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00HANOI2605	ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES BY AMERICAN CITIZENS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA [...] (SBU) DURING RECENT WEEKS, CITIZENS/RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES HAVE BEEN DETAINED IN SOUTHEAST ASIA FOR ACTS DESIGNED TO DISRUPT AND CHALLENGE THE CONTROL OF SOVEREIGN STATES -- VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA -- WHICH ARE RECOGNIZED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. THE GOAL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS AND/OR THE O [...]	2000-11-30 08:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KPAO CB VM CTERR

01HANOI2152	STAFFDEL MEETING WITH ETHNIC MINORITY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE DQAFFAIRES ROBERT PORTER. REASON: 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: ETHNIC MINORITY STUDENTS DESCRIBED TO STAFFDEL REES THE FEBRUARY/MARCH UNREST IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER THE PEOPLE SEEKING REFUGE IN CAMBODIA, NOTED GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO SOLVE [...]	2001-08-31 07:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS PGOV KIRF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
01HANOI3049	TIME REPORTER ON FREE VIETNAM MOVEMENT [...] CLASSIFIED BY ROBERT C. PORTER, JR., CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, A.I., REASON 1.5(D). 2. (C) A TIME MAGAZINE CORRESPONDENT INFORMED CHARGE ON NOVEMBER 19 THAT SHE RECENTLY INTERVIEWED BOTH VO VAN DUC AND NGUYEN HUU CHANH. DURING THE COURSE OF THE INTERVIEWS, BOTH MEN REPORTEDLY DISCUSSED THE OB [...]	2001-11-20 09:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL CB VM
01HANOI3186	PRESIDENTIAL TRAVELS SHORE UP RELATIONS WITHIN ASEAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT LUONG'S RECENT TRAVELS TO FOUR FELLOW ASEAN MEMBERS PROMOTED GENERAL GOOD NEIGHBORLINESS AND COMMON DESIRES FOR EXPANDED TRADE. WHILE "SUCCESSFUL," UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 03186 01 OF 02 041041Z THESE VISITS SEEM MEMORABLE PRIMARIL [...]	2001-12-04 10:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD PTER CB BN IN VM ASEAN PH CTERR
01HANOI702	MFA RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT HIGHLANDERS IN CAMBODIA AND VIETNAMESE WORKERS IN AMERICAN SAMOA [...] SUMMARY: AMERICAS DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR ASKED AMBASSADOR TO MEET AFTERNOON OF MARCH 26 TO RAISE VIETNAMESE CONCERNS ABOUT A GROUP OF HIGHLANDERS WHO HAVE ILLEGALLY CROSSED THE BORDER INTO CAMBODIA AND TO REITERATE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT OBJECTIVES TO REMOVE ALL VIETNAMESE WORKERS FROM AMERICAN SA [...]	2001-03-26 10:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ELAB CB VM
01PHNOMPENH1740	CAMBODIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WINS LIBEL CASE AGAINST [...] SUMMARY: A RECENT DEFAMATION/LIBEL CASE AGAINST THE COUNTRY'S LEADING ENGLISH-LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER, THE CAMBODIA DAILY, HAS JOURNALISTS CONCERNED THAT THE GOVERNMENT OR POWERFUL INDIVIDUALS CAN MAKE USE OF ANTI-DEFAMATION LAWS AND PLIANT COURTS TO INTIMIDATE JOURNALISTS AND PREVENT THEM FROM PU [...]	2001-10-23 10:04:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PHUM OIIP CB
02HANOI102	VIETNAM: SRILA POLASKI BRIEFS GVN OFFICIALS ON [...] SUMMARY: STATE DEPARTMENT SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR INTERNATIONAL LABOR AFFAIRS (SRILA) SANDRA POLASKI BRIEFED VIETNAMESE TRADE AND LABOR OFFICIALS AND INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES ON THE LABOR PROVISIONS OF THE U.S.-CAMBODIA TEXTILE AGREEMENT. BECAUSE NEITHER THE U.S. NOR VIETNAM HAS YET MADE [...]	2002-01-15 07:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD ECON PHUM VM CB LABOR
02HANOI1502	UNHCR/VIETNAM RELATIONS: "NEVER SO BAD" [...] (SBU) UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE JAHANSHAH ASSADI BRIEFED CHARGE AND POL/C JUNE 10 ABOUT HIS MEETING EARLIER THAT DAY WITH THE MFA'S NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE CONSULAR DEPARTMENT, BUI DINH DINH. ACCORDING TO ASSADI, DINH SPENT UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI [...]	2002-06-10 10:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL VM CB HUMANR
02HANOI528	VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: WHAT DID WE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DURING A 2.5-DAY VISIT TO DAK LAK, GIA LAI, AND KON TUM PROVINCES, CONGENOFFS MET WITH MONTAGNARD RETURNEES FROM CAMBODIA AND WITH PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S COMMITTEES. REFTELS A ARE THE DETAILED ACCOUNTS. THESE ARE OUR CONCLUSIONS. ECONOMIC HARDSHIP AND LAND DISPUTES SEEM TO BE [...]	2002-03-07 10:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV PINS SOCI VM CB ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
02HANOI652	CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: NO PUNISHMENT FOR MOST [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CONSUL GENERAL EMI LYNN YAMAUCHI, HO CHI MINH CITY, FOR REASONS 1.5 (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: A RELATIVELY MODERATE PASTOR FROM THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS SAID THE GVN IS WORKING TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION FOR ETHNIC MINORITIES, ALTHOUGH PROBLEMS REMAIN. HE BELIEVES THE OVERWHELMING [...]	2002-03-20 11:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PGOV PINS SOCI PREL KIRF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
02HANOI762	HELPFUL GVN RESPONSE TO MONTAGNARD RESETTLEMENT: [...] (U) ACCORDING TO THE MFA SPOKESPERSON AND A VIETNAM NEWS AGENCY PRESS ARTICLE, MONTAGNARD "MIGRANTS" NOW IN CAMBODIA CAN "CHOOSE" RESETTLEMENT IN A THIRD COUNTRY OR UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 00762 010847Z REPATRIATION. IN HER MARCH 31 STATEMENT, THE MFA S [...]	2002-04-01 08:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM VM CB ETMIN HUMANR
02HANOI791	VISIT TO MONTAGNARD RETURNEES: THE OLD [...] (C) DURING A VISIT TO THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS MARCH 30 - APRIL 3, I MET WITH MANY WHO HAD CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 00791 01 OF 02 031025Z RETURNED FROM REFUGEE CAMPS IN CAMBODIA, BOTH UNDER UNHCR AUSPICES AND "SPONTANEOUSLY." AT THE TWO VILLAGES IN GIA LAI [...]	2002-04-03 09:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL CB VN ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
02HOCHIMINHCITY131	"DEGA PROTESTANTISM" AND THE U.S. CONNECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AN ETHNIC MINORITY LEADER FROM GIA UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HO CHI 00131 01 OF 02 080617Z LAI PROVINCE RECENTLY DESCRIBED TO POLOFF A COMPLEX WEB OF SHIFTING LOCAL ALLIANCES AMONG THE ETHNIC GROUPS IN VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. MIXING RELIGION W [...]	2002-02-08 05:38:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREF PREL PGOV SOCI VM CB ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
02HOCHIMINHCITY203	VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: REFUGEES WHO [...] (U) SUMMARY: DURING A MARCH 1-3 TRIP TO THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, CONGENOFFS MET WITH VILLAGERS IN TWO DAK LAK COMMUNITIES AND VISITED A PROTESTANT WORSHIP HOUSE IN ONE OF THE COMMUNITIES. SEVERAL OF THE VILLAGERS WERE ETHNIC MINORITY VIETNAMESE RETURNEES FROM CAMBODIA -- TWO OF WHOM HAD RETURN [...]	2002-03-04 16:14:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF PGOV PINS SOCI PREL KIRF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN
02HOCHIMINHCITY336	ETHNIC MINORITY RETURNEES -- REALITY SETS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SIX WEEKS AFTER THEIR UNHCR REPATRIATION AND THE ONSET OF REALITY, ETHNIC MINORITY RETURNEES HAVE OPENLY ARTICULATED THEIR REASONS FOR LEAVING VIETNAM FOR CAMBODIA - LACK OF FARMLAND, AND TO A SOMEWHAT LESSER EXTENT, RELIGION. ALL SIX OF THE UNHCR RETURNEES WE SPOKE TO ON A RE [...]	2002-04-06 02:17:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PGOV PINS SOCI PREL KIRF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN
02HOCHIMINHCITY39	CHRISTMAS IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: TOLERANCE AND REPRESSION FOR ETHNIC MINORITY PROTESTANTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO TWO ETHNIC MINORITY LEADERS, ETHNIC MINORITY PROTESTANTS IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ENCOUNTERED A MIXTURE OF TOLERANCE AND REPRESSION BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES AT CHRISTMASTIME. THERE WERE ALLEGED INCIDENTS OF SEVERE POLICE ABUSE IN SOME VILLAGES, BUT IN OTHER VILLAGES, AU [...]	2002-01-15 14:16:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PGOV PINS SOCI PREL KIRF VM CB RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
02HOCHIMINHCITY390	CROSSES, CADRES, AND CONVERSATIONS IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PLAIN WHITE CROSSES DREW THE ATTENTION OF CONGEN OFFICERS AS WE DROVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL HIGHLAND PROVINCE OF DAK LAK. A COFFEE BREAK IN NHAN CO COMMUNE IN DAK LAP DISTRICT ALLOWED FOR CASUAL CONVERSATION WITH SEVERAL OF THE VILLAGERS. LOCAL SECURITY OFFICERS KEPT INSERTING T [...]	2002-04-16 08:10:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF PREF SOCI VM CB ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
02HOCHIMINHCITY394	EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE IN THE CENTRAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AN EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE PACKED THE COMPOUND OF A 90-YEAR-OLD WOODEN CHURCH WITH THOUSANDS OF ETHNIC MINORITY CATHOLIC WORSHIPPERS FROM VILLAGES IN KON TUM PROVINCE IN VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. THE TWO-HOUR SERVICE, CONDUCTED ENTIRELY IN ETHNIC LANGUAGES, INCORPORATED TRIBAL [...]	2002-04-17 09:43:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF PREF SOCI VM CB RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
02PHNOMPENH1361	BIO: ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOR HOR [...] (S) INR/B BIO FROM 1998 REPORTS THAT HOR NAMHONG'S COLLEAGUES RESENT HIM FOR APPOINTING HIS RELATIVES TO KEY MINISTRY POSITIONS. IN 1992, INR/B DESCRIBED HIM AS AN OPPORTUNIST WHO LACKED HIS OWN POWER BASES, BUT GAINED POSITIONS BY SEEKING ALLIANCES AND DOING FAVORS FOR POWERFUL SOC LEADERS. [...]	2002-06-06 02:43:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	SECRET	CB PINR
02ROME4959	ITALY ON VIETNAMESE MONTAGNARDS: GIVE GVN PROMISE [...] (C) ON OCTOBER 10 AT THE MFA, POLOFF MET WITH TIZIANA MARINI, DEPUTY OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR SOUTHEAST ASIAN AFFAIRS, TO DELIVER REF A DEMARCHE ON PROTECTING VIETNAMESE MONTAGNARDS. AS HER PREDECESSOR RESPONDED TO THE PREVIOUS DEMARCHE ON THIS ISSUE (REF B),MARINI SAID THAT THE GOI WAS ACTIN [...]	2002-10-10 15:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL VM CB IT UN
03COLOMBO1850	Colombo Plan: Action Request regarding [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST -- please see Para Four. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: Poloff attended a September 16 Colombo Plan meeting to discuss the postponed biennial Consultative Committee Meeting (CCM) of the Colombo Plan (CCM) (the CCM is the highest level meeting of the Colombo Plan). T [...]	2003-10-27 09:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID SNAR CE CB MG VM
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
03HANOI669	VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA: LOOKING FORWARD [...] (U) SUMMARY. Vietnam and Cambodia have a complex relationship with a volatile history, but both sides now appear to focus on the future. Cross border smuggling of drugs and other goods as well as human trafficking have emerged as significant problems. Vietnam reportedly does not view the [...]	2003-03-19 02:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR SOCI PHUM ETRD ECON EAID CB VM ETMIN CNARC ASEAN TIP
03HOCHIMINHCITY1059	A/S DEWEY IN VIETNAM CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: LAM DONG [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings with Lam Dong provincial authorities, PRM Assistant Secretary Dewey expressed strong U.S. concern about the treatment of ethnic minorities and a lack of religious freedom for unregistered Protestant house churches. Lam Dong officials stressed that the pract [...]	2003-10-30 11:46:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KIRF VM CB RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
03HOCHIMINHCITY1233	FACE TO FACE WITH SMUGGLERS AND OFFICIALS ALONG THE [...] An Econ trip to the town of Chau Doc and the border area of An Giang Province revealed energetic levels of small time smuggling that is largely tolerated by local authorities. That fat man on the motorcycle may simply have his clothing stuffed full of cartons of cigarettes, locals say, but th [...]	2003-12-15 11:00:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	VM ECON CB ETRD PREL SMIG SNAR SOCI CNARC TIP
03HOCHIMINHCITY833	A/S DEWEY IN VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: KON TUM [...] (U) Summary: In a visit to Kon Tum Province, PRM Assistant Secretary Dewey met with Provincial People's Committee Chairwoman Y Veng and with the province's Committee on Ethnic Minority and Religious Affairs. He also visited a village in Ia Sia commune where 15 UNHCR- repatriated ethnic mino [...]	2003-09-09 06:04:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KIRF VM CB RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
03HOCHIMINHCITY842	A/S DEWEY VISIT TO VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: [...] (SBU) Summary: PRM Assistant Secretary Dewey visited Gia Lai Province in the Central Highlands on August 16-17. His meeting with Provincial People's Committee Chairman Ha was cordial, with a frank exchange of ideas on treatment of ethnic minorities and freedom of worship. Ha said that at le [...]	2003-09-10 08:46:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KIRF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE
03OTTAWA1542	CANADA SHARES U.S. VIEW ON ELECTION PROCESS IN [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-30 13:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM CB CA
03PHNOMPENH1990	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH CAMBODIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador briefed Foreign Minister Hor Namhong December 1 on his recent meetings in Washington and California. The Ambassador addressed concerns the Foreign Minister had expressed about the activities of the Cambodian Freedom Fighters, explaining that the case remained ope [...]	2003-12-02 02:22:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CB
03PHNOMPENH922	CAMBODIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SUPPORTS RELEASE OF [...] (C) DURING A JUNE 4 MEETING ON THE CAMBODIAN ELECTIONS AND COUNTER-TERRORISM COOPERATION (SEPTEL),THE AMBASSADOR ASKED FOREIGN MINISTER HOR NAMHONG TO WEIGH IN WITH THE SPDC TO OBTAIN THE RELEASE OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI. OBSERVING THAT THE DETENTION OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI ADVERSELY AFFECTED THE RE [...]	2003-06-04 09:59:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV BM CB
03RANGOON1252	BURMA: SUMMIT FEVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A MOFA official told us that the GOB will host a "major" (by Burmese standards) summit the first week of November. Thai, Lao, and Cambodian heads of government will meet with their SPDC counterpart to pursue the Thai-led "Economic Cooperation Strategy (ECS)." According to MOFA s [...]	2003-10-01 08:05:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM CB TH LA IN
04BRUSSELS5392	CAMBODIA TRAFFICKING SCANDAL: EU RESPONSE [...] (SBU) We reviewed ref (A) points with Commission Cambodia desk officers Joao Ferreira and Tom Yorkie and urged the EU to continue pressing the RGC to take immediate action to locate and protect the missing women and girls. We thanked them for the December 10 EU statement but said that more wo [...]	2004-12-23 12:02:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CB KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04HANOI2864	13 Montagnards Return to Vietnam [...] (SBU) UNHCR Vietnam Country Representative Vu Anh Son reported to us October 18 that the 13 Montagnards who had originally sought resettlement from Cambodia but ultimately decided to return to Vietnam -- with or without UNHCR's assistance -- had indeed returned to Vietnam. According to Son, t [...]	2004-10-21 10:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR
04HANOI3215	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH UNHCR ASIA/PACIFIC DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met on November 24 with Janet Lim, the new Asia/Pacific Bureau Chief for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Describing an earlier meeting with VFM Le Van Bang as "very good," Lim said that VFM Bang had told her that the GVN wants to work [...]	2004-11-29 10:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN
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
04HANOI3341	Charge Meets with UNHCR Regional Representative [...] (SBU) The Charge met December 17 with UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan and UNHCR Vietnam Country Representative Vu Anh Son. According to Utkan, he had had a productive meeting earlier in the day with MFA Director General for Consular Affairs Bui Dinh Dinh and had focused on three iss [...]	2004-12-20 07:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR
04HANOI3392	GVN Warns of Christmas Unrest in the Central [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Foreign Minister and Americas Department Director General Nguyen Duc Hung called in the Charge December 24 to warn of a "plot" to cause unrest in the Central Highlands -- specifically the provinces of Dak Lak, Kon Tum and Gia Lai -- and encourage ethnic minorities to [...]	2004-12-24 04:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KIRF VM CB CTERR ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI3424	MINISTRY OF SECURITY NEWSPAPER ACCUSES UNHCR OF [...] (SBU) An Ninh The Gioi (World Security),a newspaper published by the Ministry of Public Security (MPS),printed a long article (excerpted below) on December 29 accusing two UNHCR employees - Westerner Katy Grant and ethnic Vietnamese Y Xuan - of having links with separatist groups and attemp [...]	2004-12-30 09:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN
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
04HANOI752	CONVICTION OF PHAM VAN TUONG AKA THICH TRI LUC [...] (U) In a brief trial on March 12, former Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) monk Pham Van Tuong (better known by his earlier religious name of Thich Tri Luc) was sentenced by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court to twenty months' imprisonment for "fleeing abroad with a view to opposing [...]	2004-03-15 07:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL CB VM
04PHNOMPENH1578	KING SIHANOUK ANNOUNCES "RETIREMENT" [...] (C) Summary. In a message from Beijing, King Sihanouk announced October 6 his desire to retire due to his ill health. His message referred to a letter from PM Hun Sen and Prince Ranariddh endorsing as his successor Prince Sihamoni, son of Sihanouk and Queen Monineath. On October 7, he inst [...]	2004-10-07 08:49:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CB
04PHNOMPENH1609	CAMBODIA HAS A NEW KING -- NORODOM SIHAMONI [...] (C) Summary: On October 14, the Cambodian Throne Council unanimously (9-0) elected Norodom Sihamoni as the new King of Cambodia. Sihamoni (51),a son of former King Norodom Sihanouk and Queen Monineath, has lived for years in France as a dancer and Cambodian Ambassador to UNESCO. He will [...]	2004-10-15 12:55:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CB
04PHNOMPENH1701	CAMBODIA'S MAN WHO WON'T BE KING -- RANARIDDH'S [...] (C) As Cambodia crowns King Norodom Sihamoni today, his half-brother, Norodom Ranariddh, is infuriating even supporters through childish and petulant behavior. Ranariddh is stealing local headlines from the solemn coronation ceremonies through a series recent missteps: -- On October 25, Ra [...]	2004-10-29 08:22:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CB
04PHNOMPENH1985	CAMBODIA'S BOHEMIAN KING - THE HONEYMOON IS NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Norodom Sihamoni continues to reach out to people across Cambodia, bringing a new sense of dignity to the royal house. Though most of his forays into the countryside are carefully scripted, on occasion he breaks the bonds and makes a solid connection with the crowds. His [...]	2004-12-23 08:05:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CB PINR PREL
04ROME1640	ITALY: WAIT AND SEE ON VIETNAM HIGHLANDS/REFUGEES [...] (C) MARCO DELLA SETA, MFA SOUTH EAST ASIA OFFICE DIRECTOR STATED THAT ITALY IS AWARE OF THE SITUATION IN VIETNAM AND HAS DEMARCHED BOTH THE VIETNAMESE AMBASSADOR TO ITALY AND THE GOVERNMENT OF CAMBODIA (REF B). HE ADDED THAT THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT ACKNOWLEDGED TWO CASUALTIES IN THE APRIL 10- [...]	2004-04-26 15:38:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL VM CB IT
04THEHAGUE3330	NETHERLANDS/EU/CAMBODIA: DEMARCHE ON TRAFFICKING [...] (C) Poloffs discussed reftel points December 21 with Eric Verwaal, Head of MFA's Southeast Asia and Oceania Department, and Hein Copper, desk officer. Verwaal clarified that the Netherlands Embassy in Bangkok covers Cambodian issues since the Dutch have no Embassy in Phnom Penh. Verwaal was [...]	2004-12-23 15:03:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	CB KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL NL
05ANKARA1307	AUSTRALIAN GROUP 2005 PLENARY: PROPOSAL DELIVERY [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-10 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	CB ETTC PARM PREL TU
05ANKARA1577	AUSTRALIA GROUP: DELIVERY OF PAPERS [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-18 12:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	CB ETTC PARM PREL TU
05ANKARA1627	AUSTRALIAN GROUP(AG): U.S. PAPER ON ACTIONS TO [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-21 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	CB ETTC PARM PREL TU
05BANGKOK3333	THAIS CONTENT WITH LOCAL NEGOTIATIONS TO DEFUSE BORDER TENSIONS WITH CAMBODIA AT ANCIENT KHMER TEMPLE [...] Summary: Recent news stories about a dispute at a historically sensitive ancient Khmer temple at the border between Thailand and Cambodia inaccurately reported increased Thai troop deployments and explosion of a landmine inside the temple. Tensions at this temple site, which flare periodically, app [...]	2005-05-19 10:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL CB TH CAMBODIA
05BANGKOK3744	GUIDANCE REGARDING TWO NORTH KOREAN SISTERS IN [...] (C) Per ref a request, on June 7 Refcoord told UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan that the U.S. would consider refugee referrals of the two North Korean sisters reportedly in Cambodia if UNHCR determines that it is in their best interest to travel to the United States. 2. (C) Utkan s [...]	2005-06-07 08:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM KN KS CB DPRK
05BANGKOK3745	VOLUNTARY AND FORCED REPATRIATION OF MONTAGNARDS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) In June 7 discussion with UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan on other matters, Refcoord took the opportunity to pass along reftel guidance regarding U.S. policy on voluntary and forced repatriation of Montagnards in Cam [...]	2005-06-07 08:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF VM CB CAMBODIA
05BANGKOK6767	CAMBODIAN ACTIVISTS URGENTLY SEEK REFUGEE STATUS [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-27 10:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL CB TH CAMBODIA
05BANGKOK6797	NO PROGRESS ON CAMBODIAN REFUGEES [...] (C) Polcouns spoke to MFA refugee contact Dusit Manapan regarding the Cambodian activists and the UNHCR request to process them for immediate resettlement. Dusit said that, after receiving calls from several embassies regarding this case yesterday, he had consulted within the MFA on the ques [...]	2005-10-28 12:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM TH CB CAMBODIA
05BANGKOK6947	CAMBODIAN OPPOSITION FIGURE MU SOCHUA PESSIMISTIC [...] (SBU) Summary. Cambodian opposition figure Mu Sochua told Western diplomats on November 3 that the general political atmosphere in her country was worsening and that additional Cambodian political activists would likely flee to Thailand. End summary. 2. (SBU) Sam Rainsy Party member Mu Soc [...]	2005-11-04 11:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CB TH CAMBODIA
05CANBERRA1218	AUSTRALIA DOES NOT SUPPORT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) On July 11, Poloff delivered ref A demarche to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) ASEAN, Burma, and Cambodia Director Lynette Wood and Executive Officer Gillian Walker seeking to gauge Australian interest in establishing a Management Committee for the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. [...]	2005-07-18 06:55:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KAWC CB AS
05HANOI1184	UNHCR VISITS CENTRAL HIGHLANDS RETURNEES [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR Officer-in-Charge for Vietnam Vu Anh Son has begun a visit to ethnic minority returnees in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai. He reported to Poloff that he has been able to travel freely and met with many of the 35 individuals voluntarily returned from Cambodia. [...]	2005-05-20 06:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM CB
05HANOI157	UNHCR Regional Representative's January 11 Briefing [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 11, UNHCR Regional Representative for Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam Hasim Utkan briefed representatives from concerned diplomatic missions in Hanoi on Montagnard issues and UNHCR relations with the Vietnamese Government. Utkan described the UNHCR's difficulti [...]	2005-01-20 07:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR
05HANOI1940	INTERNATIONAL MONITORING OF RETURNED MIGRANTS [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR's Vietnamese Chief of Mission returned from the Central Highlands where he met 30 of the 94 recently repatriated ethnic minority migrants. They are in good condition and being treated well, he said. The regional representative from UNHCR based in Bangkok will visit Ho Ch [...]	2005-07-29 11:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM CB VM ETMIN HUMANR
05HANOI1972	VIETNAM MFA OFFERS THOUGHTS ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: A Ministry of Foreign Affairs officer spoke with Embassy Poloff August 2 to offer the MFA's support for a USG visit to the Central Highlands to monitor the condition of returned ethnic minority migrants; advise that t [...]	2005-08-02 10:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM CB VM HUMANR ETMIN
05HANOI2040	UNHCR Bangkok rep visits Hanoi, debriefs [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan briefed the Ambassador August 5 on his recent trip with UNHCR's Hanoi Chief of Mission, Vu Anh Son, to Gia Lai Province in the Central Highlands. Gia Lai is where nearly all of the 94 migrants recently deported from Cambodia arrived. [...]	2005-08-10 10:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM CB VM ASEAN ETMIN HUMANR
05HANOI2055	UNHCR TO VISIT GIA LAI AGAIN, INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR will send a team of three representatives to Gia Lai Province August 22-26 to look into the status of ethnic minority returnees. The UNHCR team will also investigate possible Tripartite MOU-mandated micro-projects, for which UNHCR recently received USD 130,000 from the U [...]	2005-08-11 10:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN
05HANOI215	Memorandum of Understanding Signed by UNHCR, [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 25, the UNHCR's Director of International Protection Erika Feller briefed interested diplomatic missions on the UNHCR-Vietnam-Cambodia tripartite meeting and the unexpected signing by the three of a Memorandum of Understanding on dealing with the 750 Montagnards curr [...]	2005-01-25 10:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM CB UN HUMANR ETMIN
05HANOI2245	UNHCR READOUT OF GIA LAI VISIT [...] (SBU) A UNHCR team visited two villages in Gia Lai Province August 23-25 to assess conditions in these locations and to interview returnees. They reported that conditions are generally fair and noted that there were no signs of systematic intimidation by local authorities. The UNHCR officials [...]	2005-08-30 03:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN
05HANOI2411	UNHCR ACCOMPANIES REFUSENIK RETURNEES TO PLEIKU [...] (SBU) On September 15, UNHCR Officer-in-Charge for Vietnam Vu Anh Son reported to Poloff that, as agreed to by the GVN, he accompanied the six `refusenik' returnees from the Cambodian border to Pleiku on September 9. Son met the six at the border at 12:30 p.m. as planned and traveled with the [...]	2005-09-15 09:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR
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
05HANOI3114	UNHCR PLEASED WITH PROGRESS IN ETHNIC MINORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: UNHCR Asia/Pacific Director Janet Lim and other UNHCR representatives briefed the Ambassador November 21 on the current positive tone of UNHCR- GVN relations and the state of play of Vietnamese ethnic minorities in Cambodia. Although the GVN remains reluctant to al [...]	2005-11-23 09:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM CB DPRK ETMIN HUMANR
05HANOI507	(SBU) Exploring a Montagnard-focused Humanitarian [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Post proposes exploring prospects for a Montagnard-focused Humanitarian Resettlement Program, the goal of which would be to help to mitigate the outflow of Montagnards to Cambodia. Post has informally raised the approach outlined below with PRM and EAP (Refs A [...]	2005-03-02 06:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR
05HANOI671	MONTAGNARD RETURNEES ARRIVE IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Two groups of ethnic Montagnard returnees have arrived in Vietnam from Cambodia and returned to their home villages. These are the first to return under the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by Vietnam, Cambodia and the UNHCR in January (Reftel). Local authorities have [...]	2005-03-18 10:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR
05HANOI772	GVN RESPONDS ON UNHCR MONITORING [...] (SBU) PolCouns and Poloff met with MFA Consular Department Deputy Director General Nguyen Minh Vu April 1 to deliver Ref A demarche on UNHCR monitoring of Montagnard returnees and the placement of permanent international staff in the UNHCR office in Hanoi. Vu listened to PolCouns' points and [...]	2005-04-01 10:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN
05HANOI921	NO UNHCR VISIT TO CENTRAL HIGHLANDS; GVN CONFIRMS [...] (SBU) Summary: The UNHCR's representative in Hanoi told us that he had not received permission to travel to the Central Highlands. A GVN official confirmed that the late April dates for the mid-review conference will not work for Vietnam. In the meantime, we continue to seek confirmation of [...]	2005-04-20 09:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM CB
05HANOI991	UNHCR BRIEFS ON MONTAGNARDS [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan told the Ambassador April 26 that the Tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) (Ref A) is helping to speed the resettlement of asylum-seeking Central Highlanders currently in Cambodia. The UNHCR is still faced with the problems of [...]	2005-04-28 11:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN
05HOCHIMINHCITY811	UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE UTKAN VIEWS ON EVE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: In HCMC before his August 2-4 visit to the Central Highlands, UNHCR Regional Representative Utkan, accompanied by Hanoi-based UNHCR representative Vu Anh Son, told ConGenOffs that cooperation with the GVN on issues related to the return of ethnic minority refugees from Cambodia [...]	2005-08-02 11:02:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF SOCI PREL PGOV CB VM
05KINSHASA1678	NEW CAST OF CHARACTERS FOR GDRC PARASTATALS [...] (C) PolCouns met in September with Ngoba Maloba, the former CEO of the Congolese electricity company SNEL, who was replaced in the August 5 realignment of the directors of most of the major Congolese parastatals. Although Maloba complained bitterly that he was the victim of &political deals,8 [...]	2005-10-07 10:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EMIN KCOR CB
05NEWDELHI2141	STRONG INDIAN VIEWS ON EAST ASIA SUMMIT [...] (C) In the strongest language we have heard so far from the GOI on the East Asia Summit (EAS),MEA Joint Secretary (Southeast Asia) Mitra Vashishta asserted that if India is left out, New Delhi will resort to "other means." Meeting with PolCouns and Poloff on March 17, she insisted on a stat [...]	2005-03-21 13:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BM CB LA VM IN ARF
05PARIS4879	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR [...] (U) We provided reftel points July 8 to MFA IO Asia action officer Didier Gonzalez. Gonzalez told us July 9 that the GoF had no position on the establishment of a Management Committee. The idea, he said, would require some reflection. 2. (U) We also provided the points to MFA Cambodia d [...]	2005-07-13 10:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KAWC CB FR
05PHNOMPENH1539	CAMBODIAN KING SIHAMONI DONATES $20,000 FOR [...] On September 13, King Norodom Sihamoni conveyed to Charge and USAID Mission Director his profound condolences and those of King Father Norodom Sihanouk and Queen Mother Monineath for the destruction, suffering, and loss of life caused by Hurricane Katrina. King Sihamoni then provided a cash [...]	2005-09-13 08:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID PREL US CB
05RANGOON1198	ASEAN PERSPECTIVES ON BURMA: PART II [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassadors of Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, like their ASEAN colleagues (ref A) encourage U.S. engagement with the Burmese regime, but share generally negative views on the current situation and prospects for progress in Burma. Of this group, only the Thai [...]	2005-10-21 09:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TH LA CB ECON EINV BM ID VN
05THEHAGUE2023	NETHERLANDS/CAMBODIA: MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-20 09:31:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KAWC PREL CB NL
06BANGKOK194	COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO BANGKOK FOR STAFFDEL STOPHER [...] (U) Embassy Bangkok warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to STAFFDEL Stopher to travel to Thailand from January 17 to January 19, 2006, per REFTEL. 2. (U) Embassy Point of Contact (POC) David Marsden, Deputy Chief, SA. Work phone: 66-2-205-4988, Cell: 66-1-205-0474 Fax: 66-2-2 [...]	2006-01-11 08:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CB RP TH UK VM
06BANGKOK253	REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION - STAFFDEL STOPHER [...] Reftel authorized disbursement of maximum USG per diem rate in USD equivalent, plus USD 50 for actual cost, local transportation, and other expenses for Staffdel Stopher/Ennis/Parker travel. Request authorization to pay each Staffdel officer one additional day lodging at USG per diem rate fo [...]	2006-01-13 08:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CB RP TH UK VM
06BANGKOK5293	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ACTING DEPUTY CHIEF [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Margaret McKean, Acting Deputy Chief of Mission, visiting August 30-31, 2006 to meet with Assistant Secretary Ellen Sauerbrey. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at the Conrad Hotel for Wednesday, August 30, 2006. Confirmation No. 283 [...]	2006-08-29 09:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT TH CB
06BEIJING7653	PRC/CAMBODIA: MFA GIVES ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON [...] (C) MFA Asian Affairs Division Director for Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam Chen Dehai's April 20 readout to Poloff of Premier Wen's April 7-8 visit to Cambodia tracked closely with reftel. While calling the trip a "full success," Chen admitted that much of the results touted by the leader [...]	2006-04-21 10:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH CB
06HANOI188	Central Highlands: UNHCR, Protestant Pastor Discuss [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR representatives traveled to Dak Lak and Kon Tum provinces January 17-20 to meet with local officials and ethnic minority returnees. In both provinces, UNHCR interviewed a number of returnees in private. There were no allegations of mistreatment by the authorities. Howev [...]	2006-01-23 10:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF VM CB
06HANOI1999	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE [...] (SBU) On August 1, UNHCR provided the Ambassador with a readout of recent Vietnmam-related developments. UNHCR is working to resolve the status of 9,500 Cambodians (Khmer Krom) living in southern Vietnam through a joint working group with the GVN and Government of Cambodia, though progress is [...]	2006-08-07 08:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM CB
06HANOI2397	UNHCR MONITORING VISIT TO CENTRAL HIGHLANDS [...] (SBU) UNHCR recently completed its 13th monitoring mission to the Central Highlands and reported nothing out of the ordinary in terms of the well-being of the interviewed returnees. Significantly, the UNHCR team was able to meet with a returnee who had been tried and convicted of human smuggli [...]	2006-09-19 10:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF VM CB
06HANOI242	EAP A/S HILL MEETS SENIOR COMMUNIST PARTY OFFICIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 13, EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill met with Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) External Relations Commission Director Nguyen Van Son to discuss the U.S.-Vietnam bilateral relationship and regional issues of mutual interest. In addition to upcoming high-le [...]	2006-02-06 06:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD ECON CB KN VM
06HANOI244	A/S HILL DISCUSSES BURMA, CAMBODIA, LAOS, CHINA [...] Summary: In a frank lunch meeting January 13 with visiting EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill, senior GVN diplomats said that Vietnam is worried about China's increasing influence in Southeast Asia, particularly Burma, Cambodia and Laos, and urged the United States to engage more wit [...]	2006-02-06 06:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CB BM LA VM
06HANOI249	EAP A/S Hill's Meeting with Vietnamese FM Nguyen [...] (SBU) Summary: During his meeting January 13 with Foreign Minister Nguyen Dzy Nien, EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill underlined the need for the United States and Vietnam to systematize their bilateral discussions on issues of mutual interest, such as Burma and Cambodia; expressed [...]	2006-02-06 09:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV APEC ETRD PHUM CB CH BM KN VM
06HANOI250	EAP A/S Hill's Meeting with Vietnam VFM Le Van Bang [...] (SBU) Summary: During his January 13 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang, EAP A/S Christopher R. Hill underscored the importance of making progress in next week's WTO talks, urged Vietnam to improve its human rights situation and welcomed Vietnam's role in regional structures such [...]	2006-02-06 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CB BM CH VM
06HANOI3070	UNHCR: "NO GENERAL THREAT" IN VIETNAM CENTRAL HIGHLANDS; [...] (SBU) At a December 15 briefing to Hanoi-based diplomats, UNHCR highlighted that the overall environment for Vietnamese ethnic minorities in the Central Highlands was improving, despite an increase of arrivals to Cambodia in 2006. Refugee status recognition rates have dropped significantly in [...]	2006-12-26 09:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM HUMANR PREF CB VM
06HANOI584	CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: UNHCR TO VISIT MARCH 22; UNHCR [...] (SBU) Summary: A UNHCR team will visit Gia Lai Province March 22-23 to meet with the families of "double-backers." The team has also requested private meetings with two individuals who were allegedly mistreated by local authorities. The GVN has invited Assistant High Commissioner Erika Felle [...]	2006-03-14 10:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF VM CB
06HANOI992	UNHCR ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) UNHCR's Assistant Commissioner for Protection Erika Feller visted Gia Lai Province April 26-27 and met Vice Foreign Minister Nguyen Phu Binh April 28. While in Gia Lai, she met with six returnees (including two individuals who were singled out by Human Rights Watch),who described their [...]	2006-04-28 10:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF VM CB
06HOCHIMINHCITY72	PROBLEMS WITH RETURNEE TREATMENT IN KONTUM PROVINCE [...] (C) Summary: The visit of a joint Hanoi/HCMC team to Kontum Province's Sa Thay district revealed problems with treatment of at least some ethnic minority returnees from Cambodia. Although we were promised free access to returnees and their families in their homes, in practice the plainclothes [...]	2006-01-20 06:50:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON KIRF PREF CB VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY82	VIETNAM'S ISLAMIC COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Southern and central Vietnam's 30,000- to 50,000-member Sunni Muslim community does not appear to face significant restrictions in its ability to worship. Unlike Vietnam's five other recognized religious organizations, the Muslim community does not have a national leadership to [...]	2006-01-24 03:24:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KISL KIRF PGOV SOCI PREL SA CB LY EG VM ETMIN RELFREE
06PHNOMPENH1036	WORLD BANK FINDS CORRUPTION IN CAMBODIA PROJECTS [...] (C) Summary: A World Bank (WB) audit has found evidence of procurement fraud in seven out of nine WB programs investigated in Cambodia, involving kickbacks to Cambodian government (RGC) officials and rigged bidding. The WB estimates that 10-15% of $5.0 million already disbursed was skimmed. [...]	2006-05-31 11:10:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1048	PROMISING CAMBODIAN UNION'S DECLINE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union (CCAWDU),which was once one of the country's most respected unions, has plummeted in stature following the dismissal of former union president Chhorn Sokha. Embassy persuasion has been required on several occasions t [...]	2006-06-02 09:50:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON KTEX PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH1050	CAMBODIA'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO ANNOUNCE FORMATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Recent meetings with members of the National Assembly's Commission on Foreign Affairs suggests the Cambodian body is prepared to announce in early September the formation of a Burma Caucus comprised of MPs from the ruling CPP, FUNCINPEC and opposition Sam Rainsy Party. As a [...]	2006-06-02 10:54:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1057	CAMBODIA PARTICIPATION IN WHALING COMMISSION [...] On June 5, Nao Thuok, Director General of the Department of Fisheries within the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, told Poleconoff that Por Try, Secretary of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, has been named as Cambodia's whaling commissioner. However, Na [...]	2006-06-05 07:54:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV CB

06PHNOMPENH1084	CAMBODIA: UNSC RESOLUTION ON BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-09 09:47:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH1086	TONLE BASSAC LAND DISPUTE CONTINUES [...] (U) Summary: A land dispute in the heart of Phnom Penh is emblematic of the increasing number of land conflicts in Cambodia. On June 6 and 7, local police evicted 500 families from the Tonle Bassac community. Another group of families with land documentation from the UNTAC days is being th [...]	2006-06-09 10:33:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH1088	CAMBODIA: ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS HIGHLIGHT TOP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Environmental leaders cited land degradation and encroachment on protected areas as Cambodia's most pressing environmental concerns during a June 7 roundtable discussion. Wildlife traffickers seem to operate in small, decentralized networks with Vietnam as either a destinati [...]	2006-06-09 10:36:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV PHUM ECON CB VN CN
06PHNOMPENH1091	CAMBODIA: IRAN AND NAM STATEMENT [...] (C) Summary. During a June 8 meeting with Acting Foreign Minister Ouch Borith, Charge delivered demarche points contained in reftels. On Iran, Borith said the RGC would consider a public statement, and asked to see Secretary Rice's statement regarding the USG proposal, which the Embassy ha [...]	2006-06-09 11:18:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AORC CB
06PHNOMPENH1092	AMBASSADOR PRESSES CAMBODIAN DPM ON TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 8, the Ambassador delivered the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) demarche to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng noting the upgrade from Tier 3 to Tier 2 Watch List. While praising Cambodia's progress during the previous year, he emphasized that law [...]	2006-06-09 11:22:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CB KWMN
06PHNOMPENH1118	Inaugural Meeting of the Friends of the ECCC [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 12, the Japanese and French Ambassadors co-chaired the inaugural Friends of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) meeting. Donors agreed that the Friends group would serve to disseminate information on the ECCC's progress, provide non-judicial adv [...]	2006-06-15 00:46:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH1124	CAMBODIAN GARMENT SECTOR WORRIED ABOUT DRAMATIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following several months of increased garment sector strikes, the number of working days lost to strikes reached 87,000 in May--more than four times typical levels. These strikes are largely the result of two irresponsible unions, but also reflect growing union rivalry, worke [...]	2006-06-15 10:38:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON KTEX PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH1134	DCM DELIVERS TIP DEMARCHE TO CAMBODIAN POLICE [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 16, the DCM delivered the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) demarche to Cambodian National Police Commissioner Hok Lundy. While praising Cambodian actions to earn the upgrade from Tier 3 to Tier 2 Watch List, the DCM noted that arrests and prosecutions for TIP are down thi [...]	2006-06-16 10:45:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CB KWMN
06PHNOMPENH1153	TRAFFICKERS ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN PEDOPHILE CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 20, accused pedophile Amcit Michael Pepe was charged with rape and debauchery at Phnom Penh Municipal Court. Four local accomplices were also charged. Three women were charged with human trafficking for allegedly supplying underage female victims to the Amcit. Two of [...]	2006-06-21 08:26:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CB KWMN ASEC
06PHNOMPENH1163	DRUGS IN CAMBODIA: DONORS COMPARE NOTES ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Donors highlighted Cambodia's porous borders, rising rates of drug use, limited rehabilitation facilities, and limited government capacity during a June 20 roundtable discussion about Cambodia's drug problem. Several donor nations provide small-scale counternarcotics assistanc [...]	2006-06-22 08:18:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH1165	AUSTRALIAN PEDOPHILE CONVICTED DESPITE WITNESS WITHDRAWAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Phnom Penh Appeals Court has upheld the conviction of an Australian pedophile despite the withdrawal of complaints against the accused by nine of ten witnesses. We are pleased that the Cambodian court relied on forensic evidence to uphold the conviction and did not let its [...]	2006-06-22 10:32:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN CB
06PHNOMPENH1169	GARMENT SECTOR WORRIES TARNISH GOVERNMENT-PRIVATE [...] SUMMARY. Business leaders and government officials touted recent accomplishments in promoting economic development during the Private Sector Forum, held June 21. Despite predictions of 2.5% economic growth in 2005, Cambodia's GDP actually grew by 13.4%, thanks to a bumper rice crop and stron [...]	2006-06-23 08:50:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB KTEX EAIR PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH1174	CAMBODIA: AMBASSADOR URGES RESTRAINT IN GARMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a June 22 meeting, the Ambassador praised the role of labor unions, but also urged eleven union leaders to exercise restraint in conducting strikes, noting that a recent spike in garment sector strikes is threatening Cambodia's economic development. While strikes are valid [...]	2006-06-26 11:02:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KTEX ECON CB
06PHNOMPENH1176	CAMBODIA: GARMENT MANUFACTURERS BLAME UNIONS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a June 23 meeting, Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) leaders acknowledged that garment factories sometimes fail to comply with the Labor Law, but blamed unions' rush to strike for much of the labor unrest in Cambodia's garment sector. This increased [...]	2006-06-27 00:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KTEX ECON CB
06PHNOMPENH1178	NGOS APPROVE OF CAMBODIA'S TIER UPGRADE ON [...] (SBU) Summary. Anti-trafficking NGOs applauded the decision to upgrade Cambodia to Tier 2 Watch List, based on the Cambodia's performance last year. However, AFESIP and IJM believe that cooperation so far this year has not matched last year's efforts. Mission officers are stressing in thei [...]	2006-06-27 04:04:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB PREL CB KWMN
06PHNOMPENH1181	SCREENED-OUT MONTAGNARD DEPORTED TO VIETNAM [...] (U) Cambodian Immigration police removed a screened-out Montagnard, Y Ngoan Nie, from UNHCR's Site 2 in Phnom Penh on June 27 and escorted him to the border for deportation to Vietnam. Y Ngoan Nie was one of the 31 persons denied refugee status that the embassy referred to the Department as [...]	2006-06-27 07:42:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM CB VM
06PHNOMPENH1185	CAMBODIA: PROMISING LABOR NEGOTIATIONS FALTER, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Promising negotiations between the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) and the Free Trade Union (FTU) over FTU demands for a minimum wage increase faltered when FTU factory-level union leaders rejected the proposed deal on June 25. During a meeting with Polec [...]	2006-06-27 12:47:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KTEX ECON CB
06PHNOMPENH1199	CAMBODIA: GENERAL STRIKE COULD PROVE POLITICAL, [...] (C) SUMMARY. The July 3 general strike threatened by the Free Trade Union (FTU) and the Cambodian Independent Teachers Association (CITA) presents an already vulnerable Hun Sen with the conundrum of choosing between support for workers or the business elite. Hun Sen realizes that only Camb [...]	2006-06-28 13:30:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON KTEX PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH1201	CAMBODIA'S LABOR AND COMMERCE MINISTERS DOING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During separate June 28 meetings with the Ministers of Commerce and Labor, the Ambassador relayed embassy efforts to encourage both unions and garment manufacturers to negotiate a resolution to the general strike threatened for July 3 and urged the government to do everything [...]	2006-06-29 11:54:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV KTEX KIPR CB
06PHNOMPENH1202	UNION LEADERS CALL OFF GENERAL STRIKE; THANK U.S. [...] (U) SUMMARY. Union leader Chea Mony told the Ambassador today that he was calling off the general strike he had threatened to lead starting July 3. While his Free Trade Union (FTU) and the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) have not yet reached a final agreement, they have [...]	2006-06-29 12:03:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON KTEX PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH1204	CAMBODIA: GENERAL STRIKE CANCELLATION SETS THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The June 29 postponement of a general strike scheduled to start just a few days later paved the way for an announcement by garment manufacturers and eleven union federations that they will begin collective negotiations in August. They have agreed to discuss wages, strikes, ar [...]	2006-06-30 10:53:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH1235	CAMBODIA: 2ND QUARTER REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Summary: During the second quarter of 2006, the Cambodian police conducted 17 operations which resulted in the arrest of 26 traffickers and pimps as well as the rescue of 20 trafficking victims. Four foreign nationals, including an American citizen, were arrested for sex crimes against [...]	2006-07-05 10:42:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KWMN CB
06PHNOMPENH1264	CAMBODIA: FELONY CHARGES TO BE DROPPED AGAINST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A labor dispute threatened to erupt into violence on July 6 after striking workers illegally blockaded the main gate at the Genuine garment factory and the garment factory had three union leaders arrested on trumped-up felony charges of human confinement, the first time unionis [...]	2006-07-10 11:30:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH1268	PHNOM PENH OFFICE OF UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR [...] (SBU) The Phnom Penh office of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has done a good job of monitoring and publicizing human rights abuses in Cambodia. Its staff has for the most part been responsible and professional. In a sea of NGO and inter-governmental organiza [...]	2006-07-11 07:28:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1362	KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL BUILDING MOMENTUM [...] (U) Summary. Following initial criticism of a slow start, progress of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal on a variety of fronts has picked up in July, according to the Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI). OSJI believes the most significant new development is the court's adoption of the ICC Code o [...]	2006-07-27 09:03:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1374	REACTION TO KHMER ROUGE LEADER'S DEATH [...] (SBU) Summary. Ung Choeun, widely known as Ta Mok, age 82, passed away on July 21 at a military hospital where he had been hospitalized since June 29. Since his passing, government officials, the media, and civil society leaders have discussed the impact of his death on the proceedings of t [...]	2006-07-31 06:55:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1385	G/TIP VISIT PRESSES CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT FOR MORE [...] (SBU) Summary. G/TIP Senior Coordinator Mark Taylor,s July 25-26 visit to Cambodia provided an opportunity to press the Cambodian government to take additional anti-TIP measures. USG recommendations to RGC officials focused primarily on quicker action by police authorities, greater coopera [...]	2006-08-01 11:01:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB PREL KWMN CB
06PHNOMPENH1396	CAN CAMBODIA'S DEMOCRATIC FORCES UNITE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 30, FUNCINPEC President Prince Norodom Ranariddh called on all parties to unite in 2008 and form an Alliance of Nationalists. In practice, the weakened FUNCINPEC leader seeks to realign his party with the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) and other pro-democracy forc [...]	2006-08-03 00:27:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH1400	CAMBODIA'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO INAUGURATE BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary. Cambodia's National Assembly will launch its Burma Caucus on August 25, with 25 parliamentarians from the three political parties as members, according to organizing MP Son Chhay of the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP). Other AIPMC (ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus) [...]	2006-08-03 10:40:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1404	PROTESTORS DEMAND REOPENING OF CHEA VICHEA MURDER CASE -- A [...] (U) Summary: On August 1 (the first-year anniversary of the convictions),20 armed police officers dispersed protestors who had gathered in front of the Phnom Penh prison holding the two convicted killers of Chea Vichea to demand that their cases be reopened. Protesters also appealed to King [...]	2006-08-07 02:38:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB PREL KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH1405	CAMBODIAN COURTS FOCUS DISPROPORTIONATELY ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Under the spotlight of NGOs, the media, and the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP),the Kompong Cham Provincial Court on August 2 handed down light sentences to three women accused of stealing waste rubber from the private plantation near their village. The women claimed that they were [...]	2006-08-07 08:46:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH1406	PHNOM PENH'S CHINESE SEX TOURISM INDUSTRY [...] (U) Summary. Typically shrouded behind legitimate businesses, Phnom Penh's sex establishments catering to the Chinese operate relatively discretely. Generally, Chinese men come to Phnom Penh for business reasons, not for the purpose of sex tourism. Chinese clientele refrain from the low-e [...]	2006-08-07 08:49:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KJUS CB KWMN SNAR
06PHNOMPENH1424	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 4, the Ambassador delivered the Tier 2 Watch List Action Plan demarche to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng, stressing the recommendations outlined in reftel. The Ambassador added that he was concerned that Cambodia would become complacent an [...]	2006-08-09 07:43:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CB KWMN
06PHNOMPENH1426	CAMBODIA LAND DISPUTES, EVICTIONS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the June 6 and 7 evictions of 500 families from the Tonle Bassac community (refs),there was a large-scale eviction of 168 families from the grounds of a Phnom Penh hospital on June 29. Protests from civil society led to the postponement of another forced eviction, but [...]	2006-08-09 10:25:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH1445	CORRUPTION IN CAMBODIA'S ANTI-TIP DEPARTMENT [...] (U) Summary. On August 8, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court initiated corruption proceedings against Touch Ngim, former Deputy Director of the MOI's Anti-TIP Department. Ngim confessed to taking bribe money to release brothel owners, but claimed that he was acting upon orders of his superior, [...]	2006-08-15 08:34:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH1452	LAND DISPUTES IN KANDAL PROVINCE LEAD TO VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Two recent land disputes involving Kandal province have resulted in low-level violence. On August 7, 60 armed police officers clashed with a group of 200 hundred villagers from Kandal province who tried to enter Phnom Penh to protest a land dispute in their community. The en [...]	2006-08-15 09:53:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1461	RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN LEADING CAMBODIAN UNION [...] (SBU) Summary. Several significant events related to the Free Trade Union (FTU),Cambodia's most important pro-opposition union, occurred during the month-long hiatus in minimum wage negotiations between unions and garment manufacturers. The FTU formed a new confederation with long-time par [...]	2006-08-17 08:53:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH1509	CAMBODIA'S RENEGADE POLICE CHIEF [...] (C) Summary. On August 2, an arrest warrant was issued for Heng Pov, the powerful former Phnom Penh Municipal Police Chief and Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Interior, who reportedly was tipped off of the impending arrest and fled the country by the time the RGC moved to arrest [...]	2006-08-24 01:11:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH1519	CAMBODIA: POLICE CRACKDOWN ON POSSIBLE PEDOPHILE NETWORK [...] (U) Summary: Police from the Phnom Penh anti-Trafficking Unit arrested five individuals, including two German nationals, for their alleged involvement in the sexual exploitation of four underage girls. The German suspects are accused of debauchery; the others, one of whom is the mother of t [...]	2006-08-24 09:17:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KWMN CB
06PHNOMPENH1529	CAMBODIA SEEKS APEC MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) On August 22, the Ambassador and A/DCM met with MFA Secretary of State Ouch Borith at the latter's request. Borith provided a letter to the Ambassador from DPM and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hor Namhong to the Secretary requesting USG support for Cambodia's bid for APEC membership. T [...]	2006-08-28 01:22:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1534	CAMBODIA'S LEGISLATURE LAUNCHES BURMA CAUCUS [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 25, Cambodia's National Assembly launched its Burma Caucus, which includes 26 members from Cambodia's three political parties. Members of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC),diplomats, and NGOs participated in the inauguration ceremony, as did mem [...]	2006-08-28 09:56:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH1606	TIP MEETING WITH CAMBODIAN POLICE DEPUTY [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 5, the Acting DCM delivered the Tier 2 Watch List Action Plan demarche to Lieutenant General Neth Savoeun of the Cambodian National Police, emphasizing the recommendations in the reftel. The A/DCM asked that Cambodian police consider the recommendations as a way [...]	2006-09-06 11:19:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CB KWMN
06PHNOMPENH1607	POLICE ACTION AGAINST PROSTITUTION -- CAUSE FOR [...] (U) Summary: Recently, the police of Toul Kork district started a campaign against prostitution, rounding up 47 prostitutes from nine brothels and other venues in the area and referring them to NGO shelters. Twenty-seven customers and two facilitators were arrested during the operations, b [...]	2006-09-07 00:08:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH1613	CAMBODIA'S SEASON OF POLITICAL SILLINESS: NO [...] (SBU) Summary. Recently, the Cambodian public has witnessed its National Assembly attempt to outlaw adultery as well as limit its members' freedom of speech in return for pensions and other financial benefits. This was followed by the PM vetoing any future Miss Cambodia beauty contests. Th [...]	2006-09-07 09:47:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KJUS KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH1643	DISINFORMATION/INCITEMENT LAWS: NEW TOOLS TO SUPPRESS [...] (U) Summary: The government's legal means to suppress criticism has not been eliminated despite the partial decriminalization of defamation. Three recent cases, including those of two journalists and a former professor, illustrate that disinformation and incitement laws may be the new tools [...]	2006-09-12 09:46:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CB KJUS
06PHNOMPENH1646	CORRUPTION IN CAMBODIA'S ANTI-TIP DEPARTMENT: THREE [...] (U) Summary: On August 24, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court convicted and sentenced three police officers to five and seven years imprisonment for taking bribes, and ordering them to pay compensation of USD 9,000 to the plaintiffs - brothel owners who bribed the police to release them followin [...]	2006-09-12 09:59:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH1691	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ECCC CO-PROSECUTOR; FUNDING [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 15, the Ambassador and A/DCM met with ECCC international co-prosecutor Robert Petit, who discussed latest developments of the Tribunal staffing as well as funding shortfalls. Specifically, the Tribunal lacks money for public outreach, a proper detention facility, [...]	2006-09-18 10:19:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS EAID CB PREL
06PHNOMPENH1693	SLOW PROGRESS IN CAMBODIAN GARMENT SECTOR LABOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After two rounds of negotiations, unions and garment manufacturers have managed to reduce the gap between their proposed minimum wage increases only slightly. Unions--which entered the negotiations demanding USD 82--are now asking for USD 76, to be phased in over three years. [...]	2006-09-18 10:25:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON KTEX CB
06PHNOMPENH1694	A/S HARTY DISCUSSES ADOPTIONS, IVS IN CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Summary. RGC officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans, and Youth Rehabilitation (MOSAVY) told visiting CA A/S Harty that they support Cambodia's ratification of the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption and have added the Conventi [...]	2006-09-19 01:31:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS CASC PREL PREF CB VN
06PHNOMPENH1700	CAMBODIA: MONTAGNARD UPDATE, RESPONSE TO NGO [...] (SBU) Summary. The Cambodian government (RGC) granted permission for a joint UNHCR expedition to Mondolkiri province to rescue Montagnards following approaches from the Ambassador and A/DCM. Separately, 14 Montagnards arrived directly at UNHCR's Phnom Penh office from Mondolkiri on Septembe [...]	2006-09-19 09:27:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL CB VM
06PHNOMPENH1723	C O R R E C T E D C O P Y (PARA. 10): CAMBODIA: [...] (SBU) Summary. The Cambodian government (RGC) granted permission for a joint UNHCR expedition to Mondolkiri province to rescue Montagnards following approaches from the Ambassador and A/DCM. Separately, 14 Montagnards arrived directly at UNHCR's Phnom Penh office from Mondolkiri on Septembe [...]	2006-09-20 10:44:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL CB VM
06PHNOMPENH1755	CAMBODIA: WORST DENGUE FEVER OUTBREAK SINCE 1998 [...] Summary. Cambodia is in the midst of its worst dengue outbreak since 1998, with 10,000 Cambodian children already infected this year. Phnom Penh's SOS Clinic, a popular choice among the expatriate community, reports 47 dengue cases so far this year, in contrast to 45 during all of 2005. Th [...]	2006-09-27 08:50:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI AMED CB
06PHNOMPENH1757	CORRUPT CAMBODIAN UNION UNDER INVESTIGATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Cambodian government has formed a commission to investigate the Khmer Youth Free Trade Union (KYFTU),a labor union notorious for extorting garment factory management and beating rival union leaders. If the commission can find sufficient evidence of illegal activities, the [...]	2006-09-27 08:56:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KCOR PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH1799	CAMBODIA: PM SUPPORTS GUATEMALA FOR UNSC SEAT [...] (C) Summary. The Cambodia government recently informed the Embassy that it would support Guatemala in the October 16 election for the GRULAC rotational seat on the UNSC. The Japanese Ambassador raised the issue with PM Hun Sen during an unrelated September 29 meeting. The RGC had hoped for [...]	2006-10-03 01:58:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC UNGA CB
06PHNOMPENH1802	RSO/ICE/NGO MEETINGS ON COMBATTING CRIMES AGAINST [...] Summary. On September 26, the Regional Security Office (RSO) and the Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) Bangkok Attachs of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) organized a meeting with NGOs to discuss the challenges facing NGOs in combating sex crimes against children. The RSO enc [...]	2006-10-03 10:05:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KWMN CB ASEC
06PHNOMPENH1803	RSO/ICE/NGO MEETINGS ON COMBATTING CRIMES AGAINST [...] Summary. On September 26, the Regional Security Office (RSO) and the Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) Bangkok Attachs of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) organized a meeting with NGOs to discuss the challenges facing NGOs in combating sex crimes against children. The RSO enc [...]	2006-10-04 00:27:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KWMN CB ASEC
06PHNOMPENH1806	UNHCR PICKS UP MONTAGNARDS IN MONDOLKIRI [...] (SBU) Following interventions from the Ambassador and A/DCM (Reftel),UNHCR was able to mount a joint expedition with representatives of MFA and MOI to the northeastern province of Mondolkiri to rescue 13 Montagnard asylum seekers. The September 27-30 journey was the first UNHCR visit to Mon [...]	2006-10-04 02:07:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF VM CB
06PHNOMPENH1821	FUNCINPEC'S POLITICAL PARALYSIS [...] (C) Summary. After nearly two months of continued removals of FUNCINPEC officials and criticism of party leader Prince Norodom Ranariddh by PM Hun Sen, Ranariddhhas sought to stave off further problems by underscoring that FUNCINPEC will remain a partner within the coalition government. The [...]	2006-10-05 10:07:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1827	CAMBODIA: UNIONS THREATEN STRIKE AS GARMENT SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. After more than three hours of discussion on September 30, the third round of negotiations between unions and garment manufacturers ended with essentially no progress towards an agreement. Garment manufacturers agreed to add only 25 cents to their previously proposed minimum w [...]	2006-10-06 09:12:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON KTEX CB
06PHNOMPENH1828	CAMBODIA ON NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR WEAPONS TEST [...] (C) Pol/Econ officer delivered reftel demarche to Sun Suon, Director of MFA's International Organizations Department, on October 5, emphasizing that a North Korea armed with nuclear weapons was unacceptable to the U.S., that a nuclear weapons test would be "a grave miscalculation" on Pyongyan [...]	2006-10-06 09:19:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KN CB
06PHNOMPENH1845	CAMBODIA'S ECCC MAKING GOOD PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary. During an October 1-5 visit to Cambodia, S/WCI and INR officials met with a wide range of interlocutors concerning the work of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). ECCC officials from the office of Administration underscored budgetary gaps and unfill [...]	2006-10-10 10:40:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
06PHNOMPENH1860	CAMBODIAN REACTION TO NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR TEST [...] (SBU) On October 12, then-Charge and Pol/Econ Chief met with MFA Secretary of State Ouch Borith to deliver reftel A demarche points as well as provide a copy of President Bush's October 9 statement. With respect to North Korean actions, Borith assured us that the RGC condemned the nuclear te [...]	2006-10-12 07:44:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM KNNP CB
06PHNOMPENH1871	CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT AND NGOS BEGIN EFFORT TO FORM [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Hun Sen opened a two-day meeting in Siem Riep September 26-27 by asking NGOs to draft legislation to create a national human rights commission in one year. Members of civil society, Cambodian lawmakers, government officials and foreign observers participated in [...]	2006-10-16 06:33:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1891	THAI PM SURAYUD PROMISES CONTINUITY TO CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Thai interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont's one-day visit to Phnom Penh October 15 was intended to reassure the Cambodian government of Thailand's stability and that the Thai government (RTG) would continue to strengthen ties between the two countries despite the change in governmen [...]	2006-10-18 08:48:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM ENRG CB TH
06PHNOMPENH1893	CAMBODIA'S GARMENT INDUSTRY GROWING, BUT WILL IT [...] (SBU) Summary. Cambodia's garment industry grew impressively since the Multifiber Agreement (MFA) ended, expanding by 13% in 2005 and 21% in the first eight months of 2006. While this increase has translated into a growing number of factories and workers, neither factory owners nor workers [...]	2006-10-18 08:55:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KTEX CB
06PHNOMPENH1899	FUNCINPEC OUSTS RANARIDDH AS PARTY PRESIDENT [...] SBU) Summary. On October 18, a hurriedly convened FUNCINPEC party congress voted to remove Prince Norodom Ranariddh as party leader in favor of Keo Puth Rasmei, a relative by marriage to the royal family and most recently the RGC Ambassador to Germany. Ranariddh, who is currently outside t [...]	2006-10-19 10:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH1908	A/S LOWENKRON DISCUSSES BURMA, NORTH KOREA AND [...] (SBU) Summary. DRL A/S Barry Lowenkron met separately with Cambodian PM Hun Sen and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong during an October 14-17 visit to Cambodia. The PM reassured the USG of Cambodia's decision to back Guatemala for the rotational Latin American UNSC seat. Lowenkron thanked Hun [...]	2006-10-20 11:32:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1924	CAMBODIA WATER AND SANITATION ASSESSMENT [...] Summary: Over the last decade, the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) has become a commercially viable public enterprise regarded as a model across Southeast Asia. Unfortunately, access to improved water supply in rural areas is severely limited and, throughout Cambodia, sanitation is [...]	2006-10-23 10:10:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ESTH SENV EWWT CB
06PHNOMPENH1927	CAMBODIAN RESPONSE ON NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Pol/Econ Chief raised the North Korean refugee issue with MFA Secretary of State Long Visalo on October 19. Visalo said that he would provide the copy of reftel non-paper to the Minister and brief him on the USG request. On the question of sensitivity to [...]	2006-10-24 08:14:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL ASEC PINR CB
06PHNOMPENH1928	GOVERNMENT PREEMPTS BILATERAL LABOR NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: After more than a month of slow progress, the government preempted the final round of negotiations between garment factories and workers by increasing the minimum wage from USD 45 to USD 50 per month. After the fourth round of negotiations on October 13 left the two sides sti [...]	2006-10-25 01:51:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON KTEX CB
06PHNOMPENH1930	CAMBODIA ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, NAM RESOLUTIONS ON [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel A and B demarches to MFA Director for the Department of International Organizations Sun Suon on October 11 and October 24, respectively. On the indigenous peoples demarche, there is no New Zealand Embassy in Cambodia and the Australian Embassy informed [...]	2006-10-25 06:15:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH1934	A/S LOWENKRON MEETS OPPOSITION LEADER SAM RAINSY [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 16 and 17, A/S Lowenkron met with various leaders of Cambodia's civil society, union leaders and labor experts, and opposition party leader Sam Rainsy. Human rights leaders discussed impunity, the difficulties involved in the RGC's proposal to form a human rights [...]	2006-10-25 11:06:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1940	CAMBODIA: UPDATE ON PETROLEUM SECTOR [...] (U) Donor representatives met October 25 to review recent developments in efforts to help Cambodia learn to manage its oil revenue in a transparent manner that benefits the Cambodian people. A focus of the discussion was on public outreach to increase awareness of the revenue windfall that i [...]	2006-10-27 07:35:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON EINV CB
06PHNOMPENH1954	CAMBODIA: 3ND QUARTER REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Summary. From July through September 2006, the police arrested 24 suspects involved in human trafficking and pimping. Four foreign nationals, including an American, were arrested for sex crimes against children. Police rescued 27 victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation. Six othe [...]	2006-10-27 11:01:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN CB
06PHNOMPENH1960	CAMBODIA REVIEWS DEMOCRATIC PROGRESS SINCE 1991 [...] (U) Summary. On October 21, the International Relations Institute organized a 15-year anniversary academic forum reviewing the successes and failures of the 1991 Paris Peace Accords and their implementation during the subsequent UNTAC period. Cambodian government officials dominated the li [...]	2006-10-30 10:11:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID ASEC KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH1965	CAMBODIA INCSR PART I SUBMISSION [...] The following is Embassy Phnom Penh's submission for the narcotics section of the 2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report as requested reftel. 2. Begin text: Cambodia I. Summary The number of drug-related investigations, arrests and seizures in Cambodia continued to [...]	2006-11-01 09:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR CB
06PHNOMPENH1975	STAFFDEL GILLEY VISIT EVALUATES USG OBJECTIVES IN CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Kristen Gilley, Deputy Chief of Staff for the House Committee on International Relations and Jamie McCormick, Staff Director, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, visited Cambodia on October 20-22 to discuss bilateral relations, USG assistance programs, and USAID partner conce [...]	2006-11-02 07:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KTEX ETRD EAID CB
06PHNOMPENH1983	RECENT ECCC DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Recent meetings concerning the Extraordinary Chambers have highlighted funding gaps and the need for additional support from donors. The role of the judicial police is looming as an issue requiring clarification and possible donor intervention with the RGC to ensure that the [...]	2006-11-02 11:06:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS PREL EAID CB
06PHNOMPENH2046	ECCC ISSUES DRAFT INTERNAL RULES [...] (SBU) Summary. The Khmer Rouge Tribunal's (ECCC) Rules Committee released the draft internal rules for public comment on November 3, providing two weeks for civil society and others to give feedback on the proposed rules. Informal soundings from sources within the ECCC, the diplomatic comm [...]	2006-11-16 11:24:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS EAID CB
06PHNOMPENH2048	CAMBODIAN MFA OFFICIAL ON HR RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) On November 16, P/E Chief met with Sun Suon, Director of the MFA's International Organizations Department that handles UN affairs, to provide demarche points concerning the proposed Belarus resolutions (reftel a). Suon noted that normal practice is for the Cambodian Permrep in New York [...]	2006-11-17 07:54:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA CB
06PHNOMPENH2072	NORTH KOREAN REFUGEE HELD IN MONDOLKIRI PROVINCE [...] (C) Summary. The Cambodian press reported on November 22 that Cambodian provincial police in Mondolkiri province arrested a North Korean man in the past week. According to press reports, a senior Cambodian police official confirmed the arrest, added the North Korean was deported to Vietnam [...]	2006-11-22 10:16:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL KN VM CB
06PHNOMPENH2084	RIVAL UNIONS ORDER GENERAL STRIKE, END TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Pro-government union federation leader Chuon Mom Thol has told members of his federation to stop participating in bilateral negotiations with garment factory owners. The directive comes after several pro-government unions joined with independent and pro-opposition unions in c [...]	2006-11-27 08:24:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON KTEX CB
06PHNOMPENH2095	CAMBODIA'S ECCC STUMBLES AND STALLS [...] (U) Summary. During the ECCC judges' plenary session from November 20-25, international and Cambodian judges were sharply divided over issues concerning the primacy of Cambodian law versus international law. News about the impasse leaked out and appeared on the Internet. Running parallel [...]	2006-11-28 11:04:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH2096	CAMBODIAN VIEW OF ASEAN-CHINA COMMEMORATIVE SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. According to a senior MFA official, the ASEAN-China Commemorative Summit held in Nanning, China on October 30 underscored ASEAN's desire for greater Chinese trade and development assistance. However, ASEAN reportedly remains unimpressed with the level of assistance/loans offer [...]	2006-11-28 11:06:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEAN EAID CB CH
06PHNOMPENH2112	MFA ON USG-PROPOSED AGREEMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary. The MFA has told us that both the USG-proposed bilateral shipboarding and debt agreements remain under RGC consideration. The MFA has circulated among other concerned Ministries the shipboarding agreement and is awaiting comment. The bilateral debt agreement also remains un [...]	2006-11-30 10:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL KTIA CB
06PHNOMPENH2131	CAMBODIA: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT REPORT [...] (U) Embassy Phnom Penh submits the following submission as an interim assessment of Cambodia's progress in fighting Trafficking in Persons in 2006. Criminal Investigations and Prosecutions ---------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) During the first nine months of 2006, the Camb [...]	2006-12-04 08:08:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN CB
06PHNOMPENH2138	DRUG PRECURSORS AND DEFORESTATION IN CAMBODIA'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In addition to being home to a multitude of endangered and threatened flora and fauna, the Cardamom Mountains in southwestern Cambodia also contain aromatic trees being harvested and processed illegally to produce high quality sassafras oil, a substance used to produce methamp [...]	2006-12-05 04:39:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR ESTH PGOV CB VN
06PHNOMPENH2142	RGC RESPONSE ON CAMBODIA'S CWC STATUS [...] (SBU) On December 5, post received a preliminary response to the demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding Cambodia's CWC status. The MFA said that in 2006, the RGC established through Royal Decree a National Authority to deal with chemical, biological, and other weapons of mass [...]	2006-12-05 09:40:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM CWC KTIA PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH2144	NRP Approved; Ranariddh Loses Assembly Seat [...] (U) Summary. The MOI formally recognized the Norodom Ranariddh Party (NRP) on November 28. With approval for the Prince to form his own party, FUNCINPEC expelled Ranariddh from the royalist party, which means the loss of Ranariddh's National Assembly seat and parliamentary immunity. The Pr [...]	2006-12-05 10:11:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH2172	PM'S BODYGUARD LEADS MONKS IN PATH TOWARDS HARMONIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary. Hing Bun Heang, the Commander of the Prime Minister's Personal Bodyguard Unit, was appointed in September 2006 as Supreme Consultant to a newly formed Monk Assembly, which is designed to investigate and resolve disputes involving monks across Cambodia. The Royal Government of [...]	2006-12-11 11:13:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH2180	HUMAN RIGHTS DAY IN PHNOM PENH: MULTIPLE [...] (U) Summary. Post participated in three celebrations of International human Rights Day, two of which received partial funding from USAID. On December 8, the Cambodian senate organized its own celebration: focusing on the legislature's role in human rights and highlighting the needs of speci [...]	2006-12-13 11:24:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH2208	CAMBODIA: LABOR UNREST TOPS INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Dramatic increases in labor unrest, government interference in union affairs, labor violence, and a nearly universal disregard for the labor law topped the concerns raised at the Second National Industrial Relations Conference on December 18. The Ambassador's keynote address no [...]	2006-12-20 12:36:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV KTEX CB
06PHNOMPENH2209	CAMBODIA: 2006 Country Report on Terrorism [...] (U) Cambodia's ability to investigate potential terrorist activities is limited by a lack of training and resources. An absence of comprehensive domestic legislation to combat terrorism also hinders the ability to arrest and prosecute terrorists. However, Cambodia's political leadership demo [...]	2006-12-21 01:19:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH2210	REACTION TO FINNISH VISA FOR CONVICTED CAMBODIAN COP [...] (SBU) Summary. While the Cambodian government has reacted angrily to the Finnish government's decision to offer a visa to convicted senior police official Heng Pov, Cambodian human rights NGOs and the political opposition are pleased with the decision. Following the announcement on December [...]	2006-12-21 01:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KJUS PREF CB
06PHNOMPENH2211	CAMBODIAN UNIONS AND GARMENT FACTORIES AGREE ON [...] (SBU) A coalition of seven garment unions dropped its threat to hold a general strike after they reached a tentative deal with the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC). The agreement reached on December 19 -- which is not being disclosed publicly and is subject to agreement b [...]	2006-12-21 01:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON KTEX CB
06PHNOMPENH2212	UPDATE ON CAMBODIA'S CWC STATUS [...] (SBU) On December 20, Acting DCM met with Lt. General Chau Phirun, Director General of the MOD's General Department of Material and Technique; Major General Chey Son, Chief of the Directorate of Chemical Protection, and his deputy, Lt. Colonel Yin Sothy. Acting DCM reviewed reftel B demarche [...]	2006-12-21 01:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM CWC KTIA PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH2221	HENG POV'S UNCEREMONIOUS RETURN TO CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Returned from Malaysia on December 21 by private charter plane, former Phnom Penh police chief Heng Pov is currently in Prey Sar prison outside Phnom Penh. The RGC tried to keep Heng Pov's arrival under wraps for as long as possible, but the media caught wind of the news in t [...]	2006-12-22 01:19:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CB KJUS
06PHNOMPENH2228	CAMBODIA'S BILATERAL DEBT AND JAPANESE CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Summary. Meetings with the RGC Ministry of Economics and Finance (MEF),the Japanese Embassy, and the IMF suggest that questions surrounding the relevant cut-off date for Cambodia's bilateral debt is creating misunderstandings and possibly preventing the Cambodian government from fina [...]	2006-12-27 09:18:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL ECON CB
06PHNOMPENH2229	CAMBODIA AND DRAFT UNSCR ON BURMA [...] (C) On December 27, the Ambassador and Pol/Econ Chief met with MFA Secretary of State Ouch Borith regarding reftel demarche. (Note: P/E Chief had met separately on December 15 with MFA Deputy Director for International Organizations So Soeung Ha and delivered reftel demarche points. At the [...]	2006-12-27 09:19:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNSC CB
06PHNOMPENH2241	CAMBODIA CHILD LABOR REPORT UPDATE 2006 [...] Please find below post's update of the child labor report for Cambodia. An electronic version of the report, including updated footnotes listing sources, will be emailed to Tina McCarter. Begin Text: Cambodia Incidence and Nature of Child Labor Forty-five percent of children ages 5 [...]	2006-12-28 06:26:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB CB

06PHNOMPENH317	CAMBODIA AND THAILAND FOCUS ON BORDER ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. Thailand and Cambodia agreed to survey and delimit their land border over the next year and resolve their maritime border claims by the end of 2007. Nearly 90 percent of Thai business claims arising from the 2003 anti-Thai riots have been addressed, but new Thai businesses are [...]	2006-02-16 10:47:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CB TH
06PHNOMPENH327	SAM RAINSY'S POLITICAL STRATEGY: PUSH HUN SEN, [...] (C) Summary. Opposition leader Sam Rainsy says that reconciliation with Hun Sen was the only way to improve his party's position in upcoming national elections and provide hope for the democratic future of Cambodia. Rainsy hopes that his continued ability to move the government towards des [...]	2006-02-17 09:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH328	WHITHER FUNCINPEC? DOWN BUT NOT YET OUT [...] (C) Summary. Since Hun Sen's outreach to opposition leader Sam Rainsy, the Prime Minister and his party have spoken about ruling coalition partner FUNCINPEC in increasingly negative and strident tones. Hun Sen recently criticized FUNCINPEC for being more interested in graft and less intere [...]	2006-02-17 09:25:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH348	CAMBODIAN LAND DISPUTES MORE FREQUENT, MORE VIOLENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Land disputes--which often pit poor villagers against the powerful and wealthy--have affected 12% of Cambodians and are on the rise. The disputes take many shapes, including large economic land concessions on land claimed by indigenous groups in the northeast and a plethora of [...]	2006-02-22 11:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SENV ECON CB
06PHNOMPENH361	CAMBODIA'S PRIME MINISTER: WORKING FOR THE [...] (C) Summary. During an hour and one-half February 23 meeting with Staffdel Grove, PM Hun Sen outlined his vision for moving Cambodia forward along the path to democratic reform in concert with the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) and civil society, claiming that his dramatic turnaround was [...]	2006-02-24 04:39:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH365	ANATOMY OF A LAND DISPUTE: TWO CASESQOM WESTERN [...] SUMMARY. Land disputes affect 45% of the population of the western province of Banteay Meanchey and 10% of the population in neighboring Battambang province, according to estimates by local NGO activists. During a Feb. 1-3 trip to the region, Econoff and Econ FSN learned that such disputes [...]	2006-02-24 07:47:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SENV ECON CB
06PHNOMPENH396	PARLIAMENTARY IMMUNITY RESTORED TO THREE [...] (U) Summary: On February 28, the National Assembly reinstated parliamentary immunity for three opposition MPs, including opposition leader Sam Rainsy and approved replacement of a former opposition MP. Two nominees from FUNCINPEC were elected to be Senators. PM Hun Sen called on political [...]	2006-03-01 10:48:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH413	HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN CAMBODIA'S NORTHWEST [...] (U) Summary: A four-day trip to the northwestern provinces of Cambodia revealed a decline in human trafficking due to RGC-NGO cooperation and increased effort to combat the problem. However, mistrust between NGOs and the police hampers anti-trafficking efforts in certain areas. Poverty con [...]	2006-03-02 08:32:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN CB
06PHNOMPENH428	CAMBODIAN PM DISMISSES TWO CO-MINISTERS; [...] (SBU) Summary: Citing the need for greater efficiency in Cambodia's bloated bureaucracy, Prime Minister Hun Sen removed two FUNCINPEC officials as co- ministers of Defense and Interior on March 2. (Since 1993, the PM's Cambodian People's Party and the Royalist FUNCNPEC party have shared co [...]	2006-03-03 11:32:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH442	CAMBODIAN OPPOSITION ON STATUS OF TALKS WITH [...] (C) Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) MP (and Sam Rainsy spouse) Saumura Tioulong -- please protect -- told us March 6 that PM Hun Sen recently offered to take opposition leader Sam Rainsy into the government as a deputy prime minister, possibly with broad authority over various ministries. Rainsy repo [...]	2006-03-06 11:39:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH460	CAMBODIA'S ROYALIST PARTY LEADER RESIGNS FROM [...] (U) Summary: FUNCINEPC leader Prince Norodom Ranariddh resigned March 3 as the President of the National Assembly following Prime Minister Hun Sen's dismissal of two FUNCINPEC senior officials from the royal government (reftel). Soon after the resignation, the Prince told FUNCINPEC officia [...]	2006-03-07 10:58:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH472	CAMBODIA: MORE ON RANARIDDH'S RESIGNATION [...] (C) Summary. FUNCINPEC Deputy Secretary General Ung Huot says that Prince Ranariddh's decision last week to resign as National Assembly President was based principally on a desire to concentrate more on strengthening the party, but Hun Sen's personal attacks and the danger that he might be [...]	2006-03-08 09:43:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH493	CAMBODIA'S LAND DISPUTE AUTHORITY: WILL IT WORK? [...] (C) Summary. The recently proposed national land dispute authority comprised of officials from ten ministries, representatives from the three political parties, and NGO representatives remains a work in progress and has already generated controversy. Three NGOs invited to participate have [...]	2006-03-13 09:30:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EAGR KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH501	2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA [...] The following is Embassy Phnom Penh's contribution towards the preparation of the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for Cambodia, covering the period March 2005 - March 2006. Responses follow the questions outlined in reftel. The entire report is classified sensitive but unclassified (SBU) [...]	2006-03-15 08:51:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD CB
06PHNOMPENH514	CAMBODIA'S PM MEETS WITH NGOS TO DISCUSS LAND, [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 15, PM Hun Sen met with representatives of 10 NGOs to discuss land disputes and women's issues. NGO oncerns regarding land issues centered on illegal government concessions of large tracts of land, lack of local community involvement in land development, slowness in [...]	2006-03-17 08:27:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH516	CAMBODIA: SRP'S INTERNAL REFORM EFFORTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Senior SRP officials recently discussed the challenges of reforming the Sam Rainsy Party, touching on internal elections of party leaders at the grassroots level, intraparty strife, the former Secretary General and Sam Rainsy's lack of consultation with the SRP's steering com [...]	2006-03-17 09:45:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH519	FUNCINPEC LEADER LEAVES COUNTRY, MANY QUESTIONS [...] (C) Summary. FUNCINPEC leader Prince Norodom Ranariddh left Phnom Penh for Paris on March 14, having appointed Prince Norodom Sirivudh, his half brother and the party's Secretary General, to act as the interim party leader in his SIPDIS absence. The Prince departed the country in the wak [...]	2006-03-17 10:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH526	CAMBODIA: FACTORY MONITORING PROJECT PREPARES FOR [...] SUMMARY. Better Factories Cambodia, the ground-breaking garment factory monitoring project run by the International Labor Organization (ILO) and funded largely by the US government, has plans in place to ensure its sustainability once it becomes a fully independent organization in 2009. The [...]	2006-03-20 10:26:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH531	CAMBODIA READY TO DECRIMINALIZE DEFAMATION, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Hun Sen and Minister of Justice Ang Vong Vathana both expressed their willingness to decriminalize defamation, though actually moving defamation from the criminal code to the civil code is unexpectedly problematic. Ang Vong Vathana has proposed an acceptable if [...]	2006-03-21 08:23:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH534	CAMBODIA: TIP ASSESSMENT VISIT [...] Summary: Representatives from G/TIP and EAP/RSP met with Cambodian government officials and NGOs on March 17 to gauge the Cambodian government's efforts to combat TIP. Anti-trafficking NGOs unanimously agreed that the government has significantly increased its efforts and NGOs are receiving [...]	2006-03-21 09:59:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH544	Cambodia's National Assembly Approves Cabinet [...] (U) Summary: Cambodia's National Assembly on March 21 approved the Royal Government's nomination of CPP officials Sar Kheng and Tea Banh as Ministers of Interior and Defense respectively, and FUNCINPEC official Nhek Bun Chhay as a Deputy Prime Minister. The ballot also rejected the nominatio [...]	2006-03-22 08:04:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH570	CONFIRMED BIRD FLU DEATH IN CAMBODIA [...] Cambodia's Ministry of Health, together with the World Health Organization and the Pasteur Institute, has confirmed that a three-year-old girl died March 21 from avian influenza. The girl, who lived in the Kong Pisey district of Kampong Speu province, about 30 miles west of Phnom Penh, had r [...]	2006-03-24 09:42:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR KFLU SENV AMED CB
06PHNOMPENH583	CAMBODIA/AI: THREE MORE HOSPITALIZED WITH AI-LIKE [...] One adult and two children with fevers and respiratory problems were admitted to Calmette Hospital in Phnom Penh on Saturday. The three have been tested for avian influenza and results are expected by tomorrow. The three patients come from a neighboring village in the same district as the t [...]	2006-03-27 10:26:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR KFLU SENV AMED CB
06PHNOMPENH585	CAMBODIA: FUNCINPEC'S ONGOING STRUGGLES [...] (C) Summary. Senior FUNCINPEC official Serey Kosal told us March 23 about the reasons for Ranariddh's resignation from the National Assembly presidency, the struggle within the party to designate candidates for government positions, CPP's role in undermining the royalists, and actions that [...]	2006-03-27 11:16:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH586	TENSIONS AMONG PRO-DEMOCRACY ADVOCATES ON THE RISE [...] (C) Summary. Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) leader Kem Sokha and opposition party leader Sam Rainsy are undergoing a period of tension that has the potential to undermine Cambodian democratic consolidation. Kem Sokha claims that Sam Rainsy is unnecessarily worried over Kem Sokha' [...]	2006-03-27 11:30:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH595	CAMBODIA/AI: THREE SUSPECTED CASES TEST NEGATIVE [...] Three persons hospitalized on March 25 with symptoms and exposure patterns consistent with avian influenza have all tested negative for the virus (ref B). Asymptomatic contacts of the hospitalized individuals also tested negative for avian influenza. Following extensive screening efforts, t [...]	2006-03-29 01:03:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR KFLU SENV AMED CB
06PHNOMPENH598	UN HUMAN RIGHTS REP BRIEFS COMS ON MARCH 18-28 [...] (SBU) Summary. UN Special Representative for Human Rights Yash Ghai met with COMs on March 24 to provide an outbrief of his meetings during his recent assessment visit. Ghai is not able to fully assess the political changes since his last visit but is willing to proceed on the assumption th [...]	2006-03-29 11:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
06PHNOMPENH600	CAMBODIA: FOUR FUNCINPEC GOVERNORS SACKED, [...] (SBU) Citing incompetence and corruption, Prime Minister Hun Sen last week removed four FUNCINPEC provincial governors from their posts, and promised to remove any others who permitted illegal logging to continue in their provinces or who could not resolve land disputes. Additional pressure [...]	2006-03-30 08:01:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH602	CAMBODIA: UNIONIZATION EFFORTS STALL IN CASINO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Unionization efforts at a Thai-owned casino on the Cambodian-Thai border were met with alleged management intimidation and firing of union leaders. Management objected to an arbitral award calling on them to re-instate 11 of the 20 terminated workers, has refused to implement [...]	2006-03-30 09:38:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV ECON PREL CB TH
06PHNOMPENH642	POSSIBLE CAMBODIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION ON [...] (SBU) Summary. Opposition parliamentarian Son Chhay, soon to be designated as the Chairman of the National Assembly's Commission on Foreign Affairs, is prepared to promote a resolution on Burma in the National Assembly. Such a resolution would be in keeping with -- but a little more forwar [...]	2006-04-05 11:45:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH643	CAMBODIA'S FM ON APEC, BURMA, AND [...] (C) Summary. During Ambassador's April 5 meeting with FM Hor Namhong, the FM raised the prospect of APEC membership, PM Hun Sen's desire to participate in the November APEC Summit meeting in Hanoi as part of the ASEAN leaders' meeting with President Bush, and the FM's interest in meeting wi [...]	2006-04-05 11:51:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH655	CAMBODIA: GARMENT SECTOR STRIKES RISE SHARPLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. More than twice as many workers (16,000) were involved in strikes in February and March of this year than in the two previous months. The dramatic increase is probably due to a number of factors: resurgence of activism after months of economic and political uncertainty, lea [...]	2006-04-07 03:40:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV KTEX CB
06PHNOMPENH657	CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT HIGHLIGHTS TIP AT [...] Summary: On March 15, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) organized the fifth annual national seminar on law enforcement against sexual abuse, exploitation and trafficking of women and children. The issue of human trafficking was the lead seminar topic at the Ministry of Justice's April 5 confer [...]	2006-04-07 03:49:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KWMN CB
06PHNOMPENH661	CAMBODIA: SEX AND SLAVERY IN SIEM REAP [...] Summary. PolOff traveled to Siem Reap to meet with NGOs, government officials, and conduct direct observations and interviews at commercial sex establishments to better assess the trafficking in persons (TIP) problem and the action that is being taken to combat TIP in the province. NGOs una [...]	2006-04-07 09:02:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN CB
06PHNOMPENH662	TIP ON THE COAST OF CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Summary. PolOff traveled to Cambodia's coastal regions to meet with anti-trafficking NGOs and government officials to assess the human trafficking problem and the efforts being made to combat TIP. NGOs in the port city of Sihanoukville report good cooperation with the government and [...]	2006-04-07 09:15:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN CB
06PHNOMPENH665	CAMBODIAN THOUGHTS ON UPCOMING ASEAN FM MEETING [...] (C) Summary. According to MFA Secretary of State for ASEAN affairs Kao Kim Hourn, ASEAN has several options for moving foward on Burma: a visit to Burma by the Eminent Persons Group (EPG),a visit by the ASEAN Troika, or an invitation from the Philippines President to Than Shwe to attend t [...]	2006-04-10 07:58:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH671	Cambodia's National Assembly Approves [...] (U) Summary. The National Assembly approved on April 7 internal reforms that will allow the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) to chair two of nine National Assembly commissions and to have one deputy Secretary General. The Assembly's internal rules were also modified to improve SRP partici [...]	2006-04-11 07:16:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH696	CHINESE PM VISITS CAMBODIA, CHINESE ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao visited Cambodia April 7-8 as part of his tour of Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji. The PM announced an assistance package worth approximately USD 600 million, although some projects (the hydro-electric dam project in Kampot province finance [...]	2006-04-12 09:38:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID CB CH
06PHNOMPENH699	What a Difference a Decade Makes: Cambodia Sends [...] On April 12, Prime Minister Hun Sen presided over a ceremony for the 109 Cambodian peacekeeping troops being sent to Sudan to participate in UN sponsored demining operations. (Note: There are a total of 135 but 26 have already departed for the Sudan. End Note.) This is the first time Cambodi [...]	2006-04-13 02:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CB
06PHNOMPENH700	CAMBODIAN OPPOSITION LEADER ON HUN SEN'S RECENT [...] (C) Summary. Opposition leader Sam Rainsy told the Ambassador on April 12 that he remains encouraged by his interactions with Hun Sen on land issues and opposition inclusion in the National Electoral Commission, but the key test of the PM's willingness to implement meaningful reforms will b [...]	2006-04-13 05:24:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KCOR CB
06PHNOMPENH742	SCENESETTER FOR DAS ERIC JOHN'S APRIL 30-MAY 2 [...] (SBU) Your visit will come at a time when things are looking better for Cambodia than they have in a long time and at a time when Prime Minister Hun Sen and his party are feeling comfortable about their performance. The political environment has turned around dramatically, the economy is up [...]	2006-04-21 10:09:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH744	CAMBODIA ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL VOTE [...] (SBU) Cambodia is in the midst of making determinations regarding its support for candidates from all geographic blocs for the new Human Rights Council, according to Sun Suon at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of International Organizations. Pol/Econ Chief made demarche points in [...]	2006-04-21 11:13:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AORC PREL PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH814	CAMBODIA: WORKERS MARCH DESPITE POLICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A Labor Day march with more than 1,000 workers proceeded peacefully despite the brief and detention by police of union leader Chea Mony, police checkpoints at roads leading into the capital, and unconfirmed reports of isolated clashes between police and workers elsewhere in the [...]	2006-05-01 10:11:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH818	U.K., AUSTRALIA HOST COUNTER-TERRORISM CONFERENCE [...] (U) The U.K. and Australian governments sponsored a seminar on counter-terrorism for Cambodian government (RGC) officials April 27-28. Intended to exchange information on strategies, arrangements and capabilities for meeting the terrorist threat in Cambodia, the seminar received high-level s [...]	2006-05-02 09:47:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH839	CAMBODIAN ROYALIST PARTY IN TURMOIL -- BUT [...] (C) Summary. Conversations with FUNCINPEC royal family members and loyalists suggest that some royals, including FUNCINPEC leader Prince Norodom Ranariddh, are discussing the possibility of forming a new political party. Former Co-Minister of Interior Prince Norodom Sirivudh and Deputy PM [...]	2006-05-03 07:30:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH869	LAND DISPUTE IN THE SHADOW OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (U) Summary. On May 2, local authorities began the eviction of a 1,367-family community of squatters living near the Tonle Bassac River near the new National Assembly building in Phnom Penh. The community is due to be relocated to a new site that is 22 kilometers from Phnom Penh and inadequa [...]	2006-05-05 09:50:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH887	KRT JUDGES NAMED: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY [...] (C) Summary. On May 7, the Cambodian Government announced the names of the Cambodian and international judges selected by the Supreme Council of the Magistracy and approved by the King. The results are a mixed bag of good, middling, and poor choices. Initial soundings within the diplomati [...]	2006-05-09 09:48:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH894	CAMBODIA: DAS JOHN'S REINFORCES BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary. In a May 4 discussion with visiting DAS Eric John, FM Hor Namhong lauded US-Cambodia bilateral relations and said Cambodia would seriously consider DAS John's request that the RGC support Guatemala's candidacy for the UNSC. The FM was open on Burma and prospects for democratic [...]	2006-05-10 02:32:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KJUS PHUM EAID CB
06PHNOMPENH911	CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT, MANUFACTURERS PLEDGE CHILD [...] (U) During a May 4 International Labor Organization-International Program to End Child Labor (ILO-IPEC) event to publicize the ILO's second report on child labor, Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) president Van Sou Ieng outlined GMAC's policy on child labor. He said that a [...]	2006-05-11 06:59:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM ECON CB
06PHNOMPENH912	CAMBODIA: QUARTERLY REPORT ON HUMAN [...] (U) Summary: In the first quarter, there were ten police operations and verdicts rendered in five court cases. Fifteen women and girls were either identified as victims of trafficking or removed from brothels; and eight human traffickers arrested. Among the five court cases, 11 human traf [...]	2006-05-11 07:10:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN CB
06PHNOMPENH955	CAMBODIA/AI: WORLD BANK PLANS TO FUND [...] SUMMARY. Prime Minister Hun Sen has agreed in principle to a World Bank-funded effort to provide compensation for culling birds in areas affected by confirmed cases of H5N1 avian influenza. The proposed program would compensate small farmers approximately one dollar per bird; large commercia [...]	2006-05-19 10:04:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED EAGR KFLU SENV CB
06PHNOMPENH977	REGIONAL PROGRESS ON COMMIT PROCESS [...] SUMMARY: The Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative Against Trafficking (COMMIT) held the Fourth Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM 4) on human trafficking in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on May 10-12, 2006. Over thirty senior government officials from the six Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) Governm [...]	2006-05-23 06:55:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KWMN CB
06PHNOMPENH982	UN HIGH COMMISSIONER: HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRAL TO [...] (SBU) Summary. During her May 13-19 visit to Cambodia, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour's agenda focused on the consolidation of democracy and rule of law, as well as the independence of the judiciary. She defended the work of UNSYG Special Representative (SRSG) Yash Gha [...]	2006-05-23 11:48:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH983	CAMBODIA: DRUG SEIZURES AND ARRESTS UP [...] (U) SUMMARY: May 19 and 20 arrests of two Taiwanese nationals attempting to smuggle a total of nearly 7 kg of heroin to Taiwan highlight increased drug arrests and seizures in Cambodia. The quantity of heroin seized during the weekend airport busts is large by Cambodian standards--authoriti [...]	2006-05-23 11:49:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SNAR PGOV CB TW
06PHNOMPENH990	Land Disputes Draw More Protesters to Phnom Penh [...] (SBU) Summary: In May, over 300 farmers gathered in front of the National Assembly in protest against those authorities alleged to be responsible for usurping their land. The protesters called on Prime Minister Hun Sen, the National Assembly and civil society to help in resolving their cl [...]	2006-05-25 05:27:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH998	CAMBODIAN LABOR REACTION TO NEW LABOR MINISTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Cambodia's newly appointed Minister of Labor and Vocational Training (MOLVT),Vorng Sotr (CPP),replaces Nhep Bunchin (FUNCINPEC),who was removed from office pending a corruption investigation. The few labor observers who know Vorng Sotr from his previous position as MOLVT Sec [...]	2006-05-25 08:08:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV ECON CB
06PRAGUE46	CZECHS IN ASIA: CONTINUED FOCUS ON CHINA, BUT [...] (C) Summary. The Czech Republic plans active engagement with East and South Asia in the first half of 2006, with most attention focused on China. During a visit to Prague in December, the Chinese PM closed an investment agreement that, according to critics, noticeably favors Chinese interests [...]	2006-01-13 18:04:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV EZ CH BM IN PK AF VM CB
06ROME626	AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO DISCUSSIONS ON INCIDENT [...] Summary: In discussions over the past week, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer Juan Lubroth and Senior Operations Officer Cristina Amaral updated us on FAO activities to combat Avian Influenza (AI). FAO senior management is acting to remove management constraints by: a) instituting a special wai [...]	2006-03-01 16:52:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO BG BM CB EG ID KE LA ML NI VM FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06SEOUL3600	ROK REGISTERS NO OBJECTION TO POTENTIAL REFUGEE [...] (C) On October 18, poloff conveyed reftel points on USG interest in processing North Korean asylum seekers on a case-by-case basis in Cambodia to Park Ji-hyun, Deputy Director of MOFAT's Inter-Korean Policy Division. Poloff said the USG sought confirmation that the ROKG would assist with bac [...]	2006-10-20 06:58:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV KS KN CB
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN191	BRUNEI UNLIKELY TO JOIN VIETNAM PHYTOSANITARY PROGRAM [...] DCM DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS ON JUNE 28 TO HAKASHAH SAMAD, SPECIAL DUTIES OFFICER, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE (MOFAT). SAMAD HAD PREVIOUSLY INDICATED TO US THAT BRUNEI WOULD LIKELY NOT BE ABLE TO SEND ANY PARTICIPANTS TO THIS PROGRAM. AS MOST KEY MOFAT TRADE OFFICIALS ARE IN CAIRNS F [...]	2007-07-06 09:00:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAGR PREL ASEAN BX CB ID LA MY RP SN TH
07BANGKOK2140	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: MICHAEL HEERSCHAP [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Michael Heeschap and Sara Mayfield from May 1 through June 1, 2007. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at: -- Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel, 494 Rajadamri Road Tel: 66-2-254-1234 Fax: 66-2-254-6308 Room rate is USD 146 (taxes and [...]	2007-04-12 09:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT AINR TH CB JA KS LA
07BANGKOK377	NEXT STEPS ON NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKERS IN PHNOM [...] (C) Per reftel, Refcoord contacted UNHCR on January 19 to encourage it to instruct UNHCR Phnom Penh to interview expeditiously the four North Koreans who have expressed interest in U.S. resettlement. UNHCR Deputy Regional Representative Giuseppe De Vincentis responded that UNHCR expected to [...]	2007-01-19 02:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF CB KN
07BANGKOK4303	STAFFDEL KOGER - THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Staffdel Koger from 23-26 August. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at: Four Seasons Hotel, 155 Rajadamri Road Tel: 66-2-251-6127 Fax: 66-2-254-5390 Room rate is USD 146 (taxes and American breakfast included) and is within p [...]	2007-08-08 09:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT AFIN CB ID HK JP TH SN ASEC
07BANGKOK6012	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/WCI AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES ISSUES CLINT WILLIAMSON AND S/WCI DEPUTY MILBERT SHIN [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson and Deputy Milbert Shin from December 6-7, 2007. 2. (SBU) Hotel reservations (confirmation numbers: 65621 and 656022) have been made at: -- Intercontinental Hotel Tel: 66-2-656-0444 Fax: 6 [...]	2007-11-30 11:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KAWC TH JA CB NL BE KJUST
07BRUSSELS3543	WAR CRIMES DEPUTY ASKS EU FOR HELP ON GUANTANAMO [...] (C) Summary: Milbert Shin, Deputy for War Crimes Issues, met with EU officials Dec. 12-13 to request EU assistance in facilitating U.S. agreements with European states to accept transferees from Guantanamo. While obtaining no commitments, he did receive assurances from officials in the Council [...]	2007-12-28 10:17:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS CB EUN
07HANOI1415	NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES DEPART VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Four North Koreans who had taken refuge in the Danish Embassy in Hanoi left Vietnam for the ROK on July 27 via commercial air via Singapore without incident. UNHCR's Chief of Mission Vu Anh Son had met with the North Koreans, three women and one man, soon after they took refuge in the Da [...]	2007-08-08 15:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CB KN VM
07HANOI1463	UNHCR ON CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, STATELESS KHMERS [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-14 17:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CB VM
07HANOI1651	UNHCR CLAIMS "BIG STEP FORWARD;" PLAN OF ACTION WITH GVN ON [...] (SBU) In a new development, the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) has claimed a "big step forward" toward resolution of the 30-year old cases of more than 9,000 stateless Khmer persons in Southern Vietnam. According to UNHCR, in August, the Cambodian Government (GOC) informed [...]	2007-09-14 16:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CB VM
07HANOI288	PRM A/S SAUERBREY MEETS WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN [...] (SBU) On February 5, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration Ellen Sauerbrey met separately with representatives of UNHCR and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Hanoi. In her UNHCR meeting, UNHCR officials discussed in familiar terms the organizat [...]	2007-02-14 10:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF KWMN SOCI VM CB
07HANOI301	UNHCR ADDRESSES STATELESSNESS IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) In a February 12 meeting with the Charge, UNHCR Regional Representative for Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam Hasim Utkan and UNHCR colleagues described their ongoing efforts to work with the GVN to resolve the situation facing several thousand stateless ethnic Cambodians, resident in [...]	2007-02-15 10:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM HUMANR PREF CB VM
07HANOI687	UPDATE ON OUTBREAK COMMUNICATION STRATEGY IN VIETNAM AVIAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam (GVN) has a comprehensive prevention and control approach for avian and pandemic influenza (AI) based on a national surveillance system in the developing world context. The approach integrates both animal and human health sectors. The GVN leader [...]	2007-04-12 00:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU KPAO SENV OCII AJ CB CA CH EG IN ID LA MX
07HOCHIMINHCITY1145	TIM SAKHORN SENTENCED TO ONE YEAR IN PRISON [...] (SBU) On November 8, 2007, defrocked Khmer Krom monk Tim Sakhorn was sentenced to one year in prison by the An Giang Provincial People's Court for "sabotaging national unity," as defined by Article 87 of the GVN criminal code. The one-year sentence includes time already served in detention, wh [...]	2007-11-13 10:29:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PREF KIRF PREL PGOV PHUM CB VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY164	SENIOR OFFICIAL DISCUSSES TERRORISM CONCERNS [...] (S/NF) GVN and Communist Party advisor Vo Viet Thanh told Poloff that the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) is concerned about what it sees as new external efforts to radicalize Vietnam's Muslim community. (Numbering between 50 and 80 thousand, Vietnam's Muslims are centered in the coastal pr [...]	2007-02-15 09:14:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PINR CH CB LA VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY733	EXPULSION OF ETHNIC KHMER MONK FROM CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Post has been seeking to confirm Ref A reporting that an ethnic Khmer monk, Tim Sakhorn, was allegedly forcibly deported from Cambodia to Vietnam. ConGen contacts in An Giang and Soc Trang provinces confirmed that Sakhorn is from Tinh Bien district in An Giang province. Chief Monk Chau [...]	2007-07-09 08:41:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL KIRF SOCI CB VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY836	KHMER KROM MONK TIM SAKHORN RESURFACES IN VIETNAM COURTS [...] (SBU) On August 2, Vietnamese newspaper Thanh Nien reported that Tim Sakhorn, the Khmer Krom monk believed to have been defrocked and deported by Cambodian officials (Refs A and B),is now being held in the southern Vietnam province of An Giang for "sabotaging the solidarity policy." In the re [...]	2007-08-10 07:07:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PREF KIRF PREL PGOV PHUM CB VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY880	TIGHT LIPPED DEPORTEES IN GIA LAI [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-27 03:07:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM CB VM
07LAGOS239	IMPROVING U.S. DIPLOMACY ON INDOOR AIR POLLUTION [...] This is a response to an action request or details on Indoor Air Pollution (IAP) in Nigeria. A septel will be sent assessing the GON's awareness of and commitment to reduce IAP. According to Ministry of Petroleum Resources, household kerosene is used 99 percent of the time as an energy sourc [...]	2007-03-30 14:08:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AID EPA SENV TBIO AL AM BK CB CD CM CS CV
07MANILA2519	REGIONAL ENDORSEMENT FOR FY08 1206 PROPOSAL FOR PACOM [...] (SBU) Summary: Chiefs of Mission of Embassies Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Phnom Penh, Dhaka and Colombo fully support the FY2008 regional proposal developed by U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM). This year's $143 million package builds upon last year's submission to improve regional m [...]	2007-07-27 06:22:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP BG CB CE ID MY TH
07PARIS1592	FRANCE WANTS TO PLAY MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN GLOBAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: After welcoming reftel demarche, MFA nuclear non-proliferation expert, Delphine Hournau, requested Washington's views on a larger role for the GOF in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. France is particu [...]	2007-04-19 16:38:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KGIC PARM PREL AM CB MK RO FR
07PHNOMPENH1000	CAMBODIAN BAR ASSOCIATION ALTERING POLICIES, [...] (SBU) Summary. Last week, the Ambassador met with Cambodian Bar Association (CBA) President Ky Tech laying the groundwork for dialogue to rebuild a relationship between USAID and the CBA after USAID suspended support earlier this year (ref). A renewed relationship addresses the need for a s [...]	2007-08-03 03:52:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH103	RGC WORRIED ECCC PROSECUTIONS COULD AFFECT PEACE [...] (C) Summary. Former Ambassador David Scheffer's January 19-21 consultations in Cambodia with DPM Sok An and members of the ECCC staff suggest there is room for possible compromise on ongoing discussions over the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) internal rules. However [...]	2007-01-22 10:59:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS PHUM CB
07PHNOMPENH1034	CAMBODIA'S TOP TEN TYCOONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Hun Sen is making efforts to bridge the gap between the political and private sector by cultivating mutually beneficial relationships with the country's most prominent business tycoons. These business leaders contribute money to the ruling Cambodian Peoples Par [...]	2007-08-09 10:34:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PHUM PINR CB
07PHNOMPENH1059	CHHAY HOUR II JUDGE REMOVED [...] (U) Summary: This weekend, a Cambodian Royal Decree removed Appeals Court President Ly Vouch Leng from her position for taking bribes to overturn a prison sentence for managers of the Chhay Hour II brothel. The development comes at the heels of Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) commitments t [...]	2007-08-14 10:41:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH1065	INFORMATION FROM EMBASSY PHNOM PENH FOR SAO/CLASS CLEARANCE [...] (Last Name) Kim, (First Name) Uk Chul, (All known Aliases) Kim Chul, (DOB) September 15, 1979, (Gender) M, (UNHCR #/OPE#) 935, (SAO REQ DATE) August 17, 2007. 2. (Last Name) Yoon, (First Name) Ok Sun, (All known Aliases) Yun Ok Sun, (DOB) August 23, 1973, (Gender) F, (UNHCR #/OPE#) 935, (SAO [...]	2007-08-17 10:08:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF CB
07PHNOMPENH1067	CAMBODIA'S REPRESENTATIVES TO THE 62ND UNGA [...] Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has sent us two submissions on their delegation to the UNGA but has not provided detailed travel itineraries. Post provides information in para 2 as requested reftel. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF RGC DELEGATION: A. Attendance of the Head of State. No plans to [...]	2007-08-17 13:11:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA CB
07PHNOMPENH1081	IS CAMBODIA'S REPUTATION AS A TRADE LIBERALIZER [...] (SBU) Summary. Seen as a trade liberalization leader among least developed countries (LDCs) due to its WTO membership, pilot participation in the Integrated Framework, and charismatic trade liberalization guru, Cambodia's initial progress in committing to and implementing trade reforms has s [...]	2007-08-21 08:41:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV KTEX EAGR ELAB CB
07PHNOMPENH109	CAMBODIAN PM LAUDS US-CAMBODIAN TIES; WILL VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary. In a January 22 meeting with visiting PDAS Stephens, PM Hun Sen praised improvements in US-Cambodian ties over the past year. He spoke at length about RGC reform efforts, saying that economic growth and political development can move forward together. On Cambodia's bilateral [...]	2007-01-23 02:45:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EFIN PHUM CB BM
07PHNOMPENH1098	ICRC'S ROLE IN BURMA, SOUTHERN THAILAND, CAMBODIA [...] (U) On August 23, incoming and outgoing heads of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Delegation Bangkok paid a courtesy call on the Charge. The Delegation's new Head, Christian Brunner, said that he has already met with Embassy Bangkok officers, and that the ICRC Hea [...]	2007-08-24 09:35:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREF CB
07PHNOMPENH1151	ENGAGEMENT ON CAMBODIAN TRADE REFORM GETS A BOOST FROM [...] Summary. Cambodian government officials once again displayed open and engaged attitudes during recent trade consultations with U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) official David Bisbee. Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh highlighted the recent passage of legislation on key economic topics and agree [...]	2007-09-10 01:34:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ELAB KIPR CB
07PHNOMPENH1156	STEADY AS SHE GOES: CAMBODIA'S CONTINUED ECONOMIC [...] Summary. Business leaders and government officials gathered to tout economic reforms already made and highlight areas needing further attention during the 12th Government-Private Sector Forum, held September 5. Cambodia's economic growth and stability remain impressive, as the country expect [...]	2007-09-11 09:30:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB KTEX EAIR ELTN EAGR EFIN CB
07PHNOMPENH1168	FP/SECVET COMPLETION FROM EMBASSY PHNOM PENH [...] (U) This cable replaces Phnom Penh 1155. 2. (SBU) Five individuals had their fingerprints cleared on September 7, 2007 and have been security vetted by ROK on September 7, 2007. The individuals' bio info is listed in paras. 3-7 below. 3. (SBU) (Last Name) Kim, (First Name) Uk Chul, (DOB [...]	2007-09-13 03:33:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF CB
07PHNOMPENH1189	DAMMING THE MEKONG: HYDROPOWER'S HIGH PRICE [...] (SBU) Summary. Existing and planned hydropower projects along the world's eighth largest river reflect the development dilemma of cheaper, low-polluting power vs. healthy fisheries and the interests of downstream communities. Villagers along eastern Mekong tributaries in Cambodia complained [...]	2007-09-17 10:12:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ENRG EIND SENV VM LA CH CB
07PHNOMPENH1193	LAW AND REALITY CLASH IN CAMBODIA'S FORESTS [...] (SBU) Summary: While Cambodian law provides for environmental and social safeguards in the sale of land and in the establishment of Economic Land Concessions (ELCs),poor enforcement of these laws means that land sales and large concessions threaten both the environment and community livelih [...]	2007-09-18 08:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR SENV PHUM PGOV CB
07PHNOMPENH1203	KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL ACHIEVES BENCHMARK OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The September 19 announcement of the detention of Nuon Chea, Khmer Rouge "brother number two", marks a turning point in the proceedings of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). For the first time, a senior KR leader stands in the dock of a credible tribu [...]	2007-09-19 10:23:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS PREL PINR EAID CB
07PHNOMPENH1239	PHNOM PENH: 2008 HOLIDAY SCHEDULE [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-28 07:52:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT ACOA CB
07PHNOMPENH1247	AMBASSADOR PRESSES CAMBODIA TO TAKE FIRMER STAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In back-to-back meetings with Acting Foreign Minister Long Visalo and Prime Minister's Adviser Om Yentieng, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche, expressing U.S. gratitude for the strong ASEAN statement on Burma, noting that more would need to be done to support the Gambari mis [...]	2007-10-01 09:54:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV BM CB
07PHNOMPENH1270	UNHCR CAMBODIA ON MONTAGNARDS [...] (SBU) Summary. UNHCR'S Phnom Penh office reported that direct arrivals of Montagnards to the UNHCR office in Phnom Penh makes up 75 percent of new arrivals in 2007, compared to 40 percent of new arrivals in 2006. During the UNHCR office reporting period starting May 1, the UNHCR has seen an [...]	2007-10-05 08:58:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH1303	CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT AGREES TO POSTPONE MONTAGNARD [...] (SBU) The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) went above and beyond expectation today when it decided to postpone deportation of 20 Montagnards. The 20 individuals were scheduled to be repatriated to Vietnam tomorrow, October 17, because they had been denied by the U.S. Department of Homeland [...]	2007-10-16 10:35:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH1308	CAMBODIA TIP ACTION PLAN RECEIVED WITH INTEREST, [...] (SBU) Summary. Royal Government of Cambodia anti-TIP contacts eagerly received the Cambodia Tier 2 Watch List Action Plan and stated their intent to work towards the goals of the plan's high-priority action items. MOJ Secretary of State Chan Sotheavy was not confident that anti-TIP court ac [...]	2007-10-17 09:47:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN CB
07PHNOMPENH131	PDAS STEPHENS MEETS CAMBODIA'S POLITICAL AND CIVIL [...] (SBU) Summary. EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Kathleen Stephens visited Cambodia January 20-24. Stephens spoke at EAP Management Conference, met with PM Hun Sen (reftel) and visited a number of USG-funded programs. She also met Interior Minister Sar Kheng, Foreign Minister [...]	2007-01-25 07:35:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CB

07PHNOMPENH1347	CAMBODIA DEMARCHE ON HMONG AND MONTAGNARD [...] (SBU) On October 25, Deputy Chief of Mission Piper Campbell met with Ministry of Interior Cambodian National Police General Commissioner Hok Lundy to deliver the demarche on Hmong and Montagnard "material support" exemptions (ref B),following up with a letter to Hok Lundy. Post also deliver [...]	2007-10-30 09:27:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL KJUS CVIS CB LA VN
07PHNOMPENH1352	CAMBODIA LEANING TO SUPPORT CANDIDACY OF DAVID [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 01:24:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC UNAUS UNGA CB
07PHNOMPENH1374	DEFENSE DAS RAY'S VISIT TO CAMBODIA REINFORCES [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for POW and Missing Personnel Affairs Charles A. Ray visited Cambodia from November 3-6, to review ongoing POW/MIA recovery efforts. Discussions included the current state of the U.S.-Cambodia relationship as well as TIP, upcoming electio [...]	2007-11-06 10:51:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL PHUM KWMN CB
07PHNOMPENH1376	CAMBODIA INCSR REPORT PART I [...] The following is post's submission for the 2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report Part 1. 2. Begin text: Cambodia I. Summary With the recent discovery of a major methamphetamine laboratory, Cambodia now has a confirmed role in drug production, consumption, and traff [...]	2007-11-07 01:27:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR CB
07PHNOMPENH1426	PRM ADMISSIONS OFFICER VISITS CAMBODIA UNHCR AND [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 19, PRM Office of Admissions Program Officer for Southeast Asia Margaret Burkhardt met with the Phnom Penh UNHCR and IOM offices to discuss the impact of the Montagnard action plan six months after its May 1 implementation date. UNHCR reported an increase in Montag [...]	2007-11-21 11:19:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH1438	SUCCESSFUL TRADE TALKS FEATURE TARIFF, INVESTMENT, IPR, [...] (SBU) Summary: A strong bilateral partnership and Cambodia's commitment to economic reform were on display November 21 as U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab and Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh led Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) joint council discussions. The Commerce Min [...]	2007-11-26 23:38:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KTEX EINV ELAB EAGR CB
07PHNOMPENH1454	CONGRESSMAN FALEOMAVAEGA PROMOTES STRONGER TIES, [...] Summary. Building stronger relations through educational, economic, and agricultural cooperation were key themes of Congressman Eni Faleomavaega's visit to Cambodia from November 22 to 24. During an informal dinner, Congressman Faleomavaega, Delegate from American Samoa and Chairman of the [...]	2007-11-30 06:22:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI ECON EAGR ELAB CB
07PHNOMPENH1458	ANOTHER UNEVENTFUL CAMBODIAN DEPORTATION OF [...] (SBU) Early in the morning of November 30, 21 ethnic Montagnard Vietnamese citizens departed a UNHCR site in Phnom Penh by bus headed for the Cambodia-Vietnam border in the first forced repatriation since January 2007 (ref B). The 21 individuals being deported arrived in Cambodia prior to May [...]	2007-11-30 11:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF CB VM
07PHNOMPENH1463	ECONOMICS, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND GOVERNMENT REFORM TOP [...] (SBU) Summary: Building the political and economic foundation for economic growth and development was the key theme of a November 25-29 visit by Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA). Cantwell, a member of the Senate's Finance and Energy Committees, brought her private sector experience to bear in [...]	2007-12-03 08:46:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL ELAB KTEX PHUM KWMN CB
07PHNOMPENH1491	CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT PERMITS NGO HUMAN RIGHTS MARCH [...] (U) Summary. In a step forward for Cambodia on freedom of assembly, on December 7, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng gave a local human rights group, Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC),permission to organize a human rights march and rally in Phnom Penh on [...]	2007-12-07 09:07:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH1500	CAMBODIA'S PEACEFUL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY MARCH [...] (U) On December 10, Cambodia seized a prime opportunity to show its progress as an increasingly open society by allowing a Human Rights Day march and rally in Phnom Penh. The Ambassador took part in the orderly, peaceful march along with approximately 500 (some estimates as high as 1,000) hum [...]	2007-12-10 11:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH1506	CAMBODIA: TRADE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT PROMPTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent discussions between key Cambodian government officials and USAID staff about a USAID-funded trade diagnostic report have led to increased political will to tackle economic reform and a resultant improvement in USAIDQs relationship with the government on economic issues. [...]	2007-12-12 09:13:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV KCOR CB
07PHNOMPENH1540	GARMENT FACTORIES AND TOP BUYER GIVE CAMBODIA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent conversations with a senior executive from The Gap--the top buyer of Cambodian garments--and the Secretary-General of the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) yielded different perspectives on the garment industry. Ken Loo of GMAC explained that after a [...]	2007-12-18 09:59:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KTEX ETRD ENRG CB
07PHNOMPENH1575	INVESTOR INTEREST IN CAMBODIA SURGES DESPITE CHALLENGES [...] (U) Summary: A dramatic surge in investor interest in Cambodia was evident during a recent investment conference held in Phnom Penh. Presenters emphasized a realistic view of Cambodia--a country with tremendous business opportunities, but where operating challenges such as corruption, poor in [...]	2007-12-31 10:42:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD KCOR EAGR EAID CB CH
07PHNOMPENH16	SCENESETTER FOR PDAS KATHLEEN STEPHENS JANUARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. U.S. strategic interests are at play in Cambodia, although they relate as much to Cambodia's neighbors as to Cambodia. As has long been the case, Cambodia remains something of a "sideshow" in which world and regional powers (China, Vietnam, Thailand and the U [...]	2007-01-05 06:39:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM CB
07PHNOMPENH160	SAVING CAMBODIA'S FRESHWATER DOLPHINS: NGOS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A 120-mile stretch of the Mekong River in northern Cambodia is home to the world's largest group of Irrawaddy dolphins, a critically endangered freshwater species. The dolphins, which are a significant tourist draw in a little-visited corner of the country, have been dying in [...]	2007-01-30 10:55:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV CB
07PHNOMPENH161	ECCC LIMPS ON; RULES COMMITTEE TO MEET AGAIN IN [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 26, the Review Committee ended its second session debating the draft internal rules and procedures of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). The press release noted that progress was achieved but there remain several issues where agreement be [...]	2007-01-30 10:59:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH191	CAMBODIAN VIEWS OF THE ASEAN AND EAS SUMMITS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Cambodia came away from the Cebu meetings pleased with the ASEAN declaration on migrant workers, the Convention on Counterterrorism, and the shortened timeframe from 2020 to 2015 for the establishment of an ASEAN economic community. Cambodia remains keen to see comprehensive [...]	2007-02-02 10:04:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PTER SMIG CB
07PHNOMPENH193	CAMBODIA: 4TH QUARTER 2006 REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Summary: During the last quarter of 2006, the Cambodian police arrested 16 human traffickers and six pimps. At least 31 victims of trafficking were identified during the reporting period, and police removed 28 sex workers from brothels. Police also arrested three foreigners, including t [...]	2007-02-02 10:15:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH197	CAMBODIA'S BILATERAL DEBT: INTEREST RATE MAY STILL [...] (SBU) On January 31, Pol/Econ Chief met with Ministry of Finance Secretary General Vongsey Vissoth regarding the US-Cambodian bilateral debt, and the Prime Minister's response to EAP PDAS Stephens' request that the RGC sign the draft bilateral agreement provided to the Cambodian government l [...]	2007-02-02 10:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL ECON CB
07PHNOMPENH207	REOPENED CHHAY HOUR II CLOSED; OWNERS RE-ARRESTED [...] (C) Summary. On February 3, the Minister of Justice directed the re-arrest of the owners of the Chhay Hour II. On February 4, the Minister of Interior Sar Kheng shut down the establishment, vowing that it will not re-open. These events followed several interventions by the Ambassador. Pres [...]	2007-02-05 11:15:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS KCRM KWMN CB
07PHNOMPENH234	CAMBODIA INDOOR AIR POLLUTION ASSESSMENT [...] SUMMARY: While some NGOs, most notably the Cambodia Rural Development Team (CRDT),are promoting the use of technology to reduce indoor air pollution, there is little awareness or government commitment to addressing IAP in Cambodia. END SUMMARY. IAP a Low Priority for Cambodian Government [...]	2007-02-09 09:28:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV CB
07PHNOMPENH240	THE FIGHT FOR THIRD PLACE IN CAMBODIA'S APRIL [...] (SBU) Summary. Recent discussions with NGOs and political party members suggest that the real race for the April 1 commune council elections will be between FUNCINPEC and the NRP of Prince Norodom Ranariddh probably competing for third place. As the clear front-runner, the ruling CPP conti [...]	2007-02-12 06:12:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CB
07PHNOMPENH244	CAMBODIA'S TROUBLED JUDICIARY AND DRAFT ANTI-TIP [...] (C) Summary. On February 8, the Ambassador met Cambodia's Minister of Justice Ang Vong Vathana, thanking him for swift Cambodian action in reclosing the Chhay Hour II hotel and returning the owners to prison. The Minister noted that the questionable release of the owners by the Appeals Cou [...]	2007-02-13 10:07:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH286	CAMBODIA: COMMENTS FOR SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary. Post recommends that Cambodia not be placed on the Special 301 Watch List for the time being. Cambodia is not fully TRIPS compliant and its IPR enforcement is weak. Although pirated optical discs and counterfeit products are pervasive in the market place, virtually all of the [...]	2007-02-22 01:15:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR CB
07PHNOMPENH310	LAWSUITS KEEP RANARIDDH OUT OF CAMBODIA; OUT OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Legal action against Prince Norodom Ranariddh by his estranged wife on adultery grounds and by FUNCINPEC over the Prince's alleged improper handling of the sale of FUNCINPEC's party headquarters to a development company have acted to keep Ranariddh largely out of Cambodia sin [...]	2007-02-23 09:04:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH315	CAMBODIA AND NEXT STEPS ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador called on MFA Secretary of State Ouch Borith on February 22 at the latter's request, and used the occasion to raise reftel demarche points regarding Burma. Borith, however, was more eager to discuss North Korean affairs, and related his recent discussions with J [...]	2007-02-26 05:56:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM CB BM
07PHNOMPENH318	A VIOLENT WEEKEND IN CAMBODIA: POPULAR SINGER [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 23, popular singer Pov Panhapich was shot by an unidentified gunman and later evacuated to Vietnam for medical treatment. She is in stable condition, and media reports speculate that she was linked romantically to a high-level RGC official and vengeance may have [...]	2007-02-27 01:15:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS ELAB KTEX CB
07PHNOMPENH337	SAM RAINSY ON UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Summary. In recent meetings with Embassy officials and in public statements, opposition leader Sam Rainsy and SRP officials have raised concerns regarding the technical flaws surrounding the upcoming commune council elections, which they claim could impact the results. Rainsy's party [...]	2007-03-02 05:03:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CB
07PHNOMPENH342	VIETNAMESE MONKS PROTEST SITUATION IN SOUTHERN [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 27, approximately 40 Buddhist monks -- mostly from southern Vietnam -- staged a four-hour protest demonstration near the Vietnamese Embassy to protest conditions affecting the ethnic Khmer in Vietnam; in particular, the defrocking of monks. The unapproved but pea [...]	2007-03-02 10:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM PREL CB VM
07PHNOMPENH350	2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA [...] (U) The following is Embassy Phnom Penh's contribution towards the preparation of the 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report for Cambodia, covering the period March 2006 - March 2007. Responses follow the questions outlined in reftel. The entire report is classified sensitive but unclassified (S [...]	2007-03-05 01:15:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH351	2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-05 01:15:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH352	2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA PART III [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-05 01:16:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH354	2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA PART III [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-05 02:08:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH366	LEGAL LABOR MIGRATION -- REDUCTING POVERTY OR TRAFFICKING [...] (U) Summary. On February 22, 37 Cambodian workers, who migrated legally to Thailand in January 2007 to work in a rubber factory, returned to Cambodia through their recruiting company. Workers complained that their working conditions were not as promised. The Cambodian government promotes la [...]	2007-03-06 04:22:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG ELAB CB
07PHNOMPENH377	CAMBODIA'S ECONOMY BOOMS, BUT LEAVES MANY BEHIND [...] Summary. With 13.4% GDP growth in 2005 and 10.4% growth in 2006, Cambodia has managed to become one of the world's fastest growing economies while maintaining low levels of inflation. However, inequality has risen dramatically over the last decade, and Cambodia's narrow economic base -- foc [...]	2007-03-07 10:25:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KTEX EPET CB
07PHNOMPENH399	SCENESETTER FOR MARFORPAC PANDEMIC/AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. While fully normal relations between the United States and Cambodia have eluded both countries since diplomatic relations began more than a half century ago, the bilateral relationship has improved markedly over the last few years. Cooperation is particularly close on security [...]	2007-03-13 01:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TBIO SENV ECON CASC CB
07PHNOMPENH408	PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS LEADERS DISCUSS PROGRESS OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Kek Galabru, president of LICADHO, a local human rights NGO and Margo Picken, head of the Cambodia Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNOHCHR),recently discussed the latest developments as Cambodian civil society and the Cambodian government dis [...]	2007-03-13 09:49:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH418	KEM SOKHA REENTERS POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary. Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) President Kem Sokha's March 11 announcement that he is reentering politics by forming a new political party is not a surprise, except with respect to the timing of the announcement coming before April 1 elections. Many observers from c [...]	2007-03-14 11:10:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH419	UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL CANCELS TRIP TO CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Summary. UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Cambodia, Yash Ghai, has canceled his planned visit to Cambodia, according to the UN Human Rights Office. UN Human Rights Office Director Margo Picken said that Yash Ghai's visit was postponed for reasons unrelated to Cambodia. She [...]	2007-03-14 11:12:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH42	AMBASSADOR AND DPM SOK AN REVIEW BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. In a two-hour meeting on December 28, 2006, the Ambassador called on Deputy Prime Minister Sok An to review the advances in bilateral relations in 2006 and outline the new USG Operational Plan Framework for foreign assistance. The Ambassador stated that the current projections [...]	2007-01-11 09:46:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KTEX ETRD EAID CB
07PHNOMPENH422	THE ECCC AND OSJI [...] (SBU) Summary. The Open Society Justice Initiative's (OSJI) mid-February press statement highlighting an ongoing UNDP audit into the Extraordinary Chambers' hiring practices as well as possible corruption and kickback allegations continues to be a front burner issue in Cambodia. While the [...]	2007-03-15 10:32:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH429	FRIENDS OF THE ECCC OR RGC? [...] (C) Summary. The main donor coordinating body for Cambodia's Khmer Rouge Tribunal, the Friends of the ECCC, has proven an effective information-sharing group for reviewing ECCC progress and donor activities in support of the Tribunal's work. The ECCC's problems since the November 2006 plen [...]	2007-03-16 09:42:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
07PHNOMPENH438	CAMBODIAN BAR ASSOCIATION SAYS TO ECCC: SHOW ME [...] (U) On Friday, March 16, the Review Committee of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) issued a press statement announcing that they had resolved all the remaining disagreements between the Cambodian and international judges, although the statement noted that additional [...]	2007-03-20 01:07:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH455	CAMBODIA SAYS YES TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] On March 21, Ambassador and Russian Ambassador Valery Tereshchenko jointly presented the demarche on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (reftel) to Cambodian Minister of Foreign Affairs Hor Namhong. The Foreign Minister reiterated Cambodia's commitment to fighting terrorism, d [...]	2007-03-22 06:57:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH456	RGC RESPONSE TO USG-PROPOSED ARF INITIATIVES [...] (U) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to Nuon Chivorn, MFA Deputy Director for ASEAN Affairs. Chivorn said that he would share the proposals with his colleagues but did not offer any initial response. He noted that the RGC did not plan to send anyone from Phnom Penh to the March 28-3 [...]	2007-03-22 09:27:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ARF MARR CB
07PHNOMPENH468	TIP CASE RAISES CORRUPTION CONCERNS IN SIHANOUKVILLE [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite overwhelming evidence in favor of conviction, a trafficking in persons (TIP) trial in Sihanoukville resulted in the acquittal of two defendants and a third being sentenced to a two-year prison term for the lesser charge of pimping. The judge's irregular behavior in the [...]	2007-03-26 02:50:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH47	CAMBODIAN REACTION TO BURMA DEMARCHES [...] (SBU) On January 10 and 11, Pol/Econ Chief discussed the draft UNSC resolution on Burma with Sun Suon of the MFA's International Relations Department. Post has passed the original and revised (reftels C and A) texts to the MFA. Suon flatly stated that the Cambodian government does not belie [...]	2007-01-11 10:52:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CB BM
07PHNOMPENH470	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MAP PROCUREMENT MISSION [...] Embassy Phnom Penh warmly welcomes and hereby grants country clearance to INR/I/M Geographic Specialists Michael Heerschap and Sara Mayfield to Cambodia from May 18, 2007 to May 25, 2007 for the purpose of conducting a mission critical map procurement and geographic reporting and training TDY. [...]	2007-03-26 06:44:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AINR OTRA ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH480	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR INR/B OFFICER SODERBORG FOR TDY [...] Embassy Phnom Penh warmly welcomes and hereby grants country clearance to INR/B Biographic Officer Brent Soderborg to Cambodia from May 5, 2007 to May 11, 2007 to support mission biographic programs and consultations with post officers. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at the Hotel Le [...]	2007-03-28 03:47:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR OTRA CB
07PHNOMPENH482	AMBASSADOR HANDS CNP COMMISSIONER HOK LUNDY HIS [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador presented a pleased Cambodian National Police (CNP) Commissioner General Hok Lundy with his passport and visa to the U.S. He pressed him to do more to combat TIP, particularly in the beach resort of Sihanoukville and to continue investigating how the owner and m [...]	2007-03-28 11:34:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH484	CAMBODIAN RESPONSE TO CASH COURIERS DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Poleconoff presented reftel demarche to Pen Simanh, Director General of Customs and Excise Department, on March 27. Pen Simanh noted that in the past three years, there have been 16 cases of illegal cash smuggling, all discovered at the Phnom Penh International Airport and all destined [...]	2007-03-29 02:08:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN SNAR CB
07PHNOMPENH489	CAMBODIAN MONEY LAUNDERING VULNERABILITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An external assessment team recently rated Cambodia as falling far short of international financial regulatory standards and described government officials as being in a "state of denial" about the potential for money laundering. Poor coordination among Cambodian government a [...]	2007-03-29 10:23:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN SNAR KCRM CB
07PHNOMPENH491	SCENESETTER FOR DAS JOHN'S APRIL 4-7 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Eric, your visit to Cambodia comes roughly just one month shy of a similar regional trip last year. Remarkably, in the intervening period, there have been no major bilateral problems and relations between our two countries have continued to grow. Recent positive developments and signs [...]	2007-03-30 10:18:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID CB
07PHNOMPENH496	CAMBODIA'S COMMUNE ELECTIONS: CPP WINNING AMID [...] (SBU) Summary. Based on preliminary reports from the April 1 commune elections, the ruling party of Prime Minister Hun Sen has won a majority of the nation's 1,621 communes, with the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) coming in a clear second. It appears that most of the FUNCINPEC votes went [...]	2007-04-02 11:16:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CB
07PHNOMPENH515	METHAMPHETAMINE SUPERLAB DISCOVERED; EIGHTEEN [...] (SBU) Summary. An April 1 police raid of two locations in Cambodia uncovered a large methamphetamine drug lab and resulted in the arrests of 18 individuals and the seizure of four tons of chemicals. A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) official who assisted in the aftermath of the raid [...]	2007-04-05 11:26:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV ASEC SENV CB
07PHNOMPENH530	CAMBODIAN PM LAUDS PEACE CORPS ARRIVAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Peace Corps Director Ron Tschetter visited Cambodia April 2-5, 2007, during which he officiated at the swearing-in ceremony for the first Peace Corps volunteers in Cambodia, had an audience with King Norodom Sihamoni and met with Prime Minister Hun Sen. The meeting with the P [...]	2007-04-10 01:56:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID SOCI CB
07PHNOMPENH534	CAMBODIAN PM DISCUSSES UPCOMING BURMA TRIP WITH [...] (C) Summary. During an April 4-7 visit to Cambodia, EAP DAS John met with PM Hun Sen and FM Hor Namhong on US-ASEAN relations, the PM's planned visit to Burma in May, North Korea, elections, and Cambodia's bilateral debt to the U.S. The PM claimed that the ROK and Japan are using Cambodia to [...]	2007-04-10 04:27:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EFIN ASEAN CB
07PHNOMPENH535	TRILATERAL COUNTERTERRORISM DIALOGUE IN CAMBODIA [...] (C) Summary. At the Australian High Commission's invitation, representatives of the U.S., Japanese and Australian missions met on April 5 for a Cambodia-specific trilateral counterterrorism (CT) dialogue. Australia framed the dialogue as part of the follow-up to the October 2006 high-level [...]	2007-04-10 09:35:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EAID CB AS JA
07PHNOMPENH536	DEA SAYS CAMBODIAN SUPERLAB WAS INITIAL PROCESSING [...] (SBU) A Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) team has determined that Cambodia's newly discovered methamphetamine superlab was capable of completing only the first stage in the thionyl chloride method of methamphetamine production, meaning that an intermediate product, chloroephedrine, must have been [...]	2007-04-11 06:54:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV PGOV ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH537	CAMBODIAN DIP NOTE ON NUCLEAR TERRORISM INITIATIVE [...] On April 10, Embassy received the RGC diplomatic note dated April 4 indicating their desire to join the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Post has included the complete text below: BEGIN TEXT OF NOTE (As Writte [...]	2007-04-11 07:59:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH543	DAS JOHN MEETS OPPOSITION POLITICAL FIGURES, IFI [...] (SBU) Summary. Human rights leader Kem Sokha told visiting DAS Eric John that his move into politics was in response to lowered USAID funding to his Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) NGO as well as continued calls from the Cambodian people that he return to political life. Kem Sokha [...]	2007-04-12 08:40:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EFIN EPET CB
07PHNOMPENH551	MONDULKIRI PROVINCE: TRADITION, ELECTIONS AND THE CHINESE [...] (U) Summary. During the Embassy's recent election monitoring program, Emboffs visited Cambodia's remote Mondulkiri Province on the Vietnamese border. Mondulkiri is a rapidly-changing region that encapsulates most of the major issues affecting Cambodia and its minority population -- property [...]	2007-04-13 08:41:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM ENV CB
07PHNOMPENH560	CAMBODIA AND THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) On April 19, A/DCM and Russian DCM Vladen Semivolos met with MFA Director for International Organizations Sun Suon to pass on the Global Initiative documents sent to each respective mission. Prior to the meeting, A/DCM and Semivolos conferred on the documents sent by their respective [...]	2007-04-19 10:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PARM KGIC PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH567	CAMBODIA TIP PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR FY 2007 [...] In response to the solicitation for anti-trafficking in persons project proposals, Embassy Phnom Penh reviewed approximately 25 proposals from non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Post recommends the following five proposals in no particular order. Embassy will e-mail the complete proposals [...]	2007-04-20 09:57:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG ELAB ASEC KCRM CB
07PHNOMPENH577	CAMBODIA DRUG TRENDS: INCREASED SEIZURES REFLECT [...] (SBU) Summary. Even before the April 1, 2007 raid on a methamphetamine superlab (reftels),significant increases in drug seizures in Cambodia in 2006 pointed to a strong increase in drug trafficking and modest improvements in police effectiveness. Increased trafficking by ethnic Chinese and [...]	2007-04-24 04:13:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV ASEC SENV CB
07PHNOMPENH58	CAMBODIA'S UNIONS STUMBLE TOWARD DEMOCRACY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the last week of 2006, three labor union federations, representing more than 120,000 garment, shoe, and rubber workers and teachers, held their congresses to elect new leaders. While the congresses fell short of democratic ideals, the increasing number of unions that are ch [...]	2007-01-16 01:29:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON KTEX CB
07PHNOMPENH582	CAMBODIA: 2007 1ST QUARTER REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Summary. During the first quarter of 2007, the Cambodian police arrested seven human traffickers and eighteen pimps. At least 60 victims of sexual trafficking and 39 victims of labor trafficking were identified during the reporting period, and 52 sex workers removed from brothels. Three [...]	2007-04-25 02:44:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN CB
07PHNOMPENH586	GUILTY VERDICT UPHELD IN CONTROVERSIAL LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 12, the Appeals Court upheld guilty verdicts against Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun, two men accused of assassinating national labor leader Chea Vichea on January 22, 2004. The two men have protested their innocence, and a vocal local and international community of la [...]	2007-04-25 08:58:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KJUS PHUM PGOV CB
07PHNOMPENH596	CAMBODIA NONCOMMITTAL ON WMO DEMARCHE [...] On April 25, Poleconoff presented points in reftel to two officials from the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology, Long Saravuth, Director of Meteorology Department, and Oum Ryna, Deputy Director of Meteorology Department. The officials indicated that they had already been alerted to [...]	2007-04-27 09:04:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY AORC CB
07PHNOMPENH602	REQUEST FOR FUNDING FOR METHAMPHETAMINE SUPERLAB [...] (U) This is an action request for INL and OES. Please see paragraph 10. Methamphetamine Superlab Discovered in Cambodia --------------------------------------------- -- 2. (SBU) On April 1, the Cambodian Anti-Drug Police (CADP) raided a a chemical storehouse in Phnom Penh and ametham [...]	2007-04-30 11:06:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV PREL SOCI KCRM CB
07PHNOMPENH62	FINANCE MINISTRY ON CAMBODIA'S BILATERAL DEBT [...] (SBU) On January 10, Pol/Econ Chief met with Deputy Secretary General Vongsey Vissoth at the Ministry of SIPDIS Economics and Finance (MEF) to relay points outlined in reftel A. Vissoth thanked the Embassy for the assurances regarding the USG position vis-a-vis the cut-off date, and ment [...]	2007-01-16 12:07:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON KTIA CB
07PHNOMPENH631	AFTER THE APRIL 1 ELECTIONS: CAMBODIA'S POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Discussions with political party sources suggest that Cambodia's parties are reviewing their political futures and respective strategies going into the 2008 national elections. The Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) is focused on uniting the non-ruling parties to face off against the CPP [...]	2007-05-07 09:08:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CB
07PHNOMPENH654	CAMBODIAN RESPONSE TO CITES DEMARCHE [...] On May 3, Poleconoff met with Mr. Suon Phalla of the National CITES Authority to discuss reftel demarche. He revealed that the UN Food and Agriculture Organization had queried the Cambodian government (RGC) about all of the marine proposals under consideration, but the MFA responded that it [...]	2007-05-10 09:35:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA ETRD CB
07PHNOMPENH655	CAMBODIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT JAPAN ON WHALING ISSUE [...] (U) On May 10, Poleconoff delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Ing Try, Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries. Ing Try asked a few clarifying questions about the bowhead quota, but gave no immediate indication as to how Cambodia was likely to vote. 2. [...]	2007-05-10 09:35:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIS KSCA PREL ETRD CB
07PHNOMPENH662	CAMBODIA: PROPOSED NIGHT SHIFT WAGE DECREASE [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Hun Sen has asked the National Assembly to lower night shift wages from 200% of daytime pay to 130%. A vote is expected on May 17, and the Free Trade Union (FTU),a large and vocal group loosely allied with the opposition Sam Rainsy Party, has vowed to launch a [...]	2007-05-11 09:28:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM CB
07PHNOMPENH665	CAMBODIA ON BILATERAL SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT [...] (U) On May 10, A/DCM met with Yos Makana who is head of the Department of the Americas, as well as her deputy, Chhay Song Heng to discuss the shipboarding agreement and provide the draft talking points included in reftel. Makana was pleased to receive USG reassurances, but noted that followi [...]	2007-05-11 10:53:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP KTIA PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH666	RGC RESPONSE TO DOE ASSISTANCE OFFER [...] (U) On May 8, A/DCM met with Ministry of Mines and Industry Secretary of State Ith Praing, and delivered the letter from Kelly Cummins included in reftel. Praing welcomed the offer of USG assistance and suggested a timeframe of July 9-15 for a visit by a DOE team. Praing and his Deputy Dir [...]	2007-05-15 01:15:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EAID TRGY KNNP CB
07PHNOMPENH668	CAMBODIA: SUCCESSFUL VISIT BY U.S.-ASEAN BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary. In the latest of a series of trade and investment related visits to Cambodia, a delegation from the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council met May 9 with senior Cambodian government (RGC) officials, including the Ministers of Commerce, Finance and Health. ConocoPhillips representatives u [...]	2007-05-15 04:05:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV CB
07PHNOMPENH679	OUR ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY AND THE MCC: CAN WE [...] (U) This message contains an action request. See paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) Summary. Corruption in Cambodia is systemic and pervasive, and one of the country's key challenges to surmount if its economic profile is to continue to grow in a positive manner. Transparency International ranke [...]	2007-05-16 07:09:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PHUM EAID CB
07PHNOMPENH682	BUCKING A DISTURBING TREND IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: [...] (SBU) Summary. According to a 2006 study by Freedom House, Cambodia stands alone among mainland Southeast Asian countries as having improved its commitment to freedom of the press. At Embassy urging, Cambodia removed all prison terms for criminal defamation -- a weapon of choice in this part [...]	2007-05-17 03:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KPAO CB
07PHNOMPENH694	CAMBODIAN POSITION ON USG PROPOSALS FOR MAY 25 SOM [...] (SBU) A/DCM met on May 18 with MFA Deputy Director for ARF matters, Nong Sakal, to discuss points outlined in reftel. On the matters of UNSCR 1540 and the ISM for Nonproliferation, Nong Sakal indicated that he believed the RGC would support the USG positions. With respect to the ISM Workin [...]	2007-05-18 10:29:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ARF KNNP PTER CB
07PHNOMPENH710	AMBASSADOR PRODS DPM ON TIP, MONTAGNARDS, MISSING [...] (C) Summary: On May 17, the Ambassador met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng to discuss Trafficking in Persons (TIP),Montagnards in Cambodia, and a missing Vietnamese dissident. The Ambassador stressed the necessity for Cambodia to upgrade from the Tier 2 Watch [...]	2007-05-23 11:24:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CB KWMN
07PHNOMPENH741	DRAFT LEGISLATION ON "LAND TAKING" RAISES EYEBROWS [...] (U) Summary. The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) recently made available a draft expropriations law formalizing procedures for RGC confiscation of land for public projects. At the same time, the MEF, with counsel from an Asian Development Bank (ADB)-sponsored East-West Management Inst [...]	2007-05-31 11:17:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ECON CB
07PHNOMPENH751	PRINCE RANARIDDH: WILL HE GET AMNESTY AND RETURN [...] (SBU) Summary. Following a March 13 court verdict sentencing Prince Norodom Ranariddh to 18 months in prison, the Prince's followers petitioned the King for a royal pardon -- even though PM Hun Sen had rejected RGC support for any pardon in advance of Ranariddh's trial. As backroom negotia [...]	2007-06-04 05:05:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CB
07PHNOMPENH752	UN HUMAN RIGHTS REP YASH GHAI VISITS CAMBODIA, [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 31, UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Yash Ghai briefed the diplomatic corps regarding his visit to Cambodia and his meeting earlier the same day with DPM and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng, and fielded questions regarding his draft report on Cambodia. Yash Ghai [...]	2007-06-04 08:12:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH765	EAP/MLS DEPUTY DIRECTOR NAGY MEETS POLITICAL PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary. Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) Secretary General Mu Sochua told visiting EAP/MLS Deputy Director Eleanor Nagy that 2007 commune council election flaws are a preview of problems likely to arise during the 2008 national elections. Sochua expressed hope for a U.S. delegation visit to Camb [...]	2007-06-06 10:00:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL PHUM KWMN KDEM CB
07PHNOMPENH767	THE FRONT LINE IN THE CAMBODIAN DRUG STRUGGLE [...] (SBU) Summary: A remote location, geography conducive to evasion, and a long and poorly patrolled border with Laos make Stung Treng province Cambodia's drug smuggling hot spot, with the value of drugs smuggled estimated in the "dozens of millions" of dollars. During a May 17-19 visit to thi [...]	2007-06-07 09:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV KCRM CB
07PHNOMPENH77	UPDATE ON THE ECCC; DAVID SCHEFFER COMING TO [...] (SBU) Summary. The Open Society's Justice Initiative (OSJI) has requested and will fund former Ambassador David Scheffer to visit Cambodia from January 19-21 to intervene with senior RGC officials on the future of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). Recent OSJI dis [...]	2007-01-17 10:12:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH778	SAM RAINSY: DISENFRANCHISED VOTERS, KEM SOKHA, AND [...] (SBU) Summary. In a June 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Sam Rainsy and Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) National Assembly Whip Son Chhay conveyed concerns over voter disenfranchisement in the 2008 national elections because of voting registration problems and also discussed the lack of "proper represe [...]	2007-06-08 04:27:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CB
07PHNOMPENH782	CAMBODIA: EFFECTIVE NARCOTICS CONTROL AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Cambodia has a wide-ranging and growing narcotics problem which the government has only limited funding, equipment, skills, and political will to address. During a May 21-23 visit to Phnom Penh, two INL officers learned that drug use in Cambodia is growing, and that while ATS [...]	2007-06-08 07:44:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI CB
07PHNOMPENH788	CAMBODIA'S STRIKES WANE, BUT CONTENTIOUS LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Cambodia's often tumultuous labor sector has been notably calm so far in 2007, with working days lost to strikes down 50% from 2006 levels. A crackdown on a particularly notorious union, a recent minimum wage increase, embassy efforts to discourage illegal strikes, and slowly [...]	2007-06-11 01:38:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV CB
07PHNOMPENH820	GLOBAL WITNESS REPORT: ACCUSATIONS, THREATS, [...] (C) Summary. On June 1, U.K.-based Global Witness made public a 95-page "Cambodia's Family Trees" report. The report's content is extremely confrontational by Cambodian standards as it accuses well-connected government and military officials of illegal logging activity, kidnapping, and attempted mu [...]	2007-06-15 05:28:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PHUM SENV CB
07PHNOMPENH826	ECCC PASSES INTERNAL RULES [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 12, the judges of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) approved a set of internal rules governing the court's work. While both the national and international sides of the court hailed the passage of the rules as a major step forward in the court [...]	2007-06-15 09:45:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS PHUM CB
07PHNOMPENH853	MU SOCHUA ON SRP CONCERNS: VOTER REGISTRATION, [...] (SBU) Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) Secretary General Mu Sochua met with the Ambassador on June 22 to revisit the ongoing problem of voter registration obstructions in preparation for the 2008 national elections. Mu Sochua detailed National Election Committee (NEC) unresponsiveness to SRP's concerns [...]	2007-06-22 11:33:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CB
07PHNOMPENH90	BILATERAL COOPERATION PRAISED IN DEFENSE DAS RAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Reviewing excellent bilateral cooperation in POW/MIAaffairs and taking stock of the current US-Cambodia relationship were the focus of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for POW/MIA Affairs Charles Ray's visit SIPDIS to Cambodia January 15-18. DASD Ray, who served as US [...]	2007-01-19 01:08:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS CB
07PHNOMPENH904	RUDDERLESS FUNCINPEC NOT RULING ANYTHING OUT [...] (C) Summary. FUNCINPEC's leaders appear to have no guiding vision for their party and are disjointedly discussing party independence, reunification with the Norodom Ranariddh Party (NRP),and a continued coalition with the ruling CPP. At a June 28 lunch with the Ambassador and DCM, FUNCINPE [...]	2007-07-03 10:24:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CB
07PHNOMPENH905	KHMER KROM MONK'S POSSIBLE FORCED RETURN TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary. Over the weekend a Khmer Krom monk in Cambodia was reportedly defrocked and carried off by uniformed authorities. While the monk's whereabouts are not yet confirmed, Ministry of Interior Spokesperson Kheiu Sopheak verified that the monk went to Vietnam. Whether the monk was [...]	2007-07-03 11:41:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM CB
07PHNOMPENH909	CAMBODIA'S REVERSAL ON MEMORIAL STUPA [...] (C) Summary. On June 29, the Ambassador confirmed in a meeting with Phnom Penh Governor Kep Chuktema that Prime Minister (PM) Hun Sen has given word not to destroy a memorial stupa commemorating a 1997 grenade attack on a Sam Rainsy Party rally killing 16 people (reftel). During a June 25 m [...]	2007-07-05 03:16:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH925	SOUTH KOREANS AGREE TO VET NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES [...] (C) On July 9, the DCM called on Embassy of the Republic of Korea Counselors Nak-Young OH and Gon-Jong JANG regarding the five North Korean refugees seeking resettlement in the United States (reftel). The DCM passed biographical information and fingerprints of the five individuals to the Kor [...]	2007-07-10 07:05:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KS KN CB

07PHNOMPENH926	ENCOURAGING CHINESE ENGAGEMENT WITH CAMBODIA'S [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. 2. (SBU) Summary: China's economic influence in Cambodia is immense and growing. Already Cambodia's largest donor and foreign investor, China's aid comes with no overt conditions and often serves to build infrastructure used to shi [...]	2007-07-10 07:05:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL ECON PGOV CB CH
07PHNOMPENH936	CAMBODIA: 2007 2ND QUARTER REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Summary: During the period April to June 2007, the Cambodian police arrested four human traffickers, one German pedophile, and two pimps. At least five victims of trafficking were rescued during the reporting period and ten sex workers were removed from brothels. Cambodian courts senten [...]	2007-07-16 01:16:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN CB
07SEOUL175	NEXT STEPS ON NORTH KOREANS IN PHNOM PENH [...] (C) On January 19, poloff delivered ref a points, on the four North Korean asylum seekers in Cambodia, to Yu Joon-ha, Director of MOFAT's Inter-Korean Policy Division. Yu said that the ROKG's position remained the same since it was asked in October 2006 (ref b),which was that Seoul had no o [...]	2007-01-19 09:03:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KS CB
07SEOUL552	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP/MLS DIRECTOR RAPSON [...] (U) Embassy Seoul warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the March 9-11, 2007 official visit to Seoul by EAP/MLS Director Robert Rapson. A notional schedule will follow separately. CONTACT INFORMATION ------------------- 2. (U) Control officer for the visit is Political Offi [...]	2007-02-26 08:53:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA KS TH BM LAS VM CB JA
07SEOUL763	EAP/MLS DIRECTOR RAPSON'S CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Visiting EAP/MLS Director Robert Rapson on March 9 met with ROK officials to exchange views and discuss USG objectives on Mainland Southeast Asia, particularly Burma and DPRK refugees. ROK officials conveyed general support for greater political freedoms and participation in Burm [...]	2007-03-15 02:54:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF KS BM CB TH
07STATE144650	SUMMARY OF RESPONSES TO CABLE ON INDOOR AIR [...] This is an action request. See Paragraph 3. SUMMARY 2. SUMMARY: Reftel asked posts in countries where greater than 20 percent of the population uses biomass and coal to meet basic energy needs to assess host countries, commitment to addressing the health concerns posed by indoor air poll [...]	2007-10-16 16:26:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CB MG RP SENV TBIO VM
07TOKYO1185	EAP DIRECTOR RAPSON'S MARCH 12 MEETING WITH MOFA [...] (C) Summary: Officials from MOFA's Southeast Asia Division told visiting EAP/MLS Director Robert Rapson March 12 that pressuring Burma to release political prisoners, promote dialogue on national reconciliation, improve access for international organizations, and end violence directed at eth [...]	2007-03-16 10:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH BM TH VM RO IN CB RP JA
07TOKYO5343	JAPANESE PM FUKUDA MEETS WITH MEKONG REGION LEADERS [...] (C) Economic and infrastructure development cooperation figured prominently in PM Yasuo Fukuda's November 20 meeting with the leaders of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. PM Nguyen Tan Dzung, PM Bouasone Bouphavanh and PM Hun Sen welcomed Japan's efforts to develop two regional East-West Corridors [...]	2007-11-27 05:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VM CB LA JA
07USUNNEWYORK1209	62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC [...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador Joan Plaisted, who served as Senior Area Adviser for East Asia and the Pacific to the 62nd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (U) Support from East Asian and Pacific Island (EAP) countries was essential for achieving U.S. objectives in this 62nd UN [...]	2007-12-26 16:13:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	BP BX CB CH ECON FJ FM ID JA KR KS LA MG
08BANGKOK1027	THAI MFA FIELD TRIP SEEKS TO EXPLAIN PREAH VIHEAR [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-02 01:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL TH CB
08BANGKOK1486	PREAH VIHEAR TEMPLE: THAIS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Thai Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama intended to discuss the disposition of the Preah Vihear temple during a May 14 trip to Cambodia. According to a Thai MFA official, Noppadon hoped to discuss with the RGC in general terms a possible joint statement on the management of the [...]	2008-05-15 02:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO PREL SCUL PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK1818	PREAH VIHEAR TEMPLE: THAI GOVERNMENT REVIEWS NEW [...] (SBU) MFA Deputy Director General Pisanu Suvanajata told Poloff on June 11 that, after completion of an ongoing survey by the military and the Royal Thai Survey Department, the RTG would formulate a position on the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) map recently presented to the RTG in Paris. [...]	2008-06-13 07:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO PREL SCUL PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK1877	THAI CABINET APPROVES CAMBODIAN MAP OF PREAHVIHEAR [...] (SBU) On June 17, the Cabinet approved the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) map of Preah Vihear Temple, following approval by the National Security Council on June 16. MFA Second Secretary Suttamon Wiriyadamrong told us that MFA Deputy Director General Pisanu Suvanajata flew to Phnom Penh [...]	2008-06-18 09:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO SCUL PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK1878	THAI CABINET APPROVES CAMBODIAN MAP OF PREAH [...] (SBU) On June 17, the Cabinet approved the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) map of Preah Vihear Temple, following approval by the National Security Council on June 16. MFA Second Secretary Suttamon Wiriyadamrong told us that MFA Deputy Director General Pisanu Suvanajata flew to Phnom Penh [...]	2008-06-18 09:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO SCUL PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK2167	THAIS DENY MILITARY INCURSION INTO CAMBODIA AFTER [...] (SBU) On July 15, a senior monk and two other Thais crossed into disputed territory between Thailand and Cambodia in protest of Preah Vihear temple's World Heritage status. Tempers flared on both sides when Cambodian and Thai press reported that large numbers of Thai troops had entered Cambodi [...]	2008-07-16 10:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNESCO SCUL MOPS PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK2207	PREAH VIHEAR: TENSION, DIALOGUE, AND EMBASSY [...] (C) Tensions in the Thai-Cambodian border area remain high, with an influx of Thai soldiers to the area close to Preah Vihear temple. The Royal Thai Air Force is standing by to evacuate Thais from Cambodia should bilateral relations deteriorate dramatically before a Thai-Cambodian meeting of [...]	2008-07-18 11:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK2233	PREAH VIHEAR: GBC TALKS END IN STALEMATE [...] (C) Thailand derived no definitive results from the July 21 General Border Committee (GBC) meeting with Cambodia, according to our MFA and military sources. The highest levels of the RTG were discussing possible next moves, an MFA official told us, although he declined to elaborate on what th [...]	2008-07-22 11:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK2359	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES LAO HMONG, BURMA, SOUTH, AND [...] (C) The Ambassador paid an introductory call on National Security Council Secretary General Surapol Puanaiyaka on August 4, in advance of Surapol's participation in the upcoming POTUS visit. Surapol appeared receptive to points the Ambassador made on Lao Hmong migrants, Burmese refugees, Prea [...]	2008-08-05 04:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PREF SCUL UNESCO UNGA BM TH CB
08BANGKOK2428	THAI-CAMBODIAN DISPUTE OVER PREAH VIHEAR: [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Meetings between Thai and Cambodian regional military commanders in Thailand's Surin Province August 13 and between Foreign Ministers planned August 18-19 in Hua Hin indicate bilateral efforts to reduce tensions in the spat over the territory near the Khmer Preah Vi [...]	2008-08-13 10:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TH CB
08BANGKOK2854	THAI CAMBODIAN BORDER DISPUTE: THAI CLAIM [...] (C) Summary: MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul engaged the Ambassador September 16 regarding the Thai-Cambodian border dispute and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's September 15 reported comments that Thailand should give up the chair of ASEAN. Virasakdi claimed that border tension [...]	2008-09-19 07:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH CB
08BANGKOK3021	MINOR CLASHES ERUPT ALONG THAI BORDERS WITH [...] (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs told us October 6 that the Cambodian military had violated the August 13 agreement between Thailand and Cambodian by digging a trench in the disputed territory near the Preah Vihear temple. This violation led directly to the October 3 clash that left two T [...]	2008-10-06 11:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH CB BM
08BANGKOK3069	THAILAND BELIEVES CAMBODIA RECENTLY PLACED MINES [...] (C) Two Thai soldiers were severely injured October 6 by landmines that the Thai government believes were recently placed by the Cambodian military in disputed territory near the Preah Vihear temple. The Thai government is analyzing fragments from the landmines in hopes of proving whether the [...]	2008-10-10 09:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH CB
08BANGKOK3082	TENSIONS FLARE WITH CAMBODIA AFTER HUN SEN DEMANDS THAI WITHDRAWAL FROM DISPUTED BORDER AREA NEAR PREAH VIHEAR [...] (C) Tensions between Thailand and Cambodia flared again October 13 after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said during the new Thai FM's visit to Phnom Penh that Thai troops would have to withdraw from a disputed area near the Preah Vihear temple because the area was a ""life and death battle zone." [...]	2008-10-14 11:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH CB
08BANGKOK3094	THAI AND CAMBODIAN TROOPS CLASH NEAR DISPUTED [...] (C) Despite initial indications that tensions surrounding the Preah Vihear border dispute had eased (ref A),Thai and Cambodia troops exchanged fire mid-afternoon October 15 in the area near the temple. Initial media reports indicated that at least four Thai soldiers had been injured in the [...]	2008-10-15 11:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CASC ASEC TH CB
08BANGKOK3120	SITUATION CALM OCTOBER 16 AROUND DISPUTED PREAH [...] (C) The situation in the Preah Vihear temple area appeared calm October 16 as the two sides reportedly agreed to conduct joint patrols in the disputed area. The Thai MFA asserted in a briefing for the diplomatic corps that Cambodia had recently placed mines in the disputed area and presented w [...]	2008-10-16 11:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH CB
08BANGKOK3191	THAI PM SOMCHAI AIMS FOR CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT; [...] (C) Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat told the Ambassador he was committed to a peaceful resolution of political disputes. He welcomed the Ambassador's expression of USG support for democracy and the rule of law, and Somchai said the way forward entailed a fact-finding commission's report on t [...]	2008-10-22 10:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS TH CB
08BANGKOK3208	THAILAND COMMITTED TO PEACEFUL RESOLUTION FOR [...] (C) Summary. Supreme Commander General Songkitti Jaggabartra October 24 told the Ambassador that Cambodia recently had reinforced troops near Preah Vihear temple. Nevertheless, the Thai government remained committed to a peaceful resolution to the dispute. Songkitti said the United Nations ha [...]	2008-10-24 10:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH CB
08BANGKOK3227	AMBASSADOR ENGAGES THAI FM SOMPONG ON CAMBODIA, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, accompanied by DCM and PolCounselor, met with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sompong Amornvivat late October 27. Fresh from the ASEM meetings in Beijing October 23-25, FM Sompong described the positive atmosphere of Thai-Cambodian meetings and highlighted [...]	2008-10-28 08:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF BMGT CB TH
08BANGKOK3234	THAI PARLIAMENT APPROVES FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT TO [...] (C) Summary. The Thai Parliament October 28 approved the August 19 Thai-Cambodian Foreign Ministers' Agreement that provides an interim framework to address the border conflict prior to final resolution. Thailand can now legally proceed through the Foreign Ministry-led Joint Border Commission [...]	2008-10-29 09:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK3251	PRIVY COUNCILOR PREM SAYS SITUATION CALM; ARMY TO [...] (C) Summary: Privy Council Chair Prem Tinsulanonda told the Ambassador October 29 that the political situation was getting calmer and that he was not worried about a planned November 1 rally by pro-Thaksin supporters. In a separate October 29 meeting, Deputy Army Commander General Jiradej Kot [...]	2008-10-30 06:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK3376	PROGRESS IN THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Thai and Cambodian Foreign Ministers agreed November 12 to a series of measures that will initiate the process of delineating disputed border areas. The two sides prioritized settling overlapping claims adjacent to the Preah Vihear temple for survey work scheduled to begin in Dece [...]	2008-11-14 09:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK3440	NAVIGATING THAILAND-CAMBODIA RELATIONS NO EASY [...] (C) Summary: The Thai MFA Director responsible for Burma, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos revealed to us November 18 that Thailand-Cambodia relations have dominated his division's workload the past several years, even factoring in the 2007 Saffron Uprising, Cyclone Nargis, and the international pr [...]	2008-11-21 07:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK3579	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) conducted an Interagency Relations and Infrastructure Workshop in Bangkok, Nov. 3-5. ECC Desk Officer Rachel Owen met with Vietnamese officials, Nov. 3-4. Advisor, Vietnam Program Assistant and Thai and Vietnamese officials attended the Export Control [...]	2008-12-08 06:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB
08BANGKOK3698	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) conducted an Advanced National Control List Workshop in Hanoi, Dec. 10-12. Rapiscan x-ray system installation and operator training in Vietnam was completed Dec 5. The electrical generator for the Rapiscan van in Hue is being prepared for shipment from [...]	2008-12-19 04:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB
08BANGKOK871	THAILAND'S VIEW OF THE PREAH VIHEAR TEMPLE ISSUE [...] (SBU) Thailand supports UNESCO's inscription of the Preah Vihear Temple as a World Heritage Site as long as Thailand's territorial rights are preserved; the temple sits in Cambodian territory at a point where the Thai-Cambodian border is not demarcated. As MFA Deputy Director General for Eas [...]	2008-03-19 10:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO PREL TH CB
08CHIANGMAI11	BFIF REQUEST FOR CHIANG MAI, VIENTIANE, AND PHNOM PENH [...] The Greater Mekong Subregion's North-South and East-West corridors form a "golden gateway" linking southern China and all the countries of mainland Southeast Asia. This vast market provides significant opportunities for U.S. businesses. At the heart of the Greater Mekong Subregion are three U [...]	2008-01-22 14:22:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO TH LA CB CH
08CHIANGMAI52	REGIONAL BUSINESS CONFERENCE ON LOGISTICS BRINGS TOGETHER [...] In an effort to promote development in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) logistics and transportation sectors and to underscore U.S. interest in deepening investment in the region, post hosted a conference on March 18-19 bringing together public and private sector representatives from across t [...]	2008-03-28 09:40:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELTN ECIN ETRD EWWT PREL TH BM CH LA CB
08EFTOPHNOMPENH416	UN CT BODY ASSESSES STRONG INTEREST BUT WEAKER [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Counter Terrorism Committee's Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) visited May 5-9 to assess Cambodia's compliance with UNSCR 1373. The CTC/CTED delegation was composed of representatives of ADB, INTERPOL, IOM, UNODC, as well as the UN Secretariat, and was led [...]	2008-05-20 11:24:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL CB
08HANOI100	UNHCR SAYS MONTAGNARD CAMPS MAXED; STATELESS KHMER PLAN [...] (SBU) In a January 23 farewell call with Ambassador Michalak, retiring UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan reviewed the progress UNHCR had made in Vietnam over the last several years. Working cooperatively with the GVN, the USG and the international donor community, Utkan said UNHCR had h [...]	2008-01-30 00:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KIRF CB VM
08HANOI203	UNHCR SAYS GVN TROUBLED BY ONGOING MONTAGNARD EMIGRATION TO [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR Deputy Regional Representative Giuseppe de Vincentis and Vietnam Officer-in-Charge Vu Anh Son met with the Ambassador on February 19 to discuss the need for a timely solution to the growing UNHCR Montagnard camp population in Cambodia. De Vincentis said UNHCR was not in a [...]	2008-02-21 08:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KIRF CB VM
08HANOI869	DPRK FOREIGN MINISTER IN HANOI [...] (U) After visiting Singapore for the ASEAN Regional Forum, DPRK Foreign Minister Pak Ui-chun will visit Hanoi July 25 - 27 before travelling on to Iran for a ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement. According to Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Dung, on July 26 Minister Pak will meet Viet [...]	2008-07-25 09:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM CB KN VM
08HANOI905	DPRK FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS HANOI: NO FIRM PLAN [...] (C) Summary: On July 26, DPRK Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun held official meetings in Hanoi with Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary Nong Duc Manh and Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem. The two Vietnamese leaders reportedly told their North Korean guest that Hanoi [...]	2008-08-05 07:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	CB KN PGOV PHUM PREL VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY606	TIM SAKHORN'S RELEASE CONFIRMED; CURRENT WHEREABOUTS [...] (SBU) Summary: A reliable Consulate contact has confirmed that former Khmer Krom monk Tim Sakhorn was released from prison after completing his 12-month term for "undermining national unity" (reftels) but reports conflict as to his actual date of release and current whereabouts. Post has requ [...]	2008-07-07 10:55:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF CB VM
08JAKARTA1410	PREAH VIHEAR -- GOI PROPOSES CONTACT GROUP TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia has proposed the creation of an Indonesian-led ASEAN Contact Group to resolve the dispute between Cambodia and Thailand over the Preah Vihear temple. Indonesian officials are not certain exactly how the Contact Group will function nor whether other ASEAN members will s [...]	2008-07-22 09:23:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID CB TH
08JAKARTA1552	PREAH VIHEAR: INDONESIA ON THAI-CAMBODIA BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia continues to support Thai-Cambodian efforts to resolve the Preah Vihear temple border dispute through bilateral negotiations. The GOI also remains ready to play a mediating role if both parties agree to it. We expect ASEAN Secretariat officials to discuss the issue o [...]	2008-08-14 07:19:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEAN ID CB TH
08JAKARTA1910	THAILAND/CAMBODIA -- GOI TRIES TO HELP CALM [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono has made calls to the Cambodian and Thai leaders urging them to work to calm down tensions related to the two countries' border dispute. We were told that both sides listened to Yudhoyono's points, but made no specific commitments. Contacts have told us that [...]	2008-10-15 07:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID CB TH
08PHNOMPENH1003	CAMBODIA'S RACE FOR HYDROPOWER CONTINUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) continues to pursue its hydropower potential with 22 ongoing and proposed projects. With primarily Chinese support, the RGC hopes to generate enough electricity to meet domestic needs and eventually profit from energy exportation. Donors [...]	2008-12-18 09:04:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR ENRG EAID EIND VM LA CH CB
08PHNOMPENH1006	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "SUPERVISORY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS COURSE" COURSE IN BANGKOK [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 10:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC KJUS PHUM PREL CB
08PHNOMPENH102	MFA SECSTATE KAO KIM HOURN DISCUSSES BURMA WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel paid a courtesy call January 18 on Kao Kim Hourn, Secretary of State in charge of ASEAN Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The conversation focused on ASEAN and the situation in Burma. Kao Kim Hourn offered his candid percept [...]	2008-01-23 06:50:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM PTER KWMN BM CB
08PHNOMPENH1021	CAMBODIA STILL CONSIDERING RATIFICATION OF [...] (SBU) In a series of meetings over the past two months, Royal Government of Cambodia officials have made slow but steady progress in evaluating the Montreal Convention. Emboffs delivered reftel demarche and talking points October 27 to Mr. Soy Samkhan, Undersecretary of State, State Secretaria [...]	2008-12-24 08:48:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ICAO CB
08PHNOMPENH1022	CAMBODIA: ECONOMIC DOWNTURN HIGHLIGHTS REMAINING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Given the bleak global economic outlook, labor union leaders, garment manufacturers and other stakeholders are concerned that Cambodia,s critical garment sector may face factory closures and possibly more layoffs in coming months. Labor union leaders complain about difficultie [...]	2008-12-24 09:28:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH1023	CAMBODIA'S 2009 NATIONAL BUDGET GROWS NEARLY 30 [...] (SBU) Summary: The national budget for 2009 grew 29.6% over 2008, with large increases in military and security spending, as well as current and capital expenditures. However, to meet the challenges posed by slowing economic growth predicted for 2009, donors note the government needs to ensur [...]	2008-12-24 09:33:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON CB
08PHNOMPENH1024	CAMBODIA'S YEAR OF CHINA (C-AL8-02576) [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-24 11:24:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV CH CB
08PHNOMPENH1025	CAMBODIA'S YEAR OF CHINA (C-AL8-02576) [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-24 11:30:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV CH CB
08PHNOMPENH1027	CAMBODIA'S YEAR OF CHINA (C-AL8-02576) [...] (SBU/NF) SUMMARY: China has spared no effort this year in celebrating the 50th anniversary of bilateral relations with Cambodia. This elaborate and lavish effort to court Cambodia,s top leadership -- with royal banquets, trips to Beijing, the first-ever visit by a Chinese warship, and high-l [...]	2008-12-25 03:52:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV CH CB
08PHNOMPENH103	CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS TOUT MEASURED PROGRESS, HIGHLIGHT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Civil society leaders presented a "glass half full" picture of Cambodian progress on a variety of political, economic, and human rights issues to Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel during his January 16 [...]	2008-01-23 07:40:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ECON ELAB CB CM VN
08PHNOMPENH1030	RESIDENTS IN ONGOING PHNOM PENH LAND DISPUTE RECEIVE FINAL [...] (SBU) On December 25, the Phnom Penh Municipal Government issued a "final" eviction notice to residents of the Dey Krahorm area of Phnom Penh. The notice, signed by Chamkarmon District Governor Lo Yuy, instructs the approximately 130 remaining Dey Krahorm families to vacate the area by Tuesday [...]	2008-12-29 10:59:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CB
08PHNOMPENH113	CAMBODIA'S NEW LAW ON PROTECTED AREAS: NGOS APPLAUD [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 27, 2007, the Cambodian National Assembly passed the Law on Protected Areas, which, for the first time, regulates commercial activities within the country's 23 protected natural areas. The law aims to promote economic development and reduce poverty while protecting [...]	2008-01-25 10:13:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR EMIN ECON CB
08PHNOMPENH128	CHEVRON DOWNGRADES PETROLEUM ESTIMATES IN [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive and proprietary business information. It is sensitive but unclassified (SBU) and not for distribution via the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Chevron's analysis of Block A, the offshore oil block widely believed to have the most heavily endowed oil reserve [...]	2008-02-01 12:14:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON PGOV CB
08PHNOMPENH131	CAMBODIA: NGOS CREATING NEW EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES [...] (U) Amid oft-repeated concerns about how Cambodia's future petroleum reserves will be used, a group of local and international NGOs are working together to create a coalition of local civil society organizations that will engage with the government on issues surrounding extractive industries. [...]	2008-02-04 08:34:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EMIN PGOV CB
08PHNOMPENH179	CAMBODIAN ANTI-TIP LAW PASSED AND PROMULGATED [...] (U) Post is pleased to pass on good news from the Royal Government of Cambodia: Cambodia's anti-trafficking in persons law was promulgated on February 15 and went into effect immediately. Passage of the anti-TIP law was one of five high-priority measures for Cambodia to move to a more favora [...]	2008-02-19 10:26:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS KWMN CB
08PHNOMPENH180	CAMBODIA: COMMENTS FOR SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Post believes that Cambodia falls below the threshold for inclusion in the Special 301 Report Watchlist at this time. Cambodia is not fully TRIPS compliant and its IPR enforcement is currently weak. However, senior government officials have publicly committed to improving the [...]	2008-02-20 01:26:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON KIPR CB
08PHNOMPENH229	AMBASSADOR TO DPM SAR KHENG: CAN SUCCESSFUL [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 3, the Ambassador praised Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng and the RGC for a strong commitment to combating trafficking in persons over the past year. The Ambassador noted the many achievements the Cambodian government has made inclu [...]	2008-03-05 11:49:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN CACS CB
08PHNOMPENH251	CAMBODIA SUPPORTING UNSC RESOLUTION 1803 ON IRAN [...] (SBU) The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) understands the importance of UNSCR 1803, according to Tuy Ry, the in-coming Director of the International Organizations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ry told Pol/Ec Section Chief March 12 that Cambodia is actively enforcing rest [...]	2008-03-13 11:10:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM PINR IR CB
08PHNOMPENH254	WHILE HRR PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY TO FOCUS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: As part of post's dissemination of the 2007 Cambodia Country Report on Human Rights Practices, the Deputy Chief of Mission presented the final report to Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice Chan Sotheavy. SIPDIS Post also sent copies of the report to the Minister of [...]	2008-03-14 06:05:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN PGOV CB
08PHNOMPENH256	PSI FIFTH ANNIVERSARY INVITATION - CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Pol/Ec Chief delivered Ref A invitation to MFA IO Director Tuy Ry March 12 at the request of MFA Secretary of State Ouch Borith to whom the invitation letter was addressed. Ouch Borith has been a regular interlocutor on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and post expects him [...]	2008-03-14 07:55:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP KSTC PARM PREL CB
08PHNOMPENH270	PRIME TIME FOR TELEVISED CANDIDATE DEBATES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: To support prime time TV access for some of NDI's planned candidate debates during the June-July campaign season, the Ambassador March 21 called on Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith. The Ambassador emphasized the importance of media access for all parties in advance of [...]	2008-03-21 10:26:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM EAID CB
08PHNOMPENH305	OPPOSITION LEADER EVINCES CONFIDENCE IN FACE OF [...] (SBU) In an April 3 meeting with Poleconoffs, Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) parliamentarian Tioulong Samura evinced confidence in the face of rumors that she could be arrested over allegations that she was involved in the detention of a defector from the Sam Rainsy Party (reftel). Samura, who had j [...]	2008-04-04 09:46:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH307	HIGH INFLATION SPARKS CALLS FOR LARGE PROTEST, GARMENT [...] (U) Summary: Dramatic increases in inflation have led the opposition Sam Rainsy Party to call for a large anti-inflation march to be held April 6 and have netted garment sector workers a 12 percent inflation bonus. While the government reports that annual inflation reached nearly 19 percent [...]	2008-04-07 01:15:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI PHUM PGOV ELAB EAGR KTEX CB
08PHNOMPENH312	LONG TERM CHALLENGES IN CAMBODIA'S BOOMING ECONOMY [...] (U) Summary. While Cambodia has displayed remarkable economic growth over the last four years, structural challenges in employment generation and natural resource management must be solved if this rapid growth is to continue and be shared equitably. At a recent economic conference, speakers [...]	2008-04-08 10:42:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV EPET PGOV PHUM EAGR CB
08PHNOMPENH315	QUIET, SMOOTH CAMBODIAN DEPORTATION OF EIGHT [...] (SBU) Eight Montagnard Vietnamese citizens departed a UNHCR site in Phnom Penh by minivan headed for the Cambodia-Vietnam border on April 9, 2008 as part of a forced repatriation. All eight persons came to the UNHCR Cambodia after May 1, the cutoff date for Montagnard arrivals to be consider [...]	2008-04-09 04:10:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF CB VM
08PHNOMPENH316	(C) TWO NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES HEADED TO THE U.S., [...] (C) Summary: Two North Korean refugees in Cambodia have been approved for U.S. resettlement and are scheduled to depart for the U.S. on April 16. Police Commissioner Hok Lundy granted exit permission for the two individuals on April 9, after receiving the request only a few days before. Of th [...]	2008-04-09 05:10:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF KS KN CB
08PHNOMPENH318	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR CAMBODIA [...] Cambodia, a developing country, began the transformation from a command economy to the free market in the late 1980s. It is now integrating into the regional and world trading framework. In 1998, Cambodia joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and in September 2004, became [...]	2008-04-10 01:07:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV OPIC USTR KTDB CB
08PHNOMPENH326	CAMBODIANS DISCUSS PRECURSOR CHEMICAL CONTROLS [...] (U) Summary: Cambodian government officials from a variety of ministries and local and provincial governments recently met to discuss new procedures in tackling precursor chemical production and trafficking in Cambodia. Cambodia is a significant supplier of safrole oil, used in the productio [...]	2008-04-11 10:55:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV CB
08PHNOMPENH340	CAMBODIA RESPONSE TO IRAN DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 09:37:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC KNNP EFIN PREL PARM CB
08PHNOMPENH347	TWO MONTAGNARDS DEPORTED FROM CAMBODIA, TWO RAN [...] (SBU) Summary: During an April 25 deportation, two Montagnard Vietnamese citizens who arrived at the UNHCR in Cambodia after May 1, 2007 quietly boarded a Cambodian Government-arranged minivan at a Phnom Penh UNHCR site and headed for the Vietnam border. However, sometime during the previou [...]	2008-04-28 02:10:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF CB VM
08PHNOMPENH348	AMCHAM SINGAPORE MISSION SPURS CORPORATE INTEREST [...] (U) Summary: An 18-member delegation from the American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore led by Ambassador Herbold recently concluded a successful three-day trip to Phnom Penh. Through meetings with government, private sector, and U.S. Embassy officials, mission delegates learned about Cambod [...]	2008-04-28 10:05:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV CB
08PHNOMPENH353	PRIME MINISTER OUTLINES BULWARKS AGAINST [...] SUMMARY. Prime Minister Hun Sen took his economic battle plan to the airwaves April 23, outlining the causes of Cambodia's increasing inflation, enumerating policies the government has enacted in recent years to create a robust economy, and listing possible future steps to further combat inf [...]	2008-04-30 10:54:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI PGOV EAGR ELAB CB
08PHNOMPENH360	CAMBODIA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE: LAND ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Prominent human rights organization leaders ranked land disputes, impunity, limits on freedom of assembly and the lack of rule of law among their top concerns, and predict the trends will continue through 2008. Land grabbers are using some new, fraudulent methods to claim land [...]	2008-05-02 05:23:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM KWMN CB
08PHNOMPENH372	CAMBODIA: INVESTMENT, TEMPLE CONTROVERSY, DEBT, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Riding on a wave of increased U.S. investor interest in Cambodia, 17 corporate leaders representing nine major companies visited Cambodia May 1-3 as part of a U.S.-ASEAN Business Council delegation. Prime Minister Hun Sen used his two-hour-long meeting with the group to pres [...]	2008-05-06 07:43:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL EPET PGOV ENRG CB TH
08PHNOMPENH375	P-1 SUBMISSION OF REFUGEE REFERRAL [...] (SBU) Post submits the following name of a North Korean individual for consideration for resettlement to the U.S.: Choi Chun-Hui (alternate spellings: Choi Chun-Hee, Coi Cun Hui) - (F) - DOB: 11 June 1969 - POB: Hamgyung Buk-Do, Moosan-Gun, Moosan. MUSSOMELI [...]	2008-05-06 08:54:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF ASEC PREL PHUM KN KS CB
08PHNOMPENH398	CAMBODIA'S EMERGING MINING SECTOR: FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: International interest in northeastern Cambodia's mining potential has increased sharply in recent years with a number of large, well-respected international firms joining smaller domestic and international companies in the search for gold and bauxite. While no major discoveri [...]	2008-05-12 06:41:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN PGOV SENV SOCI PHUM CB AS
08PHNOMPENH399	HOR NAMHONG, SAM RAINSY SEEK EMBASSY INTERCESSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Hor Namhong summoned the Ambassador on May 8 for a one-on-one meeting to explain to the Ambassador his defamation and disinformation cases against Sam Rainsy regarding Rainsy's assertion that Hor Namhong was a former Khmer Rouge prison camp chief. The aged and [...]	2008-05-13 09:04:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KJUS CB
08PHNOMPENH403	CAMBODIA PUBLIC OPINION: FAVORABLE TOWARD U.S. AND [...] (SBU/NOFORN) In a recent Cambodia public opinion poll, 87 percent of respondents had a favorable opinion of the United States. International Republican Institute (IRI) conducted the public opinion survey in February 2008 and found public opinion of the U.S. higher than for any other country [...]	2008-05-15 07:52:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM CB
08PHNOMPENH419	CAMBODIA ON BURMA CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Pol/Ec chief May 23 delivered demarche (Ref A) to Kan Pharidh, Director General of the ASEAN Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, on the Royal Ploughing Day holiday. Kan Pharidh understood the significance of our points, took on board the distinct [...]	2008-05-23 07:27:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PHUM BM CB
08PHNOMPENH445	TIP AWARENESS TRAINING WELL-RECEIVED BY CAMBODIAN [...] (U) Summary: Cambodia's anti-human trafficking National Task Force (NTF) on May 30 provided a trafficking-in-persons training session to 115 Royal Cambodian Armed Forces troops who are headed to Sudan on a one-year de-mining mission. The de-miners are currently the only troops that Cambodia [...]	2008-05-30 10:53:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PHUM KPKO CB
08PHNOMPENH453	CAMBODIA CONCERNED ABOUT HAMPERED RELIEF EFFORTS [...] (SBU) Pol/Ec Chief June 3 conveyed reftel points on the growing concern over lack of access for aid workers in the cyclone-ravaged disaster areas of Burma to MFA Secretary of State Dr. Kao Kim Hourn who is in charge of ASEAN affairs. Noting the potential for the ASEAN-UN-Burma cooperative eff [...]	2008-06-03 12:14:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PHUM BM CB
08PHNOMPENH463	CAMBODIA TIER 2 ANNOUNCEMENT: GOVERNMENT PLEDGES [...] (U) Summary: During a June 5 meeting with Charge d'Affaires, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng expressed pleasure that the U.S. had recognized Cambodia's hard work to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) by placing Cambodia on Tier 2 for 2008, and pledge [...]	2008-06-06 10:40:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KWMN CB
08PHNOMPENH472	CAMBODIA OPPOSITION NEWSPAPER EDITOR ARRESTED FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On Sunday, June 8, the Cambodian editor-in-chief of an opposition party affiliated newspaper was arrested on criminal disinformation charges and is currently being held in pre-trial detention in a Phnom Penh prison. Minister of Foreign Affairs Hor Namhong filed the charges ag [...]	2008-06-10 10:06:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PJUS KDEM PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH493	CAMBODIA EXPLORING FORWARD MOVEMENT ON DEBT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador called on Minister of Economy and Finance Keat Chhon June 12 to raise the bilateral debt in the wake of Prime Minister Hun Sen's positive statements on debt repayment in a meeting with the U.S. ASEAN Business Council (Ref A). Minister Keat cautioned that Cambod [...]	2008-06-16 05:01:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL ECON CB
08PHNOMPENH495	PRIME MINISTER SECURES OPPOSITION NEWSPAPER [...] (U) Sam Rainsy Party affiliated newspaper editor-in-chief Dam Sith was released June 15 from pre-trial detention (reftel),after Prime Minister Hun Sen submitted a letter to the Phnom Penh Court President the previous day containing a personal guarantee for Dam Sith's release. The letter, whi [...]	2008-06-16 10:32:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS CB
08PHNOMPENH496	2008 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation [...] SUMMARY: The Cambodian Constitution and laws protect against expropriation, except confiscation in the public interest. When property is seized in the public interest, just compensation is required. Post is not aware of property being taken from U.S. persons by the Cambodian government thro [...]	2008-06-17 03:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE CAJC PGOV CB
08PHNOMPENH499	THREAT TO SAM RAINSY'S PARLIAMENTARY IMMUNITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A bid by the prosecution in the Sam Rainsy defamation/disinformation case to lift Sam Rainsy's parliamentary immunity has been rejected in yet another rebuff to a court seemingly out of control. The court's request submitted June 16 through the Ministry of Justice to National [...]	2008-06-18 12:36:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS KPAO CB
08PHNOMPENH503	WORKING CONDITIONS IMPROVED, BUT LABOR UNIONS STILL [...] Summary: Even as a recent report touted Cambodia's low labor costs, labor union leaders and employers report that working conditions and respect for the labor law and regulations have continued to improve in Cambodia's garment sector in recent years due largely to the USG-funded Better Factor [...]	2008-06-19 08:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON KTEX CB
08PHNOMPENH554	CAMBODIAN ELECTIONS: LADIES FIRST, AS DEBATES GO [...] (SBU) Summary: The first multi-party candidate debate in preparation for Cambodia's July 27 election took place in Phnom Penh July 8. This initial debate featured women candidates from four parties, as a key theme of the National Democratic Institute (NDI's) USAID-financed program in Cambodia [...]	2008-07-08 08:26:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN CB
08PHNOMPENH558	CAMBODIA ELECTIONS: LEAD PARTIES GO HEAD-TO-HEAD [...] (SBU) Summary: A ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) candidate and lead opposition party Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) candidate faced off for the first time this pre-election season during a video-recorded political debate of female candidates on July 9. The debate was part of a 22-debate series [...]	2008-07-09 12:02:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KWMN CB
08PHNOMPENH565	CAMBODIA'S NATIONAL ELECTION COMMITTEE IMPROVING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charged with organizing the National Assembly election every five years, the National Election Committee (NEC) has assumed greater responsibilities since its first outing in 1998, just as the Royal Cambodian Government has assumed a greater budget burden to support an elector [...]	2008-07-11 13:51:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH570	CAMBODIA ELECTIONS: SMALLER PARTIES REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: While the ruling and main opposition parties vie for ground in the public spotlight during the month-long campaign period before Cambodia's July 27 National Assembly elections, the country's lesser-known parties are seeking votes without much ado. Smaller party representatives [...]	2008-07-15 02:12:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF CB
08PHNOMPENH575	CAMBODIA ELECTIONS: CAMPAIGN SEASON SNAPSHOT FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs recently conducted pre-election monitoring trips in mainly rural parts of two populous provinces during the official campaign season for Cambodia's July 27 National Assembly elections, noting intense Cambodian People's Party campaigning throughout the areas traveled. O [...]	2008-07-16 11:04:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM CB
08PHNOMPENH578	PREAH VIHEAR: TENSIONS STILL HIGH AS FACE-OFF [...] (C) Cambodian sources seemed increasingly anxious about continued tension along the Thai-Cambodian border July 17. A Cambodian official told the Ambassador that the RGC is seeking a face-to-face meeting early next week. A senior armed forces (RCAF) official text messaged the acting Defense [...]	2008-07-17 10:44:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNESCO SCUL MOPS PBTS TH CB

08PHNOMPENH581	PREAH VIHEAR: TENSION UNLIKELY TO DISSIPATE [...] (C) Summary: Reftel A provides a solid update on the evolving situation along the Thai-Cambodian border near Preah Vihear temple. Embassies Phnom Penh and Bangkok had a number of good exchanges during the course of the day to double-track information coming from Thai and Cambodian sources. C [...]	2008-07-18 13:55:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNESCO SCUL MOPS PBTS TH CB
08PHNOMPENH590	MONTAGNARD DEMONSTRATION AT UNHCR SITES ENDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Some 250 Montagnard individuals demonstrated outside of two UNHCR sites in Phnom Penh on Friday, July 18, shouting "Freedom!" and expressing concerns over conditions in Vietnam and complaints about the living conditions at the UNHCR sites. The demonstration took place minutes [...]	2008-07-22 11:50:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH601	CAMBODIA ELECTION: SAM RAINSY PARTY STANDS TO GAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One day before the official cooling-off period ahead of the July 27 election, the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) is assessing its chances as good in many of Cambodia's 24 provinces. In more sober moments - when not rhetorically claiming imminent victory - party regulars will say they [...]	2008-07-25 04:10:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH602	CAMBODIA ELECTIONS: CAMPAIGN SEASON SNAPSHOT FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Emboffs' pre-election monitoring trip in and around the capital of Phnom Penh revealed a campaign process that is generally running smoothly (particularly when compared to previous elections) and with very few official complaints logged to date. While the Election Committees a [...]	2008-07-25 07:23:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CB
08PHNOMPENH611	CAMBODIA ELECTION: PEACEFUL, ORDERLY [...] (SBU) The national election to choose Cambodia's next National Assembly came to a peaceful close July 27 as most of its 15,255 polling stations wrapped up ballot counting in the evening. Overall, the atmosphere was non-violent and free of threats, with many Cambodians boasting participation [...]	2008-07-28 01:47:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR CB
08PHNOMPENH622	CAMBODIA ELECTION: JAPANESE - "MUCH MORE FAIRLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Japanese and EU observer missions released statements on the National Assembly Election which praised the reduced levels of violence and intimidation and noted the generally smooth electoral process. The Japanese mission noted that irregularities should be handled through [...]	2008-07-29 11:25:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH626	OBSERVATIONS FROM EMBASSY STAFF: POLLING STATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Forty-seven Embassy teams observed the July 27 elections in 18 provinces and found above-average professional behavior from the more than 15,000 PSCs (Polling Station Commissions) in the country. PSC staff were generally seen as timely, competent, evenhanded, and impartial in [...]	2008-07-30 13:59:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM EAID CB
08PHNOMPENH628	CAMBODIA: BAFFLING RELEASE OF CONVICTED PEDOPHILE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a disturbing move, the Sihanoukville Municipal Court on July 21 released a convicted Russian national, Nikita Belov, after suspending his already-light three year sentence on misdemeanor charges of indecent acts against minors. As reported in Post's quarterly TIP report co [...]	2008-07-31 09:32:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN KJUS CB
08PHNOMPENH629	CAMBODIA'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY-ELECT: SOMETHING OLD, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Assembly-elect may not be sworn in until sometime in September if the opposition chooses to drag out the election appeals process. Nonetheless, it appears the CPP will hold onto its 90 seats (Ref B) and a clear electoral mandate. Whether CPP will form a coalition [...]	2008-07-31 09:49:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR CB
08PHNOMPENH630	CAMBODIAN ELECTORAL PROCESSES OFFER IMPROVED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Given the overall peaceful atmosphere of Cambodia's July 27 National Assembly election and its generally competent conduct, the contesting parties (especially the ruling Cambodian People's Party) and the CPP-dominated National Election Committee (NEC) deserve some recognition f [...]	2008-07-31 10:54:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH631	PREAH VIHEAR: GAG ORDER? [...] (SBU) Summary: The Cambodian government circulated the same summary of Monday's Siem Reap meeting as provided by the RTG to Embassy Bangkok (Ref A.) Throughout this busy, post-election week, Cambodian officials have been notably silent on the subject of Preah Vihear. Prime Minister Hun Sen t [...]	2008-07-31 11:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNESCO SCUL MOPS PBTS TH CB
08PHNOMPENH637	CAMBODIA: REPATRIATION OF 32 MONTAGNARDS MOSTLY [...] (SBU) Summary: An involuntarily repatriation proceeding of 32 Montagnard persons took place in a mostly quiet manner and without disruption during the early morning of August 1. In contrast to the repatriation that took place on July 18 (reftel),there was no protest during the August 1 proc [...]	2008-08-04 01:53:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM VN CB
08PHNOMPENH664	PREAH VIHEAR: LESS TENSION; MORE CONCERN [...] (S) During a farewell lunch for the Ambassador with the Prime Minister's son, Hun Manet, the latter raised concerns about the ongoing Preah Vihear controversy. Manet, who was graduated from West Point and who now is heading Cambodia's counter-terrorism assault force, wondered whether Cambodia [...]	2008-08-08 10:08:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	SECRET	PREL PGOV PREF UNGA CB
08PHNOMPENH679	CAMBODIA-THAILAND BORDER: CAMBODIA WITHDRAWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador August 15 delivered Ref A demarche to Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, noting ongoing concerns about the troop presence in the vicinity of Preah Vihear temple and the need to continue to exercise restraint. Saying the U.S. did not support one side over the other, and no [...]	2008-08-15 08:54:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KTIA TH CB
08PHNOMPENH684	UNSRSG FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN CAMBODIA: CAMBODIANS [...] (C) Summary: An upcoming U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) vote on whether to extend the mandate of the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for human rights in Cambodian (SRSG) prompted the recent visit of Japanese MFA officials from Tokyo and Geneva with the delegation reporting [...]	2008-08-18 09:57:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL PGOV CB
08PHNOMPENH694	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PM HUN SEN: [...] (C) SUMMARY. During the Ambassador's farewell call on Prime Minister Hun Sen August 20, the Prime Minister thanked the U.S. for its encouragement for a peaceful resolution to the dispute over Preah Vihear and expressed his appreciation for the Ambassador's contribution to improved relations be [...]	2008-08-21 04:36:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MARR TH CB
08PHNOMPENH701	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON FM HOR NAMHONG: DEEPER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an August 21 farewell call on Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, the Ambassador congratulated the FM on his diplomacy in respect to the dispute over Preah Vihear, highlighted the continued strengthening of bilateral relations, expressed his optimism about proposed KRT funding from [...]	2008-08-22 10:02:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PBTS MARR TH CB
08PHNOMPENH702	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON DPM SAR KHENG: [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Ambassador's farewell call, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng expressed his appreciation efforts to expand and strengthen cooperation, and Sar Kheng's desire to maintain cooperation with the U.S. Mission. Sar Kheng stated that he still has se [...]	2008-08-25 01:57:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KWMN KJUS CB
08PHNOMPENH705	IN FAREWELL TO AMBASSADOR, SAM RAINSY HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: An animated Sam Rainsy bade farewell to the Ambassador in a recent lunch during which Rainsy continued his single-minded crusade to taint CPP's election victory. The Ambassador praised the work of the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) which had taken the high road in the election and had ga [...]	2008-08-26 11:37:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH706	IN FAREWELL TO AMBASSADOR, SAM RAINSY HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: An animated Sam Rainsy bade farewell to the Ambassador in a recent lunch during which Rainsy continued his single-minded crusade to taint CPP's election victory. The Ambassador praised the work of the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) which had taken the high road in the election and had ga [...]	2008-08-27 01:26:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH707	DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] (U) Embassy delivered ref A non-paper via diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation August 20. Econoff also delivered reftel demarche August 25 to Ms. Tal Nay Im, Director General of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC). Post has yet to receive an offici [...]	2008-08-27 01:26:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP EFIN PARM CB
08PHNOMPENH730	ENHANCING THE U.S.-CAMBODIA MILITARY RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the first ever U.S.-Cambodian Bilateral Defense Discussions (BDD),the U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) team, accompanied by the Charge d'Affaires, called upon Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense General Tea Banh to highlight progress achieved in strengthening the [...]	2008-08-29 10:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PBTS MASS MARR TH CB
08PHNOMPENH735	SCENESETTER FOR D'S VISIT: A MATURING CAMBODIA? [...] (SBU) Summary: In his departure cable, "Seven Significant Failures", outgoing Ambassador Joseph Mussomeli framed the U.S.-Cambodia relationship as hovering on the brink of a transformation: better than it has ever been, but with clearly identifiable areas for improvement. In the weeks since t [...]	2008-09-03 10:39:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON CB
08PHNOMPENH75	CAMBODIA TRANSFORMATIVE DEVELOPMENT NOTED BY STAFFDEL [...] (SBU) Summary: Cambodia's significant economic and political developments were highlighted by a visiting Senate State Foreign Operations Subcommittee staff delegation led by Paul Grove January 12-14. Grove, Minority Clerk of the Senate Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Prog [...]	2008-01-16 11:19:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH763	CAMBODIA: CPP CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBER CHEAM YEAP [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with A/DCM, CPP Central Committee Permanent Committee Member and Cambodian National Assembly Permanent Committee Member Cheam Yeap stated that the CPP has enough legal documents to "easily" show that it has legitimately won 90 National Assembly seats in the July [...]	2008-09-09 12:24:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH772	CAMBODIA: OPEN TO "INTERNATIONAL MEGAN'S LAW," [...] (SBU) Summary: From September 2-5 a six-member U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs Staff Delegation met with Cambodian government officials, immigration and police contacts, and NGO representatives during a fact-finding visit to Cambodia. The visit was prompted by the introduction of a [...]	2008-09-12 05:46:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KTIP CB
08PHNOMPENH776	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH CAMBODIAN [...] (U) September 15, 2008; 13:30; Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2. (U) Meeting Participants U.S. The Deputy Secretary Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel Charge D'Affaires, a.i. Piper Campbell A/DCM Greg Lawless (notetaker) Opposition Parties Sam Rainsy, President, Sam Rainsy Party Kem S [...]	2008-09-16 09:26:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM KTIA CB
08PHNOMPENH786	EMBASSY IFTAR REACHES CHAM COMMUNITY, ANSWERS QUESTION, [...] SUMMARY: The Embassy hosted a successful Iftar for over 130 guests, mainly from the Cham Islamic minority in Cambodia. At the end of the event, while looking over the Muslim Life in America paper show that PA translated into Khmer, a teenage guest asked an Embassy staffer "are there really Mu [...]	2008-09-19 09:42:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KIRF EAID CB
08PHNOMPENH789	PM HUN SEN ANNOUNCES PARDON, PAVING THE WAY FOR [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Hun Sen's September 17 announcement that he would seek a pardon for Prince Norodom Ranariddh paves the way for the self-imposed exiled Prince to return to Cambodia. The NRP decision to recognize the July general election results is paying dividends, not only for R [...]	2008-09-22 01:19:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM CB
08PHNOMPENH799	LIMITED IMPACT OF U.S. FINANCIAL CRISIS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. financial crisis has had little impact on Cambodia's emerging financial sector. However, the U.S. and global financial woes will likely slow growth in Cambodia's major garment and tourism sectors, with potentially severe consequences for Cambodia's recent robust eco [...]	2008-09-25 12:14:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD CB
08PHNOMPENH800	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE [...] This is an action cable. Please see Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S.-sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S.-sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human right [...]	2008-09-25 13:06:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
08PHNOMPENH802	CAMBODIA'S BOOMING ECONOMY FUELS DEVELOPMENT, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: During meetings with the Deputy Secretary of State September 14 and 16, a group of economic experts and development partners highlighted the dynamic economic growth taking place in Cambodia. Political stability has made possible double digit economic growth. However, Cambodia [...]	2008-09-26 10:19:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD KTIA PGOV PREL CB
08PHNOMPENH813	SHOOTING INCIDENT NEAR PREAH VIHEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Royal Cambodian Government (RGC) official who leads border negotiations with Thailand reported a "clash between the two sides" the afternoon of October 3 in disputed territory near the Preah Vihear temple resulting in the wounding of one Cambodian soldier. The source called t [...]	2008-10-03 12:12:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC KTIA MOPS TH CB
08PHNOMPENH814	SHOOTING INCIDENT NEAR PREAH VIHEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Royal Cambodian Government (RGC) official who leads border negotiations with Thailand reported a "clash between the two sides" the afternoon of October 3 in disputed territory near the Preah Vihear temple resulting in the wounding of one Cambodian soldier. The source called t [...]	2008-10-03 12:15:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC KTIA MOPS TH CB
08PHNOMPENH818	CAMBODIA'S RESPONSE TO KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT [...] (C) Emboff delivered Ref A demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Europe Department Director Kao Samreth October 6. While not disclosing specifically whether the Royal Kingdom of Cambodia will support or oppose the Serbian resolution, Kao stressed that Cambodia [...]	2008-10-06 10:00:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNGA KV CB
08PHNOMPENH822	CAMBODIANS URGED TO PARTICIPATE IN FFD NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered reftel talking points to H.E. Pan Sorasak, Secretary of State, Ministry of Commerce October 2, urging the direct involvement of Royal Government of Cambodia Commerce officials in the FfD negotiations. Pan indicated that he would share our message with H.E. Sok Sopheak, [...]	2008-10-07 01:38:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL UN CB
08PHNOMPENH826	CAMBODIANS URGED TO PARTICIPATE IN FFD NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered reftel talking points to H.E. Pan Sorasak, Secretary of State, Ministry of Commerce October 2, urging the direct involvement of Royal Government of Cambodia Commerce officials in the FfD negotiations. Pan indicated that he would share our message with H.E. Sok Sopheak [...]	2008-10-07 10:28:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL UN CB
08PHNOMPENH840	CAMBODIA PREPARING FOR DOWNGRADED THAI VISIT; [...] (SBU) Cambodian officials learned late October 10 that the Thai Prime Minister has postponed his official visit to Cambodia originally scheduled for October 12-13. Nonetheless, the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) is awaiting the visit of Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Som [...]	2008-10-10 11:40:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KTIA MOPS TH CB
08PHNOMPENH841	CORE DONORS UPDATED ON KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL ARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT) Deputy Director Knut Rosandhaug and UNDP Country Director Jo Scheuer October 9 briefed core donors on their recent trip to New York to follow up on the conclusion of ASG David Tolbert's mission to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (E [...]	2008-10-10 11:50:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS PGOV EAID PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH863	CAMBODIA SUPPORTS U.S. UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE [...] Emboff delivered reftel demarche September 26 to Tuy Ry, Director of the Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFA),and delivered reftel talking points via diplomatic note to the MFA October 6. On October 23, the Embassy receiv [...]	2008-10-28 05:53:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM CDG PREL UNGA CB
08PHNOMPENH877	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "TACTICAL SAFETY AND PLANNING COURSE" IN BANGKOK--REQUEST RESPONSE BY NOVEMBER 14, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-30 04:42:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
08PHNOMPENH878	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "CLANDESTINE LAB INVESTIGATIONS/CHEMICAL CONTROL" COURSE IN BANGKOK--REQUEST RESPONSE BY NOVEMBER 28, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-30 04:43:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
08PHNOMPENH881	ROYALIST PARTIES STRUGGLE TO FIND THEIR FUTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Fallout from the 2008 elections continues as the royalist parties face the retirement of their stars, defection from their ranks, and questions about their future. Prince Norodom Ranariddh's retirement from politics has shaken his followers and led to defections from his namesa [...]	2008-10-30 10:10:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CB
08PHNOMPENH883	SOK AN ON THE KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: As a follow-up to a coordinated donor strategy to engage Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) officials on corruption allegations in the Cambodian administrative side of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) and in the context of ongoing discussions with othe [...]	2008-11-03 12:37:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS EAID PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH917	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 09:40:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP CB
08PHNOMPENH920	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEE FOR A "SPECIAL INVESTIGATION GROUP WORKSHOP ON PANGOLINS AND BIG CATS" TRAINING IN BANGKOK NOVEMBER 26-28, 2008. [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 00:49:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL TH CB
08PHNOMPENH922	INFORMATION ON CIVIL SOCIETY IN CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Post's response to questions posed in reftel are as follows: A. NGOs 1) (U) WHAT IS THE REGISTRATION PROCESS FOR LOCAL NGOS OR ASSOCIATIONS, INCLUDING THE LENGTH OF TIME, THE GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES RESPONSIBLE, AND ANY DIFFERENCE IN REGISTRATION FOR PARTY ORGANIZATIONS? Prospect [...]	2008-11-14 08:52:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR ECON PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI CB
08PHNOMPENH924	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "POST BLAST INVESTIGATION" COURSE IN BANGKOK [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-14 09:18:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
08PHNOMPENH927	P-1 SUBMISSION OF REFUGEE REFERRAL [...] (SBU) Post submits the following names of North Korean individuals for consideration for resettlement to the U.S.: EOM Kwang-Hyeok, male, DOB: May 4, 1988, POB: Namsan-Eup, Musan-Gun, Hambuk, DPRK; SONG Soo-Ryeon, female, DOB: May 1991 (exact date unknown),POB: unknown location, DPRK [...]	2008-11-14 09:59:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF ASEC PREL PHUM KN KS CB
08PHNOMPENH932	CAMBODIA STILL CONSIDERING RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Secretary of State Oouch told DCM October 18 that the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) was probably still maintaining its position from last year on UNGA Third Committee human rights resolutions, noting that Japan had once again demarched in favor of the DPRK human rights [...]	2008-11-18 13:15:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH933	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND STAFF AND [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2008-11-19 08:33:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
08PHNOMPENH934	GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS HITTING HOME IN CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Summary: While Cambodia's financial sector has little direct exposure to the turmoil affecting international financial markets, concerns about the indirect impacts of the global financial crisis on the health of Cambodia's macroeconomic development are growing. Weakening global demand [...]	2008-11-19 09:38:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD CB
08PHNOMPENH935	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND "GPOI PKO [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2008-11-20 08:29:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
08PHNOMPENH936	CAMBODIAN AIR CARRIER BANNED FROM EU [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Commission's recent decision to ban Siem Reap Airways from operating within Europe highlights significant concerns about air safety conditions in Cambodia. Future USG assistance targeting the civil aviation authorities could help to improve Cambodia's ability to e [...]	2008-11-20 10:50:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PGOV CASC CB
08PHNOMPENH943	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "ADVANCED MANAGEMENT" COURSE IN ROSWELL, NM; REQUEST RESPONSE BY DECEMBER 12, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 09:40:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SNAR ASEC PTER PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH944	CAMBODIA: PROPOSED GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR [...] (SBU) Emboffs delivered reftel demarche and talking points November 24 to officials at the Council for Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD),Council of Ministers, and also shared the talking points with officials at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries. Mr. Srun Darith, D [...]	2008-11-26 10:24:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO EAID PGOV CB
08PHNOMPENH947	KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL: ROCKY ROAD FOR NEW CASES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The next weeks will see major developments in the work of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC),as the Khmer Rouge Tribunal is called. In a confidential development, the Cambodian co-prosecutor reportedly disagrees with the submission of additional case f [...]	2008-11-28 10:38:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH948	CAMBODIA TO CONTINUE SUPPORT ON UNGA FIRST [...] (SBU) Pol/Ec Chief delivered Ref A demarche to Tuy Ri, Director of the Office of International Organizations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Tuy Ri stated that Cambodia would continue its full support (Ref B) for the resolution on compliance in the UNGA Plenary. He added that Cambodia s [...]	2008-11-28 11:52:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MNUC PARM UNGA CB
08PHNOMPENH949	CAMBODIA ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] (SBU) Pol/Ec Chief delivered reftel demarche November 27 to Tuy Ri, Director of the International Organizations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, leaving behind a list of the 62nd UNGA resolutions as an aide memoire. Tuy Ri took on board our call for Cambodia to vote against or [...]	2008-11-28 12:16:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS CB
08PHNOMPENH95	U.S.-CAMBODIA BILATERAL DIALOGUE STRENGTHENS TIES, [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel led U.S. participation in a successful senior-level U.S.-Cambodia bilateral dialogue hosted by the Royal Government of Cambodia Ministry of Foreign Affairs January 17. Both sides opened with statements of enthusiasm for strengthening ti [...]	2008-01-22 10:53:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV KJUS PHUM PTER KWMN PREL BM CB
08PHNOMPENH951	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE APCSS ASC [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2008-12-01 08:22:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
08PHNOMPENH957	TURMOIL AT THAILAND'S AIRPORT IMPACTS CAMBODIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The suspension of flights from Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport has had an immediate impact on Cambodia's vulnerable tourism industry and disrupted air cargo exports. Many here fear further fallout from Thailand's political woes, which could discourage many would be travelers fr [...]	2008-12-03 10:35:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD CB
08PHNOMPENH96	CAMBODIA: MARCH IN HONOR OF SLAIN UNION LEADER PROGRESSES [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 22, about 100 union leaders, rights activists, workers and teachers marched in honor of the fourth anniversary of the assassination of union leader Chea Vichea. In speeches at the event, union leaders, opposition politicians, and human rights activists urged the rele [...]	2008-01-23 01:19:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB CB
08PHNOMPENH962	CAMBODIA: THREE ANTI-DRUG DEPT POLICE GUARDING OUM [...] (SBU) On August 21, 2007, OUM Chhay, former advisor to National Assembly President Heng Samrin, died under suspicious circumstances while in the custody of Ministry of Interior (MOI) Cambodian National Police Anti-Drug Department officials. Oum Chhay appeared to have fallen to his death out [...]	2008-12-05 09:42:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SNAR ASEC PTER CB
08PHNOMPENH963	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "ADVANCED MANAGEMENT" COURSE IN ROSWELL, NM; REQUEST RESPONSE BY DECEMBER 19, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-05 09:48:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
08PHNOMPENH968	WHATEVER HAPPENED TO UMM AL-QURA? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Cambodia is home to approximately 320,000 Cham Muslims, the majority of whom belong to the Sunni Shafi,i school of Islam. From 1975-1979, the Khmer Rouge ruthlessly targeted the Cham, annihilating all but a few of the Islamic leaders, teachers, and scholars. In an effort to re [...]	2008-12-08 10:45:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER CB
08PHNOMPENH97	DAS MARCIEL RAISES LAND ISSUES, ELECTIONS WITH SAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Deputy Assistant Secretary For East Asian And Pacific Affairs Scot Marciel met with Deputy Prime Minister of Interior Sar Kheng January 17 to discuss preparations for Cambodia's 2008 National elections and the issue of forced land evictions. Sar Kheng raised security issues re [...]	2008-01-23 01:19:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN CB
08PHNOMPENH977	PEACEFUL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY MARCH IN CAMBODIA [...] (U) For the second year in a row, a peaceful, well-attended Human Rights Day march and rally were held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The December 10 march of approximately 1,000 participants began near the city's centrally located Independence Monument, filed along a major Phnom Penh thoroughfare [...]	2008-12-10 08:55:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV CB
08PHNOMPENH978	NO CAMBODIAN PLANS TO PURSUE CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY PROGRAM [...] (U) Cambodia does not have plans for a civil nuclear program at this time. Cambodia's energy infrastructure is currently very underdeveloped; most electricity is produced by diesel-powered generators. Only about 18 percent of the population is connected to the electricity grid. The Royal Gov [...]	2008-12-11 01:56:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO CB
08PHNOMPENH981	CAMBODIA'S DRAFT NGO LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Hun Sen recently told the Council of Ministers in a public address that drafting an NGO law is a priority for the RGC. He indicated that the law may be used as a tool to fight terrorism, and to ensure that NGOs and their workers are paying appropriate taxes. Hu [...]	2008-12-11 09:40:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS KDEM EAID CB
08PHNOMPENH982	UN/OLA TEAM BUILDS BRIDGES WITH SOK AN TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During talks in Phnom Penh December 9-10, a delegation from the UN Office of Legal Affairs (UN/OLA) led by ASYG Peter Taksoe-Jensen appeared to make significant progress with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Council of Ministers Sok An on the issue of establishing an in [...]	2008-12-11 09:47:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH990	CAMBODIA - NEW CASE OF AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] Summary: On December 12, 2008, the Cambodian Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new case of laboratory-confirmed H5N1 avian influenza (AI) in a 19-year-old male from Kandal Province who also worked in Kampong Speu Province. The patient is currently hospitalized in Phnom Penh but is clinically [...]	2008-12-13 02:18:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC CB
08PHNOMPENH991	FORCED EVICTION ATTEMPT IN KAMPOT PROVINCE LEADS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 17, Kampot provincial forestry officials, police officers, and soldiers from the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) Brigade 31 (B31) attempted to evict approximately 300 families without lawful notice from Anlong Khmeng Leng village in Kampot Province. Forestry offi [...]	2008-12-13 02:48:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CB
08PHNOMPENH998	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE SPECIAL [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2008-12-16 03:09:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
08STATE118867	DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CAMBODIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual identified below. This individual is a candidate for participation in the Special Investigations Group (SIG) Workshop on Pangolin [...]	2008-11-07 15:32:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR CB
08STATE119631	DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CAMBODIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the ILEA Clandestine Lab Investigations and Chemical Con [...]	2008-11-10 18:08:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR CB
08STATE120466	DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CAMBODIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the ILEA Bangkok Tactical Safety and Planning Course sch [...]	2008-11-13 15:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR CB
08STATE124214	DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CAMBODIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the ILEA Bangkok Post Blast Investigation Course schedu [...]	2008-11-24 14:26:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR CB
08STATE125072	DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CAMBODIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the unit and commander identified below. The unit and commander received a nomination to participate in the "GPOI PKO Lanes Train the T [...]	2008-11-25 21:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM CB
08STATE125908	DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CAMBODIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the Staff and Instructor Training from January 3 [...]	2008-11-28 17:18:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM CB
08STATE127371	DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CAMBODIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual identified below. This individual is a candidate for participation in the USAID/ILEA Bangkok Special Investigations Group (SIG) [...]	2008-12-03 18:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR CB
08STATE128542	DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CAMBODIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual identified below. This individual received a nomination to participate in the APCSS ASC 09-1 in Hawaii, USA from January [...]	2008-12-05 21:43:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM CB
08STATE129296	DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CAMBODIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the ILEA Advanced Management Course scheduled for Janua [...]	2008-12-09 18:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR CB
08STATE129353	DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CAMBODIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the ILEA Advanced Management Course scheduled for Janua [...]	2008-12-09 19:18:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR CB
08STATE129677	DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CAMBODIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the ILEA Advanced Management Course scheduled for Janua [...]	2008-12-10 15:02:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR CB
08STATE135298	DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CAMBODIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual identified below. This individual received a nomination to participate in the Special Operations Combating Terrorism Cou [...]	2008-12-30 23:16:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM CB
08STATE135508	DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CAMBODIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the ILEA Supervisory Criminal Investigators Course sche [...]	2008-12-31 20:01:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR CB
08STATE56959	AUTHORIZATION FOR NORTH KOREAN REFUGEE REFERRAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-28 17:31:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CB KN KS PHUM PREF PREL
08STATE79164	INSTRUCTIONS FOR CAMBODIAN-THAI BORDER ISSUE IN [...] (C) BACKGROUND AND ACTION REQUEST: Department understands that France has agreed to support a request by Cambodia to raise the Cambodia-Thailand dispute over border demarcation around the Preah Vihear temple under "Other Matters" in the Security Council July 23, with the intended outcome a Coun [...]	2008-07-23 16:14:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PBTS CB TH
08TOKYO178	AMB. WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary. The international community will need to convince the Cambodian government that it must take immediate action with regard to the corruption issue at the ECCC, visiting Ambassador at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson told Japanese officials on December 3. Amb. William [...]	2008-01-23 09:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS PHUM JA TH BM CB
08TOKYO204	JAPAN STRENGTHENING TIES WITH MEKONG REGION [...] (C) Summary. The Japanese Government plans to fund infrastructure and poverty reduction programs in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, including $20 million to develop poverty-stricken areas and another $20 million for construction projects on the two "East-West Corridors." Former Prime Minister Abe [...]	2008-01-25 06:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TH CB BM LA VM JA
08TOKYO3360	JAPANESE VIEWS: ASEAN, BURMA, THAILAND, CAMBODIA, [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with DAS Scot Marciel, senior MOFA officials reaffirmed that ASEAN remains an important focus for Japan in terms of development assistance, business expansion, and political engagement. In regards to other issues Japan believes that: despite recent events engagement w [...]	2008-12-10 22:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECIN EAID AORC XC BM TH CB RP VM
08TOKYO666	JAPAN AND CAMBODIA HOLD MINISTERIAL DEFENSE TALKS [...] (C) Summary: During a first-ever meeting between the Japanese and Cambodian Ministers of Defense, Japanese Minister Ishiba told Cambodian Minister Tea Banh on March 5 that Japan will provide disaster relief support to Cambodia and allow Cambodian students to study at Japan's defense academy. [...]	2008-03-12 08:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO CB JA
08USUNNEWYORK1173	63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC [...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador Joan Plaisted, who served as Senior Area Adviser for East Asia and the Pacific to the 63rd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (U) To achieve U.S. objectives for the 63rd UN General Assembly (UNGA) session, East Asian and Pacific Islands support was [...]	2008-12-16 00:34:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	BP BX CB CH ECON FJ FM ID JA KR KS LA MG
08USUNNEWYORK342	KHMER ROUGE TRIALS EXPERT BEGINS WORK [...] USUN Legal Adviser met on April 9 with David Tolbert (US),newly appointed UN Assistant Secretary-General and Expert on United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials (UNAKRT),his assistant Michael Pan (U.S.) and Giovanni Basra (Italy) an attorney assigned to the Tribunal in Cambodia. T [...]	2008-04-11 22:27:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CB KJUS PGOV
08USUNNEWYORK872	CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS DOMINATE KHMER ROUGE TRIALS [...] (C) Summary. On September 24, USUN attended a meeting of the steering committee of the UN Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials (UNAKRT). While all participants praised the progress made by the UN special expert David Tolbert and the recently appointed Deputy Director (UNAKRT Administration [...]	2008-09-29 14:57:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PREL PHUM CB
08VIENTIANE111	LAOS: PLANS FOR FIVE LARGE DAMS ON THE MEKONG [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past year the Government of Laos has signed 5 Memoranda of Understanding with companies from China, Vietnam, and Thailand to develop large dams on the mainstream of the Mekong river where both banks are within Laos. Four of the dams are estimated to individually produ [...]	2008-02-15 02:47:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ENRG EIND SENV BEXP LA VM CH CB
09BANGKOK1090	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor and officials from Thailand and Vietnam attended the Export Control Academy, Athens, GA, April 13-24. Program Assistant attended an ASEAN Export Control Workshop co-hosted by Thailand and the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG),Apr. 27-29. DOE's Todd Perry conducted follow-on meetings [...]	2009-05-01 06:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB
09BANGKOK1275	THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER DISPUTE: MILITARY DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary. A May 21 phone conversation between Thai Army Commander General Anupong Paochinda and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen underscored efforts to preclude further clashes between the militaries of the two countries. The Director of the Thai Army's Foreign Liaison Division called talk [...]	2009-05-27 10:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
09BANGKOK1569	THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER DISPUTE: TENSIONS INCREASE, [...] (C) Summary: Tensions between Thailand and Cambodia in regard to their border dispute have increased recently after the Thai Cabinet decided to renew its objection to the World Heritage Committee's (WHC) listing of the Preah Vihear temple, based on a unilateral Cambodian submission in 2008, in [...]	2009-07-01 10:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB

09BANGKOK1651	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor attended the annual EXBS Advisor Conference in Tbilisi, Georgia, June 1-4. Advisor and Program Assistant visited Thai border crossings with Cambodia, June 17-19. Advisor briefed Cambodian officials on proposed EXBS program, June 23. Officials from Thailand and Vietnam attended the [...]	2009-07-10 10:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB ID
09BANGKOK1728	U.S.-MEKONG MINISTERIAL INVITATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-17 10:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	LA TH VN CB OPDC PREL
09BANGKOK1822	THAILAND: EAP A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH DPM [...] (C) Summary. During a July 21 meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban told EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell and the Ambassador that the Abhisit Vejjajiva government was committed to resolving the political conflict via the rule of law and democracy. The government would not be [...]	2009-07-29 10:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM PTER TH CB
09BANGKOK1956	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Wisconsin Project staff conducted proliferator database training in Bangkok, July 14-16. Advisor conducted EXBS program coordination meetings in Jakarta, July 16-17. U.S. Coast Guard conducted Port Security training at Bangkok and Laem Chabang ports, July 20-31. Advisor escorted a deleg [...]	2009-08-10 09:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL CB TH VN
09BANGKOK209	THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER DISPUTE: THAI FM KASIT'S [...] (U) Summary: A January 26 visit to Cambodia by Thai FM Kasit Piromya produced positive statements by both sides regarding the ongoing border dispute centered on territory around the Preah Vihear temple. Kasit met Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong; press reports [...]	2009-01-27 10:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
09BANGKOK2186	THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER DISPUTE: THAI ARMY ASSESSES [...] (C) Thai and Cambodian press reports over the past week indicated that Cambodia would reduce the number of troops in the Preah Vihear area after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen August 22 announced a troop reduction, possibly by much as fifty percent. Hun Sen's announcement preceded a visit by [...]	2009-08-28 11:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
09BANGKOK2187	THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER DISPUTE: THAI ARMY ASSESSES [...] (C) Thai and Cambodian press reports over the past week indicated that Cambodia would reduce the number of troops in the Preah Vihear area after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen August 22 announced a troop reduction, possibly by much as fifty percent. Hun Sen's announcement preceded a visit by [...]	2009-08-28 11:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
09BANGKOK2306	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor escorted a delegation of Thai officials on an International Visitors Program to Washington, D.C., August 3-5. Vietnam Program Assistant escorted Vietnamese officials on a visit to U.S. Coast Guard headquarters and training facilities, August 3-7. Advisor observed nuclear and radi [...]	2009-09-10 08:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB
09BANGKOK2369	THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER DISPUTE: WEEKEND PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary: Yellow-shirt supporters plan a September 19 protest in the vicinity of Preah Vihear temple to demand that Cambodia civilians vacate the disputed territory adjacent to the temple. The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) claims that the Thai government has surrendered sovereignty [...]	2009-09-17 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
09BANGKOK250	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) conducted Boarding Officer Courses at Laem Chabang and Bangkok ports, Jan. 12-23. Advisor conducted consultations in Washington, D.C., Jan. 6-8. The electrical generator for the Rapiscan van in Hue was shipped from the UK and is due to arrive in Vietnam on Feb. [...]	2009-02-02 00:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB
09BANGKOK2595	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) conducted an Anti-Corruption and Integrity Awareness Workshop in Thailand, Sep. 14-15. Advisor conducted meetings with post and Vietnamese officials in Hanoi and a visit to Lao Cai border crossing, Sep. 21-25. Advisor met with officials from Thailand's [...]	2009-10-09 09:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB CH
09BANGKOK2867	THAI-CAMBODIAN SPAT: THAKSIN REPORTEDLY TO VISIT [...] (C) Summary: In a move certain to inflame bilateral tensions, fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly will visit Phnom Penh November 12 to address the Cambodia Ministry of Economy and Finance. The Thai government has repeatedly stated that it will ask Cambodia to extradit [...]	2009-11-09 10:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
09BANGKOK2868	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor met with officials from Thai Customs and the Ministry of Commerce to discuss proposed activities for FY10. Advisor also transferred remaining radiation pagers to Customs. Hanoi Program Assistant coordinated FY10 proposals for Vietnam. The U.S. Coast Guard conducted WMD Boarding O [...]	2009-11-09 10:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB SN JP
09BANGKOK2887	THAI-CAMBODIAN SPAT: EXTRADITION REQUEST REJECTED, [...] (C) Summary: Fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly criticized the current Abhisit administration for encouraging false patriotism during a November 12 address in Phnom Penh to Cambodian business leaders and government officials in his role economic advisor to Hun Se [...]	2009-11-12 10:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
09BANGKOK3075	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor presented a briefing on the EXBS Program to Thai, Philippines and Indonesian officials during DTRA's WMD Interdiction Workshop at the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA),Bangkok, Nov. 2-6. Advisor visited DEA's Airport Interdiction Program facility in Chiang Mai, Thailan [...]	2009-12-04 10:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB JP
09BANGKOK3188	THAI-CAMBODIAN SPAT: THAKSIN RETURNS TO CAMBODIA [...] (C) Summary: Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra December 13 returned to Phnom Penh to take credit for the by-all-accounts orchestrated release of Siwarak Chutipong, a Thai engineer who had been imprisoned for reportedly sharing flight details for Thaksin's November visit to Cambodia [...]	2009-12-17 09:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
09BANGKOK3223	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor attended a Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) Export Control Experts Meeting in Hanoi, Dec. 8-10. Thai officials impounded an aircraft carrying 35 tons of weapons from North Korea on Dec. 11. Thai officials attended International Border Interdiction Train [...]	2009-12-22 09:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL CB TH VN
09BANGKOK324	THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER DISPUTE: JOINT BORDER [...] (C) Summary. The Thai and Cambodian Joint Border Commission met February 3-4 in Bangkok for friendly talks but was unable to make substantive progress in resolving their border dispute. The two sides could not agree on the official name for the temple at the heart of the border dispute and fo [...]	2009-02-06 10:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
09BANGKOK612	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor and Program Assistant visited border crossing points in northeast Thailand Feb. 4-12. Advisor discussed plans for an anti-corruption workshop with the Thai National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC). The electrical generator for the Rapiscan van in Hue arrived in Vietnam. The U.S [...]	2009-03-10 12:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL CB TH VN
09BANGKOK895	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) conducted an assessment for expansion of the Tracker licensing system in Vietnam, Mar. 2-6. CTP conducted an Interagency Relations and Infrastructure Workshop in Hanoi, Mar. 17-19. The U.S. Coast Guard conducted a maritime security assessment in Vietna [...]	2009-04-07 23:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL CB TH VN
09BEIJING103	JANUARY 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MIDDLE EAST, EU, INTERNET [...] Key points at the January 13 MFA press briefing: -- China is "gravely concerned" that UN Security Council resolution 1860 is "not being implemented" in Gaza. -- China "attaches great importance" to its relationship with the EU -- China calls on France to create conditions for the improv [...]	2009-01-13 09:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH TW IS XG RW UG BR KN MI SF CB
09BEIJING1379	MAY 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Ma Ying-jeou Stop-Over, [...] Key points at the May 21 MFA press briefing: -- China continues to oppose official exchanges between other countries and the Taiwan authorities in accordance with the one China principle, and that position is unchanged. -- A statement on the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference posted on t [...]	2009-05-21 23:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV CH DA BM CB LA VM
09BEIJING2911	PRC PROPOSES U.S.-PRC MEKONG DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: In recognition of increased U.S. engagement with Lower Mekong countries and China's ongoing development assistance to the region, China proposes an annual Mekong Dialogue within the Strategic and Economic Dialogue framework to coordinate development priorities and projects. Th [...]	2009-10-20 10:36:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID SENV ECON CH JA XC CN VM LA BM CB
09BEIJING3276	DECEMBER 8, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AMBASSADOR BOSWORTH [...] Key points at the December 8 MFA press briefing were: -- China supports U.S.-DPRK dialogue and hopes Ambassador Bosworth's talks with the DPRK lead to the resumption of the Six-Party Talks. -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will attend the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen at the invit [...]	2009-12-08 23:09:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PARM MNUC KNNP SENV CH CB RS KN DA
09BEIJING3297	DECEMBER 10, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AMBASSADOR BOSWORTH [...] Key points at the December 10 MFA press briefing were: -- Ambassador Bosworth will be arriving in Beijing December 11 following his visit to North Korea. -- At the Copenhagen Conference, China hopes the concerns of developing countries are addressed. -- Xi Jinping will visit ROK, Japan, [...]	2009-12-11 00:13:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PARM MNUC KNNP SENV CH CB RS KN DA
09BEIJING3338	DECEMBER 15, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA CARGO [...] Key points at the December 15 MFA press briefing were: -- It is up to the UN Security Council to consider the cargo plane detained in Thailand for suspected arms smuggling. -- Western criticism of China's persecution of Charter 08 signer Liu Xiaobo is "unacceptable." -- The 22 Uighurs se [...]	2009-12-15 08:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PARM MNUC KNNP SENV CH KN CB TH JP CA
09BEIJING3380	DECEMBER 17, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: COPENHAGEN TALKS, XI [...] Key points at the December 17 MFA press briefing were: -- China supports cooperative efforts to reach a "fair, reasonable, balanced, and achievable" result at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. -- During a visit to South Korea, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping met with Presid [...]	2009-12-17 11:12:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SENV ETRD CH KS KN CB
09BEIJING3397	TENSE RELATIONS BETWEEN UNHCR BEIJING AND THE PRC: [...] (C) UNHCR Beijing's already delicate relationship with the MFA was "stretched to its limit" due to incidents involving asylum seekers unrelated to UNHCR Beijing, according to a UNHCR Beijing official. The MFA strongly objected to what it perceived was UNHCR Beijing's direct involvement in effo [...]	2009-12-18 09:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PINR PHUM PREL CH KN KS CB
09BEIJING3422	DECEMBER 22, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CLIMATE CHANGE [...] Key points at the December 22 MFA press briefing were: -- China took positive measures in Copenhagen during the Climate Change Conference. -- UK citizen Akmal Shaikh was sentenced to death for drug smuggling despite claims that he suffers from mental disorders. -- No deal was made with C [...]	2009-12-22 09:42:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PARM MNUC KNNP SENV CH EUN JA NP CB
09BEIJING3443	CHARGE'S DEMARCHE ON LIU XIAOBO TRIAL, UIGHUR [...] (C) Summary: The Charge raised the December 23 trial of activist Liu Xiaobo and the forced return of Uighur asylum seekers from Cambodia with MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Zheng Zeguang. The Charge expressed strong disappointment that Liu's trial had alr [...]	2009-12-23 10:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH CB
09BEIJING3507	PRC: VICE PRESIDENT XI JINPING STRENGTHENS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cambodian and Chinese official sources told EmbOffs that no connection exists between Cambodia's December 19 forced repatriation to China of 20 Uighur asylum-seekers and the PRC's announcement of USD 1.2 billion in bilateral assistance during Vice President Xi Jinping's December 2 [...]	2009-12-31 05:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG EAID ECON CH CB
09BEIJING398	FEBRUARY 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECRETARY OF STATE VISIT, [...] Key points at the February 17 MFA Press Briefing: -- China hopes to "increase mutual trust" and promote "the sound and stable development" of relations "in the new era" during the Secretary of State's visit. -- China hopes that North and South Korea will "increase mutual trust" and "solve [...]	2009-02-17 09:06:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN IN PK CB VM VT
09CHIANGMAI33	FRANCE KEEPS CLOSE DIPLOMATIC LINKS WITH MEKONG REGION [...] (U) Summary: Public and non-profit links between France and member countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) underscore the close diplomatic links that France maintains on the Indochina peninsula. The GOF supports research projects that raise awareness about key Mekong regional issues i [...]	2009-03-05 09:12:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECIN ELTN ETRD SENV TSPL PREL CH LA BM CB
09DHAKA1013	MISSION DHAKA ENDORSEMENT FOR FY10 1206 [...] (SBU) Embassy Dhaka concurs with the regional Section 1206 counterterrorism support proposals and prioritization summarized reftel. The Dhaka-specific proposal described below was developed with host government officials in the context of regional coordination of counterterrorist efforts. Th [...]	2009-11-03 08:13:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KTIA MARR MASS MOPS MCAP CB CE ID
09GENEVA1263	UNHCR CALLS IN CHINESE EMBASSY ON DEPORTED UIGHURS [...] (C) UNHCR Asia Bureau Director Kasidis Rochanakorn met with Chinese Mission Counselor for Human Rights Bo Qian December 22 regarding the 20 Uighurs deported by Cambodia back to China December 19. Qian had postponed the meeting the previous day while waiting for instructions from Beijing. Ka [...]	2009-12-23 11:08:00	Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PREF PREL PHUM CB
09HANOI1360	Embassy Monitoring of Montagnard Returnees in Gia Lai [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 10, Poloff visited three recent Montagnard returnees in Gia Lai province. All three affirmed that they traveled to Cambodia for economic reasons with the long-term goal of resettlement in the U.S. None reported harassment by local officials prior to fleeing Cambodi [...]	2009-12-15 12:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF UNHCR CB VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY28	MONTAGNARD RETURNEES POOR AND FRUSTRATED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Home visits from November 24-26 with 28 Montagnards in two of the poorest provinces in Vietnam revealed that economic factors, particularly a desire to escape from poverty, continue to be the main factors that drove these ethnic minority highlanders to flee to Cambodia, with th [...]	2009-01-12 09:12:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM KIRF UNHCR CB VM
09MANILA2271	MANILA ENDORSEMENT FOR FY10 1206 PROPOSAL FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of Embassies Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Suva (for Tonga),Phnom Penh, Dhaka and Colombo (for Maldives) met with U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) representatives in Bangkok in August 2009 to finalize FY2010 regional 1206 proposals approved by PACOM with a [...]	2009-10-28 08:05:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KTIA MARR MASS MOPS MCAP BG CB CE
09PARIS956	GOF HAS LIMITED INFORMATION ON ALLEGATIONS OF WAR [...] (C) Summary: In July 10 discussions with Ambassador Williamson, GOF officials highlighted FM Kouchner's efforts to secure a ceasefire in Sri Lanka and his personal concern over the status of IDPs there. While the GOF is concerned by allegations of violations of international humanitarian law [...]	2009-07-16 09:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	BG CB CE IN JA PGOV PREL KAWC FR
09PHNOMPENH10	SUPREME COURT RULING ON CHEA VICHEA CASE - A STEP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a surprising turn of events on the final day of 2008, Cambodia,s Supreme Court ruled against the controversial April 2007 Appeals Court decision to uphold the original convictions of two individuals in the murder of popular labor leader and opposition party supporter, Chea V [...]	2009-01-05 11:45:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM CB
09PHNOMPENH101	DPM SOK AN IS FIRM BUT PATIENT ON THAI BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an initial courtesy call on Deputy Prime Minister Sok An February 12, the Ambassador emphasized the U.S. commitment to a re-invigorated and growing relationship with Cambodia and support for the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. Sok An outlined mixed developments in negotiations with the [...]	2009-02-13 07:34:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KJUS KTIA EPET PINR SCUL TH CB
09PHNOMPENH102	CAMBODIA RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON CARTAGENA PROTOCOL [...] (U) Econoff delivered Reftel demarche to Oum Pisey, Ministry of Environment (MOE) Technical Advisor and national contact for Cambodia's National Biosafety Framework development. There is an inter-ministerial biosafety planning group that includes the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishe [...]	2009-02-13 09:14:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO CB
09PHNOMPENH105	KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL OPENS FIRST TRIAL OF S-21 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-17 13:51:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS PHUM PREL KTIA CB
09PHNOMPENH114	2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-19 06:06:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CB ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
09PHNOMPENH123	CAMBODIA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) Post has reviewed the criteria set forth in reftel, and reports that there are no critical infrastructure nor key resources within Cambodia whose loss could critically impact either directly or indirectly the public health, economic security, and/or national and homeland security of the U [...]	2009-02-24 01:14:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP CB
09PHNOMPENH131	JUSTICE MINISTER COMMENTS ON LY VOUCH LENG'S NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: During a courtesy call with Minister of Justice Ang Vong Vathana on February 25, the Ambassador expressed concern over the recent news that former Appeals Court President and member of the Supreme Council of the Magistracy Ly Vouch Leng was recently appointed as a legal counse [...]	2009-02-25 10:52:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF KTIP KWMN CB
09PHNOMPENH136	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEE FOR ILEA "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR) INVESTIGATIONS" COURSE IN BANGKOK [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-02 08:17:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH142	HOR NAMHONG WELCOMES GROWING U.S. COOPERATION IN ASEAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister (FM) Hor Namhong focused on ASEAN, the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT) and U.S. support for the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) joining regional and larger international institutions during EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) and U.S. Am [...]	2009-03-04 09:58:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PBTS MARR TH CB
09PHNOMPENH143	AMBASSADOR MARCIEL URGES CONTINUED DIALOGUE ON [...] (C) Summary: During a March 3 discussion with Deputy Prime Minister Sok An, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary and Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Scot Marciel praised the Cambodian government for working bilaterally with the Thais to find a long-term solution to the Preah Vihear area border disput [...]	2009-03-04 10:26:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS KTIA SCUL TH CB
09PHNOMPENH145	CAMBODIA TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ARRESTS JANUARY 1 TO [...] (SBU) Summary: From January to February 23, 2009, Cambodian police reported that they arrested two individuals on human trafficking charges and two on prostitution charges in connection with one case in which a rescued prostitute was under age 18. Police reported that four foreign pedophiles [...]	2009-03-05 05:55:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KTIP SOCI CB
09PHNOMPENH146	SECOND ANNUAL U.S.-CAMBODIA BILATERAL DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) and U.S. Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Scot Marciel participated in a senior-level U.S.-Cambodia bilateral dialogue hosted by the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) March 3. The second annual bilateral dialo [...]	2009-03-05 07:13:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PGOV KJUS PHUM PTER KWMN BM CB
09PHNOMPENH148	CAMBODIA: 2008 4TH QUARTER REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Summary: During the fourth quarter of 2008, Cambodian police arrested 10 persons on human trafficking charges and two on prostitution charges in connection with two cases in which seven rescued prostitutes were under age 18. During the same period, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court convic [...]	2009-03-05 09:25:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KTIP SOCI CB
09PHNOMPENH149	CORRECTED COPY: CAMBODIA TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ARRESTS [...] (SBU) Summary: From January to February 23, 2009, Cambodian police reported that they arrested two individuals on human trafficking charges and two on prostitution charges in connection with one case in which a rescued prostitute was under age 18. Police reported that four foreign pedophiles [...]	2009-03-05 09:26:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KTIP SOCI CB
09PHNOMPENH151	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE BAKER [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-03-09 02:12:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH153	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "NARCOTICS UNIT COMMANDERS" COURSE IN BANGKOK [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-10 07:36:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH157	EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM 2009 - CAMBODIA [...] In response to Reftel, Embassy Phnom Penh would like to submit a request for an Embassy Science Fellow to help the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) develop standard practices for evaluating environmental impact assessments (EIAs) for large-scale infrastructure projects. The Fellow would wor [...]	2009-03-11 02:38:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TSPL TBIO EAGR ENRG ECON AMGT APER EPA CB
09PHNOMPENH16	30 YEARS AFTER THE KHMER ROUGE: MUCH TO CELEBRATE, [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the January 7 "fall of the Khmer Rouge" marks a milestone in Cambodia's progress towards peace, stability, and development. However, the event was also a lost opportunity to put past divisions behind and embrace all elem [...]	2009-01-07 10:49:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM CB
09PHNOMPENH162	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "BASIC INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS" COURSE IN BANGKOK [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-13 07:58:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH167	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE BAKER [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-03-17 09:38:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH168	DONORS URGE RESUMED FUNDING, MORE NEGOTIATION ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nearly on the eve of the opening of the first Khmer Rouge trial on March 30, ambassadors from seven major donor nations to the hybrid Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT) reviewed March 17 a looming crisis in the funding of the court and a March 23 deadline for resolution by a joint UN-Ca [...]	2009-03-17 10:15:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS EAID PGOV KTIA CB
09PHNOMPENH170	CAMBODIA'S HIGHEST MUSLIM LEADER DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a March 12 meeting, Cambodia's Mufti, who is appointed by the King for life as the Supreme Leader of all Muslims in the country, described to Poloff some of the challenges facing his community. Although many of the difficulties faced by Muslims in Cambodia are also experienc [...]	2009-03-18 01:52:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER CB
09PHNOMPENH171	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE PACIFIC [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-03-18 01:58:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH173	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-03-18 09:41:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH182	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE GARUDA [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-03-20 01:14:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH183	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ONE INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE CIVIL [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-03-23 01:48:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH189	CAMBODIA ANTI-TIP NATIONAL TASK FORCE RESTRUCTURING [...] (SBU) Summary: The RGC is seeking NGO comment on a simplified anti-trafficking-in-persons National Task Force structure that will be enacted through a Ministry of Interior subdecree. The subdecree, as drafted, states that the new structure will have its own budget -- a signal of greater RGC [...]	2009-03-24 00:54:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KWMN KTIP CB
09PHNOMPENH19	PHNOM PENH'S 2008 ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-12 06:48:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC APER AMGT CB
09PHNOMPENH190	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE GARUDA [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see Paragraph nine. 2. (U) Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. (U) To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted loca [...]	2009-03-24 09:54:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH191	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GICNT WORKSHOP AND EPG INVITATIONS [...] (SBU) Per reftels, Post delivered an invitation March 23 to the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) to participate in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) Workshop and Exercise Planning Group (EPG) Meeting April 14-16 in Seoul. Poloff jointly delivered the demarche with a r [...]	2009-03-24 09:59:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC MNUC KS CB
09PHNOMPENH194	DPM SAR KHENG SAYS LY VOUCH LENG INVESTIGATION [...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng stated that he, the Ministry of Interior, and the police are not pleased with the recent appointment of former Appeals Court President Ly Vouch Leng to a legal counsel [...]	2009-03-25 10:30:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP KWMN KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH196	U.S.-ASEAN BUSINESS COUNCIL CONCLUDES THIRD SUCCESSFUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S.-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) recently concluded its third consecutive business mission to Cambodia consisting this year of six multi-national corporations and a maternal health NGO. During the mission, Abbott, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, General Electric (GE),JHPIEGO, [...]	2009-03-26 06:15:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV CB
09PHNOMPENH200	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE ASIA [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-03-27 04:18:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH201	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ONE INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE PEACE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-03-27 04:18:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH202	ARF WORKSHOP RAISES DEBATE ON WHETHER CLIMATE CHANGE IS A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The traditional climate change debate between developed and developing countries emerged during an ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) seminar on "International Security Implications of Climate-Related Events and Trends", hosted by the European Union (EU) and Royal Government of Cambodia [...]	2009-03-27 05:55:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR ARF ASEAN ENRG EAID EIND CB
09PHNOMPENH203	SECOND LARGE METHAMPHETAMINE BUST PUTS CAMBODIA ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the weekend of March 21-22 a police raid of four separate locations uncovered significant amounts of illicit chemicals and resulted in the arrest of 5 individuals, including 2 Chinese nationals. The amount of chemicals and plant substances seized in the raids, when combi [...]	2009-03-27 09:01:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV ASEC CB
09PHNOMPENH205	U.S. BUSINESSES CONCERNED ABOUT FINANCIAL, NOT POLITICAL, [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. The future stability of the Cambodian financial sector was foremost on the minds of U.S. business representatives during a monthly AmCham breakfast meeting hosted by the Ambassador March 26. Not dissimilar to problems in the U.S., turmoil in the real estate market, [...]	2009-03-27 09:58:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV EINV CB
09PHNOMPENH206	CAMBODIA TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ARRESTS FEBRUARY 21 TO [...] (SBU) Summary: From February 21 to March 9, 2009, Cambodian police reported that they arrested three individuals on human trafficking charges. Police reported that three foreign pedophiles were arrested and seven victims were rescued in connection with pedophile cases. Police reported that [...]	2009-03-30 06:01:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KTIP SOCI CB
09PHNOMPENH212	KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL BRINGS DUCH TO JUSTICE [...] (SBU) Summary. The first substantive hearings of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal got off to a smooth start March 30 with the reading of charges against S-21 torture center director Eang Geuk Eav, known as Duch. The Ambassador and Emboff joined 500 spectators in the auditorium looking into the ultra [...]	2009-04-01 10:45:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS PHUM PREL KTIA CB
09PHNOMPENH213	KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL BRINGS DUCH TO JUSTICE [...] (SBU) Summary. The first substantive hearings of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal got off to a smooth start March 30 with the reading of charges against S-21 torture center director Eang Geuk Eav, known as Duch. The Ambassador and Emboff joined 500 spectators in the auditorium looking into the ultra [...]	2009-04-01 10:54:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS PHUM PREL KTIA CB
09PHNOMPENH220	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION" COURSE IN BANGKOK JUNE 1 - 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-02 10:04:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH221	APRIL 3 MORNING CLASH ON THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER AT [...] (C) A clash between Thai and Cambodian infantry erupted at 7:20 a.m. April 3 inside the disputed border area near the Cambodian Preah Vihear UNESCO World Heritage Site according to Council of Ministers Secretary of State Phay Siphan. Fighting erupted in an area called the Field of Eagles, the [...]	2009-04-03 02:07:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV TH CB
09PHNOMPENH224	CAMBODIA HOLDS ITS POSITION IN PREAH VIHEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late-morning negotiations between Thai and Cambodian military field commanders broke down and resulted in resumed fighting at about 1:55 p.m. on April 3, according to multiple Cambodian sources. Council of Ministers Secretary of State Phay Siphan stated that Thai artillery ope [...]	2009-04-03 12:07:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV TH CB
09PHNOMPENH229	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE VARIOUS [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-04-07 04:11:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH231	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEE FOR "SYMPOSIUM ON EAST ASIAN SECURITY" JUNE 5-29, 2009 IN HONOLULU, HAWAII [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-07 08:15:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH232	CAMBODIA: NO PLANS TO FILE BRIEF ON ICJ ADVISORY [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered Ref A talking points April 2 to Tuy Ri, Director, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. In previous conversations regarding Kosovo's independence declaration, Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) officials hav [...]	2009-04-07 09:26:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC ICJ KV CB
09PHNOMPENH243	KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL: UN FORMALIZES OWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Council of Ministers Sok An continues to deliberate over a joint anti-corruption mechanism for the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT) proposed by UN Assistant Secretary General Peter Taksoe-Jensen of the UN Office of Legal Affairs (UN/OLA),afte [...]	2009-04-10 10:59:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM KTIA CB
09PHNOMPENH246	CAMBODIA BORDER CROSSING VISITS HIGHLIGHT TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Cambodian National Police officials from the Anti-Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection Department (AHTJP) recently joined Emboffs at the Poipet border crossing area of Banteay Meanchey province to highlight the Cambodia-Thailand cross-border trafficking in persons (TIP) s [...]	2009-04-13 10:52:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP KWMN EAID TH VN CB
09PHNOMPENH247	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-04-17 09:59:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH248	PHNOM PENH'S TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS [...] Phnom Penh's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officers are as follows: Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer Melissa Sweeney, Economic Officer Office: 855 23728401; General: 855 237284000 Cell: 855 12501276 Email: Sweeneyma@state.gov; Sweeneyma@state.sgov.gov Deputy Terrorism Finance C [...]	2009-04-20 04:49:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER CB
09PHNOMPENH25	SECVET COMPLETION FROM EMBASSY PHNOM PENH [...] (SBU) One individual was security vetted by ROK on January 13, 2009. The individual's bio info is listed below. 2. (SBU) Choi Chun-Hui (alternate spellings: Choi Chun-Hee, Coi Cun Hui) - (F) - DOB: 11 June 1969 - POB: Hamgyung Buk-Do, Moosan-Gun, Moosan. CAMPBELL [...]	2009-01-14 03:37:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF CB
09PHNOMPENH255	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TWO INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-04-21 02:32:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH261	CAMBODIA: 2009 1ST QUARTER REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Summary: During the first quarter of 2009, Cambodian police arrested six persons on human trafficking charges and four on procurement of prostitution charges in connection with two cases in which three rescued prostitutes were under age 18. Police reported that seven foreign pedophiles [...]	2009-04-23 06:09:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KTIP SOCI CB
09PHNOMPENH263	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-04-24 09:24:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH264	KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL: DONORS CHART A MORE UNIFIED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an Ambassador Level Meeting April 23, the major donors to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) gave provisional support to a U.S. proposal to issue a joint statement on stalled talks (Ref A) between the UN and the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) to e [...]	2009-04-24 10:42:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KJUS EAID PHUM CB
09PHNOMPENH266	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered reftel demarche April 9 to Tuy Ry, Director, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFA),and delivered reftel talking points via diplomatic note to the MFA on April 13. On April 27, Tuy Ry informed Emboff tha [...]	2009-04-27 09:56:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PTER CB
09PHNOMPENH267	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-04-28 06:08:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH270	ENGAGING CAMBODIA'S MUSLIM MINORITY THROUGH DIALOG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although numbers vary, it is estimated that there are approximately 400,000 Muslims in Cambodia. This makes them the largest minority group, accounting for over 2.5 percent of the total population. Over the past year, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has been able to focus attentio [...]	2009-04-29 08:50:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV CB
09PHNOMPENH271	ENVIRONMENTAL OUTREACH FOR EARTH DAY 2009 AND BEYOND [...] SUMMARY. Embassy Phnom Penh celebrated Earth Day 2009 through two outreach events that promoted environmental awareness and conservation and celebrated Cambodia's biodiversity. On April 22, the DCM discussed environmental challenges and participated in a community cleanup event with universi [...]	2009-04-29 09:27:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV CB
09PHNOMPENH273	CAMBODIA PRIME MINISTER HUN SEN AND MP MU SOCHUA [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 27, opposition lawmaker Mu Sochua of the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) filed a lawsuit against Prime Minister Hun Sen for defamation of character. The Prime Minister immediately filed countersuit against Mu and co-conspirators, also for defamation, which is a civil infractio [...]	2009-04-30 10:48:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH274	CAMBODIA SUPPORTS ADB GENERAL CAPITAL INCREASE [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered reftel talking points April 30 to Pen Thirong, First Deputy Director, Department of Investment and International Cooperation, Ministry of Economy and Finance. Mr. Pen welcomed the G20 decision to support a 200 percent general capital increase at the Asia Development Bank [...]	2009-04-30 12:09:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ADB CB

09PHNOMPENH275	CAMBODIA EXPANDS PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES ABROAD [...] (SBU) Summary. Cambodia plans to expand its peacekeeping operations beyond the existing mission in Sudan, and will deploy peacekeepers in support of the newly forming United Nations peacekeeping mission in Chad and the Central African Republic (MINURCAT). U.S.-supported Global Peace Operation [...]	2009-05-01 05:56:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR MASS MOPS CB
09PHNOMPENH276	CAMBODIAN ECONOMIC CRISIS DEEPENS [...] (SBU) Summary. Cambodia's heady days of double digit economic growth are over. The adverse impacts of the global economic crisis have brought Cambodia's growth to a screeching halt, from 10.2 percent in 2007 to low single digits, if not the World Bank's estimated negative 1 percent in 2009. [...]	2009-05-01 05:57:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EAID ETRD CB
09PHNOMPENH277	GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS HITS CAMBODIA'S GARMENT INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Cambodia's garment industry has been a hallmark of its economic development over the last decade. A competitive garment sector remains critical for the country's continued economic growth. However, the garment sector is experiencing immediate effects from the global economic c [...]	2009-05-01 06:32:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ELAB EAID PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH279	DEFAMATION CASES MOVING FORWARD; MU SOCHUA STILL PREDICTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the courts announced two sets of appearances on May 7 in the crossed cases for defamation by Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition parliamentarian Mu Sochua against each other, the Ambassador May 1 reached out to Mu Sochua to express concern for her wellbeing. DCM the same [...]	2009-05-01 12:00:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH283	CLIMATE CHANGE RISING ON THE RGC'S RADAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Climate change is a relatively new issue in Cambodia, but it is increasingly gaining the attention and concern of the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC). As a Least Developed Country (LDC),Cambodia stands to lose much if the predicted effects of climate change come true. The [...]	2009-05-04 09:08:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR ENRG EAID EIND CB
09PHNOMPENH284	CHALLENGES TO CLEAN BUSINESS IN CAMBODIA'S CORRUPT [...] (SBU) Summary. The large turnout at a seminar discussing the application of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) illustrates just how daunting the challenges are for international businesses to conduct clean business in Cambodia's highly corrupt business environment. Questions from the ma [...]	2009-05-04 11:37:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM EINV ETRD EIND CB
09PHNOMPENH285	LAND IN CAMBODIA, PART II: LAND CONCESSIONS AND URBAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Land concessions, or government-approved leases of state land, are among the primary tools the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) uses to encourage economic development. The 2001 Land Law includes size, time, and use limits on Economic Land Concessions (ELCs) designated for ind [...]	2009-05-05 06:52:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAGR SENV KDEM CB
09PHNOMPENH287	GOVERNMENT-DONOR QUARTERLY MEETING: ECONOMIC CRISIS TAKES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) April 28 hosted the 14th Meeting of the Government-Donor Coordination Committee (GDCC) to review progress made toward their national development strategy and discuss policy impediments. The RGC presented thoughtful economic analyses and s [...]	2009-05-05 08:58:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH288	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST TO ATTEND AN EXBS [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-05-05 10:48:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL KNNP CB
09PHNOMPENH289	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ONE INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-05-05 10:48:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH292	UNIONS SUBMIT MAY DAY DEMANDS IN CAMBODIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Over 2,500 workers took to the streets in an approved march in Phnom Penh to celebrate International Labor Day on May 1. The parade was organized by the few independent trade unions in Cambodia, who used the occasion to demand better conditions for workers. The demonstrators, la [...]	2009-05-06 04:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM CB
09PHNOMPENH295	MAY 7: PROSECUTORS WILL HEAR PLAINTIFF ARGUMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the eve of deposition-taking in politically charged defamation cases involving Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition parliamentarian Mu Sochua (refs),Charge May 6 called on Minister of Justice Ang Vong Vathana to urge restraint in how the Cambodian justice system handles t [...]	2009-05-06 11:56:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH296	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "SEAPORT BORDER ENFORCEMENT TRAINING AND CARGO TARGETING AND RISK MANAGEMENT" COURSE IN BANGKOK [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-07 05:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH297	DEFAMATION SUITS CONTINUE; GOVERNMENT ADHERES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The government and Hun Sen's lawyer are taking a low-key approach to the case against opposition parliamentarian Mu Sochua. Deputy Prime Minister Sok An told Charge May 6 that the case against Mu would be carried out within Cambodia's legal framework and according to the rule of [...]	2009-05-07 11:34:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH316	KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL "FRIENDS GROUP" MEETS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In its first meeting in a year, the "Friends Group" of donors at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) focused May 6 on the substantive work of the court and the array of administrative challenges the court faces to meet external problems. The judicial pro [...]	2009-05-14 14:07:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM CB
09PHNOMPENH320	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US GRANT ASSISTANCE TO THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-05-18 07:55:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH323	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL WILLIAMS [...] Embassy Phnom Penh warmly welcomes and hereby grants Country clearance to STAFFDEL members Lisa Williams and Major Mack Curry, to visit Cambodia from May 26 through May 28, 2009. 2. The Control Officer for this visit is Political Officer Greg Lawless. Office: (855) 23 728 125 Cell: (855) [...]	2009-05-19 09:31:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CB
09PHNOMPENH327	ROYALIST PARTIES PLAN TO MERGE FOR 2013 NATIONAL ELECTION [...] (U) National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful, and Cooperative Cambodia (FUNCINPEC) and Norodom Ranariddh Party (NRP) officials announced May 15 that the two royalist parties had set aside their differences and planned to formally merge under the FUNCINPEC name and brand. FUN [...]	2009-05-20 08:01:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CB
09PHNOMPENH333	KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL: S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Sok An May 20 warmly welcomed Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson's proposal to mediate differences between Sok An and UN Office of Legal Affairs (UN/OLA) Assistant Secretary General Peter Taksoe-Jensen over an anti-corruption mechanism [...]	2009-05-22 09:43:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM CB
09PHNOMPENH334	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-05-26 07:32:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH336	CAMBODIA CONTINUES TO BATTLE PHYSICAL REMINDERS OF [...] Summary: Nearly three decades of war and civil unrest have left Cambodia as one of the most heavily mined and explosive remnants of war (ERW) contaminated countries in the world. In addition to landmines, contamination includes cluster submunitions as well as abandoned explosive ordnance droppe [...]	2009-05-26 09:35:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID MOPS CB
09PHNOMPENH343	KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL: SOK AN ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a palpably relaxed meeting May 22 with Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson, Deputy Prime Minister Sok An reiterated his strong support for a proposed new anti-corruption mechanism at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (Ref A). Within minutes of reviewing desired [...]	2009-05-28 15:29:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS EAID PHUM CB
09PHNOMPENH35	CAMBODIA: REVIEW REPORT BEFORE EXTENDING THE [...] (SBU) Pol/Ec Chief raised reftel talking points with MFA Secretary of State Kao Kim Hourn January 16, noting especially that ASEAN and Cambodia would burnish their credentials in the international community by continuing with the Tripartite Core Group's (TCG) notable humanitarian work. 2. [...]	2009-01-16 11:25:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PHUM BM CB
09PHNOMPENH360	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-06-02 07:57:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH361	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-06-02 07:58:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH362	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "PROTECTION DETAIL BRIEFING" COURSE IN BANGKOK [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-02 08:40:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH363	BURMA DOMINATES ASEAN-EU MINISTERIAL DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Cambodia hosted the 17th ASEAN-EU Ministerial meeting held in Phnom Penh May 27 ) 28, in which a strong statement was issued calling for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK). Although a wide range of issues were discussed, to include climate change, infectious diseases, terro [...]	2009-06-02 10:46:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH364	U.S. Companies Eye Opportunities in Cambodian Agriculture [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the effects of the global economic crisis hit Cambodia's other important growth sectors, the government is pinning its hopes on growth in the expanding agriculture sector to shelter Cambodians from the global downturn. In an effort to support the government's growth initiat [...]	2009-06-03 08:09:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EINV ETRD EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH368	CASE AGAINST MU SOCHUA'S LAWYER COULD SET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the public political struggles over defamation have played out between Prime Minister (PM) Hun Sen and Sam Rainsy Party Parliamentarian Mu Sochua, the PM's high-profile lawyer has pursued an ethics complaint at the Cambodian Bar Association in a parallel course of action aga [...]	2009-06-04 08:28:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH370	CORRECTED COPY: U.S. COMPANIES EYE OPPORTUNITIES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the effects of the global economic crisis hit Cambodia's other important growth sectors, the government is pinning its hopes on growth in the expanding agriculture sector to shelter Cambodians from the global downturn. In an effort to support the government's growth initiat [...]	2009-06-04 09:17:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EINV ETRD EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH373	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION AND US [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche and talking points June 5 to NAO Thouk, IWC Alternate Commissioner for Cambodia and Delegate of the Royal Government of Cambodia in Charge of Fisheries Administration, Ministry of Agriculture, Forests, and Fisheries. Mr. Nao praised Commissioner Dr. Hogar [...]	2009-06-05 06:28:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS KSCA PREL SENV IWC CB
09PHNOMPENH376	CAMBODIA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES LAW PROTECTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 29, the National Assembly (NA) passed the first law on protecting the rights of disabled persons in Cambodia. In a country that still deals with yearly casualties from unexploded land mines and other ordinance, the legislation is an important step forward for many disa [...]	2009-06-08 06:22:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI EAID PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH377	Cambodia Moves to Strengthen Maritime Security [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 26-27, the RGC held a workshop as a first step toward the creation of a much-needed maritime security central coordinating authority. Prime Minister Hun Sen announced that a new National Committee on Maritime Security (NCMS) is expected to be formed within months. Hosted [...]	2009-06-09 01:00:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MASS MOPS EWWT CB
09PHNOMPENH379	LAND IN CAMBODIA, PART III: EVICTIONS, RESETTLEMENT, LAND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The lax land titling system (Ref A) and the Royal Government of Cambodia's (RGC's) push to develop land through concessions (Ref B) has led to widespread land disputes and more forced evictions. The issue of forced evictions ranks high on civil society, opposition party, and do [...]	2009-06-09 01:24:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAGR SENV KDEM CB
09PHNOMPENH381	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "COMPLEX FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIONS" COURSE IN BANGKOK ON JULY 20-24, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-09 05:57:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH382	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-06-09 06:07:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH383	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-06-09 06:11:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH384	CAMBODIA'S MUSLIM LEADERS DISCUSS THE PRESIDENT'S [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador hosted a group of Cambodian Muslim religious, business, NGO and government leaders June 8 to discuss issues raised in President Obama's Cairo speech. Cambodia has a very small Muslim minority, commonly known as the Cham or Khmer Islam, which enjoys tolerance and acc [...]	2009-06-09 10:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH387	COURT OFFICIALS QUESTION PRIME MINISTER, DISMISS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prosecutors from the Phnom Penh Municipal Court dismissed the defamation complaint filed by Sam Rainsy Party Parliamentarian Mu Sochua against Prime Minister Hun Sen on June 10, after questioning the Prime Minister on June 8. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Mu Sochua's lawyer, Kang [...]	2009-06-10 09:39:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH391	MINI-DUBLIN GROUP DISCUSSES CAMBODIA'S DRUG [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from the embassies of Australia, U.S., France, EU, Japan, and Denmark met with United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) officials June 4 to discuss the current situation, policies and donor coordination in relation t [...]	2009-06-11 07:38:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV ASEC PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH394	AMBASSADOR REAFFIRMS CONCERNS ABOUT CORRUPTION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador June 11 called on Senior Minister and National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) Deputy Director Om Yentieng to restate her concern about corruption in Cambodia and to express regret for any misunderstanding about her intentions or the content of remarks at a May 30 [...]	2009-06-12 10:33:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH395	Khmer Rouge Tribunal: A Day in the Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy is sending staff to observe the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). Five judges (three national and two international) are presiding over th [...]	2009-06-12 12:44:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH401	Counterfeit U.S. Currency on the Rise in Cambodia [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) reports a significant increase of counterfeit U.S. currency circulating in Cambodia. In recent months, the amount of fake bills forwarded to the NBC by commercial banks has tripled compared to the total amount received over the past decade. [...]	2009-06-16 04:37:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV CB
09PHNOMPENH406	CAMBODIA PREPARES PREAH VIHEAR PLAN FOR UNESCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In advance of his participation in the 33rd session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Seville, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Council of Ministers Sok An asked to see the Ambassador June 16 to outline progress by the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) in develo [...]	2009-06-17 10:53:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL KTIA KJUS UNESCO EAID TH CB
09PHNOMPENH409	CAMBODIA QUESTIONS VALUE OF HIGH LABOR STANDARDS [...] SUMMARY: As the global economic crisis takes a firm hold in Cambodia, garment manufacturers, service providers and government officials have started to question the value of Cambodia's high labor standards. Unions and employers are further at odds regarding what constitutes a fair wage during [...]	2009-06-19 07:36:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM CB
09PHNOMPENH410	SOK AN ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND RULE OF LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 12 meeting to deliver a UN proposal on an anti-corruption mechanism at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Council of Ministers Sok An (Ref B),the Ambassador repeated earlier remarks on her duty to speak out against corruption on behalf [...]	2009-06-19 10:15:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS PTER CB
09PHNOMPENH411	Khmer Rouge Tribunal: A Day in the Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the ninth week of activities inside the cou [...]	2009-06-22 00:56:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH412	Khmer Rouge Tribunal: A Day in the Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the ninth week of activities inside the cou [...]	2009-06-22 00:56:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH413	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SUSPENDS MU SOCHUA'S IMMUNITY; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Cambodian National Assembly voted on June 22 to suspend the parliamentary immunity of Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) MP Mu Sochua, clearing the way for her to be questioned and possibly prosecuted for defamation under the complaint by Prime Minister Hun Sen. Security guards blocked [...]	2009-06-22 09:42:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH416	CAMBODIA SUPPORTIVE OF STRONG ASEAN STATEMENT ON [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary of State for ASEAN Affairs Kao Kim Hourn told Pol/Ec Chief June 23 that Cambodia was supportive of a strong ASEAN statement on UNSCR 1874 and North Korea, and would lean toward supporting even stronger language than the ASEAN's joint press statement wi [...]	2009-06-23 11:39:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN CB
09PHNOMPENH419	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER RECEIVES 2009 TIP REPORT; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rodley delivered the 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report for Cambodia to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng, during a meeting the afternoon of June 16. The DPM accepted the news of Cambodia's tier reduction, noting that Cambodia "has been there [...]	2009-06-26 08:08:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KTIP SOCI CB
09PHNOMPENH423	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-06-29 04:37:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH426	CHIEFS OF MISSION MEET NEW UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The new UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Cambodia, Professor Surya Subedi, made his first visit to Cambodia June 15-26, and met with the heads of several foreign missions on June 19, including Ambassador Rodley. Subedi has billed this first visit as a "listening tour, [...]	2009-06-29 10:54:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH427	Japan Eager to Cooperate on Maritime Security Under the [...] (SBU) Summary: The Japanese are interested in cooperating with the U.S. and Australia in providing assistance to the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) to strengthen maritime security under the Trilateral Counterterrorism Consultations/Trilateral Strategic Dialogue. Japan has played a constru [...]	2009-06-30 00:38:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MASS MOPS EWWT CB
09PHNOMPENH433	Cambodia Welcomes USG Initiative on Agriculture Development [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel talking points and the five principles to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation via diplomatic note June 12. Econoff and USAID officer June 15 delivered reftel demarche to Ngy Chanphal, Second Vice-Chairman of the Council for Agriculture and R [...]	2009-07-01 10:59:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH437	Cambodia: Demarche Delivered UNSCR 1874 Financial [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel talking points and Treasury Department Advisory June 29 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation via diplomatic note. Acting Deputy Chief of Mission and Econoff also shared a copy of the diplomatic note with Neav Chanthana, Deputy Governor, N [...]	2009-07-02 03:57:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP CB
09PHNOMPENH438	CAMBODIA RESPONSE: KANG NAM 1 DEMARCHE [...] (C) Acting Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarch and talking points June 30 to Hos Sereythong, Director, Asia 1 Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs an International Cooperation. He noted that while he was familiar with press reports regarding the vessel in question, he had not yet recei [...]	2009-07-02 04:06:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CB BM NK
09PHNOMPENH440	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR AN FBI "CULTURAL HERITAGE INVESTIGATIONS" COURSE IN SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA ON JULY 20 - 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-02 09:36:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH441	CAMBODIA: NO PLANS TO ATTEND THE EXTRAORDINARY [...] (U) Acting Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche and non-paper July 2 to Chhy Sokha, Deputy Director of General Administration, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MoPT). (NOTE: Mr. Chhy's department is responsible for international cooperation within the MoPT. END NOTE.) He was n [...]	2009-07-02 11:23:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APRC ECPS EFIN INTELSAT KTIA TSPA CB
09PHNOMPENH449	POSITIVE SIGNS ON TIP FROM CAMBODIA'S MINISTRY OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rodley met with Minister of Justice Ang Vong Vathana to review the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report and discuss the next steps in Cambodia's efforts to combat human trafficking. The Ambassador emphasized the Ministry of Justice's (MOJ) direct responsibility [...]	2009-07-06 10:44:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KTIP SOCI CB
09PHNOMPENH45	THE FIRST TO CONGRATULATE THE NEW PRESIDENT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: King Norodom Sihamoni seized the occasion of the Ambassador's long-awaited presentation of credentials at the Royal Palace to be one of the first foreign leaders to congratulate President-elect Barack Obama on his inauguration day (with January 20 coming 12 hours earlier in Phno [...]	2009-01-20 11:06:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ETRD SCUL PTER SNAR CB
09PHNOMPENH457	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR AN FBI "CULTURAL HERITAGE INVESTIGATIONS" COURSE IN PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA ON JULY 23 - 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-07 09:43:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH458	2009 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation [...] (SBU) Summary. The Cambodian Constitution and laws protect against expropriation, except confiscation in the public interest. When property is seized in the public interest, just compensation is required. Post is not aware of property being taken from U.S. persons by the Cambodian government [...]	2009-07-07 10:07:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KIDE CASC PGOV CB
09PHNOMPENH461	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-07-08 02:58:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH462	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-07-08 03:02:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH463	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-07-08 03:05:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH464	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TWO INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-07-08 04:24:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH467	Enhancing Regional Cooperation to Support UNPKO [...] (SBU) Summary: Peacekeeping experts representing Asia Regional Forum participating countries recently gathered together to discuss enhancing regional capacity to participate in UN peacekeeping operations. Cambodia's co-hosting of the event highlights its expanding role in international peacek [...]	2009-07-09 08:25:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MASS MOPS CB
09PHNOMPENH469	WHIRLWIND DEFAMATION CASE DISMISSAL SHOWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new defamation/incitement case filed July 8 against leading opposition party newspaper publisher Dam Sith was quickly negotiated into the withdrawal of the complaint when Dam Sith publicly apologized to Prime Minister Hun Sen. Parliamentarian and Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) leader [...]	2009-07-09 12:17:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH472	Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the eleventh week of activities inside the [...]	2009-07-10 09:54:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH474	DRAGON ASIA SUMMIT ENCOURAGES SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. More than 130 scientists, educators, activists, and policymakers from the U.S. and around Southeast Asia discussed river basin management and climate change at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) sponsored Delta Research and Global Observation Network (DRAGON) Asia Sum [...]	2009-07-13 01:03:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR ENRG EAID EIND CB
09PHNOMPENH478	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-07-14 03:27:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH488	CAMBODIA WELCOMES MEKONG MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Cambodia welcomes the proposed Mekong Ministerial and agenda as a mechanism not only for greater regional cooperation on issues of mutual concern, but also to enhance U.S. engagement in the region. Cambodia suggests that future such meetings should also include othe [...]	2009-07-14 09:51:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV ECON EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH489	WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE HARD-EARNED POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The wider political space seen in Cambodia during the run-up to the 2008 National Assembly elections last July is undergoing an autocratic nip-and-tuck as the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) exerts one of its periodic reining-in exercises in the name of greater social orde [...]	2009-07-14 11:44:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH492	MU SOCHUA TO DEFEND HERSELF AT DEFAMATION HEARING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Mu Sochua discussed the impending defamation trial, her long term goals should her immunity be reinstated, and a potential U.S. Congressional hearing on human rights in Cambodia. Claiming that she does not want to put another lawyer at ris [...]	2009-07-15 10:24:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH493	CRITIC OF ANGKOR LIGHTING CONVICTED IN ABSTENTIA ON DISINFORMATION CHARGE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-15 10:54:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS KDEM CB
09PHNOMPENH497	Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the twelfth week of activities inside the [...]	2009-07-17 10:12:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH505	CAMBODIA SEEKS SUPPORT FOR BID TO JOIN UNESCO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary of State Long Visalo July 20 appealed for United States support of the bid by the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) to join the UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC). Cambodia will stand in an election for the one open East Asia and Pacifi [...]	2009-07-21 13:01:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KTIA SCUL UNESCO CB
09PHNOMPENH508	DEATHS BY LIGHTING STRIKE SPIKE IN 2009 [...] The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has recorded a sharp uptick in the number of lightning strike fatalities in 2009, according to government officials and local media. 95 individuals have died from lightning strikes so far this year, compared to 90 in all of 2008. Five individuals were ki [...]	2009-07-22 08:43:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR TPHY EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH509	RGC HANDLING OF LAND ISSUES CRITICIZED FOLLOWING ANOTHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Phnom Penh municipal authorities removed the last remaining "Group 78" family July 17 from a disputed neighborhood in the center of the city, after the municipal government persuaded most of the residents to accept one of its compensation packages under threat of forced eviction [...]	2009-07-22 08:46:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM CB
09PHNOMPENH511	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-07-24 01:43:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH512	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TWO INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-07-24 01:43:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH513	Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the thirteenth week of activities inside t [...]	2009-07-24 09:46:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH514	MU SOCHUA DEFENDS HERSELF; NO VERDICT UNTIL AUGUST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mu Sochua appeared July 24 before the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to defend herself against the Prime Minister's defamation allegations. Over 100 observers packed the small court room, including the Ambassador and representatives of several Embassies, Cambodian human rights NG [...]	2009-07-24 11:16:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS KWMN CB
09PHNOMPENH515	WORLD BANK DISCUSSES GOVERNANCE, LAND ISSUES WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. World Bank Country Director for Cambodia Annette Dixon met with the Ambassador July 17 to discuss her meetings with Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) officials on anti-corruption, governance and land issues. She reported that the RGC plans to present the draft anti-corruption [...]	2009-07-27 00:30:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM CB
09PHNOMPENH516	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "PERSONNEL AND FACILITY SECURITY" COURSE IN BANGKOK [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-27 04:42:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH517	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "NARCOTICS UNIT COMMANDERS" COURSE IN BANGKOK [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-27 04:42:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH518	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST TO ATTEND PARK PROTECTION [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-07-27 04:44:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL KNNP CB
09PHNOMPENH520	Ambassador Raises Concerns on TIP and Security with Preah [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Rodley called on Preah Sihanouk provincial Governor Sbong Sarath July 21 to discuss cooperation in combating trafficking in persons and pedophilia in the province. She raised concerns about weak prosecution of sex offenders in the provincial courts and the need to foc [...]	2009-07-27 09:23:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP ASEC CB
09PHNOMPENH521	US-FUNDED YOUTH DEMOCRACY FESTIVAL DRAWS THOUSANDS TO [...] SUMMARY: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the International Republican Institute (IRI) held an annual Youth Festival in Kampong Cham July 18 - 19 drawing thousands of participants. The festival, a combination of seminars, performances and information booths, [...]	2009-07-27 09:30:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH525	CAMBODIA'S ANTI-SWEATSHOP BRAND INTICES BUYERS BUT [...] SUMMARY. Cambodia's garment industry is known for its innovative programs such as Better Factories Cambodia and is recognized as a global leader in responsible competitiveness. Companies concerned with image and social responsibility continue to source from Cambodia during the global economic [...]	2009-07-28 09:58:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM CB
09PHNOMPENH529	RETRACTION OF VETTING REQUEST FOR MOL ROEUP TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. 2. Post retracts the request for human rights vetting pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the below-listed individual as a candidate to attend the Comprehensive Course on Security Challenges Associated with Terrorism in South East Asia August 17-21, 2009 in Phnom Pen [...]	2009-07-29 08:06:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH535	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-07-30 09:49:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH536	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-07-30 09:49:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH538	NGO WORKERS ACCUSED OF INCITEMENT IN LAND CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Five human rights NGO workers investigating two land dispute cases may face criminal incitement charges, in what some civil society groups fear may become a new trend in restrictions on NGO activities. In the past, Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) entities and private compani [...]	2009-07-31 08:54:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAGR SENV KDEM CB
09PHNOMPENH539	Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the fourteenth week of activities inside t [...]	2009-08-03 01:58:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH547	CAMBODIA: 2009 2ND QUARTER REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Summary: During the second quarter of 2009, Cambodian police arrested seven persons on human trafficking charges. Police also arrested six persons on procurement of prostitution charges in connection with two cases involving two victims who were minors. Police reported arresting four f [...]	2009-08-04 11:33:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KTIP SOCI CB
09PHNOMPENH548	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-08-04 11:34:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH549	MU SOCHUA LIABLE FOR DEFAMATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Phnom Penh Municipal Court pronounced Mu Sochua liable for defaming Prime Minister Hun Sen on August 4, closing this chapter of the long-running drama. International observers attended the session to hear the verdict, though police denied entry to NGO representatives and jo [...]	2009-08-04 13:13:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH554	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL WEBB [...] Embassy Phnom Penh warmly welcomes and hereby grants Country Clearance to Senator James Webb and Mr. David Bonine to visit Cambodia August 18, 2009. 2. The Control Officer for this visit is Economic Officer Melissa Sweeney. Office: (855) 23 728 401 Cell: (855) 12 501 276 Home: (855) 23 [...]	2009-08-05 09:30:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CB

09PHNOMPENH555	MINISTER OF COMMERCE DENIES DEFAMATION SUITS ARE [...] SUMMARY: During an August 4 meeting with Senior Minister and Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh, the Ambassador expressed serious USG concerns about the recent attacks on freedom of speech and the constricting of political space in Cambodia, highlighting the resulting damage to Cambodia's int [...]	2009-08-05 10:57:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM CB
09PHNOMPENH556	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-08-06 00:49:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH557	RGC LAND POLICY MAKES HEADLINES AGAIN IN CASE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Cambodia's land and eviction policies earned more worldwide attention July 27 when international news outlets highlighted the resettlement of a group of HIV/AIDS-affected families from a central Phnom Penh neighborhood to a site on the outskirts of the city. The Phnom Penh Muni [...]	2009-08-06 03:22:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM CB
09PHNOMPENH562	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-08-07 09:52:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH563	CAMBODIAN HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT THE 64TH UN GENERAL [...] (SBU) Per reftel, information on Cambodian high-level attendance at UNGA is as follows: A. Attendance of the Head of State King Norodom Sihamoni does not plan to attend. B. Attendance of Head of Government Prime Minster Hun Sen does not plan to attend. C. Attendance of Foreign Mi [...]	2009-08-07 10:19:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA CB
09PHNOMPENH564	KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL: SOK AN SIGNS AGREEMENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Using modern-day electronic shuttle diplomacy along with the classic variety, Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson persuaded Deputy Prime Minister Sok An to sign an agreement with the United Nations on an anti-corruption mechanism at the Extraordinary Chambe [...]	2009-08-07 11:16:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM CB
09PHNOMPENH57	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM PRIME MINISTER HUN SEN TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 06:36:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP CB
09PHNOMPENH573	Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the 15th week of activities inside the cou [...]	2009-08-11 00:43:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH576	PUBLISHER HONG CHAKRA'S APPEAL FAILS; JAILED UNTIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After an hour-long hearing, the Appeals Court reaffirmed the June 26 conviction for disinformation of Khmer Machas Srok publisher Hong Chakra, and ordered him to continue serving a 12-month jail sentence. While presiding judge Seng Sivutha asked fair questions, the accused's [...]	2009-08-11 11:55:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS PHUM CB
09PHNOMPENH577	SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR JIM WEBB VISIT TO PHNOM [...] (SBU) Senator Webb: We warmly welcome your August 18 visit to Cambodia. Your visit comes as the tempo quickens in the conduct of U.S.-Cambodian bilateral relations, which exemplifies a broader and growing USG interest in Cambodia. There have been positive developments in several key areas: p [...]	2009-08-11 12:11:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS PREF CB
09PHNOMPENH578	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CLINTON NORTH KOREA VISIT WITH FM HOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 10 meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hor Namhong, the Ambassador conveyed reftel demarche on former President Clinton's visit to North Korea. Ambassador relayed that Clinton's visit was strictly a private mission and that U.S. pol [...]	2009-08-12 09:04:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH579	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DPM AND FM HOR NAMHONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 10 meeting, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hor Namhong expressed to the Ambassador Cambodia's deep appreciation for recent initiatives with the USG such as the Lower Mekong Ministerial, concurred that an anti-corruption mechanism for the Khm [...]	2009-08-12 09:09:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH58	KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL: RESULTS OF PUBLIC PERCEPTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A September 2008 survey of 1,000 adult Cambodians indicates that there is a general lack of knowledge about the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT) among the Cambodian population, with 39 percent of surveyed respondents stating they had no knowledge of the KRT, and 46 percent stating t [...]	2009-01-23 09:48:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS ABUD EAID PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH580	GARMENT JOB LOSSES ON THE RISE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Since the global economic slowdown hit Cambodia's garment sector last year, over 60,000 workers have lost their jobs. An additional 30,000 or so have seen their incomes reduced as hours and overtime are cut. However, the raw unemployment numbers do not reflect the full extent of [...]	2009-08-13 09:22:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ELAB EAID PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH581	PRIME MINISTER HUN SEN DEFENDS HIS RIGHT TO RESPOND TO HIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Hun Sen, known for his off-the-cuff remarks, lashed out spontaneously in a graduation speech August 12, during which he railed against real and perceived criticism from opposition parties and the international community. He warned that while he would use legal mea [...]	2009-08-14 01:40:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH596	Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the 16th week of activities inside the cour [...]	2009-08-17 09:04:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH60	LAND IN CAMBODIA, PART I: POSSESSION AND OWNERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Cambodia's 2001 Land Law removed temporary possession as a means of acquiring land and introduced regulations by which the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) could: 1) systematically register state and private land in a national cadastre; and 2) sporadically register private land [...]	2009-01-26 01:56:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CB
09PHNOMPENH602	SENATOR WEBB MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER HUN SEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Jim Webb concluded a successful one-day visit to Cambodia August 18 on a positive note during a meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen in which there was general agreement on new ways to approach Burma. Webb detailed his interest in the region and in stronger relations with [...]	2009-08-19 11:23:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EAID PTER MASS KJUS PHUM BM CB
09PHNOMPENH607	AMERICAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY INFORMS SENATOR WEBB THAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an August 18 meeting with Senator Jim Webb, representatives from the American business community were positive on investment and trade prospects in Cambodia. They highlighted Cambodia's liberal and reforming legal regime, its generally supportive government, and widespr [...]	2009-08-20 08:46:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV CB
09PHNOMPENH608	LAW ON STRATA TITLING PAVES THE WAY FOR FOREIGN PROPERTY [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Council of Ministers passed a new sub-decree July 31 which allows Cambodian citizens to apply for titles to individual apartment or condominium units in a larger building. The new law is the precursor to a widely anticipated draft law which would allow foreigners to own prope [...]	2009-08-20 09:48:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV CB
09PHNOMPENH609	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "TERRORISM" COURSE, SEPTEMBER 14-18, 2009 IN BANGKOK, THAILAND [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-21 02:12:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH610	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "COMPLEX FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIONS" COURSE, SEPTEMBER 22-OCTOBER 2, 2009 IN BANGKOK, THAILAND [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-21 02:14:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH611	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "COMPLEX FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIONS" COURSE, OCTOBER 5-9, 2009 IN BANGKOK, THAILAND [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-21 02:16:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH612	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR "FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES" COURSE SEPTEMBER 21-25 IN PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-21 02:18:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH616	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE UNITED [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-08-24 00:41:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH62	HIGH-PROFILE PHNOM PENH LAND DISPUTE ENDS IN EVICTION [...] (SBU) On January 24, police, municipal authorities, and employees of Cambodian construction firm 7NG evicted the remaining residents of Dey Krahorm, ending one of the city's most high-profile land disputes. Eighteen residents were reportedly injured, two seriously by bulldozers that were clear [...]	2009-01-26 07:00:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM CB
09PHNOMPENH622	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATIONS" COURSE, OCTOBER 19-30, 2009 IN BANGKOK, THAILAND [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-24 10:26:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH626	Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the 17th week of activities inside the cour [...]	2009-08-25 06:47:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH628	STAFFDEL LERNER VISITS CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Senate staff delegation (STAFFDEL) visited Cambodia from August 15-19 to discuss trafficking in persons, human rights, and refugee issues. The STAFFDEL met with government officials at both the provincial and national levels, opposition politicians, and a variety of non-gove [...]	2009-08-26 08:11:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL OREP KTIP KWMN CB
09PHNOMPENH637	CAMBODIA: TIP ACTION PLAN DELIVERED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Laying the groundwork for G/TIP Ambassador Luis CdeBaca's upcoming visit, Pol/Econ Chief delivered the 2009 TIP Action Plan for Cambodia to the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and Ministry of Interior (MOI) on August 25 and 26. Contacts welcomed the information and shared recent steps [...]	2009-08-28 06:47:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP KWMN CB
09PHNOMPENH638	CAMBODIA WITHDRAWS TROOPS; STILL WAITS FOR THAI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) sources confirmed a recent reduction in Cambodian troops from around the disputed Preah Vihear border area, but could not readily give the full scope or extent of those movements. The senior RGC border official assigned to the Preah Vihear d [...]	2009-08-28 08:49:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS KTIA CB
09PHNOMPENH640	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy Amendment relative to the U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human righ [...]	2009-09-01 00:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH641	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-09-01 08:30:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH645	Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge (KR) torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the 18th week of activities inside the [...]	2009-09-01 08:31:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH646	Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge (KR) torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the 18th week of activities inside the [...]	2009-09-01 08:31:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH648	KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL: FIVE MORE FOR PROSECUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Pre-Trial Chamber at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT) will announce this week that five more high-level Khmer Rouge cadres will be prosecuted, although a small number of the proposed charges against some of the accused may be set aside for lack of evidence. The decision on an [...]	2009-09-01 10:44:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS PHUM KTIA PINR PGOV CB
09PHNOMPENH65	CAMBODIA: POST COMMENTS ON DRAFT TVPRA REPORT [...] (SBU) Post appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Department of Labor's (DOL) draft list of goods produced by forced or child labor as outlined in ref A. Additions to the list for Cambodia are not recommended at this time. However, Post would like to request the removal of two potenti [...]	2009-01-27 01:56:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM CB
09PHNOMPENH652	LETTER OF CONDOLENCE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA REGARDING THE [...] On September 2, 2009, Post received a letter from Nationalist Party President Chhim Seak Leng to President Barack Obama, expressing his condolences regarding the passing of U.S. Senator Kennedy. 2. Text of the letter to President Obama follows: August 31, 2009 Your Excellency, The [...]	2009-09-02 06:49:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH654	UPDATE ON LAND ISSUES IN CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The combination of a lax land titling system and the Royal Government of Cambodia's (RGC) push to develop the country through land concessions has led to widespread land disputes. Due process rights related to land management, including ownership disputes and evictions, remains [...]	2009-09-02 08:52:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAGR SENV KDEM CB
09PHNOMPENH663	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SIEM REAP GOVERNOR SOU PHIRIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an August 21 meeting with Siem Reap Governor Sou Phirin (joined by other government officials such as the Siem Reap Prosecutor and Military Commander),the Ambassador discussed H1N1 prevention methods, tourism and tourist safety, trafficking in persons, and land issues. [...]	2009-09-03 09:57:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CASC KTIP CB
09PHNOMPENH664	CAMBODIA'S MINISTER OF DEFENSE PREPARES FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a September 3 call on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense Tea Banh, the Ambassador previewed the Minister's upcoming travel to Washington where he will meet Secretary of Defense Gates, congratulated the Minister on Cambodia's diplomacy with respect to the d [...]	2009-09-03 10:23:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS KTIA CB
09PHNOMPENH682	Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge (KR) torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the 19th week of activities inside the [...]	2009-09-08 02:13:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH684	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "TACTICAL SAFETY AND PLANNING" COURSE IN BANGKOK [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-08 10:10:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH685	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "ARSON [...] This is an EAP action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S.-sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S.- sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights [...]	2009-09-08 10:10:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH686	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S.-sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S.-sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-09-08 10:11:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH701	CAMBODIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY REACTION TO SEPTEMBER 10 TOM [...] Two Cambodian Parliamentary Commissions: the Commission on Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, Information and Media; and the Commission on Human Rights, Reception of Complaints, Investigation and National Assembly-Senate Relations, issued a joint statement September 14 in response to [...]	2009-09-16 06:44:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH702	CAMBODIA PARTICIPATION IN UNGA FOOD SECURITY EVENT [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche, including invitation letter and draft statement, September 11 to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Hor Namhong. The Deputy Prime Minister does not plan to attend the September 26 meeting on Partnering for [...]	2009-09-16 07:08:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ETRD EAGR UNGA CB
09PHNOMPENH705	DEMOCRACY DAY HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF FREEDOM OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a seminar on democracy and tolerance in Cambodia organized by the Cambodian National Assembly, opposition politicians and government officials debated the progress achieved to date in consolidating Cambodia's democratic gains. The seminar successfully highlighted the imp [...]	2009-09-17 10:05:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH706	PLANNED DEPORTATION OF BELGIAN PEDOPHILE SHOWCASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) agreed on September 16 to deport a convicted Belgian pedophile who NGOs claim presents a high risk of recidivism. The agreement illustrates the RGC's political will to fight child sex tourism (CST) and the ability of the RGC to cooperate [...]	2009-09-17 10:46:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP CB
09PHNOMPENH707	G/TIP AMBASSADOR CDEBACA'S VISIT TO CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a Septmeber 1-4 visit to Cambodia, G/TIP Ambassador Luis CdeBaca discussed recent efforts to combat human trafficking. Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Sar Kheng reaffirmed Cambodia's commitment to fighting human trafficking, while acknowledging that the battle is an uneven [...]	2009-09-17 10:56:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP CB
09PHNOMPENH708	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-09-21 03:01:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH709	CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES NEW CRIMINAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) officials announced the creation of a working group focusing on cooperation and consistency between the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and Ministry of Justice (MOJ) in the criminal justice process. The announcement by Prime Minister Hun Sen refl [...]	2009-09-21 05:39:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH71	2009 Investment Climate Statement - Cambodia [...] Cambodia, a developing country, began the transformation from a command economy to the free market in the late 1980s. It is now integrating into the regional and world trading framework. In 1999, Cambodia joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and in September 2004, became [...]	2009-01-28 10:02:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KIPR OPIC KTDB USTR CB
09PHNOMPENH711	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy Amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-09-22 02:33:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH712	Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge (KR) torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the 20th week of activities inside the [...]	2009-09-22 08:45:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH715	CAMBODIA APPLAUDS INCREASED U.S.-ASEAN COOPERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a September 22 meeting with the Deputy Chief of Mission to discuss next steps on the U.S.-Lower Mekong Ministerial (Ref A),Secretary of State for ASEAN Affairs Kao Kim Hourn expressed enthusiasm for the initiative and praised the United States' "reengagement" in Southeast As [...]	2009-09-23 11:23:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH716	COURT ACQUITS SRP PARLIAMENTARIAN HO VANN OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a surprise verdict September 22, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court acquitted opposition Parliamentarian Ho Vann of defamation charges, but fined Cambodia Daily editor-in-chief Kevin Doyle and journalist Nou Vannarinn for violating the Press Law on publishing retractions. The p [...]	2009-09-23 11:35:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH720	SEARCHING FOR CAMBODIA?S UNEMPLOYED GARMENT WORKERS [...] SUMMARY. The impact of the global economic crisis on Cambodia?s garment sector has been substantial, but obtaining concrete data on the whereabouts of the women recently laid off from the factories is difficult. If not rehired at another factory, the majority of women (who comprise ov [...]	2009-09-25 09:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD ELAB EAID PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH724	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation via diplomatic note September 23. Post will report any substantive response via septel. RODLEY [...]	2009-09-28 09:51:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA CB
09PHNOMPENH726	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-09-30 00:51:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH727	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES TO ATTEND THE ILEA "TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS" COURSE IN BANGKOK, THAILAND [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-30 00:52:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH731	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-10-01 09:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH741	CAMBODIAN ECONOMY SHAKEN BY THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN [...] (SBU) Summary: The global economic crisis continues to take a heavy toll on Cambodia's once vibrant economy. Cambodia's narrowly-based economic growth, reliant almost exclusively upon garment exports, tourism, and construction, has been brought to a standstill by the sharp fall off in externa [...]	2009-10-06 12:09:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EAID ETRD CB
09PHNOMPENH742	MU SOCHUA ON SAFETY, RECONCILIATION, AND ROLE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an October 2 meeting with the Ambassador, opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) parliamentarian Mu Sochua expressed confidence in her personal safety. Mu reiterated her desire to resolve her dispute with the Prime Minister and return to her duties in Kampot Province. END SUMMA [...]	2009-10-07 07:07:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH743	MGEAP1: CAMBODIA COPING WITH KETSANA, SO FAR [...] (U) Summary: Ketsana's high winds and heavy rains continue to impact people in eight of Cambodia's 24 provinces. NGOs, the Cambodia Red Cross (CRC) and provincial governments appear to be meeting immediate needs of the displaced without requesting additional donor assistance. The Royal Gover [...]	2009-10-07 10:33:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH744	RGC LAUNCHES NEW POLICY AND MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 28, 2009, the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans, and Youth Rehabilitation (MOSAVY) launched the Royal Government of Cambodia's (RGC) Policy on the Protection of the Rights of Victims of Human Trafficking and the Minimum Standards for Protection of the Rights of [...]	2009-10-07 10:38:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP CB
09PHNOMPENH745	CAMBODIA'S SUMMER OF DEFAMATION SUITS WINDS DOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The summer of defamation lawsuits appears to be winding to a close in Cambodia. The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) prevailed in most cases, though defamation actions were either dismissed or never initiated in two high-profile cases. While some appeals and smaller lawsuits [...]	2009-10-07 10:46:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH746	CAMBODIA'S LONG-AWAITED PENAL CODE UNDER REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Assembly approved the general content of the 672-article Penal Code on October 1, paving the way for chapter-by-chapter debate which is expected to take two weeks. The Cambodian People's Party (CPP) majority denied opposition Sam Rainsy Party's (SRP) initial reques [...]	2009-10-08 05:51:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH76	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "COMPUTER CRIMES INVESTIGATIONS" COURSE IN BANGKOK [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-30 04:13:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH765	FRIENDS OF THE ECCC DISCUSS STAFFING CHALLENGES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The "Friends of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)" met October 7 to discuss the judicial and administrative progress and challenges of the court. The judicial proceedings were reported to be running smoothly, with the substantive portion of the first tria [...]	2009-10-16 08:17:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM CB
09PHNOMPENH77	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "POST BLAST INVESTIGATIONS" COURSE IN BANGKOK [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-30 04:13:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH770	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-10-16 10:50:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH773	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-10-20 08:33:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH779	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-10-23 00:50:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH79	AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL MEETING WITH CAMBODIAN PRIME [...] (C) Summary: In the Ambassador's first call on Prime Minister Hun Sen since presenting credentials, the PM took the opportunity to renew his personal relationship with the Ambassador and review the evolution of U.S.-Cambodian relations over the past several years, highlighting several areas [...]	2009-01-30 10:07:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM ECON EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH795	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR NATIONAL COUNTER-TERRORISM SPECIAL [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-10-27 05:42:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH797	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR NATIONAL COUNTER-TERRORISM SPECIAL [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-10-27 05:42:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH811	EAP/MLS DEPUTY DIRECTOR PALMER SEES UP CLOSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EAP/MLS Deputy Director Matthew Palmer visited Cambodia October 20-26 to take part in a Conference on the Lower Mekong Initiative (septel),meet key counterparts in the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC),address human rights issues, visit bilateral assistance program sites, a [...]	2009-10-30 05:59:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH813	RGC GEARS UP FOR COPENHAGEN WITH NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (U) Over the course of a two-day conference, technical and policy experts educated Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) officials on the threat of climate change and began formulating the country's official position for the December UN Framework Convention on Climate Change's (UNFCC) 15th Confere [...]	2009-10-30 08:27:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR ENRG EAID EIND CB
09PHNOMPENH815	HUN SEN MANEUVERS OVER POSSIBLE THAKSIN VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cambodian officials cite personal relations as justification for a possible visit by former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in November. Some also cite the Preah Vihear situation, which has seen no diplomatic movement since April. Prime Minister Hun Sen appears to be taki [...]	2009-10-30 09:09:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS CB
09PHNOMPENH816	ENCOURAGING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pol/Econ Chief October 22 delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MoEF),reiterating that improvements in budget transparency would be a key focus in future years. The MoEF highlighted the ministry's diligent implementation of the Public Financial Ma [...]	2009-10-30 09:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EFIN EAID ECON CB
09PHNOMPENH819	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES TO ATTEND THE "CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION TRAINING IN TRAFFICKING CASES" COURSE, NOVEMBER 16-27, 2009 IN PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 05:54:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KTIP CB
09PHNOMPENH826	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "POST BLAST INVESTIGATION COURSE," DECEMBER 7-18, 2009 IN BANGKOK, THAILAND [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 09:50:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH827	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "TACTICAL SAFETY AND PLANNING" COURSE IN BANGKOK, THAILAND [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 09:51:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH828	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES TO ATTEND THE "CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION TRAINING IN TRAFFICKING CASES" 2ND SESSION, NOVEMBER 30-DECEMBER 11, 2009 IN PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-06 00:18:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KTIP CB
09PHNOMPENH829	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-11-06 00:23:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH831	CAMBODIA RECALLS AMBASSADOR TO THAILAND BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) recalled its Ambassador to Thailand You Ay on November 5, emphasizing reciprocity in response to Thailand's earlier removal of the Thai Ambassador to Cambodia -- noting specifically that Cambodia was willing to restore full relations as soo [...]	2009-11-06 10:57:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KTIA MOPS ELAB CB
09PHNOMPENH832	PRIME MINISTER HUN SEN PREVIEWS THAKSIN VISIT [...] (C) Summary: The diplomatic spat between Cambodia and Thailand took center stage during the Ambassador's meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen November 8. Hun Sen confirmed that former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra would arrive in Cambodia on November 10 and would deliver a speech to [...]	2009-11-10 11:42:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TH CB
09PHNOMPENH836	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR NATIONAL COUNTER-TERRORISM SPECIAL [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S.-sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with Leahy amendment relatives to U.S.-sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetting [...]	2009-11-12 10:14:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH838	U.S.-CAMBODIA SECURITY DIALOGUES [...] (U) The U.S.-Cambodia military-to-military relationship has expanded significantly in recent years, resulting in enhanced security cooperation. Post's response to reftel's request for information on U.S.-Cambodia security dialogues is below. 2. (SBU) The U.S. and Cambodia established an annua [...]	2009-11-13 08:16:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH840	UPDATE ON FREE SPEECH PROSECUTIONS IN CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two new convictions - one on defamation and one on disinformation charges - have again increased attention on the free speech debate in Cambodia. Both cases involve disputes between private parties. Separately, Minister of Information Khieu Khanarith said November 9 that the f [...]	2009-11-13 11:36:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH845	UNGA COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS - [...] (SBU) Political-Economic Chief demarched MFA IO Director Tuy Ry November 16 on the Iran, Burma and DPRK resolutions in the UNGA Third Committee, noting the significance of these country-specific resolutions and urging Cambodia to re-think its past mixed record on these votes. Praising Cambodi [...]	2009-11-16 10:07:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV CB
09PHNOMPENH846	CAMBODIA: 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of its anti-trafficking efforts since April 2009, the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has implemented a broad training initiative to reach law enforcement, judicial, and other government officials. The RGC consolidated its policy structure under a single umbrella k [...]	2009-11-16 10:13:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH847	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY LIFTS SAM RAINSY'S IMMUNITY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Assembly voted November 16 to lift opposition party leader Sam Rainsy's immunity to pursue allegations that he destroyed state property and incited national/racial hatred against the Vietnamese during an October 25 incident on the Cambodia-Vietnam border. To respond [...]	2009-11-16 11:14:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KTIA KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH85	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO AT ATTEND THE SAFE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-02-04 08:55:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH859	PHNOM PENH ENDORSEMENT FOR FY10 1206 PROPOSAL FOR [...] (SBU) In accordance with Ref A synopsis of the FY 2010 1206 proposal review process, herewith are summaries of three 1206 proposals submitted by Embassy Phnom Penh for FY 2010, in priority order: --Mission Essential Equipment for NCTSF Ground Assault Forces, Command, Control and Communic [...]	2009-11-18 03:52:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KTIA MARR MASS MOPS MCAP CB
09PHNOMPENH863	MOJ CLEARS CONTROVERSIAL RATANAKIRI JUDGE OF MISCONDUCT [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) announced November 12 that it had investigated and cleared Ratanakiri Provincial Court Judge Thor Saron of accusations of misconduct. The unusual investigation into the judge's behavior came at the request of the King, who was responding to calls from civil [...]	2009-11-20 03:29:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CB
09PHNOMPENH873	CAMBODIA MINISTRY OF JUSTICE CONDUCTS TRAINING ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 20, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) for the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) hosted the presiding judges, chief prosecutors, and chief clerks from each of the nation's courts at a National Trafficking Prosecution and Data Collection Workshop in Phnom Penh. The pur [...]	2009-11-25 09:01:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KTIP PHUM PREL KJUS KWN CB
09PHNOMPENH874	CAMBODIA: 2009 3RD QUARTER REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the third quarter of 2009, Cambodian police arrested five persons on human trafficking charges and 12 persons on procurement of prostitution charges in connection with cases involving minor victims. Police reported arresting eight foreign pedophiles and rescuing 14 vict [...]	2009-11-25 09:08:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KTIP SOCI CB
09PHNOMPENH890	CAMBODIA AGREES TO PRESS FOR DIALOGUE IN BURMA; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador demarched the RGC on the need for the Government of Burma (GOB) to engage Burma's democratic opposition and to move forward with democratic reform and out of isolation. RGC officials agreed that the 2010 elections indeed represented an "open door" for Burma and wer [...]	2009-12-04 10:51:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KIRF BM CB

09PHNOMPENH899	PEACEFUL CELEBRATION OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Cambodians in Phnom Penh celebrated a peaceful International Human Rights Day on December 10, marked by a march and a rally. This year's march is the third consecutive march allowed by authorities; in prior years, the route had been limited to approximately 4 blocks, but this year author [...]	2009-12-10 08:23:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV CB
09PHNOMPENH9	NEW BEGINNING FOR CAMBODIAN POLICE? COMMISSIONER'S [...] (U) Summary: On December 11, DCM, RSO and Legat met with General Neth Savoeun, new Commissioner General of the Cambodian National Police. The DCM congratulated him on his recent appointment as the nation's senior law enforcement official, replacing the deceased Hok Lundy (reftel). She also t [...]	2009-01-05 10:14:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CB
09PHNOMPENH904	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA ROSWELL "ADVANCED MANAGEMENT COURSE," JANUARY 11-FEBRUARY 5, 2010 IN ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-11 10:32:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH905	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES TO ATTEND THE "CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION TRAINING IN TRAFFICKING CASES" 3RD SESSION, JANUARY 12-22, 2010 IN PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-11 10:33:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KTIP CB
09PHNOMPENH906	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-12-11 12:07:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH907	CAMBODIA LAUNCHES NEW NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) On December 9, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng presided over the official launch of Cambodia's new National Committee to Suppress Human Trafficking, Smuggling, and Labor and Sexual Exploitation. Created on September 25 with a Sub-Decree signed by Prime Min [...]	2009-12-14 02:33:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP CB
09PHNOMPENH912	THAKSIN RETURNS FOR ROUND TWO [...] (SBU) Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrived via private jet on December 13 for his second visit to Phnom Penh since his appointment as Economic Advisor to the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) (reftel). His itinerary began with a visit to Prey Sar prison in Phnom Penh to meet [...]	2009-12-14 09:07:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MOPS CB
09PHNOMPENH913	(C) AMBASSADOR MEETS UNHCR TO DISCUSS UIGHURS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting December 14 with Ambassador Rodley, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) officials recounted a "very positive" discussion with Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) officials regarding the 22 Uighur asylum-seekers in Cambodia. According to UNHCR, the [...]	2009-12-14 10:53:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM CB
09PHNOMPENH920	POLL SHOWS POWER OF HAVING A CONCRETE PARTY MESSAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 11, the International Republican Institute (IRI) presented the results of its August 2009 Cambodian Public Opinion survey. The USAID-funded survey found solid public confidence in the general direction of the country and the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP). Q [...]	2009-12-15 10:03:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS SOCI CB
09PHNOMPENH925	(C) UPDATE ON UIGHUR ASYLUM-SEEKERS IN CAMBODIA [...] (C) Representatives of the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) and the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) are close to finding a new location for the Uighur asylum-seekers in Phnom Penh that would offer improved protection. According to UNHCR, the goal is to house the Uighurs [...]	2009-12-16 09:18:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM CB
09PHNOMPENH926	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES UIGHURS AND DRUG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rodley met December 17 with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior (DPM) Sar Kheng to discuss the Uighur asylum seekers in Phnom Penh. The DPM expressed disappointment at an initial lack of cooperation by the local United Nations High Commission for Refugees ( [...]	2009-12-17 07:24:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR CB
09PHNOMPENH927	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "CHEMICAL CONTROL" COURSE, JANUARY 18-22, 2010 IN BANGKOK, THAILAND [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-17 08:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH928	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "POST BLAST INVESTIGATION" COURSE, JANUARY 25 - FEBRUARY 5, 2010 IN BANGKOK, THAILAND [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-17 08:22:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH930	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-12-17 08:49:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH931	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-12-17 08:49:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH932	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-12-17 08:49:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH933	CAMBODIAN COURT PROSECUTES BOYAJIAN BROKER FOR [...] (SBU) The Phnom Penh Municipal Court December 17 concluded the trial of Ho Nguy on charges of trafficking and conspiracy to traffick underage girls to have sex with foreign clients. 2. (SBU) Municipal-level anti-human trafficking police initially arrested the 26-year old Nguy in February [...]	2009-12-18 07:26:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KTIP KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH938	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2009-12-18 08:53:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH949	AS NOOSE TIGHTENS, OUTSPOKEN SAM RAINSY TO SEND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The lawyer for opposition party leader Sam Rainsy said that Rainsy will not return from France to answer a summons from the Svay Rieng province investigating judge in connection with a case related to a Cambodia-Vietnam border demarcation incident on October 25. The summons sta [...]	2009-12-18 09:12:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH954	CORRECTED COPY - DEPORTATION SCENARIO FOR 20 UIGHUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 19 at 9:15 p.m., the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) deported 20 Uighur asylum-seekers back to China. Police removed the Uighurs from their safe house on December 18 around 6:00 p.m., and held them in a detention facility inside the Ministry of Interior compound [...]	2009-12-21 11:23:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM CB
09PHNOMPENH956	A GRATEFUL CHINA REWARDS CAMBODIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Just forty-eight hours after the Royal Government of Cambodia's (RGC) December 19 forced deportation of 20 Uighur asylum seekers to China (reftel),Cambodia is already benefiting from Chinese gratitude and generosity. During the official visit of Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping [...]	2009-12-22 10:11:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH957	CAMBODIA, UNHCR, AND THE UIGHURS: THE MADNESS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a joint demarche on Deputy Foreign Minister Long Visalo December 21, Ambassadors and Charge strongly protested the deportation of 20 Uighur asylum seekers on December 19, noted that the deportation had occurred despite repeated assurances by senior Cambodian officials that it [...]	2009-12-22 10:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM CB
09PHNOMPENH958	CAMBODIAN ABOUT FACE ON UIGHUR ASYLUM SEEKERS PORTRAYED IN [...] SUMMARY: The Cambodian press has been following the plight of the Uighur asylum seekers since their presence in Cambodia became widely known on December 4. The media excerpts tell an extraordinary story in itself, and offer a revealing picture of the Cambodian government's reversal from origi [...]	2009-12-22 10:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH959	CAMBODIAN ABOUT FACE ON UIGHUR ASYLUM SEEKERS PORTRAYED IN [...] SUMMARY: The Cambodian press has been following the plight of the Uighur asylum seekers since their presence in Cambodia became widely known on December 4. The media excerpts tell an extraordinary story in itself, and offer a revealing picture of the Cambodian government's reversal from origi [...]	2009-12-22 10:41:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH960	CAMBODIA, UNHCR, AND THE UIGHURS: THE MADNESS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 21 meeting with Charge and other diplomatic representatives to discuss the Royal Government of Cambodia's (RGC) refoulement of 20 Uighur asylum seekers December 19 (Ref A),UNHCR Regional Representative Raymond Hall stated that although Cambodia had tried hard o [...]	2009-12-22 10:47:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM PGOV CB
09PHNOMPENH962	DRAFT RESETTLEMENT REGULATIONS RAISE NGO AND DONOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 4, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning, and Construction (MLMUPC) released a draft circular on the process for resettlement of urban poor communities, which it referred to as "illegal, temporary settlements." German development agency GTZ, which has foun [...]	2009-12-28 08:54:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAGR SENV KDEM ECON CB
09PHNOMPENH969	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL FALEOMAVAEGA TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Phnom Penh warmly welcomes CODEL Faleomavaega's visit to Cambodia. Yours is the first Congressional visit since Senator Jim Webb's in mid-August, and you will find a Cambodia seeking to take full advantage of its first real period of stability in more than a generation. Althoug [...]	2009-12-31 08:33:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KJUS ECON MARR CB
09PHNOMPENH97	CAMBODIA'S ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Hun Sen announced to an assembled audience of the country's top economists and development partners at the Third Cambodia Economic Forum February 5 that projections for Cambodia's economic have been revised downward to 6 percent for 2009, indicating the more sobe [...]	2009-02-12 05:33:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD CB
09PHNOMPENH98	CAMBODIA REMAINS NONCOMMITTAL ON KOSOVO [...] (SBU) Acting DCM called on Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary of State Ouch Borith Feb. 12 and reviewed Ref A talking points in detail. Ouch Borith reiterated an earlier MFA statement that Kosovo is a sensitive issue which they are studying carefully (Ref B). He went on to questi [...]	2009-02-12 09:53:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC ICJ CB
09SEOUL1865	"GLOBAL KOREA" TAKES OFF IN SOUTHEAST ASIA [...] (C) Summary: President Lee Myung-bak's vision of a "Global Korea" has been on prominent display in Southeast Asia during 2009. A key part of that vision is the New Asia Initiative, premised on the idea that Korea can play a "bridging role" between the developed and developing world. Central [...]	2009-11-25 08:30:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ECIN ASEAN KS VM CB TH XC
09STATE111958	EAP: INSTRUCTIONS FOR 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-29 22:45:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG RP CB CH FM
09STATE29154	GUIDANCE TO USUN ON KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: The UN's Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) and the Cambodian government have significantly different interpretations of the February 23 Joint Statement outlining the structure of an anti-corruption mechanism in the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT). UN/OLA has solicited U. [...]	2009-03-26 15:35:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KJUS KTIA PGOV PREL UN CB
09STATE60439	CAMBODIA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]	2009-06-11 20:05:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG CB
09STATE62400	JUNE 4 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ISN Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthias Mitman led the USDEL to the G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting in Rome on June 4--the final meeting prior to the G-8 Summit July 8-10. The GPWG focused on achieving consensus on the final GP Annual Report and the GP [...]	2009-06-16 21:58:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CB TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR IT
09STATE7748	DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CAMBODIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates to participate in Department of Defense Title X-funded training provi [...]	2009-01-28 19:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM CB
09STATE81177	DEMARCHE: ENCOURAGING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 5. 2. (U) Section 7088(c)(1) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2009 (Div H, P.L. 111-8)("the Act"),prohibits "assistance for the central government of any country that fails to make publicly av [...]	2009-08-04 21:50:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL AID AO UV CM CD CF NG SO CB EG
09STATE87525	CAMBODIA: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN [...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Cambodia to help s [...]	2009-08-21 22:07:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG CB
09STATE98111	DEMARCHE: ENCOURAGING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 5. 2. (U) Section 7088(c)(1) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2009 (Div H, P.L. 111-8)("the Act"),prohibits "assistance for the central government of any country that fails to make publicly av [...]	2009-09-22 12:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL AID AO UV CM CD CF NG SO CB EG
09TBILISI1587	GEORGIAN COAST GUARD CRACKS DOWN ON ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary and comment. On August 15 and 18 the Georgian Coast Guard detained two vessels for violations of the Law on Occupied Territories and other infractions, including for traveling in restricted Black Sea waters off the coast of Abkhazia. Although both vessels were stopped more than [...]	2009-08-24 14:48:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHSA PGOV EWWT ETRD CB FR PM RS
09TOKYO2567	JAPAN ADVANCING TIES TO THE MEKONG REGION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first Japan-Mekong Summit on November 6-7 is the culmination of a year-long effort by Japanese leaders to strengthen ties to mainland Southeast Asia and will cap the Japan-Mekong Exchange Year, a program aimed at deepening cooperation and mutual understanding. Japan has assu [...]	2009-11-06 09:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM CB CH LA TH VM JA
09USUNNEWYORK1129	64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC [...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador Joan Plaisted, who served as Senior Area Adviser for East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) to the 64th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). 2. (U) EAP countries in general welcomed the new era of U.S. engagement and partnership this 64th General Assemb [...]	2009-12-18 01:55:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	BP BX CB CH ECON FJ FM ID JA KR KS LA MG
09USUNNEWYORK323	MEETING WITH UN OFFICE OF LEGAL AFFAIRS ON KHMER [...] (SBU) On March 26, Legoffs met with U.N. Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs Peter Taksoe-Jensen and U.N. Senior Officer Huw Llewellyn and delivered the points contained in Reftel. 2. (C) Taksoe-Jensen reported on the status of the negotiations on the anti-corruption mechanism fo [...]	2009-03-27 18:23:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PREL PHUM CB
10BANGKOK186	A/S SHAPIRO VISIT: DISCUSSIONS OF REGIONAL ISSUES, [...] (C) Summary. During a January 13-15 visit, Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro discussed a range of regional issues during meetings with senior Thai officials. The rise of China was viewed benignly by Thai officials, who stressed that Beijing was more interested [...]	2010-01-23 10:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR MASS TH CH CB
10BANGKOK198	THAI-CAMBODIAN SPAT: THAI RANGERS CLASH WITH [...] (C) Summary: Thai rangers clashed January 24 with Cambodian troops in area east of the Preah Vihear temple. The clash apparently occurred near where Cambodian troops had engaged in illegal logging inside Thailand earlier in January. There were no reports of casualties. Local Thai and Cambodi [...]	2010-01-25 09:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
10BANGKOK367	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor participated in a Thai Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) border trip to Chiang Mai, Jan. 11-13. Advisor met with Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTArF) Director, Department of Border Affairs, on Jan. 15 regarding December's International Border Interdiction Training (IBIT) in Mc [...]	2010-02-11 08:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB
10BANGKOK48	Embassy Bangkok Welcomes Staffdel Steigleder [...] Post welcomes Staffdel Steigleder with regards to site visits to projects managed by the Department of Labor's International Labor Affairs Bureau that aim to improve worker rights and eliminate child labor. Control officer will be Lawrence Petroni (information below) who has been in touch wit [...]	2010-01-08 03:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CB CH JA TH
10PHNOMPENH103	DAS MARCIEL REVIEWS U.S. POLICY WITH GOVERNMENT, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a wide range of meetings with Cambodian officials, opposition party members, NGOs and civil society, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Scot Marciel spotlighted stepped-up engagement by the United States in Cambodia while highlighting specific issue [...]	2010-02-12 10:19:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MARR TH CB
10PHNOMPENH108	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy Amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2010-02-16 08:24:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
10PHNOMPENH109	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2010-02-16 08:41:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
10PHNOMPENH110	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2010-02-16 08:41:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
10PHNOMPENH113	CAMBODIA'S BURGEONING YOUTH POPULATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent uptick in drug use, particularly ice - the crystallized form of methamphetamine preferred by Cambodia's new urban elite - has resulted in increased scrutiny of the social triggers and available treatment for Cambodia's young population. Reported increases in teens hold [...]	2010-02-17 07:29:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV PREF PREL ASEC EAID CB
10PHNOMPENH115	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2010-02-17 23:43:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
10PHNOMPENH127	COURT ACQUITS RFA JOURNALIST OF DISINFORMATION [...] (SBU) The Takeo Provincial Court on February 19 acquitted Radio Free Asia (RFA) reporter Sok Serey of disinformation. The case stemmed from a dispute within a Cham Muslim community in Takeo (Ref A),where a community leader alleged that the local imam misappropriated funds belonging to the co [...]	2010-02-19 08:47:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
10PHNOMPENH133	THREE CAMBODIANS CONVICTED FOR LABOR TRAFFICKING; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has convicted three Cambodians on human trafficking and assault charges stemming from the purchase and forced labor of an 11-year old girl in their custody. The primary offender in was sentenced to 20 years in prison for receiving and systematic [...]	2010-02-23 00:14:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP KJUS SOCI CB
10PHNOMPENH134	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE US [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetting for the following [...]	2010-02-23 00:14:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
10PHNOMPENH135	THREE CAMBODIANS CONVICTED FOR LABOR TRAFFICKING; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has convicted three Cambodians on human trafficking and assault charges stemming from the purchase and forced labor of an 11-year old girl in their custody. The primary offender in was sentenced to 20 years in prison for receiving and systematic [...]	2010-02-23 00:14:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP KJUS SOCI CB
10PHNOMPENH139	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "POST BLAST INVESTIGATION" COURSE, MARCH 29-APRIL 9, 2010 IN BANGKOK, THAILAND [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-24 23:41:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
10PHNOMPENH14	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES TO ATTEND THE "CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION TRAINING IN TRAFFICKING CASES" 4TH SESSION, FEBRUARY 1-12, 2010 IN PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-11 10:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KTIP CB
10PHNOMPENH15	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vett [...]	2010-01-11 23:58:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
10PHNOMPENH16	PROVINCIAL COURT SETS SAM RAINSY TRIAL DATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Svay Rieng Provincial Court announced on January 8 that it will try opposition party leader Sam Rainsy on January 27. Rainsy, currently in France, did not appear on December 28 as summoned to answer questions before the court on charges of public destruction of property an [...]	2010-01-12 03:36:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KTIA KJUS CB
10PHNOMPENH17	EXPROPRIATION LAW PASSAGE REVEALS FLAWS IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 29, the National Assembly (NA) approved a new draft expropriation law, which has raised concerns with its wide definition of "public interest" projects that justify confiscation of private property and vague provisions on "fair and just" compensation. There was limi [...]	2010-01-12 04:26:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAGR SENV KDEM ECON CB
10PHNOMPENH26	FRIENDS OF THE ECCC DISCUSS BUDGET AND JUDICIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a three-hour meeting January 11 which was both active and at times exceedingly technical, the "Friends of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)" discussed the budget request for 2010-2011 as well as the preliminary budget estimates for 2012-2015. The F [...]	2010-01-14 09:10:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM CB
10PHNOMPENH27	SEARCHING FOR ENERGY IN CAMBODIA'S WASTE [...] (U) SUMMARY. Although large-scale solutions to Cambodia's energy issues have dominated national and regional attention, NGOs and investors are starting to realize the energy potential in the country's farms, trash bins, and landfills. Studies estimate a potential generation of 18,852 GWh per [...]	2010-01-15 01:58:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR ENRG EAID EIND CB
10PHNOMPENH29	2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - CAMBODIA [...] Cambodia, a developing country, began the transformation from a command economy to the free market in the late 1980s. It is now integrating into the regional and world trading framework. In 1999, Cambodia joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and in September 2004, became [...]	2010-01-19 00:41:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KIPR OPIC KTDB USTR CB
10PHNOMPENH3	CAMBODIA'S VULNERABLE MUSLIM MINORITY: EMBASSY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cambodia is home to approximately 400,000 Muslims, known as the Cham, who are viewed as generally well integrated into society by the Cambodian government and by the Cham themselves. Cambodia's Cham live in extreme poverty and have low education levels, high illiteracy rates, and [...]	2010-01-05 05:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KPAO PREL CB
10PHNOMPENH31	CODEL FALEOMAVAEGA DISCUSSES DEBT, TRADE AND [...] (C) Summary: Following a day in Siem Reap and after attending festivities to mark the 31st anniversary of the January 7 Khmer Rouge "victory" commemoration, Congressman Eni Faleomavaega met with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and later with Deputy Prime Ministers Hor Namhong and Keat Chhon [...]	2010-01-19 09:15:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN ETRD PHUM SCUL KJUS KDEM EAID CH CB
10PHNOMPENH32	CAMBODIA COMMITTED TO IMPROVED FISCAL TRANSPARENCY [...] (U) Per Ref A's request for information regarding fiscal transparency, posts response is below. Reforming the Public Financial Management System --------------------------------------------- --- 2. (U) The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) is committed to greater financial accountability [...]	2010-01-19 10:04:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON AID EFIN PREL CB
10PHNOMPENH33	TFHA01: CAMBODIA OFFERS $50,000 IN HUMANITARIAN [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-19 10:13:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA CB
10PHNOMPENH49	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2010-01-22 07:05:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
10PHNOMPENH50	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST TO ATTEND WORKSHOP ON LEGAL [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2010-01-22 07:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL KNNP CB
10PHNOMPENH51	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "COMPUTER CRIME INVESTIGATION" COURSE, FEBRUARY 22-MARCH 5, 2010 IN BANGKOK, THAILAND [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-22 07:22:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
10PHNOMPENH52	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "SUPERVISORY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS" COURSE, FEBRUARY 22-APRIL 2, 2010 IN BANGKOK, THAILAND [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-22 08:30:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL CB
10PHNOMPENH62	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetting for the following [...]	2010-01-26 03:11:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
10PHNOMPENH63	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetting for the following [...]	2010-01-26 03:14:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
10PHNOMPENH65	RGC WILL ASSOCIATE WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD BUT WANTS TO SEE COMMITMENTS FIRST [...] (SBU) The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has no objections to associating with the Copenhagen Accord in principle but wants to see concrete commitments from developed and major developing countries before taking action. DCM delivered Reftel talking points to Ouch Borith, Secretary of Stat [...]	2010-01-26 06:43:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG CB KGHG
10PHNOMPENH69	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2010-01-28 00:52:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
10PHNOMPENH70	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE UNITED [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetting for the following [...]	2010-01-28 01:01:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
10PHNOMPENH71	CAMBODIAN AUTHORITIES BREAK UP TRAFFICKING RING; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An official from the Anti-Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection (AHTJP) Police Unit confirmed the arrest of two Cambodians involved in a virginity sale and child trafficking business in Phnom Penh and Kandal Province. The two traffickers, and an American perpetrator arre [...]	2010-01-28 01:33:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KTIP KJUS CB
10PHNOMPENH75	RAINSY CONVICTED AND SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition party leader Sam Rainsy was convicted in absentia January 27 on charges of destroying public property and inciting national discrimination for his role in removing temporary markers delineating the Cambodia-Vietnam border; he was sentenced to two years in prison and a [...]	2010-01-29 10:10:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KTIA KJUS CB
10PHNOMPENH78	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES TO ATTEND THE "POLICE INVESTIGATIVE TRAINING IN TRAFFICKING CASES" COURSE, FEBRUARY 22-MARCH 12, 2010 IN SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-02 10:26:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KTIP CB
10PHNOMPENH80	CAMBODIA ASSOCIATES WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] In a follow-up response to Ref A, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFA) informed Post that the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) officially associated itself with the Copenhagen Accord on January 29. In its notification to the United Nations Framework Convention [...]	2010-02-03 05:43:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG CB KGHG
10PHNOMPENH81	CAMBODIA RESPONSE TO CITES COP-15 DEMARCHE [...] ESTHOff delivered Reftel materials to Suon Phalla, Deputy Director of the Cambodian CITES Management Authority, who distributed the U.S. proposals to relevant officials in the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) and Ministry of Environment (MOE) for comment. Suon said that [...]	2010-02-03 06:11:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP CB
10PHNOMPENH82	CAMBODIAN RESPONSE TO DISTRACTED DRIVING DEMARCHE [...] SUMMARY. ESTHOff delivered Reftel demarche to the directors of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport's (MPWT) Department of Transport and the Ministry of Interior's (MOI) Public Order Department. Text messaging and cell phone use while driving are common in Cambodia but are not viewed [...]	2010-02-04 09:25:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI UNDP UNGA CB
10PHNOMPENH93	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]	2010-02-09 01:13:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
10PHNOMPENH96	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE 5TH [...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetting for the following [...]	2010-02-09 08:48:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
10STATE10090	TRILATERAL STRATEGIC DIALOGUE ON [...] (C) Summary: Officials from the U.S., Japan, and Australia met in Tokyo on December 14-15 for the fifth annual Trilateral Strategic Dialogue Counterterrorism consultations. Four working groups reviewed past collaboration and laid the groundwork for several joint projects aimed at bolstering [...]	2010-02-01 20:40:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINS PREL AS JP MY ID BE CB
10STATE15565	DEMARCHE REQUEST: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN SPECIAL [...] (U) This is an Action Request: see para 3. 2. (SBU) Department appreciates USUN's ongoing engagement with UN/OLA and the Steering Committee for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia aka the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (ECCC). Department notes that UN/OLA has requested donor input r [...]	2010-02-20 01:27:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID KJUS KTIA CB
89BANGKOK3838	HUN SEN'S VISIT [...] SUMMARY: HUN SEN'S PRECEDENT SETTING VISIT TO BANGKOK REVEALED NO NEW PRK FLEXIBILITY ON THE KEY ASPECTS OF AN INTERNAL SETTLEMENT. HE REMAINS OPPOSED TO AND INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING FORCE AND TO SIHANOUK'S PROPOSALS. IN THEIR DISCUSSIONS WITH HIM, THE THAI APPARENTLY FOCUSED ON THE EXTE [...]	1989-01-26 11:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CB TH
89STATE308460	U.S. POLICY TOWARD CAMBODIA: NEXT STEPS [...] CONFIDENTIAL--ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: THIS CABLE PROVIDES POSTS WITH KEY THEMES TO BE USED WITH HOST GOVERNMENTS, THE PRESS, AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES REGARDING OUR ASSESSMENT OF THE CURRENT SITUATION IN CAMBODIA (SEE PARA 3) AND INFORMATION ON THE NEXT STEPS WE PLAN TO TAKE (SEE PAR [...]	1989-09-26 16:09:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CB US
93PHNOMPENH577	HOR NAMHONG VIEWS THE FUTURE [...] (C) - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. SOC FOREIGN MINISTER HOR NAMHONG TOOK ME ASIDE DURING UNTAC'S DONORS REVIEW MEETING ON REHABILITATION AND DEVELOPMENT FEBRUARY 25. AFTER ASKING ABOUT THE CORE GROUP MEETING ON CAMBODIA, HE TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO SPEAK FRANKLY ABOUT THE SITUA [...]	1993-02-25 09:04:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM UNTAC CB
94PHNOMPENH4053	HUN SEN'S CURRENT VIEWS [...] C - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. PROMINENT CAMBODIAN-AMERICAN LEADER SICHAN SIV (PROTECT) HAD A ONE-ON-ONE SESSION DECEMBER 6 WITH SECOND PRIME MINISTER HUN SEN. THE PRIME MINISTER WAS RELAXED AND DEMONSTRATED A GOOD GRASP OF DETAIL, ACCORDING TO OUR SOURCE. HIS PRINCIPAL POINTS WERE AS FOLLOWS. [...]	1994-12-09 06:24:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR PINS CB
95PHNOMPENH152	VIEWS OF HOR NAMHONG, CAMBODIAN AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE [...] C - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. FORMER SOC FOREIGN MINISTER AND PRESENT RCG AMBASSADOR TO PARIS HOR NAMHONG EXCHANGED VIEWS WITH THE AMBASSADOR JANUARY 11 DURING A VISIT TO PHNOM PENH. ALTHOUGH THEORETICALLY NEUTRAL POLITICALLY, HOR NAMHONG WITH HIS IMTIMATE INVOLVEMENT WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE FORMER REGIME [...]	1995-01-11 09:26:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CB FR TH
95PHNOMPENH3699	DEFENSE MINISTER GIVEN COMMAND CONTROL [...] CLASSIFIED BY ROBERT C. PORTER, DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION, PHNOM PENH; REASON 1.5 (B). DECLASSIFY NOVEMBER 6, 2005. 2. (C) SUMMARY. THE RECENT APPOINTMENT OF THE CO-DEFENSE MINISTERS AS DEPUTY COMMANDERS-IN-CHIEF PLACES THE MILITARY UNDER TIGHTER CIVILIAN CONTROL, BUT HAS DISPLEASED CHIEF [...]	1995-11-07 03:36:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PGOV PINS CB
95PHNOMPENH3751	FURTHER EVIDENCE OF HUN SEN'S MENTAL [...] (S) SUMMARY. SECOND PRIME MINISTER HUN SEN HAS CALLED FOR A FORMAL RCG INVESTIGATION INTO A REPORT, PUBLISHED BY A LOCAL NEWSPAPER, OF A PLOT TO ASSASSINATE HIM. THE REPORT, SOURCED TO FUNCINPEC SECRETARY-GENERAL SIRIVUDH, IS MOST LIKELY LITTLE MORE THAN UNFOUNDED RUMOR, POSSIBLY FLOATED B [...]	1995-11-14 10:28:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	SECRET	PGOV PINR CB
97PHNOMPENH1339	COMMANDER, SPECIAL OPERATION COMMAND [...] SUMMARY. ON MAY 3, 1997, VISITING MAJOR GENERAL CHARLES HOLLAND, COMMANDER, SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND PACIFIC, HAD SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CO-MINISTERS OF NATIONAL DEFENSE AND THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF, LTG MEAS SOPHEA, REAFFIRMING THE MILITARY-TO-MILITARY RELATIONSHIP [...]	1997-05-20 04:07:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS CB
98BANGKOK4204	THAI MFA COMMENTS ON TEA BANH, FOC, AND THE KHMER ROUGE [...] No summary [...]	1998-03-31 00:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PREL MOPS KDEM CB TH

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