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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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05DUBLIN1439 | SUNNIS AND SHIAS ATTEND INTERFAITH THANKSGIVING [...] (U) Summary. On November 22, the Ambassador hosted the Embassy's second annual interfaith Thanksgiving reception, in large part to promote Post's Muslim outreach program. The event was especially successful in bringing together key Shia and Sunni Muslim leaders, including among the Iraqi com [...] | 2005-11-25 14:49:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR KPAO KIRF EI |
05DUBLIN1442 | IRELAND UNLIKELY TO PROVIDE MONITORS FOR BOLIVIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-28 16:50:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BO EI |
05DUBLIN1453 | IRELAND SHARES USG CONCERNS OVER RUSSIAN DRAFT LAW [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-30 14:45:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS EI |
05DUBLIN1493 | IRELAND: PREVENTING AL-MANAR BROADCASTS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-08 16:08:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PTER ASEC PREL ANET EI |
05DUBLIN1494 | TERRORISM FINANCE: ASG INDIVIDUALS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-08 16:09:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC EI |
05DUBLIN1500 | NO IRISH RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS [...] Per reftel's request for comments on the International Religious Freedom Report (IRF) 2005, Post recorded no substantive reaction from the Irish government or public on the October 6 release of the IRF. 2. Post found the IRF drafting instructions clear and manageable and was pleased with [...] | 2005-12-09 16:35:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL EI |
05DUBLIN1501 | PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: IRISH SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: On December 5, Post delivered ref A talking points to Siobhan Coyne, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy European Correspondent. Coyne noted that Ireland would strongly support an increased EU presence in Kosovo as part of the final status outcome, and she concurred with U [...] | 2005-12-12 08:53:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EI YI BK IZ AF EUN |
05DUBLIN1515 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 74 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-13 15:44:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR EI |
05DUBLIN1516 | SHANNON: IRELAND ASKS USG OPINION ON SEARCHING [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 4. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) On December 7, DCM met with Rory Montgomery, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Political Director to follow up on the December 1 meeting between Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern and Secretary Rice in Wa [...] | 2005-12-13 16:34:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROV KDEM KPAO IZ EI |
05DUBLIN1517 | BIG HELP FOR WORKING FAMILIES: IRELAND'S 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 7, Finance Minister Brian Cowen unveiled the 2006 Government budget, a televised event that annually serves as Ireland's financial state-of-the-union address and a window on the governing Fianna Fail party's political strategy. With a robust economy and a euro four [...] | 2005-12-13 16:39:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PREL EI |
05DUBLIN1528 | IRELAND UNLIKELY TO MEET KYOTO TARGET BUT [...] Summary: Ireland is unlikely to meet its Kyoto Protocol emission-reduction target, according to a GOI official and the European Environment Agency (EEA) but continues to pursue international and domestic policies in an attempt to narrow the gap to their targets. Recent figures show that Irel [...] | 2005-12-16 09:08:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EI EPA |
05DUBLIN1541 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE G/TIP'S JENNIFER S. DONNELLY [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Jennifer Schrock Donnely, Reports Officer, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from January 18 to 20, 2005. Purpose of visit is to seek to learn from NGOs, IOM and government officials the sc [...] | 2005-12-20 15:26:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN OTRA PHUM PREL EI |
05DUBLIN1547 | IRISH GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS U.S. ASSURANCES ON [...] Summary: On December 14, Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern was asked a number of questions in the Irish Parliament in relation to the alleged transfer of prisoners, by the U.S., through Shannon airport. He repeated the Irish Government's position that they are satisfied with assurances given by t [...] | 2005-12-22 09:25:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EI |
05DUBLIN1550 | GOI HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CALLS FOR INSPECTION [...] The Irish Human Rights Commission, which is an independent agency of the Irish government created under the Good Friday Agreement, submitted a report to the GOI December 23 calling on the government "as a matter of urgency to seek the agreement of the U.S. authorities to the inspection of air [...] | 2005-12-23 14:04:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MOPS PHUM EI |
05DUBLIN1558 | IRISH UNDECIDED ON PLEDGE FOR AFGHANISTAN COMPACT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-28 17:20:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV AF EI |
05DUBLIN1564 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LET AMENDMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-30 10:41:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | KTFN PREL EFIN ETTC PK PTER EI |
05DUBLIN1567 | ADDENDUM TO ORGANIZED CRIME IN IRELAND REPORT [...] (C) Per ref A's request for continued information on organized crime elements in Ireland, Post offers the following updates from police sources who were available for comment after the drafting of ref B: 2. (C) Irish police report Russian, Ukrainian, Chinese, and West African involvement i [...] | 2005-12-30 13:13:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PTER EI |
05DUBLIN166 | IRISH RESPONSE TO MERCURY DEMARCHE [...] On February 9, Post discussed reftel talking points with Riona Ni Fhlanghaile, Principal Officer in the International Environment Awareness Office of the Department of the Environment and Local Government. (Fhlanghaile will represent the GOI at the February 11 EU preparatory meeting for the [...] | 2005-02-09 14:06:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV AORC ETRD PREL |
05DUBLIN177 | U.S.-IRISH DISCUSSIONS ON OPEN SKIES PROSPECTS [...] (C) Summary: In informal bilateral discussions on February 7, Ireland indicated its intent to decide in the next several weeks on the possibility of establishing Open Skies with the United States. Transportation Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary John Byerly and DOT International Aviation Di [...] | 2005-02-11 16:14:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PREL ETRD |
05DUBLIN207 | IRISH RESPONSE TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (U) On February 15, Post delivered reftel talking points to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent. Trans-Atlantic Relations ------------------------- 2. (SBU) The European Union strongly supports practical cooperation with the United States across the full [...] | 2005-02-17 18:02:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL |
05DUBLIN210 | POLICE ARREST SINN FEIN MEMBERS IN MONEY [...] (SBU) Summary. Sinn Fein is facing its biggest political crisis since the beginning of the peace process after two party activists, including a former elected representative, were arrested in a swoop by Irish police on suspects in an apparent money laundering scheme. Seven people were arreste [...] | 2005-02-18 14:01:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINR PGOV PINS PREL EI NIPP |
05DUBLIN286 | IRELAND: FINANCE MINISTER COWEN ON THE NORTH, [...] (C) Summary. In a brief March 7 meeting with Finance Minister Brian Cowen, the Ambassador recommended U.S.-style tax incentives for university endowment contributions as a model for Ireland in addressing funding shortfalls for higher education. Cowen noted Ireland's drive on economic and academic c [...] | 2005-03-08 14:11:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN SOCI |
05DUBLIN289 | IRELAND - DEMARCHE TO HOST NATIONS: SYRIA MUST [...] (SBU) On March 7, the Ambassador delivered reftel points to Dermot Gallagher, Secretary General of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Gallagher said the Irish take this matter very seriously and will discuss it internally on March 8. Pol/Econ Chief also shared points with the Middle E [...] | 2005-03-09 07:54:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL |
05DUBLIN30 | EU/CUBA: IRISH VIEWS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-12 11:01:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EUN |
05DUBLIN300 | SCENE-SETTER FOR IRISH PRIME MINISTER AHERN'S [...] (C) Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Bertie Ahern will visit the White House for the annual St. Patrick's Day events on March 17 at a time of uncertainty in the Northern Ireland peace process, but also at an opportune moment to advance trans-Atlantic dialogue. Snowballing evidence of Sinn Fein/IRA [...] | 2005-03-10 14:44:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV ECON EAIR |
05DUBLIN309 | IRELAND/AFGHANISTAN: GOI TO FUND THRU UN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-11 17:23:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | AF UK PREL SNAR EUN |
05DUBLIN310 | PRESIDENT SIGNS TERRORISM BILL INTO LAW [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-11 17:40:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PREL KTFN PHUM PINS |
05DUBLIN315 | GOVERNMENT PARTIES SUFFER MIDTERM REBUFF IN BY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-14 17:25:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL |
05DUBLIN319 | IRELAND: UNCHR 61 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-15 13:51:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
05DUBLIN321 | IRISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON MARCH 16 GAERC [...] (U) On March 11, post delivered ref A demarche to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent. On March 14, post followed up with Keown on points in refs B, C, and D on China, Croatia, and Iran. China: Increased U.S-EU Dialogue Useful --------------------------------- [...] | 2005-03-15 17:41:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KAWC KPAO ETTC PTER KPAL EUN ICTY |
05DUBLIN323 | IRISH RESPONSE TO AUSTRALIA GROUP DEMARCHES [...] (C) On March 15, Post delivered ref A demarche to Therese Healy, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Third Secretary for Disarmament and Nonproliferation. Healy said that the GOI planned to participate actively along with EU partners in the Australia Group (AG) Plenary's Information Exchange [...] | 2005-03-16 12:02:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC CBW |
05DUBLIN336 | IRELAND - EUROFAB: DEMARCHE ON TRANSFER OF [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche jointly with French DCM Luc Alameras to Eamon Hickey and Sean Murphy of the European Union Division of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs and to two officers of the Irish Department of Marine Resources. Drawing closely on reftel points, the charge e [...] | 2005-03-21 13:54:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG PREL |
05DUBLIN353 | TERRORISM FINANCE: 2005 UPDATE NO. 2 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-22 18:01:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL CVIS |
05DUBLIN354 | IRELAND: SOMALIA-IGAD DEPLOYMENT PLAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-22 18:11:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL |
05DUBLIN361 | IRELAND: LIBERIAN MILITARY REFORM [...] On March 22, Emboff delivered ref A points to Pauline Conway, Counselor, Africa Desk at the Department of Foreign Affairs. According to Conway, Ireland appreciates the importance of security sector reform (SSR),but by Irish regulation, SSR does not qualify as Overseas Development Assistance [...] | 2005-03-24 09:35:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID MARR MASS PREL |
05DUBLIN366 | (C) IRELAND/IRAN: DISSUADING IRAN FROM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-24 16:47:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | ASEC PREL |
05DUBLIN377 | HIGH-LEVEL IRISH ATTENDANCE AT OSLO DONOR [...] (C) On March 30, Post delivered reftel talking points to Pauline Conway, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Counsellor for Africa. Conway noted that Conor Lenihan, Minister of State for Overseas Development and Human Rights, along with Brendan Rogers and Ciara O'Brien, Director and First Se [...] | 2005-03-30 16:19:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON |
05DUBLIN388 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LET PRENOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-01 14:18:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL |
05DUBLIN4 | ASIAN TSUNAMI: UPDATE ON IRISH RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: Four Irish citizens are presumed dead as a result of the December 26 Asian tsunami, and the Irish Government is focused on 15 other missing persons, most of whom had been in Thailand. The Government has increased its assistance pledge for stricken areas from euro 2 million to eu [...] | 2005-01-04 17:04:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL AEMR CASC |
05DUBLIN406 | IRELAND MAY MAKE TOKEN CONTRIBUTION TO NEW [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-07 09:15:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREL |
05DUBLIN419 | IRISH REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON ARMS SALES TO YEMEN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-11 07:19:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PARM PREL MASS ETTC |
05DUBLIN439 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LET SUBMISSION TO 1267 COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-13 15:46:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL CVIS KVPR AEMR AFIN |
05DUBLIN449 | IRISH FOREIGN MINISTER NOT TO ATTEND COMMUNITY OF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-14 15:43:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL |
05DUBLIN482 | IRELAND: STILL UNDECIDED ON FUNDING AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-22 10:35:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID UNSC |
05DUBLIN489 | IRISH RESPONSE TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) On April 22, Post delivered ref A talking points to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent. In his responses, Keown focused primarily on Sudan and the Middle East Peace Process. He noted that Minister of State for Overseas Development, Conor Lenihan, had held [...] | 2005-04-26 06:56:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EUN |
05DUBLIN49 | PEACE PROCESS: GOI DISCOURAGED, BUT COMMITTED TO [...] (C) Summary: On January 13, the Ambassador met with Michael Collins, senior advisor to the prime minister, and separately with members of parliament. Anger and discouragement are rampant following the assertion that the PIRA is likely behind the December 20 robbery of Belfast's Northern Bank [...] | 2005-01-14 17:30:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL EI UK PTER NIPP |
05DUBLIN50 | IRELAND SUPPORTS U.S.-PROPOSED SUA AMENDMENTS [...] (C) On January 14, Post delivered reftel talking points to Declan Smith, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for Legal Affairs and Director for Law of the Sea SIPDIS Issues. (Eoin Fannon of Ireland's Attorney General's office will participate in the EU's January 17 Law of t [...] | 2005-01-14 18:34:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT |
05DUBLIN510 | IRISH RESPONSE: SUSTAINING PRESSURE ON SYRIA TO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-28 16:20:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO |
05DUBLIN512 | IRELAND STILL OPAQUE ON CHINA ARMS EMBARGO [...] (C) Summary: In an April 27 meeting with Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Dermot Gallagher, the Ambassador strongly urged the GOI to join other Member States in opposing the proposed lifting of the EU arms embargo against China. Gallagher said that Ireland's position on the em [...] | 2005-04-29 12:06:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PHUM |
05DUBLIN515 | IRELAND'S RESPONSE TO WHO DEMARCHE [...] On April 28, Post delivered ref A talking points on WHO International Health Regulations (IHRs) to James McIntyre, Department of Foreign Affairs First Secretary for EU Common Policies and the OECD (with responsibility for WHO). McIntyre said that Ireland generally shared U.S. views on the out [...] | 2005-04-29 15:01:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PREL PTER ETRD WHO |
05DUBLIN522 | TERRORIST FINANCE: JI-3 PRENOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-04 15:27:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL ADPM |
05DUBLIN542 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CHINA ARMS EMBARGO, IRA WITH [...] (U) Ambassador and DCM called on Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern May 5. They gave the Taoiseach photos from President Bush of the June 2004 EU Summit at Dromoland Castle and the March 2005 Shamrock ceremony in Washington. 2. (C) The Ambassador raised the China arms embargo, [...] | 2005-05-09 07:07:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PHUM |
05DUBLIN548 | FORMATION OF TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT EASES EU [...] (C) POL/ECON Chief met May 9 with Stephen Dawson, Deputy Director of the DFA's Middle East office, to discuss reftel. Dawson said that the formation of Iraq's interim government has made discussions of Iraq easier within the EU. Those who were opposed now felt they needed to give the elected [...] | 2005-05-09 16:02:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL |
05DUBLIN568 | THE GOI DISPUTES ITS POOR IMAGE ON SALMON [...] (C) Summary: In April, the GOI announced a salmon drift-net quota that exceeded local scientists, recommendations, prompting protests from the media, opposition parties, and the North Atlantic Salmon Fund (NASF, an international NGO coalition). In discussing the GOI's "side of the story" wit [...] | 2005-05-13 07:16:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EFIS SENV |
05DUBLIN573 | IRELAND HONORS ARRESTED SUDANESE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Summary. On May 13th, President of Ireland Mary McAleese presented the inaugural Front Line Human Rights Defender Award to the wife and daughter of Sudanese Human Rights Activist, Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam. Per reftel, Dr. Mudawi was arrested by GOS authorities on May 8th and was not allowed [...] | 2005-05-13 16:31:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV UNHRC |
05DUBLIN587 | TERRORIST FINANCE: IJG PRENOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-19 09:13:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL |
05DUBLIN59 | TERRORIST FINANCE: FADHLI AND DARWISH DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-19 17:03:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN |
05DUBLIN598 | IRISH RESPONSE TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: On May 18, Post delivered ref A talking points to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU correspondent. Keown noted that Ireland viewed the China arms embargo in terms of the EU's opportunity to send a major political signal encouraging China to play a constructive [...] | 2005-05-20 10:36:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS EUN |
05DUBLIN644 | IRELAND: NO VOTE, NO SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-27 16:12:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PREL ILO |
05DUBLIN657 | NORTHERN IRELAND: GOI WAITING FOR IRA RESPONSE AND [...] (C) During Special Envoy Mitchell Reiss' visit to Ireland May 19-22, the Irish government emphasized that the Good Friday Agreement and the December 8 joint communique must be the basis for forward movement in the peace process. They anticipate an IRA response to Gerry Adams' call to leave the [...] | 2005-06-01 08:39:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS EI UK NIPP |
05DUBLIN677 | (C) SINN FEIN CLAIMS IRA RESPONSE IMMINENT [...] (C) Rita O'Hare requested an appointment with Pol Chief today on an urgent basis. O'Hare said the IRA response to Gerry Adams' April call on them to pursue their goals through solely political means is coming very soon, perhaps within two weeks. According to O'Hare, the IRA leadership is 100 [...] | 2005-06-03 14:51:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS EI NIPP |
05DUBLIN678 | IRELAND: NO CHANGE FOR TITLE III/LIBERTAD [...] (C) On June 1, Emboff discussed reftel with Department of Foreign Affairs Americas Section Third Secretary Margaret Stanley. According to Stanley, the GOI has taken no specific bilateral actions to advance democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in Cuba in the last six months. Irela [...] | 2005-06-03 15:07:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL |
05DUBLIN679 | IRISH REACTION TO ETHIOPIAN POST-ELECTION PERIOD [...] (C) Summary. In response to reftel points, Department of Foreign Affairs Deputy Sub-Sahara Africa Director Pat Kelly noted that the vote counting process in Ethiopia lacks transparency and is a cause for concern. He said the Irish participants in the European Union Election Observer Mission [...] | 2005-06-03 15:29:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM |
05DUBLIN680 | VISA DENIAL OF SINN FEIN MEMBER RITA O'HARE [...] (S) In May, the USG reversed past practice and denied a visa to Rita O'Hare, who serves as Sinn Fein's U.S. representative. As is well-known, Rita O'Hare, like most of the Sinn Fein leadership, was a member of the IRA and she is wanted in the UK for an attempted murder in 1971. The USG has [...] | 2005-06-03 17:22:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PINR PREL PTER UK EI NIPP |
05DUBLIN683 | IRISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON U.S.-EU [...] (U) On June 2, Post delivered ref A talking points to Stephen Dawson, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for the Middle East and North Africa. Dawson said SIPDIS that the Commission has been in touch with Member States about the June 21-22 U.S.-EU International Conference [...] | 2005-06-07 09:29:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL EUN |
05DUBLIN715 | IRISH RESPONSE TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: On June 8, Post delivered ref A talking points to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU correspondent. Keown said that the GOI might contribute police personnel to the EU's planned Rule of Law training program for the Iraqi Transitional Government, but would not l [...] | 2005-06-10 08:52:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EUN |
05DUBLIN727 | IRISH RESPONSE TO SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE ON THIRD [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-13 15:22:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL |
05DUBLIN750 | PROMOTING UN REFORM IN IRELAND [...] (SBU) On June 16, Ambassador, DCM and POLOFF delivered reftel talking points to Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Dermot Gallagher. Gallagher said that SIPDIS Ireland shares similar positions to the United States on most of the points on reform. The main difference, he noted, [...] | 2005-06-16 16:22:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNR AORC UNSC |
05DUBLIN763 | IRISH RESPONSE TO ORAL MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY [...] (S) On June 20, emboff delivered reftel oral message to Department of Foreign Affairs Regional Director for Middle East and North Africa, Stephen Dawson. Dawson said that the GOI position on Iraq is in line with that of the United States. He said that Ireland supports the democratically elec [...] | 2005-06-21 08:51:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PREL |
05DUBLIN785 | S29F-04 GOI ON SYRIAN USE OF UAE FIRM TO ACQUIRE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-24 14:29:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC CBW |
05DUBLIN801 | IRELAND TO RATIFY/ACCEDE TO REMAINING UN TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-28 13:24:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PREL KTFN PHUM PINS |
05DUBLIN802 | VENEZUELA DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOI [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-28 13:37:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV |
05DUBLIN848 | IRISH RESPONSE: G-4 FRAMEWORK RESOLUTION ON UN [...] (C) On July 8, DCM delivered reftel talking points to Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) UN Counsellor John Deady. Deady said that while the GOI favors comprehensive UN reform, the regional exclusion currently in the UNSC permanent member structure undermines the legitimacy of the in [...] | 2005-07-08 15:09:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC |
05DUBLIN853 | TERRORIST FINANCE: NASCO AMENDMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-11 15:24:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL |
05DUBLIN872 | IRISH RESPONSE TO DEAD SEA MEETING DEMARCHE [...] On July 12, Post delivered reftel demarche to Fiona McCabe, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Third Secretary for the Middle East and North Africa. McCabe noted that Ireland would not send a representative to the July 18-19 Dead Sea Donors Committee Meeting and was not planning to announce [...] | 2005-07-14 15:12:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREL |
05DUBLIN88 | IRAQ ELECTIONS: IRELAND LOOKS TO THE EU FOR A [...] (C) Further to reftels, Embassy Dublin is lobbying the GOI aggressively to issue a statement in support of Iraq elections. The Ambassador raised it with the Prime Minister's office and with parliamentarians in the two government parties. The DCM and POL/ECON chief have raised it at senior l [...] | 2005-01-25 10:58:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO |
05DUBLIN884 | IRISH RESPONSE TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: On July 14, Post delivered reftel demarche to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Foreign Correspondent. According to Keown, the GOI was optimistic that EU accession talks for Turkey would begin October 3. He noted that Ireland would favor referring any Iranian [...] | 2005-07-15 14:27:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL UN |
05DUBLIN887 | IRISH RESPONSE TO UZBEK ASYLUM SEEKERS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-15 16:14:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PHUM PGOV |
05DUBLIN889 | U.S.-IRELAND AGREEMENTS ON EXTRADITION/MUTUAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-15 16:16:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CJAN KCRM PTER |
05DUBLIN913 | IRELAND SUPPORTS PBC CREATION; QUESTIONS UNSC ROLE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-22 13:11:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KUNR KPKO UNSC UNGO ECOSOC |
05DUBLIN914 | G-4 PROPOSAL: IRISH TO DELAY DECISION UNTIL UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-22 15:25:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA KSEP UNGA |
05DUBLIN921 | IRELAND: ALL PARTIES SHOULD BE INVITED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-25 16:09:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV EUN OSCE |
05DUBLIN934 | IRA STATEMENT EXPECTED AFTERNOON OF JULY 28 [...] (C) Rita O'Hare, Sinn Fein's North America representative, told POL/ECON chief to expect an IRA statement on Thursday, July 28. (The statement is in response to Sinn Fein's call on the IRA last spring to pursue its objectives solely through peaceful and democratic means.) O'Hare believes that [...] | 2005-07-27 15:15:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR EI UK |
05DUBLIN935 | IRELAND SUPPORTS U.S. RE: SYRIAN-LEBANESE BORDER [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-27 15:57:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD |
05DUBLIN936 | UPDATE ON IRA MONEY-LAUNDERING INVESTIGATION [...] (C) Summary: Irish criminal justice officials are convinced that pound sterling notes seized in Dublin and Cork in mid-February in an apparent IRA-tied money-laundering scheme was money stolen from Belfast's Northern Bank. Police are attempting to establish forensic links between the seizure [...] | 2005-07-27 16:10:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN SOCI KCRM EI NIPP |
05DUBLIN942 | IRISH THANK USG FOR PEACE PROCESS SUPPORT AND [...] (C) Dermot Gallagher, DFA Secretary General, asked to meet with the ambassador July 28 to discuss the IRA statement. Gallagher said that in the view of the GOI, the IRA statement of July 28 showed "a clarity that was not in previous statements" and is "as good as you can get." He hoped the Ir [...] | 2005-07-29 07:26:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR EI UK |
05DUBLIN947 | SPEAKING OUT ON GITMO AND DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-29 13:37:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL KPAO PGOV PREL |
05DUBLIN956 | GOI ON S37-05: UAE ENTITY DIVERTING GOODS TO IRAN, [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-02 14:14:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC CBW |
05DUBLIN959 | MTCR: IRELAND TO PARTICIPATE IN IE AND EE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-03 09:16:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA KSCA MTCRE |
05DUBLIN968 | IRELAND SEEKS MORE DETAILS ON U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR [...] (C) On July 29, Post delivered reftel talking points to Therese Healy, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for Disarmament and Nonproliferation. Healy said SIPDIS that the GOI was studying the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative and would appreciate additional [...] | 2005-08-03 15:53:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC KNNP PARM PREL |
05DUBLIN983 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES COLOMBIA THREE WITH GOI [...] (C) Summary: The Irish Government had no prior knowledge that the Colombia Three were in Ireland, nor had it discussed the case with Sinn Fein in recent Northern Ireland peace process-related exchanges, GOI officials told the Ambassador on August 8. The officials noted that the case presente [...] | 2005-08-08 16:43:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM PTER PGOV EI |
05DUSHANBE1605 | TAJIK SUPPORT FOR PSI [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-04 10:20:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PREL TX TI PARM |
05DUSHANBE1606 | TAJIK SUPPORT FOR PSI [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-04 10:22:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PREL TX TI PARM |
05DUSHANBE1617 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY RICE TO TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes your visit to Tajikistan, the first-ever by a Secretary of State to Tajikistan as an independent country. The historical importance is not lost on Tajikistan's leaders or people. All will have high expectations of a successful visit leading to closer cooperation [...] | 2005-10-06 10:48:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TI |
05DUSHANBE1648 | TAJIKISTAN: CIVIL AND GOVERNMENT AVIATION AUTHORITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 6, Under Secretary Robert Joseph met with Head of the Tajikistan Department of Civil Aviation Khamroyev Firuz and Tajik Air Force Chief of Staff General-Major Safaraliev. The Tajiks reiterated their support for ridding the world of the scourge of terrorism and the transfer o [...] | 2005-10-10 07:08:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IR KN TI |
05DUSHANBE1695 | TAJIKISTAN: RAHMONOV TO VISIT TURKEY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Turkish Ambassador Cengizer revealed on October 18 that he has completed negotiations for Tajikistan's President Rahmonov to make an official visit to Turkey January 19-24, 2006. Rahmonov will [...] | 2005-10-18 11:27:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TU TI |
05DUSHANBE1696 | A SHOT ACROSS THE NGO BOW? POST SEEKS GUIDANCE IN RESPONSE [...] Copies of constituent documents; 2. The structure (including that of the head and field offices),personnel structure and the number of their staff; 3. The biodata of the personnel of these organizations, including foreign and local; 4. Exact legal addresses of these org [...] | 2005-10-18 12:42:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TI |
05DUSHANBE1702 | TAJIKISTAN: AMBASSADOR ZARIPOV COUNSELS NO SHARP RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN PROVOCATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-20 09:42:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM RS TI |
05DUSHANBE1729 | TAJIKISTAN: SWIMMING AROUND IN AUTHORITARIAN MOLASSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Trying to do the U.S. Government's business in Tajikistan has never been easy, in part because of under-staffing and low capacity at many of the ministries. Further, the authoritarian desire to micromanage, as well as the inclination to buck even minor decisions up to a minister [...] | 2005-10-25 08:57:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM TI |
05DUSHANBE1733 | TAJIKISTAN AND USCENTCOM COOPERATE TO DELIVER DISASTER [...] (U) With airlift support by the U.S. Central Command and the U.S. Air Force, the Government of Tajikistan shipped 25 tons of humanitarian assistance to Pakistan via separate sorties on October 20 and 22. The Tajik contribution included food, medicine, blankets, and clothes. At the request of [...] | 2005-10-26 09:10:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID MOPS PK TI |
05DUSHANBE1736 | THANK YOU LETTER FROM PRESIDENT EMOMALI RAHMONOV TO [...] Please deliver following message from President Emomali Rahmonov to President Bush. Signed original together with English translation follows by pouch: 2. BEGIN TEXT October 18, 2005 Dear Mr. President, Please accept my sincere appreciation of your warm congratulations on the o [...] | 2005-10-27 03:05:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL |
05DUSHANBE1741 | RUSSIANS RESCIND INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT REQUIREMENT FOR [...] (U) The Tajik and Russian governments officially announced that beginning November 1, citizens of both countries may travel between Russia and Tajikistan on their internal passports. A spokesman for the Tajik MFA stressed the understanding was not an "international agreement" nor would it cre [...] | 2005-10-28 11:27:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SMIG RS TI |
05DUSHANBE1742 | TAJIKISTAN: MOJ COMES A BIT MORE CLEAN ON REGISTRATIONS [...] (U) The weekly Tajik-language newspaper, "Zindagi," published excerpts October 27 from a recent Ministry of Justice press conference in which a Tajik official noted that some foreign NGOs had activities "beyond the framework of their charters." Isroil Shoyev, Chief, Department of Legal Entit [...] | 2005-10-28 12:23:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TI |
05DUSHANBE1745 | TAJIKISTAN: UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FINDS JUDICIARY [...] (C) During his recent visit to Tajikistan, UN Special Rapporteur on Independent Judiciary and Lawyers Leandro Despuy noted a great imbalance between the power of Tajikistan's prosecutors, and the weakness of lawyers ("advocates") and judges in the system. United Nations Tajikistan Office of [...] | 2005-10-31 10:22:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TI |
05DUSHANBE1746 | TAJIKISTAN: JAPANESE CHARGE: "TOKYO LOOKING FOR NEW IDEAS [...] (SBU) New Japanese Charge d'affaires Hiroshi Takahashi called on the Ambassador on October 26. Unlike his, Takahashi is energetic and brimming with ideas based on his extensive experience in Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. 2. (U) Takahashi noted his government established the "Japan Plus Cen [...] | 2005-10-31 11:11:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ETRD ELAB KDEM JA IN AF UZ TI |
05DUSHANBE1776 | TAJIKISTAN: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE - BILATERAL INFORMATION [...] (U) Request for guidance. See para five below. 2. (C) In November 2003, President Rahmonov told the Ambassador he wanted to be able to broadcast a wider variety of news and opinion on Tajik State TV than simply Russia-generated material. The Embassy offered access to VOA-TV Russian-langu [...] | 2005-11-04 11:41:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KPAO TI |
05DUSHANBE1779 | TAJIKISTAN: STOPPING AVIAN FLU AT ITS BORDERS WITH NO [...] To date, Tajikistan has no reported cases of Avian Flu. The Ministries of Health and Agriculture as well as the country's Veterinary Services have taken stringent measures to stop Avian Flu from entering Tajikistan's borders. 2. The Veterinary Service has begun to capture and examine wild [...] | 2005-11-04 12:58:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAGR ECON EAID TBIO KSCA SOCI TI KSTH WHO |
05DUSHANBE1786 | TAJIK AIR MONOPOLY HARMS TAJIKISTAN'S ECONOMIC PROSPECTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite 30% annual growth, Tajikistan State Airlines (TSA) presents a mismanaged, bloated organization unable and unwilling to reform itself or respond to market forces. Turkish Air is still negotiating to fly between Istanbul and Dushanbe, but threatens the very lucrative [...] | 2005-11-08 11:58:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAIR ECON TI TU RS |
05DUSHANBE1793 | EU SWIMMING IN THE SAME MOLASSES IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (C) In a meeting with the European Commission, Muzaffar Isakov, Director of the Aid Coordination Unit of the President of Tajikistan, suggested that while EC experts and consultants would continue to receive visas for Tajikistan, international NGO workers were less welcome. Barbara Plinkert, [...] | 2005-11-09 10:57:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV EAID KDEM PHUM TI |
05DUSHANBE1796 | NDI FENDS OFF RAID BY INTERIOR MINISTRY [...] (C) During a National Democratic Institute (NDI) training program for Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) members, three plainclothes militia members tried to break up the event, calling it an "unauthorized religious gathering." According to NDI program directors Gegham Sargsyan an [...] | 2005-11-09 11:35:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM TI |
05DUSHANBE1798 | TAJIKISTAN: FREEDOM HOUSE IN STRATEGIC RETREAT [...] (SBU) Primarily due to the ending of its DRL grant, Freedom House is shifting its Tajikistan efforts to a local NGO. Robert Freedman, Washington-based Program Director, told the Ambassador November 9 that Freedom House did not want its Tajik partners and human rights defenders to feel abando [...] | 2005-11-09 12:24:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM TI |
05DUSHANBE1802 | DEMARCH DELIVERED: DESTRUCTION OF STATE BORDER PROTECTION [...] Post delivered reftel demarche on MANPAD destruction on November 9 to General Saidamir Zuhurov, Chairman of the State Border Protection Committee (Tajik Border Guards). 2. On the first point, Zuhurov said Tajikistan is working well with OSCE on the destruction of small arms, light weapons, [...] | 2005-11-10 06:00:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL TI |
05DUSHANBE1805 | TIPS FROM THE MFA ON HOW TO FIGHT THE WAR OVER NGO'S IN [...] (C) DCM had a long talk with MFA North America Chief Ismatullo Nasredinov on November 10 on the growing pressure on U.S. and other Western NGO's. The DCM said Tajikistan appeared to be taking a step backwards by not providing registration, visas, or other support for NGO's like the Rotary Cl [...] | 2005-11-10 11:02:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PGOV TI |
05DUSHANBE1812 | DESPITE RUSSIAN PRESSURE, THE UNITED STATES CAN PROMOTE ITS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Although we now de-emphasize its previous Cold-War primacy in U.S. foreign policy, Russia still requires clear-eyed scrutiny for the havoc it can play with the President's democracy agenda and larger goals for transformational diplomacy in the former Soviet republics. We believe Russia [...] | 2005-11-14 06:21:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR PROP ECON EAID KDEM KPAO RS TI |
05DUSHANBE1814 | TAJIKISTAN: IMAGINED REPORT TO MOSCOW BY THE RUSSIAN [...] (C) The following is an Embassy Dushanbe exercise to imagine a report that Russian Ambassador Ramazan Abdulatipov might submit to the Kremlin. It draws on Post's observations of the last 18 months, Russian and regional media reports, and other reporting. This cable should be read as a compan [...] | 2005-11-14 08:13:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM RS TI |
05DUSHANBE1828 | TAJIKISTAN: SERIOUS POLITICIAN ZOYIROV CHARGES RAHMONOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: Social Democratic Party of Tajikistan Chairman Zoyirov continues to be a voice in the Tajik political wilderness logically and intelligently demanding that the Government of Tajikistan conform to the laws in its constitution - at least in part because he was one of the key drafte [...] | 2005-11-21 04:04:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO RS TI |
05DUSHANBE1839 | TAJIKISTAN NOT OVERLY PLEASED BY NEW RUSSIA-UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Nazarov did not hide his unease about the November 14 Russia-Uzbekistan Alliance. Tajikistan is concerned that Tashkent will use it's "new best friend" status with Moscow to harm Dushanbe's interests. He judged it would be unth [...] | 2005-11-21 12:22:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MARR EU RS UZ TI |
05DUSHANBE1855 | TAJIKISTAN: NEW ECON REFORM PARTY CHAIRMAN SAYS TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajikistan's new Party of Economic Reform (PER) calls for gradual economic changes beginning with agriculture reform, developing industry around farm products, and creating a financial [...] | 2005-11-23 11:19:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM TI |
05DUSHANBE1856 | TAJIKISTAN: GOVT UNABLE TO HANDLE POTENTIAL AVIAN FLU [...] Head Veterinarian, Dr. Mulojon Amirbekov, explicitly stated that Tajikistan is not prepared to combat an Avian Flu outbreak. Tajikistan does not have a strategy for containing a pandemic if it occurs; however, various government ministries have taken measures, within their capabilities, to avo [...] | 2005-11-23 11:28:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON EAGR EAID TBIO SENV KSCA SOCI TI KSTH WHO |
05DUSHANBE1858 | SIRODJIDDIN ASLOV APPOINTED TO THE UNITED NATIONS [...] (SBU) Sirodjiddin Mukhriddinovich Aslov has been named as Tajikistan's new Permanent Representative to the United Nations. For the last two years Alsov has been Deputy Foreign Minister and a useful and active interlocutor for the Embassy. 2. (SBU) The following are notes from his official [...] | 2005-11-25 06:10:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TI UNGA |
05DUSHANBE1867 | AGRARIAN PARTY OF TAJIKISTAN: ANOTHER POCKET PARTY FOR [...] The Agrarian Party of Tajikistan (APT) is the brainchild of its Chairman, Amir Karakulov, or so he insists. Karakulov, a former member of the Communist Party of Tajikistan, decided three years ago that he would like to form his own party to protect farmers' rights. A self-proclaimed Soviet-E [...] | 2005-11-28 04:13:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM TI |
05DUSHANBE1869 | TAJIKISTAN: TWO NEW DEPUTY MINISTERS APPOINTED [...] (U) President Rahmonov unexpectedly appointed two key deputy ministers on November 24 - Saidmumin Sattorovich Yatimov as new First Deputy Foreign Minister and Kosim Abdusalomovich Gaforov as Deputy Minister of Security. 2. (SBU) Major-General Yatimov had been Deputy Minister of Security f [...] | 2005-11-28 06:48:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR TI |
05DUSHANBE1870 | MODERATE TAJIK ISLAMIC LEADER KABIRI WAL... [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-28 07:02:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL KDEM RS TI |
05DUSHANBE1897 | AMBASSADOR SPEAKS ON CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE OF [...] At the invitation of the Central Executive Committee of the People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan (PDPT, ruling party),on November 30 in Dushanbe the ambassador spoke to an overflow crowd of college students, members of parliament, NGO representatives, PDPT activists, and journalists on "Th [...] | 2005-11-30 13:06:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON EAID MARR KDEM TI |
05DUSHANBE1898 | AMBASSADOR SPEAKS ON CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE OF [...] At the invitation of the Central Executive Committee of the People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan (PDPT, ruling party),on November 30 in Dushanbe the ambassador spoke to an overflow crowd of college students, members of parliament, NGO representatives, PDPT activists, and journalists on "Th [...] | 2005-11-30 13:06:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON EAID MARR KDEM TI |
05DUSHANBE1921 | MEETING WITH PRESIDENT RAHMONOV: HIS VIEWS ON RUSSIA [...] (C) The Ambassador met with President Emomali Rahmonov on December 1 for two and a half hours. We report the meeting in three cables. This is two of three. The other two cover Rahmonov's views on (1) the U.S.-Tajikistan bilateral relationship and Tajik politics, and (2) Uzbekistan. 2. (S) SUMMARY [...] | 2005-12-02 10:29:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR MARR RS TI |
05DUSHANBE1947 | TAJIK GOVERNMENT-WESTERN NGO ROUNDTABLE: ATTENDANCE HIGH, [...] (SBU) What looked like a routine meeting was a small breakthrough for Tajikistan's development community. The December 2 roundtable discussion of donors, NGOs and government was the first time all three groups came together on any subject, let alone the sensitive issues of NGO intentions, re [...] | 2005-12-06 09:18:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EAID KDEM RS TI |
05DUSHANBE1966 | TAJIKISTAN'S VIEWS OF US FORCE POSTURE (C-RE5-00249) [...] (S) Post's DATT and DCM polled their colleagues informally on the questions below. The following answers should be seen as the Tajik government's current mood on these hypothetical questions. When and if negotiations were to start, outside pressures and local politics would influence the rh [...] | 2005-12-08 09:31:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | PINR MARR PREL AJ PL RO TI |
05DUSHANBE1981 | TAJIKISTAN POULTRY BAN CONFUSION; AVIAN FLU: ADDRESSING [...] Although the government of Tajikistan officially issued poultry bans on ten countries, customs inspectors are unaware of the new regulations. Mahmadnazar Tashrifov, Senior Inspector of the Department of Veterinary Service reported that to date, the department has authorized three resolutions [...] | 2005-12-09 10:10:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAGR EAID PREL TBIO SENV TI USTR |
05DUSHANBE2004 | TAJIKISTAN: THE GRINCH WHO STOLE HUMAN RIGHTS DAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. To celebrate Human Rights Day 2005, Post planned for a roundtable discussion with Tajik students on the Department's annual Human Rights Report. Initially, the selected venue was Dushanbe's premier university, the Russia-funded Russian-Tajik Slavonic University. After compli [...] | 2005-12-09 13:34:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL RS TI |
05DUSHANBE2005 | THE GRINCH CHANGES HIS MIND: U.S. EMBASSY'S HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) After the close of business on December 9, Ismat Nasredinov, Post's MFA contact and Chief of the North America Desk, contacted PAS to inform that the previously canceled Human Rights roundtable discussion at Tajik Technical University, planned for December 12, was back on track (septel). [...] | 2005-12-09 13:34:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL RS TI |
05DUSHANBE2012 | COUNTERING DISINFORMATION IN DUSHANBE [...] SUMMARY: Is the United States responsible for the "Color Revolutions" in Georgia, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan? Are Americans employed in such organizations as CARE and the National Democratic Institute spies fomenting revolution? Are U.S.-funded legal assistance programs designed to turn childr [...] | 2005-12-12 11:45:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PROP KDEM KPAO RS TI |
05DUSHANBE2013 | TAJIKISTAN'S HYDROPOWER: GEOPOLITICAL GAME OR GOOD [...] (SBU) President Rahmonov hosted a December 11 meeting to discuss Tajikistan's hydropower projects. Tajikistan is one of the world's leading countries in hydropower potential, and increasingly feasibility studies point to domestic and foreign markets that could help Tajikistan realize the eco [...] | 2005-12-12 13:32:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ENRG TI TDA |
05DUSHANBE2014 | ENGAGING HUMAN RIGHTS DAY DISCUSSION AT TAJIK TECHNOLOGICAL [...] The Russian Embassy and Tajik Embassy didn't want it to happen. But CdA and EmbOffs held a broad-ranging and energetic discussion with students and faculty members of the Tajik Technological University for Human Rights Day 2005 (NOTE: Not Tajik Technical University as stated in reftels A and [...] | 2005-12-13 07:51:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KPAO RS TI |
05DUSHANBE2028 | AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION NGO UNDER FIRE IN TAJIKISTAN [...] Charge met with the American Bar Association/Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (ABA/CEELI) on December 12 to discuss their ongoing struggle with the Tajik State-owned media. ABA/CEELI's "Street Law" program in Tajikistan's secondary schools (reftel) first came under fire in the pre [...] | 2005-12-13 11:35:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO TI |
05DUSHANBE2037 | FORMER SECURITY OFFICIAL TAKES ON DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Newly installed Deputy Foreign Minister Saimumil Yatimov met with Charge today for their first substantive meeting. Yatimov is well known as a former Ministry of Security official who dealt with international affairs, but his appointment to a high post in the Foreign Ministry was interpret [...] | 2005-12-14 11:39:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TI |
05DUSHANBE2038 | TAJIK GOVT INSISTS PASSPORT DECISION REVERSAL PRACTICAL NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajikistan orders Tajiks to use international passports when traveling to Russia despite an Eurasian Economic Community (EEC) agreement permitting citizens to travel using internal passports. This affects up to one million labor migrants who do not have the expensive interna [...] | 2005-12-14 13:16:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ELAB SMIG TI |
05DUSHANBE2039 | TAJIKISTAN: BOMB SUITS TO SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIT [...] They weigh over 70 pounds, but the Kevlar inside may someday save the life of a Tajik bomb squad first responder. On 14 December, the Charge' turned over 2 bomb suits to the "OMON" Special Operations Unit in Dushanbe. Each suit costs just over $24,000. This effort was as a result of an Embas [...] | 2005-12-15 08:27:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAO TI |
05DUSHANBE2050 | TAJIKISTAN'S PROPOSED LAW RESTRICTS NGOS' RIGHTS AND [...] (C) The Tajik government is debating a law aimed to control NGO activities that could threaten the legal status of international NGOs. The Embassy received a draft copy of the Law On Public Organizations (Associations) leaked to the Soros Foundation. The Foundation also provided the Embassy [...] | 2005-12-19 04:50:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TI |
05DUSHANBE2062 | TAJIKISTAN: `SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR IRAQ ELECTION [...] (U) PolOff delivered talking points per State 225860, 'Seeking Public Support for December 15 Iraq Election' to Ismatullo Nasredinov, Head of the Department of European and American Countries at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs December 20. Nasredinov promised to pass the information along t [...] | 2005-12-20 12:11:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TI |
05DUSHANBE2090 | "WITHOUT THE US, ROGUN WILL NOT BE BUILT": TAJIK [...] (C) The United States and AES still have significant roles to play in Tajikistan's hydropower sector. Tajik Minister of Energy Jurabek Nurmamatov told PolOff rumors of RusAl dominating the Rogun project did not reflect the Ministry's position or the Tajik government's. RusAl had taken only a [...] | 2005-12-23 10:58:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENRG TI TDA |
05DUSHANBE2092 | TAJIKISTAN POLITICAL PARTIES UNDERGO CHANGES TO PREPARE FOR [...] (U) In a show of possibly implementing major party reforms, on December 20 the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) held a roundtable to solicit opinions from political scientists, government officials and other political parties on the role of the IRPT in society. The Democratic Party [...] | 2005-12-23 11:48:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TI |
05DUSHANBE2094 | "WITHOUT THE US, ROGUN WILL NOT BE BUILT": TAJIK ENERGY [...] (C) The United States and AES still have significant roles to play in Tajikistan's hydropower sector. Tajik Minister of Energy Jurabek Nurmamatov told PolOff rumors of RusAl dominating the Rogun project did not reflect the Ministry's position or the Tajik government's. RusAl had taken only a [...] | 2005-12-27 10:22:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG TI RS AF |
05DUSHANBE2097 | BACK IN THE USSR? TAJIKISTAN'S SECURITY WONKS UNDECIDED [...] (SBU) Tajikistan understands the economic and security benefits of globalization, but Russia remains Central Asia's most important global partner. These two themes dominated the papers at a conference on "Globalization: National Interests and National Security for Central Asian Countries" sp [...] | 2005-12-27 13:00:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TI PHUM ENRG |
05DUSHANBE2129 | TAJIK MEDIA NAMES RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR "DIPLOMAT OF THE YEAR" [...] A New Year's tradition, Tajikistan's electronic news agency "Asia Plus" and Russian-language independent paper "Kurier Tajikistana" published best of the year lists, sourced from editors' personal opinions and popularity polls, and the diplomatic community wasn't left out of their end of the y [...] | 2005-12-30 06:47:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAO RS TI |
05DUSHANBE2130 | PROGRESS, BUT NO ETA FOR TURKISH AIR IN TAJIKISTAN [...] Turkish Airlines (TKA) has moved one step closer to introducing a new Istanbul-Dushanbe. The Turkish Ambassador Altay Cenziger reported a framework agreement was signed December 23, allowing Turkish Airlines to conduct technical assessments and preparations for the new route. He estimated f [...] | 2005-12-30 07:41:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAIR ECON TI |
05FRANKFURT7078 | AMERICA IN THE CAMPAIGN: SNAPSHOT FROM SW GERMANY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In Frankfurt's relatively pro-American district, attitudes towards the U.S. and U.S. foreign policy appear to play a smaller role in this German election campaign than in 2002. While some on the left have tried to raise issues of war and peace, overall the campaign in our dis [...] | 2005-09-19 06:21:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GM |
05GABORONE1019 | POSSIBLE FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF A KHAMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Acting Director for Multilateral Affairs Mr. Pulaente Kenosi at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the GOB could be on the cusp of re-evaluating some of the tenets of its foreign policy. This is prompted in part by world events but also [...] | 2005-07-21 15:17:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BC UNGA |
05GABORONE1026 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALLS WITH BOTSWANA [...] (SBU) Summary. In his farewell calls with Botswana's President Festus Mogae and Vice President Seretse Khama Ian Khama July 21, Ambassador Huggins highlighted promoting Botwsana business and human rights, specifically the Kenneth Good and Basarwa issues. The President and VP thanked the Amb [...] | 2005-07-22 14:30:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ETRD US BC SAN CKGR |
05GABORONE1092 | BOTSWANA CSOs CONDEMN MUGABE'S ABUSES [...] SUMMARY: Civil society organizations in Botswana are looking for ways to support the struggle against despotism in Zimbabwe. At a half-day workshop on human rights abuses in Zimbabwe, representatives of churches, political parties and NGOs condemned the Mugabe regime's atrocities and asked [...] | 2005-08-05 08:55:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL ZI BC SADC |
05GABORONE1099 | SADC AND GOB PREPARE FOR AUGUST 17 SUMMIT [...] SUMMARY: Botswana will begin its tenure as chair of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) at the August 17-18 regional Summit in Gaborone. Not surprisingly, the humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe did not feature in the joint briefing for Heads of Missions conducted by the SADC Secr [...] | 2005-08-08 14:47:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON ZU MA ZI BC SADC |
05GABORONE1180 | POVERTY AND INADEQUATE INFRASTRUCTURE HAMPER [...] Summary: The Government of Botswana has made significant headway since independence in achieving its goal of providing universal education to its people, but inadequate infrastructure and poverty impede further progress. High rates of poverty and unemployment (reftel),particularly in rural [...] | 2005-08-18 16:15:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL ECON ELAB EAID PREL BC |
05GABORONE1203 | SADC SUMMIT KEEPS STUDIED SILENCE ON ZIMBABWE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The "Silver Jubilee" Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit held in Gaborone August 17-18 tackled no thorny issues. Incoming SADC Chair, Botswana President Festus Mogae, urged concrete steps to make SADC effective. The regional leaders did not speak out on Zimbabw [...] | 2005-08-23 13:16:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV ETRD RW WZ ZI ZU BC SADC |
05GABORONE1212 | Poverty's Impact on the Spread of HIV/AIDS in [...] Summary: The poor remain the hardest hit by the scourge of HIV/AIDS in Botswana. It is commonly accepted that since HIV/AIDS impacts the most productive members of society, there will be a concomitant reduction in economic growth (ref A),and potentially an increase in the number of people l [...] | 2005-08-25 14:38:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL EAID KHIV BC HIV AIDS |
05GABORONE1281 | STUDY SEES BDP'S FUTURE IN VICE PRESIDENT KHAMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent needs assessment conducted for the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) is likely to reinforce Vice President Khama's perceived importance to the future of the Party. The study, passed to us by a senior GOB official, found that the BDP's popularity had declined due t [...] | 2005-09-09 05:54:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BC |
05GABORONE1444 | CHINA WOOS BOTSWANA THROUGH EXCHANGE VISITS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China uses exchanges, assistance and trade as three primary tools to strengthen its ties with Botswana. According to the Director for Asia and Africa Mr. Manyepedza Lesetedi in the MFA, nearly two-dozen GOB officials traveled to China this year to participate in short courses [...] | 2005-10-06 15:31:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CH BC |
05GABORONE162 | UPDATE ON CKGR RELOCATION COURT CASE [...] (U) Summary: Hearings in the court case involving the First People of the Kalahari (FPK) vs. the Government of Botswana got off to a slow start in mid-January. Meanwhile, political and budgetary considerations have delayed proposals to improve the Remote Area Development Program (RADP). The [...] | 2005-02-02 12:40:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BC SAN CKGR |
05GABORONE1656 | BOTSWANA'S VP ON SADC, ZIMBABWE, CRIME, TERRORISM, [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Kate Canavan's introductory call with Botswana's Vice President Lt. Gen. Seretse Khama Ian Khama November 8 highlighted environmental cooperation, counter-terrorism, Zimbabwe, crime, and military issues. Ambassador informed VP Khama of Botswana's acceptance for the Tr [...] | 2005-11-10 06:40:00 | Embassy Gaborone | SECRET | MARR PREL SENV US ZI BC SADC POL MIL |
05GABORONE346 | TERRORISM FINANCE 2005 UPDATE NO. 2 - BOTSWANA [...] (U) The following is post's response to reftel request for an evaluation of the host government's ability to cooperate in the disruption of terrorist financing. Answers below are keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (U) A. As yet, the GOB has not identified any assets within Botswana subjec [...] | 2005-03-10 04:56:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL CVIS BC |
05GABORONE434 | DEMARCHE TO SADC CAPITALS ON EVE OF ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Ambassador Huggins delivered demarche to Botswana's Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mr. Ernest Mpofu, on March 18. Mpofu's response was that he, too, hoped for free and fair elections in Zimbabwe. He was encouraged, he said, by the [...] | 2005-03-23 14:40:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BC ZI SADC |
05GABORONE461 | BOTSWANA ANXIOUS FOR AML-CTF ASSISTANCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: A bilateral technical assistance program with Botswana could quickly and significantly improve its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism finance (AML- CTF) regime, a March 20-25 visit by advisors from US Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (Enforcement) revealed. Me [...] | 2005-03-31 04:37:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER EFIN KTFN BC |
05GABORONE479 | SADC SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR ADB CANDIDATE [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Finance and Development Planning Baledzi Gaolathe requested a meeting with Ambassador Huggins on April 4 to lobby for United States support for Dr. Simba Makoni as the Southern African Development Community's (SADC) candidate for the presidency of the African Develop [...] | 2005-04-05 11:10:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI BC SADC |
05GABORONE520 | GENERAL WALD URGES BOTSWANA PARTICIPATION IN PKOS [...] (C) Summary: General Charles Wald, Deputy Commander of EUCOM, discussed EUCOM programs, Botswana,s training needs, and peacekeeping (PKO) issues in a meeting at the Presidency on April 13. General Wald said the African Union (AU),not the United Nations or the European Union, should have the [...] | 2005-04-13 15:19:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR US BC POL MIL |
05GABORONE523 | GENERAL WALD AND SADC SECGEN DISCUSS SADC'S NEW [...] (C) Summary. Meeting with SADC Secgen Prega Ramsamy in Gaborone April 13, General Charles Wald explained how the U.S. could assist the African Union (AU) and its regional components, including SADC, to equip, train, organize and support the new Regional Responses Forces (RRFs). General Wald [...] | 2005-04-14 04:15:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR US BC SADC POL MIL |
05GABORONE54 | CONTACT INFORMATION FOR HOST GOVERNMENT FIGURES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-13 10:07:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL BC |
05GABORONE554 | BNF PRESIDENT HOPES FOR OPPOSITION COOPERATION [...] (U) Summary: In an April 1 meeting, Otsweletse Moupo, president of Botswana's largest opposition party, the Botswana National Front (BNF),shared with Ambassador Huggins his commitment to cooperation with other opposition parties in the next general election, scheduled for 2009. Moupo noted [...] | 2005-04-20 09:03:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV BC |
05GABORONE56 | PORTRAIT OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AS AN AUTOCRAT: [...] (C) Summary: As next in line to inherit the presidency, Botswana,s Vice President Ian Khama remains an enigma. Many participants in Botswana's public life such as academics, journalists, and NGO leaders, express ambiguity and skepticism regarding the Vice President's credentials as a politi [...] | 2005-01-13 11:13:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BC |
05GABORONE560 | SADC SECRETARIAT STANDS BY ITS ZIMBABWE [...] (U) Summary: In an April 7 meeting with AF/S Director Mozena, SADC Executive Secretary Ramsamy was adamant that he stood by the SADC observer assessment of the Zimbabwe election as `peaceful, well managed, credible and transparent.' Ramsamy suggested cost sharing between donors and public an [...] | 2005-04-21 12:16:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI BC SADC |
05GABORONE561 | BOTSWANA ASSESSES POST-ELECTION ZIMBABWE [...] (U) Summary: During a meeting between AF/S Director Dan Mozena and Botswana's MFA PermSec Mpofu on April 7, the latter was frank in airing the frustration the GOB feels regarding Zimbabwe. The deterioration of trade and the dislocations border jumpers cause for Botswana are two major problem [...] | 2005-04-21 12:18:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI BC IBB |
05GABORONE651 | MOYO'S DEPARTURE CHEERS GOB [...] (C) SUMMARY: Botswana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation hopes that the appointment of Tichaona Jokonya as Zimbabwe's Minister of Information and Publicity will calm the stormy relations between the two nations. In a May 9 conversation with PolOff, Mr. Manyepedza Le [...] | 2005-05-13 05:43:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI BC |
05GABORONE667 | BDP RECONCILIATION ON TRACK - FOR NOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Botswana Democratic Party's Women's Wing chose a compromise slate of leaders at its May 5-8 national congress providing the first evidence that Vice President Khama's efforts to unite the Party are succeeding. This comes just ahead of the Party's national congress in July, w [...] | 2005-05-17 11:32:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BC |
05GABORONE749 | SCENESETTER FOR BOTSWANA PRESIDENT MOGAE'S JUNE 13 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Botswana President Festus G. Mogae's June 13 meeting with President Bush provides an opportunity to affirm and advance Botswana's role as a partner in promoting peace, democracy and human rights in Africa, increasing economic growth through trade, and combating HIV/AIDS. Botswan [...] | 2005-06-02 14:48:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM KHIV BC |
05GABORONE767 | REVIEWING BOTSWANA'S ELIGIBILITY FOR DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) Summary: In a May 30 meeting at the UNDP Resident Representative's office in Gaborone, Ambassador Huggins and visiting World Food Program's chief James Morris reviewed Botswana's need for development assistance in light of the inroads made by the HIV/AIDS crisis, and agreed that despite t [...] | 2005-06-06 05:39:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KHIV BC AGRIC HIV AIDS SADC |
05GABORONE812 | IMPROVING BOTSWANA'S ELECTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Although Botswana's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) administered the October 2004 parliamentary election admirably, constitutional and statutory amendments could enhance the IEC's ability to conduct elections in a free and fair manner. At a June 9-10 conference co- spons [...] | 2005-06-14 05:55:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SF BC |
05GABORONE847 | BOTSWANA AGOA FORUM OUTREACH PLAN [...] This is a response to reftel request for submission of a Botswana AGOA Forum outreach plan. 2. Post has conducted a number of outreach activities in conjunction with the Gaborone-based USAID-supported Southern Africa Trade Hub. A press conference with the Hub's AGOA Advisor Amanda Hill [...] | 2005-06-20 15:18:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD AMGT PREL |
05GABORONE880 | TRADE, NOT AU/SADC BRIGADES, TO BE MOGAE'S [...] (U) ACSS Director General Carlton Fulford (ret),in Gaborone for the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) Senor Leader Seminar, called on President Mogae June 18, accompanied by Charge. Gen. Fulford thanked Botswana for co-hosting the seminar. Substantive discussion centered on militar [...] | 2005-06-27 07:55:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL US BC SADC |
05GABORONE913 | CKGR COURT CASE ADJOURNS, PROBLEMS FOR SAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 16, hearings in the case of the First People of the Kalahari against the Government of Botswana adjourned until August 3. As the legal process drags on, residents of the relocation settlements continue to face grim circumstances. Hearings by a mission of the African [...] | 2005-06-30 05:56:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL BC SAN CKGR |
05GENEVA1052 | UNHCR ON WESTERN SAHARA, LIBYA, AND MOROCCO [...] (C) Summary: In response to refs A and B, Mission Geneva's Joe Cassidy and Anne Phillips met with officials from the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) April 25 to brief on demarches directed to Algiers and Tripoli on refugee issues. UNHCR's Deputy Director in charge o [...] | 2005-04-26 03:16:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG XI UNHCR |
05GENEVA1609 | UNHCR: REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT FROM EAST ASIA AND [...] (C) Summary: PRM DAS Kelly Ryan discussed ongoing and potential refugee resettlement operations in separate meetings with UNHCR Protection Director Erika Feller and Asia Director Janet Lim in Geneva June 13. Pointing to the fact that there is little access to the highlands and thus to mon [...] | 2005-06-29 14:24:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL UNHCR |
05GENEVA1673 | WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION: REPORT ON THE 58TH [...] Summary. This message reports on the annual 192-member World Health Assembly (WHA) of the World Health Organization (WHO),which met from May 16-25, 2005, in Geneva, Switzerland. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt headed the U.S. Delegation, which included offic [...] | 2005-07-08 04:53:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL TBIO AORC WHO |
05GENEVA1739 | UZBEKS IN KYRGYZSTAN: UNHCR WEEKEND PURSUIT OF [...] (C) Summary: Staff of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Headquarters in Geneva were active the weekend of July 16-17 in monitoring the situation of Uzbek refugees in Kyrgyzstan and seeking possible "evacuation" options. Mission Refugee and Migration Affairs (RMA) offic [...] | 2005-07-18 08:58:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KG UZ UNHCR |
05GENEVA1771 | UZBEK ASYLUM SEEKERS: GENEVA MEETINGS WITH UNHCR, [...] (C) Summary. US Mission Geneva Refugee and Migration Affairs (RMA) Counselor and Refugee Officer met with UNHCR staff representing the Bureaus for Central Asia, Europe, and Protection July 20 to press for details on the status of efforts and plans to relocate 455 Uzbek asylum seekers from Kyr [...] | 2005-07-21 13:58:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | KG PREF PREL UZ UNHCR |
05GENEVA1809 | UNHCR: STILL NO REPLACEMENT IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER [...] (C) UNHCR continues to seek an Implementation Partner (IP) in Nepal to replace the deregistered Tibetan Refugee Welfare Office (TRWO) in providing assistance to Tibetan refugees transiting to India. In a June 26 meeting, UNHCR's Asia Desk Chief Catherine Huck and Senior Legal Advisor Peter [...] | 2005-07-28 12:10:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL IN CH NP PHUM UNHCR |
05GENEVA2058 | MDA: SWISS PERMREP DESCRIBES PLANS FOR SEPT 12-13 [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Moley, Swiss PermRep Blaise Godet described planning for the Sept 12-13 informal consultations on an additional emblem. Godet touched on his outreach plans prior to the consultations, Swiss thinking on the structure of the consultations, and possib [...] | 2005-09-01 05:45:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EG IS ICRC MDA |
05GENEVA2093 | UNHCR BRIEFS ON UZBEK REFUGEES [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) briefed members of the diplomatic community on September 6 regarding developments surrounding the 429 Uzbek asylum seekers currently in Timisoara, Romania and the 15 who remain in detention in Osh, Ky [...] | 2005-09-06 13:41:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KG UZ RO UNHCR |
05GENEVA2378 | MEXICO WITHDRAWS CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Mission has received note OGE04632 from the Mission of Mexico, dated September 29, withdrawing Mexico's note of August 19 announcing Mexico's candidacy to chair the next Human Rights Commission. The note has been faxed to IO/SHA and WHA/MEX. 2. Begin text: The Permanent Mission of Mex [...] | 2005-10-04 09:04:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM MX UNHRC |
05GENEVA2391 | LOGISTICAL/ARRIVAL INFORMATION FOR IPAPI SENIOR [...] Dr. Klaus Stohr, Team Coordinator, WHO Global Influenza Programme, Department for Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response, will represent the World Health Organization at the Senior Officials Meeting. Stohr's DOB is 3 January 1959. He will travel on UN Laissez-passer No. SA61578, vali [...] | 2005-10-05 05:05:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO EAGR ECON PREL SOCI WHO |
05GENEVA2396 | DOD GENERAL COUNSEL HAYNES, MEETING WITH HIGH [...] (U) U.S.: Ambassador Kevin Moley, DOD General Counsel William J. Haynes, DOD DAS Matthew Waxman, USN Capt. Michael Boock, EUCOM Col. William Lietzau and Lt. Col. Sarajane Stenton, U.S. Mission Legal Adviser Jeffrey Kovar, and Political Counselor Velia De Pirro. OHCHR: High Commissioner L [...] | 2005-10-05 10:33:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PREF PTER ICRC UNCHR |
05GENEVA2471 | WHO: FIFTY-FIFTH MEETING OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE [...] Summary. The 52-member WHO Regional Committee for Europe (EURO) met from September 12-15, 2005, in Bucharest, Romania. WHO Director-General J.W. Lee participated in the opening session. In his remarks he focused on avian influenza, universal access to HIV/AIDS treatment, recalling the G8 g [...] | 2005-10-14 03:57:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL EAID SOCI WHO |
05GENEVA2483 | UNHCR EXCOM #4: PURSUING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR [...] (C) Summary: Acting PRM A/S Greene pressed Bhutanese and Nepalese officials to agree to a comprehensive solution to the problem of Bhutanese refugees in Nepal, during October 3-7 meetings on the margins of UNHCR's annual ExCom. Nepalese PermRep Acharya asserted a "lack of urgency" on the pa [...] | 2005-10-14 08:41:00 | Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF NP PHUM BT PREL UNHCR |
05GENEVA2484 | UNHCR EXCOM #5: SEEKING BETTER PROTECTION FOR [...] (C) Summary: On the margins of UNHCR,s Executive Committee meeting, Acting PRM A/S Rich Greene raised in meetings with Chinese Mission Counselor and UNHCR staff the fate of North Korean asylum seekers in China. Chinese concerns over stability in northeast Asia and successful resolution of t [...] | 2005-10-14 08:43:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM EAID CH KN UNCHR |
05GENEVA2489 | UNHCR EXCOM #6: BILATERALS COVER RESETTLEMENT AND [...] (U) Summary: In bilateral meetings with delegations from Romania, Canada, Sweden and Australia on the margins of the October 3-7 meeting of the Executive Committee (ExCom) of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),the US Delegation discussed modalities for increasing capaci [...] | 2005-10-14 11:27:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL SMIG RO AS CA SW UNHCR |
05GENEVA2655 | UNHCR: EXCOM CABLE #8: MEETING ON AFGHAN REFUGEES [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable provides a readout of an October 7 meeting in Geneva on the situation of Afghan refugees in Iraq and Pakistan. The meeting occurred, and the cable was drafted, before the October earthquake in Kashmir. At this time, it is still unclear what ramifications, if any, th [...] | 2005-11-01 14:12:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL EAID AF PK IR UNHCR |
05GENEVA2713 | UZBEK REFUGEES IN KYRGYZSTAN AND ROMANIA [...] (U) Summary: On 26 October, Ambassador received a letter from Anne Willem Biljeveld, Director of the Division of External Relations at the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR),providing an update on the status of the refugees who fled Uzbekistan in May 2005. Paragraph 4 repe [...] | 2005-11-08 06:38:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KG UZ RO UNHCR |
05GENEVA2731 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE CONFERENCE LEAVES AN UNCLEAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ten days after the 26 October UN ministerial conference on aid for Pakistan's earthquake victims, there is still a dramatic under-funding of UN agencies and other partners in the UN Flash Appeal. While the conference netted $579 million in additional pledges, raising the total am [...] | 2005-11-09 06:18:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAGR EAID ECIN ECON MASS PGOV PK PREF PREL SENV AESC UN |
05GENEVA2767 | DUNANT CENTRE FACILITATING PHILIPPINE-MNLF TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Geneva-based Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue briefed interested Missions November 2 on its efforts to mediate final implementation of the 1996 peace agreement between the Philippine government and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). The effort grew out of concern th [...] | 2005-11-10 11:38:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PINR PREL PTER RP MNLF |
05GENEVA2839 | MDA: DISSUADING JAPAN FROM AMENDING THE PROTOCOL [...] (C) Summary: Japan is contemplating proposing an amendment to the current text of the additional third protocol (to adopt a new emblem for the Red Cross movement.) This runs counter to the strong U.S. desire not to re-open the draft. While Japan's proposal itself is minor, it is quite possible [...] | 2005-11-18 11:12:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS ICRC MDA |
05GENEVA909 | BHUTANESE REFUGEES PRESENT THEIR HISTORY AND [...] (SBU) Summary. At a private meeting on the margins of the UN Commission on Human Rights, the Bhutanese refugee delegation presented a video explaining the facts of their flight and situation in Nepal, and drawing governmental attention to their desire for durable solutions. Missionoff persua [...] | 2005-04-08 14:59:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF NP PHUM BT PREL UNHCR |
05GEORGETOWN1194 | VISAS VIPER: OCTOBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] Post's VISAS VIPER Committee met on November 9, 2005, covering the period October 4, 2005 - November 9, 2005. Conoff Wells chaired the meeting. CONS, POL, ECON, RSO, and MLO attended. Non-resident LEGATT was queried separately. 2. No VISAS VIPER telegrams were submitted during this period [...] | 2005-11-14 21:02:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL GY |
05GEORGETOWN1281 | JAGDEO: U.S. LOSING PR BATTLE IN LATIN AMERICA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Charge and PolOff met with President Jagdeo on December 5 for an informal, amiable discussion of ongoing bilateral issues. Jagdeo also shared his candid view on a topic that clearly interests him -- the U.S. public relations problem in Latin America. During the conversation, Jagd [...] | 2005-12-07 17:02:00 | Embassy Georgetown | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM EAGR ELTN SCUL KPAO XM GY |
05GEORGETOWN1317 | CARICOM SECGEN SPEAKS ON EVE OF SINGLE MARKET [...] SUMMARY: A rare, frank press conference by CARICOM Secretary General Edwin Carrington outlined some of the SIPDIS challenges that face the imminent CARICOM Single Market Economy (CSME). Information dissemination, funding for a regional development fund, reconciliation of laws, and memory of [...] | 2005-12-16 18:14:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON ETRD BEXP CARICOM GY XL |
05GEORGETOWN1318 | CARICOM Likely to Observe Haiti Elections [...] SUMMARY. CARICOM officials communicated two wildly inconsistent messages on December 15 regarding the CARICOM's intention to send observers to the upcoming Haitian elections. CARICOM official told PolOff that CARICOM has not made a decision yet whether to send observers but continues to fol [...] | 2005-12-16 19:49:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM CARICOM GY HA XL |
05GEORGETOWN1321 | CARICOM MOVING AHEAD TO OBSERVE HAITI [...] (SBU) On December 19, Ambassador Bullen spoke with Hugh Cholmondeley, Head of CARICOM's Task Force on Haiti. Cholmondeley discussed CARICOM's plans to send observers to monitor the upcoming Haitian elections. - CARICOM does not believe that Haiti will be ready to hold elections on January 8. [...] | 2005-12-19 16:17:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM CARICOM GY HA XL |
05GEORGETOWN1329 | CABINET INSIDER AMBIVALENT ABOUT PROSECUTING DRUG [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador met with Head of Presidential Secretariat Roger Luncheon on December 16 to discuss DEA SIPDIS plans in Guyana (reported septel). Luncheon's comments during the meeting about how to fight the drug trade in Guyana, such as his stated preference for sanctioning rather [...] | 2005-12-20 20:59:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR EFIN PGOV PREL KCRM GY |
05GEORGETOWN1349 | TEIXEIRA STRUGGLING TO CONTROL HOME AFFAIRS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Charge, Deputy Consul, and PolOff met with Minister of Home Affairs Gail Teixeira on December 23. Teixeira had requested a Consular briefing on trends in fake Guyanese civil documents detected by the Consular Section. Teixeira also described problems with control of the visa proce [...] | 2005-12-28 23:20:00 | Embassy Georgetown | SECRET | PGOV PREL SNAR SMIG KFRD KCOR KCRM GY |
05GEORGETOWN1350 | GUYANA ELECTION PREVIEW #2: CALL FOR LONG-TERM [...] (U) SUMMARY. While progress continues on some fronts, three major problems loom with preparations for the 2006 elections: a) the urgent need to secure long-term observers to monitor the registration process that began in October; b) hiccups in the plan to scan and cross-match all registered v [...] | 2005-12-29 00:04:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GY |
05GUATEMALA1179 | GUATEMALA ON IRAQ TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Following up on reftel demarche, the Ambassador spoke with Guatemalan Acting FM Marta Altolguirre to urge the GOG to welcome the formation of the Iraq Transitional Government and convey support for Iraq's reconstruction and political transition. 2. (SBU) Altolaguirre said she was impr [...] | 2005-05-10 18:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IZ GT |
05GUATEMALA1404 | GUATEMALAN CONGRESS APPROVES OHCHR RESIDENT OFFICE [...] Guatemala's Congress unanimously approved legislation May 31 to establish a resident office of the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The resident office is expected to start operations at the beginning of July, providing technical and training assistance to Guate [...] | 2005-06-02 22:25:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL EAID GT UN |
05GUATEMALA1411 | SKEPTICAL GUATEMALAN DELEGATION TO CARACAS TO [...] (U) A Guatemalan delegation consisting of Minister of Energy and Mines Luis Ortiz, congressional Energy Commission chair Mynor Lopez, and Finance Committee chair Victor Ramirez departed Guatemala the afternoon of June 2 to pursue a public offer of significantly lower petroleum prices made by [...] | 2005-06-03 17:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL PGOV VE GT |
05GUATEMALA146 | GUATEMALA ON US SUPPORT FOR OAS SYG CANDIDATE [...] The Ambassador delivered reftel points to Guatemalan FM Briz, who expressed great satisfaction with news that U.S. would announce its support for President Flores's candidacy for the OAS SYG position, noting that Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic had alre [...] | 2005-01-19 23:12:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC GT OAS |
05GUATEMALA163 | LETTER FROM GUATEMALA (4) [...] (SBU) The year got off to a rough start for Guatemalan President Oscar Berger. --------------------------- Campesino Protests Get Ugly --------------------------- 2. (SBU) Solola, the province best known for the breathtakingly beautiful Lake Atitlan, became the center of attention when [...] | 2005-01-21 18:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EAID SNAR MASS ASEC PHUM SENV GT |
05GUATEMALA1746 | GUATEMALAN HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT UNGA--INTERIM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-15 13:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP PREL OVIP GT UNGA |
05GUATEMALA1754 | GUATEMALA NEAR COMPLETION OF DEMINING [...] Summary: Per reftel request for planning inputs for the Department's FY06 PM/WRA Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) Strategic Plan, post is not submitting such inputs as the Guatemalan Government's HMA plan forecasts a completion of all demining activity in Guatemala by October 2005. The follow [...] | 2005-07-20 23:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KHDP MOPS MARR PREL GT |
05GUATEMALA1993 | GUATEMALA'S COMMITMENT TO HAITI [...] (C) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche to Guatemalan Acting FM Carlos Ramiro Martinez and U/S for International Organizations Amb. Carla Rodriguez, who said that Guatemala's resident ambassador in Chile, Amb. Castellanos, would represent Guatemala at the August 19 Santiago vice-ministerial. R [...] | 2005-08-18 13:32:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR HA GT |
05GUATEMALA2022 | GUATEMALA ON AUG 28 CHAVEZ SOCIAL CHARTER EVENT [...] (C) Guatemalan MFA official told polcouns that FM Briz declined to accept Venezuela's invitation to attend August 28 Social Charter event. MFA instructed Guatemala's ambassador in Caracas, Ivan Espinoza, to attend the GOV-hosted meeting "in a listening mode." 2. (C) Polcouns made other ref [...] | 2005-08-23 18:04:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI EAID KSUM GT OAS |
05GUATEMALA2050 | CHINESE ACTIVITIES IN GUATEMALA [...] (S) Summary: Guatemala does not maintain substantial public or private sector ties with PRC China. Taiwanese influence in political and military affairs effectively blocks Chinese access. That influence has been maintained through direct assistance and bribes to government officials and is [...] | 2005-08-26 18:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET | ECON PREL ETRD ETTC EINV ENRG EAGR EFIN EMIN PINS PGOV KCOR CH TW GT ESENV |
05GUATEMALA212 | GUATEMALA ON CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE OAS CANDIDACY OF [...] In the absence of President Berger, who was travelling in the interior of Guatemala, the Ambassador delivered reftel points to FM Briz. 2. Briz said Guatemala was willing to be very active in a coordinated effort to promote the candidacy of Flores for OAS Secretary General. He noted that [...] | 2005-01-28 18:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL GA OAS |
05GUATEMALA2260 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON GUATEMALAN CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary: The president of the Guatemalan Congress, Jorge Mendez Herburger (JMH),predicted to the Ambassador that Article 98 would be approved "by Halloween." The Ambassador also stressed the need for, and JMH agreed to, legislative action on anti-crime measures, CAFTA implementation, an [...] | 2005-09-26 19:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR CVIS CASC KCRM EAID PHUM GT |
05GUATEMALA2261 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON GUATEMALAN VP STEIN [...] (C) Summary and introduction: During his introductory call on Guatemala VP Stein, the Ambassador urged the GOG to push for congressional ratification of Article 98 ahead of the Rome Statute. To strengthen Guatemala's ability to dismantle organized crime, the Ambassador made a pitch for legis [...] | 2005-09-26 19:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM SNAR KCRM PHUM EAID GT |
05GUATEMALA2273 | GUATEMALA ON CHANGES TO DEPORTATION PROCEDURES [...] (C) Guatemalan FM Briz reacted favorably to reftel demarche delivered September 27 by the Ambassador, saying the GOG would seek to cooperate with USG efforts to reduce to three days the turnaround time to repatriate illegal Guatemalan immigrants apprehended at the border. 2. (C) The Ambassa [...] | 2005-09-27 22:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG CVIS SNAR KCRM EAID PREF PHUM GT |
05GUATEMALA2303 | GUATEMALA POISED TO RATIFY INTER-AMERICAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-03 14:22:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV KTIA GT OAS |
05GUATEMALA2495 | Visit of Secretary of Commerce to Guatemala [...] Summary: Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez visited Guatemala from October 16-18, 2005, leading a business delegation of 19 U.S. companies as well as an interagency group with top officials from OPIC, USTDA, EXIM, IDB/Treasury, SBA and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). The Sec [...] | 2005-11-02 15:20:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV BEXP PREL OVIP GT |
05GUATEMALA2511 | Guatemala and the MCC [...] (SBU) Summary: Going by MCC statistical procedures, Guatemala is unlikely to be selected to negotiate an MCC compact in FY 2006. But Guatemala's suitability for a compact should be evaluated in a more basic sense: is the Berger administration making progress toward MCC goals, and how do Gu [...] | 2005-11-03 21:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON SOCI ETRD PGOV PREL KCOR GT MCC |
05GUATEMALA2611 | GUATEMALAN LEGAL REFORM: THE ARMS REGULATION BILL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Guatemalan Congress is on the verge of approving an arms regulation bill that will transfer oversight of privately-owned firearms from the Defense Ministry to the Government (Interior) Ministry, per a stipulation in the Guatemalan Peace Accords. Among other reforms, the [...] | 2005-11-16 15:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PGOV MCAP ASEC KCRM KJUS GT OAS |
05GUATEMALA2642 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-21 17:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL GT UNHRC |
05GUATEMALA2656 | GUATEMALA: CABLE SUBMISSION FOR THE 2006 NATIONAL [...] Below is Post's cable submission of the email version sent to USTR for the 2006 National Trade Estimate Report. Post was not required to update the trade summary section of the report. IMPORT POLICIES Free Trade Agreement The United States began free trade negotiations with five Cent [...] | 2005-11-22 22:44:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN ECON PREL GT |
05GUATEMALA2685 | TERRORISM FINANCE IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS COVER [...] (SBU) Guatemala's Financial Intelligence Unit (IVE) proposed implementing regulations for the recently passed terrorism finance legislation. The regulations will need to be approved by the monetary board before implementation. In advance of this submission, the IVE consulted EconOff and pro [...] | 2005-11-29 20:04:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL SNAR GT |
05GUATEMALA2690 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON BOLIVIAN ELECTIONS ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-30 22:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BO GT OAS |
05GUATEMALA2693 | Views on CAFTA's "human" face [...] (SBU) Summary: Judging from a November 23 conference, views on the social and human aspects of CAFTA by top opinion makers are mixed. Concerns range from including the poor in CAFTA's benefits, to the asymmetries between Guatemala and the US and Guatemala's ability to compete. Supporters foc [...] | 2005-12-01 15:32:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV SOCI PGOV PREL GT CAFTA |
05GUATEMALA2724 | GUATEMALA: RESOLUTION ON COMPLIANCE WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-06 17:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC GT UNGA |
05GUATEMALA280 | GUATEMALA'S LABOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COURT RULINGS [...] Summary: The Guatemalan Labor Inspectorate has at least been temporarily stripped of its power to impose fines on employers found to be in non-compliance with labor laws, due to an August 2004 Constitutional Court decision. Inspectors must now take their findings to labor courts for court-o [...] | 2005-02-03 22:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD PREL PGOV EAID GT |
05GUATEMALA341 | GUATEMALAN OPTIONS FOR LABOR STANDARDS ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Guatemala (GOG) has identified three approaches (not mutually exclusive) to reinstate the Labor Inspectorate's authority to impose fines on employers found to be in non-compliance with labor laws. The Minister of Labor -- in congruence with our recommendations [...] | 2005-02-09 21:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PREL PGOV EAID GT |
05GUATEMALA391 | GUATEMALA ON SECURING OAS ACTION TO INVESTIGATE MANPADS TRAFFIC [...] (SBU) Guatemalan FM Briz reacted very positively to Ambassador's demarche per reftel. Briz said he fully agreed with the urgency of getting the GON to request an OAS technical verification mission. 2. (SBU) To that effect, Briz promised to speak with President Berger later the same day, Fe [...] | 2005-02-15 19:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MOPS NU GT OAS |
05GUATEMALA392 | GUATEMALA: PKO UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The Guatemalan military continues its preparations for a March 2005 deployment of an Army Kaibil (Special Forces) company to the UN Peacekeeping Operations Mission in the Congo (MONUC). Plans to also deploy a Military Police company for MONUC duty are pending a final UN decisio [...] | 2005-02-15 20:46:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PREL MOPS ETTC GT HA CG DA AR CI UN |
05GUATEMALA437 | GUATEMALA ON OAS SOCIAL CHARTER [...] (SBU) On the margins of the Embassy's February 17 National Day reception, the Ambassador discussed with Guatemalan FM Briz our views on the OAS Social Charter and chairmanship of the working group. The Ambassador gave Briz an aide memoire drawn from reftel info. 2. (C) Briz said he shared [...] | 2005-02-17 23:30:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI GT OAS |
05GUATEMALA47 | LETTER FROM GUATEMALA (3) [...] (U) This is the third in our planned biweekly series of discursive messages on what's ticking in Guatemala. Generics: Moving to Plan B after Xmas Setback --------------------------------------------- 2. (C) President Berger signed into law Decree 34-2004 on December 22, effectively elim [...] | 2005-01-07 21:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD KCOR KIPR KCRM ASEC SNAR EAID GT |
05GUATEMALA56 | GUATEMALA GSP PETITIONS [...] (U) Summary and introduction: In this cable, post provides its comments on the petition submitted December 13, 2004, to USTR by the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) and the U.S./Labor Education in the Americas project (US/LEAP) to remove Guatemala from the list of GSP and CBI benefic [...] | 2005-01-10 20:38:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ELAB EAID PGOV PREL PHUM GT |
05GUATEMALA564 | GUATEMALA ON CSW DECLARATION, OP 1 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-03 18:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL GT |
05GUATEMALA565 | GUATEMALA ON UNGA CONSIDERATION OF DECLARATION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-03 18:14:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL TBIO GT UNGA KCSI |
05GUATEMALA577 | SMALL STEP FOR GUATEMALAN LABOR STANDARDS [...] (U) Summary: Labor Courts have begun to impose fines on employers found by the Labor Inspectorate to be in non-compliance with the Labor Code. This shows a measure of political will, but without increasing resources to the labor courts, this process does not represent a functioning system of [...] | 2005-03-04 18:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ETRD PREL PGOV EAID GT |
05GUATEMALA595 | PUBLIC DIPLOMACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-07 21:35:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO PREL GT |
05GUATEMALA659 | GUATEMALA'S CONGRESS REINSTATES DATA PROTECTION: [...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemala's Congress passed legislation by an overwhelming majority to reinstate data protection for drugs and agrochemicals, paving the way for consideration of the CAFTA in the U.S. Congress. This was the end of a drama played out over years that was fraught with misinformation, co [...] | 2005-03-11 19:09:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL GT |
05GUATEMALA675 | CAFTA RATIFIED BY CONGRESS, 126 VOTES TO 12 [...] Guatemala's Congress ratified the CAFTA text by a 10.5 to 1 margin on March 10 as some 800 unruly demonstrators sought to impede access. UNE and Integracionista party members returned to the Congress after absenting themselves the day before, allowing the 2/3 majority vote to pass the bill on [...] | 2005-03-14 22:56:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PGOV PREL GT |
05GUATEMALA806 | BERGER ON CAFTA ISSUES CUBA OAS SECGEN ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: At lunch March 30, Berger took on board the Ambassador,s arguments that he needs to do something about the lack of effective labor inspection (in the context of the U.S. CAFTA debate) and that he needs to answer the mail from U.S. organizations protesting alleged repression of pea [...] | 2005-03-30 23:32:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SNAR CU GT OAS |
05GUATEMALA819 | LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE FROM GUATEMALAN FM BRIZ [...] Embassy received late March 30 a letter from Guatemalan FM Jorge Briz to the Secretary. Text follows in para 2. The letter argues for greater cooperation in combatting narco-trafficking, alien smuggling and trafficking in persons by providing spare parts, training and other resources to Gua [...] | 2005-03-31 17:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SMIG PHUM ASEC SNAR EAID MASS PREF PTER KCOR KDEM GT |
05GUATEMALA828 | GUATEMALAN PEACEKEEPERS DEPART FOR CONGO [...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemalan military continue to expand their participation in peacekeeping operations, most recently with 105 Guatemalan peacekeepers joining the MONUC mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Guatemalan Defense Ministry has apparently won an interagency struggle ov [...] | 2005-03-31 22:08:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PREL MOPS PHUM EAID ASEC GT CG UN |
05GUATEMALA888 | IMMIGRATION IN U.S.-GUATEMALAN RELATIONS: [...] This is an action request: See paras 8 and 9. 2. (C) Summary: Supported by civil society and the mainstream media, the Guatemalan community in the U.S. has from the outset of the Berger administration brought acute pressure on the Government of Guatemala to be assertive with us on t [...] | 2005-04-08 16:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG ELAB PHUM EAGR EAID EFIN CVIS KPAO GT |
05GUAYAQUIL330 | BOLIVIAN AUTONOMY LEADER FINDS SYMPATHETIC [...] (U) Summary. Santa Cruz Bolivia autonomy leader, Ruben Costas, was one of a number of speakers at a day long leadership conference sponsored by the large, influential and politically active Guayaquil Chamber of Commerce. His views on autonomy resonated in Guayaquil, which is advancing its ow [...] | 2005-03-14 13:58:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EC |
05GUAYAQUIL412 | LOS RIOS PROVINCE: WORKING HARD FOR PROGRESS [...] SUMMARY: Despite its rich soil and subsequent agricultural importance for Ecuador, Los Rios province faces an uphill battle in its struggle to regain the prosperity it realized during the glory days of the cacao industry boom. Woebegone colonial mansions may dot the capitals landscape, but t [...] | 2005-04-04 15:47:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETRD EC |
05GUAYAQUIL424 | EX-PRESIDENT BUCARAMS HOMECOMING CELEBRATION [...] (U) Summary: Former president Abdala Bucaram, of the Ecuadorian Roldosista Party (PRE),made a flamboyant, celebratory return to Guayaquil on April 2. After eight years of self-imposed exile in Panama, he arrived in the city center by helicopter, accompanied by men on horseback, and with fir [...] | 2005-04-04 19:59:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC PREL EC |
05GUAYAQUIL533 | GUAYAQUIL PROTESTS COME UP SHORT [...] Summary: Guayaquil joined the ranks of protesting Ecuadorian cities when on April 18 approximately 25,000 residents turned out for mayor Jamie Nebot's (Social Christian Party - PSC) anti- government/pro-Guayaquil march, and a much smaller number joined presidential cousin Renan Borbua and Guaya [...] | 2005-04-20 16:28:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EC |
05HALIFAX101 | NOVA SCOTIA UPS FILM TAX CREDIT [...] SUMMARY: The government of Nova Scotia has recently revamped its film tax credit in an attempt to win back some of the production contracts that have been lost recently to competition from other provinces and the United States. However, although this tax credit increase will likely stave off [...] | 2005-04-18 20:21:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ELAB PREL CA |
05HALIFAX113 | NEW BRUNSWICK DEPUTY MINISTER DISCUSSES BORDER, PREMIER [...] SUMMARY: New Brunswick Deputy Minister for Intergovernmental Affairs, Jim McKay, traveled from Fredericton to Halifax recently to meet with CG to discuss issues related the border as well as to seek suggestions for appointments for Premier Lord's upcoming trip to Washington. END SUMMARY. [...] | 2005-05-09 19:35:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CPAS ETRD CA US |
05HALIFAX120 | LOCAL ACTIVIST PROMISES PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (U) Consul General met recently with Tamara Lorincz, head of the Halifax Peace Coalition. Lorincz called to request the meeting after CG sent her a USG publication on the Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference. 2. (SBU) Lorincz, who is by any measure the most active and successful [...] | 2005-05-26 18:11:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ASEC PARM CA |
05HALIFAX14 | MONUMENT DEDICATION TO U.S. POWS -- MAY 2005 [...] SUMMARY: We are working with the city, armed forces and a historical society on a ceremony to dedicate a Veterans Affairs-provided monument to nearly 200 Americans who died near Halifax during the War of 1812. The event will have a high profile and has the potential to reinforce our excellen [...] | 2005-01-21 22:00:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL CASC CA |
05HALIFAX158 | BALANCING TRADE, TOURISM, AND SECURITY ON THE MAINE BORDER [...] Summary: At the Maine-Canada border, disparities between U.S. and Canadian border security initiatives and processes are particularly evident in the areas of customs and immigration unification, technological surveillance capabilities, and border screening priorities. Border officials also [...] | 2005-07-18 19:11:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PBTS ELTN PREL CA |
05HALIFAX16 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO NOVA SCOTIA -- SECURITY AND TRADE [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Cellucci visited Nova Scotia January 13-15, stressing key policy goals of security and trade. He met with U.S. and Canadian military officers and the leadership of the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre, the Lt-Governor and the Premier of the province. He gave several media in [...] | 2005-01-25 14:09:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD BEXP ASEC MARR PINR CA US |
05HALIFAX176 | AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL VISITS TO ATLANTIC CANADA STRESS [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Wilkins made two successful trips in rapid succession to Atlantic Canada as part of his orientation to the country. His visits to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia focused on priority issues of security, border infrastructure and trade. END SUMMARY. New Brunswick ------ [...] | 2005-08-16 14:58:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ELTN ASEC CA US |
05HALIFAX209 | NOVA SCOTIA'S PREMIER TO STEP DOWN [...] Summary: Nova Scotia Conservative Premier John Hamm announced on September 29 that he would resign as soon as the party finds a new leader. End Summary. 2. Nova Scotia Premier John Hamm ended speculation about his political future on September 29 with his announcement that he was giving [...] | 2005-09-29 21:19:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ETRD PREL CA |
05HALIFAX210 | ATLANTIC CANADA: PREMIERS TALK TO THE AMBASSADOR ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's trips to Atlantic Canada have now given him the opportunity to meet with each of the region's four provincial Premiers. All profess interest in strong and close trade relations with the U.S. and all have been active in engaging their American counterparts in st [...] | 2005-10-01 19:44:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD PGOV ASEC ENRG CA |
05HALIFAX277 | LNG PLANTS MOVE CLOSER TO REALITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Proposals for liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants in Atlantic Canada and Maine are moving forward, with a race of sorts developing among the four most advanced plans to see who can get on stream first. Pipeline capacity through Atlantic Canada to New England can be increased to [...] | 2005-12-19 20:22:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ETRD PREL CA |
05HALIFAX36 | ALIEN AND DRUG SMUGGLING ALONG THE MAINE BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Smuggling of Asians and drugs across the U.S.-Maine border is ongoing, according to the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Intelligence Unit in Houlton, Maine. While lacking hard numbers, CBP believes it is also a growing phenomena. Smuggling of Koreans is relatively easy, [...] | 2005-02-11 13:43:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PREF PREL SMIG SNAR CA |
05HALIFAX92 | PROPOSED SPACE LAUNCH ALARMS NEWFOUNDLAND GOVERNMENT [...] CG was called afternoon of April 8 by Robert Thompson, the senior civil servant of the Newfoundland-Labrador government, who expressed the province's concerns about a proposed Titan IV launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Thompson noted that the hazard area of the proposed launch inc [...] | 2005-04-08 17:55:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS TSPA CA |
05HANOI102 | The Ambassador's January 13 Call on Foreign [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting officially for the first time January 13, the Ambassador and Foreign Minister Nguyen Dy Nien spent 40 minutes discussing the overall bilateral relationship, Vietnam's WTO accession, religious freedom, the Central Highlands and construction of the new Embassy compound. [...] | 2005-01-14 07:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF PREF PINR ECON ETRD EINV VM WTO RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI1051 | Religion in the NW Highlands [...] (SBU) Summary: The situation for religious believers remains difficult in Vietnam's Northwest Highlands, but there are signs of some improvements. During the Ambassador's April 20-24 trip to the region, officials in Dien Bien and Lai Chau Provinces said that there are no religious believers [...] | 2005-05-05 22:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
05HANOI1052 | Ambassador Views Development in NW Highlands [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam's Northwest Highlands region remains among the country's poorest, and is faced with challenging and inaccessible terrain, a majority population of Vietnam's ethnic minorities, few natural resources or arable land, and low population density. Leaders of Dien Bien, Lai Cha [...] | 2005-05-05 22:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV VM HUMANR ETMIN CVR |
05HANOI1077 | VIETNAM CELEBRATES 30TH YEAR OF "SAIGON LIBERATION" [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Vietnam celebrated the 30th anniversary of the "liberation of Saigon" throughout the country April 29-30. As Vietnam geared up for the event, media sources charted an interesting path between highlighting the 10th anniversary of bilateral relations with the United St [...] | 2005-05-10 01:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI VM |
05HANOI1116 | RESONSE TO DEPARTMENT COMMENTS ON VIETNAM FY 2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post as reviewed the suggestions in ref A and made seeral revisions to the FY-07 Mission Performance lan. In most cases, Post accepted Washington's uggestions. END SUMMARY. Brief Overview and COMStatement -------------------------------- 2.(U) Post appreciates the comments [...] | 2005-05-13 08:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI VM |
05HANOI1143 | VIETNAM AND CHINA: COMING AROUND WARILY [...] (C) Summary: After a rocky six months (ref A),China and Vietnam are knitting relations back together. An exchange of leader visits is in the works, the GVN is looking forward to a China-hosted conference on the Mekong and the Chinese Minister of State Security recently visited Vietnam for tal [...] | 2005-05-17 08:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | CH MOPS PGOV PREL SENV TW VM CVR |
05HANOI1172 | VIETNAM: THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S CALL ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On May 5, Deputy Secretary Robert Zoellick met with Minister of Planning and SIPDIS Investment Vo Hong Phuc. The Deputy Secretary advocated in favor of broadening the U.S.-Vietnam relationship. He identified HIV/AIDs and education as areas of good collabor [...] | 2005-05-19 03:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV PREL PGOV SENV TBIO VM WTRO AFLU HIV AIDS WTO BTA ETMIN SOE |
05HANOI1176 | ITALIAN UNSC ENLARGEMENT PROPOSAL [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Italian Ambassador to Vietnam called together diplomats from 20 other countries to describe the two plans for United Nations Security Council (UNSC) enlargement espoused by the "Coffee Club." He also noted that Italy had p [...] | 2005-05-19 08:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IT VM UNSC |
05HANOI1179 | VIETNAM-DPRK TIES: OPPORTUNITIES FOR AND [...] (C) The Vietnam-DPRK bilateral relationship, although strained by last year's "mass defection" of North Korean asylum-seekers from Ho Chi Minh City to Seoul, is slowly returning to normal. Vietnam recognizes that its "traditional ties" with the North, combined with its proximity to China and [...] | 2005-05-19 09:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PARM PHUM KN KS VM DPRK |
05HANOI1184 | UNHCR VISITS CENTRAL HIGHLANDS RETURNEES [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR Officer-in-Charge for Vietnam Vu Anh Son has begun a visit to ethnic minority returnees in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai. He reported to Poloff that he has been able to travel freely and met with many of the 35 individuals voluntarily returned from Cambodia. [...] | 2005-05-20 06:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB |
05HANOI1235 | CHARGE GETS PM VISIT UPDATE FROM LE VAN BANG [...] (SBU) Summary: The Charge met with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang May 25 and discussed ongoing plans for the Prime Minister's June visit to the United States. VFM Bang said that his first priority was to reach general agreement on a "joint statement," and relayed the GVN's requests for a [...] | 2005-05-27 09:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KIRF ETRD OVIP KPOW VM WTRO WTO RELFREE |
05HANOI1284 | Vietnam: Country Review of Cuba [...] (SBU) The following responds to reftel request for information on Government of Vietnam efforts to promote democracy in Cuba and Vietnamese investments in Cuba. 2. (SBU) The GVN does not take actions to advance democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. In addition, the GVN [...] | 2005-06-02 05:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CU ETTC PREL VM |
05HANOI1285 | Vietnam Wants to Conclude WTO Negotiations Before [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting June 1, speaking on behalf of Prime Minster Phan Van Khai, Vice Foreign Minister (VFM) Vu Dung told Charge the GVN hopes to conclude WTO negotiations or achieve a "breakthrough" with the United States during the bilats June 13-16 in Washington. To that end, Vietna [...] | 2005-06-02 05:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL VM WTRO WTO |
05HANOI1300 | GVN to Return Great Seals to USG [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-03 08:00:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL VM |
05HANOI1303 | GVN CONSIDERS RESUMPTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) DCM delivered Ref A demarche to MFA International Organizations Department Director General Pham Binh Minh on June 3. The DCM noted that the Department would like to restart the dialogue as early as mid-July in Washington, with the Vietnamese delegation headed by a representative at the [...] | 2005-06-03 10:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV VM HUMANR |
05HANOI1373 | Seven North Koreans Enter Thai Embassy in Hanoi [...] (SBU) Thai DCM Tawatchai Koopirom confirmed June 9 that seven North Koreans asylum-seekers entered his embassy the day before. The three men and four women, including two younger people, got through the embassy's front gate by pretending to be visa applicants. "It all happened very fast," he [...] | 2005-06-09 10:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC KN TH VM DPRK ASEAN |
05HANOI1379 | GVN CALLS IN AMBASSADOR TO PROTEST HR 2601's [...] (SBU) MFA Acting America's Desk Director General Pham Van Que, at the request of Vice Foreign Minister Vu Dzung, called in the Ambassador to convey the GVN's concerns about the Vietnam provisions in the State Department Authorization Bill submitted by House International Relations Committee Vi [...] | 2005-06-09 10:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM OVIP VM HUMANR |
05HANOI1389 | GETTING PASTOR TRUONG OUT OF THE ASYLUM [...] (SBU) Summary: Although Mission has seen some positive movement in the case of Baptist Pastor Than Van Truong -- his hospital recently reportedly determined that he no longer needs mental health care -- he nonetheless remains confined. The Ambassador will raise his case with Vice Minister of [...] | 2005-06-10 10:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HANOI1394 | SCENESETTER FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT [...] (C) Prime Minister Phan Van Khai's visit to the United States will be the first by a Vietnamese Prime Minister since 1975, and will take place in the tenth anniversary year of the normalization of bilateral relations. This historic occasion will give us the opportunity to highlight a growing [...] | 2005-06-13 06:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KIRF PREF ETRD VM PROV |
05HANOI1400 | DPRK Asylum-seekers in Hanoi: Update [...] (SBU) Visiting UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan and Vietnam Country Representative Vu Anh Son provided additional information on the asylum attempt by seven North Koreans in the Thai Embassy (Ref A). Utkan, in Hanoi to meet with visiting PRM A/S Dewey and GVN officials (septel),was [...] | 2005-06-13 09:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC KN TH VM DPRK |
05HANOI1415 | A/S DEWEY MEETINGS WITH GVN MFA OFFICIALS REFLECT [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 10, PRM Assistant Secretary Dewey, Ambassador Marine and PRM/ANE Director McGann met with GVN Vice Foreign Minister Vu Dzung and officials of the Americas and Consular Departments. A/S Dewey requested that the GVN act quickly on the start of the Humanitarian Resettleme [...] | 2005-06-14 09:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL VM ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI1416 | The Ambassador's June 13 Meeting with the Prime [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met June 13 with Prime Minister Phan Van Khai to discuss the latter's upcoming trip to the United States and a number of pending issues, including Vietnam's WTO accession bid. The Prime Minister expressed his commitment to using his visit to construct the framework for fu [...] | 2005-06-14 09:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF PINR MARR OVIP ETRD VM WTO HIV AIDS AFLU HUMANR RELFREE CNARC |
05HANOI1430 | NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION FOR VIETNAM FOR 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Vietnam has made substantial progress on the key metric of opium poppy cultivation and heroin production. Interagency Mission consensus is that Vietnam now has less than 200 hectares of opium under cultivation, and that represents a shifting patchwork of small fiel [...] | 2005-06-15 10:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM PINS VM CNARC |
05HANOI149 | VIETNAM - CONDITIONS FOR DPRK REFUGEES [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam has not signed any international refugee convention and does not officially recognize North Koreans as refugees in need of protection. Several thousand North Koreans, however, have passed through Vietnam en route to other Southeast Asian countries where they have receive [...] | 2005-01-19 10:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM KN VM HUMANR DPRK ASEAN |
05HANOI157 | UNHCR Regional Representative's January 11 Briefing [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 11, UNHCR Regional Representative for Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam Hasim Utkan briefed representatives from concerned diplomatic missions in Hanoi on Montagnard issues and UNHCR relations with the Vietnamese Government. Utkan described the UNHCR's difficulti [...] | 2005-01-20 07:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI1580 | United States and Vietnam Conclude IMET Agreement [...] (SBU) On June 17, the Charge, accompanied by DATT and POL/C, met Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang to exchange diplomatic notes to conclude an International Military Education and Training (IMET) agreement between the United States and Vietnam. Texts of U.S. (reftel) and Vietnamese notes foll [...] | 2005-06-17 08:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR EAID VM |
05HANOI1587 | GVN Returns Great Seal to USG [...] (U) In a brief and low-key ceremony on June 9 at the Government Guest House, Foreign Ministry Consular Department Director Bui Dinh Dzinh presented to the Ambassador two metal plaques bearing the Great Seal of the United States, with the inscriptions, "Consulate General" and "United States of [...] | 2005-06-20 04:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL VM |
05HANOI1652 | ANOTHER ROUND OF HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUES IN HANOI [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Vietnam (GVN) has recently begun new human rights dialogues with Switzerland and the Delegation of the European Commission to Vietnam and held a round of its semi-annual dialogue with the European Union. Both of the new dialogues focused largely on confidence [...] | 2005-06-24 07:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
05HANOI1666 | DPRK Asylum-seekers Depart Hanoi [...] (SBU) ROK Embassy First Secretary (Political) Lee Kang- kuk confirmed June 27 that the seven North Korean asylum- seekers in the Thai Embassy departed Hanoi for Seoul via Bangkok on June 23. According to Lee, the RTG provided the seven with travel documents in the form of "Emergency Certifica [...] | 2005-06-27 07:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF ASEC KN KS TH VM DPRK |
05HANOI1682 | ASEAN, ARF, and the EAS [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam is actively preparing for the July ASEAN ministerial in Vientiane, where ASEAN will adopt a formal position on the East Asia Summit (EAS). There is momentum in favor of the decision to invite India to participate in the EAS, but Australia's participation is still not a [...] | 2005-06-27 10:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL VM ARF ASEAN |
05HANOI1683 | UNHCR MAKES SECOND CENTRAL HIGHLANDS VISIT [...] (SBU) UNHCR Officer-in-Charge for Vietnam Vu Anh Son made a second visit to ethnic minority returnees in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai. He told Poloff that the June 22-25 trip went "very well" and that he has now met with 35 of the 40 individuals voluntarily returned from Cambodia. [...] | 2005-06-27 10:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI171 | CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBER TO VISIT THE UNITED [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. On January 21, Post received a letter addressed to the Ambassador from the Hanoi People's Committee, Department for Foreign Affairs, informing Post that a "senior delegation" headed by Professor Dr. Phung Huu Phu, Chairman of the Han [...] | 2005-01-21 09:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV OVIP VM |
05HANOI1782 | VIETNAM APPROVES OF U.S.-SINGAPORE STRATEGIC [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered Reftel talking points July 11 to Hoang Xuan Hai, Section Chief in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Asia II Department. Defense Attache delivered the same points July 12 to Senior Colonel Nguyen Quang Bieu, Section Chief in the External Relations Department of the Minist [...] | 2005-07-13 09:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL SN VN |
05HANOI1794 | Presidential Envoy Gordon Mansfield's Meeting with [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Dzy Nien and Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs Gordon Mansfield met in Hanoi July 12 to exchange high level greetings and congratulations on the tenth anniversary of bilateral relations. They reaffirmed the importance of building mutual und [...] | 2005-07-14 10:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KIRF KPOW ETRD VM |
05HANOI1822 | Ambassador's Web Chat on VietnamNet Provides [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador participated for the first time in a web chat with VietnamNet online, reaching over 100,000 readers with over 300,000 hits the first day. The one-hour, no holds barred chat covered a wide range of topics including human rights, religious freedom, democratic sys [...] | 2005-07-19 07:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO VM PHUM PREL KIRF HUMANR CVR WTO |
05HANOI1833 | Ambassador's Dinner with Hanoi City People's [...] Summary: At the invitation of Phung Huu Phu, Chairman of the Hanoi City People's Council (HCPC),the Ambassador attended a dinner on July 14 to discuss Hanoi's efforts to establish more links with the United States and its Sister City plans. Phu also commented on the Twelfth Plenum of the Ce [...] | 2005-07-20 05:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO VM PGOV ETRD PREL SCUL OEXC DPOL |
05HANOI1865 | GVN RESPONDS TO CRITICISM ON RETURNED MIGRANTS [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Department Deputy Director General Pham Van Que called in Acting DCM July 22 to respond to the Ambassador's demarche July 21 (Ref B) and the State Department Spokesman's statement on the repatriation of ethnic minority Vietnamese migrants from t [...] | 2005-07-22 10:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM VM ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI1888 | DPM VU KHOAN MAKES URGENT WTO POINTS TO AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On July 25, the Ambassador met with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Vu Khoan to discuss Vietnam's bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Prime Minister is becoming concerned about the possibility that Vietnam will not be able to accede to WTO by its self-im [...] | 2005-07-26 10:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD VM WTRO WTO AFLU HIV AIDS |
05HANOI1928 | DPM KHOAN STILL HOPES FOR DECEMBER ACCESSION [...] (U) Summary: On July 27, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan spoke at an AmCham lunch attended by the Ambassador and over 100 members of Hanoi's diplomatic, business and press communities. After lauding the great progress in U.S.- Vietnam relations as a result of the Prime Minister's trip to the [...] | 2005-07-28 10:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL VM WTRO WTO |
05HANOI1940 | INTERNATIONAL MONITORING OF RETURNED MIGRANTS [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR's Vietnamese Chief of Mission returned from the Central Highlands where he met 30 of the 94 recently repatriated ethnic minority migrants. They are in good condition and being treated well, he said. The regional representative from UNHCR based in Bangkok will visit Ho Ch [...] | 2005-07-29 11:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM CB VM ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI1971 | ADDITIONAL ISSUES AT AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MFA [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung July 28 for a one-on-one discussion at Hung's request. Most of the conversation was taken up by discussion of issues related to Vietnam's WTO entry (reftel),but several other issues also came up. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador n [...] | 2005-08-02 10:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM WTO HUMANR |
05HANOI1972 | VIETNAM MFA OFFERS THOUGHTS ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: A Ministry of Foreign Affairs officer spoke with Embassy Poloff August 2 to offer the MFA's support for a USG visit to the Central Highlands to monitor the condition of returned ethnic minority migrants; advise that t [...] | 2005-08-02 10:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM CB VM HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI1983 | VIETNAM UNDECIDED ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Poloff met August 3 with Pham Thi Kim Anh, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Human Rights Officer in the International Organizations Department, to deliver reftel demarche. Anh said Vietnam has not yet finalized its position on the creation of the Human Rights Council, but has some conce [...] | 2005-08-03 10:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR PHUM PREL VM UNCHR UNGA HUMANR |
05HANOI2031 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES WTO, APEC CONFERENCE, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met August 8 with a senior official in the Prime Minister's office and used the occasion to highlight key points relating to Vietnam's WTO accession, the proposed joint U.S.-Vietnam APEC conference on export controls, human rights and religious freedom and the on [...] | 2005-08-09 10:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD PGOV PHUM PREF VM WTRO APEC WTO RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI2040 | UNHCR Bangkok rep visits Hanoi, debriefs [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan briefed the Ambassador August 5 on his recent trip with UNHCR's Hanoi Chief of Mission, Vu Anh Son, to Gia Lai Province in the Central Highlands. Gia Lai is where nearly all of the 94 migrants recently deported from Cambodia arrived. [...] | 2005-08-10 10:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM CB VM ASEAN ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI2055 | UNHCR TO VISIT GIA LAI AGAIN, INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR will send a team of three representatives to Gia Lai Province August 22-26 to look into the status of ethnic minority returnees. The UNHCR team will also investigate possible Tripartite MOU-mandated micro-projects, for which UNHCR recently received USD 130,000 from the U [...] | 2005-08-11 10:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI2060 | SEXUAL ABUSE CASE OF VIETNAMESE WORKERS IN [...] (U) Summary: The GVN responded energetically to reports in the press of abuse of Vietnamese women who were sexually abused after traveling to Taiwan as overseas laborers. The GVN demanded investigation and follow-up by Taiwan authorities and ordered a review of all cases involving the offend [...] | 2005-08-11 11:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PREL PINS TW VM HUMANR ASEAN |
05HANOI215 | Memorandum of Understanding Signed by UNHCR, [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 25, the UNHCR's Director of International Protection Erika Feller briefed interested diplomatic missions on the UNHCR-Vietnam-Cambodia tripartite meeting and the unexpected signing by the three of a Memorandum of Understanding on dealing with the 750 Montagnards curr [...] | 2005-01-25 10:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB UN HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI2154 | The Ambassador's August 18 Meeting with Politburo [...] (SBU) During an August 18 meeting with senior Politburo member Phan Dzien, the Ambassador underlined continued USG support for Vietnam's WTO accession and stressed that, while bilateral progress is important, Vietnam will also need to deal with multilateral issues in Geneva and matters raised [...] | 2005-08-19 10:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF PINR ETRD VM WTO RELFREE SOE |
05HANOI2164 | VIETNAM AND CHINA WORKING TO BOOST RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: While U.S.-Vietnam relations have been improving and expanding, fueled by the June visit of the Prime Minister to Washington, Sino-Vietnamese relations have not been standing still. In keeping with its long-standing "balancing" strategy, Vietnam sent State President Tran Duc L [...] | 2005-08-22 04:00:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD PBTS CH VM CVR WTO |
05HANOI2245 | UNHCR READOUT OF GIA LAI VISIT [...] (SBU) A UNHCR team visited two villages in Gia Lai Province August 23-25 to assess conditions in these locations and to interview returnees. They reported that conditions are generally fair and noted that there were no signs of systematic intimidation by local authorities. The UNHCR officials [...] | 2005-08-30 03:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI2265 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAQI CONSTITUTION, APEC [...] (SBU) During an August 30 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang, Ambassador Marine raised the USG desire to know whether GVN will co-host the APEC Export Controls Conference and Post's hope to sign a contract within weeks for land for the new embassy compound. The Ambassador also deli [...] | 2005-08-31 07:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD AMGT OVIP IZ VM APEC CVR WTO |
05HANOI2313 | NORTHERN PROTESTANTS REPORT SOME RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 6, Pastor Au Quang Vinh of the Evangelical Church of Vietnam (ECVN) shared with Poloff his impressions of the status of religious freedom in Northern Vietnam. He noted that his organization's recent interactions with the GVN have been mostly positive, though there [...] | 2005-09-07 10:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI2378 | CHINA'S TRADING HOPES AND REGRETS [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Chinese Embassy Economic and Commercial Counselor He Xiaoling, Chinese businesses face many of the same obstacles - lack of transparency, transportation, and expediency - that American companies face when doing business in Vietnam. She attributed the dramatic rise [...] | 2005-09-12 23:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL CM VM CVR ASEAN WTO |
05HANOI2411 | UNHCR ACCOMPANIES REFUSENIK RETURNEES TO PLEIKU [...] (SBU) On September 15, UNHCR Officer-in-Charge for Vietnam Vu Anh Son reported to Poloff that, as agreed to by the GVN, he accompanied the six `refusenik' returnees from the Cambodian border to Pleiku on September 9. Son met the six at the border at 12:30 p.m. as planned and traveled with the [...] | 2005-09-15 09:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI246 | ASIA-PACIFIC PARLIAMENTARY FORUM IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Thirteenth Annual Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF) was held in Ha Long January 10 to 13. The U.S. Congressional was headed by Senator Daniel Akaka and included Representative Darrell Issa. The Forum expressed sympathy for tsunami victims and passed 22 non- binding [...] | 2005-01-28 10:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV VM |
05HANOI247 | (C) CHINESE MISSTEPS IN VIETNAM ARE A U.S. [...] (C) Summary: A series of low-grade conflicts in the Gulf of Tonkin and the Spratly Islands since the summer of 2004 that have received significant media attention in Vietnam has corroded Vietnam-China relations. In all of these incidents, Vietnamese press reports have depicted China as a "bull [...] | 2005-01-28 10:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ENRG VM CVR |
05HANOI2481 | Opportunities to Assist DPRK Asylum Seekers in [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN considers DPRK asylum seekers to be immigration law violators who must be dealt with in accordance with the law; in most cases, they are sent back to the country from which they crossed illegally into Vietnam. As a matter of security, the GVN has asked foreign and inte [...] | 2005-09-23 10:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM KN VM DPRK |
05HANOI2484 | AMBASSADOR ENGAGES ASSISTANT MINISTER ON BURMA, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Trung Thanh September 22 to discuss Vietnam's role in ASEAN and other regional architecture institutions and how Vietnam can help advance political change in Burma. Thanh said Vietnam is heavily invested in AS [...] | 2005-09-23 10:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV BM VM ASEAN WTO |
05HANOI249 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AFM HUNG: AMNESTY FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN's 2005 Tet amnesty will include five prisoners from the USG's list of persons of concern, including the high profile cases of Father Nguyen Dan Ly, Nguyen Dan Que, and Thich Thanh Tu, confirmed Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung January 28. Hung also conveyed th [...] | 2005-01-28 11:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM OVIP VM HUMANR CTERR |
05HANOI2511 | EAP DAS Eric John's Meeting with Communist Party [...] (SBU) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Eric John met Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Commission on External Affairs Director for the Western Europe and Americas Department Pham Tien Nhien at the CPV headquarters September 27. The Ambassador, EAP Mainland Southeast Asia Direc [...] | 2005-09-29 06:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR KN VM DPRK |
05HANOI2515 | EAP DAS Eric John's Meeting with Assistant Foreign [...] (SBU) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John, the Ambassador and EAP/MLS Director Scot Marciel discussed bilateral relations and regional cooperation with Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung on September 27. After praising the momentum and goodwill that the Vietnamese Prime [...] | 2005-09-29 09:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PREL PHUM KIRF PGOV OVIP AMGT ABLD VM HUMANR RELFREE TIP APEC ASEAN WTO |
05HANOI2517 | EAP DAS Eric John's Meeting with Deputy Prime [...] (SBU) Summary: During EAP DAS Eric John's September 27 meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, the Deputy Prime Minister urged the United States to conclude at an early date its bilateral WTO negotiations with Vietnam for both economic and political reasons. DPM Khoan also pressed the U [...] | 2005-09-29 10:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PINR KIRF PGOV ETRD VM APEC ASEAN WTO RELFREE HUMANR |
05HANOI2534 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met September 29 with Committee on Religious Affairs Chairman Ngo Yen Thi to present Ref A points (previously provided to Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang) and discuss the religious freedom situation in Vietnam. Although there has been great progress, problems remain, an [...] | 2005-09-30 07:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HANOI2546 | EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John's Meeting [...] (SBU) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John discussed bilateral relations and regional cooperation with Foreign Minister Nguyen Zy Nien on September 27. After emphasizing the value of senior-level visits and exchanges and asking DAS John to help encourage more of them, FM Nien re [...] | 2005-09-30 10:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PREL PHUM KIRF PGOV AMGT ABLD VM WTO RELFREE HUMANR HIV AIDS AFLU APEC TIP |
05HANOI2547 | EAP DAS Eric John Meets AmCham and MOT Vice Luong [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 27 luncheon with AmCham Board members and a separate meeting with Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu, Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John discussed Vietnam's WTO accession and BTA implementation. AmCham members expressed growing concern about the draft investm [...] | 2005-09-30 10:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PREL PHUM KIRF PGOV OVIP VM WTO |
05HANOI2645 | AMB/VFM BANG: CAMBODIA, CPC, CHINH, TRUONG, SHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 7 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang, the Ambassador raised the following subjects: 1) Sam Rainsy's return to Cambodia; 2) Hoang Minh Chinh's activities in the U.S.; 3) timing of the Country of Particular Concern (CPC) designation and International Reli [...] | 2005-10-12 04:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ETRD EINV ECON VM CM APEC WTO RELFREE HUMANR |
05HANOI267 | LETTER FROM DIRECTOR OF CONSULAR DEPARTMENT BUI [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-01 09:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KOCI CVIS CASC PREL VM |
05HANOI268 | The Ambassador's January 31 Call on Deputy Prime [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The Ambassador met for 75 minutes January 31 with Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung. Describing his satisfaction with the bilateral relationship's progress over the past ten years, DPM Dzung said his Government is willing to have a dialogue with the United Sta [...] | 2005-02-01 09:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF PREF PINR ECON ETRD EINV VM ETMIN HUMANR WTO RELFREE HIV AIDS |
05HANOI2700 | AUSTR Weisel Visit to Hanoi: WTO Getting Closer [...] (SBU) Summary. In meetings with the Minister of Trade, the Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Economic and Budgetary Committee, and the Vice Chairman of the Office of Government, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Barbara Weisel delivered the message that U.S. and Vietnamese WTO negoti [...] | 2005-10-17 05:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PREL PHUM KIRF PGOV OVIP VM WTO ASEAN BTA IPROP SOE |
05HANOI2763 | VIETNAM ON ENHANCED PARTNERSHIP: GO SLOW [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The GVN responded rapidly to the U.S. draft Declaration on a U.S.-ASEAN Enhanced Partnership. Vietnam feels that Busan is coming up much too soon to allow ASEAN and the United States to reconcile the two competing draft declarations (ASEAN has one, completed during [...] | 2005-10-20 10:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV VM ASEAN APEC |
05HANOI2822 | HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S MEETING WITH THE VIETNAMESE [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael Leavitt met with Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Cao Duc Phat on October 14 to discuss avian influenza (AI) issues and ways to improve U.S.-Vietnam cooperation to combat AI more effectivel [...] | 2005-10-25 10:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV VM AFLU |
05HANOI2826 | HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S MEETING WITH VIETNAMESE [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael Leavitt met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai October 14 to discuss bilateral health cooperation and mutual concerns about avian influenza (AI). The Prime Minister outlined Vietnam's commitment to tackle AI, [...] | 2005-10-25 10:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV VM AFLU HIV AIDS |
05HANOI2831 | AMB/QUANH NINH CMTE: PROVINCIAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary: Quang Ninh, the north easternmost province of Vietnam and a key gateway to China, has high levels of economic growth, thorny economic liberalization problems, some of the worst trafficking, smuggling and narcotics problems in the country, and substantial natural resources as wel [...] | 2005-10-26 07:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ETRD EINV ECON VM SOE TIP CNARC HUMANR RELFREE WTO |
05HANOI2838 | AMBASSADOR'S INTERVENTION ON BEHALF OF PROTESTANTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador visited Quang Ninh Province October 17-19. During this visit he discussed religious freedom issues with the People's Committee and met with Protestant and Catholic leaders. Police harassed the Protestants prior to the Ambassador's visit, but his intervention wit [...] | 2005-10-26 10:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HANOI284 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VFM LE VAN BANG: [...] (SBU) Summary: During a wide-ranging discussion February 1, the Ambassador previewed for Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang a proposed "work plan" to advance our religious freedom goals and ultimately remove Vietnam from the religious freedom Country of Particular Concern list. VFM Bang said [...] | 2005-02-02 09:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF KIRF OTRA OVIP ETRD CASC VM KICC HUMANR RELFREE WTO HIV AIDS ETMIN |
05HANOI2857 | ASEAN PARTNERSHIP, HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE, EMBASSY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Charge met a senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs official October 27 and made key points on the ASEAN Enhanced Partnership, the upcoming Human Rights Dialogue and the New Embassy Compound. The MFA official complained about what the GVN feels is an increased tempo of meetings [...] | 2005-10-27 10:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM AMGT ASEAN VN HUMANR RELFREE |
05HANOI286 | Vietnam Adoptions - Senate StaffDel Met With [...] In one of several meetings set up by the Vietnamese Embassy in Washington, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senior Staff Member Keith Luse met January 4 with Mr. Nguyen Van Khanh, Deputy Director of the Department of International Adoptions (DIA) at the Ministry of Justice, to discuss the s [...] | 2005-02-03 00:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PREL VM |
05HANOI2864 | AMB VISITS QUANH NINH HIV/AIDS, TIP, DISABILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador recently inspected several successful U.S.-funded aid projects in Quang Ninh Province. While demonstrating what can be achieved with only a modest investment of aid money, the trip also brought to light serious problems for people living with HIV/AIDS, and for the [...] | 2005-10-28 04:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ETRD EINV ECON VM HIV AIDS TIP |
05HANOI2894 | PORT DEVELOPMENT AND COAL MINING IN QUANG NINH [...] (SBU) Summary: On his recent trip to Quang Ninh Province, the Ambassador inspected Cai Lan Port and Cao Son coal mine in order to advocate on behalf of U.S. firms seeking business in the province. The transport and mining industries in Quang Ninh clearly believe that WTO accession will be hug [...] | 2005-11-01 07:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ETRD EINV ECON VM WTO SOE BTA |
05HANOI2973 | RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PRAISES RELIGION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Vietnamese press recently published an interview with the GVN official responsible for religious affairs in which he highlighted Hanoi's accomplishments in the area of religious freedom since it enacted a new law on religion last year. The article, which was intended to re [...] | 2005-11-08 10:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HANOI3031 | MPS TO FBI: LET'S UPGRADE RELATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The early November visit of an FBI delegation to Hanoi, led by Ms. Deborah Pierce, Deputy Assistant Director, Criminal Investigative Division (CID),and Mr. Thomas Fuentes, Special Agent-in-Charge, Office of International Operations, offered the opportunity for the Mission to st [...] | 2005-11-15 10:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ASEC VM CNARC CTERR |
05HANOI3053 | AMBASSADOR AND VFM LE VAN BANG DISCUSS AI, WTO, [...] (SBU) Summary: Over lunch with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang, the Ambassador covered a comprehensive array of bilateral issues, focusing heavily on the recent GVN ban on imported poultry products and Vietnam's bid to enter the WTO. VFM Bang accepted the proposal to hold the Human Rights [...] | 2005-11-18 07:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM AMGT PREF VM ASEAN VN WTO HUMANR RELFREE AFLU APEC |
05HANOI309 | VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON THE MINISTER OF [...] SUMMARY. On January 28, the Ambassador paid an introductory call on Minister of Home Affairs Do Quang Trung. Minister Trung described the history of his organization and its recent elevation from committee to ministerial status. He also explained his role in the GVN's efforts on public admi [...] | 2005-02-07 09:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL EAID VM |
05HANOI311 | NSC SR. DIRECTOR GREEN TALKS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND [...] (U) Summary: Vice Chairman of the CPV Central Committee's External Relations Commission Ta Minh Chau told visiting NSC Senior Director Michael Green that sustained economic development would solve Vietnam's social problems, and that the Party plans to accelerate political and economic reforms [...] | 2005-02-07 11:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF OTRA OVIP ETRD VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HANOI3114 | UNHCR PLEASED WITH PROGRESS IN ETHNIC MINORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: UNHCR Asia/Pacific Director Janet Lim and other UNHCR representatives briefed the Ambassador November 21 on the current positive tone of UNHCR- GVN relations and the state of play of Vietnamese ethnic minorities in Cambodia. Although the GVN remains reluctant to al [...] | 2005-11-23 09:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB DPRK ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI312 | NSC Senior Director Michael Green's Meetings with [...] (SBU) Summary: NSC Senior Director for Asia Michael Green and Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung met for 90 minutes February 4, again at dinner the same night, and then for 30 minutes on February 5 to discuss regional issues, a religious freedom work plan and Prime Minister Phan Van K [...] | 2005-02-07 11:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF OTRA OVIP ETRD BM VM ASEAN HUMANR RELFREE |
05HANOI313 | NSC Senior Director Michael Green's Meeting with FM [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Dzy Nien told visiting Senior Director for Asia Michael J. Green that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is optimistic about the bilateral relationship and, though very unhappy about Vietnam's designation as a Country of Particular Concern for Rel [...] | 2005-02-07 11:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF OTRA OVIP ETRD VM WTO RELFREE HUMANR HIV AIDS APEC CVR |
05HANOI314 | NSC Senior Director Michael Green's Meeting with [...] (SBU) Summary: NSC Senior Director for Asia Dr. Michael J. Green and the Ambassador discussed bilateral relations and regional strategic dynamics with Minister/Chairman of the Government Office Doan Manh Giao on February 4. Giao urged the removal of Vietnam's designation as a Country of Part [...] | 2005-02-07 11:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KIRF PGOV OVIP ETRD CASC MASS VM WTO RELFREE APEC |
05HANOI315 | NSC Senior Director Michael Green Discusses China, [...] (SBU) Summary: NSC Senior Director for Asia Dr. Michael J. Green and the Ambassador discussed bilateral relations and regional strategic dynamics with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Vu Khoan on February 4. The DPM stressed regional dialogue, particularly through the ASEAN framework, while recog [...] | 2005-02-07 11:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KIRF ETRD OVIP KPOW CH VM APEC CVR HUMANR RELFREE ASEAN WTO |
05HANOI3185 | ANGRY POPULAR REACTION TO DISSIDENT HOANG MINH [...] (SBU) Dissident Hoang Minh Chinh returned to Hanoi from Ho Chi Minh City on December 1. The 83-year-old Chinh informed us late that day that, when he arrived home at 11:30 a.m., he was greeted by a crowd of about 150 men aged 30-50 years old. No one in Chinh's family recognized these men and [...] | 2005-12-02 10:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM VM HUMANR |
05HANOI3236 | FUNDING FOR PHASE II VIETNAM UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THE CURRENT ESTIMATED COST PROJECTION FOR PHASE II OF THE UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE AND LANDMINE IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND TECHNICAL SURVEY IS USD 9.2 MILLION OVER THREE YEARS, WHICH INCLUDES TWENTY MILITARY CLEARANCE TEAMS. THIS TOTAL REPRESENTS A COST EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVE TO OTHER PLAN [...] | 2005-12-09 05:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT EAID MARR MOPS PREF PREL KHDP VM MAS |
05HANOI3237 | INCSR, PART I, VIETNAM [...] (U) The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continued to make progress in its counternarcotics efforts during 2005. Specific actions included: sustained efforts of counternarcotics law enforcement authorities to pursue drug traffickers; increased attention to interagency coordination; continued coop [...] | 2005-12-09 06:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM PINS VM CNARC |
05HANOI3256 | Codel Chris Smith Discusses Human Rights, TIP with [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Congressman (and vice-Chairman of the House International Relations Committee) Christopher Smith (R-NJ) met with two of Vietnam's most seasoned America experts, Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang and National Assemblywoman Madame Ton Nhu Thi Ninh in separate meetings. C [...] | 2005-12-13 03:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM OVIP VM TIP HUMANR RELFREE APEC ASEAN |
05HANOI3259 | CONGRESSMAN SMITH DISCUSSES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Visiting Congressman (and Vice-Chairman of the House International Relations Committee) Christopher Smith (R-NJ) met with Vietnamese government officials, and Catholic, Protestant and Buddhist leaders in Hanoi on December 2. Principal issues discussed were improvements and chal [...] | 2005-12-13 03:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE TIP HIV AIDS ETMIN |
05HANOI3268 | INITIAL RESULTS OF A USG-FUNDED TIP PROJECT [...] (U) Summary: The Department of State (PRM) funded a USD 155,000 International Organization for Migration (IOM) project to combat trafficking in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh. The project provides considerable training in preventing trafficking, HIV prevention and public health, in [...] | 2005-12-14 05:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PHUM PREL PINS KWMN VM TIP HIV AIDS |
05HANOI3337 | VIETNAM'S 2005 BUSINESS FORUM AND CONSULTATIVE [...] Summary: The 2005 Vietnam Business Forum and Vietnam Consultative Group Meeting took place December 5-7, 2005 in Hanoi. Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc and World Bank Country Director for Vietnam Klaus Rohland co- chaired the meetings, in which a wide range of donors and Vie [...] | 2005-12-21 06:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM AFLU HIV AIDS SOE WTO FINREF |
05HANOI3342 | VIETNAM'S NEW COMMON INVESTMENT LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's National Assembly (NA) passed fourteen pieces of legislation during its final 2005 session (October 18-November 29). Of the fourteen, none were as controversial as the Common Investment Law (CIL). Approved only in the final hours of this session, the official CIL is [...] | 2005-12-21 09:52:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM WTO |
05HANOI3355 | CODEL SMITH MEETS WITH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER NGUYEN [...] (SBU) Summary. A delegation of seven U.S. Senators, led by Senator Gordon Smith (R-OR) and accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung. Dzung warmly welcomed the senators and thanked the United States for its assistance in the fights against HIV/AIDS and A [...] | 2005-12-23 06:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL OREP VM WTRO AFLU HIV AIDS WTO IPROP BTA |
05HANOI3356 | CODEL GORDON SMITH MEETS WITH PRESIDENT LUONG [...] (SBU) Summary: A visiting U.S. Senate delegation led by Senator Gordon Smith (R-OR) and comprised of six other Senators held a courtesy call meeting with Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong on December 12. The delegation and the President expressed their commitment to further developing trad [...] | 2005-12-23 06:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL OREP VM WTRO WTO APEC |
05HANOI3361 | THE TWENTY-YEAR REVIEW OF VIETNAM'S DOI MOI POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary: In remarks prepared for a conference reviewing Vietnam's "Doi Moi" or "renovation" policy after twenty years, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung emphasized the political/social component of the policy and the importance of the Community Party in the process of reform. He al [...] | 2005-12-27 09:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PINR VM DPOL |
05HANOI3382 | FOREIGN MINISTER WRITES TO SECRETARY ON [...] (SBU) On December 29, under cover of MFA Note 593 NG- CM, Post received a letter and "memo" from Foreign Minister Nguyen Dzy Nien to the Secretary on the subject of U.S. assistance to the Central Highlands. In brief, Foreign Minister Nien expresses regret that the U.S. Congress earmarked funds [...] | 2005-12-29 08:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC PREL VM ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI3383 | VIETNAM'S ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: Throughout this year, formal meetings and informal exchanges with officials from the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV),the State Securities Commission, the World Bank, the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (AUSTRAC),and other international agencies in Hanoi have mad [...] | 2005-12-29 10:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR VM ECON PREL PINR CTERR FINREF BTA |
05HANOI366 | NSC Senior Director Michael Green Discusses China [...] (SBU) Summary: The complicated Vietnam-China relationship is at a relatively weak point, with the traditional friendship of the two ruling Communist Parties tested by bilateral incidents and rising distrust of China's motives in Asia, according to Vietnamese think tank and foreign policy offic [...] | 2005-02-16 10:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD PBTS CH VM ARF CVR ASEAN |
05HANOI381 | MORE INFORMATION ON TET AMNESTY [...] (U) On February 17 Post received a diplomatic note (Para 2) from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to our inquiry about a number of individuals released in the recent Tet amnesty (reftel). Mission is not familiar with the cases of the four Montagnards or when they were first detaine [...] | 2005-02-18 02:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF PREF PREL VM |
05HANOI387 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AFM NGUYEN DUC HUNG: [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met February 18 with Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung at the latter's request, and their discussion focused on the Prime Minister's proposed June visit to the United States and the religious freedom "action plan." On the PM's visit, AFM Hung requested protocol t [...] | 2005-02-18 09:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF KIRF OTRA OVIP VM KICC RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI395 | NORTHERN PROTESTANT CHURCH OUTLINES PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Evangelical Church of Vietnam: North (ECVN) plans to begin renovating its churches, building new ones and appointing four pastors in the new future. In appointing the new pastors, the Church will follow the relaxed notification requirements of the new Ordinance on Religion. [...] | 2005-02-18 10:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI4 | GVN PROVIDES INFO, ASKS FOR AID AGAINST [...] (SBU) On December 31, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) delivered a written demarche, translated below, to Poloff (who provided it soon after to EAP/BCLTV (ref)). The document recounts the plan of a Vietnamese American group called the Provisional Government of Vietnam (a.k.a the Governme [...] | 2005-01-03 09:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL VM CNARC |
05HANOI42 | VIETNAM UNENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT EAST ASIA SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam strongly supports ASEAN as the best way for smaller Asian countries to ensure that their interests are respected and sees the East Asian Summit (EAS) and the East Asian Community (EAC) as an effort by China to re-form the ASEAN+3 mechanism without ASEAN's solidarity. Vie [...] | 2005-01-06 08:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL VM ARF ASEAN |
05HANOI423 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH HANOI PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE [...] (U) Summary: In a February 18 meeting with the Ambassador, Hanoi City People's Committee Chairman Nguyen Quoc Trieu described the city's many priorities and development plans and noted that the city will celebrate its 1000th anniversary in 2010. The Ambassador described lapses in intellectual [...] | 2005-02-23 09:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EINV KIPR PINR VM AFLU IPROP |
05HANOI437 | EAST ASIA SUMMIT: VIETNAM'S TAKE ON RECENT ASEAN [...] (SBU) Summary: During recent Senior Officials Meetings in Hanoi and Jakarta, ASEAN members agreed that ASEAN should be at the center of East Asia Summit (EAS) process, the ASEAN chair should be the EAS chair and the EAS should be held in an ASEAN country (with exceptions made only under speci [...] | 2005-02-23 10:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL VM ARF ASEAN |
05HANOI439 | DEPUTY GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR VISITS HANOI [...] (U) Summary: From January 26-31, 2005, Dr. Joseph O'Neill, Deputy Coordinator and Chief Medical Officer in the Office of Global AIDS Coordinator (OGAC) visited Vietnam to become better acquainted with the HIV/AIDS situation and with the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Emergency P [...] | 2005-02-23 10:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV EAID SOCI PGOV PREL VM |
05HANOI441 | Codel McHugh Discusses Fullest Possible Accounting [...] (U) Summary: Representatives and Armed Services Committee Members John McHugh, Jim Marshall and Ken Calvert met February 22 with Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang, National Assembly Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Vu Mao and Vice Minister of Defense Colone [...] | 2005-02-24 06:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OVIP VM HIV AIDS WTO RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN BTA |
05HANOI462 | S/P OFFICER MEETS WITH PROTESTANT LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Evangelical Church of Vietnam: North (ECVN) pastors have begun to engage provincial authorities about renovating and rebuilding churches. The Church is also looking into registering some sub-chapters and opening a bible school. In the future, the ECVN plans to increase outreac [...] | 2005-02-25 09:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
05HANOI465 | S/P OFFICER ENGAGES GVN OFFICIALS ON RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary: An official from the Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA) sees Vietnam's new Ordinance on Religion and Instruction on Protestants as significantly reducing restrictions on religious activities. The situation for Protestants in the Central Highlands has improved recently, he cl [...] | 2005-02-25 10:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI507 | (SBU) Exploring a Montagnard-focused Humanitarian [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Post proposes exploring prospects for a Montagnard-focused Humanitarian Resettlement Program, the goal of which would be to help to mitigate the outflow of Montagnards to Cambodia. Post has informally raised the approach outlined below with PRM and EAP (Refs A [...] | 2005-03-02 06:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI55 | OFFICIAL-INFORMAL: VIETNAM ASSISTANCE LEVELS [...] I understand that USAID's ANE Bureau is now considering ways to take funds from USAID's FY 05 and FY 06 operating budget to put them into emergency assistance for the tsunami disaster. We fully support the need to reallocate funding for this tragedy. But while hard choices are inevitable, th [...] | 2005-01-07 09:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL VM |
05HANOI570 | IRF Ambassador at Large Hanford's March 4 Meeting [...] (SBU) Summary: During a nearly three-hour meeting March 4, Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA) Chairman Ngo Yen Thi told visiting Ambassador at Large for International Religious Affairs John V. Hanford that the situation for religious freedom in Vietnam has never been better, with the recent [...] | 2005-03-08 11:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI598 | GVN OBJECTS TO HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (SBU) Deputy America's Department Director Nguyen Ba Hung and U.S. Desk Director Nguyen Hoanh Nam met March 11 with PolCouns and Poloff to express the GVN's "disappointment" about the Vietnam section of the 2004 Human Rights Report. "The report ignores many of the new things that are happening [...] | 2005-03-11 06:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV VM HUMANR |
05HANOI599 | IRF AMBASSADOR AT LARGE HANFORD MEETS WITH GVN [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford met March 6 with Vice Minister for Public Security Nguyen Van Huong. Huong objected to the designation of Vietnam as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) and said many in the GVN were asking why they should c [...] | 2005-03-11 06:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI622 | The Ambassador's March 10 Meeting with Minister of [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met March 10 with Minister of the Office of the Government Doan Manh Giao, the equivalent of the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff. The Ambassador described the current state of play of Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford's ongoing [...] | 2005-03-11 10:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF PINR MARR OVIP ETRD VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE WTO BTA |
05HANOI641 | VIETNAM TERRORIST FINANCE: 2005 UPDATE NO. 2 [...] (SBU) The following paragraphs contain answers to reftel questions and provide an evaluation of Vietnam's ability to cooperate in disrupting terrorism financing. 2. (SBU) The Government of Vietnam (GVN) has not frozen, forfeited or seized any assets pursuant to UNSCR Resolutions 1267 and 13 [...] | 2005-03-15 08:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN KVPR PTER EFIN ETTC PREL CVIS VM CTERR FINREF |
05HANOI647 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AFM HUNG: PM VISIT PLANS [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST: PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 4. 2. (SBU) Summary: The MFA is pushing the Embassy for specific dates for the proposed visit of Prime Minister Phan Van Khai to the United States. The GVN has some agreements in mind to use as deliverables, including an International Mil [...] | 2005-03-15 10:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KIRF CASC MASS OVIP VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HANOI671 | MONTAGNARD RETURNEES ARRIVE IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Two groups of ethnic Montagnard returnees have arrived in Vietnam from Cambodia and returned to their home villages. These are the first to return under the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by Vietnam, Cambodia and the UNHCR in January (Reftel). Local authorities have [...] | 2005-03-18 10:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI685 | NEW ACTIVIST COMES UNDER POLICE SCRUTINY [...] (C) Summary: Do Nam Hai, better known by his pseudonym of Phuong Nam, became known to us as an emerging Vietnamese dissident after he posted an open letter in December 2004 protesting official harassment for advocating peaceful democratic change in Vietnam. Hai has since been fired from his j [...] | 2005-03-22 10:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM VM HUMANR CVR |
05HANOI686 | VIETNAM'S AGENT ORANGE CAMPAIGN CONTINUES TO GROW [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The GVN's Agent Orange (AO) propaganda campaign reached fever pitch in the lead up to, and now wake of, the March 10 dismissal of the U.S. lawsuit by alleged Vietnamese victims of AO against chemical companies that produced the defoliant. Before the hearing, [...] | 2005-03-22 10:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM |
05HANOI7 | GVN REQUESTS U.S. ASSISTANCE IN RENDITION OF [...] (SBU) Embassy received a note December 29 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting U.S. assistance in returning the "fugitive" Ly Tong, who is currently serving a prison sentence in Thailand (translation of note in para 3). (Note: Ly Tong, a former pilot with the Republic of (South) Vi [...] | 2005-01-03 09:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL VM |
05HANOI716 | DISCUSSIONS WITH VIETNAM ON CPC ACTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Bilateral discussions between the USG and GVN to address the issue of Country of Particular Concern (CPC) designation and Presidential action have stalled on the form, rather than substance, of a bilateral "binding agreement" as allowed by the International Religious Freedom Ac [...] | 2005-03-24 08:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HANOI719 | Pragmatic Diplomacy: Vietnam's Relations with [...] (SBU) Vietnam's relations with post-Communist Russia, Eastern Europe and Mongolia have shown the GVN's willingness to move beyond ideology and politics to satisfy practical foreign policy, economic and security needs. In the years following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the demise of C [...] | 2005-03-24 10:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD PGOV SOCI RS EZ PL HU MG VM |
05HANOI72 | WTO ENTRY A PREREQUISITE FOR ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN has transfered responsibility for negotiating an Article 98 agreement from the MFA to the Ministry of Justice. MOJ lawyers, with the encouragement of the Minister, are actively tackling the task of obtaining internal consensus on the agreement. However, the GVN fears o [...] | 2005-01-10 09:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL VM KICC WTO |
05HANOI742 | Millenium Science Initiative Delegation Urges [...] Summary: The DCM accompanied a visiting delegation of prominent American scientists to call on Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem March 23 regarding establishing Centers for Excellence under the Millenium Science Initiative (MSI) in Vietnam. The delegation, led by Dr. Harold Varmus, Nobel [...] | 2005-03-29 08:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | VM PREL KPAO ESCI |
05HANOI749 | ENGAGING VIETNAM ON BURMA AND ASEAN [...] (SBU) DCM John Boardman, accompanied by Poloff, met with Acting Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for ASEAN Affairs Nguyen Duy Hung March 28. Drawing from reftel talking points, the DCM asked Hung his thoughts on Burma's chairmanship of ASEAN. 2. (SBU) The DCM suggested that the issue [...] | 2005-03-30 09:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV BM VM ASEAN |
05HANOI753 | Vietnam: March 22-44 Consultations on Maritime [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) and the Ministry of Transportation (MOTr) met March 22-24 in Hanoi to discuss the potential for conclusion of a bilateral maritime services agreement in the near future. The Vietnamese side provided a draft agreement, which served as the [...] | 2005-03-31 02:31:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EINV PREL VM |
05HANOI767 | EXILED BUDDHIST LEADER RETURNS TO VISIT HOMELAND [...] (SBU) Summary: Exiled Buddhist leader Thich Nhat Hanh (TNH) completed a "successful" two-and-a-half-month visit to Vietnam, his first in almost forty years. In a private meeting with the Ambassador March 26, he described the Buddhist community in Vietnam as split and weakened due to Governme [...] | 2005-03-31 10:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HANOI772 | GVN RESPONDS ON UNHCR MONITORING [...] (SBU) PolCouns and Poloff met with MFA Consular Department Deputy Director General Nguyen Minh Vu April 1 to deliver Ref A demarche on UNHCR monitoring of Montagnard returnees and the placement of permanent international staff in the UNHCR office in Hanoi. Vu listened to PolCouns' points and [...] | 2005-04-01 10:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI880 | AMBASSADOR RAISES CENTRAL HIGHLANDS MINORITIES, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang April 14 at the Foreign Ministry and discussed problems involving UNHCR access to ethnic minority migrants who have been returned to the Central Highlands. The Ambassador also raised the issue of the problems obtaining p [...] | 2005-04-14 11:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF ETRD VM KICC ETMIN HUMANR WTO |
05HANOI909 | The Ambassador's April 18 Meeting with Communist [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met for the first time April 18 with Nguyen Van Son, the Chairman of the Communist Party's External Relations Commission. Chairman Son was optimistic about continued progress in expanding the bilateral relationship, noting that the Party attaches importance to the U.S. ro [...] | 2005-04-20 01:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF PINR PREF MARR OVIP ETRD VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN APEC ASEAN WTO |
05HANOI919 | Vice Foreign Minister Discusses PM Visit, Religious [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent speech to the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM),Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang implied that a visit to Washington by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai was almost a sure thing. He described steps Vietnam has already taken to overcome the hurdle of designation as [...] | 2005-04-20 08:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF OVIP ETRD VM WTO RELFREE HUMANR APEC |
05HANOI92 | VFM LE VAN BANG OFFERS AMBASSADOR POSSIBLE GOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: In a pull-aside meeting at the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum in Halong City January 10, Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang passed the Ambassador proposed dates in late June 2005 for a visit to the United States by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai and outlined three steps the GVN b [...] | 2005-01-12 09:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KIRF OTRA OVIP VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HANOI921 | NO UNHCR VISIT TO CENTRAL HIGHLANDS; GVN CONFIRMS [...] (SBU) Summary: The UNHCR's representative in Hanoi told us that he had not received permission to travel to the Central Highlands. A GVN official confirmed that the late April dates for the mid-review conference will not work for Vietnam. In the meantime, we continue to seek confirmation of [...] | 2005-04-20 09:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB |
05HANOI986 | PRISONERS OF CONCERN REPORTEDLY OFFERED AMNESTY [...] (C) Vu Thuy Ha, wife of imprisoned political activist Pham Hong Son, informed Poloff April 28 that her husband and jailed essayist Nguyen Khac Toan have both been offered leniency if they admit to "some" of the charges against them and promise not to associate with human rights activists after [...] | 2005-04-28 09:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM VM HUMANR |
05HANOI988 | VIETNAM: MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF PUBLIC [...] This cable contains sensitive information. Please do not post on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Econ/C delivered reftel points on AML/CTF to officials at the Ministry of Public Security (MPS). Econ/C reminded MPS of his December 2004 letter requesting the answers to several specific qu [...] | 2005-04-28 10:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN KVPR PTER EFIN ETTC PREL VM FINREF CTERR |
05HANOI991 | UNHCR BRIEFS ON MONTAGNARDS [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan told the Ambassador April 26 that the Tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) (Ref A) is helping to speed the resettlement of asylum-seeking Central Highlanders currently in Cambodia. The UNHCR is still faced with the problems of [...] | 2005-04-28 11:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN |
05HARARE1004 | ZIMBABWEQS WINTER OF DISCONTENT [...] (C) The winter of Murambatsvina (Operation Restore Order) seems to have changed everything in Zimbabwe and nothing. Robert Mugabe is still president and likely to remain so for as long as he wants Q which could be until the day he dies. ZANU-PF is still firmly in control. The economy is sti [...] | 2005-07-22 11:57:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI ZANU PF |
05HARARE1006 | RESTORE ORDER UPDATE: DEMOLITIONS CONTINUE, [...] (S) Despite the Government,s announcement of the suspension of Operation Restore Order, demolitions continue sporadically in Harare, including the destruction of an industrial complex on July 18. The police are reportedly waiting for word from President Mugabe himself before agreeing to suspe [...] | 2005-07-22 16:43:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID ECON ASEC ZI |
05HARARE1007 | ARMED RESISTANCE GROUP SEEKS US ASSISTANCE [...] (S/NF) The Embassy has received several requests from various groups for meetings with the Ambassador/CDA in the past few weeks to discuss overthrowing the Mugabe regime. We have rejected all of these meetings, out of concern that they could have been attempts by the GOZ to implicate the USG i [...] | 2005-07-22 16:43:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC ZI |
05HARARE1008 | ZIMBABWE,S WINTER OF DISCONTENT [...] (C) The winter of Murambatsvina (Operation Restore Order) seems to have changed everything in Zimbabwe and nothing. Robert Mugabe is still president and likely to remain so for as long as he wants ) which could be until the day he dies. ZANU-PF is still firmly in control. The economy is still [...] | 2005-07-22 16:44:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
05HARARE1009 | SAG-GOZ NEGOTIATIONS AND THE USG [...] (C) The Mugabe regime is confronting a "perfect storm" of converging challenges - international opprobrium over Operation Restore Order, the economy's accelerating implosion, and a looming IMF vote on Zimbabwe's expulsion. As a result, the GOZ is showing growing desperation and signaling unch [...] | 2005-07-25 13:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN SA ZI |
05HARARE1018 | SURPRISING MONETARY POLICY STATEMENT SIGNALS [...] (SBU) Summary: Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono's surprise monetary policy statement of July 21 announced a substantial devaluation and an increase in interest rates among other measures designed to arrest the country,s economic decline. At his diplomatic briefing the next day, Gono stresse [...] | 2005-07-26 13:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
05HARARE1034 | OPPOSITION LEADER ON DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS, POLITICAL [...] MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai on July 26 told the CDA that he supported efforts by outside parties, including the AU and the UN, to get more engaged on Zimbabwe. He complimented the recently released report of UN Envoy Tibaijuka and called for the appointment of a UNCHR rapporteur for Zimb [...] | 2005-07-28 12:07:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE1038 | GOZ CONTINUES ATTACK ON MUNICIPALITIES [...] (C) The GOZ suspended the MDC mayor of Mutare on July 22, ostensibly for misusing public funds. However, the mayor told us July 28 that showing the UN Special Envoy the areas of Mutare affected by Operation Restore Order was the real reason for his suspension. Meanwhile, the GOZ ordered rest [...] | 2005-07-29 08:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
05HARARE1088 | ZIMPLATS CEO ON CHINESE INTEREST IN PLATINUM [...] (C) Zimbabwe Platinum Mines (Zimplats) CEO Greg Sebborn told CDA on July 29 that his company was not worried about China's interest in Zimbabwean platinum in the long-term because China lacked the technological know-how to compete. However, the Chinese could cause short-term problems by levera [...] | 2005-08-02 10:22:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EMIN EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV ZI |
05HARARE1095 | UNDP RESREP ON NEXT STEPS FOLLOWING TIBAIJUKA [...] (C) UNDP Resrep Agostinho Zacharias briefed the donor community July 28 on the UN,s next steps following the release last week of UN Special Envoy Tibaijuka,s report on Operation Restore Order. Zacharias said the goal was to work with the GOZ to end further demolitions and to provide relief t [...] | 2005-08-02 13:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PREL PGOV PHUM ZI |
05HARARE1103 | IOM UPDATE ON RESTORE ORDER RELIEF EFFORTS [...] (C) On August 1, International Organization for Migration (IOM) officials told CDA and USAID mission Director they had received no reports of further demolitions following Vice President Mujuru,s announcement last week that the operation was over. They also reported that the GOZ had agreed to [...] | 2005-08-03 13:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF PTER EAID ZI |
05HARARE1105 | TSVANGIRAI,S SECOND TREASON TRIAL CHARGES WITHDRAWN [...] (U) The GOZ on August 2 dropped the remaining treason charge against MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai. The latest charge stemmed from Tsvangirai's role in mass demonstrations against the ruling party in June 2003. (Note: Prosecution on a first treason charge ended with Tsvangirai's acquittal [...] | 2005-08-03 15:07:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE1115 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR HALL,S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) The US Mission in Harare, Zimbabwe welcomes your August 9-13 visit. You are coming at a critical time in Zimbabwe,s independent history. Once the breadbasket of Southern Africa the country is now a basket case. The political, economic, and humanitarian crises that have gripped the cou [...] | 2005-08-05 09:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PREL PGOV PHUM OVIP ZI |
05HARARE113 | MDC SECRETARY-GENERAL ON TSVANGIRAI TRIP, ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on January 18, MDC Secretary-General Welshman Ncube reported that MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai planned to lead an opposition delegation to Washington February 6-9. Ncube noted that ZANU-PF's internal turmoil was opening space for opposition el [...] | 2005-01-20 13:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE1146 | MDC WINS BULAWAYO MAYORAL POLL [...] (U) In an August 13 election, Bulawayo MDC Mayor Japhet Ndabeni-Ncube retained his mayoral seat over ZANU-PF challenger Dickson Solman Abu Basuthu by a margin of 29,575 to 5,509. Barely ten percent of Bulawayo,s 331,447 registered voters cast ballots. ----------------- ZESN Observations - [...] | 2005-08-17 13:32:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE1147 | GOCHE TELLS AMBASSADOR HALL FOOD SITUATION IN [...] (C) Minister of Public Service, Labor and Social Welfare Nicolas Goche told visiting USUN Rome Ambassador Hall on August 12 that Zimbabwe needed 1.2 million MT of food this year but that the GOZ had contracts for sufficient deliveries from South Africa. Ambassador Hall questioned whether the [...] | 2005-08-17 14:07:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
05HARARE1155 | AMBASSADOR HALL SURVEYS EMPTY BREADBASKET [...] (C) During his August 11-13 visit to Zimbabwe, Ambassador Tony Hall witnessed firsthand the food insecurity caused by the GOZ,s misguided agricultural policies and recurring drought, and the destruction caused by Operation Restore Order. UN representatives told Ambassador Hall a GOZ appeal f [...] | 2005-08-19 09:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
05HARARE1156 | CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM BILL GAZETTED [...] (U) The GOZ published a bill to amend the constitution on July 15. Proposed amendments include: transfer of title to the state of land acquired during land reform; elimination of judicial challenges to land acquisitions; the addition of a Senate to the legislature; additional restrictions on [...] | 2005-08-19 09:56:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ZI |
05HARARE1177 | 60TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-25 12:40:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSEP OTRA OVIP PREL |
05HARARE1208 | GOZ BURIES ANOTHER HERO [...] (U) Minister of Indigenization and Empowerment and ZANU-PF Politburo member Josiah Tungamirai died on August 25 in a South African clinic reportedly of kidney failure. The GOZ quickly named him a national hero and buried him on August 28 at Hero,s Acre. According to local media accounts, Tu [...] | 2005-08-29 15:10:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
05HARARE1209 | MDC MP COLTART ON PLANNED U.S. VISIT; REQUEST FOR [...] (C) MDC Shadow Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs David Coltart on August 25 told the CDA that together with Zimbabwean exiled businessmen Strive Masiyiwa and Nigel Chanakira, he was employing church connections in the United States to seek a meeting with President Bush in Oc [...] | 2005-08-29 16:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE1238 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS SAIL THROUGH PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Parliament passed the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (17) Bill on August 30 by a vote of 103 to 29. The immediate impact of the 17th revision to the 1979 Lancaster House constitution will be: to cement the GOZ,s acquisition of commercial farmland; to grant the government authority to [...] | 2005-09-02 10:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
05HARARE1271 | TSVANGIRAI INVIGORATING BASE TO CAPITALIZE ON GOZ [...] (C) Summary. In a September 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) President Morgan Tsvangirai said that ZANU-PF's hold on power was fragile and that he envisioned a more confrontational MDC as a means to boost the public's confidence in the opposition and to expl [...] | 2005-09-09 10:53:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC |
05HARARE1290 | ZVOBGO ON RULING PARTY DYNAMICS [...] (C) Eddison Zvobgo, Jr., an astute player in the ruling party's younger generation and son of Robert Mugabe's late principal intra-party rival, on September 12 told the Ambassador that the ruling party was essentially biding its time until its octeganarian leader passed from the stage. Zvobgo [...] | 2005-09-14 16:00:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI ZANU PF |
05HARARE1307 | UN IN ZIMBABWE ANNOUNCES MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-20 14:27:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PREL US ZI |
05HARARE1318 | Subject: Food Import and Distribution [...] Summary: Since April 2004, the import and distribution of food aid in Zimbabwe have been constrained by ambiguous GOZ requirements and unresolved issues concerning the quality of US- donated food. Currently there are no large amounts of food waiting for distribution or import, but it will b [...] | 2005-09-22 14:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL US ZI |
05HARARE1322 | SIMBA MAKONI - DISILLUSTIONED AND IN-THE-WAITING [...] (C) Summary: During a September 21 meeting, Politburo member and ex-Finance Minister Dr. Simba Makoni told the Ambassador there was much more questioning of policy by government insiders since Operation Restore Order. Mugabe, however, was out of touch with reality, his mind blocked to what [...] | 2005-09-26 07:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
05HARARE1330 | NGO study highlights enormous [...] (U) Summary: ActionAid International recently presented to the US Mission the findings of the first nationwide assessment of the impact of the Government of Zimbabwe's (GOZ) Operation Murambatsvina. Their staggering conclusions indicate that nearly 1.2 million people were directly affected [...] | 2005-09-26 14:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL US ZI |
05HARARE1331 | IDEOLOGY, DESPERATION FUEL GOZ,S TIES TO CHINA [...] (C) Summary: The ruling ZANU-PF party has long maintained a close diplomatic and military relationship with China, dating back to the liberation war in the 1970,s. In recent years as the GOZ,s international isolation increased and the local economy nosedived, Zimbabwe has placed growing impor [...] | 2005-09-27 06:59:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EMIN PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CH |
05HARARE1345 | CONTINUING RIVALRIES, SUCCESSION TENSIONS [...] (C) By many measures, the Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF party is as firmly in control of Zimbabwe as ever. Its tainted but overwhelming parliamentary election "victory" in March left it in firm control of the legislature and executive, and simultaneously demoralized Zimbabwe's political oppo [...] | 2005-09-28 15:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI ZANU PF |
05HARARE1356 | ZIMBABWE RUNNING ON EMPTY [...] (C) Summary. Fuel supplies in Zimbabwe are at critical levels as a result of the GOZ,s gross economic mismanagement, forcing commuters and business to rely on the black market if they want to remain mobile. Zimbabwe has faced period fuel crunches for several years, but in the past month sup [...] | 2005-09-30 10:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV PREL ZI |
05HARARE1357 | TSVANGIRAI WALKS TO PROVE RELEVANCY, TEST WATERS [...] (C) Summary. For the past two weeks MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai has walked the 16-kilometer roundtrip journey to SIPDIS and from work as a means to highlight the failure of the GOZ,s economic policies and to demonstrate solidarity with average Zimbabweans struggling to cope with the pressi [...] | 2005-09-30 10:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC |
05HARARE1361 | UN OCHA REP BEGINS TO PUT BACKGONE IN UN AGENCIES [...] (SBU) Agnes Asekenye-Oonyu from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs met with the Ambassador and USAID mission director to discuss her efforts at improving humanitarian coordination among the UN agencies in Zimbabwe and with donors and NGOs (reftel). Asekenye-Oonyu descr [...] | 2005-10-03 13:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL EAGR EAID ZI |
05HARARE1362 | ZIMBABWE NOT COMPLIANT WITH AGOA ELIGIBILITY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-03 15:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINT ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
05HARARE1418 | THE INCIDENT THAT WASN'T [...] (SBU) While on a nature walk the afternoon of October 10 (Columbus Day) the Ambassador inadvertently stumbled into a poorly marked military installation in the midst of Harare,s Public Botanical Garden. The soldiers on duty, who were unfamiliar with diplomatic credentials, briefly detained the [...] | 2005-10-17 15:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ZI |
05HARARE1420 | MOYO WEAVES TALE OF PARTIES IN DISARRAY [...] (C) In an October 13 meeting with the Charge, Independent MP and former Minister of Information Jonathan Moyo said that both the opposition MDC and ruling ZANU-PF were significantly weakened since the March parliamentary elections. The MDC, he said, had been focused inward since the elections [...] | 2005-10-18 13:13:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC ZANU PF |
05HARARE1421 | TSVANGIRAI ON SENATE ELECTIONS; MDC DIVISIONS [...] (C) MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai on October 18 told the Ambassador that there was division within the MDC over participation in Senate elections but no split of the party. The party leadership was effectively divided in half, but the party,s supporters strongly favored his position in favor [...] | 2005-10-18 14:53:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC |
05HARARE1440 | ZIMBABWE ARV CRISIS LOOMING [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-20 07:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED EAID PREL US ZI HIV AIDS |
05HARARE1446 | VIEWS FROM BULAWAYO [...] (C) Zimbabwe Desk Officer and PolOff visited Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second largest city, October 14 and 15. Eric Bloch, a local economist, detailed his insider's understanding that the GOZ had sourced its US$120 million arrears payment to the IMF solely through "voluntary" payments. In discuss [...] | 2005-10-20 15:13:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC |
05HARARE1447 | ANOTHER POOR HARVEST LIKELY IN ZIMBABWE IN [...] (SBU) The outlook for the upcoming agricultural season in Zimbabwe is poor. Climate forecasts indicate an increased chance of normal to above-normal rainfall in Zimbabwe during the 2005-2006 growing season. In addition, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reports that maize see [...] | 2005-10-21 05:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL US ZI |
05HARARE1455 | TSVANGIRAI GAINING UPPER HAND IN SENATE DEBATE [...] (C) MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai appears to be emerging on top in the intra-party debate over participation in the Senate elections. Tsvangirai,s stance has clearly resonated with the MDC,s rank and file, which believes that participation would only legitimize a corrupt and powerless inst [...] | 2005-10-24 14:53:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC |
05HARARE1461 | ECONOMIC CONTRACTION HOLLOWING OUT ZIMBABWEAN [...] (C) As we have reported elsewhere, Zimbabwe,s steep economic decline is beginning to be felt by the country,s security forces, the main pillars of support for the increasingly authoritarian Mugabe regime. On October 18, Police Commissioner Augustine Chihuri went public with complaints that t [...] | 2005-10-25 15:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI |
05HARARE1467 | FAUX-MDC CANDIDATES THROW HATS INTO SENATE RING [...] (C) At Monday's nomination court hearings, 26 individuals registered as MDC candidates for the Senate elections on November 26. As expected, MDC leaders in the three Matabeleland provinces went forward with contesting the election, accounting for 15 of the candidates. However, the other ele [...] | 2005-10-26 15:13:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC |
05HARARE147 | SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: THE U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Zimbabwe Report for the 2004-2005 edition of Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: the U.S. Record, is found in paragraphs 2 through 14. Due to the sensitive nature of U.S. assistance in Zimbabwe, few specific activities were included. Additional material, which is not [...] | 2005-01-27 12:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ZI HURI |
05HARARE1489 | GOZ REJECTS SHELTER PROPOSAL FOR [...] In a meeting on donor coordination on Thursday, October 27th, the UN Resident Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator, Agostinho Zacarias, announced to the major donors that the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) has rejected the UN's proposal to provide temporary shelter to families displace [...] | 2005-10-28 10:13:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL PHUM US ZI |
05HARARE1490 | MDC LEADERS LOOKING TO RESOLVE DIFFERENCES, TAKE [...] (C) In an evening meeting on October 27, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador that his meeting earlier that day with the MDC,s other leaders had gone well. They had not resolved as yet the issue of participation in the Senate elections but had agreed that the struggle against P [...] | 2005-10-28 11:19:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC ZANU PF |
05HARARE1507 | DECLINING FOOD SECURITY IN ZIMBABWE [...] The Ambassador traveled to Bikita, a district in hard-hit Masvingo Province, in early October to observe the food security situation. Although no overt signs of starvation were apparent, it was clear that deprivation had increased dramatically. The country's severe economic contraction and [...] | 2005-11-03 11:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL US ZI |
05HARARE1508 | MDC TALKS INCONCLUSIVE; SPLIT LOOMING? [...] (C) Brian Raftopolous, mediator in the opposition MDC's efforts to bridge the schism in the party over the Senate elections, told poloff on November 2 Party President Morgan Tsvangirai had won the battle for popular support for an SIPDIS election boycott but that his opponents in the party [...] | 2005-11-03 13:17:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC SOCI ELAB PHUM PREL ZI MDC |
05HARARE1512 | TSVANGIRAI AIDE ON PARTY RIFT, CIVIL ACTION, PITCH [...] (C) MDC Secretary for Presidential Affairs Gandhi Mudzingwa on November 2 told poloff that opposition President Morgan Tsvangirai would stand his ground in the intra-party conflict, even if it meant driving the party's current Ndebele leadership away. He said that Tsvangirai would make his c [...] | 2005-11-04 09:20:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV ASEC PREL PHUM ELAB ZI MDC |
05HARARE1521 | MEDIA REACTION TO AMBASSADOR,S TOUGH TALK [...] (SBU) The Ambassador,s speech on November 2 on the causes of Zimbabwe,s economic decline has generated a wide array of media coverage within Zimbabwe. These accounts range from factual portrayals and enthusiastic endorsement in the independent press to sensationalized calls for the Ambassado [...] | 2005-11-07 14:51:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
05HARARE1532 | GOZ BLINKS: ISSUES AMBASSADOR WARNING [...] (C) The Ambassador was called to the MFA the morning of November 9 for a meeting with Foreign Minister Mumbengegwi. The FM read from a diplomatic note (faxed to AF/S) and largely avoided eye contact. He accused the Ambassador of an anti-Zimbabwe bias, noting in that regard the Ambassador's co [...] | 2005-11-09 13:35:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI |
05HARARE1536 | LEO MUGABE,S EXCESS PROMPTS GOVERNMENT REBUKE [...] (C) Robert Mugabe,s nephew Leo Mugabe on October 20 was arrested on charges of illegally exporting 30 tons of flour. Leo Mugabe and his wife face charges of fraud, smuggling, and violating handling procedures of a controlled commodity -- grain. Mugabe,s lawyer told poloff the third charge was [...] | 2005-11-10 11:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EAGR ZI |
05HARARE1537 | TSVANGIRAI ASCENDANT AS MDC STRUGGLES CONTINUE [...] (C) At a meeting with diplomats at party headquarters November 10, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai confirmed the party's planned boycott of scheduled November 26 senate elections but left the door open for reconciliation with the Ncube faction that had supported participation. However, despi [...] | 2005-11-10 12:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE1549 | FY 2006 Re-declaration of Disaster in [...] The humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe is deteriorating due to a variety of factors, including: continued economic and especially agricultural collapse brought about by government mismanagement and corruption, the government's displacement of large numbers of families, in urban areas through [...] | 2005-11-14 10:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL US ZI |
05HARARE157 | ADDENDUM TO ZIMBABWE SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] (U) ADDENDUM: USG-FUNDED PROGRAMS OF USD 100,000 OR MORE (approximate FY-04 funds, not including funds that carried over from FY-03) DA-funded activities: NGO advocacy - 700,000 Local governance - 500,000 Victims of Torture - 600,000 ESF-funded activiti [...] | 2005-01-28 06:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ZI |
05HARARE1576 | ZIMBABWE'S AVIAN FLU RESPONSE CAPABILITY [...] (U) The GOZ has begun planning for a potential avian influenza outbreak, but lacks the scientific expertise or financial wherewithal to detect outbreaks and implement response measures effectively. Burdened by a high HIV infection rate, growing incidence of tuberculosis, high emigration rates [...] | 2005-11-17 13:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL ZI |
05HARARE1578 | TSVANGIRAI EMERGING ON TOP IN MATABELELAND [...] (C) MDC President Tsvangirai,s successful November 13 rally in Bulawayo - and the "pro-Senate" faction's poor showings in contrast - confirmed the ascendancy of the Tsvangirai faction in Matabeleland, according to MDC and SIPDIS civil society figures in Bulawayo. A former moderator in the [...] | 2005-11-17 14:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC |
05HARARE1591 | MBALEKWA ON UPM STRUCTURE, PLATFORM, STRATEGIES [...] (C) In a November 18 meeting with poloff, United People's Movement (UPM) principal Pearson Mbalekwa said the party was concentrating on building organizational structures and a platform that would make it competitive in local elections by next year. He said that the movement continued to draw [...] | 2005-11-22 09:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
05HARARE1603 | ZIMBABWE,S NOVEMBER 26 SENATE ELECTIONS: [...] (C) November 26 marks election day for the newly-recreated Senate. Few observers expect the institution to produce much beyond 66 new offices to be handed out by the government as patronage. Given voter apathy, the calls for a boycott from MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai, and lackluster ZAN [...] | 2005-11-23 13:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI ZANU PF MDC |
05HARARE1608 | TSVANGIRAI "SUSPENDED", PREPARING FOR PARTY [...] (C) Following the &non-event8 Senate elections on November 26 (septel),opposition MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai received a letter from party Vice President Gibson SIPDIS Sibanda, a leader of the pro-election faction, purporting to suspend Tsvangirai from the party. At a meeting with the [...] | 2005-11-28 15:17:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC ZI MDC |
05HARARE1619 | NEW GOZ LAW FURTHER RESTRICTS LABOR RIGHTS [...] (C) The Labor Amendment Bill, passed by Parliament on November 2, increased the role of the GOZ in mediating industrial disputes and excluded public sector employees from labor law protections, both of which are potentially objectionable to the International Labor Organization (ILO). The Zimb [...] | 2005-12-02 09:36:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL ZI ZCTU |
05HARARE162 | FOOD INSECURITY INCREASING SLOWLY IN [...] Although there is evidence of growing food insecurity, particularly in rural areas where low food production is a chronic problem, the situation has not yet reached the level of a crisis. It appears that most households are still managing to ward off hunger by employing a variety of coping [...] | 2005-01-31 13:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
05HARARE1620 | MDC Split Gets Nastier [...] (C) With the campaign for and against the Senate behind them, the two rival MDC factions have begun the battle for control over the party's institutions and assets. The Ncube faction drafted a legal application on November 28 seeking to bar party president Morgan Tsvangirai from speaking for t [...] | 2005-12-02 11:44:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ZI MDC |
05HARARE1647 | SENATE TAKES OFFICE WITH SOME SURPRISE APPOINTEES [...] (C) The 66 members of the Senate took the oath of office on November 30, amidst little fanfare and low expectations. They adjourned the next day until December 13. Beyond reviewing and debating the budget bill (septel) it is unclear what will be on the Senate,s agenda when it resumes. In ad [...] | 2005-12-06 14:09:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
05HARARE1655 | ZIMBABWE TAKES CAUTIONARY APPROACH ON DETECTED [...] (SBU) Government sources confirmed that avian influenza (AI) was found in several ostriches in southwestern Zimbabwe had a strain of AI. However, further testing showed it was not the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain. A poultry quarantine and export ban had been initially imposed but was expecte [...] | 2005-12-07 13:47:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON ETRD EAGR EAID PREL ZI |
05HARARE1663 | UN ENVOY WRESTLES CONCESSIONS FROM MUGABE [...] (C) UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland visited Zimbabwe December 4-7 to survey the ongoing humanitarian crisis and to press the GOZ for better cooperation. In his public remarks Egeland was relatively upbeat, claiming good UN/GOZ [...] | 2005-12-09 05:43:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI UN |
05HARARE1673 | COURT SIDES WITH TSVANGIRAI, OPPONENTS PLOT NEXT [...] (SBU) High Court Justice Yunus Omerjee on December 9 dismissed the court case seeking to bar Morgan Tsvangirai from conducting MDC party business (reftel). Omerjee also ordered that former MDC deputy secretary general Gift Chimanikire ) in whose name the application was submitted ) pay the c [...] | 2005-12-12 14:20:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI MDC |
05HARARE1678 | ZIMBABWE: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel request to update information for the 2005 Country Report on Terrorism. ------------------ GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. (SBU) Zimbabwe does not fit the criteria stipulated in paragraph 7 (a) (b) and (c) of reftel instructions. Despite our s [...] | 2005-12-13 11:35:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV PREL ZI |
05HARARE1679 | GOZ SEIZES TWO CRITICS, PASSPORTS, EYING MORE [...] (C) Exercising the power given to it by Constitutional Amendment 17, the GOZ last week seized the passports of two regime critics, newspaper publisher Trevor Ncube and deposed MDC spokesperson Paul Themba Nyathi. The seizures comes amidst the revelation that the GOZ has drafted a list of 64 [...] | 2005-12-13 13:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
05HARARE1680 | THE NEW SENATORS: FEW GUIDING LIGHTS [...] (C) By far the majority of the 66 new Senators are ruling party hacks, in office only to accumulate a salary and government-provided luxury cars, a fleet of which, according to a state-controlled newspaper, will cost more than US$4.3 million at the overvalued official rate. Nonetheless, the [...] | 2005-12-13 14:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ZI |
05HARARE1681 | ZANU-PF CONFERENCE ATTACKS PARTY/GOZ OFFICIALS, [...] (U) At the ZANU-PF annual national conference held in Esigodini December 9-10, President Mugabe conceded significant problems in agrarian reform, which he attributed in part to misallocation among ruling party officials and poor planning by the government. The party reportedly adopted a repo [...] | 2005-12-13 15:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAGR ZI ZANU PF |
05HARARE1688 | MURAMBATSVINA,S VICTIMS TO BE DISPLACED AGAIN? [...] (SBU) International Organization for Migration (IOM) officer Justin MacDermott told poloff on December 15 that the GOZ-appointed Harare City Council is preparing to resettle approximately 350 families from Hopely Farm to the rural areas. These families had earlier been evicted from Mbare und [...] | 2005-12-15 14:18:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
05HARARE1699 | LARGE SCALE FOOD DISTRIBUTION REINITIATED IN [...] Large-scale international food aid operations have once more begun in Zimbabwe. The World Food Program, which recently concluded protracted negotiations with the Zimbabwean Government on an MOU governing food assistance operations, has started large-scale food distributions through its tradi [...] | 2005-12-19 14:31:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL US ZI |
05HARARE1715 | MANICALAND VISITORS SIGNAL POSSIBLE RESURGENCE OF [...] (C) In separate meetings at the Embassy on December 19, the Mutare "bishops troika" and recently elected MDC Chairman for Manicaland Roy Bennett laid out for the Ambassador their separate efforts to rejuvenate "people power" in Zimbabwe, especially in Manicaland. The bishops said church leade [...] | 2005-12-20 15:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC SOCI ZI MDC |
05HARARE180 | OPPOSITION LEADER POSTPONES WASHINGTON VISIT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador on February 2 that he needed to stay in Zimbabwe to focus on the upcoming parliamentary elections instead of traveling to the United States and Canada next week as earlier planned. Tsvangirai was optimistic about the party's ch [...] | 2005-02-04 11:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE182 | SACC AND IDASA READY TO LAUNCH ZIMABABWE ELECTION [...] (SBU) One day after the the Governament of Zimbabwe's (GOZ) announcement of March 31 as the date for general Parliamentary elections, a group consisting of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) and the Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA) quitely traveled to Harare to fin [...] | 2005-02-04 14:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PHUM PGOV AMGT ECON XA AFIN ZI |
05HARARE183 | WOMEN'S GROUP PLANS FURTHER DEMOCRATIC ACTIVISM [...] (C) Jenny Williams, National Coordinator of the Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA),told the Ambassador February 1 that her organization had succeeded in creating political space for itself and its agenda of democratic change in Zimbabwe. WOZA,s challenge now was to maintain that space while drama [...] | 2005-02-04 14:10:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ZI |
05HARARE207 | SPY TRIO GETS JAIL TERMS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-10 11:05:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ZI ZANU PF |
05HARARE228 | ZANU-PF DINOSAURS, DISSENTERS EXPOSE RULING PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's February 7-9 trip to Bulawayo and Masvingo, ZANU-PF "Old Guard" figures Thenjiwe Lesabe and Dumiso Dabengwa excoriated the party's younger generation for their unseemly disregard for "liberation values," in their view, the basis for ZANU-PF's right to rul [...] | 2005-02-14 14:58:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ZI ZANU PF |
05HARARE229 | MATABELELAND RESTIVE AS CAMPAIGNS COMMENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's visit to Bulawayo February 7-8, MDC and civil society figures reviewed the election environment in surrounding Matabeleland, a historically marginalized region that is the principal home to Zimbabwe's leading minority Ndebele tribe (about 15 percent of th [...] | 2005-02-15 05:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC ZANU PF |
05HARARE249 | INDEPENDENT DAILY'S FATE REMAINS UNCERTAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A favorable Supreme Court judgment in the case of The Daily News, which was shut down by the GOZ in September 2003, was expected on February 7 but was not announced. Sources say Supreme Court Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku suppressed the announcement due to his annoyance that n [...] | 2005-02-17 09:22:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
05HARARE250 | OPPOSITION BESET BY FACTIONALISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a February 9 breakfast with the Ambassador, MDC MP for Masvingo Central Silas Mangono gave an account of the February 8 intra-party violence and his ouster as MDC candidate for his current seat in the upcoming election. According to Mangono, his supporters were unsuccessfully [...] | 2005-02-17 09:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE251 | DINOSAURS AND DISSENTERS - TAKE TWO [...] (C) The Ambassador met February 14 with the Minister of State for Indigenisation and Empowerment, J.T. Tungamirai, a Politburo member and reputedly close to President Mugabe, as well as separately with two of the ZANU-PF Members of Parliament who lost in the party primaries two weeks ago. The [...] | 2005-02-17 11:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI ZANU PF |
05HARARE310 | BULAWAYO AND MASVINGO'S MDC MAYORS ON CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: During a recent trip to south-central Zimbabwe, the Ambassador met with the mayors of Bulawayo and Masvingo on February 8 and 9 respectively. Both mayors are members of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). Mayor Japhet Ncube of Bulawayo criticized the central go [...] | 2005-02-23 14:13:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE311 | CIVIL SOCIETY LEADER RELENTS ON ELECTION BOYCOTT, [...] (C) The Ambassador met February 18 with Lovemore Maduhku, head of the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA). Madukhu said his organization and other civil society groups regarded the upcoming elections as a sham and had unsuccessfully tried to convince the opposition Movement for Democratic C [...] | 2005-02-23 14:38:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI MDC |
05HARARE318 | PRE-ELECTION ENVIRONMENT POSITIVE BUT MIXED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The election campaign period for the parliamentary elections scheduled for March 31 is in full swing with the peaceful launches of the ZANU-PF and MDC campaigns. The environment is notably less violent than in past elections, although the opposition continues to experience spo [...] | 2005-02-25 13:32:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ZI MDC ZANU PF |
05HARARE345 | ZIMBABWE'S INTERIM REPORT CARD ON IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: With just over four weeks to go before the nation's parliamentary elections, the GOZ continues to implement measures to further its case that it is complying with SADC election principles and guidelines. Many of the measures have been superficial or incompletely implemented. Th [...] | 2005-03-02 11:07:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
05HARARE347 | MIDLANDS GOVERNOR ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: On February 22, ZANU-PF Midlands Governor Cephas Msipa told the Ambassador that this year,s elections would be less violent than past elections. He predicted the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) would retain only one or two of its five seats in the province. Respon [...] | 2005-03-02 12:19:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI ZANU PF |
05HARARE383 | ZIMBABWE'S ELECTION -- WHAT'S A SUCCESS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 31 parliamentary election cannot deliver a change of government, which under Zimbabwe,s constitution is appointed by President Mugabe. That said, the stakes are high for both parties. ZANU-PF's objective is an election that secures it a 2/3 majority of 100 seats, incl [...] | 2005-03-09 15:21:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC ZANU PF |
05HARARE384 | MDC CANDIDATES OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met February 23 with three MDC officials: sitting Ministers of Parliament Willias Madzimure and Job Sikhala who are defending their seats, and MDC candidate for Parliament Goodrich Chibaira. The candidates were optimistic that the MDC would do well in the election [...] | 2005-03-10 06:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE395 | IS THE NGO BILL DEAD? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The controversial NGO bill (reftel),passed by the Parliament in December, appears to have effectively expired due to President Mugabe's failure to sign it by the constitutionally prescribed deadline. Some NGOs remain concerned that Mugabe may yet sign the bill into law and ar [...] | 2005-03-11 09:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID PGOV PREL ZI |
05HARARE423 | NATURAL RESOURCES DEGRADATION IN ZIMBABWE [...] The degradation of Zimbabwe's natural resources is continuing at an alarming rate. Environmental and natural resource issues have taken a backseat to more pressing concerns. Confronted with insecure land tenure, food insecurity and rising poverty, there are few incentives for Zimbabweans t [...] | 2005-03-16 07:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
05HARARE425 | POOR MAIZE HARVEST EXPECTED IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe's maize (corn) harvest this year will likely be less than last year's due to late planting, limited access to fertilizer and other inputs, and poor rainfall in many areas. Although official information on cereal planting, production and stocks is closely guarded by the GOZ, re [...] | 2005-03-16 12:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL US ZI |
05HARARE459 | ZIMBABWE'S LESS VIOLENT ELECTION [...] (C) This is the latest in a series of cables post is doing assessing the legal setting, pre-electoral environment, and conduct of Zimbabwe,s March 31 parliamentary elections. According to everyone involved in the election, violence is much reduced from the 2000 parliamentary and 2002 president [...] | 2005-03-25 09:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ZI |
05HARARE467 | PLAYING FIELD HEAVILY TILTED, BUT OUTCOME STILL [...] (C) With less than a week to go before Zimbabwe,s electorate goes to the polls the result is uncertain. The election playing field is heavily tilted in the ruling party's favor. However, the MDC has proven stronger than expected and ZANU-PF weaker. Mugabe,s gamble to reduce violence in ord [...] | 2005-03-28 12:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
05HARARE468 | INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE MOYO ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) Controversial independent MP candidate Jonathan Moyo on March 22 told a visiting U.S. Congressional staff delegation and an Embassy election observer that ZANU-PF was a &spent force.8 He described ZANU-PF as a party of tribalists with no direction. Moyo also expressed little regard for t [...] | 2005-03-28 12:18:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI ZANU PF |
05HARARE469 | OPPOSITION LEADER UPBEAT IN ELECTION STRETCH DRIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a dinner at the Residence on March 24, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai confidently predicted to the Ambassador and a visiting Congressional staff delegation that his party would win a majority of the contested seats in the March 31 parliamentary election. Tsvangirai said Z [...] | 2005-03-28 12:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE474 | HOUSE STAFF DELEGATION VISITS ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Majority Staffer Malik Chaka and Minority Staffer Pearl-Alice Marsh from the House of Representatives International Relations Committee (HIRC) visited Zimbabwe March 20-25, traveling to Bulwayo March 21-22. In Bulawayo the Staff Delegation met renegade independent candidate Jonathan Moy [...] | 2005-03-30 09:57:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ZI VIP |
05HARARE48 | UPDATED NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR [...] (SBU) Embassy Harare Date of Submission: January 11, 2005 2. (SBU) Head of Government & State Last Name: Mugabe First/Middle Names: Robert Gabriel Formal Title: President Office Telephone Number: (263 4) 707-091/9 Comments: To reach Residence call office number and ask to be connected to [...] | 2005-01-11 13:04:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ZI |
05HARARE486 | South African Ambassador Acknowledges MDC Momentum [...] (C) South African Ambassador Ndou called on Ambassador Dell March 30 to discuss Zimbabwe's March 31 parliamentary elections. Ndou said his government hoped to see the election lead to intra-party talks and perhaps to a government of national unity. The Ambassador responded that the MDC seeme [...] | 2005-03-30 17:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
05HARARE488 | MDC HEAD PREDICTS VICTORY AND ASKS SUPPORT [...] (C) In a midnight meeting with the Ambassador on March 30, MDC leader Morgan Tsvagirai predicted that his party would win a majority of the contested seats in the next day,s parliamentary elections. He said he would hold a press conference on Friday afternoon, April 1, to claim a democratic m [...] | 2005-03-31 15:09:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC |
05HARARE501 | INTERIM RESULTS INDICATE NET SHIFT TO RULING PARTY [...] (C) As of 9:30 p.m. local time, the Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) had reported 49 seats won by ZANU-PF and 35 seats won by the MDC. More importantly, the results so far represent a net shift of ten seats to the ruling party's favor from the 2000 election. The opposition MDC has also fa [...] | 2005-04-01 20:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI ZANU PF MDC |
05HARARE502 | FRAUDULENT LANDSLIDE "WIN" FOR ZANU-PF [...] (C) Nearly complete results show ZANU-PF cruising to an overwhelming win in Zimbabwe's parliamentary elections amid mounting (and credible) allegations of fraud by the MDC and civil society. With five seats remaining to be announced, ZANU-PF has taken 74 and the MDC 40, with one independent [...] | 2005-04-02 12:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ZI SF PGOV PREL MDC ZANU PF |
05HARARE508 | TSVANGIRAI BOUNCING BACK: DETAILS FRAUD AND NEXT [...] (C) A more upbeat MDC Head Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador late Saturday night that his contacts inside the CIO had told him the MDC had won over 90 seats in the March 31 Parliamentary elections. Tsvangirai said his next step was to go after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) and f [...] | 2005-04-04 17:21:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC |
05HARARE509 | TAINTED ELECTION GIVES ZANU-PF 2/3 MAJORITY, [...] (U) In the wake of the March 31 elections, Zimbabwe's new Parliament will include 108 MPs from ZANU-PF (including 30 appointees),41 from the MDC, and one independent, Jonathan Moyo. Despite the MDC,s claims that the results were rigged, the South African, SADC and AU observer missions have, [...] | 2005-04-04 17:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
05HARARE547 | ZANU-PF POLITBURO MEMBER DISMISSIVE OF PARTY,S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a candid exchange with the Ambassador on April 6, politburo member and former Finance Minister Simba Makoni asked about U.S. reaction to the elections. The Ambassador explained USG objections, sharing with Makoni a copy of the Embassy press release. Makoni said the U.S. anal [...] | 2005-04-08 12:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN PHUM ZI ZANU PF |
05HARARE562 | A KINDER, GENTLER ZANU-PF? NOT LIKELY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Speculation that an overwhelming ZANU-PF win in the Parliamentary elections, coupled with the recent party purges (ref A),would lead ZANU-PF to moderate its stance toward the opposition so far appears unfounded. Mugabe's public portrayal of the MDC has returned to a more vitriol [...] | 2005-04-11 14:00:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ZI ZANU PF |
05HARARE563 | ZIMBABWE'S FLAWED ELECTION - WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Inexplicably high voting totals, high voter turn-away rates, and manipulation of voter registration rolls appear to have been used in combination by the ruling ZANU-PF party in a large number of constituencies to ensure its &victory8 in Zimbabwe,s March 31 parliamentary electio [...] | 2005-04-11 15:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
05HARARE580 | LESSONS LEARNED FROM ZIMBABWE,S 2005 PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) The lessons to be learned from Zimbabwe,s tainted March 31 parliamentary elections fall into four categories, lessons for: (a) the opposition; (b) civil society; (c) regional outreach; and, (d) the US government. Some of these lessons are not new but build on or refine lessons from previo [...] | 2005-04-14 11:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PREL PHUM ZI |
05HARARE588 | MDC Post-Election Plans Taking Form [...] In an April 14 meeting with the Ambassador, MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai laid out in more detail his party's plans for challenging the GOZ in the wake of a third successive stolen election. Tsvangirai said Mugabe would never leave power by democratic means. The Zimbabwean people would have [...] | 2005-04-16 08:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE604 | MORE OF THE SAME IN NEW GOZ CABINET [...] (C) President Mugabe on April 15 announced a new, expanded cabinet, which he said was geared to &turn around8 Zimbabwe,s economy. However, most members of the new Cabinet are holdovers from the previous one, including on the economic front, although some Ministers have shifted portfolios. Th [...] | 2005-04-21 14:58:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
05HARARE663 | MEDIA REPRESSION CONTINUES UNDER NEW INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Following his appointment in mid-April, new Minister of Information and Publicity Jokonya has made public overtures to local journalists. However, Jokonoya has also reiterated his commitment to the existing repressive media laws and Government intimidation of journalists has continued u [...] | 2005-05-09 14:57:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PGOV PREL ZI |
05HARARE672 | POST ELECTION VIOLENCE YIELDS FIRST POLITICAL [...] (C) MDC spokesperson for Mashonaland West Biggie Haurobi confirmed to poloff on May 9 the circumstances surrounding the April 29 murder of MDC activist Moffat Ebrahim, which had been reported by the local press. According to Haurobi, ZANU-PF supporters in the Kashimhure Village near Karoi were [...] | 2005-05-11 05:13:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI ZANU PF MDC |
05HARARE710 | Food Security Update [...] (SBU) Food insecurity will likely be widespread in Zimbabwe this year. Concerns about the maize (corn) harvest (reftel),the country's staple crop, have been borne out and a large deficit is being forecast. The problem could be exacerbated by Zimbabwe's lack of foreign exchange, which could [...] | 2005-05-20 05:39:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PREL ECON ZI |
05HARARE713 | DUST-UP AT MDC,S HARVEST HOUSE [...] (U) According to local press reports, a gang of youths occupied the MDC's Harvest House headquarters May 16-17 and demanded the removal of party Secretary-General Welshman Ncube, Deputy Secretary-General Gift Chimanikire, Treasurer Fletcher Dulini-Ncube and other senior executives. President [...] | 2005-05-20 07:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE715 | VICE-PRESIDENT CORDIAL, SIGNALS LITTLE IN MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a courtesy call by the Ambassador on May 19, Vice-President Joyce Mujuru reiterated her government's desire for better relations with the United States, but gave no indication that the GOZ was contemplating concrete steps to encourage rapprochement. The Ambassador recount [...] | 2005-05-20 07:07:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
05HARARE737 | URBAN TENSIONS BOILING OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Clashes between residents and police over the high profile destruction of unauthorized structures around town and the city's growing failure to deliver services have increased political tension in the capital. Police presence and roadblocks are markedly increasing, including outs [...] | 2005-05-27 09:41:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
05HARARE741 | MDC HEAD ON GROWING UNREST; WASHINGTON TRIP [...] MDC Head Morgan Tsvangirai met with the Ambassador May 27 to discuss the growing unrest in the country. Tsvangirai said the GOZ seemed to be trying to provoke a response that it could crush but may have miscalculated given the numbers of people involved and their desperation. He said the op [...] | 2005-05-27 11:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE760 | GONO LAYS IT ON THICK [...] (C) Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono told the Ambassador June 1 that the GOZ wanted western financial assistance and better relations with the U.S. and the UK. The GOZ was prepared to play by global economic rules, including honoring bilateral investment agreements, and was prepared to negot [...] | 2005-06-02 15:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
05HARARE774 | MDC OFFICIAL ON PARTY TACTICS, INTERNAL TURMOIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: MDC Secretary for Presidential Affairs (and principal aide to Party President Morgan Tsvangirai) Gandi Mudzingwa on June 1 told poloff that the party was working closely with civil society to foment protests over the GOZ crackdown against the informal sector. Mudzingwa asserted [...] | 2005-06-03 10:10:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE786 | Zimbabwe's Growing Water Problems [...] Zimbabwe's urban infrastructure is raidly deteriorating as a result of six consequtive years of GOZ economic mismanagement. The supply and distribution of potable water has become especially problematic in several cities. There are reports of diarrhea and other stomach ailments increasing [...] | 2005-06-07 07:14:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
05HARARE788 | STAY-AWAY PLANNED FOR JUNE 9 AND 10 [...] (C) The "Broad Alliance" of civil society and opposition groups, including the MDC, is organizing a mass work stoppage for June 9 and 10, as a first step toward possible later mass protests. However, the National Constitutional Assembly's (NCA) Lovemore Madhuku appears to the stay-away's drivi [...] | 2005-06-07 12:26:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE801 | INFORMATION MINISTER ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, MEDIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a courtesy call by the Ambassador at the Ministry on June 2, new Minister of Information Tichaona Jokonya defended the GOZ's media policy and its Operation "Restore Order". He said he wanted better relations with the independent media and with the USG. The Ambassador cond [...] | 2005-06-09 13:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO PHUM PGOV ZI |
05HARARE803 | DAY ONE OF STAY-AWAY [...] (C) June 9, day one of the Broad Alliance-led two-day stay-away, appeared to be a partial success. The greatest impact was in Harare where Embassy staff observed slightly reduced vehicular traffic and significantly reduced pedestrian traffic. Some businesses reported that the majority of the [...] | 2005-06-09 14:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ASEC ZI MDC |
05HARARE804 | NO NEW DIRECTION IN MUGABE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) President Mugabe's speech to the opening session of the new Parliament on June 9 projected familiar themes of western conspiracies and government intervention in the economy. It broke little new ground and reinforced that the GOZ was unlikely to relax its heavy-handedness in political, [...] | 2005-06-09 15:37:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
05HARARE83 | TURMOIL AND INTRIGUE CONTINUE IN RUN-UP TO ZANU-PF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Harare's headlines continue to be dominated by tales of intra-ZANU-PF conflicts and a spy scandal in the run-up to the ruling party's parliamentary primaries scheduled for January 15. Plans to reserve a quota of seats for women appears to be the method of choice for dislodging c [...] | 2005-01-14 09:40:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ZI ZANU PF |
05HARARE830 | A LOOK BACK AS OPERATION "RESTORE ORDER" ENTERS [...] (C) As the GOZ,s crackdown, code-named Operation &Murambatsvina8 or &Restore Order8 enters its fourth week it shows no sign of slowing down. The crackdown began shortly after Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono,s national address on May 19, in which he blamed the informal economy for sabotaging [...] | 2005-06-14 08:58:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC ZI |
05HARARE831 | MODEST STAY-AWAY RESULTS CHALLENGE BROAD ALLIANCE [...] (C) The NCA,s Lovemore Madukhu, organizer of last week,s stayaway action, called it a limited success. However, Madhuku acknowledged that poor organization and communications had hampered the effort. Other opposition leaders were less charitable. While some alliance members felt slighted in [...] | 2005-06-14 11:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ZI |
05HARARE832 | UNDP RESREP GETS RELIGION ON LOOMING IDP, FOOD [...] (C) In a meeting at UNDP offices on June 13, the CDA told UNDP Resrep Zacarias that we were concerned about the potential for the Operation Restore Order to further exacerbate the looming food crisis. Moreover, as long as the operation continued, donors and relief agencies were chasing a mov [...] | 2005-06-15 07:18:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM PREL ECON ASEC ZI |
05HARARE868 | MDC HEAD PREVIEWS MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR FRAZER [...] MDC President Morgan Tsavngirai met with CDA June 21 to discuss his June 22-24 trip to South Africa and his meeting with Ambassador Frazier. Tsvangirai said the purpose of the trip was to meet with IRI,s communications expert and discuss the party,s message in the wake of another stolen elec [...] | 2005-06-22 15:24:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE911 | PROCEDURES FOR ZIMBABWE,S SANCTIONS REGIME [...] (SBU) As the USG prepares to adjust the Zimbabwe sanctions list, Post offers the recommendations below concerning classification of the visa sanction list, notifications of sanctioned individuals, and entry of names into the visa lookout system. Post will send via septel suggested additions/d [...] | 2005-07-05 09:07:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR CVIS ZI |
05HARARE914 | RESTORE ORDER TSUNAMI ROLLS ON [...] (C) Now in its second month, Operation Restore Order is affecting both urban and rural populations throughout the country. In Harare, residents of high-density suburbs, domestics and other staff in low-density suburbs, and tenants in downtown office buildings have been turned out of their bui [...] | 2005-07-05 14:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC ZI |
05HARARE928 | UN ENVOY CRITICAL OF GOZ AND "RESTORE ORDER", [...] (C) UN Special Envoy Anna Tibaijuka on July 4 told the CDA and visiting Congressional staff Gregory Simpkins and Pearl Alice Marsh that she found the GOZ's Restore Order campaign misguided, destructive, and wrong. She said that GOZ officials, including President Mugabe, had been unapologetic [...] | 2005-07-06 13:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI ZI |
05HARARE949 | UN SPECIAL ENVOY BRIEFS ON MISSION RESULTS: [...] (C) UN Special Envoy Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka briefed the donor community July 8 on the results of her visit. In a sop to the GOZ, she called Operation Restore Order &well-intentioned,8 but was nonetheless highly critical of its underlying assumption that urbanization could be reversed and of [...] | 2005-07-11 14:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ZI |
05HARARE951 | ZIMBABWE SANCTIONS - SUGGESTED ADDITIONS AND [...] (SBU) In response to the flawed March parliamentary elections, the EU,s new sanctions list, and the GOZ,s brutal Operation Restore Order, Post suggests the additions and deletions to the visa sanctions list detailed below. ------------------ Names To Be Added ------------------ 2. (SBU) [...] | 2005-07-11 15:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
05HARARE954 | AGREMENT REQUEST [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-12 11:33:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ZI |
05HARARE976 | STAFFDEL SIMPKINS ENGAGES ON RESTORE ORDER [...] (C) On a visit to assess and discuss the effects of Operation Restore Order, Majority Staffer Gregory Simpkins and Minority Staffer Pearl-Alice Marsh from the House of Representatives International Relations Committee (HIRC) traveled to Harare and Bulawayo, July 2-6. The staffdel saw first ha [...] | 2005-07-15 07:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EFIN SOCI ZI VIP |
05HARARE977 | BUSINESS LEADERS PLEAD FOR IMF LENIENCY [...] (C) At a meeting with the CDA on July 13, Congress of Zimbabwean Industries (CZI) President Patison Sithole, CZI immediate past president Kumbirayi Katsande, and Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe President Jack Murehwa urged that the USG not support IMF expulsion of Zimbabwe. They expressed concer [...] | 2005-07-15 07:40:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EINV ZI |
05HARARE980 | GOZ ANNOUNCES SUSPENSION OF DEMOLITIONS [...] (SBU) On July 15, Housing Minister Ignatius Chombo announced that the GOZ would halt Operation Restore Order, the GOZ's nationwide campaign to demolish "unauthorized structures" (reftel),for ten days in order to allow low-density suburb residents time to legalize any structures that do not co [...] | 2005-07-18 13:56:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR ASEC ZI |
05HARARE982 | THIRD FORCE READY TO EMERGE? [...] (C) Pearson Mbalekwa, an ex-MP who recently resigned from ZANU-PF, told poloff on July 14 that a "third force" was coalescing and expected to emerge publicly within two months. The force, which so far lacked a leadership structure, would likely be composed of disaffected ZANU-PF elements large [...] | 2005-07-18 15:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
05HARARE988 | MORE BLOWS FOR INDEPENDENT MEDIA [...] (C) In a blow to media freedom, the Media and Information Commission (MIC) has again denied operating licenses to the semi-independent weekly Tribune newspaper and to the independent Daily News and Daily News on Sunday. The two decisions were announced July 13 and 19 respectively. The publis [...] | 2005-07-20 06:07:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
05HARARE991 | OPERATION RESTORE ORDER IN BULAWAYO [...] (SBU) Operation Restore Order has had a profound effect on Bulawayo, Zimbabwe,s second largest city, much as it has in other cities around the country. During a visit to Bulawayo with Staffdel Simpkins on July 3-4, embassy staff viewed scenes of devastation and relief efforts at sites for dis [...] | 2005-07-20 14:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC ECON ZI |
05HARARE995 | ZIMBABWE FINANCIAL SANCTIONS - SUGGESTED ADDITIONS [...] (SBU) In response to the flawed March parliamentary elections, the EU,s new sanctions list, and the GOZ,s brutal Operation Restore Order, Post suggests the additions and deletions to the financial sanctions list detailed below. Post relayed suggested additions and deletions to the visa sancti [...] | 2005-07-20 15:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN PINR PHUM PGOV ZI |
05HELSINKI1013 | EXTREMISM IN FINLAND [...] (C) Summary: Finland has a small but growing Muslim population of approximately 20,000. Extremist sentiment is not widespread throughout the Muslim community, but areas of concern exist. Embassy Helsinki's strategy to combat extremism consists of an active outreach to Finland's Muslims co [...] | 2005-09-26 06:59:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KMPI KPAO PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID FI |
05HELSINKI1015 | FINLAND WILL NOT (YET) SUPPORT LISTING THE LTTE AS [...] (C) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Ambassador Mikko Pyhala, MFA office director for South Asia. Pyhala noted that the GOF has publicly denounced the assassination of the Sri Lankan foreign minister and continues to condemn the LTTE both for other murders attributed to it and for its u [...] | 2005-09-26 09:46:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KTFN PTER PREL CO FI |
05HELSINKI1022 | FINLAND: TURKEY, IRAN AND CROATIA TO DOMINATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finland believes discussions of Turkey and Iran are likely to dominate the Oct. 3 GAERC meetings. The GOF is optimistic about an Oct. 3 start date for EU accession talks with Turkey, but fears that some member states may try to push prematurely for a statement regarding Croatia's [...] | 2005-09-27 12:22:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM KPAL FI TU EUN EU GAERC |
05HELSINKI1047 | CODEL HOBSON VISIT TO FINLAND [...] Summary. CODEL Hobson -- House Appropriations Energy and Water Development Subcommittee Chairman David Hobson (R-OH),Representative Ed Pastor (D-AZ),Representative Marion Berry (D-AR),Representative James Clyburn (D-SC),and Representative Phil Gingrey (R-GA) -- visited Finland, August 18- [...] | 2005-09-29 13:55:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP ENRG PREL FI EUN |
05HELSINKI1066 | FINLAND: PLANS FOR UPCOMING EU TALKS ON UNCHR [...] (SBU) Poloffs on Oct. 3 spoke with MFA Director for Human Rights Johanna Suurpaa and other Finnish officials about Finland's and the EU's next steps on UNCHR reform. Finland will be EU President beginning in July 2006, and the GoF hopes that negotiations on UNCHR reform can be concluded in t [...] | 2005-10-04 14:07:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREL EUN UNGA |
05HELSINKI1113 | FINLAND: MY THOUGHTS AS I DEPART POST [...] (SBU) Summary: Finland's 2006 second-term EU Presidency offers the opportunity to strengthen trans- Atlantic ties and advance key U.S. interests. The U.S. and Finland share a broad agenda, including promoting democracy, crisis management and peacekeeping, trafficking-in-persons, and security [...] | 2005-10-18 13:40:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID SOCI FI EU |
05HELSINKI1114 | AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT HALONEN [...] (C) The Ambassador on Oct. 7 paid a farewell call on President Halonen. Halonen began her remarks by pointedly telling the Ambassador "I am a friend of America." She said that Finnish-American relations were strong, and that she looked forward to working together with the U.S. in the futur [...] | 2005-10-19 05:10:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL FI |
05HELSINKI1116 | FINNISH PRESIDENT HALONEN'S TRAVELS TO RUSSIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In late Sept. and early Oct., President Halonen has made official visits to Russia and to Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. In Russia, the GOF sees bilateral progress on environmental issues and border security, in part thanks to the good relations between the two presidents. Howe [...] | 2005-10-19 06:24:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM SENV FI AJ EU RS LG UK EN AM |
05HELSINKI1128 | BMENA FUND/FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE - FINLAND [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-21 14:09:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PHUM EU DA |
05HELSINKI1131 | FINLAND TO CONTRIBUTE WINTER TENTS TO PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) In response to reftels, Ulla-Maija Finskas, Director of the MFA Unit for Humanitarian Assistance, said that Finland will donate 8,000 winter tents to the Pakistan earthquake relief effort. The assistance, valued at approximately $4 Million, will be administered through the Finnish Red Cr [...] | 2005-10-24 10:53:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREL FI |
05HELSINKI1139 | EVERY FINN'S PRESIDENT: WHY TARJA HALONEN REMAINS [...] (SBU) Social Democratic President Tarja Halonen remains enormously popular in Finland, and polls consistently predict that she will easily win a second term in January's election. Halonen's left-wing base remains rock solid and her appeal across party lines is the object of great envy. Finlan [...] | 2005-10-26 11:58:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ELAB PINR FI |
05HELSINKI1141 | FOLLOW-UP ON FINNISH ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (U) Follow-up to reftels, Post reports that the GoF will donate EUR 2.7 Million (approximately USD 3.2 Million) to the Pakistan earthquake relief effort. Finland has pledged the funds to the Finnish Red Cross, who will purchase approximatel [...] | 2005-10-26 12:45:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREL FI |
05HELSINKI1146 | FINLAND SUPPORTIVE OF COORDINATED U.S-EU EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary: The GOF welcomes U.S. efforts to coordinate a robust Belarus strategy with EU partners. It views a strong message to Lukashenko as desirable and welcomes democracy promotion and outreach to civil society. However, the GOF cautions that the U.S. and EU must commit for the long-ter [...] | 2005-10-27 12:52:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM EAID BO FI PROG EUN |
05HELSINKI1163 | FINLAND CONDEMNS IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S EXTREMISM [...] (U) The GOF has roundly condemned Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad's October 25 call for Israel to be "wiped off the map." On Oct. 27, Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja released a public statement that expressed the GOF's "deep disapproval of the Iranian president's comment;" emphasized that "und [...] | 2005-11-01 14:22:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PHUM PGOV IR FI |
05HELSINKI1170 | FINNISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF NOVEMBER GAERC [...] (SBU) PolChief delivered reftel demarche to EU Correspondent Jarno Syrjala, who highlighted the Balkans, ICTY cooperation, Syria, Iran and the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP) among Finnish priorities for the November GAERC. 2. (SBU) BALKANS: Syrjala anticipated (correctly) that former Mar [...] | 2005-11-02 13:29:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID BO KPAL IZ SY YI EAGR MK ETRD FI EUN EU GAERC |
05HELSINKI1175 | FINLAND: SUPPORTS U.S. APPROACH ON BOLIVIA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-04 06:35:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL FI |
05HELSINKI1186 | FINLAND INCREASES ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAKISTANI [...] (U) Responding to the reftel demarche, MFA officials noted that they would increase their Pakistan earthquake relief assistance by another EUR 4M (approximately USD 4.4M). This increase--pending Parliament approval--would bring Finland's total official contribution to over EUR 9M (or approxima [...] | 2005-11-10 08:48:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PK PREL FI |
05HELSINKI1203 | FINLAND: CUBA LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (C) Poloff spoke with officials in the Office for Caribbean and Central American Affairs at Finland's MFA and confirmed that there have been no changes in Finland's policy toward Cuba since Reftel was drafted in May. There have been no high-level contacts between Finnish and Cuban officials [...] | 2005-11-15 12:38:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU FI |
05HELSINKI1209 | FINNISH REACTION TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Tanya Jaaskelainen, Deputy EU Correspondent in the MFA's Unit for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy. The points were also sent to the EU Coordinator in the Prime Minister's Office. Jaaskelainen said that Finland would focus on the MEPP, Kosovo, an [...] | 2005-11-17 11:27:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL IZ FI EUN EU GAERC |
05HELSINKI1210 | CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF PARLIAMENTARY REFORM IN [...] (U) Summary and Action Request: This message contains an action request. Please see para. 7. 2. (U) Charg and APAO called on the Secretary General of the Finnish Parliament, Seppo Tiitinen, to discuss celebration plans for the 100 year anniversary of the Parliament beginning on June 1, 20 [...] | 2005-11-17 12:01:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV FI |
05HELSINKI1211 | CHARGE'S MEETING WITH UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR [...] (C) Summary: The Charge spoke with UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Scheinin in Turku on Nov. 10. Scheinin said he planned to be proactive in investigating human rights abuses committed in the name of combating terrorism. He plans to go beyond reporting and to engage governments and [...] | 2005-11-17 12:01:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL FI UNGA EUN |
05HELSINKI1216 | FINLAND: VIEWS ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) Finland shares USG concerns about possible no-action motions on important Third Committee resolutions. Johanna Suurpaa, MFA Director for Human Rights, told Poloff that the GoF was increasingly pessimistic about the Uzbekistan and Burma resolutions. The Burmese regime has been embolden [...] | 2005-11-18 13:58:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL FI UNHRC |
05HELSINKI1234 | FINLAND: NO MONITORS FOR BOLIVIAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) Poloff spoke with MFA desk officer for Bolivia Anu-Vuori Kiikeri on November 28 about the rescheduled Dec. 18 elections. Kiikeri had just returned from a visit to La Paz where she attended a meeting of EU ambassadors. She said that Finland will not send election monitors to Bolivia. Fi [...] | 2005-11-28 14:30:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BO FI |
05HELSINKI1263 | FINLAND SUPPORTS MDA PROTOCOL [...] (U) In response to reftel, post confirmed that Finland strongly supports the U.S. position on the MDA protocol. The MFA's Director of International Law is in Geneva presently and will represent Finland if the protocol comes to a vote. The Finns believe that the protocol will be approved desp [...] | 2005-12-07 14:45:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL FI |
05HELSINKI1267 | CHARGE'S MEETING WITH FINNISH PRIME MINISTER [...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister Vanhanen and Charge reviewed several issues of interest to the U.S. and Finland Nov. 25. Vanhanen raised the issue of an alleged CIA flight through Finland about which the GOF has faced heavy political and press criticism. He also discussed the current presidential [...] | 2005-12-08 15:12:00 | Embassy Helsinki | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON MARR MOPS FI EU |
05HELSINKI127 | ACEH: FINNISH MEDIATOR AHTISAARI PLEASED WITH [...] (C) Poloff on January 30 spoke with former Finnish President Ahtisaari's special assistant Kristiina Rinkineva. Ahtisaari is the head of Finland's Crisis Management Initiative (CMI),a conflict-resolution think tank, and had agreed to hosting a meeting of GAM and GoI representatives after be [...] | 2005-01-31 13:13:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MOPS ASEC ID FI |
05HELSINKI1277 | FINLAND MOVES TO IMPLEMENT NATIONAL ACTION PLAN [...] (U) Summary: Finland is in the process of implementing its new National Action Plan. Each ministry and agency has created an internal implementation strategy. An interagency working group will monitor and report results. Police and prosecutors are investigating several cases, but suffer f [...] | 2005-12-12 11:28:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG SOCI FI |
05HELSINKI1281 | FINNISH RESPONSE TO S LETTER ON ALLEGED US [...] (C) Summary: Finnish MFA officials have offered generally measured reactions to the Secretary's response to Foreign Secretary Straw on alleged US detention and transportation of terrorist suspects through the EU. FM Tuomioja publicly welcomed the Secretary's dialogue with European partners at [...] | 2005-12-12 13:38:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM FI EUN |
05HELSINKI1286 | DEMARCHE TO FINLAND - CONDEMNING THE ASSASSINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-15 08:20:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER FI |
05HELSINKI1290 | FINLAND: UN RAPPORTEUR WELCOMES THE SECRETARY'S [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Scheinin welcomed the Secretary's clarification of U.S. policy on transportation of prisoners and U.S. obligations under the CAT. He said her specific reference to "degrading" treatment was important, but noted that additional clarificati [...] | 2005-12-15 12:32:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI FI |
05HELSINKI1310 | FINLAND'S "NATO CANDIDATE" STRESSES TRANS-ATLANTIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Swedish People's Party candidate and MEP Henrick Lax briefed us on the presidential campaign and the political challenges facing the US and Europe. He expressed grave concern about developments in Russia and argued that Finland must assume far greater leadership in helping formu [...] | 2005-12-23 10:45:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR SENV PINR FI |
05HELSINKI1325 | FINLAND: 2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] (U) This report is keyed to the relevant sections in reftel. Embassy poc for the drugs and chemical diversion control portion of the INCSR is Poloff David Allen Schlaefer (SchlaeferDA2@state.gov). Embassy poc for the financial crimes portion of the INCSR is Econoff Mika Cleverley (Cleverle [...] | 2005-12-30 11:08:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR SMIG SOCI PREL FI |
05HELSINKI137 | FINLAND: REACTION TO IRAQI ELECTIONS [...] (C) Finland's Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja has not issued a formal statement on the Iraqi elections, but told reporters in Brussels on January 31 that the elections were a step in the right direction. He said that he was particularly encouraged that the majority of Iraqis voted despite th [...] | 2005-02-02 15:08:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ FI |
05HELSINKI160 | AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH FM: MIDDLE EAST IS "NUMBER [...] (C) Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja invited the Ambassador to a working lunch February 2. Tuomioja was more relaxed and upbeat than we have seen for some time; the Ambassador was received unusually warmly and a cordial atmosphere existed throughout. The FM welcomed the President's Fe [...] | 2005-02-04 15:59:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF AF ID CH MARR CASC KIPR FI EUN |
05HELSINKI185 | ACEH: FINNISH INTERMEDIARY MORE PESSIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (S) DCM Weisberg met with Juha Christensen on February 11 to discuss the Aceh talks in Helsinki. Christensen is the Finnish businessman who facilitated the introduction of former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari as a mediator between the GoI and GAM. Christensen was decidedly more pessim [...] | 2005-02-11 14:55:00 | Embassy Helsinki | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS ID FI EAID |
05HELSINKI186 | AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH PRESIDENT HALONEN [...] (C) In a meeting over lunch February 11, Finnish President Tarja Halonen reinforced in person what we have already heard from her staff: that she would appreciate an opportunity to meet with the President. Halonen told the Ambassador that she wants to take a leading role in promoting the norma [...] | 2005-02-14 17:01:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF AF CH IZ RS FI EUN |
05HELSINKI202 | FINLAND'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON EU DESIGNATION [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche February 14 to Jarno Syrjala, MFA's "regional director" for Lebanon, Syria, Israel, and the Palestinian Authority in its Middle East Unit, and to Juha Rainne of the Unit for Public International Law. On the same day, Ambassador met with Israel Ambassador [...] | 2005-02-16 14:21:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC EFIN XF LE FI EUN EU GAERC |
05HELSINKI207 | FEBRUARY 21 GAERC: FINLAND RESPONSE [...] (U) We delivered Ref A demarche to the Finnish MFA and the Prime Minister's Office on February 11. In a February 16 follow-up conversation with Kimmo Lahdevirta, Finnish EU Correspondent, Lahdevirta provided GoF views on the GAERC agenda and a preview of the issues the Finns want to raise dur [...] | 2005-02-17 13:04:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UP MD SR BK SU HR FI EUN EU GAERC |
05HELSINKI228 | ACEH TALKS: FINNISH MEDIATORS POSITIVE AFTER DAY 2 [...] (C) Poloff spoke with Meri-Maria Jaarva of the Crisis Management Initiative (CMI) on the night of February 22. Jaarva is the chief assistant of former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari for the Aceh talks. Jaarva said that there had been an "enormous change" in the demeanor and attitude of [...] | 2005-02-23 09:04:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS MARR EAID ASEC ID FI |
05HELSINKI242 | ACEH TALKS: CONVERSATION WITH AHTISAARI'S OFFICE [...] (C) On February 24, POL Chief and UK DCM met with Meeri-Maria Jaarva of former Finnish President Ahtisaari's staff for a more detailed read-out of the second round of the GoI-GAM talks held February 21-23 (Ref A). Jaarva described discussions in each of the agenda items, and said both sides h [...] | 2005-02-25 13:22:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MOPS MARR EAID ASEC ID FI |
05HELSINKI273 | FINLAND: 2005 TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS UPDATE [...] (U) The Finnish Government is set to release its new National Action Plan for combating trafficking-in-persons sometime next week or the following week. The Plan will detail new GoF measures to develop a victim-centered approach to trafficking, a significant break with previous GoF policy. [...] | 2005-03-04 16:15:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB ASEC PREF PREL SMIG FI |
05HELSINKI274 | CORRECTED COPY - SEE PARAGRAPH 2 -- FINLAND: 2005 [...] (U) The Finnish Government is set to release its new National Action Plan for combating trafficking-in-persons sometime next week or the following week. The Plan will detail new GoF measures to develop a victim-centered approach to trafficking, a significant break with previous GoF policy. [...] | 2005-03-07 10:34:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB ASEC PREF PREL SMIG FI |
05HELSINKI287 | FINLAND ON SYRIA'S PRESENCE IN LEBANON [...] (U) In a March 6 interview with local television, Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja said that withdrawal of Syrian troops to the Biqa' is insufficient. Tuomioja stressed that Syrian troops must move to the Syrian side of the border, and added the following: "It is not a question of a [...] | 2005-03-07 14:27:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS SY LE FI |
05HELSINKI3 | EMBASSY HELSINKI'S RESPONSE TO SEMI-ANNUAL REQUEST [...] Per reftel, Post submits the following updated contact information on leading Finnish government figures. 2. COUNTRY: Republic of Finland DATE: December 29, 2004 HEAD OF GOVERNMENT: Last Name: Vanhanen First Name/Middle Name: Matti Taneli Conventional Usage: Mr. Prime Mini [...] | 2005-01-03 06:45:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL AMGT FI |
05HELSINKI300 | AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH NEW EU REP KEMPPINEN [...] (C) Reijo Kemppinen, who until recently was European Commission spokesman, has been appointed the Commission's new Head of Representation in Finland. In his introductory conversation with the Ambassador, discussion covered a wide range of topics, from the President's and Secretary's February [...] | 2005-03-10 15:20:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF RS FI EUN |
05HELSINKI321 | FINLAND: VIEWS ON MARCH GAERC ISSUES [...] (U) On March 15 we met with Finnish MFA Acting European Correspondent Leena Aalto to review issues on the agenda for the March 16 GAERC, and to reinforce USG concern over the future of the EU's China arms embargo. Following are Finnish views, by subject: 2. (C) Croatia: Aalto said that "fr [...] | 2005-03-15 15:17:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM XF CH HR LE RS FI EUN EU GAERC |
05HELSINKI345 | FINLAND: SOMALIA-IGAD DEPLOYMENT PLAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-22 14:54:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO FI |
05HELSINKI383 | FINLAND'S ATTENDANCE AT THE OSLO DONOR'S [...] On March 31, Ambassador Mack delivered the reftel talking points to Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Paula Lehtomaki, requesting high-level Finnish attendance and commensurate pledges at the Oslo Donor's Conference on Sudan on April 11-12. Minister Lehtomaki was noticeably impressed t [...] | 2005-03-31 12:23:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ECON FI |
05HELSINKI406 | GWOT ASSESSMENT: EMBASSY HELSINKI RESPONSE [...] (S) Embassy Helsinki has found that our primary challenge in dealing with the GoF on counterterrorism issues has been to overcome the ingrained Finnish belief that "it can't happen here." This mind-set, on the part of senior officials and public opinion alike, has slowed Finnish progress in m [...] | 2005-04-07 14:22:00 | Embassy Helsinki | SECRET | PTER PREL FI |
05HELSINKI462 | FINLAND: COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES MEETING IN CHILE [...] (U) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to officials in the MFA's Global Affairs Bureau, noting that Secretary Rice's participation in the Ministerial meeting reflects the importance the U.S. attaches to the Community of Democracies. As of April 20, the MFA was still unsure if any officials fro [...] | 2005-04-20 11:51:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL FI |
05HELSINKI471 | FINLAND: UPDATE ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] (U) In addition to the Finnish officials reported in ref A, Finland's MFA advised post on April 22 that Ambassador Marjatta Rasi will also attend the Community of Democracies meeting in Chile. Rasi is currently "Special Ambassador for Development Assistance" in the MFA, and will assume the [...] | 2005-04-22 11:20:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL FI |
05HELSINKI475 | APRIL 25-26 GAERC: FINLAND'S RESPONSE [...] (C) On April 22 we met with Jarno Syrjala, Finnish MFA's new European Correspondent, to review the agenda for the April GAERC meeting (Reftel). Finnish views follow, by subject. See below for bio information on Syrjala, who has just taken over this position. 2. (C) Iraq: Syrjala said he e [...] | 2005-04-25 14:54:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EAIR XF IZ SU LE CG ZI RS FI EUN EU GAERC |
05HELSINKI476 | FINNS SAY 'YES' TO EXTENDING POLICE TRAINERS AT [...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche to Anu Laamanen-Ryter, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Unit for Civilian Crisis Management. Laamanen-Ryter told us the Finns had already concluded that the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC) will need to remain in operation past th [...] | 2005-04-25 15:10:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER SNAR SOCI IZ FI |
05HELSINKI492 | ACEH: AHTISAARI ANGRY OVER TNI MILITARY MOVES [...] (C) Aceh mediator and former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari phoned DCM on April 28 and expressed anger and dismay over reports that he had just received from Aceh concerning significant Indonesian attacks on GAM positions in Aceh, including the use of bombs on GAM bases. Ahtisaari said [...] | 2005-04-28 13:53:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ID FI |
05HELSINKI586 | FINLAND: UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR [...] (U) Laboff delivered reftel demarche to officials at Finland's Foreign Affairs and Labor Ministries. Tarja Repponen, Director for International Development Programs in the MFA's Global Affairs Unit, said that no official decision had been made about what position Finland would take as regar [...] | 2005-05-26 06:21:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PREL FI ILO |
05HELSINKI587 | FINLAND: CUBA LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (C) Poloff spoke with officials in the Office for Caribbean and Central American Affairs at Finland's MFA and confirmed that there have been no changes in Finland's policy toward Cuba since Ref B was drafted. There have been no high-level contacts between Finnish and Cuban officials in the [...] | 2005-05-26 06:55:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU FI |
05HELSINKI590 | U/S BROWN'S MEETING WITH FINLAND'S INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Under Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Brown and U.S. Ambassador to Finland Earle I.Mack met with Finland's Interior Minister, Kari Rajamaki, on April 26 in Helsinki. Rajamaki told them that Finland was just beginning its preparations for its fall 2006 EU Presidency; [...] | 2005-05-26 07:52:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL PTER KCRM KWMN FI EUN NATO EU |
05HELSINKI677 | FINLAND: ORAL MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-20 14:58:00 | Embassy Helsinki | SECRET | PREL IZ SY FI |
05HELSINKI695 | FINLAND'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELA [...] (C) Acting Pol Chief delivered the reftel talking points to Anne Lammila, Director for the Latin America Unit at the Finnish MFA. Lammila chose not to elaborate on her assessment of the situation in Venezuela, except to point out that the GoF is concerned about conditions there (particularly wi [...] | 2005-06-28 06:21:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE FI |
05HELSINKI735 | IRANIAN EFFORTS TO PROCURE BW-RELATED TECHNOLOGY [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Finnish officials from the MFA's Middle-East Bureau and Non-Proliferation Unit. The officials were unaware of the MOU cited in reftel and said that they would need to investigate the issue [...] | 2005-07-01 09:40:00 | Embassy Helsinki | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR FI |
05HELSINKI810 | FINLAND: LIKELY TO ACCEPT UZBEK ASYLUM SEEKERS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-18 06:31:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL FI IDP |
05HELSINKI873 | PUTIN VISITS FINLAND [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Earle I. Mack met privately with Jarmo Viinanen, Chief of Staff to Finland's President Tarja Halonen, on August 3. Viinanen briefed the Ambassador about Russian President Putin's 2 day visit to Finland for meetings with Halonen. Viinanen said that both sides emphas [...] | 2005-08-04 05:11:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM RS EN FI |
05HELSINKI906 | FINLAND: SUPPORTING TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION PROCESS [...] (C) The Government of Finland supports Turkish accession to the EU and the start of accession talks in October. Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari chaired the EU Independent Commission on Turkey exploring the question of Turkish membership; the Commission published its report earlier [...] | 2005-08-16 12:06:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU FI RU EUN |
05HELSINKI920 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH CONSERVATIVE PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Conservative Party presidential candidate Sauli Niinisto provided us a candid summary of his views on the upcoming campaign and on key issues of interest to the United States. Domestically, he criticized President Halonen for benefiting from Finland's decade of economic and fore [...] | 2005-08-23 13:17:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU FI TU |
05HELSINKI924 | FINNISH EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF UZBEK REFUGEES IN [...] (SBU) PolChief met August 24 with MFA Human Rights Unit Director Johanna Suurpaa and Legal Officer Janina Hasenson to request additional assurances regarding the 15 Uzbek refugees in Kyrgystan. Both reiterated their office's willingness to draft a note to Kyrgyz authorities in accordance with [...] | 2005-08-25 09:15:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM NL SW FI KG UZ |
05HELSINKI930 | FINLAND: PLANS FOR SEPTEMBER 1-2 GYMNICH MEETING [...] Summary: (U) The GoF plans to concentrate on three issues at the Gymnich: EU enlargement, the Middle-East Peace Process, and the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). Finland will strongly support the start of Turkish accession talks on Oct. 3, and EU Commissioner for Enlargement Ollie Rehn (a Finn) [...] | 2005-08-26 14:00:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EU PGOV PHUM PREL FI EUN |
05HELSINKI947 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: FINLAND DISINCLINED TO RESETTLE [...] (C) DCM delivered subject demarche to MFA Undersecretary for Political Affairs Markus Lyra. Lyra said that the GOF would be disinclined to consider resettlement of any of the Uighurs from Guantanamo to Finland. Finland grants third-country resettlement only to cases referred through the UN H [...] | 2005-09-02 11:02:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREF PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PINR FI |
05HELSINKI948 | GOF RESPONSE ON IRAQ CONSTITUTION [...] DCM met September 1 with Finnish MFA Undersecretary for Political Affairs Markus Lyra to discuss the GOF's public response to the Iraqi draft constitution and to request a public statement supporting the democratization process in Iraq. She noted that the foreign ministers from the five Nordi [...] | 2005-09-02 11:03:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IZ FI |
05HELSINKI949 | GOF CONCERNED ABOUT SYRIA BUT HESITANT ABOUT [...] (C) DCM delivered subject demarche to MFA Undersecretary for Political Affairs Markus Lyra. The GOF has not received a request from Syria for a high level meeting at the UNGA, but Lyra said he would communicate our request to Finland's UNGA delegation. He fully agreed that Syria has failed to [...] | 2005-09-02 11:03:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SY FI |
05HELSINKI956 | FINLAND: ELECTORAL OBSERVATION MISSIONS IN HAITI [...] (U) Anne Lammila, the Director for Latin America at Finland's MFA, told Poloff that Finland will not send a national electoral observation mission to Haiti. It is possible that a Finn might participate in the EU observation mission; but there are few French-speaking Finnish diplomats availa [...] | 2005-09-06 10:13:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID HA FI |
05HELSINKI958 | FINNISH SUPPORT IN RESPONSE TO KATRINA ON THE [...] On Sept. 1, the Embassy received general offers of assistance from the GOF in support of the victims of Hurricane Katrina (ref B). Following up, Charge spoke several times over the weekend with senior officials from the PM's office and the MFA. Based on Charge's requests, Finland committed t [...] | 2005-09-06 13:07:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON AEMR ASEC CASC US FI |
05HELSINKI974 | TFUS01: ACCEPTANCE OF FINNISH ASSISTANCE OFFER FOR [...] Per reftel instructions, Embassy Helsinki has conveyed to the GOF the USG's acceptance of part of Finland's offer for assistance, to include 9,000 sheets, 200 small tarps, 200 first aid kits, 120 cooler cases, 1,000 pillow cases, and 3,500 thermosheets. 2. Contact information for the host g [...] | 2005-09-13 05:09:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV ASEC MARR AMGT AMED |
05HELSINKI988 | FINLAND'S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES SPAR OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: The unofficial opening rounds of Finland's presidential campaign appear to indicate that European and trans-Atlantic security issues could become central themes. Conservative Party candidate Niinisto has advocated that Finland embrace European security guarantee mechanisms and [...] | 2005-09-16 07:51:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR FI NATO |
05HERMOSILLO440 | HERMOSILLO - ARMED ATTACK AT COUNTRY CLUB LINKED TO HOSPITAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: In an early morning raid on November 10th, approximately eighteen men shot their way into the exclusive Los Lagos neighborhood in Hermosillo, firing about 400 high-caliber bullets into the house of a local resident. Although they did not shatter the bulletproof windows of the hou [...] | 2005-11-16 22:08:00 | Consulate Hermosillo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC ALOW PREL SNAR MX CASC |
05HILLAH367 | DIWANIYAH IECI HEAD PREPARED FOR FRAUD ACCUSATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Diwaniyah Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq Head Saad Madhloom told REO Al-Hillah staff in a December 7 meeting that he was staffing provincial polling sites to prepare for allegations of fraud from partisans of Iyad Allawi's National Iraqi List (ballot number 731.) Madhloom [...] | 2005-12-12 19:48:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ PDEM |
05HILLAH374 | NAJAF INA EXPECTS WIDESPREAD ELECTION DAY VIOLENCE [...] (U) This is a SET NAJAF cable. 2. (C) Summary: The Najaf head of former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's Iraqi National Accord party (INA) told SET Najaf December 9 that he expected widespread election day violence directed at INA supporters and facilities by supporters of the United Iraqi Alli [...] | 2005-12-14 18:54:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
05HILLAH377 | AMBASSADOR, SENATORS PRAISE IRAQI VOTERS, ELECTION PROCESS [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad and U.S. Senators Joseph Biden, Lindsay Graham, Saxby Chambliss and Maria Cantwell praised the Iraqi people for their participation in the national election before a group of Western and Iraqi reporters outside a downtown Al-Hillah polling station Decemb [...] | 2005-12-16 11:44:00 | REO Hillah | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO IZ |
05HILLAH380 | SISTANI, SADR OFFER APPROVAL OF ELECTION PROCESS IN MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings December 17 with Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari, Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani and Moqtada Sadr each expressed his approval of the December 15 election process. In meetings in Najaf, Sistani reportedly stressed to Jaafari the importance of quickly releasing th [...] | 2005-12-18 17:20:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL IZ |
05HILLAH382 | MOSQUE SERMONS DIFFER ON OIL PRICE HIKE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-24 13:13:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL EPET EFIN EAID IZ |
05HILLAH383 | WASIT: THE VIEW FROM THE WINNER'S SEAT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-28 17:37:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
05HILLAH384 | SISTANI-AFFILIATED CLERIC ASSASSINATED IN NAJAF; IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: Unidentified gunmen assassinated Sayyid Fattah Al-Thabhawi, a mid-level Shi'a cleric affiliated with Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, on December 26. The cleric, who also was aligned with the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI),was shot outside his home in th [...] | 2005-12-28 18:05:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL IZ |
05HILLAH385 | SADRIST SHAYKH, RELEASED FROM JAIL, TELLS OF ALLEGED PRISON [...] (C) Summary: In a private meeting in Najaf on December 27, a high-ranking Sadrist shaykh recently released from prison told Moqtada Al-Sadr that while in prison, he was tortured and the Koran was defiled, Sadrist sources reported to SET Najaf local staff. The shaykh also expressed to Sadr his d [...] | 2005-12-31 14:29:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL IZ |
05HILLAH386 | NAJAF MOSQUE SERMONS CRITICIZE COALITION, SUPPORT ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: The Friday prayer speaker at the primary Sadrist mosque in Najaf blamed Coalition Forces for recent raids on a Sadrist cleric's home, accused them of desecrating the Koran and called for Ibrahim Jaafari to remain as Prime Minister. At a mosque affiliated with the Supreme Council fo [...] | 2005-12-31 14:32:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ KIS |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1009 | MORE ON ALLEGATIONS OF QUANG NGAI RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (SBU) Post continues to monitor closely reported incidents involving severe harassment of two ethnic minority Protestant house church congregations in Quang Ngai province in Vietnam's Central Coastal region (reftel). A few days after we submitted a letter to the HCMC External Relations Office [...] | 2005-09-22 02:22:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1024 | STATUS OF HCMC'S NEW LIFE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH STILL AT AN [...] (SBU) Summary: The unregistered expatriate New Life Fellowship Church continues to meet in small groups following HCMC police cancellation of its weekly church services at a hotel in HCMC's District 5 in late August. NLF Pastor-in-Charge told us September 26 that he had declined overtures fro [...] | 2005-09-27 11:48:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1045 | INTERVIEWS WITH VISAS-93 APPLICANTS SHOW SOME PROGRESS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. HCMC's Refugee Resettlement Section recently concluded interviews of 124 ethnic minority families as part of the VISAS-93 reunification process for Central Highlands ethnic minority families. This was the first time that ConGen staff have had completely unfettered access to a l [...] | 2005-10-04 06:50:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY106 | VIETNAM MENNONITE CHURCH PRISONER LE THI HONG LIEN [...] (SBU) Summary: A lengthy interview with the father of Le Thi Hong Lien, one of six Mennonite prisoners, leads us to conclude that claims by overseas NGO's that she was abused and tortured to the point of mental collapse are not supported by available evidence. It seems clear that Lien had a se [...] | 2005-01-28 00:45:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANRIGHTS |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1073 | RIOT AT HCMC DRUG REHABILITATION CENTER [...] (SBU) Summary: An October 2 riot in a HCMC juvenile rehabilitation center for drug users and sex workers resulted in the escape of approximately 800 detainees. Most of the detainees have returned to the center, some voluntarily, some involuntarily. Authorities reported to us that fewer than [...] | 2005-10-14 12:37:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI SNAR PHUM KHIV VM CNARC HIV AIDS |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1082 | RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND THE PROTESTANT COMMUNITY IN CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Discussions in early October with the GVN- recognized Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV),house church leaders and provincial government officials indicate that steady progress continues to be made of religious freedom issues affecting Protestants in central coastal V [...] | 2005-10-18 10:05:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1091 | CENTRAL VIETNAM'S TALE OF TWO PROVINCES: POLITICS, [...] (SBU): The Consul General led a team to Danang and Quang Nam provinces October 4-7 to broaden U.S. engagement in central Vietnam and to promote U.S. economic, human rights and religious freedom interests. The style and substance of our interaction with the province's two Party Secretaries and [...] | 2005-10-20 10:54:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV PREL SOCI ETRD PHUM PINR VM DPOL HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY11 | DELTA FACES DIFFICULTIES ON THE ROAD TO PROSPERITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting the Mekong Delta, the Ambassador found that considerable investment in infrastructure, education and government reform are needed to set conditions for rapid economic growth. The long, porous border with Cambodia is a challenge for local officials, who are struggling t [...] | 2005-01-06 08:44:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV PREL SOCI ETRD PHUM VM KCRM SMIG SNAR LABOR HIV AIDS TIP CNARC |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1105 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONSULTS FOREIGNERS ON DOING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly (FACNA) organized a consultative meeting on September 1, 2005, in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) to solicit direct feedback from foreign businesspeople on how the implementation of Vietnam's regulations and policies affect them. [...] | 2005-10-25 03:12:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV VM WTRO WTO DPOL |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1140 | Miracle on Dong Khoi Street [...] Rumors began flying around Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday, October 29, that a statue of the Virgin Mary in central Saigon had been seen weeping. The Cardinal's Office told post on October 31 that the rumor of the "Crying Maria" had been started on Saturday afternoon by a young seller of lottery [...] | 2005-10-31 09:54:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1143 | RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN GIA LAI PROVICE: TWO STEPS FORWARD, [...] (SBU) Summary: A reliable contact in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai told us October 31 that, overall conditions for the GVN-recognized Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) in the province continue to improve. Additional churches have been recognized and new pastors trained [...] | 2005-11-01 09:50:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1151 | COMMUNIST PARTY REFORMERS PUSH FOR CHANGE [...] (SBU): Former Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet, senior statesman of the Party in southern Vietnam, has reportedly emerged in recent months as the de facto spokesman of the Party's reformist wing. According to a Party insider close to Kiet, his critique of the draft political report of the 10th party [...] | 2005-11-03 10:27:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON EINV PREL SOCI VM DPOL |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1152 | HCMC CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE PUSHES FOR GREATER ROLE IN [...] (SBU) From October 27 to 29, the HCMC Archdiocese hosted an international workshop on strategies to care for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). The declared goal of the workshop was to develop a concrete action plan for the Church on HIV/AIDS in HCMC. The unwritten subtext was an effort to p [...] | 2005-11-04 03:41:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR PREL SOCI PHUM KIRF VM RELFREE HIV AIDS HUMANR |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1155 | MEDIA, DISSIDENTS AND THE PARTY: DILEMAS AND POLITICAL [...] (U) This is a joint Hanoi-HCMC cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Vastly differing media treatment of dissident Hoang Minh Chinh in Hanoi and HCMC newspapers underscores the differences between conservatives and reformers within the Party in advance of the 10th Party Congress. Soon after Chinh made [...] | 2005-11-04 11:20:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI PREL PINR VM HUMANR DPOL |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1182 | THREE HCMC HOUSE CHURCHES SEEK LEGALIZATION, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of three house church organizations headquartered in HCMC -- Baptist, Mennonite and Seventh Day Adventist -- have applied to legalize their operations in HCMC, the first such applications under Vietnam's legal framework on religion. Although they have the legal right t [...] | 2005-11-09 09:17:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1202 | DISSIDENT HOANG MINH CHINH RETURNS TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Early on November 13 democracy activist Tran Khue called us to report that fellow dissident Hoang Minh Chinh and his wife had just returned from the United States. Khue said airport police were trying to confiscate Chinh's passport and other personal documents, but Chinh refused, arguing [...] | 2005-11-14 10:53:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM HUMANR |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1212 | NEW LIFE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH STATUS - UPDATE [...] (SBU) New Life Fellowship church (NLF) pastor-in-charge Eric Dooley and responsible local and central-level officials have held a series of meetings on the impasse over the operations of the church (ref A). Dooley told us that, in mid-October, at the recommendation of the HCMC Committee for R [...] | 2005-11-16 09:37:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KIRF SOCI CASC VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1217 | RESULTS OF NEW INTERVIEWS WITH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS VISAS-93 [...] (SBU) HCMC's Refugee Resettlement Section (RRS) continues to conduct VISAS-93 family reunification interviews for Central Highlands ethnic minority individuals. As in August and September, when 124 cases were interviewed (reftel),ConGen staff had unfettered access to nine more ethnic minori [...] | 2005-11-18 10:34:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI PHUM PREF KIRF VM ETMIN |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1220 | NEW FRICTIONS BETWEEN UNIFIED BUDDHIST CHURCH OF VIETNAM AND [...] (U) On November 20, the Paris-based International Buddhist Information Bureau, the de facto overseas voice of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV),issued a press release reporting that the police "physically assaulted" UBCV General Secretary Thich Quang Do and "tore his robe [...] | 2005-11-21 10:27:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1265 | HUMANITARIAN RESETTLEMENT - FIRST JOINT WORKING GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. and Vietnamese officials of the Joint Working Group (JWG) for Humanitarian Resettlement (HR),led by ConGen HCMC DPO Kenneth Chern and Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Deputy Director of Emigration and Immigration Phan Dong, held their first session November 30 in HCMC. [...] | 2005-12-07 03:42:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY127 | GVN WISEMAN THANH ON CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND USG RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Vo Viet Thanh, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for the South, told us on February 1 that the GVN is determined to resolve problems related to the Montagnards in the Central Highlands despite opposition from some provincial officials and "conservative elements" in Hanoi. The GVN's t [...] | 2005-02-02 05:17:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1277 | VISIT OF CONGRESSMAN SMITH TO HUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Congressman Chris Smith met with provincial government officials, GVN-backed religious leaders, and prominent dissidents in Hue on December 3. The exchange with Hue government was pointed; provincial officials largely stiff-armed the Congressman's calls for more comprehensive [...] | 2005-12-13 08:22:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PHUM OVIP VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1293 | VISIT OF CONGRESSMAN CHRISTOPHER SMITH TO HO CHI MINH CITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In an intensive one day visit December 4, Congressman Chris Smith met with provincial government officials, prominent political dissidents and religious freedom activists. HCMC officials did not make any tangible commitments, but acknowledged their obligation to create a positiv [...] | 2005-12-15 10:17:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PHUM VM HIV AIDS HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1295 | MEKONG DELTA DEVELOPMENT- RIPE FOR BIOTECH AND CAPITAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's Mekong Delta provinces will have difficulty meeting the GVN's goal of nearly doubling per capita GDP by 2010 without substantial reform and investment. A recent visit by the Consul General to two of the most prosperous Delta provinces revealed neither advances in produ [...] | 2005-12-16 09:39:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PGOV SOCI EINV EAID EAGR VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1296 | NEW CAN THO PARTY SECRETARY - A RISING STAR? [...] (U) The Consul General met with the newly appointed Party Secretary of Can Tho Province, Nguyen Tan Quyen, on December 6. SIPDIS Can Tho, the unofficial capital of the Mekong Delta region, is one of four independently administered cities in Vietnam. Although Can Tho's 2004 growth rate of 14. [...] | 2005-12-16 10:06:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON PINR VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1299 | VIETNAMESE BRIDES TO TAIWAN [...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 6 meeting with DPO and PolOff, representatives of the HCMC Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) said that in 2005 they had instituted a system of one-on-one interviews with prospective Vietnamese brides and their Taiwanese fiancees in response to mounting [...] | 2005-12-20 14:19:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL CVIS KWMN ELAB SMIG SOCI TW VM TIP |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1310 | CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: SECURITY JITTERS ACCOMPANY RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary: Reliable contacts in the Protestant community in the Central Highlands told us that security has been intensified throughout the region in the run-up to Christmas. In archconservative Dak Lak Province there appear to be near-blanket restrictions on Protestant gatherings. Elsewhe [...] | 2005-12-21 12:31:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF SCUL SOCI PHUM VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1311 | THE AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 15-16 VISIT TO HCMC AND BINH DUONG [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador's December 15 and 16 visits to one of HCMC's 21 drug rehabilitation centers and a local HIV testing and ARV treatment center highlighted the challenges facing the city in planning for the upcoming release of some of the centers' 30,000 residents, many of whom are H [...] | 2005-12-21 12:50:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID PHUM SOCI SNAR TBIO VM HIV AIDS |
05HOCHIMINHCITY132 | DEPUTY GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR VISITS HCMC [...] (SBU) Summary. Dr. Joseph O'Neill, Deputy U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, heard from government officials, health care providers, and NGO directors who expressed thanks for USG assistance to combat HIV/AIDS and pointed out the need for further anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment and technical traini [...] | 2005-02-02 10:21:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV PGOV EAID PREL SOCI VM HIV AIDS |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1326 | COMMUNITY COLLEGE CONFERENCE PRESENTS OPPORTUNITY FOR [...] (U) Summary: On November 11-12, Kien Giang Community College hosted a conference for American and Vietnamese institutions to collaborate on effectively establishing a community college system in Vietnam. Participants included representatives from the local People's Committee, the Ministry of [...] | 2005-12-27 10:53:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1338 | CHRISTMAS 2005 IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: ConGen contacts in the Catholic and Protestant communities report that, barring a handful of exceptions, Christmas services in all Central Highland provinces and elsewhere in southern and central Vietnam were held without any government interruption despite increased police and [...] | 2005-12-30 02:34:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KIRF SCUL SOCI PHUM VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY142 | AMENESTIED PRISONERS RETURN HOME; MENNONITE PASTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. ConGen HCMC has confirmed that amnestied prisoners Nguyen Van Ly (Father Ly),Nguyen Dan Que (Dr. Que),Nguyen Dinh Huy, Truong Van Duc, and Huynh Van Ba (aka Thich Thien Minh or Thich Thien Tu) were released from prison as part of the 2005 Tet Amnesty (Refs A, B). Imprisoned M [...] | 2005-02-04 05:07:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY15 | AMBASSADOR VISITS UBCV LEADER IN HCMC [...] (SBU) During a December 5 visit with the Ambassador and Consul General, Thich Quang Do, Secretary General of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV),thanked the Ambassador for his continued interest in the UBCV and welcomed international pressure calling for greater religious free [...] | 2005-01-07 10:02:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY162 | DEVELOPMENT AND BORDER ISSUES IN THE NORTHERN MEKONG [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent visit by the Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) to the Mekong Delta provinces of Dong Thap and Vinh Long revealed that, like much of the rest of the Mekong Delta, these provinces rely heavily on agri- and aquaculture to fuel their economic growth. Plentiful harvests of rice [...] | 2005-02-16 13:09:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EINV PREL SOCI ETRD PHUM EAGR SNAR VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY169 | CG CALLS ON DISSIDENT NGUYEN DAN QUE; UPDATE ON FATHER LY [...] (SBU) Summary: Recently amnestied democracy activist Nguyen Dan Que appeared healthy and relaxed when the CG visited him at his HCMC home on February 17. He said that over the near term he plans to maintain a low-key profile but remains committed to encouraging Vietnam's transition to democr [...] | 2005-02-17 10:12:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI KIRF PREL PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY189 | UPDATE ON MENNONITES: PASTOR NGUYEN HONG QUANG AND LE THI [...] (SBU) On February 22, visiting S/P Staffer William Inboden and ConGenOffs met with Ms. Le Thi Phu Dung (strictly protect),wife of imprisoned Mennonite house church pastor Nguyen Hong Quang. Dung said she has visited her husband in HCMC's Chi Hoa prison "two or three times" and is able to deliv [...] | 2005-02-24 11:15:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY190 | S/P STAFFER INBODEN HCMC MEETINGS ON UBCV [...] (SBU) In a meeting on February 22 with visiting S/P staffer William Inboden and ConGenOffs, Deputy Head of the HCMC Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA) Vo Ngoc Hue said the GVN was tolerant towards leaders of the outlawed United Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV),despite the UBCV taking acti [...] | 2005-02-24 11:21:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY191 | S/P STAFFER'S HCMC CONSULTATIONS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with visiting S/P staffer William Inboden and ConGenOffs in HCMC February 20-23, HCMC officials cited the Prime Minister's February 4 "Order on Protestantism" as evidence of the GVN's commitment to improve the climate for religious practice in Vietnam. They said th [...] | 2005-02-24 12:09:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HOCHIMINHCITY210 | VISIT TO A REMOTE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS VILLAGE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On March 1, CG and PolOff made a stop at a small village in a remote area of the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong. The hour-long discussion with local residents highlighted the economic disparities between the indigenous Montagnards and ethnic Vietnamese migra [...] | 2005-03-03 10:45:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI SCUL SENV PINR PREF KIRF PHUM VM ETMIN |
05HOCHIMINHCITY212 | UPDATE ON MENNONITE HOUSE CHURCH IN HCMC [...] (SBU) In the evening of February 27, local HCMC police detained the wife of imprisoned Mennonite Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang and 18 worshipers. According to our house church contacts, at the end of the Sunday service, police informed the group that they were assembling illegally and made a report [...] | 2005-03-04 05:36:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY221 | Mennonite prisoner Le Thi Hong Lien transferred to mental [...] (SBU) On March 7, Le Quang Du (strictly protect),father of Mennonite prisoner Le Thi Hong Lien, gave us an update on his daughter's status following her transfer in mid-February from HCMC's Chi Hoa prison to another facility in Binh Phuoc province. Du told us that on February 26, he and his so [...] | 2005-03-07 06:47:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HOCHIMINHCITY238 | INITIAL ANALYSIS OF GVN'S IMPLEMENTING DECREE ON RELIGION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Implementing Decree for the Ordinance on Religion and Belief offers a number of significant advances, primarily in creating clear procedures for non-recognized religious groups to apply to legalize their operations. It lays out specific deadlines for officials to provide a [...] | 2005-03-10 10:13:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY248 | AMBASSADOR FOCUSES ON ETHNIC MINORITY AND RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials in the Central Highlands provinces of Lam Dong and Dak Lak told the Ambassador that they are implementing Hanoi's policies to expand religious freedom and to improve the lives of ethnic minorities, but said they would not tolerate "Dega Protestants" using religion for [...] | 2005-03-11 10:52:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON EINV PREF SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HOCHIMINHCITY288 | LOCAL VIEWS OF GVN DECREE ON RELIGION [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the issuance of the Implementation Decree for the Ordinance on Religion and Belief (reftels),we discussed its implications for the officially recognized Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) and the members of the unrecognized Protestant house church movement [...] | 2005-03-17 07:31:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY293 | CONDITION OF FORMER MENNONITE PRISONERS MISSTATED IN NGO [...] (SBU) Summary: UK-based NGO Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) issued a press release on March 15 alleging torture of a number of the Mennonite Six; followers of Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang who were arrested following a confrontation with police officers in March 2004. Key statements in the re [...] | 2005-03-21 02:28:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY294 | STATE TRADING IN VIETNAM - U.S. BANKS WANT LEVEL PLAYING [...] (U) This is the fourth in a series of cables on industry perspectives in southern Vietnam on the role of the state in the economy. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. banks in Ho Chi Minh City report that while they operate relatively freely in Vietnam, they often face tougher requirements and higher st [...] | 2005-03-21 06:58:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON EINV BEXP PREL VM FINREF |
05HOCHIMINHCITY307 | CONSUL GENERAL FOCUSES ON ETHNIC MINORITY AND DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: A visit to the Central Highlands provinces of Gia Lai and Kontum from March 15 to 17 reinforced our view that Gia Lai is taking serious steps to address socio-economic and religious issues affecting the provinces Montagnard minority. The Deputy Director of the province's Minist [...] | 2005-03-23 11:00:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HOCHIMINHCITY324 | EASTER CELEBRATIONS PEACEFUL IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Our contacts in the recognized Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) and in the unofficial house church movement have told us that their Easter celebrations largely were peaceful throughout southern Vietnam, including the Central Highlands. Our contacts in the Central Highlands [...] | 2005-03-28 10:20:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY325 | HOA HAO ACTIVISTS PLAN PROTESTS IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The California-based Hoa Hao Buddhist Organization, Phat Giao Hoa Hao, informed us on March 4 of the arrest of two Hoa Hao activists in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang. They are being investigated for distributing audio-visual materials without proper licensing. In a foll [...] | 2005-03-29 01:10:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HOCHIMINHCITY328 | TRANSNATIONAL CRIME IN VIETNAM - HCMC CONSULATES GENERAL [...] (SBU) Key Ho Chi Minh City consulates met March 23 for the second quarterly, informal discussion of transnational crime issues. Australia National Police rep has organized this group in an effort to foster law enforcement cooperation between key countries and Vietnam. Participation includes co [...] | 2005-03-30 01:39:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PREL KCRM SNAR PTER EFIN AS VM CNARC TIP |
05HOCHIMINHCITY364 | GVN BEGINS CONSULTATIONS ON DECREE ON RELIGION: FRICTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Contacts in the Protestant community report that central- and provincial-level officials have begun formal consultations on implementation of Vietnam's new legal framework on religion. The officially recognized Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam has begun a training course f [...] | 2005-04-08 00:48:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY366 | STATE TRADING IN VIETNAM -- LIMITS ON TRADING AND [...] (U) This is the fifth in a series of cables on industry perspectives in southern Vietnam on the role of the state in the economy. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. companies based in Ho Chi Minh City chafe at GVN restrictions that prohibit them from directly importing and distributing their goods. T [...] | 2005-04-08 10:17:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV BEXP PREL VM BTA |
05HOCHIMINHCITY379 | MEETING WITH AMNESTIED UBCV ACTIVIST THICH THIEN MINH [...] (SBU) On April 9, we met with Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) monk Thich Thien Minh (aka Huynh Van Ba) who had been released from prison February 2 as part of the GVN's 2005 Tet amnesty (ref B). Thich Thien Minh was arrested and tried in 1979 for protesting the GVN confiscation of hi [...] | 2005-04-11 12:24:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HOCHIMINHCITY383 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH HCMC DEPUTY PARTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) The Ambassador, accompanied the CG, PolOff and notetaker, met HCMC Deputy Party Secretary Le Hoang Quan at HCMC's Communist Party Headquarters on March 30. The Ambassador, noting the ongoing port call of the USS Gary to HCMC, said that he believed that the U.S.-Vietnam relationship had i [...] | 2005-04-12 08:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KIRF PHUM VM HUMANR HIV AIDS RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY396 | APPEAL OF MENNONITE PASTOR QUANG AND MEDIA AFTERMATH [...] (SBU)Summary: On April 12, an HCMC Court denied an appeal to overturn the conviction and three-year sentence of Mennonite Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang. Quang's lawyer, Nguyen Van Dai, complained that the judge ignored his argument that Pastor Quang's "infractions" during a March 2004 altercation [...] | 2005-04-14 08:20:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL KIRF PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY398 | SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT, HIV/AIDS AND HCMC'S DRUG [...] (SBU) Summary. HCMC is struggling to provide effective substance abuse and medical treatment for injecting drug users, one of the principal vectors of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Vietnam. HCMC maintains 21 rehabilitation centers for roughly 30,000 drug addicts, who are administratively -- and oft [...] | 2005-04-14 11:35:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI KHIV SNAR PHUM VM CNARC HIV AIDS |
05HOCHIMINHCITY422 | (SBU) GVN ADVISOR THANH ON PARTY REFORM, CHINA, CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Special Advisor to the Prime Minister in the South Vo Viet Thanh described for the Consul General on April 18 his frustrations with the pace and tenor of reform in Vietnam and outlined ideas for change, particularly within Vietnam's Communist Party (CPV). Thanh said [...] | 2005-04-20 12:03:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR VM CH HUMANR ETMIN CVR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY433 | MEETING WITH AMNESTIED HOA HAO ACTIVIST TRUONG VAN DUC [...] (SBU) We met with Hoa Hao activist Truong Van Duc on April 22 during a visit to the Mekong Delta. Duc was released from prison on February 1 as part of the GVN's 2005 Tet amnesty (ref A). He was sentenced to 12 years in prison in February 2001 for "causing social disturbance" and "obstructing [...] | 2005-04-25 11:22:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HOCHIMINHCITY438 | HOA HAO ACTIVISTS JAILED IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) On April 27, a district court in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang sentenced two Hoa Hao activists, brothers Tran Van Hoang and Tran Van Thang, to nine and six months prison respectively, for producing and distributing "illegal" recordings of the Hoa Hao faith. They also were fined [...] | 2005-04-28 10:41:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY449 | HCMC COMMEMORATES THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE [...] (SBU) Ho Chi Minh City threw an elaborate celebration to mark the 30th anniversary of the end of the war and the reunification of the country. The cornerstone of the April 30th event was a three-hour parade followed by speeches from Communist Party national and city leaders. In the reviewing [...] | 2005-05-04 12:56:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY451 | HCMC CELEBRATES THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF THE [...] (U) Ho Chi Minh City threw an elaborate celebration to mark the 30th anniversary of the end of the war and the reunification of the country. The cornerstone of the April 30th event was a three- hour parade followed by speeches from Communist Party national and city leaders. In the reviewing s [...] | 2005-05-04 13:53:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR SOCI VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY493 | THE HUMAN RIGHTS CASE OF VIETNAMESE PASTOR THAN VAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past two weeks ConGen HCMC has been investigating the case of Baptist Pastor Than Van Truong, who allegedly was involuntarily committed to an mental institution in Dong Nai province for the peaceful expression of his religious and political beliefs. Truong reportedly h [...] | 2005-05-12 11:58:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HOCHIMINHCITY516 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO HCMC: CHALLENGES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During his visit to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on May 6, the Deputy Secretary focused on the economic challenges and opportunities that lay ahead for HCMC, Vietnam's economic and financial locomotive. The U.S.-educated Vice-Chairman of HCMC's People's Committee told the Deputy Sec [...] | 2005-05-18 13:37:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI EAID PINR OVIP VM WTO SOE LABOR IPROP |
05HOCHIMINHCITY524 | (SBU) HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH MISLEADING ON CENTRAL HIGHLANDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a briefing paper in May 2005 entitled "Persecution of the Montagnards Continues: Dega Christians targeted in latest crackdown." We have reached out to our contacts in the Protestant and Catholic communities in the Central Highlands. They can [...] | 2005-05-20 06:37:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL KIRF ECON PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HOCHIMINHCITY525 | MENNONITE TORTURE CLAIMS DO NOT APPEAR CREDIBLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Following her amnesty in late April, we met on May 10 with Mennonite activist Le Thi Hong Lien and her father (both strictly protect) to investigate claims that torture in prison led to her mental collapse. Our lengthy interviews of Lien and her father and follow-up discussions [...] | 2005-05-20 10:00:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY528 | DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETS WITH HCMC ENTREPRENEURS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a roundtable discussion with HCMC entrepreneurs and government representatives, the Deputy Secretary discussed the current state of Vietnam's economy and future prospects, including accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). HCMC business representatives voiced con [...] | 2005-05-20 12:38:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV BEXP PREL VM WTO IPROP BTA |
05HOCHIMINHCITY529 | U.S. EXPORTER MENACED BY JAPANESE ODA [...] (U) This is an action request for State, Commerce and ExIm Bank. See paragraphs 2 and 11. 2. (U) SUMMARY: A U.S. manufacturer is about to lose a $4.6 million deal to supply jetways or passenger boarding bridges (PBB's) for a new terminal at HCMC's Tan Son Nhat Airport. Vietnamese airport [...] | 2005-05-20 12:41:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BEXP BTIO EAID PREL VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY54 | PRM DAS KELLY RYAN VISIT TO VIETNAM DEC. 1-3: [...] (SBU) Summary. PRM Deputy Assistant Secretary Kelly Ryan held a second round of technical talks in Hanoi on December 2 and 3 with a delegation of GVN officials to discuss opening of the Humanitarian Resettlement (HR) process, a USG proposal to accept applications for persons meeting eligibi [...] | 2005-01-14 10:52:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY55 | VIETNAM'S PRESS PUSHES BACK AFTER REPORTER'S ARREST [...] (SBU) Summary. The recent indictment of an investigative journalist triggered a media-backlash from her newspaper, other major HCMC news outlets, legal experts, and the general public -- much to the surprise of the Communist Party and the Ministry of Public Security (MPS). It is unclear if th [...] | 2005-01-15 10:17:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO PHUM SOCI PREL VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY561 | INTERVENTION NEEDED TO SAVE JETWAYS DEAL IN VIETNAM [...] (U) This is an action request for State and DOC. Urgent intervention is needed with Japanese agencies in Washington to ensure a US supplier does not get ODA'd out of USD 4.6 million sale with considerable follow-on potential. 2. (SBU) Summary: Over the past days, State and Commercial Serv [...] | 2005-05-26 12:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BEXP BTIO EAID PREL VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY581 | MOUNTING CONCERNS ABOUT PASTOR TRAN VAN TRUONG [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 27, we traveled to the province of Dong Nai to meet with provincial and medical officials regarding Pastor Than Van Truong. Per reftel, Truong was diagnosed as "delusional" and involuntarily committed to a mental institution after a series of run-ins with police, largely [...] | 2005-06-01 12:18:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY586 | MEETING WITH ACTIVIST FATHER NGUYEN VAN LY [...] (SBU) Summary: In his first meeting with U.S. officials since his release from prison in February, democracy and religious freedom activist Father Nguyen Van Ly told us that he would continue to oppose Communist rule in Vietnam. Ly expressed skepticism that the GVN would faithfully implement [...] | 2005-06-02 11:20:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HOCHIMINHCITY594 | VIETNAM BUSINESS FORUM: WTO AND ENTERPRISE CONCERNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vietnamese and foreign business leaders highlighted the continued need for infrastructure development and legal reform at the Vietnam Business Forum, the biannual meeting between the business community and the GVN. Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, who led the GVN's delegation to [...] | 2005-06-06 03:46:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV VM WTRO WTO |
05HOCHIMINHCITY600 | RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: VIETNAM'S HOA HAO UNDER PRESSURE [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent spike in tensions between Hoa Hao dissidents and police in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang highlights the divisions in Vietnam's Hoa Hao community between the GVN-controlled Executive Committee of Hoa Hao Buddhism (ECHB) and independent, unrecognized groups. The f [...] | 2005-06-07 04:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY609 | HUE DEMONSTRATES PROGRESS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent visit to Hue, Catholic and Protestant leaders painted a picture of an increasingly tolerant provincial leadership. Overall, they have made more tangible progress in urban areas than in the rural hinterland. There is budding cooperation between religious groups [...] | 2005-06-09 01:23:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HIV AIDS |
05HOCHIMINHCITY622 | U.S. CUSTOMS BONDS HIT SHRIMP INDUSTRY HARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to Vietnamese shrimp exporters, a new bond requirement issued by U.S. Customs may effectively close the U.S. market to Vietnamese shrimp. These recently-implemented bond regulations require U.S. importers to pay as much as USD 20 million in bonds, up from USD 50,000, i [...] | 2005-06-09 07:08:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIS EAGR ECON PREL VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY623 | HUE DEMONSTRATES PROGRESS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent visit to Hue, Catholic and Protestant leaders painted a picture of an increasingly tolerant provincial leadership. Overall, they have made more tangible progress in urban areas than in the rural hinterland. There is budding cooperation between religious groups [...] | 2005-06-09 07:23:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HOCHIMINHCITY634 | VIETNAM'S LARGEST PROTESTANT GROUP REPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) were cautiously optimistic that a meetings in Hanoi and HCMC with GVN officials in late May set the stage for improved conditions for the Protestant Church, particularly in the Central Highlands. While the SECV is di [...] | 2005-06-14 13:56:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY636 | VIETNAM'S LARGEST PROTESTANT GROUP REPORTS PROGRESS AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) were cautiously optimistic that a meetings in Hanoi and HCMC with GVN officials in late May set the stage for improved conditions for the Protestant Church, particularly in the Central Highlands. While the SECV is di [...] | 2005-06-14 13:57:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY667 | PAROCHIALISM AND THE STATE SECTOR LIMIT HUE'S ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Party and local government leaders of the central Vietnam province of Thua Thien Hue extolled the economic potential of the province to Consul General May 23-24. The potential is clearly there -- Hue has the attributes to become a tourism and knowledge-based economy leader. Ho [...] | 2005-06-16 10:23:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV PREL SOCI ETRD PHUM VM SOE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY687 | UPDATE ON IMPRISONED MENNONITE PASTOR NGUYEN HONG QUANG [...] (SBU) Le Thi Phu Dung, wife of imprisoned Mennonite pastor Nguyen Hong Quang, told us June 23 that she has just returned from visiting her husband in his new prison in Dak Lak Province. Quang was transferred from Bo La prison in Binh Duong Province, adjacent to Ho Chi Minh City, to Dac Trung [...] | 2005-06-24 02:27:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HOCHIMINHCITY74 | PRM DAS KELLY RYAN VISIT TO VIETNAM DEC. 1-3: [...] (SBU) Summary. PRM Deputy Assistant Secretary Kelly Ryan held a second round of technical talks in Hanoi on December 2 and 3 with a delegation of GVN officials to discuss opening of the Humanitarian Resettlement (HR) process, a USG proposal to accept applications for persons meeting eligibi [...] | 2005-01-21 00:02:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY762 | PARTIAL DEMOLITION OF MENNONITE PASTOR'S HOME [...] (SBU) Summary: HCMC District 2 authorities demolished a portion of imprisoned Mennonite Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang's (ref A) home July 19. Local authorities state that the home violated zoning laws and that the forced demolition was in accordance with the law. Poloffs stressed at the neighborh [...] | 2005-07-20 15:35:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY811 | UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE UTKAN VIEWS ON EVE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: In HCMC before his August 2-4 visit to the Central Highlands, UNHCR Regional Representative Utkan, accompanied by Hanoi-based UNHCR representative Vu Anh Son, told ConGenOffs that cooperation with the GVN on issues related to the return of ethnic minority refugees from Cambodia [...] | 2005-08-02 11:02:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF SOCI PREL PGOV CB VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY816 | PASTOR TRUONG STILL IN THE ASYLUM -- ACTION REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request which has been cleared by Embassy Hanoi. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Baptist Pastor Than Van Truong remains confined in the criminal ward of Central Mental Hospital #2 in Dong Nai province with no resolution of his case in sight. Over the past month, D [...] | 2005-08-04 09:44:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY818 | (SBU) AMBASSADOR MEETS DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST NGUYEN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a private meeting in Ho Chi Minh City, democracy activist Nguyen Dan Que told the Ambassador that there has been a gradual expansion of personal freedoms in Vietnam. The visit of Prime Minister Phan Van Khai to the United States has strengthened the hand of "liberals" within [...] | 2005-08-05 11:54:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY825 | VIOLENCE FLARES BETWEEN POLICE AND HOA HAO IN MEKONG [...] (SBU) Summary: A day of violence involving police and Hoa Hao Buddhist adherents in the Mekong Delta included numerous arrests and two self-immolations in An Giang province, one resulting in an adherent's death. We have urged local officials to avoid taking actions that would further stir up [...] | 2005-08-08 10:34:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY846 | TENSIONS CONTINUE BETWEEN HOA HAO AND MEKONG DELTA [...] (SBU) Summary: Tensions between Hoa Hao activists and authorities in An Giang and Dong Thap provinces remain high a week after two activists self-immolated in response to police raids on their homes. Police remain camped outside the homes of select Hoa Hao leaders, and as many as 25 more follo [...] | 2005-08-12 13:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL KIRF PGOV VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY86 | VIETNAM MENNONITE TORTURE CLAIMS UNCONVINCING [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. and Canada-based religious groups published reports claiming that two Vietnamese Mennonite Church members were tortured throughout their nine-month prison term. These reports claimed that the two are under medial treatment for severe physical trauma, including potentially l [...] | 2005-01-24 08:36:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY872 | ATTEMPTED SELF-IMMOLATION IN FRONT OF CONGEN HCMC [...] (SBU) At approximately 0900 local time, August 19, an unidentified man, dressed in street clothes, collapsed a short distance from the main entrance of the U.S. Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City. The Consulate local guards rushed to assist, and found that the person's clothes were doused with gas [...] | 2005-08-19 09:13:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV ASEC KIRF VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY878 | HOA HAO ATTEMPTED SELF-IMMOLATION FOLLOW-UP [...] (SBU) Further to the attempted self-immolation in front of the Consulate earlier in the day, Hoa Hao dissidents Truong Van Duc and Le Quang Liem contacted ConGenOffs again within minutes of each other around 1500h to discuss the incident. Duc told us that his Hoa Hao "contacts" in the Mekong [...] | 2005-08-19 09:53:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF ASEC VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY879 | AMCHAM VOICES CONCERN OVER DRAFT LEGISLATION FOR WTO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a meeting of the Legal Committee of the HCMC American Chamber of Commerce, members voiced concern regarding legislation being drafted in preparation for Vietnam's WTO accession. While new overarching laws may meet WTO obligations, AmCham legal experts say the devil is in the [...] | 2005-08-19 11:09:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL VM WTRO BTA WTO |
05HOCHIMINHCITY886 | HCMC POLICE RELEASE ATTEMPTED SELF-IMMOLATION [...] (SBU) HCMC police contacts told RSO on August 23 that they had just released from custody the individual who attempted self- immolation in front of the Consulate on August 19 (ref A). They refused to divulge any details on the individual, other than reiterating that he was "mentally unstable. [...] | 2005-08-23 09:42:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF ASEC VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY894 | AMBASSADOR'S ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT IN [...] (SBU) Summary: During a mid-August visit to Vietnam's central coastal provinces of Thua Thien Hue, Quang Nam and Danang, the Ambassador told provincial leaders that continued reform and privatization were essential for strong economic growth. The Ambassador also focused on MIA issues and lo [...] | 2005-08-24 10:12:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KIRF PREL SOCI KHIV SNAR PHUM VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY896 | AMBASSADOR MEETS DISSIDENT BUDDHIST LEADER [...] (SBU) Summary: At an August 13 meeting with Thich Thien Hanh, the senior-most member of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) in Hue, the Ambassador encouraged Hanh and the UBCV to seek to regularize their legal status. Hanh said the UBCV could envision working with the GVN, but onl [...] | 2005-08-24 23:55:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HOCHIMINHCITY910 | REPORTS OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM VIOLATIONS IN QUANG NGAI [...] (SBU) Following up on an earlier lead from a reliable contact in the Protestant house church movement, on August 22 we spoke with Dinh Ruong (strictly protect),a preacher in Quang Ngai Province of the GVN-recognized Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV). Ruong reported that an SECV ch [...] | 2005-08-26 10:50:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY914 | LIMITS ON TRADING AND DISTRIBUTION CONTINUE TO HAMPER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. businesses in southern Vietnam are frustrated by limits on trading and distribution rights. Many company representatives report that relevant BTA provisions are not being implemented effectively. One business that has been directly importing and selling its product for 10 [...] | 2005-08-29 12:17:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL VM WTRO BTA WTO |
05HOCHIMINHCITY924 | MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY IN HCMC SEEKS POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff (accompanied by RSO) was invited to a first-ever meeting at HCMC's Ministry of Public Security (MPS) headquarters at which officials made a pitch for greater cooperation between the MPS and ConGen on political issues. The clear implication was that this cooperation was p [...] | 2005-09-01 08:41:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PINR PREL SOCI KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR CTERR |
05HOCHIMINHCITY935 | VIETNAM: WTO LEGISLATION WORRIES US LAWYERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the rush to meet its WTO accession deadline, Vietnam is processing a large volume of legislation. HCMC legal experts are concerned that principles important to U.S. business may be lost or diluted, particularly through implementing decrees. In their view, top GVN leaders a [...] | 2005-09-06 06:27:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL VM WTRO WTO |
05HOCHIMINHCITY944 | WTO ACCESSION CONCERNS STRESSED IN EB/CBA MERMOUD HCMC [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Representative J. Frank Mermoud discussed commercial issues, WTO accession, and Vietnam's business climate in Ho Chi Minh City September 1. Amcham governors expressed concern with GVN intransigence on WTO related issues. HCMC officials confirmed these fears and were unus [...] | 2005-09-07 06:06:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PREL TBIO VM WTO |
05HOCHIMINHCITY949 | PROBLEMS IN HCMC EXPAT PROTESTANT CHURCH [...] (SBU) Summary: The New Life Fellowship Church (NLF),a Protestant church in HCMC that has served primarily the expatriate community, has run afoul of Vietnamese authorities, apparently due in part to the church's recent outreach to Vietnamese citizens. Working with the church's leader and local [...] | 2005-09-08 11:15:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY962 | RESULTS OF USG REFUGEE MONITORING VISIT TO GIA LAI [...] (SBU) Summary: Based on interviews and observations during a visit to Gia Lai Province September 6-8, a joint Hanoi-HCMC team found no indications of mistreatment or discrimination against the 18 returnees interviewed. Although a number of returnees raised grievances related to GVN policies [...] | 2005-09-12 11:16:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HOCHIMINHCITY968 | GIA LAI AND DAK LAK PROVINCES ON DIFFERENT PATHS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to Gia Lai Province September 6- 8 to assess the conditions of ethnic minority returnees, Gia Lai officials enumerated the various steps they are taking to normalize the status of Protestant churches in the province, in particular the GVN-recognized Southern Evang [...] | 2005-09-14 07:27:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY984 | SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND HIV/AIDS IN HCMC (UPDATE) [...] (SBU) The visit of an INL-led team to HCMC underscored the need for new approaches in drug rehabilitation and in HCMC's 20 drug rehabilitation centers. HCMC is still struggling to provide effective substance abuse and medical treatment for the 30,000 injecting drug users and commercial sex wor [...] | 2005-09-16 07:38:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI SNAR PHUM VM KHIV CNARC HIV AIDS RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY994 | PASTOR TRUONG RELEASED FROM THE ASYLUM WITH STRINGS [...] (SBU) The lawyer representing Pastor Than Van Truong informed us on September 17 that Dong Nai officials earlier that day had released Truong from the mental hospital to which he had been involuntarily committed for nearly a year. On September 17 and again on September 19, we spoke with Truon [...] | 2005-09-20 04:11:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HONGKONG1444 | ACTING CE TSANG PLAYING DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary and comment/suggestion: On March 17, I met Hong Kong Acting Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang to convey U.S. concern about the rule of law in Hong Kong (ref a). Tsang insisted that the Hong Kong Government (HKG) had reached its position on the two/five year question through commo [...] | 2005-03-17 09:33:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HK CH |
05HONGKONG1769 | ACTING CE TSANG SEEKS U.S. UNDERSTANDING [...] (C) Acting Chief Executive (A/CE) Tsang called me late April 6 to provide background regarding the Hong Kong Government's (HKG) decision to initiate a request for an interpretation to settle the issue of the duration of the term of the CE to be elected in July of this year. He said that a br [...] | 2005-04-06 10:55:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CH HK |
05HONGKONG4611 | HONG KONG CHIEF EXECUTIVE DONALD TSANG LOOKS AHEAD [...] (C) At lunch with me on October 3, Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang looked ahead to the Government's Policy Address on October 12, its upcoming proposals for political reform, and his visit to the U.S. at the end of October. With the policy and political reform issues out in the open, he hop [...] | 2005-10-03 09:06:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH HK |
05ISLAMABAD15208 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: WHAT THEY NEED [...] (c) Summary and Comment: The scale of devastation from yesterday's earthquake is becoming increasingly clear as information comes in from remote, outlying provinces. The Government now estimates that the number of fatalities could range between 32,000 and 40,000 -- and possibly more. Villag [...] | 2005-10-09 15:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR CASC EAID MASS PK PREL SENV |
05ISLAMABAD15254 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE - WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT'S NEXT [...] Summary and introduction: The Government of Pakistan (GOP) says that it has confirmed 19,136 deaths and 42,397 injuries from the October 8 earthquake; both figures will climb as rescue/recovery efforts continue. The GOP has centralized disaster relief coordination in the Prime Minister's of [...] | 2005-10-11 02:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AADP AEMR CASC EAID MASS PK PREL SENV ASEC PA |
05ISLAMABAD15278 | TFPK01: PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE -- DISASTER RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: The Government of Pakistan (GOP) now has a firmer grasp on managing relief efforts, but still faces coordination problems between its civilian and military leaders. The Prime Minister's coordination center is considering a USG proposal to have embassy liaison [...] | 2005-10-12 02:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PK PREL PAS |
05ISLAMABAD15316 | TFPK01 - PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: RELIEF OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Relief supplies and assistance teams are beginning to reach affected areas even as transportation remains a serious on-going problem. There is great concern that deteriorating weather conditions -- snow has already begun falling in parts of Kashmir -- may exace [...] | 2005-10-12 16:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD15513 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: RELIEF MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Relief efforts in Pakistan are pushing forward, as the government begins to implement a coherent Concept of Operations for managing its response to the crisis. The U.S. has received diplomatic clearance to double its milair relief flights into Islamabad, and a [...] | 2005-10-14 14:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PK MASS PARM AEMR ASEC PGOV AADP CASC AID |
05ISLAMABAD15518 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: SURVEY TRIP TO MUZZAFARABAD [...] Summary: A USG survey team consisting of personnel from State, USAID, and DOD visited Muzzafarabad and surrounding areas of Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) from October 11-13. During the visit, the team met with officials from the local and AJK government, the Pakistani military, and relief workers [...] | 2005-10-15 08:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD15522 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: ONE WEEK LATER [...] (C) Summary and introduction: One week after the October 8 South Asian earthquake, public and private relief operations on the ground are pushing forward. The Government of Pakistan's (GOP) strategic concept of operations for the relief campaign, however, continues to evolve, with the Army' [...] | 2005-10-16 05:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS MOPS PGOV PK PREL |
05ISLAMABAD15531 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: UNHCR PLANS FOR CAMPS AND [...] The October 8, 2005 magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Pakistan left an estimated 3.3 million people without shelter (UN Office of Humanitarian Coordinator, October 15). Providing temporary shelter from them remains a top priority of the international assistance effort and the government of Pakist [...] | 2005-10-16 12:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID MASS PARM PGOV PK PREL AID UN |
05ISLAMABAD15550 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: MFA EMPHASIZES URGENT NEED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 15, Foreign Secretary Muhammed Riaz Khan, in a meeting with Ambassador Crocker, explained the GOP,s highest near term priority was obtaining winterized tents and blankets for the three million people needing shelter in the affected areas, and he requested U.S. assi [...] | 2005-10-17 02:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON ETRD MASS PK PREL |
05ISLAMABAD15555 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION [...] From October 13 to 15, the USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) conducted an assessment in Muzaffarabad. The USAID/DART,s assessments confirmed that winterized tents are the priority in earthquake affected areas. The health cluster estimates that 67,000 persons are in need of imme [...] | 2005-10-17 08:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC EAID ECON KMDR KPAO MASS OIIP OPRC PGOV PK PREL |
05ISLAMABAD15677 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: ONLY MINOR MISSTEPS IN [...] (U) In the days since a violent 7.6 earthquake rocked northern Pakistan at 0853 October 8th, the Pakistan military has responded to the national crisis with valor and dedication. Army helicopters were in the air less than two hours after the quake struck, flying reconnaissance missions over [...] | 2005-10-19 07:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PK MASS AEMR PREF ASEC PGOV EAID |
05ISLAMABAD15728 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Eleven days into Pakistan's earthquake disaster, substantial U.S. assistance continue to encourage the Pakistani public and give confidence to the government that it has strong international backing as it confronts the worst catastrophe in its history. Over the next several days, a U.S. [...] | 2005-10-19 12:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PK PREL SENV |
05ISLAMABAD15730 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] The U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) estimates that there are 100,000 to 250,000 people who are not receiving relief in remote areas. UNICEF will be assessing these un-accessed areas. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) requested that the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) establish camps [...] | 2005-10-20 01:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD15731 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: AN OPEN DOOR TO KASHMIR? [...] (C) Summary: During an October 18 press conference, President Musharraf sent out a trial balloon on Kashmir, announcing that Pakistan would allow Kashmiri civilians--including Kashmiri politicians--from across the LOC to come to Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) to meet relatives and assist in rec [...] | 2005-10-20 01:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV IN |
05ISLAMABAD15736 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: PUBLIC REACTION TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) Summary: Public criticism of the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) relief operations continues. Media images of angry survivors still waiting for adequate relief, coupled with often-inaccurate and inflamatory editorials are fueling this resentment. Opposition parties have seized on this c [...] | 2005-10-20 05:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD15766 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] The Government of Pakistan (GOP) estimates that the earthquake killed 41,121 people and injured 67,634 others, and these numbers are likely to increase. The USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) reports that the GOP has made a credible effort to respond to the earthquake given [...] | 2005-10-20 11:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD15769 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: ISLAMIST AND EXTREMIST [...] (S) Summary: Islamist parties, clergy, and militant/extremist groups are using the Kashmir earthquake to strengthen their public image in affected areas...and to raise money. Member parties of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) are engaged in independent relief efforts through their charitable [...] | 2005-10-20 13:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PTER PK |
05ISLAMABAD15856 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: TRANSPORTING TENTS FROM [...] With snow already falling on some areas affected by the October 8 earthquake, getting winterized tents or other forms of shelter to those whose homes were destroyed is quickly emerging as a critical element of relief efforts. Given the magnitude of the crisis -- the current estimate is three [...] | 2005-10-21 12:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | CA EAID PK PREF PREL SENV |
05ISLAMABAD15860 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] On October 21, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that 62,000 tents were delivered to Pakistan by the international community and 50,000 tents have been delivered by the Government of Pakistan (GOP). IOM further stated that there are currently 194,000 tents available [...] | 2005-10-22 18:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD15862 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: KARZAI TO MAKE CONDOLENCE [...] (C) On October 21, the Afghan Embassy confirmed to post that AfghQsident Karzai plans to make a short condolence visit to Pakistan on Monday, October 24. According to Afghan Ambassador Tarzi, President Karzai will call on President Musharraff and PM Aziz, followed by a press event. The Paki [...] | 2005-10-22 18:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PK PGOV AF |
05ISLAMABAD15950 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: WHAT THE U.S. MUST ACCOMPLISH IN GENEVA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-24 12:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS MOPS PGOV PK PREF PREL |
05ISLAMABAD15959 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: KASHMIRI GOVERNMENT VIEWED AS [...] (C) Summary: The autonomous Government of Azad Jammu Kashmir (GAJK) has played virtually no role in earthquake relief. Its bureaucracy was devastated along with the capital of Muzzafarabad, while its political leadership (most of which was in Islamabad at the time of the earthquake) has been [...] | 2005-10-24 12:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16005 | KARZAI CONDOLENCE VISIT TO PAKISTAN OCTOBER 24 [...] (C) Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a brief visit to Pakistan October 24 to express condolences and support for Pakistan in the aftermath of the October 8 earthquake. Afghan Ambassador Tarzi told us that from his perspective, the visit went very well. Karzai first met with Musharraf who e [...] | 2005-10-25 01:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON MASS PREL AF PK |
05ISLAMABAD16024 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) continues to facilitate the movement of excess U.S. military commodities to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for distribution in affected areas. The USAID/DART observed market activity and the delivery of food stocks to private busines [...] | 2005-10-25 09:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16025 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) continues to facilitate the movement of excess U.S. military commodities to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for distribution in affected areas. The USAID/DART observed market activity and the delivery of food stocks to private busines [...] | 2005-10-25 09:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16051 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: MBS GEARING UP FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the detailed needs assessment is just beginning, multilateral development banks (MDBs) are trying to come up with funds to support reconstruction needs following Pakistan's October 8 earthquake. The World Bank board will vote October 25 on a $200 million package of e [...] | 2005-10-25 11:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PREF PK |
05ISLAMABAD16063 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) On October 25, Ambassador received USN VADM Stufflebeam, commander of the NATO team visiting Islamabad to coordinate NATO's earthquake relief deployment to Pakistan. VADM Stufflebeam told Ambassador that he would only be on the ground in Pakistan for the time necessary to conduct a Comma [...] | 2005-10-26 02:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PK MASS PGOV EAID AEMR ASEC NATO UN |
05ISLAMABAD16073 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] From October 22 to 23, a team of three Foreign Service nationals from USAID/Pakistan conducted an assessment in Muzaffarabad and several villages that were affected by the earthquake. The team visited Muzaffarabad city, Shaeed Gali, Hasan Gali, Jabbi Haider Shah, Lamian Battian, and Gari Hab [...] | 2005-10-26 11:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16138 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] As of October 25, the death toll in Pakistan reached 53,000, and the total affected population was between 2.7 and 2.8 million people. Shelter continues to be the primary need of those affected by the earthquake. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) continues to monitor the water and sanitation [...] | 2005-10-28 01:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16139 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] As of October 25, the death toll in Pakistan reached 53,000, and the total affected population was between 2.7 and 2.8 million people. Shelter continues to be the primary need of those affected by the earthquake. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) continues to monitor the water and sanitation [...] | 2005-10-28 01:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16140 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: PARTS SHORTAGE MAY SOON [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Since October 8, Pakistan's Army Aviation has kept its fleet of heavy-lift MI-17 helicopters in the air flying daily sorties transporting relief supplies to areas devastated the South Asian earthquake. To accomplish this dramatic shift in its mission, reourcef [...] | 2005-10-28 01:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL |
05ISLAMABAD16190 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: UN TRYING TO GET UP TO SPEED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission staff with direct interaction with the UN's earthquake relief effort - from the team leader for USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) to emboffs attending UN sectoral cluster groups -- characterize the UN response thus far as "a day late and a dollar short," wit [...] | 2005-10-31 01:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR EAGR EAID ECIN ECON MASS PGOV PK PREF PREL SENV AESC UN |
05ISLAMABAD16220 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION [...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) reports that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) is increasingly open to non-tent shelter alternatives. In Muzaffarabad, the U.N. Children,s Fund (UNICEF) estimates that it has met 80 to 90 percent of SPHERE standards for water. The GOP h [...] | 2005-10-31 04:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16473 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: CHANGING PERCEPTIONS OF [...] (C) The isolation of many areas impacted by the October 8 earthquake has long afforded Islamist politicians and conservative religious clerics an uncritical audience for their at times extremist worldviews, in which America (or the West) as enemy of Islam featured prominently. Anecdotal evide [...] | 2005-11-04 02:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK PAS |
05ISLAMABAD16474 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] From October 30 to 31, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) Economic and Livelihoods Advisor (ELO),Program Officer (PO),Water and Sanitation Officer (WSO),Shelter and Settlements Advisor (SSA),Earthquake Expert (EE),Military Liaison Officer (MLO),Field Officer (FO),[...] | 2005-11-04 02:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16480 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE: WHERE WE ARE AND [...] (U) Summary. As we approach the one-month anniversary of the earthquake, post offers this overview of relief efforts to date and an assessment of key priorities for the future. The earthquake itself caused much more damage and loss of life than initially estimated, but the Pakistani and inte [...] | 2005-11-04 15:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MARR MASS PNAT PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16641 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: PROTECTION SECTOR REPORT [...] Due to the enormity and complexity of this emergency and the major focus on providing shelter to villages in the mountains, it has been extremely difficult to monitor relief distributions in order to ensure that vulnerable populations, including those without effective male protection, are id [...] | 2005-11-09 06:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16643 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF [...] As of November 2, approximately 981,800 affected beneficiaries in Pakistan are receiving food aid. This is 98% of the 1 million caseload identified by the U.N. World Food Program (WFP). WFP's recent assessment estimates more than 2.3 million people are in need of food aid. Various non-gove [...] | 2005-11-09 06:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC EAGR PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16741 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: FIELD VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] From November 2 through 9, Deputy Director of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Greg Gottlieb visited Pakistan to work with USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) on developing programming and staffing plans for next approximately 150 days of the earthquake emerg [...] | 2005-11-10 09:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16819 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] On November 5, Deputy Director of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Greg Gottlieb, accompanied by the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART),traveled to earthquake-affected areas. The group met with implementing partners and members of the Government of Pakistan [...] | 2005-11-12 07:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16827 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: THE ROLE OF NGOS IN THE [...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) subscribes to the overall Government of Pakistan (GOP) Federal Relief Commission (FRC) strategy that primary focus at this stage in the relief effort should be placed on providing in-situ shelter and food security support for earthquake-affec [...] | 2005-11-14 02:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16834 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION [...] On November 6, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) met with representatives of all seven implementing partners in Pakistan. On November 7, Deputy Director of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Greg Gottlieb and USAID/DART staff met with Kevin Kennedy, the ne [...] | 2005-11-14 04:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16850 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: KAGHAN AND ALLAI VALLEYS [...] Summary: A team from the Embassy's Forward Operating Base in Mansehra (Officer-in-Charge (OIC),USAID/DART Field Officer, U.S. Military Liaison Officer) and representatives of five USAID-funded NGOs visited the Northern Kaghan and Allai Valleys on November 9. In both areas, Pakistan military [...] | 2005-11-14 11:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS MOPS ECON PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16875 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: AREAS IN MANSEHRA DISTRICT [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Forward Operating Base - Mansehra Officer-in-Charge (OIC) and Emboff accompanied NWFP Parliament minority leader on a November 7 tour of Mansehra tehsil. During the visit, it became clear that relief was not reaching several areas damaged by the October 8 earthquake. R [...] | 2005-11-14 12:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ASEC AEMR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16881 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART WATER AND [...] From October 19 through November 13, a water and sanitation officer (WSO) was deployed to Pakistan as part of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART). Through numerous trips through affected areas; assessments, and interviews with representatives of non-governmental organizations [...] | 2005-11-15 01:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD17267 | SUCCESSFUL DONOR CONFERENCE GIVES MAJOR BOOST [...] (SBU) summary and comment. The Musharraf Government is basking in the glow of a successful November 19 donor reconstruction conference that raised $6.0 billion (GOP's current internal figure, as of November 21 evening) in pledges for earthquake reconstruction, comfortably in excess of both t [...] | 2005-11-21 21:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PK PREL SENV |
05ISLAMABAD17384 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: THE SITUATION IN KOHISTAN [...] Summary: Southern Kohistan fared somewhat better than neighboring provinces during the October 8 earthquake with only two subdistricts affected and comparatively less damage. In terms of assistance, however, the 50-55% of the affected areas, population left homeless have fared far worse. Onl [...] | 2005-11-25 08:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD17421 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] With the onset of winter, some Pakistanis living at higher elevations are beginning to relocate temporarily to lower elevations. The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) has received reports, however, of people moving not just from the mountains to camps at lower elevations, but als [...] | 2005-11-25 11:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD17426 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART ECONOMICS AND [...] Immediately following the October 8 earthquake, relief agencies concentrated efforts on providing affected populations with urgently needed humanitarian assistance and shelter to assure survival during the upcoming winter months. The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team's (DART) program ha [...] | 2005-11-25 15:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD17557 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] In October 2005, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) reported that preliminary assessments by the UN World Food Program (WFP) estimated more than 2.3 million Pakistanis in need of food assistance per reftel. At that time, several NGOs suggested this figure was too high, but mor [...] | 2005-11-28 13:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD17621 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: ONGOING NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR [...] With the onset of winter, relief activities are moving into a critical stage where the needs of the earthquake- affected populations must be met efficiently and quickly. The difficulty of this task has been exacerbated by the changing climatic conditions, which are significantly altering the n [...] | 2005-11-29 14:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD17623 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: ONGOING NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR [...] With the onset of winter, relief activities are moving into a critical stage where the needs of the earthquake- affected populations must be met efficiently and quickly. The difficulty of this task has been exacerbated by the changing climatic conditions, which are significantly altering the n [...] | 2005-11-29 18:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD17711 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART COLLABORATION [...] Coordinating relief efforts and ensuring that USAID implementing partners reach populations in need without duplicating efforts are significant aspects of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team's (DART) work. Given the difficulties of this humanitarian operation, there is a need for coll [...] | 2005-12-01 08:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD17853 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART USING GIS TO [...] Since the beginning of the earthquake response, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) has included a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Officer. The GIS Officer, currently from the U.S. Department of State's Humanitarian Information Unit, regularly prepares maps and informatio [...] | 2005-12-02 08:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD18030 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: UN CREATES ANOTHER MEDIA [...] On December 3, 2005, the UN Resident Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator (UNHC) in Pakistan stated that the relief effort is on a knife,s edge and called for increased donor support for the USD 550 million UN Flash Appeal. Local and international media picked up on the UNHC,s remarks a [...] | 2005-12-06 07:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK UN |
05ISLAMABAD18159 | CORRECTED COPY -- PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: UN CREATES [...] On December 3, 2005, the UN Resident Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator (UNHC) in Pakistan stated that the relief effort is on a knife,s edge and called for increased donor support for the USD 550 million UN Flash Appeal. Local and international media picked up on the UNHC,s remarks a [...] | 2005-12-07 12:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK UN |
05ISLAMABAD18328 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART BOLSTERS SHELTER [...] The rapid onset of the Himalayan winter has brought greater urgency to efforts to winterize shelters of earthquake-affected populations. Agencies are stepping up efforts to ensure that families receive adequate winterization materials and tools, including blankets and plastic sheeting to rein [...] | 2005-12-09 14:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD18492 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART MONITORS [...] On December 11, 2005, the US Military provided helicopter transport to Pashtu and Gangwal villages in the remote earthquake-affected Allai Valley for three USAID/DART members, the Commander of the 3rd Marine Hospital Shinkiari and Mansehra, and the US Embassy's Mansehra Forward Operating Base [...] | 2005-12-13 04:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD18810 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: CONFUSION OVER WFP AND GOP [...] On December 1, 2005 the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) and the Government of Pakistan (GOP) implemented a new division of geographic responsibilities to distribute food to approximately 2.3 million people in the earthquake-affected areas of Northern Pakistan. The GOP requested that WFP move it [...] | 2005-12-16 13:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD19100 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: UN PERFORMANCE SHOWS [...] More than two months into the earthquake relief effort, the UN has made some improvements in response to early criticisms of start-up delays and performance issues reported in ref A. However, a lack of overall UN leadership, poor coordination, and insufficient staff continues to undermine the [...] | 2005-12-21 13:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK UN |
05ISLAMABAD19471 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART WATER AND [...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) water and sanitation officer (WSO) in Mansehra is addressing critical sanitation and water supply issues in Mehra and other camps, and providing technical assistance to agencies working in earthquake-affected areas of Northwest Frontier Provin [...] | 2005-12-29 05:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISTANBUL1 | TURKEY GETS A DATE FROM THE EU, ISTANBUL REACTS [...] (u) Summary: The December 17 EU decision to begin membership negotiations with Turkey in October 2005 was greeted in Istanbul with a mixture of relieved satisfaction and lingering skepticism. Following the initial euphoria after the decision was announced, some Turks in academic circles alrea [...] | 2005-01-03 10:03:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EU TU |
05ISTANBUL1075 | BMENAI: MFA BMENAI COORDINATOR AND NEA DAS CARPENTER DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: In a cordial June 21 meeting with NEA DAS Scott Carpenter in Istanbul, MFA Coordinator for the Broader Middle East and North Africa Initiative (BMENAI) Ambassador Omur Orhun reiterated Turkey's strong support for the initiative and its determination to express that support throu [...] | 2005-06-23 14:07:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL TU |
05ISTANBUL1080 | DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE DIALOGUE COMES TO LIFE IN [...] (U) Summary: A June 20-21 Istanbul symposium within the framework of the Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) focused on "Empowering Women in Public Life and Democratic Development in the BMENA Region." At this first issue-focused DAD activity, nearly 100 NGO and government representatives e [...] | 2005-06-23 16:27:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL TU XD XF XI |
05ISTANBUL1170 | "WORLD TRIBUNAL" CONFAB CONDEMNS COALITION [...] (U) Summary: A self-appointed "World Tribunal on Iraq" (WTI) comprising an international group of academic and civil society activists met in Istanbul from June 24-27 to charge the U.S. and U.K. governments with waging an illegal war of aggression in Iraq, recommend coalition forces' immediat [...] | 2005-07-07 16:19:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ PREL TU |
05ISTANBUL1297 | ALEVI GROUP PUSHES FOR EQUAL FUNDING AND RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Cem Foundation, an Istanbul-based Alevi organization, presented petitions to the Prime Ministry and the Ministry of Education on June 22 demanding proportional public funding for religious institutions, and changes to the religious education curriculum in Turkish public sc [...] | 2005-07-28 07:02:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TU |
05ISTANBUL1333 | ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH: KINALIADA CONTROVERSY BOILS [...] (C) Summary: Controversy flared this week between the GOT and the Ecumenical Patriarch after Turkish bureaucrats delayed the opening of a longstanding youth summer camp at a monastery on Kinali Island in an attempt to force church officials to recognize state seizure of that property. Church [...] | 2005-08-03 16:15:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU OSCE |
05ISTANBUL1336 | RALLYING SUPPORT FOR THE HOCA [...] (C) Summary: In a farewell luncheon for Consul General, Istanbul Chief Rabbi Ishak Haleva noted that he is wrestling with a difficult request from a local foundation for a letter in support of Fethullah Gulen, the Turkish-Muslim spiritual leader of a major Islamist lodge who is currently residi [...] | 2005-08-04 12:10:00 | Consulate Istanbul | SECRET | CVIS PHUM PREL TU |
05ISTANBUL1359 | ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE RAISES SPECIFIC CONCERNS [...] (C) In a July 11 meeting with Charge (ref A),Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew offered to share with us upon his return the points discussed during his July 11-12 discussions in Brussels with EU officials, including European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and EU Enlargement Commissio [...] | 2005-08-09 11:51:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE |
05ISTANBUL1420 | CHP DISSIDENTS: VOICES FROM ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary: Discontent among "dissidents" within the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) (ref A) continues to fester in Istanbul. The party's July 31 Istanbul Congress, which began in fisticuffs, left the provincial party apparatus firmly in the hands of supporters of CHP Chairman D [...] | 2005-08-18 15:06:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
05ISTANBUL147 | INTERNECINE WARFARE THREATENS TO SPLIT OPPOSITION [...] (sbu) Summary: Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Deniz Baykal and Sisli Mayor Mustafa Sarigul are set for a collision course at the upcoming January 29-30 party congress. Efforts by Istanbul MP Zulfu Livaneli and CHP delegate Hursit Gunes to present themselves as compromise candidates [...] | 2005-01-28 17:43:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
05ISTANBUL1495 | ISTANBUL BOMBING TRIAL POSTPONED [...] (U) 30 of the 71 defendants in the November 2003 Istanbul bombings were brought before Istanbul's Heavy Penal Court (Agir Ceza Mahkemesi) No. 10 for their closing statements on August 27. Their lawyers reiterated that the attacks were not targeted at the Turkish Republic but at the US and its [...] | 2005-08-29 15:10:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PREL PTER TU |
05ISTANBUL1579 | INTROSPECTION AND SCUFFLES MARK 50TH ANNIVERSARY [...] (SBU) Summary: In contrast to its indifferent approach to earlier anniversaries, Istanbul marked the 50th anniversary of the infamous 1955 riots that sounded the death knell for its once vibrant Greek Orthodox community with exhibits, panels, and a flurry of media attention. Interest focuse [...] | 2005-09-15 09:46:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
05ISTANBUL1603 | BSEC SENIOR OFFICIALS CLEAR U.S. REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) In separate phone conversations on September 16 and September 20, Black Sea Economic Cooperation Secretary General Tedo Japaridze and First Deputy Secretary General Tugay Ulucevik confirmed to Istanbul P/E Chief that the organization's senior officials had agreed in their September 15 I [...] | 2005-09-20 10:57:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ETRD TU PREL |
05ISTANBUL1628 | ISTANBUL VATICAN REPRESENTATIVE SANGUINE ABOUT GOT [...] (C) In the Consul General's September 21 introductory call on Istanbul Apostolic Vicar Monsignor Georges Marovitch, Marovitch indicated that the Vatican is satisfied with the GOT's invitation to Pope Benedict XVI to visit Turkey in 2006. (Note: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I had invited [...] | 2005-09-22 13:53:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM TU |
05ISTANBUL1655 | ISTANBUL ADMINISTRATIVE COURT BLOCKS "ALTERNATIVE [...] (U) This is an action message, see para 13. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a controversial decision unveiled just hours before the start of the "Alternative Armenian Conference," at which independent-minded speakers planned to challenge Turkish orthodoxy about the massacre of Armenians in 1915, an [...] | 2005-09-23 18:15:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM TU AM |
05ISTANBUL1680 | "ALTERNATIVE ARMENIAN CONFERENCE" GOES FORWARD [...] (U) Summary: The "Alternative Armenian Conference" (on Armenians in the late Ottoman Empire) unfolded without incident on September 24 and 25 at a campus of its third organizer, Bilgi University, less than 48 hours after an Istanbul court had attempted to block it. Foreign Minister Gul, who, [...] | 2005-09-27 16:47:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM TU AM |
05ISTANBUL1723 | UNDER SECRETARY HUGHES' ISTANBUL MEETINGS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: During her 24-hour visit to Istanbul, Under Secretary Hughes met with religious leaders representing a range of confessions and exchanged views on how extremism can most effectively be counteracted. All stressed the need to combat the underlying causes of extremism, including [...] | 2005-10-05 10:37:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO TU |
05ISTANBUL1734 | ISTANBUL MEZZES: SLICES OF LIFE FROM TURKEY'S [...] (U) This is the first in a series of cables offering a sampling of political, economic and human rights topics making news in Istanbul. Green on the Green ------------------ 2. (U) Residents of Istanbul's upscale and secular residential Kadikoy districts are up in arms about a City Cou [...] | 2005-10-06 06:26:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM TU |
05ISTANBUL175 | MUSLIM OUTREACH - THE INDIRECT APPROACH [...] (SBU) Summary: While remaining steadfast in opposition to U.S. policies on Iraq and the Middle East, Islam-oriented opinion leaders and broader audiences of devout Muslims in Istanbul and the surrounding areas have been receptive to our public outreach on other topics of common interest. Our [...] | 2005-02-02 17:23:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL KPAO PREL TU |
05ISTANBUL1780 | ARTICLE 301 STRIKES AGAIN: PUBLISHER CONVICTED OF [...] (C) Summary: Citing Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code (TPC),an Istanbul court October 7 convicted publisher Hrant Dink of "insulting Turkish identity" and issued a six-month suspended sentence. This case, resulting from a 2004 article in Dink's Agos newspaper, was brought by the same [...] | 2005-10-14 15:51:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM TU |
05ISTANBUL1804 | ARMENIAN CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS DEBRIEF STEVEN [...] (C) Summary: Three organizers of the recent "Alternative Armenian Conference" here (ref A) told former U.S. Congressman and GOT consultant Steven Solarz October 7 that the watershed conference would embolden students to pursue more serious and objective research on the topic. They averred - [...] | 2005-10-18 15:00:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU AM |
05ISTANBUL1867 | TURKEY-ARMENIA: TRACK TWO ON TRACK? [...] (C) Summary: Turkish-Armenian "Track Two" efforts continue to chip away at old attitudes. A New Jersey-based Armenian Orthodox Church official was pleased with his reception in Ankara during a recent visit, and plans to organize tours to Turkey with diaspora Armenians next year. "Alternati [...] | 2005-10-27 11:49:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM TU AM |
05ISTANBUL1888 | ISTANBUL MEZZES: SLICES OF LIFE FROM TURKEY'S [...] (U) This is the second in a series of cables offering a sampling of political, economic and human rights topics circulating in Istanbul; herewith, a special "Ramazan" edition. Istanbul Iftars --------------- 2. (U) "Iftar," or the traditional breaking of the Ramadan ("Ramazan," in Tur [...] | 2005-10-31 15:19:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
05ISTANBUL1957 | CDA ADDRESSES ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE/APPEAL OF [...] (U) Summary: he Ecumenical Patriarchate and Rabbi Arthur Schnier's Appeal of Conscience Foundation hosted a cnference in Istanbul November 7-9, bringing togethr religious and other leaders from the Balkans, Cntrl sia nd th Cacasus, as well as Greece' Mnste o Edcaion and Religious Affairs, [...] | 2005-11-15 15:55:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
05ISTANBUL1960 | ARMENIAN ARCHBISHOP ON KATHOLIKOS VISIT [...] (C) Summary: New York-based Archbishop Khajag Barsamian of the Armenian Church of America told CG November 9 Armenian Katholikos Karekin II of Echmiadzin is considering a visit to Turkey next year, adding that he had received positive reactions from both Turkish diplomats in New York and Ar [...] | 2005-11-16 12:45:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR AM |
05ISTANBUL1968 | DOD A/S FLORY'S BSEC CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Summary: In an extended November 11 briefing and subsequent private meeting with Ambassador Tedo Japaridze, Secretary General of the Organization for Black Sea Economic SIPDIS Cooperation, visiting DOD Assistant Secretary for International Security Policy Peter Flory explored areas wher [...] | 2005-11-16 15:43:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ETRD TU PREL |
05ISTANBUL2071 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S DECEMBER 4 MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a very cordial hour-long lunch sandwiched between U.S. meetings with a team of Iraqi Sunnis -- conducted in Istanbul and orchestrated and observed by the GOT -- Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul told visiting U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Khalilzad that Turkey had counseled t [...] | 2005-12-07 14:42:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY IZ TU SYRIA |
05ISTANBUL2077 | PATRIARCH EXPRESSES APPRECIATION FOR DEPARTMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-08 13:15:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE |
05ISTANBUL2111 | BSEC: ROMANIAN CHAIRMANSHIP'S VISION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Executive Manager Stefana Greavu and Project Coordinator Konstantinos Zaimis reviewed possible areas of cooperation with the U.S. in separate meetings with us on December 8. Greavu outlined Romania's priorities for its Chairmanship-in-offic [...] | 2005-12-14 09:06:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ETRD TU PREL |
05ISTANBUL2152 | ISTANBUL JOURNALISTS DEBATE TURKISH POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador exchanged views with senior Turkish journalists n Istanbul on key foreign policy issues, includig Iraq, Iran, Syria, Cyprus, EU accession and doestic developments in Turkey. In this off-the-recrd discussion, debate was most spirited among thejournalists regarding t [...] | 2005-12-22 12:45:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV TU |
05ISTANBUL2171 | AMBASSADOR'S FIRST VISIT TO ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) In his first visit to Istanbul December 18-20, Ambassador met with a range of business, government and other leaders, including Mustafa Koc, head of Turkey's largest holding company, Aydin Dogan, the country's leading media baron, the Turkish-American Business Council (TAIK),the Americ [...] | 2005-12-26 23:29:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV TU |
05ISTANBUL2186 | ISTANBUL MEZZES: SLICES OF LIFE FROM TURKEY'S [...] (U) This is the third in a series of cables offering a sampling of political, economic and human rights topics circulating in Istanbul. Vatican II ) Muslim Style? -------------------------- 2. (SBU) We recently attended a Koran reading and sermon at Sehzadebasi Mosque in the Eminonu-Fat [...] | 2005-12-29 14:28:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
05ISTANBUL267 | IZMIR VIEWS ON APP CLOSURE, OVACIK MINE RESTART, [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings in Izmir February 2-4, Izmir liaison officer informed municipal, business and academic officials of the Congressional decision to close the Izmir American Presence Post and the U.S. plan to reopen a consular agency. Regarding U.S. efforts to reopen the Ovacik Gold [...] | 2005-02-17 13:15:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TU PHUM EINV |
05ISTANBUL377 | MOSQUE-STATE RELATIONS: ISTANBUL DEBATES ROLE OF [...] (u) Subject: A new report on the relationship among religion, state, and society by TESEV, a prominent establishment Turkish think tank, has stimulated a lively discussion among Istanbul academic and media circles on the role and future of Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet). TES [...] | 2005-03-08 13:21:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL TU |
05ISTANBUL403 | MARMARA GROUP REFLECTIONS ON PRESIDENT ASSAD AND [...] (SBU) Summary: A delegation of Marmara Group (Strategic and Social Research Foundation, founded in 1985) members visiting Damascus February 20-24 was impressed with President Assad's stated interest in promoting positive relations with Turkey and the U.S., but sensed the Syrian bureaucracy was [...] | 2005-03-14 12:18:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SY TU |
05JAKARTA15147 | FORMER PRESIDENT MEGAWATI CRITICIZES YUDHOYONO'S [...] (C) In a November 18 meeting with the Ambassador, former President Megawati Soekarnoputri played the part of opposition leader to the hilt, expressing dismay with the performance of the current administration and President Yudhoyono's reliance on Islamist political parties. Megawati downplaye [...] | 2005-11-22 10:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KISL ID |
05JAKARTA9989 | ACEH: KALLA BRIEFS ENVOYS ON "HIS" PEACE DEAL [...] (C) The Ambassador and heads of mission from Australia, Finland, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Sweden, and the UK (also representing the EU) called on Vice President Jusuf Kalla on July 22 to receive the GOI's brief on the draft Aceh peace accord. Kalla's presentation echoed that of lead negoti [...] | 2005-07-22 11:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS MARR EAID ECON KJUS ID |
05JEDDAH2179 | IDENTIFYING LAND FOR A NEW CONSULATE: GOVERNOR OF [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. On July 28, the Ambassador and CG met with Prince Abd al-Majid bin Abd al-Aziz, Governor of Mecca, to discuss the future of the Jeddah Consulate General. During the meeting, the Governor agreed to help the USG identify a tract of land for a new Consulate. He propos [...] | 2005-06-29 14:54:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | ABLD ABUD AMGT ASEC PREL |
05JEDDAH3366 | SAUDI KING PLEASED WITH PROGRESS AGAINST [...] (S) SUMMARY. On September 5, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security Fran Townsend met with King Abdullah at his invitation at the King's home in Jeddah. The meeting, notable for its warm and friendly tone, focused on the Saudi progress in subduing Saudi terrorists and the need to c [...] | 2005-09-13 11:44:00 | Consulate Jeddah | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL SA |
05JERUSALEM1772 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/29) - ABBAS'S FIRST [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-29 11:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAL KWBG IS KPAO PREL OPRC |
05JERUSALEM3703 | DISENGAGEMENT COORDINATION UPDATE, AUGUST 12, 2005 [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of disengagement, several key coordination issues are much closer to being resolved than a week ago. Representatives of settler farmers and anonymous private donors agreed early August 12 on a contract to sell the greenhouses and other infrastructure for just under USD [...] | 2005-08-12 16:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05JERUSALEM3791 | DISENGAGEMENT COORDINATION UPDATE, AUGUST 17, 2005 [...] (C) Summary: At a trilateral crossings meeting August 17, USG representatives tabled a proposal for spending the USD 50 million in supplemental assistance to upgrade four of the crossings between the West Bank/Gaza Strip and Israel and asked for PA and GOI responses within the next few days. [...] | 2005-08-17 17:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05JERUSALEM3914 | DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 23, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: On the morning of August 23, approximately 15,000 IDF soldiers and Israeli Police commenced operations to evacuate more than 2,000 settlers and their supporters from Sa Nur and Homesh settlements in the northern West Bank. According to press, most of these people were infiltrat [...] | 2005-08-23 16:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS |
05JERUSALEM3983 | DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 24, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: As of 1800 local time August 23, all settlers were evacuated from Sa Nur and Homesh settlements, completing evacuation of all residents and protesters from the Gaza Strip and four northern West Bank settlements. Israeli forces told Israeli press that they were prepared for heav [...] | 2005-08-24 15:24:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05JERUSALEM4288 | DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, SEPTEMBER 12, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: As of 0900 local time September 12, all settlers and IDF personnel had departed the Gaza Strip. PA security forces took over Gaza settlement areas in stages before dawn September 12. Rafah crossing was closed in both directions by Israel, pending an agreement on border crossin [...] | 2005-09-12 15:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05JERUSALEM4644 | OCTOBER 2 PALESTINIAN CLASHES WITH HAMAS [...] (C) Summary: Clashes took place in Gaza on October 2 between Palestinian Authority (PA) policemen and Hamas gunmen. Three Palestinians were killed -- a senior police officer and two civilians -- while at least 51 were wounded, many of whom were bystanders. Two police stations in the vicinity [...] | 2005-10-03 16:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG |
05JERUSALEM5669 | HAMAS AND FATAH OFFICIALS REJECT HOUSE RESOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fatah and Hamas spokesmen reacted strongly to the U.S. House of Representatives resolution against Hamas participation in the January 25 Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections. While most of the official Hamas statements focused on U.S. "interference" and "hypocrisy," Ga [...] | 2005-12-20 17:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PGOV PINS PTER KPAL IS |
05KABUL4948 | INTIMIDATION FORCES VILLAGERS TO INCREASINGLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Local NGOs in Kandahar report increased intimidation by anti-coalition forces. This, compounded by continuing corruption, creates an extremely difficult environment for aid organizations. Villagers are asking NGOs not to return. Corrupt officials are impeding their work in other [...] | 2005-12-07 10:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF |
05KABUL4953 | KANDAHAR PROVINCIAL COUNCIL NOT REPRESENTATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Governor of Kandahar and local NGOs told the Ambassador that the newly elected Provincial Council is not representative of the province's population and is being circumvented by use of the shura system. They believe the shuras currently are a better means to identify and add [...] | 2005-12-07 10:49:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF |
05KABUL4971 | AFGHANISTAN (WITH UK HELP) LEADS BABY STEPS TOWARD [...] (SBU) The joint GoA and UK-hosted Regional Economic Cooperation Conference was held in Kabul December 4 and 5. The event featured an opening address by President Karzai, and speeches by GoA economic ministers and regional delegates, who were primarily at the ministerial and vice- ministerial l [...] | 2005-12-08 05:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL KPWR EAID PGOV AF |
05KABUL4976 | PRT FARAH: A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. MOI replaced Farah Provinces Chief of Police Colonel Allah Wadin Noorzai on November 14 with Brigadier General Said Agha. First indications are favorable although he must deal with issues of ingrained corruption, bribery and a poorly-functioning judicial system. On Nov [...] | 2005-12-08 10:18:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER AF |
05KABUL4985 | CODEL MURPHY/SKELTON MEETS KARZAI [...] (SBU) Congressmen Murphy, Skelton, and Marshall, accompanied by Ambassador Neumann, met with President Karzai on November 24 to discuss U.S. engagement in Afghanistan. Karzai expected the inauguration of the newly elected Parliament to occur December 18 or 19 since announced for the 19th. He [...] | 2005-12-08 13:59:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV SNAR PARM MASS AF |
05KABUL4988 | PRT/GHAZNI: PROVINCIAL COUNCIL BEGINS WORK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of Ghazni's recently seated Provincial Council met cordially on December 3, their second official meeting since a contentious election for Council officers and Meshrano Jirga members. Council members agreed that the main purpose of the Council is to keep the Provincial Ad [...] | 2005-12-09 06:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF |
05KABUL5010 | KARZAI'S MESHRANO JIRGA APPOINTMENTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Karzai released his official list of 34 appointments to the Meshrano Jirga (MJ, Upper House of Parliament) on December 10. The list fulfills Afghan Electoral Law requirements that he include 17 women, two Kuchi representatives, and two representatives of the martyrs and [...] | 2005-12-11 12:49:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF |
05KABUL5024 | REVISED AFGHANISTAN COMPACT FOR WASHINGTON REVIEW [...] (SBU) This cable includes the full text of the December 11 revised Afghanistan Compact and three Annexes for Washington review. This final revision reflects the bulk of consensus recommendations reached at a series of December 2- 5 PrepCom meetings held on the margins of the Kabul Regional Ec [...] | 2005-12-13 02:33:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PREL PGOV AF |
05KABUL5025 | CN ACTIVITIES IN THE JUSTICE SECTOR [...] (U) Summary: Justice reform and law enforcement are key components of Embassy Kabul's Counter Narcotics Implementation Plan (CIP). Over the past two months, the DOJ prosecutors (assigned to the Embassy) have made significant progress in establishing legal institutions and reforming laws to ens [...] | 2005-12-13 02:51:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV PTER PREL KCRM AF |
05KABUL5027 | AFGHAN PARLIAMENT - ONE WEEK UNTIL INAUGURATION DAY [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the final week before Afghanistan's first Parliamentary Inauguration in 30 years, discussions among MPs are intently focused on who will take the "plum jobs" in the new National Assembly. Despite skepticism among some partisan politicians in Kabul, both the Ambassador and USG [...] | 2005-12-13 05:06:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM AF |
05KABUL5032 | AFGHANISTAN (WITH UK HELP) LEADS BABY STEPS TOWARD [...] (SBU) The joint GoA and UK-hosted Regional Economic Cooperation Conference was held in Kabul December 4 and 5. The event featured an opening address by President Karzai, and speeches by GoA economic ministers and regional delegates, who were primarily at the ministerial and vice- ministerial l [...] | 2005-12-13 10:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL KPWR EAID PGOV AF |
05KABUL5034 | GOVERNORS OF GEORGIA, KANSAS, AND MISSISSIPPI MEET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH THE GOVERNORS OF GEORGIA, KANSAS AND MISSISSIPPI AND GENERAL BLUM, KARZAI WAS IN A GENIAL MOOD, HIGHLIGHTING PROGRESS ON COUNTER NARCOTICS, BUT PRESSING FOR CONTINUED INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT TO ENSURE SUCCESS. HE PRAISED THE AFGHAN PEOPLE'S COMMITMENT TO DEMOC [...] | 2005-12-13 12:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SNAR AF |
05KABUL5038 | HELMAND GOVERNOR SENT TO PARLIAMENT; REPLACED BY [...] (U) President Karzai has named Engineer Mohammad Daoud, currently holding a senior position at the National Security Council, as the new Governor of Helmand Province. Per reftel, outgoing Governor Mullah Shir Mohammad Akhund is leaving Helmand to take a seat in the Meshrano Jirga (MJ, Upper H [...] | 2005-12-14 08:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF |
05KABUL5039 | GOVERNORS OF GEORGIA, KANSAS, AND MISSISSIPPI MEET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH THE GOVERNORS OF GEORGIA, KANSAS AND MISSISSIPPI AND GENERAL BLUM, KARZAI WAS IN A GENIAL MOOD, HIGHLIGHTING PROGRESS ON COUNTER NARCOTICS, BUT PRESSING FOR CONTINUED INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT TO ENSURE SUCCESS. HE PRAISED THE AFGHAN PEOPLE'S COMMITMENT TO DEMOC [...] | 2005-12-14 08:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SNAR AF |
05KABUL5042 | EMERGING AFGHAN INTERAGENCY PROCESS TO MANAGE [...] (SBU) Summary. USDOJ and CFC-A representatives briefed a delegation of Afghan officials on the fundamentals of an interagency process. The GOA officials are to become the working group that will decide the form of the process Afghanistan will use to receive detainees transferred by the USG. [...] | 2005-12-14 08:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KAWC AF |
05KABUL5047 | GOVERNORS OF GEORGIA, KANSAS, AND MISSISSIPPI MEET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH THE GOVERNORS OF GEORGIA, KANSAS AND MISSISSIPPI AND GENERAL BLUM, KARZAI WAS IN A GENIAL MOOD, HIGHLIGHTING PROGRESS ON COUNTER NARCOTICS, BUT PRESSING FOR CONTINUED INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT TO ENSURE SUCCESS. HE PRAISED THE AFGHAN PEOPLE'S COMMITMENT TO DEMOC [...] | 2005-12-14 08:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SNAR AF |
05KABUL5050 | KARZAI PROMISES RESULTS ON CN, ASKS FOR GREATER [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai convened a meeting of his cabinet on December 11 to press for implementation of the GOA's Counter Narcotics (CN) strategy. In the meeting, Karzai addressed the disparity between UNODC's (21 percent reduction) and the USG's (48 percent reduction) survey results reg [...] | 2005-12-14 08:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV PREL PTER SNAR AF |
05KABUL5066 | MINISTRY OF FRONTIERS AND TRIBAL AFFAIRS: [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Minister of Frontiers and Tribal Affairs Alhaj Sayeed Ahmad Haqbeen described for Poloffs the important work of his Ministry in supporting national unity and understanding. The key competencies of the Ministry of Frontier and Tribal Affairs (MFTA) are promoting the nation [...] | 2005-12-14 12:54:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
05KABUL5071 | PRT/GHOR - PICNIC POLITICS [...] (U) SUMMARY: PolOffs and Chaghcharan AIDOff spent the afternoon of December 8 with Ghor Governor Afzali, former Ghor Governor and current MP Dr. Mohammad Ibrahim Malekzada, and several of Afzali's wealthy family members chatting about local politics in classic Afghan style - over a lavish meal [...] | 2005-12-14 15:18:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM AF |
05KABUL5089 | IRAQ: SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-15 13:01:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IZ AF |
05KABUL5110 | POPPY ELIMINATION PROGRAM (PEP) STATUS REPORT [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Afghanistan (GOA) sponsored Poppy Elimination Program continues to move forward. The Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MCN) is on-target to hire all PEP personnel by early 2006. All seven PEP teams have Afghan members and four international advisors (IA) have been hi [...] | 2005-12-17 03:17:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PGOV PTER KCRM AF |
05KABUL5118 | DUELING AFGAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE [...] (SBU) An ongoing battle between the AID-supported Afghan International Chamber of Commerce (AICC) and the GTZ- supported Afghan Chamber of Commerce and Industry is heating up with a proposed law that would effectively eliminate the AICC, dealing a significant blow to the development of an inde [...] | 2005-12-17 14:01:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL EAID PGOV AF |
05KABUL5120 | CN MEETING WITH GOVERNOR OF BADAKHSHAN IN KABUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a December 6, 2005 meeting at the Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MCN),Badakhshan Governor Majeed spoke about rural development assistance and reduction of opium cultivation with MCN Minister Qaderi and representatives of the MCN, UK Embassy, and US Embassy. Several members [...] | 2005-12-17 15:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV PTER KCRM AF |
05KABUL5121 | TWO SCHOOLS ATTACKED IN HELMAND [...] (SBU) A TEACHER WAS KILLED ON DECEMBER 16 IN NAD ALI DISTRICT IN HELMAND PROVINCE. ALTHOUGH THE MOTIVE WAS UNCLEAR, TERRORISM IS LIKELY. ON DECEMBER 17, ANOTHER INCIDENT INVOLVING A SCHOOL TOOK PLACE, THIS TIME IN THE PROVINCIAL CAPITAL. TWO MEN ON A MOTORCYCLE DROVE TO THE KARTELEGON SCH [...] | 2005-12-18 03:22:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID PTER AF |
05KABUL5169 | PRT HERAT: ANA/ANP NAB RENEGADE JAMIAT COMMANDER [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please do not release to ISAF. 2. (SBU) In a combined operation on December 13, ANP and ANA elements succeeded in apprehending renegade Jamiat Commander Mullah Mustafa, who had been responsible for extensive illegal roadblocks, banditry and [...] | 2005-12-19 12:29:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AF |
05KABUL5176 | INAUGURATION OF AFGHAN PARLIAMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The inauguration ceremonies for Afghanistans first Parliament in over 30 years began shortly after 10 a.m. on the cold and cloudy morning of 19 December. The city was under strict security, with most roads and even pedestrian traffic strictly controlled. Both the upper and lower [...] | 2005-12-20 07:13:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PREL KCRM KDEM AF |
05KABUL5180 | PRT: BADGHIS: AN ALMOST FORGOTTEN PROVINCE [...] Summary: In one of the poorest countries in the world, Badghis is one of (out of 34) the poorest provinces in Afghanistan. There is no paved road network, no electricity except for a few small generators, and no radio reception outside the capital of Qal I Now. Apart from its presence in Q [...] | 2005-12-20 12:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER KDEM PINR EAID SNAR AF |
05KABUL5181 | KUNDUZ POLITICS OF CORRUPTION IN THE BAGHLAN [...] (U) Summary: Highway Police forces throughout the north and northeast and Afghan National Police (ANP) forces in Baghlan province are both dominated by Tajik warlords and drug traffickers. General Abdul Khalil has assigned former jihadi/Hezb-i-Islami loyalists from Baghlans Andarab District [...] | 2005-12-20 12:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AF GE |
05KABUL5186 | PRT/FARAH: SEXUAL POLITICS OVERSHADOW AS [...] (SBU) Summary: Five men and three women were sworn in as Provincial Councilors in Farah Province November 10. Gender division was overcome with the decision to elect a woman to the Vice Chairperson position. Aside from a momentary gaffe from Governor Wasefi as he tried to make the selection [...] | 2005-12-21 10:07:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AF |
05KABUL5188 | Poetry and Motion - Sikhs and Hindus Return to [...] (SBU) Summary: A November 11 poetry reading hosted by the Paktia Literary Society not only opened Gardez's new Afghan Government-built Marriage Hall but also revealed significant progress in the faith of the people in the GOA. A three hour gathering of some 300 Pashto men in Gardez's unheat [...] | 2005-12-21 10:07:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
05KABUL5198 | PRT HERAT: TROUBLING ISSUES AFFECT HERAT'S DIAG [...] (C) Summary: Herat Governor Anwari is angered by reported MOI criticism of DIAG (Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups) in his province. It is Kabul, he affirmed at the December 14 weekly DIAG Committee meeting, which is underperforming. The GOA, moreover, has failed, so far, to force Herat's [...] | 2005-12-21 11:37:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER AF |
05KABUL5200 | QANOONI ELECTED SPEAKER OF WOLESI JIRGA IN SECOND [...] (U) KABUL MP YOUNUS QANOONI WON THE VOTE FOR SPEAKER OF THE WOLESI JIRGA (LOWER HOUSE) IN A SECOND ROUND OF VOTING LATE IN THE AFTERNOON OF DECEMBER 21. IN THE INITIAL ROUND OF VOTING, QANOONI TOOK 108 VOTES; KABUL MP USTAD ABDRAB ALRASOUL SAYAFF HAD 88 VOTES; PAKTIKA MP PEER SAYED ISHAQ GAIL [...] | 2005-12-21 14:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM AF |
05KABUL5201 | JAILED JOURNALIST ALI MOHAQIQ NASAB RELEASED WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Jailed journalist Ali Mohaqiq Nasab was released from jail with a suspended six-month sentence. During the hearing Nasab gave a one-sentence apology stating, "I ask the court to forgive me if I caused any confusion and problem." This statement appeased the court and the orig [...] | 2005-12-22 02:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV PTER AF |
05KABUL5219 | AFGHAN PARLIAMENT: SELECTION OF DEPUTY SPEAKERS [...] (C) Begin summary: Both houses of the Afghan Parliament have now selected Deputy Speakers, ending a week of behind-the-scenes horse trading and bargaining for the coveted positions. Although the actual promises may never be fully revealed,the result has been a list of names that reflect both [...] | 2005-12-22 13:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM AF |
05KABUL5223 | Update on CN Activities 11/20-12/20 [...] Summary: The Counter Narcotics Public Information (CNPI) campaign is entering phase two: eradication, which will be folded into ongoing rule of law and health campaigns. Hiring for PEP teams continues with the aim of hiring of Afghan staff by early January and the hiring of the International A [...] | 2005-12-24 06:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV PTER KCRM AF |
05KABUL5234 | PRT GHAZNI FIRST PROVINCIAL JUSTICE CONFERENCE [...] SUMMARY: Afghan justice officials, including representatives of the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Interior, Supreme Court, and Attorney General?s office, attended a conference with provincial justice officials December 14-15 in Ghazni Province. The conference was hosted by the provincial go [...] | 2005-12-26 06:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PREL KCRM EAID KDEM AF |
05KABUL5256 | REVISED AFGHANISTAN COMPACT [...] (SBU) The GoA pushed back strongly against Washington's undercutting the reciprocal balance of the Afghanistan Compact but accepted most of our other points. In a December 24 meeting, Senior Economic Advisor to the President Naderi and UNAMA Deputy SRSG Haq reviewed with Ambassador the lates [...] | 2005-12-27 12:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PREL PGOV AF |
05KABUL5272 | PAKISTAN AMBASSADOR DEDICATED TO IMPROVING [...] (C) Ambassador Neumann met with newly arrived Pakistan Ambassador Tariq Azizuddin in a December 28 courtesy call. Azizuddin is dedicated to improving relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and arrived with a mandate to attack all irritants in the bilateral relationship as they appear. Th [...] | 2005-12-29 05:57:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK AF |
05KABUL5273 | PRT/QALAT: CHALLENGES IN SOUTHEASTERN ZABUL PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Zabul Governor Arman has a strategic goal of a goo 2. (SBU) PRT PolOff discussed the goal with the Governor, as well as Goal Of Connecting Pakistan and the Ring Road in Zabul 3. (SBU) Governor Armans vision is to have a good road connect Qalat Shinkay District 4. [...] | 2005-12-29 06:33:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER ECON EAID ELTN AF |
05KABUL5274 | PRT JALALABAD: NEW NANGARHAR CHIEF OF POLICE APPOINTED [...] (SBU) Summary. Governor Gul Agha Sherzai welcomed newly appointe Nangarhar Police Chief Basir Salangi at a special ceremony on Decembe 27 attended by district chiefs of police, the Nangarhar chief justice and other key judicial sector personnel. Sherzai, who has been activ campaigning to kee [...] | 2005-12-29 07:49:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SNAR AF |
05KABUL5292 | CORRECTED COPY PRT/QALAT: CHALLENGES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Zabul Governor Arman has a strategic goal of a good road connecting the Ring Road in Qalat to the Pakistani border in southeastern Zabul Province. The road improvement is underway (with US funding),but the districts are not secure yet nor under the effective control of the ce [...] | 2005-12-31 06:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER ECON EAID ELTN AF |
05KABUL5297 | CORRECTED COPY: PRT JALALABAD: NEW NANGARHAR [...] (SBU) Summary. Governor Gul Agha Sherzai welcomed newly appointed Nangarhar Police Chief Basir Salangi at a special ceremony on December 27 attended by district chiefs of police, the Nangarhar chief justice, and other key judicial sector personnel. Sherzai, who has been actively campaigning [...] | 2005-12-31 06:13:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SNAR AF |
05KATHMANDU1155 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM MAY 24 TO 31, 2005 [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS `Supporting democracy is not meddling': Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said THAT India has no intention to interfere in the internal affairs of Nepal, and that attempts to encourage democracy in the northern neighbor should not be construed as interference. "Our atte [...] | 2005-06-01 08:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
05KATHMANDU1192 | NEPALI FM: INDIA BROKERING MAOIST-POLITICAL [...] (C) CDA telephoned FM Pandey on June 3 to express concern over reports that security services prevented UML Central Committee member Jhalanath Khanal from boarding a plane for Delhi on June 2. (Note: Khanal had told us on May 30 that he was going to India for medical treatment. According to [...] | 2005-06-03 11:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM PINS IN NP |
05KATHMANDU1203 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JUNE 1 TO 6, 2005 [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS Go to court; not street: Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Tulsi Giri on Sunday suggested that the political parties and lawyers should ask for justice at the Supreme Court rather than take to the streets. On Sunday Giri said that rule of law couldn't be establish [...] | 2005-06-06 12:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
05KATHMANDU1293 | NEPAL: KING TO QATAR, SON PARAS TEMPORARILY IN [...] (U) His Majesty King Gyanendra and his wife departed Nepal for Doha, Qatar on June 13 to participate in the Second Summit Conference of the Developing Countries. Their Majesties travel to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on June 18 before returning to Nepal on June 22. As he did last time he lef [...] | 2005-06-14 11:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP GON |
05KATHMANDU1303 | INDIAN DCM HINTS MAOIST LEADERS DETAINED IN INDIA [...] (S/NF) Indian DCM V.P. Haran met with CDA at his request on June 13. He requested information about the mid-May trip to Afghanistan by Embassy Kathmandu's DATT and USAID Director along with the Vice Chairman of Nepal's Planning Commission and an RNA officer. CDA explained that the purpose [...] | 2005-06-15 11:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER EAID IN NP |
05KATHMANDU1342 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JUNE 14 TO 20, [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS Maoists positive over seven parties' call: A day after the seven opposition parties called on the Maoists to support their ongoing pro-democracy movement, the CPN (Maoist) Sunday said it had taken their call in a positive light. Issuing a press statement Sunday, Maoist chai [...] | 2005-06-20 10:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
05KATHMANDU1353 | KOIRALA DISTRUSTFUL OF MAOISTS AND KING [...] (C) Charge found former Nepalese PM and current leader of the seven party alliance 80-year-old GP Koirala fit and spry when calling on him at his residence on June 21 after his return from a "medical" trip to India. Koirala said that there was an important role for the international community [...] | 2005-06-21 12:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS NP IN GON |
05KATHMANDU1384 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JUNE 21 TO 27, [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS Subedi released from detention: Ending a weeklong drama, the government released Navaraj Subedi, general secretary of People's Front from detention as per the second order from the Supreme Court on Friday. He had been re-arrested nine days ago and the government had claime [...] | 2005-06-28 05:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
05KATHMANDU2146 | DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGY FOR NEPAL [...] (C) Embassy Kathmandu welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Secretary's call for a strategic and systematic review of our democracy promotion efforts. The situation in Nepal is fragile and deteriorating rapidly. The main impediment to the growth of democracy here is the violent Maoist i [...] | 2005-09-30 10:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | AMGT KDEM PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC EAID NP |
05KATHMANDU2150 | NEPAL AGREES TO PARTNERSHIP ON AVIAN AND PANDEMIC [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Dr. Bishnu Prasad Pandit, the senior point of contact on Avian Influenza for His Majesty's Government of Nepal (ref A),informed Emboff on September 30 that Nepal agreed to be listed as a partner on the International Partnership on [...] | 2005-09-30 11:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI NP WHO |
05KATHMANDU2178 | INDIAN POLITICAL LEADERS VISIT NEPAL [...] (SBU) During a September 28-30 visit to Kathmandu, a six-member Indian political delegation, headed by politburo member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sitaram Yechuri, expressed support for multiparty democracy in Nepal. The group, which also included leaders of five other politic [...] | 2005-10-04 11:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NP |
05KATHMANDU2206 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) [...] (SBU) Embassy Kathmandu's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is Deputy Chief of Mission Elisabeth I. Millard. Her phone number is 977-1-441-1179; classified e-mail: MillardEI@state.sgov.gov; unclassified e-mail: MillardE@state.gov. Deputy TFCO is Pol/Econ Officer Natasha Basley un [...] | 2005-10-07 09:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2208 | DISCUSSING POSSIBLE BHUTANESE REFUGEE RETURNS [...] (U) This is an action request cable. Please see para. 6. Reaching Agreement with Bhutan ... ---------------------------------- 2. (C) On October 6, the Ambassador discussed with Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey His Majesty's Government of Nepal's (HMGN's) expectations regarding the a [...] | 2005-10-07 10:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM BT NP |
05KATHMANDU2209 | DEMARCHE ON REFUGEE PROCESSING IN NEPAL [...] (C) In an October 6 meeting with Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey, the Ambassador discussed the USG's proposal to stand up a refugee processing operation in Kathmandu for some Tibetan refugees resident in Nepal (ref A). The Ambassador also shared with FM Pandey the one-page description of t [...] | 2005-10-07 10:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL CH IN NP |
05KATHMANDU2210 | NEPAL FACES LOOMING CRISIS IN PETROLEUM SUPPLY [...] (SBU) The state-owned monopoly oil importer, the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC),is experiencing a serious financial crisis. Unable to collect payment of the balance owed by NOC, the NOC's supplier, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC),has threatened to stop providing petroleum products to Nepal. The [...] | 2005-10-07 11:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2213 | VICE-CHAIRMAN GIRI SAYS KING HAS "NO OBJECTIONS" [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Vice-Chairman Dr. Tulsi Giri on October 7 regarding Giri's earlier request that the Ambassador discuss with political party leaders a possible interlocutor to facilitate reconciliation with the Palace (reftel). The Ambassador explained that the Party leaders all s [...] | 2005-10-07 11:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2218 | EU TROIKA SEES STRONG RISK OF POLITICAL COLLAPSE [...] (U) An October 6 statement on Nepal released by a European Union (EU) Troika noted that unless all involved moved quickly to address the country's problems effectively, there was a "strong risk" of political collapse. The Troika called on those in Nepal who wanted peace "to act now." Specific [...] | 2005-10-07 11:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS NP |
05KATHMANDU2306 | NEPAL: COST OF THE MAOIST INSURGENCY [...] The effect of the ongoing Maoist insurgency is palpable in every sector of Nepal's economy. The estimated economic cost of the conflict, since 1996 when it started, is more than USD 2.3 billion. Insurgents have destroyed public and private property worth USD 71 million. The conflict has re [...] | 2005-10-21 11:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER ECON EAID EFIN NP |
05KATHMANDU2307 | NEPAL: COST OF THE MAOIST INSURGENCY [...] The effect of the ongoing Maoist insurgency is palpable in every sector of Nepal's economy. The estimated economic cost of the conflict, since 1996 when it started, is more than USD 2.3 billion. Insurgents have destroyed public and private property worth USD 71 million. The conflict has redu [...] | 2005-10-21 13:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER ECON EAID EFIN NP |
05KATHMANDU2327 | REVIEW OF STATE OF RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (C) In separate meetings with Vice-Chairmen Dr. Tulsi Giri and Kirti Nidhi Bista, the Ambassador expressed concern about recent developments in Nepal. The Ambassador shared the Department's October 24 statement on "The Government of Nepal's Seizure of Radio Equipment," stressing that the U.S [...] | 2005-10-26 03:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM NP |
05KATHMANDU2333 | AFGHANISTAN'S INCLUSION INTO SAARC [...] (C) On October 26, Acting Foreign Secretary Nabin Bahadur Shrestha, in response to DCM sounding him out about Nepal's support for Afghan inclusion in SAARC (reftel),stated that SAARC would have to reach a consensus decision. He acknowledged that the idea had been floated in the past, but sai [...] | 2005-10-27 00:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AF NP |
05KATHMANDU2361 | NEPAL'S PREPAREDNESS FOR AVIAN FLU; DELIVERY OF [...] (SBU) His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) is working through a Task Force established in 2004 to upgrade its capacity to handle an avian flu outbreak, but Nepali officials worry about what resources may be available to assist with Nepal's preparedness. While no cases of avian flu have be [...] | 2005-10-28 11:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO KSCA SENV EAGR ECON PREL NP WHO FAO |
05KATHMANDU2377 | VICE CHAIRMAN GIRI REPORTEDLY CRITICIZES PRESIDENT [...] (U) Major English-language daily, the Himalayan Times, on October 31 reported that Vice Chairman Giri, addressing a "rally for peace" in Rautahat (Terai) said, "I am very surprised why no one can touch the U.S. president while he is the biggest human rights violator. This government will ne [...] | 2005-10-31 11:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS NP |
05KATHMANDU2379 | CHINESE MILITARY AID TAKES PRESSURE OFF KING TO [...] (C) Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Thapa announced on October 24 that China had committed about 1 million USD for military assistance to Nepal this year, noting that more assistance would follow next year. The Ambassador publicly (septel) and privately (ref A) cautioned that, while Nepal [...] | 2005-10-31 11:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS CH NP JP |
05KATHMANDU2383 | CHINESE MILITARY AID TAKES PRESSURE OFF KING TO [...] (C) Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Thapa announced on October 24 that China had committed about 1 million USD for military assistance to Nepal this year, noting that more assistance would follow next year. The Ambassador publicly (septel) and privately (ref A) cautioned that, while Nepal [...] | 2005-11-01 04:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS CH NP |
05KATHMANDU2387 | AMBASSADOR'S REMARKS CALLING FOR FREE MEDIA, FAIR ELECTIONS [...] Ambassador Moriarty made front-page headlines October 26 and 27 i USG OUT IN FRONT ON SUPPORT FOR FREE MEDIA ------------------------------------------ 2. On October 25, the Embassy released the text of a statement by De 3. The Ambassador continued this show of support for free media [...] | 2005-11-04 09:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PREL PGOV PHUM KMDR KPAO NP |
05KATHMANDU2389 | NEPAL-INDIA RELATIONS [...] (C) Indian Ambassador Mukherjee told the Ambassador that it was likely Indian Prime Minister Singh would have a bilateral meeting with the Nepal King on the margins of the upcoming SAARC summit in Dhaka. Mukherjee said Singh would likely send a clear message to the King on the need to reconci [...] | 2005-11-04 10:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS CH IN NP |
05KATHMANDU2390 | EMBASSY ISSUES PRESS RELEASE WARNING AGAINST [...] On November 4, the Embassy issued the following press release in both English and Nepali, as discussed reftels. Text of Press Release: Embassy Warns Against Maoists-Parties "Alliance" The U.S. Embassy notes with alarm recent reports in Nepal media on the emerging potential for an " [...] | 2005-11-04 11:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER OPRC KPAO NP |
05KATHMANDU2391 | AMBASSADOR'S REMARKS CALLING FOR FREE MEDIA, FAIR [...] Ambassador Moriarty made front-page headlines October 26 and 27 in a series of comments supporting free media and questioning the call by His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) for elections amidst a crackdown on the press and a continuing refusal by the government to reach out to the politi [...] | 2005-11-04 11:20:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PREL PGOV PHUM KMDR KPAO NP |
05KATHMANDU2399 | NEPALI CONGRESS NOT FORMING ALLIANCE WITH MAOISTS [...] (C) Nepali Congress (NC) President GP Koirala, reacting to the Embassy's recent statement warning against a Maoist-Parties alliance, insisted to the Ambassador on November 7 that his party would "not join hands with the Maoists while they still had guns." Koirala, who expressed concern about [...] | 2005-11-07 11:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PINR NP |
05KATHMANDU2400 | POLITICAL PARTIES: TALKS, NOT ALLIANCE, WITH [...] (U) Responding to the Embassy's November 4 Press Statement "Embassy Warns Against Maoists-Parties 'Alliance'" (ref A),leaders of the Seven-Party Alliance stressed to the media that the ongoing dialogue with the Maoists should not be construed as an attempt to forge an agreement with the insur [...] | 2005-11-07 11:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER NP |
05KATHMANDU2407 | MAOISTS MENACE RURAL NEPAL [...] (C) Taking advantage of the Maoist unilateral cease-fire, the Ambassador traveled to Lumbini Zone in western Nepal October 24 and 25 to discuss the current situation with local government officials, human rights activists, political party leaders and journalists. All told the Ambassador of the [...] | 2005-11-08 06:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS PTER MOPS NP |
05KATHMANDU2415 | UNHCR REGIONAL DIRECTOR ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES, [...] (U) This is an action request please see para. 3. Bhutanese Refugees: Need Solution to Protracted Problem --------------------------------------------- ----------- 2. (C) Janet Lim, UNHCR Director for the Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, briefed the diplomatic community in Nepal on Novemb [...] | 2005-11-09 07:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PTER PHUM PGOV NP |
05KATHMANDU2418 | POLITICAL PARTIES GET MESSAGE ABOUT DANGER OF [...] (C) The parties have clearly received our message warning of the dangers of a Maoist-Parties Alliance and have reiterated that they would not seek an alliance with the Maoists unless they lay down their arms (ref A). CPN-UML Acting General Secretary Bamdev Gautam, who had maintained the need [...] | 2005-11-09 08:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER OPRC KMDR KPAO NP |
05KATHMANDU2445 | NEPAL RATIFIES SAARC CONVENTIONS [...] On October 31, Nepal ratified two SAARC Conventions: SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution; and SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia. Ref A had reported Nepal had committed to ratif [...] | 2005-11-14 08:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG NP |
05KATHMANDU2452 | POSSIBLE DEMARCHE FOR GOVERNMENTS HOSTING KING [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) King Gyanendra is currently traveling outside Nepal for three weeks. In addition to Dhaka (where he attended the SAARC summit),we understand the King will visit Tunisia for the World Summit on the Information Society, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, [...] | 2005-11-14 11:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINS NP |
05KATHMANDU2487 | UNHCR REGIONAL DIRECTOR CALLS FOR ACTION ON [...] (C) Janet Lim, UNHCR Director for the Bureau of Asia and the Pacific, emphasized to the Ambassador on November 13 that she believed there was great urgency in finding a solution to the Bhutanese refugee situation in Nepal. She noted that the worsening security situation in the camps, which she [...] | 2005-11-15 11:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2488 | NGO CODE OF CONDUCT NOW IN EFFECT [...] (C) Nepal's new Code of Conduct for Social Organizations came into effect on November 10, allowing the Social Welfare Council to suspend the registration or cancel an organization's license in case of a breach of Code. The Social Welfare Council formulated the Code after discussions with vari [...] | 2005-11-15 11:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID NP |
05KATHMANDU2492 | CPN-UML LEADER: DIALOGUE, NOT ALLIANCE, WITH [...] (C) In a November 15 meeting with CPN-UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal, the Ambassador emphasized that SIPDIS the USG was not against dialogue between the political parties and the Maoists with the goal of bringing the Maoists into the political mainstream. While not clearly admitti [...] | 2005-11-16 04:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS NP |
05KATHMANDU2493 | FEAR AND HOPE IN EASTERN, RURAL NEPAL [...] (C) During a November 9-10 visit to the Morang and Dhankuta Districts in Eastern Nepal, the Ambassador met with the National Human Rights Commission's (NHRC) new Biratnagar team, journalists, NGO representatives, government officials, members of the business community, and discovered considera [...] | 2005-11-16 06:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID MCAP PTER NP |
05KATHMANDU2508 | INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER [...] (SBU) Along with others from the donor community and United Nations agencies, the Embassy signed the following letter to the Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare regarding our concerns about the new Code of Conduct for NGOs (reftel). In the letter, the international community expre [...] | 2005-11-17 11:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2516 | CHINESE AMBASSADOR DENIES COMMERCIAL WEAPONS [...] (C) Chinese Ambassador Sun Heping categorically stated to the Ambassador in a November 18 meeting that China had no large commercial sales to Nepal in the works. The Ambassador described to Sun his comments at a press conference in Butwal (refs A and B) that new provisions of large amounts of [...] | 2005-11-18 08:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MCAP PGOV PINS CH NP |
05KATHMANDU2547 | KING SHOULD SEIZE INITIATIVE AND CALL CEASE-FIRE [...] (C) In separate meetings on November 21, the Ambassador suggested to Vice-Chairmen Kirti Nidhi Bista and Tulsi Giri that His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) call for a cease-fire with international monitoring. If the Maoists accepted, Nepal would be closer to peace. If the Maoists refus [...] | 2005-11-22 10:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM ECON EINV NP |
05KATHMANDU2548 | AMBASSADOR REVIEWS POSSIBLE PARTY-MAOIST [...] (C) In a November 21 discussion on developments in Nepal, the Ambassador and Indian Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee discussed a reported agreement between the political parties and the Maoists. The Ambassador related that British Ambassador Keith Bloomfield had approached him at a social function on [...] | 2005-11-22 11:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV MASS MCAP NP |
05KATHMANDU2549 | COAS THAPA WELCOMES PROPOSAL THAT KING CALL FOR [...] (C) In a November 22 meeting, COAS Thapa thought the Ambassador's suggestion that the King call for an internationally-monitored cease-fire was a good proposal. Thapa denied there was any cooling of our military-military relationship and welcomed a visit by PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon. The [...] | 2005-11-22 11:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MCAP MASS NP |
05KATHMANDU2565 | FM PANDEY: BITTER TOWARD INDIA, NEED TO [...] (C) Hosting the Ambassador over one-on-one drinks at his home just hours after returning to Nepal from his international travel, FM Pandey was particularly bitter toward the Government of India (GOI),accusing them of brokering the recent Maoist-Parties understanding (ref A). Pandey indicated [...] | 2005-11-25 08:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PGOV AMGT NP |
05KATHMANDU2568 | FM PANDEY: NO PROGRESS ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES [...] (C) In a November 23 discussion with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey relayed the gist of his unfruitful discussion with the Bhutanese Foreign Minister held on the margins of the SAARC meeting in Dhaka. Pandey lamented that, after having agreed in writing in September to ta [...] | 2005-11-25 09:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PTER CVIS NP |
05KATHMANDU2572 | ISRAELI AMBASSADOR HESITANT ON M-16 AMMO SALES [...] (C) In a November 25 meeting with the Ambassador, Israeli Ambassador Dan Stav said that the government of Israel (GOI) had received pressure from the Israel Military Industry (IMI) to go through with the delivery of M-16 ammunition to Nepal. Stav noted that the general perception that Israel co [...] | 2005-11-25 11:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MCAP PINS NP |
05KATHMANDU2596 | CHINA MILITARY ASSISTANCE ARRIVES [...] (C) On November 25, Kantipur News, a private media organization, broke the news that Nepal had received 18 truckloads of military equipment from China. An initial RNA statement posted on-line said that the trucks contained lethal and non-lethal assistance. However, within hours that statemen [...] | 2005-11-28 08:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP PTER NP |
05KATHMANDU2652 | GOVERNMENT INTERESTED IN US COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) In separate meetings on November 18, Nepali officials shared with visiting S/CT South Asia Officer William Slaven the actions that His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) was taking against terrorism and how those activities complemented U.S. counterterrorism strategy. Nepal is focused o [...] | 2005-11-30 09:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2668 | DIPLOMATIC COLLEAGUES CONCERNED ABOUT MAOISTS, [...] (C) In separate discussions with the ambassadors of Israel, Norway, Bangladesh, and Germany, the Ambassador discussed our concerns that the recent 12-point understanding between the political parties and Maoists contained no Maoist commitment to give up violence (ref A). He remarked that the [...] | 2005-12-01 08:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS NP |
05KATHMANDU2700 | KING RETURNS, PROTESTS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) Following his return to Nepal after a three week absence, the King issued a statement on December 2 calling on the people of Nepal to unite with patriotism. Though he did not specifically address the Party-Maoist 12 point understanding announced in his absence, he termed efforts toward [...] | 2005-12-05 10:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM NP |
05KATHMANDU2740 | MDA: URGENT DEMARCHE ON THIRD PROTOCOL [...] (C) Due to the re-shuffling of His Majesty's Government of Nepal the evening of December 7, the Acting Foreign Secretary was unavailable this morning. Emboff therefore demarched Kali Prasad Pokharel, Undersecretary, UN Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, encouraging Nepal to vote in favor o [...] | 2005-12-08 04:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ICRC PREL PHUM PREF IS SZ UN NP |
05KATHMANDU2742 | TERRORISM FINANCE: ASG INDIVIDUALS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-08 10:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL ETTC NP |
05KATHMANDU2784 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 74 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-13 00:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC CVIS KVPR |
05KATHMANDU2791 | LOOKING TOWARD SPRING 2006 UN HR MEETING IN GENEVA [...] (C) A group of representatives of countries donating to the Nepal Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) met on December 9 to discuss strategy regarding Nepal for the Spring 2006 UN Commission on Human Rights (CHR) meeting in Geneva. The representatives agreed that while either [...] | 2005-12-13 10:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV NP |
05KATHMANDU2793 | INDIAN FS SARAN: KING NEEDS TO RECONCILE WITH [...] (C) On December 12, Indian Foreign Secretary Saran told the Ambassador that he was visiting Nepal to follow-up on the Dhaka meeting between PM Singh and King Gyanendra and to keep open lines of communication with the government in Nepal. Saran's message to the King in his December 13 audience w [...] | 2005-12-13 11:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV NP |
05KATHMANDU2794 | NEPAL: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR CAPTAIN [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see Para 5. 2. (C) Post has received a DOD Unified Command request for the following IMET-funded training: International Officer Intelligence Course, December 31, 2005 through June 5, 2006, and Intelligence in Combating Terrorism, June 5-16, 2006, at [...] | 2005-12-14 03:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PHUM PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2795 | NEPAL: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR SSP [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see Para 5. 2. (C) Post has received a DOD Unified Command request for the following APCSS-funded training: Executive Course, Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu, HI, January 8 through March 17, 2006. 3. (C) The personnel nominated t [...] | 2005-12-14 03:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PHUM PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2796 | NEPAL: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR CAPTAIN [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see Para 5. 2. (C) Post has received a DOD Unified Command request for the following IMET-funded training: International Special Forces Training, Ft. Bragg, NC, January 24 through May 25, 2006. 3. (C) The Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) personnel nomina [...] | 2005-12-14 03:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PHUM PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2804 | NEW HOME MINISTER TO PROMOTE DIALOGUE WITH PARTIES [...] (C) New Home Minister Kamal Thapa told the Ambassador on December 13 that until "the Maoists showed sincerity," the government would not talk with them. Thapa saw no indication that the Maoists had changed their policy of using violence to achieve their goal of power, even if they now say that [...] | 2005-12-14 10:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2811 | FM PANDEY SEEKS SPECIAL, LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) On December 14, Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey emphasized to the Ambassador that HMGN sought a long-term special Nepal-U.S. relationship; Pandey urged the U.S. to change course and use engagement, rather than pressure, with the King. The Ambassador responded that he was authorized to [...] | 2005-12-15 10:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PREF PHUM NP |
05KATHMANDU2820 | FINANCE MINISTER WANTS TO ENSURE NEPAL QUALIFIES [...] (C) On December 14, newly-appointed Finance Minister Roop Jyoti agreed with the Ambassador that everyone should be worried about Nepal meeting its World Bank commitments to prevent Nepal's USD 100 million Poverty Reduction Strategy Credit II (PRSC II) loan from being jeopardized. He said that [...] | 2005-12-16 05:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV EINV EFIN EAID NP |
05KATHMANDU2866 | NEPAL'S MAN IN TIBET DISCUSSES REFUGEE, ARMS AND [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: NEPAL'S DIPLOMAT IN LHASA HAS CONFIRMED THAT CHINESE PRESSURE PROMPTED NEPAL TO CLOSE THE TIBETAN REFUGEE WELFARE OFFICE IN KATHMANDU LAST YEAR. CONTINUING PRESSURE FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC) ALSO MEANS THAT NEPAL DOES NOT PLAN TO RECOGNIZE A SUBSTITUTE ORGANI [...] | 2005-12-19 11:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PREF MASS MCAP SENV NP CH |
05KATHMANDU2871 | LITTLE PROGRESS ON REFUGEE ISSUES [...] (C) Despite calls in a variety of meetings from December 12-15 by the Ambassador, DCM and visiting PRM/ANE Deputy Director Larry Bartlett for His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) to issue travel documents and exit permits to Tibetan and Bhutanese refugees, HMGN continued to withhold issuanc [...] | 2005-12-20 09:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2884 | EMBASSY VETTING FOR FOR CAPTAIN ROHIT GURUNG [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see Para 4. 2. (C) In ref A, Post requested Department determine whether it possessed credible evidence of gross human rights violations by Captain Rohit Gurung, who is scheduled to attend training in the U.S. beginning December 31, 2005. 3. (SBU) P [...] | 2005-12-21 10:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PHUM PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2894 | EMBASSY VETTING FOR FOR CAPTAIN MADAN JUNG RANA [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see Para 4. 2. (C) In ref A, Post requested Department to determine whether it possessed credible evidence of gross human rights violations by Captain Madan Jung Rana (DOB: Sept. 19, 1979),who is scheduled to attend training in the U.S. beginning Janu [...] | 2005-12-22 08:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PHUM PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2895 | EMBASSY VETTING FOR FOR SSP PRAKASH KUNWAR, SP [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see Para 4. 2. (C) In ref A, Post requested Department to determine whether it possessed credible evidence of gross human rights violations by Armed Police Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Prakash Kunwar (DOB: Mar. 10, 1959),Civil Police Superint [...] | 2005-12-22 08:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PHUM PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2903 | STAFFDEL URGES HMGN TO ALLOW REFUGEES TO EXIT NEPAL [...] (SBU) On December 21, House Staffdel Szymanski met separately with both Acting Foreign Secretary Nabin Bahadur Shrestha and Acting Home Secretary Chabbi Prasad Bant to discuss future parliamentary exchange and urge action on refugee issues. Shrestha welcomed the possibility of future Congress [...] | 2005-12-23 04:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2905 | PALACE REMAINS ON COURSE WITH FEBRUARY 1 GOALS [...] (C) In a December 20 press conference, Vice-Chairman Dr. Tulsi Giri gave what was widely regarded as a response to the messages carried by Indian FS Saran (ref A) and the Ambassador in his December 16 meeting with the King. Giri said the government was moving forward on the King's February 1 [...] | 2005-12-23 06:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2906 | SECRETARY GENERAL OF PARLIAMENT EAGER FOR [...] (SBU) On December 21, Surya Kiran Gurung, Secretary General of Nepal's Parliament, met with a Congressional Staffdel and welcomed possible future Parliamentary exchange between the two countries, although he was not confident that Nepal would have an acting Parliament in the near future. Gurun [...] | 2005-12-23 06:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2939 | PRO-PALACE SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS [...] (C) On December 28, the King appointed four pro-Palace judges to the Supreme Court, including former Attorney General Pawan Kumar Ojha who resigned his post on December 25 to accept the Supreme Court nomination. Supreme Court judges must retire at age 65, but there were no new vacancies or ex [...] | 2005-12-28 09:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2956 | PARTIES PLAN POLL BOYCOTT [...] (C) The UN Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on December 28 that the Maoist leadership had given assurances that they had not instructed cadre to abduct or kill as part of their anti-election plan (ref A). The Maoists gave no indication whether they would extend the [...] | 2005-12-30 08:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2969 | UML SUSPICIOUS OF MAOIST INTENTIONS [...] (C) UML Leader MK Nepal told the Charge on December 30 that he was suspicious of Maoist intentions. He said the Maoists were not acting against the Palace, but rather targeting common people, so he suspected the Maoists were playing both the Parties and the Palace. He said he did not know wh [...] | 2005-12-30 10:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL NP |
05KIEV5150 | UKRAINE: PRESS COVERAGE OF THE GAS DISPUTE WITH RUSSIA [...] Summary: Most Ukrainian media have described Russia's intention to hike Ukraine's gas prices as politically motivated. Many press reports also highlighted the assertion from Ukrainian leaders that this is a step in Ukraine's transition from patriarchal to pragmatic relations with Russia. Depen [...] | 2005-12-23 10:56:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO EPET ENRG PREL PGOV RS UP |
05KINGSTON100 | 2004 A BANNER YEAR FOR CRIME IN JAMAICA [...] (C) Summary: For many Jamaicans, crime remained a major preoccupation throughout 2004. According to the Jamaica Constabulary Force's (JCF) Crime Statistics Report (CSR) for 2004, close to nine thousand major crimes were committed island-wide during the year. By December 31, the number of ho [...] | 2005-01-11 19:09:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM PGOV SNAR JM |
05KINGSTON1037 | DEMARCH DELIVERED: WESTERN HEMISPHERE TRAVEL [...] Responding to reftel request, Charge on April 5 communicated talking points by telephone to Gilbert Scott, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of National Security, and to Barbara James, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industry Tourism. Both were interested in the issue and appreciated the advance [...] | 2005-04-14 20:07:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | JM AADP AMGT CASC CMGT CPAS KPAO KCSY KHLS PGOV PREL CA BD XL XM |
05KINGSTON1055 | SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL KOLBE APRIL 17-19 VISIT TO [...] Post welcomes the 17-19 April visit to Jamaica of CoDel Kolbe. Jamaica, which has enjoyed a strong democratic tradition since independence from Britain in 1962, is undergoing a significant period of transition as longtime political leaders retire, or prepare to do so. P.J. Patterson, Jamaica's [...] | 2005-04-15 21:21:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON SNAR EAID KJUS JM |
05KINGSTON1100 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: APRIL 1-21, 2005 [...] This week's topics: -- Golding Wins By-Election in Peaceful Day of Voting -- Violence in West Kingston Follows Golding Election -- Phillips Steps Up Crime-Fighting Measures -- Tourism Industry Resists Government Price Hikes -- Unions Seek Increased Benefits for Sugar Workers -- Chinese Rai [...] | 2005-04-22 21:06:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON JM KCOR KCRM EINV EAID ELAB |
05KINGSTON1106 | PNP INSIDER SHARES PREDICTIONS OF PRIME MINISTER'S [...] (U) Poloff met on April 18 with Balfour Denniston, member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the People's National Party (PNP). Denniston discussed Prime Minister P.J. Patterson's expected plans for retirement in the next year, and the candidates who are likely to succeed him as par [...] | 2005-04-25 16:17:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | JM PREL PGOV |
05KINGSTON1161 | JAMAICAN DELEGATION TO THE OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] Per reftel request, poloff on April 29 delivered reftel points on the OAS General Assembly to Ann Scott, Caribbean and Americas Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. Scott responded that Foreign Minister K.D. Knight has been proposed to lead the delegation, but that the r [...] | 2005-05-02 14:29:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | JM AORC ASEC CVIS PREL PGOV EAID KSUM KPAO XM OAS |
05KINGSTON1197 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: APR 22 - MAY 6, 2005 [...] This week's topics: -- Police Under Attack from Kingston Gunmen -- Latest Crime Statistics -- Prime Minister Rolls Out the Goodies -- PNP Sources Report Concerns of a Party Divided -- Mexican President Fox Visits Jamaica -- Air Jamaica Settles Labor Dispute ----------------------------- [...] | 2005-05-06 20:58:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV JM SNAR KCOR KCRM ELAB |
05KINGSTON1251 | GOJ SUPPORT FOR IACHR CANDIDATE CAROZZA STILL [...] On April 29, poloff deliverd reftel talking points and CV by telephone and fax to Angella Brown, Deputy Director, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Brown welcomed the information and replied that she was already aware of the issue a [...] | 2005-05-12 18:47:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM XM JM OAS |
05KINGSTON1258 | JAMAICA: POLICE UNDER FIRE [...] (C) Summary: In seperate incidents, between 9:00 p.m. on May 3 and 7:00 a.m. on May 4, three Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) officers and one private security guard were murdered while another JCF officer was injured in Kingston. Two of the alleged gunmen were shot and killed in one incident [...] | 2005-05-12 20:40:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM SNAR JM |
05KINGSTON1289 | JAMAICA: POLICE OFFICERS CALL OUT SICK [...] (U) On Monday, May 9, angry Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) officers blocked Finance Minister Omar Davies from leaving the Ministry of Finance and Planning building in an attempt to force the Minister to respond within 48 hours to the officers, demands for a 47 percent wage increase. Davies, [...] | 2005-05-18 17:17:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR ASEC JM |
05KINGSTON129 | SECRETARY INVITED TO BE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT BANQUET [...] (U) This is an action request. See Paragraph 5. 2. (U) On January 13, Embassy received by messenger a letter addressed to the Secretary from Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Senator Bruce Golding (full text at Para. 4). In it, Golding informs the Secretary that JLP parliamentarians are planning [...] | 2005-01-13 19:21:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP PREL JM |
05KINGSTON1321 | JAMAICA: CRIME SNAPSHOT FOR MAY 9 - 20 [...] Crime Statistics 2. Another Police Officer Slain in the Line of Duty 3. Prime Minister Calls Crucial Meeting on Corruption 4. Gunmen Open Fire on Passenger Bus Filled with School Children ------------------------------ Crime Statistics - Nothing New ------------------------------ Â [...] | 2005-05-24 16:40:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR JM |
05KINGSTON1337 | PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANIZATION OF JAMAICA CALL FOR [...] (C) Protesting against the escalating crime rate, the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ) announced on Thursday, May 19, their intention to lead a three day protest, commencing with a rally at Emancipation Park, located a block from the Consular Section in New Kingston, on Wednesday, [...] | 2005-05-25 13:48:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM SNAR JM |
05KINGSTON1342 | DIRECTOR FOR CARIBBEAN AFFAIRS MEETS WITH JLP [...] (U) Visiting WHA/CAR Office Director Brian Nichols, accompanied by poloff, met on May 10 with James Robertson, Deputy Leader of the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) and Member of Parliament for Western St. Thomas. Robertson offered his views on the recent spate of police killings in Kingston, JLP le [...] | 2005-05-25 20:51:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM JM |
05KINGSTON1346 | WHA/CAR DIRECTOR NICHOLS DISCUSSES WHTI WITH GOJ [...] Summary: On May 11, Director of Caribbean Affairs Brian Nichols and Econoff met with Paul E. Pennicook, Director of Tourism at the Jamaica Tourist Board, to discuss the impact of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) on Jamaica's tourism industry, as well as the general prospects fo [...] | 2005-05-26 16:34:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV CPAS JM |
05KINGSTON1349 | JAMAICA: ANTI-CRIME PROTEST RECEIVES MIXED REACTION [...] (U) Summary: Across the island, there was mixed reaction as well as turnout to the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica's (PSOJ) May 25 call for businesses to close down in a show of solidarity against the escalating crime rate. Most private sector businesses supported the idea of reduction [...] | 2005-05-26 19:20:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM SNAR JM |
05KINGSTON1361 | WHA/CAR DIRECTOR MEETS WITH LEADING PM CANDIDATE, [...] (C) On May 11, visiting WHA/CAR Director Brian Nichols met with Undersecretary for Bilateral Affairs and non-resident Ambassador to Haiti Peter Black to discuss OASGA issues, the situation in Haiti, and the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI),about which Black registered concern. Nich [...] | 2005-05-27 20:58:00 | Embassy Kingston | SECRET | PREL PGOV KCRM PINR JM |
05KINGSTON1363 | WHA/CAR DIRECTOR BRIAN NICHOLS GETS DOWN TO [...] Summary: On May 11, Director of Caribbean Affairs Brian Nichols, accompanied by Econoff, met with American Chamber of Commerce President Anthony Jenkinson to discuss the business climate in Jamaica. While citing the ongoing difficulties caused by the high crime levels and the GOJ's heavy debt [...] | 2005-05-31 11:10:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KCRM JM |
05KINGSTON1426 | JAMAICA: 2005 CERTIFICATION REPORT CARD [...] This message updates progress on objectives identified in the 2004 certification report card (Ref A). Topic order descriptions track (Ref B) for ease of evaluation. LAW ENFORCEMENT --------------- 2. The U.S. encouraged the GOJ to demonstrate its commitment to counter drug activity by co [...] | 2005-06-03 19:36:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL KCRM JM |
05KINGSTON1440 | WCO FRAMEWORK OF STANDARDS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-06 17:58:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL JM CTM |
05KINGSTON1444 | GOJ OFFERS MIXED RESPONSE ON TIP, CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (SBU) On May 31 and June 2, emboffs met with GOJ officials to discuss the imminent release, on June 3, of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The different meetings yielded varying responses. On May 31, Charge met with National Security Minister Peter Phillips at the Minister's req [...] | 2005-06-06 19:42:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP |
05KINGSTON1447 | NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF TITLE [...] (SBU) Post is unaware of any recent measures taken by the GOJ to advance democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. Post has no evidence that the GOJ has substantially changed its policies or actions toward Cuba in the six months since the submission of our last assessment in [...] | 2005-06-06 20:50:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC ETRD CU JM TIP |
05KINGSTON1460 | DIRECTOR OF CARIBBEAN AFFAIRS VISITS USAID-FUNDED [...] On May 12, WHA/CAR Director Brian Nichols toured the USAID-funded Grants Pen Community Policing Facility located in Kingston. Facilitating the tour from the American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham) was Becky Stockhausen and Bob Olson from the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF). Stockhausen [...] | 2005-06-08 15:06:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KCRM JM |
05KINGSTON1462 | GOJ SUPPORTS U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS CANDIDATE [...] Per Ref A instructions, Poloff on June 3 met with Pamela Ingleton, International Organizations Department (IOD),Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) to again solicit GOJ support for Prof. Paolo Carozza in the June 7 IACHR elections, and to deliver talking points. As reported [...] | 2005-06-08 16:46:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM XM JM OAS |
05KINGSTON1486 | CURRENT STATUS OF ALLEGED TERRORIST LUIS POSADA [...] (SBU) On June 8, Pol/Econ Chief met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) Caribbean and Americas Director Joy Wheeler to convey reftel talking points, a copy of which he provided her. He emphasized the USG's commitment to handle the Posada case consistent with U.S. law an [...] | 2005-06-10 19:27:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAIR KJUS CU VE JM |
05KINGSTON1511 | PRIVATE SECTOR'S ANTI-CRIME DECLARATION STIRS MORE [...] (SBU) In a business sector show of solidarity against Jamaica's escalating murder rate, the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ) launched a three day crime protest on May 25 (Ref A) that received mixed reactions among the island's population. The May 25 kick-off commenced with a rall [...] | 2005-06-15 16:04:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM SNAR JM |
05KINGSTON1531 | OFFICE OF PRIME MINISTER DRIVING JAMAICA'S [...] (U) Since the June 3 release of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report (Ref A),the GOJ has not engaged Post on the issue, nor has there been any official reaction to the Tier 3 Action Plan delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) on June 2. However, follow [...] | 2005-06-17 18:58:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP |
05KINGSTON1534 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: MAY 7 - JUNE 16, 2005 [...] This week's topics: -- TIP: GOJ Responding to Threat of Sanctions -- Foreign Carriers Yield After Call Blocking Crisis -- Mayor of Spanish Town Resigns Following Arrest -- Seaga Offers Advice on his 75th Birthday -- Crime Statistics - Count Them Yourself -- Tax Laws to Fight Crime -- Prime [...] | 2005-06-17 19:11:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV JM SNAR KCOR KCRM ELAB CASC TIP |
05KINGSTON1538 | THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO GENEVA CONVENTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-17 20:56:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ JM ICRC |
05KINGSTON1572 | JAMAICA: LAW ENFORCEMENT SNAPSHOTS [...] Jamaica's First Money Laundering Conviction 2. PSB Probing Criminal Activity in the JCF 3. Operation Kingfish's Impact on Crime 4. 800 Pounds of Ganja Seized 5. Significant Seizure of Hash Oil ------------------------------------------- Jamaica's First Money Laundering Conviction ----- [...] | 2005-06-23 18:04:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR CASC KCRM ASEC JM |
05KINGSTON1578 | REFORMING THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION: USG [...] On June 23, Poloff delivered reftel talking points and non-paper to Pamela Ingleton, Acting Deputy Director, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Ingleton accepted the message and said that she would share the information with her depa [...] | 2005-06-24 19:42:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR PREL PGOV UNSC AORC JM |
05KINGSTON1579 | UN REFORM: PROMOTING OUR PRIORITIES [...] On June 23, Poloff delivered reftel talking points and non-paper to Pamela Ingleton, Acting Deputy Director, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Ingleton accepted the message and said that she would share the information with her depa [...] | 2005-06-24 19:44:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR PREL PGOV AORC JM UNSC |
05KINGSTON1611 | A DEFENSIVE NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER HOSTS TIP [...] (U) On June 24, at the request of National Security Minister Peter Phillips, Charge, USAID Mission Director, and Poloff (notetaker) attended a meeting hosted by Phillips on the subject of trafficking in persons (TIP) at the Ministry of National Security (MNS). Unfortunately, Phillips used the [...] | 2005-06-29 20:51:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP |
05KINGSTON1622 | CABINET OFFICE HOSTS TIP WORKING SESSION [...] On June 28, the Cabinet Office hosted a working meeting with USAID Mission Director and Poloff to review actions taken to date by the GOJ to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). The meeting had been scheduled as a follow up to a June 24 meeting on TIP at the Ministry of National Security (MNS [...] | 2005-06-30 18:40:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP |
05KINGSTON1652 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: JUNE 17-30, 2005 [...] This week's topics: -- Poll Shows Davies Gaining Ground -- Six Closer to Extradition to U.S. -- JCF Recruits Abroad as Crime Soars -- Jamaica to Launch Copyright Campaign -- Trade Deficit Deteriorates -- Jamaica and China Sign Bauxite Agreement -- Thailand Views Jamaica As Possible Hub - [...] | 2005-07-05 11:29:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV JM KCRM CASC EAGR |
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