOSOSKI ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION & [...] (C) IN A FEBRUARY 29 MEETING WITH THE CHARGE, FM MILOSOSKI REITERATED THE GOM'S STANCE THAT DEMARCATION OF THE KOSOVO-MACEDONIA BORDER SHOULD BEGIN BEFORE MACEDONIA RECOGNIZES KOSOVO. SKOPJE ALSO WANTS TO AVOID ANY DISCUSSIONS WITH PRISTINA OF THE 2001 SKOPJE-BELGRADE AGREEMENT ON THE BORDER [...] | 2008-03-03 12:36:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO KV MK GR |
08SKOPJE168 | MACEDONIA's MISSED CAPITAL INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES [...] (SBU) The GOM repeatedly has been unable to spend all the money it has allocated for capital expenditures, even though government infrastructure investments are a critical driver of sorely needed economic growth and employment. Analysis of the budgeting process indicates that balky procuremen [...] | 2008-03-03 12:43:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV MK |
08SKOPJE169 | MACEDONIA's MISSED CAPITAL INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES [...] (SBU) The GOM repeatedly has been unable to spend all the money it has allocated for capital expenditures, even though government infrastructure investments are a critical driver of sorely needed economic growth and employment. Analysis of the budgeting process indicates that balky procuremen [...] | 2008-03-03 12:45:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV MK |
08SKOPJE17 | MACEDONIA: PM GRUEVSKI REQUEST FOR A WHITE HOUSE [...] (U) This message contains a recommendation and action request in para 4. 2. (SBU) In a January 11 meeting with the Ambassador (septel),FM Milososki officially requested USG support for a visit by PM Gruevski to Washington in March to meet with President Bush. 3. (SBU) During the visit, [...] | 2008-01-14 13:01:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MK |
08SKOPJE171 | MACEDONIA: HDAC CODEL SCENESETTER (CODEL PRICE) [...] (SBU) Ambassador Gillian Milovanovic and the embassy team warmly welcome you to the Republic of Macedonia, a strong NATO membership contender and the only multi-ethnic democracy in the region. Macedonia has made tremendous strides from 2001, when the country teetered on the brink of an inter- [...] | 2008-03-03 17:15:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MK NATO GR |
08SKOPJE172 | MACEDONIA: POINTS DELIVERED TO MFA REGARDING UNSC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 15:53:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MK KNNP MNUC PARM IR |
08SKOPJE173 | MACEDONIA: PREPARING FOR NIMETZ NAME TALKS, ROUND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 16:24:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE174 | CODEL TANNER REVIEWS MACEDONIA'S NATO PROGRESS [...] (U) During CODEL Tanner's February 22 visit to Macedonia, the President, Prime Minister, and other senior Macedonian officials described recent progress in implementing NATO MAP-related reforms, noted continuing high levels of public support for NATO membership, and highlighted Macedonia's suc [...] | 2008-03-05 08:11:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV AA |
08SKOPJE178 | MACEDONIA: "OPERATION DRAGON" BUSTS TIP NETWORK [...] (SBU) The conclusion of the anti-trafficking "Operation Dragon" led to the arrest of 15 Macedonian citizens on trafficking-in-persons (TIP) charges on March 3. The National Anti-TIP Commission credits the use of special investigative measures for the success of the operation and for the colle [...] | 2008-03-06 07:32:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM MK |
08SKOPJE179 | MACEDONIA/GREECE NAME ISSUE: HOPING FOR A MIRACLE, [...] (C) In separate meetings March 6, Macedonia's name negotiator Ambassador Dimitrov and UN mediator Ambassador Nimetz briefed the Charge on the latest round of high level discussions earlier the same day. Still disappointed over the latest Nimetz proposal, Macedonian leaders are not yet prepare [...] | 2008-03-06 16:40:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE18 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-14 13:01:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV UNGA MK |
08SKOPJE181 | MACEDONIA: FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT [...] The GOM has developed a relatively high degree of fiscal transparency, as a result of reforms it has undertaken as part of its effort to join NATO and the European Union. Macedonia, as an EU candidate country, is in the process of raising its budgetary practices to EU standards and receives s [...] | 2008-03-07 16:04:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON PREL PGOV MK |
08SKOPJE186 | MACEDONIA BEFORE MIDNIGHT: ACTING U/S FRIED [...] (C) During March 7 meetings with President Crvenkovski and PM Gruevski, Acting U/S Fried urged both leaders to redouble efforts to close a deal on the name dispute with Greece to avoid a Greek veto of Macedonia's chances for a NATO invitation at the Bucharest summit. He warned that the USG co [...] | 2008-03-11 06:54:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO KV MK |
08SKOPJE19 | MACEDONIA: GROUNDBREAKING AGREEMENT ON JEWISH [...] (SBU) In a groundbreaking agreement with Macedonia's Jewish community concluded December 28, 2007, the Macedonian government (GOM) completed the process of restitution of all heirless Jewish property in the country. Fully satisfied with the decision, the Jewish community is planning to use t [...] | 2008-01-14 13:47:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF MK |
08SKOPJE194 | MACEDONIA: ETHNIC ALBANIAN LEADERS ON NATO AND THE [...] (C) In March 7 meetings with ethnic Albanian leaders Thaci, from junior governing coalition partner DPA, and Ahmeti, from DUI, the Charge stressed the importance of resolving the name dispute with Greece as the key to ensuring Macedonia receives a NATO membership invitation this April. Both Th [...] | 2008-03-12 19:02:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE197 | MACEDONIA: ETHNIC ALBANIAN PARTY EXITS GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Ethnic Albanian junior coalition partner DPA announced March 12 that it would leave the government, citing the failure of PM Gruevski to meet six key DPA demands. Although the DPA exit robs Gruevski of his majority in the parliament, it is likely that the government will wobble but not f [...] | 2008-03-13 17:35:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE198 | MACEDONIA: ETHNIC ALBANIAN PARTY EXITS GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Ethnic Albanian junior coalition partner DPA announced March 12 that it would leave the government, citing the failure of PM Gruevski to meet six key DPA demands. Although the DPA exit robs Gruevski of his majority in the parliament, it is likely that the government will wobble but not f [...] | 2008-03-13 17:35:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE205 | MACEDONIA: MOJ REAFFIRMS ANTI-TIP COMMITMENT [...] (SBU) In a March 10 meeting, Minister of Justice (MOJ) Manevski briefed the Charge on recent MOJ prosecutorial and court consolidation activities that should enhance Macedonia's efforts to combat trafficking-in-persons (TIP). Additionally, on March 12 the National Commission for Combating TIP [...] | 2008-03-14 15:32:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE21 | MACEDONIA: NATIONAL NATO COORDINATOR ON THE NAME [...] (C) Macedonia's NATO Coordinator/Name Negotiator, Nikola Dimitrov, told the Ambassador during a January 11 meeting that it appeared increasingly likely that Greece would veto NATO membership for Macedonia in the absence of a resolution of the name dispute before the NATO summit in April. He sa [...] | 2008-01-14 16:38:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE212 | MACEDONIA: PRESIDENT & PRIME MINISTER ON VIENNA [...] (C) In separate meetings with President Crvenkovski and PM Gruevski on March 17, the Ambassador said the US wants to help Macedonia and Greece reach a compromise on the name issue that will ensure Macedonia receives a NATO invitation at the NATO summit in Bucharest. Time is short, however, and [...] | 2008-03-20 15:14:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE213 | MACEDONIA: ETHNIC ALBANIAN LEADERS ON NATO AND [...] (C) In March 19 meetings with ethnic Albanian leaders Thaci, from junior governing coalition partner DPA, and Ahmeti, from DUI, the Ambassador stressed the importance of maintaining political stability and resolving the name dispute with Greece to secure a NATO membership invitation this April [...] | 2008-03-21 07:18:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR NATO MK |
08SKOPJE22 | MACEDONIA'S NEW VISA REGULATIONS MEET EU [...] (SBU) Macedonia's new Law on Foreigners has caused a stir domestically and in Albania by requiring visas for Albanian travelers to Macedonia to be issued at the Macedonian Embassy in Tirana rather than at border crossings (reftel). In fact, the new law is fully compliant with EU acquis and wil [...] | 2008-01-15 14:15:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SMIG KCRM AL MK GR |
08SKOPJE220 | MACEDONIA: ETHNIC ALBANIAN DPA BACK IN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) DPA, the ethnic Albanian junior governing coalition partner, announced March 23 it would return to the VMRO-led government of PM Gruevski. The announcement came only 11 days after DPA President Thaci declared that DPA had left the coalition because of PM Gruevski's failure to meet six c [...] | 2008-03-24 16:05:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR NATO MK |
08SKOPJE226 | MACEDONIA: DECENTRALIZATION MOVING FORWARD [...] (SBU) The GOM has successfully decentralized responsibility for a number of government activities to municipal governments, including such key functions as education and social policy. Decentralization of those government activities was a key requirement of the 2001 Ohrid Framework Agreement. [...] | 2008-03-25 13:27:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ECON USAID MK |
08SKOPJE23 | MACEDONIA: MINISTER OF ECONOMY RESIGNS, IMPACT [...] (SBU) Economy Minister Rafajlovska tendered her resignation on January 14, citing personal reasons for her decision to leave government service after a little more than a year in office. The Minister of Economy is one of two Ministerial positions (along with the Minister of Defense) held by ju [...] | 2008-01-15 14:58:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PINR MK |
08SKOPJE231 | CODEL PRICE'S MACEDONIA MEETINGS [...] (SBU) CODEL Price visited Macedonia March 15 to 18. CODEL members met with parliamentary leaders to advise on effective parliamentary procedures. The CODEL also met with President Crvenkovski, Prime Minister Gruevski, Foreign Minister Milososki, and Defense Minister Elenovski to discuss Mace [...] | 2008-03-27 06:39:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP OVIP KDEM PGOV PREL MK |
08SKOPJE239 | MACEDONIA: "YES" TO NIMETZ PROPOSAL ON THE NAME [...] (C) SUMMARY: The President's and Prime Minister's Chiefs of Staff informed us today that the GOM will accept the latest Nimetz proposal on the name (reftel) without any modifications. Though areas of disagreement remain between the President and PM regarding the substance of the proposal, t [...] | 2008-03-28 16:28:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE240 | MACEDONIA: 110 YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR TIP GROUP [...] (SBU) The Skopje Appellate Court upheld February 1 the sentences of 21 defendants in the 2007 trafficking-in-persons (TIP) case Jug 2 (reftel). Less than a year after the beginning of the trial, the court system has concluded this high-profile TIP case, giving the 21 defendants a total of ove [...] | 2008-04-01 07:20:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE250 | MACEDONIA: PM GRUEVSKI AFTER THE NATO SUMMIT [...] (SBU) In an April 4 meeting with PM Gruevski in the aftermath of Greece's veto of Macedonia's NATO membership bid at Bucharest, the Ambassador urged the PM to re-engage in the Nimetz process to resolve the name issue as soon as possible. Gruevski said he was willing to re-engage with Nimetz so [...] | 2008-04-04 16:39:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NATO MK |
08SKOPJE253 | MACEDONIA UNITED, MODERATE FOLLOWING GREEK VETO IN [...] (SBU) Macedonia's leaders, media and intellectuals responded to Greece's decision April 3 to block Macedonia's NATO accession with deep disappointment, but couched in moderate and sober statements. Emotional appeals for national unity and perseverance in implementing reforms have been the mai [...] | 2008-04-07 15:03:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE254 | MACEDONIA: MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON EARLY [...] (C) FM Milososki informed the Ambassador April 7 that the ruling VMRO-DPMNE party intends to initiate the procedure for early elections. The earliest such elections could be held is between 60 and 90 days after Parliament votes for its dissolution, which could come as early as the end of this [...] | 2008-04-08 09:06:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR NATO MK |
08SKOPJE262 | MACEDONIA TO HOLD EARLY ELECTIONS JUNE 1; OFFICIAL [...] (SBU) Following two days of debate, the Macedonian Parliament adopted April 12 a decision to disband itself. The decision starts the clock on the first-ever early elections, now set for June 1, since Macedonia's independence 17 years ago. Before stepping down, the MPs authorized the next regu [...] | 2008-04-15 07:17:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR NATO MK |
08SKOPJE265 | MACEDONIAN ECONOMY: PERIOD OF UNCERTAINTY [...] (SBU) Since 2001, the GOM has maintained conservative fiscal and monetary policies. Those policies, agreed with the IMF, have sustained a foundation of economic stability that has supported the GOM's implementation of structural reforms. Over the past few months, Macedonia's inflation rate [...] | 2008-04-16 08:59:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL MK |
08SKOPJE273 | MACEDONIA: IMPLEMENTING NEW RELIGIOUS FREEDOM LAW [...] (SBU) With implementation of an acclaimed new Law on Religious Groups due to begin on May 1, internal opposition is growing against GOM-backed programs and trends perceived as running counter to a clear separation of church and state. Specifically, some government agencies, political parties [...] | 2008-04-18 12:25:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV MK PREL KIRF |
08SKOPJE276 | MACEDONIA: NATO SECGEN ENCOURAGES NAME RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) During his April 21 visit to Skopje, NATO SecGen de Hoop Scheffer pressed his interlocutors to resolve the name issue with Greece before July 9 in order to allow Macedonia to join Albania and Croatia in signing their NATO accession protocols on that date. He urged them to continue the na [...] | 2008-04-22 13:32:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE287 | MACEDONIA: ETHNIC ALBANIAN LEADER AHMETI ON [...] (SBU) During an April 23 meeting with eAlbanian DUI President Ali Ahmeti to discuss upcoming parliamentary elections in Macedonia (septel),the Ambassador reiterated earlier Embassy appeals to DUI to encourage Albanian party leaders in the Presevo Valley to take part in Serbia's May 11 electio [...] | 2008-04-24 13:59:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MK |
08SKOPJE290 | MACEDONIA: PM GRUEVSKI ON ELECTIONS, NAME DISPUTE, [...] (C) During an April 24 meeting, the Ambassador urged PM Gruevski to work for free, fair, and peaceful parliamentary elections on June 1. She also asked him to ensure his government refrained from provocative actions/statements that could make it more difficult to resolve the name dispute with [...] | 2008-04-25 14:31:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO ETRD MK GR |
08SKOPJE292 | MACEDONIA: EARLY ELECTIONS PREPARATIONS IN FULL [...] (SBU) In a series of meetings with Macedonia's political leaders April 21-23, the Ambassador and DCM urged all parties to ensure free, fair and non-violent parliamentary elections on June 1. Although the official campaign period begins May 11, parties already are floating their campaign platfo [...] | 2008-04-30 09:40:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR NATO MK |
08SKOPJE299 | MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR FM MILOSOSKI'S MAY 6-7 [...] (SBU) FM Milososki's visit comes at a time when pro-U.S. sentiment in Macedonia is at its highest level in recent years. President Bush's solid support for Macedonia's NATO candidacy at Bucharest, coupled with subsequent U.S. actions to demonstrate our support for a fair and speedy resolution [...] | 2008-05-02 13:17:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR KV |
08SKOPJE301 | MACEDONIA: CHARTER FLIGHT BARRED FROM GREEK [...] (SBU) On April 28, an Egypt-bound Macedonian Airlines (MAT) charter flight was denied overflight rights for Greece without any explanation. This first-ever denial of overflight rights, coupled with other irritants such as the lack of a Greek government reply to Macedonia's request to purchase [...] | 2008-05-02 14:33:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO EAIR MK GR |
08SKOPJE304 | MACEDONIA'S SUCCESSFUL ANTI-TIP RECORD: THE CASE [...] (SBU) This is a request for reconsideration or guidance. 2. (SBU) Embassy Skopje has worked intensively with the Macedonian government (GOM) to bring their anti-trafficking efforts up to international standards. We have documented Macedonia's success in meeting Tier 1 criteria for prosecut [...] | 2008-05-05 13:34:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE31 | MACEDONIA: CONTINUED KOSOVO CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] (C) The GOM continues to focus on planning for the possible implications of an independent Kosovo (reftel). In a January 11 meeting with the Ambassador, FM Antonio Milososki discussed GOM actions to prepare the Macedonian public for eventual Kosovo independence, to counter impacts on trade of [...] | 2008-01-16 18:13:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | KV PGOV PREL ETRD MK |
08SKOPJE310 | MACEDONIA: NATO SIDELINE DISCUSSIONS OVERSHADOW [...] (SBU) Macedonia's President hosted the 15th Summit of Presidents of Central European States, May 2-3, in Ohrid. Seventeen states, spanning a geographic region from Germany to Ukraine, participated in the meeting. Kosovo is not yet a member of the group, and was not invited to participate. Th [...] | 2008-05-07 15:19:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE311 | MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR USAID ADMINISTRATOR [...] (SBU) Ambassador Milovanovic and the Embassy Skopje team look forward to welcoming you to Macedonia. Your visit comes at a time when pro-U.S. sentiment in Macedonia is at its highest level in recent years. President Bush's solid support for Macedonia's NATO candidacy at Bucharest, coupled w [...] | 2008-05-08 15:43:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE312 | MACEDONIA: 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] Post is aware of one outstanding claim of a U.S. person against the Government of Macedonia (GOM). This dispute remains unchanged from last year's report (ref B). 2. a. Claimant A. b. This dispute arose in April 2007, when the GOM decided to end a concession previously granted to Claim [...] | 2008-05-09 08:00:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV MK |
08SKOPJE314 | MACEDONIA: ELECTION COALITIONS READY FOR MAY 11 [...] (SBU) A week before the May 11 official kick-off of the election campaign (reftel),the State Electoral Committee (SEC) approved 19 party lists, including the VMRO-led coalition "For Better Macedonia" and the opposition SDSM-led "SUN - Coalition for Europe." Minority and small parties traditi [...] | 2008-05-09 12:58:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE317 | MACEDONIA: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY [...] Food prices in Macedonia have increased significantly over the past year, especially for grains, dairy products, meats, cooking oil and eggs. Rapidly increasing prices for these products have led to a significantly higher overall inflation rate of 10 percent. So far, however, these price inc [...] | 2008-05-13 07:49:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PREL PGOV MK |
08SKOPJE32 | MACEDONIA: GETTING TO "YES" ON NATO MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) A NATO invitation for Macedonia would strengthen domestic reforms and inter-ethnic relations here, bolstering Macedonia's positive influence as a factor for regional stability as Kosovo status develops. NATO Ambassadors in Skopje share that view, and believe Macedonia has met NATO perform [...] | 2008-01-17 10:13:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE327 | MACEDONIA: PRESIDENT CRVENKOVSKI ON [...] (C) President Crvenkovski told the Ambassador during a meeting May 15 he believed the parliament had not prepared adequatedly for early elections in Macedonia on June 1. He expressed serious concerns about intra-Albanian DUI-DPA violence that had marred the beginning of the election campaign [...] | 2008-05-16 09:03:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK |
08SKOPJE328 | MACEDONIA: TROUBLED START TO ELECTION CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) The State Electoral Committee (SEC) gave the green light to the May 11 election campaign kick-off (reftel) with the publication of the 18 candidate lists. Tensions rose in northwest Macedonia, where ethnic Albanian parties DUI and, to a far lesser extent, DPA have suffered a number of vi [...] | 2008-05-16 12:00:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE332 | MACEDONIA: AMBASSADOR PRESSES PM GRUEVSKI ON [...] (C) The Ambassador and EUSR Fouere jointly demarched PM Gruevski May 15 to urge him to take rapid and effective action to deter intra-Albanian election-related violence (reftels) and to adequately fund and staff state electoral administration and monitoring institutions. Gruevski said he woul [...] | 2008-05-19 13:33:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK |
08SKOPJE333 | AMBASSADOR AND EUSR URGE ETHNIC ALBANIAN LEADERS [...] (C) Summary. On May 16, the Ambassador and EU Special Representative Erwan Fouere met jointly in separate meetings with ethnic Albanian party leaders Menduh Thaci and Ali Ahmeti to urge them to use their influence to end the violence in the parliamentary election campaign (ref B). Thaci compl [...] | 2008-05-19 13:36:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MK |
08SKOPJE339 | MACEDONIA'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION TROUBLES [...] (SBU) In the run up to the June 1 parliamentary election, tensions between ethnic Albanian parties DUI and DPA continued sporadically over the past week, with DUI sustaining most of the property damage to its facilities. The State Electoral Committee (SEC) announced May 20 the completion of ac [...] | 2008-05-23 11:18:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE345 | MACEDONIAN MOI ON ELECTION CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS [...] (C) On May 26, DCM Navratil, EUSR Fouere, and ODIHR Ambassador Barry met jointly with Minister of Interior Gordana Jankulovska to discuss the continuing incidents of violence and intimidation related to the parliamentary election campaign. Jankulovska agreed that the incidents are damaging t [...] | 2008-05-27 15:15:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MK |
08SKOPJE346 | MACEDONIA: PRESSING FOR IMMEDIATE HALT TO CAMPAIGN [...] (C) In a May 26 meeting with PM Gruevski and eAlbanian DPA President Thaci, the Ambassador urged an immediate halt to recent intra-Albanian campaign violence and intimidation that could lead to a failing grade for Macedonia's June 1 snap elections. She warned that the USG would find it difficul [...] | 2008-05-28 10:14:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MK |
08SKOPJE356 | MACEDONIA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ENDS ON A LOW NOTE [...] (SBU) The final week before the June 1 parliamentary elections has been marked by continued tensions between ethnic Albanian parties DUI and DPA. Although DUI property sustained most of the damage, there also were reports of DUI activist violence against an ethnic Macedonian spectator at a Ma [...] | 2008-05-30 12:15:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE359 | MACEDONIA'S ELECTIONS: RULING PARTY WINS, COUNTRY [...] (SBU) Macedonia's June 1 snap parliamentary elections resulted in an expected victory and absolute majority for the ruling VMRO party. Despite numerous international community (IC) and media appeals for free and fair elections in the run-up to Election Day (reftel),voting was marred by numer [...] | 2008-06-02 17:06:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE360 | MACEDONIA: FOREIGN MINISTER ASKS U.S. TO INFLUENCE [...] (C) Following the June 1 early Parliamentary elections, marred by violence and fraud (reftel),FM Milososki called to ask the Ambassador to influence the initial ODIHR report on the elections, due out later that day. Specifically, he asked the Ambassador to ensure that the report adopted his [...] | 2008-06-03 13:01:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR NATO MK |
08SKOPJE361 | MACEDONIA: PM GRUEVSKI PLEDGES CLEAN ELECTION [...] (C) In the wake of seriously flawed early parliamentary elections held June 1 (reftel),PM Gruevski told the Ambassador that he will not pursue coalition talks until free and fair re-runs are held at all polling stations where problems were noted. He said ongoing law enforcement actions would [...] | 2008-06-03 13:27:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MK |
08SKOPJE364 | MACEDONIA: OPPOSITION LEADER STEPS DOWN FOLLOWING [...] (SBU) Following her party's defeat in the June 1 early parliamentary elections (reftel),Radmila Sekerinska, President of the largest opposition party, the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM),stepped down on June 3. Sekerinska conceded ruling party VMRO's landslide victory, but noted [...] | 2008-06-04 15:02:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO PINR MK |
08SKOPJE366 | MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR USAID ADMINISTRATOR [...] (SBU) Ambassador Milovanovic and the Embassy Skopje interagency team welcome you to Macedonia. Your visit comes at a time when U.S. influence in Macedonia is higher than at any time in recent memory. President Bush's solid support for Macedonia's NATO candidacy at the NATO Summit in Buchare [...] | 2008-06-05 13:22:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE368 | MACEDONIA: PLANNING FOR ELECTION RE-RUNS, MORE [...] (SBU) Working nearly non-stop for 48 hours, the State Electoral Committee (SEC) by June 6 had ordered election re-runs in 98 polling stations (PSs),due to violence and intimidation or other irregularities that marred the June 1 elections (reftels). In the meantime, the police have charged 88 [...] | 2008-06-06 12:37:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE372 | MACEDONIA: STATE ELECTORAL COMMISSION RULES ON [...] (SBU) Following a review of political parties' complaints of irregularities and violence during the June 1 parliamentary elections (reftel),the State Electoral Commission has invalidated voting in 196 polling stations. The SEC decision opens a window for as many as 170,000 voters in northwes [...] | 2008-06-10 13:22:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE388 | MACEDONIA: SUPREME COURT SHOWS BIAS IN [...] (SBU) In a biased decision for which little justification was offered, the Supreme Court overturned the State Electoral Commission's (SEC's) decision to invalidate voting in 11 polling stations cited for fraud and/or violence in the June 1 parliamentary elections. The Court's decision decrease [...] | 2008-06-13 14:05:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE389 | MACEDONIA: AMBASSADOR AND EUSR PRESS ALBANIAN [...] (C) The Ambassador and EUSR Fouere jointly pressed DUI's Ahmeti and DPA's Thaci on June 13 to instruct their supporters to exercise restraint and to demonstrate orderly conduct that would produce free, fair and peaceful election re-runs on June 15. Ahmeti said the government and DPA activists [...] | 2008-06-13 17:05:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MK |
08SKOPJE390 | MACEDONIA: AMBASSADOR & EUSR PRESS ALBANIAN [...] (C) The Ambassador and EUSR Fouere jointly pressed DUI's Ahmeti and DPA's Thaci on June 13 to instruct their supporters to exercise restraint and to demonstrate orderly conduct that would produce free, fair and peaceful election re-runs on June 15. Ahmeti said the government and DPA activists [...] | 2008-06-13 17:18:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MK |
08SKOPJE394 | MACEDONIA: ELECTION RE-RUNS PASS MUSTER; [...] (SBU) The conduct of voting in parliamentary election re-runs on June 15 improved substantially compared to the June 1 elections, which had been marred by violence, intimidation and widespread electoral fraud. Significantly and visibly increased police presence created a safer, more secure vo [...] | 2008-06-17 08:31:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE399 | MACEDONIA: INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] (SBU) In response to the request for information on Macedonia's commitment to human rights and fundamental freedoms for the OSCE's annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (reftel),Post offers the following summary of progress in areas of democratic development, human rights, religious [...] | 2008-06-18 13:29:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM OSCE PGOV KDEM PREL MK |
08SKOPJE411 | MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS DICARLO'S JUNE [...] (SBU) Welcome back to Skopje! The country is slowly recovering from the post-election blues it suffered after the badly-flawed June 1 early Parliamentary elections. Re-run elections on June 15, despite incidents of group, proxy, and family voting, were an improvement over the June 1 balloting, [...] | 2008-06-24 09:07:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE418 | MACEDONIA: SECOND PARLIAMENTARY RE-RUNS -- MORE [...] (SBU) The June 29 second round of re-runs of the June 1 Parliamentary elections were again marked by instances of serious electoral irregularities (reftel). Although the security environment was improved compared to the June 1 elections, static monitoring by international observer teams did [...] | 2008-06-30 15:37:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE423 | MACEDONIA: KOSOVO RECOGNITION TIMING STILL [...] (C) P/E Chief delivered reftel points on Kosovo recognition to MFA State Secretary Igor Ilievski on July 1. Ilievski said the GOM was pleased with progress on Kosovo-Macedonia border demarcation, particularly the laying of the first boundary marker at the Albania-Macedonia-Kosovo tri-point on [...] | 2008-07-02 11:22:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KV MK |
08SKOPJE428 | MACEDONIA: UPDATED CONTACT INFORMATION FOR LEADING [...] (U) Per reftel, names, titles and contact numbers for leading government officials. 2. (SBU) Country: Republic of Macedonia Date: July 1, 2008 Head of Government Family name: Gruevski First name: Nikola Formal Title: Prime Minister Personal cell: 389-70-401-462 [...] | 2008-07-03 15:20:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL MK |
08SKOPJE435 | DAS DICARLO DISCUSSES GOVERNMENT FORMATION, NAME [...] (C) DAS DiCarlo visited Skopje June 27 and met separately with: Prime Minister Gruevski and FM Milososki; President Crvenkovski; DUI leader Ali Ahmeti; DPA leader Menduh Thaci; SDSM Vice President Jani Makraduli; and name negotiator Dimitrov. Gruevski is in the process of determining whethe [...] | 2008-07-07 13:41:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MK |
08SKOPJE436 | MACEDONIA: POSITIVE STEP AS VMRO AND DUI AGREE ON [...] (C) VMRO and eAlbanian DUI have agreed on a new governing coalition which will focus on economic development, Euro-Atlantic integration, Framework Implementation (FWA),and several DUI priorities, including a Law on the Use of Languages and resolving the status of victims of the 2001 conflict. [...] | 2008-07-07 13:51:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MK |
08SKOPJE438 | MACEDONIA: RUMORED PLANS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (U) This is a request for policy guidance (see paragraph 5). 2. (S/NF) According to a wide range of credible sources, PM Gruevski's VMRO-led coalition plans to amend the constitution to allow for indirect election, by parliament, of the President (head of state). VMRO's new coalition part [...] | 2008-07-08 13:57:00 | Embassy Skopje | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MK |
08SKOPJE453 | MACEDONIA: PM GRUEVSKI SUBMITS NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) PM Gruevski's new government program, submitted to parliament on July 12, is heavy on economic goals but also includes a commitment to Euro-Atlantic integration, resolving the name dispute with Greece, combating crime and corruption, improving inter-ethnic relations (including Framework [...] | 2008-07-14 15:41:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR MK |
08SKOPJE461 | MACEDONIA: RESOLVING THE NAME ISSUE -- BACK TO [...] (C) In order to maximize chances for resolving the name issue by the December NATO NAC, we recommend the following: --getting UN mediator Nimetz to refocus talks on the core issues of a name formulation and scope of use; --dealing with "peripheral" issues after the name issue has been reso [...] | 2008-07-17 15:39:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MK GR |
08SKOPJE463 | MACEDONIA: CHOD'S CONCERNS ABOUT IMPACT OF MOD [...] (S/NF) The GOM's July 15 budget rebalance transfers 14 million euros from the MOD to the MOI, heavily impacting future Macedonian military readiness, and calling into question its ability to meet its commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan. According to CHOD LTG Stojanovski, it also suggests the [...] | 2008-07-18 11:21:00 | Embassy Skopje | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE464 | MACEDONIA: ARREST OF OPPOSITION VP PROMPTS [...] (SBU) Zoran Zaev, Vice President of opposition party SDSM and rumored next leader of the party, was arrested on 17 July along with five associates on charges of corruption and abuse of official position related to financial gains from a tender for a shopping mall in Strumica, where Zaev serve [...] | 2008-07-18 13:14:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MK |
08SKOPJE473 | MACEDONIA: FM MILOSOSKI ASSURES AMBASSADOR THAT [...] (SBU) Macedonia remains "NATO-ready" despite apparent recent steps away from democratization and a supplemental budget re-balance that directed funds away from the Ministry of Defense, according to Foreign Minister Milososki in his July 22 meeting with the Ambassador. He sought to deflect our [...] | 2008-07-24 15:22:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE48 | MACEDONIA OFFERS EXPANDED CBM'S TO GREECE ON NAME [...] (SBU) During bilateral talks on the name issue in Ohrid January 21, Macedonia offered Greece an expanded set of confidence-building measures (CBMs),including a joint committee to review and update historical textbooks; proposed high-level and working-level meetings and agreements on a range o [...] | 2008-01-22 11:10:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO GR MK |
08SKOPJE486 | MACEDONIA: PM GRUEVSKI REAFFIRMS STANCE ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: Macedonia remains committed to its NATO and EU orientation, PM Gruevski told the Ambassador July 25. He rejected claims that the GOM is stepping away from its democratic obligations, citing opposition intransigence and unpopularity. The PM insisted the recent budget rebalancing [...] | 2008-07-28 15:00:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO PARM EINT MK KV |
08SKOPJE491 | MACEDONIA/GREECE: WHAT THE MACEDONIANS NEED TO [...] (C) Embassy Skopje assesses that in the context of an agreement that clears the way for NATO membership and the start of EU accession talks, the Macedonian government would ultimately accept the following terms: -- Name: Republic of Northern Macedonia (or: Republic of North Macedonia) -- [...] | 2008-07-29 15:31:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO GR MK |
08SKOPJE492 | MACEDONIA: NEW GOVERNMENT LINEUP [...] (U) Summary: In the absence of the opposition parties, the Macedonian Parliament approved the new VMRO-DPMNE/DUI coalition on July 26. Much of the new cabinet lineup is familiar, with many key officials returning for a second term. This message provides biographical information for the ne [...] | 2008-07-29 16:08:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO MK PINR |
08SKOPJE496 | MACEDONIA PASSES LANGUAGE LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: In a surprise action on a long-standing ethnic Albanian objective, the Macedonian Parliament adopted a new language law on July 25. The law consolidates existing language use provisions from other laws and adds new provisions for use of minority languages in the Parliament an [...] | 2008-07-31 11:22:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE501 | MACEDONIA TO REVIEW HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRESS AHEAD OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-05 11:36:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV OSCE PHUM KDEM |
08SKOPJE502 | MACEDONIA: NEW GI MEMBER INFORMATION CONVEYED; GOM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-05 11:38:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM PTER KGIC KNNP MCAP PINS MK |
08SKOPJE503 | MACEDONIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IPCC WG [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-05 11:41:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KGHG KSCA SENV AORC MK |
08SKOPJE504 | MACEDONIA: MOJ MAY ATTEND UNCAC INTERGOVERNMENTAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-05 11:44:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KCRM EINT KJUS MK |
08SKOPJE507 | MACEDONIA: ANGRY SDSM RETURNS TO PARLIAMENT AS [...] (C) President Crvenkovski reached agreement August 1 with the main opposition party SDSM to end its boycott of parliament and the Association of Local Self-Government Units (ZELS). The party returned in exchange for a presidential pardon on all charges against SDSM VP and Strumica mayor Zoran [...] | 2008-08-07 05:50:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE513 | MACEDONIA: ANGRY SDSM RETURNS TO PARLIAMENT AS [...] (C) President Crvenkovski reached agreement August 1 with the main opposition party SDSM to end its boycott of parliament and the Association of Local Self-Government Units (ZELS). The party returned in exchange for a presidential pardon on all charges against SDSM VP and Strumica mayor Zoran [...] | 2008-08-07 14:10:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE519 | MACEDONIA PREPARED TO CONTINUE WITH ADRIATIC CHARTER, BUT [...] (SBU) Per reftel, we discussed the future of the Adriatic Charter August 13 with Zoran Dabik, MFA Director for Political-Security Cooperation and Multilateral Affairs. Dabik responded that Macedonia was prepared to participate eagerly in a new Adriatic Charter arrangement with Montenegro, Bosn [...] | 2008-08-13 13:54:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR NATO PGOV HR AL MK |
08SKOPJE52 | MACEDONIA: HEROIN SEIZURE MAY PROVIDE LEADS TO [...] (SBU) Macedonian police arrested a Macedonian citizen and seized 23.6 kilos of heroin during a traffic stop on the Skopje-Tetovo highway on 15 January. The seizure stemmed from a September 2007 investigation into an organized drug-trafficking operation running drugs from Turkey through Bulg [...] | 2008-01-22 16:08:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MK PGOV SNAR KCRM |
08SKOPJE522 | HMONG-AMERICANS RECRUIT "TROUBLEMAKERS" FROM THAI [...] (C) Summary: Unidentified Hmong-Americans are said to be recruiting Hmong from the holding camp in Thailand's Petchabun Province to return to Laos to stage incidents apparently in support of the three-decade-old but failing Hmong insurgency. The Embassy is working to gather more information. [...] | 2008-08-15 05:44:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK MN KV EU MA PO |
08SKOPJE525 | MACEDONIA CONTINUES FIGHT AGAINST TIP; NEW [...] (SBU) Macedonia continues to make progress in fighting trafficking in persons (TIP),aggressively pursuing traffickers in a wave of recent arrests and prosecutions, many involving minor victims. Additionally, the GOM's Anti-TIP Commission has worked with the Ministry of Labor and Social Poli [...] | 2008-08-18 12:50:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MK |
08SKOPJE53 | MACEDONIA: LATEST POLLS FUEL EARLY ELECTION [...] (SBU) Recent opinion polls showing continuing strong support for PM Gruevski personally, despite a slight drop in support for his government, have intensified local speculation that the Prime Minister will call for snap elections after the NATO Summit in Bucharest this April. Support for the g [...] | 2008-01-22 16:42:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MK |
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