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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 00BEIJING11790 | CHINA: 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] BELOW IS THE 2000 TERRORISM REPORT FOR CHINA. RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO REFTEL PARAGRAPH THREE REQUIREMENTS. 2. A) THERE WERE NO ACTS OF TERRORISM COMMITTED AGAINST U.S. CITIZENS OR INTERESTS IN CHINA THIS YEAR. CHINESE MAINLAND AND HONG KONG MEDIA OCCASIONALLY REPORT ACTS OF TERRORISM BY [...] |
2000-11-30 09:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CH |
| 00HANOI2573 | CHINESE ASYLUM-SEEKERS IN FRENCH EMBASSY IN HANOI [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM DOUGLAS G. HARTER, REASON 1.5(B,D) . 2. (U) THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. SEE PARAS 8-11. 3. (S) LATE AFTERNOON NOVEMBER 24 FRENCH AMBASSADOR SECRET PAGE 02 HANOI 02573 01 OF 02 271303Z INFORMED U.S. AMBASSADOR THAT TWO CHIN [...] |
2000-11-27 10:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | SECRET | PREF PREL CH FR VM CVR HUMANR |
| 00HANOI2580 | INFORMAL VIETNAMESE RESPONSE TO U.S. QUERIES ON ASEAN SEANWFZ NON-PAPER [...] POLOFF MET NOVEMBER 28 WITH MFA ASEAN DEPARTMENT SEANWFZ EXPERT TRAN DUC BINH TO DISCUSS REFTEL QUESTIONS. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02580 280819Z BINH SHARED THE FOLLOWING VIEWS, KEYED TO REFTEL POINTS: 2. SOVEREIGNTY: BINH STATED DEFINITELY THAT ASE [...] |
2000-11-28 08:00:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM VM CH ASEAN |
| 00THEHAGUE1867 | DUTCH RESPOND TO UK ALIEN SMUGGLING TRAGEDY [...] THE GON REACTED WITH BOTH WORDS AND ACTIONS TO THE JUNE 19 DISCOVERY IN THE UK OF 58 VICTIMS OF ALIEN SMUGGLING. 2. BECAUSE THE TRUCK IN WHICH THE VICTIMS WERE DISCOVERED IS OF DUTCH REGISTRATION AND THE DRIVER IS DUTCH, THE GON BECAME IMMEDIATELY INVOLVED. IT HAS SINCE ARRESTED BOTH THE [...] |
2000-06-22 13:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SMIG CVIS PINR ASEC CH NL EUN KPRD |
| 01ABUJA1932 | NIGERIA: OBASANJO TO VISIT CHINA [...] (C) Mission has learned that the much-discussed but never-before-scheduled State Visit to China of Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is now slated for late August. President Obasanjo plans to leave Nigeria on August 25, and depart China on August 29, arriving in Nigeria on August 30. 2 [...] |
2001-08-02 15:15:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD NI PREL MASS CH |
| 01BEIJING11971 | CHINA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] BELOW IS THE 2001 TERRORISM REPORT FOR CHINA. RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO REFTEL PARAGRAPH TWO REQUIREMENTS. 2. A) CHINA STRONGLY AND PROMPTLY CONDEMNED THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS, WHICH PRESIDENT JIANG ZEMIN DESCRIBED ON SEPTEMBER 12 AS AN ATTACK BOTH ON THE UNITED STATES AND ON WORLD PEACE. [...] |
2001-12-12 09:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CH |
| 01BEIJING12362 | HU JINTAO: TAKING SHAPE AS CHINA´S LEADER [...] (C) MOST CHINESE HAVE LITTLE IDEA OF HEIR-APPARENT HU JINTAO´S PERSONAL VIEWS, BUT INSIDERS DESCRIBE HU AS A TALENTED BUREAUCRATIC PLAYER WITH SOLID CREDENTIALS TO SUCCEED JIANG ZEMIN. THEY REPORT THAT HU HAS STAKED OUT A MULTI-FACETED AND SUBSTANTIVE POLICY ROLE IN IMPORTANT AREAS OF PARTY AND [...] |
2001-12-27 05:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR CH |
| 01HANOI3294 | NONG DUC MANH VISITS CHINA: BOTH SIDES REAFFIRM FRIENDSHIP, CONDEMN TERRORISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. NONG DUC MANH, COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV) GENERAL SECRETARY, VISITED CHINA NOVEMBER 30 TO DECEMBER 4. THIS WAS HIS FIRST VISIT TO CHINA SINCE BECOMING GENERAL SECRETARY LAST APRIL, AND WAS PROBABLY DESIGNED TO ASSUAGE ANY CHINESE FEARS THAT VIETNAM WAS MOVING "TOO CLOSE [...] |
2001-12-20 10:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR CH TW VM CVR CTERR |
| 01RANGOON1171 | CHINESE QUIETLY SUPPORT REFORM? [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE CHINESE DCM TOLD US THE PRC CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING POLITICAL DIALOGUE, AND BELIEVES THE MILITARY REGIME IS SINCERE IN ITS DEALINGS WITH AUNG SAN SUU KYI (ASSK). WHILE HE STATED HIS BELIEF THAT OUTSIDE PRESSURE IS COUNTER- PRODUCTIVE, HE GAVE SOME REASON TO BELIEV [...] |
2001-07-27 11:03:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV CH BM |
| 01STATE134673 | CHINA/TIBET: HU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN? [...] (C) SUMMARY. VICE PRESIDENT HU JINTAO'S JULY 17-23 VISIT TO TIBET WAS POLITICALLY SIGNIFICANT FOR AT LEAST THREE REASONS: IT CONFIRMED CURRENT POLICY; IT ASSOCIATED HU PERSONALLY WITH THE CURRENT RELATIVELY HARD-LINE APPROACH; AND IT DEMONSTRATED HIS HEALTH AND VITALITY. 2. (C) VICE PRESI [...] |
2001-08-03 21:03:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PINR PGOV |
| 01VATICAN2531 | VATICAN NON-REACTIONS ON CHINA AND DEMARCHE [...] (S) POLOFF DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE POINTS ON APRIL 27 TO MONSIGNOR ROTA-GRAZIOSI, VATICAN CHINA DESK OFFICER. ROTA-GRAZIOSI WELCOMED USG APPROACH BUT RESPONDED THAT THE VATICAN MAINTAINED CAREFUL NEUTRALITY ON SECURITY QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE PRC AND TAIWAN AND DECLINED TO OFFER COMMENT. [...] |
2001-05-09 07:08:00 | Embassy Vatican | SECRET | VT CH PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF PINR |
| 01VATICAN3297 | THE VATICAN AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN [...] (U) THE VATICAN'S OVERRIDING CONCERN IN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 03297 01 OF 02 201534Z MAINLAND CHINA IS ITS RIGHT TO MINISTER TO THE ESTIMATED 10 MILLION CATHOLIC POPULATION. THE VATICAN AND THE PRC DO NOT HAVE OFFICIAL RELATIONS. THE PRC REPUDIATES [...] |
2001-06-20 16:29:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF PINR VT CH TW |
| 01VATICAN3507 | THE VATICAN-- THE SUPRANATIONAL POWER [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CDA JOSEPH MERANTE FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 03507 01 OF 04 031719Z BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION --------------------------- 2. (U) THIS CABLE PROVIDES ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR THE PLANNED PRESIDENTIAL MEETING WITH THE POPE. IT UPDAT [...] |
2001-07-03 12:03:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IS EG CH ID VT VTPREL |
| 01VATICAN3976 | VATICAN VERBATIM [...] THE JULY 14-20 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 03976 01 OF 02 282136Z CONTENTS: - VATICAN RATIFIES NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY - WHITE HOUSE ACCUSED OF PUTTING "SPIN" ON PAPAL SPEECH - 2008 OLYMPICS: CHINA NOT ONLY [...] |
2001-07-27 09:54:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PARM MOPS AM KZ CH VM RW VT VTPREL |
| 01VATICAN4075 | VATICAN VERBATIM [...] THE JULY 27 - AUGUST 03 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 04075 051244Z CONTENTS: - POPE RECEIVES YASSER ARAFAT - VATICAN RECEIVED NO EXTRADITION REQUEST FOR RWANDAN PRIEST - VATICAN SAYS CHINA RELEASES BISHOP - [...] |
2001-08-03 12:35:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM EAID IS RW CH VT |
| 01VATICAN4483 | VATICAN URGES U.S. PRESENCE AT WCAR, PLEDGES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE VATICAN IS STRONGLY URGING U.S. PRESENCE AT WCAR, AT LEAST AT THE WORKING LEVEL. ACKNOWLEDGING U.S. CONCERNS, DELEGATION DEPUTY AND AMCIT MONSIGNOR FRANK DEWANE PLEDGED VATICAN WILLINGNESS TO WORK FOR COMPROMISES IN THE FINAL WCAR DOCUMENT. NONETHELESS, MSGR. DEWANE TOLD POL [...] |
2001-08-28 15:37:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF SOCI IS CH PK XF SF VT WCAR UNHCR VTWCAR |
| 01VATICAN5566 | VATICAN VERBATIM [...] THE OCTOBER 20-26 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 05566 01 OF 02 261515Z CONTENTS: - POPE DECRIES MIDDLE EAST VIOLENCE - POPE APOLOGIZES TO CHINA AND HOPES FOR DIPLOMATIC TIES - CARITAS APPEAL FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] |
2001-10-26 14:32:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SOCI SMIG MARR MCAP AF CH IS WE VT VTPREL |
| 01VATICAN5629 | VATICAN PLAYS CHINA GAMBIT. AWAITS CHINA'S [...] No summary [...] |
2001-10-30 14:39:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KIRF PINR VT CH |
| 01VATICAN5814 | FIDES MEDIA DIRECTOR CERVELLERA VIEWS ON [...] (C) AT MEDIA THEMED LUNCH HOSTED BY AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON, DIRECTOR OF MEDIA FOR THE CONGREGATION FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE FAITH (FIDES), FATHER BENARDO CERVELLERA, SPOKE AT LENGTH ON HIS VIEWS OF RECENT VATICAN/PRC DEVELOPMENTS. CERVELLERA SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THE POPE'S 10/24 STATEMENT APO [...] |
2001-11-09 13:22:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KIRF PINR CH VT |
| 01VATICAN6539 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH VATICAN CHINA EXPERT [...] (C) AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON CALLED ON ARCHBISHOP MARIA CELLI, SECRETARY OF THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THE PATRIMONY OF THE SIPDIS APOSTOLIC SEE, ON DECEMBER 14. ALTHOUGH CELLI, IN HIS CURRENT POSITION AS CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF VATICAN PROPERTIES DOES NOT HAVE A DIRECT FOREIGN POLICY ROLE, HE IS OF [...] |
2001-12-19 14:38:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CH VT TA |
| 02AMMAN3813 | OUTER SPACE ARMS CONTROL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) On July 11, A/POLCOUNS conveyed reftel points and Ambassador Javits' remarks on the issue of Outer Space Arms Control to Ayman Aamiri, Deputy Director of the Jordanian MFA's Department of International Organizations. Aamiri had no substantive comment, but said the Ministry would review th [...] |
2002-07-11 13:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL RS CH JO |
| 02BEIJING1019 | HU JINTAO IN THE MEDIA LIMELIGHT [...] (C) CHINESE MEDIA ARE GIVING INCREASING PROMINENCE TO HU JINTAO IN A CLEAR SIGNAL TO CHINA'S DOMESTIC AUDIENCE THAT HE HAS CONSOLIDATED HIS POSITION AS CHINA'S NEXT PARTY GENERAL SECRETARY AND STATE PRESIDENT. WE EXPECT HU'S PUBLIC PROFILE TO CONTINUE TO RISE AS CHINA MOVES CLOSER TO THE 200 [...] |
2002-02-05 05:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR CH |
| 02BEIJING11889 | CHINA: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] BELOW IS THE 2002 TERRORISM REPORT FOR CHINA. RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO REFTEL PARAGRAPH TWO REQUIREMENTS. 2. A) CHINA TREATS DESIGNATIONS OF TERRORISTS UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 13224 ON AN EQUAL BASIS WITH THOSE DESIGNATED BY THE UNITED NATIONS. THE PRC REGULARLY INSTRUCTS ITS FINANCIAL INS [...] |
2002-11-15 08:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CH |
| 02HANOI2309 | PRC-VIETNAM BORDER: GVN COUNTERING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. SINCE THE CONCLUSION OF THE NINTH ROUND OF BILATERAL BOUNDARY TALKS WITH THE PRC ON AUGUST 23, THE GVN HAS ENGAGED IN A PUBLIC RELATIONS BLITZ, INCLUDING THE APPARENTLY UNPRECEDENTED PUBLICATION OF THE 1999 LAND BORDER TREATY ON THE INTERNET, TO COUNTER PERSISTENT DOMESTIC CRI [...] |
2002-09-24 09:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PINR CH VM CVR |
| 02HANOI2871 | HANOI'S VIEW OF CHINA'S 16TH PARTY CONGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. OBSERVERS IN HANOI ASSESSED THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY (CCP) 16TH PARTY CONGRESS AS "POSITIVE" AND PREDICTED THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM'S (CPV) LEADERSHIP WOULD CLOSELY STUDY ITS DECISIONS WHILE STEERING ITS OWN COURSE OVER THE NEXT DECADE. CPV OFFICI [...] |
2002-12-02 09:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CH VM CVR |
| 02HANOI614 | JIANG ZEMIN VISITS VIETNAM: FRIENDSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. CHINESE HEAD OF STATE AND PARTY JIANG ZEMIN VISITED VIETNAM FEBRUARY 27 TO MARCH 1 IN HIS FIRST FOREIGN TRIP OF THE YEAR AND HIS FIRST TO VIETNAM SINCE 1994. WHILE THERE WAS NO FORMAL JOINT COMMUNIQU FROM THE VISIT, A GVN COMMUNIQU CONDEMNED TERRORISM WHILE ODDLY OMITTING A [...] |
2002-03-15 17:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR CH TW VM CTERR CVR |
| 02HANOI931 | SETTING VIETNAM'S IDEOLOGICAL COURSE [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POL/C SCOTT BELLARD, REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY. THE CPV'S CENTRAL THEORETICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL IS STRUGGLING TO REDEFINE VIETNAMESE SOCIALISM IN THE FACE OF MARKET-DRIVEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBALIZATION, AS WELL AS INTERNAL CONFIDENTIA [...] |
2002-04-16 09:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL CH VM DPOL |
| 02KATHMANDU1245 | TIBETAN REFUGEE UPDATE: ASYLUM REQUEST, PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary. A group of Tibetan refugees arrested by Nepalese authorities in transit to Tibet from India seek a royal amnesty on the King's upcoming birthday, July 7. UNHCR, Post and other diplomatic missions are encouraging the GON to grant the requests. At the urging of UNHCR, Nepal releas [...] |
2002-06-25 13:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL ECPS PROP PHUM NP CH |
| 02KATHMANDU1326 | NEPAL'S KING JOURNEYS TO CHINA SEEKING HELP IN [...] (C) Summary. Statements against Nepal's Maoist insurgents and "anti-China activities" can be expected during the first visit of Nepal's King Gyanendra to China. A leading Nepali business leader accompanying the monarch hopes to strike deals that will help reduce Nepal's sizable trade deficit [...] |
2002-07-08 12:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER NP CH |
| 02KATHMANDU1659 | UPDATE ON STATUS OF TIBETAN REFUGEES DETAINED IN [...] (SBU) On August 22 a German philanthropist paid Nepal's Department of Immigration approximately USD 1500 in assorted fees and penalties to secure the release of a Tibetan refugee, detained since August 2001 for having re-entered Nepal without proper documentation (Reftel), and her baby, born [...] |
2002-08-26 11:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL NP IN CH |
| 02KATHMANDU1902 | AMCIT CLIMBERS DISCUSS SHOOTING INCIDENT [...] (SBU) On September 20, American climbers David Morton and Jeff Lamoureaux were fired upon by two men wearing what they believe were Chinese military uniforms and one of whom stated that he belonged to the Chinese military (ref). Altitude readings taken by the climbers and landmarks near their [...] |
2002-09-30 13:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PGOV ASEC NP CH |
| 02KATHMANDU1903 | CHINESE PRESSURE STIFLES TIBETANS IN NEPAL [...] (C) There have been increasing restrictions on the Tibetan refugee community in Nepal. Celebrations and cultural events have been canceled on short notice by government authorities, press conferences interrupted by police and the Office of Tibet Representative detained for a day. Although ma [...] |
2002-10-01 01:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | CH NP PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
| 02KATHMANDU1933 | REFUGEES CONFIRM DETAILS OF SHOOTING INCIDENT AT [...] (C) PolOff met with UNHCR Protection Officer regarding a group of Tibetans involved in the incident near Nangpa-La in which two American climbers were fired upon by unknown individuals. Neither American was injured in the encounter (refs). Information related by the refugees is consistent wit [...] |
2002-10-07 01:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | CH NP PGOV CASC ASEC |
| 02KATHMANDU613 | PM DEUBA'S TRIP TO INDIA [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs meetings offering a read-out of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's March 20-25 visit to India revealed no specifics of any assistance the Indians may have offered their smaller neighbor in its effort to contain a Maoist insurgency. Despite the apparent absence [...] |
2002-03-27 12:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER NP IN CH |
| 02KATHMANDU647 | MOUNT KAILAS TO REOPEN TO TOURISTS FROM NEPAL [...] (C) Travel agencies in Kathmandu report that as of late March they were able to resume booking tours to western Tibet,s Mount Kailas after the Chinese government lifted restrictions on travel to that region. Tours are now being booked for dates in late April and May. Nepal,s travel agents sa [...] |
2002-04-01 08:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC ASEC PREF NP CH |
| 02KATHMANDU953 | CHINA'S AMBASSADOR CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. "International cooperation" was needed to deal with Nepal's Maoist insurgency, China's Ambassador to Nepal told Ambassador at a May 8 dinner. China would provide moral support and assistance in this effort, Ambassador Wu Congyong said, but consistent with its policy of non-inter [...] |
2002-05-16 10:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR NP CH |
| 02ROME186 | DELIVERY OF ATLANTIC BIRD DEMARCHE TO GOI AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: EMBASSY DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO THE GOI AND ALENIA SPAZIO ON DECEMBER 18 AND 21, RESPECTIVELY. BOTH CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD REFTEL MESSAGE THAT A PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER OF THE EXPORT CONTROLS REGARDING ATLANTIC BIRD WOULD BE HIGHLY UNLIKELY IN THE CONTEXT OF CURRENT CHINESE UN [...] |
2002-01-14 06:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL ETRD TSPA PARM CH IT MTCRE EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 02ROME3384 | ITALY AND CHINA EXCHANGE VISITS TO PROMOTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN MAY 28 AND JULY 5 MEETINGS, THE MFA'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR EAST ASIAN AFFAIRS AND HIS DEPUTY PROVIDED POLOFF WITH READOUTS ON RECENT VISITS TO ITALY BY THE PRC DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND TO CHINA BY THE GOI MINISTER OF PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES AND MFA UNDERSECRETARY FOR ASIA AND H [...] |
2002-07-10 10:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EAID IT CH |
| 02STATE53501 | CW PROLIFERATION DEMARCHE: IRANIAN ORDER FOR [...] (S) BACKGROUND: DURING MISSILE NONPROLIFERATION TALKS ON MARCH 6 IN WASHINGTON, CHINA'S MFA ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT DIRECTOR GENERAL LIU JIEYI TOLD NP A/S WOLF THAT CHINA WAS TAKING SEVERAL, SIGNIFICANT NEW STEPS TO TIGHTEN CHINA'S NUCLEAR, CHEMICAL, AND BIOLOGICAL EXPORT REGULATIONS, INC [...] |
2002-03-20 16:16:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL CH IR |
| 02VATICAN2901 | SUBJECT: NO RED CARPET FOR TAIWAN PRESIDENT AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: PLANS ARE AFOOT FOR TAIWAN PRESIDENT CHEN TO TRANSIT ITALY THIS JULY ON TRAVEL FROM TAIPEI TO AFRICA, ACCORDING TO TAIWAN EMBOFF, YET THE VATICAN IS NOT PUTTING OUT THE RED CARPET. TAIWAN FM EUGENE Y.H. CHIEN MET MAY 30 CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA [...] |
2002-06-14 10:18:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | CH IT PREL TW VT |
| 02VATICAN3575 | VATICAN COMMENTS ON IRF BEIJING VISIT [...] (C) IN THE ABSENCE OF ARCHBISHOP CLAUDIO MARIA CELLI, THE VATICAN'S MAIN CHINA HAND, POLOFFS ON 07/19 MET TO DISCUSS REFEMAIL POINTS WITH VATICAN CHINA DESKOFF, MSGR. GIANFRANCO ROTA-GRAZIOSI. ROTA-GRAZIOSI RECOMMENDED THREE POSSIBLE APPROACHES FOR AMBASSADOR HANFORD TO PUT FORWARD TO HELP [...] |
2002-07-19 14:43:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF CH VT |
| 02VATICAN3962 | VATICAN-CHINA: HOLY SEE WELCOMES U.S. PUSH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: HOLY SEE CHINA DESK OFFICER, MONSIGNOR GIANFRANCO ROTA-GRAZIOSI WELCOMED AMBASSADOR AT LARGE FOR INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM HANFORD'S EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE CHINA TO OPEN A DIALOGUE WITH THE HOLY SEE, BUT EXPECTS LITTLE PROGRESS UNTIL AFTER THE LEADERSHIP PICTURE IS CLEARER FO [...] |
2002-08-13 09:22:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KIRF CH VT |
| 02VATICAN5194 | HOLY SEE WOULD WELCOME CONTINUED PRESIDENTIAL PUSH [...] (C) SUMMARY: WHEN PRESIDENT BUSH MEETS WITH CHINESE PRESIDENT JIANG OCTOBER 24 IN CRAWFORD, THE HOLY SEE WOULD CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 05194 231549Z WELCOME A CONTINUED STRONG PRESIDENTIAL PUSH FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN CHINA, REINFORCING THE MESSAGE THE [...] |
2002-10-23 15:02:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KIRF CH VT |
| 02VATICAN579 | VATICAN AGENCY TO LAUNCH LENTEN MEDIA APPEAL FOR [...] (C) FIDES, A VATICAN NEWS AGENCY, IS SET TO LAUNCH A LENTEN APPEAL NEXT WEEK FOR THE FREEDOM OF MISSING OR DETAINED UNDERGROUND CATHOLIC CLERGY. FATHER BERNARDO CERVELLERA, FIDES DIRECTOR AND CHINA SPECIALIST, PROVIDED AMBASSADOR AN ADVANCE LIST OF MORE THAN 30 NAMES IN ORDER TO FOREWARN THE [...] |
2002-02-06 10:32:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PHUM PINR TW VT |
| 03AMMAN7688 | POST SECURES IRAQI PASSPORTS FROM IRAQI MISSION; [...] (U) Action request for Department. See paragraph 5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) On November 23, PolOff picked up from the Iraqi mission in Amman more than 3,500 blank Iraqi ordinary, service and diplomatic passports along with passport stickers. Post seeks Department guidance on pr [...] |
2003-11-24 16:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BA CE CH FI RS SW SZ JO |
| 03BEIJING13289 | CHARISMATIC MUSLIM CLERIC SHUT DOWN BY KUNMING [...] (C) Summary. An independent Muslim cleric in Kunming, Yunnan Province, was banned from preaching by local Islamic officials after he began to attract large crowds to his mosque. Although qualified as an Imam, the cleric got on the wrong side of Chinese officialdom after he traveled as a yout [...] |
2003-09-18 09:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV CH |
| 03BEIJING13394 | SCHOLAR ON CHALLENGES TO HU-WEN "OPENNESS" [...] (C) The new "Hu-Wen" government is attempting to push openness in a number of areas, both to demonstrate its closeness to the people and as an antidote to corruption, according to Beijing University Institute of Political Development and Governance Director Xie Qingkun. That agenda has suff [...] |
2003-09-19 12:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON CH |
| 03BEIJING16342 | WEN JIABAO'S DOMESTIC TRAVEL HABITS [...] (C) Ministry of Civil Affairs (MOCA) Director General Wang Zhenyao (strictly protect) has helped arrange three of Premier Wen Jiabao's domestic trips since last year and reports that Wen's intellectual curiosity and impatience with bureaucratic practices can cause "headaches" for his staff an [...] |
2003-11-12 10:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH |
| 03BEIJING18021 | DECEMBER 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS: WEN'S [...] At the regular semi-weekly press briefing, MFA Spokesperson Liu Jianchao reported on statements made by Premier Wen Jiabao that the objective of his U.S. visit is to "resolve problems" in bilateral relations and not to "engage in trade wars." While asserting that common interests have "outwe [...] |
2003-12-09 11:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM ETRD CH KN |
| 03BEIJING18383 | XINHUA OFFICIAL ON THE WEN VISIT; TAIWAN; HONG [...] (C) Well-connected Xinhua News Agency official Yu Jiafu explained on December 16 that Chinese media were slow to report the significance of Premier Wen Jiabao's key U.S. meetings because substantive news articles had to be cleared by Wen himself. The leadership is pleased with the Premier's U [...] |
2003-12-16 10:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH TW |
| 03BEIJING2438 | NPC SET TO VOTE FOR NEW CHINESE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) THE UPCOMING NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS (NPC) PLENARY SESSION WILL SELECT CHINA'S NEW STATE AND LEGISLATIVE LEADERS, ALONG WITH THE LEADERS OF THE NEW STATE COUNCIL, STATE CENTRAL MILITARY COMMISSION (CMC) SUPREME PEOPLE'S COURT (SPC) AND SUPREME PEOPLE'S PROCURATORATE (SPP). WHILE THE N [...] |
2003-03-05 07:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON EFIN ETRD CH |
| 03BEIJING3947 | TAIWAN: CHINA'S NEW LEADERSHIP TO CONTINUE [...] (C) A PROMINENT PRC ANALYST TOLD US HE EXPECTS BEIJING'S POLICY TOWARD TAIWAN TO SHOW CONTINUITY, WITH THE NEW LEADERSHIP CONTINUING TO PURSUE A RELATIVELY MODERATE APPROACH FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING ECONOMIC AND OTHER UNOFFICIAL LINKS. OUR CONTACT SUGGESTED THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF HU JINTAO'S MA [...] |
2003-04-07 10:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
| 03BRASILIA3814 | BRAZIL'S EXPANDING TRADE WITH CHINA [...] (U) Summary. The Lula administration has embarked on a determined policy of export expansion in China, seeking to build on the boom in this bilateral trade relationship that began in 2000. The Chinese appear to welcome the approach, sending at least five trade delegations to Brazil this yea [...] |
2003-12-03 15:32:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV PREL KIPR BR CH |
| 03BRUSSELS5510 | EU TROIKA DEC 9-12 VISIT TO PYONGYANG [...] (C) Summary. Senior EU officials will visit Pyongyang December 9-12 to convey EU support for the Six Party Talks; EU interest in improving ROK-DPRK relations in order to coordinate peninsular development; the need to respect human rights; and the need to begin a process of economic reforms. [...] |
2003-12-05 14:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PARM KNNP EAID KS CH KN EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 03COLOMBO485 | Sixth round of talks proves constructive; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The sixth round of GSL-LTTE talks wrapped up on March 21, with the two sides issuing a comprehensive press statement. Minister Moragoda, a key GSL negotiator, told the Ambassador he was encouraged by the talks -- the Tigers seemed committed to the peace track for now and badly w [...] |
2003-03-24 09:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS KPAO CE NO JA CH LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO513 | Peace process update: More re sinking of [...] (C) This update of Sri Lanka's peace process reviews the following: >> Sinking of Chinese fishing boat still under investigation, but Tigers look more-and-more like the culprits >> In brave but dangerous move, Tamil leader hits out at the Tigers >> Unconfirmed reports that the Tigers [...] |
2003-03-25 13:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PINS CE NO JA CH LTTE |
| 03HANOI223 | TAIWAN ECONOMICS MINISTER VISITS VIETNAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Taiwan Economics Minister Lin Yi-fu visited Vietnam January 23 - 27 as the head of a trade mission. While his official host was the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Lin held meetings with GVN officials, including his counterparts at the Ministry of Trade as well as t [...] |
2003-01-29 03:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD TW CH VM |
| 03HANOI2323 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN VIETNAM [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 5. 2. (U) Summary: A large interagency conference chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem in Ho Chi Minh City September 9 articulated the GVN's intended next steps in a coordinated antitrafficking policy. The Deputy Prime Minister recomme [...] |
2003-09-15 00:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KCRM VM CH TW CA OMIG TIP |
| 03HANOI2622 | MEKONG SUBREGION ANTI-DRUG COOPERATION [...] (U) Summary: At a recent six-party ministerial-level anti- drug conference in Hanoi, Thailand and China pushed hard for more concrete action against ATS and precursor chemicals. Conferees agreed that border liaison offices were effective and should be expanded, but one visited by poloff on the [...] |
2003-10-14 11:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SNAR EAID CH VM CNARC |
| 03HANOI2869 | TOUR D'HORIZON WITH DEFMIN GENERAL TRA [...] (SBU) Summary. Defense Minister Tra's meetings in Washington next week are unlikely to produce any surprises, but should put the full stamp of approval on better mil/mil ties and lead to a more active program of exchanges. Tra is keen to expand medical cooperation and also seeks more techn [...] |
2003-11-07 08:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR TH CH CB VM |
| 03HANOI3288 | VIETNAM MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY ON TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior members of the General Criminal Division of the Ministry of Public Security described their frustration with current laws preventing them from engaging in closer cooperation with U.S. and other foreign law enforcement agencies, and described the trafficking in persons sit [...] |
2003-12-19 08:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KWMN KCRM VM CH TW CA OMIG TIP CNARC |
| 03HANOI975 | NONG DUC MANH'S "WORKING VISIT" TO THE PRC: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Nong Duc Manh, Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) General Secretary (GS), visited the PRC April 7 - 11. This was his second visit to the PRC since assuming these responsibilities in April 2001. GS Manh was apparently the first foreign leader to meet with the PRC's new leadersh [...] |
2003-04-18 09:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR CH TW VM CVR |
| 03HELSINKI262 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH PRESIDENT HALONEN [...] (C) ON MARCH 4 THE AMBASSADOR CALLED ON PRESIDENT HALONEN FOR A GENERAL DISCUSSION OF ISSUES ON THE INTERNATIONAL AND BILATERAL AGENDA. IRAQ WAS THE CHIEF TOPIC. THE AMBASSADOR BEGAN BY THANKING THE PRESIDENT FOR HER RECENT FIRM PUBLIC STATEMENTS THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR RESOLVING THE CRIS [...] |
2003-03-07 14:58:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ CH FI |
| 03KATHMANDU1018 | FUTURE OF TIBETAN REFUGEES IN NEPAL REMAINS [...] (U) PolOffs met June 3 with Wangchuk Tsering, Office of Tibet and Official Representative of the Dalai Lama in Nepal to discuss the status of Tibeten refugees in Nepal, after the May 30 deportation described Ref B. Tsering said he appreciated USG efforts to delay the deportation of the 18 ref [...] |
2003-06-03 10:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL CH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1042 | TIBETAN REFUGEE DEPORTATION: POST-MORTEM [...] (C) Despite strenous efforts by the Embassy to dissuade it from doing so, the Government of Nepal on May 31 deported 18 Tibetan refugees to China. Th Mission began working this issue in late April shortly after the refugees were first detained. Post pressed for the refugees' release at all le [...] |
2003-06-05 11:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL NP CH |
| 03KATHMANDU1044 | (U) TIBETAN REFUGEE DEPORTATION: POST-MORTEM [...] (C) Despite strenous efforts by the Embassy to dissuade it from doing so, the Government of Nepal on May 31 deported 18 Tibetan refugees to China. Th Mission began working this issue in late April shortly after the refugees were first detained. Post pressed for the refugees' release at all le [...] |
2003-06-06 00:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL NP CH |
| 03KATHMANDU1074 | NEPAL: GOVERNMENT ASSURANCES, POLICY AMBIGUITIES [...] (C) On June 10 in separate conversations with Charge and Ambassador Joyce Leader, Office Director of PRM/ANE, the Secretaries of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Home SIPDIS have attempted to assure us that Government of Nepal (GON) policy toward Tibetan refugees transiting Nepal has n [...] |
2003-06-11 09:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL CH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1132 | NEPAL: GON RELEASES TIBETAN REFUGEE FROM [...] (SBU) ON JUNE 17, NEPAL'S DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION RELEASED A MALE TIBETAN REFUGEE INTO UNHCR'S CUSTODY TWENTY-FOUR HOURS AFTER THE OFFICE OF TIBET PAID HIS FINE OF 7,500 RUPEES (APPROXIMATELY 98 USD). THE DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION HAD DETAINED THE MAN IN LATE APRIL, SHORTLY AFTER THE DETENT [...] |
2003-06-18 09:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL CH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1219 | NEPAL RELEASES NINETEEN TIBETANS TO UNHCR [...] (SBU) IN A UNHCR BRIEFING TO THE DONOR COMMUNITY IN KATHMANDU ON JUNE 30, EMBASSY WAS INFORMED THAT THE 19 TIBETANS ARRESTED ON JUNE 24 (REFTEL) HAVE BEEN TURNED OVER TO THE UNHCR FOR PROCESSING AND TRANSIT TO INDIA. 2. (SBU) ON JUNE 29, A UNHCR TEAM ARRIVED IN KAILALI DISTRICT IN WESTERN N [...] |
2003-06-30 08:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL CH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1239 | NEPALI KING SAYS TIBETAN DEPORTATIONS A MISTAKE [...] (C) In a June 30 meeting with the Ambassador, King Gyanendra opened by apologizing for May 31 deportations of 18 Tibetans (Ref A). He characterized the decision to deport the 18 as undertaken by a bureaucracy that "went off on its own" in the "last minutes of the former government." The Go [...] |
2003-07-01 10:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV CH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1277 | NEPAL: GON CANCELS DALAI LAMA CELEBRATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ON JULY 4, THE GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL (GON) PROHIBITED TIBETAN GROUPS FROM HOLDING CELEBRATIONS ON JULY 6 TO HONOR THE DALAI LAMA'S BIRTHDAY. DESPITE THE PROHIBITION, AT LEAST TWO TIBETAN GROUPS PROCEEDED WITH CELEBRATIONS WITHOUT GON INTERFERENCE. ALTHOUGH THE BIRTHDAY CELEBRAT [...] |
2003-07-08 10:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM KIRF CH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1337 | NEPAL: ANOTHER NINE TIBETANS HANDED-OVER TO UNHCR [...] (SBU) ON JULY 15, THE GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL'S DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION RELEASED NINE UNDOCUMENTED TIBETANS TO UNHCR. ACCORDING TO THE OFFICE OF TIBET, THE NINE TIBETANS WERE ARRESTED ON IMMIGRATION VIOLATIONS SOMETIME DURING THE WEEK OF JULY 7 IN THE EASTERN HILL DISTRICT OF OKHALDHUNGA. THE [...] |
2003-07-16 08:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM CH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1621 | NEPAL: WERE FOUR TIBETAN CHILDREN DEPORTED IN [...] (C) Summary. Radio Free Asia reported on August 8 that four Tibetan children were deported from Nepal to China. The facts of the alleged deporation are far from clear, however. The Office of Tibet has anectodal evidence that the deporation did occur while UNHCR officials in Nepal are convinc [...] |
2003-08-26 12:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF CH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2098 | NEPAL: VISIT OF CHINESE DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) The October 16-18 visit to Kathmandu of Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi focused primarily on preparations for the upcoming Dec. 2-3 visit of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Chairman Jia Qing Lin. According to the head of the Political Section of the Chinese Embass [...] |
2003-10-29 09:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV CH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2284 | NEPAL: CHINESE REPORTEDLY ARREST FOUR SUSPECTED [...] (C) Summary: The Chinese Ambassador in Kathmandu, Sun Heping, confirmed that his government has no reservations about U.S. security assistance to Nepal and expressed strong opposition to Nepal's Maoist insurgents. He was unable to confirm reports in the Nepali press that Chinese authorities [...] |
2003-11-21 11:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER NP CH |
| 03KATHMANDU2319 | RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON TIBETAN REFUGEES [...] Summary. On November 24, the Government of Nepal (GON) released nine Tibetans who had been in prison since 2001 after their fines were paid by a foreign benefactor. The group is expected to depart for India the evening of November 26. Separately, after repeated demarches to the Ministries [...] |
2003-11-27 23:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF CH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2470 | A/S ROCCA AND NEPAL'S ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) On December 16, Christina Rocca, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia met with Ambassador-at-large and de facto Foreign Minister Bekh Bahadur Thapa and Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya to discuss the Government of SIPDIS Nepal's plans for political reconciliation and electio [...] |
2003-12-19 07:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF ETRD BH CH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU715 | NEPAL: 21 TIBETANS DETAINED ON IMMIGRATION CHARGES [...] (C) Summary: Twenty-one Tibetan refugees, including eleven minors, were detained by Nepal's Department of Immigration (DOI) on April 15. In an apparent toughening of rhetoric, the Home Secretary was "quite adamant" in an April 17 meeting with Office of Tibet Representative Wangchuk Tsering t [...] |
2003-04-21 06:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM NP CH |
| 03KATHMANDU753 | NEPAL: CHINESE AMBASSADOR PRESSURES GON TO ARREST [...] (C) At an April 25 meeting with Home Secretary Tikka Datta Niraula, Ambassador Malinowski raised the issue of twenty-one Tibetans, including eleven minors, recently arrested on immigration charges (reftel). The Ambassador encouraged the Government of Nepal (GON) to release the detainees into [...] |
2003-04-25 09:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF NP CH |
| 03KATHMANDU984 | CHINESE PRESSURE NEPAL TO DEPORT TIBETANS [...] (C) Summary: On May 29 Office of Tibet Representative in Kathmandu Wangchuk Tsering reported that the Department of Immigration was preparing to hand over to representatives of the Chinese Embassy 18 Tibetans detained for immigration violations. The Government of Nepal (GON) has also asked [...] |
2003-05-29 10:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL NP CH |
| 03KATHMANDU997 | NEPAL: TIBETANS STILL IN DETENTION; MOVED TO [...] (C) Charge delivered Ref A demarche to Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya on May 30. Acharya denied that there has been any change in Government of Nepal (GON) policy toward Tibetans transiting Nepal. He said that he would look into reports of Chinese diplomats attempting to pressure immi [...] |
2003-05-30 10:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL NP CH |
| 03MONTREAL1377 | World Anti-Doping Agency has Financial Problems [...] SUMMARY: The World Ant-Doping Agency (WADA) is experiencing financial problems because member countries, including the United States, are behind on paying dues, according to WADA President Richard Pound. The agency collected 80 percent of its U.S.$20 million budget in 2002 and thus far, has r [...] |
2003-09-29 20:48:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | KOLY SCUL SNAR TBIO PREL CA CH |
| 03NASSAU1635 | BAHAMIAN OFFICIALS VISIT TO CHINA -- COURTESY OR CONFIDANTS? [...] No summary [...] |
2003-08-21 18:17:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EINV PINR PGOV CH JA BF |
| 03RANGOON1055 | CHINA'S AMBASSADOR TO BURMA: "NON-INTERVENTION [...] (C) Summary: The Chinese Ambassador to Burma provided us on August 27 with an overview of the purpose and results of SPDC Vice Chairman General Maung Aye's recent "routine" China visit, China's negative view of U.S. sanctions and their implications for regime change, the rationale behind recen [...] |
2003-09-02 09:35:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS CH BM |
| 03ROME2340 | ALENIA-SPAZIO AND CHINA: DELIVERY OF A/S [...] (S) ECMIN, JOINED BY SCICOUNS, DELIVERED A/S BLOOMFIELD'S LETTER AND ACCOMPANYING NON-PAPER ON MAY 23 TO MFA DIRGEN FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS GIANDOMENICO MAGLIANO. ECMIN NOTED THAT WASHINGTON OFFICIALS HAD APPRECIATED THE FEBRUARY APPROACH BY GOI AND ITALIAN INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES, AND THAT USG [...] |
2003-05-28 10:05:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | CH ETTC IR IT PREL EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME2827 | ALENIA SPAZIO AND CHINA: FURTHER GOI VIEWS ON [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: SEE PARAGRAPH 6. 2. (S) ECMIN AND ECONOFF MET WITH MFA EXPORT CONTROL COORDINATOR UGO DE MOHR ON JUNE 20 TO DISCUSS PROPOSED AD HOC CONSULTATIONS ON BOTH ALENIA SPAZIO'S ACTIVITY IN CHINA AS WELL AS OTHER MUTUAL NON-PROLIFERATION CONCERNS (REF C). 3. (S) ECMIN DREW DE [...] |
2003-06-20 16:20:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETTC PREL IT CH EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME3842 | U.S.-ITALY DUAL USE EXPORT CONTROL CONSULTATIONS, [...] (S) Summary: U.S. and Italian government delegations held consultations on dual use export controls in Rome July 21-23, in order to increase mutual understanding of each country's controls and to further bilateral cooperation. Flexibility is a key component of each country's controls - in Ital [...] |
2003-08-25 14:09:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETTC PREL IT CH EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME4236 | FINANCE MINISTER TREMONTI AND THE "CHINA THREAT" [...] Summary: The weakness of export markets and a perceived loss of Italian competitiveness have fueled a summer-long debate in Italy on the "trade threat" posed by China. The debate, led by Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti and his close ally, Northern League leader Umberto Bossi, has highlighted [...] |
2003-09-17 15:10:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD IT CH EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME4241 | ITALIAN VIEWS ON OECD STEEL SUBSIDIES DISCUSSIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 7. 2. (SBU) During its EU Presidency the GOI is hoping for progress towards an agreement on steel subsidies among major steel-producing countries, as currently being worked by the High Level Group (HLG) under the auspices of the OECD. However, Minist [...] |
2003-09-18 05:37:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD IT CH EUN |
| 03ROME4744 | ALENIA SPAZIO SPACE COOPERATION WITH CHINA [...] (U) This message contains an action request in para 7. 2. (S) Ecmin delivered reftel information October 10 to MFA Director General for Economic and Financial Cooperation Giandomenico Magliano, who was accompanied by Diego Ungaro, Director of the MFA's Office of Defense Industry and Sensiti [...] |
2003-10-16 17:20:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | CH ETTC IT PARM PREL TSPA EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME5184 | ITALY ON THE SIXTH EU-CHINA SUMMIT AND BILATERAL [...] (U) This cable contains an action request for EAP and EUR/ERA. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary: Expanding trade between the EU and China, the EU's continued arms embargo and North Korea topped discussions at the October 30 EU-China Summit in Beijing. The EU and China signed the Gali [...] |
2003-11-17 08:24:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PARM SMIG TSPL TSPA ETRD CH IT EUN HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 03ROME5468 | ALENIA SPAZIO CEO MAURIZIO TUCCI'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. Alenia Spazio CEO Maurizio Tucci described for the Ambassador on November 28 his keen interest in ensuring that nothing undermine the growing relationship of trust fostered by recent Italy-U.S. discussions on dual-use export controls and technology transfer. Tucci said he was eag [...] |
2003-12-04 16:37:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC MASS IT CH TSPA EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME5710 | ITALY: EU-CHINA HR DIALOGUE: POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials claim the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue was a positive and cooperative exchange but, it did not provide any tangible commitments or actions from the Chinese. The Chinese underscored their willingness to work through international mechanisms to respect human rights bu [...] |
2003-12-24 07:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CH IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 03STATE115323 | S37-03: IRANIAN PROCUREMENT OF GLASS-LINED [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 4. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: WE WANT TO SHARE WITH CHINESE AUTHORITIES FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING IRANIAN PROCUREMENT OF GLASS-LINED CHEMICAL PROCESSING EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY, AS WELL AS BW-USEFUL JET MILLS/MICRONIZERS, FROM THE FOLLOWING [...] |
2003-05-05 16:40:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC CBW CH IR |
| 03STATE8026 | A/S KELLY DISCUSSES KOREA, BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (C) A/S KELLY BRIEFED AMBASSADOR YANG JIECHI JANUARY 9 ON LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR APPROACH TO NORTH KOREA, PREVIEWED HIS UPCOMING TRIP TO THE REGION AND DISCUSSED OVERALL BILATERAL RELATIONS. ON KOREA, KELLY STRESSED U.S. TACTICAL FLEXIBILITY IN FOCUSING ON OUR KEY OBJECTIVE, WHICH WAS TO [...] |
2003-01-10 00:05:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH KN KS |
| 03THEHAGUE2114 | PDAS SOUTHWICK DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE HAGUE [...] (C) Summary: DRL PDAS Michael Southwick met with Dutch interlocutors on August 18 to discuss US-led and multilateral efforts in the field of human rights. The Dutch exchanged EU goals for the UNGA 3rd committee as well as thoughts on Cuba, CHR WEOG rotation scheme, and US-EU cooperation on h [...] |
2003-08-22 08:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM BM CG TH CH ZI CU NL UNHRC UNGA |
| 03THEHAGUE2313 | DUTCH REACTION TO NONPAPER ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA [...] (C) Summary: PolOff delivered nonpaper text on human rights in China (Ref A) to Dutch MFA Deputy Head of East Asia Department Gerrie Willems, and Senior Policy Advisor on Human Rights in Asia Sandra Pellegrom on September 12. The Dutch are pleased the U.S. is initiating early discussions on th [...] |
2003-09-15 15:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CH NL |
| 03THEHAGUE3168 | DUTCH MFA ON EU'S CHINA ARMS EMBARGO [...] No summary [...] |
2003-12-23 15:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PARM CH TW NL EUN |
| 03VATICAN1033 | TAIWAN AT THE HOLY SEE: CLINGING TO ITS LAST [...] (U) SUMMARY: WHILE TAIWAN IS WELL AWARE THAT THE HOLY SEE WILL SHIFT ITS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS TO BEIJING AS SOON AS IT CAN; TAIPEI CONTINUES TO USE ITS LAST EMBASSY IN EUROPE TO PRESENT ITSELF AS A MATURE DEMOCRATIC STATE THAT PLAYS A CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF DEMOCRACY AND HU [...] |
2003-03-13 05:17:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PREL TW VT |
| 03VATICAN2046 | HOLY SEE EXPRESSES MORAL SUPPORT FOR TAIWAN'S [...] (C) HOLY SEE DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER PAROLIN CONTACTED DCM APRIL 28 TO CONVEY THE VATICAN'S MORAL SUPPORT FOR TAIWANESE PARTICIPATION IN THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, WHICH THEY HAVE CAST AS A "HUMANITARIAN ISSUE." PAROLIN UNDERSTOOD FROM THE TAIWANESE, WHO HAD CALLED ON HIM THAT DAY, T [...] |
2003-05-13 04:31:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI TBIO CH TW VT |
| 03VATICAN215 | HOLY SEE AND THE PRC, TIME FOR RECONCILIATION? [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE HOLY SEE IS "HAPPY TO HEAR THE GOOD NEWS" (REF) THAT PRC OFFICIALS ARE WAITING FOR A 'GESTURE' FROM THE VATICAN IN ORDER TO RESUME DIALOG ABOUT NORMALIZING CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 00215 01 OF 02 171350Z RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS. [...] |
2003-01-17 13:22:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PREL VT |
| 03VATICAN3820 | VATICAN: BALL IN CHINA'S COURT ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (C) MEETING AUGUST 20 WITH HOLY SEE DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER PIETRO PAROLIN, DCM RAISED THE CURRENT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SITUATION IN CHINA, BUILDING ON REF A DEMARCHE TO EU COUNTRIES AND REF B DEVELOPMENTS IN THE BILATERAL DIALOGUE. WITHOUT REFERRING DIRECTLY TO CARDINAL MCCARRICK'S RECENT CO [...] |
2003-08-22 15:17:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | CH KIRF PHUM PINR PREL VT |
| 03VATICAN5611 | HOLY SEE PESSIMISTIC ON WAY FORWARD IN CHINA [...] (C) In a December 3 meeting, Vatican Office Director for China Gianfranco Rota-Graziosi was pessimistic on prospects for progress on human rights and religious freedom in China. He noted continuing persecution of both the underground Catholic Church and the government-controlled Catholic Patri [...] |
2003-12-16 13:01:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | CH KIRF PHUM PINR PREL VT |
| 04ABUJA1461 | DARFUR TALKS, DAY TWO AND THREE [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite initial wrangling over agenda items and the presence of the international community during negotiating sessions, talks between the Sudanese Government and rebel movements started on August 24. The parties emerged from several closed-door sessions with an agenda to fra [...] |
2004-08-25 13:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV NI CH SU DARFUR |
| 04ABUJA2051 | CHINA PROVIDES WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT [...] The Chinese government is to provide 598 boreholes in 18 states plus the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The leader of a team of Chinese engineers, Mr. Dai Genbao, said that his team is currently conducting reconnaissance in the states as a prelude to the commencement of the water project. [...] |
2004-12-13 10:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV EAID CH NI |
| 04ACCRA1564 | UPDATE ON CHINA LOAN SCANDAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: GoG officials continue to tell Post privately that the USD 300 million loan from China New Techniques Construction and Investment (CNTCI), which was approved by Parliament in April 2004, is dead (see Refs A and B for background). In May 2004, Minister of Finance and Economic Plan [...] |
2004-07-28 16:37:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EAID EFIN CH GH GOG |
| 04AMMAN6760 | JORDAN'S KING ABDULLAH VISITS ASIA SEEKING TRADE, [...] (U) SUMMARY: King Abdullah's swing through Asia was aimed at diversifying the Kingdom's trade and investment partners and seeking bilateral assistance. The King succeeded in obtaining several grants and loans from China and South Korea; Jordan and Korea also signed a tax treaty. The King's [...] |
2004-08-11 13:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV EAID JO CH KS TH |
| 04BANGKOK7313 | THAI VIEWS OF A MORE ASSERTIVE CHINA [...] (C) Summary. When analyzing China's growing influence in the region, Thai experts tend to: accept China's growing power as inevitable; hope that problems associated with China's growing strength will either fix themselves or be mitigated by other powers like the United States or India; and, [...] |
2004-10-20 11:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PGOV TH CH ASEAN BURMA |
| 04BEIJING3796 | WEN JIABAO'S NPC DEBUT: "PEOPLE FIRST," RURAL [...] (C) Premier Wen Jiabao reiterated the "people- centered" approach of the new Chinese leadership in his report to China's legislature, the National People's Congress, on March 5. With former President Jiang Zemin and the current leadership looking on, Wen highlighted the new government's vict [...] |
2004-03-05 11:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN EAGR ETRD PREL CH TW HK |
| 04BEIJING7258 | Deputy U/S Levine Meets with Premier Wen Jiabao [...] (U) Summary: Premier Wen Jiabao met with Deputy Undersecretary for Labor Affairs Arnold Levine, Special Representative of Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, and with Labor Ministers attending the China Employment Forum. D/US Levine met with Ministry of Labor and Cooperation Director for Inter [...] |
2004-05-04 03:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EFIN ETRD PHUM PREL CH |
| 04BRASILIA1185 | SCENE SETTER: PRESIDENT LULA'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] (U) Summary: Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva visits China May 22 - 27, accompanied by a huge entourage of Ministers and business leaders, determined to put Brazil-China relations at the center of his quest for strategic alliances. Trade and investment may be the most visible it [...] |
2004-05-14 17:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BR BTIO EAGR ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL CH UNSC WTRO |
| 04BRASILIA1503 | TALK OF BRAZIL-CHINA NUCLEAR COOPERATION OVERSTATED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Much was made in the Brazilian press about an apparent agreement reached between Brasilia and Beijing during Lula's May visit to China to cooperate on nuclear energy and technology. The story was exaggerated. It is now clear that little more than inchoate informal agreements to [...] |
2004-06-18 15:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ETTC KSCA PREL BR CH |
| 04BRASILIA755 | BRAZIL POSITIONS ON CUBA, CHINA, AND OTHER CHR [...] (C) Summary: According to the head of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry's Human Rights Division, Brazil will abstain on any Cuba or China resolutions and on a Chinese "no-action" motion. (Note: Ambassador will raise the Cuba and China resolutions at a more senior level again March 29. End note [...] |
2004-03-29 21:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CH CU PREL BR UNHRC TIP |
| 04BRATISLAVA1027 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP NOVEMBER 10, 2004 [...] (C) Representatives of the MFA and MOD told DCM and emboffs October 19 that there was strong pressure from some EU countries to lift the arms embargo on China and added that Slovakia believed a strengthened EU Code of Conduct would only allow responsible exports (Refs A and B). DCM stressed t [...] |
2004-11-10 15:18:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LO UP LY CH |
| 04BRATISLAVA324 | SLOVAKIA CAN SUPPORT CUBA RESOLUTION, NOT CHINA [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-01 13:23:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM CU CH LO CHR |
| 04BRATISLAVA621 | EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: JAPANESE DECLINE; SLOVAKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. JAPANESE POLOFFS IN BRATISLAVA DECLINED TO DEMARCHE WITH U.S. POLOFF REGARDING THE EU ARMS EMBARGO ON CHINA. THE SLOVAKS PRESENTED THEMSELVES AS NON-PLAYERS IN AN EU DEBATE, NOTING THAT "IMPORTANT EU MEMBERS" WILL MAKE THE DECISION. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) PER REFTEL A, POLOFF CONT [...] |
2004-06-25 14:46:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR CH JA LO EUN |
| 04BRATISLAVA895 | GOS TO SUPPORT CHINA ARMS EMBARGO [...] (C) DCM discussed reftel with Ivan Korcok, State Secretary of the MFA, Milan Jezovica, Foreign Policy Advisor SIPDIS to PM Dzurinda, and Frantisek Ruzicka, Acting General Director for European Affairs. Ruzicka was very well versed in U.S. views (to the point of summarizing previous demar [...] |
2004-09-29 14:31:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC PHUM CH LO EUN |
| 04BRATISLAVA923 | GAERC ISSUES: CODE OF CONDUCT STRONG ENOUGH; [...] (C) In response to points raised from ref A, MFA European Correspondent Lubomir Rehak on October 6 told polec chief that the EU was strengthening the code of conduct regarding arms sales to make it more effective than in the past. He said member states were confident that it would suffice to [...] |
2004-10-08 07:43:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM CH LY TU EU LO |
| 04BRUSSELS1081 | US-EU COASI CONSULTATIONS PART 1: EAST ASIA [...] (C) On March 5 in Brussels, SA A/S Rocca and EAP PDAS Keyser -- accompanied by USEU DCM Foster -- discussed US-EU cooperation in South and East Asia with the EU's COASI Troika. This cable covers the EAP portion of the consultations. The SA segment will be reported septel. -- Indonesia: EU [...] |
2004-03-15 08:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP CH ID BM KN ASEAN EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS1577 | EU CODE OF CONDUCT ON ARMS EXPORTS: QUESTIONS AND [...] (SBU) This message is intended as a companion to Mission reporting (refs A, B, C) about the possibility that the EU may soon lift its arms embargo on China. In place of the embargo, some EU Member States favor enhancing the EU Code of Conduct on arms exports, either in general or with specific [...] |
2004-04-14 05:24:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PHUM CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS3159 | EU/CHINA: READOUT OF JUNE 30 HUMAN RIGHTS SEMINAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 29-30 the EU and China held a joint seminar on Chinese ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) (refs A, C). EU reporting, relayed to poloff by a Policy Unit staffer, described the seminar as useful overall -- with a "wonderful atmo [...] |
2004-07-26 13:51:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PARM KDEM KJUS CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS3210 | EU/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: BRIEFING THE PSC ON CHINA'S [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) hosted an informal gathering July 22 to receive a USG intelligence briefing on China's military modernization efforts and implications on regional stability if the EU lifts its arms embargo on China. Post-briefing readouts from EU [...] |
2004-07-28 15:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MARR MCAP PHUM CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS3310 | HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH ON EU/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO [...] (C) DRL Senior Advisor Susan O'Sullivan and poloff met July 23 with Human Rights Watch (HRW) Brussels Director Lotte Leicht to discuss the EU drive to lift its arms embargo on China. Leicht said that HRW is working with Amnesty International (AI), Human Rights in China (HRIC), and likeminded [...] |
2004-08-04 10:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PARM MARR CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS3333 | EU/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: READOUT OF UK POLDIR SAWERS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Japanese Mission offered us a readout of the July 29 meeting in Tokyo between DFM Tanaka and UK PolDir Sawers to discuss the China arms embargo. Sawers told Tanaka that the UK wanted to de-link any decision to lift the arms embargo from the EU-China summit in December because o [...] |
2004-08-05 14:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR PARM PHUM CH TW JA UK EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4274 | US/EU POLICY PLANNING TALKS [...] (C) Summary: US and EU policy planners met September 20 to discuss the transatlantic relationship, the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP), Iraq, Iran, and the Broader Middle East and North Africa and the EU's Barcelona Process. Discussions were frank about the challenges in the main message fro [...] |
2004-10-05 10:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR CH IS PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS432 | EU HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA PREVIEW: CHR-60 AND CHINA [...] (C) Summary: Further to ref A, European Council human rights experts stressed the importance of earlier bilateral consultations on country-specific resolutions, while noting that a number of EU member state human rights experts continue to have trouble dealing with the US "thematics" paper. Re [...] |
2004-02-03 04:19:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL MASS ETRD IR CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4376 | EU/CHINA ARMS: DAS SUCHAN VISIT LAUNCHES PUBLIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM DAS Greg Suchan's October 7 visit to discuss US opposition to lifting the EU arms embargo on China included meetings with select PSC Ambassadors, as well as a public briefing and press conference/backgrounder which resulted in widespread and generally positive coverage in Europ [...] |
2004-10-13 06:49:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS ETTC PHUM CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4474 | EU/CHINA ARMS: SLOWING THE RUSH TO THE SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: US approaches to EU member states have slowed the rush to end the arms embargo before the December 8 summit with China. Nevertheless, following the October 11 GAERC discussion of China, EU Member States appear to be gearing up to signal to China at the summit that they have agreed [...] |
2004-10-18 12:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MASS ETTC PHUM CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4944 | COMMISSION AND COUNCIL RESPONSES ON NOV. 22 GAERC [...] (U) PolOffs have delivered Ref A points to contacts in the Council Secretariat and the personal staff of new External Relations Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner (who will be attending her first GAERC as a Commissioner on Monday). MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS ------------------------- 2. (C) XXXXXXXXXXX X [...] |
2004-11-19 15:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MASS MARR IR CH BO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04COLOMBO526 | CHR: Mission provides GSL with draft Cuba [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 25 meeting at the Sri Lankan MFA, Polchief reviewed talking points and provided a copy of the draft CHR resolution on Cuba. MFA contact was non-committal, noting that the GSL was in a state of flux due to the April 2 elections. Overall, we think moving the GSL to a "y [...] |
2004-03-25 09:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR CE CU CH CHR UN |
| 04DJIBOUTI394 | DJIBOUTI AND REQUEST FOR INFO ON CHINESE [...] (C) Chinese development activity in Djibouti has been robust, with major projects as well as feasibility studies, minor projects and assistance for renovation of existing facilities. Major projects include a sports stadium built in between 1991 and 1993 at a cost of USD 11 million (loan) and [...] |
2004-03-17 14:14:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAID ECON CH DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI398 | CHINA'S NEW AMBASSADOR TO DJIBOUTI [...] (U) Shen Jiangkuan, China's new envoy in Djibouti, presented his credentials March 15 to President Ismail Omar Guelleh. In his credentialling remarks, Shen described Djibouti as a country which has contributed to the promotion of peace and development in the region. He said Djibouti has achie [...] |
2004-03-18 05:02:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINR EAID CH DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI467 | CHINA RESOLUTION: TALKING POINTS DELIVERED [...] (U) PolOff delivered the demarche requested on the China Resolution to Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Badri Ali Bogoreh, March 30, 2004. Bogoreh and PolOff discussed the session of the UN Commission on Human Rights in general terms. Bogoreh said he would take the matter [...] |
2004-03-30 11:42:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM DJ CH |
| 04DJIBOUTI488 | RECENT TELECOM DEVELOPMENTS IN DJIBOUTI [...] (U) SUMMARY: Djibouti has begun to market itself as a potential hub for trade activity. It is trying hard to bring the country up to speed for the 21st century with significant reform and development in the telecommunications sector. Already home to a hub for the SEA-ME-WE#3 (South East Asia [...] |
2004-04-04 11:59:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECPS EINT TINT ETRD ECON CH DJ |
| 04HANOI2745 | VIETNAM: WEN JIABAO TO DISCUSS TRADE, BORDER DURING [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Chinese Prime Minister (PM) Wen Jiabao will join the parade of Asian and European leaders to the ASEM 5 summit in Hanoi October 7-9. Reflecting China's status as Vietnam's ideological soulmate and "big brother," Wen will be one of only five leaders to also have a bil [...] |
2004-10-06 02:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD PBTS CH VM ASEAN CVR |
| 04HANOI2809 | Ambassador's October 13 Dinner with Vice Foreign [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador hosted a dinner October 13 for Vice Foreign Minister Nguyen Phu Binh, who, in his capacity as head of the MFA's Committee on Overseas Vietnamese, will soon travel to the United States to discuss Viet Kieu issues. Binh said Vietnam desired improved relations with [...] |
2004-10-15 03:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM CH VM CVR HUMANR ASEAN WTO |
| 04HANOI2857 | PRC PM WEN'S VISIT TO HANOI: TRADE TAKES THE FRONT [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's first official visit to Vietnam yielded a number of agreements in the trade and development areas and a renewed commitment to make progress in demarcating the two countries' land border. Considerable daylight still remains between the two sides on t [...] |
2004-10-21 06:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CH VM CVR WTO |
| 04HANOI330 | TIP IN VIETNAM: VISIT OF G/TIP PROGRAM OFFICER [...] Summary: G/TIP Foreign Affairs Officer Gregory Holliday's meetings in Vietnam were productive and reflected the hard work and effort Vietnam is putting into the fight against trafficking in persons. He heard about the GVN's increasing attention to trafficking and about recent changes to how [...] |
2004-02-06 09:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KCRM ELAB CB CH MY RP VM OMIG TIP LABOR |
| 04HANOI377 | MFA GOALS FOR 2004 AND BEYOND [...] (SBU) Summary. MFA Policy Planning Department Deputy Director General Bui Thanh Son, in a meeting with Pol/C on February 10, reiterated Vietnam's commitment to moving forward on U.S.-Vietnam relations "in all fields, including military" in 2004. He pondered about the possibility of a bilat [...] |
2004-02-11 10:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP CH LA CB VM ASEAN |
| 04HANOI558 | VIETNAM AND CHINA SIGN PRELUDE TO FISHING PROTOCOL [...] (U) Summary: At the conclusion of ministerial talks in Hanoi February 24, Vietnam and the PRC signed an agreement on the basic contents of a future protocol for fishing cooperation in the Gulf of Tonkin, expected to be signed later this year in Beijing. Vietnam views this protocol as essen [...] |
2004-02-26 09:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIS CH VM PTBS CVR |
| 04HANOI652 | INPUT FOR 2004 TIP REPORT - VIETNAM [...] Mission Vietnam's response to the TIP questions in reftel A follows, following the requested checklist format. 2. OVERVIEW OF VIETNAM'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TIP A. Characterization of trafficking in Vietnam: Vietnam is a country of origin for trafficked, women, and children, but the [...] |
2004-03-04 03:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF CH TW CA VM OMIG TIP |
| 04HARARE501 | CHINESE ASSISTANCE TO ZIMBABWE [...] (U) On March 22, Poloff met with Shaohua Duan, Third Secretary (Economic and Commercial) of the Embassy of the SIPDIS People's Republic of China to discuss Chinese humanitarian assistance to Zimbabwe. Duan, who arrived in July 2002, told Poloff that Chinese assistance was limited by China's [...] |
2004-03-23 14:35:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF CH EAID PHUM PREF PREL ZI |
| 04HELSINKI1137 | GYMNICH MEETING: FINLAND SAYS EU "FAIRLY [...] (C) Summary: In an August 27 meeting with the chief of the MFA's EU coordination unit, we reviewed the agenda for the September 3-4 Gymnich meeting. We were told that the EU is leaning toward a financial contribution to support a UN protection force in Iraq -- and that Finland would consider [...] |
2004-09-02 14:58:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FI IZ CH TU IR SU ZL XF EUN |
| 04HELSINKI1288 | CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (C) I spoke today with Jaakko Kalela, President Halonen's chief of staff. I noted news reports over the past few days that a cache of weapons, mostly handguns, had been seized in Finland. Just today Finnish customs officials have reported that these weapons were transiting Finland, from China [...] |
2004-10-01 13:40:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC PHUM CH FI EUN |
| 04HELSINKI1420 | SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY JONES VISIT TO [...] (C) Your visit to Helsinki, coming just days after the U.S. election, will be an excellent opportunity to review our bilateral and multilateral agenda with Finnish leaders, and to stress the value of our close relationship with Finland and Europe. Finnish President Halonen has sent a telegram [...] |
2004-11-04 17:35:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MCAP PTER IZ AF RS CH FI EUN |
| 04HELSINKI1547 | FINLAND: VIEWS ON THE DECEMBER 13-14 GAERC [...] (U) We met with Finnish MFA EU Correspondent Kimmo Lahdevirta to discuss the agenda for next week's GAERC meeting and the European Council meeting to follow. Finnish views, by issue: 2. (C) China Arms Embargo: Lahdevirta said his understanding is that the EU has reached consensus on revisi [...] |
2004-12-10 14:28:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC XF CH HR IR TU UP FI EUN EU GAERC |
| 04HOCHIMINHCITY1024 | (SBU) DPRK REFUGEE "UNDERGROUND RAILROAD" RUNS THROUGH [...] (SBU) We met August 3 with a counterpart at the ROK Consulate in HCMC to follow up on press reports that the four hundred and fifty North Korean refugees that defected recently to South Korea did so via HCMC. (On July 27 and July 28, 450 North Koreans refugees arrived in Seoul, the single lar [...] |
2004-08-05 01:17:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF SOCI PREL PGOV KS KN CH VM DPRK |
| 04KATHMANDU1096 | NEPAL: TIBETAN REFUGEE UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: No deportations of Tibetan refugees have been reported since the last refugee update of February 26, 2004 (Ref A). However, refugees who make the dangerous passage continue to face other risks. For example, the reports of abuse of three female refugees in April appear to have l [...] |
2004-06-14 08:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL PBTS PTER NP CH |
| 04KATHMANDU466 | NEPAL: GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL NONCOMMITTAL ON [...] (C) Summary. On March 15, DCM and PolOff called on Home Ministry Joint Secretary U.P. Mainali to discuss Tibetan refugee issues as raised reftel. The DCM thanked Mainali for his effort in processing exit permits for Tibetans who were eligible for U.S. immigrant visas. The DCM expressed conce [...] |
2004-03-16 08:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL CVIS CH NP |
| 04KATHMANDU554 | NEPAL UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT RESOLUTIONS ON CUBA AND [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-24 08:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CH CU NP UNHRC |
| 04KINSHASA1958 | CONGOLESE GOVERNMENT PLANNING VISIT TO CHINA, [...] (C) Presidential Advisor and Special Ambassador Andre Kapanga told PolCouns October 18 that he and Foreign Minister Ramazani (possibly with other government officials) will be visiting China the first week of November, followed by a 4-day visit to North Korea. Kapanga said the delegation will [...] |
2004-10-21 13:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG ETRD ETTC PINR PREL CG CH KN |
| 04KINSHASA2122 | DRC VISIT TO CHINA, N. KOREA - HYDROELECTRICITY [...] (C) Summary: Presidential advisor Andre Kapanga, the second-ranking official on the DRC delegation to China and North Korea, told PolCouns November 17 that meetings focused on investment opportunities in the DRC, particularly hydroelectrical generation and production of roof tiles. China off [...] |
2004-11-19 07:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ECON ENRG EINV EMIN ETRD PGOV CG CH KN |
| 04KUWAIT4389 | CHINA AND ITALY TO STORE KUWAIT'S STRATEGIC [...] (C) A senior advisor to Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah told Poloff on December 15 that Kuwait had concluded an agreement with China -- reportedly through a China-based Chevron subsidiary -- for the storage of part of its foreign-based "Strategic Petroleum Reserve," (SPR) bolster [...] |
2004-12-18 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL KU CH IT |
| 04MADRID1079 | SPANISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON CHR 60 RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) PolCouns and Poloff met with Augustin Nunez, MFA Director General for UN Affairs (A/S equivalent) on March 26 to follow up on our initial March 23 approach to senior MFA officials regarding the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Cuba and China resolutions (reftels A and B). We stressed our [...] |
2004-03-30 16:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CH CU SP UNHRC |
| 04MADRID2416 | SPANISH RESPONSE: MAINTAINING THE EU ARMS EMBARGO [...] (C) Summary: Spain continues to say that they believe the human rights situation in China is improving and that the EU arms embargo no longer makes sense. (Note: In our various approaches to senior levels of the previous government, we received a similar response.) Spain believes that it is i [...] |
2004-06-25 15:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR CH TW SP EUN |
| 04MADRID3839 | SPAIN FAVORS CODE OF CONDUCT WITH THE LIFTING OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUR/WE Director Kathleen Allegrone, Charge, and Poloff delivered reftel talking points and discussed U.S. human rights concerns at all levels of the Spanish MFA September 28-30. Spain believes that the Code of Conduct is sufficient to monitor arms sales to China of EU states. [...] |
2004-10-04 14:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC PHUM CH EUN |
| 04MADRID4488 | SPAIN: LATEST ON EU ARMS EMBARGO ON CHINA [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-24 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC CH SP EUN |
| 04MADRID998 | CHR 60 - DEMARCHE REQUESTS FOR RESOLUTIONS ON [...] (C) Political Counselor conveyed reftel points March 23 to Spanish Deputy Foreign Minister Ramon Gil-Casares, stressing the importance of passage of these resolutions for the USG. We also passed our points to MFA's Human Rights and International Organizations Departments. Juan Manuel Cabre [...] |
2004-03-24 14:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CH CU SP UNHRC |
| 04NASSAU1515 | PRIME MINISTER CHRISTIE’S CHINA TRIP, THE LATEST IN A STRING OF VISITS [...] (SBU) Bahamian Prime Minister Perry Christie will lead an official government delegation to China on August 14-21, continuing a two-year upswing in diplomatic exchanges between The Bahamas and China. In addition to numerous cultural programs, the two nations have exchanged high-level delegations to [...] |
2004-08-11 13:21:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP BTIO ECON SCUL CH BF ASEC |
| 04NEWDELHI7674 | GOI UNAPOLOGETIC ON DARFUR NO ACTION VOTE, [...] (C) SA/INS Director Blake and Polcouns used a December 2 meeting with MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar to convey our disappointment at the recent GOI vote at the UN in favor of "no action" on the resolution concerning the plight of refugees in Darfur. Polcouns also urged further ef [...] |
2004-12-03 13:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF IN CH UN |
| 04PANAMA1953 | NO DECISION IMMINENT ON CHINA/TAIWAN DIPLOMATIC [...] IN A BREAKFAST MEETING ON JULY 29, PANAMA'S VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT (AND PRESUMPTIVE FOREIGN MINISTER) SAMUEL LEWIS NAVARRO TOLD AMBASSADOR THAT THE INCOMING TORRIJOS GOVERNMENT IS FAR FROM MAKING A DECISION ON THE POSSIBILITY OF DIPLOMATIC RECOGNITION OF CHINA. REFERRING TO LEWIS' JUNE 30 INQUIR [...] |
2004-08-02 18:58:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW CH PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PARAMARIBO545 | CHINESE DELEGATION VISIT TO SURINAME: JUST REGULAR [...] In a July 22 conversation with the Embassy, Political Officer Yumin Zhao of the Chinese Embassy downplayed a recent visit by a delegation from the Peoples National Congress to Suriname. Zhao stressed that the July 6-9 visit was part of a regular orientation of Chinese government officials to [...] |
2004-07-27 13:10:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID SOCI CH NS |
| 04PARIS9167 | FRANCE AND CENTRAL AFRICA (NORTH) [...] (C) SUMMARY. Chad, where France maintains a permanent miltary presence, and the Central African Republic (CAR), where France is supporting military and economic reform are key countries for France's Africa policy. The crisis in Darfur has caused concern in France about additional threats to [...] |
2004-12-29 11:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CM CT CH ZF XA FR |
| 04QUITO2891 | ECUADORIAN, CHILEAN FM'S TALK BORDERS, TRADE [...] Summary. Chilean Foreign Minister Ignacio Walker met with Ecuadorian officials in Quito on October 28. In a subsequent joint declaration, the countries committed to begin FTA negotiations in 2004, respect existing international treaties (in reference to Chile's maritime disagreements with P [...] |
2004-10-29 22:16:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EC CH |
| 04RANGOON1014 | BURMESE PRIME MINISTER KHIN NYUNT: CHINA FREQUENT [...] (C) Summary: Both the PRC Embassy and the Burmese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) described Burmese Prime Minister Khin Nyunt's 11-18 July visit to China, his eighth overall though the first as PM, as a huge success. The visit, during which Khin Nyunt met senior Chinese leaders and repor [...] |
2004-08-06 09:48:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ECON PGOV PHUM BM CH |
| 04RANGOON125 | CHINESE DAMS, CHINESE INFLUENCE IN BURMA [...] (SBU) SURGING CHINESE SOCIO-ECONOMIC INFLUENCE: Emboffs traveling on GOB-organized "Study Visit" to border regions and central Burma January 23 - 26 witnessed a high degree of Chinese socio-economic influence across a 325-mile stretch of Burma's Shan State border with China, especially in the [...] |
2004-01-29 07:21:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | PREL ENRG KNNP BM CH |
| 04RANGOON501 | BURMA: CHINESE VISIT A "BIG EVENT" FOR PRC-SPDC [...] (C) Summary: The Chinese ambassador to Burma characterized the recent visit by Vice Premier Wu Yi as a "big event" for bilateral relations, noting 21 agreements had been signed and commenting that China had selected areas of cooperation that would be of import not only to the current regime [...] |
2004-04-22 05:40:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV BM CH ASSK |
| 04RANGOON502 | BURMESE NARCOTICS: CHINESE AMBASSADOR ADVOCATES [...] (C) Summary: The Chinese ambassador to Burma advocates shifting international focus from counter-drug activities toward alternative and long-term development as a means to keep farmers from cultivating poppy and producing opium. He said current PRC counternarcotics activities in Burma are mo [...] |
2004-04-22 05:47:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR BM CH |
| 04RANGOON647 | BURMESE REGIME'S STRATEGIC VIEWS OF U.S. AND CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United States wants to dominate Burma in order to penetrate China's soft underbelly, according to Burmese Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt. The PM, speaking with a visiting ethnic leader, laid out his strategic views of the United States and China. Burma must resist U.S. [...] |
2004-05-21 08:06:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR PINR BM CH |
| 04RANGOON886 | Western China Woos Burma Trade [...] (SBU) Summary: The largest-ever business delegation to travel to Burma from Southwest China's Sichuan province visited Rangoon in late June for a Chinese-export trade fair. Ironically, many Chinese goods exhibited at the fair are on Burma's list of items restricted or banned for import. Bur [...] |
2004-07-14 02:20:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL ECON BM CH |
| 04ROME1190 | ITALY: CHR CHINA CUBA RESOLUTIONS - G-77 MAIN [...] (C) AMBASSADOR SPOKE WITH MFA SECRETARY GENERAL UMBERTO VATTANI REGARDING REFTEL POINTS AND POL MC DELIVERED POINTS, RESOLUTION TEXT AND NON-PAPER TO MFA DEPUTY POLITICAL DIRECTOR CLAUDIO BISOGNIERO AND MFA HUMAN RIGHTS DIRECTOR GIUSEPPE CALVETTA. VATTANI THANKED THE AMBASSADOR AND ASSURED HIM [...] |
2004-03-25 11:18:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CH CU IT UNHRC |
| 04ROME1342 | EU ARMS EMBARGO ON CHINA: ITALY WEARING POKER FACE [...] (U) PLEASE SEE ACTION REQUESTS IN PARAS 7 AND 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY. ITALY WILL FACTOR ITS DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.S. INTO FORMULATING A POSITION ON WHETHER TO AGREE TO LIFT THE EU EMBARGO. PM BERLUSCONI IS LIKELY TO BE LOBBIED HARD BY CHINESE PREMIER WEN JIABAO WHEN HE VIS [...] |
2004-04-05 16:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CH IT EUN HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME1928 | ALENIA SPAZIO AND CHINA - DETAILS ON CONTINUED AND [...] (S) Summary: Alenia Spazio (AS) CEO Maurizio Tucci and Director General Carlo Penazzi told emboffs May 13 that contacts between the company and Chinese space officials over the last six months had revealed several potential areas of further cooperation: telecommunications; manned space program [...] |
2004-05-19 07:38:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL TSPA IT CH EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 04ROME2489 | ITALY - EU ARMS EMBARGO ON CHINA [...] (C) We raised reftel points with senior Italian officials at meetings on June 23, 24 and 25. They acknowledged that there may be a gradually emerging EU consensus on lifting the EU China Arms Embargo, but said that there is no deadline and that the EU does not want to signal to Beijing that t [...] |
2004-06-25 17:04:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PHUM ETTC EU CH IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME2829 | U.S.-ITALY DUAL USE EXPORT CONTROL CONSULTATIONS, [...] (S) On June 23, 2004, U.S. and Italian goverment delegations held consultations on a range o export control and technology transfer issues, s a follow-up to discussions held in July 2003. Bth sides appeared satisfied with the quality of he information exchange. Discussion included the EU/China [...] |
2004-07-21 14:23:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETTC PREL EIND PARM TSPA IT CH IR EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 04ROME2969 | WFP SCHOOL MILK PROPOSAL FOR CHINA [...] WFP plans to phase out its operations in China at the end of 2005, and remains hopeful that China will become a major food aid contributor in the future. In 2001, WFP approached USDA related to a one-time 100,000 metric ton donation of Dry Skimmed Milk powder to support Chinese school feeding [...] |
2004-07-30 15:38:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR CH WFP UN |
| 04ROME647 | EU-CHINA ARMS EMBARGO - ITALIANS PROCEED CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) CHARGE, ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFFS MET WITH AND DELIVERED REF POINTS TO MFA U/S FOR ASIA AND HUMAN RIGHTS, MARGHERITA BONIVER. BONIVER AGREED THAT CHINESE PROGRESS ON HUMAN RIGHTS HAS BEEN LESS THAN SATISFACTORY AND THAT LIFTING THE EMBARGO AT THIS TIME WOULD SEND THE WRONG MESSAGE TO THE C [...] |
2004-02-20 17:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PARM CH TW IT EUN HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04SANTODOMINGO5888 | DOMINICAN POLITICS #7: THE VANISHING LEFT [...] (SBU) This is #7 in our current series on politics in the Dominican Republic: The Vanishing Left ** Despite current economic hardships, Dominicans have shown no interest at all in radical political solutions. This year's presidential election emphasized the eclipse of the left. With a t [...] |
2004-10-27 16:47:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL DR VE CU CH TW |
| 04SANTODOMINGO6472 | DOMINICAN POLITICS #10: SANTO DOMINGO, BETWEEN [...] (U) This is #10 in our current series on politics in the Dominican Republic: Santo Domingo, Between Taipei and Beijing (C) Summary and comment: Beijing's global campaign to isolate Taiwan has reached the Dominican Republic, the largest Caribbean island nation that maintains diplomatic re [...] |
2004-12-02 18:27:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EINV EPET CH TW DR XE |
| 04SANTODOMINGO6656 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PRC REPRESENTATIVE PUSHES [...] (SBU) During a courtesy call December 10, the head of the Santo Domingo Commercial Development Office of the People's Republic of China Cai Weiquan told Charge Kubiske that his purpose in the Dominican Republic is to encourage it to switch diplomatic recognition, recognizing Beijing instead o [...] |
2004-12-14 17:20:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EINV PINR CH TW DR |
| 04SINGAPORE3211 | SINGAPORE-BASED EXPERTS WEIGH IN ON THE ASIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Southeast Asia is better positioned than in recent memory to face the challenges presented by a slowdown in the global economy, especially in China, according to several Singapore-based economists and financial analysts. These economies inevitably will feel the pain of a down [...] |
2004-11-10 10:09:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV CH SN |
| 04TAIPEI3094 | LATIN AMERICA: TAIWAN TAKES STOCK OF NEW POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: MOFA officials are nervous over a string of recent political transitions in Latin America. Over the last 13 months, 6 of these countries -- Panama El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Guatemala, and Paraguay -- have seen new governments come to power. Taiwan is adjusting [...] |
2004-10-05 23:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
| 04TAIPEI3095 | TAOYUAN FTZ - UNREALISTIC CLAIMS OF PENDING DIRECT [...] (C) The Taoyuan Free Trade Zone near Taipei,s Chiang Kai-shek airport is a key component of Taiwan,s Global Logistics Development Plan (reftel). The Far Glory Group will build the FTZ under a build-operate-transfer (BOT) contract. Far Glory plans to invest NT$ 21.3 billion (USD 636 million) [...] |
2004-10-06 03:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EWWT ECON PREL TW CH |
| 04TAIPEI3116 | MAC APPOINTS CROSS-STRAIT NEOPHYTE AS VICE CHAIR [...] (C) Summary: The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) announced October 1 that Academia Sinica Research Fellow David Huang would assume the MAC vice chairman position previously held by Alexander Huang. A specialist in European local politics, David Huang has no experience in cross-Strait affairs, a [...] |
2004-10-07 03:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR CH TW |
| 04TAIPEI3139 | POLITICAL POSITIONING IMPACTING FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Internal political maneuvering for the 2008 presidential nomination is increasingly spilling over into the cross-Strait and foreign policy arenas. Premier Yu Shyi-kun's advocacy of a cross-Strait "balance of terror" is the latest in a string of unauthorized statements that inside [...] |
2004-10-07 10:03:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
| 04TAIPEI3190 | TAIWAN PUTS POSITIVE SPIN ON PRC REJECTION OF [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan officials tried to put a positive spin on the PRC Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) reported rejection of President Chen Shui-bian's October 10 inaugural address. National Security Council (NSC) and Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) officials say that TAO Spokesman Zhang Mingqing's [...] |
2004-10-13 09:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
| 04TAIPEI3234 | LY CAMPAIGN ATMOSPHERICS: DPP UPBEAT [...] (C) Summary: Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) officials are cautiously optimistic the Pan-Green camp will secure a narrow majority in the December 11 Legislative Yuan (LY) election. The DPP's campaign strategy is focused on sowing discord within the opposition alliance and enforcing discipl [...] |
2004-10-18 08:44:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH TW |
| 04TAIPEI3265 | PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE RESPONDS TO PRC SUSPICIONS [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Office Deputy Secretary General James Huang requested a meeting with the Deputy Director October 19 to clarify concerns raised by Beijing over President Chen Shui-bian's October 10 speech. Huang, at the president's instructions, explained that Chen's statement that " [...] |
2004-10-19 10:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
| 04TAIPEI3323 | CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC ROUNDUP - THIRD QUARTER [...] During the third quarter of 2004, the PRC legalized tourism to Kinmen and Matsu for all Fujian residents. Taiwan legalized 81 product categories for import from the PRC. However, most are agricultural goods that will still be restricted for lack of cross-Strait sanitary and inspection agreem [...] |
2004-10-22 09:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL ETRD EINV EWWT CH TW |
| 04TAIPEI3343 | CHEN SURPRISES HEWLETT-PACKARD CHAIRMAN ON [...] (C) In what Hewlett-Packard (HP) Taiwan has described privately as an &ambush,8 President Chen publicly called on visiting HP chairman Carly Fiorina to promote cross-Strait direct charter flights with Beijing. HP responded by publicly declining any role in dealing with political matters such [...] |
2004-10-27 07:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR PREL CH TW |
| 04TAIPEI3347 | KAOHSIUNG PROTESTS SECRETARY POWELL'S REMARKS [...] (SBU) A candidate in Taiwan's upcoming Legislative Yuan (LY) elections led a group of around 20 supporters to protest in front of AIT Kaohsiung the morning of October 27. The protest was noisy, but peaceful, and dispersed within half an hour, after a letter of protest was read out for televis [...] |
2004-10-27 08:10:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL TW CH |
| 04TAIPEI3406 | CROSS-STRAIT SHIPPING - INEXPENSIVE, NOT [...] (U) Businesses on both sides of the Taiwan Strait look forward to the possibility of direct marine cargo links between the Mainland and Taiwan. However, they have also been very resourceful at taking advantage of small openings and the flexibility of Taiwan, PRC and other authorities to ship [...] |
2004-10-29 07:49:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT ECON ETRD PREL CH TW |
| 04TAIPEI3409 | TAIPEI SEEKS TO LIMIT FALLOUT OVER SECRETARY'S [...] (C) Summary: Chen administration officials are working to limit media and political fallout from a set of interviews given by Secretary Powell in Beijing on October 24. President Chen Shui-bian expressed appreciation to the AIT Director on October 28 for a series of public statements by the Se [...] |
2004-10-29 10:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
| 04TAIPEI3521 | CHEN SHUI-BIAN MAKES PROVOCATIVE OFF-THE-CUFF [...] (C) Summary: During an open-press November 7 speech to a group of pro-independence university professors, President Chen Shui-bian emphasized Taiwan as a "sovereign and independent country" and asserted that Taiwan's current constitution was "made in China, for China" and was not appropriate f [...] |
2004-11-08 10:21:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PREL PGOV CH TW |
| 04TAIPEI3522 | TAIWAN CONFIDENT OVER VANUATU SWITCH [...] (C) Summary. MOFA officials say they are certain that the Vanuatu government will formalize the switch in recognition from Beijing to Taipei announced by Prime Minister Serge Vohor and Foreign Minister Mark Chen on November 3 in Taipei. Taiwan officials acknowledge that Vohor's decision doe [...] |
2004-11-08 22:20:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID TW CH NH |
| 04TAIPEI3523 | CROSS-STRAIT CHARTER FLIGHTS - AIRLINES [...] (C) Largely for symbolic reasons, the Taiwan government is pushing once again for cross-Strait charter flights to bring Taiwan investors in the Mainland home to Taiwan for Lunar New Year 2005. After losing money in 2003 and never getting off the ground in 2004, Lunar New Year charter flights [...] |
2004-11-09 01:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PREL ECON CH TW |
| 04TAIPEI3563 | PRESIDENT OUTLINES FUTURE CROSS-STRAIT POLICY [...] (C) Summary: National Security Council (NSC) Secretary General Chiou I-jen provided the Acting Director on November 10 an advanced copy of a 10-point policy statement President Chen Shui-bian planned to unveil later in the day. The policy reiterates themes from Chen's May 20 and October 10 sp [...] |
2004-11-10 09:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR CH TW |
| 04TAIPEI3605 | CROSS-STRAIT ENTRY PERMITS - REDUCING TAIWAN'S [...] (U) Summary: A persistent complaint of multinational firms in Taiwan is the difficulty of bringing PRC employees to Taiwan for meetings, training, research, or other temporary assignment. Some firms have learned how to work the system and bring a relatively large number of Mainland employees [...] |
2004-11-15 08:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ELAB CH TW |
| 04TAIPEI3742 | JAPAN POLICY AT A CROSSROADS [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan officials say they are willing to be patient with the glacial pace of development in formal relations with Japan because they need time to resolve a deep internal policy division over how to manage the relationship. The policy debate is driven by sharply divergent assessmen [...] |
2004-11-23 08:11:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA CH TW |
| 04TAIPEI3839 | CROSS-STRAIT ENTRY PERMIT REFORMS STILL NOT ENOUGH [...] (SBU) Taiwan's Executive Yuan (EY) recently announced a package of reforms that expands the range of firms that are permitted to apply for entry permits on behalf of their employees and loosens the restrictions on which employees qualify. However, while the reforms extend the length of stay i [...] |
2004-12-03 04:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ELAB CH TW |
| 04TAIPEI3850 | CROSS-STRAIT AVIATION - THE GOLDEN LINK STILL OUT [...] (C) Direct air transportation is the last area where the "three-links" have not been realized in either name or substance. Direct air links would cut passenger travel time by up to an hour and a half; ticket prices by more than 25 percent; and airfreight costs by 20 percent or more. Taiwan's [...] |
2004-12-06 07:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PREL ETRD EINV TW CH |
| 04TAIPEI3930 | CROSS-STRAIT INVESTMENT KEEPS GROWING [...] Taiwan investment in the PRC approved by Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs during the first six months of 2004 was 68 percent higher than the same period last year. PRC data also shows a substantial increase in contracted investment but a modest drop in realized investment. High-tech firm [...] |
2004-12-10 07:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON ETRD TW CH |
| 04TAIPEI4005 | CROSS-STRAIT TELECOMMUNICATIONS - INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Cross-Strait telecommunications thrive with over 50 million direct dial calls placed across the Strait every month that account for 35 percent of Taiwan's outgoing international calls. Many Taiwan telecom firms have partnered with PRC counterparts to provide special cross-Strait service [...] |
2004-12-17 07:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON EINV PREL CH TW |
| 04TAIPEI4050 | TAIWAN'S NEW FINANCIAL SUPERVISORY COMMISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission has been very active since it was established in July 2004 to encourage market liberalization and reform. Although some foreign businesses have complained about difficulty in keeping up with the flurry of new regulations, the regulati [...] |
2004-12-22 09:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EINV EFIN ECON TW CH |
| 04TAIPEI4051 | LENOVO/IBM DEAL MEANS BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR [...] (C) In the short term, Taiwan's information technology sector will not feel much impact from the Lenovo acquisition of IBM's PC division. However, over time Lenovo's increased bargaining power will increase competition among Taiwan's contract PC manufacturers and component suppliers. Some Ta [...] |
2004-12-22 22:44:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EIND CH TW |
| 04TAIPEI4076 | PRESIDENT CHEN, UNDER POST-ELECTION PRESSURE, [...] (C) Summary. Post-December 11 election jockeying within the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and between Green and Blue alliances continues in ways that may affect cross-Strait and U.S. relations. Members of the DPP's New Tide faction are publicly and messily blaming President Chen [...] |
2004-12-27 21:29:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
| 04TELAVIV1366 | (S) ISRAELI CONCERN ABOUT POTENTIAL FRENCH ARMS [...] (S) MOD DG Amos Yaron expressed concern March 3 to visiting Commerce U/S Kenneth Juster about signals that France might be ready to reverse its restrictive policy on arms sales to China. In a March 4 follow-up meeting, Rami Yungman of the MOD pol-mil bureau told polmiloff that the sources of [...] |
2004-03-04 15:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | MARR MASS PREL PARM IS CH FR MILITARY RELATIONS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 04THEHAGUE1093 | AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 23 MEETING WITH DUTCH POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Sobel met with Dutch MFA Political Director Hugo Siblesz on April 23 to discuss an upcoming Iraqi judicial conference in The Hague, possible Dutch leadership of a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan, extension of the Dutch troop deployment in Iraq, the [...] |
2004-05-03 05:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL MOPS PHUM AF IZ CH NL EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE1145 | DUTCH VIEWS ON ADC LICENSE HARMONIZATION [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On May 7 econoff received the GONL response to reftel non-paper. The response came in the form of a letter to AS Wolf from Dirk Bruinsma, DG of Foreign Economic Relations of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Text [...] |
2004-05-10 13:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSTC ETTC PARM NL CH |
| 04THEHAGUE1717 | DUTCH/EU: FM BOT ON IRAQ, CHINA, ASEM, SUDAN, AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Sobel met with Dutch Foreign Minister Ben Bot on July 7 to preview the agenda for the July 12-13 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) in Brussels. Bot anticipated that the GAERC would agree to take positive steps with regard to Iraq and Sudan, although [...] |
2004-07-09 12:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PARM EAID NL IZ CH SU EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE1779 | NETHERLANDS/EU/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: REDIRECTION [...] (C) On July 15, senior Dutch government interlocutors engaged in a robust and animated discussion on the China Arms Embargo during a dinne hosted by Ambassador Sobel for EUR DAS Glyn Davies and EUR/ERA Kathy Allegrone. The Dutch side pulled out all the familiar arguments (inevitability of lift [...] |
2004-07-15 16:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NL CH |
| 04THEHAGUE1793 | EU/US COOPERATION IN THE UNGA AND ON... [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are deeply committed to the Transatlantic Dialogue, a successful EU Presidency, and leadership during the UN Gene Assembly that values USG input if not always agreeing with it. In discussions with DRL PDAS Kozak and IO DAS Lagon on July12 - 13, Dutch interlocutors acknowl [...] |
2004-07-16 12:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC NL CH UN |
| 04THEHAGUE1796 | NETHERLANDS/EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns and PolMilOff met on July 16 with representatives from the Australian, Japanese and Korean Embassies in The Hague to discuss the EU's China arms embargo. Of the three, the Japanese have made the strongest approaches to the GONL on this issue. The Australians have raise [...] |
2004-07-16 14:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR PHUM CH NL |
| 04THEHAGUE1801 | EU/US COOPERATION IN THE UNGA AND ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are deeply committed to the Transatlantic Dialogue, a successful EU Presidency, and leadership during the UN General Assembly that values USG input if not always agreeing with it. In discussions with DRL PDAS Kozak and IO DAS Lagon on July12 - 13, Dutch interlocutors a [...] |
2004-07-16 15:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC NL CH UN |
| 04THEHAGUE1833 | DUTCH PM BALKENENDE ON CHINA, TURKEY, AND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Balkenende told Ambassador Sobel on July 20 the EU has not yet reached consensus on lifting the China Arms Embargo before the December EU-China summit. While strong voices in the EU are pushing for a quick (but not unconditional) lift, others now appear less convinc [...] |
2004-07-20 17:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL CH TK IS NL |
| 04THEHAGUE1846 | NETHERLANDS/EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: BRIEFING FOR [...] (C) Summary: Post coordinated a July 21 briefing for Dutch officials on U.S. concerns regarding a possible lift of the EU China arms embargo. MFA hosted the briefing which was also attended by GONL officials from MOD, Ministry of Economic Affairs and the PM's office. DRL Senior Advisor Susan O [...] |
2004-07-22 14:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR PHUM CH NL |
| 04THEHAGUE1894 | CODEL FRIST AUG 11 [...] Embassy The Hague warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Senator Frist and staff members in The Netherlands on August 11, 2004. 2. As museums and stores in Amsterdam will not be open during transit time, post recommends delegation remain at the Schipol airport. Post also recommen [...] |
2004-07-27 14:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CH SU KE NL |
| 04THEHAGUE2023 | NETHERLANDS/EU/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: LOCAL TAIWAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Taiwanese representatives in The Hague are engaging the Dutch government and parliamentarians in an effort to slow down the EU's rush to lift its arms embargo on China. Several parliamentarians have expressed sympathy for the Taiwanese position, but do not want to undercut the Du [...] |
2004-08-13 13:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR PHUM CH TW NL EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE2369 | NETHERLANDS/EU/CHINA: DUTCH LOOKING FOR ACTION [...] SUMMARY: (C) Dutch EU Presidency representative Piet de Klerk, Special Ambassador for Human Rights, will be in Tibet from September 20 to 23 and Beijing on September 24 for the next round of the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue. Poloff discussed the confidential agendas with Gerri Willems of t [...] |
2004-09-17 15:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PHUM CH NL EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE2462 | EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: VADM METZGER/DAS SUCHAN [...] (C) Summary: On September 15, VADM James Metzger and PM/DAS Greg Suchan briefed a Dutch interagency team chaired by MFA Security Policy Director Maurits Jochems on U.S. concerns regarding the possible lifting of the EU's arms embargo on China. VADM Metzger outlined the enhanced threat posed [...] |
2004-09-27 15:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR CH NL EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE2559 | EU-CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: DISAPPOINTING, BUT [...] (C) Summary: While working-level MFA contacts found recent EU-China discussions on human rights disappointing, on balance the October 11 GAERC will almost certainly determine that the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue is worthwhile and should continue. Dutch interlocutors stressed on October 5 [...] |
2004-10-07 09:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF KJUS CH NL |
| 04THEHAGUE2605 | NETHERLANDS/EU/CHINA: EU "CAUTIOUS" ON LIFTING [...] (C) Summary: According to Dutch FM Bot, the EU is moving "cautiously" with regard to the issue of lifting the China arms embargo. Although there is no strong opposition to lifting the embargo, several members feel more time is needed before making that decision. Bot would prefer not to have [...] |
2004-10-12 14:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR ETTC CH NL EU |
| 04THEHAGUE2611 | NETHERLANDS/HUMAN RIGHTS/CHINA: "DIALOGUE" OF THE [...] (U) Please see guidance request in para 10. Bionote, para. 11. 2. (C) Summary: Dutch MFA contacts characterized the recently concluded round of the EU Human Rights Dialogue with China as a "dialogue of the deaf," but were certain it would continue. Chinese "dialogue fatigue" may have c [...] |
2004-10-12 15:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH NL PINR UNAUS |
| 04THEHAGUE2733 | EU/COHOM: WORKING FOR EU SUPPORT FOR US HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United States and EU Troika met October 15 to discuss human rights issues in the context of the semi-annual "COHOM" troika meeting. The EU confirmed that they still value the human rights dialogue process with China and want to coordinate with us on ways to refocus all [...] |
2004-10-22 13:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM AORC PREL CH NL |
| 04THEHAGUE3067 | NETHERLANDS/EU/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: POLDIR ON NOV [...] (C) Ambassador Sobel discussed the EU China arms embargo with MFA PolDir Hugo Siblesz on November 22; specifically the reference to the EU's intention to send a "positive signal" to China. Siblesz said the PRC had requested reference be made to the embargo in the EU-China Summit Communique. A [...] |
2004-11-23 17:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CH NL EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE3156 | DUTCH PROPOSE PARTS CONTROL PLANS FOR 14-BIT ADC [...] (S) On November 15, Chris Kessler, Export Control Non-Proliferation office director, Nicole Breland, Department of Defense export control policy advisor, and embassy econoff (note taker) briefed the non-paper (reftel) to Dutch ministry of foreign affairs, economic affairs and defense officials [...] |
2004-12-03 09:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | KSTC ETTC PARM NL CH |
| 04THEHAGUE3166 | NETHERLANDS/EU: FM BOT ON CHINA, TURKEY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a one and one half hour discussion with Ambassador Sobel on December 2, Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot laid out his priorities for the last few weeks of the Dutch EU presidency. Bot stated categorically that he will not lift the Chinese Arms Embargo, but predicted (agai [...] |
2004-12-03 16:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR CH RS NL EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE3177 | NETHERLANDS/EU/CHINA: CHINA SUMMIT CONTENT STILL [...] (C) Summary: With just over one working day left before the EU-China Summit, the Dutch are still in negotiations with the Chinese regarding content of an EU-China Joint Statement, including what if anything will come of talk about a Chinese "gesture" on human rights as part of a package for a p [...] |
2004-12-06 16:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD MARR PARM CH NL EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE544 | DUTCH/EU THOUGHTS: 60TH SESSION OF UN CHR [...] (C) PolOff met with Hans Docter, MFA Commission on Human Rights (CHR) action officer, to discuss reftel. The Dutch are fully engaged with their EU partners in advance of the GoNL return to the CHR this spring. In addition to resolutions noted reftel, the EU will sponsor resolutions on Russia [...] |
2004-03-03 15:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CH NL UNHRC |
| 04THEHAGUE787 | AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 24 MEETING WITH DUTCH POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Sobel met with Dutch MFA Political Director Hugo Siblesz on March 24. They discussed Iraq, Afghanistan, the Greater Middle East, the March 22-23 EU GAERC meetings and China human rights issues. Siblesz said a new UNSCR would help the government secure broad support [...] |
2004-03-26 05:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM PHUM IZ AF IR CH NL |
| 04THEHAGUE868 | DEMARCHE TO DUTCH MFA ON EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO [...] (S) PolMilOff reviewed ref A demarche with Dutch MFA Director for Arms Export Policy Paul van den IJssel on April 2. Van den IJssel stressed that the Dutch were not among the leaders of the initiative to lift the EU embargo. Nevertheless, he saw merit in the PRC argument that China differs fr [...] |
2004-04-02 16:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PARM PREL CH NL EUN |
| 04VATICAN1300 | HOLY SEE RECEPTIVE TO U.S. CONCERNS ON CHINA AND [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-02 04:45:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH CU KIRF PHUM VT UNHRC |
| 04VATICAN1988 | VATICAN DELEGATION SEES PROGRESS IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Vatican representatives who visited Vietnam April 27 - May 2 were pleased by their surprisingly cordial reception by Vietnamese officials. Authorities allowed the delegation to visit the diocese of Xuan Loc for the first time, as well as Ban Me Thuot, where there were clashes in April [...] |
2004-05-21 12:44:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH KIRF PHUM PINR PREL VT VM PGOV SOCI |
| 04VATICAN337 | IRF: CARDINAL SEES OBSTACLES, PROGRESS IN VIETNAM [...] (C) AMERICAN CARDINAL BERNARD LAW REVIEWED WITH POLOFF JANUARY 28 HIS MID-DECEMBER TRIP TO VIETNAM AT THE INVITATION OF VIETNAM'S NEW CARDINAL, JEAN-BAPTISTE PHAM MINH MAN. LAW SAID HE SAW NO SIGNS THAT THE GVN WAS EVEN INCHING TOWARDS ALLOWING THE CATHOLIC CHURCH A ROLE IN CIVIL SOCIETY [...] |
2004-01-30 12:07:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | CH KIRF PHUM PINR PREL VT VM PGOV SOCI |
| 04VILNIUS1190 | LITHUANIA FIRMLY OPPOSED TO LIFTING ARMS EMBARGO [...] (C) The Charge delivered ref A points concerning the European Union China arms embargo to Zygimantas Pavilionis, MFA Political Director and Director of the EU Department, on September 29. The Charge highlighted the key reasons for the maintaining the embargo and high level of concern for this [...] |
2004-09-30 12:20:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC PHUM CH LH |
| 04WELLINGTON1058 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAS RANDALL G. [...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Deputy Assistant Secretary Randall G. Schriver to travel to Christchurch and Wellington New Zealand from January 8-12, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend meetings with host government officials. 2. (U) Embassy has m [...] |
2004-12-17 04:19:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AFIN AMGT AS CH NZ PNG HI |
| 04WELLINGTON655 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF [...] Embassy welcomes DOE Official David Streets to Christchurch, New Zealand from September 2 - 25, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 8th International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) conference, and present a paper on "Mercury Emissions in China." 2. Embassy understands t [...] |
2004-08-03 05:19:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ENRG TRGY KSCA CH NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON960 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JOHN [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NSF Official Dr. John Brighton, Assistant Director in the Directorate for Engineering, to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from November 26 - December 5, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in observations of the U.S. An [...] |
2004-11-18 03:19:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY CH NZ NSF |
| 04YEREVAN1624 | KOCHARIAN AND MINISTERS PLAN FIRST STATE VISIT TO [...] (SBU) MFA sources confirmed July 20 that Armenian President Robert Kocharian would travel to China September 26-30. The GOAM had not yet made this information public but will likely announce it to the press July 21 or 22. Several GOAM Foreign Ministers have traveled to China in the past as pa [...] |
2004-07-21 12:25:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CH AM |
| 04YEREVAN699 | GOAM ON CHR 60 CUBA AND CHINA RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) We delivered demarche and talking points to the MFA Chief of International Organizations Department Valery Mkrtumian March 22 and Head of Americas Department Lilit Toutkhalian March 23 per instructions in reftel A. Both Mkrtumian and Toutkhalian reiterated comments made by FM Oskanian dur [...] |
2004-03-25 03:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CH CU AM UNHCR |
| 04ZAGREB516 | CHR-60: CROATIA ON CUBA AND CHINA RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) ON MARCH 23, THE AMBASSADOR DELIVERED TALKING POINTS WITH BACKGROUND ON THE CHINA AND CUBA RESOLUTIONS (REFS A,C) AT THE CHR TO MFA STATE SECRETARY (DEPUTY MINISTER EQUIVALENT) BISCEVIC. AMBASSADOR STRESSED THE GREAT IMPORTANCE THE U.S. PLACES IN BOTH RESOLUTIONS AND SOUGHT CROATIAN SUPPO [...] |
2004-03-25 12:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CH CU HR UNCHR |
| 05ABUDHABI2704 | UAE PROGRESS ON FTA ISSUES -- SLOW BUT STEADY [...] (C) Summary: The UAE continues to make slow, but steady progress on outstanding Free Trade Agreement issues in advance of the proposed June 27 or 28 DVC between the lead negotiators. We have noticed an up tick in UAE preparations as the date of the DVC draws near. For that reason, Embassy su [...] |
2005-06-15 11:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EFIN AS CH TC FTA |
| 05ABUDHABI4049 | UAE DEMARCHE: CUTTING OFF CONVENTIONAL ARMS TRADE [...] (U) This message contains an action request at the end of para 2. 2. (S) Summary: Reminding MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi of the UAE's commitment to working with the United States on shutting down proliferators and targeting their assets (refs A and B), Ambassador highlighted the need t [...] |
2005-09-26 08:17:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM MNUC KNNP IR CH KN TC |
| 05ABUJA1846 | NIGERIA: DIALOGUE WITH TAIWAN RE PRC IN AFRICA [...] U.S. Mission Nigeria has had some contact with official Taiwanese in Nigeria. Deputy Chief of Economic Section recently met socially with the Deputy Director of the Taiwan Trade Delegation, Mr. CHANG Ming. Two recently arrived Missions members have transferred from Taiwan. 2. Post believe [...] |
2005-09-28 08:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV PREL CH TW NI |
| 05ABUJA1925 | CHINA'S INFLUENCE IN NIGERIA [...] Summary. (U) The People's Republic of China (hereafter China) has been for some time expanding its economic and business activity in Nigeria. Trade, energy, telecoms, and agriculture are the main areas of activity. Military cooperation is also an important area of engagement, both with Nig [...] |
2005-10-07 07:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | EAID ECON PREL MASS EMIN ENRG ETRD AF CH |
| 05ALMATY1433 | KAZAKHSTAN: CHINESE PIPELINE UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Construction of the stalled Atasu-Alashankou oil pipeline is moving forward after a harsh winter and the late delivery of pipe, according to KMG contacts. However,the Kazakhstanis are unhappy with the Chinese over perceived lower netbacks and lack of control -- Beijing has respons [...] |
2005-04-12 11:51:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG CH KZ ECONOMIC |
| 05ALMATY1434 | CHINESE DEMAND CASPIAN OFFSHORE BLOC FOR GAS [...] (C) Summary: The Director of the Kazakhstani Institute of Oil and Gas (KIOG), Serik Burkitbayev, reported that China is demanding an offshore Caspian bloc as quid-pro-quo for support of a natural gas pipeline to China. That pipeline, to be built in stages, will initially transport Turkmen and [...] |
2005-04-12 11:59:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG CH KZ ECONOMIC |
| 05ALMATY3075 | PETROKAZAKHSTAN SOLD TO CHINESE CNPC SUBSIDIARY [...] (C) Summary: Canadian oil company PetroKazakhstan (PK) announced its sale to PetroChina, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the China National Petroleum Company (CNPC), on August 22, for $4.18 billion. Thomas Dvorak, president of one of two principal Kazakhstan-based PK operating companies, was o [...] |
2005-08-23 04:38:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET IN KZ CA CH ECONOMIC |
| 05ALMATY3143 | PETROKAZAKSTAN FOLLOW-UP [...] (C) Summary: PetroKazakhstan (PK) officials expect to finalize the company's sale (ref A) to "PetroChina" (a CNPC subsidiary) next week, and a company vice-president discounted press rumors that India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) might attempt to top PetroChina's bid. A well-plac [...] |
2005-08-26 11:31:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET CA CH IN KZ ECONOMIC |
| 05ALMATY3857 | KAZAKHSTAN: NEW SUBSOIL AMENDMENTS BROADEN STATE'S [...] (C) Summary: On October 15, President Nazarbayev signed into law a series of amendments which expand the scope of the GOK's "preemptive rights" to cover the case of the sale of a company whose subsidiary conducts subsoil operations in Kazakhstan. The new amendments appear to have been tailor [...] |
2005-10-21 09:13:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG CH EPET IN KZ ECONOMIC |
| 05ANKARA1109 | UPDATE ON TURKISH LIMITS ON CHINESE TEXTILE [...] (SBU) Shortly after imposing surveillance and protective measures against 42 categories of Chinese textile and apparel imports in connection with section 242 of the Working Party report, GOT and Chinese officials held consultations in Ankara in late January. Both the Chinese Ambassador to Turk [...] |
2005-03-03 10:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KTEX TU CH |
| 05ANKARA2294 | APPAREL EXECUTIVES ON CHINESE EXPORTS, TIFA, [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Amconsul Istanbul. 2. (SBU) Summary: In an April 8 lunch, textile and apparel industry representatives praised U.S. movement toward limits on Chinese textile imports and expressed the hope the European Commission would follow suit. They also supported [...] |
2005-04-22 10:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KTEX EFIN TU CH EUN |
| 05ANKARA2893 | APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE MAY 23 GAERC [...] (C) As part of Embassy Ankara's ongoing effort to advise the Turkish MFA of USG positions vis-a-vis the European Union, we delivered reftel demarche to MFA European Union Directorate Political Affairs Department Head Hakan Akbulut, who initially asserted that Turkey had parallel attitudes as [...] |
2005-05-23 08:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PREL SU MARR MOPS TU EUN |
| 05ANKARA5319 | TURKS WILL NOT ACCEPT UIGHURS FROM GITMO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-13 13:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR TU CH |
| 05ASUNCION1095 | PARAGUAY: DIALOGUE WITH TAIWAN ON PRC WHA [...] (S) The Taiwanese Ambassador to Paraguay took up his assignment this year. The Ambassador has infrequent social contact with him but believes the Taiwanese Ambassador would be amenable to contact on PRC activities. The Polcouns has relatively frequent social and professional contact with th [...] |
2005-08-31 15:34:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | EAGR ECON EFIN EMIN ENRG ETRD ETTC PHUM PREL CH PA |
| 05BANGKOK2431 | THAI POLICY ON CHINESE REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary. The Thai government continues to refuse UNHCR access to Chinese dissident Lu Decheng for a refugee status determination interview. In their handling of Lu, the Thai are balancing human rights concerns and U.S. and UNHCR pressure against their relations with China and a belief tha [...] |
2005-04-05 08:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM TH CH |
| 05BANGKOK4780 | CHINA REVALUES; THAI BUSINESS SHRUGS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-26 10:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON CH TH |
| 05BANGKOK5443 | CHINESE VICE PREMIER WU YI TO VISIT THAILAND IN [...] (C) At a dinner he hosted for the Ambassador on August 22, Chinese Ambassador to Thailand Zhang Jiuhuan confirmed information contained in reftel that PRC Vice Premier Wu Yi is scheduled to visit Thailand in September. Zhang explained that Wu would spend three or four days in either Bangkok [...] |
2005-08-24 08:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH TH |
| 05BANGKOK7460 | CHINESE EMBASSY WANTS TO BUILD LINKS WITH U.S. [...] (C) Summary. As part of our ongoing effort to follow China's growing influence in Thailand, the Ambassador hosted a reception on December 1 for the PRC Embassy at the Residence. Chinese Ambassador Zhang Jiuhuan called for greater dialogue between the U.S. and China on a wide variety of iss [...] |
2005-12-02 08:43:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS MARR CH TH |
| 05BEIJING10421 | USTR/DOC DELEGATION MEETING WITH VFM YANG JIECHI [...] (C) During a June 23 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, Deputy USTR Josette Shiner and Acting Undersecretary of Commerce Tim Hauser stressed U.S. desire to address the trade deficit and intellectual property rights (IPR) though cooperation. They emphasized that the United States [...] |
2005-06-27 08:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL KIPR CH |
| 05BEIJING14582 | ADM FALLON AND GENERAL LIANG AGREE ON NEED FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral Fallon and General Liang agreed on the need to improve bilateral mil-mil ties, but stated frank disagreements regarding the transparency of the Chinese military budget and the use of force to resolve the Taiwan question, during a cordial meeting September 6. Liang acknowl [...] |
2005-09-06 13:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PINS CH |
| 05BEIJING5704 | REACTION TO DISSIDENT LIU XIAOBO'S ONLINE ARTICLE [...] (C) Post has been monitoring Chinese websites and checking with contacts to track the reaction in China to an online article by dissident Liu Xiaobo criticizing racist comments toward Secretary Rice expressed by some netizens on Chinese websites at the time of the Secretary's March visit. Liu, [...] |
2005-04-05 12:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI CH |
| 05BRASILIA2317 | BRAZIL: CHINESE ACTIVITIES IN LATIN AMERICA AND [...] (C) In response to reftel request, post provides the following information regarding Chinese activities in Brazil. Economic, trade, investment, and science and technology information will be provided septel. Ref B outlines recent developments on environmental cooperation between China and Br [...] |
2005-08-29 19:00:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAIR MARR CH BR |
| 05BRASILIA3026 | SLOW GOING ON BIOTECH, BUT MONSANTO LOOKING AT [...] (SBU) Summary. In early November, Monsanto executives blanketed Brazil as first CEO Hugh Grant and his management team visited the country, followed shortly thereafter by a week-long tour of the company's Growth Advisory Committee. Notwithstanding the problems that the firm has experienced in [...] |
2005-11-16 14:36:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR KIPR BEXP ETRD BR CH IPR |
| 05BRUSSELS1231 | IS THE EU RETREATING ON THE CHINA ARMS EMBARGO? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU drive to lift its arms embargo on China appears to be faltering as a result of the March 14 passage of the anti-secession law, increased U.S. pressure, and China's unwillingness to deliver concessions on human rights. Our EU contacts generally confirm press reports that EU [...] |
2005-03-24 11:27:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETTC CH TW EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS1542 | Gymnich Takes No Decision on China Arms, [...] (SBU) The EU's informal "Gymnich" meeting of foreign ministers sought to place the EU-China relationship in a broader context, but the arms embargo issue loomed over the discussion. A Council staffer told us a consensus still exists within the EU to work on the issue, but a majority of member [...] |
2005-04-19 10:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID MASS CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS25 | EU/ARMS EXPORTS/CHINA: 2003 REPORT SHOWS INCREASED [...] On December 21 the EU released its 6th Annual Report on the Code of Conduct for arms exports, covering CY 2003. The report, compiled each year by the COARM (conventional arms exports) working group of Member State licensing authorities, covers the value and quantity of export licenses issued [...] |
2005-01-04 11:33:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PARM ETTC PREL CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS2735 | GAERC: EU FMs ASK SYRIA TO PROMOTE REGIONAL [...] EU FM's in the July 18 GAERC urged Israel to exercise maximum self-restraint and the Palestinian Authority to take immediate and effective action against those involved in terrorist attacks. They called on Syria to take action to promote regional stability, including by supporting the legiti [...] |
2005-07-19 14:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SY LE IS IR IZ UZ ZI ID SU CH ZK EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS283 | EU/CHINA ARMS: TEXT OF DRAFT EU "TOOLBOX" FOR [...] (S) Poloff was given a confidential EU reporting cable containing the current draft of the not-yet-agreed EU "Toolbox" for post-embargo countries. Full text of the draft is in para 2. Council and Member State contacts report that the French are close to agreement on this draft, which has alr [...] |
2005-01-21 17:26:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS2840 | EU RECEIVES DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REPORT ON CHINA [...] (SBU) On July 25 and 26, we delivered Reftel A points to Ana Ramirez, Principal Administrator for China and Southeast Asia at the European Council, and Henriette Geiger, China Desk Officer at the European Commission. Both expressed appreciation for the report and talking points. They pointed [...] |
2005-07-27 15:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH PARM PM PREL USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05CAIRO2897 | MOD ADVISOR CLAIMS LIMITED EGYPTIAN MILITARY [...] (C) On April 13, PolOff asked senior MoD advisor MG Fouad Abd al Haleem about the depth of MoD interests in China. (Note: Defense Minister Tantawi visited China in the fall of 2004, the Chinese Defense Minister just concluded a visit to Egypt, the Egyptian Minister of Military Production i [...] |
2005-04-14 15:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS CH EG |
| 05CAIRO4535 | EGYPT: ARCENT COMMANDER HEARS BRIGHT STAR [...] (C) Summary: During June 15 meetings with Ministry of Defense (MoD) officials in Cairo, ARCENT Commander LTG Whitcomb was told that BRIGHT STAR planning was progressing well and that MoD saw no outstanding problems (such as invitations to the three observer countries which were of concern t [...] |
2005-06-15 16:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS SU SY CH IZ AF EG |
| 05CALCUTTA18 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH: ISOLATED TRIBAL STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Geographic isolation, historical misfortune and deliberate choice combine to make the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh India's most isolated and among it least developed. As home to 26 major tribal groups, Arunachal is something of an anthropologist's dream, but a politic [...] |
2005-01-18 09:17:00 | Consulate Kolkata | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI ECON ENRG PBTS PREF CH IN |
| 05CALGARY643 | URANIUM: THE REVIVAL OF ENERGY'S "OTHER WHITE MEAT" [...] The international media buzz generated by Alberta's booming oil and gas industries has overshadowed a revival of interest in western Canada's uranium resources. Seemingly destined to be the "other white meat" of Canada's energy industry, uranium's fortunes had been in decline for a quarter-cen [...] |
2005-10-28 21:59:00 | Consulate Calgary | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ENRG ETRD PARM CH CA |
| 05CALGARY656 | CALGARY ENERGY ROUND-UP: OCTOBER 2005 [...] Alberta Minister Melchin Warns Ottawa to Keep Energy out of Softwood Lumber Dispute: "Hands off Our Oil" 2. NEP2 on the Horizon? 3. Alberta Energy Company Buys North Sea Developer 4. New Terasen-Pembina Partnership Proposes Condensate Pipeline 5. New Oilsands Regulations Raise Environmenta [...] |
2005-11-04 03:56:00 | Consulate Calgary | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV SENV CA CH UK |
| 05CANBERRA310 | AUSTRALIA'S VIEW ON THE EU'S INTENTION TO LIFT ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several articles in the Australian press over the past several days have miscast the GOA's policy on the EU's professed intention to lift its ban on arms exports to China. Contacts at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) have assured us that the GOA fully shares the [...] |
2005-02-17 07:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC ETRD AS CH |
| 05CANBERRA432 | DISCUSSIONS BEGIN FOR CHINA TO BUY AUSTRALIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: John Carlson, Director General of the Australian Safeguards and Nonproliferation Office (ASNO), told us his late-February trip to Beijing to begin exploratory discussions on an "agreement for cooperation" on uranium sales to China went well overall. He described his interactions [...] |
2005-03-04 04:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PARM ENRG KNNP PREL ETTC MNUC AS CH |
| 05CANBERRA879 | AUSTRALIA: EAP A/S HILL'S DFAT ROUNDTABLE, SESSION [...] (C) In a May 17 roundtable attended by senior Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) officials, DFAT Deputy Secretary Geoff Raby told EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill that Australia supports the U.S. approach to the DPRK nuclear problem and would continue to conv [...] |
2005-05-23 23:27:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER MARR AS CH TW ID TT ARF APEC NK SK |
| 05CANBERRA882 | EAP A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (S) EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill told Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Secretary Michael L'Estrange on May 17 that there was a SIPDIS growing sense of urgency in Washington about the DPRK's nuclear program. L'Estrange agreed that the current state of [...] |
2005-05-24 04:24:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PREL MNUC AS KN CH KS JA ID ARF |
| 05CARACAS1807 | CHINA'S INCREASING COMMERCIAL TIES WITH VENEZUELA [...] (U) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has identified China as an alternative commercial partner to the "imperialistic" United States and has moved aggressively to cultivate Sino-Venezuelan relations. Recent state visits between the two countries have yielded dozens of agreements; however, mos [...] |
2005-06-14 19:00:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL ENRG ECPS CH VE |
| 05CARACAS2667 | CNPC EXECUTIVE'S THOUGHTS ON VENEZUELA [...] (C) Gong Xun Lu, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) America's President and General Manager of Sorifules Sonoven visited the Embassy on September 1 for a visa interview and a courtesy call with the Ambassador. During the wait for his visa interview, Lu told the Petroleum Attache (Pe [...] |
2005-09-02 13:16:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV CH VE |
| 05CHIANGMAI195 | CHINESE VISITORS SHOW INTEREST IN THAILAND-BASED BURMESE EXILE GROUPS [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese visitors from Yunnan traveled to northern Thailand in May and July to plumb the exile groups and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) involved in the Burmese opposition movement These two trips were the latest is a two-year series of back-and-forth cross-border vis [...] |
2005-08-22 02:58:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PINR TH CH BM PHUM |
| 05CHIANGMAI214 | CORRECTED COPY: THAI-CHINESE TRADE TALKS AIM HIGH - SOME [...] Summary. Thai and Chinese officials charted an ambitious five-year "strategic economic partnership" during the Second Meeting of the Joint Committee on Trade, Investment and Economic Cooperation in Chiang Mai September 21-23. While news accounts headlined "Chinese investment to surge", some [...] |
2005-09-30 05:02:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECIN PREL CH TH WTRO ASEAN |
| 05CHIANGMAI215 | JAPANESE CONSULATE GENERAL EXPANDING PRESENCE IN NORTHERN THAILAND [...] Summary. Japanese diplomatic representation in Chiang Mai continues to expand with the addition of a fluent Thai speaker, the first to be stationed in the north in many years. The Consul General has made it clear that Japan is interested in playing a more active role in this region and that he [...] |
2005-10-03 09:57:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PREL PHUM TH JA CH |
| 05CHIANGMAI252 | BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME: THAILAND PLANS NEW MEKONG PORT TO BOOST CHINA TRADE [...] (U) Summary Although the Mekong River trade between northern Thailand and southern China has not lived up to expectations, the Thai government plans to build a second, larger, port in Chiang Rai. The go-ahead came after the Deputy Transport Minister returned from a visit to Yunnan province sol [...] |
2005-12-21 10:08:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN ECON PGOV PREL CH TH WTRO |
| 05COLOMBO813 | TSUNAMI AID AND STATUARY: CHINESE PREMIER'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Chinese premier Wen Jiabao's April 8-9 visit here yielded some modest tsunami aid and debt relief, mutually reinforcing public condemnations of the "evil" of separatism, and a new bust of Chou Enlai for a Chinese-built conference center in Colombo. For the Sri Lankans, who face a hefty [...] |
2005-04-29 08:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID CH CE |
| 05DHAKA1707 | CHINESE PM'S VISIT REAFFIRMS STRONG BILATERAL TIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chinese premier's two-day visit to Dhaka ended with a joint communiqu, nine accords, and renewed bilateral warmth after last year's tiff over the now-closed Taiwan trade office. The commercial payoff appears to be modest, in part because Bangladesh's economy is increasingly d [...] |
2005-04-11 11:51:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ETRD CH BG |
| 05DHAKA3635 | BANGLADESHI SCIENCE MINISTER WANTS NUCLEAR POWER [...] (S) SUMMARY: Bangladesh's Minister of Science has told U.S. officials he wants to obtain a commercial nuclear reactor to supply electric power to Bangladesh. No other BDG ministry has expressed support for Khan's proposal. Khan has also approached the Chinese with his interest in a reactor, c [...] |
2005-07-28 07:33:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | ENRG ECON MNUC PARM PREL TRGY TSPL BG CH BGD |
| 05DJIBOUTI995 | CHINA'S INFLUENCE IN DJIBOUTI [...] (C) The Republic of Djibouti and the People's Republic of China have had diplomatic relations for 26 of the 28 years Djibouti has been independent. Over those 26 years, China has given a substantial amount of aid to Djibouti in the form of loans, grants, building projects and cooperative trade [...] |
2005-10-05 13:48:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD EFIN EMIN EINV ENRG ETTC PHUM SENV AF CH DJ |
| 05DUSHANBE1644 | IIR 6 947 0005 06/CHINESE GIVE 32 VEHICLES TO TAJIK ARMED [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-07 13:26:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MCAP TI CH |
| 05FRANKFURT5998 | DALAI LAMA VISITS GERMANY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dalai Lama paid a three-day visit to Frankfurt and Wiesbaden to receive one of Germany's most prestigious awards (the Hesse Peace Prize). Hesse Minister-President Roland Koch (CDU/Christian Democrat) drew praise from across the political spectrum for his endorsement of the [...] |
2005-08-05 14:27:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PINR GM CH XD |
| 05GABORONE1444 | CHINA WOOS BOTSWANA THROUGH EXCHANGE VISITS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China uses exchanges, assistance and trade as three primary tools to strengthen its ties with Botswana. According to the Director for Asia and Africa Mr. Manyepedza Lesetedi in the MFA, nearly two-dozen GOB officials traveled to China this year to participate in short courses [...] |
2005-10-06 15:31:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CH BC |
| 05GABORONE934 | LOCAL RESENTMENT TOWARD CHINESE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Perceived unfair competition, against a background of slower economic growth and rising unemployment, has fed an emerging anti-Chinese sentiment, particularly in Francistown, Botswana's second largest city. Local businessmen there see Chinese shopkeepers as illegally crowding ou [...] |
2005-07-06 14:58:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON CH BC |
| 05GENEVA1809 | UNHCR: STILL NO REPLACEMENT IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER [...] (C) UNHCR continues to seek an Implementation Partner (IP) in Nepal to replace the deregistered Tibetan Refugee Welfare Office (TRWO) in providing assistance to Tibetan refugees transiting to India. In a June 26 meeting, UNHCR's Asia Desk Chief Catherine Huck and Senior Legal Advisor Peter [...] |
2005-07-28 12:10:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL IN CH NP PHUM UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA2484 | UNHCR EXCOM #5: SEEKING BETTER PROTECTION FOR [...] (C) Summary: On the margins of UNHCR,s Executive Committee meeting, Acting PRM A/S Rich Greene raised in meetings with Chinese Mission Counselor and UNHCR staff the fate of North Korean asylum seekers in China. Chinese concerns over stability in northeast Asia and successful resolution of t [...] |
2005-10-14 08:43:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM EAID CH KN UNCHR |
| 05GENEVA2809 | TRIPS COUNCIL, CHINA TRM, OCTOBER 25, 2005 [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-17 04:07:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD KJUS PGOV CH JA SW CA WTRO EUN |
| 05GUATEMALA2050 | CHINESE ACTIVITIES IN GUATEMALA [...] (S) Summary: Guatemala does not maintain substantial public or private sector ties with PRC China. Taiwanese influence in political and military affairs effectively blocks Chinese access. That influence has been maintained through direct assistance and bribes to government officials and is [...] |
2005-08-26 18:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET | ECON PREL ETRD ETTC EINV ENRG EAGR EFIN EMIN PINS PGOV KCOR CH TW GT ESENV |
| 05HANOI1143 | VIETNAM AND CHINA: COMING AROUND WARILY [...] (C) Summary: After a rocky six months (ref A), China and Vietnam are knitting relations back together. An exchange of leader visits is in the works, the GVN is looking forward to a China-hosted conference on the Mekong and the Chinese Minister of State Security recently visited Vietnam for tal [...] |
2005-05-17 08:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | CH MOPS PGOV PREL SENV TW VM CVR |
| 05HANOI1505 | U.S.-FUNDED TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS WORKSHOP IN [...] (U) Summary: Between May 25 - 27, The Asia Foundation, using Department of State grant money, held an anti- trafficking in persons workshop in Quang Ninh, a Northeastern province of Vietnam. The workshop, which received USD 243,915 in funding from the Department, attracted a diverse set of p [...] |
2005-06-17 05:52:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PINS CH VM TIP |
| 05HANOI1748 | U.S.-FUNDED TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS WORKSHOP IN [...] (U) Summary: Between May 25 - 27, The Asia Foundation, using Department of State grant money, held an anti- trafficking in persons workshop in Quang Ninh, a Northeastern province of Vietnam. The workshop, which received USD 243,915 in funding from the Department, attracted a diverse set of p [...] |
2005-07-11 07:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PINS CH VM CVR TIP |
| 05HANOI2164 | VIETNAM AND CHINA WORKING TO BOOST RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: While U.S.-Vietnam relations have been improving and expanding, fueled by the June visit of the Prime Minister to Washington, Sino-Vietnamese relations have not been standing still. In keeping with its long-standing "balancing" strategy, Vietnam sent State President Tran Duc L [...] |
2005-08-22 04:00:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD PBTS CH VM CVR WTO |
| 05HANOI2760 | RECENT GVN SUCCESSES IN COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Summary and Comment: Vietnam, grimly aware of its humiliating status as a source country for trafficking in persons, continues to make a strong effort to combat the crime and has racked up an impressive number of trafficking prosecutions and convictions. Security officials have identifie [...] |
2005-10-20 09:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PINS CH CB VM TIP CVR |
| 05HANOI315 | NSC Senior Director Michael Green Discusses China, [...] (SBU) Summary: NSC Senior Director for Asia Dr. Michael J. Green and the Ambassador discussed bilateral relations and regional strategic dynamics with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Vu Khoan on February 4. The DPM stressed regional dialogue, particularly through the ASEAN framework, while recog [...] |
2005-02-07 11:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KIRF ETRD OVIP KPOW CH VM APEC CVR HUMANR RELFREE ASEAN WTO |
| 05HANOI366 | NSC Senior Director Michael Green Discusses China [...] (SBU) Summary: The complicated Vietnam-China relationship is at a relatively weak point, with the traditional friendship of the two ruling Communist Parties tested by bilateral incidents and rising distrust of China's motives in Asia, according to Vietnamese think tank and foreign policy offic [...] |
2005-02-16 10:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD PBTS CH VM ARF CVR ASEAN |
| 05HANOI509 | INPUT FOR 2005 TIP REPORT - VIETNAM [...] Mission Vietnam's response to the TIP questions in ref A, paragraphs 18-21 follows, following the alphabetical checklist format. 2. OVERVIEW OF VIETNAM'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TIP A. Characterization of trafficking in Vietnam: Vietnam is a country of origin for trafficked women and [...] |
2005-03-02 06:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF CH TW CA VM OMIG CVR TIP |
| 05HARARE1331 | IDEOLOGY, DESPERATION FUEL GOZ,S TIES TO CHINA [...] (C) Summary: The ruling ZANU-PF party has long maintained a close diplomatic and military relationship with China, dating back to the liberation war in the 1970,s. In recent years as the GOZ,s international isolation increased and the local economy nosedived, Zimbabwe has placed growing impor [...] |
2005-09-27 06:59:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EMIN PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CH |
| 05HELSINKI160 | AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH FM: MIDDLE EAST IS "NUMBER [...] (C) Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja invited the Ambassador to a working lunch February 2. Tuomioja was more relaxed and upbeat than we have seen for some time; the Ambassador was received unusually warmly and a cordial atmosphere existed throughout. The FM welcomed the President's Fe [...] |
2005-02-04 15:59:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF AF ID CH MARR CASC KIPR FI EUN |
| 05HELSINKI186 | AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH PRESIDENT HALONEN [...] (C) In a meeting over lunch February 11, Finnish President Tarja Halonen reinforced in person what we have already heard from her staff: that she would appreciate an opportunity to meet with the President. Halonen told the Ambassador that she wants to take a leading role in promoting the norma [...] |
2005-02-14 17:01:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF AF CH IZ RS FI EUN |
| 05HELSINKI321 | FINLAND: VIEWS ON MARCH GAERC ISSUES [...] (U) On March 15 we met with Finnish MFA Acting European Correspondent Leena Aalto to review issues on the agenda for the March 16 GAERC, and to reinforce USG concern over the future of the EU's China arms embargo. Following are Finnish views, by subject: 2. (C) Croatia: Aalto said that "fr [...] |
2005-03-15 15:17:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM XF CH HR LE RS FI EUN EU GAERC |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY422 | (SBU) GVN ADVISOR THANH ON PARTY REFORM, CHINA, CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Special Advisor to the Prime Minister in the South Vo Viet Thanh described for the Consul General on April 18 his frustrations with the pace and tenor of reform in Vietnam and outlined ideas for change, particularly within Vietnam's Communist Party (CPV). Thanh said [...] |
2005-04-20 12:03:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR VM CH HUMANR ETMIN CVR RELFREE |
| 05HONGKONG1444 | ACTING CE TSANG PLAYING DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary and comment/suggestion: On March 17, I met Hong Kong Acting Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang to convey U.S. concern about the rule of law in Hong Kong (ref a). Tsang insisted that the Hong Kong Government (HKG) had reached its position on the two/five year question through commo [...] |
2005-03-17 09:33:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HK CH |
| 05HONGKONG1769 | ACTING CE TSANG SEEKS U.S. UNDERSTANDING [...] (C) Acting Chief Executive (A/CE) Tsang called me late April 6 to provide background regarding the Hong Kong Government's (HKG) decision to initiate a request for an interpretation to settle the issue of the duration of the term of the CE to be elected in July of this year. He said that a br [...] |
2005-04-06 10:55:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CH HK |
| 05HONGKONG4611 | HONG KONG CHIEF EXECUTIVE DONALD TSANG LOOKS AHEAD [...] (C) At lunch with me on October 3, Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang looked ahead to the Government's Policy Address on October 12, its upcoming proposals for political reform, and his visit to the U.S. at the end of October. With the policy and political reform issues out in the open, he hop [...] |
2005-10-03 09:06:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH HK |
| 05KATHMANDU2209 | DEMARCHE ON REFUGEE PROCESSING IN NEPAL [...] (C) In an October 6 meeting with Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey, the Ambassador discussed the USG's proposal to stand up a refugee processing operation in Kathmandu for some Tibetan refugees resident in Nepal (ref A). The Ambassador also shared with FM Pandey the one-page description of t [...] |
2005-10-07 10:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL CH IN NP |
| 05KATHMANDU2379 | CHINESE MILITARY AID TAKES PRESSURE OFF KING TO [...] (C) Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Thapa announced on October 24 that China had committed about 1 million USD for military assistance to Nepal this year, noting that more assistance would follow next year. The Ambassador publicly (septel) and privately (ref A) cautioned that, while Nepal [...] |
2005-10-31 11:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS CH NP JP |
| 05KATHMANDU2383 | CHINESE MILITARY AID TAKES PRESSURE OFF KING TO [...] (C) Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Thapa announced on October 24 that China had committed about 1 million USD for military assistance to Nepal this year, noting that more assistance would follow next year. The Ambassador publicly (septel) and privately (ref A) cautioned that, while Nepal [...] |
2005-11-01 04:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS CH NP |
| 05KATHMANDU2389 | NEPAL-INDIA RELATIONS [...] (C) Indian Ambassador Mukherjee told the Ambassador that it was likely Indian Prime Minister Singh would have a bilateral meeting with the Nepal King on the margins of the upcoming SAARC summit in Dhaka. Mukherjee said Singh would likely send a clear message to the King on the need to reconci [...] |
2005-11-04 10:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS CH IN NP |
| 05KATHMANDU2516 | CHINESE AMBASSADOR DENIES COMMERCIAL WEAPONS [...] (C) Chinese Ambassador Sun Heping categorically stated to the Ambassador in a November 18 meeting that China had no large commercial sales to Nepal in the works. The Ambassador described to Sun his comments at a press conference in Butwal (refs A and B) that new provisions of large amounts of [...] |
2005-11-18 08:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MCAP PGOV PINS CH NP |
| 05KATHMANDU2866 | NEPAL'S MAN IN TIBET DISCUSSES REFUGEE, ARMS AND [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: NEPAL'S DIPLOMAT IN LHASA HAS CONFIRMED THAT CHINESE PRESSURE PROMPTED NEPAL TO CLOSE THE TIBETAN REFUGEE WELFARE OFFICE IN KATHMANDU LAST YEAR. CONTINUING PRESSURE FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC) ALSO MEANS THAT NEPAL DOES NOT PLAN TO RECOGNIZE A SUBSTITUTE ORGANI [...] |
2005-12-19 11:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PREF MASS MCAP SENV NP CH |
| 05KINGSTON2680 | PRC ACTIVITIES IN JAMAICA [...] (U) This message responds to Ref A Tasking. Post regrets the lateness of submission. -------- Overview -------- 2. (SBU) It is not surprising that both economic and political calculations underlie the GOJ's efforts to enhance ties with the People's Republic of China (PRC), while Beijin [...] |
2005-12-09 12:28:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL ETRD ETTC EINV ENRG PHUM CH JM |
| 05KINGSTON386 | JAMAICA COMMITTED TO STRONGER TIES WITH CHINA [...] (C) Eager to attract Chinese investment in Jamaica's economy and tourists to its beaches, Prime Minister P.J. Patterson and Foreign Minister K.D. Knight rolled out the red carpet for Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong and his 150-member Chinese trade delegation, which visited Kingston Februa [...] |
2005-02-11 20:28:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BTIO EAID KPAO CH JM |
| 05KINSHASA1365 | CONGO/B: CHINESE PRESENCE IN CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE [...] (U) SUMMARY: As was stated in Ref B, Chinese presence in the Republic of Congo (ROC) is on the rise. One corporation is constructing a hydroelectric dam, another is building low-income housing, another is bringing drinking water to low-income communities, and yet another is expanding televi [...] |
2005-08-24 13:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF CH ECON EAGR EFIN EMIN ENRG ETTC PHUM PREL ETRD SENV CF ENIV |
| 05KINSHASA1614 | CHINA'S INFLUENCE IN AFRICA: EXPANDING IN THE DRC [...] (C) As is the case in many African nations, China is working hard to expand its ties with the DRC. Chinese interest in the DRC comes at a moment when the GDRC is itself searching for significant investment to assist with social and economic development, as well as equipment (such as boots and [...] |
2005-09-29 08:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN ETRD PREL CG CH |
| 05KIRKUK300 | (U) CHINA WOOS IRAQI KURDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China seeks better relations and trade with Iraq's Kurdistan Region, including oil. Kurdistan is officially autonomous, but foreign relations remain the prerogative of the Iraqi national government, so the Kurds' dealings with China are handled through the dominant political p [...] |
2005-12-22 12:50:00 | REO Kirkuk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD CH IZ |
| 05KUWAIT3850 | KUWAIT FUND DIRECTOR GENERAL DISCUSSES AID TO [...] (U) Action request at para 13. 2. (SBU) Summary and Comment: In an August 24 meeting with the Ambassador, the Director General of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED), Abdulwahab Al-Bader, made the following key points: (1) GOK has donated 25 million USD in grants to the [...] |
2005-08-28 13:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PINR PTER KU AF IZ GZ CH WB TERROR FINANCE |
| 05LAGOS1413 | MICROSOFT LOSING MILLIONS, CHINESE PIRATED [...] (C) Chinese copycat firms appear to be using Nigeria as base for producing and selling pirated computer software. Microsoft Nigeria executives complain the number of Chinese factories and Nigerian outlets selling pirated software products has increased the past year. Piracy likely will increa [...] |
2005-09-12 11:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ETRD KIPR EINV CH NI |
| 05LAGOS1518 | CHINESE AND SOUTH KOREAN FIRMS BIDDING FOR RAIL [...] (C) Summary. Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) Managing Director Abubakar told us competing Chinese and South Korean firms were interested in constructing new rail lines and upgrading existing lines. Sometime in October, the NRC would chose the group with which it will partner. By the end o [...] |
2005-09-29 12:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ELTN ECON PGOV PREL NI CH KS XB |
| 05LAGOS1531 | TELECOM SECTOR GROWS, CHINESE FIRMS EXPAND [...] (C) Summary. Telecom operators believe the Nigerian Communications Commission's (NCC) unified licensing policy allowing existing fixed wireless and mobile licensees to provide both services for voice, data and multimedia will reinforce the current dominance enjoyed by the key players already [...] |
2005-09-30 14:17:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS ECON EINV EIND PGOV NI CH |
| 05LAGOS1961 | AQUACULTURE EXPERTS STATE NIGERIAN FISHING [...] (U) Aquaculture experts report Nigeria has consistently underperformed in meeting targeted fish production quotas. They blame the low productivity on lack of available commercial vessels and able seafarers, environmental pollution, poor enforcement of fishing regulations, lack of defined water [...] |
2005-12-30 08:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIS ETRD EINV PHSA SENV PGOV PREL CH NI |
| 05LIMA478 | CHINESE VICE PRESIDENT ZENG QINGHONG'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong, accompanied by a delegation of 124 persons, paid an official visit to Peru on January 26 to 28. The visit here was the second leg of a five-nation sojourn within Latin America and the Caribbean, which also includes Mexico, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobag [...] |
2005-01-28 18:07:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD ECON PE CH |
| 05MADRID1000 | SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF MARCH 16 FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed the China arms embargo, Croatia, Human Rights in Belarus and Cuba, the Middle East Peace Process, Hamas, Lebanon, Sudan, Moldova, and Georgia with the MFA's Head of EU Policy Planning Enrique Mora Benavente on March 10 and March 14. Spain's position regarding [...] |
2005-03-15 17:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL PTER HR CH LE KPAL SU RS GG SP EUN |
| 05MADRID1619 | SPAIN: DOE LETTER ON ITER NEGOTIATIONS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-26 15:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TRGY TNGD ENRG KSCA CH KSAC RS JA SP EUN |
| 05MADRID1891 | SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE MAY 23 EU FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed the China Arms Embargo, European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP), and Sudan with Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA EU Policy Coordinator (and Special Assistant to MFA Political Director Dezcallar) on May 17. Fernandez-Arias does not expect the China Arms Embargo [...] |
2005-05-18 10:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PREL SU MARR MOPS SP EUN |
| 05MANILA1257 | ROMULO'S CHINA TRIP FIXES DATES FOR PRESIDENT HU [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs China Director Maria Theresa Almojuela, the main purpose of Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo,s February 28-March 2 visit to SIPDIS China was to fix the timing for President Hu Jintao,s state visit to the Philippines, which is now set for April [...] |
2005-03-17 08:23:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS CH RP |
| 05MANILA1954 | CHINESE PRESIDENT HU JINTAO VISITS MANILA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The state visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao focused primarily on economic and trade issues, with apparently no discussion of improving military-to-military ties. Although Deputy Chief of the General Staff General Xiong Guang Kai plans a trip Manila in May, observers do not e [...] |
2005-04-29 08:31:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PINR CH RP |
| 05MANILA2174 | MORE ON HU JINTAO'S VISIT TO THE PHILIPPINES [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, PRC President Hu Jintao's state visit was a "normal" component of Beijing's outreach to the region. Visits by the PRC Vice Minister of Defense and Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army are on the agenda as part of the war [...] |
2005-05-12 23:08:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR EPET ECON CH RP |
| 05MANILA2277 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 5 MEETING WITH [...] (U) May 5, 2005; 10:00 a.m.; Manila, the Philippines. 2. (C) Summary: President Arroyo underscored to the Deputy Secretary on May 5 that she considered the U.S. to be the SIPDIS Philippines' closest partner in dealing with security, economic and other issues. She confirmed that her go [...] |
2005-05-18 06:38:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR ECON OVIP RP CH BM IZ SU ID |
| 05MANILA2335 | DEFENSE SECRETARY MAKES STRONG PUBLIC CASE FOR PDR [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a major speech at the prestigious Manila Overseas Press Club, Secretary of National Defense Cruz made a strong public pitch for Philippine Defense Reform (PDR), saying it would allow the Philippines to defeat the multiple insurgencies and terrorist threats facing the country. [...] |
2005-05-20 08:05:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL PINS PTER CH RP |
| 05MANILA4740 | MALACANANG-SENATE RELATIONS DETERIORATE [...] (C) Summary: After several highly contentious Senate sessions, a group of Opposition senators led by Senate President Franklin Drilon continues to press for more hearings into issues potentially embarrassing to President Arroyo. Malacanang has reacted angrily and is strictly controlling acc [...] |
2005-10-04 05:32:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR ECON EINV PTER CH RP |
| 05MANILA5799 | SENATOR BOND'S DECEMBER 9 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. U.S. Senator Christopher S. Bond, accompanied by CDA Paul W. Jones, met with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on December 9. President Arroyo pledged support for U.S. trade liberalization proposals at the WTO Ministerial Meeting in Hong Kong and for the U.S. efforts to encoura [...] |
2005-12-13 09:23:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD EINV RP BM CH KS |
| 05MAPUTO1297 | CHINESE TIES WITH MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) Summary: China has extensive political, economic, and military ties with Mozambique, and its visibility appears to be growing. Mozambique,s President and Prime Minister have each met with their Chinese counterparts in the last two months. End Summary. ------------------- Political Relat [...] |
2005-10-05 13:13:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PREL CH MZ |
| 05MAPUTO1410 | MOZAMBIQUE - CHINESE FISHING BOAT SEIZED IN MAPUTO [...] On October 26 Mozambican authorities seized a Chinese fishing vessel in Maputo's port, after it was found to be carrying an illegal catch of four tons of shark and tuna, according to press reports. The vessel, Da Yuan Yu 309, had docked at the port due to engine trouble. Mozambican authoriti [...] |
2005-10-28 09:16:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS KCRM PREL CH MZ |
| 05MASERU245 | INPUT FOR HIRC CHINESE TESTIMONY [...] (C) China continues to demonstrate significant interest in Lesotho as noted in Para. 2. In addition to those activities, post has observed that senior members of government have participated in travel to China over the past 12 months. These officials included the Prime Minister, the Deputy [...] |
2005-05-12 14:14:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LT CH |
| 05MASERU478 | LESOTHO: CHINA'S INFLUENCE IN AFRICA [...] (SBU) Lesotho's relationship with China appears to be deepening as visits by dignitaries from both countries increase and China's involvement in projects large and small expands. The political aspect of the relationship is based on Lesotho's acceptance of a "one china/two systems" policy pala [...] |
2005-09-27 10:28:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CH LT UN |
| 05MINSK1106 | The Few, The Timid, The Youth Groups [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met with a series of non-partisan youth NGOs to determine young peoples' attitudes to the present and future of Belarus. All of the youth organization leaders criticized GOB policies regarding youth and democracy. They also painted a dismal picture of the situation for [...] |
2005-09-15 07:04:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR BO CH |
| 05MINSK1286 | China Q Belarus Relations: Politically Strong, [...] (C) Summary: On October 14 the newly arrived Chinese Ambassador candidly discussed Chinese-Belarusian relations. He asserted his main task is to increase Belarusian Q Chinese economic ties to balance the strong political ties between Minsk and Beijing. He complained that this would be an impo [...] |
2005-10-21 14:21:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ECON BO CH |
| 05MINSK1485 | GOB Seeks Meeting with U.S. Delegation During WTO [...] Following up on Ambassador's November 21 meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Mikhnevich (reftel), the MFA on December 8 delivered a letter to Ambassador requesting the Embassy's assistance in arranging a meeting with a senior member of the U.S. delegation at the December 13-18 WTO M [...] |
2005-12-09 13:47:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINR ECON BO CH |
| 05MINSK956 | Minsk's Deepening Relations with China [...] (U) Summary: Belarus' relationship with China continues to strengthen. China has invested and plans to invest millions of dollars in Belarusian companies while Belarus is contemplating opening a bank in China. Both countries have exchanged military delegations and have signed military accord [...] |
2005-08-16 12:58:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR BO CH |
| 05NAIROBI3300 | REGIONAL ISSUES AND KENYA TRAVEL WARNING: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Congressman Donald Payne expressed appreciation to Kenya for its leadership role in the Sudan peace accord and the Somalia reconciliation process in a meeting with President Kibaki August 10. The Congressman said he was trying to encourage the State Department to take a more acti [...] |
2005-08-15 03:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ECIN PINS KUNR SO SU ET DJ SP CH KE |
| 05NAIROBI3600 | KENYA'S PRESIDENT GOES TO CHINA - AND WHAT IT MEANS [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki's August state visit to China was clearly aimed at further developing a bilateral economic relationship which, while small, is growing rapidly. Trade and tourism are especially robust. Investment by Chinese firms in Kenya has yielded less-spectacu [...] |
2005-09-05 05:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAIR ECIN ECON EFIN ELAB EINV ETRD PREL CH KE |
| 05NASSAU1601 | CHINESE ACTIVITIES IN THE BAHAMAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chinese presence in The Bahamas has been steadily expanding since the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1997. The PRC and the GCOB have exchanged high-level delegations to discuss the full range of international political issues, explore economic opportunitie [...] |
2005-09-08 18:46:00 | Embassy Nassau | SECRET | ECON PREL ETRD ETTC EINV ENRG EAGR EFIN PHUM EMIN CH BF ESENV |
| 05NASSAU166 | NEW CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO THE BAHAMAS CALLS ON [...] (C) Newly-arrived Chinese Ambassador ((Li)) Yuanming paid a courtesy call on Ambassador January 25. Ambassador Li was accompanied by his senior staff members, Li Boheng (DCM); Song Zhenguang (First Secretary); and Chen Dayu (Second Secretary). DCM Robert Witajewski also joined in the meetin [...] |
2005-01-25 18:20:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PINR CH BF |
| 05NDJAMENA1492 | CHINA'S LIMITED INFLUENCE IN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary: Since 1997, N'Djamena's official recognition of Taiwan has limited Chinese influence in Chad. Chinese firms, however, are interested in becoming involved in Chad's oil sector. Chad is not taking the People's Republic of China up on recent overtures. End Summary. 2. (SBU) [...] |
2005-10-04 13:57:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON CD EFIN EMIN ENRG ETRD ETTC PREL SENV AF CH ENIV |
| 05NEWDELHI1542 | INDIA QUERIES US ON POSSIBLE PAKISTAN-CHINA PROLIFERATION [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 3. 2. (C) During a February 23 meeting with AC/RSS Director Bob Gromoll, SA/RA Director John Schlosser, PolCouns, and Pol-MilOff, MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar asked about the status of a USG response to two GOI non [...] |
2005-03-01 10:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP CH PK IN INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI2475 | DELHI EU MEMBER STATE MISSIONS TAKE ROSY VIEW OF [...] (C) Summary: At a March 31 meeting of EU and "likeminded" countries hosted by the Danes, EU member state representatives evinced surprising optimism about the potential for a constituent assembly and constitutional changes to resolve the impasse in Nepal. We noted a clear preference for an I [...] |
2005-04-01 14:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MASS KDEM IN NP BT DA NL SW SZ CA FR UK FI NO CH PK |
| 05NEWDELHI2597 | INDIAN CONCERN ABOUT CHINESE PROCUREMENT FOR PAKISTAN'S WMD PROGRAM VIA US FIRM [...] (S) On March 25, MEA Under Secretary, Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA), Nutan Kapoor passed to PolMilOff a nonpaper outlining Indian concern about a Chinese firm trying to procure a fixed gamma ray spectrometer from a US firm for shipment to Pakistan. The GOI asks that th [...] |
2005-04-06 13:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PARM PREL KNNP ETTC PK CH IN INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI3164 | INDIA WAITING FOR ACTION FROM NEPAL'S KING [...] (C) Summary: India wants to see progress toward democracy on the ground, not just hear the right words, before resuming arms shipments to Nepal, MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae told PolCouns and Poloff on April 27. Dismissing media reports of a "U-turn in Indian policy" as "speculation [...] |
2005-04-27 12:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS KDEM PHUM IN NP CH IS SF |
| 05NEWDELHI3275 | INDIAN LAWMAKERS MISSING MESSAGE ON US-INDIA [...] (C) Summary: During an Indo-US Parliamentary Forum (IUPF) gathering on April 27, Indian lawmakers were upbeat about US-India relations, but were surprisingly uninformed about key details of the initiatives underway to make the strategic partnership a reality. Suggesting that the positive impa [...] |
2005-05-02 07:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PARM KNNP PK CH IN NSSP US |
| 05NEWDELHI3308 | INDIA UPBEAT WITH SHEINWALD ON CHINA AND PAKISTAN; [...] (C) Summary: Aside from nuclear issues (septel) UK NSA Sir Nigel Sheinwald's April 25-26 visit to New Delhi stuck to familiar ground, with the PM, NSA Narayanan, and Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran providing an encouraging backdrop for SIPDIS the September 7-8 India-EU and India-UK Summits. [...] |
2005-05-02 13:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PK IZ NP BG CH IN AF UK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI3653 | FS SARAN PREPARES FOR WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary. In a May 14 meeting with the Charge, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran gave an optimistic overview of the SIPDIS issues for his upcoming trip to Washington, emphasizing the GOI's intention to develop a rich menu of deliverables to make the Prime Minister's July White House visit "a [...] |
2005-05-14 12:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP KDEM ETTC MASS NP CH IZ IN US |
| 05NEWDELHI3744 | INDIAN GOVERNMENT BRIEFS ON NEW EXPORT CONTROL LAW [...] (C) Summary: MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar expressed MEA intentions to take the lead on implementation of the new WMD law in a meeting with Charge, PolCouns, and PolMilOff on May 18. According to Shankar, the real success of the WMD bill was not its passage [...] |
2005-05-18 13:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PGOV KSTC KNNP TRGY ETTC CH IR IN |
| 05NEWDELHI3810 | PUTIN: "MANY GUESTS IN MOSCOW, BUT ONLY ONE INDIA" [...] (C) Summary: According to our Indian contacts, President Putin offered India a range of defense and energy cooperation proposals during PM Manmohan Singh's May 8-10 visit to Moscow, renewing top-level bonhomie after his scratchy visit to New Delhi last December. Commenting on Putin's offer to [...] |
2005-05-20 12:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ETRD KNNP TSPA RS CH IN |
| 05NEWDELHI3973 | AMB TAHIR-KHELI HEARS INDIAN UNSC PITCH [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with senior MEA officials on May 26, Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli, the Secretary's UN Reform Adviser, heard a strong Indian claim for a permanent UNSC seat, and identified peacekeeping, management and accountability reform, counterterrorism, nonproliferation and demo [...] |
2005-05-27 14:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM IN CH UNSC |
| 05NEWDELHI4091 | USG ASSESSMENT OF TIBETAN REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to the Dalai Lama's request that the US consider a resettlement program for some 10,000 Tibetan refugees, a USG delegation traveled to India and Nepal from May 2-10, meeting with Tibetan, Indian, Nepalese, and Embassy officials to assess the political and logistical [...] |
2005-06-01 14:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL CH BT NP IN |
| 05NEWDELHI4718 | INDIAN NON-PAPER ON PAKISTANI EFFORTS TO PURCHASE [...] (C) During the June 16 US-India Strategic Stability and Nonproliferation Dialogue, MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar gave A/S for Arms Control Stephen Rademaker the following non-paper regarding possible sale of a fixed gamma ray spectrometer by the US firm Canbe [...] |
2005-06-21 11:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM PK CH IN US INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI4719 | INDIAN NON-PAPER ON PAKISTANI EFFORTS TO PROCURE [...] (C) During the June 16 US-India Strategic Stability and Nonproliferation Dialogue, MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar gave A/S for Arms Control Stephen Rademaker the following non-paper regarding Pakistani entity Project Management Organization's efforts to procur [...] |
2005-06-21 11:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PK CH IN INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI4961 | US-INDIA NON-PROLIFERATION DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: Arms Control A/S Stephen Rademaker and representatives from AC, NP, SA, OSD, and Embassy met GOI counterparts, led by MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar on June 16 to continue the ongoing bilateral dialogue on strategic stability and nonproliferation [...] |
2005-06-29 13:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM ETTC KSTC IR PK CH IN NSSP |
| 05NEWDELHI4996 | INDIA TESTS TRILATERAL TALKS WITH CHINA AND RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's June 2 meeting with the Foreign Ministers of China and Russia in Vladivostok reflects India's desire for greater cooperation on areas of mutual interest such as energy, terrorism, and business, but Delhi-based analysts contend that any results for [...] |
2005-06-30 12:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV RS CH IN |
| 05NEWDELHI5049 | MISHRA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC TO U/S BURNS ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with U/S Burns and the Charge on June 25, former NSA Brajesh Mishra was cautiously optimistic on the US-India relationship. One of the architects of India's greatly expanded ties with Washington, Mishra stressed that progress would be incremental and evolutionary, that b [...] |
2005-07-01 12:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP ENRG IN CH US |
| 05NEWDELHI5445 | GOI WORKING TO MANAGE DISAPPOINTMENT AT US G-4 [...] (C) Summary: US opposition to the G-4 UN Security Council expansion proposal was badly received in India, but the GOI is doing damage control to preserve the positive atmospherics of the PM's July 18-20 Washington visit, including working to ensure the resolution will not come up for a vote while t [...] |
2005-07-14 13:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IN CH UNSC |
| 05NEWDELHI5815 | INDIAN LEFT OPPOSES "PRO-US SHIFT" BUT WILL [...] Summary: The Left Front heavily criticized agreements reached during the PM's visit to Washington, claiming that the UPA has abandoned its pledge in the Common Minimum Program (CMP) to pursue "multipolarity," in favor of a "pro-US shift" initiated by the previous NDA government. The CPI and C [...] |
2005-07-27 13:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM KNNP ECON IN CH IR |
| 05NEWDELHI6215 | MEA PLAYS DOWN BHUTANESE KING'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary: King Wangchuck's August 1-4 visit to New Delhi was part of a routine exchange and did not focus narrowly on an imminent Bhutan-China boundary agreement, according to MEA Joint Secretary (Nepal/Bhutan) Ranjit Rae. Rae said that the border issue was discussed, along with other rout [...] |
2005-08-10 12:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF ECON IN NP BT CH |
| 05NEWDELHI6411 | INDIA ALLEGES PAKISTANI AND CHINESE WEAPONS SALES [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-18 13:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS IN PK NP CH |
| 05NEWDELHI6594 | MEA STICKS WITH TWIN PILLARS, SKEPTICAL ON UN [...] (C) A skeptical MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae told A/DCM on August 26 that the GOI will receive UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi in New Delhi on August 30, but was puzzled by what the UN might expect to accomplish in Nepal. In contrast to reports in Kathmandu and among non-governmental India [...] |
2005-08-26 12:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM IN NP CH KS |
| 05NEWDELHI719 | FIRST INDIA-CHINA STRATEGIC DIALOGUE MODEST BUT [...] (C) Summary: The January 24 strategic dialogue between China and India "did not accomplish much," but did provide insight into China's view of the world, Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran told the DCM on January 27. From New SIPDIS Delhi's perspective, the dialogue illustrated China's [...] |
2005-01-28 13:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IN CH |
| 05NEWDELHI73 | LODI GYARI INFORMS INDIA OF PLANS FOR TIBETAN [...] (C) On January 3, the Dalai Lama's Special Representative Lodi Gyari told Ambassador Mulford that he had briefed MEA Joint Secretary (East Asia) Ashok Kantha that same day on Dharamsala's intention to relocate 10,000 Tibetan refugees from India and Nepal to the US. He emphasized that he had [...] |
2005-01-04 13:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM IN CH NP |
| 05NEWDELHI7505 | NEPALESE MAOISTS STILL TOP CONCERN FOR GOI [...] (C) Summary: The GOI still sees the Maoists as its chief concern in the ongoing crisis in Nepal, MEA told us on September 27. However, the GOI believes the cease-fire could be a sign of progress toward an ultimate political solution, if the Maoists prove sincere in their professed commitment [...] |
2005-09-27 08:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MASS KDEM IN NP PK CH |
| 05NEWDELHI757 | STRATEGIC DIALOGUE WITH CHINA JUST THE BEGINNING, [...] (C) Summary: "If China had proposed a strategic dialogue a few years ago, we would have been wary," MEA Joint Secretary (East Asia) told PolCouns and Poloff on January 31, SIPDIS adding that the PRC now seems willing to engage with India on issues of global importance. Echoing Foreign Secr [...] |
2005-01-31 13:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN CH |
| 05NEWDELHI8247 | NEPAL, AFGHANISTAN, AND IRANIAN TERRORISM: FOREIGN [...] This message contains an ACTION REQUEST for SA. Please see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and his regional Joint Secretaries told visiting U/S for Political Affairs Nick Burns on October 22 that the GOI would announce that day the opening of several points along t [...] |
2005-10-24 12:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MASS EAID ENRG PHUM IN NP AF PK CH CE BM TH |
| 05NEWDELHI858 | EXPLAINING INDIA'S ANGER OVER DEVELOPMENTS IN NEPAL [...] (C) Summary: New Delhi's surprisingly angry reaction to developments in Nepal underlines the serious mid to long-term implications the GOI believes King Gyanendra's actions will have on Nepal, India, and the GOI's larger foreign policy objectives. From New Delhi's perspective, the King has s [...] |
2005-02-03 12:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MASS EAID PREF ASEC IN NP CH |
| 05NEWDELHI9205 | INDO-JAPANESE INTERESTS CONVERGING AHEAD OF EAST [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Singh is heading to Kuala Lumpur for the December 14 East Asian Summit (EAS) at a time of rapid improvement in Indo-Japanese relations that may finally overcome the sense on both sides of unfulfilled potential. In a December 2 meeting with PolCouns, MEA's Asia Co [...] |
2005-12-06 12:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN ETRD ENRG TRGY KNNP CH JA IN ASEAN |
| 05NEWDELHI9592 | GOI'S TAKE ON CHINA'S ROLE IN DEVELOPING THE [...] (C) Summary: In a December 16 meeting on India's relationship with Central Asia and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), MEA J/S Jaimini Bhagwati (Eurasia) suggested that India and the US should look for opportunities to advance our shared interests in the region. Bhagwati speculated [...] |
2005-12-20 13:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL KDEM MOPS CH IN PK RS |
| 05NEWDELHI9750 | GOI TURNING PESSIMISTS ON NEPAL [...] (C) Summary. GOI officials told us on December 27 that developments in Kathmandu since Foreign Secretary Saran's early December visit have made them less hopeful of a resolution any time soon to the continued political stalemate in Nepal. Hardening of the positions of both the Palace and th [...] |
2005-12-27 12:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PTER MASS IN NP CH |
| 05NEWDELHI9754 | TIBETANS IN INDIA BRIEF VISITING STAFFDEL SZYMANSKI [...] (U) Summary: Members of the Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamsala, including the chief executive of the Central Tibetan Authority and the Dalai Lama, told visiting professional staff of the House Small Business Committee during a December 11-12 visit that although human rights conditions [...] |
2005-12-28 05:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KDEM PREF IN CH |
| 05OTTAWA1197 | Canada and China conclude expanded air transport [...] On April 19 Canada's Transport Minister Jean Lapierre and International Trade Minister Jim Peterson announced the conclusion of a new and expanded bilateral air transport agreement with the People's Republic of China. The new entitlements include possibilities for all-cargo and code- sharing [...] |
2005-04-20 13:56:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECIN EINV CA CH |
| 05OTTAWA382 | CANADIAN TRADE MISSION TO CHINA HIGHLIGHTS [...] SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: Economic relations with China were a key focus of Prime Minister Paul Martin's January tour of South and East Asia (which also touched on tsunami relief and a range of political issues - see ref A). China displaced Japan in the past decade as Canada's largest trading p [...] |
2005-02-08 17:56:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV PREL CVIS KFRD CH CA |
| 05OTTAWA402 | CANADA LOOKS TO CHINA FOR NUCLEAR REACTOR SALES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for distribution outside USG channels. 2. (SBU) Summary: Along with interest in joint development of petroleum and mineral resources (reftels), Canada and China have also pledged to deepen their ties in nuclear energy. During Prime Minister Martin's [...] |
2005-02-09 19:05:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY CA CH AECL |
| 05PANAMA2004 | GOP WINS BIG AGAINST CHINESE-OWNED PANAMA PORTS [...] (C) Summary: The GOP and Panama Ports Company (PPC) agreed on September 8 to reverse a highly questioned move by the former Moscoso administration in 2002 that freed PPC from its contractual obligations to pay $22.2 million annually plus a variable annual payment of 10% of its gross annual in [...] |
2005-10-05 12:59:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT ETRD ECON PREL PM CH ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
| 05PANAMA909 | PANAMA: CHINA AND TAIWAN TEND THEIR GARDENS AS [...] (C) China had high hopes of replacing Taiwan as Panama's diplomatic partner, given the supposed pro"China tilt of President Torrijos's PRD government, in power since 9/1/2004. Also, Taiwanese diplomats worried that China could use the Mar del Sur public relations disaster (that grew out of the Ta [...] |
2005-04-22 20:27:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV ETRD EWWT PM CH TW VE POL CHIEF |
| 05PARIS1542 | FRANCE: EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO, CODE OF CONDUCT AND [...] (C) Summary: Our MFA contact reported that internal EU negotiations on the modalities of a strengthened Code of Conduct were completed, while discussions on the "toolbox" were almost done. This GOF export control expert reaffirmed the belief that the EU China Arms Embargo would be lifted befo [...] |
2005-03-09 10:32:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL MARR CH FR |
| 05PARIS1580 | FRENCH POSITION ON THE JOINT EU-CHINA STATEMENT ON [...] (S) Following a demarche delivered on 01 March on a separate matter, French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact David Bertolotti provided EST Officer comments on the French position regarding the joint European Union-China statement on nonproliferation issued o/a October [...] |
2005-03-10 07:56:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM FR JA CH MTCR |
| 05PARIS1727 | FRENCH RESPONSE ON MARCH 16 GAERC DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-15 16:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL PTER HR CH LE KPAL RS GG FR SY EUN |
| 05PARIS1823 | MOD ADVISOR UPBEAT ON BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP; SEES [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Alliot-Marie's Diplomatic Advisor Bertrand Besancenot provided Political Minister-Counselor with a readout of the Minister's March 9-10 visit to the United States. He described at length the positive tone in the bilateral relationship, as reflected in Alliot-Mari [...] |
2005-03-18 10:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM CH FR NATO EUN |
| 05PARIS1880 | FRENCH RESPONSE ON ICJ NOMINATION [...] We delivered to the MFA's International Organizations directorate March 10 a diplomatic note in support of Judge Buergenthal's nomination, together with the judge's curriculum vitae. Poloff met March 21 with MFA IO advisor Didier Gonzalez, congratulating the GoF on the appointment to the ICJ [...] |
2005-03-21 16:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CH UK NL FR UNSC UNGA RU |
| 05PARIS2220 | READOUT OF CHIRAC'S MARCH 26-28 OFFICIAL TRIP TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA, the Japanese Embassy here, and the French High Commissioner for Science all provided readouts to Embassy on President Chirac's March 26-28 trip to Japan. According to our interlocutors and the press, Chirac and PM Koizumi continued to express opposing views on both the EU' [...] |
2005-04-04 11:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TRGY FR JA CH TW |
| 05PARIS2603 | FRENCH DENY ANY PLANS TO SELL FIGHTER AIRCRAFT TO [...] (U) Reftel FBIS reports quoted Taiwan and Hong Kong press reports that France intends to sell 210 Mirage 200-9CS fighter aircraft, along with 1,200 MICA missiles and 180 alternative engines, as part of a 12 billion euros defense trade package. The sale allegedly was agreed to last December 20 [...] |
2005-04-15 17:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC CH FR EUN |
| 05PARIS2764 | FRAMATOME/PARTNER IN NUCLEAR POWER [...] Please direct this message to the Commerce Department Advocacy Center. 2. Summary: On April 18, Embassy Science Officers visited Framatome headquarters, a subsidiary of GOF majority-owned Areva, which provides nuclear power reactors, fuel, and support services not only in France, but ar [...] |
2005-04-22 16:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND BEXP TRGY FR CH ENGR |
| 05PARIS2974 | PM RAFFARIN'S APRIL 21-24 TRIP TO CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Building on the high-profile exchange of French and Chinese presidential visits last year, Prime Minister Raffarin focused his late April visit mostly on economic issues and cultural affairs. His statement that China's March anti-secession law is "compatible" with the French pos [...] |
2005-05-02 16:58:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON FR CH |
| 05PARIS3379 | FRANCE APOLOGIZES FOR MIX-UP BARRING U.S. MILITARY [...] (C) A wrong call by a low-level French official was quickly reversed when we brought it to the attention of the MOD and MFA. At issue was the participation of Col. Ernest Herold, Chief of the Embassy's Office of Defense Cooperation, in the annual study trip sponsored by the Direction Generale [...] |
2005-05-17 17:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PINR CH FR NATO |
| 05PARIS3441 | (C) OECD: CHINA CONTINUES PRESSURE AGAINST [...] (C) Chinese Embassy officials have continued to press the OECD Secretariat to oppose Taiwan's applications to join committees as observers. In conversations on May 11 and May 18, the officials, including the Embassy's Commercial Counselor, requested that the OECD notify member country delegat [...] |
2005-05-19 14:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON CH TW |
| 05PARIS3491 | FRENCH ON MAY 23-24 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel points on May 16 and spoke with MFA deputy chief for Common Foreign and Security Policy Pascal LeDeunff on May 19. LeDeunff described Sudan as "incontestably the most important" subject the GAERC will tackle; said that the EU-3 will seek EU support for th [...] |
2005-05-20 16:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PREL SU MARR MOPS PARM KNNP MNUC FR EUN NATO |
| 05PARIS4705 | COUNSELOR ZELIKOW'S CONSULTATIONS WITH FRENCH MFA [...] (C) Summary: Counselor Zelikow reviewed general themes in U.S. foreign policy with MFA Political Director Stanislas Laboulaye and senior ministry officials. The June 28 meeting took place in conjunction with the Counselor's anti-terrorism consultations in Paris (septel). In response to a Fren [...] |
2005-07-06 12:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC CH IR IS FR PETER |
| 05PARIS547 | FRENCH ON JANUARY 31 GAERC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche points to MFA CFSP deputy Pascal LeDeunff on Jan. 18 and followed in conversation with LeDeunff Jan 28. LeDeunff noted that the French are awaiting "with enthusiasm" the visits to Europe of both President Bush and Secretary Rice. With regard to the Presid [...] |
2005-01-28 17:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAID KPAL BK CU IR IZ UP CH FR EUN |
| 05PARIS5566 | REQUEST FOR FRANCE TO STOP A SHIPMENT OF [...] (S/NF) On 16 August, ESTH Nonproliferation Officer met French MFA desk officer for Nuclear Nonproliferation, Sebastian Jaunet, to discuss the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) investigation regarding the transfer of vibration/centrifuge systems involving the U.S. company Data Physics, [...] |
2005-08-18 13:34:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KNNP PARM MNUC ETTC FR CH |
| 05PARIS5864 | FRENCH RESPONSE ON SEPT 1-2 GYMNICH: CHIRAC AND FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Pascal LeDeunff, deputy of the MFA's Common Foreign and Security Policy unit, the French have tabled a paper for discussion on Turkey at the September 1-2 EU Gymnich meeting. LeDeunff told us Aug. 30 that FM Douste-Blazy will meet with President Chirac Aug. 31 to de [...] |
2005-08-30 17:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL IR CH TU IZ VE CY FR EUN |
| 05PARIS630 | EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: FRENCH TELL JAPANESE EU [...] (S) Japanese political Officer Korehito Masuda (strictly protect) told poloff that during a Jan. 31 Paris meeting between GOF MFA Deputy Vice Minister for Foreign Policy Tsuneo Nishida and Presidency Diplomatic Advisor Maurice SIPDIS Gourdault-Montagne, Gourdault-Montagne said that the EU [...] |
2005-02-01 19:39:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL MARR ETTC CH FR JA |
| 05PARIS7154 | PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE: FRENCH UPDATE [...] (S) ESTH/NP officer received a brief update from Sebastien Jaunet, French MFA nuclear expert and PSI contact regarding the status of the French government's inter-agency investigation into the transfer of centrifuge equipment involving the U.S. company Data Physics, French company Actidyn Sy [...] |
2005-10-19 10:44:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL KNNP PARM MNUC ETTC FR CH |
| 05PARIS8247 | USUNESCO: KOREAN DMZ: NO MECHANISM EXISTS TO [...] The 17 November public suggestion of Ted Turner of the United Foundations Foundation at a New York City event to designate the Korean DMZ as a World Heritage Site was unworkable, South Korean UNESCO rep Ki-Joung Cho told poloff in a 1 Dec office call, even though a great majority of South Kor [...] |
2005-12-05 17:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SCUL MARR CJAN CH KS UNESCO |
| 05PRAGUE1023 | CZECH PM IN CHINA FOCUSES ON BUSINESS, DODGES THE [...] (C) Summary. On July 7, ADCM met with Ivan Busniak, foreign policy advisor to the Prime Minister, to discuss Czech PM Jiri Paroubek's recent visit to Japan and China. In Japan, discussions focused on increasing Japanese investment and UN Security Council Reform. In China, the dialogue was [...] |
2005-07-08 18:06:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINV ETRD CH EZ EUN JP |
| 05PRAGUE128 | CZECH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE JANUARY 31 GAERC [...] (U) On January 27, conveyed reftel points concerning issues to be raised at the January 31 meeting of the GAERC to Michal Strouhal, Director of the Common Foreign and Security Policy Department at the MFA. Strouhal's responses follow: A. (C) TSUNAMI RELIEF: Strouhal said the EU member st [...] |
2005-01-27 17:15:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER EAID KPAL CU IR IZ UP CH EZ EUN |
| 05PRAGUE1589 | CZECHS ON CHINA, RUSSIA, AND BEING HEARD IN THE EU [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with visiting EUR/ERA Director Peter Chase, the Czech MFA's Political Director offered the following: -- The Czech Republic played a leading role within the EU to prevent lifting of the China arms embargo, but in the context of PM Paroubek's growing closeness with [...] |
2005-11-09 15:10:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ CH RS CU LE SY ENRG ECON EFIN |
| 05PRAGUE1664 | CZECHS: DPRK'S VISIT WAS AN INTERNAL PROBLEM, ON [...] (S) Summary: The Czech MFA understands U.S. dismay over the October 20 visit of a DPRK Parliamentary delegation to the Temelin Nuclear Power Plant, and will again oppose any similar requests for visits or for nuclear cooperation in the future. The Czechs will not directly focus on China's human [...] |
2005-11-29 15:43:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET//NOFORN | EZ KN KNNP MNUC PREL PGOV PHUM CH |
| 05PRAGUE241 | CZECHS AND GAERC MEETING: PREPARING TO SPEAK OUT [...] (C) Summary: The Czech Republic plans to use the Feb 21 GAERC meeting to lead EU members to designate Hizballah as a terrorist organization. The Czechs are also working towards taking a leading role in the EU debate over the China arms embargo. The Czechs share our optimism about improving [...] |
2005-02-17 15:51:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC CH IR UP MD HR KPAL EZ EUN |
| 05PRAGUE376 | CZECHS ON GAERC, CHINA ARMS EMBARGO, HIZBALLAH AND [...] (C) Summary. On March 14, we met with Mr. Michal Strouhal, Director of the Common Foreign and Security Policy Department in the Czech MFA, to discuss the GAERC (ref a), China Arms Embargo (ref b), and visit of Syrian FM to Europe (ref c). We also delivered the statement on U.S. support of t [...] |
2005-03-15 14:38:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC PTER HR CH LE KPAL SU RS GG EZ IR EUN |
| 05PRAGUE514 | CZECH ENTER DEBATE ON EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO [...] (C) Summary. The Czech Republic is beginning to speak out against the immediate removal of the EU China arms embargo. Growing European debate over the timing and modalities of any removal of the embargo is allowing the Czechs to play a more active role in the debate and, the Czechs believe, s [...] |
2005-04-11 16:43:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MASS CH EZ |
| 05PRAGUE888 | CZECH RESPONSE TO JUNE 13 GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) On June 9, we discussed the points in ref A demarche with Mr. Michal Strouhal, Director of the Common Foreign and Security Policy Department at the Czech MFA. Strouhal provided the following responses: A. Kosovo: Strouhal emphasized the importance of the EU playing an active role in th [...] |
2005-06-10 13:33:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH CU EZ EUN |
| 05PRETORIA2952 | SOUTH AFRICA: CHINESE OBJECTIONS TO UN RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-26 10:22:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ETTC PREL KTFN SF CH KFIN UNSC |
| 05PRETORIA2983 | SOUTH AFRICA FORMULATES BAILOUT PLAN FOR ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary. The South African Presidency, the National Treasury, the Reserve Bank (SARB), and the Department of Agriculture are key players in putting together the bailout plan for Zimbabwe. The clear objective is to keep Zimbabwe from being expelled from the IMF. The National Treasury is [...] |
2005-07-27 15:07:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EAID CH ZI SF |
| 05PRETORIA762 | SOUTH AFRICA: UPDATE ON PBMR [...] (C) Summary. PBMR, Ltd. executives told Econoff that their project would not be sidelined by a recent court decision requiring the Department of Environment and Tourism to enter into another round of stakeholder consultations on an environmental impact assessment concerning their pebble bed mo [...] |
2005-02-18 15:35:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP TRGY CH FR SF |
| 05RANGOON877 | CHINESE FM LI CALLS ON THE BURMESE GENERALS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-29 06:40:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BM CH |
| 05ROME1150 | ITALY'S TRADE AND INVESTMENT RELATIONS WITH CHINA: [...] There are divided views in Italy on trade and investment in China and whether China is a threat or an opportunity. Although Italian exports to China have increased recently, they pale compared to the sharp increase of Chinese imports into Italy. Italy's direct investment in China remains quit [...] |
2005-04-05 12:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON ELAB IT CH EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05ROME117 | MTAG:ITALIAN FIRMS COOPERATING WITH CHINESE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-13 16:32:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC IT PARM PREL CH MTCRE |
| 05ROME1734 | ITALIAN VIEWS ON MAY 23 GAERC AGENDA [...] (C) MFA Director for EU CFSP told Poloff that the GAERC would begin with a Monday morning EU defense ministers meeting to discuss an ESDP progress report. He described the draft he had seen as "non-controversial," with a dozen or so chapters devoted to assessments of rapid response capabilit [...] |
2005-05-19 15:04:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PREL MARR MOPS IT EUN |
| 05ROME695 | (S) MTAG: ADDITIONAL GOI REACTION TO POTENTIAL [...] (S) Ref B reports on the delivery of our January 13 demarche (ref C) to the MFA's Non-Proliferation Coordinator Carlo Tripepi, in which we informed the GOI that several Chinese firms intended to engage in proliferation-related activity with several Italian firms, including Galileo Avionica, Si [...] |
2005-03-01 17:20:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC PARM PREL IT CH MTCR EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05SANAA2426 | YEMEN'S THIRD GSM TENDER: CHINESE MAKE AN OFFER [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met August 17 with Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology Abdulmalik al-Moalimi to discuss the status of a third tender for a GSM mobile phone operator. Post is advocating for Millicom, which has a vending agreement with Motorola. On August 2, the [...] |
2005-08-22 13:24:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ECPS EIND EINV ETTC KMPI YM CH ECON COM |
| 05SANAA2556 | PM BAJAMMAL ON GSM TENDER: IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY [...] (C) Summary. On September 5, Ambassador discussed the status of Yemen's GSM mobile phone tender with PM Bajammal. He emphasized the importance of a transparent tendering process for attracting American business and for the country's overall investment climate. Bajammal responded directly tha [...] |
2005-09-10 13:20:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ECPS EIND EINV ETTC KMPI CH YM ECON COM |
| 05SANAA2844 | SHOW ME THE MONEY: CHINESE WIN YEMEN'S GSM TENDER, [...] (C) Summary. On September 21, Yemen's Cabinet officially awarded the third GSM license to Chinese-owned Unitel for its bid of USD 149 million. The decision came as no surprise; ROYG officials had made clear that the financial offer outweighed all other considerations. Many doubts remain, ho [...] |
2005-09-27 07:06:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ECPS EIND EINV ETTC KMPI YM CH ECON COM |
| 05SANJOSE2020 | CHINESE ACTIVITIES IN COSTA RICA [...] (C) Summary. Costa Rica officially established diplomatic relations with Taiwan in 1959 and is one of only 26 countries to officially recognize Taiwan. Costa Rica has no official diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China (China or PRC). (Note: Post will follow WTO naming convent [...] |
2005-08-26 22:27:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL ETRD ETTC EINV ENRG EAGR EFIN PHUM EMIN CH CS ESENV |
| 05SANSALVADOR2333 | EL SALVADOR: DIALOGUE WITH TAIWAN ON PRC ACTIVITIES [...] (C) This cable is in response to questions posed in reftel C. Embassy will reply to reftel B request for information on Chinese activities septel. 2. (C) El Salvador is one of the 26 countries that maintain diplomatic relations with Taiwan. Both to nurture this relationship and to conti [...] |
2005-08-22 12:03:00 | Embassy San Salvador | SECRET | PREL ECON ES CH TW |
| 05SANSALVADOR2426 | CHINESE ACTIVITIES IN EL SALVADOR [...] (U) The following is provided in response to Ref. B. Summary ------- 2. (C) El Salvador does not have diplomatic relations with China and instead has ties with Taiwan. As a result, official Salvadoran contact with the Chinese is limited. Trade and investment volumes are very low. However, [...] |
2005-08-30 21:26:00 | Embassy San Salvador | SECRET | ECON PREL ETRD ETTC EINV ENRG EAGR EFIN PHUM EMIN CH ES ESENV |
| 05SANTIAGO1794 | CHILE: INCREASING TIES WITH CHINA [...] (S/NF) Summary: Chile is trying to position itself as the business platform for Latin America. It is using China's interest in stable suppliers -- primarily for copper -- to increase ties with its second largest bilateral trading partner after the U.S. and with the Pacific Basin as a whole. Chile [...] |
2005-08-29 11:29:00 | Embassy Santiago | SECRET//NOFORN | EAGR ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD ETTC PHUM PREL SENV CH |
| 05SANTODOMINGO1366 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: TAIWAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan Foreign Minister Tan-Sun Chen visited the Dominican Republic February 24-25 to shore up bilateral relations in response to several recent visits by PRC officials. President Fernandez announced that he would visit Taiwan in April, signalling that he intends to maintain r [...] |
2005-03-09 20:03:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EINV DR CH TW HA |
| 05SANTODOMINGO3582 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND VIETNAM ESTABLISH [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dominican Republic and Vietnam announced the establishment of diplomatic relations here on July 7, and a visiting Vietnamese delegation discussed possibilities for increased trade, investment, and cultural relations. The visitors scored a modest success on their first try, [...] |
2005-07-12 17:06:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EINV VM DR CH |
| 05SANTODOMINGO4104 | SANTO DOMINGO: CHINESE ACTIVITIES IN DOMINICAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-26 13:04:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL ETRD ETTC EINV ENRG EAGR EFIN PHUM EMIN CH |
| 05SANTODOMINGO4481 | TWO CHINAS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: TAIWAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-03 11:09:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | DR TW CH PREL ETRD EINV |
| 05SANTODOMINGO5038 | FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER MEETS WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. President Fernandez told FBI Director Robert Mueller III during his October 24 visit to Santo Domingo that Venezuelan drug trade via the Dominican Republic to the United States was a "crime against humanity." The Ambassador,s suggestion that a high-level Dominican government tea [...] |
2005-11-15 17:12:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | DR PREL SNAR KJUS KPAO PINR CU VE HA CH CO |
| 05SANTODOMINGO579 | PRC PRESSES DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO RECOGNIZE BEIJING [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Chinese Communist Party delegation met with members of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) and other Dominican political parties from January 24-27, seeking to strengthen ties to the Dominican Republic and pressing for formal diplomatic recognition. The delegation call [...] |
2005-02-07 21:28:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EINV DR CH TW |
| 05SINGAPORE1789 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Classified by: Ambassador Franklin L. Lavin. Reason 1.4(d) 2. (U) Date Time and Place: May 10, 2005, 5:00PM, Istana, Singapore 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Franklin Lavin E/P Counselor Laurent Charbonnet (Notetaker) SINGAPORE --------- [...] |
2005-06-07 08:37:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON KNNP ETTC CH TW KS IN IZ |
| 05SINGAPORE2245 | SINGAPORE REACTS CAUTIOUSLY TO YUAN, RINGGIT [...] The reaction in Singapore to the news that Beijing and Kuala Lumpur would no longer peg their currencies to the dollar was welcoming but cautious. While press articles reflected clear relief that a politically charged issue has been resolved, lack of information on the details of the new cur [...] |
2005-07-22 09:41:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ETRD SN MY CH |
| 05SINGAPORE2894 | ALL SMILES, LITTLE SUCCESS IN WU YI VISIT TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: Singapore's ties with China remain strained, despite the favorable press coverage of Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi's September 19-21 visit to Singapore. In a frankly negative read-out, the PRC Embassy told us many Chinese officials still do not trust Singapore and complained that [...] |
2005-09-29 09:30:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL SN CH |
| 05SINGAPORE721 | MARCH 1 "RMSI" MARITIME SECURITY WORKSHOP: MAKING [...] (C) Summary: On March 1, the USG hosted an informal workshop on the five "RMSI" elements of maritime security for Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. The meeting marked the first time the United States has met exclusively with the Malacca Strait littorals on maritime security. The [...] |
2005-03-11 09:54:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EWWT PTER SN CH JA MY ID |
| 05STATE200834 | THE SECRETARY'S OCTOBER 28 MEETING WITH HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: The Secretary and Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang exchanged views on the importance of democratic reform during their October 28 meeting. The Secretary said that the United States understood that Beijing placed constraints on Hong Kong but observed that people come naturall [...] |
2005-11-01 01:00:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV HK CH |
| 05TAIPEI1037 | ANTI-SECESSION LAW: BALANCING GAME [...] (S) Summary: Taiwan National Security Council (NSC) officials tell AIT that President Chen Shui-bian believes the USG's public reaction to the PRC Anti-Secession Law draft will help moderate public demands for a strong official response from Taipei. Nevertheless, officials say there remains s [...] |
2005-03-10 08:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PREL PGOV CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI1080 | CROSS-STRAIT - UNILATERAL ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION [...] (C) In the positive atmosphere following the Lunar New Year charter flights, recent moves by the Taiwan government have suggested that it was on the verge of further liberalization across a range of cross-Strait economic policy areas. These include the creation of an offshore dollar-denominat [...] |
2005-03-14 04:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN TW CH |
| 05TAIPEI1085 | TAIWAN REACTS NEGATIVELY TO ANTI-SECESSION LAW [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan issued a strong formal reaction to the PRC National People's Congress (NPC) March 14 passage of the Anti-Secession Law. Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Chairman Joseph Wu, speaking for the government, condemned the PRC move as "provocative" and in violation of the will of th [...] |
2005-03-14 10:29:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI1091 | ECONOMICS COULD DIMINISH PRC INTEREST IN [...] (C) The next Chairman of the Taipei Airlines Association (TAA) believes that Chinese airlines are not interested in cross-Strait charter cargo flights because they don't have the capacity to compete with China Airlines (CAL) and EVA Air. He says that CAL has unrealistic expectations of the lo [...] |
2005-03-15 01:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI1112 | SPECIAL BUDGET POLITICS: NO PLAN TO SPLIT PACKAGE [...] (C) Summary: National Security Council (NSC) officials denied March 11 press reports that the Ministry of National Defense (MND) is preparing to remove PAC-III anti-air systems from the special defense procurement budget package awaiting approval by the Legislative Yuan (LY). The Chen adminis [...] |
2005-03-15 12:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR PGOV CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI1153 | PRESIDENT CHEN COMMENTS ON ANTI-SECESSION LAW [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian used a March 16 speech to an overseas Taiwanese group to make his first public comments on the Anti-Secession Law since its passage on March 14. Declaring the PRC legislation an "invasion law," Chen provided a six point position that highlighted Taiwan ob [...] |
2005-03-16 11:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI1188 | SECRETARY'S BEIJING VISIT: TAIWAN HOPES FOR MIX OF [...] (S) Summary: National Security Council (NSC) Secretary General Chiou I-jen asked AIT March 18 that Secretary Rice deliver a firm message to PRC leaders over the recent enactment of the Anti-Secession Law during her upcoming visit to Beijing. At the same time, Chiou hoped the Secretary would u [...] |
2005-03-18 10:15:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PREL PGOV CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI1191 | CROSS-STRAIT INVESTMENT SURGES 51.1 [...] Taiwan's investment in the PRC rose by 51.1 percent in 2004 accounting for 67 percent of overall outbound investment from the island according to statistics from the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). Both the number of investment projects and their average value increased. However, PRC d [...] |
2005-03-21 04:21:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON EFIN TW CH |
| 05TAIPEI1201 | SPECIAL DEFENSE BUDGET FACING POLITICAL MINEFIELD [...] (C) Summary: A Pan-Blue leadership vacuum, political posturing by key legislators, and a hostile media environment may pose major barriers to early legislative action on the government's proposed special defense procurement budget. The Executive Yuan (EY) on March 16 slashed the funding reques [...] |
2005-03-21 10:03:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI1216 | TAIWAN INVESTMENT IN PRC - NOT JUST FOR EXPORT [...] (U) A survey of Taiwan enterprises in the PRC shows that 55 percent of their total output by value was sold within the PRC. More than half of those surveyed cited the expanding PRC domestic market as a primary reason for investing. In addition, the survey showed that 50 percent of inputs were [...] |
2005-03-22 07:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON EFIN TW CH |
| 05TAIPEI130 | CROSS-STRAIT CHARTER FLIGHTS: ONE STEP FORWARD [...] (C) Summary. According to Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), Beijing this afternoon, January 13, accepted Taiwan's proposed delegation to participate in negotiations on direct cross-Strait charter flights around the Chinese New Year. At this still early point in the negotiation proces [...] |
2005-01-13 10:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI136 | STEEL AND CEMENT - DEEPENING CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC [...] (C) Taiwan,s steel industry is exporting a large portion of its output to the PRC, accounting for as much as 50 percent of Taiwan,s steel exports. As is the case for many other Taiwan exports to the Mainland, Taiwan steel is mainly used to manufacture consumer goods for re-export to markets i [...] |
2005-01-14 01:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PREL CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI1376 | CROSS-STRAIT LIBERALIZATION ON HOLD UNTIL MAY [...] (C) Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Department of Economic Director Fu Don-cheng confirmed that cross-Strait economic liberalization and government-sponsored exchanges are on hold until at least May. He said that the recent goodwill measures offered by the PRC on passenger charter flights, agr [...] |
2005-03-25 04:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EAIR ETTC EFIN CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI1402 | UMC ANNOUNCES DEAL WITH PRC'S HE JIAN [...] (C) Semiconductor manufacturer United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) announced a deal whereby it would receive 15 percent of He Jian Technology Co. It is not yet clear whether this deal will help UMC resolve accusations that it illegally provided assistance to the PRC competitor in violation of [...] |
2005-03-25 09:07:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETTC TW CH |
| 05TAIPEI1403 | 3/26 RALLY AIMS TO CONTAIN ANTI-SECESSION LAW [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian announced on March 24 that he would participate, but not speak at, the March 26 "Use Peace and Democracy to Protect Taiwan" rally in Taipei. Presidential aides say the rally is aimed at releasing public anger over the PRC's March 14 enactment of the Anti-Se [...] |
2005-03-25 09:37:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI1436 | MARCH 26 RALLY CONCLUDES PEACEFULLY, ROCKY ROAD [...] (C) Summary: The March 26 "Love Peace, Protect Taiwan" rally organized to protest the PRC's Anti-Secession Law (ASL) proceeded peacefully. The Pan-Green claimed it mobilized almost one million people, but actual numbers are difficult to determine and subject to an ongoing partisan debate. Pr [...] |
2005-03-28 12:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI1437 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR WARNS OF DETERIORATING [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Office Deputy Secretary General James Huang told AIT on March 28 that Taipei will need some time before returning to the path of engagement with the PRC. Huang said that the government has concluded that Beijing timed the release of the Hsu Wen-lung letter (Septel) an [...] |
2005-03-28 12:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI1438 | BEIJING PRESSURES PRO-DPP BUSINESS LEADER TO [...] (S) Summary: Long-time pro-DPP business leader Hsu Wen-lung penned a letter to a Taiwan newspaper on March 26 endorsing the PRC's position on "one China." Hsu's move was widely interpreted by the media and political world as a sign of mounting PRC pressure on Taiwan business leaders. Presiden [...] |
2005-03-28 12:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI1511 | TAIWAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY ALREADY PREPARED FOR PRC [...] (C) Taiwan's business community agrees that Chi-mei's Hsu Wen-lung issued his pro-"one China" statement March 26 due entirely to PRC pressure. However, it also agrees that the statement will not affect the level or growth of Taiwan investment in the Mainland. Taiwan investors had already lea [...] |
2005-03-29 09:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV TW CH |
| 05TAIPEI1572 | CHEN ADMINISTRATION DENOUNCES KMT-CCP AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Chen administration officials denounced a 10-point joint statement worked out in Beijing March 30 between KMT Vice Chairman P.K. Chiang and PRC Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Director Chen Yunlin. Pan-Blue officials hailed the KMT-CCP meeting as the start of a new offensive to wrest [...] |
2005-03-31 10:15:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI1592 | Results of 2005 South China Reporting Conference in [...] (SBU) Reporting officers from Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Kaohsiung joined AIT/T ECON, POL, FAS, FCS, JOs and CLASS students at the 2005 South China Reporting Conference held in Taipei March 24-25. After welcoming remarks from AIT/T Deputy Director Keegan, the 25-30 participants in t [...] |
2005-04-01 08:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI1594 | CROSS-STRAIT TRADE - TAIWAN'S SURPLUS GROWS, [...] (C) Taiwan's exports to the PRC grew by 27.2 percent in 2004 as its imports from the Mainland grew even more rapidly at 52.2 percent. Components shipped to Taiwan firms assembling electronic consumer goods in the PRC dominated Taiwan's exports at 57 percent, but similar products also made up [...] |
2005-04-04 03:09:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EINV TW CH |
| 05TAIPEI1625 | POLITICAL FALLOUT CONTINUES OVER KMT-CCP ACCORD [...] (C) Summary: The Chen administration has heightened its criticism over the KMT's recent rapprochement with Beijing, accusing the opposition party of undermining national sovereignty and warning of legal sanctions. KMT officials tell AIT they will not be deterred in their effort to overturn wh [...] |
2005-04-04 11:02:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI1626 | CHEN ADMINISTRATION ISSUES SEVEN POINT STATEMENT [...] (C) Taiwan National Security Advisor Chiou I-jen contacted AIT Director by phone on April 5 to inform him that President Chen Shui-bian had just concluded a meeting to discuss how to respond to the recent contacts between the KMT and Beijing, especially the recent trip of KMT Vice Chairman Chia [...] |
2005-04-05 14:14:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PGOV PREL TW US |
| 05TAIPEI1671 | FM CHEN REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE FOR VATICAN VISIT [...] (C) Foreign Minister Mark Chen contacted AIT on April 6 to ask for USG assistance with President Chen Shui-bian's planned trip to the Vatican on April 8 to attend memorial services for Pope John Paul II. FM Chen said that the Holy See has received approval from the Italian government to grant [...] |
2005-04-06 23:19:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI1684 | CHEN ADMINISTRATION WARNS KMT, BEIJING OVER [...] (C) Summary: The Chen administration's April 5 "Seven Point" statement was aimed at laying down a marker for both Beijing and the KMT ahead of a proposed meeting between PRC President Hu Jintao and KMT Chairman Lien Chan, according to a readout provided to AIT on April 6. Taiwan officials said [...] |
2005-04-07 11:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI1690 | CROSS-STRAIT TRADE AND INVESTMENT TRENDS GIVE PRC [...] (C) In recent reporting, AIT/T has identified three important trends in cross-Strait trade and investment. First, even as the PRC becomes an ever more important trading partner for Taiwan, Taiwan's relative importance as a trading partner and source of investment for the PRC is diminishing. Se [...] |
2005-04-08 05:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV ETTC TW CH |
| 05TAIPEI1691 | MORE "EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT" COULD AFFECT [...] (C) After the April 5 meeting of senior Chen administration and DPP officials on cross-Strait relations, the Taiwan government has announced a new emphasis on the "effective management" portion of its "active opening, effective management policy" (ref B). "Difficult to manage" policies will b [...] |
2005-04-08 05:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV TW CH |
| 05TAIPEI1724 | KMT VICE CHAIR CHIANG SEEKS USG HELP IN FORGING [...] (C) Summary: KMT Vice Chairman P.K. Chiang urged the USG to intervene in public and private to urge the Chen administration and KMT leadership to cooperate on cross-Strait policy. Chiang, who provided the Director a readout of his recent trip to the Mainland, expressed concern that mounting d [...] |
2005-04-11 09:12:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI1750 | KMT VICE CHAIR CHIANG PROVIDES READOUT OF BEIJING [...] (C) Summary: KMT Vice Chairman P.K. Chiang provided the AIT Director a readout April 11 of his late March visit to the Mainland. Chiang said that he was not involved in the planning for the visit and only learned about arrangements for senior level meetings with PRC officials in Beijing just [...] |
2005-04-12 09:14:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI1752 | PRC MEDIA BAN: MAC ADMITS MISTAKE BUT POLICY STANDS [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan officials are trying to contain negative political and media fallout from an April 10 announcement that Taipei would ban journalists from PRC-owned Xinhua and the People's Daily in retaliation for Beijing's enactment of the Anti-Secession Law. Mainland Affairs Council (MAC [...] |
2005-04-12 10:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR CH TW TIP |
| 05TAIPEI1781 | CHI MEI FOUNDER STATEMENT DICTATED BY BEIJING [...] (C) Chi Mei Group senior executives confirmed to AIT/K that the text of Chi Mei Founder Hsu Wen-lung's March 26 statement in support of "one China" had been dictated in full by Beijing authorities and Hsu had not requested nor negotiated any changes to the text. They said Mainland authoritie [...] |
2005-04-14 22:44:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV ETRD CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI1797 | VICE PREMIER URGES U.S. TO STUDY FTA WITH TAIWAN [...] (C) In an April 13 meeting, Taiwan's Vice Premier Wu Rong-I told AIT/T Econ Section Chief that Premier Frank Hsieh would maintain most of the economic policies of his predecessor. He also outlined the government goals for financial reform, which focus on bank consolidation, and fiscal policy [...] |
2005-04-15 06:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL TW CH |
| 05TAIPEI1827 | MUTUAL RECRIMINATIONS CONTINUE AHEAD OF LIEN [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian and KMT Chairman Lien Chan used public fora in Taipei and Singapore to trade another round of public accusations. During an April 16 speech, President Chen asked mockingly if the KMT's upcoming talks with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) were aimed at lo [...] |
2005-04-18 10:16:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI1867 | CROSS-STRAIT CONTACTS AND TAIWAN'S POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian had hoped to use passage of the Anti-Secession Law to convince the Taiwan public of Beijing's unalterable animosity and to delay discussion of any cross-Strait initiatives until after the May 14 National Assembly elections or perhaps much longer. While Che [...] |
2005-04-21 06:01:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI1871 | CHEN ADMINISTRATION LOOKS TO PFP TO STEAL KMT [...] (C) Summary: Presidential advisors assert that Beijing's April 18 invitation to People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong was a vindication of the government's hard-line stance towards the KMT's attempts to open a separate dialogue with the PRC. Presidential Office Deputy Secretary Genera [...] |
2005-04-21 09:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI1893 | CHEN ENDORSES KMT VISIT, LIEN TO CALL CHEN BEFORE [...] (C) Summary: The Presidential Office Spokesman announced on April 21 that President Chen Shui-bian endorses KMT Chairman Lien Chan's upcoming visit to Mainland China. The statement came hours after Presidential Office Secretary General Yu Shyi-kun and his KMT counterpart, Lin Fong-cheng, agre [...] |
2005-04-22 10:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI1919 | CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC ROUNDUP - FIRST QUARTER [...] (U) During the first quarter of 2004, EVA Air and China Airlines (CAL) both made progress in establishing air cargo ventures in Mainland China. The airlines also applied for permission to fly through PRC airspace on flights to Europe and other parts of Asia. Taiwan's Investment Commission fi [...] |
2005-04-26 07:26:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ETRD EINV EWWT CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI1923 | UMC CHAIRMAN FINED, INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUE [...] (U) Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) announced on April 20 that it would fine United Microelectronics Co. (UMC) Chairman Robert Tsao NT$ 3 million (USD 95,000) for two separate violations of failure to disclose important information to stockholders. The information concerned UM [...] |
2005-04-26 08:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI1924 | UMC CHAIRMAN FINED, INVESTIGATION CONTINUE [...] (U) Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) announced on April 20 that it would fine United Microelectronics Co. (UMC) Chairman Robert Tsao NT$ 3 million (USD 95,000) for two separate violations of failure to disclose important information to stockholders. The information concerned UM [...] |
2005-04-26 08:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI1925 | LIEN DEPARTS AFTER FRIENDLY CALL WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: KMT Chairman Lien Chan departed Taipei for the Mainland April 26, a day after he spoke by phone with President Chen Shui-bian about his controversial trip. Lien told the President that he would not do anything to infringe on the government's authority and promised to convey any s [...] |
2005-04-26 09:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI1963 | TAIWAN'S RFID INDUSTRY - LOTS OF HYPE, LIMITED [...] (SBU) Taiwan industry and government is seriously interested in the economic potential of radio frequency identification technology. Much of the focus is on logistics/supply chain management systems that would require a universal standard and inexpensive tag manufacturing. Taiwan observers b [...] |
2005-04-29 02:02:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND AA TW CH |
| 05TAIPEI1968 | LIEN IN BEIJING: CHEN TO OFFER LOW-KEY RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: The Chen administration plans a low-key reaction to KMT Chairman Lien Chan's Friday meeting with PRC President Hu Jintao in order to keep open options for a inter-party summit after Lien's return. Officials are generally relieved that Lien received no substantive "deliverables" d [...] |
2005-04-29 12:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI1969 | DPP FACTION EMBARKS ON CROSS-STRAIT INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Away from the media glare given to the recent Pan-Blue cross-Strait initiatives, the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) moderate New Tide faction has opened talks with PRC authorities about establishing a cross-Strait cooperation mechanism to tackle financial crimes. New Tide el [...] |
2005-04-29 13:25:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI1977 | PRESIDENT MOVES TO REGAIN CONTROL OVER [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian moved on May 1 to regain control over the cross-Strait agenda in the wake of the Lien Chan visit to Beijing. Chen announced that he will use the upcoming visit of People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong to convey a message to PRC President Hu Jintao, [...] |
2005-05-02 10:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI2001 | SPECIAL DEFENSE BUDGET: MOVEMENT IN MID-MAY? [...] (C) Summary: Ruling and opposition party officials express cautious optimism that the Legislative Yuan (LY) will take action on Special Defense Procurement Budget shortly after the May 14 National Assembly election. President Chen Shui-bian will try to meet with the two Pan-Blue leaders, eit [...] |
2005-05-03 07:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV PINR CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI2011 | (U) TAIWAN BUSINESSES OPERATING IN THE MAINLAND [...] (C) AIT/Taipei offers the following information in response to ref C regarding PRC pressure on Taiwan businesses operating in the Mainland. We have highlighted four examples of such pressure -- Chi Mei, Acer, Quanta, and Evergreen. We also note that many firms report the same kind of difficu [...] |
2005-05-03 09:20:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PINR EINV PGOV PREL CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI2061 | NSC WARNS OF ENHANCED PRC INTEL COLLECTION IN THE [...] (S) National Security Council (NSC) Deputy Secretary General Henry Ko told AIT that Philippine intelligence officials recently warned their Taiwan counterparts that Beijing has formally requested the establishment of two new consulates, one in Davao, Mindanao and the other in Loag, on the nort [...] |
2005-05-06 07:36:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PREL PINR RP CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI2063 | KMT CHAIRMAN LIEN CHAN ON HIS HU JINTAO MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: In a May 6 meeting, KMT Chairman Lien Chan told the AIT Director that he met with PRC President Hu Jintao four times during his April 29 visit to Beijing. Lien said that he and Hu talked at length at two of the four meetings. At a closed door meeting between Lien and Hu along w [...] |
2005-05-06 12:14:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI2076 | PRESIDENT CHEN TRIES TO BALANCE CONFLICTING [...] (C) Summary: Over the weekend, President Chen Shui-bian moved dramatically to address discontent within his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) base over his stance on recent Pan-Blue contacts with Beijing. DPP anger is not limited to Chen's endorsement of Lien Chan's recent visit, but is also [...] |
2005-05-09 09:20:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI2114 | CHEN CAMPAIGN OFFENSIVE DRAWS CRITICISM FROM ALL [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian has continued to lash out at his political opponents in an effort to retake the agenda in the lead-up to the May 14 National Assembly (NA) election. On May 9, Chen singled out former President Lee Teng-hui for criticism, accusing Lee of hypocrisy for dema [...] |
2005-05-10 10:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR |