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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00THEHAGUE1863 |
READOUT ON MTCR DUTCH CHAIR VISIT TO SOUTHEAST ASIA [...] END SUMMARY. TEXT OF DUTCH MTCR TRIP REPORT FOR FUTURE PARIS POC MTG (PROTECT UNTIL RELEASE AT NEXT MTCR POC MEETING) 2.(C/REL MTCR - REL TO MTCR UPON LATE JUNE POC MTG CIRCLTN) BEGIN TEXT OF DUTCH MTCR TRIP REPORT: GENERAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANDATE GIVEN BY THE NOORD [...] |
2000-06-22 12:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL HK MC MY SN IR NL MTCRE |
| 01KUALALUMPUR2464 |
MALAYSIA PROBES MISUARI TIES TO ABU SAYYAF GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: CONCERNED THAT ANY CHARGES FILED AGAINST NUR MISUARI HERE WOULD PROVOKE A DOMESTIC BACKLASH, MALAYSIAN OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO INSIST THEY ARE PREPARED TO DEPORT THE MORO NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT (MNLF) LEADER TO THE PHILIPPINES. NEVERTHELESS, MALAYSIA'A SECURITY APPARATUS IS INCR [...] |
2001-11-28 09:45:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PINS MY RP |
| 03ABUJA390 |
NIGERIA: RESPONSE TO NAM STATEMENT DEMARCHE [...] (C) DCM February 22 delivered ref A points to MFA Permanent Secretary Ambassador T.D. Hart. Hart took the USG position on board, promising to convey it to FM Sule Lamido. 2. (C) COMMENT: Nigeria believes that Iraq must be disarmed through the UN Security Council but that Saddam must rea [...] |
2003-02-24 16:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM AINF IZ NI MY UNSC NAM |
| 03HANOI2362 |
RESULTS OF USG CLIMATE CHANGE DELEGATION VISIT TO [...] SUMMARY: On September 12, 2003, a delegation of U.S. government climate change and energy officials, led by Dr. Harlan Watson, Senior Climate Negotiator and Special Representative, OES, had a short but full schedule in Vietnam, including a variety of government meetings and public diplomacy [...] |
2003-09-18 00:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV TH MY VM |
| 03RANGOON1462 |
RAZALI AND THE NLD VIDEOTAPE [...] (C) Reftel indicated that UN Special Envoy Razali had requested a copy of the NLD videotape of the May 2003 ASSK convoy in northern Burma. His intention to provide the tape to certain international journalists as a way to bring external pressure on the SPDC would fulfill a request by ASSK, as [...] |
2003-11-14 09:45:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BM MY ASSK NLD |
| 03RANGOON653 |
RAZALI VISIT TO RANGOON [...] (C) Summary: Post continues in its conviction that Special Envoy (SE) Razali should not come to Rangoon absent firm assurances that he will be allowed a meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi. However, we understand that the SE is still undecided. If Razali chooses to come without guarantees of any [...] |
2003-06-04 10:46:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MY BM |
| 04DJIBOUTI730 |
ETHIOPIAN OFFICIALS HOLD TALKS WITH DJIBOUTI [...] (C) Minister of Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Mahmoud Ali Youssef, told Ambassador May 20 during their meeting at the MFA on another matter, that the May 18-19 visit of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to Djibouti had gone very well. Meles had come to Djibouti to [...] |
2004-05-23 11:38:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EINV ET KU MY DJ TC |
| 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 |
| 04NEWDELHI8192 |
MEA STATEMENTS AND BRIEFINGS: MALAYSIA, SLOVAKIA, [...] Summary: This is another of our periodic messages summarizing public statements by MEA Spokesman Navtej Sarna and other MEA officials. Here we report Malaysian Prime Minister Badawi's and Slovak President Gasparovic's visits to India, Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's trip to South Korea and [...] |
2004-12-28 11:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP TSPA MY LO KS PK BG BM CE NP IN GOI |
| 04RANGOON470 |
BURMESE MUSLIMS BRACE FOR FALLOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rangoon-based Muslim leaders are advising Muslims to expect a severe GOB reaction following the April 7 attack on the Burmese Embassy in Kuala Lumpur (ref A). The Foreign Ministry publicly condemned the attack, though avoiding mention of the attackers' ethnicity and religion, a [...] |
2004-04-09 10:21:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PTER PGOV PINS KISL MY BM |
| 04RANGOON487 |
BURMA: MALAYSIAN AMBASSADOR BELIEVES GOB WILL [...] (C) Summary: Malaysia's ambassador to Burma believes that the GOB is "firm" in wanting to postpone the April 29-30 Bangkok II meeting in order to avoid "getting clobbered" by the international community. Nonetheless, he believes that the signs are good ASSK will be released soon and assesses [...] |
2004-04-20 10:15:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM MY |
| 05BANDARSERIBEGAWAN597 |
SINGAPOREAN VIEW OF BRUNEIAN ADHERENCE TO PSI, [...] (C) Summary: The Singaporean High Commissioner believes Malaysia,s coolness toward the Proliferation Security Initiative may be causing Brunei to delay a decision on adherence to PSI principles, in accordance with Brunei,s desire to avoid taking a stand on any issue on which its two closest [...] |
2005-12-09 07:48:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PREL BX MY SN |
| 05BANGKOK6519 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 13, Ambassador Boyce paid a courtesy call on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Chidchai Vanasatidya. Chidchai was generally upbeat about the RTG's progress in addressing the Southern problem. He stated that the militants clearly wanted to provoke another maj [...] |
2005-10-14 02:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PREF MY TH |
| 05MANILA1507 |
CAPTURE OF ARAB TERRORIST [...] (U) In a March 31 press conference at Edwin Andrews Air Base in the southern Mindanao city of Zamboanga, Philippine security officials presented to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (PGMA) and the media a captured terrorist suspect, Kuwait-born Fawaz Zaki Ajjur, who had traveled on a Palestin [...] |
2005-04-01 06:31:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC PINS UP MY RP |
| 05MANILA1748 |
MILF AND ANCESTRAL DOMAIN: A TOUGH NUT TO CRACK [...] (C) Summary. The upcoming GRP-MILF "exploratory talks" will tackle what is arguably the most difficult and contentious aspect of the conflict in Mindanao -- ancestral domain and proprietary land claims. MILF interlocutors appear hopeful there is some prospect further to flesh out some of th [...] |
2005-04-15 09:25:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER PREL MY RP |
| 05MANILA1857 |
LATEST GRP/MILF TALKS STEP UP MOMENTUM TOWARD PEACE [...] (C) Summary. The GRP is pleased by the April 18-20 GRP-MILF talks and views a peace accord as do-able by the end of 2005. The latest talks seemed to lead to a meeting of minds on how to define ancestral domain and set up a mechanism for delineating territory. The GRP believes that existin [...] |
2005-04-22 09:56:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS RP MY |
| 05MANILA2559 |
MILF CONSULTATION: A FRESH MANDATE AND OPTIMISTIC [...] (SBU) The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) held a three-day public consultation on the outskirts of Cotabato City May 29-31 to renew its negotiating mandate before heading into the next round of peace talks with the GRP. GRP officials describe the event as "the largest show of mass appro [...] |
2005-06-01 07:13:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER PREL MOPS MY LY RP |
| 05MANILA2675 |
MILF VALIDATING WANTED TERRORIST LIST FROM GRP [...] (SBU) Below is a list of 53 suspected militants provided to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) (a copy has been faxed to EAP/PMBS). MILF officials have publicly stated they are in the process of "validating" the list, and the names will form [...] |
2005-06-09 06:35:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINR PINS ASEC PREL ID MY RP |
| 05MANILA281 |
GRP AND MILF EXPECT TALKS SOON, WILL COOPERATE ON [...] (C) GRP and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) sources confirmed both sides are ready for another round of talks tentatively slated for the first week of February. The sides are prepared to discuss the nettlesome ancestral domain issue. The cease-fire remains strong despite the January 9 [...] |
2005-01-19 08:57:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER PREL MOPS MY RP |
| 05MANILA2846 |
CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM CONTINUES FOLLOWING LATEST [...] (SBU) A GRP-Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Joint Statement heralded as a success the eighth round of "exploratory talks" on June 21 between their respective peace panels under Malaysian facilitation in Kuala Lumpur (ref A). The talks were "marked with a high level of mutual trust and c [...] |
2005-06-22 23:17:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER PREL MY RP |
| 05MANILA2972 |
GRP-MILF PEACE TALKS: A SLOW AND INCREMENTAL [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo's recent assessment that the GRP and MILF will reach a peace accord in six months is highly optimistic, although other GRP figures have made similar predictions. We expect the process to slow down as the parties delve further into specifi [...] |
2005-06-28 23:29:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER PREL MY RP |
| 05MANILA3435 |
GRP-MILF PEACE TALKS POSTPONED; LATEST NEWS [...] (S) Summary: The latest round of exploratory talks between the GRP and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have been postponed. The talks -- which are being facilitated by the Malaysian government -- were scheduled to be held on July 25 in Kuala Lumpur and appear to have been postponed [...] |
2005-07-27 06:48:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | PGOV PINS PTER PINR KISL MY RP |
| 05MANILA3843 |
GRP-MILF OPTIMISTIC ON TALKS, MALAYSIAN MONITORS, [...] (C) Summary. The GRP and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) maintain their readiness to resume exploratory talks, although GRP officials indicate Malaysian facilitators remain concerned about distractions stemming from the still unresolved political situation in Manila. Both parties appre [...] |
2005-08-19 09:05:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MOPS PINS KISL MY RP |
| 05MANILA463 |
MASSIVE STRIKES AGAINST HIGH VALUE TERRORISTS IN [...] (C) Summary. A January 27 Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) massive aerial and artillery attack against several high value terrorist suspects (including ASG leader Janjalani and key JI operatives linked to the Bali bombing) killed as many as five terrorists and wounded three. Confirmatio [...] |
2005-01-28 07:07:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | PTER PINS PREL MOPS MY RP |
| 05MANILA4631 |
PHILIPPINE MARINES CAPTURE SEVEN ASG TERRORISTS ON [...] (U) In a September 21 early morning raid on a safe house in Panjogan village near Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, Philippine Marines captured Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) commander Jundan Jamalu, a.k.a. Jundan Jain a.k.a. "Black Killer," and six other ASG terrorists. Jamalu had been wanted by Philippine author [...] |
2005-09-28 06:57:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER MOPS PINS ID MY RP |
| 05MANILA5019 |
GRP-MILF PEACE PROCESS ON TRACK BUT POTENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: GRP and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) negotiators made a breakthrough on ancestral domain during their 9th Exploratory Talks in Kuala Lumpur, September 15-16. Though both sides agreed to keep details of the talks confidential, a leak to the Philippine press disclosed an [...] |
2005-10-25 08:20:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MOPS PINS KISL MY RP |
| 05MANILA5710 |
TIP: TWO DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO LIFE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: On December 5, a regional court in Zamboanga City, Mindanao, sentenced two members of a trafficking syndicate to life imprisonment for recruiting a victim and selling her to a brothel in Malaysia [...] |
2005-12-07 09:02:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN ELAB KCRM RP MY |
| 05MANILA5781 |
G/TIP AMBASSADOR MILLER'S DECEMBER 3-6 VISIT: [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: G/TIP Director Ambassador John Miller visited the Philippines December 3-6 to evaluate GRP progress in addressing serious problems that resulted in its Tier Two Watch List rating in 2004 and 2005 [...] |
2005-12-12 08:14:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN ELAB KCRM RP MY JP |
| 05NEWDELHI140 |
REQUEST FOR INDIAN MPAT PLANNERS AND LIAISON [...] (C) This message responds to State action request: ref 060115Z Jan 05 SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR COUNTRY LIAISON OFFICERS FOR TSUNAMI ASSISTANCE AND PACOM REQUEST. 2. (C) Based on directions in cable (ref para 1), and communications between USPACOM J-5, OSD, and USDAO New Delhi, Ambassador t [...] |
2005-01-06 14:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | AS CA CE FR GM IR JA KS MARR MOPS MY PREL SN TH |
| 05RANGOON1053 |
BURMA: ASEAN PERSPECTIVES - PART I [...] (C) Summary: Charge's courtesy calls on four ASEAN Ambassadors revealed differing, but in the end negative, views on Burma's future. While the departing Malaysian and Bruneian ambassadors were blunt in their negative assessments of the current conditions, the relatively new Singaporean ambass [...] |
2005-09-14 09:59:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV BM RP SN MY BX |
| 05SINGAPORE1543 |
SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA SIGN LAND RECLAMATION [...] A costly two-year dispute with Malaysia over Singapore's land reclamation activities in the Johor Strait ended on April 26 when Singapore Ambassador-at-large Tommy Koh and Malaysia Secretary-General Tan Sri Ahmed Fuzi Abdul Razak signed the "Settlement Agreement of the Reclamation Case". Sing [...] |
2005-05-17 02:44:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV MY SN |
| 05SINGAPORE2245 |
SINGAPORE REACTS CAUTIOUSLY TO YUAN, RINGGIT [...] The reaction in Singapore to the news that Beijing and Kuala Lumpur would no longer peg their currencies to the dollar was welcoming but cautious. While press articles reflected clear relief that a politically charged issue has been resolved, lack of information on the details of the new cur [...] |
2005-07-22 09:41:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ETRD SN MY CH |
| 05SINGAPORE3352 |
ADMIRAL FALLON DISCUSSES BILATERAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral Fallon, accompanied by Charge Fergin, met separately on November 14 with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong to discuss bilateral security cooperation and regional issues, most prominently, China. In open and relaxed discussions, both leaders [...] |
2005-11-23 07:22:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PTER PGOV ID SN TH MY RP |
| 05SINGAPORE721 |
MARCH 1 "RMSI" MARITIME SECURITY WORKSHOP: MAKING [...] (C) Summary: On March 1, the USG hosted an informal workshop on the five "RMSI" elements of maritime security for Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. The meeting marked the first time the United States has met exclusively with the Malacca Strait littorals on maritime security. The [...] |
2005-03-11 09:54:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EWWT PTER SN CH JA MY ID |
| 05VATICAN253 |
CATHOLIC AID ORGANIZATIONS: TSUMANI RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EAID SENV SOCI CE ID IN ML MY TH VT |
| 06ASHGABAT856 |
PETRONAS POSSIBLY LOOKING TO EXPAND ACTIVITIES IN [...] (C) Judging by insights provided by the U.S. firm Transocean, the Malaysian Oil Giant Petronas is both consolidating and looking to expand its activities in Turkmenistan. Transocean has drilled four commercially viable wells for Petronas in offshore Block 1 in the Caspian Sea. After the dis [...] |
2006-08-10 13:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET MY TX |
| 06BAKU1715 |
DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER SADIKOV SAYS "THE TIME IS [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Deputy Foreign Minister Vagif Sadikov November 20 to discuss Azerbaijan's priorities as the chair of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)'s Foreign Ministers' Conference. According to Sadikov, the GOAJ seeks to "breathe new life" into the or [...] |
2006-11-27 05:16:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL AJ PK EG MY |
| 06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN497 |
HEART OF BORNEO: UPDATE ON BRUNEIAN VIEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Brunei (GOB) remains solidly behind the Heart of Borneo (HOB) project, a WWF initiative that aims to establish a tropical forest conservation area consisting of 85,000 square miles of contiguous protected zones across the three countries that share the world' [...] |
2006-09-28 08:21:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD SENV ID MY BX |
| 06BRIDGETOWN1132 |
SCHOLARSHIPS FROM MALAYSIA AND GREECE ENHANCE [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 4. 2. (U) In early June the Government of Antigua and Barbuda (GOAB) announced the availability of seventeen scholarships for undergraduate and graduate study abroad. Fifteen scholarships are being offered in partnership with the government of [...] |
2006-07-03 13:23:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO AC GR MY XL |
| 06BRIDGETOWN1165 |
ST. VINCENT AIRPORT PLANS RELY ON FOREIGN AID AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The ambitious plan put forward by the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (GOSV) to expand two of the nation's existing airports and construct a major new international airport will rely on substantial foreign aid and runs the risk of miring the country in debt. These [...] |
2006-07-07 13:06:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAIR ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CU MY TW |
| 06BRIDGETOWN609 |
ST. VINCENT PRIME MINISTER'S ASIAN MYSTERY TOUR [...] (C) Summary: St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves traveled to Southeast Asia in February and March for what was billed as an official mission to attract investment to his small Caribbean island-state. The Government of St. Vincent (GOSV) hyped the success of the PM's [...] |
2006-04-07 19:31:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EINV EAIR OFDP OVIP PINR MY SN VC |
| 06BRIDGETOWN829 |
MALAYSIA PRIME MINISTER VISITS ST. VINCENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysia Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi visited St. Vincent and the Grenadines over the course of four days in April and May for what was touted by St. Vincent Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves as a follow-up to his successful March visit to Malaysia and Singapore. Whil [...] |
2006-05-15 16:26:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV OVIP PGOV PINR PREL JM MY VC XL |
| 06DAKAR2114 |
SENEGAL LIFTS SAFEGUARD MEASURE FOR WAEMU OIL IMPORTS, BUT [...] (U) SUMMARY: In response to ongoing controversy surrounding Senegal's application of a safeguard measure in 2005, President Wade signed a revised law on July 21, 2006, applying a 25 percent provisional safeguard tax on refined and palm oils originating outside the West African Economic and Mon [...] |
2006-09-01 16:50:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ECON PGOV EAID EINV IV MY SG |
| 06DILI299 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 7, 2006 [...] (U) Summary. - Demonstrators return to their districts; - UN envoy Ian Martin departs Dili; - International police force update; - Readout on Ramos-Horta's meetings with dissident leaders; - Australian and New Zealand Defense Ministers visit; - Parliament's [...] |
2006-06-07 15:11:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN KPKO CASC PO MY TT AS |
| 06DILI300 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 8, 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary - GNR restricted to barracks after confrontation with Australian forces; - Provisional cooperation agreement reached between JTF and Portuguese forces; - Armed group claims Alkatiri gave them weapons to kill opponents; - Foreign Defense Attaches inv [...] |
2006-06-08 19:25:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN KPKO CASC PO MY AS TT |
| 06DILI301 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 9, 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: - AFP commander gives policing plan to Ramos-Horta; - GNR Equipment Arrives in Baucau; - Former Minister of Police Bids Farewell to PNTL Commanders; - Sources confirm Fretilin Headquarters in Ermera District was burned; - Status of the news media; - JTF agrees to provide secur [...] |
2006-06-09 11:26:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN KPKO CASC PO MY TT AS |
| 06DILI304 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 12, 2006 [...] (U) Summary: GOET Calls on UN to Establish Independent Special Inquiry Commission; Opposition MP Joins Major Reinado to Call for Changes to the Constitution; GNR Cooperates Effectively with JTF; Security environment. End summary. GOET Calls on UN to Establish Independent Special Inquiry [...] |
2006-06-12 15:16:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN KPKO CASC PO MY TT AS |
| 06DILI306 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 13, 2006 [...] (C) Summary: Pro-Alkatiri armed group reported in Los Palos; Ramos-Horta casts doubt on whether UN investigation would include "Fretilin Security Forces"; Fretilin National Planning Committee may meet to discuss current crisis; Opposition MPs walk out of Parliament in protest of a Fretilin r [...] |
2006-06-13 15:14:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KPKO CASC PO MY TT AS |
| 06DILI308 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 14, 2006 [...] (U) Summary: President addresses Parliament; Fretilin presents itself as the victim; Ramos-Horta briefs diplomatic corps on GOET requests for post UN-mission; Prime Minister wants Timorese control of police; Security environment; End Summary. President addresses Parliament -------------- [...] |
2006-06-14 15:05:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KPKO CASC PO MY TT AS |
| 06DILI313 |
EMBASSY DILI VIEWS ON POST-UNOTIL MISSION [...] (U) Summary: This message discusses possible components of a follow-on United Nations mission in East Timor after the expiration of the anticipated two-month extension of the United Nations Office in Timor-Leste (UNOTIL). Whether or not the mission is conducted under Chapter VII authority and [...] |
2006-06-16 19:27:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | KPKO PREL PGOV PHUM AU PO MY TT |
| 06DILI327 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP: PRESIDENT WILL RESIGN TOMORROW UNLESS [...] (U) Summary: --- President will resign tomorrow if Prime Minister does not; --- Ex-Minister Lobato arrested; --- More anti-Alkatiri demonstrators arrive in Dili.. End summary. President will resign tomorrow if Prime Minister does not --------------------------------------------- ----------- [...] |
2006-06-22 15:16:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV MOPS ASEC KPKO MY AS TT |
| 06ISLAMABAD8327 |
D-8 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-09 05:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BG EG ID IR IS IZ MOPS MY NI PGOV PK PREL |
| 06JAKARTA3405 |
ADMIRAL FALLON AND SENATOR FEINGOLD DISCUSS [...] (U) Commander Pacific Command (PACOM) Admiral William J. Fallon and Senator Russell Feingold met on February 25 in Medan with representatives of Indonesian military and police to discuss security in the Straits of Malacca. The Admiral underscored USG interest in maintaining a safe and secure [...] |
2006-03-17 00:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ASEC EWWT PINR PREL SI MY TH ID |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1011 |
FURTHER MALAYSIA RESPONSE TO TANCHON COMMERCIAL BANK ACCOUNTS [...] (C) Econoff met with Koid Swee Lian, Director of Bank Negara's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and FIU official Rahman Abu Bakar June 2 at their request to discuss the alleged relationship between Tanchon Commercial Bank and Malayan Banking Berhad's (aka Maybank) Singapore branch (Ref A). T [...] |
2006-06-02 10:05:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KJUS KTFN KNNP MNUC PARM PREL SN MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1034 |
MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT IN THE FTA [...] (C) Summary: Government procurement plays a large role in the Malaysian economy -- valued at an estimated 20% of GDP. The Government of Malysia has formal procurement rules and officials explain that they are designed to serve a variety of goals, including economic development and the improvem [...] |
2006-06-06 09:15:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN EINV MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1091 |
MALAYSIAN RESPONSE TO IRAN DEMARCHE ON BAKU OIC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-14 07:04:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC IR MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1092 |
SRI LANKA PEACE PROCESS: MALAYSIAN RESPONSE ON [...] (C) MFA Principal Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Nik Mustafa Kamal Nik Ahmad told us June 14 that the governments of Sri Lanka and India had recently made approaches to the MFA to discuss cooperation in cutting off the Tigers from their funding and weapons sources. During the May [...] |
2006-06-14 07:15:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR PINS CE MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1096 |
PREPARING FOR THE MARITIME BORDER NEEDS ASSESSMENT [...] (S) Embassy Kuala Lumpur strongly endorses the DS/ATA and S/CT maritime border control technical needs assessment in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia and looks forward to working with the Department in arranging this visit. 2. (S) Post agrees with Embassies Jakarta and Manila with r [...] |
2006-06-15 02:02:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PTER ASEC PREL ID RP MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1227 |
SRI LANKA: MALAYSIA CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF [...] (C) MFA Principal Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Nik Mustafa Kamal Nik Ahmad told us July 3 that Malaysia was still considering whether to join contact groups on Tiger financing and weapons procurement. Nik Mustafa frankly admitted that the decision would be politically difficult [...] |
2006-07-03 07:30:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR PINS CE MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1259 |
SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CNO ADMIRAL MULLEN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Malaysian-American relations are good and improving; we are currently conducting negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement with Malaysia. This moderate, Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide. Our robust and growing military-military cooperation is r [...] |
2006-07-07 08:49:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR ECON PTER MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1288 |
MALAYSIAN RESPONSE TO TANCHON BANK ALLEGATIONS [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) Economic Counselor provided Koid Swee Lian, Director of Bank Negara Malaysia's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) July 12 with Tanchon Bank's listing in Reed's Banker's Almanac, which alleges that Tanchon has a correspondent relation [...] |
2006-07-12 07:42:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN SNAR KJUS KTFN KNNP MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1353 |
MIDDLE EAST: MALAYSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER HAMID [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 21 meeting with the Ambassador called at the Foreign Minister's request, FM Hamid urged that the U.S. get all sides in the current Lebanon crisis to implement a cease fire as soon as possible. He labeled Israel's response to the kidnapping of its soldiers as "dis [...] |
2006-07-21 08:46:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MY IS LE |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1354 |
MALAYSIA MULLS SENDING PEACEKEEPERS TO LEBANON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak told the press during a July 20 encounter in London that Malaysia would be willing to send peacekeeping forces to southern Lebanon should the UN Security Council call for such a force. Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Hamid Albar has issued a seri [...] |
2006-07-21 09:26:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NACB IS LE MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1390 |
Dueling Forecasts: Malaysia Economic Update [...] (U) Summary: Government officials insist that the economy is on track to meet their target of 6.0% growth in 2006, but Malaysia's most prestigious private forecaster recently downgraded its forecast to 5.2%. Private inflation forecasts are more in line with the Central Bank's projection of 3. [...] |
2006-07-27 09:06:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EPET MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1416 |
61ST UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: PM ABDULLAH AND FM SYED [...] (SBU) Reftel requested an interim report on official attendance at the 61st UN General Assembly. On July 31, Johan Ariff Abdul Razak, MFA Assistant Secretary of the United Nations and Disarmament Branch stated that Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi will lead the Malaysian delegation, accompanied [...] |
2006-08-01 00:51:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1458 |
MALAYSIA HOSTS OIC CONFERENCE ON LEBANON AND [...] (C) Summary: Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi on August 3 hosted dignitaries from 17 other countries belonging to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to discuss and plan a course of action in the Lebanon and Palestine conflicts. Predictably, Abdullah called for an immedi [...] |
2006-08-03 23:19:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NACB IS LE MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1466 |
OIC RELEASES STATEMENTS ON LEBANON AND PALESTINE [...] (C) Summary: The Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) released two documents concerning Lebanon and Palestine following their August 3 meeting in Putrajaya, Malaysia (reftel). While both documents reiterated old rhetoric condemning Israel and predictably called for an immediate ceasefire, [...] |
2006-08-04 07:35:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NACB IS LE MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1486 |
MALAYSIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PREPARATION FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-08 06:29:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF SMIG UNGA MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1499 |
MALAYSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S LATEST COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary: Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar rejected the draft United Nations (U.N.) resolution on Lebanon during an August 8 press conference. He also fielded questions on suggestions by former Prime Minister Mahathir that the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) supply arms [...] |
2006-08-09 09:24:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NACB IS LE MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1516 |
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DEBATE LEADS TO GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Pressure from non-Muslims to examine religious freedom in Malaysia has generated passionate debate here in recent months, leading to PM Abdullah's July 25 warning, repeated on August 11, for the media and public to refrain from openly debating contentious religious and racial issues. For t [...] |
2006-08-11 08:13:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PINR KISL KIRF KDEM KPAO MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1525 |
MALAYSIAN VIEW OF GRP/MILF PEACE PROCESS [...] (S) Summary: Malaysian lead facilitator for the Philippine Government(GRP)/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace process Othman Abdul Razak told the Ambassador August 9 that he anticipated that the parties would sign an interim agreement late this year, with conclusion of a "comprehensi [...] |
2006-08-14 07:21:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PINS PTER EAID RP MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1559 |
MALAYSIA: SOLICITING CONTRIBUTIONS UNIFIL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-16 10:06:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL LE MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1586 |
YOUR VISIT TO MALAYSIA [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Abdullah has yet to steer clear of the choppy political waters created by former-Prime Minister Mahathir's continuing attacks on Abdullah and his family. We doubt that these attacks will jeopardize the PM's tenure in office, but they have put the government on th [...] |
2006-08-18 10:41:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV PGOV MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1587 |
MALAYSIA REACTS TO CEASEFIRE [...] (C) Summary: Malaysian officials have welcomed the passage of United Nations Security Council resolution (UNSCR) 1701, and the Malaysian media's preoccupation with the Middle East crisis has quickly diminished. GOM officials reaffirmed their commitment to a lasting peace in the Middle East [...] |
2006-08-18 11:05:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS LE MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1618 |
COUNTERING CHAVEZ'S UNSC LOBBYING IN MALAYSIA [...] (C) As Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez conducted a state visit to Malaysia (below), Polcouns delivered reftel demarche August 28 on countering Venezuela's UNSC lobbying to the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's Acting Under Secretary for American Affairs Khairi Omar. We particularly highlighted V [...] |
2006-08-28 09:19:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM UNSC VE MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1629 |
ISLAMIC BANKS CAN'T KEEP UP WITH DEMAND [...] (U) Summary: Local Islamic banks are unable to keep pace with the rapidly increasing demand for Financial Services consistent with Islamic Law (Shariah). According to one local analyst, demand now outpaces supply two to one, and not just among Muslims. The expectation of higher returns is dr [...] |
2006-08-29 08:43:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1633 |
INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION ELECTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-30 06:55:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1634 |
MALAYSIA CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR VENEZUELA'S UNSC BID [...] (C) Polcouns met August 30 with Bala Chandran Tharman, Principal Assistant Secretary, Multilateral Political Division/UN Affairs at the Malaysian Foreign Ministry, and reiterated ref B demarche regarding Venezuela's lobbying for a UNSC seat. We asked whether President Chavez's repeated publi [...] |
2006-08-30 08:59:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM UNSC VE GT MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1635 |
MALAYSIA REPRESENTATIVE TO ATTEND USDOL APEC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-30 09:06:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ELAB APECO MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1636 |
PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER FACES DEATH THREAT [...] (C) Prominent Muslim lawyer and human rights activist Malik Imtiaz has become the target of a death threat printed on a leaflet and distributed via email beginning in mid-August. On August 24 Imtiaz privately told us he believes the death threat was orchestrated by several newly established Muslim [...] |
2006-08-30 10:30:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PINR KISL MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1643 |
USTR SCHWAB MEETINGS WITH MALAYSIAN POLICYMAKERS [...] (C) Summary: Malaysian Cabinet ministers assured USTR Schwab that they understood U.S. objectives for the FTA and that the Malaysian government remains committed to the negotiations. MITI Minister Rafidah conceded no ground on the key substantive issues that have surfaced so far, but acknow [...] |
2006-09-01 07:27:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN EINV MY WTO |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1660 |
A/S SAUERBREY URGES MALAYSIA TO EDUCATE REFUGEE [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees and Migration Ellen Sauerbrey used her August 24-26 mission to Malaysia to stress our support for the UNHCR's activities, commend the GOM for providing temporary residency to Acehnese and Rohingya refugees from Burma, and urge the GOM to [...] |
2006-09-06 00:18:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG PREF KISL MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1661 |
MALAYSIA ANNOUNCES NEW ANTI-TIP MEASURES DURING [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees and Migration Ellen Sauerbrey used her August 24-26 mission in Kuala Lumpur to press Malaysia to take action on trafficking in persons (TIP) and she received new information concerning the GOM's current approach. A senior Internal Se [...] |
2006-09-06 00:18:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN PREF SMIG MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1740 |
MALAYSIA: POTUS INVITATION TO UNGA DEMOCRACY EVENT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-15 08:29:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA OVIP MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1752 |
MALAYSIA'S AGREEMENT TO 505 TEXT [...] Post provided reftel text regarding an agreement on end-use, security and retransfer assurances for defense articles to Malaysia's Foreign Ministry on March 3, 2006, via diplomatic note no. 252. Following internal Malaysian government consultations involving the Defense Ministry and the Atto [...] |
2006-09-19 03:08:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL KTIA MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1763 |
U.S.-MALAYSIA FTA - GOM WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES [...] (C) Summary. The new Deputy Secretary General for Trade in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) assured econoffs that Malaysian negotiators would soon obtain Cabinet approval to address the key substantive issues in our bilateral FTA talks. She said MITI was engaging in ext [...] |
2006-09-20 09:28:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV EAGR MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1764 |
"NO TEARS FOR THAKSIN" -- INITIAL MALAYSIAN [...] (S) Summary: Malaysian officials and politicians reacted with ambivalence on September 20 to news of Thailand's military coup, shedding no tears for the widely disliked Thaksin, but expressing disapproval at the use of force to change their neighbor's government. Malaysians, beginning with P [...] |
2006-09-20 10:23:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS MOPS TH MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1779 |
MAHATHIR DEFEATED AS PARTY DELEGATE, STILL INVITED [...] (C) Summary: UMNO party machinery working for Prime Minister Abdullah defeated former Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad's efforts to become a delegate to the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) General Assembly to be held in Kuala Lumpur November 14-17. Mahathir's son, Mukhriz, came [...] |
2006-09-22 09:11:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1804 |
MALAYSIA'S NEW POLICE CHIEF CALLS FOR ANTI-TIP LAW [...] (U) Summary: Malaysia's new Inspector General of Police (IGP) Musa Hassan, during a September 21 conference hosted by the police and the NGO Tenaganita, called for the creation of comprehensive legislation to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) and for the establishment of government run shel [...] |
2006-09-26 09:58:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1812 |
MALAYSIA SEES "DEADLOCK" IN GRP/MILF PEACE PROCESS [...] (S) Malaysia's Othman Abdul Razak, facilitator for the Philippines Government (GRP)/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace process, told Polcouns September 26 that the talks had "deadlocked." The previous round in early September had gone nowhere because GRP negotiators had failed to dem [...] |
2006-09-27 09:45:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PINS PTER MOPS EAID RP MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1832 |
THE 2007 BUDGET: LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL FOR NOW [...] Summary: Savoring the blessings of higher oil prices, Prime Minister Abdullah announced his first expansionary budget after two years of fiscal tightening. Higher public spending is expected to fuel domestic demand and provide a jumpstart for the Ninth Malaysian Plan. The 2007 budget builds [...] |
2006-09-29 09:38:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EPET EINV MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1833 |
Not Too Sweet -- Malaysia Economic Update for September [...] (U) Summary: Malaysia's inflation rate unexpectedly fell in August from a 7-year high in July, moving real interest rates back into the positive zone again. Bank Negara elected to keep interest rates unchanged and the Bank's governor signaled that the halt in interest rate hikes would likely [...] |
2006-09-29 09:39:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EPET MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1834 |
SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL ANWAR'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Admiral Mohd Anwar Mohd Nor, Chief of Malaysian Defense Forces, will visit the U.S. from September 30 - October 12. Admiral Anwar's visit provides us with an excellent opportunity to strengthen our efforts for mil-mil cooperation, influence Malaysia's military equipment acquisitions and [...] |
2006-09-30 00:55:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR ECON PTER MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1835 |
HEART OF BORNEO: PROTECTING THE WORLD'S OLDEST [...] (U) Portions of this message are sensitive but unclassified. SIPDIS 2. (U) Summary: Malaysian support for the Heart of Borneo (HOB) conservation initiative is solidifying at all levels. WWF, which is actively promoting the initiative, expects the leaders of Malaysia, Indonesia and Bru [...] |
2006-09-30 01:01:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO MY BX ID |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1838 |
TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING [...] Embassy Kuala Lumpur's Economic, FCS, and FAS Sections jointly monitor and respond to trade barrier complaints consistent with each office's areas of expertise. All three offices interact closely with the American-Malaysian Chamber of Commerce (AmCham), a very pro-active organization that also [...] |
2006-10-02 05:22:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1862 |
Border Control Assessment Initiative (BCAI) Initial Team [...] (SBU) Summary: A U.S. team held initial consultations on September 21 with nine Malaysian government maritime security agencies as a first step in the Border Control Assessment Initiative (BCAI) in Malaysia. The GOM representatives provided broad overviews of their activities, including in t [...] |
2006-10-04 07:30:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL MARR MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1874 |
INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION KUALA LUMPUR MEETING ON [...] Malaysia hosted the second International Maritime Organization (IMO)-sponsored meeting on "The Straits of Malacca and Singapore: Enhancing Safety, Security and Environmental Protection," held September 18-20, 2006, in Kuala Lumpur. Delegations from the three littoral States (Indonesia, Malays [...] |
2006-10-06 06:16:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MARR MASS EWWT IMO MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1884 |
MALAYSIA "DEPLORES" NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR TEST, [...] (S) Malaysian Foreign Minister Hamid reacted initially to the October 9 North Korean nuclear test announcement by calling for North Korea to halt its tests and return to the Six-Party Talks. Kuala Lumpur toughened its rhetoric somewhat on October 10 with the release of a Foreign Ministry sta [...] |
2006-10-10 09:29:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PARM KNNP KN MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1898 |
INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION KUALA LUMPUR MEETING ON [...] Summary: This cable conveys the full texts of four U.S. statements presented during the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Meeting on the Straits of Malacca and Singapore, September 18-20, 2006, in Kuala Lumpur. Reftel contains a summary report on the conference and the text of the fo [...] |
2006-10-12 06:05:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MARR MASS EWWT IMO MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1908 |
MALAYSIAN YOUTH POLL REVEALS RELIGIOUS DIVISIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-12 08:00:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN PINR SOCI KISL MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1910 |
MITI CONFIRMS MALAYSIA IS READY FOR FTA ROUND 3 [...] (SBU) Economic officers met October 12 with Jayasiri, Senior Director for Asia-Pacific Economic Affairs at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), who confirmed the Malaysian government's readiness to host Round 3 of our FTA negotiations the week of October 30. He indicated [...] |
2006-10-12 09:44:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1913 |
MALAYSIAN YOUTH POLL REVEALS SHARP ETHNIC DIVIDE [...] (SBU) A recent opinion poll, funded by The Asia Foundation, of over 1,500 young Malaysian adults aged 18-32 showed sharp differences of views on religion and national identity and the relation between state and religion among the country's three largest ethnic groups - the Malays, Chinese and [...] |
2006-10-13 02:49:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN PINR SOCI KISL MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1932 |
MALAYSIA SUPPORTS DRAFT UN DECLARATION ON RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On October 13, New Zealand Deputy High Commissioner Felicity Bloor, joined by New Zealand emboff, the human rights officer from the Australian High Commission, and poloff, delivered ref A demarche and accompanying documents to Astanah Banu, Principal Assistant Secretary in the MFA's mul [...] |
2006-10-13 09:17:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KTIA UN MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1935 |
SARAWAK: OPPOSITION ADRIFT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE LACK SERVICES; POLICE REJECT CRITICISM [...] (C) We met with political opposition leaders, human rights advocates and police during an October 2 visit to Sarawak's state capitol of Kuching. While the nationally active ethnic Chinese opposition party DAP performed well in the May 20 state assembly election, we found the party has not yet [...] |
2006-10-13 09:35:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KISL MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1936 |
GOVERNMENT-LINKED COMPANIES: UNRAVELING THE TANGLED WEB [...] (SBU) Summary: The Malaysian government,s ability to control market access through its holdings in government linked companies (GLCs) is an important consideration in our ongoing FTA negotiations. Unraveling the tangled web of government holdings is difficult. Much information is publicly available [...] |
2006-10-13 09:43:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1942 |
FOLLOW THE MONEY: THE POLITICS OF SHARE OWNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: A report by a respected local think tank has sparked a political uproar by claiming that ethnic Malays already control more than the government's target of 30% of the shares on the KL Stock Exchange (KLSE). As the 30% goal provides the underlying rationale for the bumiputera [...] |
2006-10-16 07:01:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EXIM PHUM PREL MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1948 |
SABAH: POROUS BORDERS; PROBLEMS WITH FOREIGNERS; UNHAPPY UMNO COALITION PARTNER [...] (C) The police, political leaders, a human rights official in the East Malaysia state of Sabah recently expressed their concerns to us about rising crime and the security impact from the high number of foreigners - both legal and illegal - residing in the state. Sabah's Acting Police Commissio [...] |
2006-10-17 05:11:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KISL SMIG ASEC MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1957 |
HEART OF BORNEO: SARAWAK VIEWS [...] (SBU) Residents of the Malaysian State of Sarawak are demonstrating increasing support for environmental conservation efforts, but have only a limited awareness of the proposed Heart of Borneo initiative aimed at integrating and enhancing the conservation efforts of Malaysia, Indonesia and Bru [...] |
2006-10-17 09:22:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TBIO MY BX ID |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1958 |
MALAYSIA AWAITS INTERPRETATION OF NORTH KOREA [...] (C) We delivered ref B points to Malaysia's Foreign Ministry on October 16 and Polcouns followed up with the Under Secretary for Multilateral Political Affairs Shahrul Ikram on October 17. With Shahrul, Polcouns discussed the nature of the sanctions and emphasized the importance of internati [...] |
2006-10-17 09:27:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1975 |
MALAYSIA’S CHINESE MINORITY: THE POLITICS OF MARGINALIZATION [...] (C) Malaysia's Chinese minority struggles to find new footing in national politics. In September Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew ignited a nation-wide debate on the marginalization of Malaysia's Chinese minority. Leaders from across the Chinese political spectrum agreed, at least p [...] |
2006-10-19 09:04:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1976 |
SURAYUD'S VISIT TO MALAYSIA FOCUSES ON SOUTHERN [...] (C) Thai interim Prime Minister Surayud's October 18 visit to Malaysia focused on unrest in Thailand's ethnic Malay/Muslim south. Surayud pledged Thailand would increasingly consult with Malaysia regarding efforts to end the southern conflict, according to a Thai diplomat, but Malaysian Prim [...] |
2006-10-19 10:13:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1977 |
MALAYSIA RELEASES 11 DETAINEES WITH PAST TERRORIST [...] (S/NF) Malaysia unexpectedly released 11 people, originally held for terrorist links, from ISA (Internal Security Act) detention on October 18. The eleven represent Malaysian citizens previously tied to the Malaysia Militant Group (KMM) or the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist group. Local med [...] |
2006-10-19 10:27:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PINR ASEC MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1994 |
Malaysia Inc. - still profitable? Monthly Economic Update [...] Summary: Foreign Direct Investment to Malaysia continues to slide, even as FDI to the region soars, according to an UNCTAD report. The government's announced strategy is to be "selective" in an effort to "move up the value chain." While this strategy makes some sense, based on rising wages [...] |
2006-10-20 06:41:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EPET MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1996 |
MALAYSIA RELEASES SIX MORE ISA DETAINEES LINKED TO [...] (SBU) Following the unexpected October 18 release of 11 prisoners from Internal Security Act (ISA) detention (reftel), late on October 19 Malaysia freed an additional six detainees who had been held for suspected links to terrorism. The six men are all Malaysian citizens originally arrested [...] |
2006-10-20 08:52:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PINR ASEC MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2019 |
MALAYSIA UPDATE ON DPRK VESSEL BONG HOA SAN [...] (S) Summary: After Post conducted follow up demarches with Malaysia's Foreign Ministry and the Prime Minister's Department, the GOM informed us it had issued an instruction October 30 to board and inspect the Bong Hoa San if the vessel called at Malaysia's Port Klang, as indicated by informa [...] |
2006-10-30 09:31:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL MNUC EWWT XC KN MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2035 |
SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR JOHN MILLER'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Ambassador Miller, we welcome your visit to Kuala Lumpur and hope that your presence in Malaysia will assist us in encouraging the GOM to take substantive and positive measures as outlined in the Malaysia TIP Action Plan (ref A). Your schedule will allow you to engage with a range of g [...] |
2006-11-01 07:01:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2041 |
SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (C) Malaysian-American relations rest on an impressive range of economic exchanges and have improved significantly in other areas as well over the three years of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's tenure. This moderate Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide. Althou [...] |
2006-11-01 08:38:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | MARR MASS MCAP MOPS OVIP PREL PTER MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2054 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MALAYSIAN ARMY INQUIRIES [...] (S) We delivered reftel A demarche, concerning the Malaysian Army's attempts to purchase surveillance equipment from Iran, to Bala Chandran Tharman, Principal Assistant Secretary, Multilateral Political Division on November 3. We SIPDIS asked for the Malaysian Government to provide us with [...] |
2006-11-03 06:50:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM ETTC IR MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2056 |
DEMARCHES ON UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS AND MARITIME [...] (C) We delivered refs A and B demarches, concerning obligations under UNSCR 1718 on DPRK conventional arms and maritime services for DPRK ships, to Bala Chandran Tharman, Principal Assistant Secretary, Multilateral Political Division, on November 3. Bala Chandran indicated that Malaysia takes [...] |
2006-11-03 07:15:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC MNUC KN MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2063 |
MALAYSIA POINT OF CONTACT FOR ASEAN ISSUES [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-07 01:36:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ASEAN MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2081 |
MALAYSIA CHOOSES A NEW KING [...] (SBU) Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Sultan Mahmud Al Mukatfi Billah Shah, the Sultan of Terengganu and current Deputy King will become the thirteenth "Yang di-Pertuan Agong" or the King of Malaysia for a five-year term effective December 13, 2006, following his election by the Malaysian Conferenc [...] |
2006-11-07 23:29:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2087 |
DEMARCHE ON AMENDING THE CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION [...] (U) We delivered reftel A talking points on November 6 to Bala Chandran Tharman, Pricipal Assistant Secretary in the MFA's mulilateral political affairs division. We have thus far received no substantive comment from the MFA. 2. (C) In our recent discussion with Tharman about the Cuba emba [...] |
2006-11-08 06:34:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA UN MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2089 |
SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM COMMANDER [...] (C) Admiral Fallon, we welcome your visit to Malaysia for the Ninth Chiefs of Defense Conference, November 13-15. Malaysian-American relations rest on a range of common interests and have improved in the three years since Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's took the helm. This moderate Muslim-m [...] |
2006-11-08 08:21:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | MARR MASS MCAP MOPS OVIP PREL PTER MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2100 |
DEMARCHE ON WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT [...] We delivered reftel's fact sheet on November 6 to Bala Chandran Tharman, Principal Assistant Secretary in the MFA's multilateral political affairs division. We have thus far received no substantive response from the MFA. 2. As per reftel's request to identify government ministers that are [...] |
2006-11-14 00:39:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL UNGA MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2108 |
MALAYSIA ADOPTS NEW ANTI-TERROR LAWS [...] (C) Strong anti-terrorism provisions in Malaysia's Penal Code and Criminal Procedures Code will take effect January 1, 2007, following the early October finalization of amendments to these laws. Counterterrorism finance-related amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering Act, the Subordinate Cour [...] |
2006-11-14 09:05:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PTER PREL PINR KHLS ASEC MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2111 |
DEMARCHE ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-15 07:07:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2112 |
DEMARCHES ON COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-15 07:09:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KTIA UN UNHRC MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2119 |
PM A/S HILLEN URGES GREATER SECURITY COOPERATION, [...] (C) PM Assistant Secretary Dr. John Hillen encouraged greater bilateral and regional security during November 8 meetings with senior Malaysian officials in the Foreign Affairs and Defense ministries. He acknowledged Malaysia's strong support for UNSCR 1718 and discussed non-proliferation conc [...] |
2006-11-16 02:20:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR PGOV MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2120 |
TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) FOR [...] (SBU) David Shear, Deputy Chief of Mission, is Embassy Kuala Lumpur's Terrorist Finance Coordination Officer (TCFO). In this capacity, he takes the lead on action against terrorist financing, which is coordinated through monthly law enforcement/Visas Viper committee meetings. Elaine Jones, [...] |
2006-11-16 04:27:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2125 |
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER NAJIB ON THAILAND [...] (C) During a November 14 conversation with visiting US PACOM Commander Fallon and the Ambassador, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak offered his assessment of the situation in Southern Thailand. Najib said that the GOM was reassured by the clear change in policy toward the South [...] |
2006-11-16 09:23:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF TH MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2133 |
GOM SLIPS ON BANANA PEEL: MORE FIGHTING OVER SHARE [...] (SBU) Summary: The debate sparked by a think-tank report claiming that Malaysia had exceeded a key affirmative action target for the majority Malay population continues to rage, despite the government's attempts to quell it. By now several methodologies have been floated for calculating the sh [...] |
2006-11-19 23:50:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2137 |
CHIN REFUGEES STRUGGLE WHILE AWAITING UNHCR REGISTRATION AND RESETTLEMENT [...] (SBU) In their primitive jungle camps and at a medical clinic they established in Kuala Lumpur, Burmese Chin refugees recently described to us their harassment by police and their perceptions of UNHCR indifference regarding their plight. Up to 1,000 Chins live in jungle camps abutting palm oil plan [...] |
2006-11-20 05:27:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF SMIG PREL PGOV UNHCR MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2140 |
MALAYSIA: INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Embassy Kuala Lumpur provides the following submission as an interim assessment of targeted actions by Malaysia on trafficking in persons since the June release of the 2006 TIP report, as requested ref A. Shelter for Trafficking Victims ------------------------------- 2. (SBU) The [...] |
2006-11-20 09:52:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2147 |
2006 UMNO GENERAL ASSEMBLY: ABDULLAH OVER MAHATHIR [...] (C) Summary: The United Malays National Organization's (UMNO) General Assembly marked Prime Minister's Abdullah consolidation of power within UMNO and the clear political defeat of his predecessor Mahathir Mohamad after months of public attacks by Mahathir. Mahathir did not attend the assembly due [...] |
2006-11-21 09:45:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2159 |
MALAYSIA MFA ON MILF TALKS, THAI UNREST [...] (C) A senior Malaysian Foreign Ministry official charged with Southeast Asia told us November 21 that the next round of GRP-MILF talks would take place in December with Malaysia's Othman Abdul Razak remaining the facilitator. The GRP reportedly had readied a partial compromise on territorial [...] |
2006-11-22 09:17:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PTER MOPS EAID KISL RP TH MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2160 |
G/TIP DIRECTOR MILLER URGES MALAYSIA TO PROTECT [...] (SBU) G/TIP Director John Miller's November 8-11 visit to Malaysia focused on urging the GOM to pass comprehensive anti-trafficking legislation, fund and establish victims' shelters, and properly identify trafficking victims. While the Royal Malaysian Police (RMP), Ministry of Women, Family [...] |
2006-11-22 09:25:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2167 |
2006 UMNO GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EXTENDING (AND [...] (C) The defense of Malay rights, heated racial rhetoric, and Islamic themes dominated the 2006 UMNO General Assembly, with the often jolting Malay speak reaching Malaysians directly for the first time through unfiltered, live television coverage. Deputy Prime Minister Najib opened the 2006 U [...] |
2006-11-27 08:17:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2196 |
DCM RAISES VENEZUELA, AMCITS' DETENTION WITH NEW [...] (C) The DCM and polchief paid an introductory call on the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's new Under Secretary for the Americas, Ambassador Ramlan Ibrahim, on November 30. Ramlan said he saw opportunities to further strengthen ties with the U.S. based on the strong personal relationship between [...] |
2006-11-30 08:24:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CASC ASEC VE MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2198 |
NSD CHIEF DETAILS SECURITY DUTIES, THAI VISIT, [...] (C) The head of Malaysia's National Security Division (NSD), Ahmad Fuad, discussed NSD's broad duties, including its disaster management role, and inquired about U.S. technical assistance during a November 29 meeting with the DCM. Fuad said that Thai General Sonthi had used his visit to Kual [...] |
2006-11-30 09:10:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS EAID SENV RP TH MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2199 |
2006 UMNO GENERAL ASSEMBLY: A MALAY/MUSLIM [...] (C) Prime Minister Abdullah's keynote address to the 2006 UMNO General Assembly described a "fiercely independent" foreign policy focused on the Muslim world, and practical rather than confrontational in tactics. Before the Malay-Muslim party members, Abdullah focused exclusively on the conc [...] |
2006-11-30 09:29:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KISL MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2222 |
CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Based on the information available to post, it appears no Malaysian entities would be subject to Title III sanctions against persons trafficking in confiscated properties in Cuba. Per Ref A request, this message provides post's analysis of Malaysian policies and actions with [...] |
2006-12-06 06:21:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC ETRD PREL CU MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2235 |
DAS JOHN FINDS MALAYSIAN BROKER OPTIMISTIC ON MILF [...] (S) Visiting EAP DAS Eric John on December 6 found Malaysian facilitator Othman Abdul Razak "more optimistic" following the latest informal talks between the Philippines Government (GRP)/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). In meetings held in Kuala Lumpur the week of November 27, GRP clari [...] |
2006-12-08 10:40:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PINS PTER MOPS EAID KISL RP MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2263 |
ACTION REQUEST: TERRORIST FINANCE: DOMESTIC USG [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) Econoff met with Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM -- Malaysia's central bank) Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Director Jeremy Lee and Deputy Director Yusof Sulong to deliver reftel demarche and provide a copy of the names and backg [...] |
2006-12-12 02:56:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC MY PREL PTER XR KTFN UN |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2266 |
2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Per reftel instructions, Post submits its draft 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control. I. Summary 2. Malaysia is not a significant source country or transit point for U.S.-bound illegal drugs, though domestic abuse is on the rise [...] |
2006-12-12 07:10:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SNAR KCRM MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2271 |
MALAYSIA'S OIC ROLE FOCUSES ON PRACTICAL MEASURES [...] (C) Malaysia's senior diplomat supporting Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's role as Chairman of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Ambassador Ibrahim Abdullah, told us December 1 that Malaysia would continue to focus on "concrete and practical measures" by the OIC to help its po [...] |
2006-12-12 10:50:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR EAID KISL MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2287 |
DAS JOHN EXPLORES STRONGER TIES WITH MALAYSIA, [...] (C) DAS John encouraged stronger ties with Malaysia during his December 6 meetings with Foreign Ministry officials Ambassador Ghazzali Khalid and the new Americas division chief Ramlan Ibrahim, with both sides concluding that good relations between President Bush and Prime Minister Abdullah p [...] |
2006-12-15 00:19:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS ECON KISL ASEAN MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2296 |
MALAYSIA AGREES WITH CONTENT OF DRAFT BURMA [...] (C) The Ambassador raised the draft UNSC resolution on Burma with Malaysian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Rastam Mohamad Isa on December 15, following our delivery of reftel points and the draft UNSCR to several Ministry offices on December 12. The Ambassador emphasized that while Malay [...] |
2006-12-15 09:06:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC XC BM MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2297 |
MALAYSIA ATTORNEY GENERAL COMMITS TO DRAFTING [...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysia's Attorney General told the Ambassador and visiting U.S. Assistant Attorney General Wan Kim on December 12 that he had directed his staff to begin drafting comprehensive legislation to combat trafficking in persons, a move which represents a key component of the TIP a [...] |
2006-12-15 09:52:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN KJUS MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2313 |
DEMARCHE ON UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-19 07:45:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AMGT AORC UNGA MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2323 |
MALAYSIA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-20 08:55:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2329 |
No Capital Controls Here, [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-21 08:09:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EPET MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2330 |
No Capital Controls Here, [...] Malaysia's ringgit weakened to a two-week low against the dollar on December 18, following news of Thailand's imposition of capital controls that would have locked up 30% of new inflows of foreign funds for a year in an effort to curb the appreciating baht. The Bursa Malaysia composite i [...] |
2006-12-21 08:28:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EPET MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR313 |
CARTOON CONTROVERSY ENVELOPS MALAYSIA'S PREMIER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new cartoon controversy erupted in Malaysia on February 20 when the country,s second-largest English-language newspaper, the New Straits Times (NST), published a syndicated cartoon poking fun at the global Prophet Muhammad cartoon controversy. Muslim NGOs and the Islamic opposi [...] |
2006-02-23 11:29:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV KISL KPAO MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR331 |
TRADE MINISTER SHAFIE ON IPR AND DISTRIBUTIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Domestic Trade Shafie Apdal and Ambassador LaFleur discussed IPR enforcement, planned new regulations on distributive trade, and the security situation in eastern Sabah state. The Ambassador emphasized that both IPR and distributive trade would be significant issue [...] |
2006-02-27 23:57:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR332 |
MINISTER SHAFIE ON EAST SABAH SITUATION [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Domestic Trade Shafie Apdal and Ambassador LaFleur discussed IPR enforcement, planned new regulations on distributive trade, and the security situation in eastern Sabah state. Economic issues will be reported septel. Shafie said he receives special intelligence repo [...] |
2006-02-28 00:02:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR356 |
MALAYSIAN PM URGES IRAQI RECONCILIATION, NATIONAL [...] (U) On March 1, Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi issued the following statement on the current situation in Iraq: BEGIN TEXT I am extremely and gravely concerned with the latest developments in Iraq because the increasing scale of violence is dangerously escalating into a situatio [...] |
2006-03-02 08:59:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL IZ MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR357 |
Fuel Prices, Interest Rates, FDI, and Inflation [...] U) Summary: The biggest news arrived at the end of the month when the government of Malaysia (GOM) announced a 23% hike in gasoline and diesel prices. Earlier in the month, Bank Negara - Malaysia's central bank - announced another overnight policy rate hike to help control inflation and disco [...] |
2006-03-02 23:02:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PREL MY EPET PGOV |
| 06KUALALUMPUR365 |
CARTOON CONTROVERSY ENVELOPS MORE MEDIA SOURCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: For the third time in a month, the Malaysian government has suspended publication of a daily newspaper that printed an image of a Prophet Muhammad cartoon. The government-controlled New Straits Times (NST) managed to avoid punishment, however, after it issued an "unreserved apolo [...] |
2006-03-03 06:47:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM ASEC PREL PGOV KISL KPAO MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR372 |
MALAYSIA SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Malaysia is a destination and, to a lesser extent, a transit country for men and women trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced labor. Women from the People's Republic of China, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam are trafficked to [...] |
2006-03-03 08:29:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR419 |
SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO MALAYSIA OF USTR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Malaysian-American relations are good and improving; the March 8 rollout of the FTA added momentum to the upward trend. This moderate Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide, and is a reliable, if quiet, partner in the fight against terrorism. While [...] |
2006-03-10 09:34:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR422 |
MALAYSIA WILL NOT ATTEND JEDDAH OIC MEETING ON [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-13 04:00:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD KISL IS MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR459 |
MALAYSIA WILL NOT PROVIDE END-USE ASSURANCES FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-16 09:28:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS GM MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR544 |
MALAYSIAN OFFICIAL AGREES TO MEET ON MARGINS OF [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-24 10:01:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP MNUC PREL PHSA MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR570 |
AUSTRALIA-MALAYSIA FTA TALKS: A PREVIEW OF [...] (C) Summary: Australian trade officials negotiating an FTA with Malaysia believe their negotiations are back on track after a four month hiatus. Recent talks in Canberra led to progress on a goods chapter, and Australia recently reached agreement with Malaysia on halal certification of Austr [...] |
2006-03-29 02:39:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR KIPR EINV MY AU |
| 06KUALALUMPUR571 |
DEPUTY U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE KARAN [...] (SBU) Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Karan Bhatia discussed upcoming negotiations for a U.S.- Malaysia Free Trade Agreement with key economic officials and a leading Malaysian think tank during his March 16-17, 2006 visit to Kuala Lumpur. Ambassador Bhatia's interlocutors provided a positi [...] |
2006-03-29 02:49:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR613 |
TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY ADAMS' VISIT TO MALAYSIA: [...] (C) In meetings with the government of Malaysia's financial leadership, Treasury Under Secretary Tim Adams sparked a frank discussion about Malaysia's exchange rate and foreign reserve policies, including a 90 minute dialogue with Bank Negara Malaysia Governor Zeti Aziz. Adams also discussed [...] |
2006-04-05 05:15:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR617 |
MALAYSIA'S PROPOSED GUIDELINES ON FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (MDTCA) - the Malaysian ministry which regulates all distributive trade - recently proposed sweeping new regulations which would increase the cost of doing business in Malaysia for all firms in distributive trade. The new rul [...] |
2006-04-05 10:16:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR678 |
MEET THE FTA NEGOTIATORS: PART I [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Many of Malaysia's lead negotiators for the different FTA chapters took part in our Trade and Investment Framework (TIFA) discussions, but others are new faces. Econ counselor and econoffs are calling on all of the new negotiators to take their measure in adv [...] |
2006-04-14 08:09:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR679 |
MALAYSIA LOSES GAME OF "CHICKEN" WITH SINGAPORE OVER BRIDGE [...] (C) On April 12, the Government of Malaysia announced that Malaysia would abandon its plan to build a new bridge across the Johor Strait between Malaysia and Singapore. When Singapore's leaders had balked at Malaysian plans to replace an existing 82-year old causeway with a new bridge, the Ma [...] |
2006-04-14 08:34:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ELTN SN MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR705 |
SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE DR. RONALD SEGA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Malaysian-American relations are good and improving; on March 8 we notified Congress of our intention to conclude a Free Trade Agreement with Malaysia. This moderate Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide, and we have robust military-military cooper [...] |
2006-04-18 08:45:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR PTER ECON MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR743 |
MEET THE FTA NEGOTIATORS: PART 2 [...] (SBU) Introduction: Many of Malaysia's lead negotiators for the different FTA chapters took part in our Trade and Investment Framework (TIFA) discussions, but others are new faces. Econ counselor and econoffs are calling on all of the new negotiators to take their measure in advance of the [...] |
2006-04-25 09:45:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR744 |
NO CHANGE IN MALAYSIAN POSITION ON HCOC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-25 10:05:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA MTRCE MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR750 |
MALAYSIA RESPONSE TO ADDITIONAL TANCHON COMMERCIAL [...] (C) Summary: On April 25, Econoff delivered talking points and non-paper detailing additional information on Tanchon Commercial Bank to Koid Swee Lian, Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) at Bank Negara Malaysia, the central bank. Koid responded the next day that neither Malay [...] |
2006-04-26 07:58:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KJUS KTFN KNNP MNUC PARM PREL MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR773 |
CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Based on our understanding of the bilateral trade and investment ties, it appears no Malaysian entities would be subject to Title III sanctions against persons trafficking in confiscated properties in Cuba. Per Ref A request, this message provides post's analysis of Malaysian [...] |
2006-04-27 09:26:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC ETRD PREL CU MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR794 |
U.S.-MALAYSIA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY [...] The U.S. and Malaysia held a long-anticipated IPR Roundtable on April 20 in Kuala Lumpur. Approximately seventy participants from the Malaysian and U.S. governments, as well as industry and civil society, gathered to discuss IPR enforcement efforts, industry views on combating piracy, IPR pr [...] |
2006-05-02 04:15:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR797 |
9TH MALAYSIA PLAN: AMBITIOUS AGENDA AND CHALLENGING IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) Prime Minister Abdullah recently unveiled the Ninth Malaysia plan (9MP) which envisages spending RM 220 ($60 billion) of government and private development funds during 2006-2010 and targets an average economic growth rate of 6.0%. 9MP identifies five key areas, such as improving Malaysia [...] |
2006-05-02 08:10:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PREL MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR809 |
THE MALAYSIA-NEW ZEALAND FTA TAKES A DETOUR [...] (C) Summary: New Zealand negotiators made progress in some areas in their latest FTA round with Malaysia, but encountered Malaysian stonewalling and even backtracking in others. Problem areas included services, government procurement, environment and labor. An NZ High Commission officer s [...] |
2006-05-04 09:59:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV MY NZ |
| 06KUALALUMPUR832 |
SCENESETTER FOR PACFLEET COMMANDER ADMIRAL ROUGHEAD [...] (S) SUMMARY: Malaysian-American relations are good and improving; on March 8 we notified Congress of our intention to conclude a Free Trade Agreement with Malaysia. This moderate, Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide, and we have robust military-military coope [...] |
2006-05-08 09:06:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS PTER ECON MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR833 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FOUR JI [...] (C) Econoff delivered talking points and background paper (see Ref A) on April 27, 2006, to Abdul Rahman Abu Bakar, Manager of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) at Bank Negara Malaysia and Zahid Rastam, Assistant Secretary for Multilateral Politics in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Econ [...] |
2006-05-09 00:46:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR857 |
2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-11 01:45:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | ENIV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR864 |
ASEAN DEFENSE MINISTERIAL MEETING HELD IN KUALA [...] (C) The first-ever ASEAN Defense Ministerial Meeting (ADMM), held in Kuala Lumpur on May 9, represented a step toward bolstering ASEAN's long-neglected security pillar, the ASEAN Security Community (ASC). Although little of real substance appears to have been discussed, the Malaysian governme [...] |
2006-05-11 07:55:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ASEAN MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR930 |
THE BUMIPUTERA POLICY: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FTA [...] (C) Summary: Malaysia's bumiputera policy provides socioeconomic support for ethnic Malays and other indigenous groups with the goal of raising the "bumi" share of national equity ownership to 30% from the current official figure of around 19%. Over the 35 years of its existence, the policy has evo [...] |
2006-05-22 09:47:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EINV EFIN MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR947 |
MEET THE FTA NEGOTIATORS: PART 3 [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Many of Malaysia's lead negotiators for the different FTA chapters took part in our Trade and Investment Framework (TIFA) discussions, but others are new faces. Econ counselor and econoffs are calling on all of the new negotiators to take their measure in adva [...] |
2006-05-24 07:33:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN ELAB ECPS MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR954 |
MALAYSIA ON IRAQ GOVERNMENT FORMATION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-25 04:03:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR955 |
MALAYSIA ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (C) In the May 24 Malaysia-U.S. Senior Officials Dialogue, EAP A/S Hill conveyed points to the Malaysian delegation, led by MFA Secretary General Rastam Isa, that closely tracked those of ref A. Septel will cover the Senior Officials Dialogue in full. Hill warned that the Iranian foreign min [...] |
2006-05-25 06:04:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR959 |
MALAYSIA'S "NEW" AUTO POLICY: A STEP TOWARDS [...] (U) The Malaysian government issued its new National Auto Policy (NAP) on March 22, 2006, following up on the NAP Framework issued five months earlier (reftel). The NAP envisions some significant changes to development of Malaysia's auto sector, including an expiration date for its longstandin [...] |
2006-05-25 08:40:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV EFIN PREL MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR963 |
MALAYSIAN DEPLOYMENT TO EAST TIMOR, CLOSE [...] (C) A Malaysian Ministry of Defense policy official informed us on May 26 that a flight transporting 25 Malaysian troops and two police officers had been diverted to Bali, Indonesia late on May 25, while Australian forces were securing the airfield in East Timor. The official expected that th [...] |
2006-05-26 05:38:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL AS TT PO NZ MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR982 |
RHETORIC AND PREDICTABILITY MARK NAM MINISTERIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 30 the Non-Aligned Movement's Coordinating Bureau (NAM-CoB) concluded its four-day ministerial conference in Malaysia's administrative capital, Putrajaya. The meeting was replete with the customary NAM rhetoric, and ended with the body of 116 nations issuing five statemen [...] |
2006-05-31 22:56:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NACB IS IR MY |
| 06LISBON1922 |
PORTUGUESE ACCESSION TO RECAAP UNLIKELY UNLESS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-08 17:06:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KCRM KTIA MY PBTS PHSA PREL PO |
| 06MANILA1747 |
MILF WELCOMES REGULAR DIALOGUE WITH US EMBASSY [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a second meeting with poloffs, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Vice Chairman for Political Affairs Ghazali Jafaar confirmed that MILF-GRP negotiations for a political settlement will begin after both parties sign a written agreement on ancestral domain, and noted that [...] |
2006-04-21 06:49:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | PINS PTER PREL KISL MY RP |
| 06MANILA1885 |
ARREST OF ASG OPERATIVE AL-SHARIE AMIRUDDIN A [...] (C) Summary. The recent arrest of Al-Sharie Amiruddin y Mohammad Nur, aka Abu Omar, is a significant catch for the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Although a mid-level operative, Amiruddin was an early Abu Sayyaf Group adherent, and involved in intelligence and recruiting activities in Mal [...] |
2006-05-02 08:56:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MOPS KPAL BX ID MY RP |
| 06MANILA2013 |
GRP-MILF PEACE TALKS DEADLOCKED OVER TERRITORIAL [...] (C) Summary. GRP and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) negotiators failed to reach an agreement on ancestral domain during their 12th Round of Exploratory Talks, but were successful in expanding the composition/mandate of the International Monitoring Team, and extending the Ad Hoc Joint A [...] |
2006-05-10 08:47:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL MOPS PINS KISL MY RP |
| 06MANILA2162 |
GRP HOSTS FIRST U.S. BILATERAL CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive, but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Philippines, a Chemical Weapon Convention member-state, needs to make more progress in meeting its national implementation obligations under the convention. During an April 3-4 workshop wi [...] |
2006-05-23 08:19:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETRD ASEC PHUM MY RP |
| 06MANILA2623 |
CONTINUED GRP-MILF COMMITMNT TO PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. Following a caim by the MILF for an additional 1,000 wards asMuslim-dominated ancestral domain, the Governmen of Malaysia will help to facilitate a joint survey by GRP/MILF census experts, with a goal of compltion by October 2006. The GRP believes that theMILF also remains comm [...] |
2006-06-23 02:07:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MY RP KISL PINS |
| 06MANILA4150 |
REGIONAL MARITIME SECURITY 1206 PROPOSAL FOR SOUTH AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Chiefs of Mission from Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Colombo fully support the regional maritime security proposal to be submitted by U.S Pacific Command (PACOM) under the FY07 authority granted by the National Defense Authorization Act of 2006. The proposal -- th [...] |
2006-10-01 23:57:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINS PREL PBTS SNAR MASS MARR TH CE ID MY RP |
| 06MANILA4151 |
REGIONAL MARITIME SECURITY 1206 PROPOSAL FOR SOUTH AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Chiefs of Mission from Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Colombo fully support the regional maritime security proposal to be submitted by U.S Pacific Command (PACOM) under the FY07 authority granted by the National Defense Authorization Act of 2006. The proposal -- th [...] |
2006-10-01 23:57:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINS PREL PBTS SNAR MASS MARR TH CE ID MY RP |
| 06MANILA4325 |
FOREIGN SECRETARY AND NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR [...] (C) Foreign Secretary Romulo and National Security Advisor Gonzales in an October 11 meeting with Ambassador and Deputy Chief of Mission expressed cautious optimism about peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). Romulo said Malaysia clearly wanted to help and was playing a p [...] |
2006-10-12 07:59:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PTER MOPS MY RP |
| 06MANILA4388 |
PUTTING ZULKIFLI ON THE REWARDS FOR JUSTICE LIST [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. SEE PARA. 2. 2. (SBU) Embassy Manila requests Diplomatic Security add Zulkifli al Musa Abdul Hir, (aka Zulkifli Hir, aka Zulkifli bin Abdul Hir, aka Musa bin Abdul Hir, aka Zulkifli bin Hir, aka Mussa, aka Musa, aka Marwan), a Malaysian citizen born in 1966 [...] |
2006-10-17 09:08:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINR PINS ASEC PREL ID MY RP |
| 06MANILA4802 |
ADVANCING THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. In a wide-ranging 90 minute meeting with nine senior members of the MILF Central Committee at their headquarters, DCM described USG comprehensive support for the Mindanao peace process and commitment to assist former combatants in the event of a peace agreement. Central Commit [...] |
2006-11-22 09:26:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS MY RP |
| 06MANILA4836 |
GOVERNMENT OFFERS MILF "SELF-DETERMINATION" [...] (C) Summary. At President Arroyo's direction following her POTUS meeting on the margins of APEC, Chief GRP negotiator Secretary Afable briefed us November 22 on the government's new offer to the MILF to allow the Muslims of Mindanao to establish their own form of government in Muslim majori [...] |
2006-11-29 00:57:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KISL MY RP |
| 06MANILA4974 |
TERRITORY REMAINS KEY ISSQ FOR GRP-MILF PEACE [...] (C) Summary: Despite a favorable reaction by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to the Philippine Peace Panel's recent offer of self-determination, territory remains a key issue. MILF negotiators are compiling a new list of barangays to include in a Bangsamoro Juridical Entity (BJE) f [...] |
2006-12-13 07:24:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KISL MY RP |
| 06NEWDELHI316 |
INDIA PLANS TO ATTEND MARITIME SECURITY USER STATE [...] (U) In response to our January 17 demarche, MEA Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security) Hamid Ali SIPDIS Rao told us that the GOI had "every intention and inclination" to attend the February 15-17 user coordination meeting in California. In light of the upcoming Parliamen [...] |
2006-01-17 14:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PBTS PREL PTER AS JP MY NE SG UK GE |
| 06NEWDELHI319 |
INDIA PLANS TO ATTEND MARITIME SECURITY USER STATE [...] (U) In response to our January 17 demarche, MEA Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security) Hamid Ali SIPDIS Rao told us that the GOI had "every intention and inclination" to attend the February 15-17 user coordination meeting in California. In light of the upcoming Parliamen [...] |
2006-01-18 01:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PBTS PREL PTER AS JP MY NE SG UK GE |
| 06PARTO1 |
(U) Secretary Rice's July 27, 2006 conversation [...] (U) July 27, 2006; 4:45 PM; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Amb. Christopher J. LaFleur U/S Karen Hughes A/S Chris Hill NSC Senior Director Dennis Wilder Malaysia Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi Foreign Minister Hamid Amb. Rajmah Hussein MFA Depu [...] |
2006-07-31 10:35:00 | US Delegation, Secretary | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL MY US |
| 06RANGOON445 |
BURMESE DON'T BUDGE FOR ASEAN [...] (C) Summary: Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid made a brief March 23-24 visit to Burma on behalf of ASEAN, but could only gain access to second-tier regime officials who recited the standard party line on the SPDC's road map to democracy. The Malaysian Embassy tells us that Hamid appeale [...] |
2006-03-31 10:57:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM MY |
| 06SINGAPORE3669 |
SINGAPORE PLAYS TOUGH ON TORRES STRAIT IN UNGA [...] (SBU) Ambassador-at-large Tommy Koh called in Ambassador Herbold to the MFA on November 22 to urge the United States to continue trying to get Australia to accept tougher language on the right of free passage contained in the UNGA draft resolution on Oceans and the law of the sea. Koh stress [...] |
2006-11-22 10:17:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | AS EWWT ID MY PBTS PHSA PREL SN UNGA MRSEC |
| 06STATE203597 |
IRAN AND SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION ACT -- [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Kuala Lumpar please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background: The Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act (ISNA) requires periodic reports to Congress identifying foreign entities with respect to whom there is credible information indicating that they have t [...] |
2006-12-28 16:10:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC MY |
| 06STATE93016 |
(U) ISLAMIC FINANCE (C-TN6-00207) [...] (C) AS POSTS ARE AWARE, POLICY MAKERS ARE INTERESTED IN THE GROWTH AND IMPLICATIONS OF ISLAMIC FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, WHICH OFFER PRODUCTS AND SERVICES DESIGNED TO COMPLY WITH ISLAMIC LAW, WHICH FORBIDS PAYING OR RECEIVING INTEREST, MANDATES THAT FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS BE BASED ON REAL ECON [...] |
2006-06-07 23:17:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ECIN EFIN AL BA BK EG ID KU MU MY PK QA SA |
| 06TOKYO1612 |
AMBASSADOR YAMAMOTO DISCUSSES COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) Summary. During a March 27 meeting with the DCM, MOFA Ambassador for Counterterrorism (CT) Cooperation, Reconstruction Activities in Iraq and North Korea Nuclear Issues Tadamichi Yamamoto: -- stressed the need to identify implementable steps for the next U.S.-Japan-Australia CT Trilate [...] |
2006-03-28 07:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL SNAR EAID IN MY RP JA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK674 |
MALAYSIA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Malaysia to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United [...] |
2006-04-03 18:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN MY |
| 06WELLINGTON488 |
NZ UPDATE ON E.TIMOR [...] (C) Summary: On June 26, Prime Minister Clark and Police Minister Annette King announced that up to 25 New Zealand police officers would be sent to E. Timor for a three-month deployment. The police will join the 167 NZ Defence Force personnel already in the country. Meanwhile, Ministry of [...] |
2006-06-27 04:21:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC KPKO MY AS TT NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON714 |
NZ FAVORS USG CONSULTATIONS ON RECAAP PIRACY [...] (C) PE Couns discussed GNZ views on the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against ships in Asia (ReCAAP) with Michael Swain, Deputy Director of the Security Policy Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Despite reftel observation that [...] |
2006-09-10 21:19:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EWWT IN KCRM KTIA MY PBTS PHSA PREL SNAR UK |
| 07ASHGABAT309 |
Information on Malaysian Oil Company Petronas [...] (SBU) Malaysian oil company Petronas, which signed a 25-year production sharing agreement (PSA) in 1996 to develop the offshore Block 1 in the Caspian Sea, has a large and expanding presence in Turkmenistan. Block 1 resources have been estimated at a level of: 1 trillion cubic meters (tcms) o [...] |
2007-03-21 11:32:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON ENRG TX MY |
| 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 |
| 07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN194 |
BRUNEI-MALAYSIA OFFSHORE OIL DISPUTE -- RESOLUTION [...] (C) In recent weeks we have picked up a number of hints that the long-running dispute between Brunei and Malaysia over delineation of offshore oil exploration zones may finally be nearing a compromise settlement. There has been no exploration activity in the zones, designated as Blocks "J" [...] |
2007-07-09 08:22:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET BX MY PREL |
| 07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN206 |
HEART OF BORNEO: BRUNEI WILL OFFER TO HOST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Brunei (GOB) intends to push for a quick decision on establishment of a professional secretariat to help implement the Heart of Borneo (HOB) SIPDIS tropical forest conservation initiative when it meets with Malaysia and Indonesia at the forthcoming HOB trilat [...] |
2007-07-17 09:05:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID BX ID MY SENV |
| 07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN246 |
BRUNEI AND MALAYSIA CLOSER TO RESOLVING OFFSHORE [...] (C) At the annual Malaysia-Brunei Leaders Consultations, Prime Minister Abdullah and Sultan Bolkiah made progress toward resolving a maritime border dispute that has prevented exploration of potentially large offshore oil and gas fields located in areas claimed by both countries. Officials hop [...] |
2007-08-16 07:49:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL MY BX |
| 07BANGKOK4400 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR CODEL [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to CODEL Chambliss from 30 August - 01 September. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at: Royal Orchid Sheraton 2 Captain Bush Lane Tel: (66-2) 266-0123 Fax: (66-2) 237-7152 Room rate is USD 146 (taxes and American breakfast inclu [...] |
2007-08-15 03:41:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT AFIN MY TH VM |
| 07BANGKOK4796 |
THAILAND AND MALAYSIA SEEK DEEPER TRADE AND [...] Summary. In recent months Thailand and Malaysia have sought to expand trade and investment links. Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont went to Malaysia last month on an official visit and traveled there again on August 31 with Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn for Malaysia's 50th anniversary of i [...] |
2007-09-06 02:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV TH MY |
| 07BEIJING4457 |
JULY 3 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: YANG DPRK VISIT, PAPAL [...] Key points at the July 3 MFA Press Conference were: -- The MFA said FM Yang would meet with DPRK leader Kim Jong Il this afternoon. -- China holds an open attitude toward the restarting of the Six-Party Talks and all parties should jointly set a date for the resumption of talks. -- The [...] |
2007-07-03 11:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KS KN JA VT MP RS SN MY SY EC |
| 07BEIJING7591 |
SURPRISINGLY SMALL INCREASE IN CHINESE HAJJ [...] (C) Summary: Saudi Arabian Consul Majed Alshammary (protect) told Poloff December 13 that Saudi Arabia would admit 20,000 Chinese Hajj pilgrims annually if China permitted it, although China has stated it will allow 10,700 Hajj pilgrims in 2007. Alshammary said he is surprised that China did [...] |
2007-12-21 06:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF TI PK MY SA CH |
| 07BUENOSAIRES1644 |
NEW PROTECTIONIST NON-TARIFF BARRIERS TARGET [...] (SBU) President Kirchner and Economy Minister Peirano announced an ill-defined package of non-tariff protectionist measures that targets imports of plastics, textiles, artificial leather, and tires. Growing Argentine imports from China (up 54% in the first half of 2007) were singled out as a [...] |
2007-08-22 18:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV AR CH HK IN ID KN KS MY PK RP |
| 07BUENOSAIRES1648 |
ARGENTINA: NON-TARIFF TRADE BARRIERS NOT YET OFFICIAL, BUT [...] (SBU) President Kirchner's announcement late last week of non-tariff measures aimed at curbing Asian imports is affecting U.S. companies. Argentine customs has held up many Asian import shipments, including those from U.S. high technology companies Dell and Honeywell, pending clarification of [...] |
2007-08-23 09:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON AR CH HK IN ID KN KS MY PK RP SN |
| 07BUENOSAIRES1708 |
ARGENTINA: CHINESE REACTION TO NON-TARIFF BARRIERS [...] (SBU) Ten days after President Kirchner announced the imposition of non-tariff barriers on burgeoning Asian imports, local media has reported that China struck back with retaliatory phytosanitary inspections of Argentine soy shipments, though two grain trading company reps say the inspections o [...] |
2007-08-29 19:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV EAGR ECON AR CH HK IN ID KN KS MY PK |
| 07COLOMBO250 |
SRI LANKA: GROWING COUT AND APPEAL OF NON-WESTERN [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Sri Lanka is increasingly looking to non-Western partners like China, India, Korea, Malaysia, and even Iran to fund major infrastructure projects. These donors are promising aid without conditions, while the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, European donors and t [...] |
2007-02-09 09:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EINV PREL CE CH IN IR JA KS MY |
| 07HANOI1261 |
NO SECURITY - NO BUSINESS: READOUT FROM JUNE 2007 APEC [...] (U) Summary: On June 14-15 in Hanoi, Vietnam, the United States and the Government of Vietnam hosted the follow-on Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) bioterrorism workshop to protect the food supply from deliberate contamination, in support of the APEC Food Defense initiative "Mitigating [...] |
2007-07-17 09:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PTER APECO EAGR ETRD CA JA RS AS TH VM ID MY |
| 07HOCHIMINHCITY801 |
TRAFFICKERS POSING AS MARRIAGE BROKERS CONVICTED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-30 08:46:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KTIP SMIG KWMN PREL PHUM MY VN |
| 07ISLAMABAD1583 |
MUSHARRAF TELLS MCCAIN: DON’T PULL OUT OF IRAQ [...] (U) On April 3, President Musharraf met with Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Representative Richard Renzi (R-AZ), Musharraf's third U.S. Congressional delegation of the day (reftel). The group,s discussion focused on Iraq, the broader Middle East, and the Pak-Afghan border region. ----------------- [...] |
2007-04-10 12:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS PK AF IZ IR ID MY SA LE |
| 07JAKARTA2007 |
TIP REPORT'S POSITIVE IMPACT [...] (U) Embassy Kuala Lumpur contributed to this message. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Department's 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report has prompted a positive reaction in Indonesia. Local governments have expressed greater willingness to improve protections for migrant workers. The GOI is [...] |
2007-07-25 10:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB KWMN PREL ID MY |
| 07JAKARTA2394 |
INDONESIA-MALAYSIA TIES GET THROWN IN KARATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The alleged beating of an Indonesian karate referee by Malaysian police has stoked demonstrations in Indonesia. The GOI has formally complained about the matter and Indonesian parliamentarians have lashed out at Malaysia. Coming on top of recent cases of alleged abuse of domesti [...] |
2007-08-30 10:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ID MY |
| 07JAKARTA2584 |
FACILITATING TRI-BORDER MARITIME SECURITY [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Delegations from Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines and observers from Brunei, Australia and the United States participated in a multilateral maritime security conference August 27-29 in Ceb [...] |
2007-09-14 09:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR PREL PTER ID RP MY |
| 07JAKARTA2641 |
INDONESIA RAMPS UP EFFORT TO PROTECT MIGRANT [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Embassy Kuala Lumpur. Summary =-=-=-= 2. (C) Heightened concern over the trafficking of Indonesian workers abroad has sparked the GOI to play a newly aggressive role in the protection of victims. The media has spotlighted numerous cases of abuse of [...] |
2007-09-19 08:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ELAB KWMN PHUM ID MY |
| 07JAKARTA2901 |
INDONESIAN TIES WITH MALAYSIA FALL VICTIM TO [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Embassy Kuala Lumpur. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The brief detention--on illegal immigration charges--of an Indonesian diplomat's wife based in Malaysia has sparked an uproar in Indonesia. Despite a formal apology, the Indonesian national legislature (DPR) has [...] |
2007-10-15 08:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SMIG PHUM ID MY |
| 07JAKARTA3289 |
HOPPING MAD INDONESIANS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesians regularly complain about Malaysia, but emotions have swirled to a new level over claims of infringement of Indonesia's most cherished resource--its culture. Accusing Malaysia of brazenly stealing a traditional East Javan dance, more than a 1,000 demonstrators clamor [...] |
2007-11-30 09:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SMIG SOCI ID MY |
| 07KUALALUMPUR1000 |
MALAYSIA: PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON THE UNITED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-06-08 04:20:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KTIA PBTS PGOV PHSA SENV UNEP KPAO MY |
| 07KUALALUMPUR1001 |
GENERAL PACE'S JUNE 4 MEETINGS WITH PM ABDULLAH [...] (C) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and Deputy Prime Minister/Defense Minister Najib Tun Razak endorsed current military-to-military cooperation with the U.S. in their separate meetings on June 4 with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace and the Ambassador. DPM Na [...] |
2007-06-08 05:37:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER KISL OVIP MY |
| 07KUALALUMPUR1005 |
SURFING IN SINGAPORE'S WAKE: MALAYSIA'S ISKANDAR [...] (SBU) Summary. Malaysia's government hopes to accelerate investment in the southern state of Johor with its planned Iskandar Development Region (IDR). The government's public statements portray IDR as a new approach that will attract global firms for "knowledge-based" investment, but econoff' [...] |
2007-06-08 08:21:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EWWT EAIR MY |
| 07KUALALUMPUR1024 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MALAYSIA 2007 TIP REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-06-12 07:47:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV ELAB KCRM KWMN MY |
| 07KUALALUMPUR1049 |
YOUNG PROGRESSIVES RETAIN INFLUENCE IN PAS PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysia's Islamist opposition party, the Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS), held its annual general meeting and biennial party elections June 1-3 in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, the only state controlled by PAS. As expected, party president Abdul Hadi Awang ran unopposed and retained [...] |
2007-06-19 00:05:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL KDEM MY |
| 07KUALALUMPUR1059 |
SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF 13TH AIR FORCE [...] (C) Welcome to Malaysia. Malaysia is important to us because it is a successful, moderate, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one [...] |
2007-06-20 10:36:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY |
| 07KUALALUMPUR1064 |
TRANS-PENINSULA PIPELINE: JUST A PIPEDREAM? [...] (U) Summary: According to recent press reports, the Malaysian Government has approved plans for a US$ 7 billion oil pipeline across northern peninsular Malaysia near the Thai border, with a large storage facility in the middle and a refinery at each end. The pipeline is portrayed as a shorte [...] |
2007-06-21 07:21:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGR EPET SENV ECON IR MY SA PGOV |
| 07KUALALUMPUR1071 |
CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR 1206 FUNDING -- MALAYSIA [...] (C) Post has reviewed the FY 2007 section 1206 proposals for the Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) program in support of Eyes in the Sky. Post reiterates its support for the proposed 1206 funding for MDA and requests that it be notified to Congress. 2. (C) Post also renews its support for ad [...] |
2007-06-22 08:43:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MARR MASS MOPS MCAP MY |
| 07KUALALUMPUR1100 |
MALAYSIA: TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE HYBRID [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Principal Assistant Secretary for Multilateral Affairs, Bala Chandran. Bala advised us that the MFA has sought clarification from their Mission in New York concerning the nature of the relationship between the African Union [...] |
2007-07-02 08:46:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU MY |
| 07KUALALUMPUR1106 |
Malaysia Economic Update June 2007 [...] (U) Summary: - Malaysian Cabinet approves Intellectual Property Courts - New Islamic Bond thirteen times oversubscribed - Oil palm prices more than double in past two years - KL Mayor blames "uncontrolled development" for flash flood damages. End Summary. -- [...] |
2007-07-03 11:39:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV MY |
| 07KUALALUMPUR1108 |
Malaysia's Economy Slows in Q1 [...] (U) Malaysia's economic growth slowed to 5.3% in the first quarter of 2007, down from an average of 5.9% in 2006. Services led the way with 9.6% growth and construction continued to recover as development funds from the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP) finally started flowing in significant amounts. [...] |
2007-07-05 05:07:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV MY |
| 07KUALALUMPUR1128 |
EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] The Advisor met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials to coordinate two upcoming EXBS courses with Malaysia, a CIT scheduled for July 04-06 in Kuala Lumpur and an ISIT planned for August 09-17 in Charleston, SC. 2. The Advisor attended the annual EXBS Advisors Conference in Vienn [...] |
2007-07-10 05:59:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP MY |
| 07KUALALUMPUR1137 |
DARFUR PEACEKEEPING: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SAYS [...] (C) In the course of the July 13 meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Najib, the Ambassador asked him if Malaysia planned to send peacekeepers to Darfur. Najib replied that the Government of Malaysia (GOM) was considering this seriously, that they had been in touch with the UN, and that the GO [...] |
2007-07-13 10:47:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU MY |
| 07KUALALUMPUR1138 |
REQUEST FOR U.S. ASSISTANCE FOR HELICOPTER CRASH [...] A Malaysian military helicopter carrying six crew and passengers crashed near the Genting Highlands in central Malaysia on July 13. As of 0930 Malaysian time on July 14, Malaysian authorities were unable to locate the crash site in dense jungle terrain and they continued an urgent search for [...] |
2007-07-14 01:34:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PREL MY |
| 07KUALALUMPUR1145 |
EMBASSY SENIOR-LEVEL ENGAGEMENT ON TRAFFICKING IN [...] (C) Summary: Senior Malaysian officials are still smarting over the U.S. decision to rank Malaysia in TIP Tier 3 but they have expressed much more willingness to discuss the issue quietly than they did in the immediate aftermath of the USG decision of June 12. We have engaged with senior off [...] |
2007-07-16 01:38:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV ELAB KCRM KWMN MY |
| 07KUALALUMPUR1154 |
ANWAR IBRAHIM PROJECTS OPPOSITION GAINS, DECRIES [...] (C) Former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim told the Ambassador during their July 11 discussion that he believed opposition parties could capture some 40 parliament seats or more in the next general election, projecting from results of the April Ijok by-election. Anwar's People's Justice P [...] |
2007-07-16 10:21:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON KDEM MY |
| 07KUALALUMPUR1155 |
ANWAR'S AIDE DETAINED UNDER OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT [...] (SBU) Malaysian police on July 13 arrested Nathanial Tan, an aide to Anwar Ibrahim and an activist within the opposition People's Justice Party (KeADILan or PKR), and on July 14 remanded Tan for four days under the Official Secrets Act (OSA). According to initial reports, the charges relate [...] |
2007-07-16 10:34:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS MY |
| 07KUALALUMPUR1166 |
MALAYSIA ENCOURAGED BY U.S. OIC ENVOY DECISION; [...] (C) Malaysia's senior OIC diplomat Ibrahim Abdullah, speaking with us on July 13, reiterated that Malaysia welcomed the U.S. decision to appoint a special envoy to the OIC, and he encouraged the envoy to visit Malaysia as the OIC chair. The OIC Secretary General asked Malaysia to identify an [...] |
2007-07-18 09:09:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL KPKO MY |
| 07KUALALUMPUR1172 |
KHAIRY AND UMNO YOUTH FOCUS ON FTA, PALESTINE IN [...] (C) Khairy Jamaluddin, influential son-in-law of PM Abdullah, underscored his oft-publicized concerns about the FTA, in particular regarding agriculture and government procurement, during the Ambassador's July 18 lunch for leaders of UMNO Youth, an important component of the dominant United M [...] |
2007-07-20 07:27:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON ETRD EAGR EINV MY |
| 07KUALALUMPUR1174 |
NAJIB'S "ISLAMIC STATE" REMARK DRAWS THE IRE OF [...] (C) Summary: Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Abdul Razak set off a fire storm on July 17 when, in response to a reporter's question, he stated that Malaysia is and has always been an "Islamic state." Malaysia's minorities and opposition parties attacked the DPM's comments as viola [...] |
2007-07-20 09:05:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR SOCI KISL MY |
| 07KUALALUMPUR1198 |
IRAN SANCTIONS: URGING MALAYSIA TO PRIORITIZE [...] (S) DCM and polchief met on July 23 with Malaysia's National Security Council Secretary Muhammad Hatta and focused the discussion on the importance of countries maintaining pressure on Iran to comply with its nonproliferation obligations, including through implementation of UNSCR sanctions (r [...] |
2007-07-25 09:09:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PARM PREL KNNP IR MY |
| 07KUALALUMPUR1199 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-26 00:57:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC MY |
| 07KUALALUMPUR1200 |
MALAYSIA CANNOT CONFIRM NPT INTERLOCUTOR [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-26 05:03:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ENRG KNNP MNUC NPT MY |
| 07KUALALUMPUR1205 |
MALAYSIA'S NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL DESCRIBED BY [...] (C) Malaysia's National Security Council Secretary Muhammad Hatta outlined the NSC structure during a July 23 lunch with DCM and polchief. We include bio notes on Hatta. End Summary. NSC Structure ------------- 2. (C) During a July 23 lunch with DCM and polchief, Malaysia's National [...] |
2007-07-26 06:16:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MY |
| 07KUALALUMPUR1206 |
MALAYSIA: 62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY HIGH-LEVEL [...] Malaysia's Foreign Ministry cannot yet confirm high-level attendance at the 2007 UN General Assembly. According to our contacts with the Ministry's Multilateral Political Affairs Division, United Nations and Disarmament Office, information on UNGQattendance will be forthcoming sometime in A [...] |
2007-07-26 07:18:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA MY |
| 07KUALALUMPUR1207 |
MALAYSIA AND ARF PROPOSAL FOR ISM ON [...] (U) We conveyed copies of third version of the draft proposal for the ARF ISM on nonproliferation to Malaysian Foreign Ministry officials responsible for ARF issues, Rosmeyuddin bin Baharudin and Zulkifli Adnan, but these officials were not available for discussion before they departed for th [...] |
2007-07-26 08:25:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ARF XB MY |
| 07KUALALUMPUR1212 |
MUGABE TO VISIT MALAYSIA AUGUST 4-8 FOR LANGKAWI [...] (U) The Malaysian Foreign Ministry confirmed to us on July 27 that Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe intends to visit Malaysia again in order to attend the Langkawi International Dialogue, August 4-8. According to press accounts and the MFA, some 12 to 16 heads of government, mostly from Afri [...] |
2007-07-27 09:04:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ZI MY |
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