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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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05BANGKOK5805 | THAI RESPONSE TO IPAPI DEMARCHE [...] Regional Environmental, Science, and Health Officer (REO) delivered points in Reftel to Dr. Itti Ditbanjong, Ambassador attached to the Office of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and to Ms. Sansanee Sahussarungsi, Director of the Division of Economic Information of t [...] | 2005-09-09 08:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON PREL SOCI TBIO XB XC TH |
05BANGKOK5875 | THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for Lt. Col. Kornwipa JAROENPOL, office of Permanent Secretary for Defense, MOD, who [...] | 2005-09-13 07:34:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK5876 | THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for Col. Barame SIRIKATE, Office of the Comptroller General, Supreme Command Headquar [...] | 2005-09-13 07:34:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK5937 | UNHCR UPDATE ON DPRK REFUGEE IN THAILAND [...] (C) Summary. North Korean refugee Mr. Park Tae-Hung continues to reside in Thailand illegally and appears to have moved from Pattaya to Bangkok. UNHCR has been in sporadic contact with him since June and is prepared to refer him on an immediate basis to the ROK Embassy for resettlement. End [...] | 2005-09-15 08:15:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL TH KN KS DPRK |
05BANGKOK5965 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: AUG 29-31 VISIT OF STAFFDEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: From August 29-31 Senate Foreign Relations Committee professional staff member Frank Januzzi visited Thailand's southernmost Muslim majority provinces for a follow-up assessment of the violence affecting the region. The recently announced Emergency Decree -- which has not yet ha [...] | 2005-09-16 09:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KPAO TH |
05BANGKOK6001 | THAI NOT DEPORTING PETCHABOON HMONG, YET [...] (SBU) Summary. Contrary to rumors circulating among NGOs, the RTG is not currently deporting the nearly six thousand ethnic Hmong living in Petchaboon province. The RTG is cooperating with UNHCR's efforts to determine which Hmong may qualify as refugees and for resettlement, but clearly plans [...] | 2005-09-19 23:58:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL TH |
05BANGKOK6051 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: TWO SOLDIERS KILLED AFTER BEING HELD BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 21, A Thai Navy officer and Marine were beaten and stabbed to death in Narathiwat province after being held overnight by Muslim villagers. The soldiers, in plain clothes, had been sent to the village the previous evening to investigate a recent shooting incident. [...] | 2005-09-21 12:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TH |
05BANGKOK608 | THAI MFA AND THE NORTH KOREAN IN VIENTIANE [...] (C) On January 24, Polcouns sought clarifications regarding the Royal Thai Government (RTG) positions in the matter of An Kyong-Su, the North Korean asylum seeker in Embassy Vientiane, from MFA's Paisit Boonparlit, Director for Political Affairs in the Americas Department, and Suraphan Boonyam [...] | 2005-01-24 11:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV ASEC TH DPRK LA |
05BANGKOK6088 | THAILAND: REQUESTS FOR FUNDING PKO PROJECTS IN [...] (SBU) Post appreciates the opportunity to propose projects supporting U.S. strategic peace keeping and counter terrorism objective The Embassy outlines below several projects, in priority order, to impr the Thai ability to thwart terrorism and to fulfill more effectively it peacekeeping oblig [...] | 2005-09-23 08:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR TH PKO |
05BANGKOK6093 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: REPERCUSSIONS OF SEPTEMBER 21 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The September 21 murders of two Marines who were being held hostage at a Muslim village in Narathiwat province continue to dominate the headlines. The Thaksin administration has been restrained in its initial response but has vowed to take decisive measure against the culprits. [...] | 2005-09-23 09:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KPAO TH |
05BANGKOK6094 | THAILAND: REQUESTS FOR FUNDING PKO PROJECTS IN [...] (SBU) Post appreciates the opportunity to propose projects supporting U.S. strategic peace keeping and counter terrorism objectives. The Embassy outlines below several projects, in priority order, to improve the Thai ability to thwart terrorism and to fulfill more effectively its peacekeepin [...] | 2005-09-23 09:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR TH PKO |
05BANGKOK6097 | RESPONSE ON OPPORTUNITIES IN THAILAND TO ASSIST [...] (C) Summary. Both Thai and local UNHCR officials judge that the current, informal pipeline that funnels North Korean asylum seekers through UNHCR and on to the ROK embassy for swift and quiet resettlement continues to work well. According to Thai officials, any future USG efforts to accept Nor [...] | 2005-09-23 10:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM TH KN DPRK |
05BANGKOK6101 | AMBASSADOR RAISES KANTATHI'S COMMENTS TO PRESS ON [...] (C) During a September 23 call on MFA Permanent Secretary Krit Garjana-Goonchorn, the Ambassador pointed out that Foreign Minister Kantathi Suphamongkhon's reported September 20 comments to the press on FTA and Burma appeared to be at odds with what was discussed on these issues between the P [...] | 2005-09-23 10:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BM TH BURMA US FTA |
05BANGKOK6104 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: TWO SOLDIERS KILLED AFTER BEING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 21, A Thai Navy officer and Marine were beaten and stabbed to death in Narathiwat province after being held overnight by Muslim villagers. The soldiers, in plain clothes, had been sent to the village the previous evening to investigate a recent shooting incident. [...] | 2005-09-23 13:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TH |
05BANGKOK6138 | FOREIGN MINISTER KANTATHI CALLS AMBASSADOR TO [...] (C) Foreign Minister Kantathi Suphamongkhon telephoned the Ambassador on September 26 to give his explanation of the flap over his recent interview with Associated Press (reftel). Kantathi maintained that his interviewer, Foster Klug, had misrepresented his remarks and had done a similar di [...] | 2005-09-26 09:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BM TH BURMA |
05BANGKOK6241 | THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for GP. CPT CHANINTORN CHALERMSUP, WG. CDR. WANCHAI PLANGSRI, and LT. COL. UKRIT SA-A [...] | 2005-09-30 04:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK6243 | THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for GP. CPT CHANINTORN CHALERMSUP, WG. CDR. WANCHAI PLANGSRI, and LT. COL. UKRIT SA-A [...] | 2005-09-30 04:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK6244 | THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for CPT THITIKAJII BIJAPHALA, of the Defense Research and Development Office, who has [...] | 2005-09-30 04:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK6245 | THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for COL WUTICHAI ISARA, of the Fort Mengrai-Maharaj Hospital, who has been selected t [...] | 2005-09-30 04:57:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK6246 | THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for CPT WORACHIN YAOWARAT, of the 2nd Engineer Battalion, King's Guard, who has been [...] | 2005-09-30 05:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK626 | COL JAMES REILLY'S ASSIGNMENT AS COMMANDING [...] (U) LtGen Blackman, I mentioned this to you in person at our last meeting, but I wanted a written record of my appreciation for the splendid performance of Col James Reilly during his recent tenure as commanding officer for the Combined Support Group Thailand (CSG-THAI). First, as leader of [...] | 2005-01-25 03:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR TH POL MIL |
05BANGKOK628 | LOST IN THAILAND'S TSUNAMI: BURMESE MIGRANT WORKERS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Royal Thai government (RTG) has earned international plaudits for its responsiveness to western tourists and Thais affected by the tsunami. Roughly 30,000 Burmese migrants, employed in construction, fisheries, and hotels in three devastated provinces, remain marginalized i [...] | 2005-01-25 03:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KWMN PHUM PREL PREF TH |
05BANGKOK6282 | THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (U) ILEA BANGKOK has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for the following individuals, who have been selected to attend the Post Blast Inve [...] | 2005-10-03 02:44:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK6287 | THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (U) BANGKOK RSO has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for the following individuals, who have been selected to attend ATA 5213, Cyber Terr [...] | 2005-10-03 03:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK6288 | THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (U) BANGKOK RSO has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for the following individuals, who have been selected to attend ATA 5432, VIP Protec [...] | 2005-10-03 04:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK6362 | THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for COL KANTANPONG WAJJANATEPIN and CAPT PANTHIRA WATTANAMONGKOL, who have been selec [...] | 2005-10-06 02:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK6511 | DEMARCHE: BRINGING BURMA BEFORE THE UNSC - THAI [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-13 12:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TH UNSC UNGA BURMA |
05BANGKOK6519 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 13, Ambassador Boyce paid a courtesy call on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Chidchai Vanasatidya. Chidchai was generally upbeat about the RTG's progress in addressing the Southern problem. He stated that the militants clearly wanted to provoke another maj [...] | 2005-10-14 02:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PREF MY TH |
05BANGKOK6524 | DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGIES FOR EAP FOCUS [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Thailand is the most democratic country in the neighborhood, with a lively press and fiercely competed elections. Thailand's remarkable political development, after a long period of military rule, progressed in tandem with its impressive economic development, whi [...] | 2005-10-14 03:42:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL TH |
05BANGKOK6551 | JOINT DEMARCHE ON PSI DELIVERED IN THAILAND [...] (C) On October 14, in an attempt to prod Thailand into endorsing the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),the Ambassador joined a group of Ambassadors from PSI countries led by Australia and including COMs from Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and the UK in a joint demarche on MFA Deputy Perm [...] | 2005-10-17 03:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PHSA PINS PTER TH PSI |
05BANGKOK656 | NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKER IN VIENTIANE [...] (C) Summary and comment. UNHCR/UNDP cannot issue a travel document for North Korean asylum seeker Anh, but is prepared to assist in resolving this case in terms of providing transportation within Thailand, housing, and other assistance agreed upon by concerned governments. ICRC Bangkok repre [...] | 2005-01-25 10:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREF PREL KN KS LA TH DPRK |
05BANGKOK6595 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: DEEP ANGER FOLLOWING TEMPLE [...] (C) SUMMARY/COMMENT: During the early morning hours of October 16 a Buddhist monk and two novices were killed during a brutal attack on a Buddhist temple in the far southern province of Pattani. In the wake of the incident, Prime Minister Thaksin has vowed swift justice against those involv [...] | 2005-10-18 11:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TH |
05BANGKOK6596 | SECRETARY LEAVITT'S OCTOBER 10-11 VISIT TO THAILAND [...] (U) Summary: In meetings with interlocutors during his visit to Thailand October 10 and 11, HHS Secretary Leavitt underscored the importance of transparency and international cooperation in confronting the threat of avian influenza (AI) and in planning containment and pandemic preparedness ef [...] | 2005-10-18 11:26:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO OVIP PREL EAGR EAID TH |
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 |
05BANGKOK6639 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THAILAND'S TROUBLED MALAYSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thai and Malaysian officials have been using increasingly un-diplomatic language in the press as tensions over the situation along the Thai/Malaysian border -- heightened by publicity surrounding 131 Thai "refugees" in Malaysia -- continue. Thai MFA officials acknowledge priva [...] | 2005-10-20 09:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TH |
05BANGKOK6727 | THAI EXPECTED TO INVITE FORMER PRESIDENTS TO [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. The Thai government is planning a large commemoration ceremony on December 26 in memory of those who died in the 2004 tsunami. Post's consular section is already working with the families of victims and Americans who were affected [...] | 2005-10-26 06:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP CASC PREL EAID TH |
05BANGKOK6764 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: COORDINATED RAIDS ACROSS THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 26 small groups of militants launched a series of 49 apparently coordinated raids in rural areas throughout far southern Thailand. Four civilians and two militants were reported killed in the raids, which appear to have been focused on stealing weapons from village [...] | 2005-10-27 10:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL TH |
05BANGKOK6767 | CAMBODIAN ACTIVISTS URGENTLY SEEK REFUGEE STATUS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-27 10:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL CB TH CAMBODIA |
05BANGKOK6768 | ISRAEL AT UNGA - THAILAND RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-27 11:39:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS TH UNGA |
05BANGKOK6844 | UNHCR PROPOSES OPTION FOR PETCHABOON HMONG [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Summary: UNHCR apprised Ambassador Haslach of the situation of the almost 6000 Hmong would-be refugees encamped in Petchaboon province. Following a discussion of the difficulties of making a refugee determination, UNHCR proposed c [...] | 2005-11-01 09:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL TH |
05BANGKOK6850 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THE SLOW PROGRESS OF THE NRC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The RTG has moved slowly to implement fourteen interim recommendations, issued by the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC),to address violence in the South. While some of the interim recommendations may be of limited utility or impact, the thrust of the report is helpful, u [...] | 2005-11-01 09:42:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TH |
05BANGKOK6853 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: GOVERNMENT PRESSURED TO TAKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 27 insurgents bombed a rail-line in Narathiwat province, derailing four cars on a passenger train. The bombing followed the dramatic series of weapons raids across far southern Thailand on October 26. According to some local observers the latest attacks demonstrate [...] | 2005-11-01 09:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TH |
05BANGKOK686 | THAILAND: DEEP SOUTH UPDATE - JANUARY 26, 2005 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Violence continues in the far southern provinces of Thailand, in stark contrast to images of ongoing relief efforts in neighboring provinces. With the tsunami garnering less attention the media, violence in the deep South is again re-emerging as a central domestic political iss [...] | 2005-01-26 12:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TH |
05BANGKOK687 | TAK BAI INDEPENDENT COMMISSION REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Independent Commission investigating the October 2004 Tak Bai incident has concluded that three senior security officials, including the Fourth Army Commanding General, failed to monitor their subordinates during the transfer of detainees from Tak Bai to a Pattani Army camp. [...] | 2005-01-26 12:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL TH HUMAN RIGHTS |
05BANGKOK690 | ICRC AND NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKER IN VIENTIANE [...] (C) Fred Grimm, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Regional Delegation, told Embassy Bangkok today that ICRC is not/not willing to issue a laissez-passer (LP) to North Korean asylum seeker An Kyong Su. Grimm said that, after consultations with both the ICRC representa [...] | 2005-01-27 00:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREF PREL KN KS TH DPRK LA |
05BANGKOK6904 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: MORE BOMBS IN NARATHIWAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 2 another series of bombs were set off in the far southern province of Narathiwat, temporarily knocking out power in the city. The attacks follow the series of raids on October 26 and the October 27 bombing of a rail-line in Narathiwat (reftels). On November 3 a s [...] | 2005-11-03 10:29:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL TH |
05BANGKOK6947 | CAMBODIAN OPPOSITION FIGURE MU SOCHUA PESSIMISTIC [...] (SBU) Summary. Cambodian opposition figure Mu Sochua told Western diplomats on November 3 that the general political atmosphere in her country was worsening and that additional Cambodian political activists would likely flee to Thailand. End summary. 2. (SBU) Sam Rainsy Party member Mu Soc [...] | 2005-11-04 11:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CB TH CAMBODIA |
05BANGKOK6953 | THAI REACT TO "SECRET PRISONS" ARTICLE: WILL THAKSIN SUE THE WASHINGTON POST? [...] (C) Summary: The Thai government has issued heated denials of the Washington Post report of a secret CIA-run prison here, and has sought embassy assistance in responding to the accusations. After a local newspaper identified our VOA facility in northeast Thailand as the site of the prison, t [...] | 2005-11-04 12:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPOW TH CIA |
05BANGKOK6954 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PM/RSAT JANE BOCKLAGE [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Jane Bocklage from Nov. 5 - Nov. 9, 2005 to participate in the U.S.- Thailand Strategic Dialogue. 2. (U) Hotel reservations have been made at: Conrad Hotel, All Seasons Place, 87 Wireless Road, Bangkok Tel: (66-2) 690-9999 Fax: [...] | 2005-11-05 04:58:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA MARR MASS PREL TH |
05BANGKOK6978 | FORMER PRIME MINISTER ANAND CRITICIZES SURAKIART [...] (C) During a November 3 conversation with the Ambassador, National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) Head and former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun derided Deputy Prime Minister (and former Foreign Minister) Surakiart Sathirathai's campaign to succeed Kofi Annan as next UN Secretary General. [...] | 2005-11-08 05:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TH |
05BANGKOK6980 | NRC HEAD ANAND ON HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH MALAYSIAN [...] (C) Summary: During his visit to Malaysia last month, National Reconciliation Commission Head (NRC) Anand Panyarachun met with Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad to discuss the Thai-Malaysian relations in context of the ongoing violence in Thailand's s [...] | 2005-11-08 05:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ML TH |
05BANGKOK701 | STAFFING ISSUES AT DAO BANGKOK [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-27 06:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH POL MIL |
05BANGKOK7014 | COMBATTING EXTREMISM [...] (C) Summary: The ongoing insurgency in the southern three provinces is the most significant manifestation of extremism in Thailand. The problem is primarily ethnic and to some extent separatist in its origin, rather than sectarian, although international, radical Islam is having an effect, b [...] | 2005-11-09 10:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | EAID KDEM PHUM PREL KMPI KPAO TH |
05BANGKOK7015 | EXILED BURMESE LABOR LEADER RETURNS TO THAILAND [...] (C) Summary: In the past week, the Embassy has been sorting out an unusual story involving U Maung Maung, the exiled Burmese trade union leader, and his return to Thailand on November 3 despite an apparent warning by Thai officials that he would not be allowed to re-enter the country. Maung [...] | 2005-11-09 11:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PGOV PREL ELAB TH BM |
05BANGKOK703 | THAILAND SUPPORTS TIMETABLE FOR WITHDRAWAL OF U.S. [...] (C) Reftel A requests Post query the RTG for its views of the planned withdrawal of U.S. military assets from the tsunami affected region. Utapao naval air base, which is SIPDIS located in Thailand, serves as the regional hub for Combined Support Force 536 (CSF 536). Nodes from that hub, [...] | 2005-01-27 06:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL MARR MOPS TH POL MIL |
05BANGKOK7030 | U.S.-THAI STRATEGIC DIALOGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 7 and 8, following up on the President's and Prime Minister Thaksin's commitment, senior U.S. officials met with Thai counterparts to inaugurate a bilateral dialogue on strategic and security issues. The U.S. side was lead by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Eri [...] | 2005-11-10 07:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR MASS PTER PREL KPAO TH |
05BANGKOK704 | PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FARGO MEETING WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra told PACOM Commander Admiral Thomas Fargo that last month's tsunami demonstrated the need for increased emphasis on SIPDIS disaster response in future Thai/US military exercises. During the January 19 meeting, Thaksin told Fargo that if the [...] | 2005-01-27 06:42:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MOPS PREL TH POL MIL |
05BANGKOK7045 | A/S RADEMAKER'S MEETINGS AT THE ARF SEMINAR FOR [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. delegation at the ARF CBM Seminar on Missile Defense, held in Bangkok October 6 and 7, was led by Acting A/S for International Security and Nonproliferation Stephen Rademaker. In the plenary session and side meetings with numerous participants, Rademaker stressed three ke [...] | 2005-11-10 10:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PHSA PINS PTER TH ARF |
05BANGKOK706 | PACOM ADM FARGO'S MEETING WITH THAI FM SURAKIART, [...] (C) Summary: In their January 19 meeting, FM Surakiart told ADM Fargo that the U.S. had "won the hearts of Asians" with its rapid and massive relief to Thailand and other tsunami-devastated countries. He expressed pride in the SIPDIS Royal Thai Government's (RTG) contribution of quick appr [...] | 2005-01-27 07:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MOPS PREL PGOV OVIP TH POL MIL |
05BANGKOK7091 | PRIVY COUNSELOR SURAYUD ON SITUATION IN SOUTHERN [...] (C) Summary. On November 10, Privy Counselor General Surayud Chulanont indicated to visiting DAS Eric John and the Ambassador that the Queen now has a better understanding of the situation in southern Thailand. He was critical, however, of the police -- suggesting that they still do not ha [...] | 2005-11-16 00:15:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR TH |
05BANGKOK7100 | AUDITOR-GENERAL SELECTION PROCESS TO BEGIN ANEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The continued controversy over the placement of an Auditor General reached a turning point on November 10th, when, after failing to receive a directive from Thailand's Constitutional Court, Thailand's State Audit Commission decided that the best course of action was to begin t [...] | 2005-11-16 03:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TH |
05BANGKOK7116 | DAS ERIC JOHN'S MEETING WITH FORMER FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. In his meeting with EAP DAS Eric John and Ambassador Boyce, former Democrat Party Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwan, a native of and Muslim MP from the South, reiterated his well-known pessimism on the situation in that region, but in newly negative terms. Surin also presented som [...] | 2005-11-16 08:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER TH BURMA |
05BANGKOK7142 | THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 3. 2. (U) DEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals listed below who will be new signatures for one of DEA's Host Cou [...] | 2005-11-17 08:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7143 | THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Flt.Lt. Kraiwan CHANCHALAD, Directorate of Armament, Air Support Command, [...] | 2005-11-17 08:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7144 | THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Wg.Cdr. Kamolratana SUTTABOOSAYA, Directorate of Medical Services, Air Su [...] | 2005-11-17 08:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7145 | THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for FltLt. Choosak KASATEWIT, Directorate of Civil Engineering, Air Support C [...] | 2005-11-17 08:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7146 | THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Siri SANTONG, 12th Signal Battalion, King's Guard, who has been sele [...] | 2005-11-17 08:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7147 | THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Capt. Wasin BAMBUNGCHEEP, Naval Medical Department, who has been selected [...] | 2005-11-17 08:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7148 | THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 1Lt. Araya SAYANHAVIKASIT, Ordnance School, who has been selected to atte [...] | 2005-11-17 08:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7149 | THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for MG Boonchu KIRDCHOK, who has been selected to attend the WCN N/A, Nationa [...] | 2005-11-17 08:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7150 | THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Worachin Yaowarat, 2nd Engineer Battalion, King's Guard, who has bee [...] | 2005-11-17 08:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7151 | THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Pongsatorn SUKRAPANNA, 22nd Cavalry Squadron, who has been selected [...] | 2005-11-17 08:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7152 | THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Sitthisak MINWONG, 1st Infantry Division, King's Guard, who has been [...] | 2005-11-17 08:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7153 | THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Waraporn JUNTORN, Special Warfare Center, who has been selected to a [...] | 2005-11-17 08:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7154 | THAILAND HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: INTELLECTUAL [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) ILEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the Intellectual Prop [...] | 2005-11-17 08:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7155 | THAILAND HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: POLICE COLONEL [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) DEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Police Colonel Anurak SAITHONG and Police Lt. Colonel Thanayos SUKRATANA who will [...] | 2005-11-17 08:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7156 | THAILAND HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: CRIME SCENE [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) ILEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the Crime Scene Inves [...] | 2005-11-17 08:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7184 | EXCELLENT THAI-DPRK RELATIONS NOT SO USEFUL IN [...] (C) Summary. Allegations in a new book that North Korean abducted a Thai woman working in Macao in 1978 have grabbed local headlines and prompted Foreign Minister Kantathi to pledge government efforts to return her to Thailand. Thai officials, however, are finding their North Korean counterp [...] | 2005-11-18 04:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TH DPRK |
05BANGKOK7191 | UPDATE ON OPTIONS FOR THE PETCHABOON HMONG [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 11. 2. (C) Summary. During a November 15 meeting, UNHCR Deputy Regional Representative Raja Panday stated that he had made a new proposal to the Thai government on resolving the situation of the Petchaboon Hmong. The proposal is that the Th [...] | 2005-11-18 07:11:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL TH LA |
05BANGKOK7272 | SCENESETTER FOR PACAF COMMANDER GEN HESTER'S VISIT [...] (C) General Hester, all of us in Bangkok look forward to your visit as an opportunity to advance a number of key U.S. foreign policy objectives. The Thai will likely ask you for your latest thinking on the future of our annual Cope Tiger Exercise. In addition to promoting issues directly a [...] | 2005-11-23 06:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL MARR MASS TH |
05BANGKOK7305 | BESIEGED AUDITOR-GENERAL TALKS TO EMBASSY ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. Poloff spoke with Khunying Jaruwan Maintaka, the besieged Auditor-General of Thailand, on November 14th concerning her controversial situation and about corruption in Thailand. Although Jaruwan has avoided speaking to the press and stays out of the public eye, she gave Polo [...] | 2005-11-25 05:11:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TH |
05BANGKOK7364 | THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) DEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below from the Nong Kai Provincial Police who are scheduled to [...] | 2005-11-29 08:13:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7365 | THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Lt. Yuthanavi MUNGTHANYA, Sattahip Naval Base, who has been selected to a [...] | 2005-11-29 08:13:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7399 | THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for LTC Khunakorn KANA, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, w [...] | 2005-12-01 02:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7454 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON PRIVY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador called on Privy Counselor Palakorn Suanrath to discuss the situation in southern Thailand. Palakorn -- who served as director of the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Center (SBPAC) prior to its 2002 dissolution by Prime Minister Thaksin -- is known to be a cl [...] | 2005-12-02 07:57:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TH |
05BANGKOK7458 | THAILAND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Summary: Recent activities have focused on child trafficking and child sex tourism in Thailand. A child sex tourism seminar was held in Bangkok under the auspices of the USG-supported Bali Process, with DHS/ICE representing the USG and providing a case study. The NGO IJM reports progres [...] | 2005-12-02 08:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KWMN PREF PREL SMIG PHUM EAID TH |
05BANGKOK7460 | CHINESE EMBASSY WANTS TO BUILD LINKS WITH U.S. [...] (C) Summary. As part of our ongoing effort to follow China's growing influence in Thailand, the Ambassador hosted a reception on December 1 for the PRC Embassy at the Residence. Chinese Ambassador Zhang Jiuhuan called for greater dialogue between the U.S. and China on a wide variety of iss [...] | 2005-12-02 08:43:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS MARR CH TH |
05BANGKOK7462 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: INSIDE THE ARMY'S HEARTS AND [...] Summary. (C) In a meeting with poloffs on 1 December, Royal Thai Army (RTA) civil affairs officer Lt. Col. Saniroj Thumayos explained the challenges facing the RTA's attempts to win the hearts and minds of the public in the violent South. Saniroj outlined RTG efforts to train and support Isl [...] | 2005-12-02 10:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR TH |
05BANGKOK752 | DPRK ASYLUM SEEKER -- MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) In response to reftel, Refcoord informed UNHCR Chief Protection Officer Kirsten Young on January 27 of the latest developments in the case of DPRK asylum seeker Anh and asked what assistance UNHCR would be able to provide in the resolution of this issue. Reiterataing earlier commitments m [...] | 2005-01-28 07:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL ASEC KN KS LA TH DPRK |
05BANGKOK7527 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: RTG QUIETLY REACHES OUT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD) has been quietly meeting in northern Malaysia and in Europe with purported leadership figures from some of the prominent southern Thai separatist groups -- including the Barisan Revolusi Nasional Coordinate (BRN-C) -- in an attempt to f [...] | 2005-12-07 09:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TH |
05BANGKOK7537 | THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) ILEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals listed below, who has been selected to attend the Leadership Dev [...] | 2005-12-08 02:44:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7573 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: LABELING THE MILITANTS "BRN-C" [...] (C) SUMMARY/COMMENT: Thai officials and foreign observers have struggled to identify the militant movement responsible for the resurgent violence in far southern Thailand that has claimed over 1,000 lives since January 2004. The initial government response -- to blame criminals or local po [...] | 2005-12-09 08:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL TH |
05BANGKOK7581 | HALF-BAKED IDEA FOR ZOO INCREASES DOUBT ABOUT THAI [...] (U) Summary: Chiang Mai's Night Safari Park, although set to open officially on January 1, opened privately on November 16 in a ceremony presided over by Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Controversial since its inception, for reasons including alleged substandard treatment of an [...] | 2005-12-13 00:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON PGOV PREL TH |
05BANGKOK7613 | CODEL SMITH MEETS WITH PRIME MINSITER THAKSIN [...] (SBU) In a December 9 meeting, Codel Gordon Smith met with Prime Minister Thaksin at Government House. During the course of their forty-five minute conversation, The PM assured the Senators that completion of bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks with the U.S. is of paramount importance to [...] | 2005-12-14 04:15:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD TH |
05BANGKOK7644 | MATERIAL SUPPORT ISSUE COULD CRIPPLE U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary. Several positive changes have marked recent Thai policy toward the approximately 140,000 Burmese refugees located in nine camps along the Thai-Burma border. The Thai have agreed to the U.S. proposal to offer resettlement to the entire, 9,000-person camp of Tham Hin after reject [...] | 2005-12-15 09:26:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL TH BURMA |
05BANGKOK7649 | THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Maj. Thiratch SOMBUTSIRI, Directorate of Civil Affairs, who has been sele [...] | 2005-12-16 00:35:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7650 | THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for FLO Pornpote CHAICHANKUL, JAG, MOD, who has been selected to attend the W [...] | 2005-12-16 00:35:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7651 | THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for FS1 Watcharin SAI-IN, Directorate of Armament, Air Support Command, RTAF, [...] | 2005-12-16 00:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7652 | THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Lcdr. Amonthep THONGSIN, Amphibious Squadron, Royal Thai Fleet, who has b [...] | 2005-12-16 00:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7653 | THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Pakawat KROBSORN, 2nd SF.BN.4th SF Regiment, who has been selected t [...] | 2005-12-16 00:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7654 | THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 1Lt. Sunai JIRASOMBOON, Field Artillery Battalion, Artillery Center, who [...] | 2005-12-16 00:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7655 | THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Lcdr. Apirat SANGPETCHSONG, Somdejprapinklao Hospital, RTN, who has been [...] | 2005-12-16 00:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7656 | THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Capt. Ek-Art SILLAPACHARN, Royal Thai Marine Corps, who has been selected [...] | 2005-12-16 00:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
05BANGKOK7657 | THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Capt. Padermchai SUCONTHAMAT, Royal Thai Marine Corps, who has been selec [...] | 2005-12-16 00:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7658 | THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Surachart RUANWONG, 1st Spec. Forces, BN, 1st SF Regiment, who has b [...] | 2005-12-16 00:39:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7668 | THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Flt.Lt. Karn VANIJAKA, Office of the Comptroller, RTAF, who has been sele [...] | 2005-12-16 05:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7669 | THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Ltc. Ruarob MUANGMAN, J-2/SCHQ, who has been selected to attend the WCN C [...] | 2005-12-16 05:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7670 | THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for LTC Khrongpon LOHACHALA, J-2/Schq., who has been selected to attend the W [...] | 2005-12-16 05:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7715 | THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) LEGATT has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Lt. Col. Surachate HAKPARN, who has been selected to attend the 225th Session a [...] | 2005-12-19 03:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK773 | THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (SBU) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for 1Lt. Tongchai CHOBTHAM, Light Aviation, WCN 1171 who has been selected to atten [...] | 2005-01-31 00:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7731 | THAI FOREIGN MINISTER ON EAST ASIA SUMMIT AND [...] (C) Summary: During a December 16 conversation with the Ambassador, Thai Foreign Minister Kantathi Supamongkol gave an upbeat assessment of the December 14 inaugural East Asia Summit meeting in Kuala Lumpur. Kantathi said that the EAS put the Avian Flu challenge, cooperation against intern [...] | 2005-12-19 09:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TH BURMA |
05BANGKOK774 | THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (SBU) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for 1Lt. Sothon RUKSASUP, Army Military Intelligence Command, WCN 1176 who has been [...] | 2005-01-31 00:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7749 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: VILLAGERS FORCE POLICE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Media and Embassy sources offered differing accounts of a December 19 event in which a mob of Muslim villagers in Narathiwat apparently forced police to release two men held in connection with the shooting of a local official. The media reported that up to 1,000 villagers had ta [...] | 2005-12-20 09:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TH |
05BANGKOK7750 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: BANGKOK MUSLIMS TRY TO BRIDGE [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings with poloffs, officials from both the private Bangkok-based Islamic Center of Thailand and the government-affiliated Central Islamic Committee underscored their belief that the violence in the South is not a religious conflict and outlined their efforts to im [...] | 2005-12-20 09:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PHUM TH |
05BANGKOK7783 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: DECEMBER 8-9 VISIT OF STAFFDEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) professional staffmember Frank Jannuzi visited the far southern Thai provinces of Songkhla and Yala as part of SFRC and Embassy Bangkok's ongoing effort to closely monitor the situation in that region. Jannuzi met with leading local gov [...] | 2005-12-21 09:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KPAO TH |
05BANGKOK7801 | THAILAND RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR AVIAN AND [...] (U) Post hereby provides updated responses to second avian influenza questionnaire contained in reftel A: A) PREPAREDNESS/COMMUNICATION -- DOES THE GOVERNMENT HAVE A PREPAREDNESS PLAN/STRATEGY FOR PREVENTING AVIAN FLU FROM BECOMING A PANDEMIC AND CONTAINING A PANDEMIC ONCE IT OCCURS? IF TH [...] | 2005-12-22 07:54:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL XX |
05BANGKOK7802 | ASEAN WILDLIFE ENFORCEMENT NETWORK LAUNCH: AN [...] (U) Summary: On December 1, representatives from nine of the ten ASEAN countries and the ASEAN Secretariat approved the launch of the ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network (ASEAN-WEN),a regional law enforcement network to combat illegal wildlife trafficking in Southeast Asia. The launch provid [...] | 2005-12-22 08:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PREL KCRM XC TH |
05BANGKOK7803 | THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) NAS has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals listed below who have been selected to attend the Crime Scene Inv [...] | 2005-12-22 08:10:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7804 | THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Maj. Warisara JAIPIAM, Civil Affairs School, who has been selected to att [...] | 2005-12-22 08:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
05BANGKOK7918 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: DR. JAPAKIYA'S UNIVERSITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Ismail Lutfi Japakiya, Rector of the International Islamic University of Pattani, is one of the most prominent -- and controversial -- Muslim scholars in Thailand. The University he founded continues an ambitious expansion with the aid of Muslim charities and governments. J [...] | 2005-12-30 04:35:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KPAO TH |
05BANGKOK7920 | STATUS OF MISSING HMONG CHILDREN REMAINS UNCLEAR [...] (C) Summary. The current location and status of the 29 Lao Hmong children and teens reported arrested last month remains unclear. A National Human Rights Commission official believes that the children remain in immigration detention in Nong Khai, Thailand, while second hand reports from the L [...] | 2005-12-30 06:39:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PREF PREL PHUM TH LA KTIP |
05BANGKOK802 | AMBASSADOR-FM SURAKIART ON NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKER IN VIENTIANE [...] (C) On January 28, while in Phuket for Thai-hosted conference on a tsunami early warning system (EWS),the Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Surakiart about Ahn Kyong Su, the North Korean asylum seeker in Embassy Vientiane. The Ambassador noted that the Lao government would not allow tra [...] | 2005-01-31 10:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM ASEC KS KN TH DPRK LA |
05BANGKOK868 | THAILAND: NEWS AND NOTES ON THE ROYAL FAMILY [...] (SBU) On January 27, I attended the annual Prince Mahidol awards ceremony, which the King directly presides over. The annual awards, named in honor of the King's father, are presented to individuals who have made outstanding contributions in the fields of medicine or public health. Princes [...] | 2005-02-02 10:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PREL TH |
05BANGKOK869 | THAILAND: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES THE SOUTH WITH KEY [...] (C) Summary: On January 27, I called on Pansak Vinyaratn, a principal advisor to Prime Minister Thaksin. Our conversation focused on the violence in southern Thailand and how the situation affects Thailand's ability to deploy additional troops to Iraq; how Thaksin is learning, slowly, to de [...] | 2005-02-02 10:15:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR TH |
05BANGKOK918 | POST REQUESTS TIMETABLE FOR PSYOP ASSESSMENT TEAM [...] (SBU) On December 9, 2004, the 5th Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Battalion Commander, 4th Psyop Group, briefed the DCM on the Rewards for Information/Military Support to Public Diplomacy Programs. These programs have been successfully used by AmEmbassy Manila to assist the Philippines Go [...] | 2005-02-04 01:39:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR TH POL MIL |
05BASRAH148 | IRAN PURSUING ACTIVE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PROGRAM IN BASRAH, [...] (C) Summary. Iran is pursuing an aggressive public diplomacy campaign in Basrah and Maysan Provinces that includes programs similar to the State Department's public diplomacy (PD) programs: visitor programs, book fairs, book reprinting services, libraries and media training programs. In Nove [...] | 2005-12-15 10:09:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PREL PROP KPAO IZ |
05BASRAH149 | DESPITE MINOR HICCUPS, SUCCESSFUL ELECTION IN THE SOUTH [...] Summary: December 15 elections in Basrah and the other three southern provinces generally ran smoothly and without many signs of significant fraud or security incidents. Basrah Regional Embassy Office (REO) Iraqi Provincial Action Officers (IPAOs) visited three polling centers in the morning [...] | 2005-12-15 17:19:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM IZ |
05BASRAH152 | INFORMAL ELECTION-DAY POLL RESULTS IN THE SOUTH [...] (C) Summary. During the December 15 election REO Basrah partnered with Al-Manarah newspaper, Radio Shinasheel and the AFAQ Media NGO to conduct informal polling of Iraqi voters in the south. These three organizations conducted election-day polling in all four (4) southern provinces, using the [...] | 2005-12-19 13:29:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM IZ |
05BASRAH153 | TOUR D'HORIZON WITH BASRAH GOVERNOR MOHAMMAD [...] (C) Summary: In a December 20 meeting with REO Basrah's new regional coordinator, Basrah Governor Mohammad Mossibh Al Wahili touted the possibility of a national unity government in Baghdad. After being pressed on the question of the Fadhila party's loyalty to the United Iraqi Alliance (555) [...] | 2005-12-21 12:39:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM IZ |
05BASRAH154 | PROJECT MONEY JUMP-STARTS PRDCS IN MAYSAN AND DHI QAR [...] Summary: The Provincial Reconstruction and Development Committees (PRDC) in Maysan and Dhi Qar provinces met on December 19 and 20. Demonstrations over fuel price increases in both provinces threatened to disrupt the meetings, but Provincial Council members prevailed in making the meeting ta [...] | 2005-12-22 11:01:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EAID IZ UN |
05BASRAH156 | HOW THE 731 COALITION LOST THE SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: On December 26, the Basrah Regional Coordinator met with Gali Najm Muter, the Iraqi National Accord (731) representative in Basrah. Gali attributed the poor showing of 731 in Basrah and the other southern provinces in the December 15 election to intimidation campaigns run by th [...] | 2005-12-27 10:21:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PTER IZ |
05BASRAH157 | HOW THE 731 COALITION LOST THE SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: On December 26, the Basrah Regional Coordinator met with Gali Najm Muter, the Iraqi National Accord (731) representative in Basrah. Gali attributed the poor showing of 731 in Basrah and the other southern provinces in the December 15 election to intimidation campaigns run by th [...] | 2005-12-27 11:44:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PTER IZ |
05BASRAH158 | IT'S THE IRANIANS' FAULT - SOUTHERN SUNNIS' DISCONTENT WITH [...] (C) Summary: On December 27, the Basrah Deputy Regional Coordinator met with Haji Khalaf El Eisah, the head of the Iraqi Islamic Party (List 618) in Basrah and his deputy, Dr. Jamal. Both Haji Khalaf and Dr. Jamal stated they were upset with the way the parliamentary elections had been conduc [...] | 2005-12-28 10:12:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PTER IZ |
05BEIJING10421 | USTR/DOC DELEGATION MEETING WITH VFM YANG JIECHI [...] (C) During a June 23 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, Deputy USTR Josette Shiner and Acting Undersecretary of Commerce Tim Hauser stressed U.S. desire to address the trade deficit and intellectual property rights (IPR) though cooperation. They emphasized that the United States [...] | 2005-06-27 08:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL KIPR CH |
05BEIJING14582 | ADM FALLON AND GENERAL LIANG AGREE ON NEED FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral Fallon and General Liang agreed on the need to improve bilateral mil-mil ties, but stated frank disagreements regarding the transparency of the Chinese military budget and the use of force to resolve the Taiwan question, during a cordial meeting September 6. Liang acknowl [...] | 2005-09-06 13:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PINS CH |
05BEIJING5704 | REACTION TO DISSIDENT LIU XIAOBO'S ONLINE ARTICLE [...] (C) Post has been monitoring Chinese websites and checking with contacts to track the reaction in China to an online article by dissident Liu Xiaobo criticizing racist comments toward Secretary Rice expressed by some netizens on Chinese websites at the time of the Secretary's March visit. Liu, [...] | 2005-04-05 12:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI CH |
05BEIRUT2153 | THE NEW AND IMPROVED NABIH BERRI SAYS THE RIGHT [...] (C) Newly re-elected Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, opening a 6/30 meeting with the Ambassador, growled about alleged USG attempts to "veto" his candidacy. But after this initial scratchy start, Berri turned uncharacteristically friendly and polemics-free, saying he wanted to set aside pol [...] | 2005-06-30 14:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PTER LE SY |
05BEIRUT2355 | MGLE01: MARONITE PATRIARCH ON CABINET FORMATION: [...] (C) The Maronite Patriarch suggested that, while he was trying to help Prime Minister-designate Siniora's efforts to form a Cabinet, he was at a loss as to what one of the principal obstacles, Michel Aoun, really wanted. Aoun's supporters might take to the streets if Aoun is left out of the [...] | 2005-07-18 16:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PTER LE SY |
05BEIRUT2425 | MGLE01--AMBASSADOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In his first meeting with the Ambassador, Fawzi Salloukh on 7/25 highlighted his long friendship with the United States, promised an open dialogue between the two countries, and tried to put a good face on future Lebanon-Syrian relations. Salloukh, a Shia from southern Lebanon, [...] | 2005-07-25 16:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
05BEIRUT3084 | MGLE01: SPEAKER NABIH BERRI CALMS DOWN, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Coming only a day after his public outburst against PM Fuad Siniora and the Core Group meetings, the Nabih Berri who met the Ambassador and Poloff on 9/22 was notably calm and full of sweet reason. He insisted his only concern in voicing his displeasure was the well-being of L [...] | 2005-09-23 15:12:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL SY |
05BEIRUT3122 | MGLE01: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: On September 27, Minister of Foreign Affairs Fawzi Salloukh met with Ambassador and Poloff to discuss the recent Lebanese meetings in the U.S. The Minister was in good spirits. He expressed his overall satisfaction with the reception he received in the U.S., including a side v [...] | 2005-09-27 15:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY UNGA |
05BEIRUT3155 | MGLE1 MURR POINTS FINGER AT SYRIA AND REVEALS [...] (C) Summary: At least until the 7/12 assassination attempt against him, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Elias Murr was always seen locally as an insider's insider during the Syrian occupation. His credentials seemed perfect: son-in-law of President Lahoud, son of a prominent [...] | 2005-09-28 15:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
05BEIRUT3291 | MGLE01: JUMBLATT'S STRAIGHT TALK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on the afternoon of October 6, Druse leader Walid Jumblatt flatly stated his belief that the assassination of Rafiq Hariri, and the series of bombings committed since then, were the work of the Syrian regime, specifically Bashar Assad. His colle [...] | 2005-10-06 16:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE KPAL PGOV PREL PTER SY |
05BEIRUT3341 | MGLE01: A/S WELCH MEETING WITH LEBANESE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: On October 12, NEA A/S Welch, accompanied by Ambassador and PolChief (notetaker),met with Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh at the Office of the Foreign Minister in Beirut. With respect to the UN Mehlis investigation into the murder of Rafiq Hariri, Salloukh said the G [...] | 2005-10-13 08:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KPAL SY LE IS |
05BEIRUT3498 | MGLE01: FM SALLOUKH DISCUSSES MEHLIS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh was enthusiastic in his support of the Mehlis report findings, but was reluctant to send a Lebanese representative to next Monday's planned UNSC meeting of foreign ministers. He considers this meeting strictly an affair between Syria and the Sec [...] | 2005-10-26 16:53:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
05BEIRUT3658 | MGLE01: FURY IN BEIRUT AT BASHAR AL-ASAD'S [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The full range of Lebanon's political spectrum has reacted angrily to Syrian President Bashar al-Asad's November 10 speech at Damascus University. Our contacts find the speech confrontational, threatening, and insulting. Most take special note of Asad's descr [...] | 2005-11-10 17:07:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY |
05BEIRUT3818 | MGLE01: SPEAKER BERRI HALF-HEARTEDLY DEFENDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Speaker Nabih Berri tried to explain Hizballah's November 21 attack on an Israeli position in the Blue Line village of Ghajjar as merely a response to Israeli military activity earlier in the month. Yet Berri indicated he understood that Hizballah's aggression in Ghajjar, and i [...] | 2005-11-29 08:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
05BEIRUT523 | NABIH BERRI AUDITIONS FOR ROLE AS RECONCILIATOR [...] (C) Add Lebanese Parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri to the list of prominent Lebanese who seem genuinely shocked by Rafiq Hariri's murder a week ago. In a 2/21 meeting with the Ambassador that was free of his usual polemics and bombast, Berri vowed to play a moderating role on two fronts. Fi [...] | 2005-02-21 13:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY |
05BEIRUT541 | OPPOSITION A ROLL: FORCE CABINET TO QUIT, GET [...] (C) Chattering away at a 2/21 dinner hosted by Boutros Harb, leading members of the Christian opposition and Walid Jumblatt's bloc were visibly buoyed by what they saw as three victories earlier that day: the largest anti-Syrian demonstration in Lebanon's history, Parliament Speaker Nabih B [...] | 2005-02-22 15:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV LE SY |
05BERLIN1318 | GERMAN VIEWS ON UN REFORM [...] (C) Poloff met recently with several German government officials to discuss Germany's current thinking on UN reform. The Germans continue to insist that they are interested in wide-ranging reform, and point to their active engagement in formulating the EU response to all of SYG Annan's propos [...] | 2005-04-20 15:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR GM UNSC |
05BERLIN2235 | FM FISCHER ON IRAN [...] (S) During a meeting on June 29 with visiting New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, Foreign Minister Fischer said he was extremely concerned about Iran after the election of President Ahmadinejad. He said no one expected Ahmadinejad's victory, least of all Iranian negotiators on the nuclear [...] | 2005-07-01 13:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | IAEA KNNP MNUC PREL EU IR GM |
05BERLIN48 | GERMAN REQUEST FOR MILAIR TRANSPORT OF GERMAN [...] (SBU) Paragraph 3 below provides an informal translation of a diplomatic note from the German Foreign Ministry requesting USG agreement for transport of German Border Police (BGS) and Diplomats via US military aircraft (MilAir) between Ramstein Airbase and Baghdad. The BGS agents will be provi [...] | 2005-01-07 11:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ASEC IZ GM |
05BERLIN65 | BUILDING ON NATO FOREIGN MINISTERIAL: GERMANY [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, on January 6 MFA Deputy NATO director Herbert Beck assured Embassy that Germany will continue to push other NATO allies increase their contributions to ISAF. When asked if he thought Germany would be able to persuade the Spaniards to provide a PRT in Qala-e [...] | 2005-01-07 16:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL AF GM NATO |
05BERN2360 | ADAMOV: SWISS COURT REJECTS U.S. REQUEST: ORDERS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-29 12:04:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM CJAN PREL ENRG SZ RU |
05BOGOTA10037 | DEFINING JUSTICE AND PEACE LAW ELIGIBILITY [...] (C) In early October, Minister of Interior and Justice (MOI/J) Sabas Pretelt met with Minister of Defense (MOD) Camilo Ospina, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo, and other high-level GOC officials to discuss the Justice and Peace (J&P) law eligibility of demobilized paramilitaries and ot [...] | 2005-10-25 21:04:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PTER PREL PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA10055 | VICE PRESIDENT SANTOS ELATED ABOUT REELECTION; [...] (C) Director of Andean Affairs Philip French and DCM Drucker called on Vice President Francisco Santos and MFA Acting Vice Minister for Bilateral Affairs Mauricio Gonzalez separately on October 19. Santos, speaking minutes after the announcement that the Constitutional Court approved reelecti [...] | 2005-10-25 22:23:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CO EC |
05BOGOTA10060 | PEACE COMMISSIONER REPORTS ON DISCUSSIONS WITH AUC [...] (C) On October 21, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo briefed Ambassador and WHA/AND Director Phil French on his discussions with AUC leaders regarding conditions for reinitiating negotiations on future demobilizations. AUC negotiators were skeptical of resuming negotiations if the GOC t [...] | 2005-10-26 11:47:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA10061 | VICE PROSECUTOR GENERAL OTALORA REPORTS ON JUSTICE [...] (C) WHA/AND Director Phil French met with Vice Prosecutor General Otalora on October 20 to discuss the status of the Justice and Peace (J&P) Unit, the new oral accusatory justice system, and extradition. French recognized the significant progress made in Colombia on various bilateral fronts, [...] | 2005-10-26 11:47:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO |
05BOGOTA10152 | COLOMBIA SUPPORTS HOLOCAUST REMEMBERANCE [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref demarches to Coordinator for the U.S. and Summit for the Americas Francisco Gonzalez on October 18. Poloff thanked the GOC for its co-sponsorship of Israel's Holocaust Remembrance resolution (ref A) and asked the GOC to encourage other countries to join in co-sponsor [...] | 2005-10-27 22:38:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA CO |
05BOGOTA10164 | CARAMAGNA POSITIVE ON OAS VERIFICATION MISSION'S [...] (C) WHA/AND Director Phil French met with Organization of American States (OAS) Verification Mission Director Sergio Caramagna on October 21 to discuss financial and political support for the mission. Caramagna explained that a lack of resources had limited the mission's capacity to assist the [...] | 2005-10-28 17:22:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO OAS |
05BOGOTA10238 | MANCUSO OUT, NEW SPOKESPERSONS FOR DEMOBILIZED [...] (C) Representatives of 11 demobilized Colombian United Self-Defense Groups (AUC) factions have removed Salvatore Mancuso as AUC spokesperson and replaced him with three leaders: Diego Murillo, AKA "Don Berna," Antonio Lopez, and Eduard Cobos, AKA "Diego Vecino." The AUC replaced Mancuso becau [...] | 2005-11-01 14:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO AUC |
05BOGOTA10377 | COUNTERNARCOTICS PROGRAMS UNDER PUBLIC ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the last few months our counternarcotics programs, particularly aerial eradication, have received substantial negative publicity and public comment. The discussion risks making the spray program even more of an issue in the upcoming Colombian elections than would normally b [...] | 2005-11-03 19:04:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR CO |
05BOGOTA10390 | AUC LEADERS SEEK DEAL ON EXTRADITION [...] (C) Peace Commissioner Restrepo, para-friendly Senator Moreno de Caro, OAS Verification Chief Caramagna and National Commission on Reparations and Reconciliation member Jaime Jaramillo have all passed messages to the Ambassador suggesting that paramilitary leaders want to cut deals on extradi [...] | 2005-11-04 15:01:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PTER PREL PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA10399 | PEACE COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCES GOC INTENTION TO [...] (C) On November 1, in an official communique, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo declared that the GOC intended to hold the United-Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) to the December 31, 2005 demobilization deadline, or be met with military confrontation. He also announced that no AUC [...] | 2005-11-04 15:47:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO |
05BOGOTA10448 | ELN RELIGIOUS CEREMONY IN ECUADOR PREACHES [...] (U) On October 30, News Channel One (NoticieroUno) reported that several National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas had crossed the border into Ecuador to offer a Catholic mass to fellow Ecuadorian guerrillas. The footage showed ELN member alias "Diego Cristobal" preaching to roughly 30 people [...] | 2005-11-05 16:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL SOCI CO EC |
05BOGOTA10565 | BODY OF AFRO-COLOMBIAN LEADER ORLANDO VALENCIA [...] (C) On November 2, a senior government official informed the Embassy that the GOC had positively identified the body of kidnapped Afro-Colombian leader Orlando Valencia, discovered on October 24 after a nine-day search (reftel). The GOC continues to investigate the circumstances surrounding hi [...] | 2005-11-09 13:42:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CO |
05BOGOTA10640 | COLOMBIA LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-15 15:37:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHRC CO |
05BOGOTA10641 | COLOMBIA: IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S INCREASING EXTREMISM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-15 15:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM IR CO |
05BOGOTA10683 | MOD AND UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE SIGN ACCORD; GOC [...] On November 8, Minister of Defense Camilo Ospina Bernal and Director of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia (OHCHR) Michael Fruhling signed a cooperation agreement on human rights training for the Colombian military that meets another of the High Commissioner fo [...] | 2005-11-16 11:41:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PHUM PREL CO |
05BOGOTA1070 | SCENESETTER FOR CARTAGENA DONORS CONFERENCE, [...] (C) Embassy Bogota welcomes the U.S. Delegation, led by USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios, to Cartagena for the Feb. 2-4 follow-up conference to the London Declaration of July 2003 on international support for Colombia. This is a GOC-hosted meeting for the 24 London Declaration signatories p [...] | 2005-02-01 22:46:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PHUM CO |
05BOGOTA1078 | DCM MEETS WITH VICE-MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (C) On January 31, DCM met with GOC Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Camilo Reyes. Reyes had asked for the meeting as the first of what he hopes will be regular monthly meetings to discuss key bilateral issues and areas of mutual concern. In response to questions from the DCM, Reyes touched [...] | 2005-02-02 15:50:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON CO |
05BOGOTA1079 | SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: THE U.S. [...] This is in response to reftel request. ---------------------------- Human Rights Strategy Report ---------------------------- 2. Although Colombia is a democracy, it has been ravaged by an internal armed conflict financed by drug trafficking and other criminal activities for over 40 year [...] | 2005-02-02 15:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KPAO KSEP EAID CO |
05BOGOTA1081 | GOC LIKELY TO AUTHORIZE ELN MEETING WITH [...] (C) On January 29, GOC High Commissioner for Peace Luis Carlos Restrepo told Ambassador that the GOC was on the verge of an agreement with the National Liberation Army's (ELN) Central Command (COCE) to allow COCE representatives safe passage to Mexico to engage in face-to-face talks with Gover [...] | 2005-02-02 16:36:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL CO ELN |
05BOGOTA10845 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PEACE BRIGADES INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) On November 4, the Ambassador met with four representatives of the human rights NGO Peace Brigades International (PBI). The Ambassador thanked PBI for its hard work and cooperation with the Embassy on relating sensitive human rights cases. PBI raised concerns about protection for labor l [...] | 2005-11-21 14:50:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CO |
05BOGOTA10846 | DEMOBILIZATION TO RESUME; TIMETABLE UNDER [...] (C) The GOC and AUC negotiators have agreed to extend the December 31 deadline for the remaining demobilizations of approximately 10,000 paramilitaries for an additional period, expected to be no more than 60 days. Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo has reiterated that the new deadline mu [...] | 2005-11-21 15:25:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO |
05BOGOTA10847 | DRUG CZAR WALTERS MEETING WITH MOD OSPINA AND [...] (U) November 10, 2005, 8:00-9:00, Ministry of Defense, Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- John P. Walters, Director ONDCP Patrick Ward, ONDCP A/D Richard O'Connor, ONDCP Julie Connor, Narcotics Affairs Section Director Col. Kevin Saderup, MilGroup Commander Col. Brian Butcher, D [...] | 2005-11-21 15:26:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PGOV EAID CO |
05BOGOTA10895 | GOC REOPENS PEACE NEGOTIATION OPTION WITH ELN [...] (U) On November 13, in response to a letter from the guarantors group of the "Peace House" initiative with the ELN, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo issued a call to the National Liberation Army's (ELN) Central Command leaders to begin negotiations with the government under the auspices [...] | 2005-11-22 16:34:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA10953 | NOVEMBER 24 IAEA BOARD MEETING; IRAN NUCLEAR [...] (C) Poloff delivered the points contained in Ref A to Coordinator for the United States and Canada Francisco Gonzalez, stressing the need to make clear the international community's serious concerns about Iran's nuclear ambitions. Gonzalez promised to pass them to Diana Aguilar, Director of M [...] | 2005-11-23 22:55:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | IAEA PARM PREL AORC KNNP KISL IR CO |
05BOGOTA10967 | AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA INFORMATION - COLOMBIA [...] (U) In response to reftel, Embassy provides the following responses regarding avian and pandemic influenza preparedness in Colombia. -------------------------- PREPAREDNESS/COMMUNICATION -------------------------- 2. (SBU) DOES THE GOVERNMENT HAVE A PREPAREDNESS PLAN/STRATEGY FOR PREV [...] | 2005-11-25 16:30:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL CO |
05BOGOTA10990 | NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AND REPARATIONS [...] (C) National Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (CNRR) President Eduardo Pizarro Leongomez briefed Ambassador on November 10 on the commission's positive progress to date. Pizarro was highly encouraged by the support CNNR has received from the international community and the Catholic a [...] | 2005-11-28 15:38:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO |
05BOGOTA10992 | ELN WARMING TO NEGOTIATION OPTIONS, FARC NOT MOVING [...] (C) Summary: On November 21, ELN Spokesperson "Francisco Galan" announced that the ELN was ready to begin establishing peace talks with the Colombian government. Civil society guarantor Alejo Vargas reported optimism that the ELN could be successful in this negotiation effort. At the same tim [...] | 2005-11-28 15:54:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA10993 | CHINA'S LIMITED TIES TO COLOMBIA [...] Summary. Ties between China and Colombia are based on a modest economic relationship with minimal interaction on political issues. The level of Chinese investment in Colombia has been very small compared to other countries, but 2005 will show a slight increase from past levels. China views [...] | 2005-11-28 16:04:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL ETRD ETTC EINV ENRG EAGR EFIN PGOV |
05BOGOTA10999 | COLOMBIA: OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-28 19:40:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA CO |
05BOGOTA11030 | CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY REVIEW [...] (C) Colombia has cut off and reestablished diplomatic relations with Cuba multiple times in the past, the bilateral relationship is currently stable, with Colombia generally exercising a "hands off" policy. 2. (C) Colombia has not been a member of the United Nations Commission on Human Ri [...] | 2005-11-28 16:04:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL |
05BOGOTA11044 | ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (C) Summary. During a two-hour meeting with President Uribe on November 9, ONDCP Director John Walters praised GOC efforts to reduce the supply of cocaine and reviewed ONDCP statistics reflecting U.S. consumption, Colombian cultivation (vs spray levels) and potential production, and Andean po [...] | 2005-11-28 16:04:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR CO |
05BOGOTA11084 | DIALOGUE ON A FRAMEWORK FOR A STRATEGIC DEFENSE [...] (S) Per reftel, Polcouns and DATT initiated dialogue on a framework for a strategic defense relationship with VMOD Andres Penate and COLMIL's General Padilla on November 22, and with MFA Vice Minister Reyes on November 23. The three officials constitute the internal GOC working group on the m [...] | 2005-11-30 15:56:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | MARR MCAP PARM PREL CO US PGOV |
05BOGOTA11115 | COLOMBIA WILL CONSIDER OBSERVERS FOR BOLIVIAN [...] Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to MFA Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean Hector Arenas Neira and Bolivia desk officer Marcela Rodriguez on November 30, stressing the need for additional observers for Bolivia's December 18 general elections. Poloffs noted that the Government of [...] | 2005-12-01 16:46:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL CO |
05BOGOTA11123 | HUMAN RIGHTS DAY ACTIVITIES IN COLOMBIA [...] (U) Per reftel, in honor of Human Rights Day Ambassador Wood will deliver remarks on December 16 at the graduation of 80 public officials from a USAID-sponsored certification course on human rights. 2. (U) Two other organizations will also host events in honor of Human Rights day. On Satu [...] | 2005-12-01 20:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL ODIP PGOV APER KPAO CO |
05BOGOTA11357 | PLAN PATRIOTA PHASE 2B: STATUS REPORT [...] (C) President Uribe relieved Joint Task Force Omega (JTF-O) Commander General Fracica, who was in charge of carrying out Plan Patriota's Phase 2B in Southeastern Colombia, because he had failed to produce concrete results against high value targets (HVTs),Uribe's top security objective. Frac [...] | 2005-12-07 19:08:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PREL PTER MOPS FARC CO |
05BOGOTA11435 | ELN-GOC TALKS HAVE SOME CHANCE OF SUCCESS [...] (C) Summary: The meeting between the GOC and the ELN in Cuba next week is the first formal encounter between them in almost four years and should be considered a breakthrough, but few are optimistic success will come easily. The talks will be exploratory with an open agenda, assisted by Norway [...] | 2005-12-09 22:21:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CO |
05BOGOTA11459 | GUARANTORS BRIEF AMBASSADOR ON GOC-ELN TALKS IN [...] (C) The five "Casa de Paz" initiative guarantors told the Ambassador December 9 they are moderately optimistic about the upcoming GOC-ELN talks in Cuba but have no false illusions. The ELN pushed for December talks when the guarantors would have preferred to wait until late January to prepar [...] | 2005-12-12 17:23:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CO ELN |
05BOGOTA11461 | GUARANTORS BRIEF AMBASSADOR ON GOC-ELN TALKS IN [...] (C) The five "Casa de Paz" initiative guarantors told the Ambassador December 9 they are moderately optimistic about the upcoming GOC-ELN talks in Cuba but have no false illusions. The ELN pushed for December talks when the guarantors would have preferred to wait until late January to prepar [...] | 2005-12-12 17:49:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CO ELN |
05BOGOTA11611 | PRESIDENT URIBE ACCEPTS "INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION" [...] (C) President Uribe announced late on December 13 that the GOC has accepted an "international commission" (representatives from France, Switzerland, and Spain) suggestion to establish a 65 square mile "security zone" in the Valle del Cauca to conduct hostage exchange talks with the FARC. The [...] | 2005-12-14 19:44:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CO FARC |
05BOGOTA11620 | TEXT OF PRESIDENT URIBE AND PEACE COMMISSIONER [...] (U) President Alvaro Uribe Velez and Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo made the following statements at a press conference at the Presidential Palace on December 13, 2005, regarding the decision by the GOC to accept the international commission's proposal to create a 65 square mile "secur [...] | 2005-12-14 23:33:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER CO FARC |
05BOGOTA11743 | SFRC STAFFER MEACHAM DISCUSSES DRUGS, [...] (C) SFRC staffer Carl Meacham discussed GOC counternarcotics efforts, paramilitary demobilization, extradition, and Venezuela with senior GOC figures during his December 11-14 visit to Bogota. (Meacham's meeting with President Alvaro Uribe is reported reftel.) Inspector General Edgardo Maya [...] | 2005-12-19 19:25:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SNAR KCRM CO |
05BOGOTA11783 | ICRC REP ON INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION PROPOSAL FOR [...] (C) RefCoord met with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Delegation Juan Pedro Schaerer December 19. Schaerer (protect) expressed disappointment that the GoC immediately made public its acceptance of an international commission's plan on December 13 (see reftel) to conduc [...] | 2005-12-20 15:08:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS CO FARC |
05BOGOTA11786 | COLOMBIAN CERD CANDIDATE PASTOR ELIAS MURILLO [...] Post provides the following additional information about Pastor Elias Murillo Martinez, Colombian candidate for the Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). 2. The Embassy, particularly the Public Affairs Section (PAS),has collaborated with Pastor Murillo on several cultur [...] | 2005-12-20 16:00:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL PHUM CO |
05BOGOTA11814 | DAS DIRECTOR PENATE MAY RESIGN OVER URIBE REPROACH [...] (C) On December 20, Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS) Director Andres Penate told polcouns that he was upset with President Uribe for excoriating him in public after he tried to correct the record regarding Venezuelan allegations that GOC military officials were working with forme [...] | 2005-12-20 22:51:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | MOPS PINR PREL CO |
05BOGOTA11816 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PARAMILITARY INFLUENCE, [...] (C) On December 17, Minister of Interior and Justice Sabas Pretelt and Prosecutor General Mario Iguaran met with the Ambassador to discuss the Ambassador's December 16 speech in which he urged that Justice and Peace law benefits be withdrawn from paramilitaries who interfered with a free and f [...] | 2005-12-21 15:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO |
05BOGOTA11862 | ICRC CHIEF REVEALS FARC AND ELN CONTACTS ON POLICE [...] (C) International Committee of the Red Cros (ICRC) Colombia Head of Delegation Juan Pedro Schaerer said December 21 the FARC and ELN had called him the previous day to make arrangements to transfer 29 police hostages to ICRC custody. The army located the hostages before the ICRC could finalize [...] | 2005-12-22 16:59:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SNAR CO |
05BOGOTA11926 | GOC-ELN TALKS: CIVIL SOCIETY GUARANTOR PROVIDES [...] (C) One of the five civil society guarantors for the GOC-ELN talks, Moritz Akerman, said December 26 the ELN wanted to end its insurgency and run candidates for mayoral offices in 2007. The ELN would like to participate in the 2006 Congressional and presidential polls but only by "consulting [...] | 2005-12-27 19:00:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CO ELN |
05BOGOTA11959 | MINI-DUBLIN GROUP MEETING HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 14, 2005, representatives from various European countries and the U.S. met to review the Group's annual report on Colombia and to solicit additional information from member countries. The report's main point is that eradication and interdiction numbers for Colombia [...] | 2005-12-28 21:04:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL CO EC |
05BOGOTA11995 | MULTILATERAL STRATEGY ON AERIAL ERADICATION NEAR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. -------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The Government of Ecuador (GOE) has proposed a UN study on the alleged negative health effects associated with the Government of Colombia's (GOC) aerial spraying of glyphosate near Ecuador's northe [...] | 2005-12-29 18:30:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL CO EC OAS UN |
05BOGOTA12023 | SPANISH CHARGE SAYS SPAIN OPPOSED TO MOVING ELN [...] (C) On December 29, Spain's Charge d'affaires in Bogota said it was not prepared to support moving GOC-ELN talks from Cuba to Europe and predicted the talks would have little substantive result before the May 2006 presidential elections. He said Norway and Switzerland, who are "accompanying [...] | 2005-12-30 16:17:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA12024 | SPANISH CHARGE SAYS SPAIN OPPOSED TO MOVING ELN [...] (C) On December 29, Spain's Charge d'affaires in Bogota said it was not prepared to support moving GOC-ELN talks from Cuba to Europe and predicted the talks would have little substantive result before the May 2006 presidential elections. He said Norway and Switzerland, who are "accompanying [...] | 2005-12-30 16:34:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA12031 | PEACE COMMISSIONER RECAPS YEAR-END STATUS WITH [...] (C) On December 28, the Ambassador reviewed all peace processes with Colombian Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo. Regarding the ELN, Restrepo told the Ambassador that he had successfully resisted ELN pressure -- abetted by the French and especially the Norwegian facilitators -- to move [...] | 2005-12-30 19:11:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO |
05BOGOTA1296 | PRESIDENT URIBE MEETS WITH USAID ADMINISTRATOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Uribe expressed his gratitude for U.S. support of Colombia during his February 3 meeting with USAID Administrator Natsios, before the opening of the International Donors Conference on Colombia in Cartagena. In a wide ranging discussion, Uribe reviewed outstanding human [...] | 2005-02-09 18:41:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR EAID CO |
05BOGOTA1297 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH UNODC DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) On February 3, Ambassador met with Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and local UNODC representative Ambassador Sandro Calvani on the margins of the international cooperation meeting in Cartagena. Ambassador expressed concern [...] | 2005-02-09 19:02:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PTER PREL PINR CO |
05BOGOTA1306 | URIBE OPENS CARTAGENA COORDINATION AND [...] Summary: On February 3 in Cartagena, President Uribe addressed representatives of 28 nations and multilateral organizations (still termed the G-24) at the day-long International Coordination and Cooperation Conference for Colombia. Uribe stated that Colombia is not in conflict, but rather a [...] | 2005-02-09 21:53:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PTER KJUS CO |
05BOGOTA1457 | INPUT FOR S TESTIMONY ON COLOMBIAN DEMOBILIZATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-15 19:23:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA1604 | PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, JANUARY, [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia-related activities reported during January, 2005. ---------- DOJ/ICITAP ---------- 2. (U) From January 25-28, the DOJ International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) and U.S. Secret Service (USSS) presented a Fina [...] | 2005-02-18 19:48:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO |
05BOGOTA1706 | PEACE COMMISSIONER'S CONCERNS ABOUT DEMOBILIZATION [...] (C) Summary: On February 17, President Uribe rejected Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo's offer to resign and authorized him to suggest changes to the GOC's draft demobilization law. Restrepo explained to the Ambassador that he fears the current GOC draft law would discourage demobiliza [...] | 2005-02-23 13:30:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM KJUS PREL PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA1728 | U/S GROSSMAN MEETS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS NGOS [...] February 14, 2005, 4:00-5:00 p.m., Ambassador's residence, Bogota 2. Participants: ---- U.S. ---- Marc Grossman, U/S for Political Affairs Ambassador William B. Wood Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Political Counselor Baxter Hunt, P Special Assistant Kiersten Stiansen, notetaker Nohemy Katta [...] | 2005-02-23 18:59:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PTER PINR KJUS EAID CO |
05BOGOTA174 | FACILITATING GOC MEETING WITH UN HIGH COMMISSIONER [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 7 and 8. 2. (C) Summary: Relations between the GOC and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Bogota, in particular with the approach of director Michael Fruhling, remain strained. Per ref a, the GOC views the OHCHR office he [...] | 2005-01-06 21:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CO UNSC |
05BOGOTA1750 | UNDER SECRETARY GROSSMAN MEETS FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Carolina Barco told U/S Grossman on February 14 that the GOC was satisfied with the international donors conference in Cartagena, in particular with USAID Administrator's speech and the NGO declaration. The latter would be a solid foundation on which to deepen GOC [...] | 2005-02-24 12:11:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CO |
05BOGOTA1751 | UNDER SECRETARY GROSSMAN MEETS PRESIDENT URIBE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 14, U/S Grossman and President Uribe discussed the demobilization law, Uribe's preparations for his meeting with President Chavez the following day, securing support from neighboring countries in the fight against narco-terrorism, human rights, and potential GOC counte [...] | 2005-02-24 12:11:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL |
05BOGOTA1775 | ELN PEACE TALK'S ADVANCES AND RETREATS [...] (C): Mexican facilitator for the peace process with the National Liberation Army (ELN) Andres Valencia met with the Ambassador on February 18 to report on progress this year. Although January saw positive commitments by both the ELN and GOC on negotiation pre-requisites (ref a),the process stalle [...] | 2005-02-24 16:09:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER CO MX ELN |
05BOGOTA2306 | GOC PRESENTS NEW DEMOBILIZATION LAW [...] (C) The GOC submitted to Congress on March 4, its revised Law for Justice and Peace, based on input from Peace Commissioner Restrepo, the Deputy Prosecutor General, "Uribista" congressmen, and others. Formal debate began in the Senate and House First Committees on March 8. The draft Law for [...] | 2005-03-09 22:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM KJUS PREL CO |
05BOGOTA2563 | Colombia's First Oral Trial [...] On March 11, the first trial under the new Criminal Procedure Code took place at "Paloquemao", the main local judicial district and courthouse in Bogota. A standing-room only crowd of about 60 people watched this historic event, including television and print media and the Deputy Prosecutor G [...] | 2005-03-17 19:24:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KCRM SNAR PREL CO |
05BOGOTA2564 | UNHCHR RELEASES ITS 2004 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (C) On March 11, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights released its 2004 human rights report on Colombia. The report once again characterized the human rights situation in Colombia as "critical," and noted an increased number of reports of State-sponsored extrajudicial killing [...] | 2005-03-17 19:25:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA2577 | COLOMBIA'S CANDIDACY FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-17 20:59:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC CO UNSC UNGA |
05BOGOTA2649 | CONGRESS PASSES 29 ARTICLES IN DEMOBILIZATION LAW [...] (C) Before pausing for holy week, Congress passed 29 out of 67 articles in the draft Law for Justice and Peace. Disagreement over controversial issues, including confession, alleged extradition loopholes, and reduction of jail sentences for all prisoners remain unresolved. The GOC will propos [...] | 2005-03-22 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KJUS PINR PREL PHUM CO |
05BOGOTA2650 | UNHCHR FRUHLING DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT WITH [...] (C) On March 18, Michael Fruhling, Director of the Colombia Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) briefed the diplomatic community on his recently released report on the human rights situation in Colombia. Fruhling gave a brief overview of the report and rec [...] | 2005-03-22 18:35:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL CO |
05BOGOTA3041 | AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: FEBRUARY 2005 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Following is the February 2005 Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report required by ref A. There were 5167 tracks noted, of which 16 were declared Unidentified, Assumed Suspect (UAS) Tracks, with one Phase III event/Law Enforcement End Game where an aircraft was destroyed and 600 [...] | 2005-04-04 20:10:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA3052 | THE VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES PROCESS IN COLOMBIA [...] Summary. On March 29, Vice President Santos hosted a meeting on the Voluntary Principles (VPs) process in Colombia. Present at the meeting were the Ambassador, members of the National Committee on Voluntary Principles, and representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Presidenci [...] | 2005-04-04 20:47:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ETRD PHUM PREL CO |
05BOGOTA3217 | SCENESETTER FOR CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF [...] (C) With USG assistance, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has made great strides in fighting drug trafficking and terrorism. A nation-wide, multi-phased offensive by the security forces has re-taken key territory from the FARC. The peace process with the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia [...] | 2005-04-07 17:21:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR PTER KJUS PHUM CO |
05BOGOTA3248 | AMBASSADOR COMMENTS ON DEMOBILIZATION LAW [...] (U) On April 7, the Ambassador was quoted in Colombia's leading daily newspaper El Tiempo about the Law for Justice and Peace. He said, "the Law for Peace and Justice is a matter for the Colombian Congress to decide. As we have said in the past, it is crucial that the Congress adopt a law qu [...] | 2005-04-07 20:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER SNAR KJUS PREL CO |
05BOGOTA3286 | PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, MARCH, 2005 [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia activities reported during March, 2005. ------- DOJ/DEA ------- 2. (SBU) To date US $11.3 million has been invested in the purchase of hardware, software, monitoring suites, the vetting process and maintenance for Operation Esperanza, Col [...] | 2005-04-08 19:30:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO |
05BOGOTA3390 | VOA Delegation Strengthens Relations in Colombia [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a visit to Colombia March 15-16, Broadcast Board Governor (BBG) Blanquita Cullum, Voice of America (VOA) Director David Jackson, and VOA Director for Latin America Richard Araujo met with leading Colombian broadcast journalists and news directors to discuss VOA programming and [...] | 2005-04-12 17:41:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA3422 | ZAPATERO VISIT AFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR URIBE [...] (SBU) Summary: Spanish President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's March 31 visit to Bogota, as well as his participation in a March 29 four-party summit in Venezuela, produced positive results diplomatically for the GOC. Zapatero pledged support on the critical issues of terrorism and trade and [...] | 2005-04-13 14:23:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV PINR CO |
05BOGOTA3636 | APIAY DRUG SMUGGLING INCIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 28 cocaine was discovered on a military aircraft arriving at Fort Bliss, Texas from Colombia. After initial investigation three soldiers were detained and returned to the US. Investigation is ongoing. End Summary. 2. (C) On March 28, 2005 law enforcement authoriti [...] | 2005-04-18 14:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL SNAR CO |
05BOGOTA3695 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BURTON'S VISIT TO COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Post welcomes CODEL Burton's visit to Colombia. With USG assistance, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has made great strides in fighting drug trafficking and terrorism. A nation-wide, multi-phased offensive by the security forces has re-taken key territory from the FARC. The peace proce [...] | 2005-04-19 18:50:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CO CODEL |
05BOGOTA371 | PRESIDENT URIBE OFFERS REWARD FOR HOSTAGES AND [...] (U) President Uribe addressed the nation from Serrania del Chiribiquete, Guaviare Department, on New Year's Eve highlighting his plans for 2005, including initiating a bounty hunter price against two FARC leaders, and a reward for the release of 63 hostages. Uribe recognized the efforts of th [...] | 2005-01-14 16:43:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PREL CO FARC |
05BOGOTA3719 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-19 20:17:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM CO |
05BOGOTA3726 | PEACE PROCESS WITH ELN STALLS [...] (C) On April 15, the Ambassador met with Mexican facilitator for the peace process with the National Liberation Army (ELN) Andres Valencia and Mexican Ambassador Chacon. Valencia said the peace process remained stalled due to the ELN's unwillingness to renounce kidnapping during talks. Neverthele [...] | 2005-04-19 20:39:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL CO MX ELN |
05BOGOTA3747 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO COLOMBIA [...] (C) President Uribe and the embassy welcome the visit of Secretary of State Rice with enthusiasm. Current hot topics SIPDIS include: --U.S. support in out years --Demobilization and reinsertion of almost 5,000 paramilitary terrorists and several thousand more expected --Extradition [...] | 2005-04-19 21:38:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CO |
05BOGOTA382 | COLOMBIA: OVERVIEW OF MAJOR POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Although the Uribe Administration can boast important victories in 2004, including Congressional approval of presidential reelection legislation and the introduction of an accusatory criminal justice system, President Uribe's popularity -- which never fell below 65 percent all year [...] | 2005-01-14 19:13:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CO |
05BOGOTA3863 | COLOMBIA COPES WITH CHAVEZ [...] (S) This cable responds to Ref A taskings regarding Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's activities and Colombian responses. 2. (S) Summary: Border incidents, Venezuela's harboring of the FARC and ELN FTOs, and a potential arms race have done much to mobilize opinion leaders against Chavez. [...] | 2005-04-22 15:47:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PREL PTER MARR MASS VE CO PGOV |
05BOGOTA3926 | MININSTER PRETELT DISCUSSES ASSET FORFEITURE, [...] (C) On April 20, Minister of Interior and Justice Sabas Pretelt requested a meeting with the Ambassador to discuss: (1) GOC frustration with U.S. delays in responding to a request for a percentage of assets seized from Colombian drug traffickers by the U.S; (2) paramilitary commanders' complai [...] | 2005-04-25 21:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KJUS PREL PINR PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA3928 | GENERAL MYERS MEETS WITH MOD AND HIGH COMMAND [...] (U) April 10, 2005, Ambassador's residence, Bogota. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- Ambassador William B. Wood Gen Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Mr. Milton K. Drucker (DCM) COL William G. Graves (Defense Attach) COL Simeon Trombitas (Military Assistance [...] | 2005-04-25 21:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC MOPS PREL CO |
05BOGOTA3929 | SENATE HEARING ON VENEZUELAN ARMS PURCHASES: [...] (U) Summary: On April 19, the Senate Second Committee (Defense, Foreign Relations, Trade, and Borders) conducted a public hearing on Venezuelan arms purchases (reftel details the purchases). Foreign Minister Barco and Minister of Defense Uribe were called to testify. Committee Chair Ramiro [...] | 2005-04-25 21:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MASS VE CO PBTS |
05BOGOTA3937 | GENERAL MYERS MEETS WITH GENERAL OSPINA [...] (U) April 10, 2005, National Administrative Center (CAN),Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- General Richard B. Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Ambassador William B. Wood US Defense Attach, Colonel William Graves Military Group Commander, Colonel Sim [...] | 2005-04-25 22:03:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER MOPS PREL CO |
05BOGOTA4050 | SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR [...] (C) The GOC and embassy welcome Under Secretary Feith's visit with enthusiasm. The Bilateral Working Group (BWG) will hold defense policy discussions on policy, modernization, and narcoterrorism. Colombia faces a four front war -- narcos, FARC, ELN, paramilitaries -- and a growing concern ab [...] | 2005-04-28 21:34:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS ASEC PTER PHUM ECON CO |
05BOGOTA41 | PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, DECEMBER, [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia-related activities reported during December, 2004. ---------- DOJ/ICITAP ---------- 2. (U) On December 21, 2004, twenty-one judicial police investigators and forensic experts graduated from the 240-hour Forensic Linguistic Course taken at [...] | 2005-01-04 17:41:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO |
05BOGOTA4101 | FUMIGATION IS WORKING: COM'S RESPONSE IN POLITICAL [...] (U) The Chief of Mission responded to press articles challenging the success of eradication efforts in Colombia, and calling for a change in policy in an article published by leading political weekly Cambio on its April 11-18 issue. 2. (U) BEGIN ARTICLE: "There has been a lot of discussi [...] | 2005-04-29 15:41:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV PTER SENV CO |
05BOGOTA4131 | MOD MEMO ON VENEZUELAN ARMS PURCHASE [...] (C) A week after the Senate Second Committee conducted a public hearing on Venezuelan arms purchases (reftel),an undated memo from the Colombian Defense Ministry responding to congressional inquiries on Venezuelan arms purchases was leaked to the press. The secret memorandum was addressed to [...] | 2005-04-29 22:11:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER MOPS PREL CO |
05BOGOTA4141 | CODEL BURTON MEETS WITH DEFENSE MINISTER AND NAVY [...] (C) CODEL Burton was briefed by Defense Minister Jorge Uribe and Naval Operations Commander Vice Admiral Guillermo Barrera on April 23. Uribe said President Uribe's Democratic Security Strategy was designed to combat drug trafficking and terrorism and provided statistics on growing amounts of [...] | 2005-05-02 15:27:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL SNAR PHUM CO OVIP |
05BOGOTA4146 | CODEL BURTON MEETING WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (C) Summary: During a working lunch with CODEL Burton, President Uribe discussed the successes his government has achieved in security, economics, and the fight against narco-terrorists. He outlined broad, short-term goals in support of his current policies related to demobilization, drug e [...] | 2005-05-02 17:11:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR ETRD CO |
05BOGOTA4204 | GOC URGES SECRETARY RICE TO LIFT TRAVEL ADVISORY [...] (U) On April 27, Commerce Minister Jorge Humberto Botero gave Secretary Rice a document explaining why the USG should lift the travel advisory for parts of Colombia (faxed to WHA/AND). The paper asserted that the travel advisory does not take into account decreases in murder and kidnapping and [...] | 2005-05-03 16:29:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PINS ASEC CO |
05BOGOTA4339 | GOC DELEGATION TO OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] FM Carolina Barco will lead the GOC delegation to the OAS General Assembly in Ft. Lauderdale. Other senior members will include Deputy FM Camilo Reyes and OAS Ambassador Alvaro Tirado. 2. Embassy Bogota lead POC is poloff Tom Keene (alternate: Brian Walch). WOOD [...] | 2005-05-06 20:42:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC CO OAS |
05BOGOTA4342 | FY 2007 COUNTER NARCOTICS AND ANTICRIME ASSISTANCE BUDGET - (REVISED COPY - SEE USAID SECTION - PROMOTE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS) [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-06 21:32:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD CO PREL SNAR MASS |
05BOGOTA4360 | UNDER SECRETARY FEITH MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (C) On May 3, 2005 Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith discussed Colombia's democratic security strategy and concerns about Venezuela with President Alvaro Uribe. Uribe described U.S. assistance as critical to counterterror and counterdrug successes. Feith assured Uribe that [...] | 2005-05-10 14:59:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PREL MOPS ASEC SNAR CO |
05BOGOTA4466 | COLOMBIA: PEACE COMMISSIONER DISCUSSES PROCESS [...] (C) In a May 10 conversation with the Ambassador, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo was pessimistic about re-starting a peace process with the ELN. He expressed concern that Cuba and the other "group of friends" countries continued to communicate with the ELN without GOC authorization, [...] | 2005-05-12 22:43:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KJUS CO PHUH ELN |
05BOGOTA4534 | U.S. SOLDIERS DETAINED IN MELGAR [...] (SBU) This is a summary account of events related to the discovery of U.S. manufacture munitions in a private apartment in Carmen de Apicala, Tolima Department. Although Post has attempted to make this cable accurate, there are still many facts surrounding this incident not yet known. Therefo [...] | 2005-05-13 21:32:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER MOPS PREL CO |
05BOGOTA4541 | PEACE COMMISSIONER DISCUSSES AUC DEMOBILIZATION [...] (C) On May 10, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo discussed with the Ambassador his plans to adopt a divide and conquer strategy to demobilize the rest of the AUC. He explained that the GOC would push for two key points in the Justice and Peace law being considered in Congress: (1) that [...] | 2005-05-13 21:58:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KJUS PHUM PREL SNAR CO AUC |
05BOGOTA4569 | PROPOSED REMINGTON SALE TO INDUMIL INTENDS [...] (U) Post closely examined the proposed sale of Remington munitions components to Industrias Militar (INDUMIL)(reftel). The components would be used for the production of 0.38 spl and 7.65 mm caliber ammunition. INDUMIL officials confirmed that this grade of ammunition is used only for self-de [...] | 2005-05-16 18:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER MOPS PREL CO ETRD |
05BOGOTA4628 | BILATERAL WORKING GROUP JOINT STATEMENT [...] (U) On May 4 to 5, a U.S. delegation led by Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith held a SIPDIS Bilateral Working Group with Colombian military and government officials in Cartagena. During the conference, U/S Feith and Defense Minister Jorge Alberto Uribe signed a joint stat [...] | 2005-05-17 14:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL PTER MOPS CO |
05BOGOTA4649 | COM'S RESPONSE TO EDITORIAL CHALLENGING AERIAL COCA [...] (U) In response to national leading daily El Tiempo's editorial May 16, "Not in the Parks," (Reftel) affirming that aerial eradication in national parks would lead to irreparable environmental and human damages, COM provided the following response published as a letter to the editor in the sa [...] | 2005-05-17 19:09:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA4960 | COLOMBIAN ARMED FORCES CONTINUE TO PRESSURE [...] (C) According to government statistics, operations against self-defense groups have increased by 300 percent, and 9,804 paramilitaries have been captured and 1,125 killed during Uribe's term. In the first four months of 2005 alone, 4,231 have been captured and 1,060 killed. Press reports from [...] | 2005-05-24 20:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER MOPS PREL CO |
05BOGOTA4962 | COLOMBIA: UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: Louise Arbour, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, visited Colombia May 12-14 and briefed the diplomatic community mid-way through her trip, following meetings with senior GOC officials. Arbour and the GOC agreed to set a timetable by the end of June for the GOC to complete i [...] | 2005-05-24 20:32:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CO UN |
05BOGOTA5006 | MEDIA REACTION: ERADICATION [...] Op-ed in national daily El Tiempo (5/24) by environmentalist and priest Andres Hurtado entitled: "Colombia Needs to be Washed with Dirty Glypho-dirty," argues: "Besides poisoning the soil, glyphosate proves that the truth is modifiable and responds to power... Let us not lie to ourselves: g [...] | 2005-05-24 23:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA5060 | PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, APRIL, 2005 [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia activities reported during April, 2005. -------- DOJ/JSRP -------- 2. (U) DOJ continued to provide training and technical assistance through the Justice Sector Reform Program (JSRP),in particular to develop the criminal justice sector dur [...] | 2005-05-25 22:32:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO |
05BOGOTA5105 | COLOMBIAN INTER-FAITH MEETING FOR PEACE [...] (U) On May 19, heads of local religious groups met to launch a collective interfaith effort to help end the conflict in Colombia. The effort will include all major religious groups in the country. Part of the Interfaith Meeting for Peace, launched by His Holiness Pope John Paul II, has also [...] | 2005-05-27 12:02:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM CO PREL |
05BOGOTA5142 | FATHER ECHEVERRI DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESSES [...] (C) On May 26, poloffs met with Father Dario Echeverri (strictly protect),Secretary General of the National Conciliation Commission (CCN),which is authorized by the GOC to reach out to the illegal armed groups with the aim of starting peace talks. The CCN had met with the AUC negotiating te [...] | 2005-05-27 21:36:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PREL CO AUC |
05BOGOTA5143 | KIDNAPPED EU EMPLOYEE NOW FREE [...] (C) Summary: European Union (EU) Delegation employee Carlos Ayala reportedly escaped from captivity on May 23, crossed the border into Venezuela, and made contact with officials there. The next day, EU Delegation Chief in Bogota, Adrianus Koetsenruijter, fielded questions from local and inter [...] | 2005-05-27 21:43:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PTER CO VE EU |
05BOGOTA5167 | POST WELCOMES AUTHORIZATION TO SUPPORT [...] Post welcomes reftel and will use it as authorization to give support to specific aspects of the GOC's demobilization/reintegration program for former AUC members, including: (1) monitoring and evaluation, (2) Reference and Orientation Centers (CROs),and (3) judicial and inter-institutional [...] | 2005-05-31 15:15:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PTER PGOV PREL CO |
05BOGOTA5203 | DEPT OF ENERGY DEPUTY SECRETARY CLAY SELL [...] (C) Summary. The U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy, Clay Sell, met with President Uribe on May 20 during the Colombian Oil and Gas Investment Conference in Cartagena. President Uribe thanked the Deputy Secretary for U.S. support in fighting narcotrafficking and terrorism and asked him to rela [...] | 2005-05-31 19:23:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR ENRG PREL OVIP CO |
05BOGOTA5207 | PLAN PATRIOTA PHASE 2B UPDATE [...] (C) General Fracica took control of the Joint Task Force Omega (JTF-O),responsible for carrying out Plan Patriota's Phase 2B in Southeastern Colombia, in December 2004. Progress in the area of operations was slow in early 2005; changes by Fracica prompted some limited advancements but progres [...] | 2005-05-31 20:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PREL CO FARC |
05BOGOTA5218 | LANDMINE CONCERT RAISES AWARENESS AND MONEY [...] (U) On May 23, the Vice President's office of Landmine Coordination (Observatorio de Minas) and the United Nations Fund for Children (UNICEF) co-sponsored a fund-raising concert to benefit the University Hospital Rehabilitation Center in Bucaramanga, Santander Department. The performance was [...] | 2005-05-31 21:49:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KHDP CO |
05BOGOTA5223 | MEDIA REACTION: FREE TRADE [...] Leading editorial in Medellin-based daily El Colombiano (5/31) entitled: "FTA Is A Priority," notes: "The negotiations on a free trade agreement with the U.S. are entering their final phase. We are starting to hear a few voices expressing a lack of enthusiasm due to an unhurried process, as [...] | 2005-05-31 22:35:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO FTA |
05BOGOTA5287 | COLOMBIA: GROUP OF FRIENDS FOR ELN PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. Norwegian charge Sigurd Endresen provided further details to polcouns about the December 2004 reactivation of the Group of Friends for the ELN peace process and deactivation four months later, as well as about Cuban efforts, via the group, to replace Mexico as facilitator. Endre [...] | 2005-06-01 21:54:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CO ELN |
05BOGOTA5289 | COLOMBIA WILL SUPPORT PAOLO CAROZZA FOR THE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-02 13:24:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM XM CO OAS |
05BOGOTA5310 | DON BERNA TURNS HIMSELF IN [...] (C) Summary: Senior AUC commander Diego Murillo ("Don Berna") turned himself into authorities on May 27 and agreed to demobilize his several thousand paramilitaries. He is being held in a police-controlled confinement area in Cordoba Department, where he will be investigated and tried for the [...] | 2005-06-02 21:53:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER SNAR PHUM PREL KJUS CO AUC |
05BOGOTA5395 | COLOMBIA: SA/LW NEGOTIATIONS ON MARKING AND TRACING [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to MFA Disarmament Coordinator Diana Aguilar June 1. She said Colombia wants uniform standards for marking of weapons and ammunition, but would be flexible regarding a legally binding document. 2. (C) Trafficking in small arms and light weapons is a cruci [...] | 2005-06-03 22:09:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CO MOPS |
05BOGOTA5497 | PRESIDENT URIBE AND COLOMBIA FACE UNCHARTERED [...] (C) For the first time in Colombian history, the sitting President is a potential candidate for re-election. The political landscape is new for the President, the Congress and the public. The script is being written as they go and the disquiet has been evident everywhere. Over the last few [...] | 2005-06-08 20:46:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CO |
05BOGOTA5564 | CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF [...] (C) Concern over potential Cuban support for armed guerrilla groups affects Colombia's cautious Cuba policy. Cuban influence is assumed in the recently failed Mexican-brokered peace talks between the GOC and the National Liberation Army (ELN). Rumors of Cuban-sponsored campaign financing for [...] | 2005-06-10 13:17:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CO UN |
05BOGOTA5565 | CARTAGENA ENERGY CONFERENCE HUGE SUCCESS [...] Summary. Department of Energy Deputy Secretary Clay Sell and Assistant Secretary for International Policy Karen Harbert led a delegation to Cartagena May 19-22 to attend an oil and gas investment conference to promote foreign investment and participation in Colombia's energy sector, primaril [...] | 2005-06-10 13:27:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ENRG PREL OVIP CO EINV |
05BOGOTA5566 | CODEL DAVIS: TERRORISM, DRUGS, FTA IN COLOMBIA [...] (U) Summary. Representative Tom Davis (R-VA),Chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, led a Congressional delegation to Colombia June 1 to June 3. Other Government Reform Committee members included Rep. Candice Miller (R-MI),Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD),and Rep. Carolyn Mal [...] | 2005-06-10 13:58:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD OREP SNAR CO |
05BOGOTA5616 | ELN'S HEROES OF ANORI BLOC DEMOBILIZES [...] (U) Summary: Twenty-nine members of the National Liberation Army (ELN) in Antioquia surrendered to the Colombian Army's Fourth Brigade on June 1 and agreed to demobilize. The ""Heroes and Martyrs of Anori"" became the first ELN members to demobilize in a mass ceremony. Although the desertions wil [...] | 2005-06-13 15:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL MOPS MX CO ELN |
05BOGOTA5752 | COLOMBIA: CODEL DAVIS MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (C) Summary. CODEL Davis met with President Uribe on June 2 during a brief visit to Bogota (septel). CODEL Renzi, on a separate trip, also attended. Uribe thanked the group for U.S. support, outlined the improved security situation, and briefly described Venezuela's approach to the FARC. Uri [...] | 2005-06-16 16:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CO PBTS CODEL |
05BOGOTA5753 | EMBASSY DELIVERS STERN MESSAGE TO GOC ON DON BERNA [...] (C) Summary. Charge delivered message to President Uribe on June 13 and Uribe advisers on June 14 that AUC commander Diego Murillo ("Don Berba") should not be released into the concentration zone for demobilized AUC leaders (as press reports were suggesting),should no longer participate in th [...] | 2005-06-16 16:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PTER CO KJUS AUC |
05BOGOTA5795 | PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, MAY, 2005 [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia activities reported during May, 2005. -------- DOJ/JSRP -------- 2. (U) DOJ continued to provide training and technical assistance through the Justice Sector Reform Program (JSRP). DOJ sponsored a three-week visit to the U.S. for 13 eviden [...] | 2005-06-17 13:56:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO |
05BOGOTA5797 | "Don Berna" Stays in Detention: Extradition [...] (U) Summary. On Monday, June 13 the Office of the Attorney General (Fiscalia) determined that Diego Fernando Murillo Bejarano (a.k.a. "Don Berna") will remain in detention on the farm in Valencia (Cordoba Department). Don Berna will neither be moved to a civilian jail, nor served with any Col [...] | 2005-06-17 13:58:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR CO AUC |
05BOGOTA5880 | AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: MAY 2005 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) This is the May, 2005, Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report required by reftel. There were no Phase I/II/III events during this period. 2. (SBU) In May, 2005, 3,011 tracks were noted over Colombia, of which 37 were declared Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS) aircraft. Five were eventua [...] | 2005-06-21 14:03:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA6057 | FOMER PRESIDENT CLINTON'S COMMENTS ON THE PEACE [...] (U) During former President Clinton's June 22 visit to Colombia, a reporter for national television network Caracol asked him if he supported the peace processes with the paramilitaries and the guerrilla groups. Clinton stated: "Of course, so long as they understand there will be zero toler [...] | 2005-06-24 22:05:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA6089 | "COLOMBIA IS ON THE RIGHT PATH," FORMER PRESIDENT [...] (U) During a half-day visit to Colombia June 22, President Clinton expressed unequivocal support for President Uribe and his policies, as well as for the Colombian people. Speaking to a business and leadership forum (Expogestion) with an audience of over 2,000 people - including President Uri [...] | 2005-06-27 17:55:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA6141 | Proposed FY 2007 Demobilization Assistance [...] (U) Post has requested that a total of $476.753 million in FY2007 Andean Counterdrug Initiative funds be allocated for all Counter Narcotics and Anticrime Assistance programs (Ref A.) In view of the prospect that the GOC will negotiate the demobilization of large numbers of internal combatant [...] | 2005-06-28 19:36:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD PREL EAID SNAR CO |
05BOGOTA6296 | COLOMBIA TO KEEP OPTIONS OPEN ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-01 22:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CO UN |
05BOGOTA6382 | Colombian FM Defends Immunity [...] (U) Summary. On June 27, Colombian Foreign Minister Carolina Barco responded to Inspector General (Procurador) Edgardo Maya's written request to submit for congressional approval the 1974 "Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Colombia and the Government of the United States rela [...] | 2005-07-06 19:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PREL PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA6669 | PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, JUNE, 2005 [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia activities reported during June, 2005. -------- DOJ/JSRP -------- 2. (U) The results of Justice Department and USAID efforts in Bogota to assist Colombia in the conversion to an oral accusatory justice system are continuing to bear fruit. [...] | 2005-07-18 11:39:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO |
05BOGOTA6678 | PEACE COMMISSIONER OPTIMISTIC ON AUC DEMOBILIZATION [...] (C) Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo told the Ambassador on July 11 that dismantlement, security, and justice were key to the peace process's success. He said his responsibility was to deliver AUC members, disarmed and identified, to the justice system and that the Peace and Justice La [...] | 2005-07-18 13:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PTER SNAR PHUM PREL CO AUC |
05BOGOTA6681 | ACCUSATIONS OF COLMIL THIRD BRIGADE FOOD [...] (C) Patricia Dahl, New York affiliate director of Wisconsin-based human rights NGO, Colombia Support Network (CSN),met with the Embassy on June 27 to discuss alleged food confiscations by the Colombian Military Third Brigade against civilian groups in Alta Naya, Cauca Department. Dahl was a [...] | 2005-07-18 14:37:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CO MOPS PTER |
05BOGOTA6682 | VP SANTOS SEEKS ADVICE ON EXPLAINING JUSTICE AND [...] (C) Summary: On July 13, Vice President Francisco Santos sought Ambassador's advice on how to gain support for the Justice and Peace Law while not jeopardizing final AUC demobilizations. The Ambassador urged the GOC to show its seriousness, firmness, and procedural organization immediately. [...] | 2005-07-18 14:47:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PTER PREL PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA6683 | OAS REP ASKS ABOUT DEMOBILIZATION FUTURE [...] (C) On July 8, the Ambassador met with Organization of American States (OAS) Peace Process Verification Coordinators Sergio Caramagna and Claudia Vargas at the latters' request. Caramagna told the Ambassador that he appreciated U.S. Congressional support for the GOC's paramilitary peace proces [...] | 2005-07-18 14:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV EAID CO OAS |
05BOGOTA6710 | CANDIDATES FOR COLOMBIA'S NEW FISCAL GENERAL [...] (U) SUMMARY. ON JULY 7, PRESIDENT URIBE ANNOUNCED THE THREE CANDIDATES TO BE CONSIDERED TO REPLACE THE FISCAL GENERAL (ATTORNEY GENERAL),LUIS CAMILO OSORIO, WHOSE TERM EXPIRES AT THE END OF THE MONTH. THE NEW FISCAL GENERAL WILL TAKE OFFICE ON AUGUST 1. ALL OF THE CANDIDATES ARE FROM THE C [...] | 2005-07-18 21:06:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KJUS CO |
05BOGOTA6847 | GOC EXPLAINS JUSTICE AND PEACE TO DIPLOMATIC CORPS [...] (U) On July 15, Foreign Minister Carolina Barco, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo, and Vice Justice Minister Mario Iguaran presented the Law for Justice and Peace to the diplomatic corps. Iguaran reviewed the law in detail and tried to dispel accusations that it did not encourage full [...] | 2005-07-21 21:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PREL PTER PHUM CO |
05BOGOTA6889 | COLOMBIA: JULY 2005 GALLUP POLL RESULTS [...] (U) The survey found that 71% of respondents feel safer today than they did a year ago, up seven percent (64%) from April 2005. Those disagreeing with the statement decreased from 31% in April to 26% in July. As such, a little over a third of Colombians (36%) feel that public order/security is [...] | 2005-07-22 20:33:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA6914 | SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL [...] (C) President Uribe and the Embassy welcome the visit of Undersecretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns with enthusiasm. Current hot topics include: --U.S. support in out years --Demobilization and reinsertion of almost 6,000 paramilitary terrorists and several thousand more expected [...] | 2005-07-25 14:42:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER SNAR PREL PGOV PHUM CO |
05BOGOTA6950 | INTELLIGENCE CAPACITY DIMINISHED BY LOSS OF FUNDING [...] (S) The loss of the two airborne reconnaissance low (ARL) platforms due to funding constraints will have a critical impact on both U.S. and Colombian intelligence operations. The arrival of the "Shula Dragon" aircraft on July 15 offset requirements, but without either of the ARLs, our intellig [...] | 2005-07-25 19:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO |
05BOGOTA6953 | PRESIDENTIAL COUNSELOR LOZANO MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) On July 22, the Ambassador reiterated to Presidential Chief of Staff Juan Lozano the warning he had given to other GOC officials about the need to demonstrate GOC seriousness about implementing the Justice and Peace Law within the coming weeks. The Ambassador urged the government to make a [...] | 2005-07-25 22:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS PGOV PHUM PTER CO |
05BOGOTA7191 | SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT URIBE'S VISIT TO CRAWFORD [...] (C) President Uribe's visit to Crawford comes at a key moment and will serve as an opportunity to advance several items in our bilateral relationship. Uribe will thank the President for U.S. political support and financial assistance for the counter-drug, counter-terror, and development effort [...] | 2005-07-29 21:35:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ETRD MOPS CO |
05BOGOTA7360 | U/S BURNS DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] (U) July 26, 2005, 6:30-7:30 pm, Ambassador's Residence, Bogota. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- R. Nicholas Burns, U/S for Political Affairs Ambassador William B. Wood Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Political Counselor Cynthia Echeverria, P Special Assistant Brian Walch, POL, notetaker Lui [...] | 2005-08-04 16:19:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS PHUM PTER CO |
05BOGOTA7361 | U/S BURNS MEETS WITH SENIOR GOC OFFICIALS AND [...] (U) July 26, 2005, 8:00-10:30 pm, Ambassador's Residence, Bogota. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- R. Nicholas Burns, U/S for Political Affairs Ambassador William B. Wood DCM Milton K. Drucker Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Political Counselor Cynthia Echeverria, P Special Assistant Brian Wa [...] | 2005-08-04 16:21:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD PHUM CO VE BR SP |
05BOGOTA7401 | GOC THANKS USG FOR SUPPORTING MORENO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-04 22:41:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ODIP CO |
05BOGOTA7402 | U/S BURNS MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (U) July 26, 2005, 4:00-5:30 pm, Casa de Narino, Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. --- R. Nicholas Burns, U/S for Political Affairs Ambassador William B. Wood Cynthia Echeverria, P Special Assistant Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Polcouns (notetaker) Luis Guio, Interpreter Colombia -------- [...] | 2005-08-04 22:44:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO |
05BOGOTA7415 | U/S BURNS MEETS WITH PEACE COMMISSIONER RESTREPO [...] (U) July 27, 2005, 7:00 - 8:30 am, Ambassador's residence, Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- R. Nicholas Burns, U/S for Political Affairs Ambassador William B. Wood Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Political Counselor Cynthia Echeverria, P Special Assistant Sarah LaGier, notetaker Luis Gu [...] | 2005-08-05 13:54:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PHUM PREL SNAR CO |
05BOGOTA7416 | UNDER SECRETARY BURNS MEETS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS NGOS [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) July 26, 2005, 2:30-3:30 pm, Ambassador's Office, Bogota 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- R. Nicholas Burns, U/S for Political Affairs Ambassador William B. Wood Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Political Counse [...] | 2005-08-05 13:54:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PTER PREL PINR KJUS CO |
05BOGOTA7565 | UNHCR REFUGEE REFERRAL FOR FORMER VENEZUELAN AIR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-10 18:14:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL CO VE |
05BOGOTA7590 | NATIONAL CONCILIATION COMMISSION: SLOW PROGRESS [...] (C) On August 8, PolCouns met with Father Dario Echeverri (protect),Secretary General of the National Conciliation Commission (CCN). He predicted the FARC would agree to a humanitarian exchange after the Constitutional Court had ruled on re-election because -- regardless of the ruling -- the [...] | 2005-08-10 20:05:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL CO ELN FARC |
05BOGOTA7602 | AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: JULY 2005 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) This is the July 2005 Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report required by Ref A. There was one Phase II event during this period. 2. (SBU) In July 2005, 4884 tracks were sorted over Colombia, of which 33 were declared Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS) aircraft. Two of those were identif [...] | 2005-08-10 22:11:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA7621 | CONGRESSMAN MEEKS MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE, VICE [...] (C) Summary. Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-NY) met with President Uribe on August 5 toward the end of his seven day visit to Colombia which focused on the Afro-Colombian community and included stops in Bogota, Tumaco, Beunaventura, Cali, Choco and Cartagena (septel). Meeks told Uribe that the [...] | 2005-08-11 18:26:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL CO CODEL |
05BOGOTA7687 | "BOOMERANG AGAINST EXTRADITION:" EL TIEMPO'S [...] Leading national daily El Tiempo's August 12 editorial is highly critical of an extradition bill under consideration by the U.S. Congress. BEGIN TRANSLATION OF THE EDITORIAL: Boomerang Against Extradition "There are times when laws, instead of helping to achieve what they intend to do [...] | 2005-08-12 21:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA7712 | PEACE COMMISSIONER DESCRIBES STATUS OF [...] (C) Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo told Ambassador Wood August 12 that the GOC was making a sincere effort to reach an agreement with the FARC on the terms of a humanitarian exchange, and with the ELN on peace talks, but Restrepo is not confident of the GOC's short term prospects for [...] | 2005-08-16 16:29:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PHUM PREL PGOV SNAR CO FARC ELN |
05BOGOTA7727 | COLOMBIA WANTS IRISH THREE BACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Colombian Foreign Ministry officials say they are in the process of requesting that Ireland extradite three Irish citizens convicted of aiding Colombia's Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas. GOC officials have stressed that, although Ireland does not have an [...] | 2005-08-16 19:34:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PTER PREL EI CO UN FARC |
05BOGOTA7735 | AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: JULY 2005 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) This is the July 2005 Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report required by Ref A. There was one Phase II event during this period. 2. (SBU) In July 2005, 4884 tracks were sorted over Colombia, of which 33 were declared Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS) aircraft. Two of those were identif [...] | 2005-08-16 22:08:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA7840 | AFGHAN VISIT TO COLOMBIA OFFERS NEW CN INSIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: A six-person delegation from the Afghan government visited Colombia to discuss counternarcotics policy and the joint USG-GOC program. The group met with GOC officials and visited an air base to observe Colombia's aerial eradication efforts. The NAS Acting Director organized br [...] | 2005-08-19 14:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA7842 | COLOMBIA'S INTERPOL NOMINATION [...] (U) The GOC has requested via dipnote DPM/CAI No. 41746 dated August 2 U.S. support for Jorge Aurelio Noguera Cotes as Member for the Americas of the International Criminal Police Organization (IOCP-INTERPOL) in elections to take place at the 74th General Assembly of the IOCP in Berlin. (Post [...] | 2005-08-19 14:54:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IO PTER CO |
05BOGOTA8051 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COLEMAN'S VISIT TO COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes CODEL Coleman's visit to Colombia. With USG assistance, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has made great strides in fighting drug trafficking and terrorism. A nation-wide, multi-phased offensive by the security forces has re-taken key territory from the Revolutionar [...] | 2005-08-25 22:22:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CO |
05BOGOTA8122 | HAITI ELECTIONS: COLOMBIA WILL NOT SEND [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-29 17:48:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID HA CO |
05BOGOTA8123 | COLOMBIA WILL SUPPORT MDA/THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-29 17:50:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL IS SZ CO ICRC |
05BOGOTA8156 | COLOMBIA WELCOMES SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH WOMEN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-29 23:04:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KWMN PREL CO UNGA |
05BOGOTA8157 | MEDIA REACTION: DETAINED AMERICAN SERVICEMEN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-30 11:54:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA8174 | MEDIA REACTION: AERIAL ERADICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-30 16:17:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA8181 | COLOMBIA HINTS AT LINK BETWEEN US WHO AND GOC [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-30 17:23:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL KSEP OPDC CO UNESCO |
05BOGOTA8183 | URIBE CALLS TO RESOLVE CASES INVOLVING COLOMBIA'S [...] (U) President Uribe called on Colombia's judicial system to resolve a number of high profile cases involving the country's public forces during a townhall meeting in Cartagena August 27. BEGIN SPEECH EXCERPTS: "I was talking to Attorney General Iguarn yesterday and I told him: `Attorney G [...] | 2005-08-30 19:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA8197 | GOC OFFERS HURRICANE RECOVERY ASSISTANCE [...] On August 30, Vice Minister of Defense Andres Penate offered assistance to the United States in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Penate, as head of civil defense, offered to make available twenty English-speaking personnel from Colombia's disaster assistance force to help with recovery eff [...] | 2005-08-30 21:34:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA8281 | PRESIDENT URIBE REITERATES OFFER OF HURRICANE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-01 21:11:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PGOV KPAO CO |
05BOGOTA8284 | PLAN COLOMBIA MONTHLY HIGHLIGHTS - JULY [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia activities reported during July 2005. --------------------------------------------- ------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE/JUDICIAL SECTOR REFORM PROGRAM --------------------------------------------- ------- 2. (U) The Department of Justice Judicial [...] | 2005-09-01 21:36:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO |
05BOGOTA8292 | ATTORNEY GENERAL MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (U) August 23, 2005, 5:00-6:00 PM, Casa de Narino, Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General Ambassador William B. Wood Jeffrey Taylor, Counselor to the Attorney General Mary Lee Warren, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Thomas Monheim, Associate Dep [...] | 2005-09-01 21:56:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CO |
05BOGOTA8334 | TSUF01: GOC AND PRIVATE OFFERS OF HURRICANE [...] (U) As requested in Ref A, the Embassy has accepted in principle the 20 bilingual members of the Colombian disaster assistance force to help with recovery efforts offered by the GOC in Ref B. The GOC has made additional, but non-specific, offers of assistance as noted in Ref C. 2. (U) The [...] | 2005-09-02 21:03:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON ASEC CASC MARR AMGT AMER |
05BOGOTA8406 | CODEL COLEMAN MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (C) Summary. Senators Coleman and Martinez and Congressman Miller met with President Uribe on August 23 during a brief visit to Bogota. The CODEL told Uribe they had come to thank him personally for his leadership in the fight against drugs and terrorism, and for the vital U.S.-Colombian par [...] | 2005-09-07 16:32:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CO CODEL |
05BOGOTA8454 | FOREIGN MINISTER BARCO AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS [...] (C) Ambassador Wood thanked Foreign Minister Carolina Barco September 7 for the GOC's offers of assistance in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Barco said the GOC could send its 30 disaster relief experts and nutritional powder immediately and is standing by for further instructions from the U. [...] | 2005-09-08 17:48:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID PTER ECON ETRD EAGR KCRM KJUS CO EI |
05BOGOTA8475 | COLOMBIAN AIR FORCE C-26'S [...] Post has received a diplomatic note from the Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs requesting assistance in the use of the two Colombian Air Force C-26 aircraft that were modified by the United States Government (USG) for air interception and surveillance. 2. Funding for these aircraft is [...] | 2005-09-08 22:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA8485 | GENERAL GOMEZ'S REPLACEMENT NAMED [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-09 13:55:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV PREL PTER SNAR CO |
05BOGOTA8495 | SUPREME COURT APPROVES DON BERNA'S EXTRADITION; [...] (C) On September 7, Colombia's Supreme Court approved the U.S. extradition request for paramilitary commander Diego Murillo, AKA "Don Berna," and transmitted the case to the President for his decision. The approval occurred in much less than normal time for such a decision (less than a third o [...] | 2005-09-09 18:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO AUC |
05BOGOTA8516 | SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT URIBE'S VISIT TO [...] (C) President Uribe arrives in Washington September 14-15 for a visit with the legislative branch on the eve of a Constitutional Court decision on his right to seek immediate reelection. The military situation is at a strategic standoff and both the GOC and illegal armed groups appear to be [...] | 2005-09-09 22:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR PHUM MARR ETRD CO |
05BOGOTA8550 | COLOMBIAN PROSECUTOR BEGINS TO IMPLEMENT JUSTICE [...] (C) The GOC has taken important steps to implement the Justice and Peace (J&P) law, but much more needs to be done. The most significant steps so far include the naming of J&P Specialized Unit Chief Luis Gonzalez in the Prosecutor's Office (Fiscalia) and the creation of the National Reconcilia [...] | 2005-09-12 17:30:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PTER PREL PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA8588 | MDA: COLOMBIA REITERATES SUPPORT [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche on September 7 to MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs Ignacio Ruiz. Poloff urged a strong statement at the Geneva consultations, noted the humanitarian goal of the Third Additional Protocol, and stressed that the time was right given the successful Gaza wi [...] | 2005-09-13 00:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL IS SZ CO |
05BOGOTA8602 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH UNHCHR MICHAEL FRUHLING [...] (C) Summary: On September 8, the Ambassador met with United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Director in Colombia Michael Fruhling and his deputy, Amerigo Incalcaterra. Fruhling raised several concerns about the implementation of the Law on Justice and Peace, and about huma [...] | 2005-09-13 21:08:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL PTER CO |
05BOGOTA8605 | MFA INFORMED OF AGREMENT FOR AMBASSADOR PASTRANA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-13 21:39:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP PREL PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA8650 | STAFFDEL GROVE MEETINGS IN BOGOTA [...] (U) Congressional aides Paul Grove and Thomas Hawkins met with Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo on August 30 and representatives of several human rights organizations on August 31 to discuss the paramilitary demobilization process and the Law of Justice and Peace. Restrepo explained th [...] | 2005-09-14 14:59:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER PINR PREL CO |
05BOGOTA8696 | THE FARC'S INTERNATIONAL TENTACLES [...] (C) Summary: The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has outgrown its local roots and should now be characterized as a regional terrorist group with hemispheric reach. Its tentacles reach into many Latin American countries. International law enforcement cooperation has led to the a [...] | 2005-09-15 14:47:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL ASEC CO |
05BOGOTA8702 | COLOMBIA'S CANDIDATE FOR THE COMMITTEE ON THE [...] Post received on September 12 dip note DPM/CAI No. 49215 dated September 6 requesting U.S. support for Pastor Elias Murillo Martinez's candidacy for the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) as well as Murillo's CV (dip note and CV faxed to WHA/AND). Elections will be [...] | 2005-09-15 18:59:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL PHUM CO |
05BOGOTA8768 | LOWER HOUSE PLENARY SESSION TRIES TO FOCUS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The House of Representatives held an historic plenary session September 7-8 on the island of San Andres, the capital of Colombia's smallest Department, San Andres and Providencia. Despite impassioned and nationalistic statements about Nicaraguan incursions into Colombian terr [...] | 2005-09-16 17:48:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON CO |
05BOGOTA8814 | COLOMBIA: SECOND QUARTER PERFORMANCE BODES WELL [...] Summary: The Colombian economy continues to grow steadily, fueled by increased exports, a strong peso, and a low, stable inflation rate. These factors in turn increased investor confidence leading to record levels for the stock exchange and a dramatic increase in private investment. While the [...] | 2005-09-19 16:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EPET PREL PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA8817 | FARC DECLINES GOC PRISONER EXCHANGE, BLAMES GOC [...] (U) On September 16, ANNCOL posted a message from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia ) People's Army (FARC-EP) declining the Colombian government's offer to hold a prisoner exchange in Bolo Azul, Valle del Cauca Department. The FARC reiterated longstanding demands in the communique an [...] | 2005-09-19 17:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV CO FARC |
05BOGOTA8932 | NOTES FROM THE FIELD: CUCUTA, NORTE DE SANTANDER [...] (C) Summary: In Cucuta, capital of Norte de Santander Department along the Venezuelan border, political leaders and opinion makers expressed concern about President Chavez's meddling in Colombia and Latin America in general. But few offered specifics. They said Colombia's Armed Forces are [...] | 2005-09-21 20:47:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD ENRG PTER CO VE |
05BOGOTA9089 | PEACE COMMISSIONER OPPOSES DON BERNA'S EXTRADITION [...] (C) Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo on September 22 told the Ambassador that the GOC is inclined not to extradite Diego Murillo AKA "Don Berna" at the moment because it would endanger future demobilizations and Don Berna remains an important player in ensuring these demobilizations ha [...] | 2005-09-23 22:03:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PTER PREL PGOV CO ELN |
05BOGOTA9235 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-28 22:10:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL UNGA |
05BOGOTA9269 | BOGOTA MAYOR SEEKS CLOSER RELATIONSHIP WITH EMBASSY [...] (C) Ambassador Wood met with Bogota Mayor Luis Eduardo (Lucho) Garzon on September 22, at the Mayor's request. In a wide ranging discussion, Garzon requested more contact with the Ambassador and Embassy staff to improve information sharing, particularly on security issues. He asked for assis [...] | 2005-09-29 21:03:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CO VE FARC |
05BOGOTA9276 | PLAN COLOMBIA MONTHLY HIGHLIGHTS - AUGUST [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia activities reported during August 2005. --------------------------------------------- ------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE/JUDICIAL SECTOR REFORM PROGRAM --------------------------------------------- ------- 2. (U) The Department of Justice Judicia [...] | 2005-09-29 21:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO FARC |
05BOGOTA9301 | CONSERVATIVE PARTY FOCUSES ON WOMEN VOTERS [...] (SBU) The Conservative Party unofficially inaugurated its campaign season with a conference aimed at increasing women's political participation. The event offered data on women's participation in the GOC, as well as criticism of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez by the director of a Venezuelan [...] | 2005-09-30 16:37:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM CO VE |
05BOGOTA9413 | COLOMBIAN TO PARTICIPATE IN AVIAN FLU SENIOR [...] (U) PolOff met with representatives from MFA, the Ministry of Public Health and animal health experts from the Ministry of Agriculture on September 27 to discuss Colombian participation in the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IPAPI) and the Senior Officials Meeting (S [...] | 2005-10-03 21:21:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR ECON PREL SOCI KSCA CO |
05BOGOTA9440 | JUSTICE AND PEACE UNIT OPENS FOR BUSINESS [...] (C) Justice and Peace (J&P) Specialized Unit Chief Luis Gonzalez in the Prosecutor's Office (Fiscalia) told Emboffs September 27 that the unit would be open for business the week of October 3. Gonzalez will have 8 of 20 prosecutors available on October 3; he hopes to appoint remaining members [...] | 2005-10-04 19:40:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PTER PREL PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA9593 | NO CHANGE IN EXTRADITION POLICY FOLLOWING AUC [...] (C) In a 90-minute meeting with Ambassador Wood on October 7, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo described paramilitary leaders as distrustful of President Uribe and scared of extradition, but confirmed GOC extradition policy would remain unchanged following the October 6 AUC statement s [...] | 2005-10-07 21:46:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL KJUS KCRM CO AUC FARC |
05BOGOTA9595 | FORMER PRESIDENT GUTIERREZ TO RETURN TO ECUADOR, [...] (S) Former Ecuadorian president Lucio Gutierrez told poloffs October 5 that he intends to return to Ecuador, perhaps within weeks, and expects to be jailed on his arrival. Gutierrez said he wants to run for president in 2006 and would like the U.S. to ensure that his life is protected while in jail [...] | 2005-10-07 22:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER EC CO |
05BOGOTA9727 | GOC,S EFFORTS TO CLARIFY CNRR,S DUTIES AND [...] (C) President Alvaro Uribe and National Reparation and Reconciliation Commission (CNRR) President Eduardo Pizarro warned during the CNNR's official launch on October 4 that the commission would probably fall short in its efforts to give reparations to all victims. The commission will hold it [...] | 2005-10-13 21:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PTER PREL PGOV CO |
05BOGOTA9759 | TWO TERRORIST ATTACKS IN BOGOTA IN TWO DAYS; [...] (C) Bogota experienced two terrorist incidents in 48 hours. On the evening of October 10, a remote-controlled 50-kilogram explosive device hidden in a parked car was detonated in northern Bogota as Senator German Vargas Lleras's motorcade drove past. Vargas escaped unharmed, but nine Colomb [...] | 2005-10-14 18:38:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER PREL CO FARC PGOV |
05BOGOTA9790 | COLOMBIAN PEACE PROCESS: URGENT REQUEST FOR [...] (U) This is an action request (see para 6). 2. (U) The Government of Colombia (GoC) is currently leading an unprecedented peace process with the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC). More than 18,000 former combatants have laid down their arms since the beginning of the Uribe adm [...] | 2005-10-17 15:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PREL CO OAS |
05BOGOTA9975 | DUTCH FOREIGN MINISTER EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over dinner on October 18, Dutch Foreign Minister Bot said Latin America needed strong regional and multilateral institutions to navigate its future and fortify democratic values. As a Caribbean neighbor, the Netherlands was prepared to help advance this process. The Netherlands [...] | 2005-10-24 12:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR XL XM CO VE NL |
05BRASILIA1017 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF [...] (C) Summary/Action Request. On 12 April Ambassador and PolCouns met for a private lunch at the COM Residence with the Presidency's Civil Household Minister and Presidential Chief of Staff Jose Dirceu, who was accompanied by his international affairs advisor, Ambassador Americo Fontanelles. Di [...] | 2005-04-13 20:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD BR FTAA |
05BRASILIA1018 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH BRAZILIAN CONGRESSIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 12, Ambassador Danilovich met with the new Speaker of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, Severino Cavalcanti, who --in his two months leading the lower house of Congress-- has butted heads with the Lula administration and entertained the press with his untailored style. [...] | 2005-04-13 20:56:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CVIS PINR PREL SOCI BR |
05BRASILIA1044 | BRAZIL: FORMER U.S. AMBASSADORS DISCUSS UN [...] (SBU) Summary. From March 30 to April 1, former Ambassador Thomas Pickering and Ambassador Alec Watson met with former Brazilian Ambassador to the U.S. Rubens Barbosa; former Foreign Minister Luiz Lampreia; Marcelo Vasconcelos and Paulo Alvarenga from the US and Canada Division at the Minist [...] | 2005-04-15 19:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PGOV PREL PTER BR UNSC |
05BRASILIA1081 | BRAZIL: MRE UNDER SECRETARY PEDROSA DISCUSSES [...] (C) On 18 April Ambassador Vera Pedrosa, Foreign Ministry (MRE) Under Secretary for Political Affairs, called Ambassador to the ministry to discuss the 11-12 May South America- Arab Summit in Brasilia. Pedrosa explained that she had "heard indirectly" from other foreign diplomats that the USG [...] | 2005-04-20 20:29:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BR |
05BRASILIA1100 | GUTIERREZ ARRIVES IN BRASILIA [...] (SBU) Ecuador's ex-president Lucio Gutierrez arrived in Brasilia Sunday afternoon, April 24, via Brazilian Air Force 737 and was transferred immediately by helicopter to Brasilia's Military Sector. For the time being, Gutierrez and his family will lodge in officers transit quarters on the ar [...] | 2005-04-25 12:58:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC ECIN BR |
05BRASILIA1130 | BRAZIL: A/S RADEMAKER'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Introduction: Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Stephen G. Rademaker met on 11 April with his Brazilian Foreign Ministry counterpart, Ambassador Antonio Guerreiro, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations (in the MRE structure this includes UN [...] | 2005-04-28 12:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL BR |
05BRASILIA1148 | FARC MAY BE BUYING STOLEN MEDICINE IN BRAZIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Since November 2004, Federal Police in the Brazilian state of Amazonas have been investigating the disappearance of 8,000 bottles of Glucantine, a drug used to treat a parasitic disease common in the Amazon. Last October, locals in Amazonas state found an abandoned boat that c [...] | 2005-04-29 16:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM PTER BR |
05BRASILIA1152 | (CORRECTED COPY) BRAZIL: A/S RADEMAKER'S MEETING [...] (C) Introduction: Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control Stephen G. Rademaker met on 11 April with his Brazilian Foreign Ministry counterpart, Ambassador Antonio Guerreiro, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations (in the MRE structure this includes UN and arms control/non-p [...] | 2005-04-29 16:53:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL BR |
05BRASILIA1164 | AGRARIAN TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN BRAZIL'S PARA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Tensions between small farmers, large landowners and government authorities continue to run high in the Brazilian state of Para, two months after the murder of US citizen nun Dorothy Stang. Five suspects are in custody for Stang's killing. The Brazilian Agriculture Minister rel [...] | 2005-05-02 19:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CASC PHUM PREL SOCI KCRM BR |
05BRASILIA1207 | BRAZIL: Ambassador's Lunch with General Jorge [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-06 15:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | PINR PREL BR US |
05BRASILIA122 | IAEA COMPREHENSIVE SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENTS AND [...] (SBU) Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies (DDS) Division Chief Santiago Mourao confirmed that reftel letter regarding IAEA comprehensive safeguards and the Additional Protocol was provided to Foreign Minister Amorin in December. Mourao acknowledged tha [...] | 2005-01-12 17:36:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP TRGY PREL BR IAEA |
05BRASILIA1229 | ARAB-SOUTH AMERICAN SUMMIT: MISSING HEADS OF STATE [...] (U) On the eve of the Arab-South America Summit in Brasilia, one key point of contention is preventing consensus on the long-running negotiation over a Summit Declaration, according to the local press. On Sunday May 8, senior representatives from the Palestinian Authority and Lebanon, with [...] | 2005-05-10 12:51:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD XR XF |
05BRASILIA1230 | ARAB-SOUTH AMERICA SUMMIT: THE SUMMIT DECLARATION [...] (C) At the final preparatory Ministerial meeting on May 9, a compromise, of sorts, was reached on contentious "terrorism" language for the Summit Declaration, according to press reports. Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim affirmed that the Declaration would condemn terrorism "without a [...] | 2005-05-10 14:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PGOV XR XF |
05BRASILIA1231 | ARAB-SOUTH AMERICAN SUMMIT: BUSTS AND GAFFES [...] (C) The Arab-South American Summit began with a bust, and a gaffe. First the bust. At the opening of the Arab-South America Investment Conference and Business Fair occurring parallel to the Summit, Brazilian Minister of Development, Industry and Trade Luiz Furlan spoke of doubling within tw [...] | 2005-05-10 14:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD XR XF |
05BRASILIA1252 | ARAB-SOUTH AMERICA SUMMIT: BRAZIL LOSES CONTROL [...] (C) SUMMARY and INTRODUCTION: Despite its confident demeanor going into the Arab-South America Summit, the GOB has stumbled in its handling, trying to manage an event involving heads of state when national interests are incongruent. It is proving to be beyond Itamaraty's ability. Perhaps [...] | 2005-05-11 16:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PGOV XR XF |
05BRASILIA1278 | ARAB-SOUTH AMERICA SUMMIT - A NEGATIVE BALANCE FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Arab-South America Summit ended May 11. Unfortunately, for the GOB the reverberations may take longer to subside. The overwhelming consensus among Brazilian opinion-makers is that the event, and its ill-conceived declaration, will not enhance Brazil's image and call into [...] | 2005-05-12 20:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PGOV XR XF |
05BRASILIA1317 | BRAZIL LANDLESS ACTIVISTS STAGE LARGE MARCH IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As part of its continuous campaign for agrarian reform, Brazil's Landless Movement (MST) often schedules a wave of land occupations and other activities in the month of April. But 2005 has been a slow year for MST, and the traditional "Red April" events were delayed and downsi [...] | 2005-05-18 14:29:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI BR PHUM TIP |
05BRASILIA1407 | BRAZIL/US CONGRESS-TO-CONGRESS OUTREACH STRATEGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In recent years, Mission Brazil has worked hard to strengthen institutional links and dialogue between the Brazilian and US Congresses. The overall strategy is to increase contacts and interaction both among Members and staffers based on the expectation of short- and long-term [...] | 2005-05-25 14:11:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAO SCUL BR |
05BRASILIA1444 | Trafficking in Persons LOA for Brazil [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: Our efforts to negotiate a Letter of Agreement (LOA) with the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) concerning the President's Initiative on Trafficking in Persons have made no progress and we do not anticipate movement any time soon. Since the Brazilian impleme [...] | 2005-05-31 13:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAID PGOV PREL PHUM BR TIP |
05BRASILIA1466 | CHAVEZ'S ACTIVITIES IN THE HEMISPHERE - BRAZIL [...] (S) Ref A requested Mission's assessment of the extent and nature of possible Venezuelan Goverment (GOV) and/or "Bolivarian" activities in Brazil, GOB views of same and of Chavez's regime in general. Refs B-H provided extensive information on GOB political views on Chavez, with reporting on [...] | 2005-05-31 18:17:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER BR VZ |
05BRASILIA1471 | BRAZIL REFUSES TERMS OF PROPOSED NOTE ON MILITARY [...] (C) Summary. The GOB has rejected our proposal to grant A and T status to U.S. servicemembers coming to Brazil for the PKO South and Patriot Angel exercises. GOB officials have indicated that a diplomatic note with language similar to that used in the past would be acceptable. End summary. [...] | 2005-05-31 19:55:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS MASS PREL BR POL MIL |
05BRASILIA1479 | ENGAGING GOB ON SITUATION IN HAITI [...] (C) We read with deep concern ref a and b assessments of the deteriorating security situation and endangered political process in Haiti. In light of these trends, we believe it is urgent that we engage directly at senior levels with the GOB, to gather information regarding their current assess [...] | 2005-06-01 19:17:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS BR UNSC |
05BRASILIA1522 | CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY REVIEW [...] (U) Text below is in response to reftel B tasking. 2. (SBU) Brazil has close relations with Cuba and through engagement hopes to spread democratic values to the island. While the GOB is reluctant to criticize publicly the human rights policies of the Castro regime, behind the scenes the [...] | 2005-06-07 13:30:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL BR |
05BRASILIA1544 | BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT AT GLOBAL FORUM VOWS TO CRACK [...] (SBU) Brazilian President Lula da Silva used the occasion of the Fourth Global Forum Against Corruption, being held this week in Brasilia, to announce a firm response to the wave of corruption scandals that has been battering his administration in recent weeks. As noted in reftel, the GoB ha [...] | 2005-06-08 18:37:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCRM SOCI BR |
05BRASILIA1549 | BRAZIL: LULA ENVOY AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS BOLIVIA [...] (C) Introduction: Ambassador and PolCounselor met on 8 June at the residence for a private lunch with President Lula da Silva's Foreign Affairs Advisor, Marco Aurelio Garcia and his deputy, Marcel Biato. Garcia has traveled repeatedly as Lula's "fireman" to Venezuela (he speaks by phone and m [...] | 2005-06-08 21:15:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BR BL |
05BRASILIA1577 | BRAZIL: ENHANCING COOPERATION WITH BRAZIL IN [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 6, Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Africa Division Chief Joao Ignacio Padilha and poloff discussed a number of joint USG/GOB coordination projects in Lusophone Africa. Poloff and Padilha also talked about assistance projects that NGOs and other Brazilian [...] | 2005-06-10 19:51:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL BR AO MZ |
05BRASILIA1578 | BRAZIL: SENIOR GOB OFFICIALS DISCUSS HAITI WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-10 21:12:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BR |
05BRASILIA1602 | BRAZIL SCANDAL - CONGRESSMAN TESTIFIES BEFORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazilian congressman Roberto Jefferson, who is also president of the PTB party (an ally in President Lula's governing coalition),began his testimony before the Chamber of Deputies' Ethics Committee on June 14. He will continue testifying on June 15. Jefferson was summoned b [...] | 2005-06-14 21:15:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KCRM PREL BR |
05BRASILIA1621 | UN REFORM - AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH BRAZILIAN FORMIN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-16 20:28:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNR AORC BR UNSC US |
05BRASILIA1622 | BRAZIL SCANDAL LIKELY TO GET WORSE BEFORE IT GETS [...] (C) SUMMARY. While Brazilian Congressman Roberto Jefferson, in his testimony before the Congressional Ethics Committee this week, did not provide proof to support his charges that senior officials of President Lula's Workers' Party (PT) were involved in a scheme to buy votes in Congress from [...] | 2005-06-16 20:57:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM SOCI PREL BR |
05BRASILIA1631 | BRAZIL SCANDAL: DIRCEU RESIGNS, MORE CABINET MOVES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-17 19:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCRM SOCI PREL BR |
05BRASILIA1660 | LULA'S RIGHT-HAND WOMAN - DILMA ROUSSEFF BECOMES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 21, Brazilian President Lula da Silva named Minister of Mines and Energy Dilma Rousseff to be his new Chief of Staff, replacing Jose Dirceu, who resigned last week amid an unfolding corruption scandal. Rousseff was an opposition militant who was jailed and tortured by [...] | 2005-06-22 15:41:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL ECON BR |
05BRASILIA167 | TERRORIST FINANCE: BRAZIL PRENOTIFIED OF FADHLI [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-19 14:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS |
05BRASILIA1672 | BRAZIL: RESPONSE TO UNCHR REFORM DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On June 22, Poloffs delivered reftel points to Human Rights Division Deputy Director Marcia Ramos at the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Ramos reviewed our points with interest and agreed that the UNCHR was in need of reform. Ramos told Poloffs that the GOB is in favor o [...] | 2005-06-23 13:48:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KUNR BR UNCHR TIP |
05BRASILIA1675 | BRAZIL: RESPONSE TO NEW TEXT FOR PKO SOUTH DIPNOTE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Luisa Lopes, Deputy Director of the Office to Combat Illicit Transnational Activities (COCIT) at the Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Lopes noted that the proposed language was similar to past US/GOB agreements and is in line with agreements betwee [...] | 2005-06-23 18:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS MASS KTIA BR POL MIL |
05BRASILIA1819 | BRAZIL: LULA CONTINUES TO SHUFFLE CABINET AMIDST [...] SUMMARY. On July 6, Brazilian President Lula da Silva announced a long-waited cabinet shuffle, his third. Lula's hand was forced by a series of interlocking and expanding corruption scandals that have engulfed the GoB and paralyzed Congress since mid-May. The current shuffle started on June [...] | 2005-07-08 20:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SOCI ENRG ECPS PREL BR |
05BRASILIA1849 | LULA FACES WORST CRISIS OF HIS PRESIDENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Since mid-May, when a series of interlocking scandals (dubbed the "Postal Service" and the "Big Monthly" scandals) began to unfold in Brazil, President Lula da Silva, his administration, his coalition, and his Workers' Party (PT) have been battered by the gravest political crisis [...] | 2005-07-12 18:37:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
05BRASILIA1851 | UNSCR 1267 SUCCESSOR RESOLUTION: DRAFT TEXT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-12 20:09:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL KTFN UNSC |
05BRASILIA1867 | BRAZIL: CABINET SHUFFLE--PART II [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-13 19:58:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON PINR BR |
05BRASILIA187 | JOSE DIRCEU - LULA'S WING-MAN GETS BACK ON TRACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Jose Dirceu is Chief of Staff and most trusted advisor to Brazilian President Lula da Silva. Dirceu's legendary, if peculiar, biography is a window on Brazil's recent history. His machiavellian political skills and decades of fierce loyalty to Lula and the Workers' Party (PT) [...] | 2005-01-21 13:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON PREL SOCI BR |
05BRASILIA1874 | BRAZIL: LULA'S APPROVAL INCREASES AMIDST [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-14 19:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
05BRASILIA1893 | BRAZIL - DELIVERED LISTING OF PERSONS SUBJECT TO UNSCR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-15 19:17:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL ETTC UNSC |
05BRASILIA1973 | BRAZIL SCANDAL: THE "OFFICIAL STORY" CRUMBLES AS [...] (C) Summary: The scandals (reftels) affecting the government of President Lula da Silva and his PT party reached a serious new level in recent days. Former PT officers implicated in the alleged financial improprieties have now attempted to present suspect financial transfers managed by a pr [...] | 2005-07-22 19:55:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BR |
05BRASILIA1979 | BRAZILIAN CONGRESS INVESTIGATES CORRUPTION [...] SUMMARY. A series of interlocking and expanding corruption scandals (reftels) that have engulfed the Brazilian government and President Lula da Silva's Workers' Party (PT) since May has led to the establishment of three separate, but closely related, Congressional Inquiry Committees (CPIs): [...] | 2005-07-22 20:13:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
05BRASILIA1984 | BRAZIL: CABINET SHUFFLE--PART III [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-26 18:00:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
05BRASILIA2025 | BRAZIL: CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 25-29 [...] (C) SUMMARY. This week saw further developments in the corruption scandals (reftels) that are roiling Brazilian domestic politics: the wife of Marcio Valerio-- the PT's money man in illicit financial schemes at the center of the crisis --testified before the Postal Service Congressional Inqui [...] | 2005-07-29 18:53:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
05BRASILIA2031 | BRAZIL: CABINET SHUFFLE--PART III [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-01 13:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
05BRASILIA2066 | SCENESETTER CABLE FOR VISIT OF A/S DESUTTER [...] (U) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your visit to Brasilia, August 14-16. We are currently working with your staff on the logistical arrangements for your travel. In Brasilia, we have confirmed meetings for you with Foreign Ministry Officials for compliance diplomacy dis [...] | 2005-08-04 17:57:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP PARM PREL BR CWC US |
05BRASILIA2082 | BRAZIL: CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 1-5 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Hearings on the corruption scandals (refs) in the Brazilian government continued this week, as Congressman Jose Dirceu, President Lula da Silva's former Chief of Staff and closest advisor, testified on 2 August before the Chamber's Ethics Committee. Dirceu categorically denied [...] | 2005-08-05 18:30:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
05BRASILIA210 | REGIONAL ISSUES: GOB VIEWS ON VENEZUELA-COLOMBIA [...] (C) Summary: Senior GOB officials told Ambassador and PolCounselor this week that Brazil is prepared to play an informal role in helping mediate a resolution to the Venezuela-Colombia dispute following the rendition of a FARC official from Venezuela to Colombia in recent days. President Lula d [...] | 2005-01-24 15:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BR |
05BRASILIA2146 | SECRETARY SNOW'S AUGUST 1-3 MEETINGS IN BRAZIL - [...] (C) Summary: During his bilateral meetings in Brasilia and the Group for Growth (GfG) session in Rio de Janeiro, U.S. Treasury Secretary Snow emphasized the importance of trade liberalization to increasing productivity and economic growth. Brazilian and U.S. businesses which participated in [...] | 2005-08-12 14:32:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD ECON PREL BR |
05BRASILIA2150 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 8-12 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In one of the most dramatic moments thus far in the continuing corruption scandals (refs a-f) plaguing the Brazilian government, President Lula da Silva's 2002 campaign publicity coordinator Duda Mendonca stated on 12 August before the Postal Service CPI that the Workers' Party [...] | 2005-08-12 17:53:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
05BRASILIA2153 | UNTIMELY CHAVEZ-LULA VISIT [...] (U) On August 11 Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez made a stop-off in Brasilia during a quick tour of South American countries, and called on President Lula da Silva. Over dinner, official releases from the presidency indicate they discussed bilateral relations, focusing on a joint venture betw [...] | 2005-08-12 19:22:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV BR |
05BRASILIA2174 | DEATH OF BRAZILIAN CONGRESSMAN MIGUEL ARRAES [...] (U) SUMMARY. Federal Deputy Miguel Arraes de Alencar, 88, founder of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) and three time state governor, died on August 13 of a pulmonary infection in Recife, Pernambuco state. National president of the PSB and allied with President Lula da Silva's governing coa [...] | 2005-08-16 18:59:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI PREL BR |
05BRASILIA2219 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE: JOSE DIRCEU [...] (C) Introduction: Per refs, Jose Dirceu, formerly the most powerful minister in President Lula da Silva's cabinet and currently a federal deputy subject to possible revocation of his congressional status, is a central figure in the ongoing scandals roiling the government and PT Party. As suc [...] | 2005-08-19 11:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
05BRASILIA2226 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 15-19 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This was a somewhat quiet week in the the corruption scandals (refs) plaguing Brazilian President Lula da Silva's government and the Workers' Party (PT). Two protests, one in support of and one against Lula, took place in Brasilia on 16-17 August. In his testimony before the [...] | 2005-08-19 16:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
05BRASILIA2231 | BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER AMORIM [...] (C) Introduction: Ambassador, accompanied by PolCouns, met on 19 August 2005 with Foreign Minister Celso Amorim and his chief of staff, to review a range of issues (with focus on reftel Haiti demarche) and discuss the Ambassador's departure from Brazil later in the year to assume the Chief Exe [...] | 2005-08-19 17:55:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR BR UNSC US |
05BRASILIA2282 | BRAZIL: A/S DESUTTER'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (U) INTRODUCTION. Assistant Secretary for Verification and Compliance Paula A. DeSutter met on 15 August with Foreign Ministry Officials for compliance diplomacy discussions, led on the Brazilian side by Ambassador Antonio Guerreiro, Assistant Secretary of International Organization Affairs (in [...] | 2005-08-24 19:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP PARM PREL BR CWC |
05BRASILIA2287 | FARC SPOKESMAN ARRESTED IN BRAZIL [...] On August 24, Brazilian Federal Police, in cooperation with Interpol agents in Brazil, arrested Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) "spokesman" Francisco Antonio CADENAS at a Sao Paulo bus station under an international order for his capture. The Colombian government has accused Cade [...] | 2005-08-25 16:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR BR CO |
05BRASILIA229 | BRAZIL: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-25 17:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KDEM KSEP PGOV PHUM PREL BA TIP |
05BRASILIA2305 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 22-26 [...] (U) SUMMARY. During the week of 22-26 August, the ongoing, scandal-driven political crisis shaking the Lula da Silva government and PT party (refs) was augmented by the new corruption allegations against Finance Minister Antonio Palocci (refs I and J). Political reactions to Palocci's 21 Aug [...] | 2005-08-29 11:52:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
05BRASILIA2317 | BRAZIL: CHINESE ACTIVITIES IN LATIN AMERICA AND [...] (C) In response to reftel request, post provides the following information regarding Chinese activities in Brazil. Economic, trade, investment, and science and technology information will be provided septel. Ref B outlines recent developments on environmental cooperation between China and Br [...] | 2005-08-29 19:00:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAIR MARR CH BR |
05BRASILIA2318 | SENIOR PRIVATE BANKER ON BRAZIL'S POLITICAL SCANDAL [...] (C) Summary: In an August 23 conversation with Econoff, Banco Itau Executive Director Sergio Werlang, a leading financial markets expert and senior figure in Brazil's second largest private bank, dismissed market fears that Brazil's overall economic policy would change even if Finance Minister [...] | 2005-08-29 19:22:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EFIN PREL |
05BRASILIA233 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by PolCounselor, met on 24 January with Marcos Aurelio Garcia, Senior Foreign Affairs Advisor to President Lula da Silva. Garcia had just returned from a weekend meeting in Caracas with President Chavez and provided a briefing on Brazil's efforts to facilitate a re [...] | 2005-01-26 11:00:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BR |
05BRASILIA2339 | BRAZIL ON COMBATING WMD PROLIFERATION VIA [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Gustavo Rodrigues of COAF (Brazil's financial intelligence unit),Luiza Lopes da Silva of the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE's) Office for the Combat of Illicit Transnational Activities and Santiago Morao of the MRE's Disarmament and Sensitive Techno [...] | 2005-09-02 12:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC KTFN EFIN |
05BRASILIA2348 | BRAZIL - CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 29 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A joint report by the two lead congressional committees investigating Brazil's interlocking corruption scandals (refs) this week recommended the expulsion from Brazil's congress of 17 legislators on suspicion of taking bribes for votes from a PT party affiliated money man, and a [...] | 2005-09-02 20:49:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
05BRASILIA2367 | CHINESE ECONOMIC INVOLVEMENT IN BRAZIL -- LARGELY [...] (SBU) Summary: China's involvement in Brazil's economy primarily is trade-driven. Despite the fanfare and the billion dollar-price-tag investment projects trumpeted during President Hu Jintao's November 11, 2004 visit to Brazil, Chinese investment remains a tiny fraction of FDI in Brazil. By [...] | 2005-09-08 18:50:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ETRD EINV EAGR PHUM |
05BRASILIA2384 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF [...] (SBU) President of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies (U.S. House Speaker equivalent) Severino Cavalcanti is in danger of removal from his position, as bribery allegations against him appearing in weekend newspapers became seemingly irrefutable this week in the face of testimony by witnesses a [...] | 2005-09-09 17:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
05BRASILIA2387 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL: A GUIDE TO IMPEACHMENT [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: Per refs, over the past three months the political crisis in Brazil caused by interlocking corruption scandals has led to public discussion of the question of presidential impeachment. In a 4 September interview in &O Estado do Sao Paulo,8 Brazilian Supreme Court President [...] | 2005-09-09 19:09:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
05BRASILIA2404 | DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN THE UN HIGH LEVEL GENERAL [...] EmbOff delivered reftel non-paper to Antonio Jose Ferreira Simoes, Senior Economic Advisor to the Minister and Head of the Foreign Ministry's office for Diplomatic Planning. We will report septel should we receive any relevant response. CHICOLA [...] | 2005-09-12 19:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECIN PREL UNGA |
05BRASILIA2457 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 12-16 [...] (C) INTRODUCTION. In two important developments this week in the continuing political scandals affecting Brazil's congress, President Lula da Silva's administration and the PT party (refs),Brazil's Chamber of Deputies (lower house) formally expelled Federal Deputy Roberto Jefferson, whose a [...] | 2005-09-16 18:37:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
05BRASILIA2539 | BRAZIL - CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 19-23 [...] (SBU) Summary. Chamber of Deputies President Severino Cavalcanti resigned both his position and his mandate this week in disgrace in the face of corruption allegations, the first Chamber leader to fall in such circumstances in Brazil's history. The resignation sets the stage for a succession [...] | 2005-09-23 13:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
05BRASILIA2601 | STAINED VICTORY: LULA'S MAN WINS THE CHAMBER [...] (C) Summary. In an extremely close race on 28 September, Aldo Rebelo, a communist party legislator with close ties to President Lula Inacio da Silva, won the Presidency of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house in Brazil's congress. Lula's government pulled out all the stops to win votes for [...] | 2005-09-29 18:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BR |
05BRASILIA2619 | BRAZILIAN PARTICIPANT IN THE SENIOR OFFICIALS [...] Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, head of the Brazilian Ministry of Health Infectious Disease section will be attending the IPAPI Senior Officials meeting on October 6 and 7. Dr. Barbosa's contact information is as follows: Phone (55- 61) 3224-8861/3226-1216, Cell: (55-61) 9970-0880, Fax (55-61) 3223-1168 [...] | 2005-09-30 19:51:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI WHO FAO OIE |
05BRASILIA2628 | SCENESETTER CABLE FOR VISIT OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your planned October 5 to 7 visit to Brasilia. Ambassador Danilovich will meet you upon arrival the evening of October 5. The next day, we have scheduled meetings for you with Foreign Minister Amorim, Finance Minister Palocci, Presid [...] | 2005-09-30 20:18:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL ECON PGOV ETRD BR US |
05BRASILIA2652 | ADDITIONAL INFO ON BRAZILIAN PARTICIPANT IN THE [...] Per reftel, additional information for Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, Brazilian participant in the IPAPI Senior Officials meeting on October 6 and 7 is as follows: Brazilian Official Passport SA167908, issued March 31, 2003; Date of Birth: May 16, 1957. DANILOVICH [...] | 2005-10-05 11:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI WHO FAO OIE |
05BRASILIA2658 | SOUTH AMERICAN SUMMIT: NOT MUCH ADO ABOUT NOT MUCH [...] (SBU) Summary: The first summit meeting of the Community of South American Nations (CASA) provided a forum for Venezuelan President Chavez to blast the United States and call into question CASA's very nature, as well as for Brazilian President Lula to criticize his Argentine counterpart, but [...] | 2005-10-05 17:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EINV PHUM BR |
05BRASILIA2672 | BRAZIL AND USG SIGN MARITIME TRANSPORT AGREEMENT [...] Summary. On September 30, after several years of negotiation, Brazil and the USG signed a Maritime Transport Agreement in Washington, DC. The agreement still must be ratified by the Brazilian Congress, which we do not anticipate will happen in the near-term. The signing was, nevertheless, o [...] | 2005-10-06 18:52:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ETRD PHSA PREL ASEC |
05BRASILIA2675 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Secretary of State Zoellick, accompanied by Ambassador Danilovich and delegation, met on 6 October with Marco Aurelio Garcia, International Affairs Advisor to President Lula da Silva. Garcia has often served as Lula's special envoy for crisis situations in the region, and [...] | 2005-10-07 13:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BR OVIP ZOELLICK ROBERT US |
05BRASILIA2676 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S OCTOBER 6 MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Zoellick told FM Amorim October 6 that the international community needs to engage strongly in Bolivia during the elections to guarantee transparency, and must remain engaged following elections to guarantee some degree of governability. Amorim urged U.S. flexib [...] | 2005-10-07 14:29:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS ETRD PHUM BR US |
05BRASILIA2681 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETINGS WITH BRAZILIAN SENATOR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-07 14:57:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ETRD ECON BR OVIP ZOELLICK ROBERT US |
05BRASILIA2682 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S ROUNDTABLE WITH BRAZILIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-07 14:58:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD ECON BR OVIP ZOELLICK ROBERT US |
05BRASILIA2684 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH BRAZILIAN FINANCE [...] October 6, 2005, 5:00 P.M., Finance Ministry, Brasilia, Brazil. 2. Participants: United States: The Deputy Secretary Tom Shannon, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor for Western Hemisphere Affairs Ambassador John Danilovich Phillip Chicola, Deputy Chief of Mission C [...] | 2005-10-07 16:47:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ETRD ECON |
05BRASILIA2687 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE: WEEK OF 3-7 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-07 19:29:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BR |
05BRASILIA2692 | BRAZIL'S LANDLESS MOVEMENT INVADES AMERICAN-OWNED [...] (U) Summary. Between three and five hundred members of Brazil's Landless Movement (MST) invaded AgroReservas do Brazil, an American-owned farm management company based out of Utah, as part of its "Red September" offensive, launched during the week of September 26. The MST's actions are aimed [...] | 2005-10-11 13:04:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI BR TIP |
05BRASILIA2709 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 72U [...] (SBU) EmbOff delivered reftel designation of seven names (List 72U) to Luisa Lopes da Silva of the Foreign Ministry's office for the Combat of Illicit International Activities and to Jaime Freitas of Brazil's Financial Intelligence Unit (COAF). Freitas undertook to search COAF's databases and [...] | 2005-10-11 18:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER PREL KVPR |
05BRASILIA2758 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 10-14 [...] (U) SUMMARY. On October 12, the Brazilian Civilian Police found the body of Carlos Delmonte Printes, the medical examiner who initially determined that Santo Andre's PT Mayor Celso Daniel had been tortured before being shot dead in early 2002. Printes' death marked the seventh among persons [...] | 2005-10-14 20:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
05BRASILIA2767 | BRAZIL: REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE FOR [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph four for action request. 2. (U) On October 13, poloff delivered reftel talking points to Marcelo Bohlke at Brazil's Ministry of External Relations United Nations Division (DNU). Poloff also provided points to Marcia Ramos at the Ministry's [...] | 2005-10-17 18:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER PHUM PREF PINR BR TIP |
05BRASILIA2798 | BRAZIL'S RESPONSE TO U.S. PROPOSALS TO ENABLE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche October 18 to Acting Director Jandyr Santos of the Foreign Ministry's Disarmament Division. Calling the briefing very timely given the ongoing Nuclear Supplier's Group (NSG) meeting in Vienna -- where Division Director Santiago Mourao is heading the Brazil [...] | 2005-10-19 18:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP BR IN |
05BRASILIA2821 | BRAZIL: UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION [...] (SBU) On October 20, the day of the UNESCO vote on the Cultural Diversity Convention, FCS Deputy Senior Commercial Officer spoke with the Brazilian Ministry of Trade's International Relations Director. Our contact said that upon receiving Secretary Gutierrez's letter, Trade Minister Furlan [...] | 2005-10-24 11:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD OPDC PREL UNESCO |
05BRASILIA2902 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 24-28 [...] SUMMARY. The Lula government's hopes that the political crisis of the past five months will abate before the onset of next year's campaign season were dampened by the week's events, which suggest scandal investigations will roil on for the foreseeable future. Delays in the final judgment on [...] | 2005-10-28 19:08:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
05BRASILIA2951 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 30 [...] (U) INTRODUCTION. A number of significant developments have emerged this week in investigations on the corruption scandals battering the Lula's administration and contention with the opposition has increased markedly. The highlights are listed below. END INTRODUCTION. CORRUPTION SCHEME WA [...] | 2005-11-04 13:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
05BRASILIA3001 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 07-11 [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION. There have been a number of developments in different venues this week. Overall, the various corruption scandals are merging into an increasingly contentious, across-the-board struggle between the Lula government and its opposition in the run-up to next year's general elect [...] | 2005-11-10 17:32:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
05BRASILIA3008 | BRAZIL - FINANCE MINISTER PALOCCI UNDER FIRE [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Brazil's Finance Minister, Antonio Palocci, considered by many the anchor of GoB economic policy, has been coming under increasing fire in recent days as new allegations have surfaced that he had a role in illegal fund-raising activities by the ruling PT party and kn [...] | 2005-11-14 12:13:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | ECON PGOV PREL EFIN BR CU |
05BRASILIA303 | BRAZIL: STATEMENTS ON TERRORISM AT CARTAGENA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-02 13:28:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC PREL PGOV PTER SNAR ECON BR CO |
05BRASILIA3043 | BRAZIL - FINANCE MINISTER PALOCCI'S 11/16 [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Antonio Palocci categorically denied accusations of corruption during his tenure as mayor of the city of Riberao Preto and of illegal financing of President Lula's 2002 presidential campaign (including an alleged $3 million contribution from the Government of Cu [...] | 2005-11-18 13:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN PREL BR CU |
05BRASILIA3051 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 14-18 [...] INTRODUCTION. On Monday, November 14, the political crisis that has engulfed the Lula administration and hindered the work of the Brazilian Congress reached the six-month mark. From the day a Postal Service employee was caught receiving bribes in the name of a federal deputy, various corrup [...] | 2005-11-18 19:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
05BRASILIA3060 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ASG PRENOTIFICATION - BRAZIL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-21 16:44:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC RP BR |
05BRASILIA3092 | BRAZIL - FINANCE MINISTER PALOCCI ON SOMEWHAT [...] (SBU) Summary: After another marathon session in front of one of Congress' economic oversight committees, Finance Minister Antonio Palocci appears to have solidified his political position, allowing him some temporary respite from the political and scandal-related crossfire he has been receivi [...] | 2005-11-23 17:27:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN PREL BR CU |
05BRASILIA3106 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 21-25 [...] SUMMARY. The long-awaited dismissal of Deputy Jose Dirceu from the House of Deputies was delayed again, and it is now at least plausible that he may not be dismissed at all. After receiving a favorable decision from the Constitution and Justice Committee that postponed one more time the fin [...] | 2005-11-25 18:44:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
05BRASILIA311 | U.S.-BRAZIL DEFENSE COOPERATION AGREEMENT (DCA), [...] (SBU) On January 31, Ministry of Defense (MOD) provided Mission with a draft of a proposed bilateral defense cooperation accord. According to MOD contacts, Defense Minister/Vice President Jose Alencar supports the draft document. Within MOD, enthusiasm for upcoming SecDef visit is reportedl [...] | 2005-02-03 14:56:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PREL BR ASPA POL MIL |
05BRASILIA3116 | BRAZILIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELAN ARMS [...] (S) Foreign Ministry Undersecretary-General for Cooperation and Brazilian Communities Abroad Ruy Nunes Pinto Nogueira called the Charge to the Foreign Ministry November 28 to respond to the demarche delivered by then Charge Chicola on November 22 concerning the new U.S. policy concerning arms [...] | 2005-11-28 20:18:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS PARM BR VE |
05BRASILIA3124 | BRAZIL: IAEA/IRAN NOVEMBER 24 IAEA BOARD MEETING [...] (C) Embassy presented reftel demarche November 28 to Santiago Mourao, director of the Foreign Ministry's Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies Division. Mourao said the GOB had maintained frequent contact with the EU3 on the issue and had also had two recent discussions of the issue with th [...] | 2005-11-29 18:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL AORC BR IR IAEA |
05BRASILIA3125 | BRAZIL DEMARCHE ON U/S BURNS & U/S JOSEPH SFRC [...] (C) Embassy presented the text of the testimonies of U/S Burns and Joseph November 28 to Santiago Mourao, Director of the Foreign Ministry's Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies Division. Mourao said he had seen references to the testimony of the two Undersecretaries and looked forward to [...] | 2005-11-29 18:44:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL IN BR US |
05BRASILIA3130 | SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT - [...] (C) Brazil enjoys a close relationship with Cuba and the GoB has refused to criticize directly the Castro regime's human rights policies. In a rare public statement on Cuba in April 2005, President Lula implied criticism of Castro when he told the press that "Brazil can help build a democratic [...] | 2005-11-30 12:40:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL BR CU |
05BRASILIA3134 | BRAZIL: MONITORS FOR BOLIVIAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) On 29 November PolCounselor delivered reftel demarche to Clemente Baena Soares, Andean Division Chief at the Ministry for External Relations. (Note: Per ref request, PolCouns attempted to inform and coordinate with Bolivian Embassy regarding the demarche, but Bolivian diplomats did not re [...] | 2005-11-30 16:19:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV BR BO |
05BRASILIA3141 | BRAZIL SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF 3+1 DELEGATION [...] (C) The Plenary Meeting of the 3 1 will provide an important benchmark for Brazil's willingness to increase cooperation with the United States on Counterterrorism, something the GOB has been reluctant to do. We do not expect a significant change in the GOB's position, which places great impor [...] | 2005-11-30 19:12:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV ECON BR US |
05BRASILIA3150 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 28 [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of 30 November the Brazilian congress's Chamber of Deputies (lower house) voted to "cassar" (ban from office or impeach) congressman Jose Dirceu -- until a few months ago, arguably the most powerful minister in President Lula da Silva's government and the main lead [...] | 2005-12-01 19:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
05BRASILIA3185 | CODEL HYDE DISCUSSES FTAA, CORRUPTION SCANDAL WITH [...] Summary. Brazilian Congressional representatives told CODEL Hyde December 2 that they would like to see an increase in dialogue between the U.S. and Brazilian legislatures on important topics like the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). One representative said Brazil's recent corruption [...] | 2005-12-05 17:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON BR FTAA ETRO US |
05BRASILIA3216 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 05-09 [...] SUMMARY. This was a quiet week in investigations of the scandals in the GOB and PT party (refs). Congressional investigation committees (CPIs) probed allegations of irregular payments by the PT to a textile firm owned by Vice President Alencar, but did not link these charges to the broad fin [...] | 2005-12-09 10:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
05BRASILIA325 | MISSION COMMENTS: MINISTRY OF DEFENSE DRAFT [...] (C) After initial review of the Ministry of Defense (MOD) draft accord (reftel),Mission believes the Brazilian document is an excellent launching point for negotiation of a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA). While the MOD version is bare-bones, it also provides a strong negotiating found [...] | 2005-02-04 13:09:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MASS PREL BR ASPA |
05BRASILIA3252 | NODEL ENGLISH BRAZIL MEETINGS [...] (U) Summary: A congressional delegation led by Congressman Phil English, coordinator of the U.S. House of Representatives' Brazil Caucus, met on December 1 in Brasilia with Chamber of Deputies President Aldo Rebelo, Minister of Development, Industry and Trade Furlan and participated in a dial [...] | 2005-12-13 18:51:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL PGOV OREP KIPR BR |
05BRASILIA3255 | BRAZIL: POC FOR MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANK [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-14 16:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON PREL BR |
05BRASILIA3285 | BRAZIL: BOLIVIA ELECTION DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) PolCouns spoke with senior Brazilian Government (GOB) contacts in the foreign ministry (MRE) and Presidency on 15 December to check on the GOB's preparations for the 18 December election in Bolivia. They noted the following: 2. (SBU) Marcel Biato, deputy foreign affairs advisor to Pr [...] | 2005-12-16 15:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BR |
05BRASILIA3324 | TERRORISM FINANCE - ASG INDIVIDUALS - JOINT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-22 11:27:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN ETTC PTER PREL BR |
05BRASILIA3346 | BRAZIL AND THE PARIS CLUB - PREPAYMENT OR [...] (SBU) The Finance Ministry's Strategic Debt Planning Coordinator, Anderson Silva, confirmed to Emboff December 21 that the Finance Ministry is studying a proposal to pay off all of its Paris Club (PC) debt in 2006. According to Silva, no final decision has yet been made despite press reports [...] | 2005-12-22 13:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON SENV PREL BR |
05BRASILIA3382 | BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEKS OF 19-29 [...] (U) Introduction: A controversial decision to call an extraordinary session of Brazil's congress during the traditional holiday recess facilitated the continued investigation of Brazil's interlocking political scandals, now approaching their seven month in the headlines (ref). Prime developme [...] | 2005-12-29 17:48:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
05BRASILIA369 | Murder of AmCit Dorothy Mae Stang [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. 2. (U) Summary. US citizen and Catholic nun Dorothy Mae Stang was murdered in the northern Brazilian state of Para February 12. She was an advocate for the landless and had been involved in land disputes with powerful landlords. Brazilian sta [...] | 2005-02-14 17:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PGOV PREL BR TIP |
05BRASILIA373 | SCENESETTER CABLE FOR VISIT OF CODEL BLUNT [...] The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your visit to Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro, and Sao Paulo, February 22-23 and February 25-28. As requested reftel, Mission grants courtesy country clearance for your travel. (Threat assessment to be sent septel.) Overall Mission Control Office [...] | 2005-02-14 18:22:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP ETRD PREL BR |
05BRASILIA388 | BRAZIL: GOB REQUESTS USG "BEST EFFORTS" TO [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by PolCouns, Consul General and Special Assistant, met on 15 February with Ambassador Ruy Nogueira, Foreign Ministry (MRE) Under Secretary for Cooperation and Brazilian Overseas Communities, at Nogueira's request. Nogueira, whose regular portfolio focuses on consul [...] | 2005-02-16 09:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS BR |
05BRASILIA406 | BRAZIL - RATIFYING THE 1999 MONTREAL CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-16 17:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PREL BR ARAS |
05BRASILIA415 | LULA IN CARACAS -- PARSING A "STRATEGIC ALLIANCE" [...] (C) Summary: President Lula da Silva's state visit to Venezuela this week saw declarations and a formal statement by Lula and President Chavez announcing formation of a "strategic alliance." In practice, this seems to translate to enhanced cooperation in integration and development aimed at i [...] | 2005-02-16 19:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR BR |
05BRASILIA437 | Update on Murder of AmCit Dorothy Mae Stang [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. 2. (SBU) Summary. Warrants for the arrests of three individuals for the murder of Amcit Dorothy Mae Stang have been issued; the suspects are still at large. Violence continues in the region, with the murder of the leader of a landless community. [...] | 2005-02-18 15:28:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PGOV PREL BR TIP |
05BRASILIA451 | DEMARCHE ON MERCURY ISSUE AT UNEP [...] EST Counselor provided REFTEL demarche points to Andre Correa do Lago, Head of the Division of Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Feb. 10. As outlined in email, Correa do Lago said the GOB would like to consider the opinions of other countr [...] | 2005-02-22 12:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV AORC ETRD PREL BR |
05BRASILIA464 | THREE SUSPECTS IN CUSTODY IN STANG MURDER, BUT [...] (C) By February 22, police had arrested three of the four suspects in the February 12 murder of US missionary Dorothy Stang in Para state in northern Brazil. Both alleged gunman plus the middleman who hired them are now in custody. The fourth suspect, the landowner who is the alleged mastermind of [...] | 2005-02-22 20:18:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | BR CASC KCRM PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI TIP |
05BRASILIA516 | BRAZIL: RAISING IRAN AT THE 28 FEBRUARY IAES BOG [...] (C) Per reftel, on 24 February PolCouns provided to the Foreign Ministry (MRE) Disarmament and Sensitive Technoligy Division Chief Santiago Mourao the USG position paper on the IAEA BOG meeting scheduled for 28 February to review developments in the agency's investigation of Iran since Novembe [...] | 2005-02-28 14:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL BR IAEA POL MIL |
05BRASILIA532 | BRAZILIAN HUMAN RIGHTS SECRETARIAT SPEAKS ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. On February 23, Poloff met with Perly Cipriano, Under Secretary for Human Rights Promotion at the Brazilian Secretariat for Human Rights, to discuss the Dorothy Stang murder case (reftels A, B, and C). During the meeting, Poloff and Cipriano discussed Stang's refusal to accept p [...] | 2005-03-01 16:56:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CASC PHUM PREL SOCI KCRM BR TIP |
05BRASILIA542 | BRAZILIAN RESPONSE TO ARGENTINE PRELIMINARY PAPER ON [...] Emboff delivered reftel non-paper to Brazilian Deputy Summit of the Americas Coordinator Afonso Sena Cardoso in a February 24 meeting. Cardoso welcomed the U.S. comments on the Argentine paper and reciprocated in kind, handing us a non- paper with GoB observations on the Argentine paper (tra [...] | 2005-03-01 19:24:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON ELAB ETRD KSUM AR BR |
05BRASILIA564 | ISRAELI EMBASSY FOCUSED ON ARAB-SOUTH AMERICAN [...] (C) In March 1 discussion with Poloff, Embassy of Israel Minister Counselor Eitan Surkis reiterated the GOI'S concerns with Summit preparations and Brazil's Summit-related diplomacy to date. Although the Embassy had already met with the head of the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Middle [...] | 2005-03-02 16:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PTER KSUM XF XM BR |
05BRASILIA573 | BRAZILIAN CONGRESS PASSES BIOSAFETY LAW -- VICTORY [...] SUMMARY. On March 2, the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies overwhelmingly passed the Biosafety Law that regulates biotechnology crops and stem cell research. After a year and a half and competing versions in Congress, this was the final vote, and President Lula is expected to sign it into law qu [...] | 2005-03-03 16:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAGR ECON PREL TSPL SOCI BR |
05BRASILIA574 | BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S DEMARCHE ON ARAB SUMMIT AND [...] (C) Ambassador delivered ref A demarche late on 2 March to Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, chief of staff to Foreign Minister Amorim. (Note: Ambassador had planned to demarche Acting FM Guimaraes, but the meeting was postponed by Guimaraes until 8 March; Ambassador will reiterate key re [...] | 2005-03-03 17:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KSUM XF XM BR |
05BRASILIA581 | Brother of Murdered Nun Pushes for [...] (SBU) Summary. David Stang, brother of murdered US citizen nun Dorothy Stang, visiting Brazil this week, told Ambassador Danilovich that while pleased with GoB reaction to his sister's death he believed it important that the Brazilian federal government take over from the state authorities the [...] | 2005-03-03 20:53:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PGOV PREL BR TIP |
05BRASILIA606 | BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT REQUESTS FEDERALIZATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-07 18:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CASC PHUM PREL SOCI KCRM BR TIP |
05BRASILIA64 | BRAZIL WILL SEEK RATIFICATION OF LAST THREE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered talking points to Ministry of External Relations, Transnational Crimes Office Chief Marcus Pinta Gama. According to Pinta Gama, the GOB hopes to ratify the last three outstanding international counterterrorism accords this year. Of the three, the most urgent ratifica [...] | 2005-01-06 15:18:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PREL BR |
05BRASILIA658 | JEWISH SOCIAL PROGRAMS, CONCERNS WITH ARAB-SOUTH [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: During a two-day visit to Sao Paulo to meet that city's Jewish leadership, Ambassador witnessed the community's highly effective social welfare programs and delivered messages of support for the commonality of ties between the U.S., Israel, and Brazil's Jewish c [...] | 2005-03-09 19:50:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KSUM PTER XF XM BR |
05BRASILIA660 | BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S 9 MARCH MEETING WITH ACTING [...] (C) Introduction: Ambassador met one-on-one on 9 March with Acting Foreign Minister Samuel Pinheiro Guimaraes (FM Amorim is in Africa). Guimaraes, as Secretary General of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE),is D equivalent, often acting as minister during Amorim's frequent travels abroa [...] | 2005-03-09 20:25:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BR |
05BRASILIA698 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH BRAZILIAN WORKERS' PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 9, Ambassador Danilovich met with Jose Genoino, the President of Brazil's Workers' Party (PT) and the PT's Secretary for International Relations, Paulo Ferreira. Genoino noted that the PT is now celebrating its 25th anniversary and has evolved into a modern nationwide i [...] | 2005-03-14 18:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI BR US |
05BRASILIA715 | BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S 14 MARCH MEETING WITH FM [...] (C) Introduction. Ambassador was called for a one-on-one meeting with Foreign Minister Amorim on the afternoon of 14 March. Amorim focused initially on reiterating his strong interest in meeting soon with Secretary Rice, in spite of unsuccessful efforts to schedule a Washington meeting in lat [...] | 2005-03-15 18:24:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | PREL BR ETRD MARR FTAA US |
05BRASILIA718 | BRAZIL: OLMERT VISIT A SUCCESS, BUT SUMMIT STILL [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Olmert reportedly enjoyed a successful visit to Brazil last week, however, he was apparently unable to convince the GOB to take a tougher approach -- from the Israeli perspective -- with Arab interlocutors in preparation for the Ar [...] | 2005-03-16 11:28:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KSUM ETRD XF XM IS BR |
05BRASILIA737 | BRAZIL: UNHCR-61 AND CUBA [...] (C) Poloff delivered CHR talking points to Christiano Figueroa, Acting Chief for an under-manned Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Human Rights Division. Referring to press reports regarding GOB Human Rights Secretary Nilmario Miranda's not-so-veiled criticisms of the USG in a March 15 co [...] | 2005-03-17 13:20:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CU BR PREL CHR |
05BRASILIA760 | ARAB DIPLOMATS WEIGH BRAZIL'S READINESS TO HOST [...] (SBU) During March 17 Tunisia National Day reception, numerous Arab diplomats expressed concerns to Poloff about the lethargic pace of administrative and substantive preparations for the May Arab-South America Summit in Brasilia. According to the diplomats, numerous logistical issues, in par [...] | 2005-03-18 21:00:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KSUM ETRD XF XM IS BR |
05BRASILIA766 | BRAZIL: CUBA CHR RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-21 18:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CU BR PREL CHR |
05BRASILIA767 | SEVERINO CAVALCANTI LEADS BRAZILIAN CONGRESS IN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-21 19:43:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ECON SOCI BR |
05BRASILIA769 | BRAZIL: OAS MANPADS RESOLUTION [...] (C) Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Chief of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies, Santiago Mourao, acknowledged that while he still believed the OAS is not an appropriate forum for a stand-alone MANPADS resolution, others obviously felt that it is appropriate. As a result of active [...] | 2005-03-21 20:12:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MASS ETTC BR OAS |
05BRASILIA770 | BRAZIL: CENTRAL BANK ON BANCO SANTOS CASE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met Central Bank President Henrique Meirelles March 17 to advocate on behalf of American creditors to Banco Santos, a Brazilian bank that has been under Central Bank intervention since November 2004 (reftel). The Ambassador relayed the desire of U.S. creditor banks, which [...] | 2005-03-22 11:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAGR ECON PREL BR |
05BRASILIA785 | ALLEGATIONS OF FARC FUNDING TO LULA'S ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. In recent issues, Brazilian weekly newsmagazine VEJA ran stories outlining an alleged plan by Colombia's FARC to funnel US$5 million to the 2002 election campaign of Brazilian President Lula da Silva and his Workers' Party (PT). While the timing and sourcing of the VEJA stories [...] | 2005-03-22 22:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR BR |
05BRASILIA788 | TERROR FINANCE: 2005 UPDATE NUMBER 2 - BRAZIL [...] (U) This cable responds to ref A request for an evaluation of the GoB's ability to cooperate in disrupting terrorism financing. The answers below are keyed to questions in ref A paragraph 10. Question A - Amounts Frozen and Authorities ------------------------------------------- 2. (U) [...] | 2005-03-23 17:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER KVPR CVIS PREL BR |
05BRASILIA792 | IRRITATED WITH PRESSURES, LULA PUTS OFF MOST OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Irritated by incessant clamoring from his allied parties as they jockeyed for cabinet posts, Brazilian President Lula da Silva dug in yesterday and put most of the cabinet shakeup on hold. The final straw for Lula was a challenge from the new Speaker of the Chamber, Severino C [...] | 2005-03-23 19:19:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL ECON BR |
05BRASILIA809 | TERRORISM FINANCE: LET PRENOTIFICATION - BRAZIL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-24 15:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL BR |
05BRASILIA825 | BRAZIL - COORDINATION AND OUTREACH ON MARITIME [...] Maritime security issues are handled primarily by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Attache in Brasilia, Julio Velez. Maritime security issues are coordinated with the Economic Section, the Foreign Commercial Service (FCS),and the Defense Atta [...] | 2005-03-29 11:36:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ECON ETRD KSTC PARM PHSA PREL PTER ASEC BR |
05BRASILIA91 | MERCOSUL SUMMIT: NO PARTY, BUT NO FUNERAL [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction. Diplomatic restraint enabled the 27th Mercosul presidential summit to conclude on December 17 without incident, but widespread dissatisfaction with meager economic benefits flowing from the bloc, and bitter trade disagreements between Brazil and Argentina cloud [...] | 2005-01-10 14:15:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ETRD PREL ECON BR |
05BRASILIA94 | MERCOSUL: CRITICISM GROWS BUT GOB POLICY SHIFT [...] (U) This cable reflects input from Consulates General Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. Mission invites comment from other posts in the region regarding issues raised herein. 2. (SBU) Summary and Introduction. The Brazilian private sector has recently stepped up criticism of GoB trade policy, [...] | 2005-01-10 16:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ETRD PREL ECON BR |
05BRASILIA944 | LEBANON: SUPPORT FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] (C) Pol Counselor delivered reftel demarche points to Foreign Ministry UN Division Chief Glivania de Oliveira late on 5 April. Pol Counselor emphasized that the authorities outlined in OP3 of the French draft resolution are seen by the USG and others as necessary for an effective investigat [...] | 2005-04-06 16:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY UNSC |
05BRASILIA99 | BRAZIL: AMBASSADORIAL MUSICAL CHAIRS [...] (U) At the halfway mark of the Lula administration, President Lula and Foreign Minister Celso Amorim have decided on key Ambassadorial changes, principally in Europe. Several of the high profile Ambassadors had been appointed to their present positions by former President Fernando Henrique C [...] | 2005-01-11 12:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD BR |
05BRATISLAVA1000 | IRAQI MILITARY POLICE OFFICERS GRADUATE FROM [...] Charge and DAO attended the December 19 graduation ceremony of 14 Iraqi military police officers from the Slovak Military Medical Training Center at Lest. In his remarks to the group, Slovak MinDef Liska praised and congratulated the Iraqi soldiers, stressing the need for the international c [...] | 2005-12-20 16:19:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR IZ LO |
05BRATISLAVA1001 | SLOVAKIA FORGIVES 100 PERCENT OF IRAQI DEBT [...] (SBU) The Slovak cabinet decided December 21 to forgive 100 percent of Iraq's outstanding debt by December 31, 2005. Total debt as of October 31 was approximately USD 145 million. According to a Ministry of Finance source involved in the discussions, the GOS determined that the administrative [...] | 2005-12-21 14:49:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL LO IZ |
05BRATISLAVA1005 | (S) INFORMING COALITION PARTNERS: SLOVAKIA [...] (S) CDA and Poloff delivered reftel points at 16h30 local time December 22 to Ambassador Milan Tancar, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and advisors from the Iraq and security assistance departments. Tancar expressed appreciation for the advance notice, reiterated that [...] | 2005-12-23 07:13:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | PGOV MARR MASS PREL IZ LO |
05BRATISLAVA1010 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, DECEMBER 23, 2005 [...] (C) NGO Obciansko-demokraticka mladez (Citizens' Association for Democratic Youth) has made a deal with center-right parties SDKU and KDH to act as their official mud-slingers / Smer fact-checkers in the upcoming parliamentary campaign. During the 2002 campaign, Obciansko-demokraticka mlade [...] | 2005-12-23 13:35:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF KPAO SOCI UP BO LO |
05BRATISLAVA106 | SLOVAKS SUPPORT EU-FLAGGING BMO IN GEORGIA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche February 7 to Lubomir Rehak, European Correspondent at the MFA. Rehak said Slovakia will support the EU-flagging of the Border Monitoring Operation (BMO) in Georgia and expects consensus at the February 8 COREPER. The GOS does not oppose a continued OSCE [...] | 2005-02-07 17:02:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LO GG |
05BRATISLAVA107 | SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO SLOVAKIA [...] (C) Summary/Introduction: The Slovaks -- government and public alike -- are euphoric to welcome President Bush February 23-24 as the first sitting U.S. President ever to visit Slovakia. The GOS sees the visit as validation of its ambitious reform program and pro-U.S. policies. The Slovak peo [...] | 2005-02-07 18:49:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LO |
05BRATISLAVA122 | MTAG: POTENTIAL SCUD SALE TO YEMEN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-09 16:05:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC YM LO MTCRE |
05BRATISLAVA131 | FEB 21 GAERC: SLOVAK RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Lubomir Rehak, European Correspondent at the MFA, February 11. Rehak welcomed USG positions on transatlantic relations, the Middle East Peace Process, and Iraq. Rehak expects the EU to continue to demand Gotovina's surrender to The Hague before [...] | 2005-02-15 14:43:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ LO |
05BRATISLAVA135 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP FEBRUARY 17, 2005 [...] (SBU) Parliament approved a new, additional mandate February 10 for Slovakia's participation in the NATO Training Mission - Iraq (NTM-I). The GOS will initially send two MOD trainers to Iraq and an additional three at the first troop rotation. The MOD sent the first trainers to Italy to prep [...] | 2005-02-17 07:29:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM IZ CU LO NATO |
05BRATISLAVA139 | Country Clearance granted for Dept of State and NCS [...] Embassy Bratislava welcomes Thomas E. Graham, Anita E. Friedt, Tracy Babette McKibben, Yuri Shkeyrov and Irene Firsow and grants country clearance for the period of February 21-25, 2005. The embassy point of contact is Robert Hurlbert, Management officer(tel.+421-2-5922-3285) and [...] | 2005-02-19 09:55:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL LO AU |
05BRATISLAVA140 | PRIME MINISTER'S LIKELY THEMES WITH PRESIDENT BUSH [...] (S) Charge was briefed evening of February 19 by Milan Jezovica, the Prime Minister's foreign policy adviser, of the principal themes PM Mikulas Dzurinda would likely use during his February 24 meeting with the President. Jezovica began by noting that the Prime Minister was very excited abou [...] | 2005-02-19 13:07:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | PREL LO |
05BRATISLAVA15 | EXBS: SLOVAKIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS. The EXBS Advisor was on a consultation trip to the United States, followed by annual leave from December 15-31, 2004. The EXBS Advisor's FSN Assistant was on annual leave from December 5-11, 2004. As most of Slovakia's governm [...] | 2005-01-07 11:03:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP LO |
05BRATISLAVA17 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP JANUARY 07, 2005 [...] (SBU) Lubomir Cano, Director of the Security Policy Department at the MFA, said the MOD and MFA have agreed upon a proposal to send five Slovak soldiers to the NATO Training Mission - Iraq (NTM-I). The original parliamentary mandate allows up to 110 non-combat personnel to be deployed under O [...] | 2005-01-10 06:34:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PHUM LO IZ |
05BRATISLAVA187 | MEDIA AND PUBLIC OPINION IN SLOVAKIA ON [...] Summary: The President's visit to Slovakia was generally perceived by media analysts and public commentary as an expression of positive U.S.- Slovak relations and of appreciation for Slovakia's support of the U.S. in the war against terrorism, especially in Iraq and Afghanistan. The meeting [...] | 2005-03-08 06:11:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL LO |
05BRATISLAVA198 | EXBS: SLOVAKIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS. None. 2. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD. A. SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD. Â [...] | 2005-03-10 06:06:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP LO |
05BRATISLAVA203 | BRATISLAVA CONCURS WITH EXBS ADVISOR POSITION IN ZAGREB [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-10 14:34:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KSCA KSTC PARM PREL HR SI LO MTCRE |
05BRATISLAVA209 | GOS REPONSE TO AUSTRALIA GROUP DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-14 16:03:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC LO |
05BRATISLAVA211 | GOS STILL SUPPORTS LIFTING CHINA ARMS EMBARGO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-15 06:02:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CM LO EUN |
05BRATISLAVA212 | SLOVAKIA: INFORMATION FOR CONGRESSIONAL REPORT ON [...] The Director of the Department for Official Development Assistance at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Peter Hulenyi, reports that the GOS does not currently give any bilateral contributions to the Andean region. Latin America is not considered a priority by the GOS, and Hulenyi does not anti [...] | 2005-03-15 06:02:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PREL CO EC PE BL VE LO EUN |
05BRATISLAVA214 | EXBS: UPDATED EXPORT CONTROL SYSTEM STANDARDS [...] SUMMARY: This cable provides information for Slovakia's Export Control System Standards, "Short Form", as requested by State 034285. 2. Begin "Export Control System Standards" Short Form I. What government agencies & offices are involved in developing export control polic [...] | 2005-03-15 14:49:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP LO |
05BRATISLAVA215 | EXBS: UPDATED EXPORT CONTROL SYSTEM STANDARDS [...] SUMMARY: This cable updates information for Slovakia's Export Control System Standards, effective February 28, 2005. 2. Begin "Export Control System Standards - Slovakia - February 2005". I. Adequate commitment, legal and regulatory framework, and governmental structure to regu [...] | 2005-03-15 14:49:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP LO |
05BRATISLAVA228 | SLOVAKIA WILL FOLLOW EU ON IGAD DEPLOYMENT PLAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Roman Gal of the MFA's Department for Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Gal stated Slovakia will likely follow the EU common policy regarding the recent Intergovernmental Authority on Development's (IGAD) proposal to deploy troops (without contributing m [...] | 2005-03-18 12:48:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO LO |
05BRATISLAVA251 | PARLIAMENT LEADER HRUSOVSKY'S APRIL VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The April visit of a Slovak parliamentary delegation led by Speaker Pavol Hrusovsky will be a useful opportunity to press our agenda on Iraq, minority rights, religious registration, and while coordinating on areas where we already agree like trafficking and Cuba. Hrusovsky [...] | 2005-03-25 18:05:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR LO |
05BRATISLAVA262 | SLOVAK PARTICIPATION IN OSLO DONOR'S CONFERENCE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-30 14:00:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON LO |
05BRATISLAVA265 | MOJ THOUGHTS ON DRAFT TEXT OF EXTRADITION TREATY [...] (C) Summary: Emboffs continue to press Slovak officials for a reaction to the draft bilateral extradition treaty we gave them in December 2004. Nonetheless, the GOS still has not made a definitive decision on whether to commit to extradite Slovak nationals to the U.S. On March 30, Justice Mi [...] | 2005-03-30 14:47:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PREL PHUM LO |
05BRATISLAVA27 | SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS SUA AMENDMENTS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche January 12 to Henrik Markus, Deputy Director of the Department for Disarmement, OSCE, and Council of Europe at the MFA, and Marek Smid, Deputy Director of the International Law Department at the MFA. Markus said the dual-use provision was in-line with the [...] | 2005-01-13 15:24:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT |
05BRATISLAVA272 | SLOVAKS ON AUSTRALIA GROUP AND NPT CONFERENCES [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarches March 31 to Karol Mistrik, Director of the MFA's Department of Disarmament, OSCE, and Counter-Terrorism, and his deputy, Henrik Markus. Mistrik confirmed he will lead the delegation to Sydney, accompanied by representatives from the Ministries of Economy, [...] | 2005-03-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC LO |
05BRATISLAVA290 | ARMS SALES TO YEMEN: SLOVAK RESPONSE [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel A demarche April 11 to Gabriela Mrugova in the MFA's Department of Disarmament, OSCE, and Counter-terrorism. Mrugova said neither the GOS nor Slovak arms brokers have exported SA/LW to Yemeni arms brokers. The Slovak MOD sold some non-lethal equipment to Yemen's M [...] | 2005-04-12 14:51:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | PARM PREL MASS ETTC LO |
05BRATISLAVA302 | IRAQI CIVIL SERVANTS AND NGO REPS TRAIN IN SLOVAKIA [...] (U) Through a grant from the International Republican Institute (IRI),the Pontis Foundation brought nine Iraqi civil servants and NGO leaders to Slovakia for three weeks in March. This was the second group of four planned. It consisted of one IRI-Baghdad employee, two NGO, four Ministry o [...] | 2005-04-15 05:48:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV LO IZ |
05BRATISLAVA306 | TRADE ACTION AGAINST U.S. CORN GLUTEN FEED [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-15 14:45:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR TBIO PREL LO |
05BRATISLAVA308 | SLOVAK DELEGATION TO CD MINISTERIAL [...] The Slovak delegation to the upcoming Community of Democracies Ministerial in Santiago will consist of: - Mrs. Magdalena Vasaryova, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Mr. Andrej Droba, Director of the Office of the State Secretary, MFA SIPDIS - Mr. Vladimir Gracz, Slovak Amb [...] | 2005-04-18 14:20:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL LO |
05BRATISLAVA315 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP APRIL 20, 2005 [...] (U) ANO leader and Minister of Economy Pavol Rusko announced April 11 that State Secretary of the Education Ministry Frantisek Toth (ANO) will resign his post and take up the position of Culture Minister currently held by Rudolf Chmel (ANO). Toth's replacement at the Education Ministry is sti [...] | 2005-04-20 08:27:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV LO UP NATO |
05BRATISLAVA318 | SLOVAKIA RESPONSE TO APRIL 25 GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel points April 21 to Lubomir Rehak, European Correspondent at the MFA. Rehak reaffirmed his openness to receiving USG points, saying it gives the Slovaks a "more global view." He said Slovakia within the EU supports strong transatlantic links. For example, in the [...] | 2005-04-21 15:30:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL LO EUN |
05BRATISLAVA32 | SCHEDULE FOR WHITE HOUSE SITE SURVEY TEAM'S TRIP [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-08 23:12:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT LO PREL EI RS GM |
05BRATISLAVA324 | SLOVAK RESPONSE TO CD ELECTION INITIATIVE [...] On April 22, Poloff delivered reftel points to Human Rights Department and Latin American Division at the MFA. Officials stated Slovakia would fully support the elections standards initiative. 2. Comment: Concept paper also delivered to relevant Slovak NGOs. Slovak NGOs have been extremely [...] | 2005-04-22 14:59:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL LO |
05BRATISLAVA356 | SLOVAK DEFENSE REFORM UPDATE [...] (U) The draft law on the state service of professional soldiers requires Slovak soldiers to deploy where they are ordered. Currently, conscripts cannot be sent abroad and only professional soldiers who volunteer may be sent out of country. Financial, career, and personal incentives continue [...] | 2005-05-06 16:14:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL LO NATO |
05BRATISLAVA357 | SLOVAKIA FIRM ON IRAQ MANDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prominent Slovak defense policy players have recently raised publicly whether the GOS should reopen the parliamentary debate on the Slovak troops in Iraq. State Secretary at the MOD Martin Fedor stressed publicly the SIPDIS importance of a renewed UN Security Council mandate, w [...] | 2005-05-09 07:54:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR LO IZ |
05BRATISLAVA360 | SLOVAKIA PICKS UP MOMENTUM ON TIP ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary. The Slovak government recently completed a needs assessment analyzing current trafficking activities and invited poloffs to discuss the findings. In a May 5 meeting, Jana Kviecinska, the Director General of the Human Rights and Minorities Section at the Office of the Government, [...] | 2005-05-09 14:48:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN LO |
05BRATISLAVA365 | GROWING OPTIMISM BUT LITTLE POLITICAL INSPIRATION [...] (U) Summary. The Institute for Public Affairs' (IVO) 2004 annual Summary Report on Slovakia shows growing public optimism about the direction Slovakia is taking, increased apathy toward high-level corruption, and increasing acceptance of economic reforms. Slovak parties are becoming more simi [...] | 2005-05-12 13:39:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ECON LO |
05BRATISLAVA398 | SLOVAKIA SUPPORTIVE OF US POSITION ON CUBAN [...] (U) On May 24, 2005, Embassy delivered reftel points to Pavol Juhas, Director of the International Affairs Department at the Ministry of Labor. Juhas confirmed that Slovakia is sending a delegation to the upcoming International Labor Conference in Geneva, and expressed his support for the U [...] | 2005-05-25 05:45:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL ELAB BB CU LO ILO |
05BRATISLAVA425 | GENERAL PROSECUTOR PROVIDES BACKGROUND DETAILS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: General Prosecutor of the Slovak Republic Dobroslav Trnka provided post with nearly four pages of further background information detailing the Slovak Republic's prosecution of human traffickers. While the information includes a different number of prosecuted individuals than [...] | 2005-06-03 07:47:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN LO |
05BRATISLAVA430 | SWEDISH DG FOR POL AFFAIRS ON SWEDEN AND THE UN [...] On May 31, the Swedish Embassy in Bratislava hosted a seminar on Global Security and the United Nations (UN),in conjunction with the Slovak Foreign Policy Association, as part of their commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dag Hammarskojld. As part of the morning program, A [...] | 2005-06-06 09:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SW LO UNSC |
05BRATISLAVA434 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, MAY 2005 [...] (C) Opposition political party Smer (reftel) met its long-held goal and became a member of Socialist International (SI). Smer MP Edita Angyalova, a former IV participant and one of Slovakia's youngest politicians, downplayed Smer's membership in SI, and noted that if the party were to become [...] | 2005-06-07 12:48:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PARM KCOR KIRF LO EXBS UN |
05BRATISLAVA440 | POLITICAL AND PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES MOVING [...] (C) After the U.S. negotiating team and Slovak Ministry of Justice Director for Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters Branislav Bohacik failed to reach agreement April 14 on pursuing bilateral extradition and mutual legal assistance treaties (or on signing instruments to implement US-EU tre [...] | 2005-06-08 09:27:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS EU LO |
05BRATISLAVA442 | SLOVAK RESPONSE ON EU CUBA POLICY AND JUNE 13 [...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief shared ref A points on Cuba with MFA on June 6, and discussed the points with Lubomir Rehak, European Correspondent, along with pre-GAERC points in ref B on June 7. Rehak thanked us for providing our point-of-view before each GAERC, saying the discussions with emboffs are [...] | 2005-06-09 12:50:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CU PARM LO EUN |
05BRATISLAVA449 | CONFERENCE ON BALKANS HIGHLIGHTS ROLE FOR SLOVAKIA [...] Summary/Introduction: On May 20-21 the Research Center of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA) hosted a conference on "Assessing Developments in the Western Balkans: Problems of Today, Ideas for the Future." Co-sponsors of the conference were the Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the [...] | 2005-06-10 10:50:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL LO |
05BRATISLAVA45 | PARLIAMENT LEADER PRINCIPLED ON CUBA, TIP [...] (C) Summary: Speaker of Parliament Pavol Hrusovsky told Charge d'Affaires January 20 he would continue to make support for Cuban dissidents one of his personal priorities, and was discussing with Vaclav Havel nominating three dissidents for the Nobel Peace Prize. He discussed the difficulties [...] | 2005-01-27 06:12:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EU CU LO |
05BRATISLAVA462 | SLOVAKIA ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT US-EU CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Oldrich Hlavacek, Director of the MFA Fourth Territorial Division (covering Africa, Asia, and the Middle East),told pol-econ chief June 13 that Slovakia is "very enthusiastic and looking forward to" the U.S.-EU conference on Iraq (ref A). He said the two most important things about the [...] | 2005-06-15 05:47:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON IZ LO EUN |
05BRATISLAVA464 | S29F-04: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SLOVAKIA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-15 14:14:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC SY AE LO CBW |
05BRATISLAVA466 | SLOVAKIA: MDA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-17 13:55:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ LO ICRC |
05BRATISLAVA468 | SLOVAKIA: DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM AGENDA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On June 17, Charge delivered reftel points to Magda Vasaryova, State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Vasaryova explained the UN's historical and "sentimental" importance to Slovakia, and reinforced Slovakia's strong support for the UN reform agenda ou [...] | 2005-06-17 15:54:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LO UN UNSC |
05BRATISLAVA472 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, JUNE 1-20, 2005 [...] (C) Former Prime Minister and current HZDS leader Vladimir Meciar is currently studying English. The brother of his private teacher told Poloffs that the teacher is regularly subjected to long, delusional speeches about the MP's accomplishments. Meciar's most outlandish claim to date was th [...] | 2005-06-20 11:25:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR SMIG LO |
05BRATISLAVA473 | REGIONAL POLITICAL PARTIES TRY OUT ALLIANCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In advance of Slovakia's regional elections (scheduled for November 26),political parties have begun to experiment with different pairings and coalitions in the "consequence-free environment" of regional politics. At the local and regional level, Slovak politics is based less [...] | 2005-06-20 11:31:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM LO |
05BRATISLAVA49 | SLOVAKS UNOPPOSED TO OEF-ISAF MERGER [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-28 09:37:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL LO NATO |
05BRATISLAVA511 | SLOVAKIA TO STAY THE COURSE IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Slovak government interlocutors welcomed beginning dialogue on future planning for Iraq deployments, particularly in civlian channels. The GOS is firmly committed to staying the course as long as the Iraqi government requests help, there is an international mandate, and the manda [...] | 2005-07-01 09:00:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IZ LO |
05BRATISLAVA532 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP JUNE 30, 2005 [...] (C) On June 21, Slovakia adopted government resolution 495/2005, which approved a 100 percent write-off of Iraqi civil debts to Slovakia (an amount equal to around USD 1.1 million). In addition to the debt forgiveness, Slovakia has contributed USD 20.8 million in humanitarian aid, military [...] | 2005-07-08 15:31:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ LO |
05BRATISLAVA538 | MOD PROPOSES ADDING AFGHANISTAN TO JULY 22 AGENDA [...] (SBU) Action request: The Slovak Ministry of Defense would like to add to the agenda of Ambassador Jones' July 22 pol-mil talks on Iraq discussion on Slovak intentions to end participation in OEF and join ISAF in Afghanistan. Please advise if the team from Washington will be prepared to discu [...] | 2005-07-11 13:50:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PREL AF LO |
05BRATISLAVA539 | MOD PROPOSES ADDING AFGHANISTAN TO JULY 22 AGENDA [...] (SBU) Action request: The Slovak Ministry of Defense would like to add to the agenda of Ambassador Jones' July 22 pol-mil talks on Iraq discussion on Slovak intentions to end participation in OEF and join ISAF in Afghanistan. Please advise if the team from Washington will be prepared to discu [...] | 2005-07-11 13:50:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PREL AF LO |
05BRATISLAVA543 | SLOVAKIA'S BILATERAL WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary. The Slovak Republic founded its witness protection program in January 1999. One of the unique facets of the program is its success in arranging bilateral protection agreements with other European nations. Slovakia was the first post-communist nation to both send witnesses abroa [...] | 2005-07-12 09:15:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM LO |
05BRATISLAVA552 | SLOVAK VIEWS ON JULY 18 GAERC [...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief shared ref A pre-GAERC points with Lubomir Rehak, European Correspondent, on July 8. Rehak was pleased to discuss U.S. positions and stated that he would share the talking points with others within the Ministry prior to the GAERC meeting, adding that Foreign Minister Kuka [...] | 2005-07-12 15:23:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU UZ TU HR LO UN |
05BRATISLAVA558 | SLOVAK VIEWS ON G-4 FRAMEWORK RESOLUTION [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points to Richard Galbavy, Acting Director of the MFA Department of International Organizations and UN Offices. He shared the Slovak views regarding UN reforms and the Security Council, indicating that it was also an important priority. 2. (SBU) According to Gal [...] | 2005-07-13 08:44:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL LO UNGA |
05BRATISLAVA566 | SLOVAKIA FY 2005 COALITION SOLIDARITY FUND [...] On July 15, 2005, Post received a response to Reftel inquiry regarding Slovakia's plans for allocating the 2005 Coalition Solidarity Fund disbursement. In a letter from Jozef Zufka of the Military Planning and Resource Management Section of the Ministry of Defense, Slovakia states its wish t [...] | 2005-07-15 14:16:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PARM LO |
05BRATISLAVA585 | EXTRADITION: US-EU AGREEMENT NOW, BILATERAL TREATY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Justice Minister Lipsic told Charge during his farewell call July 20 that he supported moving ahead with an initial agreement to implement the US-EU extradition treaty but urged that a more in-depth bilateral agreement be negotiated as well. He indicated a willingness to move con [...] | 2005-07-22 11:50:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PREL EU LO |
05BRATISLAVA602 | FINANCE MINISTER IVAN MIKLOS: POWER BEHIND THE [...] (C) Summary. The political team of Minister of Finance Ivan Miklos and Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda has succeeded in transforming Slovakia's political and economic fortunes in a short amount of time. Miklos has won acclaim for his flat tax policy, and he has also managed several years of [...] | 2005-08-02 13:02:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL PINR LO |
05BRATISLAVA603 | SLOVAKIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-03 11:39:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL LO UNGA |
05BRATISLAVA606 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP AUGUST 1, 2005 [...] (SBU) Progressive political party Alliance of New Citizens (ANO) has drafted a law which would change Slovakia's current religious registration system (under which registered churches receive state funding) to abolish state funding and, in essence, make religious groups equal to non-governme [...] | 2005-08-03 13:36:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KIRF PHUM PGOV LO |
05BRATISLAVA626 | DZURINDA CONCERNED ABOUT RUSKO, BUT NEEDS HIM [...] (C) During Charge's August 4 farewell call on Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda, the Prime Minister shared some candid thoughts on Economy Minister Pavol Rusko (reftel). Dzurinda told Charge that he is increasingly concerned about Rusko. He said that he has traditionally dealt with Rusko in k [...] | 2005-08-05 14:06:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR LO |
05BRATISLAVA637 | GITMO DETAINEES: A NON-ISSUE IN SLOVAKIA [...] (SBU) Embassy has shared reftel talking points with Prime Minister Dzurinda's foreign policy advisor, and will also share them with experts in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the week of August 8 (most of the lead people have been on vacation during recent weeks). 2. (SBU) The issues surrou [...] | 2005-08-08 15:32:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL KPAO PGOV PREL LO |
05BRATISLAVA660 | SLOVAKIA ON TURKISH ACCESSION: "YES, BUT" [...] (C) On August 16, Deputy Chief of Mission raised reftel issue of Turkish EU accession with MFA Director for Common Foreign and Security Policy Anna Turenicova and European Correspondent Lubomir Rehak. Turenicova explained that within the EU there were three camps on Turkish accession: "yes," [...] | 2005-08-17 14:42:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU TU LO |
05BRATISLAVA665 | SLOVAK PARTICIPANTS AT THE SEVENTH ANNUAL [...] On August 16, post received nominations for The Seventh Annual International Export Control Conference. Delegates attending the conference are: Mr. Karol Mistrik Department of Disarmament and Council of Europe Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hlboka cesta 2 833 36 Bratislava Slovak Republic [...] | 2005-08-18 06:05:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KSTC MASS LO |
05BRATISLAVA670 | OVERSEAS ACTIVITIES OF SLOVAK NGOS [...] Slovak NGOs continue to proudly participate in overseas activities fostering democratization. With support from Slovakaid (the branch of the MFA responsible for foreign aid) Slovak NGOs note that their own post-communism transition experience gives them a "comparative advantage" when it come [...] | 2005-08-19 09:15:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL EAID LO |
05BRATISLAVA684 | SLOVAK PARTICIPANTS AT THE SEVENTH ANNUAL [...] Referring to the Reftel sent out by the Embassy on August 17, the final list of the delegates attending the Seventh Annual International Export Control Conference is following: Mr. Karol Mistrik Department of Disarmament and Council of Europe Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hlboka cesta 2 833 [...] | 2005-08-24 14:03:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KSTC MASS LO |
05BRATISLAVA686 | SLOVAKIA ON TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION: A ROSIER [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-25 14:50:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU TU LO |
05BRATISLAVA689 | Country Clearance granted for Rossitza B. Petrov and [...] Embassy Bratislava welcomes U.S.-Slovakia Internal Control Program instructors Rossitza B. Petrov and Jennifer Carol Whitcomb and grants country clearance for the period of September 24-30, 2005. The embassy point of contact for the visit is Richard "Trey" Lyons, POL Officer, tel: +421-2-5922 [...] | 2005-08-26 07:49:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL KNNP LO |
05BRATISLAVA693 | SLOVAKIA AGREES WITH ISAF'S U.N. MANDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-26 11:58:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL LO NATO UNSC |
05BRATISLAVA70 | Country Clearance granted for NP/ECC personnel: Paul [...] Embassy Bratislava welcomes the NP/ECC personnel: Paul B. van Son and Jason C. McClellan and grants country clearance for the period of February 1-2, 2005. The embassy point of contact is Larry Adkins, EXBX Program Advisor, tel: +421-2-5922-3375, fax: 421-5922-5038. Reservations h [...] | 2005-01-31 15:39:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ETTC PREL KSTC BU RO LO |
05BRATISLAVA702 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, AUGUST 2005 [...] (C) During a meeting with Cino Straka, a former Slovak arms dealer, Poloffs learned of a erroneous (yet perhaps auspicious) piece of misinformation: the assumption by this arms dealer that all exports of Slovak manufactured military hardware must be approved by the United States Embassy in B [...] | 2005-08-31 15:10:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SMIG PHUM PARM SOCI KDEM LO |
05BRATISLAVA705 | COALITION DROPS ANO, PM HOLDS ALL THE CARDS MOVING [...] (SBU) The coalition parties announced September 1 that Pavol Rusko's ANO party (weakened by the departure of 7 of ANO's 11 MPs) is no longer a member of the coalition. The coalition will work instead with the group of breakaway ANO MPs and cabinet ministers lead by Lubomir Lintner (Ref A). [...] | 2005-09-06 07:50:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL LO |
05BRATISLAVA714 | TFUS01: SLOVAKIA OFFERS ASSISTANCE TO KATRINA [...] The Government of Slovakia has offered to provide supplies to assist the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The list of available items includes the following: 500 sleeping bags with thermal and hygienic shells 300 sleeping bags 2000 wool blankets 500 wool blankets - sanitary 500 field beds [...] | 2005-09-08 15:18:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AEMR EAID LO |
05BRATISLAVA716 | SLOVAK'S POSITIVE ABOUT AVIAN FLU PARTNERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-09 12:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO LO |
05BRATISLAVA721 | GUIDANCE REQUESTED ON POSSIBLE SLOVAK ARMS SALES [...] (U) This is a guidance request, please see para 2. 2. (S) Peter Peniaska, head of the Slovak arms firm Petina International, is seeking the USG position on potential sales of Slovak military equipment to Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The company has applied for a license w [...] | 2005-09-10 07:20:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS ECON PGOV PINR PREL LO |
05BRATISLAVA728 | TFUS01: ACCEPTANCE OF SLOVAK OFFER OF HURRICANE [...] Post conveyed reftel acceptance of Slovakia's offer of Hurricane Katrina assistance (25,000 blankets, 500 camp beds, 1,000 first aid kits, and 600 liters of liquid soap) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the morning of September 10. 2. The GOS has designated the following English speaking [...] | 2005-09-13 11:24:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PREL LO |
05BRATISLAVA771 | COMBATING EXTREMISM IN SLOVAKIA [...] (C) Summary. The GOS and the USG have actively funded programs to combat extremism and intolerance in Slovakia. Extremism here takes the form of a privately organized Neo-Nazi movement, which usually targets the Roma minority and the small Jewish population. Violent attacks have occurred in t [...] | 2005-09-26 15:40:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI LO |
05BRATISLAVA78 | IRAQ: SLOVAKIA ISSUES POSITIVE STATEMENTS ON [...] Slovak PM Mikulas Dzurinda (para 2) and the MFA (para 3) issued congratulatory statements on the Iraqi elections. Post placed the IIP-supplied op-ed on the Iraqi elections in the daily newspaper Narodna Obroda (readership estimated at 145,000) on January 27 under the CDA's by-line. The he [...] | 2005-02-02 12:23:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO IZ LO |
05BRATISLAVA780 | EXTRADITION: SLOVAKIA READY TO SUPPORT, WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Justice Minister Daniel Lipsic told Ambassador during his introductory call September 26 that Slovakia hopes to finalize a comprehensive bilateral treaty on extradition during October 17-18 discussions with US negotiators. In reaction to reftel talking points, Lipsic provided us [...] | 2005-09-27 13:14:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PREL EU LO |
05BRATISLAVA79 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP FEBRUARY 02, 2005 [...] (SBU) Adolfo Franco, Assistant Administrator for Latin America and the Caribbean at USAID and David Mutchler, Cuba Senior Advisor, met with Slovak NGO and governmental representatives January 14 on Cuba issues. Franco said the highlight was his meeting with Speaker of Parliament Pavol Hruso [...] | 2005-02-02 12:24:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM CU LO RU |
05BRATISLAVA790 | ISRAEL TO OPEN EMBASSY IN BRATISLAVA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-29 09:31:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IS LO |
05BRATISLAVA801 | SLOVAKIA WILL ENCOURAGE UKRAINE TO RATIFY NATO-PFP [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-03 12:52:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MASS LO NATO |
05BRATISLAVA804 | SLOVAKIA: BELARUS IS DETERIORATING, NEEDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 30, DCM and Poloff (notetaker) delivered reftel demarche to Stefan Rozkopal, MFA Director for CIS and Balkan Peninsula Countries. Rozkopal, who had met the day before with two opposition politicians from Minsk, offered Slovakia's support for democratization effor [...] | 2005-10-03 14:53:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL KDEM PGOV LO BO |
05BRATISLAVA808 | SLOVAKIA CODIFIES RELATIONSHIP WITH US IN NEW [...] (SBU) On September 27, Parliament approved a new Security Strategy for Slovakia which supersedes the previous security policies in place since 2001. The security strategy notably acknowledges "special status" for the "Euro-Atlantic" security relationship, and calls for Slovakia to support " [...] | 2005-10-04 08:46:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EU LO |
05BRATISLAVA829 | Country Clearance granted for Kenneth Propp [...] Embassy Bratislava welcomes Kenneth Propp and grants country clearance for the period of October 17-18, 2005. The embassy point of contact for your visit is William Laitinen, ECON Officer, tel: +421-2-5922-3394, cellphone: +421-903-767- 004. Reservation has been made at the Hotel [...] | 2005-10-07 14:49:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS LO PREL EUN |
05BRATISLAVA831 | EUR PDAS KURT VOLKER'S MEETING WITH V-10 POLDIRS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 8 meeting with V-10 PolDirs, visiting EUR PDAS Kurt Volker heard frank and honest opinions -- and some colorful discussion -- about the current status of the transatlantic partnership. The PolDirs, who noted that such a meeting could never have been pulled to [...] | 2005-10-08 20:42:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU IZ BO LO NATO RU |
05BRATISLAVA835 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, OCTOBER 11, 2005 [...] (SBU) Despite the announcement that a group of former ANO MPs lead by Lubomir Lintner will form a new political party, other politicians -- including members of the coalition who work closely with Lintner -- feel it is "too late" to begin a new party. Lintner, never considered a particularl [...] | 2005-10-11 14:14:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SMIG PHUM KDEM SOCI LO |
05BRATISLAVA853 | NEW MINISTER OF LABOR TAKES OFFICE [...] (U) Following the resignation of Ludovit Kanik (reftel),President Gasparovic approved the appointment of Ms. Iveta Radicova as the new Minister of Labor, Social Affairs, and Family; she officially took office on October 17. Prior to her appointment as Minister, Radicova was the director of [...] | 2005-10-19 14:45:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL LO |
05BRATISLAVA854 | HZDS: OLD DOG MECIAR CAN STILL LEARN NEW TRICKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 19 lunch, HZDS leadership (minus Meciar, whom we did not invite) told Ambassador that the party cannot exist without Vladimir Meciar, that they are working "behind the scenes" to reach out to the current coalition, that Meciar (an "old dog who can still learn [...] | 2005-10-20 06:13:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM LO |
05BRATISLAVA861 | SLOVAKIA'S VIEWS OF U.S. POLICY TOWARD BELARUS [...] (C) Charge discussed Deputies Committee decisions on policy toward Belarus (ref A) with MFA Director for CIS and Balkans Stefan Rozkopal Oct. 21. Rozkopal provided a preliminary reaction to some of the points, but said the GOS hoped to have a clearer picture of the situation and how to inf [...] | 2005-10-24 06:01:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM EAID PGOV BO LO EUN |
05BRATISLAVA872 | SLOVAK JUSTICE MINISTER'S NOV. 7 MEETING WITH AG [...] Slovak Minister of Justice Daniel Lipsic is scheduled to meet with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales at 14:00 on November 7 in Washington. Poloffs met on 10/26 with MOJ's Head of the International and European Law Department Peter Banas and Jana Vnukova, Head of the Division of Coordination o [...] | 2005-10-26 15:22:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PREL EU LO |
05BRATISLAVA878 | SLOVAKIA APPROVES ASSISTANCE PLAN FOR UKRAINE [...] On October 25, the GOS approved an assistance plan to help Ukraine meet the objectives outlined by the EU Ukraine Action Plan. The proposed GOS activities will focus on sharing Slovak knowledge and experience in democratic and economic reforms with Ukrainian partner agencies. The specific a [...] | 2005-10-31 14:51:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV LO |
05BRATISLAVA881 | SLOVAKIA RELEASES STATEMENT ON IRAQ REFERENDUM [...] Pursuant to reftels, Slovakia released the following statement on the results of Iraq's October 15 referendum on the draft constitution. The statement is available in English at the MFA website at http://www.foreign.gov.sk/En/index.html . BEGIN VERBATIM TEXT OF STATEMENT: The Ministry of [...] | 2005-11-02 13:46:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ LO |
05BRATISLAVA888 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, NOVEMBER 3, 2005 [...] (C) Agriculture Minister Zsolt Simon (of the Hungarian SMK party) has recently come under pressure because of allegations that an agriculture company he co-owned received SKK 8 million (around USD 250,000) in agricultural subsidies from the state budget in 2003. Simon sold his share in the [...] | 2005-11-03 12:56:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ELAB PINR SOCI LO |
05BRATISLAVA903 | SLOVAKIA SUBMISSION FOR TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Below, please find responses to the post-specific questions raised reftel outlining the progress the Government of Slovakia has made in the following areas: A. CREATING A NATIONAL COORDINATING EXPERT WORKING GROUP AND APPOINTING A NATIONAL COORDINATOR: The Slovak Republic appoint [...] | 2005-11-10 14:58:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KWMN SMIG PREL LO |
05BRATISLAVA918 | PSI: SLOVAKIA ATTENDING ROEG MEETING IN HAMBURG, [...] Slovakia is sending a five-person delegation to the ROEG meeting in Hamburg, Germany. The Slovak delegation will be led by a representative from the National Presidium of Police. The other group members are from the Ministry of Economy (1),the Customs Service (2),and the Information (Inte [...] | 2005-11-16 16:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL LO |
05BRATISLAVA922 | SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS CUBAN DISSIDENTS, NOTES SPANISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a November 8 Embassy sponsored discussion, GOS officials told us that Slovakia is working hard to promote democracy and "do the right thing" in Cuba. They outlined efforts being made by Slovak NGOs, members of parliament, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the island, an [...] | 2005-11-18 15:30:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL LO CU |
05BRATISLAVA924 | SLOVAKS DISCUSS BELARUS ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY, THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a series of recent meetings we have engaged our Slovak interlocutors in both the GOS and NGO community about democracy promotion efforts and strategy in Belarus, and spoken with several visiting Belarusian opposition figures about Slovak and EU engagement in the country. [...] | 2005-11-18 16:42:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM ETRD PREL SOCI PINR BO LO |
05BRATISLAVA926 | SLOVAK VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 21 GAERC [...] (SBU) Polec Chief met with European Correspondent Lubomir Rehak November 16 to discuss points provided reftel on agenda items at the November 21 GAERC. 2. (SBU) DEFENSE ISSUES: Rehak noted that 19 states are members of both NATO and the EU, and it was in all their interests to improve coop [...] | 2005-11-18 19:33:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EU LO |
05BRATISLAVA935 | SLOVAKS ANSWER AVIAN FLU QUESTIONS [...] The following are the responses to the reftel request for information about Slovakia's avian and pandemic influenza preparedness. 2. The GOS first drafted an emergency preparedness plan for pandemic influenza in 2001. It was updated October 2005 to factor in recent developments and curre [...] | 2005-11-22 16:18:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL LO |
05BRATISLAVA936 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP NOVEMBER 22, 2005 [...] (C) Pavol Rusko, former Minister of Economy and leader of political party ANO, sold his majority voting share in Slovakia's Markiza television station to American company Central European Media Enterprises (CME). As predicted reftel B, the ANO party -- which started the year with 11 MPs, a [...] | 2005-11-23 08:54:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF SOCI LO |
05BRATISLAVA938 | SLOVAKIA SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON IRAN [...] (S) Per ref A, Ambassador and Embassy staff briefed MFA State Secretary Magda Vasaryova, MFA PolDir Miroslav Lajcak, MFA Director General for International Organizations Anton Pinter, and a Slovak Intelligence Service representative on U.S. concerns that Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapons capa [...] | 2005-11-23 16:13:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL AORC IR LO |
05BRATISLAVA94 | EXBS: SLOVAKIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS. A. January 1-9, 2005 - The EXBS Advisor was on vacation in the United States and arrived back in country on January 11, 2005. B. January 10-14, 2005 - A delegation of Slovak Customs managers participated in a tri-lateral meeting [...] | 2005-02-04 09:00:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP LO |
05BRATISLAVA950 | AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH PM DZURINDA [...] (U) The Ambassador and his wife hosted Prime Minister and Mrs. Mikulas Dzurinda for a private dinner November 22. They agreed that relations between Slovakia and the United States had never been better. Following are informal notes from the conversation. Dzurinda on President Bush, and Pos [...] | 2005-11-30 15:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON LO |
05BRATISLAVA958 | (C) SLOVAKIA MAY BE WILLING TO PART WAYS WITH EU [...] (C) At a reception on December 5, MFA State Secretary (Deputy Foreign Minister) Magda Vasaryova pulled aside DCM to stress Slovakia's desire for the closest possible cooperation with the USG during Slovakia's upcoming tenure on the UNSC. Citing her very positive recent meeting with Amb. Bolto [...] | 2005-12-06 13:58:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LO UNSC UNGA UN |
05BRATISLAVA959 | EU BUDGET, ENLARGEMENT TOR PRIORITIES FOR SLOVAKIA [...] (C) Pol-Econ chief presented reftel points to Zuzana Dutkova, Division of European Affairs at the Slovak Republic. Dutkova did not comment on the points. Rather, she said Slovakia's absolute priority is to get an EU budget passed. Slovakia has been willing to compromise, even to the point of [...] | 2005-12-06 15:12:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EU LO |
05BRATISLAVA979 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, DECEMBER 12, 2005 [...] (C) SMK MP Laszlo Nagy told Poloff on December 7 that the SMK party continues to develop venues through which to promote democracy in Belarus. Having signed agreements with opposition parties in Minsk already, Nagy said that he has met with the Minister of Education to begin discussions of [...] | 2005-12-12 14:39:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR ETRD SOCI BO LO |
05BRATISLAVA992 | ROBERT FICO HAS DIRECTION, BUT NO COMPASS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Robert Fico, the driven chairman of opposition party Smer ("Direction"),hosted a small lunch for the Ambassador on December 15 during which he outlined his views on Slovak politics and foreign policy, and revealed what we had long suspected: Fico is an intense and [...] | 2005-12-16 16:21:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV PINR SOCI EU LO |
05BRUSSELS1109 | SOMALIA - IGAD DEPLOYMENT PLAN: EU RESPONSE [...] (C) The EU broadly shares U.S. concerns over the IGAD peacekeeping plan. However, it prefers a low-profile approach which allows the plan to collapse under its own weight for lack of Somali support. The EU will not fund any peacekeeping operation that includes troops from frontline states. [...] | 2005-03-18 09:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID SO USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS114 | ACTION PLANS FOR THE EU NEIGHBORHOOD: DO THEY [...] (U) SUMMARY: In recent weeks, the European Union announced with great fanfare seven "Neighborhood Action Plans" -- one step in the process of defining and developing the EU's relationships with the countries in its "Neighborhood" that at this point seem unlikely to become membership candidat [...] | 2005-01-11 15:18:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV PHUM ZL XH XF XI EUN ETRO USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1147 | RESULTS OF MARCH 16 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING [...] (SBU) In addition to postponing Croatia's accession talks (septel),EU FMs at the March 16 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) also noted positive developments in the Middle East and issued conclusions on Lebanon calling for Syria to withdraw all troops and intelligence servi [...] | 2005-03-18 16:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ETRD LE IR SU ES IN RU ICC EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1149 | WHAT NEXT ON CROATIA'S EU ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) As reported Ref A, EU Foreign Ministers on March 16 postponed opening of accession negotiations with Croatia. The General Affairs and External Relations Council Conclusions said negotiations would be opened "by common agreement as soon as the Council has established that Croatia is coopera [...] | 2005-03-18 16:23:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EAID ETRD HR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1226 | U.S.-EU CONSULTATIONS ON OSCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with USOSCE Ambassador Stephan M. Minikes, EU officials said: --in light of growing Russian intransigence on democracy issues, the EU is preparing a strategy on how to respond to the Russian challenge in OSCE; --Russia is blocking democracy promotion in the Counc [...] | 2005-03-24 07:51:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM OSCE EUN RU USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1231 | IS THE EU RETREATING ON THE CHINA ARMS EMBARGO? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU drive to lift its arms embargo on China appears to be faltering as a result of the March 14 passage of the anti-secession law, increased U.S. pressure, and China's unwillingness to deliver concessions on human rights. Our EU contacts generally confirm press reports that EU [...] | 2005-03-24 11:27:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETTC CH TW EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1239 | MIGRATION, DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION: EU [...] (U) At a two-day public hearing at the European Parliament, policymakers and experts exchanged ideas on harnessing international migration to help bolster European economies and populations. Their overarching call was for a legal and transparent immigration program, at the European level, whi [...] | 2005-03-24 14:28:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF SMIG PHUM KWMN EAID ELAB OSCE EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1241 | WHA DAS SHAPIRO DISCUSSES LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In March 14 meetings with WHA DAS Charles Shapiro, EU officials said: -- the EU would increase contacts with the Cuban opposition; the European Parliament might be interested in holding a public hearing with Cuban dissidents; -- the EU would send a fact-finding mission to Hait [...] | 2005-03-24 15:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV ETRD EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1472 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION THINKING ON INTERNATIONAL IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary. The European Commission wants to see a successful U.S.-EU co-hosted Iraq conference in June, and is convinced this means keeping it to a one-day event, and focusing the agenda on next steps in Iraq between now and the next round of elections. The EC is in synch with U.S. thi [...] | 2005-04-13 14:21:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1484 | SALAFRANCA PUSHES HIS CANDIDACY FOR UNDP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following up on previous approaches to USEU, Embassy Madrid and USINT Havana (REFS B-D),Spanish member of the European Parliament (MEP) Jose Ignacio Salafranca solicited support from USEU again on April 7 for his candidacy for UNDP Administrator. Salafranca is well known to USE [...] | 2005-04-14 09:45:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR EAID SP UNDP EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1511 | EU WILL SET UP COMMON INDEX OF CRIMINAL [...] EU Ministers for Justice, Freedom and Security (or Justice and Home Affairs - JHA Council) on April 14 agreed to set up a common EU "index" to register the criminal records of all non-EU citizens convicted in the EU countries. For their own nationals residing in the EU, Member States will p [...] | 2005-04-15 14:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER CMGT CVIS KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1514 | WARSAW WINS SEAT OF EU BORDER AGENCY; EU [...] EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers (JHA Council) on April 14 agreed that Warsaw would be the seat of the newly created Agency for the management of the EU external borders. The ministers also agreed to intensify contacts with Libya in order to combat illegal immigration, while insisting t [...] | 2005-04-15 14:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF SMIG PL AL LY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1527 | EC WILL SPEND 8.5M EUROS ON AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) On April 18, PolOff delivered Reftel demarche on funding for Afghanistan's parliamentary elections to Jonathan Hatwell, European Commission (EC) desk officer for Afghanistan. Hatwell reiterated that the EC "fully shares the U.S. view on the importance of the parliamentary elections," and [...] | 2005-04-18 12:46:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID AF UNSC USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1530 | CUBA: EU COMMISSIONER MICHEL BOLSTERS CUBAN FONMIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to his adviser on Cuba, European Commissioner for Development Louis Michel believes the EU must bolster Cuban FM Felipe Perez Roque as the best hope for improved EU-Cuba relations. During his March 24-27 visit to the island (REFS B-C),Michel offered Perez Roque better [...] | 2005-04-18 13:51:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR EAID CU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1542 | Gymnich Takes No Decision on China Arms, [...] (SBU) The EU's informal "Gymnich" meeting of foreign ministers sought to place the EU-China relationship in a broader context, but the arms embargo issue loomed over the discussion. A Council staffer told us a consensus still exists within the EU to work on the issue, but a majority of member [...] | 2005-04-19 10:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID MASS CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1549 | DARFUR - RHETORIC AND REALITY OF A COMPLEX CONFLICT [...] (C) Summary. The prevailing rhetoric on Darfur conveys the gravity of the humanitarian crisis, but does not capture the complexity of the changing situation on the ground. Though the violence emerged as a result of the political conflict between the GOS and the Darfur rebels, it had a ready b [...] | 2005-04-20 09:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF EAID AU SU US USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1550 | GREECE PUSHING MACEDONIA NAME ISSUE WITHIN THE EU [...] (C) The Council Secretariat's Macedonia desk and a Dutch diplomat who works on Balkan issues tell us the Greeks are pressing to get the EU to pressure Macedonia on its on-going name dispute. Next Monday's (April 25) General Affairs and External Relations Council is due to issue Conclusions on [...] | 2005-04-20 09:34:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK GR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1556 | WHAT A FRENCH "NON" ON THE EU CONSTITUTION COULD [...] (C) No one can be sure of all the political consequences of a French rejection of the EU Constitution, but it would almost certainly end the document's chances of ever entering into force. While forty days remain before the vote, Embassy Paris (refs A and B) has described the challenges facin [...] | 2005-04-20 13:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV FR TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1581 | EC FUNDING FOR UNWRA EMERGENCY APPEAL IN 2005: DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-21 15:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS UNRWA |
05BRUSSELS1583 | THE PROPOSED EU CONSTITUTION: WHAT IT COULD MEAN [...] (SBU) The Constitutional Treaty signed last October requires ratification by all 25 Member States. It faces its first serious test in the May 29 French referendum, and a second critical vote in the Netherlands on June 1. Under those circumstances, entry into force is a distant and uncertain [...] | 2005-04-22 08:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN EAID ECIN MARR SMIG EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1593 | COMMISSION AND COUNCIL EXPECT SHORT GAERC MEETING [...] (U) A shorter than normal GAERC on April 25 is unlikely to take any significant decisions on external relations topics. On the Middle East, the GAERC is exepcted to issue Conclusions on the MEPP, Iraq and Lebanon. Africa discussion will focus on the Great Lakes, with any new decisions on Zimb [...] | 2005-04-22 10:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPAL IZ LE ZI CG SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1606 | EU "TASK FORCE" ON CROATIA TO MEET WITH ICTY AND [...] (C) Commission, UK and Luxembourg Presidency officials in Brussels expect, and hope, that "nothing new" will come out of the first meeting of the EU "task force" on Croatia on April 26 in Luxembourg. The UK has dropped the idea of presenting the Croats with a written to-do list, but will stil [...] | 2005-04-22 15:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HR ICTY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1620 | THE EU "GYMNICH" MEETINGS - HOW THEY OPERATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Informal transatlantic "Gymnich" style meetings could provide a useful forum for informal exchanges that might help bridge the current impasse in NATO/EU relations. END SUMMARY 2. (C) In recent months, several proposals have been floated for more informal meetings between for [...] | 2005-04-25 14:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1628 | US-EU CONFERENCE ON IRAQ: VISIT OF S/I AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary. On April 21, Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Ambassador Richard Jones met with a wide range of EU officials from the Luxembourg Presidency, the Commission and the Council to consult on planning for the U.S.-EU co-hosted International Conference on Iraq in June. Th [...] | 2005-04-26 08:21:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1641 | APRIL 25 GAERC: EU FMS DISCUSS MIDDLE EAST, [...] (SBU) EU FMs' April 25 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting went much as expected (REF A),with discussion moving briskly through the day's agenda prior to FMs leaving to attend the signing ceremony for the EU Accession Treaty of Romania and Bulgaria (REF B). The EU [...] | 2005-04-26 15:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID LE IZ IS ZF ZI RU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1649 | EU'S CROATIA TASK FORCE REAFFIRMS ZAGREB MUST [...] (C) The EU's ad hoc "task force" on Croatia met in Luxembourg April 26 with ICTY Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte and then with Croatian PM Sanader. Based on Del Ponte's assessment that Croatia is still failing to fully cooperate with the ICTY, the task force took no further action on Croatia's EU [...] | 2005-04-27 14:15:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HR ICTY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1727 | NATO AND EU MEET TO DISCUSS SUPPORT TO DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary. On 29 April 2005, NATO International Staff (IS) and International Military Staff (IMS) led by Assistant Secretary General Kobieracki, met with EU General Secretariat SIPDIS and EU Military Staff (EUMS) members led by Director General for ESDP, Pieter Feith in the EU's Kortenb [...] | 2005-05-03 14:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS EAID SU ET NATO USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1734 | TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA [...] (U) Summary. The April 20 transatlantic consultations on Africa (COAFR) addressed priorities in the Great Lakes (ensuring democratic governance, supporting security sector reform and fostering regional stability),Somalia (consolidating the peace process),Sudan (Darfur and North-South); West [...] | 2005-05-04 05:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV MOPS PHUM EAID XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS212 | EU RESUMES TRADE, POLITICAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH IRAN [...] (C/NF) Summary. The atmospherics at the January 12-13 EU-Iran Trade and Cooperation and Political Agreement negotiations in Brussels were positive and relaxed, and Iran appeared to want the negotiations to succeed, according to Council Secretariat officials who attended. Negotiations are s [...] | 2005-01-19 09:23:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KNNP PTER PHUM IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2146 | CZECH FONMIN PUSHING IDEAS TO TOUGHEN EU CUBA [...] (S) On the margins of a European Parliament conference on Cuba on June 2, Czech FonMin Cyril Svoboda told us he had "four or five" specific proposals for toughening the EU's stance on Cuba. In the run-up to the June 13 EU FonMins meeting, at which Cuba policy will be reviewed, Svoboda is tryi [...] | 2005-06-06 13:54:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PREL PHUM PINR CU EUN |
05BRUSSELS2148 | EU FAILS TO ADOPT COMMON RULES AGAINST [...] EU Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) ministers on June 2 failed to agree on a draft piece of EU legislation intended to establish common rules against racism and xenophobia within the Union. Delegations did agree on the necessity for an EU- wide instrument requiring operators to retain telecom [...] | 2005-06-06 14:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PTER CMGT CVIS KCRM EUN |
05BRUSSELS2160 | WORK CONTINUES ON THE EU'S PROPOSED "EXTERNAL [...] (C) While French and Dutch rejection of the EU Constitution has likely killed that document, one of the first ideas contained within it that may be implemented via other means is creation of an EU Foreign Minister supported by a European External Action Service. This may still be years away, [...] | 2005-06-07 08:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID CMGT EUN |
05BRUSSELS2165 | CUBA: FURTHER CHANGES IN EU POLICY UNLIKELY [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a key EU Council official (protect),the EU will almost certainly continue the suspension of the June 2003 restrictive measures against Cuba and seek "constructive" dialogue with the Cuban authorities. This is the principal message of the draft EU policy declaration [...] | 2005-06-07 12:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2166 | EU TO LAUNCH COOPERATION WITH LIBYA ON [...] EU Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) on June 3 agreed to cooperate with Libya to combat clandestine migration and will help Libya build institutional capacity. This decision "in principle" ties development of this cooperation to Libya respecting certain basic principles - particu [...] | 2005-06-07 13:14:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PTER CMGT CVIS KCRM LY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2202 | MAY 22 COASI WORKING DINNER ON SOUTHEAST ASIA [...] (C) Summary: On May 22, EAP A/S Chris Hill participated in a COASI working dinner on Southeast Asia with EU representatives from the Luxembourg European Presidency, the European Commission, the European Council, and the incoming UK EU Presidency. The participants discussed North Korea, in add [...] | 2005-06-08 16:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETRD XB EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2203 | A/S HILL LAUNCHES STRATEGIC DIALOGUE ON EAST ASIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 23-24 in Brussels, EAP A/S Christopher Hill led an interagency delegation, including representatives from State, NSC, OSD, JCS, and the intelligence community, in a meeting with EU Troika officials to launch the U.S.-Europe Strategic Dialogue on East Asia. A/S Hill also met [...] | 2005-06-08 16:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PHUM ETRD XB EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2208 | EU ON HAITIAN ELECTIONS BUDGET SHORTFALL [...] (SBU) We presented reftel demarche on June 8 to John Caloghirou, Head of the Caribbean Affairs Unit in the Development Directorate-General of the European Commission (EC). Caloghirou said the EC would contribute 18 million euros for elections, plus 2-1/2 million euros for an election-related [...] | 2005-06-09 06:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAID EFIN HA PGOV PREL EUN OAS UN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2227 | SCHENGEN TURNS TWENTY: BIGGER AND BOLDER THAN EVER [...] (SBU) Summary. The Schengen area has grown from six core countries in 1985 to fifteen at present, with eleven more -- including most recently Switzerland -- expected to be integrated by the end of 2007. Border-free travel within the zone has proved popular with the European public and is one [...] | 2005-06-09 14:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS SMIG PREL CMGT KFRD KCRM PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2231 | EU CONSIDERING HARDER LINE ON UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: EU Foreign Ministers will consider taking punitive measures against Uzbekistan unless the GOU agrees by the end of June to an independent, international inquiry into the Andijon events. If the GOU does not agree to an international inquiry, Germany plans to push for use of the OS [...] | 2005-06-09 15:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2252 | PREVIEW OF JUNE 13 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING [...] (C) Much of EUFMs' energy at the June 13 GAERC will focus on preparing the June 16-17 EU Summit, especially negotiations on the EU budget and failed Constitutional Treaty. Decisions on Uzebkistan and Cuba should be as reported REFs B and C. Other topics are unlikely to produce much news, alt [...] | 2005-06-10 15:54:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2339 | UK PLANS FOR ITS EU PRESIDENCY: MIDDLE EAST ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. According to UK mission staff in Brussels who cover Middle East issues, the UK hopes to use its July-December EU presidency to work closely with the U.S. in promoting a common agenda. On Iraq, the UK hopes the June 22 conference will help move the EU to do more on rule of law [...] | 2005-06-16 15:56:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EAID UK XF EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2345 | BRUSSELS SCENE-SETTER FOR SECRETARY'S [...] (C) Europe is still in turmoil as a result of the "no" votes in France and the Netherlands on the European constitution. As expected, European leaders have turned inward as they struggle to look responsive to public discontent with their leadership. The debates at their June 16-17 summit r [...] | 2005-06-17 10:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN NATO IQ USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS235 | READOUT OF EU HIGHREP SOLANA'S TRIP TO MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) SUMMARY. EU Middle East Envoy Marc Otte told USEU that, as a result of his January 9-13 trip to the region, EU High Rep Solana sees possibilities and opportunities for positive changes in the election of Mahmoud Abbas as the new leader of the Palestinian Authority. In particular, Solana [...] | 2005-01-19 17:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PGOV PTER EAID IS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2403 | EU LEADERS NOTE JHA ACTION PLAN, LIST [...] EU leaders in the June 16-17 European Council endorsed without discussion the draft conclusions put forward by the Luxembourg Presidency in the area of "Freedom, Security and Justice" (or Justice and Home Affairs, JHA). The conclusions basically note the adoption by the June 2 JHA Council (R [...] | 2005-06-22 08:51:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PTER CMGT CVIS KCRM LY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2418 | CENTRAL DUBLIN GROUP MEETING: JUNE 2005 [...] Summary. During its June 21 meeting, the members of the Central Dublin Group (DG) reviewed regional reports from South-East Asia (submitted by Australia),South-West Asia (U.K.),Central Asia (Italy),Balkans and Near East (Greece),and Eastern Europe (Germany). The Group adopted most of the [...] | 2005-06-23 13:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KCRM PREL SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2419 | BARROSO CALLS FOR EU BUDGET COMPROMISE; [...] European Commission President Barroso on June 22 said the EU could face "paralysis" unless its budget quarrel was settled quickly. Barroso said a clause permitting review of the budget situation in 2008 might break the deadlock. He cautioned against "explicitly" linking farm spending and th [...] | 2005-06-23 13:36:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2455 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH AND FRENCH DIRECTOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a June 21 meeting in Brussels, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and French MFA Middle East/North Africa Director Jean-Francois Thibault welcomed the excellent U.S.-France cooperation on Lebanon and agreed that close coordination would remain critical as the new governmen [...] | 2005-06-27 14:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PREL PTER SY XF LE FR USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2464 | THE EU AT 25: DOES IT WORK? [...] (C) Despite arguments in some quarters that an EU of 25 members could not work without the streamlined Council decision-making procedures of the proposed EU Constitutional Treaty, we do not believe that EU enlargement has led to EU gridlock. Over one year after enlargement, the expansion of t [...] | 2005-06-28 08:49:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ETRD CMGT EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2470 | EU ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR UN REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 24, we delivered ref (A) demarche to Paulo Oliveira, Principal UN Desk Officer at the EU Council Secretariat. Oliveira's preliminary impression was that the SIPDIS U.S. points illustrated continued broad U.S.-EU agreement on the importance and main priorities of UN refo [...] | 2005-06-28 11:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR PGOV AORC UNSC EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2481 | EU DEBATING VENEZUELA POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 27, we delivered ref (A) demarche to Nicolas Pascual de la Parte (STRICTLY PROTECT),EU HighRep Javier Solana,s Adviser on Latin America. Pascual said that EU member states were now debating whether and how to engage or isolate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. He predict [...] | 2005-06-29 08:56:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET VE EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS25 | EU/ARMS EXPORTS/CHINA: 2003 REPORT SHOWS INCREASED [...] On December 21 the EU released its 6th Annual Report on the Code of Conduct for arms exports, covering CY 2003. The report, compiled each year by the COARM (conventional arms exports) working group of Member State licensing authorities, covers the value and quantity of export licenses issued [...] | 2005-01-04 11:33:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PARM ETTC PREL CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2607 | EU LUKEWARM ON IDEA OF MOLDOVA CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary. The initial EU response to reftel demarche is lukewarm, although member states will need to be consulted for an official response. The EU will likely be most supportive of a conference whose participants include at least Russia and, ideally, Transnistria as well. The EU sugge [...] | 2005-07-08 15:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PBTS PHUM PGOV MD EUN OSCE USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2610 | CIVCOM: ITS PRIORITIES AND CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: A June 29 meeting between USEU officials and a group of counselors from the EU Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management (CIVCOM) clarified the role that the committee plays within the ESDP structure and the challenges it faces inside and outside the EU. A relatively ne [...] | 2005-07-08 15:39:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI MOPS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2641 | EU ATTENDANCE AT 60TH UNGA AND HLE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-11 16:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID OTRA OVIP PGOV PREL EUN UNGA USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2642 | CUTTING THROUGH THE NATO-EU KNOT [...] (U) This is a joint USEU-USNATO message. ----------- Summary ----------- 2. (C) It remains in the interest of the United States to continue to lead in NATO while building an ever-stronger partnership with the EU, notwithstanding recent tensions between the two organizations. Doing so is [...] | 2005-07-11 16:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2668 | DRC ELECTIONS: INCREASED FUNDING AND MONUC SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary. At a July 11 conference to rally support for elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),donors pledged an additional 74 million euros to largely cover one of the critical funding gaps. However, UN Security Council (UNSC) agreement for the MONUC peacekeeping operation [...] | 2005-07-13 12:33:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PHUM MOPS CG EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2674 | EU CLAIMS NO CHANGE ON NEPAL POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff delivered reftel discussion points to interlocutors at the European Commission and Council and the UK Permrep on July 11. All said no "policy statement" on Nepal was being prepared, but the UK Presidency was preparing an informal "internal discussion paper" on Nepal for a [...] | 2005-07-13 15:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EU USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2688 | EU TO SPEED UP COUNTER-TERRORISM MEASURES [...] EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers, at their July 13 extraordinary meeting convened in response to the London attacks, were "absolutely determined" to speed up implementation measures in the EU Action Plan to combat terrorism. A four-page declaration gave new momentum to a detailed list o [...] | 2005-07-14 14:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER CMGT CVIS KCRM PREF UK EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2730 | EC CONSIDERS FUNDING OPTIONS FOR AMIS [...] (C) Summary. Although the European Commission (EC) has reservations about expanding the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS IIe) beyond 7000 peacekeepers, it nonetheless is considering a third funding tranche from its Africa Peace Facility (APF). Even if the EC uses most of the APF balance, [...] | 2005-07-19 04:53:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2735 | GAERC: EU FMs ASK SYRIA TO PROMOTE REGIONAL [...] EU FM's in the July 18 GAERC urged Israel to exercise maximum self-restraint and the Palestinian Authority to take immediate and effective action against those involved in terrorist attacks. They called on Syria to take action to promote regional stability, including by supporting the legiti [...] | 2005-07-19 14:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SY LE IS IR IZ UZ ZI ID SU CH ZK EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2739 | CONNECTING THE EU TO ITS CITIZENS: MISSION [...] As the EU enters a "period of reflection" on its future, Commission Vice-President Margot Wallstrm, charged with communication strategy, will soon gain wider public exposure. She intends to press the Commission's case for the EU to draft a so-called "Plan D" - where D stands for dialogue, de [...] | 2005-07-19 15:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SCUL PROP EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2748 | A/S FRIED - EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS TROIKA, JULY [...] (C) Following a luncheon discussion with all 25 EU Political Directors on transatlantic relations, the EU's neighborhood policy, and the Middle East (reported septel) A/S Fried met with the EU "troika" led by UK Political Director Sawers, Council DG for CFSP Robert Cooper, and Commission RELEX [...] | 2005-07-20 09:33:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PARM ZK IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2802 | US-EU JULY 20 TASK FORCE MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the July 20 US-EU Task Force meeting, both sides emphasized their commitment to implementing Summit declarations. An additional Task Force meeting was proposed to follow-up on the US EU Summit economic initiatives and other issues. EU officials reported progress on their pl [...] | 2005-07-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PHUM PREL UK EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2822 | DAS ROSEMARY DICARLO'S MEETINGS WITH EU OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary. According to EU Council and Commission officials, there can be no "shortcut" to EU membership for the countries of the Western Balkans, although their European perspective remains the long-term goal. Kai Eide is "gloomy" and disappointed with what he has seen of the standards impl [...] | 2005-07-26 15:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL BK MK SR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2823 | QUADRILATERAL ON BULGARIAN AND PALESTINIAN MEDICS [...] (C) Summary. UK, European Commission, Bulgarian, and U.S. representatives agreed on need to continue efforts to support humanitarian HIV/AID projects in Libya, while pressing Libya to release the Bulgarian and Palestinian medics, in order to set the stage for the private discussions necessar [...] | 2005-07-27 04:44:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | BU EU LY PHUM PREL USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS283 | EU/CHINA ARMS: TEXT OF DRAFT EU "TOOLBOX" FOR [...] (S) Poloff was given a confidential EU reporting cable containing the current draft of the not-yet-agreed EU "Toolbox" for post-embargo countries. Full text of the draft is in para 2. Council and Member State contacts report that the French are close to agreement on this draft, which has alr [...] | 2005-01-21 17:26:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS284 | COORDINATOR FOR AFGHANISTAN QUINN MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 20, Coordinator for Afghanistan Ambassador Maureen Quinn and a joint State/Department of Defense team met with European Council Director General Robert Cooper and European Commission South Asia Head of Unit Julian Wilson. Cooper said he is markedly more optimistic ab [...] | 2005-01-21 17:42:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR EAID AF NATO USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2840 | EU RECEIVES DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REPORT ON CHINA [...] (SBU) On July 25 and 26, we delivered Reftel A points to Ana Ramirez, Principal Administrator for China and Southeast Asia at the European Council, and Henriette Geiger, China Desk Officer at the European Commission. Both expressed appreciation for the report and talking points. They pointed [...] | 2005-07-27 15:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH PARM PM PREL USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2918 | S/CRS DEEPENS EU CIVILIAN CRISIS RESPONSE CONTACTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On 25 July, staff from the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) met with various EU bodies dealing with civilian crisis management. Director of Planning Barbara Stephenson emphasized to the Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management ( [...] | 2005-08-04 10:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS FR EUN KCRS USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2923 | THE STRUCTURE AND PROGRESS OF THE EU'S CIV-MIL CELL [...] (C/NF) Summary: The EU has created a civilian-military cell designed to enhance its strategic and operational planning capabilities without detracting from NATO,s role as "the natural choice" for a military operation involving the European and American allies." Declared operational on 1 June [...] | 2005-08-04 16:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS3276 | EU WILL NOT MEET SYRIA AT THE UNGA; WANTS TO KNOW [...] (S) SUMMARY. Syria has not yet approached the EU for possible meetings during the UNGA, but officials assure us they will send a unified position against high level meetings. END SUMMARY. Â [...] | 2005-09-07 15:33:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER SY USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS3346 | EU ELECTION TEAM LEADER DENOUNCES ETHIOPIA [...] (U) Summary. At a September 13 hearing of the European Parliament, the Chief Observer of the EU's election observation mission in Ethiopia, MEP Ana Gomes (Portuguese Socialist),condemned the GoE's handling of the redress process and related human rights abuses. She urged the international c [...] | 2005-09-13 15:38:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM ET EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS3353 | EUR PDAS VOLKER ENGAGES EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his September 7-8 EU-related meetings in Brussels, EUR PDAS Kurt Volker stressed the need for a pragmatic U.S.-EU partnership, based on our common values, to solve problems globally. With all of his interlocutors, he discussed the importance of working together to promote demo [...] | 2005-09-14 08:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID VE CU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS337 | INFORMAL U.S.-EU MEETING ON JUSTICE AND HOME [...] Summary. At the Informal Meeting on Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) held February 13-14 in Luxembourg, the U.S. and EU reviewed outstanding issues and areas for further law enforcement, border security and counter terrorism cooperation during the coming six months. The U.S. presented to Euro [...] | 2005-01-26 09:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS CVIS KCRM KJUS PREL SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS3491 | EU WILL ATTEND ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM ISG IN [...] EU Council official Ana Ramirez confirmed to us that she will attend the ASEAN Regional Forum Inter-sessional Support Group on Confidence Building Measures and Preventive Diplomacy in Honolulu October 17-19. Ramirez noted that one or two EU colleagues likely will accompany her. She will pro [...] | 2005-09-23 15:28:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR XB EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS3534 | EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT OCT 4: READMISSION AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary. The major outcome of the October 4 EU-Russia London summit is likely to be a Readmission Accord committing Russia to take back failed asylum seekers and other irregular migrants. In exchange, the EU will ease visa requirements on diplomats and other categories of Russians. Unli [...] | 2005-09-28 12:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON EAIR RS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS3558 | EU FOREIGN MINISTERS TO FOCUS ON TURKEY, IRAN, [...] (C) EU FMs will meet in an extraordinary session the evening of October 2 to focus on Turkey. On October 3 EU foreign ministers will hold their scheduled meeting (GAERC) and will focus on strategy regarding Iran, decide whether current Croatian cooperation with the ICTY merits a start of acce [...] | 2005-09-29 16:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HR RS TU IZ IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS358 | SOLANA'S REMARKS ON IRAQI ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Recent press reports that EU High Rep Solana predicted "disaster" if Iraqi Sunnis don't vote were inaccurate, we were assured by two reliable sources. Instead, we were told Solana said the exclusion of Sunnis from the political process following the vote would be a disaster, an [...] | 2005-01-26 15:51:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS379 | S/CRS ASSESSES THE EU'S CRISIS RESPONSE [...] (C/NF) Summary: The European Union has developed deployable capabilities in police monitoring and training, civil administration, rule of law, and civil protection. Under the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP),there is an evolving capacity to do early warning of failed or failing st [...] | 2005-01-27 13:52:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MCAP MOPS EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS4172 | PDAS SHAPIRO FOCUSES ON ANDEAN REGION WITH EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro's November 15 discussions with EU officials focused principally on Venezuela, Colombia and Bolivia. On Venezuela, the European Commission (EC) acknowledged that the EU observation mission to the December elections would have to take care not to be seen as [...] | 2005-11-23 16:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID VE CO BL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS4202 | AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE EUROPEAN DEFENSE AGENCY AND [...] (C) European Defense Agency (EDA) CEO Nick Witney argues the prescription for European defense capability shortfalls is to "spend money on the right stuff, spend more money together and pool efforts and resources." Europe has 10,000 main battle tanks, 23 separate shipyards (to the US's 6) and [...] | 2005-11-29 13:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS4203 | ESDP: THE EUROPEAN UNION'S FORCE REQUIREMENT [...] (C) A major European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) deliverable for the current UK Presidency was the Requirements Catalogue 2005 that was approved by the European Council on November 21. The catalogue lists military capabilities needed to execute the European Security Strategy and the He [...] | 2005-11-29 13:15:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS4293 | EU ON UPCOMING GAERC: AGREE WITH U.S. ON MOST [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to European Commission and Council Secretariat officials, the EU FMs will devote their informal session December 7 to internal EU budget negotiations that will likely carry over to the December 12 GAERC. Non-budget discussions December 12 will focus on the Balkans, in [...] | 2005-12-05 17:44:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IZ AF ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS4294 | COUNTER-TERRORISM: EU AGREES STRATEGY FOR [...] EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers (JHA Council) on December 1 agreed on a "EU Strategy for Combating Radicalization and Recruitment to Terrorism," including by disrupting the activities of networks and "ensuring that voices of mainstream opinion prevail over those of extremism." The min [...] | 2005-12-06 05:27:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS4296 | EU MOVES TOWARD LEGISLATION ON RETENTION [...] The UK Presidency in the December 2 meeting of EU Justice and Home Affairs ministers (JHA Council) secured a majority agreement on a compromise to approximate member states' legislation on the retention of telecom data. Ministers agreed to require the storage of traffic information for a mi [...] | 2005-12-06 09:15:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER CMGT CVIS KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS4300 | TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary. The October 19 transatlantic consultations on Africa included a variety of big picture themes -- the EU strategy for Africa, peacekeeping, development, political Islam and extremism, China in Africa -- as well as discussion about key political issues in the Great Lakes, Uganda, [...] | 2005-12-06 11:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV PHUM EAID MOPS XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS4315 | DAS DICARLO AND EU DISCUSS W. BALKANS [...] (C) DAS Rosemary DiCarlo and Kosovo Desk Officer Black discussed the Western Balkans with the UK Presidency and EU officials at the U.S.-EU COWEB Troika meeting in Brussels November 29. DAS DiCarlo highlighted the EU accession process as a catalyst for reform in the region but noted that cou [...] | 2005-12-07 07:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAID XH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS4323 | EU, OTHERS FRUSTRATED WITH IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY EU, Swiss, and Australian participants took the lead at a Berne Process meeting on Iran on November 29 in Brussels, agreeing that Iran was stonewalling their bilateral human rights dialogues, but Norway was optimistic that its recent exchange might yield an invitation to Iran for [...] | 2005-12-07 15:14:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL ECON EAID PINR XG XF EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS4333 | EUROPEAN UNION EXERCISES BATTLEGROUP COMMAND AND [...] (C) Summary. The EU began an exercise November 22 to test the Command and Control procedures linking the "political level" in Brussels with a Framework Nation EU Operational Headquarters and with a deployable Force Headquarters in the case of an EU Battlegroup deployment. NATO International S [...] | 2005-12-08 10:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS4342 | BUILDING THE INTERNAL EUROPEAN DEFENSE MARKET: EU [...] (U) Summary. The European Union is taking steps to consolidate the European defense equipment market. The European Defense Agency has established a code of conduct for defense procurement, and the EU is developing plans to match US levels of investment in defense research and development. A nu [...] | 2005-12-09 08:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS4515 | DHS DEPUTY SECRETARY JACKSON'S MEETING WITH EU [...] (C) Summary: DHS Deputy Secretary Michael P. Jackson met with the EU's Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Gijs de Vries on December 7 and discussed a wide-ranging list of terrorism related topics. These issues included the status of the PNR litigation, the International Registered Traveler program [...] | 2005-12-29 15:31:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG PTER CVIS EAIR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS4516 | DHS DEPUTY SECRETARY JACKSON'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. On December 7, DHS Deputy Secretary Michael P. Jackson met with the European Commission's (EC) Director General for Justice, Freedom and Security (JFS) Jonathan Faull and discussed a broad range of border security related issues. Topics included the pending decision on passenger [...] | 2005-12-29 15:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG KCRM CVIS EAIR PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS478 | SRI LANKA CO-CHAIRS MEET IN BRUSSELS, 01/25/2005 [...] SUMMARY: Co-chairs agreed on a press statement emphasizing a strong link between tsunami reconstruction process and building confidence to strengthen the peace process, but without a direct link to resumed peace negotiations. The Co-Chairs agreed on the need for enhanced donor coordination, b [...] | 2005-02-02 14:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID PHUM CE USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS494 | DEMARCHE TO EU COMMISSION: ANTI-TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-03 09:14:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC PGOV PREL PTER SNAR ECON CO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS517 | EU CONSIDERING NEXT STEPS ON NEPAL [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to the Michael Swann, Administrator for South Asia at the European Council, and European Commission Nepal Desk Officer Rensje Teerink. Teerink said the Nepalese ambassador to the EU called on Commission Deputy DG for External Relations Herve Jouanjean on Mon [...] | 2005-02-03 16:40:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NP USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS537 | EU GAME PLAN ON TURKEY AND NORTH CYPRUS [...] (C) Summary: A number of European Commission officials expressed concern to visiting EUR DAS Ambassador Kennedy on January 27 about the inability of the member states to free up the trade and financial assistance package to north Cyprus that the Council had approved in July 2004. They also wor [...] | 2005-02-07 10:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL CY TU EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS541 | FEBRUARY 8 EU APPROVAL UNLIKELY: GEORGIA BMO [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on February 7 to key Solana adviser Kees van Rij (protect),Head of the EU Council Secretariat Policy Unit Task Force on the Caucasus, and Mario SIPDIS Mariani (protect),OSCE desk officer in the External Relations Directorate-General of the European Comm [...] | 2005-02-07 13:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG EUN OSCE RU USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS543 | S/CT POPE AND EU CT COORDINATOR DE VRIES REVIEW [...] Summary. Acting CT Coordinator William Pope met with EU CT Coordinator Gijs de Vries to review areas of current and potential future cooperation on terrorism. Asked by de Vries where EU Member States should invest more effort, Pope responded that Europeans should look carefully at their lega [...] | 2005-02-07 14:52:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS PREL PTER USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS555 | EU-CUBA: BACK TO FULL "CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT?" [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU's January 31 decision to suspend its June 2003 restrictive measures (ref B) against Cuba should "increase EU engagement with the Cuban opposition" according to EU HighRep Javier Solana's Adviser on Latin America (protect). It is difficult to see how that will actually pla [...] | 2005-02-08 14:57:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAID CU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS584 | EC GREEN LINE LIBERALIZATION GAME PLAN FOR CYPRUS [...] (C) Summary: Commission officials are pleased they negotiated a preliminary agreement on February 4 with the Cypriot Government to liberalize some green line commerce in Cyprus. The EC is also pleased that Luxembourg, as the EU president, seems intent on quickly moving the agreement to Counci [...] | 2005-02-10 12:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CY ETRD EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS614 | BIOMETRICS: EU TECHNICAL STANDARDS FOR PASSPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary. The EU is set to approve a decision on technical standards related to biometrics in travel documents by the end of February. From that point, EU Member States will have 18 months to begin issuing passports that contain digitized photographs on contactless chips. A separate d [...] | 2005-02-11 11:51:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CPAS CVIS CMGT PREL SMIG KCRM KFRD EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS672 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: SOMALIA IGAD PEACE SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: The EU is concerned about the possibility of an outbreak of violence in Somalia in the event of an IGAD deployment. They are also worried that IGAD lacks the capacity to plan or run a peacekeeping operation. End summary. 2. (C) On February 11, PRMOFF delivered reftel talking po [...] | 2005-02-16 06:44:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS676 | MANDATE FOR COMMISSIONER'S NEW CYPRUS ADVISOR [...] (C) We contacted Jean-Christophe Filori, Commissioner Rehn's Cabinet advisor on Turkey and Cyprus, regarding the mandate of Jaako Blomberg, the Commissioner's new "Special Advisor" on Cyprus. Filori (protect) told us Blomberg's immediate responsibility will be to pressure the Cypriots to en [...] | 2005-02-16 10:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL CY TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS691 | EU RESPONSE ON ASSASSINATION OF FORMER LEBANESE PM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-17 10:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV SY LE EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS72 | AUSTRALIANS SEEK COMMON POSITION WITH U.S.ON WCDR [...] (C) SUMMARY: We met with counterparts from the Australian Mission to the EU, at their request, to discuss EU additionality and the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR),to be held in Kobe January 18-22. The Australians said Canberra was concerned, in the context of the tsunami disast [...] | 2005-01-07 12:42:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID AS JA CA EUN UN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS807 | MOLDOVAN ELECTIONS: PM TARLEV ON RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary. Moldovan PM Tarlev and FM Stratan met with EUR A/S Beth Jones February 21 in Brussels on the margins of the President's visit. Tarlev sought the meeting to convey concerns about Russian interference in the upcoming legislative elections in Moldova. He said recent U.S. critici [...] | 2005-02-28 14:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MD RS USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS823 | CENTRAL DUBLIN GROUP MEETING: FEBRUARY 2005 [...] Summary. During its February 18 meeting, the members of the Central Dublin Group (DG) reviewed regional reports from Northern Africa (submitted by Spain),Other African Countries (France),the Caribbean (France),South America (Spain),and Central America/Mexico (U.S.). The U.K. gave a pre [...] | 2005-03-01 11:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PREL EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS837 | EU ON VENEZUELA'S WEAPONS ACQUISITIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-02 09:16:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL VE CO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS838 | AMBASSADOR CARLOS PASCUAL MEETS IN BRUSSELS TO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Carlos Pascual, Coordinator of S/CRS, held a two-day series of meetings with EU officials in the Council and the Commission to explore areas for cooperative efforts on crisis response. In the meetings, Ambassador Pascual explained the mandate and structure of his offic [...] | 2005-03-02 09:24:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PHUM PREF SOCI EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS850 | ISRAEL IN IO'S: DRAFT EU ACTION PLAN SUGGESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Our EU interlocutors told us the EU plans to discuss Israeli membership in UN groups on March 8, after which the Luxembourg EU presidency will draft a formal reply to ref A demarche. In their estimation, the EU might support Israeli membership in the more &technical g [...] | 2005-03-02 16:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ELAB KIPR IS WIPO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS899 | IF IT'S TUESDAY, IT MUST BE BRUSSELS: VISIT OF [...] (C) Summary. EU officials pledged full support to Palestinian Authority President Abbas during the London Conference and his March 2 visit to Brussels. Abbas told the Commission that Hizballah, not Hamas, posed the biggest threat to the PA, but told Solana that designating Hizballah would [...] | 2005-03-04 16:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PTER EAID IS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BUCHAREST1003 | GEOANA WINS SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY PRESIDENCY; [...] (C) Summary. In a move that surprised the media and nearly all of Romania's political class, former Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana won the presidency of Romania's opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD) in the early hours of April 22 at a dramatic party congress. Other reformers within the [...] | 2005-04-22 13:39:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON PINR RO |
05BUCHAREST1030 | HOSTAGE CRISIS TESTS ROMANIAN PRESIDENCY; BASESCU [...] (C) Summary: The kidnapping and potential killing of three Romanian journalists presents an unprecedented challenge to President Traian Basescu, four months into his tenure. He has staked out a firm position in favor of strong transatlantic ties and a continued Romanian military contribution [...] | 2005-04-27 14:23:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS IZ RO |
05BUCHAREST1062 | ROMANIA: DEMARCHE CONCERNING PENDING [...] (C) Begin Summary: Recent conversations with the President,s domestic affairs advisor and the State Secretary for Adoption Affairs reveal substantial philosophical opposition to international adoption and even concern about alleged irregularities in the registration of such cases. This is desp [...] | 2005-04-29 12:47:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC PGOV SOCI RO EU |
05BUCHAREST1063 | BLACK SEA CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS ROMANIAN EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary. An April 20 conference on strategic opportunities in the Black Sea region permitted Romanian President Basescu to highlight his view that democratic stability, security, and prosperity in the region depended on Euro-Atlantic cooperation. He also emphasized that Romanian strategi [...] | 2005-04-29 13:36:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PREL PINR PINS ENRG SENV ECON TU GG RS UP UK RO NATO |
05BUCHAREST1123 | BASESCU AND HIS GOVERNMENT TACKLE CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Four months into its tenure, Romania's center-right government has taken cautious but concrete steps towards combating Romania's widespread corruption, its key campaign pledge. This includes passing anticorruption legislation and indicting several businessmen allegedly involved [...] | 2005-05-12 13:46:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KDEM ECON SOCI KCRM RO |
05BUCHAREST1126 | OPPOSITION PARTY STALLS ON KEY ANTI-CORRUPTION LAW, ALLEGES U.S. MEDDLING [...] (C) Summary: Deputies from the opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD) stormed out of the Romanian Parliament May 10 to avoid a vote on strengthened financial disclosure legislation, a key component in the new government's anti-corruption program. The PSD, which lost the 2004 presidential vote ami [...] | 2005-05-13 09:38:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM ECON SOCI RO |
05BUCHAREST1129 | SECI CENTER OFFICIALS TRAVEL TO HQ OF ORGANIZATION [...] On April 26-27 DoS Coordinator for SECI Center, RSO and SECI Public Affairs Officer traveled to BSEC Secretariat in Istanbul. This responds to a recent invitation extended by the BSEC Secretary General and Executive Manager to discuss the possible cooperation. During this meeting BSEC stated [...] | 2005-05-13 14:16:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM RO SECI |
05BUCHAREST1173 | A/S HARTY MEETINGS IN ROMANIA ON ADOPTIONS [...] (C) In meetings May 10 and 11 with President Basescu, Foreign Minister Ungureanu and other officials of the Government of Romania (GOR),Assistant Secretary Maura Harty found no evidence that the GOR had specific plans or strong commitment to resolve pending cases of international adoption affected [...] | 2005-05-20 13:20:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PREL OVIP RO |
05BUCHAREST1190 | ROMANIA CELEBRATES RETURN OF HOSTAGES; SEEKS RETURN OF AMCIT GUIDE [...] (SBU) This message contains information on an American Citizen protected by the privacy act. 2 (C) Summary: Romanians welcomed home from Iraq May 23 the three Romanian journalists released by kidnappers on May 22. President Traian Basescu thanked Romanian security services as well as authorities a [...] | 2005-05-23 13:55:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER CASC IZ RO |
05BUCHAREST1243 | ROMANIAN REQUEST TO PARTICIPATE IN INTEROGATION OF [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 3. 2. (SBU) CDA received letter for General Prosecutor Botos 5/26/05 requesting contact information at FBI to facilitate GOR participation in the interrogation of Mohamed Munaf in Baghdad. Text of letter is below. Begin Text: Your Excellency [...] | 2005-05-26 12:58:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL IZ RO |
05BUCHAREST1245 | ROMANIAN POLITICAL PARTIES SEARCH FOR AN IDENTITY [...] (SBU) Summary. Two of the six parties in the Romanian parliament have explicitly redefined themselves as "popular" or "conservative" this year and President Basescu's Democratic Party (PD) is considering a similar move. Their motive is to curry favor with the European Popular Party (EPP),a [...] | 2005-05-26 13:13:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON RO |
05BUCHAREST1256 | INL ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY NANCY POWELL - MAY [...] International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Acting Assistant Secretary Nancy Powell traveled to Bucharest May 10-11 for meetings at the Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI) Center and to discuss INL regional and bilateral programs and issues with key Romanian officia [...] | 2005-05-27 10:49:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM KJUS KCRM SNAR RO SECI |
05BUCHAREST1270 | ROMANIA EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT RESURGENT BLACK [...] (U) This is an Action Request for the State Department. See Paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary. GOR interlocutors who handle Black Sea issues express appreciation for U.S. views on Romania's possible contributions to the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and the Romania-organized Black [...] | 2005-05-31 12:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL ENRG SENV ECON TU GG RS UP UK RO NATO |
05BUCHAREST1307 | BECHTEL BEGINS TO SHUTDOWN ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: High-ranking Bechtel representatives currently in Bucharest failed to obtain sufficient funds from the GOR to cover mounting arrears on work performed on the 2.8 billion dollar Transylvania Motorway project. Discussions at ministerial level have provided no clear way ahead for [...] | 2005-06-03 14:23:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL RO |
05BUCHAREST132 | ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] (C) This is an Action Request for State Department. See Paragraph 3. 2. (C) PolMilOff discussed possible Romanian contributions of weapons to the Afghan National Army (ANA) with Andreea Pastarnac, Director of the MFA's Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific Department, on January 12 (REFTEL [...] | 2005-01-18 12:41:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MASS MARR PGOV AF RO |
05BUCHAREST1347 | BLACK SEA BORDER SECURITY INITIATIVE EXPERTS GROUP [...] Summary. Under the auspices of the Black Sea Border Security Initiative (BSBSI),USG representatives attended a first planning conference to consider Romania,s proposal to hold a tabletop simulation of a WMD incident. The other states represented at the conference were Georgia, Moldova, Bulg [...] | 2005-06-13 08:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETTC KNNP RO MD GG UP BU |
05BUCHAREST1348 | DAMAGED EGOS, DIVIDED PARTIES -- FISSURES IN [...] (C) Summary. Six months after national elections, Romania,s parliamentary opposition has been shaken by public squabbling and some political defections that may precipitate more fundamental changes. Ex-President Ion Iliescu has threatened to resign from the former ruling Social Democratic Pa [...] | 2005-06-13 09:35:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI RO |
05BUCHAREST1350 | ROMANIA SEEKS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR PFP PROJECT IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOR seeks financial support from the USG for participation as a "co-lead country" in a NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) trust fund project in the Republic of Moldova to destroy chemicals and pesticides. Post includes a nonpaper that outlines the GOR request. End Summary. [...] | 2005-06-13 11:12:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PARM MOPS MD RO NATO |
05BUCHAREST1372 | ROMANIA CONFRONTS ITS PAST 15 YEARS AFTER MINERS' [...] (C) Summary: Events of recent days have focused renewed attention on violence caused by rioting miners in the 1990's that slowed Romanian democratic development and Romanian progress toward market reform . As Romanians commemorated the 15th anniversary of the riots, a court ordered the mine [...] | 2005-06-17 12:14:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI RO |
05BUCHAREST1402 | ROMANIA'S CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR SEEBRIG DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) MFA NATO Division Director Mirela Maghiar told PolOff in a June 16 discussion regarding Romanian support for the South East Europe Brigade (SEEBRIG) that a U.S. contribution to SEEBRIG of USD 1 million this year as part of the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI),would constitute "us [...] | 2005-06-21 07:48:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL AF RO NATO |
05BUCHAREST1405 | IRAQ: ROMANIA OPEN TO CHANGES IN ITS MISSION [...] (S) On June 15, PolChief and DATT, along with British DCM delivered talking points on the U.S. Iraq strategy after Iraq elections to Stelian Stoian, MFA Director General for the Middle East and Global Affairs; Mihaela Matei, MOD Strategic Affairs Directorate Head; and Andreea Pastarnac, Direct [...] | 2005-06-21 13:12:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL IZ UK RO |
05BUCHAREST1427 | ROMANIA RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CFE TREATY ISSUES [...] (SBU) MFA Strategic Policy Director General Cristian Istrate and NATO Division Director Mirela Maghiar discussed with PolChief and PolOff June 9 Romanian concerns regarding the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty. Subsequent to the June 9 meeting, Maghiar provided a nonpaper (set [...] | 2005-06-23 13:04:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MARR MOPS PGOV PREL MD GG RO NATO CFE |
05BUCHAREST1431 | UN REFORM -- ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON [...] (C) PolChief delivered on June 22 demarches on UN reform to Stelian Stoian, MFA Director General for Global Affairs (refs). Stoian expressed great appreciation for the points, noting that they provide a far more comprehensive picture than Romania had previously seen of the U.S. vision for UN [...] | 2005-06-24 12:06:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM PREL RO UNCHR |
05BUCHAREST1432 | TURKISH ADMIRAL REAFFIRMS GO IT ALONE POLICY IN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a June 7-10 Black Sea Security Conference held in Chisinau, Moldova, the Turkish delegate repeated previous GOT comments that Turkey alone has the capacity to ensure security within the Black Sea region. Regarding future NATO activities in the region, he stated that wit [...] | 2005-06-24 12:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL ECON EU RO MD NATO |
05BUCHAREST1433 | NEW ROMANIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS? MAYBE... [...] (C) Summary: President Traian Basescu continues to push for early parliamentary elections, asserting that they would allow the center-right government to gain a clear majority. The National Liberal-Democratic (PNL-PD) party alliance is divided over the issue, with the PNL and Prime Minister C [...] | 2005-06-24 12:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON RO |
05BUCHAREST1472 | BSBSI "STYX 2005" TABLETOP EXERCISE GOES WELL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Department TDY PolOff officially observed the Romanian-organized Black Sea Border Security Initiative (BSBSI) tabletop exercise, held at the Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI) Center in Bucharest from June 22-24. During the exercise, representatives from Romania, B [...] | 2005-06-30 13:24:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KNNP PREL RO GG UP BU MD SECI |
05BUCHAREST1510 | EXBS: ROMANIA & BULGARIA MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - [...] June 9 Advisor and Staff Assistant met with Nelu Pop, Frontier Police Inspector General, for the formal donation of EXBS provided equipment made for the past several months. Frontier Police requested this so that signatures could be witnessed by a notary public. 2. June 24 Advisor met with [...] | 2005-07-07 13:38:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP BU RO |
05BUCHAREST1511 | GOVERNMENT RESIGNS; ROMANIA HEADS TOWARDS SNAP ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu announced the resignation of his cabinet July 7, pending acceptance by President Traian Basescu. The move, ostensibly in response to a Constitutional Court decision against a judicial reform package, will likely spark new parliamentary elections s [...] | 2005-07-07 16:38:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM SOCI RO |
05BUCHAREST1521 | RULING ALLIANCE MOVES TOWARD ELECTIONS; OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: The governing Liberal-Democratic (PNL-PD) alliance on July 8 continued to send out strong messages that the country is headed for early parliamentary elections, following the surprise July 7 resignation of the cabinet. President Basescu is expected to accept the resignations and [...] | 2005-07-08 15:09:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM SOCI RO |
05BUCHAREST1529 | PRESIDENT BASESCU ON ELECTIONS, SECURITY RELATIONSHIP, ADOPTIONS [...] (C) Summary: President Traian Basescu told Charge July 11 that snap elections are not a given, as there is a chance he will mediate a solution to avoid an early return to the polls. He acknowledged that earlier he had expressed support for new elections and that his Liberal-Democratic (PNL-PD) Alli [...] | 2005-07-11 14:17:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM SOCI RO |
05BUCHAREST153 | THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S FIRST WEEKS - BASESCU COMES OUT STRONG [...] (C) Summary: During his first several weeks in office, President Traian Basescu has been outspoken on the fight against corruption, foreign policy priorities and the status of the center right National Liberal Party -Democratic Party (PNL-PD) political alliance with the small Humanist Party (PUR). [...] | 2005-01-18 14:30:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON PINR RO |
05BUCHAREST1530 | ROMANIA: PROPOSED FY2005 SOLIDARITY FUND [...] PolChief discussed Coalition Solidarity Fund (CSF) allocation of $17,000,000 to Romania with MFA NATO Division Director Mirela Maghiar and other MFA interlocutors on June 30. Embassy Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) also discussed the allocation July 1 with Ion-Mircea Plangu, MOD State S [...] | 2005-07-11 14:20:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PARM PREL MOPS MARR RO |
05BUCHAREST1557 | EARLY ELECTIONS? BASESCU CONVENES SENIOR POLITICAL LEADERS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-12 14:50:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI RO |
05BUCHAREST1563 | PRIME MINISTER CONFIRMS RESIGNATION; COMMITS TO [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu July 13 announced he would officially step down from office early next week and that the government has begun plans for snap parliamentary elections. The announcement followed a special joint session of parliament and a July 12 meeting among [...] | 2005-07-13 14:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI RO |
05BUCHAREST1567 | ROMANIAN EXTREME NATIONALIST PARTY NEWSPAPER [...] (SBU) The headline of a first page article in the July 12 "Tricolurul," a daily newspaper controlled by extreme nationalist and Greater Romania Party (PRM) leader Corneliu Vadim Tudor, declares that World War II-era fascist dictator Ion Antonescu "saved the lives of at least 600,000 Romanian J [...] | 2005-07-15 04:12:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI RO |
05BUCHAREST1573 | CHAVEZ – NO INVITATION TO ROMANIA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-15 09:57:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RO VE |
05BUCHAREST1580 | ROMANIA MOVES AHEAD WITH PLANS TO ABOLISH DRAFT [...] (U) The GOR decided July 11 to abolish the draft for the Romanian Armed Forces effective January 1, 2007. The decision reflects Romania's ongoing defense modernization program, which includes the goal of an all-professional MOD, consisting of 75,000 soldiers and 15,000 civilians, by 2007. ( [...] | 2005-07-15 11:07:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR SOCI RO |
05BUCHAREST1581 | ROMANIAN COMMENTS ON MOLDOVA AND MULTILATERAL [...] (C) During the course of an initial call by Charge at the MFA on July 17, Director General for Global Affairs Stelian Stoian specifically raised "very strong" GOR disappointment that it had not been consulted by the U.S. prior to the U.S. approach to EU member capitals, Moscow, Kiev, and Chisin [...] | 2005-07-15 13:13:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV MD RO EUN OSCE |
05BUCHAREST1582 | ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO URGENT NEED TO TEMPORARILY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-15 13:46:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL RO |
05BUCHAREST1592 | UNSC REFORM: ROMANIA STILL UNDECIDED, UNDER [...] (SBU) Charge presented ref A points July 8 to Minister of Foreign Affairs Mihai Razvan Ungureanu, underscoring the importance of UNSC reform to the U.S. as well as our concern with the flawed proposal expected to be tabled soon by the G-4. Ungureanu pledged that the MFA would provide the Emba [...] | 2005-07-18 13:07:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RO UNSC |
05BUCHAREST1606 | NO NEW ELECTIONS -- PRIME MINISTER RETREATS ON [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu announced July 19 that he would not follow through with his earlier intention to resign and press for snap elections. The decision follows days of vacillation and what appeared to be a firm decision to step down as late as July 13. President [...] | 2005-07-19 14:22:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI RO |
05BUCHAREST1623 | ROMANIA'S ETHNIC HUNGARIANS: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON KEY LEADERS AND POLITICIANS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-22 12:30:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RO |
05BUCHAREST1636 | OUTLINE OF ROMANIAN SUPPORT FOR THE "INSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) During a July 18 discussion with PolOff regarding Romanian constitutional support for Iraq (Septel),MFA Director for the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Andreea Pastarnac, told PolOff that the GOR currently envisages a number of projects aimed at the "institutional reconstruction" of Ira [...] | 2005-07-25 13:20:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ECON EIND IZ RO |
05BUCHAREST1638 | ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-25 13:21:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ECON EIND IZ RO |
05BUCHAREST1644 | ROMANIA REAFFIRMS STRONG CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR CONTINUED TROOP PRESENCE IN IRAQ DESPITE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-26 07:00:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR EFIN OVIP RO IZ |
05BUCHAREST175 | PRESIDENT BASESCU OUTLINES FOREIGN POLICY OBJECTIVES [...] (SBU) Summary. President Basescu's first major foreign policy address, delivered to Romania's diplomatic corps on January 18, set benchmarks for an active foreign policy agenda during his first term. Tackling corruption, continuing progress toward EU accession and strengthening Romania's stra [...] | 2005-01-20 15:46:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM RO |
05BUCHAREST199 | FORMER ROMANIAN RULING PARTY FACES LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. The formerly ruling center-left Social Democratic Party (PSD) is roiled by internal divisions and faces a leadership struggle, with former President Ion Iliescu and ex-PM Adrian Nastase the principle contenders to lead the party. The PSD recently reestablished its "Permanent Del [...] | 2005-01-21 15:41:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON PINR RO |
05BUCHAREST212 | ROMANIA PROPOSES "INTEGRATED APPROACH" FOR BLACK [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Ministry and Defense Ministry officials met with Embassy officers January 19 to discuss the GOR's proposals for an "integrated approach for security cooperation in the Black Sea region." Romania envisages an expanded NATO role in the region and mirrors its proposed stra [...] | 2005-01-24 14:34:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PREL RS RO NATO |
05BUCHAREST229 | TEXT OF ROMANIA'S "INTEGRATED APPROACH" PROPOSAL [...] (C) The Foreign Ministry delivered to Embassy officers January 19 an outline classified by the Romanians as "confidential" and titled "A Basis for an Integrated Approach for Security Cooperation in the Black Sea Region. Building Synergy Among Various Initiatives." Post reproduces below the t [...] | 2005-01-25 15:26:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PREL RS RO NATO |
05BUCHAREST258 | ROMANIAN SUPPORT FOR LIBERIAN MILITARY REFORM [...] (U) This cable contains an action request for State Department. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Major General Alexandru Grecu delivered January 26 to DAO a letter expressing GOR willingness to provide material assistance to the Liberian armed forces (Reftel). Grecu also provided a detailed list [...] | 2005-01-27 15:23:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID MARR MASS PREL LI RO |
05BUCHAREST31 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador January 3-4 made introductory calls on new Foreign Minister Razvan Ungureanu and new Defense Minister Teodor Atanasiu. Echoing a prominent theme in President Traian Basescu's electoral campaign, both incoming ministers expressed a firm commitment to a strong relati [...] | 2005-01-06 16:08:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR MASS ECON PINR MD UP IZ RO UNSC |
05BUCHAREST34 | NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR LEADING [...] (SBU) The GOR contact information below should be considered "close hold" and should not be widely distributed. HEAD OF GOVERNMENT LAST NAME: Popescu-Tariceanu FIRST/MIDDLE NAMES: Calin Constantin Anton CONVENTIONAL USAGE: Calin Popescu-Tariceanu FORMAL TITLE: Prime Mini [...] | 2005-01-07 13:35:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL RO |
05BUCHAREST353 | ROMANIAN CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS EXPRESS CAUTIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary. Leading Romanian civil society representatives expressed cautious optimism about anti- corruption efforts under newly elected President Traian Basescu during a February 2 Embassy sponsored roundtable discussion. Corruption remains a top concern for most Romanians according to o [...] | 2005-02-09 14:32:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KJUS KDEM ECON EAID RO |
05BUCHAREST371 | ROMANIAN LIBERAL PARTY DISPLAYS UNITY, AS [...] (C) Summary. Delegates to the congress of Romania's center-right National Liberal Party (PNL),the largest party in the governing alliance, strongly endorsed Prime Minister Tariceanu's bid for PNL President. Delegates also turned down for the time being a proposed merger with the Democratic [...] | 2005-02-10 15:22:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI PINR RO |
05BUCHAREST476 | ROMANIA'S EMERGING FOREIGN POLICY: EVIDENCE FROM [...] (C) Summary. Romanian President Traian Basescu will likely seek to focus on solid support in Iraq and the Global War on Terror, Black Sea Security, and Moldova during his March 8-9 trip to Washington. He has defined a strong strategic relationship with the U.S. as the central component of hi [...] | 2005-02-25 15:05:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR RS MD RO |
05BUCHAREST477 | ROMANIAN ENTHUSIASM FOR PSI OPERATIONAL SUPPORT - AND CONTINUED CONCERNS ABOUT BLACKSEAFOR EXPANSION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-25 15:30:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | BU GG MARR MASS MNUC NATO PARM PGOV PINS PREL RO RS TU UP |
05BUCHAREST490 | ROMANIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE NATO TOURS PROGRAM [...] Embassy Bucharest nominates the following five Romanian policymakers plus one American escort for a single country program for policymakers. Post requests that the program be scheduled anytime this fiscal year except July - August 2005; would appreciate confirmation of program date ASAP. Pos [...] | 2005-02-28 15:54:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL SCUL RO NATO |
05BUCHAREST544 | ROMANIA: ROMANIA RESPONSE TO CSW DECLARATION [...] Poloff discussed USG position March 2 regarding the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) 2005 with MFA OSCE and Human Rights Directorate Officer Nicoleta Birladianu March 2. 2. Romania does not have an official opinion on the CSW 2005 Declaration at this time and does not plan to speak [...] | 2005-03-04 14:10:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL RO |
05BUCHAREST548 | SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT BASESCU'S MARCH 8-9 TRIP TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary: During the first few months of his mandate, President Traian Basescu has pledged to vigorously battle corruption, supported implementation of free market economic reforms and promised to steer Romania to EU accession in 2007. Basescu is intellectually and emotionally pro-American- a st [...] | 2005-03-04 16:48:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON RS MD RO |
05BUCHAREST566 | ROMANIAN REACTION TO NATO TRUST FUND TO DESTROY [...] (C) PolMilOff discussed possible Romanian support for a U.S.-led NATO/Partnership for Peace (PfP) Trust Fund to destroy Ukrainian munitions, SA/LW and MANPADS with MFA NATO Division Director Mirela Maghiar March 2. (Reftel) Maghiar stated that the GOR would "seriously consider" supporting the [...] | 2005-03-07 15:52:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC MARR MOPS PREL UP MD RO NATO |
05BUCHAREST568 | ROMANIAN REACTION TO U.S. POSITION ON FEBRUARY 10 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-07 15:54:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC KN RO |
05BUCHAREST658 | ROMANIAN PRESIDENT PROPOSES NEW NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. President Traian Basescu is scheduled to propose within the next month a national security strategy for Parliamentary approval reflecting the findings of the February 28 meeting of the inter-ministerial Supreme Council of National Defense (CSAT). Responding to five principal thr [...] | 2005-03-16 15:26:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINS PINR RO NATO |
05BUCHAREST716 | A WOLF IN WOLF'S CLOTHING: ROMANIAN EXTREMIST [...] (SBU) Summary: The extreme nationalist Greater Romania Party (PRM) changed its name to the Greater Romania Popular Party (PPRM) March 12, a move aimed at burnishing its tarnished image and facilitating its affiliation with the center-right European Popular Party (EPP). Corneliu Vadim Tudor, [...] | 2005-03-22 10:14:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM RO |
05BUCHAREST728 | ROMANIA: COMBATING TERRORISM FINANCE: COUNTRY [...] (U) Reftel requests Post TFCO,s response to questions below evaluating the host government,s ability to cooperate in disrupting terrorism financing: A. (SBU) Question: Describe the amount of assets frozen, forfeited or seized by host government pursuant to UNSCR Resolutions 1267 and 1373, [...] | 2005-03-23 15:29:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL RO |
05BUCHAREST742 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE ZOELLICK'S MARCH 30 VISIT TO BUCHAREST [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: Embassy Bucharest warmly welcomes your March 30 visit as a tangible demonstration of the deepening U.S./Romanian partnership. Your visit will provide an opportunity to underscore the points raised during the successful March 8-10 visit by newly elected President Traian [...] | 2005-03-24 13:37:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON PHUM EINV EFIN RO ETRO |
05BUCHAREST748 | SECI CENTER AND BRUSSELS: A VIEW FROM THE OTHER [...] SECI Center DoS Coordinator traveled to Brussels and met with EU officials concerning SECI initiatives and EU plans to become more involved with the Center. Though EU officials were very interested in the current work of SECI, they were reluctant to commit any resources despite the reality th [...] | 2005-03-24 14:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL ECON EU GR TU SR HU SL BK MK BU HR RO |
05BUCHAREST806 | POLL SHOWS MAJORITY OF ROMANIANS OPPOSED TO [...] (U) Summary: A Center for Urban and Rural Sociology (CURS) poll released March 28 shows that more than half of Romanians oppose the country's military presence in Iraq. On other key issues, the poll indicates that Romanians are against early elections and believe the fight against corruption [...] | 2005-03-31 13:58:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI RO |
05BUCHAREST814 | BUCHAREST HEADS TOWARD MAYORAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Bucharest voters vote for a new mayor Sunday, April 3, to fill the slot vacated in December by now President Traian Basescu. The two leading candidates in the field of 17 contenders are Adriean Videanu, a Vice Premier in the center-right government and a Vice President of Bas [...] | 2005-04-01 13:22:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON RO |
05BUCHAREST835 | ROMANIA: CORRUPTION IN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM REMAINS AN ISSUE FOR NEW ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) One of the key challenges facing Romania,s new Health Minister Mircea Cinteza is a state-run health system plagued by corruption. Two types of corruption manifest themselves in Romania: high-level manipulation of the system for personal gain and low-level &facilitation payments8 that state-em [...] | 2005-04-05 13:50:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TBIO ETRD KCRM EFIN PREL RO USTR |
05BUCHAREST836 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MARCH 30 MEETING WITH ROMANIAN PRIME MINISTER CALIN POPESCU-TARICEANU [...] (C) Summary: In his March 30 meeting in Bucharest with Deputy Secretary Zoellick, Romanian Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu underscored the central importance the new Romanian government ascribes to strong bilateral relations with the U.S. Tariceanu requested as much information sharing and c [...] | 2005-04-05 13:51:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ RO |
05BUCHAREST837 | FORMER VICE-PREMIER ADRIEAN VIDEANU ELECTED MAYOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Liberal-Democratic (PNL-PD) Alliance candidate Adriean Videanu won the Bucharest mayoral election on April 3. Given that he received more than half the vote, there will not be an electoral run-off. Videanu is a successful pro-American businessman with the ear of President Ba [...] | 2005-04-05 13:52:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON RO |
05BUCHAREST84 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH KEY ECONOMIC MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador's first calls on new Romanian government ministers responsible for the economy reveal pro-business and pro-American attitudes. They want to move ahead aggressively to change perceptions of Romania as a destination for foreign direct investment. In particular, they [...] | 2005-01-11 14:48:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL RO |
05BUCHAREST852 | ROMANIAN ARMAMENT DONATION TO THE AFGHAN NATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-06 09:58:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PARM PGOV PREL AF RO |
05BUCHAREST872 | ROMANIA SET TO SIGN EU ACCESSION TREATY [...] (SBU) Summary: Romania will sign its EU accession treaty April 25. Full EU membership is slated for 2007, barring significant backsliding in key areas such as judicial reform and the fight against corruption. While EU accession remains at the top of Romania's foreign policy agenda and enjoys [...] | 2005-04-07 12:36:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI RO |
05BUCHAREST881 | GWOT ASSESSMENT: POST FEEDBACK FROM EMBASSY [...] (S) Embassy Bucharest welcomes this opportunity to provide input on strategies to advance GWOT objectives in Romania and the region. Romania is a staunch ally in the GWOT; its public manifestations of support include the presence of about 1350 troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and strong suppor [...] | 2005-04-08 12:16:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PTER PREL RO |
05BUCHAREST887 | MAYOR BOC MENDS FENCES IN MULTICULTURAL CLUJ [...] Summary: An archeological dig in Cluj's central square has been a source of ethnic division in this multicultural city for more than a decade. Reform-minded Cluj Mayor Emil Boc has forged a democratic solution to address the concerns of both ethnic Hungarians and archeologists -- filling the [...] | 2005-04-08 13:52:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM RO MO |
05BUCHAREST913 | INITIAL ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO ISAF CAVEATS DEMARCHE [...] (C) PolMilOff discussed Romanian "national caveats" on Romanian forces participating in NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan April 11 with Mihaela Matei, Director of the MOD's Strategic Affairs Directorate (Ref). Pursuant to Reftel instructions, PolMilOff addr [...] | 2005-04-13 06:46:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR AF RO NATO |
05BUCHAREST938 | ROMANIA SATISFIED WITH BLACKSEAFOR OUTCOME [...] (C) Summary. Romania is satisfied with the results of the recent BLACKSEAFOR meeting, which includes an agreement allowing Black Sea states to work with non-BLACKSEAFOR states and organizations in the region, and activates the BLACKSEAFOR mission control structure for a period of one year, al [...] | 2005-04-15 11:32:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL PARM TU RS GG IP RO NATO RU |
05BUCHAREST946 | SECI UPDATE MARCH 2005 [...] SECI Center's governing body, the Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC),met on 18 March 2005 in Bucharest for their semi-annual meeting. The agenda of the meeting included the approval of the SECI Center's near-term strategy, election of a General Director, as well as other issues concerning the [...] | 2005-04-15 13:43:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL ECON EU GR TU HU BK MK BU HR RO SECI |
05BUCHAREST982 | FORMER ROMANIAN RULING PARTY PREPARES FOR NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The Social Democratic Party (PSD) holds its national Congress April 21-22, an event at which ex-Romanian President Ion Iliescu will likely be elected party president while former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase will probably win the number two slot of Executive President. Despit [...] | 2005-04-20 14:21:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON PINR RO |
05BUCHAREST984 | ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ENCOURAGING [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 5. 2. (U) PolChief delivered April 18 the demarche on constructive participation in the Santiago Community of Democracies (CD) Conference to Steluta Arhire, MFA Director for the OSCE and Human Rights (reftel). PolChief expressed strong appreciatio [...] | 2005-04-20 14:32:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL PHUM RO |
05BUENOSAIRES138 | CODEL DODD MEETS WITH PRESIDENT KIRCHNER [...] (SBU) Summary: President Kirchner told Codel Dodd that Argentina appreciated President Bush,s and the U.S.,s help and understanding the past few months. Kirchner reiterated his support for President Mesa and Bolivian democracy. He counseled engaging with Chavez rather than isolating him. K [...] | 2005-01-20 15:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OVIP AR CODEL |
05BUENOSAIRES141 | ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER'S INNER CIRCLE [...] (C) This cable takes an in-depth look at President Nestor Kirchner's closest advisors. It is based on interviews with the Ambassador, DCM, and other Embassy Officers who have met with members of Kirchner's inner circle, numerous discussions with Embassy contacts in the Argentine political [...] | 2005-01-20 15:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
05BUENOSAIRES159 | CODEL DODD VISIT TO ARGENTINA [...] Summary: (C) During their 24-hour visit to Argentina January 12-13, CODEL Dodd, accompanied by Ambassador Gutierrez, held informative and wide-ranging discussions with President Nestor Kirchner, Minister of Interior Anibal Fernandez, Deputy Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana, and Central Bank [...] | 2005-01-21 18:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD PHUM AR |
05BUENOSAIRES184 | GAINING ARGENTINE SUPPORT FOR U.S. [...] (U) Polcouns met on January 26 with Ambassador Carlos Sersale, director of the Argentine MFA's Office of International Security, Nuclear and Space Affairs, to deliver talking points in reftel. Also attending the meeting was Ariel Gonzalez of the MFA Legal Advisor's Office who will be represe [...] | 2005-01-26 20:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PHSA PREL AR |
05BUENOSAIRES190 | ARGENTINA: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY [...] The Government of Argentina (GOA) generally respected the human rights of its citizens; however, there were instances of killings and brutality by police and prison officials. There were prosecutions and convictions of police and prison officials but impunity remained a serious problem, as did [...] | 2005-01-27 20:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AR |
05BUENOSAIRES223 | VICE PRESIDENT SCIOLI OUTLINES THEMES FOR MEETING [...] (C) Summary: In a February 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Argentine Vice President Scioli reviewed some of the themes and concerns he hopes to raise in his meeting next week with Vice President Cheney. Scioli said the meeting would present an opportunity to further develop the bilateral agend [...] | 2005-02-02 11:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
05BUENOSAIRES226 | STATEMENTS AGAINST TERRORISM AT THE CARTAGENA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-02 19:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON OPDC PGOV PREL PTER SNAR CO AR DEMARCHE |
05BUENOSAIRES260 | ARGENTINE AUTHORITIES SEEK TO DOWNPLAY CHAVEZ VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Buenos Aires on February 1 for a whirlwind "working visit" following his appearance at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil last week (Ref A). Employing the same antics he had performed last week in Brazil, Chavez used his [...] | 2005-02-04 20:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR VE |
05BUENOSAIRES264 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF THE PRESIDENCY ALBERTO FERNANDEZ [...] (C) Summary: Minister of the Presidency Fernandez told me that the GoA valued its good relationship with the U.S. and was grateful for the support of President Bush. Fernandez pledged that the GoA would cooperate with the U.S. to make the Summit of the Americas a success. He stressed that t [...] | 2005-02-04 22:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR CHAVEZ MEETINGS WITH AMBASSADOR |
05BUENOSAIRES267 | PREPARATIONS FOR CICTE FIFTH REGULAR SESSION, [...] On February 4, POLOFF met with Ambassador Victor Beauge, Special Representative for Terrorism Affairs, to deliver reftel demarche regarding the upcoming fifth session of the Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism (CICTE) in Port of Spain, Trinidad on February 16-18, 2005. 2. Ambassado [...] | 2005-02-07 14:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL AORC DEMARCHE |
05BUENOSAIRES3119 | HEALTH CARE IN ARGENTINA, A MIXED REVIEW [...] SUMMARY. The Argentine health care situation can be compared to a person who has one hand in a pot of hot water and the other hand in a pot of freezing water: on average, the water temperature is just fine. While Argentina ranks thirty-fourth in the United Nations Development Program's Hum [...] | 2005-12-21 18:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO ECON PREL PHUM AR |
05BUENOSAIRES3164 | ARGENTINA AND CHILE SIGN ACCORD FOR A NEW COMBINED [...] (U) New Argentine Defense Minister Nilda Garre and her Chilean counterpart Jaime Ravinet signed an agreement December 27 in Buenos Aires to create a combined peacekeeping force to participate in United Nations missions, which is planned to debut in Haiti as early as August 2006. 2. (U) The [...] | 2005-12-28 19:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL AR |
05BUENOSAIRES373 | GOA CALLS IN AMBASSADOR TO COMPLAIN ABOUT CONSULAR INFORMATION SHEET; CUBA DISCUSSED [...] (U) Reacting to sensationalist stories in Clarin and La Nacion about the description of Argentina in the Consular Information Sheet on February 16 (reftel),Foreign Minister Rafael Bielsa and Tourism Secretary Enrique Meyer held a press conference that night to take issue with our Consular In [...] | 2005-02-17 21:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PREL PGOV AR US CU |
05BUENOSAIRES430 | POLITICAL RENEWAL OR A CHANGE OF THE GUARD IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFFS traveled to Santiago del Estero February 15-17 to meet with political leaders and election officials on the eve of gubernatorial and legislative elections. (See refs for background on elections) Everyone assured POLOFFS that the election would be free and fair, although [...] | 2005-02-25 20:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR OFDA |
05BUENOSAIRES461 | GOA REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE REINSTATING INTERPOL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) On February 28, Interior Minister Anibal Fernandez contacted Ambassador to request USG assistance in obtaining the reinstatement of the Interpol "Red Notices for Capture" for 12 Iranian suspects wanted for questioning by the GOA [...] | 2005-03-01 19:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KCRM IR AR AMIA |
05BUENOSAIRES496 | AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO SALTA TO MEET WITH GOVERNOR, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Gutierrez traveled to the northern province of Salta February 24-25 to meet with Governor Romero, to review the current state of U.S.-Argentine counternarcotics cooperation on the northern border, and to exchange views with leading business executives in the provi [...] | 2005-03-03 21:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR SNAR OFDA MEETINGS WITH AMBASSADOR |
05BUENOSAIRES507 | ARGENTINA SUBMISSION FOR FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING [...] Overview: A. Trafficking in persons in Argentina primarily involves Argentines trafficked within the country's borders, mostly from the northern provinces to the central provinces and Buenos Aires, and from Buenos Aires to several southern provinces. To a lesser degree, trafficking of pe [...] | 2005-03-04 17:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL AR |
05CAIRO2280 | CODEL PELOSI MARCH 19-20 VISIT TO CAIRO: MUBARAK [...] (C) In a particularly relaxed meeting with CODEL Pelosi March 20, President Mubarak reviewed his efforts to convince Syrian President Bashar to withdraw all his forces from Lebanon (reftel) and reiterated his commitment to improving relations with Israel and pressing forward on solving the Israeli- [...] | 2005-03-23 15:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL KPAL KDEM IS IZ IR EG |
05CAIRO2281 | CODEL PELOSI MARCH 19-20 VISIT TO CAIRO: MEETING [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with CODEL Pelosi, PM Nazif asserted that Egypt is "systematically" building a democratic system. He also highlighted Egypt's economic reforms and called for strengthening the bilateral economic relationship. Nazif expressed concern over the image of the U.S. [...] | 2005-03-23 15:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD EG IZ |
05CAIRO2285 | CHARGES AGAINST AYMAN NOUR: ADDITIONAL DETAILS [...] (C) The statement of Public Prosecutor Maher Abdel Wahed, released on March 22 when the GOE formally charged Ghad Party leader and aspirant presidential candidate Ayman Nour with forgery and knowingly using forged documents (ref A),provides additional details on the GOE's case against Nour. [...] | 2005-03-23 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
05CAIRO2405 | BOGEYMAN OF FOREIGN INTERFERENCE STALKS EGYPT: [...] Opposition newspaper Al-Wafd launched a campaign on March 20 against foreign economic assistance and "interference." Several newspapers picked up this thread of criticism throughout the week, but none were as vociferous as Al-Wafd in calling for Egypt to refuse U.S. assistance. Commentators [...] | 2005-03-28 08:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAO EG |
05CAIRO2480 | CODEL SMITH MARCH 21-24 VISIT TO CAIRO: MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: During his March 21-24 visit to Egypt, Senator Gordon Smith called on Sheikh Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, Egypt's senior Islamic spiritual leader, and visited the President of Cairo's Jewish community. With Tantawi, Smith reaffirmed U.S. respect for Islam and discussed the mutual d [...] | 2005-03-29 15:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP KISL PREL EG |
05CAIRO2481 | GAINING SUPPORT FROM EGYPT ON MAGON DAVID ADOM [...] (C) During a March 29 meeting with Ambassador Ahmed Fathalla, MFA Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs, the Acting DCM requested Egyptian support for a possible Swiss-convened conference on a Third Protocol and inclusion of Israel's Magen David Adom (MDA) national society into the Red [...] | 2005-03-29 16:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF EG IS SW ICRC |
05CAIRO2482 | CODEL SMITH MARCH 21-24 VISIT TO CAIRO: MEETING [...] (C) During a March 23 meeting, Senator Gordon Smith and Egyptian Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry Rachid discussed the recent QIZ agreement and prospects for an eventual FTA with the U.S. Smith underlined the importance of further Egyptian progress in particular areas, including IPR. S [...] | 2005-03-29 16:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP ETRD PREL EG |
05CAIRO2487 | CODEL SMITH MARCH 21-24 VISIT TO CAIRO: MEETING [...] (C) In a cordial March 23 meeting, Senator Smith and Egyptian Prime Minister Nazif discussed political reform, bilateral trade, religious freedom, and Iraq. The Senator welcomed President Mubarak's move to open the field for competitive presidential elections, congratulated Egypt on the QIZ a [...] | 2005-03-30 08:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP ETRD PREL KIRF EG |
05CAIRO2506 | EGYPT: AYMAN NOUR REFERRED TO TRIAL [...] (C) The Egyptian public prosecutor's office announced on March 26 that opposition leader Ayman Nour and five codefendants would stand trial for forgery beginning June 28. Although the venue for the trial has not yet been publicly announced, a senior Ghad Party contact claimed to us that the c [...] | 2005-03-30 14:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
05CAIRO2514 | EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT, [...] (C) During a March 30 meeting with the Foreign Minister regarding the induction of Israel's Magen David Adom society into the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement (septel),the Charge requested a readout on the latest Arab League summit in Algiers, as well as updates on a prospective Iraq Neighbors [...] | 2005-03-30 16:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EG IS IZ |
05CAIRO2515 | MAGEN DAVID ADOM ISSUE: FOREIGN MINISTER COMMITS [...] (C) The Charge met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit March 30 to press the GOE to support a Swiss diplomatic conference on bringing Israel's Magen David Adom society into the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement. (Other topics are reported septel/NOTAL.) Drawing on the points cont [...] | 2005-03-30 16:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF EG IS SW ICRC |
05CAIRO2517 | CODELS PELOSI/KILPATRICK/SMITH/DREIER IN CAIRO [...] (C) During the week of March 20-24, Egyptian Minister of Defense Tantawi met with 20 members of Congress and staff from CODEL Pelosi (March 20, eight representatives),CODEL Kilpatrick (March 23, five representatives),CODEL Smith (March 23, one senator),and CODEL Dreier (March 24, six repre [...] | 2005-03-31 09:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL MOPS MASS IR IS IZ SU EG |
05CAIRO2524 | THE SOUND AND THE FURY OF EGYPT'S REACTION TO USG [...] (C) Egyptian anger at our March 3 announcement of direct USG funding for democracy promotion has now reached the Parliament. After several weeks of increasingly strident editorial coverage in newspapers controlled by or sympathetic to the GOE, the People's Assembly has debated the implicati [...] | 2005-03-31 11:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID KMPI KDEM EG |
05CAIRO2532 | CODEL DREIER MARCH 23-25 VISIT TO CAIRO: PRIME [...] (C) In a March 24 meeting with Egyptian Prime Minister Nazif, CODEL Dreier (consisting of Representatives Dreier, Diaz-Balart, Alcee Hastings, Doc Hastings, Gingrey, and Crenshaw) discussed the potential for political and economic reform in Egypt, links between economic development and the f [...] | 2005-03-31 14:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OREP EG |
05CAIRO2534 | SUDAN: EGYPT TO SEND CABINET MEMBER TO OSLO [...] (C) The Charge met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit March 30 and raised the issue of the upcoming Sudan donors conference. Drawing on the points contained in ref B, the Charge stressed the importance of high-level Egyptian attendance at and support for the Oslo-hosted Sudan d [...] | 2005-03-31 15:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EFIN PHUM EG SU NO |
05CAIRO2536 | WHAT IF YOU HELD A COMPETITIVE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) President Mubarak's late February proposal to amend Article 76 of the Egyptian constitution will, once parliament has hammered out the modalities, allow for direct, competitive presidential elections for the first time in the country's history. Although no announcement has yet been made, [...] | 2005-03-31 15:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
05CAIRO2552 | MESSAGE ON KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON SYRIA: [...] (C) The Charge spoke separately on April 2 with Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad and MFA Chief of Staff Sameh Shukry to request the Government of Egypt to reinforce with the Syrian leadership the importance of timely parliamentary elections in Lebanon and of Syria's providing a timetable f [...] | 2005-04-03 14:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS EG SY LE |
05CAIRO2589 | REPORTING ON RECENT DEMONSTRATIONS; NEW WEEKLY [...] Egyptian newspapers carried only limited reporting of the recent demonstrations in Cairo and around Egypt by the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and the opposition Kifaya ("Enough") movement. Al Destour ("The Constitution"),a weekly paper with an aggressive tone, reappeared on the newsstands after [...] | 2005-04-04 13:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAO EG |
05CAIRO2640 | EGYPT PRESSING PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP TO BETTER [...] (C) MFA Chief of Staff Sameh Shukry telephoned the Charge April 4 under instructions to convey that the Government of Egypt had communicated its "deep concerns" to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) regarding the struggle for authority among Palestinians and particularly [...] | 2005-04-05 14:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAL EG IS |
05CAIRO2662 | INTEL CEO MAKES A SPLASH IN CAIRO [...] In his first visit to Egypt, Intel Corporation CEO Craig Barrett last week delivered a slick, multimedia presentation resembling a primetime television show to assembled government and business leaders during an AmCham-sponsored luncheon on "Building the Digital Society in Egypt." The specta [...] | 2005-04-06 09:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | BTIO ECON ETRD EINT EINV PREL TINT KWWW EG |
05CAIRO2682 | LIBYA - UNHCR TRIPOLI REQUESTS USG HELP [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 10. 2. (U) THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN CLEARED BY USLO TRIPOLI. ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (SBU) INCIDENTS OF DETENTION AND DEPORTATION OF ILLEGAL MIGRANTS FROM LIBYA ARE INCREASING. SOME OF THESE DEPORTEES COULD BE REFUGEES DESERVING INTERNAT [...] | 2005-04-06 14:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL ASEC EG LI UNHCR |
05CAIRO2691 | PROGRESS OF DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE ASSISTANCE IN [...] (SBU) Post is moving to implement an ambitious program of directly-funded democracy and governance (D&G) activities in Egypt, using USAID and other resources. Implementation of MEPI-funded D&G projects is a key component in this process. Post signed a new directly-funded D&G grant on March 3 [...] | 2005-04-06 15:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KMPI PREL EG PDEM |
05CAIRO2693 | EGYPT AND THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM [...] (S/NF) Egypt brings to the fight against terrorism both its own grim experience and a track record of results. In the 1990s, Egypt successfully subdued domestic terror groups that conducted operations ranging from firebombing video stores to attempted assassinations of senior GOE officials, t [...] | 2005-04-06 16:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL ASEC KFRD EG |
05CAIRO2722 | EGYPTIAN REACTION TO DEATH OF POPE JOHN PAUL II [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOE, Egyptian religious leaders, and the Egyptian media have joined the worldwide outpouring of condolences and respect on the occasion of the death of Pope John Paul II. Although the Roman Catholic population of Egypt is relatively small (about 350,000 from a total Egyp [...] | 2005-04-07 13:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI KIRF PGOV PREL EG VC |
05CAIRO2733 | MIXED REVIEWS OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL'S FIRST [...] (C) Summary: After several months of delay, the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) has completed its first annual report on the state of human rights in Egypt. After review by the Presidency, the document is expected to be released next week. Our discussions with NCHR contacts sugges [...] | 2005-04-07 14:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL EG |
05CAIRO2741 | SUDAN: EGYPT SUGGESTS DARFUR WAR CRIMINALS BE [...] (C) Following an April 6 meeting between President Mubarak and Sudanese Foreign Minister Ismail, Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit told the press that "Sudanese war criminals need not go to the International Criminal Court (ICC) if the Sudanese judiciary held fair trials." MFA contacts c [...] | 2005-04-07 19:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM EG SU |
05CAIRO2789 | TERRORISM IN CAIRO; ANOTHER ROUND OF CRITICISM OF [...] All media outlets gave wide coverage to the bombing attack in Cairo's Khan Al-Khalili market, highlighting PM Ahmed Nazif's April 8 hospital visit to victims and Egyptian government officials' claims that the attack was "an individual act." All commentators feared the attacks would unsettle [...] | 2005-04-11 14:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER KPAO EG |
05CAIRO2792 | APRIL 3 VISIT TO ISMAILIA: "ACTIVATING" THE [...] (U) The Charge on April 3 visited Ismailia, the Egyptian governorate with which Embassy Cairo cooperates in running an experimental Virtual Presence Post (VPP),or "Virtual Consulate" (reftels). The Governorate's expanded engagement with the project, coupled with enhanced participation on th [...] | 2005-04-11 15:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT ETRD KWWW PREL TINT EG |
05CAIRO2801 | EGYPT: SUA CONVENTION AND NONPROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel demarche April 11 with Adel Ibrahim, Director of the Office of Arms Control and Disarmament at the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ibrahim was generally familiar with U.S. goals pertaining to nonproliferation aspects of the SUA convention (Convention for t [...] | 2005-04-11 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KNNP MNUC MX PARM PGOV PHSA PREL EG |
05CAIRO2852 | IRAQ POLICY COORDINATOR JONES'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (S) During an April 11 visit to Egypt, Iraq Policy Coordinator and Senior Advisor (S/I) Richard Jones met separately with Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Soliman and Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit. They expressed interest in hosting a preparatory meeting of senior officials ahead of an intern [...] | 2005-04-12 15:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC EG IZ OVIP |
05CAIRO2853 | APRIL 12 MEETING OF EMBASSY'S INSTITUTIONS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 12, the Charge chaired a regular meeting of post's IDWG, which was attended by American and LES staff from the Public Affairs Section (including information and cultural affairs staff, as well as the grants specialist),the combined Economic-Political Section (ECPO),[...] | 2005-04-12 16:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM KMPI PGOV PREL EG |
05CAIRO2854 | ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO THE U.S. ELICITS [...] (C) Egyptian press and MFA contacts offered tempered reactions to public comments by President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Sharon following their April 11 Crawford, Texas summit. Worried that the President might offer Sharon political cover for Israeli efforts to consolidate control over [...] | 2005-04-12 16:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL ASEC EG IS |
05CAIRO2875 | PRESSING THE MAGEN DAVID ADOM ISSUE: SWISS ENVOY [...] (C) We learned from our Swiss Embassy contacts April 12 that the new Swiss Ambassador raised the issue of an international conference and the Third Protocol during an introductory meeting April 7 with MFA Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs Ahmed Fathalla. The senior Egyptian officia [...] | 2005-04-13 15:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KPAL EG IS SW ICRC IFRC |
05CAIRO2876 | EGYPT'S NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) has publicly released its first annual report. Although there are several obvious omissions, the breadth of the report's coverage suggests an organization that is balancing its close links with the Government of Egypt with a desire to demon [...] | 2005-04-13 16:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO2877 | EGYPT: SMEAR PUTS MUSLIM BROTHERS ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (C) Enemies of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood have seized on an erroneous report as an opportunity to attack the group as duplicitous and disloyal. In early April, Egyptian media began reporting (baseless) rumors that the U.S. and the MB had covertly opened a channel for dialogue and potential cooperat [...] | 2005-04-13 16:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PREL EG |
05CAIRO2893 | CHR-61 CUBA AND BELARUS RESOLUTIONS: GOE [...] (C) Responding to Ref B demarche request on the UNCHR-61 Belarus resolution, Post coordinated with the Dutch Embassy (representing the current EU President Luxembourg in Egypt) on our request for GOE support ahead of the expected April 14 vote. According to MFA Office of Human Rights Affairs [...] | 2005-04-14 15:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EG PDEM CHR |
05CAIRO2896 | EGYPT: COS WEHEBA AND CENTCOM DEPUTY COMMANDER [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with Egyptian Chief of Staff Weheba on April 13, senior U.S. military commanders led by Deputy CENTCOM Commander LTG Smith agreed that plans for BRIGHT STAR 2005 were on track. Weheba hoped to invite Congressional observers to that exercise. Weheba welcomed an apparen [...] | 2005-04-14 15:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS EG |
05CAIRO2897 | MOD ADVISOR CLAIMS LIMITED EGYPTIAN MILITARY [...] (C) On April 13, PolOff asked senior MoD advisor MG Fouad Abd al Haleem about the depth of MoD interests in China. (Note: Defense Minister Tantawi visited China in the fall of 2004, the Chinese Defense Minister just concluded a visit to Egypt, the Egyptian Minister of Military Production i [...] | 2005-04-14 15:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS CH EG |
05CAIRO2930 | IRAQI JOURNALISTS VENT THEIR FRUSTRATIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: At a backyard reception for a group of visiting Iraqi journalists, Embassy staff witnessed a spirited discussion among the Iraqis and invited Egyptian journalists over the shortcomings of Egyptian media reporting on Iraq. The lively interaction between the two groups of jour [...] | 2005-04-18 07:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO IZ EG |
05CAIRO2968 | EGYPTIAN JOURNALISTS SENTENCED TO PRISON TERMS FOR [...] (SBU) A Cairo Criminal Court has convicted three journalists working for independent daily Al Masry Al Youm of defaming Minister of Housing Ibrahim Soliman. The court sentenced the three defendants each to one year in jail and ordered them to pay fines of LE 10,000 (about $1750). The sente [...] | 2005-04-18 15:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO PREL EG |
05CAIRO3065 | ADDITIONAL EGYPTIAN VIEWS ON A PROPOSED [...] (C) Responding to reftel demarche on the U.S.-EU sponsored conference on Iraq and a possible Egyptian-sponsored preparatory conference (PrepComm),poloff met April 19 with MFA senior Cabinet member Alaa Hadidi. Drawing from reftel talking points, poloff shared our preliminary responses to GOE [...] | 2005-04-24 05:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG IZ |
05CAIRO3112 | NEW EGYPTIAN DONATION TO AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY [...] (C) Summary: The Egyptian Ministry of Defense (MoD) responded to ref E request, relayed through State and military channels and reinforced by a letter of request from CENTCOM, to donate much needed arms and ammunition to the Afghan National Army. Egypt made an identical donation in 2003 (r [...] | 2005-04-27 04:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS EG |
05CAIRO3164 | EGYPTIAN MEDIA CAMPAIGN AGAINST USG ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: There has been a marked increase recently in negative Egyptian media commentary concerning USG assistance to Egypt, with opposition daily Al-Wafd (circulation: 200,000) leading the charge. Critical commentaries and articles have consistently portrayed USG assistance as 'inter [...] | 2005-04-28 11:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAO EG MEPI USG |
05CAIRO3175 | GOE TRACKING SYRIAN MOVES IN LEBANON; NOTES OUR [...] (C) The Charge delivered reftel demarche to Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad April 28. Before hearing the demarche, Awad noted that the just-concluded visit of Russian President Putin had been very successful. Turning to Lebanon, the Charge drew from reftel talking points to stress the i [...] | 2005-04-28 15:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO EG LE SY |
05CAIRO3176 | PREPARING FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (C) General Abizaid, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your return visit to Egypt. U.S.-Egyptian military relations have benefited from our strategic reliance on one another for over 25 years. We look forward to your visit as yet another opportunity to reconfirm our common commitment to stabili [...] | 2005-04-28 15:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS EG |
05CAIRO3178 | MDA: SWISS PROJECT DIRECTOR PFIRTER'S [...] (C) During a two-day visit to Egypt April 20-21, Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs Policy Coordinator Didier Pfirter met with senior Egyptian and Arab League officials to discuss the Magen David Adom (MDA) and Third Protocol issues. During the meetings, the Egyptian MFA expressed concerns [...] | 2005-04-28 15:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL PHUM EG IS ICRC MDA |
05CAIRO3184 | EGYPT: EAC MEETING FOLLOWING APRIL 30 SUICIDE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, please handle accordingly. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On May 1, the Charge d'Affaires convened post's Emergency Action Committee to review details of the April 30 suicide bombing in downtown Cairo and shooting incident (ref A),[...] | 2005-05-01 15:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PREL CASC KCRM EG EAC |
05CAIRO3239 | TERRORISM STRIKES CAIRO AGAIN; MUBARAK'S [...] (U) Summary: TV and print media devoted extensive coverage to the April 30 terrorist attacks in Cairo, quoting GOE officials' statements and noting that several eyewitnesses had given conflicting versions of how the attacks unfolded. Statements of condemnation from leading Egyptian figures [...] | 2005-05-04 06:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER KPAO IS RS EG |
05CAIRO3424 | A SEASON OF UNCERTAINTY IN EGYPTIAN POLITICS [...] (C) As Cairo's weather warms up this spring, Egyptian intellectuals and observers are preoccupied by a growing sense of anticipation and uncertainty about Egypt's political future. Contacts are focused on a series of "unprecedented" recent developments which, in combination, are charging the [...] | 2005-05-05 18:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL EG |
05CAIRO3493 | CODEL FRIST MAY 4-6 VISIT TO CAIRO: PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Egyptian Prime Minister Nazif and Finance Minister Boutros Ghali reviewed for CODEL Frist the GOE's economic reform policies and plans, particularly regarding tariff and income tax cuts. Nazif also described his efforts to use information technology (IT) to boost Egypt's economy, [...] | 2005-05-09 16:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL ECON EFIN EG |
05CAIRO3626 | RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN'S FIRST VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (C) The visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin April 26-27 to Cairo, Egypt will be remembered more for its ceremonial and nostalgic aspects than for substantive agreements or strategic re-alignments. Putin and Egyptian President Mubarak released a joint statement after their summit meetin [...] | 2005-05-12 13:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KNNP ECON EG IS UNSC |
05CAIRO3627 | PROMINENT REFORM ADVOCATE DISCUSSES CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Shafik Gabr praised the recent amendment to Egypt's presidential election law but said the GOE had done a poor job of explaining it. He hoped a scheduled May 12 news conference by Gamal Mubarak would clear the air. He was impatient with opposition complaints about the amendment [...] | 2005-05-12 13:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EG |
05CAIRO3647 | GUANTANAMO ALLEGATIONS OF KORAN DESECRATION NOT ON [...] (C) During a May 12 meeting with Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif (septel),the Charge drew from reftel talking points to address allegations of desecration of the Koran at U.S. detention facilities in Guantanamo that sparked violent protests May 11 in Afghanistan. Nazif was unaware of the [...] | 2005-05-12 15:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO KISL EG |
05CAIRO3649 | SUDAN: EGYPTIAN CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN [...] (SBU) During a May 12 meeting with MFA Sudan Office Deputy Director Abdelmoneim Omar, poloff explored the current Egyptian contribution to the African Union (AU)'s Mission in Sudan (AMIS),drawing from reftel talking points to express appreciation for Egypt's continued and expanding involvemen [...] | 2005-05-12 15:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS EAID EG SU |
05CAIRO3650 | SUDAN: NATO TECHNICAL AND LOGISTICAL ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Poloff met May 12 with MFA Sudan Affairs Deputy Office Director Abdelmoneim Omar to press the GOE to support African Union (AU) Chairman Konare's recent appeal to NATO for provision of technical and logistical assistance for the AU Mission in Darfur, Sudan. Omar said that Egypt supported [...] | 2005-05-12 15:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM EG SU |
05CAIRO3687 | RELEASE OF EGYPTIAN NATIONALS FROM GUANTANAMO [...] (C) As instructed ref A, Embassy has gone back through liaison channels to reiterate to the GOE the Department's points on the cases of Sami Abd El Aziz Salem Allaithy and Allah Muhammad Saleem, Egyptian detainees at Guantanamo Bay Cuba. We have asked that the GOE expedite their response. [...] | 2005-05-15 14:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KAWC EG |
05CAIRO3752 | MDA: EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE LOOKING FOR [...] (C) In the absence of the Foreign Minister, who has been in Brazil and is now in Libya, the Acting DCM delivered ref A demarche on May 16 to MFA Assistant Minister for Arab Affairs Hani Khallaf, stressing that senior U.S. officials may raise the Third Protocol/Magen David Adom (MDA) issue this [...] | 2005-05-16 15:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EG IS ICRC MDA |
05CAIRO3763 | POST CONTINUES TO ENGAGE KEY EGYPTIAN FIGURES ON [...] (C) Embassy Cairo has engaged key contacts vigorously in response to initial allegations of Koran desecration at U.S. detention facilities in Guantanamo and Newsweek's subsequent retraction. During a May 12 meeting with Prime Minister Nazif, the Charge drew from ref C talking points to empha [...] | 2005-05-17 10:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO KISL EG |
05CAIRO3774 | EGYPTIAN PRESIDENCY POSTPONES FOREIGN DIGNITARY [...] (C) Locally-based diplomats shared recently with us that the Egyptian Presidency had quietly and abruptly "postponed" long-scheduled visits by the Bulgarian and German Presidents due to occur in the coming weeks. Likewise, as the Egyptian leadership begins to turn its full attention to upcomi [...] | 2005-05-17 14:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO3780 | EGYPT TO CONSIDER NOMINATION OF JUDGE BUERGENTHAL [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche May 12 on the candidacy of Judge Thomas Buergenthal to MFA Second Secretary in the Office of Specialized Agencies Ms. Sohad Sabry. Sabry welcomed the diplomatic note and accompanying documentation relating to Mr. Buergenthal's candidacy for re-election as jud [...] | 2005-05-17 14:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EG UNSC UNGA |
05CAIRO3793 | UNESCO: EGYPT REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR ITS [...] While delivering a demarche May 12 seeking Egyptian support for a U.S. candidacy to the International Court of Justice (reftel),MFA Office of Specialized Agencies Second Secretary Sohad Sabry requested from poloff an official reply SIPDIS to Egypt's request for U.S. support of its candidac [...] | 2005-05-18 08:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EG UNGA UNESCO |
05CAIRO3807 | THE FIRST LADY'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (SBU) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes the visit of First Lady Laura Bush to Egypt. This visit is an opportunity for the U.S. to emphasize for the Egyptian public and its leadership our concern over the essential societal issues of education and literacy. Egypt's first lady, Suzanne Mubarak, [...] | 2005-05-18 18:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP OTRA PREL EG |
05CAIRO3839 | EGYPT BELIEVES IT CAN MANAGE SYRIAN INVOLVEMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: During a May 19 meeting with MFA Chief of Cabinet Sameh Shukry, the Charge delivered reftel demarche on USG objections to Syria's inclusion in the Iraq Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) meeting planned for June 1-2 in Cairo. Shukry replied that excluding Syria would be diplomatical [...] | 2005-05-19 15:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC EG IZ SY EUN NATO |
05CAIRO3841 | MAY 10 MEETING OF EMBASSY'S INSTITUTIONS OF [...] (SBU) The Charge chaired the May 10 IDWG meeting, which was attended by the Acting DCM; USAID Deputy Director and USAID D&G staff; PA Counselor and PA staff; and ECPO staff. MEPI Tunis Regional Director Peter Mulrean also attended. The meeting opened with Mulrean's review of MEPI activities [...] | 2005-05-19 16:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM KMPI PGOV PREL EG |
05CAIRO3842 | CHARGE PRESSES MDA ISSUE WITH FOREIGN MINISTRY [...] (C) During a May 19 meeting with Chief of Cabinet Sameh Shukry (the second-ranking official at the MFA),the Charge urged Egypt to play a constructive role on the issue of the Third Protocol and Magen David Adom (MDA) membership in the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement. Noting earlier demarches [...] | 2005-05-19 16:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL EG IS ICRC |
05CAIRO3952 | EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, [...] (C) During a May 25 meeting with the Charge, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit expressed satisfaction with the respective visits of Prime Minister Nazif and First Lady Laura Bush. The visits had, in his view, improved the atmosphere in the relationship. Aboul Gheit warned against [...] | 2005-05-25 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG KDEM KPAL IS IR SU |
05CAIRO3953 | THE FIRST LADY'S VISIT TO EGYPT, MAY 23-24 [...] First Lady Laura Bush's May 23-24 visit to Egypt was a public diplomacy triumph and contributed significantly to USG efforts to promote education, reform, and the role of women. In Cairo, her visit included meetings with Egyptian First Lady Suzanne Mubarak and prominent female representatives [...] | 2005-05-26 04:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP OTRA PREL EG |
05CAIRO4023 | EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON HIS PERSONAL SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-26 15:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SCUL KOLY EG KBIO |
05CAIRO4024 | EGYPT: GAMAL MUBARAK AIDE ON REFERENDUM VIOLENCE [...] (C) ECPO Counselor raised the negative consequences of the GOE's handling of violent incidents during Egypt's May 25 constitutional amendment referendum (reftel) with Karim Haggag, a close aide to Gamal Mubarak, presidential son and chair of the ruling National Democratic Party's (NDP) Polici [...] | 2005-05-26 15:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
05CAIRO4025 | CHARGE BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON VISITS OF FIRST [...] (SBU) Summary. The Charge briefed the diplomatic corps May 26 on the visits of Egyptian Prime Minister Nazif to the United States and First Lady Laura Bush to the Middle East. Sharing transcripts of public statements and media interviews related to the two recent visits, the Charge offered hi [...] | 2005-05-26 15:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EG OVIP |
05CAIRO4028 | MAY 25 MEETING OF EMBASSY'S INSTITUTIONS OF [...] (SBU) The Charge chaired the May 25 IDWG meeting, which was attended by the Acting DCM; USAID D&G staff; PA Counselor and PA staff; and ECPO staff. IDWG participation was limited to cleared Americans only to permit discussion of the status of post's submission to the Department for use in de [...] | 2005-05-26 15:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM KMPI PGOV PREL KPAO EG KIIP |
05CAIRO4059 | PDAS CHENEY CHALLENGES ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: In a May 24 meeting with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa, NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney SIPDIS pressed the Arab League to demonstrate its commitment to real political reform among its member states, and to support Gaza disengagement. Moussa insisted that the Arab Leagu [...] | 2005-05-30 14:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS EG |
05CAIRO4119 | EGYPT SHARES USG GOALS ON LA/SW MARKING AND [...] (C) Drawing from reftel points in a June 1 meeting with Adel Ibrahim, Director of the MFA Office of Arms Control and Disarmament, Poloff reiterated USG redlines regarding the marking and tracing of ammunition and our inability to agree to a legally binding document at the Open Ended Working G [...] | 2005-06-01 14:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL EG |
05CAIRO4121 | EGYPT: MAY 25 REFERENDUM - RESULTS AND REACTION [...] (C) The GOE claims that 83 percent of those casting ballots on May 25 supported the amendment to permit future direct presidential elections. Voting day was marred by a disputed turnout and violence against opposition demonstrators in some locations. The violence, apparently perpetrated by [...] | 2005-06-01 14:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL EG |
05CAIRO4123 | CHARGE PRESSES REFORM WITH EGYPTIAN COUNCIL FOR [...] (U) Summary: Members of the American-Egyptian Relations Committee of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs invited the Charge to discuss the bilateral relationship during an informal session on May 31. The event provided an opportunity to stress the importance to the bilateral relationsh [...] | 2005-06-01 15:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO4125 | EGYPT CONVOKES CHARGE ON IRAQ PREPCOM PARTICIPATION [...] (C) The Charge was convoked late in the afternoon of June 1 by MFA Chief of Cabinet Sameh Shukry (acting for the Foreign Minister, who is overseas). Shukry said he was "disturbed" to have just heard from the Russian ambassador that the U.S. had invited the Russian Federation to participate [...] | 2005-06-01 15:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC IZ RS EG EUN |
05CAIRO4170 | EGYPTIAN CIVIL SOCIETY MONITORING OF MAY 25 [...] (C) Summary: Six Egyptian civil society organizations, led by the Ibn Khaldun Center (IKC) and with training and coordination support from the National Democratic Institute (NDI),completed a modest but significant monitoring effort of the May 25 referendum. NDI's Senior Regional Represent [...] | 2005-06-02 15:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL EG NDI |
05CAIRO4174 | BMENA: CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPANTS DISCUSS LACK OF [...] (U) This is a joint cable from Embassy Cairo and the MEPI Regional Office in Tunis. 2. (SBU) Summary: During a recent meeting with Tunis MEPI Regional Office Specialist Labidi, Egyptian participants in last December's Civil Society Dialogue at the Forum for the Future discussed their p [...] | 2005-06-05 05:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KMPI EG MEPI |
05CAIRO4218 | POST ENCOURAGES EGYPTIAN SUPPORT FOR NEW YORK [...] (U) In advance of the July 6 decision in Singapore by the International Olympic Committee (IOC),Post is bringing to the attention of Embassy visitors and contacts information related to New York City's bid and has distributed promotional materials received from the NYC2012 bid committee. [...] | 2005-06-06 07:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SCUL KOLY EG |
05CAIRO4221 | ERITREAN MILITARY GROUP IN KSA PROPOSED FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-06 11:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM SA EG UNHCR |
05CAIRO4261 | DELIVERABLES FOR THE US-EU INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Following a June 2 Iraq Steering Group meeting in Cairo (septel),Post delivered demarches in refs A and C to MFA Cabinet Staff member Alaa Hadidi, drawing on ref A talking points to encourage Egypt to show its support to the Iraqi Transitional Government during a June 22 Iraq ministerial [...] | 2005-06-06 15:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON EG IZ EUN |
05CAIRO4262 | MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE ON ADVANCING THE PEACE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-06 16:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL EG IS |
05CAIRO4309 | IRAQ CONFERENCE CORE-GROUP PLANNING MEETING IN [...] (C) Steering Group members (U.S., EU, Iraq, Japan, UN, Egypt, and Russia) met in Cairo June 2 to coordinate planning for a June 22 Ministerial meeting on Iraq to be held in Brussels (ref A). The USG delegation, led by Iraq Policy Coordinator Ambassador Richard Jones, held bilateral meetings [...] | 2005-06-08 07:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON EG IZ RS EUN |
05CAIRO4317 | IRAQ: ARAB LEAGUE TO ATTEND BRUSSELS MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Arab League Secretariat Chief of Staff Hesham Yousef June 7, urging the SIPDIS Arab League and its members to do as much as possible to support the Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG) in the run-up to, and beyond, the June 22 ministerial conference in [...] | 2005-06-08 14:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID EG IZ |
05CAIRO4336 | GENERAL WARD'S DISCUSSION WITH OMAR SOLIMAN IN [...] (C) LTG Ward and Omar Soliman, meeting in Cairo June 6, shared views on the need for a clear chain of authority in the revamped security services of the Palestinian Authority (PA). Soliman said Israel's total disengagement from Gaza would enhance trust between Israeli and Palestinian security [...] | 2005-06-09 13:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL ASEC IS EG LTG |
05CAIRO4359 | EGYPT: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT [...] (C) Madame Secretary, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit to Egypt and looks forward to the opportunity to advance U.S. interests. Political reform, Egypt's desire for a free trade agreement (FTA),Gaza disengagement, Iraq, and Sudan are likely to be the issues on the top of the agenda [...] | 2005-06-09 17:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP EG |
05CAIRO4360 | SUDAN: NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE AND THE [...] (C) National Democratic Alliance (NDA) officials confirmed June 7 that negotiations would commence June 12 in Cairo between the NDA leadership and senior Government of Sudan (GOS) officials. The negotiations will cover political and security issues and are scheduled to be completed by June 18 [...] | 2005-06-10 15:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID PHUM EG SU ER |
05CAIRO4361 | EGYPT CONSIDERING SUPPORT FOR INDEPENDENT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-10 15:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KISL CASC PTER EG UZ |
05CAIRO4362 | GOE FORMALLY COMPLAINS ABOUT KORAN MISHANDLING [...] (C) Summary: Following media reports of Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit's condemnation of the alleged desecration of the Koran at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, the MFA called the Charge to complain about the reported mistreatment, explaining that it had delayed comment until the USG [...] | 2005-06-10 15:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO KISL EG |
05CAIRO4378 | BIO INFORMATION ON NEW EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ [...] (C) The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs released in late April a list of names of Egyptian diplomats assigned to new postings, including that of Depty Assistant Minister for Eastern Arab Affairs, Dr. Ihab Sherif. At the time, the MFA did not reveal that Sherif was slotted to go to Baghda [...] | 2005-06-12 11:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG IZ IS KBIO |
05CAIRO4379 | MDA: EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS SWISS ENVOY [...] (C) According to the Swiss Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission, Heinz Walker, Ambassador Didier Pfirter received encouraging signals on the Third Protocol/Magen David Adom (MDA) issue during his June 7 meeting in Cairo with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit. The Egyptian minister repor [...] | 2005-06-12 12:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL EG IS MDA |
05CAIRO4428 | EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY CONCERNED OVER POSSIBLE [...] (C) A senior MFA official convoked the Charge on June 12, at the Foreign Minister's direction, to express concern over how Egypt understood it was being characterized in a draft of a final statement for the June 20 U.S.-European Union summit in Washington. Assistant Minister Shadia Farag told [...] | 2005-06-13 09:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS EAID EU EG |
05CAIRO4441 | SYRIAN "HIT LIST" NOT NEWS IN EGYPT [...] (SBU) Summary: Egyptian media have largely ignored recent press reports citing U.S. comments about a possible Syrian 'hit list' of targeted Lebanese public figures opposed to continued Syrian influence in Lebanon. To the extent the issue has been covered locally, two pro- government newspap [...] | 2005-06-13 15:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAO EG SY |
05CAIRO4495 | GOE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS DETAILS U.S. TRIP [...] (SBU) On June 13, Minister of Communications and Information Technology Dr. Tarek Kamel met with the Charge for consulations prior to the Minister's June 18-28 visit to the U.S. Minister Kamel reviewed for the Charge the trip schedule, highlighting technology agreements to be discussed and/ [...] | 2005-06-14 12:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECPS EINT EINV OVIP PREL KGIT EG |
05CAIRO4518 | EGYPT TO CONSIDER USG VIEWS ON COMPREHENSIVE [...] (SBU) In a discussion with Hisham Maher, a member of the Foreign Minister's cabinet, and a more detailed exchange with First Secretary Nameera Negm, acting Chief of the the MFA's Legal Affairs directorate, the Embassy underscored the USG's determination to conclude a Comprehensive Convention on [...] | 2005-06-14 15:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER EG UNGA |
05CAIRO4535 | EGYPT: ARCENT COMMANDER HEARS BRIGHT STAR [...] (C) Summary: During June 15 meetings with Ministry of Defense (MoD) officials in Cairo, ARCENT Commander LTG Whitcomb was told that BRIGHT STAR planning was progressing well and that MoD saw no outstanding problems (such as invitations to the three observer countries which were of concern t [...] | 2005-06-15 16:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS SU SY CH IZ AF EG |
05CAIRO4597 | MDA: ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL ASKS FOR MORE [...] (C) In a June 19 meeting with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa, the Charge encouraged the Arab League to work for acceptance of the Magen David Adom (MDA) society into the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement. Moussa replied it was difficult to consider such a topic "while [...] | 2005-06-19 15:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG |
05CAIRO4681 | NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE AND GOVERNMENT OF [...] (U) Summary: Officials representing the Government of Sudan (GOS) and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) signed a peace agreement on June 18 in Cairo potentially paving the way for the NDA to participate in the Sudanese Unity Government, scheduled to be formed by July 9, 2005. The "Cai [...] | 2005-06-20 15:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID EG SG |
05CAIRO4709 | SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT A SUCCESS IN EYES OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary Rice's visit to Egypt on June 20 and her speech at the American University in Cairo (AUC) led all Egyptian reporting, both in print and on television. Coverage was generally positive, with most commentators applauding what they perceived as a less-aggressive tone bot [...] | 2005-06-21 15:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EG KPAO OVIP PREL |
05CAIRO4757 | GOE SEEKING INFORMATION ON EGYPTIANS REPORTEDLY [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see request in paragraph 4. 2. (C) During a June 22 meeting, Ambassador Ahmed Tayyeb, Assistant Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs, raised with A/DCM the cases of six Egyptian citizens the GOE believes may in the custody of U.S. Multi-National Force [...] | 2005-06-23 10:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL MOPS EG IZ |
05CAIRO4780 | EGYPT: UN PRIORITIES UNDERSTOOD, BUT MECHANISMS [...] (C) Summary: The Acting DCM conveyed ref D points on USG priorities for UN reform at the MFA Assistant Minister level, in the absence of the Foreign Minister, on June 23. Assistant Minister Fathalla and his staff were familiar with many of the points raised, yet pressed to know what mechani [...] | 2005-06-23 15:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KUNR AORC EAID EG UNSC UNGA |
05CAIRO4781 | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PRESENTS REPORT TO MUBARAK; [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 21, National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) president Dr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali met with President Mubarak to formally present the Council,s first annual report, which had been publicly released in mid-April (ref B). Following the meeting, Boutros Ghali announced tha [...] | 2005-06-23 16:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO4820 | MDA: EGYPT REMINDED OF IMPORTANCE OF MDA ISSUE ON [...] (C) On June 26, PolOff shared ref A points with Amr Rushdy of the Foreign Minister's cabinet. Rushdy will travel with the Minister to Sanaa for the June 27 OIC ministerial and coordinates the Magen David Adom (MDA) issue as part of his portfolio. Familiar with the U.S. position on MDA incl [...] | 2005-06-26 15:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM IS EG ICRC |
05CAIRO4875 | SUDAN: NDA OFFICIALS IN CAIRO SAY JUNE 18 [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 23, Cairo-based representatives of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) shared with the diplomatic corps their perspectives on the June 18 Cairo agreement. The tone of the briefing was hopeful, as the NDA highlighted increased NDA participation in Sudan's democratic [...] | 2005-06-27 14:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID PHUM SU EG |
05CAIRO4876 | EGYPT: PEACEKEEPERS HEAD TO SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] On June 21, President Mubarak reviewed Egyptian troops preparing for peacekeeping missions in south Sudan. The President reminded the troops, and the public, that Sudan would constitute Egypt's sixth active peacekeeping mission under the UN umbrella. Minister of Defense Tantawi highlighted [...] | 2005-06-27 14:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO MOPS MASS SU EG |
05CAIRO4960 | EGYPT: HUMAN RIGHTS REFORMS AT THE UN [...] (C) PolOff discussed ref A points June 29 with Mohamed Mounir of the MFA's Human Rights Department, who emphasized the need to reform "the human rights machinery" at the UN within the context of broader UN reforms. The GOE did not necessarily see a need "to tear apart" current organizations [...] | 2005-06-29 15:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KUNR EG |
05CAIRO4980 | EGYPT: RELEASE OF SHI'A MUSLIM DETAINEE MOHAMED [...] (C) Summary: On June 29, Egyptian Shi'a Muslim Mohamed El-Derini, arrested in March 2004 apparently because of his religious beliefs, was released after having spent 15 months in administrative detention. Derini's release comes just a week after the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention [...] | 2005-06-30 15:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KIRF KISL EG |
05CAIRO5035 | PDAS CHENEY DISCUSSES REFORM, GAZA WITHDRAWAL, [...] (C) In a June 30 meeting with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney emphasized the importance of reform. Although the FM agreed in principle on the need to "modernize," he asked the U.S. to be patient and emphasized the GOE's need to preserve stability. On the Israe [...] | 2005-07-05 06:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS EG |
05CAIRO5052 | EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE REPRESENTATIVES TO ATTEND [...] Hesham Afifi of the Foreign Ministry's cabinet staff told poloff July 3 that Prime Minister Nazif would represent the GOE at the July 9 installation of the Government of National Unity. According to Afifi, PM Nazif is scheduled to be in Khartoum from 7-10 July. 2. Arab League Secretary Ge [...] | 2005-07-05 13:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EG SU IGAD |
05CAIRO5058 | MFA MYSTIFIED BY AMBASSADOR IHAB SHERIF'S [...] (C) Alaa Al-Hadidi of the Foreign Minister's Cabinet told poloff that, as of July 5, the GOE still had no firm clues as to the location of kidnapped Ambassador Ihab Sherif, who was heading Egypt's mission in Baghdad. Al-Hadidi further confirmed that no group has claimed responsibility. He did [...] | 2005-07-05 15:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EG IZ |
05CAIRO5194 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY [...] (C) Deputy Secretary Zoellick, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes you to Egypt and believes your visit comes at a particularly significant moment for reform in Egypt. You will be able to review a number of important internal and regional developments, discussed below, since the S visit, in your me [...] | 2005-07-07 17:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO5245 | EGYPTIAN JOURNALISTS SUCCESSFULLY COVER LEBANESE [...] (SBU) Summary: In anticipation of Egypt's presidential and parliamentary elections later this year, post funded the travel of seven Egyptian TV and print journalists to cover Lebanon's June parliamentary elections. The traveling journalists focused their reporting on Lebanon's religious di [...] | 2005-07-11 08:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAO LE EG |
05CAIRO5296 | EGYPT SUPPORTS COMPREHENSIVE UN REFORM BUT [...] (U) Charge met with the Foreign Ministry's Chief of Cabinet Ambassador Sameh Shukry on July 11 to deliver reftel demarche regarding the G-4 framework resolution on UN reform. The Charge stressed that the USG is open to UNSC enlargement but believes the G-4 resolution, if adopted, would be d [...] | 2005-07-12 12:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EG UNSC |
05CAIRO5305 | ARAB LEAGUE STILL HOPING TO OFFER CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Arab League spokesman Hossam Zaki told PolOff July 12 that the League had been trying to facilitate the participation of legal experts in Iraq's constitution drafting process. With the assassination of the Egyptian ambassador in Baghdad, according to Zaki [...] | 2005-07-12 15:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID IZ |
05CAIRO5446 | RECENT MEETINGS OF EMBASSY'S INSTITUTIONS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Charge chaired meetings of the Embassy's Institutions of Democracy Working Group (IDWG) on June 21 and July 5, which were attended by USAID Deputy Director, USAID D&G staff, A/PAO and PA staff, ECPO Counselor and ECPO staff. The meetings included discussion of the June 2 [...] | 2005-07-17 14:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM KMPI PGOV PREL EG |
05CAIRO5467 | VISIT OF NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH TO EGYPT [...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch discussed Gaza disengagement, Palestinian security reform, and the Palestinian internal political situation with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on July 16. A/S Welch also asked the GOE to support the U.S. position on both the Magen David Adom (MDA) [...] | 2005-07-18 09:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EG IS MASS OVIP MFO UNGA |
05CAIRO5513 | EGYPT'S POSITION ON THE G-4 PROPOSAL [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on July 18 to the MFA's Counselor for UN affairs, Dr. Hany al Selim. Selim said that Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit had sent Chief of Staff Ambassador Sameh Shukry and Cabinet Member for UN affairs Amr Rushdy to New York for consultations on UNSC reform. T [...] | 2005-07-19 13:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG KUNR UN UNSC |
05CAIRO5514 | VISIT OF NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH TO CAIRO [...] (C) In a July 16 meeting, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch asked Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit to agree to the installation of a FM transmitter in Egypt to facilitate Radio Sawa broadcasts. Until this is done, A/S Welch underscored, $227 million in ESF money will not be released. He f [...] | 2005-07-19 13:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG |
05CAIRO5521 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 14, 2005 MEETING [...] (U) Date, time and place: July 14, 2005, 11:45 a.m., Alexandria, Egypt. 2. (U) Participants: U.S.: ----- The Deputy Secretary Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson Embassy notetaker Egypt: ------ Presiden [...] | 2005-07-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL OVIP EG IS IZ LE SU |
05CAIRO5524 | VISIT OF NEA PDAS CHENEY: PM NAZIF REVIEWS U.S. [...] (C) NEA PDAS Liz Cheney met with PM Nazif, Minister of Trade Rashid Rashid and Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin June 30th for almost an hour at Nazif,s office in the "Smart Village" outside Cairo. Cheney urged a more proactive GOE role on direct USG assistance to NGOs in Egypt in the [...] | 2005-07-19 15:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG OVIP |
05CAIRO5544 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 13, 2005 MEETING [...] (U) July 13, 2005; 12:30 p.m.; Cairo, Egypt. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson ORA Chief Embassy notetaker Egypt ----- Egyptian General Intelligenc [...] | 2005-07-20 12:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP KPAL SY LE IS IZ EG |
05CAIRO5545 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 14 MEETING WITH [...] (U) July 14, 2005; 8:30 a.m.; Cairo, Egypt. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson Egypt ----- Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif Minister of Foreign Trade and Ind [...] | 2005-07-20 12:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID EFIN OVIP EG |
05CAIRO5546 | MFA COMMENTS ON HAMAS-PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY TENSION [...] (C) In a meeting with poloff on July 17, MFA's Desk Officer for Palestinian Affairs Randa Labib highlighted concerns over the prospect of a peaceful disengagement from Gaza and the Hamas-Palestinian Authority (PA) dispute. She said that she had not yet seen an official report in her channel [...] | 2005-07-20 12:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PTER EG IS |
05CAIRO5547 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 13 MEETING WITH [...] (U) June 13, 2005; 3:45 p.m.; Cairo, Egypt. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson Embassy notetaker Egypt ----- Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit Chief [...] | 2005-07-20 13:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP KPAL IS IZ EG |
05CAIRO5590 | EGYPT ADHERING TO AU POSITION ON UNSC REFORM [...] (C) Acting DCM spoke July 21 with Amb. Ahmed Fathallah, Egypt's Assistant Foreign Minister for Multilateral Affairs, and delivered points in ref A, underscoring the urgency. Fathallah said that the Egyptian position remained as described in ref B and that Egypt would not support the G-4 effort [...] | 2005-07-21 16:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNR UNSC UNGA |
05CAIRO5591 | JULY 18 MEETING OF THE EMBASSY'S INSTITUTIONS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Charge chaired the July 18 meeting of the Embassy's Institutions of Democracy Working Group (IDWG),which was attended by the USAID Director, USAID Democracy and Governance (D & G) staff, PAO, ECPO Counselor, and ECPO staff. The meeting included discussion on facilitati [...] | 2005-07-21 16:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM KMPI PGOV PREL EG |
05CAIRO5622 | EMBASSY CAIRO'S EAC MEETS IN RESPONSE TO SHARM [...] (C) At an EAC meeting on the morning of July 23, Charge and Embassy officers reviewed the latest information on the terrorist attacks on Sharm el-Sheikh which occurred at 1:15 AM. Varying reports put the number of dead at 75-85, with at least 100 wounded. There are so far no reports of Americ [...] | 2005-07-23 14:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER CASC PGOV PREL EG |
05CAIRO5743 | CHARGE DISCUSSES RADIO SAWA AND FOREIGN [...] (C) Charge and PAC met with Information Minister Anas Al Fekki on July 26 to urge that GOE allow Radio Sawa to create a broadcast facility in Egypt and to relay the complaint from foreign correspondents stationed here that they lack on-the-record access to GOE officials. The Minister agreed to meet [...] | 2005-07-26 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO OPRC EG |
05CAIRO5746 | EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE PRIVATELY PRESSING SYRIA TO [...] (C) The Charge raised the issues of Syria's blockade of Lebanon's border and prevention of terrorist transit to Iraq (refs A and B) July 26 with Presidential Spokesman and Senior Advisor Soliman Awad. Awad said that the GOE took the respective issues seriously and said that President Mubarak [...] | 2005-07-26 17:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EG SY LE |
05CAIRO5860 | EGYPTIAN TRADE MINISTER JUSTIFIES EXPANSION OF QIZ [...] (C) During Charge's July 28 courtesy call on Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid, the Minister raised the issue of expanding Egypt's Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs). Rachid noted that he had sent Deputy Secretary Zoellick a letter detailing the need for expansion (text of letter below),[...] | 2005-07-31 16:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV PREL ECON EG USTR QIZ |
05CAIRO5925 | ARAB SUMMIT: EGYPT CLEAR ON USG DESIRE FOR CLEAR [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chef du Cabinet Sameh Shukry (the MFA's number two) told the Charge July 31 that Egypt understood the U.S. call for a simple and clear definition of terrorism and would factor this view into preparations for the planned August 3 extraordinary Arab Summit expect [...] | 2005-08-02 05:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL PTER ASEC EG IS IR SY |
05CAIRO5945 | SHARM AFTERMATH UPDATE [...] (C) Resilience among tourists and shock-absorbers in the economic system may be calming initial fears regarding the economic fallout of the July 23 Sharm El Sheikh attacks, but near-term pain is still expected. Security forces reported on August 2 that they had killed a prime suspect in the Ta [...] | 2005-08-02 16:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ECON ASEC PREL EG |
05CAIRO6010 | CODEL KING'S MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN INTERIOR [...] (C) In their August 4 meeting with Interior Minister El Adly, CODEL King discussed the desire for deeper cooperation with Egypt on counterterrorism, Egypt's upcoming elections and associated political demonstrations, the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, Egypt's proposed anti-terrorism legislation [...] | 2005-08-04 16:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EG |
05CAIRO6093 | 30 OF 57 PRESIDENTIAL APPLICANTS PASS FIRST [...] (C) Following a weekend review of applications, the Presidential Election Commission (PEC) determined on August 6 that only 30 out of a total of 57 applicants seeking to compete for the presidency met basic eligibility criteria under the Presidential Elections Law. While all 27 non-party af [...] | 2005-08-08 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC EG |
05CAIRO6135 | MAURITANIA COUP: ARAB LEAGUE SENDING PERSONAL [...] (C) Arab League Assistant Secretary General for Palestinian Affairs Said Kamal (protect) told poloff August 9 that he had been appointed as the Secretary General's Personal Envoy on Mauritania and that he would visit Nouakchott August 11 to meet with coup leaders and others. Kamal, who reques [...] | 2005-08-09 16:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PINR EG MR |
05CAIRO6137 | PROSPECTS FOR INTERNATIONAL MONITORING OF EGYPT'S [...] (C) Since President Bush's May 7 call for international monitoring of Egypt's presidential elections, the GOE has expressed little enthusiasm for the idea, but has also avoided rejecting it. The GOE continues to argue that international monitoring is opposed by many in the Egyptian public a [...] | 2005-08-09 16:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
05CAIRO6163 | EGYPT'S TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR FACING MAJOR [...] (SBU) The Egyptian telecommunications sector is poised to undergo two major structural changes in the coming months: liberalization of the fixed-line market and the possible awarding of a third mobile phone operator license. Minister of Communications and Information Technology Tarek Kamel is [...] | 2005-08-10 12:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD PREL KGIT EG |
05CAIRO6200 | DOMESTIC ELECTION MONITORS GEARING UP [...] (SBU) Summary: Egyptian civil society is preparing to monitor the upcoming presidential and parliamentary campaigns and elections. USG funding is playing a key role in this process. Many challenges remain, but available information suggests that the upcoming elections will receive more sc [...] | 2005-08-11 13:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
05CAIRO6210 | BBG REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSS RADIO SAWA WITH [...] (C) During their meeting with Information Minister El Fekki and other broadcast officials, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) team headed by Executive Director Brian Conniff found no Egyptian willingness to find a quick solution that will enable Radio SAWA to build a broadcast tower in Egypt [...] | 2005-08-11 15:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO OPRC EG BBG |
05CAIRO6271 | LIBYA: EGYPT HELPING HEAL RIFT BETWEEN SAUDIS AND [...] (S) During an August 14 conversation on Gaza disengagement, Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad volunteered to the Charge that Libyan leader Qadhafi had "rescinded his support" for hostile elements in the Saudi Kingdom, and that the Saudis had forgiven Qadhafi for the assassination attempt on [...] | 2005-08-15 15:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER EG SA LY PINR |
05CAIRO6279 | ENSURING A PEACEFUL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: EGYPTIAN [...] (C) The Charge delivered reftel demarche on August 14 to Presidential Spokesman and Policy Advisor Soliman Awad. Awad confirmed Egypt's keen desire to see a successful Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and stated that the GOE had communicated with all Palestinian factions to encourage cooperation [...] | 2005-08-16 07:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL EG IS GZ |
05CAIRO6286 | UN REFORM: EGYPT NOT YET FOCUSED ON HIGH-LEVEL [...] (C) The Charge delivered ref A demarche on August 15 to MFA Acting Chief of the Minister's Cabinet, Yasser Morad. Morad accepted the points with limited substantive reply, but promised to study the U.S. message. He indicated that the GOE had not yet focused on the High Level Event (HLE). On [...] | 2005-08-16 14:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNR EG UNGA UNSC UN |
05CAIRO6370 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WOO THE RELIGIOUS VOTE [...] (C) As the presidential candidates jockey for votes, religion is playing a prominent role. Cairo salons are abuzz with rumors that the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) appears to be considering overtures from the NDP, the Ghad, and the Wafd parties. The MB leadership has not yet said if it will sup [...] | 2005-08-18 12:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI KISL KDEM EG |
05CAIRO6414 | VISIT OF NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH: DEFENSE [...] (C) During an August 18 telephone conversation with visiting NEA Assistant Secretary Welch, Egyptian Minister of Defense Tantawi confirmed that he planned to accept an invitation from the U.S. Secretary of Defense to visit Washington. Tantawi said that he intended to travel after the Islamic [...] | 2005-08-21 12:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG |
05CAIRO6417 | VISIT OF NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH: EGYPTIAN [...] (C) During an August 18 telephone conversation with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch pressed for GOE cooperation on moving SIPDIS forward with the Magen David Adom (MDA)/Third Protocol issue, particularly assisting Swiss efforts to convene a D [...] | 2005-08-21 14:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL EG IS ICRC |
05CAIRO6420 | IRAQ: HALTING THE FLOW OF FOREIGN INSURGENTS AND [...] (S) The Charge delivered reftel demarche July 24 to Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad, stressing the importance of assisting Iraq with its battle to confront the insurgency movement. Addressing the need to prevent Egyptian nationals from travelling to Iraq for the purpose of conducting jiha [...] | 2005-08-21 15:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG IZ |
05CAIRO6435 | PRESSURING SYRIA TO NORMALIZE THE SYRIAN-LEBANESE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-22 11:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ETRD ECON EG SY LE |
05CAIRO6447 | CODEL HOEKSTRA'S MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN GENERAL [...] (C) In an August 20 meeting at the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS),Congressman Hoekstra, Congresswoman Wilson, Congressman Shadegg, and Charge discussed Gaza withdrawal, terrorism in the Sinai, Iraq, and Iran. On Gaza, Soliman stressed the need to prevent Gaza from becoming a [...] | 2005-08-22 16:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL EG IS IZ |
05CAIRO6448 | EGYPT'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, UPDATE #1 [...] (U) This message is the first in a series which will update key developments in the Egyptian presidential campaign (August 17-September 4). ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The presidential campaign kicked off August 17. Not surprisingly, Mubarak has the most visible campaign. In [...] | 2005-08-22 16:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
05CAIRO6487 | EGYPTIAN GENERAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE DIRECTOR [...] (S) Summary: At an August 20 meeting at the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS)(other topics reported SEPTEL),EGIS Director Soliman assured Congressman Hoekstra, Congresswoman Wilson, Congressman Shadegg, and Charge Jones that Guantanamo detainees would be treated humanely and that [...] | 2005-08-23 12:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PTER PREL PHUM EG |
05CAIRO6494 | MAURITANIA: EGYPT MAINTAINING A LOW PROFILE ON [...] (C) During an August 22 meeting on other topics with MFA Cabinet staff member responsible for Arab affairs, Alaa Hadidi, poloff inquired into GOE policy toward the recent coup d'etat in Mauritania. Hadidi acknowledged Egypt's relatively quiet public posture on the coup and stated that Egypt [...] | 2005-08-23 15:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS KDEM EG MR |
05CAIRO6509 | SUDAN: DARFUR REBEL GROUPS AND ZAM ZAM BLOCKADE; [...] (C) Post is unaware of any permanent official representation in Egypt of either the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) or the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). While representatives of these Darfur rebel groups may occasionally transit Cairo and engage locally-based Sudanese oppositio [...] | 2005-08-24 10:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR MOPS EG SU SA KBIO |
05CAIRO6510 | ARAB ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY: [...] (SBU) Reftel requests financial information on Egyptian and other Arab contributions to the Palestinian Authority in order to assist the work of Special Envoy James Wolfenson. MFA officials responded to post's request with the following information, noting that the financial data had just been [...] | 2005-08-24 10:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID ECON ETRD EFIN KPAL EG IS |
05CAIRO6539 | EGYPTIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN, UPDATE #2 [...] (C) One week into the presidential campaign, the Presidential Election Commission (PEC) is drawing criticism for a lack of transparency. A local domestic monitoring coalition has publicly accused the PEC of obstructing Egypt's effort to conduct a free, fair, and transparent presidential ele [...] | 2005-08-24 15:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
05CAIRO6577 | VISIT OF NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH: MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER NAZIF [...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary Welch met with Egyptian Prime Minister Nazif on August 18 to discuss bilateral and regional issues. Welch pointed out that the U.S. had delivered on its promise of greater engagement on the peace process and would engage further as both sides made progress. The internati [...] | 2005-08-25 14:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAID ETRD EG |
05CAIRO6582 | ADDITIONAL DETAIL ON GOE GTMO DETAINEE ASSURANCES [...] (S) This message adds additional detail to the GOE response regarding GTMO detainees as outlined in Ref A. Post received this information through established liaison channels and through face-to-face meetings with Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS) Director Soliman. Soliman's thorou [...] | 2005-08-25 15:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PTER PREL PHUM PINR EG GTMO |
05CAIRO6583 | CODEL THORNBERRY MEETS WITH EGYPTIAN GENERAL [...] (C) In an August 23 meeting at the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS),Congressmen Thornberry and Cramer and Charge Jones discussed Gaza withdrawal, a post-withdrawal plan to preserve peace, and Iraq with EGIS Director Soliman. Soliman stressed that the GOE would treat withdrawal f [...] | 2005-08-25 15:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EG IS IZ GZ |
05CAIRO6653 | EGYPT: ABU MAZEN'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (C) Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas's (Abu Mazen) August 24-25 visit to Egypt via the Rafah border crossing in Gaza was marked by both symbolism and substance. Having Abbas enter Egypt via the Rafah crossing signaled Egyptian determination to keep the crossing open and to maintain close w [...] | 2005-08-29 14:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER KPAL EG IS MEPN |
05CAIRO6654 | EGYPT'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, UPDATE #3 [...] (C) As Egypt's first campaign for the direct election of the president heads into its final week, the political landscape remains largely unchanged. There are no indications that the NDP's lock on political power is easing. Neither of President Mubarak's two leading challengers is making m [...] | 2005-08-29 15:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
05CAIRO6673 | PRESSING THE ARAB LEAGUE TO SUPPORT IRAQI [...] (C) Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa has so far been marginally helpful on building political support for Iraq's new constitution, despite USG and British requests for his assistance in reaching out to key Iraq Sunni figures. In public, so far, Moussa has focused his attention on dra [...] | 2005-08-30 10:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG IZ |
05CAIRO6710 | EGYPT'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, UPDATE #4: [...] (C) While Cairo streets are aflutter with banners urging the populace to reelect the President, the novelty of the presidential campaign is wearing off. Kifaya has launched a legal challenge to halt the elections, but is unlikely to succeed. The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) has [...] | 2005-08-31 15:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
05CAIRO6711 | BUILDING SUPPORT FOR IRAQ'S CONSTITUTION: EGYPT [...] (C) In conjunction with the Secretary's August 27 call to Egyptian President Mubarak, the Charge delivered ref A and B demarches on the Iraqi constitution to Presidential Spokesman and Advisor Soliman Awad. Awad welcomed the USG points and promised to share them with Egyptian Intelligence Chi [...] | 2005-08-31 15:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KPAO EG IZ |
05CAIRO6755 | SAMEH KHOUZAM: ASSURANCES LETTER FROM EGYPTIAN [...] (C) In response to our March 1 demarche (ref A) and Charge's July 27 letter and aide memoire, Post received a formal letter from Egypt's Public Prosecutor Maher Abdel Wahed regarding Egyptian assurances on the return of fugitive murder suspect Sameh Khouzam. The Public Prosecutor is Egypt's r [...] | 2005-09-01 14:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS PHUM PREL EG |
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