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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00HANOI2480 |
VIETNAM WARILY LOOKS TO CHINA AS A MODEL FOR ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL REFORM [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLCOUNS JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) A STEADY STREAM OF VIETNAMESE LEADERS VISITING CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 HANOI 02480 01 OF 06 100541Z CHINA, MOST RECENTLY PRIME MINISTER KHAI AND THE ARMY CHI [...] |
2000-11-10 05:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD ECON PINR VM CM CVR |
| 01ABUJA1971 |
REQUEST FOR UPDATE ON BAKASSIA BORDER DISPUTE [...] (C) Department is concerned by possible negative developments in the Bakassi Peninusla and requests addressee posts provide an update on the status of dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria. 2. (S/NF) Recent press reports refer to a June skirmish between Cameroonian and Nigerian military al [...] |
2001-08-09 11:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR NI CM |
| 01ABUJA2036 |
NIGERIA: ARMY MINISTER ON BAKASSI PENINSULA [...] (C) After a meeting on security assistance at the Ministry of Defense (septel), Ambassador had a private aside with the Minister of State for Defense (Army), Lawal Batagarawa, on the situation in the Bakassi Peninsula. Batagarawa stated that other than changing the military command structure i [...] |
2001-08-16 05:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS CM NI |
| 02ABUJA1636 |
NIGERIA: BAKASSI MAY LEAD TO CONFLICT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Tensions between Nigeria and Cameroon are rising in anticipation of the ICJ's ruling on the Bakassi dispute. Many observers expect a ruling before the Court's summer recess begins in July. The Nigerian public is not ready to hear that Bakassi belongs to Cameroon. Elections loom. S [...] |
2002-05-31 16:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL MOPS PBTS EPET CM NI ICJ |
| 02ABUJA2165 |
NIGERIA: BAKASSI -- ON THE MINDS OF MANY [...] (C) Summary: The GON is feeling a sense of urgency regarding a possibly adverse ICJ judgment on the Bakassi within the next few months. The GON is groping for a face-saving exit before finding itself boxed in a corner. The GON wants avoid the dilemma of having to accept an adverse judgment tha [...] |
2002-07-23 13:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PNAT MARR NI CM FR UK PTBS |
| 02ABUJA2268 |
NIGERIA: A/S KANSTEINER MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a July 24 meeting with Minister of State For Defense (Army) Lawal Batagarawa, A/S Kansteiner raised the inquiry into the 2001 Benue state massacre, the recent legislative hold on WASP funding, the Army's response to violence in Plateau State that has claimed a soldier and [...] |
2002-08-01 15:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PREL MASS MOPS TP CM NI |
| 02ABUJA2337 |
NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO AND A/S [...] (C) Summary. During their July 25 meeting at Aso Rock Villa, President Obasanjo and Assistant Secretary Kansteiner discussed major regional conflicts and the potential crisis on Nigeria's southeastern border -- the Bakassi. This cable reports the discussion on Bakassi. Other topics are reporte [...] |
2002-08-06 08:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL PBTS MOPS CM FR NI |
| 02ABUJA2787 |
NIGERIA MIGHT IGNORE UNFAVORABLE RULING ON [...] (C) Summary: Nigerian Minister of State for Defense (Army) Batagarawa told us on September 27 said that Nigeria would disregard an unfavorable ICJ ruling on Bakassi. International pressure could be withstood. That evening, DCM heard a second report of Minister of Defense Danjuma's warning to [...] |
2002-10-03 18:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS MOPS PGOV PREL PREF EPET NI CM |
| 02ABUJA2800 |
NIGERIA -- DEFENSE MINISTER DANJUMA TALKS [...] (S/NF) Summary: During a September 23-24 Invitational Visit to EUCOM headquarters, Nigerian Defense Minister T.Y. Danjuma castigated the French for allegedly supporting Cameroon in the Bakassi dispute. A close confidante of President Obasanjo, Danjuma implied that Nigeria might nationalize Fre [...] |
2002-10-04 15:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PNAT MOPS NI CM PTBS |
| 02ABUJA2833 |
NIGERIA: IMPLEMENTING THE BAKASSI RULING, A [...] (U) On October 10 MFA Permanent Secretary Dan Hart phoned Ambassador to clarify a statement made during their earlier October 7 meeting on Bakassi (Reftel A). 2. (C) At the earlier meeting, Hart stated the GON wanted a "Joint Implementing Committee" with Cameroon in order to manage the [...] |
2002-10-11 16:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL MOPS MARR PINS CM NI |
| 02ABUJA2933 |
NIGERIA: MOD DANJUMA DENIES PARIS AGREEMENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 25 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Nigerian Minister of Defense Lieutenant General (ret.) Theophilus Y. Danjuma discussed the GON's position on the ICJ's Bakassi decision. While Danjuma denied the GON had agreed to abide by the ICJ's ruling at the September 5 Pa [...] |
2002-10-25 18:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS MOPS PGOV PREL PREF EPET NI CM |
| 02ABUJA3036 |
NIGERIA: MOD DANJUMA ACCUSES FRENCH OF ARMING [...] (C) During a private moment at the October 30 Australian National Day, I asked Minister of Defense T.Y. Danjuma if he could confirm reports of a GON military build-up in response to the ICJ decision on the Bakassi. Danjuma did not deny the reports as I thought he would; rather he said that N [...] |
2002-11-06 12:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS MOPS PGOV PREL PREF EPET NI CM |
| 02HANOI1290 |
VIETNAM, THE PRC, AND TAIWAN [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RAYMOND BURGHARDT, REASON: 1.5 (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. VIETNAM HAS HAD AN OFTEN-TORTUOUS HISTORY WITH CHINA, INCLUDING WITH THE PRC, AND IS AWARE OF THE DISPARITY OF THE IMPORTANCE WITH WHICH THE TWO COUNTRIES VIEW ONE ANOTHER. MANY HERE MINIMIZE ACKNOWLEDGING [...] |
2002-05-21 07:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS CM VM CVR APEC |
| 03ABUJA352 |
Bakassi -- Meeting with Ould-Abdallah: Cameroon [...] (U) This is an action message; see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: Nigeria's approach to its border dispute with Cameroon is sophisticated, but its commitment to execute what it negotiates less certain, UNSYG representative Ould- Abdallah told Ambassador Jeter. However, the Cameroonians under [...] |
2003-02-18 16:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS SENV EPET EFIS NI CM |
| 03HANOI1422 |
VIETNAM REACHING OUT TO AFRICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As another symbol of how Vietnam prizes the diversity of its diplomatic contacts and seeks to maintain its third world credentials, the GVN hosted the first Vietnam - Africa Forum in Hanoi May 28-30. Delegations from 18 African countries discussed trade and investment and "opp [...] |
2003-06-10 09:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EAID IV NI MA GV PU BN SG ZI RW AO SF MO WA CM VM MZ |
| 03LAGOS85 |
NIGERIA: BARKING DOWN A DRY WELL - FEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Nigeria should endure no economic losses due to the decision of the ICJ awarding the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon. Despite speculation of vast crude reserves offshore, several existing oil wells in the waters impacted by the decision appear to be non-producing and there is li [...] |
2003-01-12 09:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PBTS ENRG EFIS PGOV NI CM |
| 03RANGOON1362 |
EAP/BCLTV DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH CHINA'S [...] (C) Summary: Chinese Ambassador to Burma Li Jinjun posited in a late October meeting that current efforts by the international community on Burma should be aimed at establishing a platform for stable cooperation between Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and the SPDC. The U.S. should consider lifting ec [...] |
2003-10-29 10:51:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CM BM |
| 03RANGOON1598 |
A VISIT TO CHINA'S BURMESE PROVINCE: MONGLA AND [...] (C) Summary: Some clear themes emerged from a trip to the Burmese corner of the Golden Triangle. The area's cities are relatively affluent, thanks to border trade. However, this affluence, combined with low education levels, poor healthcare, and very little international attention, has helpe [...] |
2003-12-15 04:46:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI EAID SNAR ECON SCUL PHUM KHIV KWMN PREL PGOV BM CM NGO |
| 04ABUJA1240 |
DARFUR DEPLOYMENT PLANS; SEPT 15 BAKASSI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Media reports from July 11 and 12 indicate that during a July 10 meeting with Cross Rivers state Governor Donald Duke, Minister of Defense Rabiu Kwankwaso said the Nigerian military had begun a gradual withdrawal from the Bakassi and planned to hand over disputed territory to Cam [...] |
2004-07-15 11:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MOPS SU AU CM NI DARFUR |
| 04ABUJA1380 |
FIRST MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ADENIJI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Adeniji used his first meeting with incoming Ambassador August 1 to raise parking tickets and visa issues. He was unable or unwilling to produce specifics on the Darfur peace talks, due to begin here August 23. FM Adeniji said he did not know where the negotiat [...] |
2004-08-11 14:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CVIS AMGT NI SU CM |
| 04ABUJA1525 |
INTERVENTION ON CAMEROON-NIGERIA MAY BE PREMATURE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: As per reftels from Abuja and Yaounde, Presidents Obasanjo and Biya have long been working together to implement the ICJ verdict on Nigeria's and Cameroon's border. President Obasanjo has told us (Ref A) August 23 that he and President Biya are "personally satisfied" with the sta [...] |
2004-09-03 12:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PINR CM NI |
| 04ABUJA1657 |
MFA ON DARFUR AU PROTECTION FORCE, BAKASSI [...] (C) Polcouns met September 24 in the evening with the MFA UnderSecretary for African Affairs, Ambassador Ukonga, to make the Ref A demarche on Darfur and discuss Bakassi per Ref B. U/S Ukonga said President Obasanjo was pleased that our joint efforts on Darfur were succeeding. She was rather [...] |
2004-09-27 06:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SU NI CM DARFUR |
| 04ABUJA1807 |
MIXED COMMISSION PUNTS BAKASSI TO PRESIDENTS, UNSYG [...] (C/NF) The Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission met October 21-22 in Abuja, and after deliberation on Bakassi "decided to refer the matter to the Heads of State of Cameroon and Nigeria and the Secretary-General of the United Nations." The Mixed Commission had scheduled this session to last only t [...] |
2004-10-25 07:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS CM NI |
| 04LAGOS110 |
NIGERIA: UNHCR COUNTRY REP GIVES OVERVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: POLOFF met with Eusebe Hounsokou, UNHCR Country Representative to Nigeria, on January 7 and discussed concerns about potential violent uprising of Nigerians living on the Bakassi Peninsula, the possible repatriation of Nigerian refugees from Cameroon to their homes in Taraba St [...] |
2004-01-18 11:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS PINS SMIG KOCI NI CM |
| 04LILONGWE415 |
TAIWAN FRETS OVER POST-ELECTION TIES TO MALAWI [...] (C/NF) Taiwanese diplomats are worried that an opposition win in Malawi's upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections could result in Malawi breaking diplomatic relations, Second Secretary C.W. "Albert" Chang told Pol/Econoff. Local Taiwanese officials avoid the opposition and channel [...] |
2004-05-18 12:15:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KHIV PINR TW CM MI |
| 04PANAMA1116 |
PANAMA: IMPLICATIONS OF THE TORRIJOS VICTORY FOR [...] (C) Martin Torrijos, a 40-year-old politician with little national policy experience, scored a crushing electoral victory on May 2, while his Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) is positioned to control Panama's unicameral legislature. After it takes office on September 1, the new governmen [...] |
2004-05-07 20:27:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ETRD EFIN EWWT PM CM CO TW POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA2274 |
PANAMA: TAIWANâ€PRC RECOGNITION ISSUE SIMMERS AS [...] (C) With a new, more PRC"friendly Panama government in office on September 1, the question of whether newly inaugurated President Martin Torrijos might drop Panama's long"standing diplomatic recognition of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in favor of the People's Republic of China (PRC) continues [...] |
2004-09-08 19:49:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV PM CM TW POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA2921 |
SECDEF RUMSFELD'S TWO-DAY PANAMA TOUR A SUCCESS [...] (C) In a two-day visit to Panama November 13-14, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld met with Panamanian President Torrijos and top cabinet officials, visited and overflew the Panama Canal, laid a wreath at the American Battle Monument Commission's Corozal Cemetary, and held a news conferenc [...] |
2004-12-03 19:21:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM CM POL CHIEF |
| 04PARIS9154 |
U.S. EMBASSY DEMARCHE TO THE FRENCH CONCERNING POSSIBLE PROLIFERATION-RELATED ACTIVITIES BETWEEN INDIA'S DEFENSE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (DRDO) AND THE FRENCH FIRM SAGEM [...] (S) On 12 December 2004, EST officer Alexander Tounger delivered a demarche and provided a non-paper to French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Non-proliferation, concerning the planned visit in m [...] |
2004-12-28 15:05:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCRE |
| 04PARIS9167 |
FRANCE AND CENTRAL AFRICA (NORTH) [...] (C) SUMMARY. Chad, where France maintains a permanent miltary presence, and the Central African Republic (CAR), where France is supporting military and economic reform are key countries for France's Africa policy. The crisis in Darfur has caused concern in France about additional threats to [...] |
2004-12-29 11:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CM CT CH ZF XA FR |
| 04RANGOON675 |
BURMA AND CHINA: TRUE FRIENDSHIP OR MARRIAGE OF [...] (C) Summary: Burma's ruling SPDC views China as its key bilateral partner and seeks to use the relationship as evidence of its legitimacy and to offset pressure by the international community, particularly the United States, for concrete movement toward national reconciliation and democracy. [...] |
2004-05-27 00:13:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV MARR BM CM |
| 04THEHAGUE1845 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): RABTA [...] (SBU) In the aftermath of EC-37, delegation has been working closely with UK, Italy, and Libya, to facilitate and garner support for Libya's proposed change to the Verification Annex of the CWC, to enable the conversion of its former CW production facility at Rabta. In particular the delegati [...] |
2004-07-22 14:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL AG CM ER UK IT KE MO SF TS YM SU GM FR GR KS CWC |
| 05ABUJA880 |
WHAT NEXT ON BAKASSI? IS THE UN STILL IN THE [...] (C) From Embassy Abuja's perspective, it seems UNSGSR Ould Abdullah's efforts to bring Nigeria and Cameroon to closure on Bakassi may be in trouble. As we have long reported (Ref B and before), the GON is only President Obasanjo on Bakassi, and Obasanjo has often said that he and President Biy [...] |
2005-05-27 15:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CM NI |
| 05ANKARA1672 |
CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) On March 18 we presented reftel demarche to Turkish MFA Department Head for Disarmament Sabri Ergen, who thanked us and said he appreciated receiving the U.S. point of view as part of the overall picture regarding U.S.-E.U. relations. Ergen did not comment on the text of the demarche. DE [...] |
2005-03-23 09:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CM TU |
| 05ANKARA3367 |
JUNE 13 GAERC DEMARCHE - TURKEY [...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche on June 13 to Turkish MFA EU Political Affairs Department First Secretary Ege Turemen; he provided minimal responses to the following demarche topics. ------ Kosovo ------ He noted that the U.S. position remains the same as that enunciated in an earlier dem [...] |
2005-06-14 09:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CM IR IZ LE PREL YI PARM TU EUN |
| 05BANGKOK6619 |
SITUATION OF THREE CAMBODIANS WHO HAVE FLED TO [...] (C) Summary. UNHCR reported October 19 that it was very concerned about the three Cambodians from the Cambodian Watchdog Council who have fled to Thailand. UNHCR is worried that the Thai government may see the situation as similar to that of the 131 Thai who fled southern Thailand to Malaysia [...] |
2005-10-19 11:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF TH CM CAMBODIA |
| 05BRATISLAVA211 |
GOS STILL SUPPORTS LIFTING CHINA ARMS EMBARGO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-15 06:02:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CM LO EUN |
| 05HANOI2378 |
CHINA'S TRADING HOPES AND REGRETS [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Chinese Embassy Economic and Commercial Counselor He Xiaoling, Chinese businesses face many of the same obstacles - lack of transparency, transportation, and expediency - that American companies face when doing business in Vietnam. She attributed the dramatic rise [...] |
2005-09-12 23:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL CM VM CVR ASEAN WTO |
| 05HANOI2645 |
AMB/VFM BANG: CAMBODIA, CPC, CHINH, TRUONG, SHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 7 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang, the Ambassador raised the following subjects: 1) Sam Rainsy's return to Cambodia; 2) Hoang Minh Chinh's activities in the U.S.; 3) timing of the Country of Particular Concern (CPC) designation and International Reli [...] |
2005-10-12 04:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ETRD EINV ECON VM CM APEC WTO RELFREE HUMANR |
| 05MADRID987 |
CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: SPANISH POSITION UNCHANGED [...] (C) Poloff met with Enrique Mora Benavente, the Head of EU Policy Planning at the MFA, on March 10 and March 14 to discuss the China arms embargo, reiterating U.S. concerns over human rights violations, the possible transfer of U.S. military technology to China, and the shifting balance of p [...] |
2005-03-15 11:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CM SP EUN |
| 05PANAMA1948 |
PANAMA TURNING TOWARD TAIWAN [...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos's last-minute September 22 announcement that he would attend a September 26 Taiwan-Central America Summit in Managua comes on the heels of First Vice President and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis's September 19 remarks to Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxi [...] |
2005-09-23 23:06:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM CM TW POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PARIS1087 |
PSI/MTCR: SUSPICIOUS CARGO BOUND FOR SYRIA [...] (S) Based on the request in Ref (A) cable for immediate action, morning of 19 February 2005, EST officer delivered demarche and non-paper regarding a shipment of French-origin equipment to Syria to French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) David Bertolotti, MFA D [...] |
2005-02-22 10:13:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCR |
| 05PARIS1517 |
PSI: FORMAL FRENCH RESPONSE TO U.S. DEMARCHES ON PSI CASE INVOLVING SUSPICIOUS CARGO BOUND FOR SYRIA; POSSIBILITY THAT GOODS WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE ON TO SYRIA [...] (S) On 04 March 2005, EST officer met with David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation, who provided a non-paper representing the Government of France's (GOF) formal response to the Embassy demarches presented on 19 February and 01 March. The French non [...] |
2005-03-08 15:19:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCR |
| 05PARIS1698 |
CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: FRENCH POSITIONS UNCHANGED [...] (C) As per reftel instructions, we raised with MFA DAS-level Director for East Asia Marc Abensour the upcoming visit to Europe of the Chinese Foreign Minister Li and reiterated the U.S. position against the lifting of the EU arms embargo, as well as our concerns on human rights, and the need f [...] |
2005-03-14 17:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CM FR EUN |
| 05PARIS1731 |
PSI: UPDATE FROM THE FRENCH MFA ON THE STATUS OF THE SYRIA BOUND CARGO IN PIRAEUS [...] (S) On 15 March 2005, EST officer was contacted by David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation, who provided a readout of the 15 March demarche by the French Embassy in Athens delivered to Greek MFA Director of Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) ma [...] |
2005-03-15 17:15:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCR |
| 05PARIS174 |
MTAG 04 - 04: DEMARCHE ON FRENCH FIRM'S ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN'S MISSILE PROGRAM (S) [...] (S) On 30 December 2004, EST officer delivered a demarche to French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Non-proliferation, concerning the 10 December shipment of telemetry equipment from the French f [...] |
2005-01-10 17:42:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCRE |
| 05PARIS1762 |
PSI: FRANCARE REMAINS NONCOMMITTAL; SHRINKING LEGAL OPTIONS (S) [...] (S) On 16 March 2005, EST officer met with David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation regarding cargo of currently embargoed goods held in Piraeus port consigned to a Syrian entity. Bertolotti described the 14 March meeting between French officials and [...] |
2005-03-16 16:16:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCR |
| 05PARIS4095 |
FRENCH ON JUNE 13 GAERC [...] (C) Poloff spoke with MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy deputy chief Pascal LeDeunff on June 6 about the upcoming GAERC, and followed up with reftel (A) points on June 7 and reftel (D) points on June 10. Reftel B notes that the French continue to oppose reimposing measures against the Cu [...] |
2005-06-10 15:32:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CM IR IZ LE YI PARM FR EUN |
| 05PARIS546 |
FRENCH VIEWS ON BAKASSI, CAMEROON ECONOMIC [...] (C) During Ambassador Marquardt's Paris consultations January 28, Michel de Bonnecorse, President Chirac's advisor on African affairs, stressed the importance of persuading Nigerian President Obasanjo to comply with the ICJ ruling on Bakassi. 2. (C) Bonnecorse said that at the Francophonie [...] |
2005-01-28 17:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS CM NI FR |
| 05RANGOON1108 |
A CHINESE FLY-ON-THE-WALL VIEW OF THE BURMESE [...] (C) Summary: A courtesy call on the departing Chinese Ambassador to Burma, who has the greatest access among the diplomatic corps to senior GOB officials, gave us unique insight into the mind set of the regime's top generals. Although his views reveal little common ground between China and th [...] |
2005-09-30 04:42:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PINR PHUM CM BM |
| 05RANGOON1234 |
EASTERN SHAN STATE: BURMA'S NON-BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary: Rangoon PolEcon Officer and FSN Political Specialist recently traveled throughout eastern Shan State, visiting the trading crossroads of Tachileik (on the border with Thailand) and Mongla (on the border with China), as well as the regional capital, Kenteng. Falling under the in [...] |
2005-11-02 04:39:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINS ECON BM CM TH |
| 05RANGOON1248 |
BURMA AND CHINA MAKE ECONOMIC DEALS AT NANNING EXPO [...] (C) Summary: At the second China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit and Expo in Nanning on October 18-20, 2005, the governments of Burma and China signed a framework agreement for a concessional 1 billion yuan ($124 million) loan to finance a fertilizer plant near Rangoon. The Myanmar Chamb [...] |
2005-11-03 10:24:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV EFIN BM CM |
| 05RANGOON1256 |
BURMA'S KACHIN STATE: COUPS, TEAK, AND CHINESE [...] (C) Summary: On a recent trip to Kachin State in Burma's far north, Emboff gained insight into a failed coup attempt within an ethnic cease-fire group, the NDA-K. The outfit, once one of the region's most significant insurgent groups, is now little more than a business organization that reaps [...] |
2005-11-04 06:36:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS MARR SENV SNAR BM CM |
| 05ROME1005 |
ITALY-CHINA: FINI - LI MEETING DOOMED AFTER EU [...] (C) Summary. The March 18 meeting of Foreign Ministers Fini and Li was a disappointment for both sides, according to the Italian MFA. Li made no headway in pushing for a lifting of the EU arms embargo, getting instead public and private lectures from Fini on human rights. So, he gave nothin [...] |
2005-03-23 16:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC CM IT EUN EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05ROME1981 |
ITALIAN VIEWS ON JUNE 13 GAERC AGENDA; ITALY WILL [...] (C) MFA Director for EU CFSP Luigi Mattiolo told Poloff that since this is the first GAERC after the French and Dutch "no" on the Constitution, FMs will discuss, over dinner Sunday evening June 12, alternatives on the way forward for ratification and the implications of freezing the process fo [...] |
2005-06-10 13:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IT PREL CM IR EUN |
| 05ROME2776 |
AS CHINESE FAKES INVADE ITALY, COMPANIES FEEL [...] (U) Summary: While famous Italian designers have long been a favored target of imitators world-wide, Italian business and government leaders are quickly realizing that no Italian product, no matter how mundane, is safe from Chinese counterfeiters. Unlike the big fashion houses, most Italian [...] |
2005-08-22 14:34:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD CM IT |
| 05ROME905 |
ITALY WILL MAKE NO COMMITMENTS TO CHINESE FM LI ON [...] (C) Drawing from points ref a, poloff reiterated with EU CFSP Office Director Luigi Mattiolo continued strong US concern over the possibility that the EU may lift its arms embargo against China within the next few months, and the damaging signal such a development could send to Beijing and to [...] |
2005-03-17 08:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CM IT EUN EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05TAIPEI2486 |
TAIWAN REACTION TO TIP DOWNGRADE: SUBDUED IN [...] (SBU) Public reaction to Taiwan's downgrade from "Tier 1" to "Tier 2" in the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report has been surprisingly subdued. Press coverage, in fact, was so light that AIT did not proceed with inviting the Taiwan media to a coffee with the Deputy Director on June 6. On [...] |
2005-06-07 08:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | CM PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG TW TIP |
| 05TAIPEI2651 |
G/TIP DELEGATION JUNE 8-12 VISIT TO TAIWAN [...] (SBU) Summary: G/TIP made Taiwan its first stop in Asia after the release of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. The delegation responded to questions about Taiwan's downgrade to Tier 2 and reviewed improvements Taiwan has made in screening TIP victims, providing victim protection, a [...] |
2005-06-16 08:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | CM PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG TW TIP |
| 05VIENNA1935 |
EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING AND EU CUBA POLICY: [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered ref (a) points on the upcoming GAERC to Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 7. Embassy delivered ref (b) points on Cuba on June 3. Pol Unit chief then discussed the issues on June 8 with Andreas Riecken, MFA Coordinator for EU Common Foreign and Security Poli [...] |
2005-06-10 09:28:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PARM IR IZ LE YI CM CU AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA846 |
EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO AND CHINESE FM VISIT: [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche on March 14 to Thomas Hajnoczi, Austrian MFA A/S-equivalent for Political-Military Affairs and EU Common Foreign and Security Policy. 2. (C) Hajnoczi, who had returned earlier that day from a trip to Washington, recounted tha [...] |
2005-03-15 10:52:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CM AU EUN |
| 06ABUJA1138 |
GREAT APES, ECOTOURISM IN CROSS RIVER, NIGERIA [...] Summary. Economic officer and regional environmental officer visited Cross River State, on Nigeria's eastern border with Cameroon, on Feb. 13-17 to see its economic infrastructure and potential for ecotourism. Cross River contains Nigeria's last remaining rain forest, as well as the rare Cr [...] |
2006-05-15 14:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON EAID NI CM |
| 06ABUJA1537 |
BAKASSI INDIGENES THREATHEN VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary. Representatives of the Nigerian indigene community of Bakassi met with Embassy officers to discuss their concerns over the recent agreement to implement the ICJ decision on the Bakassi. The representatives felt betrayed by the agreement, and threatened violence to impede the im [...] |
2006-06-19 15:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS MOPS NI CM |
| 06ABUJA1593 |
ECONOMIC LIFE BUDS IN NIGERIA'S CROSS RIVER STATE [...] Summary: Economic officer and REO visited Cross River State to examine its economic infrastructure and potential for ecotourism. Officers had a wide range of meetings with local figures, including Cross River Governor Donald Duke. Duke emphasized his plans to develop the state's agricultural [...] |
2006-06-26 10:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV EAID EIND PGOV NI CM |
| 06ABUJA1841 |
NIGERIA:IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BAKASSI AGREEMENT [...] (C/REL TO USA, GBR, FRA, DEU) Summary. From the Nigerian side, plans for implementation of the Greentree Accord on Bakassi are moving forward. The military fully intends to be out of Bakassi in "not a day more" than the sixty days specified in the agreement, the Nigerian police have reques [...] |
2006-07-18 12:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS MOPS PREL NI CM |
| 06ABUJA1921 |
NIGERIA:BAKASSI UPDATE [...] (C/REL USA GBR FRA DEU) On 24 July, Post hosted a meeting of the local representatives of the four witness states to the Greentree Accord on Bakassi, though the German embassy was unable to send anyone. No representatives from either the UK or France have yet traveled to the Bakassi area. [...] |
2006-07-25 11:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS MOPS PREL NI CM |
| 06ACCRA418 |
DEMACHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICAO [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Bridgewater discussed Mr. Voss's candidacy with Secretary of the President, Ambassador D.K. Osei during a meeting February 8 and mentioned again it to President Kufuor after the meeting. FAA Regional Rep and EconOff delivered reftel demarche to Ghana Civil Aviation [...] |
2006-02-15 15:22:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAIR CM GH MZ NI SF ICAO |
| 06BERLIN3503 |
S/CRS AMBASSADOR HERBST ENGAGES GERMANY AHEAD OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a series of meetings December 6, S/CRS Coordinator Ambassador John Herbst pushed German officials to incorporate stability and reconstruction (S/R) programming into their 2007 G-8 and EU presidencies. His interlocutors from the Federal Chancellery and Foreign Ministry sug [...] |
2006-12-14 14:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID KPKO CM GM XA |
| 06DAKAR1279 |
SEVENTH HIGH LEVEL MEETING OF HEADS OF UN PEACE [...] (C) On May 29, UNSYG Special Representative for West Africa Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah told the Ambassador that he is traveling to Yaounde this week to try to broker a summit on demarcating the border between Cameroon and Nigeria on the Bakassi Peninsula. He also provided a summary of his May 12 [...] |
2006-05-31 12:31:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PBTS SOCI KFLU XY CM |
| 06GENEVA3142 |
GREENTREE AGREEMENT FOLLOW-UP COMMITTEE MEETING IN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-15 16:26:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CM NI |
| 06HANOI678 |
VIETNAM-CHINA TRADE: REPORT FROM LANG SON PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Econ Counselor met with provincial and customs officials in Lang Son province, one of two main transit provinces for goods to and from China on March 16- 17. Customs officials at Tan Thanh claimed that 80 percent of goods crossing the checkpoint were fruit, smuggling of pirat [...] |
2006-03-23 09:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON CM VM |
| 06LIBREVILLE150 |
RAINFOREST AND GORILLAS IN E. NIGERIA/W. CAMEROON [...] REO and Abuja Econoff travelled to sites in Cross River State (Eastern Nigeria) in mid-February for meetings with conservation NGOs and local government officials, including the state governor, Donald Duke. This area has notably rich biodiversity, including the last rainforest in Nigeria, se [...] |
2006-03-06 10:53:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID NI CM |
| 06MANILA4852 |
(SBU) NORTH KOREAN CITIZEN APPRACHES EMBASSY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 8. 2. (C) On November 9, a North Korean woman, Ms. Hyae Yeong PAK, approached the Embassy's outdoor reception area to express interest in resettlement in the United States. Emboffs also interviewed Ms. Pak, using guidance provided by PRM. [...] |
2006-11-30 03:53:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM RP KS TH CM |
| 06PARIS1335 |
FRANCE CONTRIBUTION FOR 2006 TIP REPORT - PART I [...] Answers below are keyed to section and para numbers in reftel. Embassy Paris TIP point of contact is Kim Baker, bakerke@state.gov. Phone 33 1 43 12 23 93 (or IVG 8-498-2393), fax 33 1 43 12 26 63. Time spent on TIP report: FS-04 poloff: 80 hours. FS-1 Deputy Political Counselor: 4 hours [...] |
2006-03-03 11:26:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB FR BU RO AL SL CM NI |
| 06PARIS1338 |
FRANCE CONTRIBUTION FOR 2006 TIP REPORT - PART II [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-03 11:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB FR BU RO AL SL CM NI |
| 06RANGOON290 |
MANDALAY: DIPLOMATIC VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: During an Embassy "Outreach Week in Mandalay" (ref A), the Charge called on the Indian and Chinese Consuls General to exchange views on local political and economic developments. Despite the close relationship that China and India enjoy with the Burmese regime, both Consuls need [...] |
2006-03-03 06:55:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD BM CM IN |
| 06RANGOON762 |
BURMA'S ROAD TO PROSPERITY LEADS TO CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: On a visit to Muse, the main border crossing point for trade with China, emboffs observed how trade enriches the Burmese towns along the route, and has spawned development on the Chinese side of the border. The GOB retains only a small percentage of potential revenue generated [...] |
2006-06-09 09:24:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL CM BM |
| 06TAIPEI1618 |
PRC VICE MINISTER LEADS INFOTECH DELEGATION TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PRC Ministry of Information Industry Vice Minister Jiang Yaoping arrived in Taipei on May 9 with a delegation of 45 government officials and business executives for the second Taiwan-PRC information industry standards forum through which Taiwan firms are seeking a competitive [...] |
2006-05-11 05:10:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PINR ETRD CM TW |
| 06TAIPEI1788 |
TAIWAN IPR DELEGATION VISITS CHINA [...] (C) Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) Deputy Director General Lu Wen-hsiang confirmed to AIT on May 23 that TIPO Director General Tsai Lien-sheng and three TIPO Department Directors are currently traveling in China to meet with PRC IPR officials. The TIPO officials have joined a dele [...] |
2006-05-25 08:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PINR PREL CM TW ETRD KIPR |
| 06THEHAGUE427 |
NETHERLANDS/CHINA: PROPOSED JOINT DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) On February 24, Poloff delivered reftel demarche regarding a proposed joint demarche on certain Chinese prisoners cases to Sandra Pellegrom in the Dutch MFA's Human Rights and Peacebuilding Department. According to Pellegrom, the GONL is not opposed, in principle, to such joint efforts. [...] |
2006-02-27 16:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS PREL CM NL |
| 06TOKYO3318 |
AMBASSADOR SCHIEFFER AND CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY [...] (C) During a June 15 meeting with Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe, the Ambassador pressed for the formal reopening of Japan,s market for U.S. beef prior to the Prime Minister,s visit to Washington at the end of June. The Ambassador explained that we were concerned that if the ban was not lifted b [...] |
2006-06-15 09:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR ETRD JA CM |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1157 |
SYG ANNAN DISCUSSES IRAN, DARFUR, SOMALIA AND UN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting convened at his request, Secretary-General (SYG) Annan gave Ambassador Bolton a SIPDIS read-out of his recent conversation with head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Larijani on the incentives package just presented by European Union High Representative [...] |
2006-06-06 23:02:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT AORC CM IR NI PGOV PREL PTER SO SU |
| 06USUNNEWYORK563 |
BAKASSI BORDER ISSUE: DEMARCHE AND UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: The Secretary-General's Executive Director for Political Affairs Carlos Lopes and Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for West Africa Ahmedou Ould-Abdullah briefed Acting Polcouns on sensitive efforts underway to resolve the Bakassi border issue. Lopes said SY [...] |
2006-03-23 00:53:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PINR PINS PREL CM NI UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK627 |
CAMEROON: UN COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND [...] Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Cameroon to the United Nations requesting USG support for the candidature of Mr. Clement Atangana for re-election to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR). The elections will be held during the [...] |
2006-03-29 18:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC SOCI PHUM UN CM |
| 06USUNNEWYORK752 |
CAMEROON: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Cameroon 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 Unite [...] |
2006-04-11 12:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN CM |
| 06VIENNA811 |
BERN PROCESS: AUSTRIAN/EU VIEWS ON CHINESE [...] (C) EconPolOff delivered reftel points on March 14 to Engelbert Theuermann, MFA A/S-equivalent for Human Rights and Thomas Unger, Human Rights Bureau desk officer. (Unger participated in the December 1-2 Bern Process meetings in Brussels). Theuermann and Unger, speaking for the EU Presidency [...] |
2006-03-17 08:24:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KJUS CM AU EUN |
| 06YAOUNDE1431 |
CAMEROON MILITARY READY TO ENGAGE IN PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) In a September 8 meeting with DATT, General Ren-Claude MEKA, Chief of Staff of Cameroon's Armed Forces, said Cameroon was prepared to eventually contribute up to a batallion for international peacekeeping operations. Cameroon has the political and military will to participate in PKO, but [...] |
2006-09-15 07:48:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV CM |
| 06YAOUNDE1566 |
CAMEROON: EXXON FEARS EMPLOYEE UNREST IN SALE TO [...] (U) Summary. ExxonMobil representatives told Charge October 11 that they feared their 85 employees in Cameroon might take "illegal action," possibly to include violence, to pressure Exxon to make cash concessions to its employees as part of the pending share sale of Exxon's Africa operations [...] |
2006-10-12 15:10:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT ENRG ELAB ETRD EPET LY CM |
| 06YAOUNDE1631 |
CAMEROON: OFF ROAD IN THE WESTERN PROVINCES [...] (U) Pol/Econ chief made a three-day trip at the height of the rainy season September 28-October 1 to inaugurate Self-Help and Ambassador's Girls Scholarship projects in the North West, South West and West provinces. This message offers her impressions of the region. ----------------------- [...] |
2006-10-26 08:55:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | CM EAGR SENV KCOR SCUL PINR |
| 06YAOUNDE1811 |
TOUGH LOVE IN CAMEROON'S ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) Summary. Corruption, specifically the Government's faithfulness to its anti-corruption promises, continues to take center stage in Cameroon. Indeed, this was Anti-corruption Week in Cameroon, as the Prime Minister launched a high-profile seminar on how to implment the UN Anti-Corrupt [...] |
2006-12-08 11:31:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PREL PGOV EFIN CM |
| 06YAOUNDE1840 |
CAMEROON: EXTRAORDINARY LEGISLATIVE SESSION ON [...] (U) As expected (reftel), the President of the National Assembly issued an order December 13 convoking an extraordinary session of the National Assembly to begin December 14, immediately upon the conclusion of the regular session. According to the order, the National Assembly will consider fo [...] |
2006-12-14 09:55:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CM |
| 06YAOUNDE1847 |
U.S. OPPORTUNITIES IN CAMEROON'S AMBITIOUS POWER [...] (U) Summary. Cameroon is "thirsty" for new investments in the oil, gas, and power sectors, and eager to establish partnerships with American companies and relevant USG agencies, according to Dudley Achu Sama, the seniormost technical advisor at the Ministry of Water and Energy (French acron [...] |
2006-12-15 12:38:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET EINV ETRD ECON PGOV PINR CM |
| 06YAOUNDE1883 |
CAMEROON: CORRUPTION TRIAL EMBROILS FIRST LADY, [...] (C) Summary. Defense attorneys in the FEICOM corruption trial created tumult in the courtroom and a splash in the headlines when they demanded, on December 19, that the court hear testimony from First Lady Chantal Biya and other Cameroonian notables who feature prominently in the list of il [...] |
2006-12-21 13:22:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR ECON PGOV EFIN KMCA CM PINR |
| 06YAOUNDE816 |
CAMEROON: A TALE OF TWO PRESIDENCIES [...] (C) In its 46 years of independence, Cameroon has only known two presidents, Ahmadou Ahidjo (1960-1982) and Paul Biya (1982-present). Ahidjo was a charismatic and decisive man who ruled a one-party state where citizens had no voice in their leadership. Under Ahidjo, Cameroon's economy fared [...] |
2006-05-24 16:28:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM PINR CM |
| 06YAOUNDE925 |
CAMEROON: FORMER CHILD LABORERS SHOW THEIR TALENTS [...] (U) To highlight the scourge of child labor and to showcase the talents of those Cameroonian children who have escaped it, Embassy Yaounde -- piggy backing on the ILO's International Day to Combat Child Labor -- put on a fashion show and handicrafts fair in the Chancery June 13 where former [...] |
2006-06-15 13:59:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM CM |
| 06YAOUNDE928 |
CAMEROON HIT BY A SERIES OF STRIKES [...] (U) Cameroon has been hit by four strikes in the first two weeks of June, some of which are related. Employees of the national airline (CAMAIR), taxi drivers, Wackenhut security guards and university students have all walked out. While it is too soon to characterize this as a "wave," four i [...] |
2006-06-16 06:36:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB CM EAIR ASEC EFIN |
| 07ABUJA2437 |
NIGERIAN SENATE CHALLENGING BAKASSI HANDOVER [...] (U) On November 22, the Nigerian Senate debated and approved a resolution challenging the validity of the Green Tree Agreement reached last year between Nigeria and Cameroon returning the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroonian sovereignty. The agreement was intended to put into effect a 2002 ruling [...] |
2007-11-23 11:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI CM |
| 07ABUJA2513 |
CAMEROONIAN VICE PREMIER DISCUSSES BAKASSI WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 4 meeting, Cameroonian Vice Prime Minister Ali told Nigerian President Yar'Adua that the Nigerian Senate resolution condemning the ceding of Bakassi was an entirely internal affair, to which Cameroon would not react. Cameroonian High Commissioner told PolOffs Yar'Adua [...] |
2007-12-06 16:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CM NI |
| 07ABUJA2578 |
NIGERIAN PRESIDENT SENDS GREENTREE AGREEMENT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nigerian President Yar'Adua has sent the Greentree Agreement to the Senate for ratification, while allegations have arisen that $40 million allocated to resettle Bakassi residents has disappeared. Deputy Senate Leader Victor Ndoma-Egba, who represents Cross Rivers State (where Bak [...] |
2007-12-14 13:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS NI CM |
| 07ACCRA1871 |
TOGO: REO VISISTS MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, DEPARTMENT OF [...] (U) The REO met with Fisheries department officials, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Environment and the Natural SIPDIS Resources program manager for the Peace Corps. The REO visited the artisanal fishing vessel basin and a fish smoking facility. ------------------------------ F [...] |
2007-09-05 13:27:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CM SENV OTRA AF OES GH |
| 07DAKAR1727 |
CHINESE INVOLVEMENT IN SENEGAL'S NATURAL RESOURCES [...] (C) To date, China is not heavily invested in Senegal's natural resources sectors. China's presence in Senegal currently focuses on the importation of Chinese consumer and industrial goods, including automobiles, and Chinese assistance for public works projects. China does not have a fishin [...] |
2007-08-22 16:53:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV SENV CM SG |
| 07HANOI1390 |
TOP SECURITY OFFICIAL DISCUSSES DISSIDENTS, CHINA [...] (C) In a long, wide-ranging discussion August 2, Vice Minister of Public Security (MPS) Nguyen Van Huong, Vietnam's head of "general security" and intelligence gave his frank views on a broad range of key bilateral issues including political dissidents, prisoners and detainees, religious freed [...] |
2007-08-06 15:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BM CM KIRF PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM |
| 07LAGOS239 |
IMPROVING U.S. DIPLOMACY ON INDOOR AIR POLLUTION [...] This is a response to an action request or details on Indoor Air Pollution (IAP) in Nigeria. A septel will be sent assessing the GON's awareness of and commitment to reduce IAP. According to Ministry of Petroleum Resources, household kerosene is used 99 percent of the time as an energy sourc [...] |
2007-03-30 14:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AID EPA SENV TBIO AL AM BK CB CD CM CS CV |
| 07MANILA3340 |
Philippine-China Summit Dominated by Scandal [...] Summary: Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo reportedly spent much of her October 2 meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao explaining bribery allegations that forced her to cancel a $330 million national broadband network contract and suspend other projects funded by China (reftel). [...] |
2007-10-05 09:52:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV RP CM |
| 07PARIS4574 |
FRENCH, BRITISH SHARE CONCERNS ON CHINESE IRAN [...] (C) Summary. On the margins of the annual OECD Executive Committee meetings on November 12, A/S Sullivan met with UK FCO Director for Global and Economic Issues Scott Wightman and subsequently with French MFA DG for Economic Affairs Christian Masset. The principal subject of their discussion [...] |
2007-11-26 18:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PARM CM IR FR |
| 07PARIS4718 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) Embassy contacted Laurent Dufraix, Purchasing Manager for Sogerma Services, the foreign consignee. He confirmed that the end-user of the entire consignment of C-130 parts cited in the export license is the Cameroon Air Force. He provided the following point of contact regarding C-130 acti [...] |
2007-12-14 15:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC MCAP CM FR |
| 07STATE151360 |
BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license check for the export of riot control equipment to Cameroon. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern check [...] |
2007-11-01 14:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CM ETTC IS KOMC |
| 07STATE29571 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMEROONIAN MILITARY [...] The Department of State has reviewed it files and finds that as of March 8, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the Cameroon Military Personnel listed in the COESPU training. Name: Lieutenant Mvogo Abanda, Guy Herve DOB: September 15, 1976 P [...] |
2007-03-08 19:54:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CM MARR PHUM MASS |
| 07STATE82614 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMEROONIAN MILITARY [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 13, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the military officer below: NAME: Onguene Ateba RANK: Director of Judicial Police CURRENT ASSIGNMENT: Office of Judicial Police [...] |
2007-06-13 20:43:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PGOV PHUM PREL CM |
| 07ULAANBAATAR642 |
Snapshot of Mongolia's North Central Selenge Province [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia's central northern Selenge aimag (province) hopes to develop mining, agricultural production and tourism. Selenge has generally good relations with its Russian neighbor, but the Russians remain bureaucratic and uncooperative in facilitating border crossing. During the [...] |
2007-11-13 08:28:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EMIN ETRD PREL SOCI MG RU CM |
| 07VATICAN20 |
VATICAN: VIETNAM AND CHINA CHURCH ISSUES FRONT AND CENTER [...] (C) Summary: The Holy See intends to hold meetings on January 19 and 20 with key Catholic officials to formulate a common policy toward China in response to the recent illicit ordinations by the GoC. In related news, unofficial Vatican sources have confirmed that Pope Benedict will receive V [...] |
2007-01-18 16:56:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV CM VM VT |
| 07YAOUNDE1036 |
CAMEROON: "BIYA WILL SOON MAKE DECISIVE CHANGES TO [...] (C) Summary. Flush with an overwhelming parliamentary majority, President Biya will move quickly and decisively to prove he is serious about rooting out corruption and improving governance, predicted Gregoire Owona in an August 13 lunch with Charge and Poloff. Owona, a senior official at t [...] |
2007-08-17 07:18:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KCOR EAID CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1044 |
TRADITIONAL LEADERS SEEK EMBASSY PROTECTION WHEN [...] (U) Summary. Nineteen men from the community of Sabga in Cameroon's Northwest Province gathered outside of the Embassy compound at the opening of business on August 21 claiming fear of arrest, violence, and deadly force in retaliation for their opposition to an effort to install a governmen [...] |
2007-08-21 12:33:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1049 |
CAMEROON: POST DEMARCHES GOVERNMENT, TRADITIONAL [...] (U) Summary. Leaders and community members from Sabga (reftel) spent the night August 21 outside the Embassy gates, claiming fear of harassment and arrest if they left. In an August 22 demarche to the Political Director at the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralization (MIN [...] |
2007-08-22 12:09:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PREF PGOV CM |
| 07YAOUNDE106 |
CAMEROON: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS [...] (U) Poloff met with Felix-fils Eboa Ebongue of Foreign Ministry (MINREX) on January 17 to discuss points outlined in reftel. Ebongue said he would convey the U.S. concerns to the Ministry. He pointed out that NGOs receive protection under the new penal code, which was promulgated January 1. [...] |
2007-01-25 12:38:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | CM KDEM PHUM PREL |
| 07YAOUNDE1061 |
CAMEROON: POST CONTINUES TO LOBBY GRC, SABGA MEN [...] (U) Summary. Charge and Mission staff have continued to raise the Sabga issue (reftels) with contacts in the GRC, but there has been no formal response. The group of men is still camped in front of the Embassy compound. The President of the leading national Mbororo organization called Polo [...] |
2007-08-24 14:00:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PREF PGOV CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1065 |
CAMEROON AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: DESPITE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Cameroon's interministerial committee (CIM, French acronym) for avian influenza (AI) is better poised to respond to an AI outbreak than it was last year, due to substantial training and assistance from USAID, NAMRU-3 (reftel), CDC, APHIS and others, includin [...] |
2007-08-28 09:01:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO EAGR SENV AMED CASC KSCA CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1071 |
CAMEROON'S INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS TELL FOREST [...] (SBU) Summary. Cameroon's Forestry Minister (MINFOF) was caught off-guard when EU representatives responded to his August 22 appeal for donor assistance by suggesting that the Government of Cameroon's problem is "not money, but will." The ambassadors encouraged Ngolle to continue MINFOF's fi [...] |
2007-08-29 13:35:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KCOR SNAR PHUM PARM EAID PGOV CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1080 |
CAMEROON: SABGA MEN STILL CAMPED AT EMBASSY, HOPE [...] (U) The delegation of men from Sabga have maintained their presence outside the Embassy since August 20. Although their numbers fluctuate as they receive visitors and members of the community bring them food and water, a core group of around 12 is always present and their total number fluctu [...] |
2007-08-30 12:50:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PREF PGOV CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1088 |
CAMEROON: SABGA MEN LEAVE EMBASSY WITH PM'S [...] (SBU) Sabga community members camped outside the Embassy for eleven days departed without incident in the early evening on August 31. Earlier in the day, Cameroonian Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni called Charge to advise that he had met with representatives of the group and that they would be r [...] |
2007-09-01 12:55:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PREF PGOV PINR CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1090 |
CAMEROON PRIME MINISTER SEEKS USG INPUT FOR [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni asked Charge on September 4 to share the list of personnel suggestions that then-Ambassador Marquardt provided during his July 6 farewell call on President Biya (ref B). Inoni said Biya wanted to consult the list before making final decisions for u [...] |
2007-09-04 13:04:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1097 |
UNPRECEDENTED PUBLIC DISSENT IN CAMEROON'S RULING [...] (SBU) Summary. The longstanding image of President Paul Biya's ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) as a disciplined monolith was shaken when veteran CPDM official and National Assembly representative Adama Modi publicly opposed the CPDM's candidate during August 31 elections [...] |
2007-09-05 12:36:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR PINR CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1109 |
CAMEROON: BOLD STROKE FOR COMPETENCE, [...] (C) Summary. President Biya on September 7 ordered a major cabinet reshuffle, dismissing 14 ministers -- including a number of the most notoriously corrupt and inept -- and refashioning two ministries to create a Ministry of Finance and a Ministry of Economy, Planning and Rural Development. [...] |
2007-09-10 13:47:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PREL PINR CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1112 |
CAMEROON LIKELY TO OBJECT TO COST OF MARITIME [...] (U) Poloff met with Chantal Nama, Sub-Director in the Bureau of UN Affairs at the Foreign Ministry on August 31 and to discuss reftel talking points. Nama promised to pass the information to the Department of Customs at the Ministry of Economy and Finance to assess Cameroon's capacity to adh [...] |
2007-09-10 13:51:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1116 |
FORMER CANADIAN PM ON CONGO BASIN VISIT, ENDS UP [...] (SBU) Summary. Former Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin visited Cameroon September 9-12 on a familiarization trip in his new role as a co-chair (with Kenyan Minister and Noble Laureate Wangari Maathai) of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP). In a meeting where donor representatives [...] |
2007-09-12 11:34:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID KCOR ECON CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1140 |
BIYA LAYS OUT VISION FOR CAMEROON'S DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. In a rare publicized meeting with his cabinet, President Paul Biya on September 12 ordered his new government to focus on achieving more robust economic growth, progress on social issues like health and education, and better governance, including increased efforts against ant [...] |
2007-09-18 10:48:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KMCC PREL PINR ECON ETRD EINV CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1143 |
CAMEROON: PM SALUTES "SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP" WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Garvey, in her initial call on Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni on September 18, told the PM that the U.S. would continue to be "open, honest and supportive" of Cameroon and would maintain its focus on strengthening democratic processes, fostering economic growth, and [...] |
2007-09-18 16:22:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KMCA PHUM PINR CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1159 |
CAMEROON TO ANNOUNCE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF [...] (U) The Government of Cameroon (GRC) has informed post that it will announce at the upcoming UNGA its plan to create an International School of Security Forces in Cameroon (with French support), focused on training police and gendarmes for peacekeeping operations in Africa. Cameroon is seeki [...] |
2007-09-21 09:44:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC CM MASS PGOV PREL |
| 07YAOUNDE1160 |
CAMEROON JUSTICE MINISTER WELCOMES AMBASSADOR, [...] (U) Summary. Cameroonian Vice Prime Minister and Minister for Justice Amadou Ali welcomed Ambassador Garvey in a September 20 courtesy call and said that continued cooperation on anti-corruption was the most important way for the USG to help Cameroon's development efforts. Ali also invited [...] |
2007-09-21 10:11:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCOR PHUM PINR CM |
| 07YAOUNDE117 |
CAMEROON: COTCO OIL SPILL TROUBLING CALM WATERS [...] (SBU) On January 19, Cameroonian newspapers reported an oil spill from the Cameroon Oil Transportation Company (COTCO) off the coast of Cameroon near Kribi. COTCO Managing Director Jacky Lesage informed the Embassy that the spill took place some time during the night of January 14-15 from a [...] |
2007-01-29 12:33:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET SENV CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1178 |
CAMEROON: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SENIOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 25 courtesy call by the Ambassador, Secretary General to the President (and close Biya confidant) Laurent Esso described Cameroon's "sincere and deep" friendship with the United States and highlighted some of the country's historical challenges. While conceding [...] |
2007-09-27 06:50:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM PGOV PREL KMCC |
| 07YAOUNDE1196 |
CAMEROON INTERESTED IN JOINING THE COALITION [...] (U) In a September 11 letter, Minister of Forestry and Wildlife Elvis Ngolle Ngolle responded to A/S McMurray's invitation (ref A) asking Cameroon to join the Coalition against Wildlife Trafficking (CAWT). The letter declared the Ministry's interest in participating in CAWT, stating that CAW [...] |
2007-10-03 13:31:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PREL CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1198 |
CAMEROON CONTINUES TO RANK POORLY ON GOVERNANCE [...] (U) Summary: The week of September 24 brought three new studies reinforcing Cameroon's reputation for poor performance on corruption and governance. Cameroon scored 138 out of 179 on Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index, 154 out of 178 in the World Bank's Doing Busines [...] |
2007-10-04 06:25:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV ECON ETRD CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1208 |
CAMEROON'S RE-RUN ELECTIONS: PREP IMPROVES, MAJOR [...] (C) Summary: On September 30, Cameroon held re-run elections for 17 parliamentary seats following a Supreme Court ruling that invalidated the July 22 election results for these seats because of gross irregularities. The ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) did predictably we [...] |
2007-10-05 08:39:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KMCA EAID CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1211 |
CAMEROON: TOURS D'HORIZON WITH PM AND INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: In an October 4 courtesy call by the Ambassador, Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization Hamidou Yaya Marafa acknowledged failings in Cameroon's electoral process (but thought ELECAM was not a good fix), described serious security concerns on the border with [...] |
2007-10-05 15:18:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM PGOV PREL ASEC ECON KMCC |
| 07YAOUNDE1234 |
CAMEROON CORRUPTION INVESTIGATIONS: RECENT [...] (C) Summary and action request. The Ambassador's recent meetings with Cameroon Vice PM/Minister of Justice Amadou Ali and Canadian High Commissioner Jean Pierre LaVoie provided new information relevant to USG participation in Government of Cameroon (GRC) anti-corruption investigations (ref [...] |
2007-10-15 13:06:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PREL PGOV CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1235 |
CAMEROON CORRUPTION INVESTIGATIONS: WHO IS DOOH [...] (C) Summary. Francis Dooh Collins is Justice Minister Ali's chosen interlocutor with foreign governments regarding the anti-corruption investigation Ali is spearheading (reftels). Although some of Dooh Collins' outlandish claims have given us reason to doubt his credibility, he has succeed [...] |
2007-10-15 13:08:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PREL PGOV CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1236 |
CORRUPTION: CAMEROON SUBMITS MUTUAL LEGAL [...] (C) Summary. Cameroon's Minister for Justice has signed a mutual legal assistance (MLA) request asking the USG to provide information from USG records and American institutions relevant to corrupt acts committed by Cameroonian officials. We anticipate that USG officials will identify a num [...] |
2007-10-15 13:10:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PREL PGOV CM |
| 07YAOUNDE124 |
CAMEROON: 2005 CENSUS RESULTS DELAYED [...] (U) Results from Cameroon's third General Population and Housing census, launched November 11, 2005, will be delayed until at least August 2007. The Government claims it lacks the funds to publish the report, whose results were promised by July 2006. The late publication of the results, whet [...] |
2007-01-30 09:35:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PGOV CM NI |
| 07YAOUNDE1257 |
TRADITIONAL MUSLIM LEADER SALUTES PEACE CORPS, US POLICY [...] (U) Summary: The image of the USG among Muslims in the Mokolo Division of Cameroon's Extreme North Province is largely positive, thanks to the work of Peace Corps volunteers, US Embassy outspokenness on democracy and anti-corruption, and small-grant development efforts, according to Yacouba [...] |
2007-10-22 08:25:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL KPAO PREL EAID CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1269 |
CAMEROON VISA FRAUD: NOT ENOUGH HANDCUFFS [...] (U) Summary: Three recently uncovered visa scams highlight the ongoing efforts of malafide Cameroonian travelers to emigrate illegally to the United States. Excellent support from the Regional Security Office, collaboration with local law enforcement and vigilance by consular employees are key [...] |
2007-10-24 10:33:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS ASEC KFRD CMGT ECON PHUM KPAO CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1271 |
SARKOZY-BIYA SUMMIT: A FRENCH VIEW FROM CAMEROON [...] (C) Summary. Less than one week after returning from UNGA and a protracted stay in Geneva, President Paul Biya left October 22 for Paris, where he will attend UNESCO's general conference and meet on October 26 with French President Sarkozy for the first bilateral meeting between the two pre [...] |
2007-10-24 15:13:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SENV KCRO KPKO CM FR |
| 07YAOUNDE128 |
U.S. INVESTMENT IN CAMEROON: MAJOR PROGRESS IN 2006 [...] (U) 2006 was an excellent year for U.S.-Cameroon commercial relations, and we enter 2007 with literally billions of dollars of pending U.S. investment on the table. In February we signed an Open Skies agreement; Geovic and Hydromine, two firms with large multi-year mining projects, made impor [...] |
2007-01-30 13:49:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EMIN ECON KCOR EAIR EPET CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1304 |
WHICH VISA LOTTERY? CONSULAR OUTREACH IN CAMEROON [...] (U) Summary: Although Embassy Yaounde visa procedures are of intense interest to Cameroonians and are readily available from multiple sources, they are often distorted in the public eye, usually by scam artists who prey on the desperation and ignorance of many applicants. This phenomenon is mo [...] |
2007-11-02 06:35:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS KFRD KPAO ECON CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1306 |
ARGENTINA'S REQUEST RELATED TO AMIA BOMBING: [...] (S) Poloff met with Cameroon's head of Interpol, Marie Ndombol, on November 1 to deliver reftel demarche on Argentina's request to have the November 5 Interpol General Assembly uphold the executive committee's decision to issue red flag notices against Iranian officials charged in the 1994 A [...] |
2007-11-02 08:39:00 | Embassy Yaounde | SECRET | KJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1308 |
CAMEROON: BIYA STILL AN ENIGMA AFTER 25 YEARS [...] (C) Summary: Nationwide events on November 6 will fete the anniversary of Cameroonian President Paul Biya's 25 years in office. Biya survived over two decades filled with political turmoil and economic crisis. While preserving unity and a measure of stability, he has performed poorly in g [...] |
2007-11-02 13:41:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM PREL PINR ECON KCOR PGOV PHUM TBIO |
| 07YAOUNDE1315 |
CAMEROON: COUP JITTERS [...] (C) Summary. In an October 30 meeting with the Ambassador, the Dutch and British Chiefs of Mission said they would report to their capitals the allegations of a coup attempt or staged coup attempt in Cameroon. The source of this information is of questionable reliability and coup rumors ar [...] |
2007-11-06 06:21:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM KCOR MOPS PGOV PINR PREL |
| 07YAOUNDE1342 |
CAMEROON: PM ON INVESTMENT, PRIVATIZATION, AFRICOM [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Cameroon Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni said CAMAIR was being retendered, while the privatization of CAMTEL was pending due to changes in the tender documents. He hoped to streamline a multitude of investment promotion initiatives a [...] |
2007-11-08 16:34:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM EAIR ECON MASS PREL PINR |
| 07YAOUNDE1355 |
CAMEROON REACTS TO ATTACK ALONG NIGERIAN BORDER [...] (U) The Government of Cameroon (GRC) issued a November 13 statement in response to the November 12 attack that, at last count, killed 21 and injured 10 Cameroonian soldiers at a military post on the Bakassi Peninsula in the riverine border with Nigeria. The statement (full text below) deplor [...] |
2007-11-14 15:58:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1374 |
CAMEROON'S FIU SEEKS CLOSER TIES WITH US [...] (SBU) This is an action request for INL. See para. 5. 2. (SBU) In a November 14 conversation with Poloff, Hubert Nde Sambone, the Director of Cameroon's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) said he was eager to build working relationships with USG counterparts and to begin the process of jo [...] |
2007-11-21 12:49:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EAID ECON EFIN KCOR PTER CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1391 |
CAMEROON: GOVT PRACTICES ON INFO COLLECTION, SCREENING AND [...] (C) Below are responses to reftel information request on the Government of the Republic of Cameroon (GRC) information collecting, screening and sharing. A. Immigration Data Base ------------------------- 2. (C) The GRC does not have a computerized database system that tracks entry and [...] |
2007-11-26 06:24:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS SNAR CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1417 |
CAMEROON'S NORTH: POOR AND FEELING NEGLECTED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador's recent orientation trip to Cameroon's North and Far North provinces revealed a region of poverty, insecurity and perceived political neglect. Local officials, traditional leaders, NGO representatives, businessmen and others stressed the impact of desertificati [...] |
2007-12-04 13:12:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM EAGR ECON PGOV SENV PINR KISL KPAO |
| 07YAOUNDE1428 |
HYDROMINE: AMERICAN DEAL-MAKER FOR CAMEROON'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Hydromine, an American project developer partnered with mining companies from the UAE and India, has been working since 2004 to develop Cameroon's multi-billion dollar bauxite resources and related infrastructure, including a railroad and deep water port. While the Prime Min [...] |
2007-12-06 12:22:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM ECON EMIN ETRD EINV ECOM PGOV PINR |
| 07YAOUNDE1441 |
CAMEROON: VIEWS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. In a November 27 courtesy call by the Ambassador, President of the Cameroon National Assembly Cavaye Yeguie Djibril offered little vision for parliament and revealed suspicions regarding the benefits of free trade. As the President of the National Assembly, Djibril is first in li [...] |
2007-12-07 09:12:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PINR CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1447 |
CAMEROON: VIEWS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary. In a November 27 courtesy call by the Ambassador, President of the Cameroon National Assembly Cavaye Yeguie Djibril offered little vision for parliament and revealed suspicions regarding the benefits of free trade. As the President of the National Assembly, Djibril is first in lin [...] |
2007-12-11 10:53:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PINR CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1449 |
TRANSPARENCY BAROMETER: CAMEROONIANS ARE CHAMPION [...] (U) More Cameroonians bribed public officials in the last year than any other nationality surveyed, according to Transparency International's (TI) just-released 2007 Global Corruption Barometer, a survey of corruption in 60 countries, including five in sub-Saharan Africa. Seventy-nine percen [...] |
2007-12-12 08:47:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KCOR ETRD EAID PGOV CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1478 |
CAMEROON: IS BIYA PREPARING TO CHANGE THE [...] (U) This is an action message (see para 9). 2. (C) Summary. Almost immediately after President Paul Biya returned from his October 26 meeting with French President Nicholas Sarkozy, officials at all levels of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) began calling for a con [...] |
2007-12-19 08:58:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM PGOV PINR PREL SOCI |
| 07YAOUNDE1479 |
CAMEROON: IS BIYA PREPARING TO CHANGE THE [...] (U) This is an action message (see para 9). 2. (C) Summary. Almost immediately after President Paul Biya returned from his October 26 meeting with French President Nicholas Sarkozy, officials at all levels of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) began calling for a con [...] |
2007-12-19 08:58:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM PGOV PINR PREL SOCI |
| 07YAOUNDE1496 |
UN OFFICIAL SEEKS USG SUPPORT TO PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: The Director of the Africa Division, UN Department of Political Affairs, Sammy Kum Buo (of Cameroonian origin), recently encouraged Ambassador to help convince A/S Jendayi Frazer and former UNSG Kofi Annan to engage President Biya about the need to plan for succession when his [...] |
2007-12-27 12:29:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM PGOV PREL |
| 07YAOUNDE1497 |
CAMEROON'S JUSTICE MINISTER ON CORRUPTION LEGAL [...] (C) Ambassador joined the Canadian and Dutch COMs on December 18 for a joint meeting with Cameroonian Vice Prime Minister/Minister for Justice Amadou Ali focused on the GRC's request for legal assistance (ref b) in pursuing overseas bank accounts of Cameroonians tied to corruption. Explainin [...] |
2007-12-27 12:29:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PGOV PREL CM |
| 07YAOUNDE179 |
CAMEROON'S DIPLOMATS: IN THE COUNTRY'S DISSERVICE, [...] (C) The recent death of Cameroon's long-serving Ambassador to the E.U. resparked recurring public and media commentary on Cameroon's dramatically stagnant diplomatic corps. More than a dozen Cameroonian ambassadors have occupied their positions for more than 10 years, several have been in p [...] |
2007-02-13 11:47:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM CVIS KCOR KFRD PINR PREL NI |
| 07YAOUNDE227 |
CAMEROON: POSSIBLE SUCCESSORS TO PRESIDENT BIYA [...] (SBU) President Biya's 74th birthday (February 13, 2007) revived speculation about who might succeed him, especially if were not to complete his term in office (which ends in 2011). The latest round of succession talk began last year following his spring 2006 illness (Ref. A), and his final [...] |
2007-02-22 13:05:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV CM KCOR |
| 07YAOUNDE32 |
CAMEROON: PRESIDENT BIYA'S NEW YEAR'S MESSAGE [...] (U) President Biya delivered his New Year's message to the diplomatic corps January 4, which largely echoed his New Year's address to the nation (septel). In his 20 minute remarks he named the June 12 Greentree Agreement on Bakassi and reaching the HIPC Completion Point in April as Cameroon' [...] |
2007-01-08 15:23:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PBTS ECON CM NI TBIO SENV |
| 07YAOUNDE382 |
IMF/WORLD BANK MISSION GIVES CAMEROON HALF-HEARTED [...] (C) Summary. IMF Mission Chief Dan Ghura said publicly on March 15 that Cameroon's performance is "globally" on track, but the IMF's bland public pronouncements obscure some shortcomings in Cameroon's financial governance. Most troubling was the relapse in 2006 of extra-budgetary spending [...] |
2007-03-27 10:51:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL KCOR ECPS CM EPET |
| 07YAOUNDE386 |
EITI: CAMEROON'S OIL REVENUES COME OUT OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Cameroon's participation in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) process has meant unprecedented transparency into the accounts of the National Hydrocarbon Company (SNH) -- worth as much as $1.4 billion annually--but important short-comings remain. After [...] |
2007-03-28 09:06:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR EPET EFIN ECON CM |
| 07YAOUNDE418 |
CAMEROON: JULY ELECTIONS APPROACH, UNCERTAINLY [...] (U) Legislative and municipal elections in Cameroon most likely will be held July 22. Under that scenario, voter registration, in accordance with the law, would end on April 23, when President Biya would call the elections. Some here hope to register some 8 million voters, a feat that would [...] |
2007-04-02 15:29:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR CM |
| 07YAOUNDE442 |
CAMEROON GETS CORRUPTION WATCHDOG, BUT WILL IT [...] (C) Summary. One year after establishing the National Anti-Corruption Commission (CONAC), President Biya on March 15 nominated a slate largely consisting of ruling CPDM party apparatchiks to CONAC's Coordination Committee. It will be headed by Paul Tessa, a longtime Presidency confidante. [...] |
2007-04-09 13:28:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PGOV ECON PREL CM |
| 07YAOUNDE445 |
CAMEROON: BIYA ON ELECTIONS AND WAR AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: President Biya claims he is still hard at work against corruption, and that he will fire and arrest some of his most corrupt ministers (and his incompetent transport minister) before election day. Finding lieutenants who are both clean and competent seems to be a huge challeng [...] |
2007-04-09 16:25:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM PREL PGOV KCOR PINR |
| 07YAOUNDE446 |
CAMEROON'S RULING PARTY SHUFFLED; DIFFERENT SUITS, [...] (C) President Paul Biya's April 4 shuffle of CPDM Party leadership amounted to internal housekeeping triggered by the need to replace an ailing senior leader and to shore up CPDM support among some constituencies in the run-up to legislative and municipal elections later this year. Changes [...] |
2007-04-10 06:32:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KCOR CM PINR |
| 07YAOUNDE492 |
CAMEROON: INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION ONE [...] (U) Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni issued a decision April 16 creating an inter-ministerial ad hoc committee to facilitate the implementation of ELECAM (Elections Cameroon), the independent electoral commission announced in December. The ad hoc committee has 45 days (maximum) to complete its ta [...] |
2007-04-17 16:25:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CM |
| 07YAOUNDE493 |
CAMEROON OPPOSITION LEADER ON ELECTIONS, [...] (SBU) Bernard "Ben" Muna, head of the newly formed opposition coalition Alliance of Progressive Forces told Charge April 16 that he feared "generalized violence" if the July legislative and municipal elections are fraught with fraud. Pointing to violence that has broken out recently among ru [...] |
2007-04-17 16:26:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CM KCOR PINR |
| 07YAOUNDE497 |
NOBLE ENERGY BRIEFS BIYA ON EXPLORATION PLANS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. President Paul Biya on April 18 told Charles Davidson, the visiting president and CEO of U.S. energy exploration company Noble Energy, that he welcomed U.S. investment in Cameroon in all sectors. Biya committed his government's full support to Noble and all other U.S. investor [...] |
2007-04-18 16:21:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET PREL CM EK |
| 07YAOUNDE504 |
CAMEROON: ELECTIONS CALLED FOR JULY 22 [...] (U) As was widely expected, President Biya issued a decree April 20 calling legislative and municipal elections for Sunday, July 22. In accordance with Cameroonian law, voter registration closed with this announcement. According to news reports, some 4 million people are registered to vote, [...] |
2007-04-23 08:25:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CM |
| 07YAOUNDE539 |
POACHERS BEWARE: CAMEROON'S LAST GREAT APE IS ON [...] (U) Summary. Cameroon's Last Great Ape (LAGA) organization deploys passionate staff and proven law enforcement techniques to achieve spectacular results in prosecuting wildlife traffickers in Cameroon and, increasingly, the Central African region. In their unorthodox pursuit of wildlife tr [...] |
2007-04-27 10:49:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KCOR SNAR PHUM PARM EAID PGOV CM |
| 07YAOUNDE599 |
CAMEROON ONE YEAR AFTER COMPLETION POINT [...] (SBU) Summary. April 28 marked the first anniversary of Cameroon's approval for debt relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative, which triggered an estimated $2.65 billion in debt relief between 2006 and 2015. While the Government of Cameroon (GRC) has undertaken some [...] |
2007-05-10 11:35:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EAID ENRG CM |
| 07YAOUNDE61 |
CAMEROON: AMBASSADOR AND FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSS [...] (U) Summary: On January 17, the Ambassador and Finance Minister Abah Abah discussed Cameroon's revised, updated action plan to qualify for the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) and the ongoing anti-corruption and good governance efforts of the government of Cameroon (GRC). The Minister sa [...] |
2007-01-17 16:14:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA CM |
| 07YAOUNDE62 |
CAMEROON: SIGNATURE OF BILATERAL DEBT FORGIVENESS [...] (U) On January 17, the Ambassador and Minister of Economy and Finance Polycarpe Abah Abah signed an agreement forgiving Cameroon's official bilateral debt to the United States. The debt forgiveness stems from Cameroon's attainment of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative Com [...] |
2007-01-17 16:20:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON CM |
| 07YAOUNDE667 |
KENYA AIR CRASH PUTS CAMEROON'S GOVERNANCE [...] (C) Summary. The May 5 crash of Kenya Airways flight 507 (reftels) brought to stark relief some of the worst characteristics of governance in Cameroon. Although the event would have challenged even a capable government, Cameroon's response was hampered by many of the same factors that impe [...] |
2007-05-29 11:19:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR EAIR PREL CM PGOV |
| 07YAOUNDE689 |
CAMEROON SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATE TO WORLD [...] (U) In a May 22 diplomatic note, the Government of Cameroon (GRC) announced the candidacy of Mr. Antoine Marie Manga Massina for the post of Director of Tariff and Trade Affairs at the Secretariat of the World Customs Organization (WCO) and requested USG support for his candidacy. This mess [...] |
2007-06-01 11:47:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD CM |
| 07YAOUNDE731 |
CAMEROON: HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN DEBT RELIEF HAVE [...] (C) Summary. Seven years after the beginning of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) debt relief process, the hundreds of millions of dollars specifically allocated for pro-poor development projects have had "no impact" according to the Cameroonian official charged with piloting the p [...] |
2007-06-07 08:24:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCOR PREL PGOV EAID CM |
| 07YAOUNDE732 |
CAMEROON: USG SHOULD AVOID ASSOCIATION WITH [...] (C) We believe that fundamental USG interests are undermined when USG officials -- and those of other groups of which we are members -- associate publicly with Polycarpe Abah Abah, Cameroon's current Minister of Economy and Finance and undisputed paragon of corruption. Abah Abah is a master [...] |
2007-06-07 08:49:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR EFIN PREL CM PINR |
| 07YAOUNDE741 |
WHILE NOT PRETTY, CAMEROON'S ELECTION PREP IS [...] (C) With less than fifty days before voters go to the polls on July 22, the Government of Cameroon's handling of critical elements of the pre-election period has been marred with procedural irregularities. Some observers are questioning the government's commitment to democratic reform, poin [...] |
2007-06-08 10:39:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR PHUM CM |
| 07YAOUNDE766 |
2007 TIP REPORT: CAMEROON DEMARCHE [...] (U) Embassy delivered the advance copy of the Country Narrative for Cameroon to Joe Nzume, Head of the Americas Division at the foreign ministry (MINREX) on June 12 by fax. 2. (U) In addition, DCM addressed government leaders at an event jointly sponsored by the government of Cameroon and [...] |
2007-06-15 07:45:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | CM ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 07YAOUNDE836 |
EMBASSY, CARPE PROMOTE ENVIRONMENT TO CAMEROONIAN [...] (U) DCM, together with CARPE Director John Flynn and Yaounde CARPE representative Antoine Eyebe, at a June 28 Embassy-hosted event, presented certificates and prizes to three Cameroonian students who had participated in a World Environment Day event organized by CARPE. 2. (U) Twenty stude [...] |
2007-06-29 10:07:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM SENV |
| 07YAOUNDE837 |
CAMEROON'S COCOA SECTOR: ECONOMIC AND LABOR ISSUES [...] (U) PolOff recently met with Bill Guyton, president of the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) and separately with representatives from the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS). The USDA's focus is on disease prevention in the cocoa sector, while WCF addresses primarily world market developme [...] |
2007-06-29 11:17:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | CM ELAB ECON EAGR PHUM |
| 07YAOUNDE867 |
CLINTON FOUNDATION HIV/AIDS ACTIVITIES IN CAMEROON [...] (U) Summary. The Clinton Foundation has begun programs focusing on the provision of pediatric and second line antiretroviral (ARV) drugs through an agreement signed with the Government of Cameroon (GRC) in January 2007 and intends to launch a Gates Foundation-funded malaria component in the [...] |
2007-07-09 09:18:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV EAID SOCI TBIO CM |
| 07YAOUNDE894 |
CAMEROON ELECTIONS: CAMPAIGN KICKS INTO HIGH GEAR [...] (C) Summary. With the July 22 polls just five days away, campaigning across Cameroon has intensified to a fever pitch as political elites drum up support for their candidates in the Parliamentary and municipal elections. The ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM), largely indi [...] |
2007-07-18 14:01:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KMCC EAID PHUM CM |
| 07YAOUNDE902 |
CAMEROON ELECTIONS ON JULY 22; NUTS, BOLTS, AND [...] (U) Summary. Cameroonians will go to the polls on Sunday, July 22 to elect their representatives to the National Assembly (Parliament) and to municipal councils nationwide (reftels). Post will field 11 observer teams across all ten provinces, many working in coordination with other diploma [...] |
2007-07-19 13:22:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR KMCC PREL CM |
| 07YAOUNDE904 |
CAMEROON ELECTIONS: THE NEXUS BETWEEN CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary. High-level corruption is intrinsic to democratic politics in Cameroon. With Cameroonians going to the polls on July 22, critical USG interests in improving governance and democratic processes are affected by the nexus between grand corruption and the financing of political part [...] |
2007-07-20 16:51:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PGOV PREL PHUM PINR EAID CM |
| 07YAOUNDE910 |
CAMEROON ELECTIONS: DISAPPOINTING AT FIRST BLUSH [...] (C) Summary. Cameroon on July 22 held dual legislative and municipal elections; initial, anecdotal reports indicate that President Biya's ruling party will hold onto its strong majority in the National Assembly and in municipal councils throughout much of the country. Though it is too early [...] |
2007-07-23 13:39:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR PINR EAID CM |
| 07YAOUNDE927 |
CAMEROON/DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRESSING FOR [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires (CDA) a.i. delivered reftel demarche to Secretary General at the Ministry of Foreign Relations (MINREX) Martin Mpana during a July 24 meeting. Mpana recalled that Cameroon had updated the terrorism-related provisions of domestic law after the September 11th attacks and [...] |
2007-07-26 13:51:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL CM |
| 07YAOUNDE929 |
CAMEROON: ELECTION "TRENDS" SHOW A MASSIVE RULING [...] (U) Cameroon's Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization (MINATD), Hamidou Yaya Marafa, announced unofficial "trends" for the July 22 legislative and municipal elections the day after the voting. Marafa shared the Government of Cameroon's (GRC) official assessment that the [...] |
2007-07-26 16:39:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR PINR EAID CM |
| 07YAOUNDE951 |
CAMEROON ELECTIONS: SHINE COMES OFF RULING PARTY [...] (C) Summary. Less than two weeks after the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) party claimed crushing victories in July 22 parliamentary and legislative elections, a strengthening chorus of complaints from opposition and civil society groups and even discord within the CPDM [...] |
2007-08-02 06:55:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR PINR EAID CM |
| 07YAOUNDE960 |
CAMEROON: M'BORORO REFUGEE TRAIL OF TEARS POURS [...] (U) Summary. Refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR) are crossing Cameroon's eastern border in increasingly large numbers. They are the victims of escalating violence, and their situation has worsened despite continued aid from NGOs. Aid operations are impeded by the tenuous secur [...] |
2007-08-02 14:40:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PGOV CM CT |
| 07YAOUNDE974 |
CAMEROON: M'BORORO REFUGEE TRAIL OF TEARS POURS [...] (U) Summary. Refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR) are crossing Cameroon's eastern border in increasingly large numbers. They are the victims of escalating violence, and their situation has worsened despite continued aid from NGOs. Aid operations are impeded by the tenuous secur [...] |
2007-08-06 12:19:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PGOV CM CT |
| 07YAOUNDE993 |
CAMEROON ELECTIONS AREN'T OVER UNTIL THE SUPREME [...] (SBU) Summary. More than two weeks after the July 22 parliamentary and municipal polls, the official ballot count is complete. The results will not be released, however, until the Supreme Court has rendered decisions on 103 complaints filed by various political parties. Many observers spe [...] |
2007-08-07 11:56:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR EAID CM |
| 07YAOUNDE994 |
CAMEROON'S UN REP: BIYA WANTS POSITIVE RELATIONS [...] (SBU) President Biya has instructed his diplomats to make Cameroon's positive relations with the U.S. more "visible," according to Cameroon's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Martin Belinga Eboutou. Belinga called on Charge d'Affaires on August 6 to ask how Cameroon's UN dele [...] |
2007-08-07 13:06:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IO PREL PGOV CM |
| 08ABUJA1201 |
NIGERIA: BAKASSI WITHDRAWAL AND REFUGEE ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: On June 18, 2008, Polcouns and Poloff met with Tony Eze, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) East and Central Africa Division, to discuss the MFA's views of the August 14 completion of Nigeria's withdrawal from the Bakassi peninsula. Eze affirmed the GON's overall c [...] |
2008-06-23 15:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PREF SMIG KDEM CM NI |
| 08ABUJA1337 |
NIGERIA: UNHCR AND ICRC ON BAKASSI WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel A, Post contacted United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) representatives in Abuja to discuss the plight of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the Bakassi Peninsula and to ask about contingency plans [...] |
2008-07-15 08:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PREF SMIG KDEM ICRC UNHCR CM NI |
| 08ABUJA1494 |
BAKASSI: NIGERIAN FEDERAL COURT ISSUES INJUNCTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 31, a Federal Court in Abuja issued an injunction to postpone the August 14 scheduled handover to Cameroon of the disputed Bakassi Peninsula, pending resolution of a suit to stop the transfer or compensate residents. Senator Jubril Aminu (strictly protect), Chair of the Se [...] |
2008-08-01 14:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHSA PGOV NI CM |
| 08ABUJA1543 |
NIGERIA: GON BALANCING BAKASSI HANDOVER, COURT [...] (C) On July 31, a Federal High Court in Abuja issued an injunction to postpone the August 14 scheduled handover to Cameroon of the disputed Bakassi Peninsula, pending resolution of a suit to stop the transfer or compensate residents. Poloff spoke on August 4 to Special Advisor to the Presiden [...] |
2008-08-05 16:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA NI CM |
| 08ABUJA1549 |
NIGERIAN MFA SAYS BAKASSI HANDOVER PROCEEDING AS [...] (C) On August 6, A/DCM spoke with Amb. Chike Anigbo, MFA African Affairs Department Director (A/S equivalent) to discuss whether the handover of the Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon might be delayed by the court case against the handover recently filed by Bakassi residents (see ref A). Anigbo ins [...] |
2008-08-06 16:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA ASEC CM NI |
| 08ABUJA1626 |
BAKASSI HANDOVER [...] (SBU) Embassy Abuja has no problem with the proposed statement in para 8 of reftel. 2. (C) We are, however, concerned that attempting to build a public diplomacy campaign around the Bakassi handover might be seen by the GON as less than helpful, and strengthen the view among some Nigerians [...] |
2008-08-13 16:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA KPAO NI CM |
| 08ABUJA1632 |
NIGERIA-CAMEROON: BAKASSI HANDOVER PROCEEDS [...] (C) Summary: The transfer of authority over the Bakassi Peninsula happened as scheduled on August 14. GON Attorney General (AG) Michael Aondoakaa headed the Nigerian delegation, and GRC Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Ahmadu Ali led that of Cameroon. The ceremony took place in [...] |
2008-08-15 06:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA NI CM |
| 08ABUJA1636 |
NIGERIA: PRESS COVERAGE FOLLOWING AUG 14 BAKASSI [...] (SBU) In the first day following Nigeria's handover of the disputed Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon, press coverage was considerably less than the days preceding the handover and the rhetoric was noticeably reduced. Articles instead focused predominantly on reporting the details of the handover [...] |
2008-08-15 13:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA NI CM |
| 08ABUJA2131 |
NIGERIA TO EXTEND EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE, NO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to October 10 press reports, President Yar'Adua has ordered the National Boundary Commission (NBC) to "ensure the extension of Nigeria's continental shelf beyond the present 200 nautical mile limit." The GON believes this move will not/not upset relations with Nigeria [...] |
2008-10-29 15:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS EPET EFIS EMIN PHSA PGOV PREL GH CM TP |
| 08ABUJA778 |
NIGERIA: BAKASSI INHABITANTS SUE FEDERAL [...] (U) On Friday, April 25, the Federal High Court in Abuja will rule on a class action suit brought against the GON by eight Bakassi Peninsula inhabitants seeking $3.8 billion (456 billion naira) in compensation for compulsory ceding of their land and infringement of their human rights. Accordi [...] |
2008-04-25 13:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CM NI |
| 08ACCRA561 |
REGIONAL FISHIERIES NEWS [...] SUMMARY: Chinese industrial fishing practices off the coast of Cameroon are described as destructive and threatening. Ghanaian fishermen allege Chinese commercial trawling methods are damaging the artisanal fishing equipment. China completes site survey in Ghana for potential aquaculture si [...] |
2008-04-29 16:42:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SENV XA CM GH |
| 08ANKARA530 |
TURKISH RESPONSE ON TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE [...] (SBU) On March 19, we shared reftel information and points with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department Head for Multilateral Economic Affairs Serap Ozcoskun. She agreed to share reftel points with the Turkish mission to the OECD. She noted the information has already been discussed in an inf [...] |
2008-03-19 15:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON CM TW OECD TU |
| 08ANTANANARIVO752 |
CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM [...] On November 6, 2008, Post received the following letter from President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi via fax. 2. Translation follows: No. 08-186/PR The President, Moroni, November 6, 2008 Excellency: After Your Excellency's historic victory for the Presidency of the United States [...] |
2008-11-07 06:55:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP CM |
| 08BEIJING1023 |
BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON JAPAN, [...] (C) At the March 14 bi-weekly Beijing-based G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering, Japanese DCM Kunio Umeda said that PRC President Hu Jintao's trip to Japan is scheduled for May 6, but the poisoned dumpling issue could make the visit "difficult." Participants were unimpressed by the National Peopl [...] |
2008-03-18 11:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KOLY SENV SOCI PTER AF CM CH FR |
| 08BEIJING3363 |
CHINA'S INVESTMENT SECURITY REVIEW SYSTEM [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Recent publication of ministerial organizational plans reaffirms China's intent to establish a formal interagency national security review mechanism for foreign investments in China, with the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and the National Development and Reform Commissi [...] |
2008-08-29 10:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | CM ENIV ETRD INRA |
| 08BEIJING3462 |
ARREST OF MOFCOM OFFICIAL GUO JINGYI [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Chinese publication reported on August 29 that a key official in the Ministry of Commerce has been detained and is charged with taking bribes. The official, Director-General Guo Jingyi played a key role in the drafting of many if not most of China's foreign investment related [...] |
2008-09-05 09:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | CM ECON EIND PGOV |
| 08BEIJING3513 |
BIDEN STAFFER MEETS CHINESE MINISTRY OF FINANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 9, Frank Januzzi, from the staff of Senator Biden (D-DE) and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, met with China's Vice Minister of Finance Zhu Guangyao. The two discussed the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) as a forum for bilateral cooperation and c [...] |
2008-09-10 06:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | CM ECON PREL |
| 08BEIJING3701 |
SUDAN: PRC MFA SUPPORTS POSTPONING ICC PROCEEDINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: China predicts "disastrous results" if the International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir and urges the United States to support a suspension of ICC proceedings against Bashir, MFA West Asian and North African Department Sudan Office Direc [...] |
2008-09-24 09:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC SU CM |
| 08BEIJING4700 |
DCM URGES MFA TO SIGN COCA II AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China cannot go forward on the COCA II agreement unless the renovation of the old Chinese chancery in Washington DC is included under the 2003 COCA I agreement, MFA Department of Administration Director General Li Chao told the DCM in a December 30 meeting. China would like to [...] |
2008-12-31 07:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ABLD AMGT CM |
| 08BRUSSELS426 |
DEMARCHE ON TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE OECD [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-20 13:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON CM TW OECD BE |
| 08DUBLIN148 |
IRISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON TAIWAN'S [...] (SBU) On March 18, Econoff delivered Ref A points to John Rowan, the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs' chief for multilateral economic organizations -- and former Irish Ambassador to the OECD. Rowan said that Ireland shared the U.S. view on the matter and would support our position. He po [...] |
2008-03-19 16:04:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON OECD PREL CM TW EI |
| 08GENEVA1092 |
GREENTREE AGREEMENT FOLLOW-UP MEETING: PROGRESS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a December 15 meeting in Geneva of the Follow-up Committee on Implementation of the Greentree Agreement, Cameroon and Nigeria agreed that things were going smoothly with the transfer of authority on the Bakassi Peninsula. Cameroon noted its effort systematically to catalogu [...] |
2008-12-18 09:32:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PBTS PREF SMIG KDEM PINR CM NI |
| 08GENEVA537 |
GREENTREE AGREEMENT FOLLOW-UP COMMITTEE MEETING: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 11 meeting of the Greentree Agreement Follow-up Committee attended by the U.S. and other witness states, Nigeria and Cameroon reaffirmed their commitment to carrying out the transfer of the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon on August 14, although both also said they neede [...] |
2008-07-15 10:17:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PBTS PREF SMIG KDEM CM NI |
| 08GUANGZHOU60 |
South China's Foreign Lawyers - Strangers in a Strange [...] (SBU) Foreign attorneys in south China are subject to tight restrictions, including prohibitions on advising on Chinese law, with regard to the nature and scope of their professional activities. Traditional Western legal touchstones such as confidentiality, conflict of interest, and legal prec [...] |
2008-02-01 09:32:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI ECON EINV CM |
| 08HANOI503 |
OLYMPIC TORCH IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Olympic torch arrived in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on April 28 in advance of the planned torch relay set to begin at six o'clock p.m. on April 29. Despite anti-China protests planned by activists in both HCMC and Hanoi (Ref A), a heavy police presence will almost certainly ens [...] |
2008-04-29 10:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL CM VM |
| 08HANOI535 |
AMBASSADOR EXCHANGES VIEWS ON HUMAN RIGHTS, CHINA WITH [...] (SBU) On May 2, CPV External Relations Commission (ERC) Chairman Tran Van Hang told the Ambassador the ERC welcomes the positive developments in U.S.-Vietnam relations, especially in trade, investment and education. He appealed for Vietnam to be granted GSP and agreed that many recently opened [...] |
2008-05-08 09:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL CM VM |
| 08HANOI541 |
POLITBURO MEMBER COMMENTS ON AMBASSADOR'S PRIORITIES AND [...] (SBU) On May 5, influential Politburo member and Standing Member of the Secretariat Truong Tan Sang met the Ambassador to discuss U.S.-Vietnam relations, the Ambassador's priorities for his tenure in Vietnam and economic issues. The "consensus" within Vietnam's governing circles is that Hanoi [...] |
2008-05-08 10:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL CM VM |
| 08HANOI592 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER ON PRIME [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-20 10:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL CM VM |
| 08HANOI688 |
VICE FOREIGN MINISTER ON PRIME MINISTER'S UPCOMING U.S. [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-09 09:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL CM VM |
| 08HANOI864 |
VIETNAM SEEKS STRONGER U.S. SUPPORT AGAINST CHINESE [...] (SBU) Summary: Citing recent press reports making public China's warning to ExxonMobil to pull out of an offshore oil exploration deal with Vietnam, an MFA official told Pol Counselor in a July 24 meeting that Vietnam will protect the interests of ExxonMobil. He also requested a strong express [...] |
2008-07-24 09:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON CM VM |
| 08HANOI897 |
RUSSIAN CONCERN ABOUT CHINESE PRESSURE ON EXXONMOBIL [...] (SBU) Citing recent press reports making public China's warning to ExxonMobil to pull out of an offshore oil exploration deal with Vietnam (Reftel), Russian Econ/Commercial Counselor Vadim Bublikov shared with Poloffs and Econoff Russia's "deep concern" about the situation and how it could affe [...] |
2008-08-04 00:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON CM VM |
| 08HELSINKI125 |
FINLAND ON TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE OECD [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-19 12:25:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON OECD CM TW FI |
| 08HOCHIMINHCITY459 |
HCMC OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY GOES FORWARD AS PLANNED [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite heavy traffic snarls and reports of potential protests, the Olympic torch relay wound through HCMC on the advertised route without diversion on April 29. According to observers, the police presence was notable but not as heavy as at other international locations. Youth [...] |
2008-05-02 10:04:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL CM VM |
| 08KHARTOUM1354 |
CHINA COUNSELS SUDANESE ENGAGEMENT, U.S. RESTRAINT [...] (C) Summary: During his recent visit to Sudan, Chinese Special Envoy Zhai Jun strongly counseled the GOS to remain prudent in dealing with the threatened arrest warrant for President Bashir and to continue to engage with the international community, according to Chinese Ambassador Li. Zhai even sug [...] |
2008-09-04 10:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC AU-1 SU CM |
| 08KINSHASA174 |
Demarche delivered in Kinshasa - Situation in Chad [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche February 19 to Ambassador Oscar Matondo, Director of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the DRC. 2. Matondo noted that the DRC currently holds the Presidency of the Economic Community of Central African [...] |
2008-02-19 15:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | AO BY CF CM CT EK GB PREL TBIO CG |
| 08KINSHASA254 |
CEEAC summit condemns attempts to overthrow Chadian [...] A special two-day summit of the Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC) in Kinshasa March 10-11 condemned armed attempts to destabilize the Chadian government and reiterated its support for the government and people of Chad. The summit, organized by the DRC as holder of the CEEAC' [...] |
2008-03-14 06:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AO AU BY CD CG CM CT GB EK TP SU |
| 08LAGOS224 |
NIGERIA: BAKASSI REFUGEES REMAIN IN NEED [...] (C) Acting Consul General spoke on June 22 with Dr. Theo Osin Oyuko (protect throughout), Executive Director of the Cross River State Youth Assembly. He said that the individual from his organization who has been in Ikang, where the refugees are sheltering in a school, has noted a decrease in [...] |
2008-06-26 12:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF KDEM PBTS SMIG NI CM |
| 08LAGOS243 |
NIGERIA: BAKASSI REFUGEE SITUATION IMPROVED [...] (SBU) Acting Consul General spoke July 7 with Nzam Ogbe, Chief of Staff to the Governor of Cross Rivers State. Ogbe said that the refugee situation had stabilized and that the situation was under control. The Governor had visited Ikang, where the refugees are sheltering in a primary school, and [...] |
2008-07-10 06:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF KDEM PBTS SMIG NI CM |
| 08LAGOS357 |
NIGERIA: AMCIT CAUGHT IN ESCLATING POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: On August 25 an American academic doing research in Cross River State was beaten and then detained for six hours by Nigerian police. The incident occurred against a background of increasing political violence in Cross River State. A traditional ruler in Calabar, Edidem Bassey Ekp [...] |
2008-09-08 11:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL CM NI |
| 08LAGOS358 |
NIGERIA: FORMER BAKASSI RESIDENTS ADEQUATELY CARED [...] 1. (SBU) Summary: While the Red Cross and others estimate that 9,500 families or between 40,000 and 70,000 people have left the Bakassi Peninsula for Nigeria since the completion of the August 14 handover to Cameroon, only a small fraction of that number of people were observed in a recent tour [...] |
2008-09-08 11:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF CM NI |
| 08LIBREVILLE564 |
GABON: FRENCH GENERAL DESCRIBES STRENGTHS, [...] (C) The senior French military officer in Central Africa provided visiting AF/C Deputy Director Siria Lopez with a tour d'horizon of French military perspectives on activities of the Economic Community of Central Africa States (ECCAS/CEEAC), including ECCAS's 700-person peacekeeping operation [...] |
2008-12-01 15:41:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM AO BY CM CT CD CG CF EK GB |
| 08LONDON822 |
LONDON RESPONSE: PRC MOU ON TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-19 17:48:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON CM TW OECD UK |
| 08LUANDA536 |
CHINA's ENGAGEMENT IN ANGOLA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-13 07:34:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECPS EFIN PREL SENV AO CM |
| 08MANILA1886 |
Mining in Mindanao: Not Meeting Its Potential [...] (SBU) Summary: The mining sector holds great promise for the economic development of Mindanao. However, reputable mining companies currently operating in this region face many challenges, including lawlessness, insurgent violence, encroachments by small-scale miners, populist resistance, corr [...] |
2008-08-08 06:23:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN SENV ECON EINV PGOV RP CM |
| 08MANILA998 |
Limits of Chinese Soft Power in the Philippines [...] (SBU) Summary: China's soft-power diplomacy has recently stumbled in the Philippines under a months-long media barrage of corruption allegations and scandal investigations. This has occurred against the backdrop of a tenfold increase in bilateral trade since 2000, increased security cooperatio [...] |
2008-04-28 06:13:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV KINR KCOR RP CM |
| 08NDJAMENA374 |
CHAD AND THE WORLD BANK AGREE TO TRY A RENEWED [...] (SBU) THE VISIT TO CHAD AUGUST 24-25 OF WORLD BANK VP FOR AFRICA OBIAGELI ESEKWESILI APPEARS TO HAVE LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR A RECONCILIATION BETWEEN CHAD AND THE BANK, AFTER AN ESTRANGEMENT OF SOME SIX MONTHS, BUT IT WILL COST CHAD SOME USDOLS 60-70 MILLION IN EARLY DEBT REPAYMENT, WHICH WILL [...] |
2008-08-28 15:43:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON IBRD ETRD EPET IMF PGOV CM CD |
| 08NIAMEY619 |
UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN AIR SERVICE (UNHAS) [...] Summary. The UNHAS launched an inaugural flight in Niger on June 12, 2008, with a short trip from Niamey to Agadez to Niamey. The UNHAS will facilitate travel to remote locations in country as well as offer limited service from Niger to other countries in west and central Africa. This most w [...] |
2008-06-23 14:13:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID CASC AEMR AMED PREL ASEC NG CD CM CT |
| 08PARIS2092 |
CAMEROON HOSTAGES: MFA PROVIDES BACKGROUND [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: MFA Cameroon desk officer Daniel Westerink (PROTECT THROUGHOUT) on November 12 briefed on the Cameroon hostage incident that ended with the release of the hostages on November 11. While affirming that the GOF did not pay a ransom, Westerink strongly implied that the company [...] |
2008-11-13 09:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER CM FR |
| 08PARIS416 |
FRANCE ON TAIWAN AND THE OECD [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-07 17:15:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL OECD CM TW FR |
| 08PHNOMPENH103 |
CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS TOUT MEASURED PROGRESS, HIGHLIGHT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Civil society leaders presented a "glass half full" picture of Cambodian progress on a variety of political, economic, and human rights issues to Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel during his January 16 [...] |
2008-01-23 07:40:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ECON ELAB CB CM VN |
| 08RABAT651 |
MOROCCO IN AFRICA: FM REACHES OUT ON SAHARA [...] (C) Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs Taib Fassi-Fihri's spent early summer lobbying Sub-Saharan African countries, mostly on Western Sahara. From 19 to 23 June, the minister visited four Sub Saharan countries and he worked the corridors of the African Union,s (AU) summit meeting in Sharm [...] |
2008-07-14 17:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV XA AG CD CM KE MP MR ML NI SF MO |
| 08ROME178 |
COESPU AT THE TWO-YEAR MARK: 1,000 PEACEKEEPERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Two years after its inception, the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (CoESPU) in Vicenza, Italy, is well on its way to achieving its goal of training 3,000 gendarme/carabinieri-style police officers and trainers by the end of 2010. Since November 2005, Italian Cara [...] |
2008-02-08 16:00:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT ID NI UP CM IN |
| 08STATE103508 |
REGIONAL REFUGEE COORDINATOR NDJAMENA DUTIES AND [...] As noted reftel, Perlita Muiruri has taken up duties as the Regional Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) for Chad, Darfur, the Central African Republic, and Cameroon. The Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM), would like to draw your attention to the important role played by the Nd [...] |
2008-09-27 01:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF CD CM CT |
| 08STATE110980 |
CAMEROON: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR MILITARY [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of October 8, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the 2nd Rapid Intervention Battalion unit. 2. (U) Post is permitted to provide the following statement to authorized parti [...] |
2008-10-17 13:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC MARR MASS PREL CM |
| 08STATE114559 |
COORDINATING WITH FRENCH ON UN FOLLOW-ON PRESENCE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Department requests Embassy Paris to engage with the Government of France (GOF) on ways to move forward on ensuring a sufficient United Nations peacekeeping mission to replace the current United Nations Miss [...] |
2008-10-28 14:07:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV EU PREF CD FR PKO CT CM |
| 08STATE124212 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMEROONNIAN MILITARY [...] (SBU) the Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of November 17, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Serge Durrel Title: Marine Military Officer POB: Okong, Cameroon DOB: June 6, [...] |
2008-11-24 14:25:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PHUM PGOV CM |
| 08STATE126737 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMEROONIAN MILITARY [...] (SBU) The Department of Stae has reviewed its files and finds that as of December 2, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Abondo ze Evina Etiene Rank: Colonel DOB: December 26, 1957 POB: Centre, Cameroon [...] |
2008-12-02 16:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PHUM PGOV CM |
| 08STATE134206 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMEROONIAN POLICE [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of December 4, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Hamadou, Abdoulaye Rank: Lieutennant Colonel DOB: January 1, 1957 Nationality: Camer [...] |
2008-12-23 22:45:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PHUM CM |
| 08STATE20649 |
TFCM01: CAMEROON TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 01 [...] (SBU) Embassy Yaound reports most people in the capital remain indoors. Douala is mainly quiet with localized rioting and both main roads to the city are open. Post notes Cameroonian military forces are fully deployed, but might have resources to maintain order for only three more days. ( [...] |
2008-02-28 23:39:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CM |
| 08STATE25866 |
LIBREVILLE CANDIDATES FOR ILEA GABORONE - LAW [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of March 10, 2008, it pssesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer listed below: Name: Galega, Roland Njinouwo Title: Fonctionnaire Gender: Male DOB: November 26, 1967 2. [...] |
2008-03-12 17:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID ECON KJUS SNAR CM |
| 08STATE30474 |
GUIDANCE ON CAMEROON PROPERTY TAX CASE [...] Reftel reports a diplomatic note from the Cameroon Mission expressing its concern at what it believes is the District Court of the Southern District of New York's demand that the Permanent Representative of Cameroon or his designee appear under oath before the judge hearing the case regarding a [...] |
2008-03-24 22:16:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CM OFDP PREL |
| 08STATE58144 |
TRAVEL ALERT - CHINA [...] This Travel Alert updates U.S. citizens on the effects of the earthquake that struck China's Sichuan province on May 12. American citizens should avoid the areas of Sichuan province most severely affected by the earthquake and be prepared for travel delays in other parts of the province. Ar [...] |
2008-05-30 18:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC CM |
| 08STATE64009 |
CAMEROON: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMEROONIAN [...] (U) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 11, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below. 2. (SBU) Individuals attending Senior Leaders Seminars at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies i [...] |
2008-06-13 15:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR CM |
| 08STATE71955 |
NIGERIA: BAKASSI WITHDRAWAL AND REFUGEE ISSUES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 7 and 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Per reftels, the latest violence pending final handover of the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon has generated a flow of some 3000-4000 individuals who have crossed into Ikang in Nigeria,s Cross River State since Jun [...] |
2008-07-03 19:59:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF CM NI |
| 08STATE72072 |
TRAVEL ALERT - CHINA [...] This Travel Alert updates U.S. citizens on the effects of the earthquake that struck China's Sichuan province on May 12. U.S. citizens should continue to avoid the areas of Sichuan province most severely affected by the earthquake and be prepared for travel delays in other parts of the provinc [...] |
2008-07-04 03:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CM |
| 08STATE96828 |
MILITARY PERSONNEL HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING - THE [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 8, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Middle Management Course - September 17 - 23, 2008 Name: CNE Messie Ngolla, Jean Vincent [...] |
2008-09-10 15:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR CM |
| 08STOCKHOLM183 |
SWEDEN ON TAIWAN'S OECD PARTICIPATION; PM TO VISIT [...] (C) On March 5, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Peter Springfeldt, Director of the China Desk of the Asia and Pacific Division of the MFA. Springfeldt said the Government of Sweden wants Taiwan's status within the OECD to remain unchanged. He added that Sweden's policy towards Taiwan is [...] |
2008-03-06 15:19:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON CM |