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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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09BAKU60 | AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR CLAIMS TURKEY SEEKS TO BURY, [...] (C) SUMMARY. SOCAR is increasingly convinced Turkey is seeking to stop, not promote, the Southern Corridor project, in a quest to minimize the price it must pay for Azeri gas. Despite making what it feels are convincing political and commercial arguments to Turkey in support of the Southern [...] | 2009-01-26 10:44:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ TU ENRG |
09BAKU605 | AZERBAIJAN'S PERSPECTIVE ON CASPAIN DELIMITATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 30, the Charge met with SOCAR Vice President Elshad Nassirov to discuss the recent public quarrel between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan over Caspian Sea Delimitation. Nassirov had more questions than answers regarding the "strange and sudden" behavior of the Turkmen Presi [...] | 2009-07-31 12:49:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PREL TX AJ |
09BAKU61 | AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR CLAIMS TURKEY SEEKS TO BURY, [...] (C) SUMMARY. SOCAR is increasingly convinced Turkey is seeking to stop, not promote, the Southern Corridor project, in a quest to minimize the price it must pay for Azeri gas. Despite making what it feels are convincing political and commercial arguments to Turkey in support of the Southern [...] | 2009-01-26 11:10:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ TU ENRG |
09BAKU614 | AZERBAIJAN: TOUGH TALK ON U.S. DEMOCRACY POLICY [...] (C) Summary: In a July 31 meeting with poloff, opposition leader Isa Gambar explained that democratic forces in Azerbaijan have diminishing confidence in the United States and its ability to or interest in promoting democracy and human rights in Azerbaijan. Gambar outlined a number of specif [...] | 2009-08-04 11:56:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ |
09BAKU62 | AZERBAIJAN: OPPOSITION HARASSED COLLECTING [...] (C) Summary: Across the country, members of opposition parties collecting signatures to register as campaign "advocacy" groups for the March referendum report being harassed by police. Several say they were detained for hours at police stations and had their signature sheets confiscated. T [...] | 2009-01-26 12:28:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ |
09BAKU624 | AZERBAIJAN: ANOTHER YOUTH ACTIVIST ARRESTED [...] (C) Summary: On August 3 Agasif Shakiroglu, the leader of a small youth group, was arrested and sentenced to one month of pre-trial detention for evading military service. According to Shakiroglu, he is not in breach of his military obligation and this arrest is an attempt by the GOAJ to sile [...] | 2009-08-06 08:20:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ |
09BAKU625 | SOCAR RESTRUCTURING: BACK IN THE USSR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In July, President Ilham Aliyev issued and signed several decrees affecting the oil and gas industry, primarily expanding the role and power of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR). A July 1 decree placed the state gas company, Azerigaz, under SOCAR's control, with the s [...] | 2009-08-06 11:27:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PREL AU AJ |
09BAKU637 | AZERBAIJAN: ARRESTS SUCCEED IN SUPPRESSING SOME [...] (C) Summary: Youth activist Agasif Shakiroglu was released from detention on August 7, and immediately conscripted into the army, despite the normal August break in conscriptions. Detained bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade remain in detention, however, and their lawyers indicate that th [...] | 2009-08-13 12:35:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ |
09BAKU644 | AZERBAIJAN: DAS BRYZA ENGAGES PRESIDENT ALIYEV ON [...] (C) Summary: During his August 12 visit to Azerbaijan, outgoing EUR DAS Matthew Bryza discussed the case of arrested youth group leaders Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade (reftel A) with President Aliyev. The President took a more positive tone in this discussion than he had previously with Europ [...] | 2009-08-17 04:36:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ |
09BAKU655 | AZERBAIJAN'S PERSPECTIVE ON CASPAIN DELIMITATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 30, the Charge met with SOCAR Vice President Elshad Nassirov to discuss the recent public quarrel between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan over Caspian Sea Delimitation. Nassirov had more questions than answers regarding the "strange and sudden" behavior of the Turkmen Presi [...] | 2009-08-19 07:39:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PREL TX AJ |
09BAKU674 | AZERBAIJAN: HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES ROUNDUP, AUGUST [...] (U) This cable is the first of a regular series that will summarize major ongoing human rights issues in Azerbaijan. This series aims to pull together many different sources of information into one readable biweekly summary of human rights cases, with the aim of giving a fuller picture of Azer [...] | 2009-08-26 11:01:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KTIP AJ |
09BAKU677 | AZERBAIJAN: COMBATING TIP UPDATE FROM MIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) Anti-trafficking Unit is open to dialogue with the USG on the issue of combating trafficking in persons (TIP). On August 25 poloff met with the deputy head of the Unit, who offered an update on the many activities it is conducting in all thr [...] | 2009-08-28 08:14:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL PINR KTIP AJ |
09BAKU678 | IRAN: IRANIAN MARTIAL ARTS COACH CLAIMS MARTIAL [...] (C) Hooshang, a licensed martial arts coach and trainer from Tabriz currently visiting Baku (protect),told Baku Iran watcher that private martial arts clubs and their managers are under intense pressure to cooperate with Iranian intelligence and Revolutionary Guard organizations, both in tr [...] | 2009-08-28 08:14:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM AJ IR |
09BAKU680 | AZERBAIJAN: GERMAN MOD COMMENTS CLOSE OFF AWACS [...] (C) Summary. Local media gave top billing August 28 to reporting Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan's apparent refusal to allow Konya (Turkey)-based NATO AWACS aircraft to overfly their territory en route to their NATO missions over Afghanistan. The news broke through a statement by a German MOD sp [...] | 2009-08-31 03:51:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR AJ GE TX |
09BAKU687 | IRAN: NINJA BLACK BELT MASTER DETAILS USE OF MARTIAL ARTS CLUBS FOR REPRESSION; SAYS TABRIZIS "PRAGMATIC," CONFLICTED ON POST-ELECTION PROTESTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-01 05:38:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM AJ IR |
09BAKU694 | IRAN POLITICS: TEHRAN UNIVERSITY SCHOLAR DICSUSSES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-02 11:06:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR KIL AJ IR |
09BAKU695 | IRAN POLITICS: TEHRAN UNIVERSITYSCHOLAR STRESSES [...] (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX, told Baku Iran watcher that the latter is "more powerful than Ahmadinejad," and played a key role in the Iranian election fraud and other regime activities. He described Mesbah-Yazdi's political ideology as profoundly anti-democratic, and argued that his behind-the-scenes influenc [...] | 2009-09-02 11:09:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR KISL AJ IR |
09BAKU7 | PRESIDENTIAL POLITICAL ADVISER HOLDS OUT HOPE FOR [...] (C) Summary: After listening to warnings from UK Ambassador and the Charge that the ouster of VOA, Radio Liberty and the BBC from Azerbaijan's FM airwaves could seriously harm relations with the EU and the USG, Presidential Administration Social Policy Chief Ali Hasanov replied that "we are n [...] | 2009-01-07 12:09:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KHUM AJ |
09BAKU722 | GOAJ: THE NEXT GENERATION [...] (C) Summary: Ireli Public Union, formerly the Ireli Youth Movement, is a pro-government NGO focused on "developing Azerbaijani youth." In a September 2 meeting, Ireli's leadership explained the various projects the group is conducting, including summer camps, IT training, and a small grants [...] | 2009-09-10 06:18:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL PINR AJ |
09BAKU724 | VIOLATIONS WITNESSED IN FIRST HEARING FOR JAILED [...] (C) Summary: A pre-trial procedural hearing was held on September 4 in the case of jailed youth activists and bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade (reftels). Embassy officials were able to observe the hearing, unlike earlier hearings in this case, but many people, including officials from [...] | 2009-09-10 12:43:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ |
09BAKU73 | BAKU UP IN ARMS OVER ALLEGED RUSSIAN WEAPONS [...] (S) Summary and Comment: Official Baku has expressed vocal concerns since January 12, when press reports surfaced that Russia allegedly had transferred a quantity of vehicles, weapons and ammunition worth USD 800 million from the Russian Base No. 102 in Gyumri, Armenia to the Armenian armed f [...] | 2009-01-29 14:03:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL AM AJ |
09BAKU731 | HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES ROUNDUP, AUGUST 25-SEPTEMBER 11 [...] (U) This cable is part of a regular series that will summarize major ongoing human rights issues in Azerbaijan. This series aims to pull together many different sources of information into one readable biweekly summary of human rights cases, with the aim of giving a fuller picture of Azerbaija [...] | 2009-09-11 12:42:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KIRF AJ |
09BAKU738 | AZERBAIJAN: SUMMER 2009 MOSQUE CLOSURES, [...] (C) Summary: Through open source reporting and communication with embassy contacts, Post provides a list of specific allegations regarding mosque closures and destruction over the last four months. Much has been made in the press regarding these closures, with some alleging a trend of religio [...] | 2009-09-16 08:48:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ IR KISL PGOV PHUM PREL |
09BAKU742 | AZERBAIJAN: TRIAL CONTINUES FOR JAILED BLOGGERS [...] (C) Summary: The first hearing on evidence in the trial of youth activists and bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade was held on September 16. Before the hearing began, six well-known youth activists were arrested for wearing t-shirts saying "I am also a hooligan." All were released after t [...] | 2009-09-17 13:07:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ |
09BAKU743 | AZERBAIJAN'S DIASPORA SMALL, NOT POLITCALLY ACTIVE [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijan's diaspora of permanent migrs is small, although there are possibly 2 million labor migrants in Russia and Turkey. The diaspora has not been active in affairs in Azerbaijan or in the United States, but two new groups have recently formed: one pro-government and one pro [...] | 2009-09-18 06:05:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL SMIG AJ |
09BAKU744 | "LORDS OF THE MOUNTAINS" WILL FIGHT NO MORE FOREVER [...] (C) The Kashgai are a little-studied, semi-nomadic Turkic minority in Iran with a history of anti-government resistance. Recent interviews with Kashgai members, supplemented with information from other Iranians, suggest that most of the 1.5 million Kashgai, while still poorly educated and impo [...] | 2009-09-18 06:32:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON EAGR AJ IR |
09BAKU745 | IRAN: ALLEGED OPPOSITION STRATEGY: DEMONSTRATIONS, [...] (S) A Baku Iran watcher contact with a wide range of energy sector, government, and Mousavi advisor contacts, briefed Iran watcher on his recent trip to Tehran and Isfahan, where he met with Moussavi advisors, influential notables, and key economic figures. He related that current opposition [...] | 2009-09-18 10:02:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PGOV ECON ENRG PHUM KISL AJ IZ IR |
09BAKU749 | PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV - MICHAEL (CORLEONE) ON THE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev utilizes distinctly different approaches to foreign and domestic policies. He typically devises the former with pragmatism, restraint and a helpful bias toward integration with the West, yet at home his policies have become increasingly authorit [...] | 2009-09-18 11:17:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL AJ RU TU AM |
09BAKU759 | PRIVATE IRAN COMMENTS OF SISTANI, MALIKI, AND ALI [...] (S) A prominent Sh'ia cleric just returned from Iraq and Iran shared some of the Iran-related content of his recent meetings with Ayatollah Sistani, Prime Minister Maliki, and Ali Khomeini (a grandson of Ayatollah Khomeini). The cleric related that Maliki regards recent factional in-fighting [...] | 2009-09-24 07:07:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KISL PHUM AJ IZ IR |
09BAKU762 | SOURCES CLAIM RAFSANJANI, HASSAN KHOMEINI, AND [...] (S) Citing Rafsanjani family sources (which he refused to name),Hooshang, a University of Tehran Sociology professor and Iranian politics researcher told Baku Iran Watcher on September 23 that Ayatollah Rafsanjani and Hassan Khomeini (a grandson of the Ayatollah) met with Supreme Leader Kham [...] | 2009-09-24 12:01:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PGOV KISL AJ IR |
09BAKU763 | IRAN: STEEL SECTOR OUTPUT DECLINES AMIDST PURGES; [...] (S) A Baku Iran watcher contact with a wide range of energy sector and government contacts briefed Iran watcher on his recent trip to Tehran and Isfahan, where he met with energy contacts and key economic figures. In Isfahan he met with the Chairman of Iran's biggest steel company, who told [...] | 2009-09-24 12:01:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PGOV ECON ENRG AJ IZ IR |
09BAKU776 | NAGORNO-KARABAKH STATE OF PLAY VIEWED FROM BAKU [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Baku realistically sees few prospects for a near-term breakthrough, i.e., at Chisinau and immediately thereafter, that would pave the way for a peaceful and favorable resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict. The fallout from the August 2008 war in Georgia and th [...] | 2009-09-30 03:43:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU AM RU GG AJ |
09BAKU777 | HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES ROUNDUP, SEPTEMBER 11-28 [...] (U) This cable is part of a regular series that will summarize major ongoing human rights issues in Azerbaijan. This series aims to pull together many different sources of information into one readable biweekly summary of human rights cases, with the aim of giving a fuller picture of Azerbaija [...] | 2009-09-30 06:26:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ |
09BAKU782 | SUBJECT: SCENESETTER FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your visit to Baku comes on the heels of successful visits by Department of State Deputy Secretary Steinberg and U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Issues Morningstar. The mood here remains skeptical about the new U.S. Administration, fed by perceptions that the U.S. is pro [...] | 2009-09-30 13:16:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PREL ARM TU AJ |
09BAKU784 | AZERBAIJANI PARLIAMENT OPENS FALL SESSION [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 30 parliament opened its fall session. Pro-government MPs congratulated themselves on opening a large new office building. Opposition MPs complained about the arrest of youth activist bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade (reftel),and the opposition,s lack of inf [...] | 2009-10-01 10:05:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AJ |
09BAKU787 | CRACKS IN THE FACADE: BAKU LOSING PATIENCE WITH [...] (C) Summary: This cable contains an action request, please see paragraph 5. Reftels describe the uncharacteristically calm reactions of the GOAJ to developments between Turkey and Armenia since the August 31 announcement of a six-week period of political consultations leading up to the signi [...] | 2009-10-02 12:57:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU AM AJ |
09BAKU790 | 3 MONTHS AND COUNTING: JAILED BLOGGER CASE DRAGS ON [...] (C) Summary: On September 18, 29 and October 1 three more hearings were held in the trial of jailed youth activists Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade (reftel). The defense lawyers continued to question prosecution witness intensely, while state prosecutor Jeyhun Kazimov continued to object forcef [...] | 2009-10-05 11:56:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ |
09BAKU801 | IRAN'S UNIMPRESSIVE REGIONAL ROLE [...] (S) This cable deals with Iran's political effectiveness as a state player in the Caucasus and Caspian region. Baku observers see Iran's current regional activities as anti-Western, reactive, entirely self-focused, and frequently driven by an opaque and unpredictable decision making process [...] | 2009-10-07 12:44:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON ELTN SNAR AM GG AJ RU IR |
09BAKU802 | FORMER YOUTH LEADER JOINS THE OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 6 Emboffs met with Razi Nurullayev, the newly elected deputy-chairman of the Azerbaijan Popular Front (PFP) to discuss the party's plans for the December municipal elections. Nurullayev stated that the six major opposition parties would not/not be running as a bloc. He [...] | 2009-10-07 13:35:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINR AJ |
09BAKU804 | IRAN'S UNIMPRESSIVE REGIONAL ROLE [...] (S) This cable deals with Iran's political effectiveness as a state player in the Caucasus and Caspian region. Baku observers see Iran's current regional activities as anti-Western, reactive, entirely self-focused, and frequently driven by an opaque and unpredictable decision making process [...] | 2009-10-08 06:44:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON ELTN SNAR AM GG AJ RU IR |
09BAKU806 | IRAN'S UNIMPRESSIVE REGIONAL ROLE [...] (S) This cable deals with Iran's political effectiveness as a state player in the Caucasus and Caspian region. Baku observers see Iran's current regional activities as anti-Western, reactive, entirely self-focused, and frequently driven by an opaque and unpredictable decision making process [...] | 2009-10-08 11:10:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON ELTN SNAR AM GG AJ RU IR |
09BAKU813 | LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's municipal elections will be held on December 23 this year. The Central Election Commission (CEC) is working hard to prepare all necessary regulations for the election, although choosing this late date looks suspiciously like the GOAJ is trying to avoid international [...] | 2009-10-14 09:44:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ |
09BAKU816 | AZERBAIJAN MFA RESPONSE TO CEIP MOU [...] (SBU) Embassy received the following Diplomatic Note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to the draft Memorandum of Understanding presented to the GOAJ in December 2008 per Reftel instructions: Begin Text. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan presents [...] | 2009-10-14 12:41:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ENRG PREL AJ |
09BAKU820 | BAKU SCENESETTER FOR DAS KAIDANOW'S OCT 22-24 VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Baku on the heels of the signing of the historic Turkey-Armenia protocols. Given tensions in the region, it will be an important opportunity to build upon the reassurances offered by Deputy Secretary of State Steinberg and Energy Deputy Secretary Poneman. Azerbaijan [...] | 2009-10-15 12:06:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PGOV PREL AM TU RU AJ |
09BAKU829 | AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT INTENT TO ENFORCE TURKISH [...] (C) Summary. Azerbaijani reaction to the signing of the Turkey-Armenia protocols has been cagey but restrained. The interval between the announcement of the "road map" in April and the ultimate signing of the protocols appears to have given Aliyev time to overcome his anger at what he still p [...] | 2009-10-16 12:34:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AM TU AJ |
09BAKU836 | AZERBAIJAN'S PARLIAMENT DEBATES TURKEY-ARMENIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the first session of parliament in three weeks, MPs debated the recent signing of the protocols between Turkey and Armenia. Several opposition MPs criticized the recent anti-Turkish rhetoric used by the GOAJ, including the removal of Turkish flags from public parks. High-level [...] | 2009-10-20 13:11:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL TU AM AJ |
09BAKU848 | AZERBAIJAN: FOREIGN MINISTER EXPLAINS RATIONALE [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Ambassador Tina Kaidanow had a wide-ranging discussion in an introductory meeting with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov in Baku October 23. Mammadyarov said the negotiations on Nagorno-Karabakh are "so close" to a breakthrough, but lamented Armenian &delay [...] | 2009-10-28 05:52:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER TU AM AJ |
09BAKU849 | AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT DISCUSSES TURKEY-ARMENIA, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-28 08:46:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER AM TU RU AJ |
09BAKU850 | AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT DISCUSSES TURKEY-ARMENIA, [...] (C) Summary: In a notably cordial meeting with DAS Tina Kaidanow, President Aliyev emphasized a long record of cooperation ) energy, security, counter-terrorism, regional development ) and said that Azerbaijan fully expects Turkey to hold to its promise not to ratify the rapprochement protoco [...] | 2009-10-28 09:44:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER AM TU RU AJ |
09BAKU856 | AZERBAIJAN: LARGE TRAFFICKING RING OF BOSNIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 28 poloff and OSCE were introduced by a local NGO to a house full of victims of trafficking for labor exploitation. There are about 346 Bosnian Serb men who were brought over the last six months to Azerbaijan to work on construction projects. According to their stories [...] | 2009-10-29 20:02:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL PINR KTIP BK SR AJ |
09BAKU86 | EU COMMISSIONER FERRERO-WALDNER TRIP TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 21 EU Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner visited Baku. Her first point in her meeting with President Aliyev was media freedom; President Aliyev took the opportunity to criticize sharply the content of Radio Liberty while suggesting that he had [...] | 2009-02-02 12:04:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM AJ |
09BAKU861 | SCENESTER FOR NOVEMBER 4 SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: This Security Dialogue comes at a frankly uncomfortable point in our bilateral relations. U.S. support for Turkey-Armenia rapprochement adds to the pre-existing disquiet over Section 907 in particular, and the general sense of doubt in Baku that the United States has enough inte [...] | 2009-10-30 13:08:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ |
09BAKU863 | AZERBAIJAN: LARGE TRAFFICKING RING OF BOSNIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 28 poloff and OSCE were introduced by a local NGO to a house full of victims of trafficking for labor exploitation. There are about 346 mostly Bosnian Serb men who were brought over the last six months to Azerbaijan to work on construction projects. According to thei [...] | 2009-11-02 09:32:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL PINR KTIP BK SR AJ |
09BAKU865 | HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES ROUNDUP, OCTOBER 1-30 [...] (U) This cable is part of a regular series that will summarize major ongoing human rights issues in Azerbaijan. This series aims to pull together many different sources of information into one readable biweekly summary of human rights cases, with the aim of giving a fuller picture of Azerbaija [...] | 2009-11-02 13:44:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ |
09BAKU868 | DAS KAIDANOW DISCUSSES POLITICAL REFORM WITH CIVIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR DAS Tina Kaidanow met with six leaders of Azerbaijan's civil society on October 23. All six agreed that Azerbaijan is headed in the wrong direction on democracy and human rights, and that USG support was needed on this issue. They highlighted support of youth as critical, in [...] | 2009-11-04 06:01:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ |
09BAKU87 | NAKHCHIVAN: A WORLD UPSIDE DOWN [...] (C) Summary: On January 27 Poloff visited the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (AR) along with Claire Delessard, the Political Advisor to the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus. Nakhchivan is the ancestral home of late president Heydar Aliyev, and has been run essentially as a fi [...] | 2009-02-02 13:10:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ |
09BAKU870 | "WAR OF THE FLAGS" OVER, TURKISH PARLIAMENTIANS [...] (C) Summary: The so-called "war of the flags" is over, and the consensus among observers is that the result of Baku's tantrum over the "trashcan incident" in Bursa and the removal of Turkish flags from a war memorial in Baku is a net loss in Turkish sympathy for Azerbaijan. On Turkey's nati [...] | 2009-11-04 10:18:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU AM AJ |
09BAKU886 | AZERBAIJAN: RFI ON SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] (C) This cable responds to reftel A. Answers follow Reftel A sequence. A.) The United States and Azerbaijan have established a Security Dialogue, chaired by State and MFA at the Deputy Minister/Assistant Secretary level; and Bilateral Defense Consultations (BDC),at the Deputy Chief of Genera [...] | 2009-11-10 13:33:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ |
09BAKU892 | AZERBAIJAN: DEMARCHE ON UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C)On November 13 poloff delivered reftel demarche to Jala Ibrahimova of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office of International Security, which coordinates all UN votes for Azerbaijan. Ibrahimova stated that a final decision on Azerbaijan's votes on these resolutions was not yet made, and sh [...] | 2009-11-13 12:48:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM PGOV AJ |
09BAKU898 | REACTIONS TO BLOGGER GUILTY VERDICT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU, the OSCE, and the Council of Europe, in addition to the Norwegian and German governments, have issued statements of concern regarding the November 11 guilty verdict and sentencing of youth activists Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade. EU Special Envoy Peter Semneby raised it [...] | 2009-11-17 12:46:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ |
09BAKU904 | AZERBAIJAN: EUSR VISIT DISCUSSION OF BLOGGERS, [...] (C) Summary: On November 18, the political advisor to Peter Semneby, EU Special Representative (EUSR) for the South Caucasus, briefed poloff on Semneby's recent trip to Baku and Yerevan that concluded November 16 and included meetings with both Presidents, the Azerbaijani FM and Russian Ambass [...] | 2009-11-19 12:45:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ENRG RU TX AM TU AJ |
09BAKU905 | AZERBAIJAN: TREASURY A/S COHEN DISCUSSES AML/CTF [...] (U) SUMMARY: During his first visit to Baku, October 21-22, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, David S. Cohen, met with relevant Government and Embassy officials as well as private sector bankers and business representatives. A dinner meeting with representatives from Azerbaijan's Pasha B [...] | 2009-11-19 13:23:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SNAR EIND PGOV PTER AJ |
09BAKU906 | AZERBAIJAN WILL LIKELY BE ABSENT FROM UNGA VOTE ON [...] (C) Azerbaijani MFA Attache Jaleh Ibrahimova informed poloff of Azerbaijan's voting decision on the reftel votes at UNGA. Azerbaijan will abstain from all resolutions on the DPRK and will vote against all resolutions on Burma, as they had in the past. While the final decision has not been mad [...] | 2009-11-20 11:38:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM PGOV AJ |
09BAKU907 | IRANIAN ACTIONS AGAINST SAUDI ARABIA, NEW ANTI-US [...] (S/NOFORN) Baku Iran watcher met on Thursday evening November 19 with an Iranian-Azerbaijani journalist/magazine editor who has reported reliably in the past. The Iranian provided the following information that he claimed to have received from a network of sources, including staff of members [...] | 2009-11-20 12:24:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PGOV PREL KISL PHUM PROP SA YM AJ IR |
09BAKU909 | IRANIAN ACTIONS AGAINST SAUDI ARABIA, NEW ANTI-US [...] (S/NOFORN) Baku Iran watcher met on Thursday evening November 19 with an Iranian-Azerbaijani journalist/magazine editor who has reported reliably in the past. The Iranian provided the following information that he claimed to have received from a network of sources, including staff of members [...] | 2009-11-20 12:58:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PGOV PREL KISL PHUM PROP SA YM AJ IR |
09BAKU911 | AZERBAIJAN: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (U) In response to reftel A, post provides the following information for the interim assessment of Azerbaijan's progress on combating trafficking in persons. Implementing the NRM and Identifying Victims for Assistance --------------------------------------------- -------------- 2. (SBU) T [...] | 2009-11-23 14:03:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL PINR KTIP AJ |
09BAKU915 | ALLEGED IRANIAN SNSC DEBATE ON SAUDI, USG ISSUES [...] (S) On November 23, Baku Iran watcher held a follow-up meeting with the Baku-based Iranian contact who provided the information related reftel. At the meeting source provided additional information concerning the alleged content of a November meeting of the Iranian Supreme National Security [...] | 2009-11-25 09:26:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PGOV PREL INRA SA YM AJ IR |
09BAKU917 | AZERBAIJAN: NOMINATION FOR 2009 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF [...] (SBU) Full Name: Leyla Yunusova Job Title/Association: Director, Institute for Peace and Democracy Date of Birth: December 21, 1955 Place of Birth: Baku, Azerbaijan Citizenship: Republic of Azerbaijan Address: 38-2 Sh.Badalbeily St., Baku 370014 Azerbaijan Phone number: +99412 497-32-00 Ema [...] | 2009-11-25 09:41:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KWMN AJ |
09BAKU918 | AZERBAIJAN: 2009 INCSR PART 1 SUBMISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 09:41:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM AJ |
09BAKU921 | ALLEGED IRANIAN SNSC DEBATE ON SAUDI, USG ISSUES [...] (S) On November 23, Baku Iran watcher held a follow-up meeting with the Baku-based Iranian contact who provided the information related reftel. At the meeting source provided additional information concerning the alleged content of a November meeting of the Iranian Supreme National Security [...] | 2009-11-25 11:03:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PGOV PREL INRA SA YM AJ IR |
09BAKU923 | AZERBAIJAN: ADDIDTIONAL AFGHAN SUPPORT DEMARCHE [...] (C) Charge, accompanying Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Dr. Celeste Wallander, delivered Reftel A demarche November 23 to President Ilham Aliyev, Minister of Defense Gen-Col Safar Abiyev and Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov. 2. (C) The primary additional contribution con [...] | 2009-11-25 11:17:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR AJ AF |
09BAKU924 | VIOLATIONS REPORTED IN MUNICIPAL ELECTION REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Major opposition parties Umid ("Hope") and Musavat ("Equality") reported to Embassy officials a number of violations of election procedures in the registration process for the December 23 municipal elections, including pressure on their candidates. These parties have also filed [...] | 2009-11-25 11:49:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM AJ |
09BAKU927 | AZERBAIJAN: FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES POSSIBLE [...] (S) DASD Dr. Celeste Wallander met with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov in Baku November 23. On Afghanistan, the Minister argued against large troop increases but did not totally close off the possibility of EUCOM assessing Azerbaijani forces for a TEP. He said Azerbaijan had [...] | 2009-12-01 06:48:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PGOV PREL ENRG IR AF AM AJ |
09BAKU940 | AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR ON [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov, meeting December 3 with EUR/CARC Office Director Ethan Goldrich, had kind words of support for President Obama's December 1 speech and the Afghanistan mission. Azerbaijan, based on Turkey's assurances, sees a link between Turke [...] | 2009-12-08 11:30:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG IR AF AM AJ |
09BAKU942 | HITTING THE PERSIAN POCKETBOOK: IRAN INFLATION [...] (C) The magnitude of inflation in Iran and the reliability of Iranian government inflation and income statistics are long-standing matters of dispute among Iran watchers within and without the USG. This cable attempts to clarify these issues by providing the results of an informal salary and [...] | 2009-12-08 12:56:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN SNAR PGOV AJ IZ IR |
09BAKU943 | C-REN-02185: AZERBAIJAN'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] (S) This cable replies to Reftel A. Azerbaijan is a critical node of theBlack Sea leg of NDN. It is the one country on he route that absolutely must be transited if tht leg of NDN is to bypass Russian and Iranian territory en route to theater. As of December 4, 30 percent (1,414 of 4,793) o [...] | 2009-12-08 13:01:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PGOV PREL ENRG MARR MOPS AF AM AJ |
09BAKU955 | AZERBAIJAN: MPS DEBATE NK AND DEMOCRATIC REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a lively, sometimes heated, discussion on December 3, Members of Parliament from different political parties talked about the major problems facing Azerbaijan with Ethan Goldrich, visiting Director of the State Department's Office of Caucasus Affairs and Regional Conflicts. Al [...] | 2009-12-11 10:44:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL SZ AJ |
09BAKU963 | AZERBAIJAN: COMUSAFE VISITS KEY AIR BASE [...] (C) Summary: Commander, U.S. Air Forces Europe GEN Roger Brady, USAF visited Baku on December 8, meeting with Defense Minister Gen-Col. Safar Abiyev and visiting the nearby Nasosnaya Air Base. The uncharacteristically short meeting with the Defense Minister did not lead to substantive discus [...] | 2009-12-14 09:59:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV PINR AJ AF AM |
09BAKU965 | AZERBAIJAN: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-15 13:14:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL AJ IR |
09BAKU972 | IRANIAN SNSC ON AFGHANISTAN, OPPOSITION ARRESTS [...] (S/NOFORN) Baku Iran watcher met again with an Iranian-Azerbaijani journalist/magazine editor who previously reported on recent deliberations of the Supreme National Security Council (Shuraye Aliye Amniate Melli),and other issues (reftels). Baku contact has been known to Iran watcher for ov [...] | 2009-12-17 14:02:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV SA AJ SY IR |
09BAKU979 | AZERBAIJAN: US COUNCIL ON INTL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (C) Summary: From 07-12 December 2009, Embassy Baku hosted Catherine Cosman and Mary Zeng from the staff of the U.S. Council for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). Cosman and Zeng met a wide range of official and religious contacts before attending a 10-11 December human rights confere [...] | 2009-12-21 13:04:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KISL IR AJ |
09BAKU981 | AZERBAIJAN: MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS CAMPAIGN VERY QUIET [...] (SBU) Summary: Azerbaijan will conduct municipal elections December 23. Embassy Baku will field several teams of election observers, mainly in Baku city and immediate regions, but will not issue a statement on the free or fair nature of the vote. OSCE/ODIHR will not monitor the election. Cam [...] | 2009-12-22 11:57:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM AJ |
09BAKU987 | AZERBAIJAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: BUSINESS AS USUAL [...] (SBU) Election day in Azerbaijan, based on informal Embassy observation in Baku and the immediate surroundings, was generally unremarkable, with an absence of enthusiasm on the part of the population and a heavy dose of cynicism among voters and non-voters alike. Polling stations in the metro [...] | 2009-12-23 13:34:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HUM KDEM AJ |
09BAKU990 | Azerbaijan (Sort of) Celebrates Muharram, Ashoura [...] (SBU) On December 18, Muslims worldwide started celebrations for the holy month of Muharram. In Azerbaijan, the date was marked by a simple statement, without fanfare, from the Caucasus Muslim Board. For Shi'a Muslims, including those in Azerbaijan and neighboring Iran, Muharram has a special [...] | 2009-12-24 08:51:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KISL SCUL SOCI AJ IR |
09BAKU994 | INFORMATION ON IRAN OPPOSITION ARRESTS; HARSH [...] (C) Baku-based Iranian contacts with known contacts with opposition figures provided Baku Iran watcher with a validated arrest list of some key opposition figures arrested late on December 27 and early on December 28. The list is not comprehensive but does provide a sense of the breadth of wha [...] | 2009-12-29 08:57:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM AJ IR |
09BAMAKO105 | A TUAREG PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN 2012? [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-23 14:09:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PINR ML |
09BAMAKO107 | THIS WEEK IN NORTHERN MALI: REBEL DISARMAMENT AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-23 15:23:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ASEC PTER PREL ML |
09BAMAKO112 | JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES IN KITA DISCUSS 2008 CHILD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 16:56:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KJUS KTIP PGOV ML |
09BAMAKO118 | A CHINESE BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER NIGER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-26 11:53:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID CH ECON EIND ETRD EINT ML |
09BAMAKO12 | TALKS BETWEEN MALI AND TUAREG REBELS BREAK DOWN IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-09 09:16:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PINS ASEC ML |
09BAMAKO128 | WITH EYE ON 2012, SECOND LARGEST POLITICAL PARTY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-03 16:50:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ML |
09BAMAKO145 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (C) Post is not aware of any critical infrastructure or key resources in Mali that meet the criteria laid out in reftel. MILOVANOVIC [...] | 2009-03-10 16:23:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ML |
09BAMAKO146 | PRESIDENT TOURE'S BOOSTERS FACE IDENTITY CRISIS AS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-11 11:28:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM ML |
09BAMAKO170 | MALIAN PRESS COVERAGE OF DEATH OF ALLEGED AQIM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-19 16:41:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINS PINR PGOV ASEC ML |
09BAMAKO172 | IN FOOTBALL STADIUM FULL OF FOLLOWERS, ROCK STAR [...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 15 celebration of the Muslim holiday of Mawloud at one of Bamako's largest football stadiums, imam and preacher Cherif Ousmane Madani Haidara praised U.S. support for Mali's Muslim community before a crowd of 35 to 40,000 followers. Haidara, who routinely attract [...] | 2009-03-20 07:40:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KDEM KISL KIRF ML |
09BAMAKO173 | POLITICAL PARTIES FINALIZE THEIR LISTS FOR APRIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-20 08:38:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ML |
09BAMAKO194 | FORM OVER FUNCTION: MALI'S FIGHT AGAINST [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-30 13:02:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KTIP ML |
09BAMAKO200 | MALI STRENGTHENS ECONOMIC TIES WITH IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 11:58:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL ML IR |
09BAMAKO213 | LIFE TO GO: RWANDAN GENOCIDAIRES DOING TIME IN MALI [...] (SBU) Summary: Mali's penitentiary system is home to 14 Rwandans, including former Prime Minister Jean Kambanda and two other Ministers, convicted of genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Eight of the Rwandans in Mali are serving life sentences. Under the term [...] | 2009-04-08 11:03:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM ML |
09BAMAKO217 | LOCAL ELECTIONS TRUMP TUAREG REBEL CONCERNS IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-09 14:21:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS PINR ASEC PREL ML |
09BAMAKO226 | SOME NEW MINISTERS AND MINISTRIES IN MALI, BUT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-14 16:47:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR EFIN PINR |
09BAMAKO232 | MALI ARRESTS ITS OWN AUDITOR GENERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-16 13:40:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR PHUM ML |
09BAMAKO234 | Eager Malian Audiences Learn about U.S. Civil Rights from [...] Summary. From March 22 - 27, ARS/IIP Speaker Sheldon Austin delighted Malian audiences with lectures on the American Civil Rights movement from the early days of slavery through the inauguration of President Obama. Whether part of an audience of 600 students or at a roundtable of journalists, [...] | 2009-04-17 09:16:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PHUM KPAO ML |
09BAMAKO24 | GAO POLICE BLOTTER: MORE GRENADES AND CARJACKINGS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-13 16:27:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PINS PINR PHUM ML |
09BAMAKO245 | FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER RENEWS PLEDGE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-20 16:55:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PREL ASEC PTER ML |
09BAMAKO246 | MALI RELEASES SOME TUAREG PRISONERS AND ONE MURDER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-20 16:58:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PINR PREL PGOV ASEC ML |
09BAMAKO257 | TUAREG CLAIMS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AS ICRC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-27 09:27:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL PTER PGOV ML |
09BAMAKO259 | LOCAL ELECTIONS IN MALI: A QUIET DAY AT THE POLLS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-27 16:23:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ML |
09BAMAKO266 | MALI ANSWERS INTERPOL'S CALL BY ARRESTING DRUG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-30 09:48:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KJUS PREL ML |
09BAMAKO267 | MALI'S ONLY ISLAMIC POLITICAL PARTY FALLS ON HARD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-30 12:28:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KISL KDEM KIRF ML |
09BAMAKO268 | MORE TUAREG PESSIMISM OVER ACCORDS AND AQIM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-30 14:53:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PINR ASEC PGOV PREL ML |
09BAMAKO27 | MALI SETS APRIL 26 DATE FOR 2009 LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-13 16:31:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM ML |
09BAMAKO277 | LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS SET STAGE FOR 2012 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-07 11:42:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM ML |
09BAMAKO280 | ELECTORAL TENSIONS IN TARKINT: WHERE AQIM, ARAB [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-08 11:05:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS PINR ASEC PTER ML |
09BAMAKO295 | MALI: DEMARCHE ON NORTH KOREA SANCTIONS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-14 16:28:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM ML |
09BAMAKO3 | A NORTHERN MALI NEW YEAR'S SPECIAL: GRENADES, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-05 16:42:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PINS ASEC ML |
09BAMAKO302 | SURPRISED WINNERS AND SORE LOSERS: SMALL TIME [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-20 10:36:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINS ML |
09BAMAKO317 | MALIAN POLICE PREVENT MEETING OF HOMOSEXUALS IN [...] Summary: On April 13 Malian police prevented a gay and lesbian group from holding a meeting on the margins of an HIV/AIDS conference supported by a local NGO in Bamako. Although police dissuaded the group from meeting, erroneous local newspaper reports to the contrary prompted a group of sen [...] | 2009-05-27 14:44:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KISL ML |
09BAMAKO321 | IN HASTE, MALI POSTS FLAWED LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-28 16:30:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ML |
09BAMAKO355 | NORTHERN MALI'S REACTION TO EXECUTION OF BRITISH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-05 11:10:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PINS PGOV ML |
09BAMAKO375 | STRIKE OUT! MALI'S MAGISTRATES RETURN TO WORK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-09 16:29:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KJUS ML |
09BAMAKO383 | ARMED ASSAILANTS ASSASSINATE COL. LAMANA OULD BOU [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-11 15:41:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PINS PHUM PGOV ASEC ML |
09BAMAKO387 | PRESIDENT TOURE READY TO TARGET AQIM, WITH HELP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-12 11:16:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PINS PINR ASEC ML |
09BAMAKO399 | NORTHERN MALIAN ARABS TAKE DEMOCRACY HOSTAGE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-16 16:17:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS ASEC KDEM ML |
09BAMAKO402 | ATT'S ANNIVERSARY PRESS CONFERENCE: "NO KIDDING, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-19 09:54:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER PINR KDEM ML |
09BAMAKO415 | RUNNING ON FUMES: MALI'S SOLDIERS EXPOSED IN THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-25 15:18:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PREL PTER ML |
09BAMAKO44 | YOUTH GROUP LEADER ARRESTED AFTER CALLING FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-22 15:22:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM ML |
09BAMAKO445 | AMBUSH: AQIM INFLICTS HEAVY LOSSES IN BATTLE WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-06 16:09:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PREL PTER ML |
09BAMAKO452 | MALI: UN RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] On July 7, Embassy delivered reftel demarche to the Americas and Europe Desk Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mahamadou Nimaga. Nimaga thanked Embassy for its comments, and said that Mali fully supported United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874. Nimaga further stated that Mali is [...] | 2009-07-08 14:40:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM ML |
09BAMAKO453 | MALI: ITSO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Embassy delivered reftel demarche on July 7. Desk Officer for the Americas and Europe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mahamadou Nimaga thanked Embassy for its remarks. Nimaga said the Ministry would communicate the USG's concerns to the Malian government's representative at the International [...] | 2009-07-08 14:40:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM ML |
09BAMAKO460 | LICKING ITS WOUNDS: MALI REGROUPS, HOSTAGE RELEASED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-14 07:19:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PREL PTER ML |
09BAMAKO479 | A TALE OF TWO RIOTS IN WESTERN MALI [...] Summary: During the week of July 13, authorities were faced with two outbreaks of violence in western Mali. On July 15, youth groups in Kita looted and burned public buildings when the news spread that tax officers had killed a transporter who refused to stop at a security checkpoint. Severa [...] | 2009-07-16 14:11:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID KDEM PINR PINS ECON ML |
09BAMAKO504 | MALI FINDS NEW ALLIES AGAINST AQIM [...] (U) Embassies Algiers and Tripoli have cleared on this message. 2. (C) Summary: During a pause in Mali's offensive against Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM),Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) has been active in lining up new allies for that fight. On the margins of a confere [...] | 2009-07-29 14:19:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PREL PTER ML |
09BAMAKO509 | ARBITRARY DETENTION: ATT ORDERS ACQUITTED MAN TO [...] (C) Summary: On May 27, the Supreme Court of Mali reversed the conviction for embezzlement of Mamadou Baba Diawara, the former CEO of one of Mali's largest banks, and ordered that he and an accomplice be released from prison. The Minister of Justice, on orders from President Amadou Toumani Tou [...] | 2009-07-31 09:39:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM ML |
09BAMAKO53 | LOCAL ELECTIONS, LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-27 09:01:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC |
09BAMAKO538 | MALI USING SPECIALIZED UNITS IN FIGHT AGAINST AQIM [...] (U) This report is a joint effort of the Pol/Econ section and the Office of the Defense Attache. 2. (S) Summary: Faced with mobile enemies on harsh terrain, the Malian Army has created a number of specialized units known as Echelons Tactiques Inter Armes, or ETIAs. The ETIAs are small, mob [...] | 2009-08-12 18:26:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PGOV PINS PINR PREL PTER ML |
09BAMAKO55 | MALI'S AUDITOR GENERAL RESISTS PRESSURE TO RESIGN, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-27 13:51:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR ML |
09BAMAKO551 | MALI APPROVES NEW FAMILY CODE: ISLAMISTS UPSET [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-18 16:28:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ML |
09BAMAKO566 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MARSHALL VISIT TO MALI [...] (SBU) Summary: We warmly welcome CODEL Marshall's upcoming visit to Mali. The CODEL?s visit will provide an important opportunity to highlight U.S. support for a moderate, majority Muslim democracy that stands as an example for West Africa and beyond. Mali is a strong opponent of terrorism a [...] | 2009-08-26 13:52:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV MASS ML |
09BAMAKO567 | KIDAL TUAREGS DISCUSS THEIR ROLE IN CHANGING [...] (C) Summary: On August 4, EmbOffs met with Kidal Iforas Tuareg leaders Ahmada ag Bibi, Deputy of Abeibara and head of the Tuareg alliance, Democratic Alliance for Change (ADC); Alghabass ag Intallah, Deputy of Kidal; and Presidential Advisor Acherif Ag Mohamed. The three presented themselves [...] | 2009-08-26 14:19:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS ML |
09BAMAKO58 | BAHANGA RELEASES LAST THREE MALIAN SOLDIERS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-28 16:40:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS ASEC PREL ML |
09BAMAKO580 | NOT SO FAST: ATT SENDS FAMILY CODE BACK TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-02 15:47:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ML |
09BAMAKO598 | NORTHERN MALIAN ETHNIC COMMUNITIES MEET IN AGOUNI, [...] (C) Summary: On August 1-2, the Berabiche Arab community of Timbuktu organized and hosted a rare meeting of representatives of all Northern Malian ethnic communities, (the first such meeting in 10 years),to discuss the threat posed by Al-Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). G [...] | 2009-09-14 16:16:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS ML |
09BAMAKO602 | MALIAN UNGA AND AFRICA-SOUTH AMERICA SUMMIT [...] (SBU) UNGA: PolCouns delivered reftel demarches and invitations to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas/Europe Bureau Chief Hamadou Albachir Toure and took the opportunity to speak both about UNGA objectives and the Africa-South America Summit (SASA) hosted by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. [...] | 2009-09-15 18:37:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNGA ML VE |
09BAMAKO608 | CODEL MARSHALL MEETS WITH MALIAN PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-17 08:45:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV PINS MASS ML |
09BAMAKO619 | PRESIDENT TOURE READY TO TARGET AQIM, WITH HELP [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Milovanovic met with President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) on September 17 to reinforce the need for Malian cooperation with the extensive program of training and equipping the Malian Army to confront Al Q,Aeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in the North of [...] | 2009-09-24 11:19:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PINS PINR ASEC ML |
09BAMAKO623 | RFI REPORTED MALIAN ARMY SEIZURE OF ARMS AND DRUGS [...] (C) Summary: Radio France International (RFI) reported on September 17 that the Malian Army seized arms and drugs from a three vehicle caravan heading across the Malian desert to Mauritania. The report was reprinted in a few Malian newspapers, however, not the official government newspaper, [...] | 2009-09-25 12:59:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER ML |
09BAMAKO643 | MALI REACHES OUT TO ITS DIASPORA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-06 11:53:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL |
09BAMAKO645 | EMBASSY FORWARDING LETTER FROM ATT TO PRESIDENT [...] On October 2, the Embassy received a letter from Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure addressed to President Barack Obama regretting ATT's inability to attend the President's working lunch with African leaders in New York on September 22, on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly. [...] | 2009-10-07 11:49:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ML |
09BAMAKO666 | COSMETIC CHANGES IN STORE FOR THE MALIAN JUDICIARY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-16 13:02:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS PHUM ML |
09BAMAKO669 | AFRICOM DEPUTY COMMANDER MUELLER MEETS WITH [...] (S) On October 14, Vice Admiral Robert T. Moeller, Deputy Commander of the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) met with the Ambassador to discuss U.S. security assistance to the government of Mali. 2. (S) Admiral Moeller noted that, after CENTCOM, counterterrorism priorities currently make AF [...] | 2009-10-19 07:32:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | MARR ML PGOV PREL PTER |
09BAMAKO679 | A STOLEN MILITARY VEHICLE? DEPENDS WHO YOU TALK TO [...] (C) Several POL contacts recently reported that on September 29 militia elements close to a Malian Army Colonel stole a vehicle from the Malian Army's base in Kidal city. The contacts said about five to seven armed perpetrators entered the base in broad daylight and with no resistance from Arm [...] | 2009-10-20 16:23:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV MARR MCAP ML |
09BAMAKO680 | MALI'S LARGEST PARTY PREPARING FOR 2012 [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the next presidential elections are over two years away, Mali's political scene is already gearing up for what is expected to be a wide-open campaign. As the first declared candidates announce the start of their campaigns, Mali's largest political party, the Alliance for [...] | 2009-10-20 18:47:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM ML |
09BAMAKO686 | A TRIP TO GAO HIGHLIGHTS MISSION OBJECTIVES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-22 09:25:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | MARR ML PGOV PHUM |
09BAMAKO69 | FROM THE LIBYAN PEOPLE: A TUAREG "DISARMAMENT" [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-02 14:15:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC ML |
09BAMAKO694 | MANEUVERING CONTINUES AROUND FAMILY CODE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-27 16:27:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ML |
09BAMAKO695 | THE HIGH ISLAMIC COUNCIL - A VIEW FROM THE [...] (SBU) In a recent conversation with the Embassy, Kidal's representative to the national High Islamic Council (HCI),Moussa ag Ali, noted the presence of internal tensions between the provincial and national level of the HCI and between ethnic groups represented in the HCI. Moussa's account i [...] | 2009-10-27 16:30:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI ML |
09BAMAKO697 | NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT AGENCY SLOWLY RAMPING UP [...] (SBU) The Northern Mali Development Agency (ADN) announced in July 2009 the start of its economic reinsertion program for Northern Malian youth who were participants in the 2006 rebellion. The program is starting with CFA 1.1 billion (USD 2.4 million) of a total CFA 22.6 billion (USD 50.2 [...] | 2009-10-29 17:00:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PREL ML |
09BAMAKO70 | DISORGANIZATION AND LACK OF FUNDS MAY DELAY LOCAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-03 15:30:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ML |
09BAMAKO700 | MALI: ENCOURAGING AU PSC TO ACTION ON NIGER [...] (SBU) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director of Political Affairs Sekouba Cisse on Oct 29. Cisse expressed Mali's concern over the recent undemocratic developments in Niger, and assured Embassy of Mali's support of ECOWAS's decision to suspend Niger until a constitutionally legiti [...] | 2009-11-02 08:29:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ML NG |
09BAMAKO701 | MALI: 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 3RD COMMITTEE 2009 [...] (SBU) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Americas Bureau Director Albachir Toure on Oct 26. Toure did not have substantive comments regarding the upcoming votes on human rights resolutions in the UNGA Third Committee, however, he said he would pass the message to Mali's UN representatives. [...] | 2009-11-02 08:30:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ML |
09BAMAKO713 | SEASONAL ETHNIC VIOLENCE ALONG MALI-NIGER BORDER [...] (C) Summary: Malian press reports of violence between Tuareg and Peuhls along the Mali-Niger border reflect a seasonal phenomenon routine since the mid-1980s, but according to contacts from the Gao region scarce resources, differing pastoral cultures, and politics in Niger have aggravated the [...] | 2009-11-03 13:33:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PBTS ML NG |
09BAMAKO73 | FREE TO BE: OPPOSITION LAMBASTS GOVERNMENT AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-05 10:58:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ML |
09BAMAKO748 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 12:50:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR PINS ML |
09BAMAKO77 | LAW ENFORCEMENT, PRISONS, AND JUSTICE IN MALI: A [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent visit to detention centers in Bamako, Mali's Public Prosecutor for the Court of Appeals Mahamadou Boire met with staff and inmates to verify prison conditions, identify areas of concern, and propose potential solutions to the two most pressing problems facing [...] | 2009-02-06 09:07:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI PGOV ML |
09BAMAKO776 | AMBASSADOR AND GENERAL WARD MEET WITH MALIAN [...] (S) On November 27 the Ambassador and Commander of the U.S. Africa Command, General William E. ("Kip") Ward, met with Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) to discuss security in Northern Mali. ATT reiterated his commitment to take action against Al Q'Aida in the Lands of the Islamic Mag [...] | 2009-12-01 16:39:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | ASEC ML PGOV PINR PREL PTER |
09BAMAKO788 | RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST: SEEKING CANDIDATES FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-04 09:49:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ML |
09BAMAKO794 | NORTHERN RECONCILIATION EFFORTS YIELDING SOME FRUIT [...] (C) Summary: The ethnic communities of northern Mali met October 31 to November 2 to discuss security and development problems in their region. All northern communities participated, including former caste groups such as the Bellah. A follow-up commission was formed to dialogue with the cen [...] | 2009-12-10 15:29:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL ML |
09BAMAKO806 | MALI'S SECOND LARGEST UNION LEFT OUT IN THE COLD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-15 14:02:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ML |
09BAMAKO822 | DAWA MEETING IN KIDAL NOT MUCH TO TALK ABOUT [...] (S/NF) Summary: In early November the Dawa movement - also known as Jama,at al-Tabligh - hosted an international meeting in Kidal, Mali. Dawa arrived in Mali in the early-1990s and has not been able to attract a significant number of adherents. While a fundamentalist ideology, Dawa in Mali [...] | 2009-12-21 06:45:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET//NOFORN | KISL PINS PTER PGOV ML |
09BAMAKO839 | ARREST AND RELEASE OF A CHILD TRAFFICKER IN NIORO [...] (SBU) On December 17, Enda-Tiers Monde, an NGO that combats trafficking in children in west Africa, informed the Embassy that Malian authorities in Nioro du Sahel, Koulikoro Region arrested child trafficker Sidamar ag Cherif and rescued eight Tuareg children originally from Kidal. Ag Cherif w [...] | 2009-12-30 07:32:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ELAB KFRD SOCI ML |
09BAMAKO842 | MALI: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] The following constitutes Embassy Bamako's responses for the 2009 country report on terrorism for Mali per reftel. 2. In contrast to 2008, 2009 saw offensive terrorist activity on Malian soil. On May 31, Al-Qa,ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) executed a British citizen, Edwin Dyer, who had [...] | 2009-12-31 08:34:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PHUM ML |
09BAMAKO85 | IS THE REBELLION OVER? MALI BEATS BACK BAHANGA AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-12 12:28:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PINR PREL PGOV ASEC ML |
09BAMAKO97 | MALI: INCREASED LAW ENFORCEMENT AND JUDICIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 15:32:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KCRM ASEC ML |
09BAMAKO98 | OFF AGAIN ON AGAIN REGIONAL HEAD OF STATE SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 16:57:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS PGOV ML |
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN15 | BRUNEI: RELUCTANT TO LEAD IMT, AND CRITICAL OF [...] (SBU) Poloff on 15 January met with Haji Mulok Haji Jamat, the Deputy Director for East Asia and the Pacific Affairs in the Political I section of the Brunei Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Mulok told Poloff that Brunei plans to only supply monitors to the International Monitor [...] | 2009-01-27 07:26:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER BX |
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN150 | BRUNEI?S NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PARTY (NDP): CHANGING WITH THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-01 07:39:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL BX |
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN166 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESULTS OF U.S. - RUSSIA PRESIDENTIAL SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-14 07:57:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BX RU |
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN172 | BRUNEI'S REACTION TO 2009 TIP REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-17 04:42:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB KWMN PGOV PHUM BX |
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN185 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL NELSON VISIT TO BRUNEI DARUSSALAM [...] (SBU) Senator Nelson: Your August 16-18 visit to Brunei comes at an opportune moment. Our bilateral relationship with Brunei continues to improve as The Government of Brunei (GoB),lead by His Majesty the Sultan, seeks closer ties with the United States. Particular attention is focused on expa [...] | 2009-08-04 08:42:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ETRD BX |
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN191 | BRUNEI SUPPORTS ASEAN STATEMENT ON ASSK CONVICTION BUT [...] (SBU) Per Reftel, Charg delivered demarche to Sheikh Fadillah, Director, Political Affairs I, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Fadillah stated that Government of Brunei (GoB) fully supports the ASEAN Chair's statement on Burma and the conviction of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK). He note [...] | 2009-08-14 00:47:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL BX |
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN22 | BRUNEI: TERRITORIAL DISPUTES WITH MALAYSIA REMAIN [...] (U) Poloff and Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) on 21 January met with Pg Datin Shazainah Pd Sharifuuden, the acting director of Policy Planning in the Brunei Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Garry Ramlee, a research officer in Policy Planning, for an update on territorial disputes bet [...] | 2009-02-05 05:46:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON PGOV PREL PTER BX |
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN256 | BRUNEI'S ONLY POLITICAL PARTY WELCOMES U.S. ELECTION LAW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-27 02:51:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM PREL BX |
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN258 | BRUNEI'S PRISONS: CURRENT CONDITIONS AND FUTURE PLANS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 06:10:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM CASC BX |
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN267 | U.S.-BRUNEI DEFENSE DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) The U.S. and Brunei conduct an annual defense dialogue via the Joint Defense Working Committee (JDWC). The JDWC began in 1996 and this year's host is U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM). Brunei participates in the annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training Exercise (CARAT) with the U.S. M [...] | 2009-11-09 03:41:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BX |
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN288 | OVERVIEW OF BRUNEI'S HAJJ PILGRIMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Brunei (GoB) is committed to supporting the Hajj pilgrimage for Bruneian citizens, including recent converts to Islam. As Brunei's pilgrims return, it is useful to highlight how the GoB supports the annual Hajj pilgrimage. This year, there were 766 official Bru [...] | 2009-12-04 06:41:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL KIRF BX |
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN31 | BRUNEI STILL CONSIDERING KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 08:38:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ICJ KVIR AORC BX |
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN35 | CROWN PRINCE BILLAH AND LEE KUAN YEW DISCUSS BRUNEI AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 07:03:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR BX |
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN39 | BRUNEI FLOODS: IS THERE A LONG TERM IMPACT? [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-10 00:54:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR BX |
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN41 | PETROLEUM BRUNEI SEEKS EXPANSION OPPORTUNITIES [...] (SBU) DCM and Commercial Assistant recently met with the CEO and Head of Commercial Sales and Planning for Petroleum Brunei (PB). CEO Haji Jaafar Awang Bakar and Head of Planning, Danilo Verastigue, stated that Petroleum Brunei are not changing their current business plan and, in fact, are look [...] | 2009-03-11 08:22:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PINR BX |
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN59 | BRUNEI-MALAYSIA TERRITORIAL SETTLEMENT OVERSHADOWED BY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-24 07:54:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM ECON BX |
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN69 | BRUNEI SUPPORTIVE OF TCG EFFORTS IN BURMA [...] (C) Per Reftel, CDA McIntyre noted USG concerns regarding adverse actions taken by the Burmese government against the Tripartite Core Group's (TCG) existing authority in a March 26th meeting with Government of Brunei (GoB) officials. CDA urged GoB to discourage the recent restrictive conditions [...] | 2009-03-26 07:53:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PHUM PREL BM BX |
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN71 | AMBASSADOR TODD HOLDS WIDE RANGING DISCUSSION WITH [...] (C) Ambassador Todd met with Brunei Deputy Foreign Minister, Pehin Lim Jock Seng, on March 19th at Pehin Lim's request. Ambassador Todd pressed USG concerns regarding religious freedom, especially at private religious schools. Pehin Lim Jock expressed surprised and consternation that this iss [...] | 2009-03-27 07:57:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM PREL KIPR BX |
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN73 | AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE: BRUNEI LIKELY TO ATTEND [...] (SBU) After repeated discussions with DCM, Government of Brunei (GoB) officials confirmed that Brunei is planning on attending the March 31 "International Conference on Afghanistan" in the Netherlands. Ms. Janeh Sukaimi, Deputy Director, Politics II, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFA [...] | 2009-03-30 06:16:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AF BX |
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN81 | BRUNEI LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL: STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 07:58:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM ECON BX |
09BANGKOK1004 | THAI PRIME MINISTER ABHISIT AIMS FOR [...] (C) The Ambassador recommended to a top MFA official on April 21 that the RTG lift the state of emergency (SOE) in Bangkok as soon as possible. RTG officials tell us that they understand our view and are eager to rescind the SOE, but they are concerned about a continuing possibility of destab [...] | 2009-04-21 09:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS KDEM ASEC TH |
09BANGKOK1034 | THAI PRIME MINISTER LIFTS STATE OF EMERGENCY, [...] (C) The RTG at mid-day April 24 rescinded the state of emergency that had existed in Bangkok since April 12. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, meeting with Charge and visiting civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, said he hoped that Secretary Clinton would be able to sign an instrument for U.S [...] | 2009-04-24 10:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS KDEM ASEC TH |
09BANGKOK1053 | Local Broadcast Media Comes Under Fire During Songkran [...] (SBU) Summary: Local broadcast media was attacked from both sides of the political spectrum for its coverage of the recent anti-government protests in Thailand. Pro-Thaksin sympathizers heavily criticized local television stations for their allegedly one-sided coverage of the violent events th [...] | 2009-04-29 05:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO TH |
09BANGKOK1059 | THAKSIN'S REVOLUTIONARY RHETORIC [...] (C) In the run-up to mid-April riots in Bangkok, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra used increasingly incendiary rhetoric. Although Thaksin has subsequently asserted he supports only peaceful measures, his public call for a "revolution" and for the supremacy of "the people" over sometim [...] | 2009-04-29 10:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK1061 | TARGETED KILLINGS FEED CLIMATE OF FEAR AND [...] (C) Summary: Targeted killings of religious leaders, former detainees, alleged informants and collaborators, and human rights activists, with both security forces and insurgents to blame for cases that usually go unsolved, are exacerbating an environment of distrust and fear in Thailand's deep [...] | 2009-04-29 10:54:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL PTER TH |
09BANGKOK1095 | THAILAND SUPPORTS INCREASE TO ADB BUDGET [...] Econoff delivered Reftel talking points and received confirmation on April 30 from Mr. Peerakarn Buranakan, staff aide to Director General Somchai Sujjapongse from the Fiscal Policy Office at the Ministry of Finance (MOF),that the Royal Thai Government (RTG) supports a 200 percent general cap [...] | 2009-05-01 08:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EFIN EAID ADB TH |
09BANGKOK1096 | THAILAND SUPPORTS INCREASE TO ADB BUDGET [...] Econoff delivered Reftel talking points and received confirmation on April 30 from Mr. Peerakarn Buranakan, staff aide to Director General Somchai Sujjapongse from the Fiscal Policy Office at the Ministry of Finance (MOF),that the Royal Thai Government (RTG) supports a 200 percent general cap [...] | 2009-05-01 08:35:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EFIN EAID ADB TH |
09BANGKOK1101 | CROWD CONTROL DURING RECENT PROTESTS IN THAILAND [...] (C) The Thai Army, rather than the police, played the leading role in quelling angry demonstrations in Bangkok April 12-14. The Thai government's decision to rely on the Army may have stemmed from several factors, including the political views of leading Army and police officers, as well as l [...] | 2009-05-01 09:43:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PHUM KJUS KDEM ASEC MOPS TH |
09BANGKOK1103 | THAILAND: ASSISTANCE NGO TO LEAVE LAO HMONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 24, the NGO Doctors Without Borders (MSF) informed us of its plans to leave the detention center in Petchabun within the next two to four weeks. MSF cited Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) interference with its work providing medical care, food and water/sanitation. The B [...] | 2009-05-01 10:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK1132 | RECOMMENDATION TO PRUDENTIALLY REVOKE THAI EX-PM [...] (C) Post recommends that the Department prudentially revoke former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's U.S. non-immigrant visas. This recommendation is based on our belief that Thaksin has possibly committed a crime involving moral turpitude. The RTG has two arrest warrants outstanding for T [...] | 2009-05-07 07:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PREL PGOV PINR TH |
09BANGKOK114 | NEW "THAI PRIDE" PARTY (PHUMJAI THAI) BECOMES [...] (SBU) As legislators from dissolved political parties develop new party affiliations, it appears a faction of former People's Power Party legislators will comprise the second-largest coalition partner of the Democrat Party. This faction, loyal to Buriram politician Newin Chidchob, is at the c [...] | 2009-01-15 10:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK1146 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (U) Please see requests for further information in paras 2 and 3. GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM --------------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) In a joint demarche on May 5 with the embassies of Australia, Japan, and Russia, we delivered reftel talking points on th [...] | 2009-05-11 02:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PGOV PINR PREL ASR TH |
09BANGKOK1157 | LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT OF THE POLITICAL IMPASSE: [...] (C) As was the case in 2008 during the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) extended occupation of Government House, there are a variety of possible options for the Thai political elite to pursue in negotiating its way out of the current political impasse: constitutional amendments; amnesty f [...] | 2009-05-12 09:34:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK1166 | THAILAND: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES PRIVY COUNCILORS ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador hosted a lunch for Privy Council Chair Prem Tinsulanonda, Privy Councilor Surayud Chulanont, and Deputy Principal Private Secretary to the King Krit Garnjana-Goonchorn May 11. The conversation centered around former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, his motivations behind launchi [...] | 2009-05-13 07:26:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK1167 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: LOCAL OFFICIALS' VIEWS OF THE [...] (C) Summary: A range of provincial government and security officials gave us differing views about the security situation in the deep south, the state of the Malay Muslim insurgency, and possible government countermeasures during a mid-March trip to southern Thailand. A Narathiwat vice govern [...] | 2009-05-14 02:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
09BANGKOK1188 | THAI FM KASIT SENDS LETTER TO BURMESE FM ON ASSK; [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya told Ambassador on May 12 that he would engage the Burmese government on Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) situation, on behalf of both Thailand and ASEAN. Kasit's personal aide told us late May 14 that Kasit had signed a letter to the Burm [...] | 2009-05-14 10:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TH BM |
09BANGKOK1196 | THAI HOUSE SPEAKER ON CONGRESS AND BALANCING [...] (C) Speaker of the House of Representatives Chai Chidchob, in a May 14 call by the Ambassador, requested assistance in helping the Thai House build stronger ties with its U.S. counterpart. Chai said that the Thai-American Parliamentarian Friendship Group, consisting of 121 members, had reache [...] | 2009-05-15 09:17:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON TH CH |
09BANGKOK1197 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: FAMILIES OF DETAINEES VOICE [...] (SBU) Summary: The plight of families in the deep south that have had members detained as the result of counterinsurgency operations was the focus of a seminar at Prince of Songkhla University in Pattani that we attended in early May. The seminar organizer, the Cross Cultural Foundation (CCF [...] | 2009-05-15 09:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
09BANGKOK1200 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES POLITICS AND THE WAY FORWARD [...] (C) A leading associate of former Prime Minister Thaksin told the Ambassador in mid-May that pro-Thaksin supporters had poorly served their interests by engaging in violent riots in mid-April; a second associate reiterated his earlier assertion that the redshirt movement was now "way beyond Th [...] | 2009-05-15 10:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK1201 | THAILAND: RESPONSE TO ASSK'S ARREST [...] (C) Summary: Thai FM Kasit held a press conference May 15 to express concern over Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) situation, to call on the Burmese government not to extend her detention, and to ask the Burmese authorities to clarify the situation about the Amcit swimmer who visited ASSK's compound. [...] | 2009-05-15 10:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK1219 | THAILAND ISSUES AN ASEAN CHAIR STATEMENT CALLING [...] (SBU) Summary: In the absence of ASEAN consensus over the arrest/trial of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),Thailand issued an ASEAN Chair statement May 18 calling for the immediate release of ASSK. FM Kasit circulated the statement under the cover of a letter to ASEAN FMs and SecGen Surin May 18; on [...] | 2009-05-19 10:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK1223 | THAILAND: FM KASIT AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS BURMA, [...] (C) Summary: Thai FM Kasit Piromya hosted Ambassador for lunch May 20 to follow-up Kasit's April 24-26 visit to Washington and his May 16 telcon with Secretary Clinton. Burma and bilateral relations dominated the conversation. On Burma, Kasit stressed that the top priority should be Aung Sang [...] | 2009-05-20 10:32:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF TH |
09BANGKOK124 | AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ALLEGES TORTURE IN SOUTHERN [...] (C) Amnesty International (AI) released a report entitled "Thailand: Torture in the Southern Counter-Insurgency" on January 13. The report cited 34 accounts of alleged torture in the four southernmost provinces, including four cases that resulted in the death of the detainee. The report claim [...] | 2009-01-16 10:15:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK1246 | ASEAN DEBATES ASSK DETENTION [...] (C) EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary (and U.S. Ambassador to ASEAN) Scot Marciel attended the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) in Phuket May 19-20. He had a brief encounter with his Burmese counterpart, Director General for ASEAN Affairs U Than Tun, on the margins and [...] | 2009-05-21 10:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM TH BM |
09BANGKOK125 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: NEW PM ABHISIT'S PLAN FOR [...] (C) In a press conference for the Foreign Correspondents, Club of Thailand on January 14, Prime Minister Abhisit said resolution of the conflict in southern Thailand was among his government's top policy priorities. He said his government would restore the rule of law in all of Thailand, incl [...] | 2009-01-16 10:57:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
09BANGKOK1265 | THAI DOMESTIC POLITICAL ROUNDUP: PAD PROTEST GROUP [...] (SBU) The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) behind the "yellowshirt" protests in 2008 has resolved to form a political party, name and leader as yet uncertain. Deputy Agriculture Minister Chartchai Pookyaporn, under pressure from his Phumjai Thai party, resigned from the cabinet on May 26 [...] | 2009-05-26 10:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK1266 | TRAVELS ALONG THE MEKHONG: THAKSIN,S AURA [...] (C) Contacts along the border with Laos in northeastern Thailand told us prior to the mid-April Songkran riots that rural voters had begun to shift their focus beyond the personal draw of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to issues that affected their local communities. Despite the app [...] | 2009-05-26 10:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK1267 | THAI MFA CLARIFIES ASEAN STATEMENT ON ASSK; AIPMC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to Burmese criticism of the May 18 ASEAN Chair Statement calling for Aung Saan Suu Kyi's (ASSK) release (reftel),the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) released a clarification May 26 (text below). The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC) convened [...] | 2009-05-26 10:44:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TH BM |
09BANGKOK1268 | TRAFFICKING A PRIORITY CONCERN FOR THAI SECURITY [...] (C) During a recent trip to Northeast Thailand, security officials along the border with Laos emphasized to us concerns regarding illegal smuggling as cross-border trade and travel have increased. Officials were particularly worried about movements of people and goods through the Northeast du [...] | 2009-05-26 10:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR TH |
09BANGKOK1275 | THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER DISPUTE: MILITARY DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary. A May 21 phone conversation between Thai Army Commander General Anupong Paochinda and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen underscored efforts to preclude further clashes between the militaries of the two countries. The Director of the Thai Army's Foreign Liaison Division called talk [...] | 2009-05-27 10:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB |
09BANGKOK1276 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: ACADEMICS AND NGOS REFUTE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-27 10:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
09BANGKOK1290 | THAI MFA ISSUES STATEMENT ON DPRK NUCLEAR TEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) issued a statement May 26 condemning the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) May 25 nuclear test and expressing support for continued Six-Party Talks. Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya attended the Asia-Europe (ASEM) m [...] | 2009-05-28 09:26:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TH KN |
09BANGKOK1291 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: COORDINATED ARSON ATTACKS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Suspected insurgents conducted a series of coordinated bomb and arson attacks on commercial targets close to Yala city center, in Yala province early May 27. All though there were no casualties, press sources as well as independent analysts believe this was the largest coordinate [...] | 2009-05-28 09:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
09BANGKOK1296 | GAO LEARNS OF JADE ACT'S IMPACT IN THAILAND [...] (SBU) Summary: A Government Accountability Office (GAO) team visited Bangkok and Chantaburi May 12-15 to investigate the implementation and impact on Thailand of the U.S. Tom Lantos Block the Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts Act (JADE Act). Private gem dealers claim the JADE Act, which bans [...] | 2009-06-01 04:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON ETRD BM TH |
09BANGKOK1305 | AMBASSADOR RAISES SECURITY, REFUGEES, CUSTOMS, AND [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban assured the Ambassador that there would be no security problems during Secretary Clinton's July visit, in part because the authorities and local population in Phuket were sympathetic to the government. Suthep complained that former Prime Minister Th [...] | 2009-06-01 09:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PINS ECON ETRD TH BM LA |
09BANGKOK1306 | THAILAND TO CONSIDER U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN ICSC [...] (SBU) We engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Department of International Organizations official Ranoppun Kapittai on June 1 and conveyed reftel's points seeking support for Lucretia Myers' election to the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) during the upcoming 64th UN Gene [...] | 2009-06-01 09:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM UNGA KUNR KJUS KAWC |
09BANGKOK1315 | THAI SENATORS ASK GENERAL THAN SHWE TO RELEASE [...] (SBU) Thirty Thai Senators, led by Bangkok Senator Rosana Tositrakul, signed a May 25 letter to the Burmese State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) Chairman Senior General Than Shwe, requesting that the GOB free Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and create a better democratic environment in Burma. Th [...] | 2009-06-02 09:26:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TH BM |
09BANGKOK1320 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: TAK BAI DEATHS - NO ONE [...] (C) The Songkhla Provincial Court on May 29 ruled that security forces were not responsible for the deaths of 78 Malay Muslim Thais who died after security forces put down a demonstration at the Tak Bai police headquarters in 2004. The court decided that officers were merely performing their d [...] | 2009-06-02 10:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
09BANGKOK1340 | THAI SUPREME COMMANDER ASSURES AMBASSADOR ON [...] (C) Summary. Thai Armed Forces Supreme Commander General Songkitti Jaggabartra told the Ambassador that the Thai military was in the lead for security arrangements for the upcoming ASEAN ministerial meetings and assured that security would not be a problem during the visit of Secretary Clinton [...] | 2009-06-03 10:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF KPKO MOPS TH SU UN LA |
09BANGKOK1360 | THAI FM PRESSES CASE AGAINST BURMA AT ASEAN-EU [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Department of ASEAN Affairs Director Suchart Liengsaengthong on June 2 provided us with a readout of the ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting (AEMM) on May 27-28 in Phnom Penh (ref A). Suchart highlighted for us the efforts of Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya to add [...] | 2009-06-04 10:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TH BM |
09BANGKOK1374 | THAI HOUSE MEMBERS PUBLICLY CALL ON BURMA TO [...] (SBU) Twenty-two Thai women members of the House of Representatives issued an open letter to the media on June 3 calling on Burma to unconditionally release Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and other political prisoners. All but one of the 22 MPs are members of the Democrat Party. MP Pusadee Tamthai [...] | 2009-06-08 09:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TH BM |
09BANGKOK1388 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: TWELVE KILLED IN MOSQUE ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: In one of the most lethal recent acts of violence, gunmen on June 8 entered a mosque during evening prayers in Cho Airong District of Narathiwat province (bordering Malaysia) and killed 12 people. The killings follow a surge in violence that appears to have resulted from the May [...] | 2009-06-09 10:34:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
09BANGKOK140 | THAI COURT SENTENCES AUSTRALIAN TO THREE YEARS FOR [...] (C) The Thai Criminal Court sentenced Australian author Harry Nicolaides January 19 to three years imprisonment for the criminal offense of lese majeste, or offense to the monarchy, related to remarks in his 2005 novel Verisimilitude. Nicolaides had remained imprisoned without bail since bein [...] | 2009-01-20 10:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK1400 | THAILAND DECLINES REQUEST TO HOST ASIA PACIFIC [...] (SBU) On June 9, the Thai MFA informed the ROK Embassy in Bangkok that the RTG was unwilling to host the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) and assume the APDP chairmanship in 2010. The RTG claimed that its other international obligations, including prepa [...] | 2009-06-10 09:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK1401 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: FOREIGN VIEWS OF THAI [...] (C) The brutal June 8 attack by unknown perpetrators on a mosque in Narathiwat province (reftel) may set back efforts to ameliorate the conflict in southern Thailand. Over the past weeks, various foreign observers privately expressed divergent views about the likelihood and possible modalities [...] | 2009-06-10 09:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER PINS TH MY |
09BANGKOK1415 | ASEAN SYG SURIN DISCUSSES ASSK TRIAL AND OTHER [...] (C) Embassy Rangoon Charge d'Affaires Dinger met in Bangkok with ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan June 10. Surin sees the ASEAN Charter as already building political will in the region. He praised ASEAN Ministers for spending an hour at the recent ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting (AEMM) in [...] | 2009-06-12 07:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM TH BM |
09BANGKOK1417 | SIX THAI POLICEMEN CHARGED WITH TEEN'S 2004 MURDER [...] (C) The Department of Special Investigations (DSI) has charged six Royal Thai Police (RTP) officers with the July 2004 premeditated murder of 17-year-old Kiattisak Thitboonkrong. Kiattisak is just one of over 20 young men who died suspiciously in Kalasin Province from 2003-2005 in what appear [...] | 2009-06-14 23:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM TH |
09BANGKOK1485 | ENGAGEMENT ON LAO HMONG ISSUE YIELDS CONTINUED [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Ambassador to Laos, Ravic Huso, met with Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) International Organizations Deputy Director General Ittiporn Boonpracong, and Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) Border Division Chief LTG Niphat Thonglek on June 11 and 12 to discuss the ongoing cu [...] | 2009-06-19 09:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF TH LA |
09BANGKOK1491 | PRO-THAKSIN CANDIDATE WINS BELLWETHER HOUSE [...] (C) A pro-Thaksin candidate trounced the representative of coalition member Phumjai Thai party in a June 21 House of Representatives by-election in the upper northeastern province of Sakon Nakhon. The election was widely seen as a test of the influence of both former Prime Minister Thaksin an [...] | 2009-06-22 07:54:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK1494 | THAI MFA STILL NEBULOUS ON AHF RECALL DETAILS, [...] (U) This is an action request cable; see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: Thai officials are still unclear on the details of when and how an interdicted shipment of anhydrous hydrogen fluoride (AHF) might be returned to Thailand from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and told us June 16 that they have d [...] | 2009-06-22 10:26:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL TH |
09BANGKOK1508 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE JUNE 8 [...] (S) Summary: The cycle of violence and reprisals in southern Thailand continues to spike in the aftermath of the May 29 Tak Bai post mortem inquest ruling which determined that security forces were merely performing their duties according to their responsibilities when 78 Malay Muslims died in [...] | 2009-06-24 10:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
09BANGKOK1541 | THAKSIN SUPPORTER WINS BY-ELECTION; "REDSHIRTS" [...] (C) The Puea Thai (opposition) party won a by-election for a House of Representatives seat in the northeastern province of Sisaket on June 28. Garnering 124,327 votes, Surachart Charnpradit defeated Sakulthip Angkasakullkiat, from the Chart Thai Pattana party (a member of the governing coalit [...] | 2009-06-29 08:29:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM ASEC TH |
09BANGKOK1569 | THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER DISPUTE: TENSIONS INCREASE, [...] (C) Summary: Tensions between Thailand and Cambodia in regard to their border dispute have increased recently after the Thai Cabinet decided to renew its objection to the World Heritage Committee's (WHC) listing of the Preah Vihear temple, based on a unilateral Cambodian submission in 2008, in [...] | 2009-07-01 10:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB |
09BANGKOK163 | NEW PM TACKLES THAILAND'S ECONOMIC CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Thailand's fourth quarter economic figures show an "economy in crisis," Prime Minister Abhisit Vejajjiva told numerous local and foreign audiences over the last several weeks during a non-stop schedule of speeches to woo the country with his cabinet's economic stimulus plans. "Ma [...] | 2009-01-22 10:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KIPR PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK164 | PUSHING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, THAI PM LIGHTS FIRE [...] (C) Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva ordered top police officers to accelerate investigations into unsolved high-profile crimes during a closed-door meeting on January 21. Abhisit flagged several Thaksin-era cases, including the 2004 disappearance of Muslim lawyer Somchai Neelaipaijit and th [...] | 2009-01-22 11:39:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK1653 | PROBLEMS FOR THAI FOREIGN MINISTER KASIT - [...] (C) Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya is again under scrutiny for his role in the late 2008 protests which shut down Bangkok's airports for eight days. On July 1 Royal Thai Police quietly issued a summons to Kasit and several dozen other leading People's Alliance for Democracy figures for [...] | 2009-07-10 11:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK1662 | THAILAND SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S JULY [...] (C) Madam Secretary: You will arrive July 21 in a Kingdom of Thailand divided politically and focused inward, uncertain about the country's future after revered but ailing 81 year old King Bhumibol eventually passes. Despite a deep and broad alliance partnership that continues to deliver sign [...] | 2009-07-13 07:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK1705 | AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON RESULTS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-15 10:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL |
09BANGKOK1720 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL CASEY'S MEETING WITH THAI [...] (C) Summary. General Casey, your meeting with Thai Army Commander General Anupong will afford the opportunity to highlight the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests and emphasize our support for important areas of our mil-mil relationship. Our military relationship provide [...] | 2009-07-16 23:43:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK1729 | LINGERING APPEAL OF THAKSIN IN THAILAND,S [...] (SBU) Summary. A range of contacts from the local Buriram powerbase for Newin Chidchob in lower Isaan (northeastern Thailand) told us that Phumjai Thai, Newin's political party, held considerable advantages through control of ministries and the allegiance of local power brokers. While these a [...] | 2009-07-17 10:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK1763 | SECRETARY CLINTON'S BANGKOK "TOWNTERVIEW": SUBSTANTIVE, [...] Summary: During Secretary Clinton's recent trip to Bangkok she participated in a one-hour hybrid media event organized by the Embassy Public Affairs Section. The "Townterview," as some have called it, combined both an exclusive interview and a town hall setting. The program was hosted by two [...] | 2009-07-24 06:13:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV OIIP PREL SCUL OPRC TH |
09BANGKOK1817 | THAILAND: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH RED-SHIRT LEADERS [...] (C) The Ambassador on July 17, as part of an on-going embassy effort, met with a group of core United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) red-shirt activists to encourage domestic political dialogue, assess their plans surrounding the July ASEAN and ARF meetings in Phuket, and to as [...] | 2009-07-29 09:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK1822 | THAILAND: EAP A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH DPM [...] (C) Summary. During a July 21 meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban told EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell and the Ambassador that the Abhisit Vejjajiva government was committed to resolving the political conflict via the rule of law and democracy. The government would not be [...] | 2009-07-29 10:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM PTER TH CB |
09BANGKOK1841 | THAILAND: EAP A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH PHEU [...] (C) Summary. During a July 21 meeting with the opposition Pheu Thai party leaders and supporters, East Asian and Pacific Affairs Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell urged more open dialogue among political actors and peaceful reconciliation to Thailand's political conflict. Chaturon Chaiseng, [...] | 2009-07-30 09:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TH |
09BANGKOK1842 | THAILAND: FM KASIT EXPLAINS ASEAN AND ARF RESULTS, [...] (C) Summary: Thai FM Kasit invited the diplomatic corps to an ASEAN Ministerial and ASEAN Regional Forum readout session July 30. His comments covered ASEAN aspirations going forward as a "community of peoples," global challenges facing the region, and security challenges, specifically North K [...] | 2009-07-30 11:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ARF TH BM KN |
09BANGKOK1901 | THAILAND SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR WEBB'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Senator Webb, Embassy Bangkok looks forward to welcoming you back to Thailand. Your visit will afford a chance to express the United States' commitment for Thailand's democracy in meeting its current challenges and emerging strengthened, as well as to engage Thai officials and others on [...] | 2009-08-05 10:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINS TH |
09BANGKOK1939 | THAILAND: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES FM KASIT ON US-THAI [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador engaged Thai FM Kasit Piromya August 6 on U.S.-Thai relations, DRPK and the ARF Chair Statement, Burma and Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),Cambodian border issues, the Lao Hmong, and Viktor Bout's extradition. Ambassador and Kasit agreed on the need to elevate the nature of t [...] | 2009-08-07 09:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM BM TH |
09BANGKOK1948 | INITIATIVES TO COUNTER TORTURE IN THAILAND [...] (SBU) Summary: In the wake of Thailand's accession to the United Nations Convention Against Torture (UNCAT) in October 2007, the RTG has launched a number of initiatives to improve awareness of and implementation of UNCAT. Most focus domestically is on the situation in the Deep South, which i [...] | 2009-08-07 10:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM DRL TH |
09BANGKOK1980 | SOUTHERN THAILAND: ENDURING VIOLENCE AND THE WAY [...] (C) The conflict in Thailand's Deep South, which entered a new, more violent phase in January 2004, has ground on for five and a half years, cost some 3500 lives, and has no end in sight. At its core, the conflict is about identity, sovereign control, justice, and the Royal Thai Government,s [...] | 2009-08-12 06:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TH |
09BANGKOK2003 | THAILAND ISSUES ASEAN CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT IN [...] (C) Summary and comment. Thailand issued an ASEAN Chairman's statement on August 11 reiterating the call for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) as well as all other political prisoners, with the goal of allowing them to participate in the 2010 general elections and paving the way for nati [...] | 2009-08-13 10:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TH BM |
09BANGKOK2009 | ABHISIT,S SIX MONTH CHECK-UP: STAYIN ALIVE, [...] (C) Defying the longevity projections of seasoned Thai political handicappers everywhere, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva recently marked the six-month point in his tenure by mounting a public defense of his administration's record to date. Abhisit expressed optimism that his government had [...] | 2009-08-14 08:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK2034 | RED SHIRTS PEACEFULLY PETITION THE KING [...] (C) On August 17, more than 20,000 "red-shirt" sympathizers of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra assembled in a park adjacent to the Grand Palace to show support for a massive signature gathering petition campaign seeking royal amnesty for Thaksin (Ref A). Despite wide spread concerns [...] | 2009-08-17 11:15:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK2035 | THAILAND NPT KEY CONTACTS [...] (U) Post is pleased to provide the following points of contact in Thailand for NPT issues. The Foreign Ministry's Peace, Security and Disarmament Division, which is part of the MFA's Department of International Organizations, has the leading role for NPT issues. Key contacts are: -- Chitry [...] | 2009-08-17 11:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA TH |
09BANGKOK2045 | SENATOR WEBB FOCUSES ON BURMA WITH PM AND FM; [...] (C) Summary. During the course of August 17 meetings with Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Foreign Minister Kasit Pirmoya, Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) shared the details of his recent visit to Burma and outlined his thoughts on breaking the impasse with the regime. Both Kasit and Vejjajiva not [...] | 2009-08-18 08:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER TH BM RS |
09BANGKOK206 | AMBASSADOR AND CROWN PRINCE DISCUSS POLITICS, [...] (U) The Ambassador had a private New Year's audience with Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn for 45 minutes at the Amporn Palace in Bangkok on January 26. The Crown Prince's consort, Princess Srirasmi, also attended. Political Scene --------------- 2. (C) The Crown Prince noted it was clear to [...] | 2009-01-27 09:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON ETRD KJUS KCRM TH |
09BANGKOK208 | ONE MONTH CHECK: AMBASSADOR'S INTERLOCUTORS [...] (C) One month into the government of PM Abhisit Vejajjiva, a series of interlocutors shared generally positive impressions of the new PM's initial weeks in office with Ambassador but seemed more animated discussing the opposition, particularly ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra's lingering influence fro [...] | 2009-01-27 10:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK209 | THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER DISPUTE: THAI FM KASIT'S [...] (U) Summary: A January 26 visit to Cambodia by Thai FM Kasit Piromya produced positive statements by both sides regarding the ongoing border dispute centered on territory around the Preah Vihear temple. Kasit met Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong; press reports [...] | 2009-01-27 10:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB |
09BANGKOK2096 | SOUTHERN THAILAND: THE HDC DIALOGUE RESUMES [...] (S) In a late July meeting, HD Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HDC) representative Michael Vatikiotis briefed us on RTG efforts to revive the HDC brokered dialogue between the Thai government and insurgents in southern Thailand. In subsequent meetings with CG in Chang Mai, Mark Tamthai, Dir [...] | 2009-08-21 04:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL PTER TH |
09BANGKOK2125 | THAILAND: PM ABHISIT LOSES POLICE CHIEF [...] (C) In the latest sign of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's tenuous political positioning, the Royal Thai Police Office's 11-member board rejected Abhisit's nominee for the National Police Chief job August 20. The vote represented not only an embarrassing public rebuke for Abhisit, but it al [...] | 2009-08-24 10:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK213 | U.S.-THAI RELATIONS: SUSTAINING OUR IMPORTANT [...] (C) Summary. As one of five U.S. treaty allies in Asia and straddling a major force projection air/sea corridor, Thailand remains crucial to U.S. interests in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. Underpinning our strong bilateral relations is the U.S.-Thai security relationship, which is base [...] | 2009-01-28 07:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK2149 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: MIDDAY BOMB ATTACK IN [...] (S) Summary: A car bomb exploded August 25 in front of a restaurant in the deep southern province of Narathiwat, injuring over 40 people; no one was killed, however. The incident bears many of the hallmarks of an insurgent style attack, though mid-day bombings are still rare for an insurgency [...] | 2009-08-26 10:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
09BANGKOK2167 | KING BHUMIBOL WARNS OF RUIN IN THE ABSENCE OF [...] (C) On August 21, 81-year-old Thai King Bhumibol carefully dipped his feet into Thailand's boiling political waters, warning the Thai people that, among other things, "without cooperation, the country may actually fall to ruin." The comments, delivered during an audience with civil servants [...] | 2009-08-27 06:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK2180 | THE RED-SHIRTS ARE COMING....AGAIN [...] (C) Despite King Bhumibol's August 21 appeal for national unity (REF A),the anti-government United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD),aka the "red-shirts," continued preparations for a planned August 30 demonstration. In response, on August 25 Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's [...] | 2009-08-28 08:29:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK2182 | AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG DELEGATION MEETINGS IN BANGKOK [...] (C) Summary. During meetings with the Thai Ministry of Foreign Relations and the Bank of Thailand, Ambassador Philip Goldberg and delegation stressed the importance of full implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1874 and 1718. Thai Foreign Ministry officials reiterated [...] | 2009-08-28 10:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC EFIN KNNP UNSC TH KN |
09BANGKOK2186 | THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER DISPUTE: THAI ARMY ASSESSES [...] (C) Thai and Cambodian press reports over the past week indicated that Cambodia would reduce the number of troops in the Preah Vihear area after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen August 22 announced a troop reduction, possibly by much as fifty percent. Hun Sen's announcement preceded a visit by [...] | 2009-08-28 11:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB |
09BANGKOK2187 | THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER DISPUTE: THAI ARMY ASSESSES [...] (C) Thai and Cambodian press reports over the past week indicated that Cambodia would reduce the number of troops in the Preah Vihear area after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen August 22 announced a troop reduction, possibly by much as fifty percent. Hun Sen's announcement preceded a visit by [...] | 2009-08-28 11:23:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB |
09BANGKOK2195 | COUP RUMORS REAPPEAR BUT EVEN REDS DOUBT THEM [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Despite renewed rumors of potential military intervention in the political conflict, spread as far as we can tell by anti-government red-shirt sources, Royal Thai Army (RTA) Commander in Chief General Anupong Paochinda appears resolute in his stance in keeping the Army [...] | 2009-08-31 09:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK2207 | THAILAND: DEMOCRAT PARTY PREVAILS IN SOUTHERN [...] (SBU) According to unofficial results reported in the Thai media, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's governing Democrat party won a resounding victory in an August 30 House of Representatives by-election in the southern province of Surat Thani. Democrat candidate Thani Thaugsuban -- Deputy PM [...] | 2009-08-31 11:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK2208 | THE ASEAN INTER-GOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION ON HUMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ASEAN plans to launch its newly-developed human rights body, the ASEAN Inter-Governmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) at the 15th ASEAN Summit in October in Thailand. Although local and international NGOs have already described the Terms of Reference (ToR) adopted by Fore [...] | 2009-08-31 12:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM DRL TH |
09BANGKOK2226 | SOUTHERN THAILAND: CONFLICT, CONFLICTING GOALS [...] (SBU) Summary: Issues of identity, language, violence against teachers, and quality of instruction are some of the key challenges facing the educational environment and its impact on life in southern Thailand, according to academic, government, and NGO interlocutors we engaged in southern Thai [...] | 2009-09-02 10:58:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
09BANGKOK225 | THAI PARLIAMENT OFFERS ASSENT FOR UPCOMING ASEAN [...] (SBU) Summary: After several months of delays, the Thai parliament on January 27 approved 41 ASEAN-related draft agreements, as required by the 2007 Thai Constitution, but sent two agreements to a specially-established scrutiny committee before final approval. The votes allow the RTG to sign [...] | 2009-01-28 10:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK2260 | PRIVY COUNCIL MEMBERS, PALACE OFFICIAL QUASH [...] (C) Summary: Privy Council Members and a palace official publicly and privately September 2-3 have dampened speculation about the potential for any pardon or "deal" for fugitive former PM Thaksin Shinawatra. The Thai media widely reported the September 2 comments of Privy Councilor Ampol Sena [...] | 2009-09-04 08:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK2278 | THAI THOUGHTS ON NPT REVIEW AND HOPES FOR BANGKOK [...] (C) We met September 4 with Cherdkiat Atthakor, Director of the MFA's Peace, Security and Disarmament Division, to discuss reftel questions regarding the NPT review cycle. Cherdkiat welcomed President Obama's prioritization of non-proliferation concerns and of arms control. The approach was a [...] | 2009-09-08 09:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09BANGKOK2286 | EXECUTIONS RESUME IN THAILAND AFTER SIX YEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 24, the Royal Thai Government (RTG) executed two Thai drug traffickers by lethal injection after their request for a King's pardon was rejected; these were the first executions in Thailand since 2003. The overall Thai reaction was a shrug; there remains high societal [...] | 2009-09-09 04:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM DRL TH |
09BANGKOK2289 | THAI DOMESTIC POLITICAL ROUNDUP: ABHISIT,S [...] (C) Above and beyond the challenges associated with steering Thailand out of the economic morass, PM Abhisit continues to grapple with a seemingly endless litany of political problems both inside and outside his party, including in-fighting with Deputy PM Suthep. Questions about possible elec [...] | 2009-09-09 10:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK23 | SENATOR WEBB REVIEWS U.S.-THAI RELATIONS WITH FM [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Senator Jim Webb underscored the importance of the U.S.-Thai bilateral relationship in a series of wide ranging meetings that included Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya; former Ambassador to the U.S. and now Deputy Principal Private Secretary to His Majesty the King, Krit Garn [...] | 2009-01-07 07:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP TH |
09BANGKOK2307 | SOUTHERN THAILAND: NOT ALL VIOLENCE INSURGENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The violence in Thailand's Deep South cannot exclusively be attributed to the insurgency, according to a range of academic, government, and NGO contacts we engaged on an August 16-19 trip to Thailand's southern three provinces. Other key factors behind incidents of violence/mur [...] | 2009-09-10 08:54:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
09BANGKOK2342 | "KILL THE CHICKEN TO WARN THE MONKEY": NEW LESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Thai judiciary sentenced red political activist Daranee "Da Torpedo" Charnchoengsilpakul to 18 years in prison August 28 for lese majeste offenses committed in a series of speeches at red-shirt rallies in June-July 2008. The handling of the case demonstrated both the sensitivi [...] | 2009-09-15 10:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM DRL TH |
09BANGKOK2349 | THAILAND/ASEAN: REQUEST FOR USG CONCURRENCE OF TAC [...] (SBU) This is an action request: please provide a response to the request for U.S. concurrence with the proposed Third Protocol to allow the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC) to be amended to enable regional organizations to accede to the TAC. 2. (SBU) Thailand, as cur [...] | 2009-09-16 07:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK2352 | THAILAND: ELECTION COMMISSION FLEXES MUSCLES ON MP [...] (C) Over the course of the last three months, the Election Commission has indicted a total of 29 House members and 16 Senators, out of 480 and 150 respectively, from across the party spectrum for conflict of interest transgressions related to share holdings in media or telecom firms with state [...] | 2009-09-16 09:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK2368 | THAILAND: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES MFA ON IRAN AND [...] (SBU) On September 16, the Ambassador met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Acting Permanent Secretary Chitriya Pinthong to deliver Ref A talking points on Iran, as well as to emphasize the importance of Thailand fulfilling its commitment to the UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur, Sudan (U [...] | 2009-09-17 07:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK2369 | THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER DISPUTE: WEEKEND PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary: Yellow-shirt supporters plan a September 19 protest in the vicinity of Preah Vihear temple to demand that Cambodia civilians vacate the disputed territory adjacent to the temple. The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) claims that the Thai government has surrendered sovereignty [...] | 2009-09-17 09:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB |
09BANGKOK2385 | THAILAND: NEW SURVEY POINTS TO STRENGTH OF THAI [...] (C) On September 16, the Asia Foundation released the results of a new public opinion survey on Constitutional Reform and Democracy in Thailand. The Ambassador met with the Asia Foundation's leadership on September 17 to discuss the survey's findings, which among other things, revealed a deep [...] | 2009-09-18 08:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK2386 | THAILAND: RED SHIRTS PREPARE TO MARCH ON THIRD [...] (C) Summary: The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD),aka the "red-shirts," will gather at Sanam Luang on Saturday, September 19 to mark the third anniversary of the coup that ousted fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. UDD leaders claim an estimated 50-60,000 [...] | 2009-09-18 08:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK2388 | PAPER AIRPLANE AND PANDA NAMING CONTEST WINNERS [...] (U) Summary: Two recent high profile feel-good cases involving stateless children winning nationwide contests with overseas trip prizes have drawn attention to the plight of those in Thailand who lack citizenship. Mong Thongdee, the Chiang Mai-born son of Burmese migrants, won a national paper [...] | 2009-09-18 09:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK2401 | THAILAND: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES PM ABHISIT ON UNGA, [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Ambassador met PM Abhisit Vejajjiva at Government House September 18 to review a wide range of issues likely to arise during Abhisit's upcoming September 21-26 trip to NY and Pittsburgh for the UN General Assembly, the G20 Summit, and a Thai "business roadshow" outreac [...] | 2009-09-21 10:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK2402 | THAILAND: AMBASSADOR,S MEETING WITH THE OPPOSITION [...] (C) On September 18, the Ambassador met with Yongyuth Wichait, the leader of the opposition Puea Thai Party, to sound him out on a number of issues of importance to the opposition. Former Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama joined the meeting as well. Yongyuth expressed confidence in Puea Thai [...] | 2009-09-21 10:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK2405 | THAILAND'S MARCHING SEASON: BRAWL NEAR BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary: September 19 proved to be a day of dueling political rallies in Thailand. The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD),aka "the red-shirt" supporters of fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, gathered in Bangkok to mark the third anniversary of the mil [...] | 2009-09-21 11:23:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK2418 | THAILAND: RUBBER SAPLING VERDICT BOUNCES [...] (C) On September 21, the Supreme Court acquitted all 44 defendants -- including five former cabinet ministers under fugitive former PM Thaksin -- of corruption and malfeasance charges stemming from a 2003 rubber sapling procurement project. Newin Chidchob, godfather of government coalition p [...] | 2009-09-23 11:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK2455 | THAILAND: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES RECONCILIATION WITH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Niphon Promphan, Secretary-General for Prime Minister Abhisit and a trusted advisor of Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn, on September 24. Niphon expressed exasperation with the prolonged political stalemate and what he characterized as a degradation of Thai politica [...] | 2009-09-28 05:23:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK2459 | THAILAND: CHARTER CHANGE ONE STEP CLOSER TO REALITY [...] (U) Summary: On September 24, the joint parliament whips resolved to draft legislation to amend six articles of the 2007 Constitution. The whips will meet again on October 1 to determine the modalities of presenting and approving the proposed amendments, which touch on how MPs and Senators are [...] | 2009-09-28 06:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK2464 | THAILAND: PREVIEWING THE RESULTS OF THE BURMA [...] (C) Summary: Charge previewed the results of our Burma policy review to MFA East Asian Director General Kittiphong na Ranong September 28, per reftel. Kittiphong probed U.S. thinking on how we planned to handle incremental next steps, expressed both doubt that the regime would take the first [...] | 2009-09-28 10:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM TH |
09BANGKOK247 | OPPOSITION PARTY AND ACTIVISTS PUT PRESSURE ON [...] (C) Pro-Thaksin legislators and activists have criticized Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his administration on issues ranging from substantive to petty. Abhisit's critics have focused substantial attention on his appointment of figures linked to the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) [...] | 2009-01-30 09:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS ASEC TH |
09BANGKOK248 | OHCHR BANGKOK REGIONAL OFFICE FAVORS PROMOTION OF [...] (C) In response to reftel, we queried employees of NGOs, diplomatic missions, and the legal community for an assessment of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Bangkok, the regional office for Southeast Asia. Many viewed OHCHR as focused on the promotion of human ri [...] | 2009-01-30 09:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK2488 | THAILAND: KING BHUMIBOL'S HOSPITALIZATION, [...] (S) Summary/Comment: By all accounts, public and private, 81-year old King Bhumibol's ongoing ailments which led to his hospitalization September 16 are not particularly serious. None of the insiders who would be genuinely concerned were his health in true danger seem worried -- in contrast to [...] | 2009-09-30 10:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL TH |
09BANGKOK2489 | THAILAND: PREAH VIHEAR IN PLAY AGAIN AS BOTH A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The swirl of issues around the Preah Vihear temple on the Thai-Cambodian border once again garnered headlines as both a domestic issue and irritant in Thai-Cambodian relations, as it did in mid-2008. The Thai National Counter Corruption Commission (NCCC) voted on September 29 t [...] | 2009-09-30 10:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK2510 | THAILAND: COURT SENTENCES THREE IN LOTTERY CASE, [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Thai Supreme Court on September 30 handed down suspended jail terms to three officials from the Thaksin administration for their role in a lottery scheme deemed illegal, though they were not convicted on separate charges of financial corruption/benefitting from the lottery. Th [...] | 2009-10-01 09:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK2539 | THAILAND: RULING COALTION AGREES TO PATH FORWARD [...] (U) SUMMARY: The coalition partners in the Abhisit government reached a consenss on October 4 on the way forward in amending th 2007 Constitution. All six coalition parties agreed to empower a parliamentary committee to draft separate bills for each of the six proposed amendments. The full [...] | 2009-10-05 09:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK2540 | WHERE ARE THEY NOW? TWO THAI MUSLIMS CONVICTED IN [...] (C) Summary: Two ethnic Malay Muslim Thai nationals sentenced to life in prison in Cambodian court in 2003 after being convicted of providing material support to Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) returned quietly to Thailand in July following negotiations between Bangkok and Phnom Penh. Both men are livi [...] | 2009-10-05 09:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
09BANGKOK2555 | AMBASSADOR MEETS DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER; VIKTOR [...] (C) Summary: On October 6, the Ambassador met with Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban to discuss the latest political developments in Thailand, including Secretary General Niphon Promphan's recent resignation. Suthep characterized the resignation decision as hard to explain and expressed [...] | 2009-10-06 10:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER TH BM RS |
09BANGKOK2587 | THAILAND'S LOWER NORTHEAST: A LOOK AT NEWIN [...] (C) Newin Chidchob, godfather of government coalition partner Phumjai Thai, has had a good year by almost any measure. His father is Parliament Speaker; his party holds a disproportionate number of cabinet jobs compared to its 32 MPs; Phumjai Thai aspires to increase its share of MP seats in [...] | 2009-10-09 00:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK2588 | THAI POLICY TOWARDS BURMA: THAI OFFICIALS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Thai officials, academics, and activists debated Thailand's position, role, and policy vis-a-vis its problematic western neighbor Burma at Chulalongkorn University's Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) October 6. The speakers covered the wide array of issu [...] | 2009-10-09 00:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TH BM |
09BANGKOK26 | PLOTTER CONVICTED IN 2004 KILLING OF THAI [...] (C) The Criminal Court sentenced provincial lawyer Thanu Hinkaew to death on December 31 for allegedly orchestrating the 2004 killing of environmental activist Charoen Wataksorn; the court also acquitted two co-defendants due to lack of evidence. Thanu remained in court custody, pending an ap [...] | 2009-01-07 07:58:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK2606 | THAILAND: KING BHUMIBOL HOSPITALIZATION UPDATE [...] (S) Summary: As King Bhumibol's hospitalization pushes close to four weeks, elements of why he was hospitalized and why it has lasted so long have become clearer, even as it seems that he has recovered physically. It appears likely that issues related to his Parkinson's led to the initial ho [...] | 2009-10-13 05:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK2625 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES POLICE CHIEF BATTLE AND [...] (C) Summary: On October 13, the Ambassador met with Chuan Leekpai, a two-time former Prime Minister and senior statesmen within the ruling Democrat party. Chuan told the Ambassador he believed PM Abhisit would stick to his principles -- and not back down in his support of Police General Prate [...] | 2009-10-14 09:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK263 | SCENESETTER FOR SENIOR MILITARY VISITORS TO [...] (C) Summary. Coming visits by component commanders, and other senior leaders of various U.S. military commands will afford a chance to affirm the United States Government's commitment to working with a democratically elected Thai government, to promoting a continued strong bilateral relations [...] | 2009-02-02 08:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK2642 | THAILAND: FUTURE OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following an October 13 teleconference with fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the Puea Thai party reversed course and announced its opposition to the same six proposed amendments to the 2007 Constitution it had previously supported in negotiations with representati [...] | 2009-10-15 08:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK2644 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES RETURN TO POLITICS WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador October 13 met with Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, a former Prime Minister who October 1 joined the opposition Puea Thai party. Chavalit claimed that he had been saddened by the political troubles of the past few years, and had re-entered politics in order to bring about r [...] | 2009-10-15 10:43:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK2657 | ANOTHER MONTH, ANOTHER RALLY: RED SHIRTS PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) plan to rally October 17 to protest a perceived delay in processing the petition for a royal pardon for former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (Ref E). Unlike previous protests, UDD leaders expect most partic [...] | 2009-10-16 10:54:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK2683 | URGING ASEAN ON BURMA: THAILAND TO ENGAGE BURMA ON [...] (C) The Charge October 20 conveyed reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Americas and South Pacific Director-General Chirachai Punkrasin. Chirachai told the Charge that the RTG realized the seriousness of the new U.S. effort on Burma and would do all it could to urge the Burmese to r [...] | 2009-10-20 10:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TH BM |
09BANGKOK2712 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THAI CHIEF OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary. The visit of Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) Chief of Defense Forces General Songkitti Jaggabartra to the PACOM-sponsored Chiefs of Defense conference and to Washington to meet with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mullen affords a chance to affirm support for our im [...] | 2009-10-22 09:42:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK2723 | LET,S PLAY TWO: THAILAND HOSTS ASEAN+6 SUMMIT [...] (C) Thailand successfully hosted the 15th ASEAN Summit, as well as the follow-on ASEAN 3 and East Asian Summits, October 23-25. The meetings took place without incident and represented a face saving victory of sorts for a government still struggling to distance itself from the stain associate [...] | 2009-10-26 11:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK2746 | THAILAND: THAKSIN'S LATEST MOVES SET THE TABLE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-29 00:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK2771 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: THAILAND REVIEWING POSITION ON [...] (C) PolCouns October 28 conveyed reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of International Organizations Deputy Director-General Medha Promthep and pressed for RTG support for upcoming U.N. Third Committee resolutions on human rights in Iran, Burma, and DPRK, as well as thematic [...] | 2009-10-30 06:39:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK2791 | THAILAND: TWO NETIZENS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Royal Thai Police (RTP) arrested two Thai citizens November 1 for allegedly contributing to the panic that triggered the Thai stock market to plunge in mid-October (Ref A). RTP personnel detained Teeranun Wipuchanin and Katha Pajariyapong on suspicion of violating Thailand' [...] | 2009-11-02 11:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL DRL TH |
09BANGKOK2792 | SOUTHERN THAILAND: MALAYSIAN PM NAJIB WADES INTO [...] (C) Summary: When it comes to discussing the insurgency-related violence in Thailand's majority ethnic Malay Muslim Deep South provinces, two of the most sensitive issues are suggestions of outside involvement and proposals for autonomy. Armed with an invitation from Thai PM Abhisit to make a [...] | 2009-11-03 00:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH MY |
09BANGKOK2806 | THAILAND WILL SUPPORT GERMANY, ITALY, AND GREECE [...] (C) PolOff engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Department of International Organizations official Ranoppun Kapittai November 3 to follow up a meeting we had October 28 with Department of International Organizations Deputy Director-General Medha Promthep to seek support for Lucretia Myer [...] | 2009-11-03 11:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNGA KUNR KJUS KAWC |
09BANGKOK283 | THAILAND'S SOUTHERN INSURGENCY: ABHISIT GOVERNMENT [...] (S) Summary: The Abhisit government reopened the secret channel of discussions with representatives of southern insurgents facilitated by the Henri Dunant Centre (HDC) in late January, HDC Southeast Asian representative Michael Vatikiotis told PolCouns February 3. Vatikiotis said that Thai FM [...] | 2009-02-03 10:17:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK2844 | SOUTHERN THAILAND: CHAVALIT'S "PATTANI CITY" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition Puea Thai Party's new Chairman Chavalit Yongchaiyut's November 2 suggestion that a separate administrative unit be established for Thailand's insurgency-plagued southernmost provinces elicited immediate opposition from many quarters, from officials to political cartooni [...] | 2009-11-06 01:29:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
09BANGKOK2849 | THAILAND-CAMBODIA SPAT: RTG RECALLS AMBASSADOR TO PROTEST HUN SEN'S NAMING OF THAKSIN AS ADVISER [...] (C) Summary: The Royal Thai Government recalled its Ambassador to Cambodia late November 5 and announced a review of all diplomatic engagement in protest of Cambodian PM Hun Sen's naming of fugitive Thai ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra as an economic adviser. The decision, which led to a dramatic spike in [...] | 2009-11-06 10:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK2851 | THAI FM KASIT AND DAS MARCIEL REVIEW BURMA AND [...] (C) Summary. During a November 5 meeting with Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel reviewed objectives for U.S. Burma policy as well as developments from the November 3-4 visit to Burma led by EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell. DAS Marciel and FM Kas [...] | 2009-11-06 11:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV PREF MASS TH BM |
09BANGKOK2855 | THAILAND: COLOR ME GREEN - YELLOW-SHIRTS ENTER THE [...] (C) The New Politics party (NPP),led by media tycoon Sondhi Limthongkul, is the newest entry into Thailand's political sweepstakes. Built on the yellow-shirt People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD),whose leaders comprise the NPP leadership, the NPP aspires to channel the energy and nationali [...] | 2009-11-09 03:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK2867 | THAI-CAMBODIAN SPAT: THAKSIN REPORTEDLY TO VISIT [...] (C) Summary: In a move certain to inflame bilateral tensions, fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly will visit Phnom Penh November 12 to address the Cambodia Ministry of Economy and Finance. The Thai government has repeatedly stated that it will ask Cambodia to extradit [...] | 2009-11-09 10:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB |
09BANGKOK2887 | THAI-CAMBODIAN SPAT: EXTRADITION REQUEST REJECTED, [...] (C) Summary: Fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly criticized the current Abhisit administration for encouraging false patriotism during a November 12 address in Phnom Penh to Cambodian business leaders and government officials in his role economic advisor to Hun Se [...] | 2009-11-12 10:39:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB |
09BANGKOK2902 | THAILAND: REDS AND YELLOWS SET TO CONGREGATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The upcoming weekend will see red and yellow political rallies, though on different days and different parts of the country. On Saturday, November 14, the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD),aka "red-shirts," will hold a fundraising concert in Khao Yai National [...] | 2009-11-13 11:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK2903 | THAILAND: UPPER NORTHEAST - THIS IS THAKSIN COUNTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra remains very popular in Thailand's upper northeastern provinces, a recent traverse of three provinces along the Mekong River revealed. Contacts consistently asserted that the majority of eligible voters still support Puea Thai a [...] | 2009-11-13 12:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK2905 | THAILAND: FIREWORKS AT FIRST YELLOW-SHIRT RALLY IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The People's Alliance for Democracy,s (PAD) first yellow-shirt rally in almost a year attracted approximately 20,000 well-behaved supporters in Bangkok late November 15 to the old PAD themes of defending the monarchy against fugitive former PM Thaksin and denouncing the actions of [...] | 2009-11-16 09:44:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK291 | STAFFDEL LUSE, THAI OFFICIALS DISCUSS HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: In a December 12 discussion with Professional Staff Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Keith Luse, who was in Thailand to explore alleged trafficking issues, Thai forensic science expert Porntip Rojanasunan claimed that ten thousand unidentified bodies turn up in Tha [...] | 2009-02-04 04:32:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KTIP PREL PHUM PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK2929 | THAILAND: NO CHANGE IN APPROACH TO [...] (C) DCM and PolCouns engaged Acting PermSec Chitriya Pimthong, the highest ranking MFA official in country November 18, on U.S. priorities for upcoming country human rights resolutions on Iran, Burma, and North Korea (ref A; Thai positions previously reported in Ref B). Referencing Thai FM Ka [...] | 2009-11-18 09:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK2931 | THAI DOMESTIC POLITICAL ROUNDUP: ABHISIT GOVT HAS [...] (C) Following a politically disastrous fortnight for former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his Puea Thai political party (REF B),current Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is riding a wave of newfound popularity and enjoying the fruits of Thaksin's missteps. However, Abhisit recognizes [...] | 2009-11-18 10:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK2955 | SOUTHERN THAILAND: A VIOLENT WEEK, EVEN BY [...] (U) Summary: It has been an active week on the southern Thai front. On November 16 and 17, there were two separate school bus shootings in Pattani. On November 17, a prolonged standoff and gunfight took place between government security forces and insurgents, ending in the death of six insurg [...] | 2009-11-19 09:54:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
09BANGKOK2962 | THAILAND: AMBASSADOR AND FM KASIT DISCUSS U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya called Ambassador to the Foreign Ministry on short notice late November 19, primarily to discuss Cambodia and Thaksin. Kasit began the meeting expressing "profound thanks" for the President and Secretary's effective re-engagement in Asia this y [...] | 2009-11-20 10:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK2967 | THAILAND: CIRCLES OF INFLUENCE INSIDE THE [...] (S) Introduction and Comment: With King Bhumibol significantly weakened by a variety of ailments that have kept him hospitalized for two months (refs A-B),realization that the end of his 62-year reign may be drawing near has heightened speculation and rumors about what might come next for the [...] | 2009-11-23 05:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL TH |
09BANGKOK3003 | AMBASSADOR ENGAGES THAKSIN,S SISTER AND ADVISER ON [...] (C) On November 23, the Ambassador met with fugitive former PM Thaksin's sister Yingluck Shinawatra and former Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama, key unofficial figures within the opposition Puea Thai party leadership. The Ambassador underscored U.S. concerns about the potential for unrest du [...] | 2009-11-25 07:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK3006 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL NORTH AND [...] (C) General North and Brigadier General Crowe, Embassy Bangkok welcomes your visit to Thailand during the celebration of King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 82nd birthday. Your visit signals the United States' appreciation for the long-standing bilateral relationship, which has facilitated shared bene [...] | 2009-11-25 09:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK3009 | THAILAND: THAKSIN PULLS THE PLUG ON NEXT BIG RED [...] (SBU) Summary: Fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra used separate November 24 phone-ins to urge leaders of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD),aka the "red-shirts," and the opposition Puea Thai party to stand down from a planned multi-day rally scheduled to [...] | 2009-11-25 10:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK3013 | THAILAND: PRESSING FOR DIALOGUE IN BURMA [...] (C) EAP DAS Marciel briefed Thai FM Kasit and the Bangkok-based Burma watcher crowd of host government officials, diplomats, journalists, and activists November 5 immediately after the November 3-4 visit of EAP A/S Campbell and Marciel to Burma; his messages included the need for Thailand and [...] | 2009-11-27 06:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH BM |
09BANGKOK3015 | THAILAND: ABHISIT CANCELS CHIANG MAI TRIP IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Bowing to concerns about his security in the wake of local red-shirt threats to "cremate" him (ref A),Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on November 26 announced that he would not travel to the northern city of Chiang Mai as previously planned for a November 29 meeting with business [...] | 2009-11-27 07:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK3018 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES THAKSIN AND LAO HMONG WITH [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban on November 27 to discuss the latest political developments in Thailand. The Ambassador outlined for Suthep USG outreach efforts with Thaksin's inner circle and core "red-shirt" leaders in recent weeks (REF B),noting that we [...] | 2009-11-30 03:42:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PREF SMIG TH |
09BANGKOK3025 | THAILAND: KING'S FRAIL HEALTH FORCES HIM TO OPT [...] (C) On November 30, the Office of His Majesty's Principal Private Secretary (PPS) announced that King Bhumibol Adulyadej would not participate in any of the public events scheduled around his December 5 birthday, Thailand's National Day. Though the King has been hospitalized since mid-Septem [...] | 2009-11-30 10:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK3063 | THAILAND TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF UN DEFAMATION OF [...] (SBU) We conveyed reftel Defamation of Religions points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Department of International Organizations official Chonvipat Changtrakul December 3, urging Thailand to reverse its initial vote in favor once the resolution reached the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) R [...] | 2009-12-03 10:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UN PHUM UNGA PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK3066 | RUSSIA LOOKS TO REINVIGORATE BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Thai-Russia bilateral relationship blossomed earlier this decade after years of stagnation during the Cold War but has had little forward momentum since then, despite a November 27 visit to Bangkok by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sobyanin and Thai pledges that the Prime Minister a [...] | 2009-12-04 08:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV RU TH |
09BANGKOK3067 | THAILAND: RED-SHIRTS SET THEIR SIGHTS ON DECEMBER [...] (C) Just one-week after abruptly cancelling their promised November 28-December 1 "showdown" rally out of alleged deference to the King's birthday celebration (REF A),the anti-government United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD),aka the "red-shirts," announced that they would hol [...] | 2009-12-04 08:43:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK3104 | SOUTHERN THAILAND: INSURGENTS WELCOME MALAYSIAN PM [...] (U) Summary: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Rajak's joint visit with Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to southern Thailand on December 9, ostensibly to promote Malaysia's support for peaceful resolution to the unrest in the border provinces, was marred by multiple insurgent attacks elsewhe [...] | 2009-12-09 08:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH MY |
09BANGKOK311 | THAILAND: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES PM ABHISIT, FM KASIT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador engaged PM Abhisit Vejajjiva during a February 3 AMCHAM dinner and FM Kasit during a February 4 office call on the Thai response to Rohingya boat people from Burma and Bangladesh. Abhisit reiterated that his government, once made aware of the issue, insisted that all T [...] | 2009-02-05 08:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF TH |
09BANGKOK3110 | THAILAND: KING'S BIRTHDAY AUDIENCE DECEMBER 5 - [...] (C) Summary and Comment: 82 year-old Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej held court in his throne hall at the Grand Palace on his birthday December 5, in what was seen by many Thai as a possible last public hurrah. Leaning heavily on his right side, the King offered brief remarks to several hundred [...] | 2009-12-09 08:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH PINR |
09BANGKOK3115 | THAILAND: RED CONSTITUTION DAY RALLY PEACEFUL [...] (U) Summary: The United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD, or "red-shirts") rallied at the Democracy Monument in downtown Bangkok December 10 to mark Thailand's Constitution Day holiday. The gathering, which at its peak included over 20,000 people, was peaceful and largely free fr [...] | 2009-12-11 08:23:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK3117 | LOWER MEKONG NATIONS ENGAGE CHINA, TACKLE HYDROPOWER [...] (U) Summary: The Mekong River Commission (MRC) continues to mature as engagement with China expands. Member states Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam met at the MRC's 16th Council that included a meeting with the MRC Donor Consultative Group in Thailand November 26-28. Donors announced $66 [...] | 2009-12-11 10:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ENRG EAGR TBIO EAID PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK3147 | CENTRAL THAILAND: CHART THAI PATTANA PARTY NO [...] (C) As the breadbasket of Thailand and gateway to the north, the central Thai heartland has long played an integral role in shaping Thailand's political and economic destiny. That remains the case to this day. With large swaths of the North and Northeast dominated by the opposition Puea Thai [...] | 2009-12-15 11:17:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK3164 | THAILAND TACKLES POLICE CORRUPTION AND BRUTALITY [...] (SBU) In a major victory for police reform efforts and accountability in Thailand, a Bangkok district court found eight members of the 41st Border Patrol Police (BPP) unit guilty on charges of assault, illegal detention and extortion. The unprecedented December 8 district court ruling followe [...] | 2009-12-16 09:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM DRL TH |
09BANGKOK3171 | THAILAND: HDC-FACILITATED DIALOGUE WITH SOUTHERN [...] (S) Summary: At the same time the Thai government hosted the visit of Malaysian PM Najib to southern Thailand December 9 (ref A),in what is generally seen as a positive step forward in both countries, southern separatist insurgents leaders based in Malaysia and involved in unpublicized secret [...] | 2009-12-16 10:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK3174 | AMBASSADOR FOR GLOBAL WOMEN'S ISSUES MELANNE [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer's December 4-7 visit to Thailand energized RTG and NGO interlocutors on women's issues and highlighted the invaluable role USG initiatives play in promoting women's empowerment in Thailand. During the first leg of her trip in t [...] | 2009-12-17 03:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP KWMN KPAO TH |
09BANGKOK3188 | THAI-CAMBODIAN SPAT: THAKSIN RETURNS TO CAMBODIA [...] (C) Summary: Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra December 13 returned to Phnom Penh to take credit for the by-all-accounts orchestrated release of Siwarak Chutipong, a Thai engineer who had been imprisoned for reportedly sharing flight details for Thaksin's November visit to Cambodia [...] | 2009-12-17 09:54:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB |
09BANGKOK324 | THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER DISPUTE: JOINT BORDER [...] (C) Summary. The Thai and Cambodian Joint Border Commission met February 3-4 in Bangkok for friendly talks but was unable to make substantive progress in resolving their border dispute. The two sides could not agree on the official name for the temple at the heart of the border dispute and fo [...] | 2009-02-06 10:11:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB |
09BANGKOK3248 | THAILAND FORCIBLY RETURN PETCHABUN HMONG TO LAOS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Thai government December 28 began forcibly returning Lao Hmong at Petchabun back to Laos in an operation anticipated to result in the return of all 4,351 Hmong from the Huay Nam Khao camp by the end of the day. There were no public or NGO reports of significant resistance or [...] | 2009-12-28 10:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG TH LA |
09BANGKOK325 | THAILAND: LESE MAJESTE ARRESTS AND ACTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) Legal action in the courts and against websites on grounds of lese majeste, or offense to the monarchy, have seemingly increased under the new Democrat-led coalition government, with both the Justice Minister and the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Minister having stated pub [...] | 2009-02-06 10:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK345 | THAILAND SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL KEATING [...] (C) Admiral Keating: we look forward to welcoming you to Thailand. Your visit, particularly the planned meeting with PM Abhisit Vejjajiva on February 17, will afford the opportunity to highlight the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests as new governments settle in in both [...] | 2009-02-10 07:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK363 | THAILAND: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES FORMER PM CHUAN ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and Polcouns called on former PM Chuan Leekpai, senior statesman of the ruling Democrat Party, on February 10 to discuss the current political situation in Thailand, prospects for progress in the unsettled south, the overly broad application of lese majeste laws, and th [...] | 2009-02-12 07:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN TH |
09BANGKOK364 | HOPING FOR JUSTICE: FOLLOWING UP ON CASES [...] (C) There has been some movement in three of the four "cold cases" highlighted by PM Abhisit in January as priorities for resolution to restore a sense of accountability: the 2004 disappearance of Muslim lawyer Somchai; the 2003 murder of a witness in a possible tax evasion case by former PM T [...] | 2009-02-12 07:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK377 | THAILAND STILL NOT READY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (SBU) We engaged Pachuen Phornmongkol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of Central and Eastern Europe, on reftel's request for recognition of Kosovo February 12. Pachuen explained that Thailand was not yet prepared to move forward. The RTG had two main concerns: Thailand felt it w [...] | 2009-02-13 06:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK379 | NEW THAI GOVERNMENT MAKES RIGHT MOVES ON IPR PROTECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Abhisit Vejajjiva has instructed his Cabinet to do whatever it takes to improve Thailand's intellectual property rights (IPR) record and to do so immediately. The last few weeks have been filled with high level government meetings, involving the Prime Minister hims [...] | 2009-02-13 07:11:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD KIPR PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK396 | THAI SECURITY FORCES RAID OFFICE OF OUTSPOKEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Military and police officers raided and searched the Pattani office of the Working Group on Justice for Peace (WGJP),a Thai NGO that advocates for the human rights of Malay Muslims in southern Thailand and is harshly critical of security force efforts to combat the insurgency i [...] | 2009-02-17 10:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
09BANGKOK445 | THAILAND MFA'S COMMENTS ON DURBAN REVIEW [...] (SBU) We engaged Ittiporn Boonpracong, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director-General for the Department of International Organizations, February 20 regarding the Durban Review Conference Working Group Session, renewed U.S. participation, and issues of concern (reftel). Ittiporn stated t [...] | 2009-02-20 10:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM UNHRC TH |
09BANGKOK454 | ASEAN SEC-GEN SURIN DISCUSSES ASEAN, BURMA, [...] (C) Summary. ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan engaged U.S. officials from Embassies Rangoon and Bangkok, as well as EAP/MLS, in Bangkok February 9 on ASEAN, engagement in Burma, the Rohingya, and efforts to resolve the situation in Thailand's deep south. Surin stated optimistically that [...] | 2009-02-23 08:44:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK458 | THAI POLITICAL ROUNDUP: DEMONSTRATION, [...] (SBU) Anti-government "redshirt" protesters plan a large rally at Government House on February 24. Opposition legislators unsuccessfully floated the idea of a "national reconciliation" bill that would provide amnesty to disenfranchised politicians. Opposition figures continue to file complai [...] | 2009-02-23 10:32:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK469 | THAI MFA UNDERSTANDS IMPORTANCE OF ARF VDR, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 10:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK486 | THAI PROTEST UPDATE: REDSHIRTS RALLY AT GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) As many as 10,000 anti-government protesters loyal to former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, also known as "Redshirts", continued to protest at Government House on February 25. The Redshirts began their protest on February 24, when a group of 10,000 to 15,000 marched to the Governmen [...] | 2009-02-25 10:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK495 | THAI FARMERS: TRYING TO STAND OUT IN A SEA OF RED [...] (SBU) Around 5,000 Thai farmers gathered in front of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Land Reform Office in central Bangkok on February 24 in an effort to place the concerns of farmers on the national agenda. The weather-beaten and somewhat somber group contrasted sharply with the more aff [...] | 2009-02-26 11:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV EAGR ELAB TH |
09BANGKOK499 | THAILAND: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 08:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TH |
09BANGKOK501 | M/V ANNE E: SLOW THAI PROGRESS ON SHIPMENT RECALL [...] (S) On February 26, we delivered ref A non-paper regarding the shipment of anhydrous hydrogen fluoride (AHF) that was detained in Dubai and continues to be held in UAE custody to MFA Peace, Security and Disarmament Division First Secretary Chatvadee Orrattanachai. During the meeting, we emphas [...] | 2009-02-27 08:17:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL TH KS |
09BANGKOK504 | CIVIL SOCIETY ASSESSMENT OF POST-NARGIS RELIEF AID [...] (SBU) Taking advantage of the proximity of the ASEAN Summit, civil society groups unveiled the first independent assessment of Cyclone Nargis relief efforts at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT) on February 27 and called for the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) to be [...] | 2009-02-27 11:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK505 | ASEAN SUMMIT SHOWDOWN: SECGEN SURIN CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The runup to the February 27-March 1 ASEAN Summit in Thailand has provided a fascinating window in the evolving nature of the ASEAN community, including efforts by some to give voice to ASEAN civil society and life to the ASEAN Charter, contrasted by efforts by others [...] | 2009-02-27 12:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEAN TH |
09BANGKOK520 | THAI MFA PERMSEC RAISES LESE MAJESTE WITH [...] (C) EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary and U.S. Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Scot Marciel engaged Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Virasadki Futrakul February 28 on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Cha-am/Hua Hin regarding U.S.-bilateral relations and ASEAN issues ( [...] | 2009-03-03 03:15:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK527 | THAI MFA PERMSEC POSITIVE ABOUT U.S. ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) and U.S. Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Scot Marciel discussed a wide range of issues with Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul on the margins of the ASEAN Summit on February 28. Virasakdi touched upon [...] | 2009-03-03 08:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF TH |
09BANGKOK528 | CHINESE ASEAN AMBASSADOR COMMENTS ON CLINTON VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Assistant Secretary and U.S. Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Scot Marciel met with Chinese Ambassador to ASEAN Xue Hanqin, discussing a wide range of ASEAN issues February 28. Xue expressed China's positive impression of Secretary of State Clinton,s visit to Jakarta. She al [...] | 2009-03-03 09:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH CH |
09BANGKOK556 | ADMIRAL KEATING'S MEETINGS WITH THAI PM ABHISIT, [...] (C) Summary. In February 17 meetings during the visit of PACOM Commander Admiral Timothy Keating, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Defense Minister Prawit Wongsuwan stressed the importance of the U.S.-Thai military relationship and the Cobra Gold military exercise. PM Abhisit highlighted [...] | 2009-03-04 09:15:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MCAP PREL PTER TH |
09BANGKOK567 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES DEPUTY PM SUTHEP ON VIKTOR BOUT [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador on March 4 pressed Thai Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban to ensure retraction or rebuttal of false court testimony in the extradition proceedings of Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout, which resume March 6. Suthep said Prime Minister Abhisit had previously [...] | 2009-03-05 10:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PTER PREL PARM PGOV ECON KCRM KJUS TH RU |
09BANGKOK581 | THAI MFA ENCOURAGED BY U.S. MIDDLE EAST POLICY [...] (SBU) We engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of the Middle-East Division Nat Pinyowattanacheep March 6 regarding the review of U.S. policy in Iraq, including the drawdown and transformation of the U.S. force (reftel). Nat replied that the RTG found the U.S. approach encouragi [...] | 2009-03-06 10:10:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS IZ TH |
09BANGKOK593 | THAI GOVERNMENT SAYS NO TO AUTO AND TOURISM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Cabinet recently rejected proposed "bailouts" of the auto and tourism industries, two of the most visible sectors hardest hit by the economic crisis. Both assistance proposals involved tax or excise cuts, along with other measures. Royal Thai Government officials say that [...] | 2009-03-09 09:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD TH |
09BANGKOK610 | THAILAND: LESE MAJESTE DEBATE ENTERS PUBLIC [...] (C) Issues associated with implementation of the lese majeste (offense to the monarchy) provisions of the Thai Criminal Code continue to generate headlines and controversy. The police Crime Suppression Division (CSD) arrested Executive Director Chiranuch Premchaiporn of Prachatai.com, an onli [...] | 2009-03-10 10:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK618 | THAI SOUTHERN UPDATE: GRISLY INCIDENTS, INTRIGUING [...] (S) Events in southern Thailand since January, particularly a recent spate of beheadings, bombings, and shootings, have caused some speculation in the Thai press and among south watchers that the nature of the insurgency may be changing, but we do not believe there have been any fundamental c [...] | 2009-03-11 11:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
09BANGKOK635 | THAI OPPOSITION'S IMPEACHMENT COMPLAINT UNLIKELY [...] (SBU) Representatives from the pro-Thaksin Puea Thai opposition party on March 11 submitted to the Senate a complaint requesting Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's impeachment. The complaint condemns the manner in which Abhisit ascended to the premiership, and it associates him with minor inc [...] | 2009-03-12 10:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK636 | FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF DISAPPEARED THAI HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) March 12 is the fifth anniversary of the disappearance of noted human rights lawyer Somchai Neelapaichit, widely presumed to have been kidnapped and murdered by the Thai police in 2004. The Working Group for Justice and Peace (WGJP),headed by Angkhana Neelaphaichit, Somchai's widow, co [...] | 2009-03-12 11:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK644 | THAILAND: ADB SAFEGUARD REVIEW DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-13 08:41:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | QA PGOV ETRD ECON EAID TH |
09BANGKOK658 | THAILAND: CALL ON BANGKOK GOVERNOR SUKHUMBHAND [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Bangkok Governor M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra March 12 and discussed the challenges Sukhumbhand faced resolving lingering corruption cases from past administrations, national politics, and cultural cooperation. Sukhumbhand noted that the Austri [...] | 2009-03-16 09:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD TH |
09BANGKOK660 | THAILAND DOES NOT SUPPORT RUSSIA'S RECOGNITION OF [...] (C) We engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of the European Affairs Department Pachuen Phornmongkol on March 16 and conveyed reftel's points condemning Russia's decision to recognize South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states. Pachuen stated that Thailand has not recently [...] | 2009-03-16 09:10:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK700 | THAI PARLIAMENT BEGINS NO-CONFIDENCE DEBATE [...] (C) Thai legislators on March 19 began a no-confidence debate targeting the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister, the Finance Minister, and two Deputy Ministers. There have been no signs that a significant number of legislators from other parties are willing to join Puea Thai MPs in voting ag [...] | 2009-03-19 09:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK706 | AIT CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT AND FM OU DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Extradition, an FTA and visa waiver are Taiwan's top bilateral priorities, FM Ou told AIT Chairman Burghardt during their March 18 meeting. Although the leadership in Beijing has tacitly accepted Taiwan's diplomatic truce and mutual non-denial, this is not the case at lower lev [...] | 2009-03-20 04:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PHUM PTER SNAR PREL PARM PGOV KCRM KJUS |
09BANGKOK718 | THAI ADMINISTRATION WINS NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE WITH [...] (C) A majority of the members of the House of Representatives supported Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his cabinet ministers in a March 21 vote on a no-confidence motion. The vote tally showed a slight increase in support for Abhisit since his December 15 election as Prime Minister. Th [...] | 2009-03-23 09:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK719 | AMBASSADOR ENGAGES ON BURMA POLICY WITH EUROPEAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador met EU Special Envoy to Burma Piero Fassino and other European officials March 20 to discuss policy towards Burma prior to Fassino's upcoming visit to Burma. Ambassador noted the ongoing USG Burma policy review, explaining in general terms the issues on which the US [...] | 2009-03-23 09:13:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK72 | EMBASSY ADVOCACY HELPS SETTLE FORD'S PROLONGED LABOR [...] (SBU) Ford Motor Company and Mazda's Thailand joint venture, the Auto Alliance Thailand (AAT),was shut down by a labor stoppage as a result of employee contract negotiations breaking down in late November, 2008. In addition to the work stoppage at the plant in Rayong province, protesting empl [...] | 2009-01-12 09:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK721 | THAILAND'S BURMA POLICY: CHANGES AROUND THE EDGES [...] (C) SUMMARY. As Thailand's Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya conducts the first high-ranking civilian visit to Burma March 22-23 since the Democrat-led government entered office in December, Thailand's official Burma policy has shown signs of adjustment from the rhetoric and principles which had [...] | 2009-03-23 09:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK755 | THAI GOVERNMENT OPPONENTS RALLY AT GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Over 20,000 anti-government "redshirt" protestors rallied at the Government House compound in Bangkok on March 26 with the intention of remaining at least several days. Thousands of police officers and soldiers were on hand to ensure the demonstration remained peaceful, as the organizers h [...] | 2009-03-26 10:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM ASEC TH |
09BANGKOK756 | THAI MFA PREVIEWS UPCOMING ASEAN PLUS SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) ASEAN Deputy Director General Manasvi Srisodapol previewed Thai thinking on upcoming ASEAN plus Summit meetings on April 10-12 in Pattaya, Thailand with us March 24. All of the 6 East Asian Summit (EAS) participants were scheduled to attend at the hea [...] | 2009-03-26 10:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEAN TH |
09BANGKOK770 | THAILAND RESPONSE TO TRIPARTITE CORE GROUP MANDATE [...] (C) We engaged both the MFA ASEAN Department and Burma desk on reftel's concerns about the Burmese junta possibly curtailing the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) mandate in Burma separately March 24 and 27. The Thai MFA interlocutors said they were unaware of any possible weaking of the TCG but pr [...] | 2009-03-27 10:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PHUM PGOV BM TH |
09BANGKOK78 | THAI SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: RECENT COURT RULINGS ON [...] (C) A Thai civilian court recently ruled that a local Muslim leader from southern Thailand suspected of being an insurgent facilitator died while in Army custody in March 2008, but the court failed to assign responsibility for the death; the case appears headed for further proceedings in a mil [...] | 2009-01-12 10:26:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK79 | THAILAND'S GOVERNING COALITION GAINS MODESTLY IN [...] (SBU) Thailand held January 11 by-elections for 29 vacant constituency-based seats in the House of Representatives. Preliminary results show that the current governing coalition parties won 20 of the 29 seats, modestly increasing its majority in the House but not significantly changing the bal [...] | 2009-01-12 10:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK790 | RED ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS CONTINUE, THAKSIN [...] (C) Anti-government "redshirt" protests continue outside of the Government House compound in Bangkok. Addressing the demonstrators by video link the nights of March 27-28, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra accused two leading Privy Councilors of directing the 2006 coup. The Privy Counc [...] | 2009-03-30 09:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ASEC TH |
09BANGKOK813 | RED RALLIES CONTINUE, CALL FOR PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Anti-government "redshirt" demonstrators continued to protest at the Government House compound March 31, seemingly settling in for long stay. While numbers shrink during the day, they increase during evening rallies built around former PM Thaksin's phone-ins, and the core protestors vow to [...] | 2009-03-31 10:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ASEC TH |
09BANGKOK815 | THAI FM KASIT'S BURMA VISIT MARCH 22-23 - THAI MFA [...] (C) Summary: Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya visited Burma on March 22-23, meeting with Burmese Prime Minister Thein Sein and Foreign Minister Nyan Win to discuss a wide range of Thai-Burmese bilateral issues (ref A). MFA Burma deskoff Jirusaya Birananda, notetaker for both meetings, gave [...] | 2009-03-31 11:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM TH |
09BANGKOK822 | ENGAGING THE THAI ON THE LAO HMONG IN PETCHABUN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Having tolerated a decade-long Lao Hmong encampment at Wat Tham Krabok prior to resettlement to the U.S. in 2004-2005, which the Royal Thai Government thought would close the book on Indochina legacy issues, Thai authorities seem determined to handle more recent arriva [...] | 2009-04-01 03:34:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK841 | ABHISIT ADMINISTRATION AT 100 DAYS: EXCEEDING [...] (C) When the Constitutional Court dissolved the People's Power Party in December 2008, we had no reason to expect that the House of Representative's election of Abhisit Vejjajiva as Prime Minister would end Thailand's political crisis, nor has it. With a looming succession crisis as the barely [...] | 2009-04-02 06:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK858 | THAILAND PROPOSES VOTE SWAP FOR UN HRC CANDIDACY: [...] (SBU) We engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Dept of International Organizations official Nammon Yuthavong on April 2 and conveyed reftel's points seeking support for the U.S. candidacy for the U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) in May. Nammon replied that Thailand was willing to cooperate [...] | 2009-04-02 10:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK862 | REGIONAL ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES HELP EXPLAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The economic and social climates in the Northeastern and upper South regions in Thailand differ in important ways that may help explain their opposing political loyalties. Villages in the Northeast tend to struggle economically, export large numbers of working-age adults, and w [...] | 2009-04-03 04:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ELAB SCUL TH |
09BANGKOK865 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES REDSHIRT PROTESTS WITH PRIVY [...] (C) The Ambassador told Privy Council President Prem Tinsulanonda on April 2 that the USG had informed anti-government "redshirt" protest leaders of our opposition to the use of violence. Prem said the RTG was committed to using peaceful and legal means; he believed the only way to resolve th [...] | 2009-04-03 07:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC TH |
09BANGKOK867 | THAI ACCOUNT OF APRIL 3 THAI-CAMBODIA BORDER [...] (C) Summary: Thai military and civilian sources claim the early morning exchange of gunfire between Thai and Cambodian forces April 3 in a disputed area near the Preah Vihear temple grew out of an April 2 incident in which a Thai soldier lost a leg to a newly laid landmine on a path normally p [...] | 2009-04-03 08:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK888 | THAILAND: AMBASSADOR AND FM KASIT DISCUSS U.S. [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador hosted Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya April 6 for a two-hour one-on-one lunch. Ambassador and Kasit discussed Kasit's priorities for his upcoming trip to the U.S. April 19-24 and Kasit's desire to engage the Secretary on strategic issues of interest to both countr [...] | 2009-04-07 09:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PREL PGOV PREF BM TH |
09BANGKOK893 | THAILAND: LARGE-SCALE RED MARCH PLANNED FOR APRIL [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The red-shirts' self-proclaimed "D-Day" rally set for April 8 may bring upwards of 100,000 opponents of the current Thai government into the streets of Bangkok, though privately one key red leader acknowledges the crowd map not top 50,000. The red-shirts' stated demand [...] | 2009-04-07 10:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK907 | THAILAND PROTEST UPDATE: LARGE RED RALLY IN [...] (C) Summary: The red-shirt's self-proclaimed "D-Day" rally dominated Bangkok April 8, with crowds growing to 70,000 by late afternoon, expected to peak in the evening, and to carry over into April 9. As of COB, there has been no violence reported. However, Royal Thai Government (RTG) official [...] | 2009-04-08 10:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TH |
09BANGKOK933 | THAILAND'S DEFAMATION LAW -- A TOOL OFTEN USED TO [...] (SBU) Thailand's criminal defamation law continues to be used by individuals to lash out at political opponents and civil society critics and indirectly hamper free speech, but with varying results in the courts. A rash of recent cases reflects ongoing use by politicians of criminal defamation [...] | 2009-04-09 07:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK935 | THAILAND PROTEST APRIL 9 UPDATE: RED NUMBERS START [...] (SBU) Summary: Anti-government red-shirt protesters expanded their peaceful protest to new targets around Bangkok April 9 but suffered declining numbers in comparison to April 8. The red-shirt 4:00 PM deadline for PM Abhisit and three Privy Councilors to resign passed without effect. The Uni [...] | 2009-04-09 10:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TH |
09BANGKOK951 | THAILAND PROTEST UPDATE APRIL 10: REDSHIRTS SHIFT [...] (SBU) Summary: The center of gravity of anti-government red-shirt protests shifted from Bangkok to Pattaya April 10, aiming to disrupt the April 10-12 ASEAN Summits. The numbers of protesters in Bangkok continued to drop ahead of the traditional Thai New Year holiday, although ongoing taxi b [...] | 2009-04-10 09:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TH |
09BANGKOK953 | AMBASSADOR AND UK COUNTERPART CALL ON PM ABHISIT [...] Summary: (C) The Ambassador and the UK Ambassador paid a joint call on Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva April 14 to discuss the violent protests of the past three days in Pattaya and Bangkok. The Prime Minister stated that order largely had been restored in Bangkok, and United Front of Democr [...] | 2009-04-14 07:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK974 | BANGKOK CALM, SOME REDSHIRT LEADERS ARRESTED [...] (C) Bangkok is calm after the April 12-14 confrontations between soldiers and protestors supportive of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD). Some leading UDD figures remain detained by police, while others remain at large. Some Thais predict UDD protests may eventually r [...] | 2009-04-16 10:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS KDEM ASEC TH |
09BANGKOK982 | LEADING ANTI-THAKSIN ACTIVIST SONDHI SHOT IN [...] (SBU) Unidentified gunmen shot a leading "yellowshirt" political activist in Bangkok in the early morning hours of April 17. As of mid-day, the victim, Sondhi Limthongkul, was recovering from surgery. Sondhi previously led protests against former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra but maintai [...] | 2009-04-17 09:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KDEM ASEC TH |
09BANGKOK983 | THAI PM ABHISIT BRIEFS AMBASSADORS ON RECENT [...] (C) On April 16, the Ambassador attended a briefing by PM Abhisit for the diplomatic corps on events surrounding the demonstrations over the past week, including the cancellation of the ASEAN summit in Pattaya on April 11, the subsequent violent protest in Bangkok, and his government's successf [...] | 2009-04-17 10:10:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK987 | FOREIGN MINISTER KASIT'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Madame Secretary: Your meeting with Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya on April 23 offers you the opportunity to reaffirm our nation's strong commitment to democracy in Thailand and our continued support for a broad-based partnership with this vital Southeast Asian friend and ally. Coming on t [...] | 2009-04-20 04:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF MOPS ECON TH |
09BANGKOK991 | THAI GOVERNMENT VS. THAKSIN: ARREST WARRANTS, PASSPORT REVOCATION, AND OVERTURE TO NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) The RTG has formally informed the Embassy via diplomatic note of new measures against former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra: the issuance of a new arrest warrant for inciting mob violence, and the revocation of Thaksin's Thai passport. These steps follow the eruption of mob violence in Pat [...] | 2009-04-20 09:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CVIS CPAS KJUS NU TH |
09BANGUI104 | 2009 CAR BUDGET ANALYSIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Assembly of the Central African Republic adopted the 2009 national budget on February 2, 2009 during a special session. A final copy of the budget is now available to the public. The 2009 budget increased by 14.2 percent compared to 2008. The CARG resources are estim [...] | 2009-05-28 08:03:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EAID |
09BANGUI114 | RECENT VIOLENCE AGGRAVATES SIMMERING TENSIONS IN NORTHERN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Increased instability and violence in the northeast of the Central African Republic (CAR) is not waiting on the rains. As the summer downpours will make the unpaved roads of the Vakaga, Bamingui-Bangoran, and the Haute Kotto prefectures impassable between July and November, Post [...] | 2009-06-08 17:58:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
09BANGUI118 | THE WEAKEST LINK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With an abundance of arable land, rainfall, a plethora of minerals and wildlife and a low population, the Central African Republic (CAR) should be a wealthy nation. However, despite this potential, most of its population lives in increasing poverty. Male life expectancy declines [...] | 2009-06-16 19:40:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
09BANGUI120 | FRENCH-CAR RELATIONS SERIOUSLY STRAINED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 08:29:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
09BANGUI123 | EMBASSY BANGUI'S REACTION TO THE WORLD BANK'S POVERTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AmEmbassy Bangui has reviewed the World Bank's Poverty Reduction Strategy Annual Progress Report (APR) of the Central African Republic and takes exception to much of the document. Post has seen little real progress or commitment on the part of Central African Republic's governmen [...] | 2009-06-26 12:20:00 | Embassy Bangui | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EINT |
09BANGUI124 | REBELS OF OPPORTUNITY: DDR UNLIKELY TO SOLVE THE ILLS OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22, 2009, the Central African Republic's (CAR) newest rebel leader gave an interview to a local newspaper, declaring his intention to adhere to the Demobilization (DDR) process. The former spokesman of Abakar Sabone's Movement of Central African Liberators for Justice (M [...] | 2009-06-26 14:25:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
09BANGUI152 | PESSIMISM STILL THE ORDER OF THE DAY FOR NORTHEASTERN CAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 21, 2009, Birao, Central African Republic (CAR) was attacked for the second time in a month as Kara tribe gunmen and the Goula tribe and Central African Military (FACA) defenders of the town battled for supremacy. This follows a similar attack on Birao on June 6 (BANGUI 1 [...] | 2009-07-07 17:19:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
09BANGUI155 | NDELE REMAINS THE LOCUS OF THE THREATS TO THE CARG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ndele, Central African Republic (CAR) remains the locus of a serious threat to Central African political stability. While the Northeast and west maintain their violent potential, the Patriotic Convention for Justice and Peace (CPJP)goes into the rainy season increasingly politica [...] | 2009-07-08 11:49:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
09BANGUI157 | CATCH 22 ON DISARMAMENT - WHY DDR IS NOT LIKELY TO WORK IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The international community and the government of the Central African Republic (CARG) have attached much importance to Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) as the solution to the Central African Republic's (CAR) long running conflict. This would appear logical - d [...] | 2009-07-13 12:18:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON CT |
09BANGUI171 | CARG CONTINUES TO IMPEDE THE TRAVEL OF EMBASSY PERSONNEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Wednesday, July 29, 2009, Management Officer and Locally Engaged Staff were stopped for two hours by Central African gendarmes outside Grimari, Central African Republic. They were on their way to the town of Alindao to deliver tools to a Self-Help Project. This is the fifth ti [...] | 2009-07-31 09:10:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
09BANGUI181 | CONTROVERSIAL ELECTORAL CODE SIGNED INTO LAW, FUTURE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 3, 2009, the controversial and much delayed Central African electoral code was signed into law by President Francois Bozize. Written as a consensus document after the Inclusive Political Dialogue (DPI) of December 2008, the law has since been reviewed by the Government, [...] | 2009-08-11 16:29:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
09BANGUI183 | CARG HARASSMENT OF OPPOSITION PARTY INCREASING BEFORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 17, 2009, the Ambassador received an email from Martin Ziguele, former Prime Minister and 2010 presidential candidate (Ref A),outlining a meeting in which Ziguele alleges that the Prime Minister and two other prominent member's of President Bozize's cabinet accused him [...] | 2009-08-17 17:25:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
09BANGUI186 | AUTHORITY VOID IN EASTERN CAR DRAGGING IN NEIGHBORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The east of the Central African Republic (CAR) has long been home to a mix of Central African, Sudanese and Chadian pastoralists who have existed more or less out of the purview of their respective capitals. Recently, however, it has become an area overrun by poachers, brigands a [...] | 2009-08-21 15:08:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT SU UG |
09BANGUI190 | WFP FEARS FAMINE IN NORTHEAST CAR, PROBLEM MAY BE MORE WIDE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-26 14:59:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
09BANGUI191 | BANGUI RESPONSE TO STATE 087508 - STATE OF CIVILIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fundamentally, the solution to the LRA incursion into the Central African Republic (CAR) does not lie on the Central African side. The humanitarian community, already overstretched by the enormous demands in the rest of the CAR is trying to respond to the relatively small (but gr [...] | 2009-08-28 20:07:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM PINR MOPS CG UG SU CT |
09BANGUI195 | ETHNIC VIOLENCE INCREASINGLY LIKELY IN NORTHEASTERN CAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One of our best sources of information on events in the provinces of Bamingui-Bangoran and Vakaga has been a Burkina Faso-born U.S. citizen who has been the director of a medical NGO in the CAR. His organization has clinics spread across the area and his reporting and observation [...] | 2009-09-08 15:27:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PREF CT |
09BANGUI196 | CAR: STARVING IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite massive natural wealth that should provide a comfortable standard of living for its 4.3 million inhabitants, the CAR continues to struggle with extreme poverty, malnutrition, rampant banditry and several festering insurgencies. Our key goals of promoting a stable and pr [...] | 2009-09-08 15:27:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON CT |
09BANGUI207 | MALNUTRITION IN WESTERN CAR ALARMING, BUT NOT A CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The diamond-rich southwest of the Central African Republic (CAR) is currently suffering from a wave of malnutrition brought on by a lack of nutritional education, the aftereffects of regional insecurity, the global drop in the price of diamonds, and most fundamentally, the gover [...] | 2009-09-30 17:19:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
09BANGUI209 | CAR: LEADING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DISCUSSES VISION; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 5, 2009, the Charge (CDA) met with Martin Ziguele - former Central African (CAR) Prime Minister and 2005 Presidential candidate - who is President Bozize's principle challenger for the anticipated elections of 2010. Engaging, erudite and shrewd, Ziguele covered a range [...] | 2009-10-07 07:27:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
09BANGUI21 | NEW REPORTS OF VIOLENT CLASHES IN NORTH-CENTRAL CAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the last two months, Post has been following the movements of a group of armed men who attacked various villages in the north-central provinces of the Central African Republic (CAR). These attacks were initially dismissed by commentators in Bangui as being merely unimportan [...] | 2009-02-10 19:46:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON CT |
09BANGUI212 | MINURCAT PERFORMING WELL, BUT VIOLENCE IN NE CAR NEEDS A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 8th, 2009, the United Nations Mission in Chad and the CAR (MINURCAT) hosted an Ambassadorial level (attended by POLOFF) trip to Birao, Central African Republic (CAR) as an informational session ahead of the October 21 Security Council meeting on the Mission's role. Th [...] | 2009-10-09 15:03:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
09BANGUI219 | UNDP AND REBELS FRUSTRATED WITH CARG FOOT-DRAGGING ON DDR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) campaign in the Central African Republic (CAR),launched in August 2009 with much fanfare, has slowed considerably in pace causing frustration in increasingly impatient rebels. The government's (CARG) lack of will, and spe [...] | 2009-10-17 11:42:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
09BANGUI22 | LEADER OF A FAILED STATE: HOW BOZIZE MAINTAINS POWER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Francois Bozize took power in the Central African Republic on March 15, 2003 overthrowing Felix-Ange Patasse. It was his second attempt at that coup, but may have been only the last in a long series of extra-legal attempts to gain power. This message describes how Bozize, ofte [...] | 2009-02-14 03:54:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT |
09BANGUI235 | CAR: PRESIDENT BOZIZE DELAYS IMPLEMENTATION OF USAID ROAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The USD 2.75 million USAID funded roads rehabilitation project set to launch on October 26, 2009 was delayed by President of the Central African Republic (CAR) Francois Bozize due to a perceived lack of government participation in the project. Despite fully informing the governm [...] | 2009-10-30 11:56:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR EAID CT |
09BANGUI237 | GROWING CHINESE INFLUENCE IN THE CAR EVIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A growing Sino-Central African (CAR) relationship is becoming increasingly evident in the CAR. President Bozize recently concluded his second state visit to China and sent another trade delegation back to Beijing shortly thereafter. Last week, the Chinese Ambassador laid the cor [...] | 2009-11-04 16:01:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON CT |
09BANGUI243 | CARG CONFIRMS THE EXISTENCE OF A FORMAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN [...] (SBU) On Friday, November 06, 2009, Ambassador spoke by telephone with Deputy Minister of Defense, Francis Bozize. The minister confirmed that Ugandan forces are in the national territory of the Central African Republic (CAR) to fight the LRA at the invitation of the CAR Government. An agreemen [...] | 2009-11-06 09:14:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV PINR CT UG |
09BANGUI246 | SUMMARY OF ENGAGEMENT PLANS WITH THE CENTRAL AFRICAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AmEmbassy Bangui has been in close and productive contact with US Africa Command (AFRICOM) Strategy, Plans and Programs Engagement Division over the course of 2009 in an effort to formulate an engagement plan for the Central African Military (FACA). After a visit by AFRICOM's des [...] | 2009-11-09 17:31:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
09BANGUI247 | RESPONSE TO STATE 114736 - WFP NEEDS FOR SOUTHEAST CAR [...] (U) This cable contains an action request (See paragraph 4). 2. (U) The World Food Program (WFP) in the Central African Republic (CAR) needs additional funding to provide food and other assorted commodities for 20,000 unexpected internally displaced people (IDP) and refugees stemming from [...] | 2009-11-09 17:39:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PREF CT |
09BANGUI250 | FORMER PRESIDENT RETURNS TO THE CAR SPARKING WIDE MEDIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 30, 2009, former Central African (CAR) President Ange Felix Patasse returned to the country after an eight year exile in Togo. It is still unclear how his return affects the elections of 2010, for which he has affirmed he will run (Ref A),but it has clearly shaken his [...] | 2009-11-13 11:16:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
09BANGUI251 | INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION IN PLACE, BUT ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) for the Central African (CAR) elections of 2010 was sworn into existence on October 8, 2009 and its president, Pastor Joseph Binguimale, voted into position shortly thereafter. To date, the IEC has been largely quiet, and the general con [...] | 2009-11-13 11:38:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
09BANGUI256 | FORMER PRESIDENT PATASSE CALLS ON THE AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former President of the Central African Republic (CAR) Ange-Felix Patasse called on the Ambassador on Monday, November 16, 2009. In the course of an hour and half long visit Patasse affirmed his friendship with the United States, blamed the French for his downfall, and stressed h [...] | 2009-11-23 16:51:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
09BANGUI257 | ZIGUELE CLAIMS THAT CARG IS UNDERMINING ELECTORAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 25, Ambassador and DCM met with Martin Ziguele, leading opposition figure in the Central African Republic, to discuss the return of former president Ange-Felix Patasse and the upcoming elections. Ziguele, formerly Patasse's Prime Minister and current rival in the el [...] | 2009-11-27 12:29:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
09BANGUI262 | CAR PM PLEDGES TO HELP US IMPLEMENT PROJECTS; FRUSTRATED BY [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador and DCM met with Prime Minister Touadera on December 2 to discuss a number of issues; including the CARG approval of the road rehabilitation project, the still-pending MOU for the Property Rights and Artisanal Diamond Development (PRADD) project, the Trafficking in Pe [...] | 2009-12-03 17:49:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON CT |
09BANGUI272 | MINURCAT SRSG SPELLS OUT CONTINUED SECURITY THREATS IN NE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 16, 2009, Victor Angelo [PROTECT SOURCE], the Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) of the United Nations Mission in Chad and the Central African Republic (MINURCAT) met with the Ambassador. At the former's request, the Ambassador gave the SRSG an upd [...] | 2009-12-21 13:43:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PREF KPKO CT |
09BANGUI273 | CPJP MOTIVATIONS FOR ATTACK ON NDELE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The November 26 attack by the Patriotic Convention for Justice and Peace (CPJP) on Ndele in the northern Central African Republic (CAR) reignited a conflict largely dormant since the start of the rainy season (Ref A). The counter attack by the Central African Army (FACA) on Decem [...] | 2009-12-22 12:38:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PREF KPKO CT |
09BANGUI274 | FLEEING VIOLENCE IN NORTHERN CONGO, NEW REFUGEES APPEAR IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: A new flow of refugees into the remote southwestern prefecture of the Lobaye in the Central African Republic (CAR) is the latest in a series of humanitarian tragedies to hit the country this year. The latest census conducted on 14 December 2009 by a joint assessment mission compos [...] | 2009-12-29 08:49:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PREF CT |
09BANGUI275 | DDR PROCESS INCREASINGLY LINKED TO ELECTIONS - A DANGEROUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two critical and linked realities threaten to derail the progress of the scheduled preparations for the 2010 Central African (CAR) elections: setbacks in implementing the disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration program (DDR) and the existence of armed groups outside of the [...] | 2009-12-30 16:01:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
09BANGUI276 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: LAWS AND SOCIAL VIEWS ON SEXUAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Central African Republic (CAR) law criminalizes homosexual behavior. The law, reflective of widely held social stigma against homosexuality, considers any act of homosexuality as an ``offense against public decency.'' Post is, however, unaware of any arrests or fines and very few [...] | 2009-12-31 11:52:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV CT |
09BANGUI45 | REBELS ATTACK KABO AND BATANGAFO IN NORTHWESTERN CAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the early morning of Saturday, 21 February, elements from the FDPC (Democratic Front of the Central African People),a group that had signed a peace treaty with the Central African Government in 2008 attacked the towns of Batangafo and Kabo in Northwestern CAR and then departe [...] | 2009-02-23 16:35:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
09BANGUI46 | TRIP REPORT FROM VISIT TO NDELE, SOKOUMBA AND NGARBA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 10:34:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
09BANGUI47 | THE BANGUI SPRING HAS COME TO AN END [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: 2009 began on a note of unprecedented optimism; the formal peace accords with all major rebel groups and the completion of another "Political Dialogue" made it possible to imagine that real progress might be possible. To be sure, all was not perfect; the government of national u [...] | 2009-02-24 16:24:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON CT |
09BANGUI49 | MEETING WITH CAR PRESIDENT BOZIZE [...] (SBU) On Friday, 20 February, the Ambassador called on President Bozize. The meeting was at Bozize's request. The Ambassador had not yet requested a meeting as Bozize had been in Bossangoa for a week of funeral ceremonies for his mother. Bozize began by asking the Ambassador's view of the Ob [...] | 2009-02-25 17:35:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CT ECON PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
09BANGUI50 | DISASTER DECLARATION: CAR DISPLACED PERSONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-25 19:04:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CT ECON PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
09BANGUI56 | FORMER PRIME MINISTER SUGGESTS REASONS BEHIND RECENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Prime Minister and current president of the Movement for the Liberation of Central African People (MLPC) Martin ZIGUELE visited the Ambassador on February 26, 2009 to discuss the recently concluded celebrations of the Party's 30th anniversary. He also spoke about the rece [...] | 2009-03-02 20:38:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV CT |
09BANGUI60 | RIOTS IN BANGUI: TENSIONS BOIL OVER AFTER THE MURDER OF A [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the evening of March 5, 2009 a large riot broke out in the Miskine neighborhood of Bangui. The protesters were reacting to the severe assault on a police officer and respected member of the community by three members of the Presidential Guard. From approximately 7pm until [...] | 2009-03-06 13:53:00 | Embassy Bangui | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
09BANGUI62 | RECENT LIBYAN ACTIVITY IN THE CAR: A NEW CHAPTER IN AN OLD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The apparent dissolution of the December 2008 Inclusive Political Dialogue in the Central African Republic has been precipitated by, among other events, the recent rebel activity of the FDPC, a group with strongly suspected ties to Libya (REFTEL 09 BANGUI 56). Libya's influence [...] | 2009-03-09 10:33:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON PINR CT |
09BANGUI68 | CAR ELECTIONS OF 2010: A SNEAK PEAK AT THE CANDIDATES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The next elections in the CAR are scheduled for May 2010. This report seeks to identify the potential candidates. President Francois Bozize is the frontrunner and is likely to win the election, fairly or not, but there are other credible candidates and popular discontent is suc [...] | 2009-03-20 13:13:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
09BANGUI78 | STREET BATTLE BETWEEN FULANI AND LOCAL MERCHANTS LEAVES AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At 6:30 AM on April 12, 2009, a group of Fulani herders attacked Muslim traders at the cattle market (Marche du Betail) twelve kilometers from the center of Bangui. Details are still unclear, but there are at least seventeen dead. The violence was not directed at U.S. citizens a [...] | 2009-04-14 16:12:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
09BANGUI80 | A STATE OF DECAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From all corners of Central African society and the international community, there is a creeping sense that the Bozize government is increasingly feeble and may not last out the year. Post stresses that it has no/no solid evidence of any credible external or internal threat and [...] | 2009-04-14 16:54:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
09BANGUI83 | EXTORTION,WITH A RECEIPT: ROADWAY INSECURITY CRIPPLING FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 27, 2009 a motorcycle belonging to an NGO working out of Birao in northeast Central African Republic (CAR) was stolen from its riders. What followed was an almost farcical tale of armed theft and extortion that is sadly typical of the state of lawlessness in most of the [...] | 2009-04-20 14:29:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
09BANGUI85 | AMBASSADOR'S TRAVEL TO KAGA BANDORO RESTRICTED BY CARG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Thursday, March 26, 2009, Ambassador and visiting AFRICOM officer departed Bangui, bound for the town of Kaga Bandoro to visit the various Central African and international organizations working in the region. Kaga Bandoro sits on one of the fault lines of conflict in the CAR [...] | 2009-04-21 13:29:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
09BANGUI86 | MFA NOTE SEEKS TO REGULATE TRAVEL BY DIPLOMATS IN THE CAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 20, 2009, Post received a Circular Diplomatic Note from the Central African Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) imposing the immediate requirement for notification to the MFA prior to any travel to areas ``under tension'' by the foreign diplomatic corps. The Note cited Ar [...] | 2009-04-21 18:12:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
09BANGUI87 | MILITARY TRIBUNAL ACCUSES NOTORIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSER IN [...] (SBU)SUMMARY: On April 22, 2009 Lieutenant Olivier Koudoumon, aka Lt. Gbangouma, a member of President Bozize's Garde Presidentielle (GP),was officially accused of causing the death of a Commissar of Police on March 5, 2009. The killing sparked a day of riots in Bangui that left 10 wounded and [...] | 2009-04-22 15:46:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
09BANGUI9 | NEW CAR COALITION GOVERNMENT - NOTHING NEW, AND NOT A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The announcement on Monday, January 19, of a new coalition government ended the several weeks of delay in naming the new coalition recommended by December's Inclusive Political Dialogue. The new government, listed below, represents little change from the old and is even less inc [...] | 2009-01-23 03:26:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT |
09BANGUI98 | CONCERT FOR PEACE GIVEN AT THE AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Tuesday, 6 May 2009, the Ambassador hosted a concert by students from Bangui University. The students sang songs calling for peace and reconciliation in English, French and Sango to an appreciative audience of government ministers, the Diplomatic corps, civil society and the Am [...] | 2009-05-07 07:57:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR OEXC ODIP CT |
09BANJUL101 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH CHIEF OF DEFENSE STAFF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 10:52:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PINR PREL SNAR GA |
09BANJUL103 | JAMMEH ANNOUNCES ZERO TOLERANCE FOR THE DRUGS TRADE [...] On March 27, President Jammeh strongly condemned the trade in narcotics and urged the country's judges to exercise no mercy for drug dealers in his annual speech to the National Assembly. This is Jammeh's strongest condemnation of the drug trade to date, and could be a reaction to recent event [...] | 2009-04-06 17:05:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EPET KDEM SOCI SNAR GA |
09BANJUL109 | PRESIDENT JAMMEH DISBURSES OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS TO [...] On April 6, 2009, President Yahya Jammeh disbursed a total of over a million dollars to the players and officials of The Gambia's Under 17 soccer team for winning the African championship. While Gambians are united in their joy for the country's first victory in a continental tournament, many [...] | 2009-04-16 12:27:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON GA |
09BANJUL114 | GUINEA-BISSAU AMBASSADOR TO THE GAMBIA CALLS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-21 07:58:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR GA |
09BANJUL18 | THE GAMBIA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, Embassy Banjul presents its Investment Climate Statement for 2009. ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. The Gambian government publicly espouses a liberal, open economic environment and free-market pricing, with a [...] | 2009-01-22 17:59:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR |
09BANJUL348 | Banjul in Brief [...] Banjul is going nuts: On December 3rd Embassy Banjul convened a meeting of key stakeholders of The Gambia's (TG) cashew industry to introduce them to the African Cashew Alliance (ACA) and urge them to set up a National ACA Committee. The meeting was also convened as part of the efforts by th [...] | 2009-12-08 09:45:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PGOV KPAO TG |
09BANJUL55 | GAMBIA: THE NEED FOR INCREASED LAW ENFORCEMENT AND JUDICIAL [...] Per instructions in reftel, Embassy Banjul hereby provides its assessment of the need for increased law enforcement and judicial training in The Gambia. --------------------------------- INTERNAL AND REGIONAL CHALLENGES --------------------------------- 2. The regional challenges for The [...] | 2009-02-19 09:32:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI KCRM ASEC XW XY XI GA |
09BANJUL68 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Ambassador had a 2 hour meeting with President Jammeh on a wide range of issues, including the current state of bilateral relations, drug trafficking in the region, future assistance for The Gambia and the inquiry by Senator Durbin on the case of missing journalist Chief Manneh. Jammeh [...] | 2009-03-02 14:52:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR GA |
09BANJUL79 | OPPOSITION LEADER CHARGED WITH SPYING AND SEDITION [...] (C) On Wednesday, March 11, 2009, opposition politician and former presidential candidate Mr. Halifa Sallah appeared in court charged with spying, acting with seditious intent and leading a procession without a police permit. Sallah was arrested March 8 and is likely to remain in detention bec [...] | 2009-03-13 12:33:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV GA |
09BANJUL90 | OPPOSITION POLITICIAN RELEASED UNCONDITIONALLY [...] On March 19, 2009, prominent Gambian opposition leader and former presidential candidate Halifa Sallah was released unconditionally after 11 days of detention for reporting on and protesting an ongoing campaign apparently supported by the government to rid the country of "witches" (reftel). T [...] | 2009-03-24 11:45:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM GA |
09BANJUL96 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH GUINEA-BISSAU [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on Guinea-Bissau Ambassador to the Gambia Munira Ribeiro following assassination of the President and Military Chief of Staff in Bissau. Ambassador Ribeiro expressed little hope for a quick resolution to the current crisis in Guinea-Bissau. Meanwhile, Embassy s [...] | 2009-03-30 16:31:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT PGOV PINR PREL SNAR |
09BANJUL98 | THE GAMBIA SEEKS AIRCRAFT TO LAUNCH NATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 15:57:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED | BTIO EAIR ETRD EXIM PGOV GA |
09BARCELONA12 | USS MT. WHITNEY: CITY AUTHORITIES, POLICE RUN FOR COVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CG met with a city council member and Director of the Guardia Urbana to express USG disappointment with police actions January 22 towards crewmen aboard the USS Mt. Whitney. CG told Barcelona authorities that quick communication either directly with the Commanding Officer of th [...] | 2009-02-05 15:35:00 | Consulate Barcelona | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PGOV SP |
09BARCELONA154 | MUSLIM PARLIAMENTARIAN DISCUSSES ISLAM IN SPAIN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Spain's first Muslim Parliamentarian discussed with POLOFF Muslim relations in Spain and stressed the importance of grassroots activism to integrate Muslims into Spanish society. Noting the vast increase of Muslim immigrants into Spain in recent years, Mohammed Chaib cautio [...] | 2009-11-06 14:19:00 | Consulate Barcelona | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR SMIG SOCI SP MO |
09BARCELONA160 | PP CONVENTION IN BARCELONA TARGETS CATALAN VOTERS [...] SUMMARY: The center right Spanish Popular Party (PP) held its national convention in Barcelona on November 13-15, with a view to increasing their support in Catalonia in regional elections in late 2010, municipal elections in 2011, and the general election in 2012. Holding the convention [...] | 2009-11-25 17:02:00 | Consulate Barcelona | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SP |
09BARCELONA31 | CATALAN BUSINESS PROMOTION UNIT SEEKS TO REASSURE U.S. [...] (U) Summary: Josep Huguet, Regional Minister (Conseller) for Innovation, Universities and Enterprise, and Carme Botifoll i Alegre, Director General of Business Promotion for Catalonia (ACC1O) hosted a lunch March 2 for U.S. business representatives based in Catalonia. AmCham President Jaime M [...] | 2009-03-11 12:47:00 | Consulate Barcelona | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV AN SP |
09BARCELONA32 | ANDORRA: FRENCH PRESSURE LEADS ANDORRA TO REDUCE BANK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Andorran Cap de Govern (Prime Minister-equivalent) Albert Pintat announced he was stepping down as the leader of his party amid accusations by French President Nicolas Sarkozy that the Andorran Government had failed to sufficiently modify the country's bank laws on transparenc [...] | 2009-03-16 11:44:00 | Consulate Barcelona | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD OECD PGOV PREL SP AN |
09BARCELONA40 | REGIONAL PRESIDENT WEIGHS FIRING TOP SECURITY ADVISORS OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: Scores were injured - many of them police and journalists - March 18 after the Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan regional police) broke up a student protest at the University of Barcelona. An investigation is underway to determine how and why the incident turned violent. The student [...] | 2009-03-26 12:17:00 | Consulate Barcelona | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC SP |
09BASRAH1 | BASRA PROVINCIAL ELECTION ROADMAP [...] (C/REL MNFI) Summary: 81 political entities have registered for placement on the Basra provincial ballot, including eight coalitions and 19 independent candidates. Only eight Provincial Council members are running for re-election and many independent candidates have decided not to run, clear [...] | 2009-01-15 10:14:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BASRAH11 | THE FINAL COMPLAINTS OF BASRA GOVERNOR WA'ELI [...] (C) In a February 24 meeting with the REO, outgoing Governor Mohammed Wa'eli) characterized the State of Law coalition's victory as a surprise to everyone, including Prime Minister Maliki, and noted the fierce fighting within the coalition over the choice for governor. Wa'eli, accompanied by [...] | 2009-03-04 10:56:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BASRAH12 | BASRA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: In two separate meetings, REO discussed local Christian-minority issues with Chaldean Father Emad Aziz al-Banna. Emad, de facto leader of the Christian community in Basra, expressed great satisfaction that Christians now have a designated seat on the Provincial Council (PC). Th [...] | 2009-03-04 13:06:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KIRF IZ |
09BASRAH13 | CRACKS APPEAR IN STATE OF LAW COALITION [...] (C) Summary: Divisions are appearing within the State of Law coalition just weeks after the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) projected its overwhelming victory in Basra's provincial election (reftel). According to REO contacts, the seemingly solid "Maliki" bloc suffers from inter [...] | 2009-03-12 16:11:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BASRAH15 | BASRA: PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) In March 17-19 meetings with the Senior Advisor for Southern Iraq and the Regional Embassy Office, Basra political leaders all but conceded that the next provincial government will be headed by the Da'wa-led State of Law coalition, despite attempts by opposition parties to capitalize on [...] | 2009-03-25 13:23:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV IZ |
09BASRAH17 | BASRA: ONE YEAR AFTER CHARGE OF THE KNIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. One year after the Iraqi Army (IA) routed militia groups (with US and UK military help) during Operation Charge of the Knights (CoK),Basra Province has stabilized. Continued gains in security, a boost to investment, and improvements in governance appear tantalizingly possible. V [...] | 2009-04-10 14:39:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV MARR IZ |
09BASRAH18 | BASRAH: UNITED KINGDOM HOSTS INVESTMENT CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-14 10:58:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PGOV MASS EAIR EWWT UK IZ |
09BASRAH19 | BASRA EXECUTIVES ELECTED ACCORDING TO MALIKI'S PLAN [...] (C) Summary: The Basra Provincial Council (PC) elected new leadership on the evening of April 15. Although disagreements within the State of Law coalition over its gubernatorial nominee prevented an agreement during the PC's opening session, coalition members eventually agreed to follow a no [...] | 2009-04-21 17:29:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
09BASRAH2 | MAJOR GENERAL AZIZ CONFIDENT ABOUT SECURITY BUT ACKNOWLEDGES [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the REO Director at Iraqi Army 14th Division Headquarters, Major General Abd al-Aziz al-Dalmi expressed confidence in his security plans for election day but acknowledged the likelihood of some violence, including political assassinations and a brief period of politic [...] | 2009-01-25 14:27:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ASEC IZ IR |
09BASRAH21 | BASRAH: NEW TWIST IN IRAN-BASED HOUSING PROJECT [...] (C) Basrah Investment Commission (BIC) advisor Ihsan Abdul-Jabar told REO that, contrary to widely held assumptions, the BIC has not submitted to Baghdad for approval a proposal for a USD 1 billion Iran-based Karman Company housing and development project in Basrah. In strictest confidence, I [...] | 2009-04-26 14:08:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV IZ IR |
09BASRAH22 | NEW BASRA GOVERNOR SOUNDS CAUTIONARY NOTE [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 28, new Basra Governor Dr. Shiltag Abud took the reins of power from outgoing Fadhila Governor Mohammed Wa'eli. In a ceremony that brought together members of the incoming and outgoing Provincial Councils, Shiltag sounded a cautionary note, observing that the provinc [...] | 2009-04-30 18:04:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON EINV IZ |
09BASRAH24 | TURKISH CONSULATE TO OPEN IN BASRA [...] (C) Summary: Over a REO-hosted lunch on April 19th, Turkish Consul General Ahmet Yazal announced his government's plan to open a consulate in Basra next month. The proposed consulate will be located in a temporary office until a suitable building can be constructed. The Turkish government's [...] | 2009-05-01 16:30:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BASRAH27 | BASRAH: SOUTH OIL COMPANY CHAIRMAN OUSTED [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 19, Iraq's South Oil Company (SOC) Chairman Kifah Numan was forced out of his job, and replaced by Fayadh Hassan Nima, most recently Director General (DG) of the Ministry of Oil's (MOO) Studies and Planning Directorate. Numan later told Basrah Provincial Reconstruction Te [...] | 2009-05-25 15:07:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET IZ ENRG PGOV |
09BASRAH28 | BASRA SECURITY FORCE LEADERS CAUTION US MILITARY TO KEEP LOW [...] (C) Summary: Basra Operations Commander Major General Mohammed Jawad Huwaidi complained to the PRT about the increased visibility of U.S. troops in the province. The General's grievances were echoed by his deputy and the Iraqi Army (IA) 14th Division commander, who were also present. Mohamm [...] | 2009-05-31 13:36:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PINS ASEC IZ |
09BASRAH29 | BASRAH: OLD CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS ADD TO NEW PROVINCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The $201 million in GOI Accelerated Reconstruction Development Program (ARDP) funds allocated to Basra for 2009 will fall far short of the province's obligations for 2008. The new governor's decision to honor without further review the contractual obligations made by the previous [...] | 2009-05-31 15:39:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN IZ |
09BASRAH3 | ELECTORAL OFFICE DIRECTOR SPEAKS ON FAILED REGION INITIATIVE [...] (C/REL MNFI) Summary: REO met with Basra Governorate Electoral Office (GEO) Director Hazim Jodah on January 20. Jodah declared the failure of the federal region initiative and blamed Basra Governor Mohammed Wa'eli for its demise. Commenting on the elections, Jodah assessed the local security [...] | 2009-01-25 14:40:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BASRAH31 | CONOCO PHILLIPS SIZING UP OIL OPPORTUNITIES IN BASRAH [...] (SBU) Summary. Senior ConocoPhillips (CP) representatives briefed Basrah PRTOffs on their latest activities in Basrah during a May 31 visit, and indicated that they would likely bid on a number of fields in the first oil licensing round. They gave the Government of Iraq's (GOI) Ministry of Oi [...] | 2009-06-08 10:12:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV ECON EAID PGOV IZ |
09BASRAH34 | PRT ENGAGES BASRAH PROVINCIAL COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary. On June 3, PRT Basra met for the first time with the new Provincial Council as a group. PRT acting team leader delivered short remarks to remind Iraqis that U.S. military withdrawal does not mean U.S. withdrawal, and that the U.S. civilian presence will endure so long as the bila [...] | 2009-06-14 13:11:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IZ PGOV |
09BASRAH36 | BASRAH: SHELL STILL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FLARED GAS PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary. During a June 8 meeting with PRT EconOff, visiting Shell Gas and Power Vice President Mounir Bouaziz (Amcit, please protect) expressed optimism that Shell's multi-billion dollar South Gas Utilization Project would be approved within the next three months, although "there is stil [...] | 2009-06-20 14:02:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV IZ |
09BASRAH38 | BASRA: LOCAL DISSATISFACTION GROWS IN FINAL RUN-UP TO FIRST [...] (C) Summary. In the run-up to the long-awaited and possibly historic late June-early July first round oil auctions, a growing opposition to the plan has emerged in Basra Province, where three giant oil fields are included in the first round, and state-owned South Oil Company (SOC) holds sway. [...] | 2009-06-29 17:04:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV IZ |
09BASRAH39 | TOUR DE TABLE WITH BASRA'S SUNNI SHEIKHS AND CLERICS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 28 meeting with the Deputy Team Leader and other Basra PRT members, 14 Sunni tribal sheikhs and clerics from the districts of Basra, Abul Kasib, Al Faw, and Al Zubair, shared their views on political, security, and development issues. They voiced disenchantment with t [...] | 2009-07-04 06:54:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI IZ |
09BASRAH4 | REO REACHES OUT TO LOCAL BLACK COMMUNITY [...] (C) Summary: As a follow-up to the REO's December meeting with ethnically African candidates running in the Provincial Council (PC) elections, the REO visited an ethnically African neighborhood in Az Zubayr on January 14. The visit was hosted by leaders of the Iraqi Freedom Movement (IFM),a [...] | 2009-01-26 18:35:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM IZ |
09BASRAH40 | BASRA: OMS LEADER FEARS MILITARY KILLING WILL HURT EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary. Senior OMS (Office of the Martyr al-Sadr) leader Sheikh Mohammed al-Furaji expressed concerns about the June 21 killing of Ahmed Rahman Jasim, a member of Jaysh al-Mahdi, who he claims had no ties to Iranian-backed militant groups. Though the military operation that resulted in t [...] | 2009-07-06 08:40:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PINR PREL PTER IZ IR |
09BASRAH41 | BASRA: TWO AMERICAN FIRMS TO HELP BUILD MASSIVE "SPORTS [...] (U) Summary: According to local officials and media reports, the Government of Iraq (GOI) has selected two U.S. firms to design and provide engineering services for a massive new sports complex in Basra. The site is planned to be completed in preparation for the Basra-hosted 2013 Gulf Cup, an [...] | 2009-07-06 13:03:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV SOCI ELAB KPAO SCUL IZ |
09BASRAH44 | BASRA GOVERNOR SHILTAG SURVIVES ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT [...] (C) Basra Governor Abud Shiltag escaped an attempt on his life during a visit to the electricity directorate on July 18. According the governor's head of security, Governor Shiltag was entering the directorate at around 7 p.m. when a shot rang out. His personal security detail quickly surround [...] | 2009-07-19 14:25:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL IZ IR |
09BASRAH46 | SUNNI ENDOWMENT LEADER REVEALS IIP ELECTION STRATEGY [...] (C) In a August 12 meeting, Dr. Abd al-Kareem al-Khazraji, head of the Sunni Endowment for southern Iraq, provided his views on local and national issues. He gave positive marks to the current Basra Provincial Council and Sunni effectiveness within it, but criticized reconstruction efforts as [...] | 2009-08-13 14:47:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID SOCI IZ IR |
09BASRAH47 | PRT BASRA: ROUND-UP OF RECENT POLITICAL MEETINGS [...] (U) This cable provides summaries of PRT meetings held since July 13 with various Iraqi officials. These meetings have not been the subject of front-channel reporting. Complete reports of all these meetings are available by email by contacting MalloryJL@state.gov with a request for specific [...] | 2009-08-16 15:00:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER EAID SOCI PHUM IZ IR |
09BASRAH48 | BASRA GOVERNMENT FLEXES MUSCLES TO SACK MINISTERIAL DG [...] (SBU) In a first for the Basra government, the Provincial Council and Governor Shiltagh joined forces to use new Provincial Powers Law to remove a federal official from his job. Six times before, the Basra provincial government had tried to fire the managerially challenged Director General (DG [...] | 2009-09-03 08:21:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID SOCI IZ |
09BASRAH49 | BASRA INTELLIGENCE CHIEF ON LOCAL AND FOREIGN THREATS [...] (C) In a September 6 meeting, Colonel Hazam, head of the Iraqi Intelligence Service's Fusion Center for the Basra region, called the special cells of Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) the biggest security threat in southern Iraq and said Baathists and other insurgent groups were infiltrating their ranks to [...] | 2009-09-10 12:15:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI IZ IR |
09BASRAH50 | BASRA INVESTMENT COMMISSION CHAIRMAN ON INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary. Basra Investment Commission (BIC) Chairman Haider Ali told PRT EconOffs that many more investment licenses have been granted recently, and others are expected to follow soon. He said that at least for now, most new investors are Iraqi, and this trend could continue until the poli [...] | 2009-09-15 08:02:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV IZ IR |
09BASRAH51 | SHEIKHS WARN MALIKI TO STEER CLEAR OF ISCI [...] (C) Several well connected sources briefed us on recent conversations with Prime Minister Maliki concerning his coalition building efforts. They have counseled Maliki to avoid alliances with ISCI, suspecting that it is behind the recent increase in violence in Iraq. They have urged the Prime [...] | 2009-09-17 09:07:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IZ |
09BASRAH53 | BASRA JOURNALIST DISCUSSES MALIKI VISIT, JOURNALISTIC [...] (C) Summary. Local journalist and close PRT contact Majed Al-Brekan (strictly protect) dismissed Prime Minister Maliki's recent visit to Basra, ostensibly undertaken to deal with water shortages, as "entirely political," and said that that "all his promises were just talk." On the challenges [...] | 2009-09-24 06:52:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI SCUL KPAO KMDR PGOV IZ |
09BASRAH54 | BASRA: A GLUM SHELL WONDERS ABOUT NEXT STEPS ON (DELAYED?) [...] (SBU) Summary. During a recent visit to Basra, Royal Dutch Shell representatives told PRT EconOff that local stakeholders expressed continued strong support for its flared-gas project. However, they also expressed frustration about Shell's apparent inability to finalize the deal with the GOI a [...] | 2009-09-27 12:25:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV IZ |
09BASRAH55 | PRT BASRA'S EID AL-FITR CELEBRATION A SYMBOLIC MILESTONE [...] This is a Basra PRT reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Basra PRT hosted an Eid al-Fitr (end of Ramadan) event on September 23 for an estimated 130 guests from a broad swath of Basrawi society. The event took place at a new downtown Basra luxury hotel, significant itself, as it further demo [...] | 2009-10-06 07:25:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO SOCI ASEC EINV IZ |
09BASRAH57 | BASRA: THE SLUMS OF HAYYANIYAH [...] (SBU) Summary. Hayyaniyah is a poor and politically sensitive Basra city neighborhood with a history very similar to Baghdad's Sadr City. Wracked by extreme poverty, high unemployment, and an extremely dense population, the enclave of about 300,000 is largely comprised of Shi'a Marsh Arabs fr [...] | 2009-10-28 08:38:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ECON PREL PGOV SMIG IZ IR |
09BASRAH58 | THE VIEW FROM BASRA U: STUDENTS MOTIVATED TO VOTE FOR [...] (C) Conversations with a dozen students at Basra University's School of Law reveal strong interest in the upcoming national elections, but also fears that fraud will occur without strong oversight by international observers. All the students support an open list ballot, and the majority say [...] | 2009-11-02 11:14:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KDEM IZ IR |
09BASRAH59 | (C) BASRA: SOUTH OIL COMPANY DIRECTOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: South Oil Company (SOC) Director General Dheyaa Jaafar told Basra Provincial Reconstruction Team and visiting Embassy Baghdad officers that a "completely different point of view" existed at SOC compared to just a few months ago, and international oil companies (IOCs) are now welcom [...] | 2009-11-05 12:58:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET ELAB PGOV IZ IR |
09BASRAH6 | STATE OF LAW COALITION BENEFITS FROM DA'WA'S APPEAL IN [...] (C) In separate meetings in Basra on February 3 with Senior Advisor Gordon Gray, local Da'wa leaders and journalists predicted that Prime Minister Maliki's State of Law list would win a majority of the 35 seats on Basra's Provincial Council. They attributed the list's success to Prime Minist [...] | 2009-02-13 09:08:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BASRAH60 | BASRA PROVINCE IRAN-IRAQ BORDER POST: NO PROOF OF LETHAL [...] (U) This is a Basra PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (S/NF) Operations, equipment and procedures at the Shalamsha port of entry (POE) at the Iraq-Iran border are under-financed and inadequate for appropriate cargo and passenger screening. The POE lacks clear lines of authority as [...] | 2009-11-21 13:26:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | SMIG SNAR ECON PGOV ETRD PTER KTFN KCOR PREL IR |
09BASRAH61 | IRANIAN SOFT POWER IN BASRA: EASY TO SEE; HARD TO GAUGE [...] (C) In examining the scope and depth of Iran's influence in Basra, a nuanced picture emerges. Based on information from Basrawi and international contacts, it appears that Iranian influence here is both overt and covert, direct and indirect, welcome and unwelcome. The most visible form of Iran [...] | 2009-11-21 13:58:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PREL PGOV ETRD PTER SOCI KDEM IZ IR |
09BASRAH63 | ERA OF CLOSER COOPERATION BEGINS WITH BASRAH UNIVERSITY [...] (SBU/NF) In a December 3 meeting, Basrah University's new chancellor, Dr. Saleh Najim, reviewed the status of the province's premier academic institution and related plans to create a new university devoted solely to petroleum and mineral studies. The PRT outlined possible avenues of cooperat [...] | 2009-12-15 08:50:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OEXC SCUL SOCI PREL PGOV IZ IR |
09BASRAH64 | BASRAH BLACK GOLD RUSH BEGINS: OIL COMPANIES FACE "DOING [...] (U) This is a Basrah PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) With the conclusion of Iraq's second oil bid round, successful bidders and oil-service firms are now increasing their presence in Basrah. Four super giant fields recently awarded at auction lie in Basrah Province - Rumai [...] | 2009-12-29 08:17:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON EINV PGOV SENV EAID IZ EWWT KCOR BTIO |
09BASRAH65 | BASRAH BLACK GOLD RUSH BEGINS: OIL COMPANIES FACE "DOING [...] (U) This is a Basrah PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) With the conclusion of Iraq's second oil bid round, successful bidders and oil-service firms are now increasing their presence in Basrah. Four super giant fields recently awarded at auction lie in Basrah Province - Rumai [...] | 2009-12-29 09:08:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON EINV PGOV SENV EAID IZ EWWT KCOR BTIO |
09BASRAH66 | STABLE SECURITY SITUATION IN BASRAH BOLSTERS CONFIDENCE IN [...] (C) The security situation in Basrah has remained stable since the April/May 2008 Charge of the Knights campaign. That operation largely rid Basrah of the militias that had turned the province into a cauldron of violence and instability. Although occasional IED and IDF attacks continue agains [...] | 2009-12-30 07:15:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV KCOR PTER PREL IZ |
09BASRAH67 | IRAQI FISHERMEN HARASSED BY IRAN AND KUWAIT [...] (C) Iraqi fishermen are bearing the brunt of conflicting claims by Iraq and its neighbors to territorial waters in the Persian Gulf. Media reports and personal accounts by fishermen, PRT members, US Navy personnel in the region, and a British naval officer familiar with the situation confirm r [...] | 2009-12-31 11:31:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EWWT ETRD PGOV EFIS PBTS IZ IR KU |
09BASRAH7 | BASRA PROVINCIAL ELECTION A SUCCESS [...] (C) Summary: In a February 11 meeting with the REO, Governorate Electoral Office (GEO) Director Hazim Jodah expressed satisfaction with his staff's performance during the election and noted that representatives from various political entities had expressed similar sentiments. He praised the [...] | 2009-02-20 18:28:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BASRAH8 | LOSING POLITICAL ENTITIES CRY FOUL [...] (C) Summary: Representatives from 15 different political entities requested a ballot recount during a February 10 press conference in Basra. Among other complaints, the representatives asserted a discrepancy between the preliminary election results announced by the Independent High Electoral [...] | 2009-02-22 11:21:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAU339 | AZERBAIJAN: SCENESESTTER FOR GEN MCNABB'S BAKU [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-23 10:09:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR AF TU AM AJ |
09BEIJING1013 | APRIL 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA, HOLBROOKE VISIT, [...] Key points at the April 16 MFA press briefing: -- China has "taken note" of reports that International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors have been expelled from North Korea. -- Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke "exchanged views on issues of common interest [...] | 2009-04-16 22:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM KNNP KWBG IAEA EFIN AMED CH KS KN |
09BEIJING103 | JANUARY 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MIDDLE EAST, EU, INTERNET [...] Key points at the January 13 MFA press briefing: -- China is "gravely concerned" that UN Security Council resolution 1860 is "not being implemented" in Gaza. -- China "attaches great importance" to its relationship with the EU -- China calls on France to create conditions for the improv [...] | 2009-01-13 09:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH TW IS XG RW UG BR KN MI SF CB |
09BEIJING1055 | XINJIANG: NO EVIDENCE OBSERVED OF MEDIA-REPORTED [...] (C) Summary: Despite rumors of arrests of underground or terrorism-related religious practitioners, the overall atmosphere in Xinjiang seemed more relaxed than on previous PolOff trips in advance of and just following the 2008 Olympics (Refs A and B),with no checkpoints and fewer propaganda p [...] | 2009-04-21 06:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PREL PGOV KIRF CH |
09BEIJING1064 | BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON HIGH-LEVEL [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing April 17, German Ambassador Michael Schaefer told the group that a Bundestag delegation had been able to hold a dinner meeting with Charter '08 writers and signers after the German Embassy informed the MFA and asked the Chinese government [...] | 2009-04-21 09:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF EFIN ECON CH FR JA GM UK |
09BEIJING1066 | GLOBAL TIMES LAUNCHES ENGLISH-LANGUAGE EDITION, [...] (SBU) People's Daily President Zhang Yannong presided over the official launch of the Global Times English-language edition at an April 20 reception in Beijing. At the event, People's Daily and Global Times editors told us the new English- language publication would maintain the "patriotic" [...] | 2009-04-21 11:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PROP PGOV PREL PHUM CH |
09BEIJING1067 | APRIL 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: UN CONFERENCE ON RACISM, [...] Key points at the April 21 MFA press briefing: -- China "regrets to see some countries did not attend" the UN Conference on Racism. -- China is ready to play a constructive role in the Middle East and hopes relevant parties follow UN resolutions and use diplomacy to achieve "the peaceful c [...] | 2009-04-21 22:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG KPAL IAEA SENV CH EG IS JA RS |
09BEIJING1080 | CROSS-STRAIT FTA A POSSIBILITY? [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan is intent on negotiating with Beijing a comprehensive Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA),equivalent to an FTA, according to a contact who met recently with top officials from both sides. Beijing is amenable to reaching a deal with Taipei that will advance cro [...] | 2009-04-23 03:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL TW CH |
09BEIJING1083 | INNER MONGOLIA GROWTH GOAL "ONLY" 13 PERCENT, [...] (SBU) Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (IMAR) officials claimed March 30 that, while the IMAR's resource-based economy was faring better than that of China's export-oriented regions, the province was still feeling the ill effects of the global financial crisis. Some VIPs present at the openin [...] | 2009-04-23 04:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EPET PGOV CH |
09BEIJING1094 | APRIL 23 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Yasukuni Shrine, Dalai Lama, [...] Key points at the April 23 MFA press briefing: -- A "correct and proper handling" of historic issues is the bedrock of Sino-Japanese relations, and Japan should take appropriate steps to safeguard the relationship following Prime Minister Taro Aso's sending an offering to the Yasukuni Shrine. [...] | 2009-04-23 09:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF CH JA FR KN KS |
09BEIJING1096 | FOREIGN MEDIA PRESSURED TO COMPLY WITH CODE OF [...] (C) The Chinese Government issued a new "code of conduct" for PRC staff working at foreign news bureaus on February 13, and although the code largely repeats existing prohibitions on independent news gathering by Chinese assistants, authorities are now enforcing these rules with increased vigo [...] | 2009-04-23 10:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PROP PGOV PREL PHUM CH |
09BEIJING1133 | CHINA/RUSSIA: STRANGE BEDFELLOWS OR STRATEGIC [...] SUMMARY: In spite of PRC public support for the Sino-Russian "strategic partnership," Chinese officials privately view Russia as "irrational, aggressive and untrustworthy," according to an opinion page editor at a leading state-owned newspaper. Our contact noted that many readers found a rec [...] | 2009-04-28 08:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH RS AF |
09BEIJING1136 | APRIL 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: UIGHUR DETAINEES, SWINE FLU, [...] Key points at the April 28 MFA press briefing: -- The Uighur detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay are "members of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement" and "should be handed over to China." -- China takes the swine flu issue "seriously" and has "jump started" a program to respond to the t [...] | 2009-04-28 22:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM CH JA FR MX |
09BEIJING1148 | PRC-KAZAKHSTAN: NAZARBAYEV VISIT STRESSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The energy deal announced during Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev's April 15-19 visit to China was only a deal "in principle," and Sino-Kazakh energy cooperation was proceeding under "market principles," according to an MFA official. Otherwise, the visit emphasized security and la [...] | 2009-04-29 09:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EAID PTER ZK CH |
09BEIJING1168 | SOMALIA: CHINA'S VIEWS ON COMBATING PIRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: China supported the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) and would like to improve military coordination but had to maintain sole control of its military operations and avoid a "military hierarchy," an MFA official told PolOff April 29. The official said China [...] | 2009-04-30 09:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | CH MARR MOPS PGOV PHSA PREL SO |
09BEIJING1169 | PRC SCHOLARS SHARE VIEWS ON AFRICOM, SOMALIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: China "shares African concerns" about U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM)'s perceived "militarization" of U.S. policy in Africa, according to two Chinese scholars on Africa. Our contacts expressed skepticism about the effectiveness of prosecuting Somali pirates and urged the United St [...] | 2009-04-30 09:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | CG CH MARR MOPS PGOV PREL SO EINV |
09BEIJING1170 | APRIL 30 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK, Visas, Japan, Visits [...] Key points at the April 30 MFA press briefing: -- China hopes that all parties involved can safeguard the Six-Party Talks. China and Japan are both willing to increase communication and coordination for peace and prosperity in East Asia and the world. -- Foreign reports that China is tigh [...] | 2009-04-30 09:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MNUC CH JA FR KN KS SP MX |
09BEIJING1173 | EDITOR SUSPENDED FOR INTERVIEW PRAISING "UNIVERSAL [...] (C) Zhong Weizhi (protect),the editor-in-chief of China's only national-level "private" newspaper, The Economic Observer, was suspended for publishing an interview with a controversial historian, Zhong told PolOffs March 25. The historian in question, Sun Yat-sen University's Yuan Weishi, ha [...] | 2009-04-30 10:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PROP PHUM PGOV KDEM CH |
09BEIJING1177 | CHINA - STATE COUNCIL OPINION URGES [...] (SBU) Summary: China's State Council issued a seven-point "Opinion" April 10 on "Strengthening Management of Government Procurement" that is a binding administrative prescription with quasi-legal force (unofficial translation at Paragraph 7). Local media portray the new guidelines as targetin [...] | 2009-05-03 22:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV WTRO PGOV CH |
09BEIJING118 | PRC SCHOLARS SAY CHINESE GOVERNMENT CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) Summary: The Chinese Government has distanced itself from Zimbabwean President Mugabe but will not pressure him to step down unless the South African Development Community (SADC) or African Union (AU) calls for his resignation, Chinese scholars recently told PolOff. The scholars agreed t [...] | 2009-01-15 08:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID CH ZI SF |
09BEIJING1199 | MAY 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: FLU, QUARANTINES, VISA POLICY, [...] Key points at the May 5 MFA press briefing: -- China has taken "urgent and temporary" measures to "protect the safety of the animal husbandry industry and the people" from the threat of H1N1 Influenza. -- The spokesperson had no information about reports that four American citizens have be [...] | 2009-05-05 22:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AMED MCAP CH MX CE CA AS KU JP |
09BEIJING1206 | INCREASED GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP OF POLITICAL [...] (C) Aggressive censorship is making it more difficult to hold political discussions online, according to multiple bloggers and online activists. While contacts differed on whether the ongoing "anti-vulgarity" campaign was being employed as cover for the political tightening, all agreed that c [...] | 2009-05-06 08:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PROP SCUL SOCI CH TW EINT |
09BEIJING1227 | MAY 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HU-OBAMA TELCON, USNS VICTORIOUS, [...] Key points at the May 7 MFA press briefing: -- Chinese President Hu Jintao and U.S. President Barack Obama discussed bilateral relations and had an "in-depth exchange of views" on H1N1 influenza, agreeing to cooperate in addressing the issue. The two leaders also discussed the Korean Peninsu [...] | 2009-05-07 23:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AMED MCAP CH MX CE CA AS KU JP |
09BEIJING1242 | China's Qinghai Province Slow to Rebalance Economy and [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tibetan and other minority communities in rural Qinghai Province see only limited benefits from China's rural development efforts. Like much of rural China, weak local government capacity hinders Chinese Government development efforts throughout rural Qinghai. These problems are [...] | 2009-05-08 08:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAGR PGOV SOCI CH |
09BEIJING1244 | PRC: DEMARCHE URGING AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S RELEASE [...] (C) In response to reftel points requesting that China urge the Government of Burma to release democratic opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, MFA Asian Affairs Department Burma, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam Division Deputy Director Chen Chen told PolOff May 8 that China hoped that all parties in [...] | 2009-05-08 09:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV CH BM |
09BEIJING1247 | BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON DPRK, GTMO [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing May 8, French DCM Nicholas Chapuis reported that State Councilor Dai Bingguo told visiting former French President Chirac that the West would not gain from more sanctions on North Korea. Dai reportedly said that "the lever of economic d [...] | 2009-05-08 10:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON CH FR JA GM UK |
09BEIJING1249 | WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY: CHINESE REPORTERS AND [...] (C) PRC journalists and bloggers lamented continued government restrictions on the media and the Internet at a May 3 Charge-hosted dinner, organized jointly by Embassy POL and PAS sections, to mark World Press Freedom Day. Our contacts, mostly outspoken journalists and bloggers in their earl [...] | 2009-05-08 12:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PROP PHUM PGOV PREL KFLU CH JA |
09BEIJING1261 | CHINA/RUSSIA: FM YANG'S VISIT TO MOSCOW REAFFIRMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: China and Russia share a common interest in a multi-polar world and "democratization of international relations," but the China-Russia strategic partnership is "not an alliance and not directed at a third country," according to an MFA official. The official said China and Russia [...] | 2009-05-11 08:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH RS AF |
09BEIJING1272 | EMBASSY PROTESTS TREATMENT OF AMERICAN JOURNALISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following reports of detention and harassment of U.S. journalists attempting to report in Tibetan areas of western China, the Embassy has thrice protested to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In an April 17 meeting, PressOff asked the MFA to clarify rules governing foreig [...] | 2009-05-12 09:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PROP PGOV PREL PHUM CH |
09BEIJING1275 | MAY 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CONTINENTAL SHELF, SRI LANKA, [...] Key points at the May 12 MFA press briefing: -- China has submitted information to the UN on the outer limits of its continental shelf. -- The work of Chinese companies in building a port in Sri Lanka is "a normal business action" and reports that it is otherwise are "distortions" and "gro [...] | 2009-05-12 13:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AMED MCAP CH KN |
09BEIJING1280 | SOMALI PIRACY: CHINA INVITED TO ATTEND CGPCS [...] (SBU) China will send a delegation of officials from the MFA, Ministry of National Defense (MND) and Ministry of Transportation to attend the May 29 meeting of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS),MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Di [...] | 2009-05-13 06:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHSA MARR MOPS CH SO |
09BEIJING1295 | PRC: NEW MFA BOUNDARY AND OCEAN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT [...] (C) The recently-established MFA Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs would focus more on technical and legal issues than on policy matters, including providing advice on incidents involving USNS vessels in the South and East China seas, Maritime Delimitation Division Director Yang Li told [...] | 2009-05-14 09:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PHSA PREL PGOV ECON CH TW XC |
09BEIJING1296 | CHINA WATCHERS CONFERENCE MAY 7-9 [...] (C) Embassy Beijing warmly thanks the participants in the China Watchers Conference, held in Beijing May 7-9. The new conference brought together participants from 17 different posts and commands, including multiple agencies and members of the analyst community. Participants exchanged views o [...] | 2009-05-14 09:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OTRA AMGT PGOV CH |
09BEIJING1299 | MAY 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: H1N1, DEFENSE POLICY, [...] Key points at the May 14 MFA press briefing: -- China continues to work to monitor and contain H1N1 influenza, dismissing as "irresponsible" allegations that the United States and Canada have not taken sufficient measures to contain the virus's spread. -- Regarding press reports of a USG o [...] | 2009-05-14 23:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV CH FR AS KN PK BR CA MX |
09BEIJING1314 | SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR KERRY'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] (SBU) Senator Kerry, the Chinese leaders place great importance on personal relationships with foreign counterparts and on the symbolism of high-level visits. They will want to use your visit to demonstrate that China is deepening links with all parts of the U.S. Government. They will welcome [...] | 2009-05-15 09:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR CH |
09BEIJING1315 | SCENESETTER FOR SPEAKER PELOSI'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] (SBU) Madame Speaker, your visit to China comes at a significant time. 2009 marks a series of key anniversaries: January 1 commemorated 30 years of diplomatic relations between our two countries; March saw the 50th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising and the Dalai Lama's flight to India; [...] | 2009-05-15 09:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR CH |
09BEIJING1318 | DASH FOR THE CASH: LOCAL PARTY SECRETARY GETS HIS [...] (C) Providing a window on the thinking of local officials in China, the Party Secretary of Hulunbeier City in Inner Mongolia on May 12 described to PolOff his successful campaign to obtain a large chunk of PRC stimulus package funding for his city, as well as his efforts to maintain the munic [...] | 2009-05-15 12:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KPAO CH |
09BEIJING1336 | XXXXXXXXXXXXX [...] (C) CDA spoke by phone with XXXXXXXXXXXXX to discuss recent pressure by the Chinese government to censor the company's Chinese website, accelerated perhaps by the approach of significant political anniversaries.XXXXXXXXXXXXX averred that the root of the problem was China's Politburo Standing Comm [...] | 2009-05-18 23:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV SOCI SCUL ECON CH |
09BEIJING1348 | CHINA PROTESTS PACOM ADMIRAL KEATING'S REMARKS IN [...] (C) In a May 18 meeting, MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Zheng Zeguang delivered a formal demarche to the Charge protesting remarks appearing in a Times of India article by Pacific Command (USPACOM) Commander Admiral Keating. Admiral Keating is quoted in the [...] | 2009-05-19 09:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV CH IN |
09BEIJING1353 | MAY 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S. AMBASSADOR TO CHINA, BOC [...] Key points at the May 19 MFA press briefing: -- -- China "hoped the new U.S. Ambassador to China would play a positive role in promoting friendship between the two countries." -- China "welcomed the verdict" convicting two former Bank of China employees who "committed embezzlement and then [...] | 2009-05-19 11:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH FR AS KN PK BR IN KS XG BM RS |
09BEIJING1378 | "UNHAPPY CHINA": NATIONALISTIC RUBBISH OR CLARION [...] (C) The book "Unhappy China," a nationalistic rant against the United States and China's own supposedly West-worshipping elite, sold briskly in China following its release in March, but sales appear to have tapered off. China's official media have been largely critical of the book. Only a "sm [...] | 2009-05-21 11:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PROP PGOV PREL PHUM CN |
09BEIJING1379 | MAY 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Ma Ying-jeou Stop-Over, [...] Key points at the May 21 MFA press briefing: -- China continues to oppose official exchanges between other countries and the Taiwan authorities in accordance with the one China principle, and that position is unchanged. -- A statement on the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference posted on t [...] | 2009-05-21 23:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV CH DA BM CB LA VM |
09BEIJING1386 | SOMALI PIRACY: CHINA INVITED TO ATTEND MAY 29 [...] (SBU) China's Ministry of National Defense would likely continue to push its proposal to put counter-piracy military operations in the Gulf of Aden under UN command, MFA International Organizations and Conferences (IO) Department UN Affairs Division official Jiang Hua told PolOff May 22 in res [...] | 2009-05-22 10:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHSA MARR MOPS CH SO |
09BEIJING1387 | TIANANMEN: JUNE 4 MEMORIES REMAIN FRESH FOR [...] (C) Twenty years on, the June 4, 1989 violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators continues to have a powerful impact on Chinese society and politics, despite the fact that the event remains a taboo subject, according to a range of Embassy contacts. The Party has reportedly created a sp [...] | 2009-05-22 12:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PROP CH |
09BEIJING1388 | PRC/SUDAN: PRC SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR DARFUR [...] (C) In a May 25 meeting with Special Envoy to Sudan General Scott Gration, Special Representative for the Chinese Government on Darfur Ambassador Liu Guijin agreed that the United States and China shared common goals in Sudan. Liu added that China hoped that the new U.S. Administration's "con [...] | 2009-05-25 12:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF EAID PHUM SOCI KDEM CH SU LY |
09BEIJING1389 | PRC/SUDAN: MFA DG CALLS NATIONAL RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary: MFA DG for West Asia and North Africa Song Aiguo told Special Envoy for Sudan General Scott Gration May 25 that China sought "comprehensive" ties with Sudan by developing links with authorities in the south but maintaining strong relations with Khartoum. Song urged the internati [...] | 2009-05-25 12:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF EAID PHUM SOCI KDEM CH SU |
09BEIJING1390 | TIANANMEN: JUNE 4 MEMORIES REMAIN FRESH FOR [...] (C) Twenty years on, the June 4, 1989 violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators continues to have a powerful impact on Chinese society and politics, despite the fact that the event remains a taboo subject, according to a range of Embassy contacts. The Party has reportedly created a sp [...] | 2009-05-25 12:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PROP CH |
09BEIJING1397 | MAY 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK Nuclear Test, Tiananmen [...] Key points at the May 26 MFA press briefing: -- The Chinese government is "firmly opposed" to North Korea's nuclear test and "strongly urges" the DPRK to honor its commitments, stop moves that edge it closer to isolation, and return to the Six-Party Talks. -- Apologizing for the "political [...] | 2009-05-26 11:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH BM TT MY PK KN KS LT NP |
09BEIJING1404 | HUMAN TRAFFICKING MOVIE DIRECTOR TELLS STUDENTS TO [...] (C) A recent Embassy showing of "Blind Mountain," a PRC film depicting a young, college-educated Chinese woman who is trafficked for marriage to a poor farmer in rural Shaanxi Province, elicited strong reactions from a student audience. In a Q&A session afterward with the film's director Li Yan [...] | 2009-05-27 05:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CH |
09BEIJING1414 | PRC/SUDAN: AFM LIU JIEYI TELLS S/E GRATION CHINA [...] (C) The United States and China had common interests in Sudan, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi told Special Envoy for Sudan General Scott Gration May 25. AFM Liu stressed that China believed the political and peace-keeping tracks were both important and underscored the need to persuade p [...] | 2009-05-27 08:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF EAID PHUM SOCI KDEM CH SU |
09BEIJING1416 | PRC/SUDAN: CENTRAL PARTY COMMITTEE SAYS CHINA [...] (C) Summary: Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee International Department Director General Liu Denglin told Special Envoy for Sudan General Scott Gration May 25 that China would "spare no efforts" to bring about lasting peace and stability in Sudan. Initial implementation of the [...] | 2009-05-27 08:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM CH SU |
09BEIJING1428 | CODEL PELOSI MAY 27 MEETING WITH PRC PRESIDENT HU [...] (C) Summary: In a May 27 meeting with CODEL Pelosi, Chinese President Hu Jintao noted that China hoped that the developed world would take the lead on climate change by providing financial assistance and technical support to developing countries but admitted the developing countries had a res [...] | 2009-05-29 09:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PARM MNUC PBTS PTER PGOV CH KN |
09BEIJING1435 | PRC/SUDAN: CHINESE OIL COMPANY VP DISCUSSES SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a rare and free-flowing discussion with visiting Special Envoy for Sudan General Scott Gration, the state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) reported a "wait-and-see" attitude about Sudan's future but hoped to continue oil production regardless of the 2011 refer [...] | 2009-06-01 00:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ENRG EPET SOCI KDEM CH SU |
09BEIJING1446 | SPEAKER PELOSI'S MAY 27 MEETING WITH NPC CHAIRMAN [...] (C) In a wide-ranging discussion with CODEL Pelosi on May 27, National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo applauded the state of bilateral relations, encouraged greater exchanges between the Congress and the NPC, urged greater U.S.-China collaboration on energy and climate change and [...] | 2009-06-02 05:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OREP MARR MOPS PARM MNUC PBTS PTER PGOV |
09BEIJING1467 | BEIJING GEARS UP FOR JUNE 4 ANNIVERSARY [...] (C) On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the June 4, 1989 violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, China's security forces are warning well-known activists against protest activities and putting many under virtual house arrest. Despite tight Party control of Inte [...] | 2009-06-02 10:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH |
09BEIJING1468 | JUNE 2 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA RELATIONS, PSI, [...] Key points at the June 2 MFA press briefing: -- Asked about reports that China canceled official exchanges with North Korea, the spokesperson said that China and North Korea "always have normal people to people exchanges." -- Asked whether China and North Korea remained allies, Qin repeated [...] | 2009-06-02 23:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH KN KS JP BR |
09BEIJING147 | CHINA'S SEVEN-POINT ROADMAP FOR BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's January 15 farewell call, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi expressed gratitude for the President's support for strong bilateral relations and asked the Ambassador to deliver a seven-point message to Washington: -- Appreciation for President Bush's pe [...] | 2009-01-16 09:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR EFIN PK IN KN KS TW IR |
09BEIJING1493 | CHINA WANTS CONSENT OF SUDAN IN RENEWING THE SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: China wanted to gain the consent of Sudan and the Africa Group regarding the UN Human Rights Council's upcoming renewal of the mandate for the Sudan Special Rapporteur, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Human Rights Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun to [...] | 2009-06-04 10:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM AORC CH SU |
09BEIJING1494 | TIANANMEN ANNIVERSARY PASSES QUIETLY AMID HEAVY [...] (C) The 20th anniversary of the June 4, 1989 massacre of pro-democracy demonstrators passed quietly in Beijing amid the tightest security witnessed in Tiananmen Square in years. As of 17:30 Beijing time, no unrest or large-scale demonstrations were observed by PolOffs posted at Tiananmen and [...] | 2009-06-04 11:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
09BEIJING1495 | JUNE 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECRETARY CLINTON'S TIANANMEN [...] Key points at the June 4 MFA press briefing: -- China calls Secretary Clinton's message on the twentieth anniversary of the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen Square massacre "groundless accusations" in contravention of the U.S.-China Joint Communiqus and international norms. China believes the Secreta [...] | 2009-06-04 23:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN ETRD SENV CH KN KS JP BR IN |
09BEIJING150 | CHINESE NEW YEAR TRAVEL RUSH BEGINS; PRESIDENT HU [...] (SBU) With China's Lunar New Year travel rush officially underway migrant workers, students and middle-class residents are queuing for hours to snatch up scarce train tickets. Severe ticket shortages, allegedly exacerbated by the hoarding and scalping of railway passes, led Chinese President [...] | 2009-01-16 11:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PROP ECON ELTN SOCI CH |
09BEIJING1520 | "ESCORT OF THE YOUTH FLOWERS" - CHINA SEEKS [...] (SBU) Summary: China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) on May 22 mandated that all computers sold in China, whether imported or manufactured domestically, be pre-installed with "Green Dam - Escort of the Youth Flowers" Internet filtering software effective July 1, 2009. [...] | 2009-06-05 11:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL ECON CH |
09BEIJING1523 | CONGRESSMEN KIRK AND LARSEN'S MEETING WITH CHINA [...] (C) Summary. Recent economic trends in the U.S. are encouraging and there is no longer a "scare factor" for investors, China Investment Corporation (CIC) (China's sovereign wealth fund) President Guo told Representatives Kirk and Larsen May 31. CIC intends to increase its investments in the [...] | 2009-06-08 02:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV CH |
09BEIJING1537 | TIBET: FOUR MONKS SENTENCED TO LABOR CAMP AFTER [...] (S) Four Tibetan Buddhist monks have been sentenced to two years of reform through labor for their participation in a demonstration in Guinan, Qinghai Province, on February 25, according to a "living Buddha" at Guinan's Lucang Monastery. Two additional monks were still awaiting sentencing as [...] | 2009-06-08 10:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PHUM PGOV KIFR CH |
09BEIJING1538 | COMPUTER INDUSTRY CONTEMPLATES RESPONSE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs met on June 8 with representatives of several trade associations to further discuss their reactions to the Chinese government's mandate that all computers sold in China after July 1 be preinstalled with "Green Dam" Internet filtering software (reftel). Those present el [...] | 2009-06-08 12:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL ECON CH |
09BEIJING1543 | CHINA/RUSSIA: CROSS-BORDER TRADE SUFFERS FROM ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China-Russia cross-border trade has dropped noticeably since October 2008, due largely to Russia's economic troubles and a Russian crackdown on Russian shuttle traders, according to Chinese officials in the border town of Suifenhe in Heilongjiang Province. Suifenhe officials ha [...] | 2009-06-09 06:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EIND ETRD CH RS |
09BEIJING1547 | CDA AND MFA DG ZHENG ZEGUANG: DPRK, MIL-MIL, [...] (C) In a June 9 luncheon hosted by the Charge, MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Zheng Zeguang said that senior officials who met with Deputy Secretary Steinberg had been impressed by his seriousness of purpose and by his explanation of the U.S. position on how [...] | 2009-06-09 09:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV CASC SENV CH |
09BEIJING1549 | JUNE 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK, CENSORSHIP SOFTWARE, NEW [...] Key points at the June 9 MFA press briefing: -- China hoped all parties would "proceed from the interests of denuclearization and strengthening peace and stability" on the Korean Peninsula to avoid a deterioration of the situation. -- Asked directly whether the Treaty of Friendship, Coopera [...] | 2009-06-09 23:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH KN KS BR GB RS LO |
09BEIJING1559 | UPDATE ON CHINA'S INFORMATION COLLECTION, [...] (U) Post presents the following updates to the survey on China's immigration control and watchlist systems for terrorist screening. Responses are keyed to lettered subheadings in ref A. 2. (SBU) A: Immigration Databases and Traveler Information Collection: No updates to report. 3. (SBU) [...] | 2009-06-10 09:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV CVIS ASEC KHLS KVPR CH |
09BEIJING1579 | JUNE 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK, CLIMATE CHANGE, GITMO [...] Key points at the June 11 MFA press briefing: -- The UN Security Council (UNSC) should adopt a "responsible and balanced resolution" to promote the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and safeguard peace and stability in the region. -- China had a "positive and responsible attitude" to [...] | 2009-06-11 09:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AF CH GJ JA KN KS SENV |
09BEIJING161 | CHINA WARNS OF CONSEQUENCES OF ICC ARREST WARRANT [...] (C) Summary: China is concerned that the International Criminal Court (ICC) will issue an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir that will make the Sudanese Government less cooperative and further destabilize the situation in Sudan, MFA West Asian and North African Affairs Department Su [...] | 2009-01-20 09:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM CH SU |
09BEIJING1620 | PRC: RELEASE OF UIGHURS TO BERMUDA VIOLATES [...] (S) The U.S. decision to release four Uighur detainees from Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility to Bermuda for resettlement had "seriously violated the legitimate sovereignty and national security interests of China" and China urged the United States to withdraw its plan to hand over Uighurs hel [...] | 2009-06-16 08:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KAWC KISL KPAO CH |
09BEIJING1626 | JUNE 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: USS JOHN MCCAIN, KIM JONG-IL [...] Key points at the June 16 MFA press briefing: -- China had "taken note" of media reports regarding a June 11th collision between a Chinese submarine and a sonar array trailed by the destroyer USS John McCain. -- The spokesperson said China was "not aware of the relevant situation" when ask [...] | 2009-06-16 09:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AF CH GJ JA KN KS SENV |
09BEIJING1627 | JUNE 4 CONFERENCE ANGERS PARTY, SOME PARTICIPANTS [...] (C) An underground academic conference on the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen crackdown elicited a swift reaction by Chinese security agencies, according to key organizers of the meeting. Nineteen people, including prominent professors, journalists and activists participated in the May 10 forum, which [...] | 2009-06-16 10:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
09BEIJING1631 | CHINA -- 2009 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] On June 16, PolOff delivered ref A demarche, outlining the publication of the annual TIP report, to An Gang, Director of the MFA's North American and Oceanian Division. An told PolOff that China hoped that the United States would "stop releasing such annual reports." An informed PolOff that [...] | 2009-06-17 03:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAM KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG |
09BEIJING1634 | CDA AND MFA ASIAN AFFAIRS ON DPRK [...] (C) In a June 16 luncheon in honor of visiting Hong Kong CG Joe Donovan hosted by the Charge, XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX said that China liked a U.S. proposal described by Ambassador Bosworth here on June 5 to put all issues related to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula into a package for [...] | 2009-06-17 06:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV CH KN KS |
09BEIJING164 | January 20 MFA Press Briefing: Wen Jiabao Visit to Europe, [...] Key points at the January 20 MFA Press Briefing: -- Premier Wen Jiabao will visit EU headquarters, Switzerland, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom from January 27-February 2. Wen plans to attend the upcoming World Economic Forum in Davos. -- As President-elect Obama prepares to take offi [...] | 2009-01-20 10:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN CH SZ UK SP GM EU TW |
09BEIJING1649 | CHINESE INTERNET REACTION TO IRANIAN ELECTION [...] The recent Iranian presidential elections and their aftermath were hot topics on major Chinese news portals, Internet forums and microblog platforms in China over the past week. Netizen commentary on traditionally liberal sites expressed support for students with some even comparing the situat [...] | 2009-06-17 10:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EINT CH IR |
09BEIJING1650 | PRC: MFA SENIOR OFFICIAL PROTESTS RELEASE OF [...] (S) China firmly opposed the transfer of Chinese citizen Uighur detainees at Guantanamo to a third nation, Chinese MFA Assistant Foreign Minister Wu Hongbo informed the Charge during a strongly-worded demarche June 17. U.S. attempts to "justify itself" were not welcomed and continuing to appro [...] | 2009-06-17 23:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KAWC KISL KPAO CH PS UK |
09BEIJING1657 | INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT: CHINA SHARES U.S. CONCERNS [...] (SBU) China shared U.S. concerns about creating an international piracy court, MFA Treaty and Law Department International Law Division Deputy Director Xu Yu told PolOff June 17 in response to reftel points urging China's support for the U.S. position opposing the creation of an international t [...] | 2009-06-18 08:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL CH |
09BEIJING1660 | PUBLIC OUTRAGE OVER GREEN DAM UNLIKELY TO PROMPT [...] (C) After an initial wave of media criticism, the Communist Party Propaganda Department ordered news outlets to report positively on the government's decision to require that new computers be sold with pre-installed Internet filtering software. Following the order, official media, including th [...] | 2009-06-18 10:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PROP PHUM PGOV CH |
09BEIJING1661 | CHINA/RUSSIA: CHINESE SCHOLAR AND RUSSIAN [...] (C) Despite China and Russia's public statements about the importance of their strategic partnership, neither country viewed its bilateral relationship as its top foreign policy priority, a Chinese expert on Russia told PolOff June 15. The scholar predicted that the Shanghai Cooperation Organi [...] | 2009-06-18 10:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH RS |
09BEIJING1663 | JUNE 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, SUB COLLISION, GREEN DAM, [...] Key points at the June 18 MFA press briefing: -- MFA Spokesman Qin Gang stated that China "respected the choice of the Iranian people" in recent elections. -- Despite controversy over the "Green Dam" internet filtering software China had a responsibility to protect Chinese youth from "bad [...] | 2009-06-18 23:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EINT CH CN KN KS TX UZ IR IN |
09BEIJING1682 | GREEN DAM INTERNET FILTERING SOFTWARE DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary. The Chinese government has a legal obligation to protect children from inappropriate content on the web Ministry of Industry and Information Technology told EMIN June 19. Mandating the internet filtering software Green Dam be provided with every new computer sold in China is in [...] | 2009-06-19 10:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL ECON CH |
09BEIJING1708 | MALAY PM IN CHINA: COMMEMORATING 35 YEARS OF [...] (C) Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's June 2-5 trip focused on the commemoration of 35 years of China-Malaysia relations and resulted in no new substantive initiatives, according to an MFA official and a Malaysian Embassy contact. Though the two sides touched lightly on extant disputes in [...] | 2009-06-23 09:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD MARR MY CH KS |
09BEIJING1710 | JUNE 23 MFA PRESS BREIFING: DPRK VESSEL, H1N1, IRAN [...] Key points at the June 23 MFA press briefing: -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Qin Gang stated that China was aware of relevant reports of a DPRK vessel transporting munitions but emphasized that any related inspections must abide by the provisions of UNSC 1874. -- Qin asserted [...] | 2009-06-23 11:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHSA AO BM CH JA IR KN KS SW TW |
09BEIJING1711 | SWEDISH DIPLOMAT DECLARED PNG IN POSSIBLE [...] (C) Helena Reitberger, First Secretary at the Swedish Embassy in Beijing, told Poloff June 23 that she had been declared persona non grata (PNG) by the Chinese government and was required to depart China no later than June 30. She said she had been called in by the MFA and informed of the dec [...] | 2009-06-23 13:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KIRF SW CH |
09BEIJING1734 | LIU XIAOBO ARRESTED ON SUBVERSION CHARGES [...] (C) A June 24 Xinhua press release announced the formal arrest of dissident writer and Charter 08 signer Liu Xiaobo on the charge of inciting the subversion of the state. PolOff contacted Liu Xiaobo's wife, Liu Xia, who confirmed the press release. Liu Xia said police had also told her th [...] | 2009-06-24 10:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL CH |
09BEIJING1754 | INDUSTRY DISCUSSES GREEN DAM DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary. Industry's strong opposition to China's plans to roll out the internet filtering software Green Dam stems both from business concerns and domestic political concerns U.S. industry representatives said June 25. CEOs have to show their companies made every effort to stop the roll- [...] | 2009-06-25 09:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL ECON CH |
09BEIJING1757 | JUNE 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: GOOGLE, FISHERMEN IN INDONESIA, [...] Key points at the June 25 MFA press briefing: -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Qin Gang stated that recently Google was spreading "lewd and vulgar content," and as an internet enterprise operating in China, Google should "earnestly" abide by Chinese law. All punitive measures take [...] | 2009-06-25 11:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PHUM PGOV PHSA PBTS EINT EPET ETRD BM CE |
09BEIJING176 | PROSPECTS FOR SINO-EU RELATIONS IN 2009 [...] (C) Summary: The cancellation of the China-EU Summit, slated for December 1, was the culmination of a year of poor relations between China and France, according to European Embassy contacts. Since France ceded the rotating EU Presidency to the Czech Republic on January 1, however, China has [...] | 2009-01-21 09:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KIRF XG EZ CH |
09BEIJING1761 | PRC/DPRK: CHINESE SCHOLARS ON UNSCR 1874 AND [...] (C) Chinese scholars in recent conversations with PolOff said that Pyongyang's response to UNSCR 1874 had been "tepid" so far and that North Korea's domestic political situation did not appear to be tense. The DPRK had not anticipated such a strong reaction to its nuclear test from the internation [...] | 2009-06-26 07:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KNNP MOPS EFIN KN KS CH |
09BEIJING177 | EU'S TAKE ON THE SINO-EU STRATEGIC DIALOGUE: [...] (C) Summary: In contrast to previous years, the January 19 Sino-EU Strategic Dialogue was surprisingly productive, according to the Czech Embassy. After an initial Chinese diatribe on Tibet, the remainder of the dialogue was open, friendly, and "more than just talking points." Though the fo [...] | 2009-01-21 09:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KIRF XG EZ TW CH |
09BEIJING1802 | PRC DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE DALAI LAMA VISIT [...] (C) PRC Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei met with Acting DCM Bill Weinstein the evening of June 29 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deliver a demarche protesting the possibility of a visit to the United States by the Dalai Lama in order to meet with senior U.S. officials. VFM He, who spea [...] | 2009-06-30 10:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF CH |
09BEIJING1804 | JUNE 30 MFA PRESS BREIFING: ASEAN+3, FIVE PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points at the June 30 MFA press briefing: -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Qin Gang stated that China would continue to "play a constructive role" through the ASEAN+3 and Regional Security Forum and, given that the international security and economic situation was "changing ra [...] | 2009-06-30 23:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR PHSA AO BM CH JA IR KN KS SW |
09BEIJING1838 | JULY 2 MFA PRESS BREIFING: WU DAWEI, G-8, GREEN DAM, [...] Key points at the July 2 MFA press briefing: -- Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei began his visit to Russia, the United States, Japan and South Korea on July 2, and will "exchange views with relevant parties" on the situation on the Korean Peninsula as well as issues relating to Northeast Asia. [...] | 2009-07-01 10:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM ECIN CH JA KN KS ZI RS IT TW |
09BEIJING1845 | INTERAGENCY UNSCR 1874 MEETING WITH CHINESE [...] (S) Chinese MFA Director General for International Organizations Wu Hailong, leading an interagency delegation made up of representatives of all Chinese agencies tasked with implementing UNSCR 1874, told Ambassador Philip Goldberg in a 3 hour 45-minute meeting on July 2 that China was committe [...] | 2009-07-05 02:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC CH JA KN KS |
09BEIJING1847 | INTERAGENCY UNSCR 1874 MEETING WITH CHINESE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-05 02:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC CH JA KN KS |
09BEIJING1848 | INTERAGENCY UNSCR 1874 MEETING WITH CHINESE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-05 02:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC CH JA KN KS |
09BEIJING1851 | SOMALI PIRACY: CHINA ASKED TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) China was "flexible" if additional states wished to participate in the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS),MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division official Cheng Lie told PolOff July 2 in response to reftel points encouraging C [...] | 2009-07-05 03:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHSA MARR MOPS CH SO |
09BEIJING186 | LAND AND SOCIAL STABILITY IN RURAL CHINA: A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Discontent and the potential for rural unrest involving land disputes may be increasing despite the Government's recent emphasis on reforming rural land policy. Little substantive progress has been made to reform rural land policy since the announcement of new reforms at the Oc [...] | 2009-01-22 03:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | CH EAGR ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI |
09BEIJING1868 | 140 DEAD IN URUMQI RIOTS, DEATH TOLL MAY GO [...] (C) During the course of July 6, China's official media steadily revised upward the death toll from July 5 rioting in Urumqi, Xinjiang, to 140. The Xinhua News Agency warned the final figure could be higher. 828 people were injured and police have made "hundreds" of arrests, the agency report [...] | 2009-07-05 11:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PROP CH |
09BEIJING1876 | MFA DEMARCHE ON XINJIANG UNREST [...] (C) PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Department Director General Zheng Zeguang met with Charge d,Affaires Robert Goldberg at 2140 on the evening of July 6 to deliver a briefing and demarche on the July 5 unrest in Urumqi. The demarche was similar in content to July 6 Xinhua press rele [...] | 2009-07-07 11:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CH |
09BEIJING1877 | JULY 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: XINJIANG, RUSSIA [...] Key points at the July 7 MFA press briefing: - Regarding the events in Xinjiang, MFA spokesperson Qin said that the "facts could not be clearer" and that an "evil crime" had taken place that some people called a "peaceful demonstration." Qin said that these people were cowards and "totally l [...] | 2009-07-07 11:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV CH RS |
09BEIJING1878 | UNREST CONTINUES IN URUMQI, COUNTER DEMONSTRATION [...] (C) During a third day of unrest in Urumqi, large numbers of rioters of Han nationality engaged in counter protests directed at Uighur residents and businesses. According to a U.S. Embassy officer in Urumqi, as of 1800 local time, unrest, including explosions and the use of tear gas by police [...] | 2009-07-07 11:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PROP CH |
09BEIJING1911 | SCENESETTER FOR DOE SECRETARY CHU VISIT TO CHINA [...] (SBU) Secretary Chu, Chinese leaders are eagerly looking forward to your visit to China and to engaging you on issues of energy, climate change and science, among others, that will help determine the quality of life of the Chinese and American people over the next few decades. Your visit come [...] | 2009-07-08 23:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH |
09BEIJING1924 | SCENESETTER FOR DOC SECRETARY LOCKE VISIT TO CHINA [...] (SBU) Secretary Locke, I wanted to send you a note that addresses some of the issues you will raise from a China mission perspective. I know that your staff has prepared papers on these matters and hope we are not duplicating some of their observations. 2. (SBU) Clearly, Chinese leaders are [...] | 2009-07-09 09:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH |
09BEIJING1927 | JULY 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: XINJIANG UNREST, RIO TINTO [...] Key points at the July 9 MFA press briefing: -- Regarding the events in Xinjiang, while current casualty figures were not available, no foreign casualties had been recorded. -- Regarding Turkey's proposal to discuss the events in Xinjiang before the United Nations Security Council (UNSC),[...] | 2009-07-09 10:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS TU |
09BEIJING1928 | CHINESE INTERNET REACTION TO XINJIANG UNREST [...] The recent riots and ethnic tensions in Xinjiang were hot topics on major Chinese news portals, Internet forums and microblogging platforms in China over the past few days. Widespread censorship was present on popular social discussion platforms. Many netizens expressed skepticism about avai [...] | 2009-07-09 10:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM EINT CH |
09BEIJING1929 | TENSIONS SUBSIDE IN URUMQI UNDER CONTINUED HEAVY [...] (C) Poloff in Urumqi witnessed no new disturbances during the course of July 9. Public transportation was operational and many businesses had reopened. Poloff witnessed Uighurs walking unmolested in predominantly Han neighborhoods. Uighur neighborhoods appeared to have far less activity and fo [...] | 2009-07-09 11:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CH |
09BEIJING1947 | DEMARCHE ON RESULTS OF U.S.-RUSSIA PRESIDENTIAL [...] On July 10, Acting DCM delivered reftel non-paper highlighting President Obama's summit meeting with Russian President Medvedev to Acting DG for North American and Oceanian Affairs Ding Xiaowen. Also on July 10, PolOff shared the non-paper with the MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department [...] | 2009-07-10 07:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL RS CH |
09BEIJING1953 | INFORMAL PROPOSAL FOR U.S.-CHINA BILATERAL INTERAGENCY [...] On 10 July 2009 Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) External Security Division Director Xia Jingge informally proposed a bilateral interagency exchange on counterterrorism issues in Mid-September 2009. Director Xia suggested the exchange should be jointly led by Director General for External Sec [...] | 2009-07-10 10:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MNUC CH CT |
09BEIJING1954 | XINJIANG SITREP FOR JULY 10, 2009 [...] (C) No major incidents of unrest occurred during in Urumqi during the course of July 9, though Embassy officers witnessed a brief scuffle as security forces broke up a demonstration of about 30 Uighurs in front of western journalists on July 10. The People's Armed Police (PAP) presence in the [...] | 2009-07-10 11:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM CASC CH |
09BEIJING1957 | GOOGLE CLAIMS HARRASSMENT BY CHINESE GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Google China representatives claim the company's services have been blocked by the Chinese government periodically over the past three years. After users reported on June 18 that Google.cm search engine was not filtering returns for pornographic sites, the government on June 2 [...] | 2009-07-12 23:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PHUM PGOV ECON CH |
09BEIJING1970 | RISE IN MASS INCIDENTS WORRISOME BUT NOT YET A THREAT TO OVERALL STABILITY, CONTACTS SAY [...] (C) A jump in the number of "mass incidents," or violent protests against local governments, in June is unrelated to the recent ethnic riots in Xinjiang and does not signal a threat to overall social stability, Embassy contacts report. However, violent incidents indicate serious discontent belo [...] | 2009-07-13 10:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC CH |
09BEIJING1972 | URUMQI CALM -- JULY 13 SITREP [...] (C) Urumqi and Kashgar remained calm July 11-13, according to a U.S. Embassy team on the ground there, with no reports of new violence. The government July 11 revised the official death toll upward to 184 and provided an ethnic breakdown which showed that three quarters of the riot fatalities [...] | 2009-07-13 10:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PROP CH |
09BEIJING1973 | INDONESIAN FM VISIT TO BEIJING [...] (C) Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda's July 1-3 trip to Beijing concentrated mainly on positive aspects of Sino-Indonesia ties, including signing of an extradition treaty, and further development of the strategic partnership, according to MFA and Indonesian Embassy contacts. However [...] | 2009-07-13 10:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ENRG EFIN PBTS MARR ID CH |
09BEIJING198 | CHINA CONTINUES TO PUSH FOR TALKS IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: China supports the African Union (AU) position that continued negotiations offer the best way to resolve the political crisis in Zimbabwe, according to a Chinese diplomat. China also supports mediation efforts by South Africa and the South African Development Community (SADC) an [...] | 2009-01-22 09:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID CH ZI SF |
09BEIJING1990 | SHOOTING ELEVATES URUMQI TENSIONS AND SECURITY [...] (C) Urumqi was largely calm July 14 but the fatal shooting of two Uighurs by police on July 13 appeared to have resulted in an increased People's Armed Police (PAP) presence in Uighur neighborhoods and the closure of many shops that had only recently reopened. Jiefang Nan Road, where the inci [...] | 2009-07-14 11:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PROP TU CH |
09BEIJING1992 | JULY 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: XINJIANG UNREST, THREATS OF [...] Key points at the July 14 MFA press briefing: -- The spokesperson emphasized the fact that since "most of the dead" were Han and a "small number" were from ethnic minorities in the recent July 5 incident in Urumqi, there was "no such thing as ethnic genocide." -- When asked about threats b [...] | 2009-07-14 12:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS TU |
09BEIJING200 | January 22 MFA Press Briefing: President Obama's Inaugural [...] Key points at the January 22 MFA Press Briefing: -- MFA Spokesperson was "not aware" of President Obama's inaugural speech having been censored when broadcast on Chinese media, adding that the media in China enjoyed their "own editing right." -- China hopes the "relevant parties" will adher [...] | 2009-01-22 10:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD CH KN FR IR XF BM |
09BEIJING2004 | TRAFFIC CONTROLS REMAIN IN URUMQI UIGHUR QUARTER [...] (C) Embassy officers in Urumqi reported continued high security, including traffic controls, in the Uighur sections of the city July 15. About 50 percent of businesses in the Uighur quarter were closed, including large markets and bazaars. Uighurs remained fearful of being seen speaking at l [...] | 2009-07-15 10:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PROP PTER CH |
09BEIJING2009 | STATE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE MINISTER DISCUSSES CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary. The State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) will be playing a broader role in all matters relating to IPR in the upcoming Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) according to SIPO's Commissioner. The Ministry of Commerce will still coordinate China's overall JCCT partic [...] | 2009-07-16 06:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON PGOV CH |
09BEIJING2013 | STATE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE MINISTER DISCUSSES CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary. The State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) will be playing a broader role in all matters relating to IPR in the upcoming Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) according to SIPO's Commissioner. The Ministry of Commerce will still coordinate China's overall JCCT partic [...] | 2009-07-16 07:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON PGOV CH |
09BEIJING2021 | MFA OFFICIALS EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT U.S. POLICY ON [...] (C) In June 16 meetings with visiting Hong Kong Consul General Joseph Donovan, MFA officials urged the U.S. to act cautiously toward the universal suffrage question in Hong Kong, but welcomed private advice from Washington on the issue. One official commented that the large June 4 vigil in Ho [...] | 2009-07-16 09:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EINV CH HK |
09BEIJING2022 | ONE WEEK LATER: CHINESE NETIZENS INTEREST IN XINJIANG [...] The recent riots and ethnic tensions in Xinjiang remained widely discussed topics on major Chinese news portals, Internet forums and microblogging platforms in China in the week since July 8. Widespread censorship was evident through the continued blocking of many popular social discussion pla [...] | 2009-07-16 11:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM EINT CH |
09BEIJING2023 | URUMQI DEATH TOLL CLIMBS TO 192 -- JULY 16 [...] (C) Post has received no reports of new violence or unrest in Urumqi, or other areas of Xinjiang, July 16. The death toll from the July 5 riot climbed to 192 with 1,721 people injured. Xinjiang Party Secretary Wang Lequan was quoted in the local press as saying most of the dead were "innocent. [...] | 2009-07-16 11:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PROP CH |
09BEIJING2025 | JULY 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHU AND LOCKE VISIT, RIO TINTO [...] Key points at the July 16 MFA press briefing: --China "opposes any country providing a platform" for Uyghur activist Rebiya Kadeer's "separatist activity." --China's position on mandatory caps on greenhouse gas emissions has been "consistent and clear" and China would "follow the principles [...] | 2009-07-16 23:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS TU |
09BEIJING203 | TIBETAN "SERF EMANCIPATION DAY" DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) The Charge delivered reftel points to MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Zheng Zeguang on January 22. The "Serf Emancipation Day" holiday, the Charge stressed, would not serve to improve the situation in Tibet and instead would only exacerbate tensions. [...] | 2009-01-22 12:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF CH |
09BEIJING2038 | CHINA URGES USG TO "RESTRICT" KADEER, DEATH TOLL [...] (C) Ministry of Public Security Vice Minister Liu Jing, in a July 17 meeting with FBI Director Robert Mueller, argued that the July 5 riot in Urumqi was a "terrorist activity," claiming that rioters were "professional and well-trained." The Director said outside observers will only be convinced [...] | 2009-07-17 10:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PROP PHUM CH |
09BEIJING2040 | PREMIER WEN SUFFERS CRITICISM, BUT POSITION [...] (C) Rumors that Premier Wen Jiabao is under fire for a variety of alleged failings continue to circulate among China's politically active circles, but the chances of Wen being forced out before his term expires in 2013 are remote, according to a number of Embassy contacts. Wen has reportedly [...] | 2009-07-17 10:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM EFIN CH |
09BEIJING2041 | XINJIANG: PRC SCRAMBLES TO AVOID ANTI-ISLAM IMAGE [...] (C) According to Beijing-based diplomats, PRC officials scrambled in the wake of the July 5 violence in Xinjiang to head off potential anti-Chinese reactions in the Muslim world by urging governments from majority-Muslim countries to refrain from official statements and control their media's p [...] | 2009-07-17 11:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CH ID EG TU |
09BEIJING2053 | CHU AND LOCKE TALK CLEAN ENERGY WITH CHINA'S STATE GRID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke met with State Grid President Liu Zhenya on July 16 to discuss clean energy. State Grid is China's largest transmission and distribution company, serving nearly one billion people. The company has pioneered ul [...] | 2009-07-20 06:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG ECON SENV PGOV CH |
09BEIJING2054 | DOE SECRETARY CHU AND MOHURD MINISTER JIANG DISCUSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At their July 14 meeting in Beijing, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) Minister Jiang Weixin discussed energy-efficient buildings. MOHURD officials agreed that energy-efficient standards needed to go beyond design to add [...] | 2009-07-20 07:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG ECON SENV PGOV CH |
09BEIJING2062 | BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON XINJIANG, [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing July 17, French Ambassador Ladsous reported that during French National Day, he spoke with a Chinese Vice Minister who said Xinjiang was "just like Tibet" and implied France "best keep quiet." On Rio Tinto, Ladsous reported that he hea [...] | 2009-07-20 09:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON CH FR JA GM UK |
09BEIJING2063 | PRC LEADERSHIP STABLE DESPITE TENSIONS; XI STILL [...] (C) Embassy contacts have reported that relations among China's top leaders remained largely stable, and the arrangements put in train for succession at the 18th Party Congress in 2012 appeared to be holding, with Xi Jinping likely to become Party chief and Li Keqiang to become Premier. Three [...] | 2009-07-20 10:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH |
09BEIJING2065 | URUMQI RIOT A "TERRORIST ACT": FBI DIRECTOR [...] (C) The July 5 riot in Urumqi was a "terrorist act" and the rioters were "professional and well trained," Vice Minister of Public Security Liu Jing told visiting FBI Director Robert S. Mueller July 17. The violence in Urumqi was premeditated and well organized and had nothing to do with reli [...] | 2009-07-20 10:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CH |
09BEIJING2066 | JULY 20 XINJIANG SITREP [...] (C) EmbOffs in Urumqi reported no new violence or unrest over the weekend of July 18-19 or on July 20. The official death toll from the riots remains 197. In majority Han or mixed neighborhoods the security posture had relaxed noticeably while large numbers of police continued to patrol the Ui [...] | 2009-07-20 11:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CH |
09BEIJING2071 | Secretaries Locke and Chu Discuss Energy and Climate [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with Premier Wen Jiabao on July 16, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Energy Secretary Steven Chu highlighted the importance of the United States and China working together on clean energy and climate change. Wen agreed that the U.S.-China relationship is the most [...] | 2009-07-21 06:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG ECON SENV PGOV CH |
09BEIJING2072 | SECRETARY CHU MEETS WITH VICE PREMIER LI KEQIANG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-21 06:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG ECON SENV PGOV CH |
09BEIJING2073 | Energy Secretary Chu and Commerce Secretary Locke Discuss [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Chairman Zhang Ping on July 14, Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke discussed how the United States and China can work together on energy and climate change. Chu pointed out that throu [...] | 2009-07-21 06:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG ECON SENV PGOV CH |
09BEIJING2083 | JULY 21 XINJIANG SITREP [...] (C) Emboffs in Urumqi heard of no unrest or violent incidents during the course of July 21. The People's Armed Police (PAP) presence throughout the Han and ethnically mixed areas of the city continued to decline. Foot traffic in these areas continues to visibly increase day by day. Several m [...] | 2009-07-21 10:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV CH |
09BEIJING2084 | CHINA URGES FBI DIRECTOR TO RESTRICT UIGHUR GROUPS [...] (C) MFA Vice Minister Zhang Zhijun, in a July 17 meeting with FBI Director Robert S. Muller, called on the United States to restrict the activities of Uighur "terrorist and separatist" groups operating on U.S. soil. Zhang also raised the Guantanamo Uighur detainees and urged the USG to step u [...] | 2009-07-21 10:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CH |
09BEIJING2086 | CHINA WANTS EXTRADITION TREATY, JUSTICE VICE [...] (C) In a July 17 meeting with FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, PRC Vice Minister of Justice Hao Chiyong expressed hope that the United States would consider returning additional fugitives to China in the same manner as Bank of China suspect Yu Zhendong. VM Hao added that the PRC would like to [...] | 2009-07-21 11:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CH |
09BEIJING2097 | JULY 22 XINJIANG SITREP [...] (C) Embassy officers present in Xinjiang received no additional reports of violence in the region. In Kashgar, the Embassy team encountered surveillance July 22. Several plain clothes security officers, thinly disguised as Han Chinese tourists, followed and took video of the Embassy officers [...] | 2009-07-22 11:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PROP CH |
09BEIJING2110 | PRC SUPPORTIVE BUT VAGUE ON ADDITIONAL [...] (C) On July 21, Poloff conveyed to MFA Asian Affairs Department, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh Division Desk Officer Hou Yanqi reftel points on enhanced civilian and military contributions to Afghanistan following the August 20 presidential election. Econoff also delivered reftel poin [...] | 2009-07-23 10:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER CH AF |
09BEIJING2111 | DETAILS ON PRC "HIGH-LEVEL" UNGA PARTCIPATION [...] (SBU) PolOff conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Officer Li Jun July 23 reftel points requesting information on the attendance of senior Chinese officials at the 64th UN General Assembly (UNGA). Li responded that the planning process for China's [...] | 2009-07-23 10:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID CH |
09BEIJING2112 | TOP LEADERSHIP DYNAMICS DRIVEN BY CONSENSUS, [...] (C) The need for consensus and the desire to protect vested interests are the main drivers of Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) decision-making and Chinese leadership dynamics in general, according to Embassy contacts with access to leadership circles. Contacts have variously described relations [...] | 2009-07-23 10:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH |
09BEIJING2122 | (C)CHINESE REACT NEGATIVELY TO WEBB HEARING [...] (C) The DG for the new MFA Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs called in the Charge on July 24 to protest comments made by senior U.S. officials about Chinese claims to the South China Sea (SCS). The DG reiterated Chinese sovereignty claims and urged the United States to "control" U.S. o [...] | 2009-07-24 10:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS CH |
09BEIJING2123 | HIGH-PROFILE NGO CLOSED, PRE-60TH ANNIVERSARY [...] (C) On July 17 the Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau raided the offices of the Open Constitution Initiative (aka "Gongmeng"),an NGO promoting democracy and rule-of-law, and declared the group an "illegal organization." Days earlier, Beijing tax officials had slapped OCI with a large fine for all [...] | 2009-07-24 12:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PROP SOCI CH |
09BEIJING2124 | SECRETARIES CHU AND LOCKE DISCUSS CLEAN ENERGY PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) During his recent visit to China, Energy Secretary Chu met with China's Minister of Science and Technology WAN Gang on July 15 to discuss priorities for the new U.S.-China Clean Energy Research and Development Center, which they publicly announced later the same day at a joint press con [...] | 2009-07-26 23:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH |
09BEIJING2125 | DOE SECRETARY CHU DISCUSSES CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY AND [...] (SBU) On July 16, Secretary Chu met with CAO Peixi the president of Huaneng Group, China's largest power producer. The two met at Huaneng's Gaobeidian showcase cogeneration power plant in Beijing to discuss the energy giant's effort to reduce sulfur and nitrogen oxide (SOx and NOx) and carbo [...] | 2009-07-26 23:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH |
09BEIJING2126 | Senior Hu Advisor Zheng Bijian Organizing China-U.S. Clean [...] (SBU) Professor ZHENG Bijian, a senior advisor to China's president Hu Jintao, met with the U.S. Energy Secretary Chu and U.S. Commerce Secretary Locke, during their recent trip to China. Zheng's primary aim during the brief lunch meeting was to solicit the attendance of the two Secretaries at [...] | 2009-07-26 23:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH |
09BEIJING2127 | COMMERCE SECRETARY LOCKE TO MIIT MINISTER LI [...] (C) Summary. In a July 15 discussion with Minister of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) Li Yizhong on the challenges posed by the global financial crisis (GFC),Secretary of Commerce Locke emphasized the importance of investing in clean energy and technology. Secretary Locke noted th [...] | 2009-07-27 00:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KGHG ECON SENV PGOV CH |
09BEIJING2137 | TERRORISM FINANCE: UN AND U.S. DOMESTIC [...] (SBU)On July 23, Poloff conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Officer Li Jun reftel points requesting China to freeze the assets of and take other necessary actions against Qasmani, Mujahid, and Al-Peshawari in accordance with UNSCR 1267 designation [...] | 2009-07-27 06:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV KTFN ECON PTER CH |
09BEIJING2144 | (C) AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR CONFIRMS GOA SURPRISE [...] (C) Summary. China's recent detention of Australian citizen Stern Hu and three other Rio Tinto executives surprised the Australian government, according to Dr. Geoff Raby, Australia's Ambassador here. Raby told the Charge July 24 that his government had seen no evidence of bribery, espiona [...] | 2009-07-27 09:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON EINV CH AS |
09BEIJING2149 | CHINA/UNSCR 1874: U/S LEVEY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PEOPLE'S BANK OF CHINA AND CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK [...] (S) Summary. Treasury U/S for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey on July 8 queried People's Bank of China (PBoC) Vice Governor Su Ning about Chinese actions to enforce UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1874 given China's complex financial relationship with North Korea. Gove [...] | 2009-07-28 06:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN PTER CH KN |
09BEIJING2155 | SCENESETTER FOR HOUSE MINORITY LEADER BOEHNER'S [...] (SBU) Minority Leader Boehner, your visit to China comes in a year filled with key anniversaries: January 1 commemorated 30 years of U.S.-China diplomatic relations; March saw the 50th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising and the Dalai Lama's flight to India; June 4 marked the 20th annive [...] | 2009-07-28 10:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR CH |
09BEIJING2158 | Secretary Chu Discusses Energy and Climate Change [...] (U) Summary: Secretary Chu met with Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) President LU Yongxiang on July 15 to discuss current and upcoming areas of cooperation in the areas of energy efficiency and climate change. Secretary Chu stressed the need for energy-efficient technologies such as efficient [...] | 2009-07-29 05:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG ECON SENV PGOV CH |
09BEIJING2177 | PRC/RUSSIA: MFA, SCHOLARS DOWNPLAY IMPACT OF [...] (C) In response to the closure by Moscow authorities of the Cherkizovsky market, the largest Chinese market in Russia (reftel),China's state-controlled media was uncharacteristically critical of Russia's "heavy handed" actions, and the issue generated commentary among Chinese bloggers complai [...] | 2009-07-30 10:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH RS |
09BEIJING2183 | THE URUMQI RIOTS - WHAT CONTACTS SAY HAPPENED [...] (C) For three weeks following the initial July 5 violence in Urumqi, a series of EmbOffs visited Xinjiang to seek out solid information about the incident and its aftermath. Using the information gathered, we have put together a timeline of the events that began that day. Following is one of [...] | 2009-07-31 09:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PROP CH |
09BEIJING2185 | XINJIANG: CHINA REPORTEDLY DEFEATED OIC STATEMENT [...] (C) Egyptian Embassy Officer Haitham Safey (protect) told PolOff July 30 that PRC efforts to quash a proposed statement by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) condemning the Chinese government's response to the July 5 unrest in Xinjiang and its treatment of Muslim Uighurs (reftels [...] | 2009-07-31 12:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CH EG TU |
09BEIJING2196 | CHINA 2009 INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified -- it contains business proprietary information and is not for distribution to the public. 2. (SBU) In response to ref A, this cable provides updated information on investment and expropriation claims in China and includes input from the Econo [...] | 2009-08-03 08:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV |
09BEIJING22 | LOOKING AT THE NEXT 30 YEARS OF THE U.S.-CHINA [...] (C) January 1, 2009, marked the 30th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China. This anniversary followed the PRC commemoration of roughly 30 years of China's "reform and opening" policy under Deng Xiaoping, which led to Ch [...] | 2009-01-06 08:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MARR MASS CH |
09BEIJING2217 | MFA DISCUSSES XINJIANG PRESS ARRANGEMENTS AND ACCESS [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY. On July 29, PressOff met with Mr. Zhang Yong, Deputy Director of the Information Department of the People's Republic of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Zhang responded to questions about the logistics and philosophy behind the decision to pursue a markedly mor [...] | 2009-08-05 00:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PROP KPAL PGOV OPRC CH |
09BEIJING2224 | PRC:"WILL DO WHAT IT CAN" FOR SOMALIA [...] (SBU) Poloff conveyed August 4 to MFA African Department East Africa Desk Officer Zheng Minjuan reftel points requesting that China contribute additional support to Somalia in light of the recent agreement signed between the Transitional Federal Government(TFG) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) [...] | 2009-08-05 11:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER EAID KPKO SO |
09BEIJING2249 | SCENESETTER FOR HFAC CHAIRMAN BERMAN'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Chairman Berman, your visit to China comes in a year filled with key anniversaries and events: January 1 marked 30 years of U.S.-China diplomatic relations; March saw the 50th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising and the Dalai Lama's flight to India; June 4 marked the 20th anniversar [...] | 2009-08-06 09:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP PREL PHUM PGOV ECON PARM MARR CH TW |
09BEIJING2263 | PRC/UN: UN SYG VISIT FOCUSES ON CLIMATE CHANGE, [...] (C) UN Secretary General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon visited China July 23-26 to seek support from senior Chinese leaders for upcoming UN discussions on climate change. Contacts reported that the Chinese leadership remained non-committal on the SYG's call for China to play a greater global leadership ro [...] | 2009-08-07 10:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID ENRG SENV CH |
09BEIJING2298 | INTERNET USERS PUSH AGAINST CONTROLS, CONTACTS [...] (C) Despite tight political controls, China's netizens are increasingly using the Internet as a forum for public discussion and even, at times, as a platform to challenge actions by government authorities, Chinese electronic media professionals told State Department Policy Planning Director An [...] | 2009-08-11 10:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PROP SCUL CH |
09BEIJING232 | CHINESE GOVERNMENT SEEKS BETTER UNEMPLOYMENT DATA [...] (U) Summary: China s official unemployment rate, which rose to 4.2 percent in December, is unrealistic and does not capture over 100 million migrant workers most affected by the economic downturn in late 2008. According to government officials and a local labor economist, the government know [...] | 2009-01-29 09:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI CH |
09BEIJING2337 | MFA DISCUSSES XINJIANG PRESS ARRANGEMENTS AND ACCESS [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY. On July 29, PressOff met with Mr. Zhang Yong, Deputy Director of the Information Department of the People's Republic of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Zhang responded to questions about the logistics and philosophy behind the decision to pursue a markedly mor [...] | 2009-08-13 07:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PROP KPAL PGOV OPRC CH |
09BEIJING2341 | PRC OFFERS WEAK REACTION TO BURMESE OPPOSITION [...] (C) China hopes Burma can peacefully resolve its own internal issues and maintains that the international community should not interfere in any country's legal system, MFA Asian Affairs Department Burma Division Deputy Director Chen Chen told PolOff August 13 in response to reftel points urgin [...] | 2009-08-13 09:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV BM CH |
09BEIJING2342 | CHINA MONETARY POLICY UNCHANGED, BUT CREDIT FLOW [...] (C) Summary. China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) Director General Han Mingzhi confirmed to the Acting DCM on August 12 that China will maintain its moderately easy monetary and proactive fiscal policies. At the same time, the CBRC must continue to serve as "watchdog" for the banking sy [...] | 2009-08-13 09:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV CH |
09BEIJING2360 | CHINA OFFICIALLY "UNINSTALLS" GREEN DAM INTERNET [...] (SBU) Summary. Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) Minister Li announced August 13 computers sold in China would not be subject to mandatory internet censorship software requirements. The remarks represent the highest level signal to date that the Chinese government has off [...] | 2009-08-14 08:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL ECON CH |
09BEIJING2374 | REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION ON U.S.-CHINA BILATERAL [...] (C) PolOff raised the Counterterrorism Subdialogue with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) External Security Division Deputy Director Li Nan and First Secretary Wu Shifan on August 12. Li and Wu confirmed the proposed September 14 and 15 meeting dates for the U.S.-China Bilateral Interagency [...] | 2009-08-17 22:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MNUC PREL CH |
09BEIJING2383 | RELIGIOUS DISCOURSE ON THE CHINESE WEB [...] (SBU) Searches for online discussion of religion on the Chinese Internet from June to August revealed a robust discourse on religious doctrine and practice on Christian, Muslim, and Buddhist websites, discussion forums, and blogs as well as on mainstream commercial portals. Chinese religious [...] | 2009-08-18 12:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL CH |
09BEIJING2404 | AFGHANISTAN - MANAGING THE NEIGHBORS: CHINA [...] (C) Summary: China´s interests in promoting stability along its borders, combating unrest in its western Xinjiang province, and exploiting natural resources in Afghanistan to fuel its domestic economic growth would be advanced by a successful election in Afghanistan, according to PRC scholars an [...] | 2009-08-20 09:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF CH |
09BEIJING2408 | CHINA DOES NOT WANT TAIWAN IN THE CGPCS [...] (C) China would oppose Taiwan participation in the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS),but otherwise welcomes broader participation, according to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division official Cheng Lie. Cheng, who plans to attend [...] | 2009-08-21 05:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM SO CH |
09BEIJING2416 | NOAA DAS DISCUSSES COOPERATION WITH CHINA'S CMA AND SOA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Deputy Assistant Secretary, Dr. James Turner visited Beijing on August 13 to discuss areas of collaboration with the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) and State Oceanic Administration (SOA). CMA officials expres [...] | 2009-08-23 23:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL SENV TSPA PGOV PREL MARR CH |
09BEIJING2428 | PRC SUPREME COURT FACING CONSERVATIVE RETRENCHMENT [...] (C) Summary. The Chinese Supreme People's Court (SPC) has begun a process of conservative retrenchment under current President Wang Shengjun that is turning back the reforms of his predecessor, Xiao Yang, according to legal scholars and SPC judges. Court officials and legal scholars have cri [...] | 2009-08-24 10:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL KCOR CH |
09BEIJING2429 | PRC HUMAN RIGHTS: XU ZHIYONG (ON BAIL) AND ILHAM [...] (C) On August 23, detained rights activist Xu Zhiyong and ethnic Uighur academic Ilham Tohti were released from police custody. Also released was Zhuang Lu, a codefendant in the state's "tax evasion" case against Xu and his NGO, the Open Constitution Initiative. Tohti, whose writings had been [...] | 2009-08-24 10:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PROP SOCI CH |
09BEIJING2462 | OBSTACLES TO JUDICIAL REFORM IN CHIN [...] (C) Summary: Barriers to instituting genuine rule of law in China remain formidable, according to a variety of legal scholars and judicial officials. The National People's Congress's formal monopoly on interpreting the PRC constitution and the Party-controlled Supreme People's Court's de fac [...] | 2009-08-27 23:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SCUL KCOR CH |
09BEIJING2479 | SUGGESTED AGENDA AND CHINESE PARTICIPANT LIST FOR [...] (C) Summary. On August 31 MFA External Security Division Director Xia Jingge provided PolOffs with MFA-suggested changes to the draft agenda for the September 14-15 U.S.-China Inter-Agency Counterterrorism Subdialogue, the list of Chinese participants, and an overview of the sensitive issues [...] | 2009-08-31 09:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER CH |
09BEIJING2480 | PRC INVESTMENT IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN: AFGHAN [...] (C) Summary: Chinese companies are contributing to Afghanistan's corruption problem by bribing Afghan officials and cutting under-the-table deals, according to Beijing-based Afghan diplomats. Our Afghan contacts said Afghanistan needed China's investment but expressed disappointment with lim [...] | 2009-08-31 10:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EINV EMIN PREL PGOV AF CH PK |
09BEIJING2481 | PRC DOWNPLAYS CONFLICT IN BURMA'S KOKANG REGION [...] (C) Summary. China's Nansan border region adjacent to the Kokang region of Burma is calm, and refugees have already begun to return to Burma, ConGenOff observed August 30 and 31. PRC government statements and Chinese media accounts downplayed the seriousness of the conflict between ethnic K [...] | 2009-08-31 23:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV BM CH |
09BEIJING2490 | SEPTEMBER 1 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BURMA BORDER, NORTH KOREA, [...] Key points at the September 1 MFA press briefing: -- China hoped that the Burmese Government would properly handle its domestic issue and guarantee the safety of Chinese citizens and their property in that country. -- The Burmese Government had apologized to China for Chinese casualties, t [...] | 2009-09-01 10:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS CO KN TU |
09BEIJING2492 | XINJIANG: INCREASED ETHNIC TENSIONS AND HIGH [...] (C) Summary: Ethnic tension between Han Chinese and Uighurs has increased dramatically in three southern Xinjiang province cities and in Urumqi since the early- July ethnic violence in the provincial capital, according to local residents. Contacts did not report any increase in restrictions [...] | 2009-09-01 11:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER PREL KIRF CH |
09BEIJING2493 | BURMA/PRC BORDER SITUATION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: As cross-border refugees from Burma's Kokang region continue to return to Burma, local residents and remaining refugees in China's Nansan border region told ConGenOff September 1 that refugee flows had moved to border crossings in Yunnan province adjacent to ethnic Wa-controlled [...] | 2009-09-01 11:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV BM CH |
09BEIJING2526 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FM YANG JIECHI: [...] (C) Summary: In his first meeting with Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, the Ambassador expressed his and President Obama's hope to keep the U.S.-China relationship moving in a positive direction and focused on major issues of mutual concern. FM Yang noted the positive tone set by Presidents Hu [...] | 2009-09-02 10:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EFIN MARR SENV CH KN IR |
09BEIJING2527 | PRC ANTIMONOPOLY LAW'S FIRST YEAR LEAVES KEY [...] (C) Summary: The competition regime established by China's year-old anti-monopoly law (AML) is still plagued by incomplete implementing rules, a lack of decision-making transparency, a perceived reluctance to take on powerful state-owned enterprises (SOEs),and potential jurisdictional confusi [...] | 2009-09-03 01:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON CH EINV EIND ECIN ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL |
09BEIJING2533 | THE FOURTH CCP PLENUM: REFORM WITH NO CHANGE [...] (C) On July 23, a Xinhua press release announced that the Fourth Plenum of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party would convene in September. In keeping with established practice, a date for the Plenum was not announced, but the press release noted that the Plenum would add [...] | 2009-09-03 11:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR CH |
09BEIJING2534 | BEIJING AND THE DALAI LAMA'S TAIWAN VISIT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: China has made two public statements on the Dalai Lama's ongoing Taiwan visit; the first condemning the trip but blaming it on Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP),the second warning that that the visit is "bound to affect cross-Strait relations." [...] | 2009-09-03 11:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF CH TW |
09BEIJING2535 | SEPTEMBER 3 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: VISA POLICY, AMBASSADOR [...] Key points at the September 3 MFA press briefing: -- In regards to the denial of visas to the producers of a film regarding the earthquake in Sichuan, China stated the importance of an individual country's sovereign right to determine its own policy of visa issuance. -- U.S. Special Repres [...] | 2009-09-03 12:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS CO KN TU |
09BEIJING2536 | SERBIA AND CHINA FIND ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Affirmation of mutual support on respective Serbian and PRC sovereignty issues highlighted the political agenda of Serbian President Boris Tadic's August 19-25 visit to China, according to Serbian diplomats and Chinese government and academic contacts. Despite MFA insistence tha [...] | 2009-09-03 23:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EINV YI KV CH ICJ |
09BEIJING254 | CHINESE ACADEMICS COMMENT ON KOREAN PENINSULA [...] (C) In conversations with PolOff preceding recent international media reports of increasingly fiery DPRK rhetoric, Chinese scholars predicted that North Korea would seek to manufacture a crisis in order to gain the attention of the new U.S. administration. In view of the disappointing conclus [...] | 2009-02-03 09:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KN CH KS |
09BEIJING255 | FEBRUARY 3 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S.-CHINA BILATERAL [...] Key points at the February 3 MFA Press Briefing: -- China is ready to work with the United States to promote bilateral relations. -- China is a friend of both India and Pakistan and hopes the two countries will "proceed from the interests of regional stability and promote the peace process [...] | 2009-02-03 09:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD CH KN XG IN PK KS RP UK SA |
09BEIJING2555 | ETHNIC HAN URUMQI RESIDENTS PROTEST "SYRINGE [...] (C) Security forces locked down central Urumqi late September 3 in the wake of protests by as many as "tens of thousands" of ethnic Han demonstrators, but failed to prevent smaller protests from breaking out September 4. The official PRC Xinhua News Agency said the protesters on September 3 ha [...] | 2009-09-04 11:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PROP CH |
09BEIJING256 | CHINA: ANTI-TRAFFICKING COOPERATION WITH VIETNAM [...] (C) Anti-trafficking cooperation between China and Vietnam in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Guangxi) is increasingly effective, although trafficking of Vietnamese women and children remains a major problem. More than 200 trafficking victims have been rescued since 2004, but despite efforts [...] | 2009-02-03 09:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWNM CH VM |
09BEIJING2570 | XINJIANG STABILITY, ISRAEL SETTLEMENTS, PAKISTAN, INDIA [...] Key points at the September 8 MFA press briefing: -- The Chinese Government was capable of dealing with the situation in Xinjiang and would handle the issue according to law. -- China hoped that Israel would "be prudent and take measures to facilitate the early resumption of talks" with Pal [...] | 2009-09-08 09:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MNUC SENV CH KN KS JP IN IR AE IS PK TW |
09BEIJING2573 | GANSU AND QINGHAI TIBETANS SAY TENSIONS EASING, [...] (S) Tibetans in Qinghai and Gansu provinces reported that human rights conditions are slowly improving, particularly in Qinghai, though some Tibetan monks and academics complained that they continue to experience pressure to cooperate with government propaganda campaigns. PolOff visited the [...] | 2009-09-08 10:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH |
09BEIJING2576 | PRC:TIRES, XINJIANG, IRAN, TAIWAN, DPRK IN AMB-VFM [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a September 8 meeting at the MFA, the Ambassador told Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei that the United States wants to find a way forward on the 421 tire case, but is ready to move on 421 if there is no other option. VFM He was pessimistic that we could reach an agreement, and [...] | 2009-09-08 12:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM PARM MNUC OVIP ECON ETRD AF |
09BEIJING2577 | PRC:TIRES, XINJIANG, IRAN, TAIWAN, DPRK IN AMB-VFM [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a September 8 meeting at the MFA, the Ambassador told Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei that the United States wants to find a way forward on the 421 tire case, but is ready to move on 421 if there is no other option. VFM He was pessimistic that we could reach an agreement, and [...] | 2009-09-08 23:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM PARM MNUC OVIP ECON ETRD AF |
09BEIJING2593 | CHINA: NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE REPORTING REQUEST [...] (C) Below, please find Embassy Beijing's responses to reftel questions in preparation for the 2010 Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference (RevCon). -- What is the host government's general attitude towards CTBT, FMCT, NPT, and U.S.-Russian arms control efforts? What factors influence its [...] | 2009-09-10 09:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PGOV UNGA |
09BEIJING2594 | MPS DISCUSSES CHINA'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Summary: China continues to develop its prosecutorial and administrative abilities to counter trafficking in persons (TIP) and recognizes the importance of properly taking care of trafficking victims, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Official responsible for TIP issues emphasized i [...] | 2009-09-10 09:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CH |
09BEIJING2595 | REAL SYMPATHY FOR "FAKE PANCHEN": MANY TIBETANS [...] (S) Tibetan contacts in Gansu and Qinghai Provinces are resentful of Communist Party efforts to force Tibetan Buddhists to accept Gyaincain Norbu as the 11th Panchen Lama. As the "11th Panchen" (born in 1990) grows into adulthood, however, some Tibetans, especially monks, say they sympathize [...] | 2009-09-10 11:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH |
09BEIJING2596 | SEPTEMBER 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: GUANTANAMO UIGHURS, INDIA [...] Key points at the September 10 MFA press briefing: -- China opposes any country accepting Uighur detainees after their release from Guantanamo. The individuals should be repatriated to China as soon as possible. -- China and India were making joint efforts to "safeguard peace and tranquili [...] | 2009-09-10 23:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MNUC CH AS KN IR IN JP LG UP MP YI |
09BEIJING2597 | SEPTEMBER 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: GUANTANAMO UIGHURS, INDIA [...] Key points at the September 10 MFA press briefing: -- China opposes any country accepting Uighur detainees after their release from Guantanamo. The individuals should be repatriated to China as soon as possible. -- China and India were making joint efforts to "safeguard peace and tranquili [...] | 2009-09-10 23:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MNUC CH AS KN IR IN JP LG UP MP YI |
09BEIJING26 | January 6 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MIDDLE EAST, SOMALI PIRACY, [...] Key points at the January 6 MFA press briefing: -- China has told "relevant parties" to "stop military action" in the Middle East. -- Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao fishing vessels can apply for protection from the Chinese naval flotilla in the sea off Somalia through appropriate channels. [...] | 2009-01-06 11:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM EWWT CH TW IS |
09BEIJING2615 | CHINA/INDIA: TENSIONS OVER ADB DISPUTE SUBSIDE AS [...] (C) Summary: The India-China border dispute and their recent skirmish at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) over a proposed project in Arunachal Pradesh (AP) "will not get in the way" of bilateral economic relations, according to an Indian diplomat. He said both sides were focused on increasing [...] | 2009-09-11 09:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV CH IN |
09BEIJING2617 | BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON JAPANESE [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing on September 11, Japanese Ambassador Miyamoto stated that while the recent elections in Japan were "significant," he does not expect major changes in Japan's foreign policy. British Ambassador William Ehrman said the United Kingdom was " [...] | 2009-09-11 11:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON CH FR JA GM UK |
09BEIJING2618 | China's Response to USDOL Child/Forced Labor Lists [...] (U) Embassy Beijing Labor Officer delivered reftel demarche points and advanced copies of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) and Executive Order 13126 (Prohibition of Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor) lists to China's Ministry of H [...] | 2009-09-13 23:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM CH |
09BEIJING2635 | CHINA/KUWAIT: GUANGDONG REFINERY AND PETROCHEMICAL [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The USD 10 billion deal between Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) and Chinese state-owned refining giant Sinopec to build a petrochemical plant and oil refinery in Guangdong Province could be derailed by a dispute over distribution rights, according to a KPC executive [...] | 2009-09-15 05:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PREL SENV PGOV CH KU |
09BEIJING2646 | SEPTEMBER 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK TRIPS, TIBET ISSUE, [...] Key points at the September 15 MFA press briefing: -- The spokesperson had no information about reported trips to the DPRK by either State Councilor Dai Bingguo or Premier Wen Jiabao. -- China firmly opposed foreign officials meeting with the Dalai Lama and opposed the Dalai Lama's engageme [...] | 2009-09-15 09:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PBTS MNUC CH KN IR IN JP AF |
09BEIJING2651 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRC TO REFRAIN FROM STATEMENTS [...] (C) Summary: China will avoid making any pronouncement on the outcome of Afghanistan's August 20 presidential election until after the Independent Election Commission (IEC) releases final certified results, according to an MFA official. China would like the next Afghan government to make pro [...] | 2009-09-16 06:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF PK CH |
09BEIJING2660 | AMBASSADOR BADER AND FM YANG DISCUSS THE [...] (C) Summary: In a September 15 meeting with NSC Senior Director for Asian Affairs Ambassador Jeffrey Bader, Foreign Minister Yang was upbeat on the overall trend in U.S.-China relations. Ambassador Bader outlined his expectations for the planned November travel of President Obama to China, o [...] | 2009-09-16 15:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EFIN MARR SENV CH KN IR |
09BEIJING2670 | SEPTEMBER 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NIS REPORT, NORTH [...] Key points at the September 17 MFA press briefing: -- Regarding the 2009 National Intelligence Strategy report, China urged the United States to drop its "Cold War mentality," which could undermine mutual trust and mislead the American public. -- On North Korea, China remained committed to [...] | 2009-09-17 23:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PBTS MNUC CH KN KS IR JP AF RS SF |
09BEIJING2679 | P-3 NPT AND FMCT DRAFT AGENDA DELIVERED TO CHINA [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche outlining a draft agenda for a discussion of Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) and Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT) issues at the upcoming P-3 meeting in Washington on September 18 to Zhang Hongliu of MFA's Arms Control and Disarmament Department General Po [...] | 2009-09-18 03:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09BEIJING2691 | ONLINE MUSIC DISTRIBUTION FACES MORE HURDLES IN [...] (SBU) Summary. China issued new regulations on September 3 requiring all foreign-recorded music be reviewed by the Ministry of Culture (MOC) before being distributed online. Online music providers must also prove to the MOC they have permission from copyright owners to sell and distribute the [...] | 2009-09-18 09:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV CH |
09BEIJING2692 | PRC HUMAN RIGHTS: EMBASSY ROUNDTABLE WITH RIGHTS [...] (C) On September 10, Embassy Beijing hosted a round-table discussion with 19 Beijing-based rights lawyers, visiting Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor senior advisor Susan O'Sullivan, and third-country diplomats. Most of the Chinese participants were among a group of lawyers whose li [...] | 2009-09-18 11:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PROP SOCI CH |
09BEIJING2693 | SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Mister Deputy Secretary, your trip to Beijing comes as a simultaneously prosperous and stable yet anxious and brittle China prepares for its 60th birthday October 1. Thirty years of double-digit economic growth have brought a measure of stability and prosperity to many, yet numerous politi [...] | 2009-09-18 12:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR CH KN AF PK TW |
09BEIJING2699 | PRC FOCUSED ON ITS TERRITORIAL CLAIMS IN SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: China's primary interests in the South China Sea (SCS) are to defend its claimed territorial boundaries, protect and develop its claims to natural resources, and maintain freedom of navigation, according to an Embassy contact. Scholars and officials suggest China prefers to addr [...] | 2009-09-21 10:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHSA MARR PHUM PGOV VN CH |
09BEIJING2716 | China/Migrant Unrest: What Happened to Fears of [...] (SBU) Summary: After reporting that 20 million migrant workers returned home for the 2009 Chinese New Year holiday unemployed, the Chinese government recently announced that the migrant labor situation has significantly improved, thereby reducing the likelihood of social unrest. China's Minist [...] | 2009-09-22 09:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PGOV EFIN CH |
09BEIJING2719 | TA'ER TOURIST TRAP: TIBETAN CONTACTS LAMENT [...] (S) Summary: Tibetan contacts in Qinghai Province expressed dismay at the impact unregulated tourism is having on Kumbum (Ta'er) Monastery, one of the most important religious sites in Tibetan Buddhism. A monk at Kumbum told PolOff that roughly half of the 800 monks have been "corrupted" by [...] | 2009-09-22 10:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PREL KIFR CH IN |
09BEIJING2720 | SEPTEMBER 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: UIGHUR LEADER, JOURNALITS [...] Key points at the September 22 MFA press briefing: -- Dolkun Isa, the Uighur leader recently refused entry into South Korea, was suspected of various crimes and wanted by Chinese and international police -- The MFA passed along the concerns of Kyodo journalists who said they had been beate [...] | 2009-09-22 23:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM MNUC PARM SENV CH KN KS JP RS |
09BEIJING2724 | MONGOLIA-CHINA RELATIONS: HIGH-LEVEL PROGRESS, [...] (C) Summary: The 60th anniversary of the establishment of PRC-Mongolia relations has moved that relationship in a positive direction, but mutual popular mistrust persists, according to Beijing-based scholars. Per the Mongolian Embassy, plans are for Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to visit Mongoli [...] | 2009-09-23 06:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH MG NK MARR PBTS |
09BEIJING2730 | REFCOORD MEETING WITH MFA: REFUGEE LEGISLATION, [...] (C) Summary: China has worked to pass domestic refugee legislation for the past 10 years, but "technical issues" and differences among interested ministries have prevented the legislation from being codified into law, according to an MFA official. Reiterating the well-known PRC position on No [...] | 2009-09-23 10:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PINR PHUM PREL CH KN KS |
09BEIJING2731 | FOURTH PLENUM: XI NOT APPOINTED TO CMC; NO [...] (C) Summary: Although contacts expressed surprise that Vice President Xi Jinping was not appointed Central Military Commission Vice Chairman at the four-day Fourth Plenum of the Seventeenth CCP Central Committee that concluded September 18, most cautioned against reading too much into the decision [...] | 2009-09-23 11:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL MARR KDEM CH |
09BEIJING2733 | PRE-ANNIVERSARY TIGHTENING OF CONTROLS ON NGOS [...] (C) Summary: In the run-up to the October 1 sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chinese authorities have tightened control over civil society groups, according to contacts. In recent months, many NGOs have encountered official harassment, ranging from off [...] | 2009-09-24 06:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI CH |
09BEIJING2734 | CHINA: RURAL LAND AND RELIGIOUS DISPUTES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rural land, corruption among local officials, and conflicts between different sects of Sunni Islam are equally important causes of unrest in rural Ningxia, though contacts downplayed the overall risks of instability. Disputes over rural land are largely limited to land confiscati [...] | 2009-09-24 06:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL SOCI CH |
09BEIJING2753 | UIGHUR BUSINESSWOMAN DESCRIBES XINJIANG REGION [...] (S) Summary: A Uighur businesswoman and author, who is also a staff member of the Xinjiang Region Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, described mass detentions of Uighurs in the wake of the early-July ethnic violence in Urumqi. She described how she was almost detained August [...] | 2009-09-24 09:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PHUM PGOV KIRF CH |
09BEIJING2755 | SEPTEMBER 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN SANCTIONS, G-20 [...] Key points at the September 24 MFA press briefing: -- Sanctions on Iran "are not the way out" and China urges all parties to resolve the nuclear issue through dialogue. -- President Hu will give an important speech at the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh on September 25. -- Planning continues f [...] | 2009-09-24 23:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM MNUC PARM CH KS JP IR |
09BEIJING2770 | CHINA/PAKISTAN: PAKISTANI OFFICIALS PRAISE PRC [...] (C) SUMMARY: China's model of economic assistance benefits Pakistan and generates goodwill for China, according to a Beijing-based Pakistani diplomat. He praised China's focus on "bricks and mortar" development and use of concessionary loans and criticized USAID and other donors' for wasting [...] | 2009-09-25 09:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EINV ENRG ETRD PREL PGOV CH PK |
09BEIJING2773 | POST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ASSESS RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: U.S.-China law enforcement cooperation, while increasingly important to broadening bilateral ties, continues to face considerable challenges. The Chinese have yet to establish a record of reliable and productive law enforcement cooperation. Notwithstanding some limited joint la [...] | 2009-09-25 10:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM KFRD KJUS SOCI CH |
09BEIJING2788 | PRC OFFERS CAUTIOUS, YET POSITIVE REACTION TO [...] (C) China believes the U.S. decision to have direct communication with Burmese authorities is positive and would like to maintain contact with the United States on the Burma issue, according to an MFA official. In response to reftel points previewing the conclusions of the Burma policy review, [...] | 2009-09-28 11:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM CH |
09BEIJING2794 | SEPTEMBER 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, NORTH KOREA, BURMA, [...] Key points at the September 29 MFA press briefing: -- China supported the maintenance of the nuclear nonproliferation program and resolving the Iran issue through negotiation. -- During his visit to North Korea, Premier Wen Jiabao would exchange ideas on bilateral and regional issues of mut [...] | 2009-09-29 23:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM MNUC PARM CH KS KN RS IR ZK BM AF |
09BEIJING280 | ROKS BRIEFED ON CCP OFFICIAL WANG JIARUI'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee International Liaison Department (CCID) Director Wang Jiarui met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il for five hours during his January 21-24 visit to Pyongyang and reports Kim appeared well, according to ROK Embassy contacts who wer [...] | 2009-02-05 08:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH KN KS |
09BEIJING2802 | TIBET: CHINA URGES CANCELATION OF SPEAKER PELOSI'S [...] (C) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei called in the Ambassador September 30 to urge cancellation of House Speaker Pelosi's planned meeting and joint press conference with the Dalai Lama. Tibet, VFM He said, is a "core interest," and such a meeting would impinge upon China's sovereignt [...] | 2009-09-30 07:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH |
09BEIJING2810 | AF/PAK: PRC VIEWS ON COOPERATION WITH U.S., [...] (C) Summary: PRC distrust in U.S. strategic intentions in South Asia and the PRC's stove-piped bureaucracy impede China's willingness to coordinate efforts with the United States on Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to Chinese scholars at two government-affiliated think tanks. To overcome [...] | 2009-09-30 10:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID MARR KDEM AF IN PK CH BM |
09BEIJING2811 | PARANOIA ON PARADE: CHINA'S LEADERS TAKE NO [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: In a security clampdown reminiscent of the lead-up to the August 8, 2008 Olympic Games opening ceremony, authorities in Beijing are setting up checkpoints, locking down dissidents, and tightening Internet censorship in the run-up to the October 1 national day. A [...] | 2009-09-30 11:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PROP CH |
09BEIJING2826 | ACTION REQUEST: USG COMMENTS ON PRC DRAFT BID AND [...] (SBU) China's State Council Legislative Affairs Office published draft implementing regulations for the Bidding and Tendering Law on September 30, 2009. The draft regulations are available at the following website: www.chinalaw.gov. Comments are due October 26, 2009. Post is preparing a sum [...] | 2009-10-08 09:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV EINV WTRO CH |
09BEIJING2836 | PRC/AFRICA: KENYAN AMBASSADOR SEES PRACTICAL AID [...] (C) Summary: While the United States and other Western countries focus on human rights and capacity building in Africa, China takes a more pragmatic and realistic approach to African aid, according to Kenya's Ambassador to the PRC. Kenyans feel that their positive attitudes toward the United [...] | 2009-10-09 09:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KDEM KE CH |
09BEIJING2847 | OCTOBER 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK MISSILES, NOBEL PRIZE, [...] Key points at the October 13 MFA press briefing: -- North Korea's recent short-range missile test would not affect the improving situation on the Korean Peninsula. -- China congratulated President Obama on being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. -- During his visit to China, A/S Campbell wo [...] | 2009-10-13 11:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PARM CH KS KN RS IR AF IN PK UK |
09BEIJING2849 | APEC: U.S. SENIOR OFFICIAL FOR APEC TONG [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting in Beijing September 29, U.S. Senior Official for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Affairs Kurt Tong reviewed a range of U.S. priorities in APEC with China's Senior Official for APEC (SOM) Lu Kang, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The two highlighted the shared int [...] | 2009-10-13 23:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON PGOV ETRD APECO CH |
09BEIJING285 | PRO-REFORM BLOGGER DESCRIBES PRC DEMOCRACY GROUPS, [...] (C) The main model for the December-released "Charter 08" manifesto calling for democratic reforms in China (ref B) was "Formosa Magazine," the former journal of the Taiwan democratic opposition, according to well-known Chinese liberal blogger and media commentator Zhao Jin (aka "Michael Anti, [...] | 2009-02-05 10:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI KDEM TW CH |
09BEIJING286 | TWO AFRICAN DIPLOMATS IN BEIJING SHARE VIEWS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: China's growing engagement with Africa is a mixed blessing for African nations, according to two Beijing-based Rwandan and Nigerian diplomats. While acknowledging the positive role that China plays in Africa, the two diplomats lamented the imbalance in power between China and sm [...] | 2009-02-05 10:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID CH NI RW |
09BEIJING2864 | SUBJECT: EAP A/S CAMPBELL AND MFA DG ZHENG [...] (C) Summary: The international community's engagement strategy and overall policy of sanctions against Burma have failed, said MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Zheng Zeguang in an October 13 working lunch with EAP A/S Campbell. A/S Campbell called for incre [...] | 2009-10-14 09:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHUM PGOV CASC SENV CH TW BM |
09BEIJING2866 | SUBJECT: SCHOLAR SAYS PRC EFFORTS TO CURB OVERSEAS [...] (C) Summary: PRC efforts to curb Chinese dissident activities abroad are directly proportional to PRC perceptions of influence of the countries involved, according to a Chinese scholar. For example, China will take some action should its demands that no "controversial" figures attend the Oct [...] | 2009-10-14 09:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV CH EZ LO GE SCUL |
09BEIJING2867 | PRC EDUCATION VICE MINISTER SUPPORTS PROPOSAL TO [...] (SBU) Summary: PRC Education Vice Minister Hao Ping embraced a U.S. proposal to double the projected number of U.S. students studying in China to 100,000 over the next four years. During an October 13 meeting with EAP A/S Campbell, Vice Minister Hao expressed hope to reach agreement on the p [...] | 2009-10-14 09:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SCUL PGOV CVIS SOCI CASC CH ED |
09BEIJING2868 | PRC/BURMA: A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH ASIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: In an October 13 meeting with EAP A/S Kurt Campbell, MFA Asian Affairs Department Director General Yang Yanyi said that China saw many positive aspects in the U.S. review of its Burma policy and suggested proceeding based on its conclusion, despite PRC concern over continuing sanc [...] | 2009-10-14 10:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PHUM PGOV PARM BM KN CH |
09BEIJING287 | FEBRUARY 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HUMAN RIGHTS, IRAN, DPRK, [...] Key points at the February 5 MFA Press Briefing: -- China "attaches great importance" to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) upcoming review of China's human rights record. -- China hopes the P5-plus-1 countries will "stick to diplomatic negotiations" and show "creativity" to resolve the Ir [...] | 2009-02-05 23:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SENV CH CA IR KN |
09BEIJING2870 | PRC: A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH VFM HE YAFEI [...] (S) Summary: China appreciates that President Obama plans to spend three days in China and hopes the visit will produce concrete results, China's Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei told EAP A/S Campbell October 13. China also hopes for a joint statement that will send a positive message that the [...] | 2009-10-14 11:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR KNNP MNUC SENV APEC KN KS CH |
09BEIJING2872 | A/S CAMPBELL'S DINNER WITH CHINESE ACADEMICS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: At an October 13 dinner with EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell, three leading Chinese international affairs experts urged the United States to start bilateral talks with North Korea. China had done its part by keeping pressure on the DPRK, they said, but now it was up to the [...] | 2009-10-14 11:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR PGOV NK SK JP RU IN CH |
09BEIJING2884 | OCTOBER 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHINA-IRAN RELATIONS, SCO [...] Key points at the October 15 MFA press briefing: -- PM Wen Jiabao met with Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi at the October 14 SCO Prime Minister's meeting. The MFA spokesperson stated that "China values its relationship with Iran," seeks to advance "cooperation and coordinat [...] | 2009-10-15 09:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER PARM CH IR AF UK |
09BEIJING2897 | READOUT OF PRC-JAPAN-ROK TRILAT SUMMIT [...] (C) The Second PRC-Japan-ROK trilateral summit held in Beijing on October 10 focused primarily on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and a pledge to work towards a successful Copenhagen climate change conference, according to our contacts at the Japanese and ROK embassies in Beijing. [...] | 2009-10-16 09:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC SENV CH JA KN KS |
09BEIJING2898 | CAIJING'S LAST STAND? [...] (C) Summary: Disagreements over editorial policy and business models threaten to bring about the demise of China's most influential and independent economic magazine, Caijing. The conflicts are the result of a complex clash of interests and philosophies, including competing business strategies [...] | 2009-10-16 10:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV EFIN SOCI CH |
09BEIJING2899 | CHINA TARGETS ONLINE GAMES: BATTLES ON [...] (SBU) Summary. China's General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) issued a circular on October 10 prohibiting foreign investment in the domestic online games operations through joint ventures, wholly-owned enterprises and cooperatives. The new directive comprehensively prohibits fo [...] | 2009-10-16 10:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL ECON CH |
09BEIJING2908 | BANK OF CHINA VICE PRESIDENT ZHU MIN MOVES TO [...] (C) Summary. The Bank of China (BOC),one of China's "big four" state-owned banks, announced October 19 that Executive Vice President Zhu Min had resigned to take a new position elsewhere. Contacts at the People's Bank of China (PBOC) have told us Zhu began working as a Vice Governor in late [...] | 2009-10-20 09:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV PREL ECON CH |
09BEIJING2912 | OCTOBER 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PIRATES, CHINA-INDIA, NORTH [...] Key points at the October 20 MFA press briefing: -- The Chinese Government attached great importance to the safety of the Chinese crew members taken hostage on their cargo ship, the Dexinhai. -- China-India relations had enjoyed "good momentum" and Chinese efforts to obtain resources from [...] | 2009-10-20 23:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PARM CH KS KN RS IR AF IN PK UK |
09BEIJING2924 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 29, 2009 [...] (SBU) September 29, 2009; 4:45 pm; Great Hall of the People; Beijing 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rear Admiral Charles Leidig, Joint Chiefs of Staff A [...] | 2009-10-22 03:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL PGOV MNUC CH KN |
09BEIJING2934 | OCTOBER 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PIRATES, CHINA-INDIA, REBIYA [...] Key points at the October 22 MFA press briefing: -- The Chinese Government remained concerned about the security of the 25 member crew of the De Xin Hai and an "all-out rescue effort" was ongoing. -- China and India were both emerging countries and had common interests that would benefit f [...] | 2009-10-22 00:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PARM CH IR IS AF IN JA |
09BEIJING2946 | XINJIANG: URUMQI CAUTIOUSLY CALM AS RIOT TRIALS [...] (C) Summary: During October 19-21 travel to Urumqi, PolOffs confirmed that security measures and troop presence remained high; People's Armed Police, local municipal police, and volunteer security personnel continuously patrolled the city. Most Urumqi residents we spoke to cautiously claimed [...] | 2009-10-22 09:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL PTER CH |
09BEIJING2948 | PRC: MFA STILL COOL TO UNCAC REVIEW MECHANISM [...] (C) Summary: While professing to hope for a successful third UNCAC Conference of the States Parties November 9-13 in Doha, PRC officials are in no hurry to reach agreement on terms of reference for a formal UNCAC review mechanism at the upcoming Doha conference. An MFA official said an additi [...] | 2009-10-22 09:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA KCRM KCOR CH |
09BEIJING2951 | MFA OFFICIAL ON ILLICIT FINANCING COOPERATION AND [...] (SBU) Summary: China was willing to enhance its cooperation with the United States to combat illicit financing and terrorism, MFA Department of Asian Affairs Deputy Director General Sun Weidong told Treasury DAS Daniel Glaser October 19. Sun said the Chinese government was still going throug [...] | 2009-10-22 10:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PGOV PTER AF CH PK |
09BEIJING2963 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER HE YAFEI, SEPTEMBER 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-26 00:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | ECON PARM PGOV PREL OVIP |
09BEIJING2965 | PRC: DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG’S SEPTEMBER 29, [...] (SBU) September 29, 2009; 3:00 p.m.; Zhongnanhai Leadership Compound; Beijing 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rear Admiral Charles Leidig, Joint Chiefs of Staff Amb. [...] | 2009-10-26 00:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | OVIP STEINBERG JAMES B. PREL PGOV PARM MNUC |
09BEIJING2980 | OCTOBER 27 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHINA-AFRICA COOPERATION, [...] Key points at the October 27 MFA press briefing: -- China would deepen ties with Egypt and promote China-Africa and China-Arab ties at the early November Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt -- China hoped relevant parties would q [...] | 2009-10-26 22:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PARM EAID CH IR IS AF IN JA |
09BEIJING2982 | PRC/SUDAN: MFA WELCOMES SUDAN STRATEGY; CONCERNED [...] (C) Summary: The PRC welcomed the new U.S. strategy on Sudan, concurring that the situation in Darfur and implementation of Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) must be addressed simultaneously to achieve sustainable long-term success, according to an MFA official. Western government statemen [...] | 2009-10-27 09:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO SU CH |
09BEIJING2995 | PRC/LATIN AMERICA: CHINESE ECONOMIC INTERESTS [...] (C) Summary: Politics, economics, Taiwan and common interests in social development drive China's interest in Latin America, according to a PRC scholar. Notwithstanding China's deepening relationship with Latin America, China will not develop its Latin America connections at the expense of i [...] | 2009-10-29 09:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ECON ETRD ENRG EINV AR XM CH |
09BEIJING2996 | CHINA/AML: DAS GLASER'S MEETING WITH PEOPLE,S BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: The People's Bank of China (PBOC) Anti-Money Laundering Bureau was willing to consider formation of an anti-money laundering and illicit finance working group under the framework of the S&ED, PBOC Anti-Money Laundering Bureau Director General Tang Xu told Treasury DAS Glaser on [...] | 2009-10-29 10:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PGOV PTER CH |
09BEIJING2997 | OCTOBER 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PIRATES, FLU, BAGHDAD [...] Key points at the October 29 MFA press briefing: -- Efforts aimed at the rescue of the crew of the Chinese cargo ship the De Xin Hai were "underway." -- The Chinese Government would step up efforts and adjust its methods in order to deal with the spread of the flu this season. -- The ter [...] | 2009-10-29 23:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PARM SOCI CH PK NK UK IR IZ CA |
09BEIJING300 | REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA BANGKOK: COMPUTER [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates from the Hebei Provincial Public Security Bureau and the Ministry of Public Security, who have been nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has n [...] | 2009-02-06 11:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM CH |
09BEIJING3000 | NSC'S BADER AND ROSS TALK IRAN, DPRK, MIL-MIL WITH [...] (C) Communist Party International Department Vice Minister Liu Jieyi, in an October 26 meeting with NSC Senior Directors Jeffrey Bader and Dennis Ross, stressed China's efforts to support a dual track approach to Iran. Responding to Ross' calls for the P5-plus-1 to maintain unity and keep pre [...] | 2009-10-30 09:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC OVIP PGOV MARR CH KN IR |
09BEIJING3001 | CHINESE SPECIAL ENVOY TALKS IRAN, MIDDLE EAST WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 26 meeting with PRC Special Envoy to the Middle East Wu Sike, Senior Director for the Central Region Dennis Ross underscored the high priority that the United States placed on the pursuit of peace in the Middle East and on resolution of the Iran nuclear issue. Both [...] | 2009-10-30 10:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC OVIP ENRG PGOV CH IR IS |
09BEIJING3005 | PRC/INDIA: CORDIAL HIGH-LEVEL TALKS VEIL [...] (C) Summary: Contrary to recent media reports, the October 24 meeting between Indian PM Manmohan Singh and PRC Premier Wen Jiabao on the sidelines of the East Asian Summit were cordial and addressed the ongoing bilateral border dispute without acrimony, according to an Indian diplomat who att [...] | 2009-10-30 11:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EINV ETRD PREL CH IN |
09BEIJING301 | PRC PARTICIPATION CANCELLED IN ILEA BANGKOK [...] (SBU) Post regrets to inform Department that on February 4, PRC Ministry of Public Security unexpectedly cancelled its participation in upcoming ILEA Bangkok Supervisory Criminal Investigators Course (SCIC) Session 26 February 16 to March 27, 2009. 2. (SBU) Post has nothing to indicate that [...] | 2009-02-06 11:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KCRM SNAR CH |
09BEIJING302 | ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON CCP OFFICIAL WANG JIARUI'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-06 12:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH KN JA KS |
09BEIJING303 | CHARTER 08: IMPACT LIMITED, BUT "MOVEMENT" DRAWS [...] (C) While the "Charter 08" pro-democracy manifesto is unlikely to push the Communist Party to engage in real political reform anytime soon, the Charter nevertheless represents a budding "movement" that worries China's leaders, as demonstrated by the detention of lead Charter drafter Liu Xiaobo [...] | 2009-02-06 12:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL CH |
09BEIJING3037 | NOVEMBER 3, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AFGHAN ELECTIONS, [...] Key points at the October 29 MFA press briefing: -- China had conveyed congratulations to Hamid Karzai for his election victory. -- China had expressed its "grave concerns" and opposition to reports of a planned visit to Arunachal Pradesh by the Dalai Lama. -- PRC Government remained com [...] | 2009-11-03 11:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PARM SOCI CH PK IN UK RS EG MY |
09BEIJING3046 | WHEN HU JINTAO COMES FOR DINNER: LOCAL PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 28 meeting with PolOffs, Shi Jing (protect),a former municipal party secretary in Gansu Province, described a 2007 Chinese New Year visit by CCP General Secretary Hu Jintao to his district and offered insights into how Hu's domestic trips are organized. Much of wh [...] | 2009-11-04 11:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR SOCI CH |
09BEIJING3057 | PRC: DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST UNDETERRED BY [...] (C) Summary: Zhu Juru, a Jiangxi province native and university professor, was recently released from a one-year term in a reeducation through labor (RTL) facility. In an October 28 meeting with PolOff, Zhu stated his intention to continue his efforts to bring about democratic reforms in Chi [...] | 2009-11-05 09:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PTER CH |
09BEIJING3059 | PRC: FAITHFUL FLOCK TO OFFICIAL CHRISTIAN CHURCHES [...] (C) Summary: Regular worshippers at two official Protestant churches in Hebei Province and the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region regularly exceed 3,000. Growth in attendance poses new challenges for the official church, particularly in the areas of clergy training and social services. In re [...] | 2009-11-05 09:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER PREL KIRF CH |
09BEIJING3060 | SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO CHINA [...] (C) Mr. President, China's leaders view your upcoming travel to Shanghai and Beijing as the single most important visit to China by a foreign leader this year. As we have heard repeatedly, President Hu Jintao and the senior leadership are committed, as are we, to making your meetings and prog [...] | 2009-11-05 11:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH ECON IR KN MARR MNUC OVIP PARM PHUM |
09BEIJING3061 | NOVEMBER 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MILITARIZATION OF SPACE, [...] Key points at the November 5 MFA press briefing: -- China's position on the militarization of outer space remains unchanged. China opposes the militarization of outer space and will not engage in any arms race in outer space. -- China will continue to take "effective measures" to combat c [...] | 2009-11-05 23:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PARM MOPS KGHG TSPA CN CI SO KN |
09BEIJING3073 | PRC: BEIJING TARGETS KEY HOUSE CHURCHES [...] (C) Summary: Recent developments suggest that the Beijing municipal government is increasing its scrutiny and harassment of certain well-known unofficial house churches and house church leaders. The authorities dismissed a central government research institute scholar, allegedly for his ties [...] | 2009-11-09 11:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PTER KIRF CH |
09BEIJING3076 | NOVEMBER 6 MFA/MOFCOM PRESS BRIEFING: [...] Key points at the November 6 joint press briefing with MFA spokesperson Ma Zhaoxu and senior MOFCOM and MFA officials: -- President Hu's upcoming visit to Malaysia on November 10, China's first state visit there in 15 years, is intended to further mutual friendship and cooperation. Hu then [...] | 2009-11-10 03:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | APECO ECON ECIN PGOV PREL ETRD OVIP CN |
09BEIJING3077 | NOVEMBER 6 MFA/MOFCOM PRESS BRIEFING: [...] Key points at the November 6 joint press briefing with MFA spokesperson Ma Zhaoxu and senior MOFCOM and MFA officials: -- President Hu's upcoming visit to Malaysia on November 10, China's first state visit there in 15 years, is intended to further mutual friendship and cooperation. Hu then [...] | 2009-11-10 03:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | APECO ECON ECIN PGOV PREL ETRD OVIP CN |
09BEIJING3081 | PRC: HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS RAISED WITH MFA IO DDG [...] (C) Summary: In a November 10 meeting with MFA human rights official Shen Yongxiang, PolMinCouns raised U.S. concerns regarding the two-year, pre-trial detention of American citizen Dr. Feng Xue on state secrets charges, PRC policies in Tibet and Xinjiang including recent executions there, the [...] | 2009-11-10 11:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CASC CH |
09BEIJING3083 | NOVEMBER 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: OBAMA VISIT, EXCHANGE RATE, [...] Key points at the November 10 MFA press briefing: -- The visit of U.S. President Obama will have a great influence on the future development of bilateral relations. -- China will follow a proactive and transparent policy to improve the Renminbi (RMB) exchange mechanism and give full play to [...] | 2009-11-11 23:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN ECON PHSA ABUD IN XA TW SY |
09BEIJING3091 | NOVEMBER 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: OBAMA VISIT, OBAMA-DALAI [...] Key points at the November 12 MFA press briefing: --The U.S. President will have the opportunity to speak with youth in Shanghai -- China and the United States are "consulting on the specific arrangements" about media coverage. --China's opposition to foreign leaders meeting with the Dalai [...] | 2009-11-12 08:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PHSA CH |
09BEIJING3094 | MFA RESPONDS TO HUMAN RIGHTS CASE LIST [...] (C) On November 12, MFA International Organizations Department Human Rights Division Director Yan Jiarong called in PolOff to provide a formal response to the Ambassador's November 6 handing over of a list of cases of human rights and humanitarian concern to Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei (ref [...] | 2009-11-12 11:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV CH |
09BEIJING3097 | TRACK-1.5 CHINA-U.S. STRATEGIC NUCLEAR DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In recent bilateral track-1.5 discussions on strategic nuclear issues, several themes emerged, particularly with respect to PRC concerns regarding the direction of U.S. nuclear strategy and policy: (1) China wants "strategic reassurance" from the United States that ballistic m [...] | 2009-11-13 01:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PGOV MARR MNUC MASS CH |
09BEIJING3113 | NATO DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL IN BEIJING [...] (C) Summary: In Beijing November 9-12 for the NATO-China dialogue, NATO Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero briefed the Chinese on NATO's New Strategic Concept effort, operations in Afghanistan, and relations with Russia, Central Asia, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization [...] | 2009-11-13 09:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS MNUC PHSA MOPS AF PK IR |
09BEIJING3122 | U/S HORMATS’ MEETINGS WITH BEIJING ECONOMISTS: [...] (C) Summary. Vice Minister Liu He of the Central Leading Group on Financial and Economic Affairs (CLGFEA) told Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs Hormats on November 9 that the small number of bilateral trade conflicts generates disproportionate political and social impa [...] | 2009-11-16 09:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP ECON ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV CH |
09BEIJING3124 | BEIJING HOUSE CHURCH FINDS TEMPORARY MEETING [...] (C) Summary: The Beijing municipal government and Shouwang house church leaders reached an agreement for the church to rent a temporary meeting space for its November 15 service. PolOff visited the site of the November 15 service and observed no confrontations between worshipers and surveill [...] | 2009-11-16 10:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH |
09BEIJING3126 | PRC NERVOUSNESS OVER HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES IN [...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts confirm press reports of increased restrictions on and detention of activists and dissidents in the lead-up to the President's November 15-18 visit to China. The MFA demarched the DCM November 14 to convey concerns over alleged plans for a meeting between the Pr [...] | 2009-11-16 11:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL CH |
09BEIJING3127 | XINJIANG PARTY CHIEF LIKELY TO STAY ON DESPITE [...] (C) Summary: Xinjiang Party Secretary Wang Lequan seems likely to keep his job, several contacts predict, despite public anger over his handling of the July riots in Urumqi. A September 3 demonstration, in which thousands of Urumqi demonstrators demanded Wang's resignation, may have actuall [...] | 2009-11-16 11:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
09BEIJING3128 | PORTRAIT OF VICE PRESIDENT XI JINPING: "AMBITIOUS [...] (C) According to a well connected Embassy contact, Politburo Standing Committee Member and Vice President Xi Jinping is "exceptionally ambitious," confident and focused, and has had his "eye on the prize" from early adulthood. Unlike many youth who "made up for lost time by having fun" after t [...] | 2009-11-16 12:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CH TW |
09BEIJING3138 | NOVEMBER 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: OPPOSITION TO JEWISH [...] Key points at the November 19 MFA press briefing: -- China opposes Israel's plans to build new Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem, viewing the move as likely to undermine trust and security in the region. -- The decision not to accept journalist questions following the meeting between P [...] | 2009-11-19 11:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PHSA CH IS KN AF IN VM JA |
09BEIJING3147 | CHINA URGED TO SUPPORT CREATION OF THIRD [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche asking China to support creation of a third subsidiary body dealing with Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Article X provisions for the May 2010 NPT Review Conference to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division First Secretary He Zhi [...] | 2009-11-20 05:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV UNGA AORC CDG KNNP ENRG MNUC |
09BEIJING3150 | TIBET: STAFFDEL JANNUZI DISCUSSES POTENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: In a November 9 meeting with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Member Frank Jannuzi, Tibetan poet and blogger Woeser decried the environmental degradation of the Tibetan plateau caused by unregulated mining, which she accused of both polluting rivers and increasing ethnic [...] | 2009-11-20 10:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SENV PGOV PREL KIRF CH |
09BEIJING3160 | THE NETWORKING PARTY: CAREER ADVANCEMENT, [...] (C) Chinese youth associated with Peking University pointed to career advancement and networking opportunities, rather than ideology, as primary reasons to join the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In addition to advantages in securing government positions, CCP membership now also helps recent grad [...] | 2009-11-23 11:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI |
09BEIJING3163 | NOVEMBER 24, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: LIANG GUANGLIE'S DPRK [...] Key points at the November 24 MFA press briefing: -- The PRC views Liang Guanglie's visit to the DPRK as a "normal exchange" between the two militaries. -- The PRC supports U.S.-DPRK dialogue in advance of U.S. Ambassador Bosworth's trip to the DPRK. -- The PRC states that India's ballis [...] | 2009-11-24 10:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SENV PHSA CH IN KN RP |
09BEIJING3172 | SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY BURNS' TRIP TO CHINA [...] (C) Undersecretary Burns, the President's November 15-18 visit to Beijing and Shanghai advanced the conversation with the Chinese on issues of high priority to the United States, particularly global economic recovery, North Korea, Iran and Afghanistan, climate change and proliferation. Your vi [...] | 2009-11-25 08:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MNUC PARM PHUM CH AF PK IR |
09BEIJING3180 | DOE SECRETARY CHU AND CHINA SCIENCE MINISTER CO-CHAIR FIRST [...] (SBU) On the eve of the U.S. President's first visit to Beijing, Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, China's Minister of Science and Technology WAN Gang, and National Energy Administration (NEA) Deputy Administrator LIU Qi (acting for Administrator Zhang Guobao) convened the first stee [...] | 2009-11-27 08:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH |
09BEIJING3182 | ENERGY AND COMMERCE SECRETARIES CHU AND LOCKE LEAD [...] (U) In an effort to promote clean energy cooperation during the U.S. President's first visit to Beijing, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke led a senior-level U.S.-China roundtable discussion on clean energy on November 16. The roundtable included distinguished [...] | 2009-11-27 09:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH |
09BEIJING3186 | BILATERAL WITH VICE PREMIER LI KEQIANG - COOPERATION AND [...] (SBU) Commerce Secretary Locke, Energy Secretary Chu, U.S. Trade Representative Kirk and U.S. Trade Development Administrator Zak met with Vice Premier Li Keqiang on November 18, 2009 at the Great Hall of the People, to discuss a broad range of bilateral issues including energy cooperation and [...] | 2009-11-30 04:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH |
09BEIJING3188 | SECRETARY OF ENERGY STEVEN CHU MEETS WITH ZHANG GUOBAO, [...] (U) Upon Secretary Chu's arrival in Beijing, he met with Minister ZHANG Guobao, head of China's National Energy Administration (NEA). Zhang informed Secretary Chu that he would be out of the country during the remainder of the Secretary's visit and that the NEA Deputy Administrator LIU Qi wo [...] | 2009-11-30 07:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH |
09BEIJING3190 | DOE SECRETARY CHU'S LUNCH WITH CHINESE STATE COUNCILOR LIU [...] (U) Following the CERC Signing ceremony, State Councilor LIU Yandong hosted a lunch. During lunch, Madam Liu highlighted the importance of U.S.-China cooperation on electric vehicles (EVs) and said she believes that this collaboration has a promising future. U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Ch [...] | 2009-11-30 09:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH |
09BEIJING3209 | CHINA SIDESTEPS S&ED/JCCT COMMITMENTS - [...] (SBU) Summary. Rules providing preference in government procurement for Chinese companies with accredited indigenous innovation appear to contravene China's S&ED and JCCT commitments to consider products produced by foreign-invested enterprises in China as domestic. A recent joint Ministry o [...] | 2009-12-01 10:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL ECON CH |
09BEIJING3210 | PREVIEW OF THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE WAY [...] (SBU) Acting DCM conveyed reftel points previewing the President's announcement on the way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan to MFA Asian Affairs Department Director General Yang Yanyi December 1. A/DCM expressed U.S. hope that China would publicly and strongly endorse the President's strate [...] | 2009-12-01 11:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AF PK CH |
09BEIJING3211 | DECEMBER 1, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: COPENHAGEN [...] Key points at the December 1 MFA press briefing were: -- At the 12th China-EU Summit in Nanjing, President Hu met with EC President Jose Manuel Barroso and other EU leaders and discussed climate change, sustainable development, and joint responses to the financial crisis. -- China believes [...] | 2009-12-01 11:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SENV PHSA CH EUN KN RP XK |
09BEIJING3212 | CCTV STEPS IN TO SPRING EMPLOYEE DETAINED FOR [...] (C) Summary: The clout of a powerful organization, such as China Central Television (CCTV),can be more useful in freeing sensitive political detainees in China than a lawyer, according to well-known blogger Zhao Jing (aka Michael Anti, protect) and his wife Fan Ming (protect). In October 200 [...] | 2009-12-01 12:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PROP PGOV CH |
09BEIJING3214 | CHINA TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT 2009 [...] (U) China has made progress since April 2009 in combating human trafficking. The Chinese government is implementing the National Plan of Action (NPA) on Combating Trafficking in Women and Children (2008-2012) and has issued regulations and directives to strengthen its response to sex trafficki [...] | 2009-12-01 15:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CH |
09BEIJING3226 | CHINESE WATCHING U.S. NUCLEAR POSTURE REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: The PRC hopes the ongoing U.S. Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) will foster significant disarmament as a reflection of President Obama's "Prague vision" of a nuclear weapons-free world, which in turn would "positively" impact China's nuclear policy, several academics told PolOff in r [...] | 2009-12-03 04:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC PGOV MARR CH |
09BEIJING3235 | LABOR NGO COMMUNITY OPTIMISTIC DESPITE SETBACKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Participants in a mid-November grassroots Chinese labor NGO conference noted that labor NGOs, like all civil society groups in China, continue to face difficulties, including registering their organizations and obtaining legal status. However, they emphasized, their organizatio [...] | 2009-12-03 09:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | CH ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI |
09BEIJING3252 | PRC SCHOLAR ON IRAN, RUSSIA, CENTRAL ASIA, SCO, [...] (C) Summary: A well-connected scholar of Russian and Central Asian studies argued that China would not alter its basic position on the Iran nuclear issue in response to an apparent Russian shift in approach, because PRC leadership understands that Russia's change is in tone only, Russia's und [...] | 2009-12-04 10:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH AF IR |
09BEIJING329 | MFA: CHINA SEEKS COOPERATION ON AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) The Chinese Government is paying close attention to any changes in U.S. strategies in Pakistan and Afghanistan, according to an MFA official, and seeks cooperation with the United States and the international community in the region. China will continue to promote stability in South Asia t [...] | 2009-02-10 09:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ECON CH PK AF IN |
09BEIJING3295 | CHINESE FIRM RE-THINKS AFGHAN MINING CONTRACT [...] (C) Summary: China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC) President Shen Heting told a visiting U.S. delegation on November 12 that inefficiency and corruption in the Afghan government, security problems, and a lack of skilled Afghan workers had delayed work on the MCC´s Aynak copper mine project [...] | 2009-12-10 10:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EINV EMIN ENRG MASS PREL PGOV PTER |
09BEIJING3296 | INITIAL CHINESE REBUFF OF INDIGENOUS INNOVATION [...] Confidential - entire text. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Huntsman transmitted reftel demarche points under cover of a letter to the Ministers of MOST, MOF and the NDRC on December 9. Separately, emboffs on December 10 delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Finance (MOF) Deputy Director Ge [...] | 2009-12-10 12:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | CM ECON ETRD PGOV SCUL SOCI |
09BEIJING3313 | UNDER SECRETARY BURNS MEETING WITH CCID DIRECTOR [...] (C) Under Secretary Burns met with Director of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee International Liaison Department (CCID) Wang Jiarui December 9 to discuss U.S.-China cooperation on North Korea and Iran. Wang said that the "ideal outcome" of Special Representative for North Korea Polic [...] | 2009-12-11 10:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC PGOV KN IR CH |
09BEIJING3314 | MINORITY POLICY: XINJIANG RIOTS SPARK DEBATE OVER [...] (C) Summary: The July 5 riots in Xinjiang have sparked a heated debate over the merits of China's Soviet-style minority policy and system of autonomous regions. Beijing University sociologist and Communist Party ethnic policy advisor Ma Rong, according to several contacts, is leading the cha [...] | 2009-12-11 11:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI CH |
09BEIJING3315 | XINJIANG'S URUMQI STILL TENSE, BUT LESS SO [...] (C) Summary: The visit of PolOff to Xinjiang in early December revealed that the security posture in the capital city of Urumqi has relaxed somewhat but armed personnel from the People's Armed Police (PAP) continue to patrol the Uighur sector and other sensitive areas. While some residents e [...] | 2009-12-11 11:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH |
09BEIJING332 | FEBRUARY 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECRETARY VISIT, MIDDLE [...] Key points at the February 10 MFA Press Briefing: -- China hopes Secretary Clinton's visit will "strengthen dialogue, increase mutual trust, broaden cooperation and push China-U.S. relations on a track of healthy and stable development." -- China "hopes U.S. Middle East policy can help ease [...] | 2009-02-10 23:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SENV CH CA FR IR XF IT SA |
09BEIJING3321 | PRC HUMAN RIGHTS: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH RIGHTS [...] (C) The Ambassador met December 9 with five prominent Beijing-based human rights lawyers. The lawyers reported increased harassment and political pressure due to their work on sensitive human rights and religious freedom cases and their association with the democracy manifesto Charter '08. Th [...] | 2009-12-14 07:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI CH |
09BEIJING3327 | U/S BURNS MEETS WITH CHINESE SCHOLARS, DISCUSS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-14 22:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP BURNS WILLIAM PREL PGOV PHUM ECON |
09BEIJING3330 | U/S BURNS MEETS WITH CHINESE SCHOLARS, DISCUSS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-15 03:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP BURNS WILLIAM PREL PGOV PHUM ECON |
09BEIJING3331 | AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN: CONSULTATIONS REVEAL [...] (C) An eight-member U.S. delegation held bilateral consultations in Beijing November 12 on potential areas for future collaboration with China in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Throughout the consultations, the U.S. delegation stressed the many areas of aligned strategic interests of the United Sta [...] | 2009-12-15 03:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID SNAR EINV PARM PTER ECON MASS |
09BEIJING3332 | U.S.-CHINA WORKING GROUP ON SOUTH ASIAN AFFAIRS [...] (C) In U.S.-China consultations on South Asia in Beijing November 11, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Ministry of Public Security (MPS),and Ministry of Finance and Commerce (MOFCOM) expressed a preliminary willingness to cooperate with the United States on reconstruction and develo [...] | 2009-12-15 03:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID SNAR EINV PARM PTER ECON MASS |
09BEIJING3347 | AF/PAK: CHINESE SCHOLARS SHARE VIEWS WITH U.S. [...] (C) Summary: PRC scholars from three government-affiliated think tanks told Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Dan Feldman November 12 that the United States needs to demonstrate its resolve in the fight against the Taliban and speed up the pace of reconstruction in A [...] | 2009-12-15 09:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL SNAR EINV PARM PTER ECON MASS |
09BEIJING3357 | ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN CHINA STILL ELUSIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-16 08:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PGOV PHUM SOCI |
09BEIJING3373 | CHARGE'S CALL WITH DISSIDENT'S WIFE [...] (C) On December 17, Charge d'Affaires Robert Goldberg telephoned Liu Xia, the wife of detained Charter 08 drafter Liu Xiaobo, to convey USG concerns regarding her husband's case and sympathy for the difficulties she faced. The Charge told Liu Xia that United States believed that Liu Xiaobo had [...] | 2009-12-17 07:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI CH |
09BEIJING3377 | DRC ASKS PRC TO NOT SUPPORT MONUC RENEWAL [...] (C) The DRC had recently approached China to request PRC support to prevent renewal of MONUC's mandate, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Second Secretary Xu Zhongsheng told PolOff December 17 in response to reftel points urging PRC agreement to su [...] | 2009-12-17 09:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA CH UNSC KPKO |
09BEIJING3379 | INDIGENOUS INNOVATION - DEMARCHE DELIVERED AGAIN, [...] (SBU) Summary. Economic Minister Counselor delivered reftel demarche regarding indigenous innovation to a National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) official December 9. The official took note of USG concerns over the Circular and promised to "respond accordingly." Separately, a Minis [...] | 2009-12-17 09:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV SCUL SOCI CH |
09BEIJING3392 | U/S BURNS MEETS WITH CHINESE SCHOLARS, DISCUSS [...] (SBU) December 9, 2009; 11:30 a.m.; Beijing 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- Under Secretary Burns David Shear, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary of State William Weinstein, Economic Minister-Counselor, Embassy Beijing Laura Stone, Economic Officer, Embassy Beijing (notetaker) CHINA [...] | 2009-12-18 08:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP BURNS WILLIAM PREL PGOV PHUM ECON |
09BEIJING3395 | INDIGENOUS INNOVATION - KEY MINISTRY CLAIMS TO BE [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy delivered Ref A demarche to Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST),December 18, regarding the joint MOST, Ministry of Finance, and National Development and Reform Commission Circular 618 creating a national accreditation system for indigenous innovation. MOST officia [...] | 2009-12-18 08:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV EINV CH |
09BEIJING3397 | TENSE RELATIONS BETWEEN UNHCR BEIJING AND THE PRC: [...] (C) UNHCR Beijing's already delicate relationship with the MFA was "stretched to its limit" due to incidents involving asylum seekers unrelated to UNHCR Beijing, according to a UNHCR Beijing official. The MFA strongly objected to what it perceived was UNHCR Beijing's direct involvement in effo [...] | 2009-12-18 09:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PINR PHUM PREL CH KN KS CB |
09BEIJING3399 | China/Land/Abuse of Power: Self-Immolation [...] (SBU) Summary: A tragic self-immolation death in Sichuan Province resulting from an urban house demolition dispute, followed by another similar protest in Beijing, has stimulated unusually broad public discussions of local-level abuse of power in land seizures. Some commentators have suggeste [...] | 2009-12-18 10:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM CH |
09BEIJING3414 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MURRAY [...] (SBU) Senator Murray, your delegation will arrive in Beijing and Shanghai two months after President Obama's November 15-18 visit to China. Overall, the Chinese leadership is pleased with the direction of U.S.-China relations and your hosts will likely frame this session of U.S.-China Interpa [...] | 2009-12-21 10:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON CH TW IR NK |
09BEIJING3415 | CHINA AND DEFAMATION OF RELIGION RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) Our concerns over the free speech implications of the OIC "defamation of religions" resolution will have little resonance with Chinese leaders. China's regional and bilateral interests with certain OIC member states also make it unlikely that the PRC will publicly back the U.S. counter [...] | 2009-12-21 10:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC CH |
09BEIJING3420 | INDIGENOUS INNOVATION - MINISTRY CLAIMS MEASURES [...] (SBU) Econ Minister Counselor (EmbEcon) delivered ref A demarche to Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Director General for American and Oceanic Affairs He Ning December 22 regarding Circular 618 that creates a national accreditation system for indigenous innovation. EmbEcon stressed the Circular [...] | 2009-12-22 07:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV EINV CH |
09BEIJING3421 | CHINA REBALANCING: HOW MUCH, HOW SOON, AND HOW? [...] (C) Summary. Recent senior leadership meetings in Beijing indicate that with 2009 GDP growth in excess of eight percent assured, the Chinese Government has turned its attention to rebalancing the economy for more sustainable development. Most observers believe the government is serious about [...] | 2009-12-22 09:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PREL PGOV CH |
09BEIJING344 | UNSYG SPECIAL ADVISER GAMBARI DISCUSSES BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese military regime's objective is to organize elections in 2010 that will be won by a military-based political party, UN Special Adviser on Burma Ibrahim Gambari told the Charge and four other Beijing-based Western mission representatives February 10. Gambari added that [...] | 2009-02-11 07:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV CH BM IN UN |
09BEIJING3442 | CHINA SHOWS ASSERTIVENESS AT EU SUMMIT AS LISBON [...] (C) In contrast to MFA claims that the November 30 EU-China Summit held in Nanjing was a positive event with "no points of contention," European diplomats stated that the PRC showed "new assertiveness" with Europe during the summit and noted that discussions calling for increased flexibility i [...] | 2009-12-23 09:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN KIPR SENV EINV ETRD PHUM |
09BEIJING3443 | CHARGE'S DEMARCHE ON LIU XIAOBO TRIAL, UIGHUR [...] (C) Summary: The Charge raised the December 23 trial of activist Liu Xiaobo and the forced return of Uighur asylum seekers from Cambodia with MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Zheng Zeguang. The Charge expressed strong disappointment that Liu's trial had alr [...] | 2009-12-23 10:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL CH CB |
09BEIJING3449 | DRC ASKS PRC TO NOT SUPPORT MONUC RENEWAL [...] (C) The DRC had recently approached China to request PRC support to prevent renewal of MONUC's mandate, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Second Secretary Xu Zhongsheng told PolOff December 17 in response to reftel points urging PRC agreement to su [...] | 2009-12-28 01:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA CH UNSC KPKO |
09BEIJING3474 | CHARGE MEETS WITH DISSIDENT'S WIFE [...] (C) Summary: In a December 28 meeting with Liu Xia, wife of convicted Charter 08 author Liu Xiaobo, the Charge expressed concern about Liu Xiaobo's safety and noted the U.S. and other countries had called for his immediate release. He said Liu Xiaobo would not be forgotten and would be upperm [...] | 2009-12-28 10:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV CH |
09BEIJING3482 | POPULAR PRC FILM REDRAWS TAIWAN PROPAGANDA [...] (SBU) Summary: The blockbuster film "The Founding of a Republic," released in China to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China, marks a noteworthy shift in Chinese propaganda on Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang . While the storyline of the movie is consistent with [...] | 2009-12-29 05:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI CH TW |
09BEIJING3488 | PRC: U.S. TENSIONS WITH IRAN MAKE SOLVING AMCIT [...] (C) Tensions between the United States and Iran complicate efforts to resolve the cases of six American citizens currently detained in Iran, MFA West Asian Affairs Department Iran Division Deputy Director Ni Ruchi told PolOff December 29. PolOff delivered reftel points requesting China to urg [...] | 2009-12-29 09:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CASC PHUM PINR PROP PREL PARM PTER IR CH |
09BEIJING349 | SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS CASE: ZENG JINYAN'S INTERNET COMMUNICATION RESTRICTED; SEEKS VISIT WITH HUSBAND HU JIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-11 08:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PGOV PHUM PREL |
09BEIJING3490 | MONITORING G/TIP FY 08 GRANT PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 01:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CH |
09BEIJING350 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO CHINA, [...] (C) Madame Secretary, your having chosen to visit China during your first trip abroad as Secretary of State has special significance well understood and appreciated by the Chinese. Chinese leaders place great importance on personal relationships with foreign counterparts and on the symbolism [...] | 2009-02-11 09:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR CH TW |
09BEIJING3507 | PRC: VICE PRESIDENT XI JINPING STRENGTHENS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cambodian and Chinese official sources told EmbOffs that no connection exists between Cambodia's December 19 forced repatriation to China of 20 Uighur asylum-seekers and the PRC's announcement of USD 1.2 billion in bilateral assistance during Vice President Xi Jinping's December 2 [...] | 2009-12-31 05:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG EAID ECON CH CB |
09BEIJING3509 | TRIAL AND SENTENCING OF LIU XIAOBO [...] (C) Summary: The Chinese denied access to diplomats from at least 15 countries who attempted to observe the December 23 trial of Charter 08 drafter Liu Xiaobo on charges of "inciting subversion of state power." After applications through diplomatic channels were turned down, PolOff, along w [...] | 2009-12-31 05:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL CH |
09BEIJING353 | GEORGIAN DIPLOMAT LAMENTS LACK OF CHINESE SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: Georgia has received "practically nothing" from China since the Russia-Georgia conflict began in August 2008, a contact at the Georgian Embassy in Beijing told PolOff February 11. The Georgian diplomat expressed disappointment with China's limited assistance and unwillingness to [...] | 2009-02-11 09:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID MARR RS CH GG |
09BEIJING356 | THE ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN AND RURAL CHINA: BEIJING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-11 23:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAGR PGOV SOCI CH |
09BEIJING359 | THE ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN AND RURAL CHINA: BEIJING [...] (C) SUMMARY: For the sixth year in a row, the Chinese Government,s first major policy document of the year has focused on the rural sector. The document breaks little new ground on the policy front, mainly reiterating the Government,s oft-stated goal of tackling rural poverty and boosting ru [...] | 2009-02-12 01:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAGR PGOV SOCI CH |
09BEIJING366 | FEBRUARY 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TIBET, ICC INDICTMENT, [...] Key points at the February 12 MFA Press Briefing: -- Tibet is a matter of China's internal affairs and has been a part of China since the 13th century. China continues to strive to improve its system of regional autonomy and to safeguard the interests of all ethnic groups. -- The Chinese [...] | 2009-02-12 09:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH SU ZI FR |
09BEIJING379 | CHINESE POSITION ON KOSOVO UNCHANGED: NO PRC [...] (C) China's position not to recognize Kosovo remains unchanged, MFA European Affairs Department Balkans Division Deputy Division Director Tian Yishu told PolOff February 13 in response to reftel points urging recognition of Kosovo. China was aware of the upcoming anniversary of Kosovo's declar [...] | 2009-02-13 09:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AORC ICJ CH YI UN KV |
09BEIJING382 | CHINA HAD NO SAY IN MANAS CLOSURE ISSUE, SHARES [...] (C) Summary: China did not discuss the possibility of closing Manas Air Base with the Kyrgyz Government, either before or after President Bakiyev's February 3 announcement, and only learned about it from press reports, according to an MFA official. China and the United States "share common g [...] | 2009-02-13 10:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS PGOV PTER CH KG |
09BEIJING384 | MFA WILL STUDY CHINA TRANSIT PROPOSAL FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (S) PolMinCouns on February 13 conveyed to MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Deputy Director General Deng Hongbo reftel talking points laying out a U.S. proposal for a transportation route through the PRC in support of t [...] | 2009-02-13 11:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL MARR PGOV CH AF |
09BEIJING398 | FEBRUARY 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECRETARY OF STATE VISIT, [...] Key points at the February 17 MFA Press Briefing: -- China hopes to "increase mutual trust" and promote "the sound and stable development" of relations "in the new era" during the Secretary of State's visit. -- China hopes that North and South Korea will "increase mutual trust" and "solve [...] | 2009-02-17 09:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN IN PK CB VM VT |
09BEIJING400 | SOCIAL STABILITY CHALLENGES LOOM IN 2009, BUT PRC [...] (C) The global economic downturn has heightened Chinese leaders' longstanding obsession over maintaining social stability, with even PRC official media predicting an increase in "mass incidents" in 2009. Beijing observers vary in their assessment of the severity of this year's stability chall [...] | 2009-02-17 09:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI ECON ELAB PHUM CH |
09BEIJING402 | HUMAN RIGHTS: ZENG JINYAN, HU JIA, HUANG QI AND [...] (C) Summary: In a February 17 meeting with an MFA Human Rights Division official, PolOff raised U.S. concerns regarding rights activist Zeng Jinyan and her husband (imprisoned rights activist Hu Jia),detained Sichuan-based activist Huang Qi, and imprisoned democracy activist Wang Bingzhang. [...] | 2009-02-17 10:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV CH |
09BEIJING412 | NGO SHAMES FOREIGN MINISTRY TO PROTECT HISTORIC [...] (C) A plucky Beijing-based NGO, the China Cultural Heritage Protection Center (CHP),has publicly criticized the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for failing to abide by cultural preservation laws in the renovation of an historic property in Beijing. CHP claimed victory after the MFA agreed in Nov [...] | 2009-02-18 07:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI CH KPAO |
09BEIJING419 | TIBET: SITUATION "FAR FROM NORMAL," BUT REPEAT OF [...] (C) A repeat of the spring 2008 unrest in Tibetan areas of China is unlikely this year given the extremely tight security blanketing Lhasa and other Tibetan communities, according to several Beijing- based observers. Tensions in Tibetan areas, however, remain high as the 50th anniversary of t [...] | 2009-02-18 12:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF IN CH |
09BEIJING422 | CHINA/REBALANCING: BARRIERS TO BOOSTING RURAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Corruption, mismanagement and an inefficient central-local government budgetary system in rural China bode ill for Chinese Government plans to ease the economic slowdown in part through measures to spur rural demand. Two rural Shanxi Province communities provide examples of h [...] | 2009-02-19 03:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAGR PGOV SOCI CH |
09BEIJING431 | FEBRUARY 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CLIMATE CHANGE, SECRETARY'S [...] Key points at the February 19 MFA Press Briefing: -- China "takes a positive attitude towards strengthening cooperation" on climate change and would "like to work with the United States." -- Good relations between the United States and China are "conducive to peace and stability" and in th [...] | 2009-02-19 10:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SENV CH KS PK |
09BEIJING432 | PRC: CHINA SHARES U.S. POSITION ON MARCH 2 SHARM [...] (C) China "has the same position" as the United States on the March 2 conference in Sharm al-Sheikh, MFA West Asian and North African Affairs Department Palestinian Authority (PA) and Israel Division Deputy Director Xu Chen told PolOff February 19 in response to reftel points on the U.S. positi [...] | 2009-02-19 10:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN EAID PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG CH IS |
09BEIJING434 | HUMAN RIGHTS: MFA RESPONDS ON WANG BINGZHANG CASE [...] (C) In response to U.S. expressions of concern about imprisoned democracy activist Wang Bingzhang on February 17 (reftel),an MFA Human Rights Division official on February 19 provided information about Wang's case, noting that MFA hopes the United States will view China's quick response as a [...] | 2009-02-19 10:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV CH |
09BEIJING439 | CHINA SHARES NPT PREPCOM AND REVCON PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff discussed reftel questions regarding China's priorities for the upcoming Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) third Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) and 2010 NPT Review Conference (RevCon) with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director [...] | 2009-02-20 08:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC AORC DCG ENRG KNNP PREL PGOV UNGA |
09BEIJING448 | Graduate Unemployment in China: Financial Crisis [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chinese government blames rising unemployment on the global financial crisis, but in the case of college graduates the crisis has only exacerbated a preexisting problem. Graduate unemployment began to rise in 2003, as a result of policies to expand enrollment, while reform [...] | 2009-02-23 05:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI CH |
09BEIJING469 | February 24 MFA Press Briefing: Clinton Visit, DPRK Missile [...] Key points at the February 24 MFA press briefing: -- Secretary Clinton's first visit to China achieved "positive results." The two sides reaffirmed their desire to "maintain their close dialogue" and will expand areas of common interest in this "new era." -- China "takes note" of a possib [...] | 2009-02-24 10:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN EU RS JA SW PK IN CH |
09BEIJING470 | RUSSIA SEEKS TO DEFUSE TENSIONS WITH CHINA AFTER [...] (C) The Russian military's February 15 sinking of the Chinese cargo ship "The New Star" has caused tension between Russia and China but will not have a long-term impact on bilateral relations, a Russian Embassy contact in Beijing told PolOff February 24. Our contact reported that the MFA summ [...] | 2009-02-24 10:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EWWT ETRD MARR PBTS CH RS |
09BEIJING477 | BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON SINO-FRENCH [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing February 20, French Ambassador Herve Ladsous reported that a sequence of events is being taken to repair Sino-French relations and that several visits are planned in the near future to that end but no apologies would be forthcoming. The [...] | 2009-02-25 06:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON CH FR JA GM UK |
09BEIJING483 | TIBET TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGNERS LIKELY [...] (C) PRC authorities are barring most foreigners from traveling to the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) and many Tibetan areas outside the TAR, though the Chinese government has made no official announcement of this policy. One American contact with a long- standing TAR travel permit was recently [...] | 2009-02-25 10:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CASC PGOV PREL KIRF CH |
09BEIJING484 | PRESERVING JOBS TAKES PRECENDENCE [...] (SBU) Spurred by concern over social instability, the Chinese government has responded rapidly to a deteriorating job market, and has made "stabilizing employment" a top economic priority. The main thrust of central and local government measures is to keep people on the job, even if it means [...] | 2009-02-26 01:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM CH |
09BEIJING499 | February 26 MFA Press Briefing: Human Rights Report, [...] Key points at the February 26 MFA press briefing: -- Responding to a question on the U.S. Department of State Human Rights Report, the MFA spokesman said China "attached great importance" to human rights, had made "constant progress" on human rights and "fully protected religious freedom." C [...] | 2009-02-26 09:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN EU RS JA SW PK IN CH |
09BEIJING509 | CHINA: 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Please find post's contribution to the 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report. Paragraph designations are keyed to reftel A questions China's TIP Situation --------------------- A. The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) serves as our main source for information on TIP related statist [...] | 2009-02-27 07:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CH |
09BEIJING515 | CHINA APPROVES ELECTRONICS/ IT INDUSTRIES SUPPORT [...] (SBU) China's State Council on February 18 approved a RMB 600 billion (USD 88 billion) industrial support plan for its electronics and information technology (IT) industries, the sixth of ten industry-specific plans to bolster sectors affected by the economic downturn - and the first to includ [...] | 2009-02-27 09:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV ECPS PGOV ASEC WTRO CH |
09BEIJING517 | PRC LEADERS KEEN TO FORGE CLOSE TIES WITH U.S.; HU [...] (C) The PRC leadership is determined to forge close ties with the new U.S. Administration, viewing relations with Washington as the key to China´s engagement with the world, according to an Embassy contact with access to the Chinese leadership. Though China has long viewed its relationship with [...] | 2009-02-27 09:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
09BEIJING518 | HUI SAID XI SAID: CHINESE LEADERS VISIT LATIN [...] (C) Summary: The overlapping visits of two of China's top leaders to Latin America and the Caribbean February 7-22 were marked by numerous investment and aid agreements. While some of the agreements lacked substance or were rehashed from previous visits, our contacts say China has begun to i [...] | 2009-02-27 10:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID ETRD ENRG CH XM XL |
09BEIJING519 | ZARDARI VISIT HIGHLIGHTS CLOSE CHINA-PAKISTAN TIES [...] (C) Pakistani President Asif Zardari's February 20-24 visit to Hubei Province and Shanghai was aimed at expanding bilateral economic cooperation and promoting investment, especially in the financial, agricultural, hydroelectric, and water conservation sectors. The two sides inked a Pakistan-C [...] | 2009-02-27 10:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH PK AF IN |
09BEIJING520 | PRO-REFORM JOURNAL DIRECTOR REPLACED, POLITICAL [...] (C) In response to renewed pressure from central authorities, the envelope-pushing pro-reform journal Yanhuang Chunqiu has removed its director, Du Daozheng, according to an Embassy contact with direct access to Du and other journal managers. The journal resisted pressure to purge Du in Novem [...] | 2009-02-27 11:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH |
09BEIJING527 | PRC LAUNCHES PR CAMPAIGN IN AFRICA [...] (SBU) President Hu Jintao's February 10-17 trip to Africa capped a series of recent high-level visits intended to burnish China's image in Africa, according to Chinese and African contacts in Beijing. Our contacts contend that China is doing a great deal to assist Africa. At the same time, t [...] | 2009-03-02 07:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EINV ETRD AO CH KE MI ML MP |
09BEIJING531 | NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS TO OPEN MARCH 5: [...] (C) China's nominal legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC),will convene March 5 and is expected to focus on measures for coping with the global financial crisis, with particular emphasis on fleshing out the PRC fiscal stimulus package, increasing domestic demand and boosting employm [...] | 2009-03-02 12:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI CH |
09BEIJING545 | March 3 MFA Press Briefing: Bosworth Visit, Afghanistan, [...] Key points at the March 3 MFA press briefing: -- U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Amb. Bosworth will meet both FM Yang Jiechi and VFM Wu Dawei this week. China hopes to exchange views on issues of common interests. The spokesperson reiterated China's hope that recent diffi [...] | 2009-03-03 10:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN AF FR EU IN CH |
09BEIJING559 | PRESS BRIEFING: DEFENSE SPENDING, FISCAL STIMULUS [...] (SBU) At a March 4 press conference designed to preview the March 5 opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC),NPC Spokesman Li Zhaoxing commented on the following issues: -- Defense Spending: China's defense spending in 2009 will increase by 62.4 billion RMB (approximately 9.2 [...] | 2009-03-04 12:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN CH TW |
09BEIJING575 | March 5 MFA Press Briefing: Sudan, Afghanistan, Tibet [...] Key points at the March 5 MFA press briefing: -- China regrets the International Criminal Court (ICC) decision to issue an arrest warrant for President Omar al-Bashir and wishes the relevant parties would consider the possible "repercussions" of their actions. -- China, as a permanent memb [...] | 2009-03-05 09:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SU AF CH |
09BEIJING579 | PRC: COW'S TONGUE CLAIM NOT LICKED, DESPITE [...] (C) China expects the South China Sea (SCS) sovereignty dispute arising from a maritime baselines bill recently passed in the Philippines Congress will not ratchet up tension in the region and will not affect China's SCS claim, according to an MFA official. China will continue its "shelve dif [...] | 2009-03-05 09:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PHSA PREL PGOV ECON CH TW XC |
09BEIJING580 | PREMIER CONFIDENT CHINA CAN OVERCOME GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Premier Wen Jiabao said China is confident it can overcome the difficulties caused by the global financial crisis in presenting his annual "Government Work Report" to the opening session of the National People's Congress on March 5. In China's equivalent of the State of the Union addres [...] | 2009-03-05 15:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI ELAB PREL CH TW |
09BEIJING589 | NPC PRESS BRIEFING ON CHINA'S ECONOMY BY PBOC, [...] (SBU) Summary. At a March 6 press conference held in conjunction with the ongoing National People's Congress annual meeting (refs),People's Bank of China (PBOC) Governor Zhou Xiaochuan, Minister of Finance (MOF) Xie Xuren, and National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Chairman Zhang [...] | 2009-03-06 10:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL CH HK TW |
09BEIJING592 | CHINA/AUSTRALIA: CHINALCO,S RIO TINTO BID: A [...] (C) The state-owned Aluminum Corporation of China (Chinalco) announced February 12 a USD 19.5 billion bid for a bigger stake in select assets of Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto, in which it is already the largest shareholder (Refs A and B). If approved, the deal would be the largest-e [...] | 2009-03-09 02:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | AS CH ECON EINV EIND EMIN ETRD PGOV |
09BEIJING604 | PRC: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CHINA'S PLEDGE AT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-09 10:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN EAID PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG CH IS |
09BEIJING605 | TIBET: CHINA RAMPS UP PROPAGANDA IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) In advance of the 50th anniversary of the March 10, 1959 Tibetan uprising, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is engaged in a propaganda campaign focused on "positive" aspects of its rule over Tibet, particularly its "emancipation" of serfs, as a device for diverting media attention away f [...] | 2009-03-09 11:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIFR CH |
09BEIJING613 | BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON SINO-FRENCH [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing March 6, French Ambassador Herve Ladsous reported that Sino-French talks are "still in the doldrums." France suspects that the Chinese government is behind the Chinese antique collector who bid on the Chinese cultural relics at a Paris [...] | 2009-03-10 10:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON CH FR JA GM UK |
09BEIJING614 | JILIN GOVERNOR FOCUSES ON THE ECONOMY AND U.S. [...] (C) Jilin Governor Han Changfu focused on his province's plans for coping with the global financial crisis and attracting U.S. investment during a March 9 lunch hosted by the Charge d'Affaires on the margins of the National People's Congress (NPC). Jilin was experiencing an economic downturn [...] | 2009-03-10 11:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI CH |
09BEIJING615 | March 10 MFA Press Briefing: U.S. Naval Vessel Incident, FM [...] Key points at the March 10 MFA press briefing: -- "The USNS Impeccable violated international and Chinese law and conducted activities in China's special economic zone in the South China Sea without China's permission." -- The "open policy of Tibet has not changed" but it is "up to the loc [...] | 2009-03-10 23:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR MASS PHUM SU ZI CH |
09BEIJING629 | CHINA/SUDAN: PRC ENVOY URGES RESTRAINT, SAYS [...] (C) Summary: China is concerned about the expulsion and closure of NGOs operating in Sudan and the negative impact on the humanitarian situation but believes the impact will not be as serious as described by Western media reports, MFA Special Envoy for Darfur Liu Guijin told PolMinCouns March [...] | 2009-03-11 10:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KPKO CH SU |
09BEIJING631 | EMBASSY EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 11 meeting with MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director General Shen Yongxiang, PolMinCouns expressed concern about human rights violations in China's Tibetan areas and urged China to engage in substantive dialogue with the Dalai Lama's representativ [...] | 2009-03-11 11:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KIRF PGOV CH |
09BEIJING632 | TIBET: MFA COMPLAINS ABOUT CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: In a March 11 meeting with A/DCM, the MFA protested a recently introduced House of Representatives resolution on Tibet and urged the administration to prevent its passage. Noting that the U.S. Congress is a separate branch of government, A/DCM replied that the United States is [...] | 2009-03-11 12:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF CASC CH |
09BEIJING633 | CHINA WILL NOT "MECHANICALLY ADOPT" WESTERN [...] (C) National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo on March 9 emphasized the differences between China's NPC system and foreign legislatures, declaring that China would not "mechanically adopt" Western models, in delivering his annual report on the nominal legislature's accomplishments a [...] | 2009-03-11 13:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KCUL CH |
09BEIJING648 | TIBETAN QINGHAI: FOREIGNERS BANNED, ARMED POLICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: All Tibetan areas in Qinghai are closed to foreigners, PolOffs were told by local security officials during a March 10-11 trip to the province, even as enforcement was uneven and confusion reigned over exactly which locations were off-limits. Journalists and other foreigners wer [...] | 2009-03-12 11:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIFR CH |
09BEIJING649 | ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL: PROVINCIAL NPC DELEGATIONS [...] (C) Demonstrating the universality of the axiom, "all politics is local," National People's Congress deputies this past week used "provincial discussion sessions," many of which were open to the media and EmbOffs, to push parochial agendas and projects, denounce separatism, support government [...] | 2009-03-12 13:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN SOCI ELAB PREL KIRF CH |
09BEIJING664 | NPC CLOSES MARCH 13 WITH PASSAGE OF GOVERNMENT [...] (C) The 2009 NPC closed March 13 with a brief final ceremony at which delegates approved by overwhelming margins the various "work reports" presented earlier in the NPC session. Although the vote totals revealed that opposition from delegates to the government's reports has increased slightly [...] | 2009-03-13 11:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN CH |
09BEIJING666 | PREMIER ADDRESSES FINANCIAL CRISIS, TIBET, TAIWAN, [...] (SBU) Premier Wen Jiabao set the tone for his annual press conference at the conclusion of the National People's Congress (NPC) by noting on March 13 that this year's NPC session had been convened in the midst of the global financial crisis and therefore had focused on China's financial stimul [...] | 2009-03-13 18:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL EFIN CH TW KN KS FR |
09BEIJING676 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: ADB SAFEGUARD REVIEW [...] (SBU) On February 25, Embassy officers discussed Asian Development Bank issues with Ministry of Finance (MOF) International Department Director General Zheng Xiaosong and other MOF officials (septel). Concerning safeguards in general, Zheng said the ADB should be more flexible and allow the u [...] | 2009-03-16 09:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAID EFIN ADB CH |
09BEIJING682 | LABOR ISSUES AT THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS [...] Summary: Labor issues, especially unemployment, were a major theme of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and National People's Congress (NPC) meetings that began on March 3. Senior government officials cited a severe unemployment problem, with over 20 million rur [...] | 2009-03-17 05:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON EFIN PGOV CH |
09BEIJING692 | MARCH 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREAN PREMIER VISIT, [...] Key points at the March 17 MFA press briefing: -- North Korean Premier Kim Yong-il arrived in Beijing today, March 17, for an official visit. -- China is "concerned" about the situation on the Korean peninsula, which is "complicated with an increasing number of uncertain factors." China h [...] | 2009-03-17 12:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PHSA PBTS PREL PARM SU PG ES BU PK JP |
09BEIJING699 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHINA URGED TO SUPPORT AFRICAN [...] (SBU) PolOff conveyed reftel points to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division official Yang Zhiyu March 18, urging China to support the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). Yang offered no substantive response but said he would forward the informa [...] | 2009-03-18 08:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO CH SO |
09BEIJING713 | March 19 MFA Press Briefing: The Impeccable, AmCits on the [...] Key points at the March 19 MFA press briefing: -- The United States violated Chinese and International Law by conducting activities in China's Exclusive Economic Zone. -- China is investigating the incident involving American Citizens on the DPRK border. -- Ambassador Wu Sike, the Chines [...] | 2009-03-19 23:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EFIN MARR MASS PHUM CH KS KN FR JA ES |
09BEIJING724 | CHINA URGED TO HALT LIMMT'S CONTINUED PROLIFERATION TO IRAN'S MISSILE PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-20 08:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL PGOV ETTC CH IR |
09BEIJING728 | PREMIER WEN'S COMMENTS ON U.S. TREASURIES: PROTECT [...] (C) Since Premier Wen Jiabao's March 13 remarks at a press conference that China was "concerned" regarding the security of its U.S. Treasury holdings and other investments (ref),other Chinese contacts have clarified and interpreted his comments. At the G-20 ministerial meeting in London, the head [...] | 2009-03-20 11:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV CH |
09BEIJING755 | U.S.HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE PRESSES 60TH ANNIVERSARY [...] (C) Well-known human rights advocate and Dui Hua Foundation head John Kamm (AmCit, please protect) is urging China to implement a special pardon to mark the 60th anniversary of the PRC's founding, Kamm told human rights officials from 16 foreign missions in Beijing in a March 12 meeting. Kamm [...] | 2009-03-23 10:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL CH NO |
09BEIJING762 | TAIWAN: PRC CONTACTS DISCUSS BEIJING'S "SOFTER" [...] (C) The "softer" language on Taiwan used in Beijing during the recently-ended "two meetings" by PRC leaders, who made no reference to opposing Taiwan "independence," suggested a conclusion to a period of cross-Strait confrontation and was "extremely significant," according to Beijing-based Taiw [...] | 2009-03-24 08:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
09BEIJING765 | JAPANESE DEFENSE TALKS WITH CHINA [...] (C) Summary: The Japanese Embassy in Beijing expressed satisfaction with the March 20-21 visit to China by Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada, even though the visit "accomplished little of substance." According to a Japanese Embassy readout, Hamada urged China to show greater transparency in i [...] | 2009-03-24 09:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV CH KN JA |
09BEIJING766 | RETIRED CADRES AIM TO SUPPORT PREMIER WEN THROUGH [...] (C) A group of prominent retired cadres submitted a political reform proposal to the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) in January designed to support Premier Wen Jiabao, according to the daughter of the document's primary author, Li Rui, who was Mao Zedong's private secretary. Premier Wen, [...] | 2009-03-24 11:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH |
09BEIJING767 | MARCH 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK MISSILES, AMCITS IN DPRK, [...] Key points at the March 24 MFA press briefing: -- China is "very concerned about the situation on the Korean Peninsula," and "hopes that all parties will be restrained and calm so as not to complicate the situation." -- Regarding the U.S. citizens detained by North Korea, Qin said that "th [...] | 2009-03-24 23:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA PE RP RS AF |
09BEIJING778 | SARKOZY-HU MEETING AT G-20 STILL A POSSIBILITY [...] (C) Summary: A meeting between the Chinese and French Presidents at the London G-20 summit is still a possibility despite press reports to the contrary, according to a French Embassy contact. However, Chinese insistence on France taking "concrete steps" to resolve the continuing contretemps [...] | 2009-03-25 09:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KIRF CH FR SF |
09BEIJING780 | DPRK PREMIER'S VISIT TO CHINA: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] (C) DPRK Premier Kim Yong-il made the rounds of China's top leaders during his March 17-21 visit and addressed "regional and international issues," according to an MFA readout. Post-visit official platitudes highlighted both countries' aspirations to "achieve more progress" in the Six-Party [...] | 2009-03-25 10:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KN CH KS |
09BEIJING781 | CHINA SEEKS REDUCTION IN SURVEILLANCE SHIP [...] (C) Summary: Asking the United States to focus on the importance of a successful G-20 meeting in London and the overall bilateral relationship, MFA DG for North American and Oceanian Affairs Zheng Zeguang formally protested a perceived increase in U.S. Navy surveillance activity in China's Ex [...] | 2009-03-25 12:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR PGOV CH |
09BEIJING807 | MARCH 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MILITARY POWER REPORT, TIBET, [...] Key points at the March 26 MFA press briefing: -- The recently released China Military Power Report "contains gross distortions of fact" and China has expressed its "resolute opposition" and "made representations" to the United States. -- The "Dalai Clique premeditated and coordinated" the [...] | 2009-03-26 10:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA RS AF FR TW |
09BEIJING822 | PRC: EMBASSY NOTIFIES MFA ON R/V MARCUS LANGSETH [...] (C) On March 27, the Acting Political Minister Counselor conveyed ref A points offering assurances regarding the R/V MARCUS LANGSETH's research voyage in the South China Sea to MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department U.S. Division Director An Gang. An Gang zeroed in on the language [...] | 2009-03-27 09:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR CH |
09BEIJING827 | PRC: "RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS" HAVE NOT MISTREATED [...] (C) MFA IO Human Rights Division Official Wang Gang, responding to the Embassy's representations expressing grave concern for the well-being of rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, told PolOff March 27 that "relevant departments" have "never mistreated" Gao. Wang said Gao is a confessed "criminal" who [...] | 2009-03-27 10:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL CH |
09BEIJING828 | TIBET: ON EVE OF "SERF EMANCIPATION DAY," HEAVY [...] (C) On the eve of China's "Serf Emancipation Day" on March 28, PRC security forces continued to blanket Tibet and the predominantly Tibetan areas of Qinghai, Gansu and Sichuan provinces to preclude outbreaks of mass unrest. Following the relatively uneventful passage of the 50th anniversary of [...] | 2009-03-27 11:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH |
09BEIJING858 | MARCH 31 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HACKING, NORTH KOREAN ROCKET, [...] Key points at the March 31 MFA press briefing: -- China "resolutely opposes the damaging of computer networks including through hacking." -- "Relevant parties should stay calm, exercise restraint and do more to ensure peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in East Asia." -- Afg [...] | 2009-03-31 23:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA AF FR IN AS NZ VE |
09BEIJING870 | CHINA ASKED SOUTH AFRICA TO BAR DALAI LAMA FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: China had appealed to South Africa to bar the Dalai Lama from attending a peace conference at "this particularly sensitive time," a South African diplomat in Beijing told PolOff March 31. While acknowledging the backlash had been more severe than expected, our contact said South [...] | 2009-04-01 09:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KTEX ETRD CH SF SU ZI |
09BEIJING872 | NPC DELEGATE DISCUSSES MIGRANT LABOR, GRADUATE [...] (C) A rural Anhui Province delegate to the National People's Congress (NPC) recently told PolOff that his locality was trying to find jobs for more than 130,000 unemployed migrants returned from cities and coastal areas. Despite efforts to encourage them to start businesses or obtain vocationa [...] | 2009-04-01 11:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB SOCI ECON CH |
09BEIJING880 | CHRISTIANITY: UNIVERSITY STUDENTS "MORE OPEN" TO [...] (C) Summary: Most Peking University students had an "objective" attitude toward Christianity, suggesting that religious tolerance had "increased" in China, according to a recent survey conducted by a professor at the university. The professor told PolOff his survey found that four percent of [...] | 2009-04-02 08:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF CH HK TW |
09BEIJING885 | APRIL 2 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S.-CHINA SUMMIT, DPRK [...] Key points at the April 2 MFA press briefing: -- President Hu Jintao "explained China's principled position" on the March 8 USNS Impeccable incident in the South China Sea to President Barack Obama. Both sides were committed to promoting continued development of bilateral military-to-militar [...] | 2009-04-03 00:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN JA FR IN VE |
09BEIJING895 | CHINA DONE BIDING ITS TIME? PRC SCHOLARS WRESTLE [...] (C) As China considers its broader role in addressing the global economic crisis and reflects with lingering pride on the 2008 Summer Olympics, it also grapples with the relevance and desirability of maintaining its traditional "low-key approach" to foreign policy matters and its oft-stated (an [...] | 2009-04-03 07:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CH |
09BEIJING904 | LEADING DEMOCRACY THEORIST YU KEPING EXPOUNDS ON [...] (C) Political reform in China was continuing despite recent economic setbacks, prominent Communist Party democracy theorist Yu Keping (protect) told A/DCM March 26. Chinese-style democracy should eventually include competitive elections, rule of law, and checks and balances, Yu said. Democrati [...] | 2009-04-03 10:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM CH |
09BEIJING905 | NEW PRC "AL-JAZEERA-LIKE" NEWS CHANNEL AIMS TO [...] (C) Still smarting from the public relations bloody nose they received in the international media during 2008's Tibet riots and the Olympic torch run, Communist Party leaders hope to improve China's image overseas by spending large sums of money on state media outlets' international operations [...] | 2009-04-03 10:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PROP PGOV PREL PHUM CH HK |
09BEIJING923 | APRIL 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA LAUNCH, SOMALI [...] Key points at the April 7 MFA press briefing: -- The UN Security Council should "make a prudent response" to the North Korea rocket launch and a satellite launch is "different than a missile launch or nuclear test." -- China has been "working to rescue the crew" of a ship from "Chinese Tai [...] | 2009-04-07 11:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN JA FR VE TW |
09BEIJING951 | CHINESE ACADEMICS DISCUSS DPRK LAUNCH, MILITARY [...] (C) Senior Chinese foreign policy scholars March 31 predicted to visiting EAP DAS John Norris that the PRC would be unable to support a UN Security Council resolution condemning North Korea's "satellite" launch. Based on the "surprising" timing of the USNS Impeccable incident in the South Chin [...] | 2009-04-09 09:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PREL ECON EFIN CH KN |
09BEIJING953 | APRIL 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK LAUNCH, IRAN DIALOGUE, [...] Key points at the April 9 MFA press briefing: -- China believes "pressure will not help" the situation in North Korea, "diplomatic efforts" need to be continued and all parties should "exercise calmness, restraint and caution." -- China "takes note of" North Korea's announcement of having [...] | 2009-04-09 23:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PARM EFIN KNNP KCRM CH KS KN FR IR |
09BEIJING96 | DUTCH INVITE CHINA TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] On January 13, PolOff accompanied Arjen van den Berg, Political Counselor at the Dutch Embassy in Beijing, and Andrey Chernyshov, Second Secretary at the Russian Embassy in Beijing, in a meeting with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue. Van [...] | 2009-01-13 06:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER MNUC MARR MASS CH RS NL |
09BEIJING97 | CHINA-JAPAN DISPUTE OVER EAST CHINA SEA UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Although Japan disputes China's assertion of its right to develop the Tianwaitian gas field in the East China Sea and has raised concerns at the highest level, the dispute is unlikely to derail Sino-Japanese relations, according to a Japanese Embassy contact in Beijing. Our sour [...] | 2009-01-13 06:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET ECON CH KN KS JA |
09BEIJING982 | FM YANG AND CODEL MCCAIN DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (C) PRC Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told CODEL McCain April 9 that U.S.-China relations were enjoying a "new spirit" of positive relations anchored by cooperation on global and regional concerns of mutual interest, and sought assurances that Congress would show "understanding" on Taiwan, Tibe [...] | 2009-04-14 09:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV ETRD PBTS PHUM MNUC EWWT CH |
09BEIJING983 | APRIL 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA, THAILAND, HUMAN [...] Key points at the April 14 MFA press briefing: -- China has "taken note" of North Korea's statement that it will boycott the Six-Party Talks. All parties should work together to promote the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. -- China is "closely following the situation" in Thailand, [...] | 2009-04-14 10:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN JA IN PK PE FI |
09BEIJING991 | NPC CHAIRMAN WU BANGGUO AND CODEL MCCAIN DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Senator John McCain (R-AZ) emphasized the importance of free trade and bilateral cooperation to resolving the global economic crisis during an April 8 meeting with Wu Bangguo, Chairman of China's National People's Congress (NPC) and Politburo Standing Committee member. Wu noted [...] | 2009-04-15 05:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC PTER EFIN ECON ETRD TRGY |
09BEIJING992 | CODEL MCCAIN MEETING WITH CHINESE DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 meeting with CODEL McCain, Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie observed that military-to-military ties lagged behind other aspects of the bilateral relationship. Liang attributed the shortcoming to three "barriers": U.S. arms sales to Taiwan; the National Defe [...] | 2009-04-15 05:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PARM MNUC PBTS PTER PGOV CH |
09BEIRT96 | LEBANON: SINIORA URGES U.S. TO ENCOURAGE SYRIA TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-23 18:18:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT100 | LEBANON: HOARDING OF GASOIL CAUSES SHORTAGES (ECONOMIC WEEK [...] (SBU) Minister of Energy and Water (MEW) Alain Tabourian publicly said on January 21 that the gasoil shortage will drop with the arrival of three tankers in the next two days. A senior MEW source told us the GOL has been distributing about 12 million liters of gasoil daily to the market, while [...] | 2009-01-26 16:07:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT1000 | HARIRI PUTS FORTH CABINET PROPOSAL, OPPOSITION [...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri on September 6 presented a 30-member cabinet proposal to President Sleiman without further consultation with the opposition. The plan, which did not meet the opposition Free Patriotic Movement's (FPM) demands for the ministry of the interior, the minist [...] | 2009-09-08 16:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM LE |
09BEIRUT1001 | LEBANON TO VOTE AS NORMAL IN UPCOMING UNGA [...] (C) As requested in reftel, poloff delivered points on the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to Majdi Ramadan, U.S. desk officer at the Lebanese MFA. Because government formation is ongoing, Ramadan predicted that Lebanon would likely not take any initiatives during the UNGA except competing for a r [...] | 2009-09-09 13:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM UNGA UNSC LE |
09BEIRUT1005 | HARIRI WITHDRAWS AS PM-DESIGNATE AND BLAMES THE [...] (C) Saad Hariri withdrew as prime minister-designate on September 10 and announced that he was stepping down in the interests of the nation to break the cycle that prevented his forming a national unity government. Caretaker PM Fouad Siniora told us the move is an attempt to relaunch negotiat [...] | 2009-09-10 16:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM LE |
09BEIRUT1007 | QATARI OFFER TO BREAK LEBANESE LOGJAM ROUNDLY [...] (C) Late September 10 after Saad Hariri's withdrawal as prime minister-designate (reftel),reports spread rapidly that Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jaber al Thani had offered to host the Lebanese for another Doha conference to resolve their issues. Some contacts, thinki [...] | 2009-09-11 10:50:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM LE QA |
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