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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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06TELAVIV2011 | ISRAELI READOUT ON LIVNI-ABBAS MEETING [...] (C) Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's chief of staff, Jakub "Yaki" Dayan, told the Charge May 23 that the GOI's meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas on May 21 in Sharm el-Sheikh does not represent a change in Israel's view of Abbas. The GOI nevertheless maintains low-level c [...] | 2006-05-23 15:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG EAID EG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV2019 | KUPPERWASSER'S FINAL ASSESSMENT OF HAMAS [...] (S) In a May 2 meeting at the NSC, BGen Yossi Kupperwasser told Under Secretary (U/S) of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI) Stuart Levey that if the Palestinian people turn away from Hamas, they would probably not turn towards Fatah unless Fatah undergoes a significant [...] | 2006-05-24 12:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PTER KTFN EFIN PREL IS KPAL |
06TELAVIV2020 | KUPPERWASSER'S FINAL ASSESSMENT: HAMAS'S FOUR [...] (S) In a May 2 meeting at the NSC, BGen Yossi Kupperwasser told Under Secretary (U/S) of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI) Stuart Levey that if the Palestinian people turn away from Hamas, they would probably not turn towards Fatah unless Fatah undergoes a significant [...] | 2006-05-24 12:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PTER KTFN EFIN PREL IS KPAL |
06TELAVIV2025 | EMBLEM: MFA FRUSTRATED WITH MDA REFORM EFFORT, BUT [...] (C) On May 23, the Charge asked Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's chief of staff, Jakub "Yaki" Dayan (protect),for an update on efforts to facilitate the accession by Magen David Adom (MDA) to the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement. Dayan replied that two issues remain to be resolved [...] | 2006-05-24 14:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV PREF IS ICRC GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV2077 | MK TALKS OF EXPANDING HEBRON SETTLEMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Kadima MK Otniel Schneller said on May 26 that the GOI plans to expand settlements in Hebron and connect them to the Kiryat Arba settlement, all of which would subsequently be included in the GOI's "realignment" plan, according to press. Ministry of Defense officials denied tha [...] | 2006-05-30 15:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS |
06TELAVIV2113 | OUTPOSTS: DEMOLITION ORDERS HANDED OUT, TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Brig. Gen. (ret.) Baruch Spiegel said on May 31 that Kadima MK Otniel Schneller's comments about the expansion of Hebron settlements were "not relevant." He added that the GOI does not intend to expand Beitar Illit, Givat Ze'ev, Oranit, and Maskiyyot settlements, and that recen [...] | 2006-06-01 15:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS |
06TELAVIV2120 | GOI HITS SNAG IN MEDICAL AID DISTRIBUTION; [...] (C) Summary: In a May 31 meeting, COGAT head General Yossef Mishlev said that the GOI intends to use NIS 50 million from frozen clearance revenues to purchase goods in Israel and transfer them through NGOs/international organizations to Palestinian hospitals or to the central medical supply w [...] | 2006-06-01 16:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID ETRD PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL PINR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID |
06TELAVIV215 | DEMOLITION OF PERMANENT HOMES IN AMONA OUTPOST [...] (U) Israeli press reports indicate that yesterday, on January 12, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz decided to postpone the demolition of nine permanent homes in Amona outpost, approximately 1 kilometer east of Ofra, for one or two more weeks (see reftel). The GOI had promised last year to demoli [...] | 2006-01-13 16:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV220 | IDF'S HALUTZ WARNS OF HAMAS ELECTION SUCCESS AND [...] (C) Summary: IDF Chief of Staff Dan Halutz predicted to A/S Welch, DAPNSA Abrams, and the Ambassador on January 13 that Hamas will win at least 40 percent of the votes in the upcoming PLC elections and will seek ministerial positions within the government. Halutz said that the GOI cannot nego [...] | 2006-01-16 07:57:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV2224 | MOD'S AMOS GILAD ON ABBAS AND EGYPT [...] (C) Israeli MOD Political-Military Bureau Chief Amos Gilad told A/S Welch and the Ambassador June 6 that Israel could help PA President Mahmud Abbas the most by staying quiet. Welch stressed the importance of supporting President Abbas and working to help the Palestinian people avoid a human [...] | 2006-06-09 11:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PINR KWBG KPAL PGOV IS EG GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV2225 | PERETZ SAYS HE WILL TAKE RISKS TO HELP THE [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Amir Peretz told A/S Welch June 7 that he is willing to take maximum possible risks allowable in light of security demands to ease the pressure on the Palestinian people. He noted his efforts to keep the Karni crossing open -- as it is currently -- in both direc [...] | 2006-06-09 12:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR KWBG KPAL EU IR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV2226 | FM LIVNI DISCUSSES FUNDING MECHANISM, PALESTINIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 7 meeting with NEA A/S David Welch, the Ambassador, and NSC/IPA/J Director Greg LoGerfo, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni reiterated Israel's willingness to help avoid any humanitarian crisis in the Occupied Territories. A/S Welch urged the GOI to consult closely with the USG [...] | 2006-06-09 12:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KWBG KPAL IS GTIP ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
06TELAVIV2228 | FMCT: ISRAELI MFA NOT SURE IT CAN ENDORSE U.S. [...] (C) Responding to ref A demarche, Israeli MFA Deputy Director General for Strategic Affairs Ambassador Miriam Ziv told Ambassador Jones June 9 that she cannot say that Israel will endorse the U.S. FMCT proposal "at this time." She called the FMCT "a very sensitive issue that relates to Israel [...] | 2006-06-09 13:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PREL KNNP CDG IL GOI EXTERNAL UN |
06TELAVIV2230 | PASSAGE OF 2006 BUDGET PRESAGES EXCEEDING LGA [...] (C) After a six month delay, the 2006 Israeli budget, the largest ever at NIS 271 billion (USD 60 billion),passed the Knesset on June 7 by a vote of 53 for, 25 against, and 45 abstaining. A considerable amount of expensive last- minute financial maneuvering was needed to secure the abstentio [...] | 2006-06-09 13:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
06TELAVIV2271 | GOI ISSUES TENDER FOR CONSTRUCTION IN ELKANA [...] (U) The Israel Lands Authority on Monday, June 12, issued a tender for construction of single-family homes on 53 plots in the religious neighborhood of the Elkana settlement near Qalqilya. (Note: Press incorrectly reported 54 units. End note.) According to the tender, the plots range in si [...] | 2006-06-13 12:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KWBG IS MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV2294 | FMCT: ISRAELI WILL OPPOSE WEOG CONSENSUS; REQUESTS [...] (C) Israeli MFA Deputy Director General for Strategic Affairs Ambassador Miriam Ziv told Ambassador Jones on June 12 that Israel will not be able to join consensus on a Western Group (WEOG) endorsement of the U.S. FMCT initiative, nor remain silent if all other members of the WEOG join consens [...] | 2006-06-13 16:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PREL KNNP IS CDG ISRAEL RELATIONS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV230 | OLMERT SHUFFLES THE KADIMA CARDS IN HIS CABINET [...] On January 18, Alternate PM Ehud Olmert's Cabinet approved the appointment of three Kadima ministers to fill the Foreign Affairs, Agriculture/Rural Development, Education and Health portfolios in his transitional government vacated following the January 15 resignation of four Likud ministers [...] | 2006-01-19 16:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IS PINR ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL |
06TELAVIV2345 | DEADLINE FOR ENDING ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN BANKING [...] (C) A senior Bank Hapoalim official said that all Israeli banks were set to cut ties with Palestinian banks due to the fear of being implicated in a chain of financial transactions that might enable a terrorist attack. He said that the banks want the GOI to issue them a list of suspect indi [...] | 2006-06-15 16:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EAID PGOV PREL IS KWBG KPAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
06TELAVIV2346 | SHEETRIT OFFERS VIEWS ON REALIGNMENT, [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Construction and Housing Meir Sheetrit told the Ambassador on June 14 that the GOI should have started planning Gaza disengagement well in advance to have permanent homes available for the settlers who were evacuated. He said this would have saved the GOI a consider [...] | 2006-06-15 18:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS SETTLEMENTS |
06TELAVIV2413 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SHAS CHAIRMAN AND TRADE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a June 19 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Industry, Trade, and Labor and Shas Party Chairman Eliyahu Yishai outlined his priorities as a minister as well as Shas's position on PM Olmert's realignment plan. The Ambassador enumerated USG concerns regarding p [...] | 2006-06-20 16:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV KIPR IS KINR GTIP ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
06TELAVIV2414 | BARUCH SPIEGEL DISCUSSES QASSAMS, KARNI, OUTPOSTS [...] (C) In a June 19 meeting with the Ambassador, reserve Brigadier General (BG) Baruch Spiegel reported that the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee had agreed that the Qassam rocket launches from Gaza must be stopped "at all costs." Spiegel was interested, but hesitant, about the effe [...] | 2006-06-20 16:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON ETRD KWBG KPAL ASEC EG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
06TELAVIV2421 | NGO LEADERS EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT SHARED MOUNTAIN [...] (SBU) PALESTINIAN AND ISRAEL REPRESENTATIVES OF ECOPEACE/FRIENDS OF THE EARTH MIDDLE EAST (FOEME) MET WITH NEA SENIOR S&T ADVISOR CHARLES LAWSON, CONSULATE GENERAL ECONOMIC OFFICER AND EMBASSY ESTH OFFICER AT THE CONGEN IN JERUSALEM JUNE 14 TO DESCRIBE THEIR FINDINGS ON THE DETERIORATING MOUNT [...] | 2006-06-21 12:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID PREL KPAL KWBG JO IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
06TELAVIV2430 | MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT'S TOP PRIORITY IS [...] (C) Summary: Environment Minister Gideon Ezra told NEA Senior S&T Advisor Charles Lawson June 15 that his top priority is cooperation with the Palestinians on sewage and other pollution concerns. He said that Defense Minister Peretz had determined that such cooperation was humanitarian and in [...] | 2006-06-21 13:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EAID PREL KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
06TELAVIV2459 | FERRERO-WALDNER SEEKS ISRAELI CONTRIBUTION TO TIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 19-20 visit to Israel, European Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner sought Israeli support for the Temporary International Mechanism (TIM) and urged the GOI to contribute revenues collected on behalf of the Palestinian Authority through the mec [...] | 2006-06-22 10:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPAL KWBG PGOV IS EUN GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV2469 | INFRASTRUCTURE MINISTRY COOPERATING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Israel continues to supply 43 million cubic meters of water to Palestinians on the West Bank, and Israeli Water Commission officials communicate daily with Palestinian Water Authority counterparts on "emergency and humanitarian issues." GOI officials support donor projects to red [...] | 2006-06-22 13:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ENRG PREL KPAL KWBG JO IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
06TELAVIV2510 | BEN-ELIEZER DISCUSSES ENERGY REFORMS AND [...] (C) Summary: National Infrastructures Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer told the Ambassador on June 21 that he is looking to Central Asia, particularly to Azerbaijan, for long-term oil contracts. He reported that he recently returned from a trip to Baku in which he discussed with Azeri officials [...] | 2006-06-24 14:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV KWBG ENRG IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
06TELAVIV2511 | MOD'S GILAD ON GAZA, KARNI, AND IRANIAN THREATS IN [...] (S) Summary: In a June 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Ministry of Defense Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad claimed that, during his recent meetings in Jordan, he was told of an Iranian message pressuring Jordan to accept Iranian hegemony in the region. Gilad also reported that he expects strategic [...] | 2006-06-24 15:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV ETTC KPAL KWBG PINS IR EG IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV2517 | MOF CONFIDENT BANKING CRISIS WILL BE RESOLVED [...] (C) Stressing the need to prevent a humanitarian crisis in the territories, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) DG Yossi Bachar and his senior advisor said on June 20 that the Temporary International Mechanism (TIM) was acceptable to the MOF as long as it did not become an avenue for sending funds [...] | 2006-06-26 14:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PINR IS KWBG KPAL SCRM PREL ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV2570 | RAFAH: SPIEGEL AND PISTOLESE REPORT ON THE [...] (C) Summary: Lt. Gen. Pietro Pistolese, head of the European Union Border Assistance Mission (EU-BAM),and Brig. Gen. (ret.) Baruch Spiegel, advisor in the Ministry of Defense (MOD),on June 23 gave the Ambassador a status update of the Rafah crossing in the Gaza Strip. According to Pistole [...] | 2006-06-27 19:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG EFIN IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM |
06TELAVIV2571 | (S) SHIMON PERES ON HAMAS, JORDAN, NEGEV-GALILEE [...] (S) Summary: In a June 26 meeting with Ambassador Jones, Minister for Negev and Galilee Development Shimon Peres said the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier at Kerem Shalom by militants, without the knowledge of Hamas Prime Minister Haniyeh proves that Haniyeh is as weak as President Abbas, at l [...] | 2006-06-27 19:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV PTER KWBG JO AF IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
06TELAVIV2618 | ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES' JUNE 28 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told Attorney General Alberto Gonzales June 28 that Israel is grateful for U.S. support during the crisis in the Gaza Strip that began on Sunday with the attack on Kerem Shalom and the kidnapping of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit. She said that there is not m [...] | 2006-06-30 08:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL IS ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM |
06TELAVIV2643 | (C) LIKUD MK STEINITZ ADVOCATES DISMANTLING AND [...] (C) Summary: In a June 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Likud MK Yuval Steinitz advocated dismantling the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) and isolating them much the same way that former PM Sharon had isolated Yasser Arafat. The IDF should r [...] | 2006-06-30 16:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KDEM KPAL MOPS EG IR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
06TELAVIV2679 | MOF OFFICIAL PRESENTS THE CASE FOR EXTENDING THE [...] (C) Finance Ministry official Eyal Klein told Deputy Economic Counselor July 4 that the GOI decision to increase year-to-year spending from 2007 to 2009 by 1.7 percent, in violation of its commitment to the U.S. in the 2003 U.S. - Israel Loan Guarantee Agreement (LGA) to keep spending increa [...] | 2006-07-05 15:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
06TELAVIV2695 | AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 30 MEETING WITH ISRAELI PUBLIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Public Security Minister and former Shin Bet Chief Avi Dichter told the Ambassador June 30 that after Palestinian militants kidnapped an Israeli soldier on June 25, Israel understood that its policy of not targeting Hamas had been a mistake and that Israel must now draw i [...] | 2006-07-06 15:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG MOPS PTER IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
06TELAVIV2759 | AMCIT EVACUATION FROM THE GAZA STRIP [...] Summary: On July 8, in a joint effort between Embassies Tel Aviv and Amman and the Consulate General Jerusalem, 68 American citizens were removed by bus from the Erez border crossing to the Allenby Bridge. From there they crossed into Jordan, where other buses brought them to Amman. End summa [...] | 2006-07-12 15:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC GZ KPAL PREL IS ISRAEL RELATIONS COUNTERTERRORISM |
06TELAVIV2781 | ISRAELI MOD DG TOREN ON EXPORT CONTROL REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: MOD DG Jacob ("Kobi") Toren told the Ambassador July 11 that the GOI's new Export Controls Division took over the processing of new export licensing requests this month. Toren also explained that the government hoped to formally submit the Defense Export Control Act to the Knes [...] | 2006-07-13 17:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC PINS IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
06TELAVIV2782 | SHIMON PERES ADVOCATES ACTION ON ECONOMIC PEACE [...] (C) In a July 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister for Negev and Galilee Development Shimon Peres presented copies of signed letters from Jordan's King Abdallah, Palestinian President Abbas, and Prime Minister Olmert, soliciting former President Bill Clinton to chair an international board [...] | 2006-07-13 19:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV PTER KWBG JO IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY |
06TELAVIV2784 | KNESSET SPEAKER EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR ADVANCING [...] (SBU) During his July 12 meeting with Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik (septel),the Ambassador asked for Itzik's support in advancing legislative initiatives in three areas: anti-trafficking in labor, copyright law, and export controls. Regarding the first, the Ambassador noted that Israel's cur [...] | 2006-07-14 08:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KIPR KOMC IS GTIP GOI INTERNAL |
06TELAVIV2787 | HERZOG LAMENTS TIMING OF SECURITY CRISES ON [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on July 12, Tourism Minister Isaac Herzog indicated that Israel would soon retaliate against targets in Lebanon for Hizballah's attack across Israel's northern border. Herzog lamented the timing of the dual crises in Gaza and Lebanon, claiming the deteriorating [...] | 2006-07-14 11:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV PTER KWBG JO IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
06TELAVIV2788 | KNESSET SPEAKER SAYS ISRAEL MUST REACT STRONGLY TO [...] (C) Summary: Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik told the Ambassador July 12 that Israel must react strongly to Hizballah's July 12 kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers and killing of eight others in its cross-border attacks that day and that Israel cannot appear weak. She expressed hope that the internation [...] | 2006-07-14 11:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KWBG IS LE SY GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV2879 | MOSSAD CHIEF DAGAN ON LEBANON, HEZBOLLAH AND IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mossad Director Meir Dagan briefed CODEL Hoekstra on the Israeli campaign against Hizballah and the greater long term threat posed by Iran. Dagan stated that the initial aims of the Israeli campaign in Lebanon were focused on eliminating strategic weapons held by Hizballah and symbolic [...] | 2006-07-24 15:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PTER KPAL KWBG IS LE |
06TELAVIV2893 | DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE CHIEF: ISRAEL IS CHANGING [...] (S) Summary: Chief of Defense Intelligence (CDI) MG Amos Yadlin told U.S. Representatives Peter Hoekstra, Jane Harman, Rick Renzi, and Darrell Issa, Chairman and members of the House Permanent Select committee on Intelligence, respectively, and the Ambassador July 22 that the GOI's military goals i [...] | 2006-07-25 19:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS LE SY |
06TELAVIV2915 | PERETZ CALLS FOR MNF ABLE TO BLOCK HIZBALLAH [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Defense Amir Peretz told U.S. Representatives Peter Hoekstra, Jane Harman, Rick Renzi, and Darrell Issa, and the Ambassador July 23 that the GOI's goals in Lebanon are to secure the release of the two kidnapped IDF soldiers, see the implementation of UNSCR 1559, and give a [...] | 2006-07-27 06:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER EG IS IR LE |
06TELAVIV2927 | SPIEGEL OUTLINES HUMANITARIAN COORDINATION SYSTEM [...] (C) Defense Minister advisor BG (res) Baruch Spiegel told the Ambassador July 26 that he is working to eliminate the confusion remaining within the IDF on the implementation of humanitarian corridors as agreed by Secretary Rice and PM Olmert July 25. He said that the guidelines the army rece [...] | 2006-07-27 12:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS |
06TELAVIV293 | IRAN: CONGRESSMAN ACKERMAN'S JANUARY 5 MEETING AT [...] (C) In his January 5 discussion with Congressman Gary Ackerman on Iran's nuclear program, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) Deputy Director General Ariel Levite said: -- U.S.-Israel relations will remain high on any Israeli leader's agenda; -- Israel is anxious about Iran's nuclear a [...] | 2006-01-20 12:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV IS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV2950 | FM LIVNI DISCUSSES LEBANON, SYRIA, AND HAMAS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told Congressman Robert Wexler July 26 that, when hostilities between Israel and Hizballah conclude, the international community must keep Hizballah out of southern Lebanon and must prevent arms from reaching the group via Iran. Livni suggested that an inte [...] | 2006-07-28 10:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UN LE IS |
06TELAVIV296 | OLMERT ORDERS EVACUATION OF HEBRON, AMONA, AND [...] (C) Summary: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday, January 18, instructed Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz to evacuate eight families from the outpost in the Hebron market and to demolish the nine houses in Amona outpost within the next two weeks. He also called on the Ministry of [...] | 2006-01-20 15:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV2961 | ZELIKOW AND GILAD DISCUSS TRAITS OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: MG (RES) AMOS GILAD, ISRAELI MOD ADVISOR FOR POLITICAL AND MILITARY AFFAIRS, TOLD COUNSELOR ZELIKOW 29 JUL 06 THAT INTERNATIONAL FORCE MUST BE EMPOWERED TO ENFORCE CEASEFIRE AS NECESSARY, TO DEPLOY FROM BLUE LINE NORTH TO NAHR AL LITANI, IF NOT NAHR AL AWALLI, AND TO TRAIN THE LEBANESE [...] | 2006-07-30 17:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PTER KPAL KWBG IS LE |
06TELAVIV299 | OLMERT TO CODEL KERRY: "I AM COMMITTED TO CARRY ON" [...] (C) Summary: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Senator John Kerry in a January 17 meeting that he is committed to carrying on Sharon's vision of setting the "political outcomes within the broad context of the roadmap." Olmert highlighted his commitment to pursue a serious dialogue wi [...] | 2006-01-20 16:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KWBG KPAL CH IR IS SY ETTC ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS PEACE PROCESS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV3040 | ADVISOR TELLS PERETZ: IT'S SYRIA, SYRIA, SYRIA! [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pini Medan, an unofficial advisor to Defense Minister Peretz, told POL/C August 2 that he is advising Peretz at every opportunity that "recruiting Syria" is critical to achieving success against Hizballah and saving Israel's position vis a vis Lebanon. Syrian involvement is equally cri [...] | 2006-08-03 15:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS SY LE |
06TELAVIV3041 | ISRAELI ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (S) Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) Director General Gideon Frank told the Ambassador on August 2 that Iran's rejection of what Frank characterized as a generous P-5 1 offer to Iran suggests that Iran has never been serious about negotiations on its nuclear program. Frank said the pas [...] | 2006-08-03 16:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL PTER MNUC AORC EU IR IS |
06TELAVIV3054 | ISRAELI ECONOMY HOLDING ITS OWN [...] (C) The Lebanon conflict war has negatively affected the resurgent Israeli economy, but has not yet caused severe damage. Governor of the Bank of Israel (BOI) Stanley Fischer said at a press event on August 2 that by the end of its first month, the war will have cut Israeli GDP growth by bet [...] | 2006-08-04 13:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL IS |
06TELAVIV3079 | ISRAEL FM LIVNI SAYS ISRAEL DISAPPROVES OF CURRENT [...] (S) In their August 6 meeting, Israeli FM Tzipi Livni told NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch that Israel could not approve of the draft UN resolution in its current form. Making impassioned, emotional appeals, she more than once put forward the following reasons: -- In Israel's view, the resolut [...] | 2006-08-08 08:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PINS MOPS LE IS |
06TELAVIV3103 | ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS DIPLOMATIC CORPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 7 Diplomatic Corps briefing held in response to public Lebanese efforts to influence the United Nations Security Council, FM Livni told UNSC Ambassadors that Israel may not honor a ceasefire unless it is backed up by a force to stop rearming by Hizballah and expressed clea [...] | 2006-08-08 15:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE UNSC PREL MOPS |
06TELAVIV3144 | LEBANON: GOI EXPLAINS CABINET DECISION TO GERMAN [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with German FM Frank-Walter Steinmeier on August 9, PM Ehud Olmert, FM Tzipi Livni, and DefMin Amir Peretz explained a security cabinet decision that reportedly authorizes a possible expansion of the scope of Israeli military operations in Lebanon. According to the MFA [...] | 2006-08-10 13:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS LE GM IS |
06TELAVIV3145 | LEBANON: CODEL ROYCE AND ISRAELI NSC CHIEF DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Israeli National Security Council head Ilan Mizrahi told Representative Ed Royce July 9 that he does not believe any country will send troops to participate in an international force to fight Hizballah. He said the Lebanese army is "not a force you can count on," and indicated that Isr [...] | 2006-08-10 14:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER LE IS |
06TELAVIV3151 | SPIEGEL URGES RAPID USG STAND-UP OF ISRAEL-LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-10 16:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS |
06TELAVIV3155 | LEBANON: NATAN SHARANSKY DISCUSSES HIZBALLAH, [...] (C) Summary: Likud Knesset member Natan Sharansky met with Representative Ed Royce on August 10 and discussed the current conflicts with Hizballah and Hamas as well as the longer term prospect for democracy in the Middle East. Sharansky said that he is not surprised by Hizballah's strong resistance [...] | 2006-08-11 07:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PTER LE IS |
06TELAVIV3195 | FM LIVNI: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST DO ITS [...] (C) During her August 14th late morning briefing of the Diplomatic Corps in Jerusalem, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni opened by expressing the hope that UNSCR 1701 would reshape the region and asserting that the Government of Lebanon (GOL) and the international community shared the burden of its [...] | 2006-08-14 12:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL LE PINR PREL |
06TELAVIV3196 | IRAN DOMINATES OLMERT'S DISCUSSION WITH CODELS [...] (C) In an August 10 meeting, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told CODELs Miller and Royce that the Israeli fight against Hizballah in Lebanon was part of a larger war against Iran and Syria. Olmert attributed Hizballah's battlefield strength to direct Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) leadership [...] | 2006-08-14 12:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS |
06TELAVIV3198 | KNESSET SPEAKER DISCUSSES CRISIS WITH CODELS [...] (C) Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik (Kadima) and MK Yuval Steinitz (Likud) told CODELs Miller and Royce on August 9 that Hizballah's July 12 attack demonstrated that the nature of the conflict between Israel and Iran is ideological and not territorial. Itzik explained that the Hizballah actions, follow [...] | 2006-08-14 13:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS |
06TELAVIV3199 | SHIMON PERES ON THE HOSTILITIES IN THE NORTH AND [...] (C) Summary. During an August 10 meeting Vice Premier Shimon Peres told visiting U.S. Representatives Johnson, Miller, Royce, Shaw, and Sherwood, and Ambassador Jones that Hizballah's goal is to destroy Israel. Peres defended the Israeli Air Force (IAF) saying it is only targeting rocket lau [...] | 2006-08-14 14:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ECIN IS |
06TELAVIV3220 | CODEL MILLER HEARS VIEWS ON WAR FROM ISRAELI MFA [...] (C) On August 9, Israeli MFA Deputy Director General Yoram Ben Zeev hosted CODEL Miller to lunch in the Israeli Arab town of Abu Ghosh, using the opportunity to convey GOI views on the ongoing war against Hizballah, and stressing that Arabs and Israelis can live side-by-side in peace and harmo [...] | 2006-08-15 12:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP ASEC MOPS MASS PTER LE IS |
06TELAVIV3245 | ISRAELI MOD PRESSED TO TAKE QUICK STEPS TO HELP [...] (C) Responding to the Charge's urgings that Israel act quickly to end the sea blockade of Lebanon, re-open Beirut International Airport, and allow mobile bridges to be erected in southern Lebanon to facilitate shipments of outside assistance to needy Lebanese, Israeli MOD POL-MIL Bureau Head Amos G [...] | 2006-08-16 10:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PHUM PTER KPAL KWBG MASS LE SY IL |
06TELAVIV3316 | DEFMIN PERETZ AND CODEL SPECTER DISCUSS LEBANON, [...] (C) Summary: In an August 20 meeting with Senator Arlen Specter in Jerusalem, Israeli Minister of Defense Amir Peretz claimed victory against Hizballah, raised the possibility of talks with Syria, and expressed concern that the international community is not keeping its commitment to deploy a robus [...] | 2006-08-21 16:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EG IS IR LE SY |
06TELAVIV3317 | OLMERT TELLS CODEL SPECTER IT WILL BE "AMERICA'S [...] (C) Israeli Prime Minister Olmert stressed to U.S Senator Arlen Specter August 20 that the robust international force called for in UNSCR 1701 is an American concept and that the United States would bear responsibility should it fail to materialize and fighting resume between Israel and Hizballah. [...] | 2006-08-21 16:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS LE SY IS KPAL KWBG |
06TELAVIV3336 | SUMMER BUILDING: GOI ISSUES TENDERS FOR [...] (U) The Israel Lands Authority and the Ministry of Construction and Housing on Thursday, August 17, issued a tender in Globes for construction on ten plots in Har Homa settlement south of Jerusalem. According to the tender, two plots are for a commercial area to include parking with a 49-yea [...] | 2006-08-22 14:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
06TELAVIV3366 | SENATOR SPECTER AND ISRAELI CHIEF JUSTICE BARAK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) met with Israeli Supreme Court Chief Justice Aharon Barak at the Supreme Court Building in Jerusalem on August 20. Justice Barak, who is retiring in September, dropped several hints that he might be expecting a call to lead a commission of inquiry if [...] | 2006-08-24 11:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS PREL IS |
06TELAVIV3369 | UN ENVOYS AND GOI DISCUSS UNSCR 1701, DISAGREE ON [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen and UN Under Secretary General Vijay Nambiar met with Israeli PM Ehud Olmert, FM Tzipi Livni, DefMin Amir Peretz, Vice PM Shimon Peres, PM Chief of Staff Yoram Turbowicz, and PM Prisoners Envoy Ofer Deckel during a visit to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv on A [...] | 2006-08-24 11:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PTER UN LE IS |
06TELAVIV3370 | CRITICISM OVER ISRAELI GOVERNMENT HANDLING OF [...] (C) Summary and comment: The cease-fire in Lebanon has rapidly eroded the strong public and political support for the Government's conduct of the war and has left both Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz open to an increasingly loud chorus of criticism. Initial GOI att [...] | 2006-08-24 12:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS |
06TELAVIV3387 | ISRAEL TO SUPPORT USG CANDIDATE FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-24 15:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA IS |
06TELAVIV3390 | IS ISRAEL CONSIDERING NEGOTIATIONS WITH SYRIA? [...] (C) Summary and comment: Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's decision to name a mid-level MFA official to study options for breaking the Syrian-Iranian link have fueled press speculation on the possibility of renewed Syrian-Israeli negotiations. The story received a boost when Internal Security Mi [...] | 2006-08-24 16:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY IS |
06TELAVIV3399 | INITIAL IMPACT OF ISRAEL-HIZBALLAH WAR ON ISRAEL [...] (C) In the wake of the 34-day Israel-Hizballah War, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) are reviewing their performance across the board, and taking stock of achievements and mistakes with an eye towards assigning blame, where necessary, and gathering lessons learned for application in future suc [...] | 2006-08-25 11:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PINR LE IS |
06TELAVIV3431 | (C) STEINITZ'S MEETING WITH CODEL SHAYS: URGES [...] (C) Summary: In a August 17 meeting with Codel Shays, Likud Knesset member Yuval Steinitz expressed disappointment with the GOI handling of the recent conflict in Lebanon. Steinitz holds the Lebanese government responsible for neither stopping Hizballah nor offering to intervene when only sout [...] | 2006-08-28 15:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | POL PREL KWBG LE IR IS |
06TELAVIV3432 | FORMER PM ADVISER ON GOI POLITICAL FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: In an August 25 luncheon meeting former PM Advisor Dov Weissglas told the Ambassador that the GOI is in political trouble because it placed too much faith in military advice and set overly ambitious goals, which were impossible for it to achieve and trapped it into continuing the war a [...] | 2006-08-28 15:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS LE IS PGOV |
06TELAVIV3433 | OLMERT AND LIVNI TO CODEL LANTOS: CONTROLLING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In brief, separate meetings August 27, Prime Minister Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told the Ambassador and CODEL Lantos that controlling the border between Lebanon and Syria was the "most crucial" issue for proper implementation of UNSCR 1701. Congressman Lantos informed Olm [...] | 2006-08-28 16:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS LE IS PHUM UN |
06TELAVIV3438 | MOJ PROPOSAL ON ILLEGAL OUTPOSTS MAY UNDERMINE [...] (U) Israeli press reported on August 28 that the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) is preparing a proposal that could undermine the recommendations made in Talia Sasson's March 2005 report on illegal outpost activity in the West Bank. According to Sasson, who was quoted in the article, the MOJ's prop [...] | 2006-08-29 15:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
06TELAVIV3439 | ISRAELI MOD AND EU DISCUSS RAFAH CROSSING POINT [...] (C) In a meeting on August 28 with the Ambassador, EU staff, and a large Israeli inter-agency team, EU Border Assistance Mission (EU-BAM) chief LTG Pietro Pistolese listed his concerns about frequent closures of the Rafah Crossing Point (RCP) and urged MOD adviser Baruch Spiegel to "normalize" [...] | 2006-08-29 15:57:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL IS |
06TELAVIV3440 | NEW ISRAELI MOD DG ASHKENAZI OUTLINES HIS GOALS [...] (C) New Israeli MOD Director General MGEN (Ret.) Gabi Ashkenazi told the Ambassador August 24 that his first priority is complete transformation of Israel's export control system and restoration of U.S. trust in it. He promised to personally involve himself in the legislative process so that Israel [...] | 2006-08-29 16:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC MOPS MASS PINR SY LE IS |
06TELAVIV3441 | ISRAELI DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS ON THE [...] (S/NF) On August 24, a group of Israeli Defense Intelligence (IDI) analysts briefed visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee senior staffer Puneet Talwar on the IDI's preliminary assessment of the 34-day war between Israel and Hizballah in southern Lebanon. The IDI team was lead by Colonel [...] | 2006-08-29 16:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MASS SY LE IS |
06TELAVIV3457 | SPIEGEL DENIES RAFAH CLOSED TO PRESSURE PA TO [...] (U) Ha'aretz reported today, August 30, that the IDF and Shin Bet recommended six days ago that the GOI keep Rafah crossing closed to pressure the Palestinians to release kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit. Ha'aretz apparently obtained a copy of a transcript from a Ministry of Defense (MOD) meet [...] | 2006-08-30 15:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PREL PGOV IS |
06TELAVIV3458 | FURTHER ANALYSIS OF MOJ DRAFT PROPOSAL ON ILLEGAL [...] (C) Dror Etkes, settlement watch coordinator for Peace Now, told econoff on August 30 that there is no specific mention in the draft MOJ proposal about which outposts, whether pre- or post-March 2001, are expected to be retroactively approved. He said that the proposal simply makes it easy f [...] | 2006-08-30 15:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL IS |
06TELAVIV3484 | ISRAELI KNESSET SPEAKER PROVIDES UPDATE ON DRAFT [...] (SBU) On August 10, the Ambassador received a letter from Knesset Speaker Dahlia Itzik that provides an update on draft export control legislation. The letter was sent in response to questions the Ambassador raised in his July 12 meeting with Itzik. The text of the portions of the letter that [...] | 2006-08-31 14:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC MASS IS |
06TELAVIV3485 | UNSYG ANNAN IN ISRAEL: POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE BUT NO [...] (C) Summary: United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan met with Israeli PM Ehud Olmert, FM Tzipi Livni, DefMin Amir Peretz, Vice PM Shimon Peres, and the families of missing IDF soldiers during a visit to Jerusalem on August 29-30. Both sides characterized the talks as positive and producti [...] | 2006-08-31 15:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN LE IS |
06TELAVIV349 | OLMERT TACKS TO THE CENTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: "Candidate" Olmert used his first major public address as acting prime minister and Kadima party leader to nudge his party's platform further toward the center, reprising the role he played as Sharon's stalking horse for unilateral disengagement, and once again moving beyond whe [...] | 2006-01-25 13:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS |
06TELAVIV3511 | SASSON SHAKEN BY MOJ PLAN TO LAUNDER, EXPAND [...] (S) This is an action request message. See paragraph 11. 2. (S) Summary: Talia Sasson, the attorney who wrote the blockbuster report in March 2005 on illegal outposts activity in the West Bank, was visibly disturbed and agitated by a draft proposal in response to her report that the Minis [...] | 2006-09-01 15:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | KWBG PGOV PREL IS |
06TELAVIV3515 | 61ST UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: UPDATE ON ISRAELI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-05 10:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA IS |
06TELAVIV3561 | TOURGEMAN AND STAFFDEL TALWAR DISCUSS LEBANON, [...] (C) Summary: In an August 24 meeting, Shalom Tourgeman, foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, predicted to Staffdel Talwar that budget wrangling will be taking place between the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Ministry of Finance (MOF) over the next few months as usual. The [...] | 2006-09-07 13:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV PREL KWBG IS LE SY |
06TELAVIV3590 | MOFAZ DISCUSSES KARNI CROSSING WITH THE AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz told the Ambassador on September 6 that security is the main problem concerning Karni crossing, citing the 400-meter long tunnel discovered near there last week. Mofaz said that it would be important to see how the Palestinians will perform t [...] | 2006-09-08 16:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PREL PGOV IS |
06TELAVIV3607 | MFA DG ABRAMOVITCH DISCUSSES ABBAS, LEBANON AND [...] (C) In a September 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Israeli MFA Director General (DG) Aharon Abramovitch confided that Foreign Minister Livni's recent public remarks encouraging a renewed dialogue with Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas should not be interpreted as internal GOI p [...] | 2006-09-11 13:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PTER PREL LE SY IS |
06TELAVIV3651 | PRESSING THE EU TO RENEW EUBAM MANDATE FOR RAFAH [...] (C) European Commission Pol/Econ Counselor Emanuele Giaufret told EconCouns on September 7 that the EU is having a difficult time justifying the existence of the EU Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM) to Rafah because the crossing has been basically closed since June 25, either for security thr [...] | 2006-09-13 14:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PREL PGOV IS |
06TELAVIV366 | ISRAELI NSC SAYS CLARITY NEEDED ON HAMAS IN NEW [...] (C) During their January 25 meeting at Israel's National Security Council, NSC Director MGEN (Ret.) Giora Eiland and his deputy, Eran Etzion, told NEA DAS Robert Danin the following: -- USG, GOI and Quartet statements on a HAMAS presence in the new Palestinian government need to be clear and [...] | 2006-01-26 14:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL PEACE PROCESS |
06TELAVIV3670 | MOF DG ON ISRAELI ECONOMIC POLICY [...] (C) Ministry of Finance (MOF) DG Yossi Bachar says that Israeli politicians understand the need to maintain a policy of fiscal restraint. The policy is not dependent on individuals, but on market forces, which punish deviations from that path. He is worried about the government's longevity [...] | 2006-09-14 16:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL IS |
06TELAVIV3671 | ISRAELI MFA DG'S VISIT TO ABU DHABI [...] (C) MFA Deputy DG for Political Research (the Israeli equivalent to INR) Nimrod Barkan informed newly arrived Polcouns Sept. 13 that MFA Director General Aharon Abramovitch, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's close confidant, had just returned from a visit to Abu Dhabi, where he discussed the Ira [...] | 2006-09-15 04:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL IS IR TC |
06TELAVIV3691 | (C) SNEH: SOLVE ISRAEL-PA CONFLICT BEFORE WAR WITH [...] (C) Summary: In an August 24 meeting with Staffdel Talwar, MK Ephraim Sneh said that that Israel needs to settle the decades-long conflict with the Palestinians in the next two or three years. Sneh stated that after the conflict with Hizballah the concept of unilateral disengagement from the [...] | 2006-09-15 14:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG LE IR SY IS |
06TELAVIV3692 | MFA'S BARKAN SEES A GROWING CHANCE OF WAR IN THE [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director of Strategic Affairs Nimrod Barkan told Staffdel Talwar that Iran was not behind the timing of the recent conflict with Hizballah, as Iran had deployed missiles to Lebanon for use on a future "D-Day." He said that the most significant strategic development this year [...] | 2006-09-15 14:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG SY IS |
06TELAVIV370 | ISRAEL AND TURKEY BEGIN COOPERATION ON EREZ [...] (C) Summary: On January 5 the governments of Israel and Turkey signed a Joint Declaration on contributing to the economic development and promotion of the Gaza Strip by establishing a Turkish management company that will operate the Erez industrial zone. According to the Turkish Embassy, this [...] | 2006-01-26 16:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KPAL KWBG PREL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
06TELAVIV3729 | NAZARETH MAYOR PESSIMISTIC ON POSTWAR JEWISH-ARAB [...] (C) In a September 13 meeting with Emboffs, longtime Nazareth Mayor Ramiz Jaraisy painted a bleak picture of postwar relations between Israel,s Jewish and Arab communities. He argued that Israel had chosen &force over peace8 in its invasion of southern Lebanon, and that Israeli Arabs felt be [...] | 2006-09-19 08:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL IS |
06TELAVIV3732 | ISRAELI CT OFFICIALS DISCUSS ISRAEL-HIZBALLAH WAR, U.S.-ISRAEL CT COOPERATION [...] (S) Israeli counterterrorism (CT) officials were anxious to convince visiting S/CT Deputy Coordinator Virginia Palmer that Israel´s 34-day war with Hizballah in July and August had weakened the terrorist group and given Lebanese PM Siniora greater political will to take on Hizballah, but Israeli [...] | 2006-09-19 13:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PTER PREL SY LE IS |
06TELAVIV3763 | LIVNI AND ABBAS AGREE ON EXPANDED DIALOGUE [...] (S) Summary: According to Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's staff, Livni and Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas agreed on September 18 to a continued dialogue, including at the Abbas-Olmert level. Despite this renewed contact, the Israelis insisted that no negotiations with the P [...] | 2006-09-20 14:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | KPAL KWBG PREL IS |
06TELAVIV3781 | ISRAELI MOD POLDIR TRAVEL TO CHINA [...] (C) During a meeting on September 21, MOD Political Director Amos Gilad informed the Ambassador that he will travel to Beijing on September 24 at the invitation of the China Institute for International Strategic Studies for a strategic dialogue and discussions with MFA and MOD officials. Half [...] | 2006-09-21 15:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR PARM CH IS |
06TELAVIV3782 | AMBASSADOR PROPOSES OPENING RAFAH FOR HAJJ PILGRIMS [...] (C) During a September 20 meeting with MFA Deputy Director General for North America Yoram Ben Zeev, Ambassador raised the Rafah crossing. Ambassador noted that Ramadan was approaching and would coincide with the Jewish High Holidays this year. Gaza Hajj pilgrims are already preparing to tra [...] | 2006-09-21 15:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPAL IS |
06TELAVIV3783 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ARMS TRANSFER POLICY TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-21 15:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PARM PREL OTRA VE IS |
06TELAVIV3784 | ISRAELI MOD ON LEBANON WITHDRAWAL, OVERFLIGHTS, [...] (C) Summary: Amos Gilad, the director of the military-political division at the Israeli Ministry of Defense, told the Ambassador September 21 that Israeli forces would need another one-to-three weeks to complete their withdrawal from Lebanon. He stressed that this delay is for purely technica [...] | 2006-09-21 15:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MASS PARM ASEC LE IS |
06TELAVIV3785 | SHEETRIT DISCUSSES WINOGRAD COMMITTEE, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Israeli Acting Minister of Justice Meir Sheetrit on Tuesday, September 19, 2006, to discuss new Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Copyright laws pending in the Knesset and settlement building in the West Bank. In addition, Sheetrit discussed the current W [...] | 2006-09-21 16:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
06TELAVIV3786 | GOI ISSUES TENDERS FOR 854 HOUSINGS UNITS TWO WEEKS [...] (U) As reported septel, the Israel Lands Authority (ILA) and the Ministry of Construction and Housing (MOCH) on Thursday, September 21, issued three tenders in Ha'aretz for construction in settlements in the West Bank. The first is a tender to build 20 units on ten plots in the Central Hill [...] | 2006-09-21 16:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PGOV PREL IS |
06TELAVIV3791 | LIKUD READS QUARTET STATEMENT AS A DIPLOMATIC [...] (SBU) PM Olmert's plans to meet West Bank settlers next week and his quest to shore up his coalition no doubt prompted some Likud leaders to take issue with the September 20 Quartet statement as a way to flex their political muscles before the Jewish High Holidays begin on September 22. Forme [...] | 2006-09-22 12:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN IS KPAL |
06TELAVIV3794 | GILAD DISCUSSES RAFAH, KARNI, AND AMA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Defense (MOD) Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad placed a heavy emphasis on the situation at Rafah in a September 21 meeting with the Ambassador. He said that the GOI understands that pressure is rising at the crossing because of its closure, but said it would be difficult [...] | 2006-09-22 16:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
06TELAVIV3816 | UNIFIL OPENING OFFICE IN TEL AVIV, LIAISING WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-27 08:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO LE IS |
06TELAVIV3818 | ISRAELI MOD POSES QUESTIONS ABOUT USG ARMS [...] (C) Responding to ref A demarche, Israeli MOD Strategic Dialogues and Cooperation Coordinator Rami Yungman posed a number of questions to poloff in their meeting September 21. Stressing that Israel wants to "do the right thing" with respect to Venezuela, Yungman said he would be grateful for a [...] | 2006-09-27 09:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PARM PREL ETTC VE IS |
06TELAVIV3843 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH BIBI NETANYAHU [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Likud Party leader Bibi Netanyahu September 26, Netanyahu told the Ambassador he was pleased with his recent visits to Washington and London, and appeared confident that he and his party would make a political comeback as a result of the Israeli public's swing [...] | 2006-09-28 08:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON IS IR XF |
06TELAVIV3844 | GOI PERSPECTIVE ON WAZZANI SPRINGS [...] (C/NF) Summary: According to an MFA official, the villagers of Rajar (aka Ghajjar) resumed using piped water from the nearby Wazzani Springs after the IDF drove Hizballah fighters away from the area during the recent conflict. Armed Hizballah fighters had stopped the villagers from using the [...] | 2006-09-28 09:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV PREL PGOV KPKO LE IS |
06TELAVIV387 | INITIAL ISRAELI RESPONSE TO THE PLC ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary and comment: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has urged patience in formulating a response to the surprise outcome of the Palestinian elections, but said publicly that he will not negotiate with a Palestinian Authority government that includes Hamas. Israeli politicians from m [...] | 2006-01-27 14:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV389 | MISHLEV DISCUSSES PA ELECTIONS, KARNI AND RAFAH [...] (C) Summary: Major General Yosef Mishlev told the Ambassador January 24 that preparations for the Palestinian elections were going well, and that the GOI and the Palestinian Authority (PA) had established joint coordination rooms in the West Bank and Gaza for election day to handle security. [...] | 2006-01-27 16:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT SETTLEMENTS |
06TELAVIV390 | LABOR'S NUMBER TWO: ELECTIONS WILL BE A FIGHT FOR [...] (C) Summary: Labor Party MK Itzhak Herzog told NEA DAS Robert Danin January 25 that Kadima, Labor, and Likud will be battling over the some 80 Knesset seats that he assesses will go to the political center, as well as for the Russian vote. Herzog expressed resignation that Labor would not win [...] | 2006-01-27 16:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL PINR IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL SETTLEMENTS |
06TELAVIV3909 | PM OLMERT TO CODEL WARNER: ISRAEL READY TO SUPPORT [...] (S) Summary. CODEL Warner met with Prime Minister Olmert at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on October 3. (Septels to report the CODEL's meetings with Foreign Minister Livni and Defense Minister Peretz.) Olmert provided his assessment of the results of the war with Hizballah. He i [...] | 2006-10-04 14:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV OVIP IS IR LE KPAL |
06TELAVIV391 | SHIMON PERES ON THE PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS [...] Former Vice Premier Shimon Peres discussed Hamas with Senator Joseph R. Biden, SFRC Democratic Staff Director Antony Blinken and SFRC Professional Staff Member Puneet Talwar on January 25. Commenting before the vote tallies were in, Peres put a positive spin on the Palestinian elections, whic [...] | 2006-01-27 17:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IS PINR KPAL ETRD EG JO KISL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV3910 | AMBASSADOR AND SHIN BET CHIEF DISKIN DISCUSS GAZA, [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-04 14:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR KPAL KWBG EG IS |
06TELAVIV392 | DAS DANIN AND KADIMA STRATEGIST DISCUSS MIDDLE [...] (C) Summary: Political consultant Eyal Arad told NEA DAS Robert Danin and Ambassador Jones January 25 that Kadima is ready to fulfill Israel's roadmap obligations and commitments to the USG, including those pertaining to outposts and settlements. Arad maintained that Israel must maintain "sec [...] | 2006-01-27 17:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV3937 | PEACE NOW REPORT DETAILS CONSTRUCTION IN ILLEGAL [...] (C) The Ambassador on October 4 raised the recently-published Peace Now report on construction in illegal outposts and settlements with BGen (ret.) Baruch Spiegel and Ministry of Defense (MOD) Senior Adviser Haggai Alon. 2. (U) Peace Now published a report on October 2 detailing extensi [...] | 2006-10-05 16:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
06TELAVIV3938 | SPIEGEL ON CROSSINGS AND MOVING FORWARD WITH AMA [...] (C) Summary: In a September 4 meeting, BGen (ret.) Baruch Spiegel and MOD Senior Adviser Haggai Alon reported to the Ambassador that Minister of Defense Amir Peretz has given the green light for the MOD to undertake talks with the USG to implement the AMA, and that the MOD will also be workin [...] | 2006-10-05 17:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
06TELAVIV3952 | PRM PDAS GREENE MEETINGS WITH ISRAELI AND NGO [...] (C) Summary: On September 28-29, PRM PDAS Richard Greene had wide-ranging discussions with GOI and International Organization (IO) officials pertaining to: access barriers facing IOs and NGOs implementing humanitarian programs in the West Bank and Gaza; coordination efforts between the GOI and [...] | 2006-10-06 11:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PHUM IS LE KWBG PREF IZ |
06TELAVIV3957 | AVI DICHTER BRIEFS CODEL PRYOR ON STATE OF ISRAELI [...] (C) In an October 3 meeting with Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR),Public Security Minister Avi Dichter attributed Israel's relative success in stopping West Bank suicide bombers to the separation barrier and to "actionable intelligence" provided by an extensive network of informants. Commenting on [...] | 2006-10-06 15:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EG IS LE KPAL KWBG PTER PREL IR |
06TELAVIV3972 | NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST DEMARCHE [...] Post provided reftel points to the MFA Deputy Director General for the United Nations and International Organizations, Aharon Leshno Yaar, on October 10. Although most MFA staff are on holiday this week, Yaar agreed to share our points with MFA Deputy Director General Miriam Ziv, who heads t [...] | 2006-10-10 11:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KN PARM KNNP IS IR |
06TELAVIV4001 | CODEL WARNER'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER LIVNI [...] (C) Summary. CODEL Warner met with Foreign Minister Livni at MFA October 3 (reftel reports the CODEL's meeting with Prime Minister Olmert). Asked whether Israel's war with Hizballah and moderate Arab fear of Iran had created new opportunities, Livni said Israel had some common interests wit [...] | 2006-10-11 12:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OREP IS LE KWBG |
06TELAVIV4002 | ISRAELI ACADEMICS OFFER POST-LEBANON WAR [...] (C) Summary: The Charge, Political Counselor and PAO recently discussed Israeli politics and regional developments in the aftermath of the Lebanon war with leading academics and area experts from Israeli universities and think tanks. These academics, who spoke to us under the Chatham House ru [...] | 2006-10-11 13:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IS LE SY IR IZ |
06TELAVIV4032 | USSC DAYTON RAISES RAFAH, AMA AND BADR BRIGADE WITH ISA DISKIN [...] (C) Summary: Israel Security Agency (ISA) Director Yuval Diskin told the USSC, LTG Keith W. Dayton, that Israel's primary concern with the normalization of operations at the Rafah terminal are derived from U.S. and Palestinian failures to follow through with commitments made in the November 15, 20 [...] | 2006-10-12 15:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS KPAL KWBG MASS PINR EG JO IS |
06TELAVIV4042 | CODEL WARNER'S MEETING WITH ISRAELI DEFMIN PERETZ [...] (C) CODEL Warner's October 3 meeting with Israel Defense Minister Amir Peretz focused on lessons learned from Israel's war with Hizballah in southern Lebanon, and missile defense. (Reftels report on the CODEL's meetings with Prime Minister Olmert and Foreign Minister Livni.) Accompanied by MOD [...] | 2006-10-13 14:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MASS PGOV OREP KWBG LE IR SY IS |
06TELAVIV4043 | PRESS REPORTS PORTEND DEMOLITION OF ILLEGAL [...] (C) The "Ha'aretz" Hebrew edition reported on October 13 that Defense Minister Amir Peretz instructed the IDF to expedite the evacuation of illegal outposts in the West Bank. The article stated that Peretz ordered the demolition of a total of 86 structures--47 Israeli, 39 Palestinian. The I [...] | 2006-10-13 15:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
06TELAVIV4069 | TWO FORMER IDF CHIEFS OF STAFF OFFER OPPOSING [...] (C) In separate meetings September 22 and October 10, former IDF Chiefs of Staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak and Moshe Yaalon provided POL and DAO sharply differing assessments of how Israel should deal with Syria. These assessments mirror a broader debate in Israel, with political commentators and [...] | 2006-10-16 13:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MASS SY LE IR IS |
06TELAVIV4107 | OLMERT PUSHES LIEBERMAN-LIKE REFORM IDEAS IN [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Olmert opened the Winter session of the Knesset October 16 in the conspicuous absence of President Moshe Katsav, who ducked the occasion rather than face a firestorm of protest from MKs who are calling for the President's resignation amidst serious allegations of s [...] | 2006-10-17 16:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IS |
06TELAVIV4111 | DRUZE ELDERS: TIRED OF BEING TAKEN FOR GRANTED, [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a meeting October 6, Druze leaders told PolCouns and poloffs that after almost sixty years, Druze loyalty to Israel had still not been rewarded. They cautioned that unless conditions in their communities improved soon, young Druze would begin sliding toward extremism. Th [...] | 2006-10-18 09:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL LE SY IS |
06TELAVIV4148 | READOUT OF ISRAEL MOD POL-MIL BUREAU CHIEF'S VISIT [...] (C) On October 17, the chief advisor to Israeli MOD POL-MIL Bureau Chief Amos Gilad gave poloff a readout of Gilad's meetings with Chinese MFA and MOD officials during his September 25-28 visit to Beijing. During those meetings, the Chinese officials reportedly said that China: A) will not [...] | 2006-10-19 14:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PTER ETTC KPKO MASS MARR MNUC CH |
06TELAVIV4153 | EU DEMARCHE ON GOI ENTRY PROCEDURES TO WB/G [...] The Embassy of Finland, in its EU Presidency capacity, shared with post the aide-memoire that the EU (plus Norway and Switzerland) plans to share with the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the week of October 23. BEGIN TEXT: Since spring 2006, Israeli authorities have been more s [...] | 2006-10-19 15:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWBG KPAL EU PBTS PHUM IS |
06TELAVIV4177 | PERETZ WANTS MERETZ, BUT BEILIN IS BETTING ON BIBI [...] (C) PM Olmert's courting of Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu (YB) party as a potential coalition partner has forced Labor Party chairman Amir Peretz to look left to Meretz for political survival. Meretz MK Avshalom Vilan last floated the idea of a Meretz-Labor partnership at the end of S [...] | 2006-10-20 16:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KPAL IS |
06TELAVIV4234 | MODEST DISCOVERY OF OIL IN DEAD SEA BASIN COULD [...] (U) Genco Oil and Gas Exploration, an Israeli company that has been drilling in the Dead Sea basin for ten years, recently struck oil at Zuk Tamur 3 -- a 1,800 meter deep drill site -- and discovered reserves the company estimates at between four and six million barrels, worth about $300 mill [...] | 2006-10-24 15:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV PREL IS |
06TELAVIV4256 | LIEBERMAN JOINS THE COALITION [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on October 24, Yisrael Beiteinu (YB) party leader Avigdor Lieberman confirmed that he would join the governing coalition with the titles of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Strategic Threats, perhaps as early as October 25. Lieberman would [...] | 2006-10-25 16:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KPAL KWBG IS IR EG JO LE SY |
06TELAVIV4269 | BOI GOVERNOR SEES EXCELLENT ISRAELI ECONOMIC [...] (C) Governor of the Bank of Israel (BOI) Stanley Fischer told the Ambassador that Israel's economic situation is excellent, despite the recent war, which slowed 2006 economic growth by about one percent. Inflation is very low, and the .25 percent interest rate decrease on October 23 was mean [...] | 2006-10-26 14:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SCRM IS KPAL KWBG |
06TELAVIV427 | CHIEF SEPHARDIC RABBI SEES INTERRELIGIOUS BRIDGE [...] (C) Summary: Chief Sephardic Rabbi Schlomo Amar highlighted the importance of promoting dialogue between Jewish and Muslim religious leaders as a means to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a January 26 meeting with the Ambassador. Rabbi Amar emphasized that the GOI should encourage [...] | 2006-01-30 15:57:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PREL KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS PEACE PROCESS SOCIETY |
06TELAVIV4293 | GERMANS DOWNPLAYING ISRAELI ACTIONS AGAINST UNIFIL [...] (C) The German DCM in Tel Aviv told poloff on October 27 that Berlin is intentionally downplaying its response to the October 24 incident in which an Israeli Air Force F-16 allegedly fired two shots across the bow of a Bundesmarine ship assisting UNIFIL. According to the DCM, German Defense M [...] | 2006-10-27 14:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS LE GM IS |
06TELAVIV4303 | THE LIEBERMAN FACTOR IN ISRAEL POLITICS AND U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu (YB) party is poised to formally join the governing coalition on October 30, following negotiations with PM Olmert and the grudging acceptance of this deal by Labor Party chairman Amir Peretz. Although several Labor MK's have made their vocife [...] | 2006-10-27 16:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KPAL IS US |
06TELAVIV4328 | POL SIPDIS TEST CABLE [...] Embassy Tel Aviv ** Testing the routing for SIPDIS automatic distribution into the terms & categories section. ********************************************* ******************** Visit Embassy Tel Aviv's Classified Website: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/telaviv You can also access th [...] | 2006-10-31 11:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IS COUNTERTERRORISM |
06TELAVIV4349 | (S/NF) PALESTINIAN AND ISRAELI SECURITY [...] (S/NF) In response to reftel, embassy submits the following answers to questions posed in reftel. These answers were formulated with contributions from SIHO, DAO Tel Aviv, ConGen Jerusalem, and the U.S. Security Coordinator's office. 2. (S/NF) The answers below correspond to the questions [...] | 2006-11-01 12:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PBTS PGOV PREL GZ IS |
06TELAVIV4373 | ISRAELI MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY HEAD ON MISSILE [...] (C) In an October 8 meeting, Israel Missile Defense Agency head Arieh Herzog told visiting House Armed Services Committee counsel Roger Zakheim that Israel is working with the U.S. to address (a) a gap in its missile defense (MD) capability vis-a-vis a potential future threat of Iranian nucle [...] | 2006-11-02 15:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MASS IR IS |
06TELAVIV4376 | ISRAELI MFA ON IMPROVING UNSCR 1701 IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials have outlined for poloffs their "initial thinking" on possible ways to improve implementation of the UN arms embargo contained in UNSCR 1701. The MFA would prefer to establish a UN sanctions committee to deal with Lebanon, but realizes that such a move is unlikely [...] | 2006-11-03 07:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC PTER SY LE IS UN |
06TELAVIV4395 | ISRAELI KIBBUTZ AND PALESTINIAN VILLAGE LOOKING TO SET UP [...] (SBU) Embassy ESTH and Econoffs and USAID representatives attended a briefing October 31 at Kibbutz Metzer regarding a proposed agribusiness project involving the kibbutz and the nearby Palestinian village of Qafin. Metzer is east of Hadera and about 1.5 kilometers west of the Green Line. The [...] | 2006-11-03 15:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR EINV PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS |
06TELAVIV4396 | EVANGELICAL FEAST SERVES UP MANNA FOR ISRAELI [...] (C) The anemic Israeli tourism industry recently received an injection of USD 15-18 million from 5,000 Evangelical Christian pilgrims who attended a week-long Feast of Tabernacles celebration sponsored by the International Christian Embassy of Jerusalem (ICEJ). In its 27th year, the conventio [...] | 2006-11-03 16:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EIND PREL IS |
06TELAVIV4397 | SOLANA IN ISRAEL: CROSSINGS, MADRID-TYPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the MFA and the EC delegation, High Representative Javier Solana used his October 25-27 visit to urge the Israelis to strengthen Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas. The GOI was generally cautious in its response, although the EC claimed that PM Ehud Olmert is conside [...] | 2006-11-03 16:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN KWBG IR IS |
06TELAVIV4398 | AMBASSADOR RAISES TREATMENT OF AMCITS WITH MFA [...] (SBU) The Ambassador raised reports of GOI mistreatment of American citizens during a working lunch October 31 with MFA Director General Aharon Abramovitch and Deputy Director General for North America Yoram Ben Zeev. The Ambassador noted that we had two separate types of concerns: a change [...] | 2006-11-03 17:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PHUM PREL IS |
06TELAVIV4399 | SIPDIS CABLE TO TEST ROUTING SUCCESS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-06 07:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV4421 | GOI RESIGNED TO UNGA RENEWAL OF EXISTING MANDATES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-06 15:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA IS |
06TELAVIV4465 | PERETZ AND AMBASSADOR KICK OFF AMA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Amir Peretz told the Ambassador on November 6 that despite the threats Israel is facing, the Ministry of Defense (MOD) will do everything possible to improve the humanitarian situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. He said that he, as defense minister, has m [...] | 2006-11-08 16:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
06TELAVIV4474 | MK SCNELLER'S PLAN TO EVACUATE WEST BANK SETTLER [...] (C) Summary: Econoff and Deputy PolCouns met with member of Knesset (MK) Otneil Schneller to discuss efforts by Prime Minister Olmert's office to negotiate the evacuation of West Bank settlements and outposts with settler leaders. In press reports, Schneller -- settler of the Mikhmas settlem [...] | 2006-11-09 10:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
06TELAVIV4481 | ISRAELI REGIONAL EXPERTS SHARE VIEWS ON IRAN, [...] (C) Summary: During his recent visit to Israel, the Ambassador hosted a dinner at which DNI Negroponte asked a diverse group of Israeli experts to share their views on Iran, particularly Israeli perspectives on the intentions of the Iranian leadership. The DNI also solicited views on the pos [...] | 2006-11-09 16:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IS IR IZ SY KPAL |
06TELAVIV453 | MFO DG LAROCCO LAYS OUT NEXT STEPS ON HELO [...] (C) In a January 30 meeting with Ambassador Jones, Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) Director General James Larocco reviewed next steps for concluding the MFO's transition to Blackhawk helicopters, noting U.S. success in obtaining Israel's agreement, in principle, to pay its USD 2 millio [...] | 2006-01-31 15:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS KPKO EG IS GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS |
06TELAVIV454 | ISRAEL-CHAD RELATIONS ON HOLD; MFA DENIES ANY GOI [...] (C) Oren Anolik, advisor to the Israeli MFA's director general, informed poloff January 31 that the GOI has sought to reestablish diplomatic relations with Chad, which were broken in 1972. There is no Israeli charge d'affaires in N'Djamena, according to Anolik. As reported in reftel and in [...] | 2006-01-31 15:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR SU CD IS ML NG XY GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV456 | HEBRON SETTLERS LEAVE VOLUNTARILY, REACH [...] (U) According to press reports, settlers left the Hebron market "voluntarily" on the night of January 30 in exchange for a deal made with the GOI that they would be permitted to return legally at a later date. They have until Thursday, February 2, to clear out their belongings. Brigadier Gen [...] | 2006-01-31 16:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
06TELAVIV4579 | PEACE NOW: NEARLY 40 PERCENT OF WEST BANK [...] (C) Summary: Peace Now's latest report on West Bank settlement construction on Palestinian land is a harsh indictment of Israel's settlement enterprise. The report asserts that Palestinians own approximately 40 percent of the land on which settlements sit today, and that since 1967, success [...] | 2006-11-21 15:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
06TELAVIV4580 | COGAT WORKING TO RESOLVE AMCIT DIFFICULTIES [...] (C) In a November 20 meeting with MG Yossef Mishlev (GOI Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories),PolCouns, EconCouns, and USAID Director reiterated the USG's concern about problems experienced by American citizens attempting to enter -- or renew their visas for -- the West Ba [...] | 2006-11-21 16:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC KWBG KPAL IS |
06TELAVIV4581 | COGAT PLEDGES FULL SUPPORT FOR AMA IMPLEMENTATION; [...] (C) Summary: The GOI's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, MG Yossef Mishlev, pledged "full cooperation" to implement the Agreement on Movement and Access during the November 20 inaugural meeting of the working group on permits. He outlined GOI permit policies in the West [...] | 2006-11-21 16:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL ECON IS |
06TELAVIV4605 | APHSCT TOWNSEND'S NOVEMBER 12 MEETING WITH ISRAEL [...] (C) Israeli MOD Director General Gabi Ashkenazi told Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend November 12 that although Israel does not expect another war with Hizballah in the near future, the MOD is studying what it could have done bet [...] | 2006-11-24 13:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ECON SY LE IR IS |
06TELAVIV4606 | APHSCT TOWNSEND'S NOVEMBER 12 MEETING WITH ISRAELI [...] (C) Israeli Director of Military Intelligence MGEN Amos Yadlin told Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend November 12 that Israel distrusts Bashar Asad's overtures regarding peace with Israel. Yadlin believes Asad is actually preparin [...] | 2006-11-24 13:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ECON PREL OVIP AMGT ASEC SY LE IS |
06TELAVIV4641 | WITH CEASEFIRE HOLDING, OLMERT SPEECH OFFERS PEACE [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Defense Minister Sneh and Olmert's foreign policy adviser Tourgeman separately told the Ambassador November 27 that the ceasefire announced November 26 following a phone conversation between Olmert and Abu Mazen represented a real opportunity to change the atmosphere with [...] | 2006-11-27 14:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KWBG IS |
06TELAVIV4677 | DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER SNEH UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh agreed with the Ambassador on November 27 that the negotiating teams for the implementation of the Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA) should begin meeting next week. He noted, however, that his own schedule may limit the ability to have [...] | 2006-11-29 16:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
06TELAVIV4703 | ISRAEL SEEKS TO DIVERSIFY ITS ENERGY SUPPLY TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN ORDER TO MEET THE ENERGY DEMANDS OF A GROWING POPULATION AND A RISING STANDARD OF LIVING, ISRAEL WILL NEED TO DOUBLE ITS GENERATING CAPACITY OVER THE NEXT DECADE. IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE ITS HEAVY DEPENDENCE ON IMPORTED OIL -- 90 PERCENT OF WHICH COMES FROM RUSSIA AND THE FOR [...] | 2006-12-01 15:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL EPET PGOV ETRD IS |
06TELAVIV471 | ISRAELIS PLEASED BY MERKEL'S STAND ON HAMAS AND [...] (C) Summary: German Chancellor Angela Merkel thoroughly impressed her hosts during her January 29-30 visit with what the Israelis interpreted as strong stances on Hamas and the Iranian nuclear program, according to the German charge' and the Israeli MFA visits officer. Merkel said publicly an [...] | 2006-02-01 11:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PARM KWBG KPAL IS GM IR ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV4730 | AVIGDOR LIEBERMAN'S THOUGHTS ON PALESTINIAN ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and DAPNSA Elliott Abrams discussed Israeli-Palestinian relations with Minister for Strategic Threats Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beiteinu) on November 29. Lieberman had requested the meeting to share his latest thinking on the Palestinian question ahead of his pl [...] | 2006-12-05 07:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL IR EG CY JO |
06TELAVIV4731 | GOI UPDATES POST ON GOI-EU DIALOGUE ON RAFAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 28, MFA Head of Bureau for Middle East and Economic Affairs Irit Ben-Abba provided post with an update on the ongoing discussions between the GOI and Europeans on the Rafah crossing point. Ben-Abba conveyed that the GOI is pleased with the six-month extension of the [...] | 2006-12-05 07:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS PTER ETRD KWBG IS EG |
06TELAVIV4736 | ISRAEL'S OPPOSITION TO SPAIN'S MIDDLE EAST PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY/COMMENT: Israel is strongly opposed to the Middle East peace initiative proposed by Spanish PM Zapatero. Israeli FM Livni bluntly informed Moratinos of this position on November 16 and urged him to put the initiative aside or at least to discuss it with the GOI before proceeding f [...] | 2006-12-05 15:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV EUN SP IS |
06TELAVIV4741 | THIRTY-METER SEWAGE WATERFALL AND OTHER CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: Israeli infrastructure and environment officials told NEA Senior S&T Advisor Charles Lawson that they remain concerned about neglect of sewage and other waste on the West Bank. Increasing damage to the Mountain Aquifer shared by Israelis and Palestinians is epitomized by a thirt [...] | 2006-12-06 12:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV EAID PREL ECON KPAL IS |
06TELAVIV4768 | COGAT'S EFFORTS TO RESOLVE AMCIT VISA DIFFICULTIES [...] (C) Summary: Senior EmbOffs met December 7 with MG Yossef Mishlev (GOI Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories - COGAT) to stress the urgent need for Israel to resolve the visa problems facing American citizens seeking to live and work in the West Bank. They requested that the [...] | 2006-12-08 11:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PREL KWBG KPAL IS |
06TELAVIV4769 | COGAT CLAIMS IMPROVEMENT IN AMA ISSUES, EXPRESSES [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns, EconCouns, and Deputy Consul General discussed Agreement on Movement and Access issues with MG Yossef Mishlev (GOI Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories - COGAT) on December 7. Mishlev confirmed that the IDF had lifted age restrictions on travelers from [...] | 2006-12-08 11:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KWBG KPAL PTER IS |
06TELAVIV481 | SENATOR BIDEN AND A/PM OLMERT DISCUSS THE PEACE [...] (C) Summary: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Senator Joseph Biden on January 25 --before PLC election results were in -- that he is ready to resume negotiations with Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas and is willing to implement all of Israel's commitments under the roadmap [...] | 2006-02-02 06:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IR IS PEACE PROCESS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV4851 | DEFENSE MINISTER PERETZ ON AMA, CEASEFIRE, LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, accompanied by embassy senior staff, called on Defense Minister Amir Peretz December 12 to express appreciation for Peretz's role in maintaining the Gaza ceasefire and to review the status of AMA implementation discussions with the MOD. Peretz, who was flanked by Dep [...] | 2006-12-15 10:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS ECON KWBG PHUM IS LE |
06TELAVIV4853 | ISRAEL-JORDAN ENVIRONMENTAL AND RELATED COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection welcomes cooperation and exchange with Jordan's Green Police. The GOI also welcomes the upcoming World Bank feasibility study of the proposed Red Sea-Dead Sea water conveyance project. Two kibbutzim have helped the GOI fulfill t [...] | 2006-12-15 14:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON PREL EAID EPET JO IS |
06TELAVIV4890 | CODEL MCCAIN MEETS PM OLMERT: IRAQ SITUATION, [...] (C) Summary. CODEL McCain, made up of Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman, Susan Collins, John Thune, and Representative Mark Kirk, called on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert December 18. Charge and Pol Couns attended the meeting, as did Olmert's senior advisers and the MFA's Deputy Director G [...] | 2006-12-20 07:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KWBG IS IR IZ AF |
06TELAVIV4892 | CODEL NELSON AND ISRAEL DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE [...] (S) SUMMARY: On December 12, Colonel Amit Aviram of Israeli Defense Intelligence (IDI) briefed Senator Bill Nelson (FL) on regional security threats facing Israel. Aviram described the Middle East as caught in a struggle between moderates and Iranian-backed extremists, and said the growing Iranian [...] | 2006-12-20 10:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR KPAL IR SY LE IS |
06TELAVIV4895 | CODEL MCCAIN'S MEETING WITH MINDEF PERETZ: [...] (C) SUMMARY. CODEL MCCAIN, INCLUDING SENATORS JOHN MCCAIN, JOSEPH LIEBERMAN, SUSAN COLLINS, JOHN THUNE, AND REPRESENTATIVE MARK KIRK, MET WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE AMIR PERETZ DECEMBER 18. CHARGE AND POL COUNS ATTENDED THE MEETING, AS DID MOD SENIOR STAFF. THE CODEL MENTIONED THEIR VISIT TO [...] | 2006-12-20 14:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS KWBG IS MARR |
06TELAVIV4897 | FORMER PM BARAK DISCUSSES REGIONAL CHALLENGES WITH [...] (C) Summary: Senators John McCain (AZ),Joe Lieberman (CT),Susan Collins (ME) and John Thune (SD),as well as Representative Mark Kirk (IL) met with former Prime Minister Ehud Barak on December 17 to discuss developments in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon and the Palestinian Authority. Ba [...] | 2006-12-21 09:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPAL IZ IR US RU CH IN |
06TELAVIV4914 | OLMERT TELLS CODEL DODD/KERRY HE IS READY TO MEET [...] (C) SUMMARY: SENATORS CHRISTOPHER DODD (CT) AND JOHN KERRY (MA) DISCUSSED THE CHALLENGE FACED BY THE U.S. AND ISRAEL IN DEALING WITH EXTREMISTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER EHUD OLMERT ON DECEMBER 21. AT THE TOP OF THEIR MEETING, SENATORS DODD AND KERRY AND PRIME MINISTER [...] | 2006-12-22 11:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL IR SY LE IZ |
06TELAVIV4927 | ISRAEL HOSTS UN DESERTS AND DESERTIFICATION [...] Israel hosted a conference on "Deserts and Desertification -- Challenges and Opportunities" under the aegis of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). The conference took place November 6-9 at the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research of the Ben Gurion Universi [...] | 2006-12-26 08:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV PREL UN IS |
06TELAVIV4929 | SENATOR NELSON'S MEETING WITH LIKUD LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Senator Bill Nelson (FL) and his senior staff met with former prime minister (PM) and current Likud Party leader Binyamin Netanyahu on December 12 to discuss the Iranian nuclear threat. Netanyahu urged the U.S. to mobilize all its diplomatic and national efforts against Iran. [...] | 2006-12-26 09:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER IS IR IZ SY KPAL US |
06TELAVIV497 | ISRAELI REQUEST FOR U.S. ASSISTANCE RESOLVING [...] (C) Summary and comment: The GOI has formally requested, via a February 1 letter, USG assistance in addressing Palestinian actions at Rafah that Israel believes violate the Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA),Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing, and the Security Protocol. Many of these c [...] | 2006-02-02 17:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS |
06TELAVIV4971 | CODEL DODD AND KERRY'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. CODEL Dodd and Kerry discussed their visit to Syria, Israel's relations with the Palestinians, the rising power of Islamic radicalism, and the effect of sanctions on Iran during their December 21 meeting with Foreign Minister Livni. Livni stressed the GOI's reasons for rejecting [...] | 2006-12-28 08:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY IR KWBG IS |
06TELAVIV498 | ISRAELI MKS DISCUSS HOW TO DEAL WITH HAMAS [...] (C) Summary and comment: During a January 30 lunch with the Ambassador, members of the Knesset representing Kadima, Likud, and Labor disagreed on the underlying reasons for the success of Hamas in the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections. Likud members blamed disengagement, while t [...] | 2006-02-03 06:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV4995 | DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER SNEH DESCRIBES TO [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Defense Minister Efraim Sneh briefed the Ambassador and Pol Couns December 26 on the MOD's plans to reduce obstacles to movement in the West Bank and to improve the Palestinian economy. Septel will report Sneh's comments on the lessons of the Lebanon War. Sneh described [...] | 2006-12-29 06:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON KWBG IS |
06TELAVIV5003 | DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER SNEH COMMENTS ON THE MOD [...] (S) During a December 26 meeting with the Ambassador (discussion of efforts to remove obstacles to movement in the West Bank and other issues reported reftel),Deputy Defense Minister Efraim Sneh candidly discussed the MOD's dissatisfaction with the 2007 budget as well as the IDF's lessons le [...] | 2006-12-29 14:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS IS LE |
06TELAVIV5004 | OLMERT TELLS CODEL SPECTER HE IS SKEPTICAL ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Senator Arlen Specter (PA) briefed Prime Minister Olmert on President Asad's willingness to negotiate with Israel. Specter noted that Asad had expressed a willingness to exert Syrian influence over Hamas, and pledged to cooperate with the Hariri assassination investigation and UNSCR 17 [...] | 2006-12-29 14:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IS KPAL SY ECON IR IZ GE |
06TELAVIV5005 | SENATOR SPECTER'S MEETING WITH LIKUD LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Senator Arlen Specter (PA) and the Ambassador met with former prime minister (PM) and current Likud Party leader Binyamin Netanyahu on December 27 to discuss Syria and the Iranian nuclear threat. Senator Specter reported on Syrian President Asad's interest in negotiations with [...] | 2006-12-29 14:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IS IR SY KJUS IN |
06TELAVIV5007 | FM LIVNI URGES CAUTION ON SYRIA IN MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) discussed Syria, Iran and efforts to revive the Israeli-Palestinian Roadmap with FM Tzipi Livni on December 27. Describing his recent trip to Damascus, Senator Specter said Syrian President Bashar al-Asad had expressed an interest in negotiating with [...] | 2006-12-29 15:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL IR SY LE |
06TELAVIV515 | ISRAELI FM ON REVENUE TRANSFERS, MEETINGS IN [...] (C) Summary: During a February 2 meeting in Tel Aviv, FM Tzipi Livni told the Ambassador and DCM that the Israeli Cabinet will discuss revenue transfers to the PA on February 5, adding that she did not expect the issue to still be on the agenda when she meets the Secretary next week. Livni sa [...] | 2006-02-03 15:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV EAID PTER KPAL KWBG IS EG ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS |
06TELAVIV518 | SHIMON PERES ON PALESTINIAN 'COHABITATION' [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Shimon Peres reiterated a pitch for U.S. financial support for Negev/Galilee development and political support for private-sector-led development of the Jordan Valley. The Ambassador stressed the importance of supporting the careta [...] | 2006-02-06 07:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN EG IS JO KWBG PGOV PINR PREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS |
06TELAVIV542 | GOI ACTION ON AMONA PRODUCES BACKLASH AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: Post contacts from the GOI and the private sector assert that the February 1 demolitions in Amona outpost "send strong signals to the settlers" that Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is not going to give in to lawbreakers. The demolitions in Amona are now being hailed as a new [...] | 2006-02-06 15:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
06TELAVIV543 | YOUR MEETING WITH ISRAELI FM TZIPI LIVNI [...] (C) Tzipi Livni's first visit to Washington and New York as Foreign Minister offers her a chance to demonstrate on an international stage the same confidence, frankness and poise that have made her one of Israel's most popular politicians. Considered too young, at 47, to be Prime Minister Sharo [...] | 2006-02-06 17:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV544 | KARNI REOPENS; GOI SENDS TRANSFER PAYMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Following a week of constant and intense discussions between the Embassy and the Prime Minister,s office, the MOD, and other high-level officials, the GOI reopened the Karni crossing and reversed its decision not to transfer collected tax revenue to the PA. The Ambassador had a [...] | 2006-02-06 17:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KWBG PGOV PREL KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV55 | EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR ON GAZA BORDER AND ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary: In a January 5 meeting with Ambassador Jones, Egyptian Ambassador to Israel Mohamed Asem Ibrahim stressed that Mubarak will sincerely miss Sharon, whom he views as a real partner. Ibrahim expressed concern about the instability of the Israeli party system, suggesting that both Li [...] | 2006-01-05 15:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER KPAL IS EG GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV566 | EILAND PESSIMISTIC WITH CODEL OBAMA ON [...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor (NSA) Giora Eiland briefed Senator Barack Obama January 10 on "three and a half" different approaches to dealing with the stalemate that exists in Israeli-Palestinian relations. He anticipated the predicament that the U.S. and Israel would face should [...] | 2006-02-07 16:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KWBG OREP IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV567 | SHALOM CALLS A STRONG HAMAS SHOWING A WIN FOR [...] (C) Summary: During discussions January 10 with Senator Barack Obama, then FM Silvan Shalom said he predicted that Hamas would win a significant number of votes in the January 25 Palestinian Legislative Council elections. He said that a strong showing by Hamas will show moderate Palestinians [...] | 2006-02-07 16:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG OREP KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL |
06TELAVIV596 | GOI RESPONDS TO NEW PATTERN OF CROSS-BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli National Police (INP) Colonel Avshalom Peled told G-TIP Reports Officer Gayatri Patel January 11 and poloff in subsequent phone conversations that his Ramon Border Police Brigade, which guards Israel's southern border with Egypt, has captured 85 Palestinians from the Gaza [...] | 2006-02-08 14:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS EG PGOV PREL JO PINR PREF PBTS SNAR KCRM GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL SOCIETY |
06TELAVIV638 | ISRAELI REACTTION TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATEMENT [...] (C) Over the past week, GOI officials have commented without solicitation on President Bush's February 2 remarks to Reuters to the effect that the U.S. would defend Israel in a crisis with Iran, saying Israel welcomes America's support, but is prepared to defend itself. These comments reflect [...] | 2006-02-13 08:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR MARR MASS IS ISRAEL RELATIONS MILITARY |
06TELAVIV668 | HOUSING MINISTER BOIM DISCUSSES OUTPOSTS, [...] (C) Summary: In a February 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Housing and Construction Minister Ze'ev Boim said that the GOI would evacuate outposts because Israel promised the USG that it would do so under the road map, and because outposts are unauthorized and Israel is a country that follows [...] | 2006-02-14 14:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV676 | ISRAELI MOD POLDIR GILAD DISCUSSES THE AMA AND THE [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on February 13, Israeli MOD Political Director Amos Gilad agreed with the Ambassador that progress should be made on as many AMA issues as possible before Hamas assumes control of the Palestinian Authority, but expressed concern about what he termed the lack of a Pale [...] | 2006-02-15 04:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG RS IR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV683 | ISRAELI MOD DG TOREN FORCEFULLY OBJECTS TO U.S. [...] (S) Responding to ref A points, MOD DG Jacob Toren told the Ambassador on February 8 that: -- He cannot agree with the U.S. position and urges the U.S. to re-examine its objections. Agreeing to the U.S. position on the ELTA radar transfer to Russia sets another precedent that Israel cannot [...] | 2006-02-15 15:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL MASS MARR RS IS IN MILITARY RELATIONS ISRAEL |
06TELAVIV687 | MOD PRIORITIZING FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROJECTS; WANTS TO CONTINUE SOME EVEN UNDER HAMAS GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-15 15:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | ECON KWBG PGOV PREL KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV688 | IRAN-IAEA: ISRAELI ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION [...] (S) In a February 7 meeting, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) Director General Gideon Frank told Ambassador Jones the following: A) On February 16, the EU3 MFA directors general are going to meet with an Israeli interagency team in Israel at the MFA to discuss Iran and the way ahead. [...] | 2006-02-15 15:57:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PINR MNUC KNNP IR EU AORC IS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV689 | ISRAELI MINISTER OF HEALTH ON IPR ISSUES, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador raised intellectual property concerns with newly appointed Health Minister Yaakov Edery. Edery told the Ambassador that he is working to establish a "green line" system for FDA-approved pharmaceuticals. The MOH is looking to renew its cooperative agreement with [...] | 2006-02-16 06:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ETRD KIPR PREL SENV KPAL KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV695 | OLMERT'S SEPARATION PLAN [...] (C) Summary: On February 7, Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert gave an interview in which he said that Israel is moving toward separation from the Palestinians, and toward defining Israel's final borders. He explained that he plans to uphold all GOI commitments on unauthorized outposts -- pr [...] | 2006-02-16 15:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS |
06TELAVIV696 | ISA CHIEF DISKIN: HAMAS ON THE HORIZON [...] (S) Summary: ISA (Shin ... [...] | 2006-02-16 16:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PINR KDEM KPAL KWBG IS |
06TELAVIV712 | POLLUTED MOUNTAIN AQUIFER BINDS PALESTINIANS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent symposium on pollution of shared Israeli-Palestinian groundwater highlighted that sewage and untreated solid waste seriously threaten the health of the Mountain Aquifer which provides water to Palestinians, Israeli settlers on the West Bank, and other Israeli citizens [...] | 2006-02-17 14:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL EAID PGOV KPAL KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV745 | RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TERMS MOSCOW'S INVITATION TO [...] (C) Summary: Russian Ambassador to Israel Gennady Tarasov met with the Ambassador February 20, at the former's request, to discuss the emerging GOI policy toward Hamas against the backdrop of an increasingly politicized pre-election atmosphere. Tarasov criticized the GOI for taking decisions [...] | 2006-02-22 08:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG MNUC IS IR RS GOI EXTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV756 | GOI ADOPTS POST-PLC MEASURES; EFFORTS TO [...] (C) Summary: Following the first meeting of the new Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC),the GOI has adopted a number of measures aimed at increasing security and preventing funds from reaching Hamas, according to General Yossef Mishlev. Mishlev said the GOI will end assistance for PA secu [...] | 2006-02-22 18:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KWBG PINR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV773 | MOFAZ DISCUSSES KARNI AND RAFAH CROSSINGS, [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told the Ambassador on February 22 that while the GOI appreciates Egypt's efforts to combat smuggling at the Philadelphi Corridor, weapons smuggling continues nevertheless and terrorists are getting into Gaza. He said that if Egypt and the Palestini [...] | 2006-02-23 15:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV814 | ISRAEL WANTS TO PREVENT HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN PA [...] (C) Ministry of Finance DG Yossi Bachar emphasized in a February 23 meeting with NEA DAS Dibble that the GOI is torn between the imperative of not dealing with a Hamas-led PA government on the one hand and doing everything possible to not harm the Palestinian population on the other. He said [...] | 2006-02-27 13:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL IS KWBG KPAL GOI EXTERNAL HUMANITARIAN AID ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV826 | ISRAELI MILITARY INTEL CHIEF'S 2/23 MEETING WITH [...] (S/NF) In a February 23 meeting at the MOD, Israeli Director of Military Intelligence (DMI) Major General Amos Yadlin discussed with State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism (CT) Henry Crumpton (A) USG and GOI priorities in the war on terror; (B) ways to coordinate between the intelli [...] | 2006-02-27 16:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR PTER PINS PGOV KWBG KPAL MARR MCAP MOPS ASEC EG IS JO COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS |
06TELAVIV840 | EGYPTIANS TELL GOI TO GIVE HAMAS TIME [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Defense Political Advisor Amos Gilad told the Ambassador February 21 that Egyptian officials encouraged Israel to give the Hamas government time and rely on Cairo to deal with the terrorist group. He believed that this "change" in Egypt,s position is motivated by Egyp [...] | 2006-02-28 07:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON KPAL KWBG PINR IS GOI EXTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM |
06TELAVIV853 | ISRAELIS TELL CODEL SHAYS THEY WON'T TURN OUT THE [...] (C) Summary: Senior Foreign Policy Advisor Shalom Tourgeman assured CODEL Shays that the GOI would not withold electricity or take purely punitive economic measures against the Palestinian people, but did say that the GOI believes that all other US, European and Israeli economic assistance sho [...] | 2006-02-28 13:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV858 | MOD ADVISOR ON HAMAS, ABBAS, NEIGHBORS, IRAN AND [...] (S) Summary: Ministry of Defense Political Advisor Amos Gilad told NEA DAS Dibble that Israel was on a collision course with a new "Hamastan." He said the Hamas leadership was very clever and would seek international acceptance while retaining the intent to annihilate Israel. He agreed that [...] | 2006-02-28 14:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER ECON PINR KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV859 | SPIEGEL DISCUSSES CROSSINGS, GOI'S HAMAS POLICY, [...] (C) Summary: Brigadier General (ret.) Baruch Spiegel on February 24 gave Deputy Assistant Secretary Liz Dibble and the Ambassador an update on the status of the crossings in Gaza. Karni and Sufa are both closed, Erez is open, and Kerem Shalom has "big potential but zero activity," according [...] | 2006-02-28 16:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV876 | A/PM OLMERT AND CONGRESSMAN BERMAN DISCUSS HAMAS [...] (C) Summary: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met with Representative Howard Berman and the Ambassador on Sunday, February 26 to discuss Hamas, Iran, and the future of the Jordan Valley. Olmert stressed that Israel will not deal with a Hamas government and that only a unified, strong co [...] | 2006-03-02 07:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KWBG KPAL IR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV877 | ABBAS AND HAMAS: LEFT-OF-CENTER ISRAELI LEADERS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a February 28 discussion hosted by the Ambassador, left-of-center Israeli politicians and advisers advocated support for Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and criticized the GOI's refusal to deal with him. The group generally agreed that the GOI should take a "wa [...] | 2006-03-02 09:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KWBG KPAL IR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV879 | ISRAELI FM LIVNI TELLS CODEL BERMAN: ABBAS CANNOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Codel Berman met on February 26 with FM Livni and representatives from the MFA. Livni raised two main issues: aid to the Palestinians and U.S. treatment of PA President Abbas. She voiced concern that Abbas could be a "fig leaf" for Hamas. In a briefing prior to convening in Li [...] | 2006-03-02 10:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS CH IN EAGR ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM |
06TELAVIV883 | GOI POSTPONES FURTHER DISCUSSION ON CHANGES TO [...] (C) According to both the Israeli NSC and MFA, the GOI's high-level discussion on Russia policy held on February 28 revealed that there will be no substantial changes in Israeli-Russian relations until after the March 28 Knesset elections. National Security Adviser Giora Eiland reportedly bri [...] | 2006-03-02 14:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL RS IS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV885 | MFA TELLS DAS DIBBLE THAT GOI GRAPPLING WITH [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials told NEA DAS Liz Dibble that the GOI is going through a comprehensive inter-agency process to define humanitarian assistance and formulate how best to continue it to the Palestinians without benefiting Hamas. They also want a mechanism that would permit the GOI to tra [...] | 2006-03-02 15:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON KPAL KWBG PINR IS GOI INTERNAL HUMANITARIAN AID ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV894 | RELIGIOUS ZIONIST LEADER SPECULATES RIGHT-WING [...] (C) Summary: National Union (NU) leader MK Benny Elon asserted to the Ambassador March 1 that the right-of-center parties will gain enough seats in the March 28 elections that they could (in the unlikely event they were asked to do so) form a government. He called Kadima an artificial politic [...] | 2006-03-03 16:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KPAL KWBG EG IS JA GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
06TELAVIV91 | MOD BRIEF ON NEW DRAFT PLAN FOR REMOVAL OF [...] (S) Summary and comment: The MOD's new draft plan has replaced the removal of checkpoints with the concept of "normally open checkpoints" and bypass roads. This is a step backwards from their original proposal, which concentrated on removing checkpoints. There are, nonetheless, some brigh [...] | 2006-01-06 16:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV92 | SCENESETTER FOR JANUARY 11, 2006 JOINT POL-MIL [...] (C) The Joint Pol-Mil Group (JPMG) meeting will be taking place at a time when Israel's domestic political situation is in flux and recent progress on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has stalled. PM Sharon suffered a significant brain hemorrhage on January 4, and is now in critical condition, [...] | 2006-01-06 16:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PINR PGOV PTER MASS OTRA PARM ISRAEL RELATIONS MILITARY GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV922 | U.S.-ISRAEL JOINT COUNTERTERRORISM GROUP (JCG) [...] (C) On February 22, the Israeli MFA hosted the latest session of the U.S.-Israel Joint Counterterrorism Group (JCG) -- the prior one having occurred over a year and a half earlier. The Israeli side stressed the importance it placed on the JCG's resumption (following the January meeting of the [...] | 2006-03-07 05:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR PINS PGOV KPAL KWBG ASEC EG JO IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV940 | DANGERS OF DICHTER'S DISENGAGEMENT DEBATE [...] (C) Summary and comment: Former Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) chief and Kadima candidate Avi Dichter set off a political firestorm on March 5 by leaking to reporters details of what he claims are A/PM Ehud Olmert's plans for disengagement from parts of the West Bank. Dichter said that aft [...] | 2006-03-08 15:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
06TELAVIV942 | RSO MEETING WITH GOI OFFICIALS REGARDING [...] (C) Summary: At the request of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and RSO Amman (refs A, B, and C, respectively),Post has actively pursued with the GOI the proposal to transport Palestinian deportees from the U.S. to Gaza/West Bank through Ben Gurion International Airport. The Ambass [...] | 2006-03-08 15:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC IS KPAL PREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS |
06TELAVIV989 | EMBLEM: GOI STANDS STILL; ICRC DELEGATION CONCERNED [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Deputy Director General (DDG) Aharon Leshno Yaar told PRM Director for Asia and the Near East Richard Albright March 2 that the GOI plans to delay implementing the December agreement between Magen David Adom (MDA) and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS). ICRC Head of [...] | 2006-03-10 16:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS PGOV PREF PREL SZ ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV990 | BAR-ON DISCUSSES POLITICAL SCENE, COOPERATION ON [...] (C) Summary: National Infrastructures Minister Ronnie Bar-On told the Ambassador on March 9 that Likud and Labor officials are attacking Kadima because they do not have a political vision of their own. He characterized Binyamin Netanyahu as unelectable, and said that Amir Peretz is a "non-i [...] | 2006-03-10 17:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV991 | ISRAELI MOD'S AMOS GILAD ON GAZA-WEST BANK [...] (C) Israeli MOD Political-Military Bureau Chief Amos Gilad requested an urgent meeting with Ambassador Jones on March 10, stressing that he had been instructed to personally deliver messages from DefMin Mofaz to the Ambassador. In the meeting, he relayed DefMin Mofaz's decision to open the Kar [...] | 2006-03-10 17:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PINR KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
06THEHAGUE1001 | ISLAMIC EDUCATION IN THE NETHERLANDS [...] (U) SUMMARY: There are a growing number of Islamic schools in The Netherlands, but they are hardly madrassas. All are state funded, follow the national Dutch curriculum, teach in Dutch, and have largely Dutch personnel. Although the number of Islamic schools is small - 47 in the whole country - the [...] | 2006-05-04 15:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KISL PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO NL |
06THEHAGUE1041 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) PRC Ambassador Xue Hanqin asked to meet with Amb. Javits on April 28 to discuss a number of issues. Xue raised the PRC request on the margins of last year's Conference of States Parties for bilateral discussions concerning issues ranging from destruction of abandoned CW to chemical indust [...] | 2006-05-09 14:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1042 | NETHERLANDS/NSG: RESPONSE TO PLENARY DISCUSSION OF [...] (C) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with MFA Senior Advisor for Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Affairs Ceta Noland on May 9. Noland confirmed that the Dutch plan a presentation on Iran for the information exchange of the Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG) plenary. She doubted, however, that th [...] | 2006-05-09 16:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP NL |
06THEHAGUE1043 | NETHERLANDS/AUSTRALIA GROUP: RESPONSE ON PLENARY [...] (S) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with MFA Senior Advisor for Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Affairs Ceta Noland on May 9. Noland said the Dutch plan a presentation on Iran and Syria, but not/not Russia, during the information exchange of the upcoming Australia Group plenary. She explain [...] | 2006-05-09 16:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PARM PREL AG ETTC NL |
06THEHAGUE1080 | NETHERLANDS: APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche May 10 to Deputy European Correspondent Bahia Tahzib-Lie and attended subsequent diplomatic community pre-GAERC briefing with European Correspondent Desiree Kopmels. The MFA does not expect significant progress on enlargement during this GAERC but does exp [...] | 2006-05-12 13:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UNAUS EUN MW SR BO IR IZ CG SU |
06THEHAGUE1081 | NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: STEPS TO RESTRICT VISAS TO [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche May 10 to MFA Sudan Task Force officer Sjoerd Sjoerdsma. The Dutch are in agreement with us: So long as the JEM is given until May 15, failure to sign the accords should result in visa restrictions or other punitive action. 2. (C) Following up on reftel [...] | 2006-05-12 13:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CVIS MARR PINS SOCI SU NL |
06THEHAGUE1097 | NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: ADDRESSING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-15 15:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM PREL SY NL |
06THEHAGUE1109 | AYAAN HIRSI ALI: PARLIAMENTARIAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY [...] (S) SUMMARY: The surprise decision by Dutch Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk to strip maverick parliamentarian Ayaan Hirsi Ali of her Dutch citizenship has sent shock waves through the Netherlands. Hirsi Ali announced on May 16 that she was immediately resigning from parliament. Verdonk's [...] | 2006-05-16 16:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | KISL NL PHUM PINR PREF PREL |
06THEHAGUE1110 | NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: FOLLOW-UP ON DARFUR PEACE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-17 05:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI EAID SU NL |
06THEHAGUE1119 | DUTCH OPPOSE SETTING DESTRUCTION DATE FOR OFFICIAL [...] In response to reftel B demarche, Ministry of Health Coordinator for Global Public Health, Lejo van der Heiden, told Global Issues Chief May 16 that the Dutch government would not support setting a date for destruction of the smallpox virus held in official repositories at the upcoming World [...] | 2006-05-17 18:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PREL AORC WHO NL |
06THEHAGUE1123 | NETHERLANDS/ISAF: DUTCH REVISING CAVEATS [...] (C) Summary: The GONL will soon submit through its delegation at NATO revised caveats to the new ISAF rules of engagement. These caveats will be less restrictive than current caveats and are intended to protect Dutch interests with regard to detainee issues and deconfliction between OEF and I [...] | 2006-05-18 11:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MARR PREL AF NL |
06THEHAGUE1141 | AYAAN HIRSI ALI: FIRESTORM CONTINUES [...] (S) SUMMARY: The debate over Ayaan Hirsi Ali's citizenship status continues to divide the Netherlands. Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk was roundly criticized during a marathon May 16 Parliamentary debate for hastily stripping Hirsi Ali's Dutch citizenship, and Prime Minister Balkenende has [...] | 2006-05-19 15:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PHUM PGOV PINR PREF KISL NL |
06THEHAGUE1147 | DUTCH REQUEST MORE INFORMATION ON COALITION AGAINST [...] Emboff delivered reftel demarche to Stefan Verbunt, CITES Management Authority for the Netherlands, and Senior Executive Officer with the Department of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. Verbunt stated that, while he agreed in principle with the objectives of the Coalition Against Wildlife [...] | 2006-05-22 11:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE1148 | DUTCH MAINTAIN LEGALIZED PROSTITUTION IS TOOL TO [...] (SBU) Summary. In meetings with visiting G/TIP legal and research consultant Luke Goodrich May 8 and 9, government, police, and NGO representatives indicated that, overall, legalization of prostitution has helped municipal authorities fight crime, including trafficking in persons (TIP),in the [...] | 2006-05-22 11:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN NL |
06THEHAGUE1163 | DUTCH CONTRIBUTIONS TO SUDAN TOP 400 MILLION USD [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-23 11:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID MARR PREF KPKO SU NL |
06THEHAGUE1167 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) The U.S. achieved its primary goal at EC-45: discussion of the U.S. request for an extension of its 100% destruction deadline was serious and somber. Delegations were clearly disappointed that it did not appear likely the U.S. would complete destruction by 2012, but there was virtually n [...] | 2006-05-23 14:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1168 | NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA/GEORGIA: RESPONSE ON RUSSIAN [...] (C) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with MFA Deputy Head for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Thymen Kouwenaar on May 22 and 23. Kouwenaar appreciated the points, and was not aware of new Russian initiatives aimed to link South Ossetia and Russia through a "single information space," a gas p [...] | 2006-05-24 07:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL RU GG OSCE PGOV NL |
06THEHAGUE1184 | DUTCH SOCIALIST PARTY (SP): NOT YOUR FATHER'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under the charismatic leadership of Jan Marijnissen, the Dutch Socialist Party (SP) is reconfiguring itself to become a credible left-wing alternative to the increasingly centrist Labor Party (PvdA) of Wouter Bos. In a rare meeting with Ambassador Arnall on May 16, Marijnissen and [...] | 2006-05-24 15:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EU NL |
06THEHAGUE1185 | NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH REMAIN SKEPTICAL ON [...] (C) Summary: Following the May 2005 "no" vote on the EU Constitution, the Dutch government instituted a one-year period of reflection. The GONL last week presented to Parliament the results of this reflection and made a recommendation for the next year: continue to reflect. The GONL has fai [...] | 2006-05-24 16:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU NL |
06THEHAGUE1186 | NETHERLANDS/KYRGYZSTAN: RESPONSE ON MANAS AIRFIELD [...] (C) The GONL supports USG access to Manas airbase, and in principle, might be willing to approach the Government of Kyrgyzstan to express support for continued U.S. access. MFA Senior Advisor for Central Asia Tanja Roling told Polmiloff May 24 that the Dutch MOD has acknowledged it would be " [...] | 2006-05-24 16:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL AF KG NL |
06THEHAGUE1195 | DHS DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DUTCH ON PROPOSED [...] (U) Summary. During April 10 discussions, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Assistant Secretary for Policy Paul Rosenzweig and Deputy Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND) Gert Versluis reviewed outstanding DHS concerns about the proposed bilateral Internatio [...] | 2006-05-26 13:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS EAIR PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE120 | DUTCH SAY TOO LATE TO REVERSE EIB ACTION ON SYRIA [...] (C) Post conveyed reftel demarche January 4 to officials at the Dutch Ministries of Foreign Relations and Finance. On January 17, Econoffs followed up with Stefan van Wersch, Director of the Office for EU External Affairs, Directorate for European Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MF [...] | 2006-01-19 08:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV SY EUN NL |
06THEHAGUE1204 | NETHERLANDS/UN REFORM: BRIDGING THE DIVIDE WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-30 13:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA AMGT AORC NL |
06THEHAGUE1205 | NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: PRESSING THE AU TO REQUEST [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche May 26 and 30 to MFA Sudan Task Force and Security Policy officers Stella Kloth and Pieter Blusse. The Dutch, relying on their own readout of Ambassador Jochem's conversations, believe that the African Union (AU) has accepted all of the NATO Category I and [...] | 2006-05-30 13:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL KPKO SU NL |
06THEHAGUE1209 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR 26 [...] (U) The week ending 26 May 2006 was relatively slow, so this week the wrap-up will bring together a few subjects that have yet to be reported to Washington: Japan views on CW destruction in China, anti-terrorism, and Article X. ------------------------------ Japan/China O/A CW Destruction [...] | 2006-05-30 14:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1222 | NETHERLANDS/MTCR: LETTER ON UAV/CRUISE MISSILE [...] (C) MFA Senior Advisor for Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Ceta Noland said the GONL welcomes the opportunity to review any new USG proposal for the MTCR pertaining to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and cruise missiles. She said she would reserve any further comments until having revie [...] | 2006-05-31 12:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC TSPA KSCA NL |
06THEHAGUE1233 | NETHERLANDS/IRAN: DUTCH SUPPORT U.S. STATEMENT ON [...] (C) Ambassador Arnall delivered reftel demarche seeking public statements of support for the U.S. position on Iran to Rob Swartbol, Senior Foreign Affairs Advisor to Prime Minister Balkenende, on March 31. Swartbol promised to pass the message immediately to the Foreign Minister -- who was in [...] | 2006-06-01 11:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR NL |
06THEHAGUE1236 | NETHERLANDS/ELECTIONS: VVD PLAYS IT SAFE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an upset victory announced May 31, State Secretary for Education Mark Rutte defeated Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk in the contest to lead the Dutch Liberal Party (VVD) into the next election. While polls had consistently shown Verdonk in the lead, Rutte's popularity amo [...] | 2006-06-01 14:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NL |
06THEHAGUE1244 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: RESPONSE ON LAW AND ORDER [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-02 13:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER SNAR AF NATO NL |
06THEHAGUE1245 | NETHERLANDS: HIGH-THC CANNABIS REMAINS "SOFT" DRUG [...] Summary. Health Minister Hans Hoogervorst informed Parliament that the government will continue to treat Dutch- grown cannabis with high THC content as a "soft" drug. Research by the National Institute for Health and Environment (RIVM) showed that, although high-THC cannabis use induced elevat [...] | 2006-06-02 14:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PINS PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE1262 | NETHERLANDS/IRAN: DUTCH WILL NOT SEEK CHAIR OF IOM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-06 14:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF AORC PREL SMIG IR NL |
06THEHAGUE1263 | NETHERLANDS/NATO: DUTCH LOOKING AT SMALL RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: Dutch MOD Director for General Policy Lo Casteleijn said June 6 the GONL is considering options to help fill NATO Response Force (NRF) 7 and 8 shortfalls. He could not make any promises -- the contribution would be small and much depended on what Dutch MOD military planners could [...] | 2006-06-06 15:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO NL |
06THEHAGUE1267 | NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DUTCH CONTRIBUTIONS TO NTM-I [...] (C) Ambassador Arnall delivered reftel demarche soliciting enhanced contributions to the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) to Hugo Siblesz, Director General for Political Affairs at the Dutch MFA, on June 6. POLCOUNS and Hans Horbach, Deputy Director of the MFA's Security Affairs Department [...] | 2006-06-06 16:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS MARR IZ NL |
06THEHAGUE1273 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) A WEOG meeting was held on May 29, despite it being a U.S. holiday. As the focus was the Article VII experience from EC-45, Betsy Sanders attended. Facilitator Amb. Maartin Lak (Netherlands) was furious about the failure of the report language during the EC and implied that it was the fau [...] | 2006-06-07 15:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1292 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH FIGHTING ON THE [...] (C) Summary: Dutch troops in Uruzgan have faced their first serious military challenge in Uruzgan and, by all accounts, aquitted themselves professionally. Prime Minister Balkenende, CHOD Berlijn, Defense Minister Kamp, Foreign Minister Bot and other senior Dutch officials have all reaffirmed the D [...] | 2006-06-08 15:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR AF NL |
06THEHAGUE1299 | NETHERLANDS/TRIPARTITE DEMARCHE: DUTCH AFFIRM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-09 10:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE1301 | DONOR COUNTRIES COALESCE ON BHUTANESE REFUGEE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 1, 2006, seven members of the Core Group on Bhutanese Refugees, the UNHCR and the European Commission met in The Hague to set a near-term strategy to break the impasse in resolving the 16-year-old Bhutan refugee problem. Representatives agreed to lobby both Nepal (to take [...] | 2006-06-09 11:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL BT IN NP NL |
06THEHAGUE1303 | DONOR COUNTRIES COALESCE ON BHUTANESE REFUGEE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 1, 2006, seven members of the Core Group on Bhutanese Refugees, the UNHCR and the European Commission met in The Hague to set a near-term strategy to break the impasse in resolving the 16-year-old Bhutan refugee problem. Representatives agreed to lobby both Nepal (to take [...] | 2006-06-09 12:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL BT IN NP NL |
06THEHAGUE1308 | NETHERLANDS/EU: APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF [...] (U) Poloff and intern delivered reftel demarche June 7 and 8, to policy officers of the MFA Political Affairs and European Integration Departments. Substantive responses follow. Balkans ------- 2. (C) The GONL expects Serbia/Montenegro to dominate discussion of the Balkans, particularl [...] | 2006-06-09 13:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN KPAL UN BO CU IR IZ MW SR YI NL |
06THEHAGUE131 | NETHERLANDS/ISAF: PARLIAMENTARY TRIP CANCELED; [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch parliament on January 18 called off a fact-finding mission to Afghanistan citing security concerns and time constraints. The decision is not expected to have a significant impact on the upcoming debate on Dutch participation in ISAF III. The opposition Labor Party (PvdA [...] | 2006-01-19 16:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MAAR NL AF |
06THEHAGUE1321 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Facilitator Maarten Lak (Netherlands) hosted a June 8 informal consultation to present the results of the meeting of National Authorities in Mexico City, which focused on national implementation. Lak, Ambassador Arrospide (CSP Chairman, Peru),Legal Advisor Santiago Onate, and Mexican DCM [...] | 2006-06-13 14:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1332 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CYNTHIA HARRIS [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Cynthia Harris to travel to the Netherlands on June 24-July 1, 2006. The purpose of the travel is the pre approve medical device audit inspection of Dr. J. van der Zee, M.D., Ph.D., Principal Clinical Investigator at the research site of Daniel den Hoed C [...] | 2006-06-14 13:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO PREL OTRA US SW NL |
06THEHAGUE1333 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DRS. GAHL AND KLETA [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Dr. William Gahl, Clinical Director, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI),NIH and Dr. Robert Kleta, Staff Scientist, NHGRI, NIH to travel to the Netherlands on June 29-July 2, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend and give talks at the [...] | 2006-06-14 13:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO PREL OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1334 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH STAYING THE COURSE [...] (C) Summary: Parliamentary Foreign Affairs spokespersons questioned FM Bot and DM Bot June 13 on the status of the Dutch deployment to Uruzgan province during the first hearing on Afghanistan since Parliament overwhelmingly approved the mission in February. The hearing confirmed the Dutch dep [...] | 2006-06-14 13:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO AF NL |
06THEHAGUE1338 | NETHELRANDS/UN: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: The GONL agrees that the first order of business in the new Human Rights Council (HRC) must be to establish procedures. They will oppose OIC attempts to table condemnatory measures relating to Israel. However, they will attempt to raise Sudan, if others begin raising specific is [...] | 2006-06-14 14:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE1339 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH STAYING THE COURSE [...] (C) Summary: Parliamentary Foreign Affairs spokespersons questioned FM Bot and DM Bot June 13 on the status of the Dutch deployment to Uruzgan province during the first hearing on Afghanistan since Parliament overwhelmingly approved the mission in February. The hearing confirmed the Dutch dep [...] | 2006-06-14 15:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO AF NL |
06THEHAGUE135 | MEDIA COVERAGE OF PDAS KURT VOLKER VISIT [...] Summary: PA organized a TV interview and a roundtable with journalists for PDAS Kurt Volker on January 17 in The Hague. All media emphasized Volker's "moderate" approach and reported positively his statement that the US is not pressuring the Dutch. They noted his assertion that [...] | 2006-01-20 10:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL MARR PGOV NL AF |
06THEHAGUE1350 | NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE ON FISSILE MATERIAL CUTOFF [...] The GONL is very appreciative of recent USG efforts to re-invigorate Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT) negotiations at the Conference on Disarmament (CD). MFA Head of Nuclear Affairs and Non-proliferation Paul Wilke said that the GONL disagrees with the USG on several issues related to th [...] | 2006-06-16 06:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL KNNP CDG |
06THEHAGUE1356 | NETHERLANDS/MDA: DEMARCHE PRIOR TO JUNE 20 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-16 10:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ICRC PREF PREL IS NL |
06THEHAGUE1357 | NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: DEMARCHE ON ANTI-NGO LAW [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche June 15 to MFA Venzuela desk officer Dimitri Vogelaar. According to Vogelaar, the NGO law was raised in the June 6 COLAT working group, at the EU. On June 8, a resident European Union representative met in Caracas with the Vice Foreign Minister for Europe [...] | 2006-06-16 10:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID KDEM PGOV PREL VE NL |
06THEHAGUE1359 | NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA/BRAZIL: FM TO TRAVEL JULY [...] (C) Summary: Dutch FM Bot will likely travel to Brazil and Venezuela July 10 and 11, to meet with the Foreign Ministers of those two countries. As late as last month, the Dutch had hoped the meetings would be with Presidents Lula da Silva and Chavez. Chavez has refused for over a year to meet [...] | 2006-06-16 11:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BR VE NT NL |
06THEHAGUE1360 | NETHERLANDS/NICARAGUA: SUPPORT FOR NICARAGUAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-16 11:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AORC KDEM PREL NU NL |
06THEHAGUE1361 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. RICHARD H. [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Dr. Richard H. Gracely from Veterans Affairs to travel to the Netherlands on June 20-25, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to participate and present at EULAR (European League Against Rheumatism). 2. As per reftel, no assistance is required. SECUR [...] | 2006-06-16 12:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE1362 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ALISA ERIKA KOCH [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Alisa Erika Koch from Veterans Affairs to travel to the Netherlands on June 20-July 18, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to participate in and present at Eular (European League Against Rheumatism). 2. As per reftel, no assistance is required. SEC [...] | 2006-06-16 13:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE1363 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JEFFERY SIEGEL [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Jeffery Siegel, Medical Officer, Center for Drug Evaluation Research, FDA, HHS to travel to the Netherlands on June 20-25, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to be meeting speaker/presenter at the meeting of Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR [...] | 2006-06-16 13:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA US PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE1364 | DUTCH INTEREST IN ACOTA, HIV/AIDS PROGRAMS AND [...] (S) Summary: Director of East African Affairs (and acting DAS) Eunice Reddick met June 14 with Wepke Kingma, the Director of the Dutch MFA's Africa Department. Also present on the Dutch side were Ambassador at Large for the Great Lakes Region, Fred Radke, and Head of East and Southern Africa [...] | 2006-06-16 13:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL MARR KHIV PREF XY XW ZF NL |
06THEHAGUE1378 | DUTCH CT COORDINATOR REITERATES CONCERN OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY. National Counter Terrorism Coordinator Tjibbe Joustra told the Ambassador June 9 that he was seriously concerned about Islamist radicalization, through both the Internet and a handful of problematic mosques; he said radicalization now seemed to be moving at a faster pace, in par [...] | 2006-06-20 12:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR KCRM PGOV PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE1383 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Del reps met with French, German and UK delegations on June 15 to deliver talking points, proposed draft decision text, and suggested site visit parameters. Del reps met initially with UK rep to express concern over the UK insistence upon visits to capitals (in the context of site visit p [...] | 2006-06-20 15:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1386 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SCENESETTER FOR [...] (C) There are two key objectives for the U.S. at EC-46. First, distribute the draft decision document on the U.S. 100% extension request and initiate discussion on that document. With careful management of expectations and timely circulation of documents, this can likely be steered in a posit [...] | 2006-06-21 15:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1411 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): UNDER SECRETARY [...] (U) In his June 21 meeting with Rogelio Pfirter, Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),Under Secretary Joseph reaffirmed that the U.S. is working to complete destruction of its CW stocks as soon as possible. He also emphasized to Pfirter the imp [...] | 2006-06-23 12:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1415 | PARLIAMENT BACKS DOWN ON CANNABIS CULTIVATION [...] Summary. Dutch Parliament backed away June 22 from a proposal to permit the regulated large-scale production of cannabis to supply marijuana "coffeeshops." Justice Minister Donner, who strongly opposes legalization of large- scale cannabis production, threatened to resign if Parliament passed [...] | 2006-06-23 17:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PINS PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE1425 | NETHERLANDS: U/S JOSEPH'S JUNE 21 VISIT TO THE [...] (S) Summary: Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph held bilateral consultations at the Dutch MFA, met with Dutch defense and foreign affairs committee spokespersons, and spoke to the press on June 21. Topics covered during his meetings included: the Prolife [...] | 2006-06-27 09:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL KNNP PARM ENRG EU AORC MTCR NL ETTC |
06THEHAGUE1431 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) In preparation for Executive Council 46 and beyond, del continued to work with other delegations to build support for the U.S. extension request draft decision. After initial discussions with allies, del offered general points on the elements of the extension request, and the fact that th [...] | 2006-06-27 12:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1441 | NETHERLANDS/UN: UN REFORM AND LIFTING THE BUDGET [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered demarche on UN management reform and lifting the budget cap to Alain Ancion at the Dutch MFA's Office of UN Management Reform Office on June 27. Per instructions, Poloff also provided a copy of the draft resolution for the MFA to review. 2. (SBU) Ancion was supportiv [...] | 2006-06-28 12:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC EU EUN UNGA NL |
06THEHAGUE1448 | DUTCH TIP POLICY OFFICIALS TO VISIT UNITED STATES, [...] Summary. Eleven senior officials responsible for the development and enforcement of Dutch policy on combating trafficking in persons (TIP) will visit the United States July 4-7 to learn about U.S. approaches to TIP policy development, law enforcement, and victim assistance. The visit advance [...] | 2006-06-28 18:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE1457 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): LETTER TO [...] (U) The following is the text of a June 23 letter from Rogelio Pfirter, Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to Secretary Rice regarding an OPCW workshop to be held in Rome on October 25-27. 2. (U) Begin text. Excellency, A Regional Wor [...] | 2006-06-29 10:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1486 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Facilitator Maarten Lak (Netherlands) held two informal consultations on 23 and 26 June to discuss Executive Council 46 report language. On Monday, delegations were asked to choose between two texts, the draft EC-45 text and a new facilitator's proposal. Mexico intervened to relay its in [...] | 2006-07-04 16:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1506 | NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN MISSILE [...] MFA Senior Advisor for Nuclear and Non-Proliferation Affairs Ceta Noland said the GONL fully supports recent EU and NATO statements condemning North Korea's July 4-5 launch of multiple ballistic missiles. She said the GONL supports MTCR efforts to restrict exports to North Korea. Polmiloff d [...] | 2006-07-06 12:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KN PARM KNNP NL |
06THEHAGUE1510 | NETHERLANDS: NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. In preparation for this year's interagency review for narcotics certification, Post submits the following update on Dutch anti-narcotics efforts and police- to-police cooperation. The Dutch remain focused on stemming the production and trade of ecstasy and are developing a second [...] | 2006-07-07 12:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PINS PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE1511 | NETHERLANDS: WILLING TO DISCUSS NEW MNF-I POSITION [...] (C) Summary: MOD Director for General Policy Affairs Lo Casteleijn said the GONL is holding firm to its decision to withdraw its staff officer from Basrah, Iraq, as part of the Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I). However, Casteleijn said he recognizes the political significance of maintaining a [...] | 2006-07-07 12:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV NL |
06THEHAGUE1530 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (SBU) It has been clear for some time that EC-47 in November would be a crucial (and difficult) session. The twin goals for EC-46 were to 1) lay a solid foundation for EC-47 approval of the U.S. request for an extension of its 100% destruction deadline, and 2) establish an atmosphere and fram [...] | 2006-07-11 10:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1537 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): INFORMING THE [...] (C) On July 3, per reftel, del rep passed the letter informing the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons of the recovery by Coalition Forces of approximately 500 chemical munitions to Horst Reeps, Director of Verification for the Technical Secretariat. Reeps' only comment was [...] | 2006-07-12 14:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1551 | TERRORIST FINANCE:IIRO PRENOTIFICATION DELIVERED [...] (S) Econoff delivered on July 5 reftel points and background paper on the USG designation of Saudi national Abd Al-Mujil and the Philippines and Indonesia offices of the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO) to Erik van Andel, Head Integrity Policy Division, Financial Markets Policy [...] | 2006-07-13 16:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC |
06THEHAGUE1559 | NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DUTCH STILL CONSIDERING MNF-I [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Arnall spoke July 14 with senior MFA and MOD officials to press for Dutch acceptance of an MNF-I position. Although the Dutch decision to withdraw its officer from Basra (reftel) is final, the GONL is still considering whether to send an officer to fill a staff positio [...] | 2006-07-14 12:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV NL |
06THEHAGUE1562 | NETHERLANDS/EU: APPROACH IN ADVANCE OF THE JULY 17 [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch expect discussion at the July GAERC to be more limited than normal - a reflection of the vacation season. Iran and the Israel are expected to be major foci of discussion. The Dutch will not raise North Korea but are not averse to its being raised by other members. Like [...] | 2006-07-14 15:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN KPAL UN BO CG IR IZ KN MW SR SU |
06THEHAGUE1566 | NETHERLANDS/NICARAGUA: SUPPORT FOR ELECTION DONOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-17 11:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC EUN KDEM PGOV NU NL |
06THEHAGUE1567 | NETHERLANDS/CUBA: PROVIDING BACKGROUND AND [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche July 14 to Gertie Mulder, Head of the MFA's South America Division. Mulder promised to share the document, which contained information previously requested by senior officials at the Ministry. 2. Post will share the information with NGOs active in the Cuba [...] | 2006-07-17 12:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL CU NL |
06THEHAGUE1585 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...] (U) Reactions to the U.S. 100% extension request, and the recently submitted draft decision, continue to be surprisingly muted. However, comments over the past several weeks, and during EC-46, are beginning to shape a way forward for the U.S. strategy to gain approval for its extension reques [...] | 2006-07-20 12:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1590 | DESIGNATION OF TWO IRANIAN MISSILE-RELATED [...] (U) Econoff shared on July 20 reftel points concerning the designation of two Iranian missile-related entities with Joost van Ettro, Policy Officer, Terrorism and New Threats Unit, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Anne-Chris Visser, Senior Advisor, Financial Markets Policy Directorate, Du [...] | 2006-07-20 15:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC EFIN PGOV KTFN NL |
06THEHAGUE1619 | NETHERLANDS/FMCT: INFLEXIBLE ON REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The GONL remains greatly appreciative of U.S. efforts to revive Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT) negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament (CD). But the GONL "completely disagrees" with the U.S. request to abandon the consideration of other issues in favor of FMCT nego [...] | 2006-07-25 15:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PREL KNNP UNGA CDG NL |
06THEHAGUE1624 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Although generally a quiet week, delegations made up for it on Thursday 20 July, holding a WEOG meeting, two informal consultations (Budget and Article VII),and one small group discussion of the Schedule 3 Transfer draft decision language. ------ Budget ------ 2. (U) Co-facilitato [...] | 2006-07-26 14:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1626 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF ABOUSOFIAN [...] (U) Econoff delivered on July 24 reftel points concerning the USG designation of Abousofian Abdelrazik to Joost van Ettro, Policy Officer, Terrorism and New Threats Unit, Political Affairs Department, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Anne-Chris Visser, Senior Advisor, Integrity Division, [...] | 2006-07-27 05:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER NL |
06THEHAGUE1628 | OUTREACH ON DETAINEE POLICY MAKES INROADS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-27 13:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KAWC KJUS KPAO PHUM NL |
06THEHAGUE1647 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH REMAIN COMMITTED [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch commitment to its ISAF-III Uruzgan deployment is not wavering in the face of initial casualties. On July 26, two Dutch officers died in a helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan (which also took U.S. and other lives). Defense Minister Henk Kamp issued a public statement [...] | 2006-07-28 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO AF NL |
06THEHAGUE1664 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR 28 [...] (U) The CW Delegation had a quiet week with no meetings scheduled for the foreseeable future. Delegates took the opportunity to host the new South African delegate Martinus Van Schalkwijk to lunch and found him to be a personable and experienced multilateral diplomat. -------------- Securi [...] | 2006-07-31 13:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1666 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...] (U) Reactions to the U.S. 100% extension request, and the recently submitted draft decision, continue to be surprisingly muted. However, comments over the past several weeks, and during EC-46, are beginning to shape a way forward for the U.S. strategy to gain approval for its extension reques [...] | 2006-07-31 14:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1674 | NETHERLANDS/IRAN: P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-01 14:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM EU KNNP PREL IR NL |
06THEHAGUE1681 | (C/NF) NETHERLANDS/UNSC/VENEZUELA/GUATEMALA: DUTCH [...] (C/NF) Summary: Foreign Minister Bot has ordered the MFA to review its earlier decision to support Guatemala over Venezuela for the GRULAC candidacy for a UNSC seat. A senior MFA official told us privately that the Dutch will probably "do the wise thing" and vote for Guatemala, but would not [...] | 2006-08-02 10:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UN UNSC GT VE NL |
06THEHAGUE1701 | NETHERLANDS/BURMA: FINNISH ASEM INVITATION TO [...] (C) Summary: Although the GONL avoided inviting the Burmese to any EU fora during their 2005 EU Presidency, it insists such an invitation is consistent with EU procedures (per reftel). The Dutch are not actively pushing to reverse the Finnish decision. End summary. 2. (C) Poloffs delivere [...] | 2006-08-04 07:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL BU FI NL |
06THEHAGUE1702 | 2006 USNATO/USEU POL-MIL CONFERENCE, OCTOBER 4-6, [...] U.S. Embassy The Hague nominates the following officer to participate in the USNATO/USEU Pol-Mil Conference, October 4-6: Name: Jason Grubb Title: Political Officer Date of Birth: June 16, 1973 Security Clearance Level: Top Secret Telephone: (31) 70-310-2346 Fax: (31) 70-310-2348 Unclass [...] | 2006-08-04 09:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT MARR NATO PREL |
06THEHAGUE1706 | NETHERLANDS/CHINA: BERN PROCESS DEMARCHE ON PRC [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-04 15:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL CH NL |
06THEHAGUE1707 | NETHERLANDS/LEBANON: DUTCH SEE POTENTIAL NICHE [...] (S) Summary: Officially, the GONL continues to state that Dutch forces are "stretched too thin" in current operations in Afghanistan, Africa, and the Balkans to make a meaningful contribution to a possible International Force (IF) in Lebanon. But MFA Deputy Head for Conflict Prevention Joop [...] | 2006-08-04 15:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | MARR PREL LE NL |
06THEHAGUE1708 | NETHERLANDS: TURKISH IMAMS DENIED RESIDENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Netherlands, new, tighter immigration policies are causing friction with the country,s 436 mosques, which rely heavily on foreign-born clerics to lead their congregations. At least 18 Turkish mosques are without imams as a result of immigration delays. Meanwhile, the Neth [...] | 2006-08-04 16:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL PREL PGOV PINR PTER SOCI SCUL KPAO NL |
06THEHAGUE1739 | NETHERLANDS/JSF/C-17/LEBANON/AFGHANISTAN: MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Henk Kamp said the GONL is committed to the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program, and hopes to sign the follow-on MOU prior to the parliamentary elections on November 22. He said the GONL remains interested in the NATO C-17 consortium, and is actively reviewing funding o [...] | 2006-08-09 14:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL NL LE AF |
06THEHAGUE1758 | NETHERLANDS/LEBANON: DUTCH WILL OPPOSE UNBALANCED [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch find the draft Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution on Lebanon "unacceptable" and will speak out against it publicly. According to Dutch Foreign Minister Bot, the HRC risks making itself irrelevant by adopting such a one-sided resolution. Although Bot has been attack [...] | 2006-08-11 08:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KPAO UNRCR NL |
06THEHAGUE1766 | NETHERLANDS/UNSC/VENEZUELA/GUATEMALA: DUTCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch still have not decided whether to vote for Guatemala or Venezuela for the open GRULAC seat on the UN Security Council. According to Dutch Foreign Minister Bot, however, momentum is building for Venezuela's candidacy, and Guatemala may be planning to withdraw. Post beli [...] | 2006-08-11 14:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNSC GT VE NL |
06THEHAGUE1768 | NETHERLANDS/LEBANON: DUTCH WELCOME UNSCR 1701 [...] (C) Acting Dutch MFA Political Director Wim Geerts told POLCOUNS August 12, in response to ref a points, that the Dutch welcomed UNSCR 1701 and would actively seek opportunities to demonstrate this support publicly. This is consistent with comments Foreign Minister Bot made to Ambassador Arn [...] | 2006-08-14 05:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS UNSC IS LE NL |
06THEHAGUE1776 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DUNCAN VISIT TO THE [...] We warmly welcome your visit to the Netherlands on transportation infrastructure and security issues. The Netherlands prides itself as the "Gateway to Europe" for trade and commerce. The Port of Rotterdam is the world's third largest in terms of cargo throughput. Amsterdam's Schiphol airpor [...] | 2006-08-14 13:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ECON PREL PGOV OREP NL |
06THEHAGUE1780 | NETHERLANDS/CHINA: REVISED BERN PROCESS POINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-14 14:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CH NL |
06THEHAGUE1782 | NETHERLANDS/LEBANON/VENEZUELA/JSF: AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende is confident his Christian Democrats (CDA) will do better than originally expected in the upcoming November elections, possibly even beating Labor (PvdA) to remain the largest party in Parliament. Balkenende welcomed the adoption of UNSCR 1701 on Lebanon [...] | 2006-08-14 15:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC MOPS NL |
06THEHAGUE1787 | NETHERLANDS/JSF: OPEN-MINDED PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary: A delegation of Dutch parliamentary Defense Committee members intends to keep an ""open mind"" during their upcoming ""fact-finding"" trip to Washington and Ft. Worth to discuss the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. Parliamentary supporters and critics alike voiced concerns during an [...] | 2006-08-15 08:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE1798 | NETHERLANDS/LEBANON: RESPONSE TO UNIFIL [...] (C) Charge delivered ref A demarche August 16 to Laurent Stokvis, the assistant-secretary equivalent who heads the MFA's Western Hemisphere division, and left the non-paper behind. Stokvis said the Dutch were focused primarily on humanitarian assistance in Lebanon but were "thinking" about o [...] | 2006-08-16 11:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL LE NL |
06THEHAGUE1855 | NETHERLANDS/ILC/HRC: INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-24 09:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PHUM PREL UNHRC NL |
06THEHAGUE1856 | NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: UPDATED BRIEFING ON STATUS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche Aug 22 to Sebastiaan Messerschmidt, Senior Policy Advisor, MFA Western Balkans Division. The Dutch support our policy but continue to stress that a timeline should not be imposed at the expense of a comprehensive solution. Secondly, they continue to urge [...] | 2006-08-24 09:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU PGOV UN UNMIK YI NL |
06THEHAGUE1857 | NETHERLANDS/HRC: DUTCH FOLLOWING EU LEAD AT NEW HRC [...] (C) The Dutch see no end to OIC efforts to tar Israel at the HRC. Moreover, they see little prospect of successfully blocking these attempts, given the OIC's 17 votes and the willingness of other HRC members to vote with the OIC. 2. (C) Poloff delivered ref A demarche August 23 to Peter van [...] | 2006-08-24 09:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC NL |
06THEHAGUE1879 | NETHERLANDS/NATO: C-17 COMMITMENT STILL UP IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch remain committed to NATO's C-17 consortium project in principle and hope to sign a Letter of Intent (LOI) committing to 500 hours by September 8. There is still no agreement within the GONL on funding, however, and the Dutch will make no additional commitments to the p [...] | 2006-08-28 13:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL NATO NL |
06THEHAGUE1893 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Del reps delivered on August 23 the U.S. responses to Russian questions regarding the U.S. CW destruction program (formally received during the 46th Executive Council session),as well as a series of questions for Moscow related to Russia's CW destruction program and coordination with int [...] | 2006-08-29 12:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1895 | NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: UPDATED BRIEFING ON STATUS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche Aug 22 to Sebastiaan Messerschmidt, Senior Policy Advisor, MFA Western Balkans Division. The Dutch support our policy but continue to stress that a timeline should not be imposed at the expense of a comprehensive solution. Secondly, they continue to urge [...] | 2006-08-29 12:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU PGOV UN UNMIK YI NL |
06THEHAGUE1896 | NETHERLANDS/ILC/HRC: INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-29 12:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PHUM PREL UNHRC NL |
06THEHAGUE1897 | NETHERLANDS/HRC: DUTCH FOLLOWING EU LEAD AT NEW HRC [...] (C) The Dutch see no end to OIC efforts to tar Israel at the HRC. Moreover, they see little prospect of successfully blocking these attempts, given the OIC's 17 votes and the willingness of other HRC members to vote with the OIC. 2. (C) Poloff delivered ref A demarche August 23 to Peter van [...] | 2006-08-29 12:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC NL |
06THEHAGUE1898 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DUTCH TO ATTEND US-EU FINANCIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-29 12:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL ETTC NL |
06THEHAGUE190 | NETHERLANDS/ISAF: STARTING LINE UP FOR [...] (C) Summary: The GONL is making final preparations for the parliamentary debate on participation in Stage III. The MFA and MOD continue to slog through the 193 questions posed by Parliament. The list of external experts for the January 30 hearing has firmed up; also key will be an informal, c [...] | 2006-01-27 12:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR AF NL |
06THEHAGUE1913 | (C) ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON - DUTCH PLAN ADDITIONAL [...] (U) On August 30, Econoff shared reftel points on U.S. assistance to Lebanon with Maaike van Koldam, Deputy Head, Humanitarian Aid Division, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Van Koldam confirmed that Dutch assistance to date totaled 4.8 million euros committed and pledged. 2. (C) Va [...] | 2006-08-30 16:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL IS LE SW NL |
06THEHAGUE192 | NETHERLANDS/TERRORISM FINANCING: OP-ED USEFUL [...] (U) On January 4, the Financieele Dagblad (the Netherlands' equivalent to the Wall Street Journal) ran the Op-Ed provided ref A, with changes approved by EB/ESC/TFS (refs B and C). To date, the paper has not received any follow-up letters or reactions to the Op-Ed. Econoff also followed up [...] | 2006-01-27 13:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC EUN PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE1924 | NETHERLANDS/IRAN: DUTCH WANT MORE INFORMATION ON [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Dutch are frustrated at the lack of information sharing on Iran within the EU, and do not believe a discussion of sanctions is appropriate at Gymnich absent more details of the Iranian response to the P5 1 proposals. Without having seen the response directly, the Dutch unde [...] | 2006-08-31 14:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM EU KNNP PGOV PREL UN IR NL |
06THEHAGUE193 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHAN DONORS CONFERENCE: DUTCH WILL [...] Econoff delivered reftel information on planed U.S. participation and pledging to MFA Afghan desk officer Marit van Zomeren on 25 January. Van Zomeren appreciated receiving the information. 2. In a subsequent phone call, South Asia office director Wilfred Mohr confirmed Development Minis [...] | 2006-01-27 13:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV AF NL |
06THEHAGUE1949 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (SBU) Del reps met with senior Technical Secretariat staff on August 31 to discuss the operational requirements that would arise with Iraq's accession to the CWC. The Iraqi Ambassador in The Hague had written to the Director General to inform him that the Iraqi Council of Ministers had appro [...] | 2006-09-06 11:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1958 | NETHERLANDS/NATO: SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-07 09:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MAAR ISAF NATO NL AF |
06THEHAGUE1966 | EXTRADITION: SUPREME COURT APPROVES EXTRADITION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Dutch Supreme Court ruled September 5 that Iraqi-born Dutch citizen Wesam Al Daelema may be extradited to the United States to face terrorism charges. Al Daelema was the first individual to be indicted in a U.S. criminal case for terrorist activities in Iraq. In fighting h [...] | 2006-09-08 05:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN PTER PREL CVIS KCRM NL |
06THEHAGUE1976 | SCENESETTER FOR EUR PDAS VOLKER'S VISIT TO THE [...] (C) My staff and I warmly welcome you to The Hague. Our Dutch MFA hosts are looking forward to consulting on a wide range of issues, including the Riga Summit, Uruzgan, Lebanon, OSCE reform (and the Kazakh presidency bid),the Arms Trade Treaty, and detainee policy. You will also have excelle [...] | 2006-09-11 05:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MAAR ISAF NATO AF NL |
06THEHAGUE1978 | NETHERLANDS/DETAINEES: SECRET PRISONS COULD BECOME [...] (C) Summary: Dutch press and parliamentarians of all stripes are expressing disappointment and/or outrage over the revelation of CIA-operated secret prisons for high-value detainees. Foreign Minister Bot is coming under intense pressure, including from his own party, for misleading Parliament [...] | 2006-09-11 05:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM NL |
06THEHAGUE1987 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) The first budget consultations after the summer break were held on September 5. The first intervention was made by the Malaysian delegate who provided delegations with the "NAM" position on the budget. This included: concerns about the low level of funding for ICA, concerns about the re [...] | 2006-09-12 11:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1991 | NETHERLANDS/NATO: AMB. NULAND DISCUSSES ROAD TO [...] (C) Summary: During her September 8 visit to The Hague, U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO Victoria Nuland discussed the road to Riga with FM Ben Bot, Dutch officials, parliamentarians and journalists. Nuland framed discussion with three top summit goals: 1) progress in Afghanistan; 2) a co [...] | 2006-09-12 13:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PGOV PREL AF NL |
06THEHAGUE2000 | NETHERLANDS/EU: SEPTEMBER 15 GAERC TO FOCUS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The September 15 GAERC will focus exclusively on "external" issues rather than "general" issues such as enlargement, according to Dutch MFA contacts. The Dutch will continue to push for Serbian cooperation with ICTY but believe it is too early for a meaningful GAERC discussion o [...] | 2006-09-13 14:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN NL |
06THEHAGUE2005 | NETHERLANDS/EU/IRAN: DUTCH WEIGHING OPTIONS [...] (C) POLCOUNS delivered reftel points urging EU foreign ministers to use the September 15 GAERC to deliver a strong message to Iran to Wim Geerts, Deputy Director General for Political Affairs at the Dutch MFA, on September 13. Geerts confirmed that Iran would be on the agenda and said he would [...] | 2006-09-13 16:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP EUN IR UN NL |
06THEHAGUE2023 | NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: DUTCH AVOID HIGH LEVEL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-15 15:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER USUN EU LE SY NL |
06THEHAGUE2024 | NETHERLANDS/DETAINEES: FM BOT DEFENDS ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: FM Bot told parliament September 13 that he had spoken with Secretary Rice and made known Dutch concerns over secret prisons and detainee policy. He defended his acceptance of her assurances last year, and said that U.S. arguments on the challenges of interrogating terror suspects [...] | 2006-09-15 15:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EU NL |
06THEHAGUE2029 | NETHERLANDS/UN: SEPTEMBER 20 COMMUNITY OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-18 15:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE2030 | NETHERLANDS/UN: SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-18 15:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC KUNR UNGA NL |
06THEHAGUE2031 | NETHERLANDS/MTCR: PLENARY PAPERS, UAV/CRUISE [...] (S) Summary: The GONL appreciates the opportunity to review U.S. papers in preparation for the October 2-6, 2006 Plenary in Copenhagen, but has concerns regarding U.S. unwillingness to deliver pre-launch notifications as part of the Hague Code of Conduct. They also believe the U.S. proposal o [...] | 2006-09-18 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE2044 | NETHERLANDS/ICTY/SERBIA: DEL PONTE, GONL URGE [...] (C) Summary: ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte and Dutch MFA officials have expressed concern that the message from the U.S., as well as the messages being sent by various EU and NATO members, are not consistent. The Dutch are maintaining a hard line on ICTY compliance and are worried tha [...] | 2006-09-19 15:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ICTY PGOV PHUM SR YI NL |
06THEHAGUE2046 | NETHERLANDS: DUTCH VIEWS ON FMCT, BWC, INDIAN [...] (C) Summary: Washington-based Poloff Robert Blum paid a courtesy call on new MFA Head of Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Henk Cor van der Kwast on September 15. Topics of conversation included recent EU efforts regarding the Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT),the upcoming Biological [...] | 2006-09-19 16:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PREL KNNP NL |
06THEHAGUE2047 | NETHERLANDS/U.S.: PDAS VOLKER DISCUSSES BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: During his September 12 visit to The Hague, EUR PDAS Volker discussed the road to Riga, detainee policy, Lebanon, ICTY compliance (septel),Guatemala's UNSC bid, contacts with Syria (ref b),OSCE reform and presidency, the Arms Trade Treaty concept, JSF, and energy security. He met wit [...] | 2006-09-20 05:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG MASS NATO OSCE PHUM UN NL |
06THEHAGUE2048 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Budget consultations were held on September 12 and 14. The consultations covered the International Cooperation and Assistance Division (ICA),the Secretariat for the Policy Making Organs (PMO),the External Relations Division (ERD),and the Executive Management (EM) sections of the budget [...] | 2006-09-20 06:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE2049 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): DISCUSSIONS [...] (U) Background: In December 2005, the Technical Secretariat (TS) announced its intention to begin sampling SIPDIS and analysis (S&A) (on a limited basis) during subsequent inspections of Schedule 2 facilities beginning in the third quarter of 2006. This will be done on a trial basis for ap [...] | 2006-09-20 07:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE2062 | Netherlands: Justice and Housing Ministers Resign [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 21, Dutch Justice Minister Piet Hein Donner and Housing Minister Sybilla Dekker announced their resignations, less than two months before the November 22 national elections. The resignations followed the publication of a highly critical investigative report into [...] | 2006-09-21 15:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NL |
06THEHAGUE2067 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): STATUS OF OPCW [...] (U) Ambassador Javits recently held extensive discussions with OPCW Director General Pfirter on the prospects for the workshop on the universality of the Chemical Weapons Convention to be held in Rome on October 25-27. Pfirter said he had been reflecting on the value of the conference and re [...] | 2006-09-22 10:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE207 | NETHERLANDS/SUDA: GATHERING INFORMATION FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-31 13:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC EUN PREL CVIS KVPR NL |
06THEHAGUE2081 | NETHERLANDS/LEBANON: DUTCH TO CONTRIBUTE FRIGATE [...] (C) Summary: Dutch Defense Minister Henk Kamp announced September 22 that the GONL intends to contribute a 150-person frigate to the maritime component of UNIFIL. Kamp made the announcement following the weekly Cabinet meeting, noting that the Dutch were satisfied with the rules of engagement [...] | 2006-09-22 14:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL LE NL |
06THEHAGUE210 | NETHERLANDS/ISAF: TURNING THE CORNER [...] (C) Summary: Following over 12 hours of Parliamentary hearings on January 30, the two largest parties in the Dutch Parliament -- the coalition CDA and opposition PvdA -- appear poised to vote in favor of participating in ISAF III. This would all but ensure a broad majority in favor of deployment wh [...] | 2006-01-31 17:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR NL AF |
06THEHAGUE2118 | NETHERLANDS/CHINA: REVISED TALKING POINTS FOR BERN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-27 15:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CH NL |
06THEHAGUE2119 | NETHERLANDS/HRC: RESPONSE TO CUBA AT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche 25 September to Joris Geeven, policy officer at MFA human rights division, and Peter van der Vliet, Head of the Political and Legal Affairs, UN and IFIs Department. Geeven thanked us for the information. He said the GONL had expected the Cubans to renew t [...] | 2006-09-27 15:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE2139 | NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE TO IRANIAN UAV DEMARCHE [...] (S) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with MFA Senior Advisor for Nuclear Affairs and Non-proliferation Ceta Noland on September 28. Noland claimed the points did not present any new information -- the Dutch intelligence service AIVD has been in close contact with U.S. intelligence agencies regardi [...] | 2006-09-29 14:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC IR NL |
06THEHAGUE2140 | NETHERLANDS/JSF: CABINET APPROVES FOLLOW-ON PHASE; [...] (C) Summary: Following the weekly Cabinet meeting, the GONL announced September 29 its decision to participate in the Production, Sustainment, and Follow-on Phase of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. The Cabinet announcement stressed that the GONL intends to sign the follow-on MOU with the US [...] | 2006-09-29 14:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE2164 | DUTCH 2007 BUDGET: LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Netherlands' center-right governing coalition has presented a draft 2007 budget that includes a surplus for the first time in five years, new tax breaks, and increased spending on national security. Unveiled just two months before parliamentary elections on November 22, [...] | 2006-10-03 13:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL EINV ELAB PGOV NL |
06THEHAGUE2176 | NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: ENSURING A LEGITIMATE PEACE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-04 13:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PGOV ER SU NL |
06THEHAGUE2177 | NETHERLANDS/CUBA: SEEKING EU SUPPORT FOR AMENDMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-04 13:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EUN PREL UNGA UN NL |
06THEHAGUE2181 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PDAS KURT VOLKER - [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Kurt Volker to travel to The Netherlands from October 11-12, 2006 to meet with the Legal Advisor with Senior Dutch Justice and Foreign Policy Officials on cooperation on counter-terrorism and detainee [...] | 2006-10-05 11:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP OTRA ASEC GM NL |
06THEHAGUE2186 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Although there have been relatively few indications of renewed interest in the U.S. draft decision, several recent conversations are worth noting. First, Ambassador Petri of Germany has, in his role as WEOG Vice Chair of the CW Cluster, told Ambassador Javits that he has recently been ap [...] | 2006-10-06 09:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE2191 | NETHERLANDS/DPRK: DUTCH WORRIED AND FRUSTRATED [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch share U.S. concerns about a potential North Korean nuclear test and support international efforts to bring Pyongyang back to the Six Party Talks. They believe the EU and individual European states, however, have minimal influence over North Korean actions, and point to [...] | 2006-10-06 14:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN NL |
06THEHAGUE2220 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) PRC Amb. Xue Hanqin asked to meet with Amb. Javits on Oct. 6, and began by raising the issue of the Taiwan Chemical Industry Association requesting observer status at the December Conference of States Parties. She noted that Beijing still objects to the TCIA receiving observer status. Sh [...] | 2006-10-12 11:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE2252 | DUTCH PROSECUTOR GENERAL ON TIP VISIT, RUSSIAN TIP [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary. During an October 5 meeting with DCM, Prosecutor-General Herman Bolhaar stressed his determination to fully investigate the case of TIP victim Irine Veselykh, who testified before the U.S. Congress in June [...] | 2006-10-18 09:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SMIG KCRM KWMN PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE2253 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Del reps met with South African delegate Marthinus van Schalkwyk on Oct. 13 to discuss the perceived need among delegations for an open discussion of the U.S. and Russian extension requests. Van Schalkwyk confirmed that although delegations have not voiced specific concerns, some have ap [...] | 2006-10-18 10:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE2261 | DUTCH ON INVESTIGATION OF AMCITS IN YUKOS CASE [...] (C) Econoff delivered on October 10 reftel points regarding the GOR criminal investigation against the American and former Yukos executives Steven Theede, Bruce Misamore and David Godfrey to Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials Natascha Soons, Policy officer, Eastern Europe and C [...] | 2006-10-18 12:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET RS NL |
06THEHAGUE2262 | NETHERLANDS/SYRIA/LEBANON: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (S) Ambassador Arnall discussed reftel points with MFA Head of Middle Eastern Affairs Henriette van Lynden-Leijten on October 17. Van Lynden-Leijten said she had heard "similar echoes" from the Dutch embassy in Damascus, especially regarding the fragility of the Siniora government and Syrian [...] | 2006-10-18 12:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS NL |
06THEHAGUE2264 | NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE ON CCW REVCON DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: While the GONL sees the value in pursuing an "opt in" annex for an anti-vehicle mine (AVM) protocol at the upcoming Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) Review Conference, the Dutch have historically opposed optional clauses. MFA Head of Arms Control and Export Policy Matthij [...] | 2006-10-18 14:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PARM PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE2266 | NETHERLANDS/SOUTHERN SUDAN: SUPPORT FOR UNHCR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-18 16:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL SU NL |
06THEHAGUE2267 | NETHERLANDS/SUDAN TARGETED SANCTIONS: SOLICITING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-18 16:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SU NL |
06THEHAGUE2277 | SCENESETTER FOR ATT... [...] (SBU) We warmly welcome your visit to the Netherlands, the first by an Attorney General since Attorney General Aschroft visited in September 2004. There are four important issues where you can advance our law enforcement agenda: (1) Establish a strong working relationship with new Minister o [...] | 2006-10-19 15:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PTER SNAR PREL PGOV KJUS PINR NL |
06THEHAGUE2282 | NETHERLANDS/SCENESETTER: FOREIGN MINISTER BOT'S [...] (C) Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot's upcoming visit to Washington DC comes just one month before national elections. It therefore provides an excellent opportunity to move some difficult issues forward in a way that helps ensure that the next Dutch government, whatever its configuration, co [...] | 2006-10-20 11:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV PHUM NL |
06THEHAGUE2286 | DETAINEE POLICY/MILITARY COMMISSIONS: BELLINGER [...] (U) Summary: State Department Legal Adviser John Bellinger visited The Netherlands October 10-12, accompanied by EUR PDAS Kurt Volker and several other senior State and DOD officials. The team met with Dutch Defense, Justice, and Foreign Affairs officials for closed-door talks, answering detai [...] | 2006-10-20 15:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KPAO PREL PTER NL |
06THEHAGUE2289 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SCENESETTER FOR [...] (U) If Iran elects to be reasonable and not block consensus, it should be possible to get agreement on three critical issues at EC-47: the U.S. extension request, the 2007 OPCW budget and the Director General's proposal for tenure reform. It will also be possible to approve a mechanism for p [...] | 2006-10-23 10:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE2299 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Facilitator Marten Lak (Netherlands) held two consultations on his draft EC-47 report language. The first session on October 5 introduced the draft and invited general comments. Other than Sudan, all delegations that spoke supported the basic thrust of the draft. Sudan asked that the f [...] | 2006-10-24 14:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE2306 | NETHERLANDS/JSF: PARLIAMENT APPROVES FOLLOW-ON [...] (C) Summary: A parliamentary majority approved a resolution October 24 to support GONL participation in the Production, Sustainment, and Follow-on Development (PSFD) phase of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. Parliamentary approval represented the last hurdle prior to the GONL's plans to sign [...] | 2006-10-24 16:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE2308 | Netherlands/Elections: Start Your Engines! [...] (SBU) Summary: Dutch voters go to the polls November 22 to elect the 150 member Second Chamber of Parliament ("Tweede Kamer") and, indirectly, to choose the next Dutch government. Although formal campaigning does not begin until November 1, the race is already shaping up as a mano-a- mano fi [...] | 2006-10-25 08:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NL |
06THEHAGUE2316 | SHELL/SAKHALIN II: A VIEW FROM THE NETHERLANDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A Shell representative recently offered his version of events at Sakhalin II and confirmed that the Government of Russia (GOR) had not revoked the project's environmental permit. Shell will continue to meet project deadlines and commitments without seeking to use political cha [...] | 2006-10-26 07:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE2342 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Del rep continued meeting with interested delegations on the subject of the U.S. extension request. A meeting with the Indian delegation was positive. The Indians expressed support for U.S. transparency, and an understanding for difficulties the U.S. has encountered in its destruction pr [...] | 2006-11-01 11:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE2356 | NETHERLANDS/ILC: NO DUTCH DECISION ON WEOG [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-02 14:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ILC ODIP UNGA NL |
06THEHAGUE2360 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EMBASSY ANKARA [...] Country clearance is granted for Resident Legal Advisor Suzanne Hayden to travel to the Netherlands on November 6, 2006 to participate in meetings. 2. A hotel reservation has been made for November 6, 2006 at the Crowne Plaza Promenade Hotel, Van Stolkweg 1, 2585 JL The Hague - Phone - (3 [...] | 2006-11-02 15:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ECON PREL PTER NL |
06THEHAGUE2361 | NETHERLANDS: DUTCH AGREE KOSOVO NOT A PRECEDENT [...] (C) Summary: MFA Head of the Western Balkans Division Cees Roels said the GONL is in "complete agreement" with the USG argument explaining why an independent Kosovo does not set a precedent for separatist movements in "frozen conflicts." He said Kosovo is a "special case," while a gradual inde [...] | 2006-11-02 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AL PBTS PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE2362 | NETHERLANDS/TRANSNISTRIA: DISRUPTION OF [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche Nov 1 to MFA Deputy Head of Eastern Europe and Central Asia Division Thymen Kouwenaar and Moldova Desk Officer Natascha Soons. Kouwenaar said that the MFA was reviewing a frozen conflicts proposal delivered by us to the Dutch embassy in Washington last week [...] | 2006-11-02 15:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ELTN RS MD UP NL |
06THEHAGUE2363 | NETHERLANDS: DUTCH SUPPORT CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with MFA Senior Policy Advisor Marieke Monroy-Winter on November 2. Monroy-Winter agreed with the importance of continued engagement with Ukraine, and suggested support for eventual Ukrainian NATO membership aspirations was now more important than ever. S [...] | 2006-11-02 15:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS UP NL |
06THEHAGUE2371 | NETHERLANDS/NATO: MANAGING EXPECTATIONS [...] (C) Summary: MFA NATO Division Deputy Head Eric Strating described a "pessimistic" GONL already trying to temper expectations leading up to the Riga Summit. That said, he expected PM Balkenende at the summit heads of state dinnerto challenge allies as well as other international organizations [...] | 2006-11-03 14:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PGOV PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE2385 | NETHERLANDS/CUBA: EU CONSENSUS POSITION ON THE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-06 10:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNGA UN CU NL |
06THEHAGUE239 | NETHERLANDS/TURKEY/CYPRUS: DUTCH CONSIDER ENGAGING [...] (C) Summary: MFA working level contacts responded positively to ref A demarche on February 2, and support the concept of using the Turkish proposal to restart final settlement talks. Obstacles within the EU, however, including perceived reluctance of the Austrian presidency, the ability of th [...] | 2006-02-03 16:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CY GR TU NL |
06THEHAGUE2394 | NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE TO PSI LETTER ON UNSCR 1718 [...] Polmiloff discussed reftel letter with MFA Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Senior Advisor Frank van Beuningen on November 6. Van Beuningen appreciated the letter, characterizing it as a "fruitful" effort to combine PSI and UNSCR 1718 efforts. He noted that Dutch implementation of UNS [...] | 2006-11-06 16:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS NL |
06THEHAGUE241 | NETHERLANDS/ISAF: GOING TO URUZGAN [...] (C) Summary: O February 2, the Dutch Parliament overwhelmingly-- 127 to 23 -- endorsed the GONL's proposal to articipate in ISAF Stage III following a full day f debate with Cabinet ministers. On February 3, te Dutch Cabinet formally took a final, unanimousdecision to deploy Dutch troops to t [...] | 2006-02-03 17:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL AF |
06THEHAGUE2423 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) AT [...] (U) The following is provided in response to ref A, paragraphs 8 and 9. ------------------------------------- TFCO Representatives and Coordination ------------------------------------- 2. (C) Embassy The Hague's TFCO is DCM Chat Blakeman (MGT Counselor Sarah Solberg is currently serving [...] | 2006-11-08 16:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN NL |
06THEHAGUE2426 | NETHERLANDS/UNGA: THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Summary: MFA Human Rights Division chief expects the GONL to oppose the Iranian retaliatory resolution and the Belarusian measure on country resolution mechanisms. He believes the GONL will, in the end, find itself reluctantly supporting the resolution on detentions. He expressed a stron [...] | 2006-11-09 06:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KTIA UN NL |
06THEHAGUE2429 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) On October 31, EC Vice Chair Alexander Petri (Germany) chaired a discussion of requests for extension of the deadline for completion of destruction of 100% of Category 1 CW. The meeting was very widely attended across all regional groups, and had to be moved to the much larger Ieper Room a [...] | 2006-11-09 12:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE2430 | NETHERLANDS/THIRD COMMITTEE: DUTCH INDICATE [...] (C) Poloff spoke November 9 with Deputy Director General for Political Affairs Wim Geerts and Deputy European Correspondent (and Geerts assistant) Jeroen Boender about the Third Committee retaliatory resolutions tabled by Uzbekistan and Belarus. Poloff repeated the less-than-welcome message c [...] | 2006-11-09 17:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KTIA UN BO UZ NL |
06THEHAGUE2431 | NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH POSITIONS AHEAD OF THE [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch expect the GAERC to focus largely on Turkey and enlargement, with limited discussion on a range of other issues. They do not expect the Turks to fulfill their Ankara protocol commitments, but seem unlikely to press for wholesale suspension of negotiations. The Dutch exp [...] | 2006-11-09 21:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL MARR PGOV PHUM EUN UN BK CG CU IR |
06THEHAGUE2445 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) It was not possible to reach agreement at EC-47 on the U.S. request for an extension of the 100% destruction deadline, as details could not be ironed out regarding visit to the U.S. and Russia in connection with both extension requests. There also was no agreement on the 2007 OPCW budget [...] | 2006-11-15 09:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE2465 | UNGA ESS: DUTCH LIKELY TO ABSTAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-17 11:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA EUN IS NL |
06THEHAGUE2468 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EUNICE REDDICK, [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to (A/E) Director Eunice Reddick, (AF/E) William Schofield and (L) Melanie Khanna to travel to the Netherlands on November 19-21, 2006 to attend a meeting of the Eritrea-ethiopia Boundry Commission. 2. Per reftel, reservations at the Carlt [...] | 2006-11-17 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP PGOV PREL OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2469 | TORTURE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST DUTCH TROOPS [...] (SBU) Summary: A major Dutch daily reported November 17 that Dutch military intelligence officers had abused prisoners in 2003 in al-Muthanna province, Iraq. Following a Cabinet meeting later in the day, Defense Minister Kamp issued a statement that the allegations had been investigated at th [...] | 2006-11-17 15:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR AF IR NL |
06THEHAGUE2474 | NETHERLANDS/UNSCR 1718: REPORT PENDING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-20 12:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM EUN XX KN NL |
06THEHAGUE2487 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): EXTENSION [...] (U) On November 20, Ambassador Javits, Ambassador Parker (UK) and Ambassador Gevorgian (Russia) reached agreement on the text in para 2 on a draft decision document concerning visits by Executive Council representatives to CW destruction facilities. Delegation believes the text is in accordan [...] | 2006-11-21 16:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE2490 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Ambassador Parker (UK) chaired a meeting of the RevCon Working Group (WG) on November 13. The agenda for the meeting was: (1) Involvement of external bodies in the review process (continued from earlier meetings); (2) The role of the CWC in enhancing international peace and security (init [...] | 2006-11-21 16:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE2496 | NETHERLANDS/BMENA: FM BOT NOT PLANNING TO ATTEND [...] (SBU) Dutch Foreign Minister Ben Bot is currently not/not planning to attend the November 30 - December 1 Forum for the Future (FFF) meeting at the Dead Sea, according to Roger van Laak, Senior Policy Officer at the Dutch MFA's Department of Middle East and North African Affairs. Van Laak tol [...] | 2006-11-22 15:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KMPI NL |
06THEHAGUE2515 | EMBASSY HOSTS DUTCH-U.S. MUSLIM DIALOGUE [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Embassy and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund convened the mission's most extensive outreach effort to date on November 1-2 when more than 120 Dutch and American Muslims, government officials, policy experts, civil rights and business leaders gathered fo [...] | 2006-11-29 16:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL SOCI KPAO PHUM PREL KISL PINR NL |
06THEHAGUE2524 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Budget consultations were held on November 22. Once again the focus was Article VI inspections, and once again the Director General attended and made an impassioned plea for delegations to accept the Technical Secretariat's Article VI proposal found in the budget. The DG urged delegations [...] | 2006-11-30 11:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE2526 | SCENESETTER FOR CONGRESSMAN LANTOS' DECEMBER 3-4 [...] (SBU) My Embassy and I warmly welcome you back to the Netherlands. Since your last visit here, the political landscape has changed dramatically. The November 22 national elections have left the country divided, with no party or group of parties having a clear majority. In the short run, we d [...] | 2006-11-30 17:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON KISL NL |
06THEHAGUE2543 | NETHERLANDS/LEBANON: DUTCH SUPPORT ENGAGING WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Dutch will continue to press Syria to become a more responsible actor and believe the international community should hold Damascus strictly accountable for its actions. The international community, however, should also be prepared to engage positively with Syria if/when it ac [...] | 2006-12-04 12:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SY NL |
06THEHAGUE2544 | NETHERLANDS/IRAN: BOT TO DELIVER "FIRM" MESSAGE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Dutch Foreign Minister Bot intends to deliver a "firm" message to Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki when the two meet on December 7, focusing on Iran's nuclear program, support for terrorism, regional meddling, and lack of human rights. Bot also expected to raise the al-Mansuri c [...] | 2006-12-04 12:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM IR NL |
06THEHAGUE2546 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S BOUCHER'S DECEMBER 6 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) My embassy and I warmly welcome you to the Netherlands. Your visit comes at a time when the Dutch political landscape is undergoing significant change. The November 22 national elections have left the country divided, with no party or group of parties having a clear majority. In the sh [...] | 2006-12-04 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AF NL |
06THEHAGUE2550 | NETHERLANDS/CHINA/EU: GONL COMMITTED TO CHINA ARMS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche December 5 to MFA Deputy European Correspondent Jeroen Boender, who said he foresaw no change in the EU's position on the China arms embargo. The French call for a discussion of the embargo was, he said, a "Pavlovian reaction to the Finnish Presidency's" p [...] | 2006-12-05 13:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM EUN PHUM PREL MARR CH JA TW NL |
06THEHAGUE2555 | TERRORIST LISTS FOR THE NETHERLANDS [...] (U) Econoff spoke December 1 regarding the Dutch list of banned terrorist entities with Joost van Ettro, Policy Officer, Terrorism and New Threats Unit, Political Affairs Department, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (SBU) Joost noted that - with one exception - there is no national lis [...] | 2006-12-06 07:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN NL |
06THEHAGUE2561 | NETHERLANDS/BOLIVIA: GONL REMAINS POSITIVE ON [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales, on his second visit to the Netherlands this year, continued to impress hopeful GONL officials with his goal of social justice and his ability to reach political solutions. The Dutch say Morales understands the need for good relations with the U.S b [...] | 2006-12-06 14:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON EPET BO NL |
06THEHAGUE2564 | NETHERLANDS/TURKEY: ACCESSION DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT [...] Summary: (SBU) The GONL supports the goal of Turkish accession but continues to insist that the Turks meet their obligations, particularly the opening of northern Cypriot ports. The GONL is fighting to avoid a formal suspension of, or an outright deadline for ending, accession negotiations. A [...] | 2006-12-06 16:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EUN NL |
06THEHAGUE2566 | NETHERLANDS/CUBA: LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Dutch investments in Cuba are minimal, and post is aware of no bilateral trade agreements between the Cuban and Dutch governments. Post is aware of no exchange programs. The GONL is a leading EU advocate for human rights, and both the government and Dutch NGOs are active in prom [...] | 2006-12-07 12:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC CU NL |
06THEHAGUE257 | DUTCH REACTIONS TO CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) Summary: As of 6 February, there has been no violence in the Netherlands in response to the controversial cartoons, though daily newspaper "De Volkskrant" received a bomb threat for having reprinted the Danish cartoons. The Prime Minister emphasized the primacy of law in resolving dispu [...] | 2006-02-07 06:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO NL |
06THEHAGUE2575 | NETHERLANDS/LEBANON COMMISSION: EU TO SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-08 12:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KUNR NL |
06THEHAGUE2576 | NETHERLANDS/ISRAEL: ESS ON REGISTER OF DAMAGES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-08 12:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS NL |
06THEHAGUE2579 | NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH ON DECEMBER 11-12 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 7, POLCOUNS was briefed by Jeroen Boender (Deputy European Correspondent, MFA) and Koes Dijkstra (MFA Department of European Integration) on Dutch positions for the upcoming December 11-12 GAERC (ref A). Boender and Dijkstra anticipated enlargement questions, particul [...] | 2006-12-08 14:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN NL |
06THEHAGUE2581 | AMSTERDAM MOVES TO CLEAN UP PROSTITUTION SECTOR [...] Summary. On December 1, 2006, the Amsterdam city council decided to cancel licenses for 110 of the 350 prostitution windows in Amsterdam's Red Light district. The windows, which are operated by a small number of individuals who together held 33 licenses to operate them, are scheduled to be [...] | 2006-12-08 15:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SMIG KCRM KWMN PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE2587 | NETHERLANDS: BOUCHER'S DECEMBER 6 VISIT TO THE [...] (C) Summary: During his December 6 visit to The Hague, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher highlighted the strategic importance of a stable Afghanistan in a zone of potential stability stretching from Central to South Asia. He stressed the results of a rec [...] | 2006-12-11 14:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO AF IN PK NL |
06THEHAGUE2597 | NETHERLANDS/BALKENENDE: PM OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a December 12 meeting with Ambassador Arnall, Dutch Prime Minister Jan Pieter Balkenende expressed satisfaction with his party's strong performance in the November elections, and predicted a centrist-coalition government could be in place by February. According to Balkenende, th [...] | 2006-12-13 09:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM ECON IR RU NL |
06THEHAGUE2601 | NETHERLANDS: BILATERAL MEETINGS ON MARGINS OF [...] MFA Head of the Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Division Henk Cor van der Kwast confirmed he will attend on behalf of the GONL the December 18-21 Nuclear Nonproliferation Conference at Wilton Park, United Kingdom. He expressed high interest in meeting on the margins of the conference with [...] | 2006-12-13 15:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT |
06THEHAGUE2602 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) The Conference approved the U.S. request for an extension of its 100% destruction deadline to April 29, 2012. It also approved the Russian 100% destruction deadline request to 2012 and an accompanying decision regarding site visits that concerns the U.S. and Russia. Iran dragged the pro [...] | 2006-12-13 15:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE2603 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP OF [...] (SBU) U.S.-China bilateral consultations on implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC),held at Chinese initiative, were substantive and detailed. Chinese Ambassador Xue Hanqin, who participated throughout the two full days of discussions, said in an opening statement that these [...] | 2006-12-13 16:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE2619 | NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: BOT'S ROAD TO DAMASCUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Foreign Minister Bot used his December 12 visit to Damascus to press for quick resolution of a controversial child custody case as well as to discuss broader regional issues, including Iraq, Lebanon, and Israeli-Palestinian relations. Bot's Syrian interlocutors, including [...] | 2006-12-15 11:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN SY NL |
06THEHAGUE2627 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) On the margins of the 11th Conference of States Parties, Assistant Secretary of Commerce Christopher Padilla met with Horst Reeps (Director, Verification),Ichiro Akiyama (Inspectorate),and Bill Kane (Industry Verification) regarding a number of industry implementation issues. 2. (U) A [...] | 2006-12-18 13:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE2634 | NETHERLANDS/IRAN: MEDIA PROJECTS TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY [...] (SBU) Summary: Eleven Dutch-funded Iranian media projects, worth over 13 million Euros, have moved into the operational phase. The projects, begun in early 2006 at the behest of the Dutch parliament, represent the broadest Dutch media diversity efforts anywhere, according to MFA officials. En [...] | 2006-12-18 16:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM EUN PREL IR NL |
06THEHAGUE2639 | NETHERLANDS: STILL STRUGGLING WITH SREBRENICA [...] (C) Summary: Dutch Defense Minister Henk Kamp presented a special insignia on December 4 to troops who served in Dutch Battalion (Dutchbat) III under the UN Protection Force (UNPROFOR) in Bosnia in 1995. While the insignia is intended to honor Dutch servicemen who functioned honorably and conscient [...] | 2006-12-19 16:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NL |
06THEHAGUE2641 | DUTCH COURT OK'S TERROR SUSPECT'S EXTRADITION [...] (C) Summary. A District Court in The Hague cleared the way for the extradition of terror suspect Wesam Al Delaema when it rejected his final appeal today. Al Delaema, a Dutch citizen of Iraqi extraction, is the first person to be charged in the United States for terrorism in Iraq. The FBI ho [...] | 2006-12-20 06:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL CJAN CVIS KCRM NL |
06THEHAGUE2654 | ILSA: DUTCH, SHELL ON YADAVARAN, IRAN, SAKHALIN II [...] (SBU) Summary. The Dutch government supports targeted sanctions against Iran but not actions that limit Shell's activities there. Shell does not plan a final Yadavaran investment decision until 2008 and will keep State abreast. The government continues to follow negotiations between Gazprom an [...] | 2006-12-21 16:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EPET ENRG PREL NL CH IR |
06THEHAGUE2661 | NETHERLANDS/IRAN: BOT AND MOTTAKI ON NUKES, MIDDLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his December 7 meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki, Dutch Foreign Minister Bot urged Iran to work with the IAEA to address international concerns about Iran's nuclear program or face possible UNSC sanctions. Bot also called on Iran to rein in Hizballah and Hamas and [...] | 2006-12-27 09:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IR NL |
06THEHAGUE267 | DUTCH SUPPORT FRENCH AL MANAR BAN; FOCUS NOW ON AL [...] (S) On January 27, the Dutch press reported that Minister of Justice Donner had informed parliament that the French, at Donner's request, had agreed to block the transmission to the Netherlands of Lebanese Al Manar and Iranian Sahar TV1 satellite broadcasters after their programs were found [...] | 2006-02-07 14:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ANET PREL LE NL |
06THEHAGUE269 | DUTCH REACTIONS TO CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) Summary: As of 6 February, there has been no violence in the Netherlands in response to the controversial cartoons, though daily newspaper "De Volkskrant" received a bomb threat for having reprinted the Danish cartoons. The Prime Minister emphasized the primacy of law in resolving dispu [...] | 2006-02-07 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO NL |
06THEHAGUE281 | NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: DEFEATING VENEZUELAN UNSC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on February 8 to Pieter van der Vliet, head of the MFA's Political and Legal Affairs Division, UN and IFIs Department. V/d Vliet said that the UN and IFIs Department would do everything in its power to prevent Venezuela from taking a UNSC seat. While his [...] | 2006-02-08 16:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UN GT VE NL |
06THEHAGUE301 | SHIELD S59-05/NETHERLANDS: AUSTRALIA GROUP ALERT [...] (S) On February 8 Polmiloff discussed reftel points and non-paper with Senior Advisor Ceta Noland, MFA Nuclear Affairs and Non-proliferation Division. Noland appreciated the information and said she would pass it to Dutch intelligence agencies and the Ministry of Economic Affairs for further [...] | 2006-02-09 16:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC CBW IR NL |
06THEHAGUE302 | MTAG 05-96/NETHERLANDS: INFORMING MTCR PARTNERS OF [...] (S) Polmiloff discussed on February 8 ref A talking points and non-paper with Senior Advisor Ceta Noland, MFA Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Division. Noland appreciated the information and noted that it was "good to see" that the Netherlands was not the only MTCR country targeted by Ira [...] | 2006-02-09 16:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | ETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE308 | NETHERLANDS/OUTREACH: CHARGE MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge met with Amsterdam Mayor Job Cohen February 3 to discuss opportunities for Muslim outreach in the city. Cohen complained that the media had distorted his recent comments on "unrest" in Amsterdam, but acknowledged religious/ethnic tensions remain a serious problem. He cr [...] | 2006-02-10 12:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KISL PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO NL |
06THEHAGUE311 | NETHERLANDS/CARIBBEAN: MOD ON CARRIER PORT CALL [...] (U) This contains an information request for State Department (paragraph 6). 2. (C) Summary: DATT and poloffs met on January 9 with Major General Bertholee, Director of Operational Readiness, The Netherlands Defense Staff, Dutch Ministry of Defense (MOD) to discuss Caribbean Lion (CL),Part [...] | 2006-02-10 14:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PHSA MARR PINS SNAR NT VE XL |
06THEHAGUE314 | UPDATE ON DUTCH REACTIONS TO CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] (U) Summary: The Danish cartoons remain a hot topic in the Netherlands. So far, there have been no violent reactions here, but officials are watching closely a planned "peaceful demonstration" in Amsterdam on February 11. PM Balkenende and other government officials have expressed support f [...] | 2006-02-10 17:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KISL PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO NL |
06THEHAGUE33 | NETHERLANDS/ISAF: PRESSING THE DUTCH ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Post pressed GONL officials and parliamentarians from all major parties on Dutch participation in ISAF III over the last few days. Most indicated chances for deployment were grim, but were unwilling to rule out a positive decision completely. Some senior GONL officials are advi [...] | 2006-01-06 18:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR NATO NL AF |
06THEHAGUE333 | UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS: TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-14 16:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD SCUL UNESCO PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE353 | NETHERLANDS/NAVAL EXERCISES: DUTCH CABINET HAS [...] (C) This is an action/guidance request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: The Dutch cabinet is seized with the issue of proposed carrier port calls to the Netherlands Antilles and is expected to discuss it, as well as the upcoming Caribbean Lion exercise, at the February 17 cabinet meeti [...] | 2006-02-16 10:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PHSA MARR PINS PREL SNAR XL NT VE |
06THEHAGUE356 | USTR OFFICIALS BRIEF DUTCH ON USG WTO SERVICES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Senior USTR representatives recently met with Dutch trade officials to reinforce the USG commitment to seeking an "ambitious" agreement on services negotiations within the WTO Doha Round. Despite concerns about progress to date, meeting participants agreed on the need to inte [...] | 2006-02-16 15:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTO PREL EUN NL |
06THEHAGUE357 | NETHERLANDS/ISLAM: MORE ON CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Danish cartoon controversy continues to resonate in the Netherlands. Two small, generally peaceful demonstrations were held February 10 in Maastricht and February 11 in Amsterdam. Two well-known Muslim Amsterdam officials have attempted to downplay the issue in an effort t [...] | 2006-02-16 15:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KISL PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO NL |
06THEHAGUE374 | NETHERLANDS/MUSLIM OUTREACH: MISSION SUCCESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In August 2005, Post established an Integration Issues Working Group (IIWG) to coordinate outreach and reporting activities related to the Dutch Muslim community. This approach succeeded in considerably expanding Embassy The Hague's and Consul General Amsterdam's contacts in the Dutc [...] | 2006-02-17 15:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KPAO KISL NL |
06THEHAGUE386 | NETHERLANDS/NAVAL EXERCISES: GONL WILL APPROVE [...] (C) The MFA has informed us that the GONL would approve a formal request for a carrier visit by USS George Washington to St. Maarten in mid-April. They would also approve cruiser and destroyer visits to Curacao and Aruba. 2. (C) In a conversation February 21 with CDA, Marion Kappeyne van d [...] | 2006-02-22 06:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PHSA MARR PINS PREL SNAR XL NT VE |
06THEHAGUE396 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: APPROACHING THE DUTCH AHEAD OF [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche February 17, to Bahia Tahzib-Lie, Deputy European Correspondent, Political Affairs Department, Dutch MFA. Tahzib-Lie apologized for being unable to provide immediate responses, as her office has been hit by the flu and is desperately short-staffed. 2. The D [...] | 2006-02-22 12:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EUN YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ KPAL CG NL |
06THEHAGUE397 | BOT RESPONDS TO PARLIAMENT ON CIA FLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Bot told Parliament he had no credible information on illegal CIA flights. He repeated Secretary Rice's assurances regarding U.S. practices and said SIPDIS that he continues to emphasize to her the importance of human rights in the war on terror. We expect t [...] | 2006-02-22 15:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM NL |
06THEHAGUE399 | TIP EXPERTISE CENTER STRENGTHENS DUTCH ANTI-TIP LAW [...] (SBU) Summary. The Dutch National Expertise Center on People Trafficking and Smuggling (EMM) opened on May 18, 2005, bringing together officers from regional, national, and military police, as well as the Social Information and Investigation Service, and the Immigration and Naturalization Serv [...] | 2006-02-22 19:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE402 | DUTCH MUSLIM BUSINESS COMMUNITY - A GUIDE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The number of ethnic Muslim entrepreneurs and related business organizations in the Netherlands has increased significantly in recent years. Over the last few months, Emboffs have met with some of these organizations, as well as with traditional Dutch employer associations th [...] | 2006-02-23 11:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI PHUM PREL PGOV KISL PINR NL |
06THEHAGUE406 | REACHING OUT TO THE DUTCH MUSLIM BUSINESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An Embassy lunch with members of the Dutch Muslim business community on February 8 succeeded in launching a constructive dialogue on discrimination in Dutch employment practices, unemployment among young ethnic Muslims, and the pros and cons of membership in ethnic business [...] | 2006-02-23 12:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI PHUM PREL PGOV KISL PINR NL |
06THEHAGUE41 | NETHERLANDS/ISAF: WALKING A FINE LINE [...] (C) Summary: PM Balkenende hosted a strategy session January 9 to develop a compromise that would allow the debate on ISAF III to move forward to Parliament. D-66 Ministers Pecthold and Brinkhorst had announced over the weekend they continue to oppose an official Cabinet decision to support [...] | 2006-01-09 17:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR NATO NL AF |
06THEHAGUE426 | NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: DEMARCHE ON NGO SUMATE [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche February 27 to MFA Human Rights and Peacebuilding Department Senior Policy Advisor Guillaume Teerling and left a copy for South America Division chief Gertie Mulder, who is currently away on travel. 2. (C) Teerling stressed that the GONL shares our inter [...] | 2006-02-27 16:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EU PGOV PREL VE NL |
06THEHAGUE427 | NETHERLANDS/CHINA: PROPOSED JOINT DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) On February 24, Poloff delivered reftel demarche regarding a proposed joint demarche on certain Chinese prisoners cases to Sandra Pellegrom in the Dutch MFA's Human Rights and Peacebuilding Department. According to Pellegrom, the GONL is not opposed, in principle, to such joint efforts. [...] | 2006-02-27 16:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS PREL CM NL |
06THEHAGUE450 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (SBU) Del reps met with Victor Smirnovskiy of the Russian delegation on February 21 to go over a variety of issues in the run-up to the March Executive Council session. Smirnovskiy confirmed that Russia has submitted a proposal for its 45% deadline (requesting Dec. 31, 2009) to the Technical [...] | 2006-02-28 15:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE462 | EIB/SYRIA: DUTCH WILL NOT BLOCK WATER LOAN [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points February 23 to officials at the Dutch Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Finance. On March 1, Econoffs followed up with Gita Salden, Director of the Office for International Economy and Financial Institutions, Foreign Financial Relations Directorate, Ministry [...] | 2006-03-02 17:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV SY EUN NL |
06THEHAGUE473 | NETHERLANDS/AMIS DEMARCHE: DUTCH WILL APPROACH [...] (C) Summary: Dutch FM Bot will approach Arab League members and urge them not to support a Sudanese presidency and to keep AMIS rehatting on track, according to the Dutch MFA's Sudan Task Force. The Dutch are in agreement with us on the crucial elements of the proposed UN force and on how to [...] | 2006-03-03 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ SU NL |
06THEHAGUE481 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SCENESETTER FOR [...] (C) Summary: The focus of delegations at the March 14-17 Executive Council session will be whether possessor states in general, and the U.S. in particular, will submit extension requests regarding their 100% destruction deadlines. If those requests are not on the agenda, delegates will be l [...] | 2006-03-06 15:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE487 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) In coordination with Ian Richards (special assistant to the Deputy Director General) and Renato Carvalho (head of Inspectorate Management),del rep will participate in selected sessions of Technical Secretariat inspector training during the week of March 13. The goal will be to get a bet [...] | 2006-03-07 16:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE489 | DEMARCHE: DUTCH PLAN TO SIGN THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-07 19:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ NL |
06THEHAGUE508 | NETHERLANDS/INDIA: RESPONSE TO U.S.-INDIA CIVIL [...] (C) The GONL is willing to cooperate with USG efforts to define the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative as an exception to the Nuclear Suppliers Group Guidelines. However, the key for the GONL will be successful implementation of the initiative, including especially Indian negotiat [...] | 2006-03-08 16:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KSCA IN PARM KNNP ETTC NL |
06THEHAGUE511 | NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: ENSURING THE AU REQUESTS A [...] (C) The Dutch MFA has issued instructions to its ambassadors in African Union PSC countries, plus a few key others, to demarche host country officials on the urgent need for an AU rehat request. The instructions mirror reftel talking points. 2. (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche March 7 [...] | 2006-03-09 10:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO KPKO NL |
06THEHAGUE523 | DEFENSE MINISTER KAMP BLASTS CHAVEZ IN PARLIAMENT [...] (U) Defense Minister Kamp blasted Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in parliamentary hearings March 9. Addressing Dutch coast guard operations in the Netherlands Antilles, Kamp called Chavez a populist with lots of money who "casts big eyes on the morsels along the coast of Venezuela that form [...] | 2006-03-10 15:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NT VE NL |
06THEHAGUE527 | HOFSTAD GROUP RULED A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION [...] (U) The Hague court ruled March 10 that the Hofstad group was a terrorist organization, because it aimed to incite hatred, violence, and intimidation, according to press reports. Nine of the 14 defendants were found guilty of membership in a criminal-terrorist organization. One of those conv [...] | 2006-03-10 16:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KCRM KPRP PINR PREL PGOV CASC NL |
06THEHAGUE528 | SCENESETTER FOR WHA PDAS SHAPIRO'S VISIT TO THE [...] (C) Summary: Your visit comes at a time when GONL concern about Venezuela is growing. You could use this opportunity to press the Dutch to actively campaign against Venezuela's UNSC bid, and to help ensure a stronger EU response toward Venezuelan human rights and weapons procurement activities [...] | 2006-03-10 16:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR VE NT NL |
06THEHAGUE534 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Russia hosted a March 7 meeting of the P-5 ambassadors. The Director General made a presentation on universality-related efforts of the OPCW. He noted that much has been achieved, membership now stands at 178 states, and the organization rapidly is being faced with approaches to just th [...] | 2006-03-13 12:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE553 | EU Energy Green Paper - Dutch Views [...] (U) Dutch officials are generally pleased with the main points of the energy green paper released by the Commission on March 8 and discussed by EU energy ministers on March 14. On the paper's call for a common EU energy policy, officials in both the Economics Ministry (which has the lead on en [...] | 2006-03-15 14:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL ECON EUN NL |
06THEHAGUE564 | NETHERLANDS DEMARCHE: URGING THE EU TO SPEAK OUT [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche March 15 to MFA Political Affairs Department Director Pim Dumore. Poloff also followed up with MFA human rights policy officer Eric Litver on March 17. 2. (C) Litver confirmed the EU is raising through diplomatic channels the closing of the European Com [...] | 2006-03-17 10:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SY NL |
06THEHAGUE569 | NETHERLANDS: DEMARCHING EU MEMBERS ON REACTION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-17 15:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EUN KDEM PGOV PREL BO NL |
06THEHAGUE570 | NETHERLANDS: APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche March 15 to MFA Political Affairs Department Director Pim Dumore. He had no immediate response. 2. (C) On Sudan, the GONL is concerned that China will attempt to scupper UNSC action. They would be interested in hearing our ideas on how to avoid this. [...] | 2006-03-17 15:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD EUN YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ SU |
06THEHAGUE577 | OKAMOTO DESCRIBES DETERIORATING JAPAN-CHINA RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-20 08:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CH KN KS RS NL |
06THEHAGUE582 | NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: ACCELERATING UNSC ACTION ON [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche March 20 to Dutch Special Envoy for Sudan, Ambassador WGJM Wessels. The Dutch are in full agreement with us on the danger of Russia, China, Qatar and perhaps others scuppering UNSC action. Wessels is travelling to Abuja this evening and will weigh in, over [...] | 2006-03-20 12:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SOCI SU NL |
06THEHAGUE591 | FOLLOW-UP ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO IRAQ:NETHERLANDS [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Netherlands has taken internal and external steps in recent years to prevent its citizens from traveling to Iraq and other conflict areas to train or participate in jihad. Closer cooperation between Dutch intelligence and police authorities has yielded concrete results, incl [...] | 2006-03-20 16:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | ASEC PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IZ NL |
06THEHAGUE606 | DUTCH CABINET APPROVES SEMI-ANNUAL BILATS WITH [...] (SBU) The Dutch Council of Ministers (cabinet) on March 17 approved the establishment of semi-annual bilateral consultations with the Turkish government. The Dutch plan a working group dedicated specifically to EU issues, including the accession process. Additional working groups will discus [...] | 2006-03-21 14:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EUN CY GR TU NL |
06THEHAGUE609 | TREASURY A/S O'BRIEN'S MEETING WITH DUTCH MFA DG [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an open and frank exchange with visiting Treasury Assistant Secretary O'Brien, Director General Siblesz discussed the Dutch Foreign Ministry's establishment of a "Terrorism and New Threats" unit, designed to improve the exchange of information related to terrorism and intern [...] | 2006-03-21 17:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL EUN NL |
06THEHAGUE610 | NETHERLANDS/MUSLIM OUTREACH: INTEGRATION EXAM [...] Summary: Effective March 15, certain nationalities will need to pass a civic integration exam to immigrate to the Netherlands. Initial reactions in local and foreign press have been divided on whether such a policy will result in better integration of immigrants in the country or only further [...] | 2006-03-22 06:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KISL PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO NL |
06THEHAGUE612 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) The 44th Executive Council session of March 14-17 resulted in modest movement on some issues of importance to the U.S. Most critical was what did not happen: there was no protracted discussion of the fact that the U.S. did not provide its extension request for the 100% destruction deadli [...] | 2006-03-22 06:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE616 | DUTCH TERRORIST FINANCE CONFERENCE MARCH 15-16 [...] SUMMARY. Treasury Under Secretary Levey led the USG delegation to the March 15-16 Dutch-hosted international conference on terrorist financing issues. Expert-level workshops addressed enhancing the effectiveness of financial investigations, improving communications between the public and p [...] | 2006-03-22 15:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER ECON EUN PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE617 | NETHERLANDS: PENDING ADOPTION CASES IN ROMANIA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche March 21 to MFA Western and Central Europe policy officer Mara van der Poel, who handles accession issues for Romania and Bulgaria. The GONL is satisfied with the Romanian adoption law, which it believes (despite our arguments) is in conformity with inte [...] | 2006-03-22 15:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CASC EU RO NL |
06THEHAGUE642 | NETHERLANDS: CONCERN SIMMERS OVER VENEZUELAN [...] (C) Summary: WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro met March 15 with Dutch MFA, Interior, MOD and military intelligence officials. The Dutch message was consistent. The GONL is deeply concerned about developments in Venezuela - its neighbor - but does not currently see a direct military threat to the Net [...] | 2006-03-24 13:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV BL CU CO NT VE NL |
06THEHAGUE649 | NETHERLANDS DEMARCHE: ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT, KHARTOUM [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche March 23 and 24, to relevant MFA offices. On Sudan, the GONL continues to press Arab League and AU members through its embassies and through the offices of its Special Envoy for Sudan. On Iraq, we are awaiting a response. On Israel/Palestine, the GONL is [...] | 2006-03-24 16:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ SU NL |
06THEHAGUE659 | DUTCH ENCOURAGE U.S. TO SEEK HRC SEAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are actively encouraging the U.S. to seek a seat on the new UN Human Rights Council (HRC). Post believes the Dutch recommendation deserves serious consideration in light of Dutch international credibility on Human Rights issues and the strong Dutch interest in coordinat [...] | 2006-03-27 15:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KUNR NL |
06THEHAGUE685 | CODEL WEXLER DISCUSSES IRAN, MEPP, INDONESIA, [...] (SBU) Summary. Representative Robert Wexler (D-FL) visited The Netherlands March 22-23 and discussed Iran, Palestinian and Israeli elections, Indonesia, and Iraq with Dutch Foreign Minister Bot. Wexler also publicly debated H.J. Ormel, Parliamentary foreign policy leader for the governing Christian [...] | 2006-03-30 13:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OREP MARR NL |
06THEHAGUE690 | NETHERLANDS: DUTCH VERSION OF TAILHOOK NAVY [...] (C) Summary. The Dutch Navy and Ministry of Defense are scrambling to address recent media reports alleging scandalous and possibly criminal behavior aboard Dutch naval vessels. One story involves allegations by a female crew member of sexual intimidation, assault, and drug abuse on board th [...] | 2006-03-31 11:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV NL |
06THEHAGUE701 | NETHERLANDS/PLO: NO CONTACT WITH HAMAS-LED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Foreign Minister Bot publicly reiterated on March 30 that the Dutch government will have no contacts with the Hamas-led Palestinian government until it recognizes Israel and renounces violence. Bot reportedly hopes such comments will help push the EU as a whole into taking [...] | 2006-03-31 15:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG GZ IS OPDC NL |
06THEHAGUE705 | NETHERLANDS/NATO/GEORGIA: DUTCH CONSIDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch do not rule out initiating an Intensified Dialogue (ID) with Georgia in advance of the April 27-28 informal Foreign Ministerial in Sofia. Before making a decision, however, they will need to review their position internally and with other allies, according to the Actin [...] | 2006-04-03 16:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MARR NL GG |
06THEHAGUE710 | NETHERLANDS: CLARIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES AT NEVADA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-04 07:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KTBT NL |
06THEHAGUE717 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) New facilitator Maarten Lak (Netherlands) held a March 30 consultation, the first of a series of Article VII consultations. Lak announced that Special Advisor Krzysztof Paturej would be the new Article VII "go to" person, replacing the now departed Ralf Trapp. Lak, in company with Legal [...] | 2006-04-04 14:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE748 | NETHERLANDS: BASE ALIGNMENT - ROUND 41 [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 5. 2. (S/NF) Summary: The Dutch are working to manage the political ramifications of the potential base closure at Eygelshoven, and have asked us to consider delaying the announcement of the decision for three to four weeks so that high-level [...] | 2006-04-06 15:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL MARR NL |
06THEHAGUE762 | NETHERLANDS: PLANS TO EXPAND PEACE AND SECURITY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GONL is paying increasing attention to African Peace and Security Architecture and is ready to commit additional resources. The GONL wishes, in cooperation with the Belgians, to take a lead on Burundi Security Sector [...] | 2006-04-07 14:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL KGHA KHIV KPKO MARR MASS MOPS BE BY CG |
06THEHAGUE763 | NETHERLANDS/EU: APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel demarche April 7 to MFA European Correspondent Desiree Kopmels and Deputy Correspondent Bahia Tahzib-Lie. The Dutch do not expect the Balkans to be on the GAERC agenda and are content to let UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari set the pace for future status talks. [...] | 2006-04-07 16:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD EUN YI MW SR BK BO IR UP SY |
06THEHAGUE764 | NETHERLANDS/IRAN: PROTESTING THE IRANIAN REGIME'S [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-07 16:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI IR NL |
06THEHAGUE765 | NETHERLANDS/HRC: U.S. NOT TO RUN FOR HRC, BUT [...] (U) This is an action/guidance request; please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Ambassador delivered April 7 ref A demarche explaining the USG decision not to seek a seat on the newly created Human Rights Council (HRC) to MFA Director General for Political Affairs, Hugo Siblesz. (Note: As noted ref [...] | 2006-04-07 16:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KUNR PREL UNGA NL |
06THEHAGUE806 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Del confirmed that, during the proposed week of the U.S. extension request submission and briefing, EC Chair Dastis, DG Pfirter, most senior Verification staff, Amb. Onate, and Amb. Khodakov will be available in The Hague. Del continues to field questions concerning U.S. intent (both timi [...] | 2006-04-11 15:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE812 | NETHERLANDS/BURMA: RESPONSE TO EC COMMENTS AT [...] (C) Summary: The GONL is adamantly opposed to any change in the European Union's position on Burma. Sanctions should remain in place. According to the Dutch, the comments of EU officials, including European Commission DG for External Relations Eneko Landaburu, do not represent EU policy. The [...] | 2006-04-12 13:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID PREF PREL BM EU NL |
06THEHAGUE822 | NETHERLANDS/NATO/GEORGIA: GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch fully support the objectives of the U.S./UK "NATO Global Partnership" initiative but continue to express doubts regarding some of the details. They are concerned that a separate-track "Security Providers' Forum" could create a perception of "second-class citizens" within [...] | 2006-04-13 11:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR NL |
06THEHAGUE830 | NETHERLANDS/PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE: NO AID TO OR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch support channeling Palestinian assistance through non-Hamas channels, but worry that existing aid organizations do not have the absorptive capacity to handle a large cash influx. The Director of the Dutch MFA's Department of Middle Eastern and North African Affairs [...] | 2006-04-14 11:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL KWBG GZ IS NL |
06THEHAGUE835 | NETHERLANDS/HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: NO VOTES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador delivered the Secretary's letter (ref A) to FM Bot on April 11. Poloff, Political Counselor and DCM followed up April 11, 12 and 13, with working level officials. The Dutch are pleased, but not surprised, by our commitment to the success of the new Human Rights Counc [...] | 2006-04-18 05:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM KUNR OPDC PREL UNGA NL |
06THEHAGUE865 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Facilitator Maarten Lak (Netherlands) chaired a April 10 informal consultation on the Implementation Support Branch's Article VII-related program. Magda Bauta (TS/Cuba) made a detailed presentation (faxed back to ISN/CB) of her branch's program, primarily pointing out where she lacked fu [...] | 2006-04-19 11:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE872 | NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: RESPONSE TO DUTCH ARMS [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch are unwilling to reconsider their pending sale of radio equipment for Spanish patrol boats to Venezuela in response to reftel points. MFA Director of Security Policy Robert de Groot said the Dutch remain committed to blocking sales of "offensive" arms to Venezuela, and [...] | 2006-04-19 13:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PREL VE NL |
06THEHAGUE894 | NETHERLANDS/PSI: URGING ASSISTANCE IN SEEKING [...] (C) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with MFA Senior Advisor Frank van Beuningen on April 21. Van Beuningen, the Dutch coordinator for the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),appreciated the points and said he would review the matter further. He noted that the Dutch have actively engag [...] | 2006-04-21 15:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP NL |
06THEHAGUE895 | NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: RESPONSE TO U.S. KOSOVO POLICY [...] (C) Summary: The GONL greatly appreciated the oral brief on U.S. Kosovo policy, but is concerned that the USG might be "tipping its hand" by trying to influence the status process in favor of Kosovar independence. MFA Senior Policy Advisor for Kosovo Sebastiaan Messerschmidt said that the Dutc [...] | 2006-04-21 16:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI EU NL |
06THEHAGUE896 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): U.S. SUBMITS [...] (U) U.S. presented its extension request for the maximum allowable extension of the deadline for finishing destruction of 100% of its chemical weapons (CW) stockpile to the OPCW Executive Council this week. Del made it clear that the U.S. remains committed to complete elimination of its CW [...] | 2006-04-24 05:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE9 | NETHERLANDS/ISAF: STATE OF PLAY, RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch cabinet's failure to reach consensus on ISAF Stage III, and PM Balkenende's controversial decision to refer the question to Parliament without a clear Cabinet mandate have complicated an already heated public debate. Parliament is now seized with the procedural question [...] | 2006-01-04 10:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR NATO KPAO NL AF OIIP |
06THEHAGUE909 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Facilitator Maarten Lak (Netherlands),assisted by International Cooperation and Assistance chief John Makhubalo and Legal Advisor Santiago Onate, held a April 20 informal consultation on Article VII. Onate began with an update for delegations on developments in the National Authority (NA [...] | 2006-04-25 15:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE912 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): U.S. SUBMITS [...] (U) U.S. presented its extension request for the maximum allowable extension of the deadline for finishing destruction of 100% of its chemical weapons (CW) stockpile to the OPCW Executive Council this week. Del made it clear that the U.S. remains committed to complete elimination of its CW [...] | 2006-04-25 15:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE927 | NETHERLANDS/NATO: DUTCH ON NATO MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch support the principal of the NATO Middle East Security Cooperation Center, but remain convinced that Africa is "equally important." They are prepared to join consensus -- should one emerge -- to move forward on plans to first create the Middle East Security Cooperation [...] | 2006-04-27 08:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR NL |
06THEHAGUE939 | NETHERLANDS/MDA: DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADOR'S MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-28 07:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM AORC PREF PREL ICRC SZ NL |
06THEHAGUE940 | NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: SPURRING AMIS ACTION TO PROTECT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-28 07:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PARM PINS PREL SOCI SU NL |
06THEHAGUE960 | NETHERLANDS/CUBA: NSC DRECTED COUNTRY BY COUNTRY [...] (C) Summary: Dutch investments in Cuba are minimal, and post is aware of no bilateral trade agreements between the Cuban and Dutch governments. Post is aware of no exchange programs. The GONL is a leading advocate for human rights, and both the government and Dutch NGOs are active in promoti [...] | 2006-04-28 14:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC CU NL |
06THEHAGUE976 | NETHERLANDS/EU: SUPPORT FOR ENLARGEMENT CANDIDATES [...] (C) Summary: The Netherlands appears likely to follow the European Commission's recommendation, due this month, on Bulgarian EU accession. The GONL is ambivalent on the date for Romania - 2007 or 2008 - and is not making any bets on whether Turkey will ever make it into the Union. The GONL b [...] | 2006-05-02 15:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EU BU CY RO TU NL |
06THEHAGUE977 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Feedback has been fairly limited on the U.S. 100% extension request. In WEOG, delegations have generally been very supportive of U.S. transparency, and grateful for the presence of DASA Ormond to answer initial program questions. A notable exception was Norway, who (claiming she was speak [...] | 2006-05-02 15:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE978 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DM KAMP INTERVIEW DOES [...] (C) Summary: Senior Dutch government officials downplayed DM Kamp's April 30 television interview in which he claimed the Netherlands might withdraw its deployment to Afghanistan as part of NATO's ISAF III mission should it become "impossible to fulfill the mission." Dutch officials said Kamp [...] | 2006-05-02 16:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MARR PREL PGOV NL AF |
06THEHAGUE982 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): TAIWAN AND CHINA [...] (C) On the margins of Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Executive Council meeting in mid-March, Washington-based delegation officers discussed the question of Taiwan's relationship to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) separately with representatives of the local [...] | 2006-05-03 10:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE986 | NETHERLANDS MAY END DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch parliament passed a resolution this month mandating an end to direct development assistance to the Kenyan government, unless substantial and significant progress on corruption is shown. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs told emboffs it will spend the next 5 months (i.e., [...] | 2006-05-03 12:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KCOR PREL XW ZF |
06THEHAGUE987 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SCENESETTER FOR [...] (U) The focus of the May Executive Council session will be on extension requests of destruction deadlines, and the U.S. request clearly will get the lion's share of attention. Now that delegations and capitals have had a chance to analyze the U.S. presentation from April 20, there probably wi [...] | 2006-05-03 13:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE995 | NO DUTCH RESERVATIONS ON EU LISTING OF TAMIL TIGERS [...] (U) Econoff met April 28 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) official Joost van Ettro, Policy Officer, Terrorism and New Threats Unit, Political Affairs Department to deliver reftel A. points urging the immediate EU listing of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a terrorist organ [...] | 2006-05-03 15:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PREL KTFN PTER NL |
06THEHAGUE997 | NETHERLANDS/JSF: OPPOSITION GETTING VOCAL, WHILE [...] (C) Summary: Dutch opponents of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) fired the opening salvo in their efforts to perusade Cabinet not to sign the JSF follow-on MOU by the end of the year. A member of the main opposition Labor Party (PvdA) claimed Labor would cancel a signed MOU should Labor come to power [...] | 2006-05-04 09:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV NL |
06TIRANA1208 | TRADE UNION POWER STRUGGLE INTERRUPTS WORK OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With dwindling membership and waning societal influence, the Albanian trade union organization that helped bring down the communist regime has been further weakened by an internal power struggle. This struggle has pitted Gezim Kalaja, long-time trade union confederation presid [...] | 2006-11-27 16:05:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ELAB ECON AL |
06TIRANA1209 | IMPASSE ENDS AFTER ISLAMIC COUNCIL VOTES TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After losing a vote of confidence in a meeting of the National Islamic Council on November 25, Bashkim Bajraktari, the Mufti of Shkoder, agreed to step down. His resignation ended a weeklong impasse during which Bajraktari, who had been fired earlier in the week by Selim Muca, h [...] | 2006-11-27 17:17:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KISL KIRF AL |
06TIRANA352 | ALBANIA SCENESETTER FOR AMB. WISNER, U.S. SPECIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Albanian governments, past and present, support independence for Kosovo, but within the international framework. In contrast to generally quiet diplomacy of the past, the Berisha government, via FM Mustafaj (and Sabri Godo, his informal advisor on Kosovo),has more openly and [...] | 2006-04-07 09:55:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR AL |
06TIRANA365 | ALBANIA: PROTESTING THE IRANIAN REGIME'S [...] (U) Pol/Econ Chief raised reftel demarche with Mimoza Kondo, Office Director for the Americas desk at the MFA. Kondo was not aware of the issue, and thanked us for the information. She noted the sensitive nature of religious issues in Albania, but agreed that religious tolerance was somethin [...] | 2006-04-10 13:02:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR AL |
06TIRANA408 | U.S. SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE WISNER DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Albanian officials expressed appreciation for the USG role in the region and especially in Kosovo. All accepted the role that Wisner asked Albania to play as the Kosovo status negotiations advanced, and pledged that Albania would do its part to reach a successful conclusion. Amb [...] | 2006-04-21 11:18:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KS AL |
06TIRANA420 | ALBANIA: SCENESETTER FOR VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY'S [...] (C) Background/Summary: Albanians describe their relationship with the U.S. as "strategic" and consider it their most important bar none. Politically, and militarily Albania looks to the U.S. first, and is deeply appreciative of our help. In return, Albanians have worked hard to make themse [...] | 2006-04-27 08:52:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR AL |
06TIRANA434 | ALBANIA SEEKS SEAT ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION [...] (C) FM Minister Mustafaj told Ambassador May 1 that Albania would put its name forward for a spot on the UN Human Rights Commission, and asked for USG support. Mustafaj told the Ambassador that former UN SecGen Boutros-Boutros Ghali had written to Francophone countries in support of Albania's [...] | 2006-05-02 14:49:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PREL OPDC PHUM PINR UNGA AL |
06TIRANA435 | ALBANIA AGREES TO HRC COMMITMENTS [...] (SBU) Per ref A, Ambassador called on FM Besnik Mustafaj on and delivered the letter from Secretary Rice. Mustafaj said the GOA would not support states with a record of human rights violations or of sponsoring terrorism for the Human Rights Council (HRC). Mustafaj also noted Albania was a ca [...] | 2006-05-02 14:53:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA AL |
06TIRANA441 | ALBANIA: MDA DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADOR'S MEETING IN [...] (SBU) PolEcon Chief delivered reftel points to Mimoza Kondo, Office Director for the Americas at the MFA. Kondo was aware of the upcoming vote and indicated the GOA's position has not, and is not expected to change, before the June vote. She expressed appreciation for the points and undertoo [...] | 2006-05-04 07:52:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ AL |
06TIRANA455 | ALBANIA WILL NOT SUPPORT IRAN BID FOR UN HUMAN [...] (C) PolEcon Chief raised Ref A pointS with M)moza Ko.do, Office Director for th% Americas, aNd Saimi2 Rapishti, Office Director for I.ternational OpGanizations at the MFA. RapiqHtI sa)d the assue had been raised at the "highest letElS qitQi. t`e anistry, and that it had bee decaded,QQGithouT [...] | 2006-05-05 10:50:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL AL |
06TIRANA461 | UIGHURS ARRIVE IN ALBANIA FROM GUANTANAMO WITHOUT [...] (S) On May 5, at 9:03 PM local time, five Chinese-national Uighurs previously held at Guantanamo Bay who had been determined to no longer be enemy combatants arrived by C-17 at Mother Teresa International Airport in Tirana. The five Uighurs were driven to Rinas police station (near the airpor [...] | 2006-05-08 11:55:00 | Embassy Tirana | SECRET | PREF PTER PHUM PREL AL CH |
06TIRANA467 | FM MUSTAFAJ ON MEETING WITH CHINESE AMBASSADOR ON [...] (U) Ambassador met with Albanian Foreign Minister Besnik Mustafaj on the afternoon of May 8, following Mustafaj's meeting with Chinese Ambassador Tian Changchun and the release of a statement by Tian to News24, an Albanian television news channel. 2. (S) Mustafaj said Tian was "very tough" [...] | 2006-05-09 02:59:00 | Embassy Tirana | SECRET | PREF PTER PHUM PREL PINR AL CH |
06TIRANA486 | SAM SEEKS MILITARY COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 5. 2. (C) Mimoza Kondo, MFA Office Director for the Europe, America, and Russia, told Pol/Econ Chief that Albania has been approached by Serbia-Montenegro regarding the possibility of formally establishing military cooperation. She also pro [...] | 2006-05-11 06:25:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MOPS AL |
06TIRANA506 | VICTIMS OF COMMUNISM: OBELISK BUT NO ACCESS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-17 08:41:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM AL |
06TIRANA540 | ALBANIA REACTS POSITIVELY TO MONTENEGRO'S VOTE FOR [...] (SBU) GoA officials were quick to comment positively -- and to key their comments on Euro-Atlantic integration prospects -- regarding the results of Montenegro's Referendum on Independence after initial results were announced early on May 22. President Moisiu called Montenegrin President Vuj [...] | 2006-05-24 04:36:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MK SZ AL |
06TIRANA559 | CONSTITUTIONAL COURT AFFIRMS JUDICIAL Q@%Q@AQQN(U) Under the Albanian [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-26 13:53:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS AL |
06TIRANA585 | ALBANIA FULLY SUPPORTS U.S. OFFER TO [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel points to PM Berisha on June 1. Berisha immediately agreed to issue a statement in support of the USG's offer to Iran. The GoA issued the following statement on June 2: (Begin text) -- The Government of the Republic of Albania follows with special atten [...] | 2006-06-02 12:36:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AL |
06TIRANA586 | PM BERISHA ON MONTENEGRO, KOSOVO, MACEDONIA AND A [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 1 meeting with Ambassador focused mainly on Iran (Ref A),Prime Minister Berisha also shared his thoughts on Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia and made a pitch for a visit by President Bush to Albania. Berisha expressed serious concern about upcoming elections in Mac [...] | 2006-06-02 13:50:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL |
06TIRANA597 | FORMER SENATOR DECONCINI SHINES LIGHT ON ISSUE OF [...] (U) Former U.S. Senator Dennis DeConcini, who visited Tirana May 22-24 as a guest of Albanian Ombudsman Dobjani, focused on the plight of missing and trafficked children. DeConcini held meetings with PM Berisha and other Cabinet members, saw the heads of several NGOs that focus on TIP, and was [...] | 2006-06-06 13:45:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PINR AL |
06TIRANA599 | DEFENSE MINISTER: RAISE NUMBER OF TROOPS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Mediu told Ambassador that he wanted to expand Albania's troop presence in Afghanistan from 22 troops to a company of 120 and that he further wanted them to be deployed with Italian, rather than Turkish, forces so that they could conduct a broader range of missio [...] | 2006-06-06 13:50:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO AL |
06TIRANA600 | SHKODRA REGION RELIGIOUS TENSIONS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Religious tensions that flared in Shkoder when a statue to Mother Theresa was proposed for a public spot in central Shkodra have settled somewhat, but there is still lingering resentment between the Muslim and Catholic communities. Both sides cite foreign influence(meaning fore [...] | 2006-06-06 13:54:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR AL MW |
06TIRANA602 | ALBANIA WILL FOLLOW UN/EU POSITIONS IN OIC [...] (C) During a May 31 meeting, chief of the UN section at the MFA Repishti stressed that Albania was formally alerting the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) that it would follow UN and/or EU official positions on most issues considered by the OIC. 2. (SBU) Albania joined the OIC in [...] | 2006-06-07 02:53:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OIC AL |
06TIRANA628 | SOCIALIST PARTY CONGRESS: RAMA'S REFORMS AND [...] (SBU) Albania's Socialist Party (SP) held its first Congress since its bitter defeat last July in Parliamentary elections and the ascendancy of Tirana Mayor Edi Rama to the Chairmanship of the party last fall. Former Chairman, and fallen PM, Fatos Nano, was nowhere to be seen and his suppor [...] | 2006-06-12 13:12:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AL |
06TIRANA629 | EFFORTS TO IMPROVE ALBANIAN PRE-TRIAL DETENTION [...] (U) SUMMARY. A DRL-funded project to improve conditions at one of Albania's largest prisons was launched June 7. This project will provide training to prison guards and administration officials. Complementing the project's launch, the Ministry of Justice disseminated a new internal regulation [...] | 2006-06-13 05:49:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM AL |
06TIRANA657 | WORLD BEKTASHI LEADER INVITED TO TURKEY: [...] (SBU) On June 12, Bulent Arinc, head of the Turkish parliament, visited the world headquarters of Bektashism in Tirana, Albania. Arinc invited Reshat Bardhi, head of the World Bektashi Community, to come to Turkey to participate in a Bektashi feast August 16. This would be the first official c [...] | 2006-06-19 16:31:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR AL |
06TIRANA662 | EXHUMATION OF WW II SOLDIERS SPOTLIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent exhumations of Greek soldiers killed in Albania during WW II and the construction of mausoleums here for their re-interrment have sparked considerable controversy and reportedly the cancellation of the Greek Defense Minister's visit to Albania. The exhumations generated co [...] | 2006-06-21 06:33:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR AL GR |
06TIRANA696 | CHAM PROTESTS MARK 62ND ANNIVERSARY OF LEAVING [...] (SBU) Several hundred Chams gathered at a rally in Saranda on June 23 to mark the 62nd anniversary of the Chams' expulsion from Greece to Albania. The rally was organized by the "Chameria" association and the Cham-founded Party for Democracy and Integration (PDI). The following day, proteste [...] | 2006-07-05 16:34:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM PGOV AL GR |
06TIRANA740 | BERISHA VS. SOLLAKU: ONE ROUND IN A BROADER BATTLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Parliamentary investigative committee looking into allegations of incompetence and misconduct against Prosecutor General (PG) Sollaku has issued a report claiming evidence of serious misconduct and recommending not only that President Moisiu dismiss the PG, but that criminal pr [...] | 2006-07-13 05:10:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM AL |
06TIRANA747 | DELAYS IN THE ALBANIAN CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Preparations for the Albanian Chemical Weapons Elimination Program have been delayed due to damage sustained during testing of the destruction equipment and required modifications to the system. The delays have resulted in the postponement of the start of operations at the destr [...] | 2006-07-14 13:27:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PARM PREL SENV AL |
06TIRANA776 | ALBANIA ON P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR IRAN [...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Besnik Mustafaj July 21 to brief him on the P5 1 incentive package for Iran. Mustafaj said the GoA shared U.S. and EU concern about Iran's nuclear ambitions and agreed that Iran must suspend enrichment-related activity immediately and respond positively [...] | 2006-07-21 09:45:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC |
06TIRANA817 | ALBANIA'S HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT THE UNGA - [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-01 16:08:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA AL |
06TIRANA822 | NIGHT OF A THOUSAND DINNERS RAISES FUNDS - AND [...] (U) Embassy Tirana hosted its third Night of a Thousand Dinners reception on July 24 at the Ambassador's Residence, in cooperation with the Albanian Mine Action Executive (AMAE) and the Victims of Mines and Weapons Association (VMA). Ambassador noted that, with most high- and medium-priority m [...] | 2006-08-02 15:03:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHDP MASS PREL AL |
06TIRANA839 | ALBANIA ON DRAFT UNSC RESOLUTION ON LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-07 15:14:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MOPS UN IS LE AL |
06TIRANA846 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LUGAR'S VISIT TO ALBANIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mr. Chairman, the Albanian Chemical Weapons Elimination Program (ACWEP) is proceeding apace. Although delays in testing the destruction equipment in Germany mean that destruction will not have begun by the time of your visit, the program is nevertheless on track to complete des [...] | 2006-08-11 10:10:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PARM MASS NATO PGOV ECON PREL AL |
06TIRANA880 | ALBANIA'S HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT THE UNGA [...] (SBU) Per Reftel A, this message provides information on Albania's high-level attendance at the UNGA; Reftel B provided preliminary information. The delegation will be headed by President Alfred Moisiu. A. Attendance of the Head of State -- H.E. Alfred Moisiu, President of the Republic of [...] | 2006-08-21 15:24:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA AL |
06TIRANA996 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO ALBANIA AND SEDM [...] (C) Your attendance at the September 26-27 Southeast Europe Defense Ministerial (SEDM) is the event's highlight for your Albanian hosts. NATO entry is Albania's primary goal, one supported by all levels of society and all political tendencies. The Ministerial provides the chance for Albani [...] | 2006-09-22 12:50:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV MCAP AL |
06TOKYO1003 | DIET WILL LIKELY PASS DPRK HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is a "good chance" the ruling coalition will pass a "Bill of Human Rights in North Korea" by the end of the current Diet session in June, LDP Upper House Councillor Ichita Yamamoto told us February 22. The proposed LDP legislation would: -- Establish a North Korea human [...] | 2006-02-24 08:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PARM JA KN |
06TOKYO1040 | GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER STEINMEIER TALKS UNSC [...] (C) Summary. During his February 20-22 visit to Tokyo, German FM Steinmeier and his Japanese interlocutors agreed to continuing working toward UNSC reform within the G4 framework, with Steinmeier acknowledging that U.S. supports is also important. FM Aso stressed the potentially volatile Eas [...] | 2006-02-27 08:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KS IR UNSC GM ENRG ETTC JA |
06TOKYO1065 | PSI: OPERATIONAL EXPERTS DELEGATION VISIT PLANNING [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST (see para 3). 2. (C) Embassy is pleased to know the ROKG has agreed to participate in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),and that a PSI Operational Experts Group delegation will be coming to Seoul to discuss ROK participation, as well as visiting Ja [...] | 2006-02-28 09:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KS JA |
06TOKYO1084 | Japan Sees U.S.-Korea FTA As Positive [...] (SBU) Summary: Although Japanese business circles believe a U.S.-Korea free trade agreement (FTA) is unlikely to produce much liberalization in sectors of greatest interest to Japan, the Japanese government sees the negotiations between Korea and the United States as a possible catalyst for [...] | 2006-03-01 06:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL JA KS CH |
06TOKYO1104 | JDA BUDGET: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES [...] (C) Summary. Japan's FY 2006 budget, scheduled for Diet approval on March 2, includes a fourth straight year of budget cuts for the Japan Defense Agency (JDA). If this trend continues, Japan will find itself with a less capable force that cannot maintain a defense posture commensurate with i [...] | 2006-03-02 04:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PREL JA |
06TOKYO1112 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT MARCH 2 [...] No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza (AI) were reported in Japan during the past week. -- Doesn't Pay to Cheat on the AI Test: Police Arrest Ibaraki Chicken Swappers -- 2. On February 27, prefectural police arrested four veterinarians and employees of the IKN Egg Farm Comp [...] | 2006-03-02 06:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA |
06TOKYO1136 | JAPAN'S CONCERNS ABOUT IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki met with FM Aso for two hours on February 27 and thirty minutes with PM Koizumi on the 28th. The discussions focused primarily on the nuclear impasse but also covered a range of other bilateral issues. During the meetings, FM Aso and PM Koizumi [...] | 2006-03-03 05:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP IAEA JA IR ECON ENER PGOV |
06TOKYO1139 | BIOGRAPHIC DATA ON JAPAN'S DIET FRESHMEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Since the September 2005 election of 83 freshmen Diet members, Post has had several opportunities to gather biographic data on some of them. What follows is a summation of that data. END SUMMARY. 2. (C//NF) Yoshitami Kameoka of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) revealed d [...] | 2006-03-03 05:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PREL PGOV ECON JA |
06TOKYO1151 | SENIOR LDP PARTY OFFICIAL PESSIMISTIC OVER [...] (C) Summary: Senior LDP Party official Hidenao Nakagawa said he remained pessimistic over Japan-China relations despite press reporting there had been a positive atmosphere surrounding his recent visit to Beijing. Although the Chinese received him warmly and appeared willing to deal constr [...] | 2006-03-03 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD CH JA |
06TOKYO1159 | AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH VFM YACHI: MAR 2, 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a working lunch with VFM Yachi on March 2nd, the Ambassador: -- Warned a realistic solution on beef must be found soon. -- Expressed concern over leaks of the KEEN EDGE exercise. -- Praised PM Koizumi's warning to Iranian FM Mottaki. -- Urged Japan to participate in a PRT [...] | 2006-03-03 08:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ECON ETRD EAGR PARM PREL CH JA |
06TOKYO1231 | IRAQI AMBASSADOR VISITS KOREA, URGES ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary. Iraqi Ambassador to Japan, Al-Jumaily, visited Seoul February 22-25 to express appreciation for and encourage further support in reconstruction, discuss future Korean military engagement, and notify MOFAT of Iraq's intention to reopen its embassy in Seoul. As he has done in Japan [...] | 2006-03-08 04:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID JA KR IQ |
06TOKYO1265 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT MARCH 9 [...] No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza (AI) were reported in Japan during the past week. -- LPAI Stricken Ibaraki Prefecture to Further Strengthen its Outbreak Prevention Measures -- 2. On March 7, Ibaraki Prefecture authorities announced that they would strengthen measures [...] | 2006-03-09 07:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA |
06TOKYO1296 | JAPAN PROPOSES NEW UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS, WARNS [...] (C) Summary: Japan will count on U.S. support to back its proposal to change the contribution requirement of UNSC permanent members, MOFA Global Issues Director General Shinyo told Political Minister Counselor Meserve on March 8. The Japanese argue that P5 contributions to the overall UN budg [...] | 2006-03-10 09:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNGA PHUM JA |
06TOKYO1319 | IWAKUNI REFERENDUM WILL NOT IMPACT AIRCRAFT [...] (C) Summary. Eighty-nine percent of participating voters opposed the relocation of the aircraft carrier wing to Iwakuni, in an Iwakuni City referendum held on March 12. However, Defense Minister Nukaga made it clear the same day that the proposed plan "must be implemented." Chief Cabinet Sec [...] | 2006-03-13 07:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PREL JA |
06TOKYO1373 | JAPAN NOT READY FOR PARTICIPATE IN ISAF PRT [...] (C) On March 8, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Second Middle East Division Director Fumio Iwai told us that Japan could not respond positively to our (ref A) request that Japan consider civilian participation in Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan. 2. (C) Iwai was clearly unhappy wi [...] | 2006-03-15 08:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR JA AS |
06TOKYO1397 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT MARCH 16 [...] The following is an update on avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan for the period March 9 to March 16. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were reported in Japan during the past week. -- Tests on Migratory Birds Negative for HPAI -- 2. The Ministry of Environment (M [...] | 2006-03-16 05:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA |
06TOKYO1417 | JAPAN-BURMA: FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER DELIVERS [...] (C) Summary: In a letter to regime leader Than Shwe, PM Koizumi urged the regime to: -- begin a dialogue with the international community, -- re-open a dialogue with Aung San Suu Kyi -- release all political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi. In delivering the letter, former Fo [...] | 2006-03-17 02:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BM CH JA |
06TOKYO1435 | DCM MEETING WITH MOFA NORTH AMERICAN AFFAIRS DG [...] (C) Summary: MOFA North American Affairs DG Kawai told the DCM March 15 that he agreed a GOJ road map for resolving the beef import ban would be useful. While Agriculture Minister Nakagawa has taken helpful steps on the issue, Kawai would discreetly see what could be done to bring Health M [...] | 2006-03-17 07:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD MARR CH JA |
06TOKYO1436 | AMBASSADOR VISITS ABDUCTION SITE OF MEGUMI YOKOTA [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Schieffer visited Niigata City on March 16 and retraced the route 13 year old Megumi Yokota took the night she was abducted by agents of the DPRK in 1977 on her way home from school. He was accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Yokota and over 50 reporters. The Ambassador then met [...] | 2006-03-17 07:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL JA KN KS |
06TOKYO1440 | KOMEITO PARTY SUPPORT CRUCIAL TO LDP'S [...] (C) Summary: The once center-left Komeito party is slowly moving toward the right, Embassy contacts tell us, and that trend is unlikely to change even if Komeito President Kanzaki decides to step down later this year. Although the New Komeito Party's support has been crucial to the Liberal [...] | 2006-03-17 07:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN MARR KN CH JA |
06TOKYO1445 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VISIT TO JAPAN [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo welcomes your coming visit. The U.S.-Japan relationship is healthy and strong. Japan is eager to expand its special relationship with the United States. The Department of Homeland Security plays a central role in four of the key elements of a 21st century U.S.-Japan allia [...] | 2006-03-17 08:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PTER PREL JA |
06TOKYO1446 | DPRK FLAGS OF CONVENIENCE [...] (S) Following up on questions raised by MOFA in February 2006 (reftel),Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation officials Anthony Ruggiero and Jae Jo met with MOFA Northeast Asia Division Director Naoki Ito in Tokyo on March 10, 2006 to deliver a non-paper on DPRK flags of conven [...] | 2006-03-17 08:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP EWWT PHSA KN JA |
06TOKYO1479 | DEFENSE MINISTER NUKAGA MEETS AMBASSADOR ON [...] (C ) Summary: Defense Minister Nukaga on the evening of March 17 made a pitch for a "two plus two" ministerial meeting after the base realignment initiatives are finalized, stressing that a "political statement" is necessary to gain public understanding of the realignment initiatives, particu [...] | 2006-03-22 06:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PREL PGOV JA |
06TOKYO1492 | IRAQ: GOJ REQUESTS SECURITY ASSESSMENT; U.S. [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. Please see last paragraph. 2. (S) Summary: As input to GOJ decision on when to withdraw SDF from Iraq, Assistant Cabinet Secretary Ando asked DCM March 22 for an updated security assessment of the situation in Iraq and for an explanation of what the U [...] | 2006-03-22 08:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MOPS IZ UK JA |
06TOKYO1493 | C O R R E C T E D C O P Y - IRAQ: GOJ REQUESTS [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. Please see last paragraph. 2. (S) Summary: As input to GOJ decision on when to withdraw SDF from Iraq, Assistant Cabinet Secretary Ando asked DCM March 22 for an updated security assessment of the situation in Iraq and for an explanation of what the U [...] | 2006-03-22 08:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MOPS IZ UK JA |
06TOKYO1527 | JAPANESE CURRENTLY UNDECIDED ON SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-23 08:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SOCI SU IO JA |
06TOKYO1529 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT MARCH 23 [...] The following is an update on avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan for the period March 16 to March 23. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were reported in Japan during the past week. -- New Domestic AI Poultry Vaccine Developed -- 2. On March 21, a research group [...] | 2006-03-23 09:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA |
06TOKYO1566 | MOFA UPDATE ON EAST ASIA SUMMIT DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: In comments to the Embassy on March 22, our MOFA contact on regional integration averred that efforts to create an East Asian community would move ahead, even if progress is slow and unsteady. He informally suggested that the United States might want to take advantage of Russia [...] | 2006-03-24 08:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEAN APEC ETRD CH IN RS JA |
06TOKYO1570 | VISITING U.S. AMBASSADOR TO NEPAL URGES MOFA'S [...] (C) Summary: Thanking Japan for its cooperation on Nepal, visiting U.S. Ambassador Moriarty stressed to his MOFA interlocutors on March 20 the importance of continued pressure on the King and political parties to cooperate on democratic reforms. MOFA underscored its support for U.S. policy [...] | 2006-03-24 08:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROV PTER NP JA |
06TOKYO1610 | AMBASSADOR YAMAMOTO DISCUSSES IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary. During a March 27 meeting with the DCM, MOFA Ambassador for Counterterrorism (CT) Cooperation, Reconstruction Activities in Iraq and North Korea Nuclear Issues Tadamichi Yamamoto: -- outlined Japan's immediate plans to assist with Iraq's reconstruction, -- welcomed an updat [...] | 2006-03-28 07:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IZ JA |
06TOKYO1612 | AMBASSADOR YAMAMOTO DISCUSSES COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) Summary. During a March 27 meeting with the DCM, MOFA Ambassador for Counterterrorism (CT) Cooperation, Reconstruction Activities in Iraq and North Korea Nuclear Issues Tadamichi Yamamoto: -- stressed the need to identify implementable steps for the next U.S.-Japan-Australia CT Trilate [...] | 2006-03-28 07:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL SNAR EAID IN MY RP JA |
06TOKYO1613 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: DETAILS ON JAPAN'S USD 155 [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 9. ---------- Background ---------- 2. (U) On March 23, AID Counselor and ESToff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MOFA) Economic Cooperation Bureau Aid Planning Division Deputy Director Taro Yamamoto to receive [...] | 2006-03-28 07:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA |
06TOKYO1617 | CURTAILING USE OF NORTH KOREAN FLAG OF CONVENIENCE [...] (S) Embassy delivered points contained in reftel to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Northeast Asia Director Naoki Ito on March 23 and Ministry of Finance International Bureau Legal Office Deputy Division Chief Shunichi Fukushima on March 24, 2006. Both officials expressed appreciation to the Uni [...] | 2006-03-28 08:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC EWWT PHSA |
06TOKYO1632 | MOFA NORTHEAST ASIA DIVISION DIRECTOR PESSIMISTIC [...] (C) Summary. During a March 27 meeting with the DCM, MOFA Northeast Asia Division Director Naoki Ito: -- expressed deep appreciation for the Ambassador's March 16 visit to Niigata, -- was pessimistic about a bilateral with North Korea in the near-term, -- hoped for high-level U.S. par [...] | 2006-03-29 06:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KN JA |
06TOKYO1634 | MOFA ECONOMIC CHIEF ON EAS-APEC DIFFERENCES, FTA [...] (C) Summary: The Foreign Ministry's (MOFA) obsession with China is driving Japan's interest in the East Asian Summit (EAS),the Director General of MOFA's Economic Affairs Bureau told the U.S Senior Official for APEC on March 23. The MOFA official has endeavored to brief the Foreign Minist [...] | 2006-03-29 06:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV APECO ASEAN JA |
06TOKYO1654 | LDP AND KOMEITO SECRETARIES GENERAL APPEAL FOR [...] (C) During a March 29 courtesy call on the Ambassador, Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Takebe and Komeito Secretary General Fuyushiba requested the Ambassador's SIPDIS assistance in securing meetings with Vice President Cheney, Secretary Rice, Secretary Rumsfeld and the leaders o [...] | 2006-03-29 09:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OVIP JA |
06TOKYO1655 | LDP'S NAKAGAWA AND KYUMA ON DPRI, CHINA, IRAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging discussion with the DCM March 29, ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) heavyweights Hidenao Nakagawa and Fumio Kyuma shared their views on alliance realignment negotiations, Sino-Japanese relations, Iran and beef. Policy Affairs Research Council Chairman Nakag [...] | 2006-03-29 09:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD MARR CH JA |
06TOKYO1684 | JAPAN MULLING IRAQ FORCE ADJUSTMENT ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: MOFA National Security Policy Division Director Shimmi indicated to Poloffs March 28 that he was personally optimistic about extending Air Self Defense Force C-130 flights at least to Baghdad Airport once assessment of the nine "candidate" airfields is complete. Shimmi was less [...] | 2006-03-30 07:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS IZ UK AS JA |
06TOKYO1685 | JAPAN MULLING IRAQ FORCE ADJUSTMENT ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: MOFA National Security Policy Division Director Shimmi indicated to Poloffs March 28 that he was personally optimistic about extending Air Self Defense Force C-130 flights at least to Baghdad Airport once assessment of the nine "candidate" airfields is complete. Shimmi was less [...] | 2006-03-30 07:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS IZ UK AS JA |
06TOKYO1691 | DUSTR BHATIA CUTS STRAIGHT TO THE BEEF [...] (SBU) The United States is looking for an early resumption of beef imports to Japan. That was the message Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Karan Bhatia conveyed during March 20 meetings in Tokyo. While underscoring that U.S. beef is safe, in separate meetings he told Vice Ministers at the F [...] | 2006-03-30 07:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL ECON JA |
06TOKYO1692 | DUSTR BHATIA IN TOKYO: SURVEYS THE RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) Japan is a key partner for the United States in its overall trade policy, and both countries need to do more to deepen the relationship in coming months. That is how Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Karan Bhatia underscored the importance to the United States of Japan and the region d [...] | 2006-03-30 07:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PREL ECON JA |
06TOKYO1693 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT MARCH 30 [...] (U) The following is an update on avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan for the period March 23 to March 30. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were reported in Japan during the past week. -- Tokyo Decides on Details for AI Assistance -- 2. (U) The GOJ recently deci [...] | 2006-03-30 08:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA |
06TOKYO1735 | JAPAN DELAYS DECISION ON CHINA LOAN PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: Japan has decided to delay a decision on extending ODA yen loans to China for FY 2005 (April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006),reflecting growing political difficulties in the bilateral relationship. The delay resulted from a determination by MOFA that its proposal for a yen loan pr [...] | 2006-03-31 07:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID CH JA |
06TOKYO1766 | JAPAN DECLARES CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-03 06:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC JA |
06TOKYO1791 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SMALLPOX AT THE WHA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) ESToff met with Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) Deputy Director for International Cooperation Shinichiro Noda, Tuberculosis and Infectious Diseases Control Division Official Ai Sato and others and delivered reftel [...] | 2006-04-04 08:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL WHO JA |
06TOKYO1815 | JAPAN'S TRADE MINISTER PROPOSES EAST ASIA ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: METI Minister Nikai appears to be rolling out an ambitious new proposal for a region-wide "comprehensive economic partnership agreement" paired with a new regional policy think tank along the lines of the OECD. As reported by the press, his proposals run counter to recent GOJ dec [...] | 2006-04-05 07:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV JA |
06TOKYO1843 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT APRIL 6 [...] The following is an update on avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan for the period March 30 to April 6. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were reported in Japan during the past week. -- Ibaraki Governor: "MHLW is Irresponsible" -- 2. On April 4, Ibaraki Governor Ma [...] | 2006-04-06 07:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA |
06TOKYO1848 | JAPAN "CAREFULLY CONSIDERING" CONTRIBUTION TO [...] (C) The demarche on support for a UN peacekeeping operation in Darfur (State 51778) was conveyed to MOFA on April 3. First Middle East Division's Jun Nanazawa on April 6 responded that, following consultations within the Foreign Ministry, Japan has decided to wait and consider the Secretary [...] | 2006-04-06 09:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU JA |
06TOKYO1851 | JAPAN'S TRADE MINISTER PROPOSES EAST ASIA ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: METI Minister Nikai announced on April 4 an ambitious new proposal for a region-wide "comprehensive economic partnership agreement" paired with a new regional policy think tank along the lines of the OECD. Foreign, Finance and Agriculture Ministry senior bureaucrats had no prior [...] | 2006-04-06 09:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV JA |
06TOKYO1884 | IRAN: INITIAL JAPAN REACTION TO USG THINKING [...] (C) On April 6, Post conveyed reftel points regarding the status of USG thinking on Iran to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-proliferation and Second Middle East divisions, as well as the Ministry of Economics, Trade and Industry (METI). MOFA also shared the information with its Po [...] | 2006-04-07 08:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KNNP IR XE JA |
06TOKYO1886 | MOFA REORGANIZES SOUTH ASIA DEPARTMENT; SIGNALS [...] (C) Summary. Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is creating a South Asia Department by merging parts of the Southwest Asia, First Southeast Asia and Second Southeast Asia divisions of the Asian Affairs Bureau. The move stems from a perceived organizational need to devote more resources [...] | 2006-04-07 08:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN JA |
06TOKYO1887 | JAPANESE BUREAUCRATS SLAM METI'S TRADE PROPOSAL [...] (C) Summary. Four Japanese Ministries slammed METI for its uncoordinated proposal for an East Asia Economic Partnership Agreement at a previously scheduled interagency meeting today. End Summary. 2. (C) METI Minister's Nikai's proposal for an East Asia Economic Partnership Agreement (see [...] | 2006-04-07 08:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV JA |
06TOKYO1889 | OZAWA WINS DPJ PRESIDENCY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-07 08:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL JA |
06TOKYO1894 | WHA ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON: YOUR VISIT TO [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo welcomes your coming visit. You will arrive in Japan at a time when our relationship is as good or better than it has ever been; the government is eager to expand its special relationship with the United States. Japan and the U.S. share many commonalities in our relations w [...] | 2006-04-07 12:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | OTRA PREL ETRD ECON LA XK JA |
06TOKYO1916 | TOKYO VISIT BY U.S. SECRETARY OF COMMERCE GUTIERREZ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 30, 2006, in Tokyo, Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez met with Japan's Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry; Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare; and Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. He raised beef, enhanced cooperation on IPR protection and [...] | 2006-04-10 05:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PREL ECON JA |
06TOKYO1959 | WHA A/S SHANNON'S APRIL 10 CONSULTATIONS WITH MOFA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Japan's top priority in Latin America is to revitalize its economic relationship, MOFA Latin American Affairs DG Sakaba told WHA A/S Shannon April 10. Sakaba said policy mistakes by Latin American governments over the past 10-15 years have lead to widening income gaps, a broad d [...] | 2006-04-11 23:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON XR CH LA XK JA |
06TOKYO1960 | WHA A/S SHANNON'S APRIL 10 CONSULTATIONS WITH MOFA [...] (C) Summary: Over a April 10 working lunch, MOFA Latin American DG Sakaba told visiting WHA A/S Thomas Shannon that Japan will not interfere in the extradition process between Chile and Peru on former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori. Japan is interested in exploring possible ways to pa [...] | 2006-04-11 23:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON TW XR CH KS LA JA XK |
06TOKYO1982 | EAP A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH ASIAN DG SASAE ON [...] (C) Summary. In an April 11 tour d'horizon of issues affecting the Asian region, MOFA Asian Affairs DG Sasae told A/S Hill: -- Japan is emphasizing relations with Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam in its strategic thinking with ASEAN; -- Japan will not stand in the way of Russia becoming a [...] | 2006-04-12 09:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ECON ETRD EAID ASEAN ID TW IN CH |
06TOKYO1984 | EAP A/S HILL'S APRIL 12 MEETING WITH MOFA NORTH [...] (C) During an April 12 meeting, MOFA North American Affairs DG Kawai told EAP A/S Hill that Prime Minister Koizumi hopes to resolve several outstanding bilateral issues before he visits Washington in June 2006. Japan understands issues remain concerning the relocation of some Marine Corps as [...] | 2006-04-12 10:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EAGR MARR MNUC KNNP PARM KN IN IZ |
06TOKYO1985 | EAP A/S HILL'S APRIL 11 MEETING WITH MOFA VICE [...] (C) Summary. EAP A/S Hill emphasized to VFM Yachi April 11 the importance of getting North Korea back to the Six-Party Talks negotiating table, while noting the focus of Japan's media on his decision not to meet bilaterally with DPRK officials. Yachi confirmed that North Korean officials ha [...] | 2006-04-12 10:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ECON ETRD MARR CH KS KN JA |
06TOKYO1989 | VCI SENIOR ADVISOR HEINTZELMAN AND ISN/RA SENIOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Bureau of Verification, Compliance and Inspection Senior Advisor for Harry Heintzelman, IV, and ISN Regional Affairs Senior Advisor Eliot Kang met with MOFA non-proliferation officials on April 7 to discuss potential areas of cooperation in dismantling North Korean nuclear facil [...] | 2006-04-13 00:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP JA KS KN |
06TOKYO2008 | WHA A/S SHANNON'S APRIL 10 CONSULTATIONS WITH MOFA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Continuing April 10 consultations, MOFA Latin American DG Sakaba told visiting WHA A/S Thomas Shannon that Japan was waiting for a positive response from Bolivian President Morales. Its three "issues" with Brazil were the status of Japanese-Brazilians in Japan, ethanol imports an [...] | 2006-04-13 06:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD EINV APECO ENRG XR XK LA CH |
06TOKYO2017 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT APRIL 13 [...] The following is an update on avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan for the period April 6 to 13. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were reported in Japan during the past week. -- H5N1 to be designated a "Government-Decreed" Infectious Disease -- 2. The Ministr [...] | 2006-04-13 10:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA |
06TOKYO2040 | JAPAN: SAUDI CROWN PRINCE SULTAN'S APRIL VISIT [...] (S) Saudi Crown Prince Sultan's April 5-6 visit to Tokyo was considered a "success" by both sides, according to MOFA Second Middle East Saudi Desk Officer Asako and Iran Desk Officer Nakao. Asako suggested the most thorough briefing material available was the joint statement from the visit, a [...] | 2006-04-14 07:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR ECIN MARR PREL SA JA |
06TOKYO2058 | WHA A/S SHANNON'S APRIL 11 MEETING WITH METI DG [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan is happy with the results of its free trade agreement (FTA) with Mexico and expects rapid progress in FTA negotiations with Chile, METI Trade Policy DG Kitamura told WHA A/S Shannon April 11. Little enthusiasm for a trade deal with Brazil and its MERCOSUR partners exist [...] | 2006-04-17 07:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EINV APECO XR XK LA CH JA |
06TOKYO2059 | WHA A/S SHANNON'S APRIL 11 MEETING WITH JAPANESE [...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese companies see potential for investment in Latin America, particularly in the areas of minerals, energy, and food, Japanese business representative told WHA A/S Shannon on April 11. Noting the success of the Japan-Mexico free trade agreement, they hoped the Japanese [...] | 2006-04-17 07:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD ECON EINV APECO XR XK LA CH JA |
06TOKYO2061 | WHA A/S SHANNON'S APRIL 11 MEETING WITH MOFA [...] (C) Summary. During a April 11 meeting with WHA A/S Shannon, MOFA Economic Cooperation Bureau DDG Sugita discussed Japan's ODA efforts in Latin America. He described difficulties increasing aid to the region due to Japan's traditional focus on Asia and poverty-alleviation efforts in Africa. [...] | 2006-04-17 08:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EINV EAID APECO XR XK LA CH |
06TOKYO2065 | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: JAPAN SUPPORTS CANDIDATES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-17 08:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC PHUM UNGA IO JA |
06TOKYO2066 | U/S BURNS' LETTER DELIVERED TO JAPANESE GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-17 08:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OPDC PGOV PTER RS BO GG MD AM AJ JA |
06TOKYO2068 | JAPAN TO "SERIOUSLY CONSIDER" G-8 AGENDA REQUEST; [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-17 08:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM AMED AJ BO GG MD RS JA |
06TOKYO2072 | TOKYO REMAINS CALM OVER TOKDO/TAKESHIMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: At midnight on April 14, MOFA Northeast Asia Division Director Ito invited Political Officer to the Foreign Ministry to explain why Japan had notified the South Korean government that it intended to send a Maritime Safety Agency vessel to map the seabed in the area surrounding the [...] | 2006-04-17 10:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA PBTS KS JA |
06TOKYO2093 | THE DPJ UNDER ICHIRO OZAWA: WHAT TO EXPECT (WHEN [...] (C) Summary. The election of Ichiro Ozawa as leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) could have long-term significance for Japan's political scene, but there will be little or no immediate impact on U.S. interests. Ozawa has created a wide network of contacts throughout a lon [...] | 2006-04-18 07:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA |
06TOKYO2095 | SOUTH KOREAN AMBASSADOR ON TERRITORIAL DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary: During an April 18 meeting with the Ambassador, South Korean Ambassador to Japan Ra stated that: -- Seoul would adamantly oppose Japanese plans to map the area surrounding the disputed Tokdo/Takeshima islands; -- South Korea and Japan could come to blows if bilateral fricti [...] | 2006-04-18 08:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EWWT KS KN JA |
06TOKYO2098 | LIANCOURT ROCKS: JAPAN OFFERS SECRET PROPOSAL TO [...] (S) MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs Deputy Director General Kunio Umeda informed Political Minister Counselor Meserve on April 18 that Vice Foreign Minister Yachi had put forth a "secret proposal" to Ra Jong-il, South Korea's Ambassador to Japan. Under that proposal, the Japanese government [...] | 2006-04-18 09:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PBTS PHSA PREL JA KS |
06TOKYO2130 | METI VICE MINISTER EXPLAINS REGIONAL FTA PROPOSAL [...] (C) Summary: Trade Minister Nikai's recent proposal for an East Asian free trade agreement (FTA) aims to balance a less-inclusive Chinese initiative, according to METI Vice Minister Kusaka. The proposal would also help to "neutralize" pressures within the Japanese business community for a [...] | 2006-04-19 06:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL ASEAN APECO JA |
06TOKYO2135 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT APRIL 19 [...] The following is an update on avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan for the period April 13 to 19. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were reported in Japan during the past week. -- H5N1 to become a "Government-Decreed" Infectious Disease -- 2. On April 14, the [...] | 2006-04-19 08:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA |
06TOKYO2154 | THE AMBASSADOR AND VFM YACHI DISCUSS LIANCOURT [...] (S) At 11:00 a.m. on April 20, the Ambassador spoke with VFM Yachi, at Yachi's request, regarding simmering tensions between Japan and the ROK over a planned Japanese maritime survey near the disputed Liancourt Rocks (reftel). He explained, briefly, that the ROK intended to propose to an int [...] | 2006-04-20 06:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MARR KS JA |
06TOKYO2159 | JAPAN WORKING TO RESOLVE LIANCOURT ROCK DISPUTE [...] (S) Summary: During an April 20 discussion of Japan's dispute with Korea over Japanese plans to conduct an undersea survey in an EEZ area claimed by the two countries, MOFA informed the Embassy that: -- Korea had rejected Japan's three-part proposal for resolving the issue through dialogue [...] | 2006-04-20 07:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MARR KS JA |
06TOKYO2182 | SUDAN SANCTIONS: JAPAN SUPPORTS U.S EFFORTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-21 05:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC PGOV SU DAFR JA |
06TOKYO2221 | PATCHED UP HULL: JAPAN-ROK AGREEMENT ENDS MARITIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 24, MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs DDG Sadoshima briefed Political Minister Counselor Meserve on the outcome of negotiations with the ROK to end the dispute that erupted over Japan's plan to conduct a bathymetric survey of a zone that lies between their contested EEZs. [...] | 2006-04-24 09:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT PBTS PHSA PREL JA KS |
06TOKYO2240 | MOFA DEPUTY MINISTER PUSHES FOR NEW ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Affairs Mitoji Yabunaka proposed that the U.S. and Japan begin preparations for a new U.S. Japan economic framework in a meeting with the Charge on April 24. The full proposal, with a broad focus and more emphasis on cooperation could be fle [...] | 2006-04-25 23:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EAID EAGR ETTC ENRG JA IN CH |
06TOKYO2275 | CUBA: JAPAN RESPONDS TO LIBERTAD ACT QUESTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-26 08:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL JA |
06TOKYO2281 | JAPAN'S DIET AGENDA: FATE OF POLITICALLY SENSITIVE [...] (SBU) Summary. Three months into the 164th Diet session, Japanese lawmakers are finally turning back to policy after being distracted by scandals for many weeks. Several big bills with broad consensus support are still on track. A planned supplemental budget and the FY06 budget passed the [...] | 2006-04-26 10:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON JA |
06TOKYO2282 | JAPAN CAN RELY ON STRONG U.S. TIES, EAP/DAS KEITH [...] (C) Summary: During an April 26 discussion, visiting EAP/DAS James Keith told a Japanese scholar that Japan should approach its relations with China and Taiwan with more self-confidence, asserting that U.S. interests would always favor a strong U.S.-Japan alliance. Japan would benefit from [...] | 2006-04-27 05:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD CH TW JA |
06TOKYO2283 | METI'S ASIAN FTA PROPOSAL: TACTICS WITHOUT STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: METI Minister Nikai's recent regional FTA proposal is a tactical move to counter an expected Chinese-backed regional FTA proposal to be presented to an August ASEAN Plus Three Economic Ministers' meeting. METI however, seems not to have considered the longer-term implications [...] | 2006-04-27 06:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PREL ASEAN APECO JA |
06TOKYO2307 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT APRIL 27 [...] The following is an update on avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan for the period April 19 to 27. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were reported in Japan during the past week. - Japan's 19.3 Million to OIE and FAO Further Discussed - 2. On April 25 and 26, the [...] | 2006-04-27 10:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA |
06TOKYO2333 | EAP/DAS KEITH'S MEETING WITH METI OFFICIALS ON PRC [...] (C) Summary: Questions from officials of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) focused on China's promises regarding exchange rate reform and intellectual property protection during an April 26 briefing on Chinese President Hu Jintao's recent U.S. visit by EAP Deputy Assis [...] | 2006-04-28 06:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN ENRG APECO PREL CH JA |
06TOKYO2339 | MOFA NON-PROLIFERATION DG NAKANE TO VISIT INDIAN [...] EST MinCouns called on MOFA Director General for Disarmament, Science and Non-Proliferation Ambassador Takeshi Nakane on April 28 to get a preview of possible agenda items for Nakane's May 1 bilateral meetings in New Delhi with his GOI counterpart. Japan and India initially had been discussi [...] | 2006-04-28 07:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL JA IR IN KNNP IAEA PARM ENRG |
06TOKYO2375 | TIMING OF ALLIANCE TRANSFORMATION LEGISLATION [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Tokyo newspapers ran stories this weekend quoting Prime Minister Koizumi as saying that it might be difficult to include implementing legislation for the alliance transformation agreement in the present Diet session ending June 18. Koizumi, who leaves office in September, w [...] | 2006-05-01 08:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL JA |
06TOKYO2398 | 15TH JAPAN-EU SUMMIT: FOCUS ON POLITICAL AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. The 15th Japan-EU Summit on April 24 in Tokyo highlighted the maturing Japan-EU partnership. During the Summit: -- PM Koizumi stressed three points: his concern about low public awareness of the Japan-EU relationship, his desire to enhance the strategic dialogue on East Asia' [...] | 2006-05-01 09:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON MEPP EUN KNUC UNSC BO UP RS |
06TOKYO2438 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT MAY 2 [...] The following is an update on avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan for the period April 27 to May 2. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were reported in Japan during that period. -- MAFF Suspends UK Poultry Imports, Turns to US for More -- 2. On April 29, the Min [...] | 2006-05-02 08:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA |
06TOKYO2439 | JAPAN ON TAIWAN OBSERVER STATUS BID FOR WHA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) ESToff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Global Issues Department Official Yuka Fujino on May 2 to discuss the U.S. position on the Taiwan observer status bid in advance of the World Health Assembly (WHA). He drew [...] | 2006-05-02 09:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO PREL JA TW WHO |
06TOKYO2440 | CORRECTED COPY: JAPAN-KOREA-CHINA TALKS ON LATIN [...] (C) Summary. In strategic bilateral talks on April 26 with China on Latin American and Caribbean Affairs, followed by China-Japan-Korea Consultations on the same subject: -- China stated its desire to double trade with the region by 2010; -- China described its policy as based on three pi [...] | 2006-05-02 09:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EIND ETRD XR XK LA KS CH JA |
06TOKYO2441 | JAPAN: MISUSE OF LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (U) On April 18, ESToff and EST FSN delivered the talking points in reftel on the misuse of life science research and left a non-paper with the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's (MHLW) Office of International Cooperation Dire [...] | 2006-05-02 09:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PTER EAGR JA PARM PREL BWC |
06TOKYO2443 | FUKUDA MAKES HIS MOVE [...] (C) Summary. Former Chief Cabinet Secretary (CCS) Yasuo Fukuda is very slowly inching up in the public opinion polls on current CCS Shinzo Abe, the front-runner to replace PM Koizumi in September's LDP presidential election. While Fukuda, like Abe, is not a declared candidate, his recent wor [...] | 2006-05-05 02:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH JA |
06TOKYO2536 | JAPAN ON SMALLPOX DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) EST M/C delivered reftel points to Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) Assistant Minister for Technical Affairs Takashi Toguchi on May 10. A non-paper was sent to the Ministry in advance of the meeting. Toguchi explained that Japan would base its decision on the actual proceedi [...] | 2006-05-10 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC TBIO WHO JA |
06TOKYO2571 | JAPAN DETECTS IMPROVED ATMOSPHERE WITH CHINA [...] (C) Summary: In a read out of the May 7-9 Japan-China vice ministerial, MOFA assessed that the PRC is seeking to improve the "atmosphere" of the bilateral relationship. MOFA believes that Beijing now understands that holding bilateral relations hostage to the Yasukuni issue is not in China' [...] | 2006-05-11 09:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ECON CH JA |
06TOKYO2572 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT MAY 11 [...] The following is an update on avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan for the period May 2 to 11. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were reported in Japan during the above period. -- Japan-ASEAN Initiative to Combat Pandemic Influenza Launched -- 2. On May 2, the [...] | 2006-05-11 09:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA |
06TOKYO2573 | JAPAN WILL LIKELY SUPPORT SYRIA-LEBANON RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-11 09:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC SY LE JA |
06TOKYO2609 | S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a May 10 meeting with S/P Director Krasner, Assistant Cabinet Secretary Ando: -- expressed interest in possible response scenarios to Iranian nuclear ambitions; -- asked about U.S. confidence in the new Iraqi government; -- sought confirmation of continued U.S. commi [...] | 2006-05-12 12:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP ETRD EAGR ECON IR IZ KS CH KN JA |
06TOKYO2610 | S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MAY 10 MEETING WTIH DEPUTY [...] (C) Summary. In a wide ranging discussion on May 11, MOFA Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs Yabunaka told visiting S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner: -- The main focus for Japan at the St. Petersburg G-8 summit is to be energy security, but he was skeptical that a useful outcome could be r [...] | 2006-05-12 12:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD ENRG IR KS RS CH ID JA |
06TOKYO2612 | S/P KRASNER'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH MOFA DG FOR [...] (C) Summary: Japan is pursuing a series of bilateral Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) in Asia in order to meet the challenge of China's active economic diplomacy, even though it would prefer progress within the WTO framework, said MOFA DG for Economic Affairs Bureau Kaoru Ishikawa in a May 10 me [...] | 2006-05-12 13:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL ASEAN CH KS JA |
06TOKYO2613 | S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a May 10 meeting with S/P Director Krasner, Assistant Cabinet Secretary Ando: -- expressed interest in possible response scenarios to Iranian nuclear ambitions; -- asked about U.S. confidence in the new Iraqi government; -- sought confirmation of continued U.S. commi [...] | 2006-05-12 13:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP ETRD EAGR ECON IR IZ KS CH KN JA |
06TOKYO2637 | S/P KRASNER'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH DFM NISHIDA [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Nishida told visiting S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner on May 10 that he was not hopeful for a short-term breakthrough in Japan's relations with South Korea. He argued that the Roh government's outlook, policies and low poll numbers explained much about t [...] | 2006-05-15 03:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEAN CH KS JA |
06TOKYO2638 | S/P KRASNER'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH MOFA DG KAWAI ON [...] (C) Summary. In a May 10 meeting between S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner and MOFA DG for North American Affairs Kawai, DG Kawai: -- expressed appreciation for the successful completion of 2 2 talks, and called for focusing U.S-Japan efforts now on implementation of the DPRI agreement; - [...] | 2006-05-15 03:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR XF IN CH RS JA |
06TOKYO2639 | S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH METI VM [...] Summary: The need to deal with China's growing economic strength and the prospect of ASEAN Plus Three acceptance of a China-backed initiative for a regional free trade agreement (FTA) were the factors behind Trade Minister Nikai's recent proposal for an alternative Asian arrangement, accordin [...] | 2006-05-15 03:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL ASEAN CH KS JA |
06TOKYO2640 | S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH JDA VM [...] SUMMARY: (C) During their May 10 meeting, S/P Director Krasner and Japan Defense Agency (JDA) Administrative Vice Minister Moriya reviewed Japanese efforts to implement the Security Consultative Committee agreement on alliance transformation and the evolution of Japan's role in international s [...] | 2006-05-15 04:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL JA |
06TOKYO2650 | S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MAY 11 MEETING WITH MOFA [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a May 11 meeting, MOFA Disarmament DG Takeshi Nakane told visiting S/P Director Dr. Stephen D. Krasner that although Japan has not yet fixed its position, it remains concerned about the possible effect the U.S.-India nuclear agreement may have on the NPT regime, remains u [...] | 2006-05-15 07:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP IAEA IR IS IN JA |
06TOKYO2654 | U.S.-JAPAN-ROK POLICY PLANNING TALKS, SESSION 4: [...] (C) Summary. In Session 4 U.S.-Japan-ROK policy planning talks, discussion focused on the future of the Middle East. S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner briefed on U.S. policy toward Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP). Japanese DVFM Kohno said that Middle East devel [...] | 2006-05-15 07:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IR IZ XF AF KS JA |
06TOKYO2655 | S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MAY 11 MEETING WITH ASIAN [...] (C) Summary: MOFA Asian Affairs DG Sasae told visiting S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner that: -- China is seeking to improve its relations with Japan; -- Japan's participation in Asian regional groupings can and will be consistent with U.S. and Japanese goals for APEC; -- Sasae per [...] | 2006-05-15 07:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL APEC ARF CH KS IN JA |
06TOKYO2656 | U.S.-ROK POLICY PLANNING BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary. During a May 11 bilateral lunch meeting between ROK and U.S. policy planners, ROK Deputy Minister for Policy Planning and International Organizations Park In-kook told S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner that although China is changing, it is still resistant to ideas that could limit [...] | 2006-05-15 07:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR CH TW KN KS JA |
06TOKYO2657 | JAPAN ATTENDANCE AT BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-15 07:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM KMPI JA |
06TOKYO2658 | JAPAN STILL UNDECIDED ON CONTRIBUTION TO UN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-15 07:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM UNGA JA |
06TOKYO2659 | U.S.-JAPAN POLICY PLANNING BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary. Japan's bid for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council and Japan's leadership role in Asia were the main topics of a May 11 conversation between U.S. and Japanese policy planners. DVFM Kohno told S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner that he had expected the U.S. to make a counte [...] | 2006-05-15 08:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC ASEAN KS CH JA |
06TOKYO2663 | U.S.-JAPAN-ROK POLICY PLANNING TRILATERAL, SESSION [...] (C) Summary. In the May 11 U.S.-ROK-Japan Policy Planning Session meeting between S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner, Japanese Deputy Vice-Minister for Foreign Policy Masaharu Kohno and Korean Deputy Minister for Policy Planning and International Organizations Park In-Kook, the three delegates o [...] | 2006-05-15 09:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEAN EAID MARR UNSC IR IZ KS CH JA |
06TOKYO2664 | U.S.-JAPAN-ROK POLICY PLANNING TRILATERAL, SESSION [...] (C) Summary: In Session 2 of the U.S.-Japan-ROK trilateral policy planning talks on May 12, S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner, Japanese Deputy Vice-Minister for Foreign Policy Masaharu Kohno and Korean Deputy Minister for Policy Planning and International Organizations Park In-Kook outlined t [...] | 2006-05-15 09:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL APEC ARF MARR CH KS JA |
06TOKYO2666 | U.S.-JAPAN-ROK POLICY PLANNING TRILATERAL TALKS, [...] (C) Summary. During Session 5 of the U.S.-Japan-ROK trilateral policy planning talks on May 12, ROK Deputy Minister for Policy Planning Park In-kook characterized the NPT regime as under siege and that its "fatal loophole" allows parties to reach the brink of developing nuclear weapons under [...] | 2006-05-15 09:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP IAEA KS RS IN JA |
06TOKYO2718 | SUNSHINE POLICY REACHES KOREAN COMMUNITY IN JAPAN [...] (C) SUMMARY On Wednesday May 17, 2006 Ha Byung Ok, leader of the pro-South Korean Residents Union in Japan (Mindan) and So Man Sul, leader of the pro-North Korean General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chosen Soren): -- Signed a joint statement calling for reconciliation betwee [...] | 2006-05-17 09:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL JA KS KN |
06TOKYO2719 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT MAY 17 [...] The following is an update on avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan for the period May 11 to 17. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were reported in Japan during the above period. -- More Positive Cases from Last Year -- 2. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfa [...] | 2006-05-17 09:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA |
06TOKYO2758 | AMBASSADOR STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF U.S. [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Schieffer told Trade and Economy (METI) Minister Nikai that he was concerned about reports that Japan was pursuing East Asian economic integration initiatives that excluded the United States. Nikai replied that Japan, too, wanted to sustain close relations and communi [...] | 2006-05-19 05:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON ECIN PREL CH JA |
06TOKYO2867 | MUKHERJEE JAPAN VISIT TO BUILD ON EXCHANGES, [...] (C) Summary. The May 25-28 visit of Indian Minister of Defense Mukherjee to Tokyo will build on the momentum created by the Global Partnership announced by PM Singh and PM Koizumi in April 2005. The two defense ministers will announce specific plans to increase the number of exchanges betwee [...] | 2006-05-24 07:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR JA IN |
06TOKYO2879 | JAPANESE BUSINESS WANTS STRONG US TIES; CONCERNED [...] (SBU) Summary: Incoming Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) Chairman Fujio Mitarai told the Ambassador May 23 that Japan's most important foreign relationship was with the United States. He agreed with Ambassador Schieffer that it was time to consider further integration of the U.S. and Ja [...] | 2006-05-25 02:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL CH KS JA |
06TOKYO2907 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT MAY 25 [...] The following is an update of avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan for the period May 17-25. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were reported in Japan during this period. Details on Draft Guidelines on Japan's ASEAN Tamiflu/PPE Stockpile --------------------------- [...] | 2006-05-25 08:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA |
06TOKYO2911 | JAPAN REP AKASHI PREVIEWS CO-CHAIRS MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Japan Representative for Sri Lanka Peace-Building Akashi told the DCM on May 24 that the May 30 Co-Chair Meeting in Tokyo comes at a crucial point in the peace process and expressed hope that it will be a comprehensive meeting leading to a consensus on the way forward. Both the [...] | 2006-05-25 08:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER LK JA |
06TOKYO2915 | JAPAN REP AKASHI PREVIEWS CO-CHAIRS MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Japan Representative for Sri Lanka Peace-Building Akashi told the DCM on May 24 that the May 30 Co-Chair Meeting in Tokyo comes at a crucial point in the peace process and expressed hope that it will be a comprehensive meeting leading to a consensus on the way forward. Both the [...] | 2006-05-25 08:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CE JA |
06TOKYO2916 | JAPAN, CHINA FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING: GOOD [...] (C) Summary: During a readout of the May 23 meeting between the foreign ministers of Japan and China, Embassy Tokyo's MOFA contact acknowledged there were no breakthroughs on the issues under discussion but stressed that: -- the meeting was a sign of China's desire to improve bilateral re [...] | 2006-05-25 08:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON CH JA |
06TOKYO2937 | JAPAN PRESSING FOR A MEETING WITH THE U.S. ON UNSC [...] (C) Summary: Japan hopes to receive a response to the proposal on UN Security Council reform that Foreign Minister Aso passed to Secretary Rice during their May 2 meeting prior to the June 29 Summit, according to MOFA UN Policy Division Director Shigeki Takizaki. In addition, Japan "needs" a [...] | 2006-05-26 09:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC BR GM IN CH JA |
06TOKYO2940 | THE AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH ADMINISTRATIVE VICE [...] (S) During a May 26 meeting, Administrative Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi expressed deep appreciation for the Ambassador's efforts on the abduction issue. In a tour d'horizon, the Ambassador and Yachi discussed the upcoming summit, regional issues, realignment and beef. Foreign Minist [...] | 2006-05-26 10:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL ECON MARR KUNR AF IR IZ IN KN KS CH JA |
06TOKYO2973 | THE DCM'S MAY 26 MEETING WITH MOFA NORTH AMERICAN [...] (C) Summary: In a May 26th luncheon, MOFA North America Bureau Director General Chikao Kawai told the DCM that the Japanese government would push DPRI implementation and urge Yokosuka's mayor to proceed with the plan for Kitty Hawk replacement. On beef, Kawai expected the risk communication [...] | 2006-05-31 06:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SCUL EAGR UNSC AMGT AF ID IZ KN |
06TOKYO2975 | PDAS STEPHENS DISCUSSES SECURITY ISSUES WITH DIET [...] (C) Summary: During EAP PDAS Kathy Stephens' May 30 meeting with Diet member Fumio Kyuma, Kyuma called for increased defense industrial cooperation and underlined his support for concluding a bilateral agreement on protecting classified information. He said that Japan would be able to impl [...] | 2006-05-31 07:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR JA |
06TOKYO2986 | DG SASAE MEETING WITH PDAS STEPHENS: MAY 30, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-31 09:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PARM PREL KN KS CH JA |
06TOKYO2990 | SCA A/S BOUCHER'S MAY 30 MEETING WITH MOFA ASIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a May 30 meeting with visiting SCA A/S Boucher, MOFA Asian Affairs Bureau DG Sasae stated: -- Japan is committed to nation building in Sri Lanka; -- MOFA is carefully explaining to the public and the Diet Japan's interests in supporting the India nuclear initiative; -- [...] | 2006-05-31 09:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PARM IN AF NP CE IR JA |
06TOKYO2992 | A/S BOUCHER'S MAY 30 MEETING WITH EUROPEAN DDG [...] (C) Summary. MOFA DDG for Europe Takeshi Yagi told visiting SCA A/S Richard Boucher that Japan will hold its second round of Foreign Ministerial-level talks with Central Asian nations on Monday, June 5. Tokyo hopes the Central Asian countries will adopt an Action Plan that will include int [...] | 2006-05-31 23:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KZ KG UZ TI TX JA |
06TOKYO3008 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT JUNE 1 [...] The following is an update of avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan for the period May 25 to June 1. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were reported in Japan during this period. H5N1 Designated As Government-Decreed "Quarantinable" Infectious Disease -------------- [...] | 2006-06-01 04:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA |
06TOKYO3018 | JAPAN SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON IRAN [...] Japan supports the proposal of the United States that it will come to the table with the EU 3 countries and meet with the Iranian representatives, as soon as Iran fully and verifiably suspends its enrichment and reprocessing activities. 2. Since it is essential for the international socie [...] | 2006-06-01 09:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR JA |
06TOKYO3019 | JAPAN TO PLACE HOLD ON ZINDANI DELISTING REQUEST [...] (S) Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division Deputy Director Miyako Ishimura informed Embassy Political Officer on June 1, 2006 that Japan would place a hold on Yemen's request to remove Abd al-Majid al-Zindani from the UN 1267 Committee list of those su [...] | 2006-06-01 10:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL CVIS EFIN ETTC SKEP KVPR PTER JA |
06TOKYO3020 | IRAN'S CANDIDACY FOR IOM EXCOM CHAIR: JAPAN'S [...] (U) This message contains an action request, para 3. 2. (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche to MOFA Humanitarian Assistance Division Principal Deputy Director Masanori Nakano on June 1, 2006. Nakano said the Japanese Mission to the UN in Geneva had already been ap [...] | 2006-06-01 10:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG AORC UNGA IR JA |
06TOKYO3023 | JDA'S TOKUCHI URGES GUIDELINES REPLACEMENT TO PDAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting at the Japan Defense Agency May 29, Defense Councilor Tokuchi told visiting EAP PDAS Stephens that the 1997 U.S.-Japan Revised Guidelines need to be replaced by a "new policy framework" to enable successful implementation of the May 1 Security Consultative Committee ( [...] | 2006-06-01 22:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL |
06TOKYO3044 | LDP DIET MEMBER ISHIBA ON DPRI AND SDF DISPATCH [...] (U) Summary. The main issues facing the Japanese government on implementing DPRI are finding funding within the government's budget and gaining the understanding of the Okinawan people, LDP Lower House Diet Member Shigeru Ishiba told Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asia and Paci [...] | 2006-06-02 08:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL JA |
06TOKYO3045 | ASIAN REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE: EXPLORING DIFFERENCES [...] (C) Summary: Reflecting Japan's preoccupation with the PRC when dealing with the question of Asia regional architecture, and sensitivity to being regarded as a less-than-equal partner, MOFA Asian Affairs Bureau Regional Policy Director Kazutoshi Aikawa, in an exceptionally frank personal op [...] | 2006-06-02 08:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD APECO CH RS JA |
06TOKYO3077 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSC BURMA RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: In response to the DCM's demarche urging support for U.S. efforts to pursue a UN Security Council resolution on the situation in Burma, MOFA DVFM Kohno stated: -- Japan shares U.S. concerns over human rights violations and for the lack of progress toward democratic reforms; [...] | 2006-06-05 09:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM CH JA |
06TOKYO3104 | METI VALUES RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES AND [...] (C) Summary. Japanese Trade Minister Nikai's proposal for an East Asian Free Trade Area was meant to preempt Chinese proposals for a low-standards Asian FTA, not to exclude the United States from the region, according to Vice Trade Minister Kazumasa Kusaka. Kusaka claimed that METI still v [...] | 2006-06-06 08:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL JA APECO |
06TOKYO3117 | RE:TRIPARTITE DEMARCHE -- SECOND REQUEST [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-07 00:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL |
06TOKYO3129 | JAPAN SUPPORTS DPKO POSITION ON RECONFIGURATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-07 07:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO ET ER JA |
06TOKYO3138 | ABDUCTION ISSUE: STRONG SHOW OF U.S./INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Schieffer and representatives from 18 other countries voiced strong support for resolution of the DPRK abduction issue at a June 6 meeting hosted by Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiji Suzuki. Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe addressed the start of the meeting, stressing [...] | 2006-06-07 08:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL RS KS KN CH JA |
06TOKYO3161 | MOFA'S ISHIKAWA CRITICIZES NIKAI EAST ASIA FTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan needs WTO negotiations to move forward while MAFF Minister Nakagawa is still in place, MOFA Economic Affairs DG Ishikawa told visiting APEC Ambassador Michalak, but Brazil needs to move first before Nakagawa can play his hand. Ishikawa cited problems with METI Minister Nika [...] | 2006-06-08 06:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL JA APECO |
06TOKYO3164 | METI SAYS ASEAN PLUS 3 FTA "INEVITABLE" [...] (C) Summary: Japan is in no position to oppose an almost certain Chinese-led consensus among the other 12 member countries of the ASEAN Plus Three to pursue a regional free trade agreement (FTA),according to a senior official of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI). The [...] | 2006-06-08 07:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL APECO JA |
06TOKYO3169 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT JUNE 01 [...] The following is an update on avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan for the period June 1-8. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were reported in Japan during the above period. Ibaraki Issue Safety Declaration -------------------------------- 2. On June 1, Masaru [...] | 2006-06-08 08:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA |
06TOKYO3171 | NATO'S GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP: JAPAN UPBEAT BUT URGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is interested in pursuing closer relations with NATO through the Global Partnership framework, but prefers an incremental approach with participation in seminars or in exercises as observers preceding cooperation in operations. GOJ officials request further clarification on [...] | 2006-06-08 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR JA |
06TOKYO3193 | FOREIGN MINISTERS RELEASE "ACTION PLAN" AT CENTRAL [...] (C) Summary. The June 5 "Central Asia Plus Japan" dialogue in Tokyo produced an "Action Plan" with specific initiatives for regional cooperation in the areas of counterterrorism, counternarcotics, anti-personnel landmine clearance, poverty alleviation, health care, the environment, disaster p [...] | 2006-06-09 05:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PTER PGOV SNAR AF KZ KG UZ TI TX |
06TOKYO3211 | SEEKING UPDATE ON PROGRESS OF JAPAN-KOREA EEZ TALKS [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Northeast Asia Division Deputy Director Yo Takaba responded to reftel points on June 9 by stating that the June 12-13 resumption of Japan-ROK EEZ negotiations is, in itself, a very significant development given the air of crisis that existed between the two cou [...] | 2006-06-09 09:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIS PBTS PHSA PREL JA KS |
06TOKYO3224 | JAPAN MULLING RESPONSE TO SRI LANKA PEACE PROCESS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-12 06:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR PINS CE JA |
06TOKYO3251 | MOFA OFFICIAL VOICES CONCERN OVER FTA STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: ASEAN Plus Three countries will almost certainly launch free trade agreement (FTA) discussions later this year. That development will put Japan, which lacks a free-standing agreement with ASEAN, in a difficult negotiating position, according to the deputy director of the offic [...] | 2006-06-13 08:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV JA |
06TOKYO3259 | JAPAN/IAEA: STATEMENT ON IRAN TO FOCUS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-14 01:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP IAEA JA IR |
06TOKYO3260 | FMCT: NO CHANGE IN JAPAN'S POSITION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-14 01:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PREL PARM KNNP CDG JA |
06TOKYO3263 | CHINA RELATIONS: SUPERFICIAL IMPROVEMENT, BUT [...] (C) Summary: On June 13 MOFA's China Director told Embassy Tokyo that: -- China's growing economic dependence on Japan had prompted Beijing to adopt a policy of improving relations with Tokyo despite the risk that PM Koizumi might visit Yasukuni shrine before he steps down from office; [...] | 2006-06-14 02:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EINV CH JA |
06TOKYO3273 | JAPAN LARGELY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITIONS ON HUMAN [...] (C) Summary. On June 13, the Political Minister Counselor delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper to Global Issues Department Deputy Director General Tsuji and Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division Deputy Director Orihara. The Japanese and U.S. proposals are very similar, Tsuji obse [...] | 2006-06-14 07:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL JA |
06TOKYO3279 | JAPAN SUPPORTS MID-YEAR MULTINATIONAL FORCE REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-14 08:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IZ JP |
06TOKYO3308 | JAPAN: REPORT URGES PM KOIZUMI TO ENDORSE INDIA [...] (C) The Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) on June 11, 2006 reported that Prime Minister Koizumi is expected to endorse the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement during his summit with President Bush in late June 2006. The article states that Koizumi's decision reflects the importance To [...] | 2006-06-15 08:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP ENRG JA IN |
06TOKYO3316 | AMBASSADOR SCHIEFFER DISCUSSES YASUKUNI, [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Schieffer met with PRC Ambassador Wang Yi over lunch June 14. Highlights of their lunch included the following: -- FM's Aso's statement that "national interests are more important than personal image" during his meeting with Chinese FM Li had helped move the bilate [...] | 2006-06-15 08:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR KS CH JA |
06TOKYO3317 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT JUNE 15 [...] The following is an update on avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan for the period June 8 to 15. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were reported in Japan during the above period. -- Ibaraki Prefecture Poultry Industry Hit Hard by Last Year's LPAI Outbreaks -- 2. [...] | 2006-06-15 09:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA |
06TOKYO3348 | JAPAN NOTIFIED OF DESIGNATION OF FOUR CHINESE [...] (SBU) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer conveyed reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Non-Proliferation, Science and Nuclear Energy Division official Teppei Kanda on June 16. Kanda thanked us for the notification and assured us that he had the information he needed. SCHIEFFER [...] | 2006-06-16 09:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC EFIN PGOV CH JA |
06TOKYO3349 | JAPAN ASKS FOR CLARIFICATION REGARDING NICARAGUAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-16 10:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KDEM PGOV PREL NU JA |
06TOKYO3357 | JAPAN-CENTRAL AND SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE RELATIONS: [...] (C) Summary. In a recent review of Japan's relations with Central Europe, MOFA officials related that ties with Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia are moving away from assistance and toward direct investment. Japan's relationship with Romania and Bulgaria is largely focused on ener [...] | 2006-06-18 23:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EAID AADP SENV XH ZL ZS JA |
06TOKYO3360 | JAPAN INFORMED OF U.S. POSITIONS AT PSI HIGH-LEVEL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-19 02:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNPP PARM PHSA PREL JA |
06TOKYO3394 | MDA: JAPAN AGRESS TO PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-19 09:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC IS JA |
06TOKYO3398 | MDA: JAPAN TO OPPOSE CONFERENCE ADJOURNMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-19 09:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS JA |
06TOKYO3432 | BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA PEACE IMPLEMENTATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-20 08:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV BK JA |
06TOKYO3449 | THE VIEW FROM JAPAN'S NORTHERN EDGE: ABSENCE OF [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The lack of a peace treaty hinders development of relations between Russia and neighboring Hokkaido, according to local officials. City officials in Wakkanai, Japan's northern-most city and close neighbor of Russia, point to visa and customs issues as preventing incr [...] | 2006-06-21 06:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS ETRD ECIN JA RS |
06TOKYO3455 | AMBASSADOR SCHIEFFER EXCHANGES MLAT INSTRUMENT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-21 09:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA PREL ADPM JA |
06TOKYO3514 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT JUNE 22 [...] The following is an update on avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan for the period June 16 to June 22. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were reported in Japan during the above period. -- Importation of French Chickens to Resume -- 2. On June 19, the Ministry of [...] | 2006-06-23 09:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA |
06TOKYO3515 | DEFMIN NUKAGA LETTER TO SECDEF ON IRAQ DEPLOYMENT [...] (U) Embassy has received a letter from Defense Minister Nukaga to Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld dated June 22 regarding the changes to Japan's deployment of Self-Defense Forces in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (full text in para 2; original to follow via pouch). 2. (U) The letter, rece [...] | 2006-06-23 09:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS MOPS PREL IZ JA |
06TOKYO3517 | AMBASSADOR SCHIEFFER MEETS WITH JAPANESE DIET [...] (C) Summary. During a June 22 private, no-press meeting with the Upper House Special Committee on North Korean Abduction Issues, Ambassador Schieffer: -- recounted his visit to Niigata and the President's personal interest in the abductee issue, --updated the Committee on North Korea's m [...] | 2006-06-23 11:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON MARR KN KS CH RS JA |
06TOKYO3518 | JAPAN TO SUPPORT SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN UNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso during a June 22 interview with Reuters stated that Japan would take part if the international community imposed sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. The report also noted that Aso had urged his Iranian counterpart to seriously consider [...] | 2006-06-24 02:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PARM KNNP KNUC IAEA JA IR |
06TOKYO3529 | "OTHER RUSSIA" NGO EVENT: JAPAN UNDECIDED [...] On June 23, Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche seeking Japan's presence at the July 11-12 "Other Russia" NGO event to MOFA Russia Division Principal Deputy Director Kazuhiko Nakamura. Nakamura said that Japan was still considering whether it would send a representative [...] | 2006-06-26 06:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI RS JA |
06TOKYO3560 | THE VIEW FROM NEMURO: HEART OF THE RUSSO-JAPANESE [...] (C) Summary: Local governments in Hokkaido Prefecture are promoting the return of the four islands comprising the disputed Northern Territories in part by fostering "mutual understanding" with the islands' Russian residents. Visa-free exchanges and humanitarian assistance are their primary to [...] | 2006-06-28 04:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS EFIS RS JA |
06TOKYO3618 | JAPAN TO PARTICIPATE IN SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUPS, [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 3. 2. (C) Following ref a instructions, on June 29 Embassy Tokyo Political Officer contacted MOFA Southwest Asia Division Director Shinsuke Shimizu to elicit a more substantive Japanese response regarding the two new contact groups than that [...] | 2006-06-29 07:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR PINS CE JA |
06TOKYO3622 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT JUNE 29 [...] The following is an update on avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan for the period June 22 to 29. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were reported in Japan during the above period. -- Ibaraki Announces End of AI Outbreaks -- 2. On June 23, the Ibaraki Prefectural [...] | 2006-06-29 09:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA |
06TOKYO3623 | LIANCOURT ROCKS: GOJ TO RESPOND TO ROKG DISPATCH [...] (C) Charge Donovan met June 29 with MOFA Asian Affairs DG Sasae at Sasae's request. Sasae stated that: -- the ROKG has rejected Japan's proposals to establish a mechanism to allow access to dispute territorial waters; -- the ROKG would dispatch a research vessel to disputed waters on Jul [...] | 2006-06-29 10:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EWWT PBTS PHSA KS JA |
06TOKYO3660 | VICE TRADE MINSITER KUSAKA SUPPORTS CLOSER [...] (C) Summary. METI Vice Minister Kazumasa Kusaka praised the recent US-Japan Subcabinet level meetings during a recent meeting with DCM and EMIN. He added insights into the Nikai proposal for an ASEAN Plus Three FTA and apologized for not consulting with the U.S. before making the proposal. K [...] | 2006-06-30 07:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL JA |
06TOKYO3671 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR JULY 2-8 VISIT TO JAPAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: You arrive in Japan just as President Bush and Prime Minister Koizumi herald the deepening, expanding scope of our bilateral security alliance. Our close coordination against the current North Korean missile threat, as well as recent strides in BMD cooperation, have illustrated th [...] | 2006-07-02 23:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | MARR OVIP PREL JA |
06TOKYO3707 | LIANCOURT ROCKS: ROK SHOULD "PAY A COST" [...] (S) Summary: On July 3, the DCM delivered reftel A points to MOFA Asian Affairs DG Sasae, urging restraint and emphasizing that our common agenda on North Korea should not be side-tracked by the Liancourt Rocks dispute. DG Sasae said FM Aso would try this evening to call ROK FM Ban, but su [...] | 2006-07-03 09:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | EWWT PBST PHSA PREL KS JA |
06TOKYO3734 | JAPAN PLANNING STRONG DIPLOMATIC RESPONSE TO NORTH [...] (C) Summary: Japan is seeking early diplomatic action in response to the July 5 series of North Korean missile launches. Within hours of the first launch, the government convened a Cabinet national security meeting which agreed to seek immediate UNSC action and review options for additional s [...] | 2006-07-05 08:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NK JA |
06TOKYO3735 | DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHES: AMBASSADOR SCHIEFFER'S [...] (U) Ambassador Schieffer was called to the Prime Minister,s office at 6:45 AM on July 5 to review developments in the wake of the early morning launches of three North Korean missiles. The Ambassador met with Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe, who was accompanied by Foreign Minister Aso, Defe [...] | 2006-07-05 08:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL ASEC JA |
06TOKYO3736 | DPRK MISSILE LAUNCH: JAPAN PUBLIC REACTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Initial Japanese public reaction to North Korea's July 5 missile launches has been broadly critical and supportive of a strong response by the Japanese government, to include economic sanctions. Political party leadership, media pundits, local government leaders, and "man-in-the- [...] | 2006-07-05 08:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR UNSC JA |
06TOKYO3737 | DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHES: AMBASSADOR SCHIEFFER'S [...] (U) Ambassador Schieffer was called to the Prime Minister,s office at 6:45 AM on July 5 to review developments in the wake of the early morning launches of three North Korean missiles. The Ambassador met with Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe, who was accompanied by Foreign Minister Aso, Defe [...] | 2006-07-05 10:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL ASEC JA |
06TOKYO3738 | TERRORIST FINANCE: IIRO PRENOTIFICATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-05 10:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC JA |
06TOKYO3778 | METI ROTATIONS YIELD NO SURPRISES [...] (SBU) METI,s annual rotations, announced on July 4 and effective July 10, yielded no surprises. As expected, current Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau Director General (DG) Takao Kitabata will succeed Hideji Sugiyama as Administrative Vice Minister. Trade Policy Bureau DG Toshiaki Kitamu [...] | 2006-07-06 08:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG PGOV PREL JA |
06TOKYO3781 | RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCHES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-06 09:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN JA |
06TOKYO3782 | DPRK MISSILES: JAPAN PUBLIC OUTRAGE CONTINUES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Japanese public outrage and anxiety continue to mount in response to yesterday's missile launches by North Korea. Press editorials called for sanctions, uniformly slamming the launches as "unforgiveable" and "reckless". Man-in-the-street comment echoed this anger. Local governme [...] | 2006-07-06 09:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR UNSC JA |
06TOKYO3783 | DEMARCHE ON UNSC RESOLUTION ON DPRK MISSILE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-06 22:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PREL JA KN |
06TOKYO3797 | RUSSO-JAPANESE RELATIONS: POST-SUMMIT PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Koizumi plans to raise the Northern Territories territorial dispute during his meeting with President Putin on the margins of the upcoming G-8 Summit, according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry. Progress has been made in five of the 12 bilateral agreements signed [...] | 2006-07-07 04:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ENRG RS JA |
06TOKYO3808 | LIANCOURT ROCKS: JAPAN PROTESTS ROK SURVEY [...] (C) Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi called in ROK Ambassador Ra Jong Yil on July 5 to protest South Korea's marine survey in the Liancourt Rocks area. According to MOFA Northeast Division Deputy Director Yo Takaba, the protest included both the contested EEZ and the ROK-claimed [...] | 2006-07-07 08:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT JA KS PHSA PREL |
06TOKYO3811 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT JULY 07 [...] The following is an update on avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan for the period June 29 to July 07. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were reported in Japan during the above period. -- Incineration of All Kyoto H5N1 Bird Feces by Fall -- 2. On June 28, the Kyo [...] | 2006-07-07 09:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA |
06TOKYO3812 | JAPAN/NORTH KOREA: DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) In the course of a July 7, 2006 meeting to discuss reftel demarche, Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Yabunaka told Ambassador Schieffer and Russian Ambassador Alexander Losyukov that the United Nations must send a strong, clear and united message that North Korea's recent launching of sev [...] | 2006-07-07 10:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PARM UNSC IAEA JA NK |
06TOKYO3815 | LTGEN EIKENBERRY MEETINGS ON TOKYO CONFERENCE, [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-09 23:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR PGOV |
06TOKYO3825 | JAPANESE POLITICAL REACTIONS TO THE DPRK MISSILE [...] (C) Summary. Japan's political leaders reacted angrily to the July 5 North Korean missile launches. Most are calling for Japan to respond forcefully against the launches. Some politicians, including Prime Minister Koizumi, are being more cautious when describing the way forward. In a stat [...] | 2006-07-10 05:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ECON UNSC KN JA |
06TOKYO3826 | DPRK MISSILES SHOOT DOWN MINDAN-CHOSEN SOREN [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent reconciliation accord between pro-Seoul and pro-Pyongyang organizations of Korean residents in Japan has become an early casualty of the DPRK missile launches. The agreement, aimed at ending 50 years of confrontation between the rival groups, had been shaky from the [...] | 2006-07-10 05:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KS KN JA |
06TOKYO3886 | NAKAGAWA DISCUSSES ECONOMIC VIEWS AT DIPLOMAT'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Ruling party policy heavyweight Hidenao Nakagawa declared that Japan was finally on the path to a healthy economy and he highlighted the party's Policy Research Council (PARC) plan to cut budget expenditures to achieve a "primary balance" by 2011 during a recent lunch with dipl [...] | 2006-07-12 08:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV PREL JA |
06TOKYO3889 | DEMARCHE FOR ROKG ON UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: On July 12, DCM Donovan took advantage of a call by ROK Embassy DCM Kim Young-sun to reiterate the need for a strong UNSC resolution on the DPRK missile launches, for the international community to speak with one voice, and to avoid allowing the DPRK to drive a wedge between the [...] | 2006-07-12 09:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR KS KN JA |
06TOKYO3890 | MILITARY PREEMPTION DEBATE RESURFACES IN JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: North Korea's missile launches have rekindled debate over whether Japan should be able to preempt an imminent attack by acquiring capabilities to strike abroad. Japan Defense Agency (JDA) Director General Nukaga, Foreign Minister Aso and Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe recently sa [...] | 2006-07-12 10:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PREL KS KN JA |
06TOKYO3892 | MESSAGE REGARDING UNSC RESOLUTION ON DPRK MISSILES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-12 11:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR UNSC KN JA |
06TOKYO3924 | JAPAN TO VOTE FOR QATAR-SPONSORED RESOLUTION [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer conveyed reftel talking points to MOFA UN Policy Division Director Shigeki Takizaki on July 13. In a subsequent conversation, Takizaki explained that the Qatar-proposed resolution was already in "blue" and that it would be "difficult" to ask the Qataris to [...] | 2006-07-13 12:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS JA |
06TOKYO3925 | INFORMATION ON "COMMISSION FOR ASSISTANCE TO A [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-13 12:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM CU JA |
06TOKYO3953 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT JULY 14 [...] There were no significant avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan during the period July 07 to 14. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were reported in Japan during the above period. SCHIEFFER [...] | 2006-07-14 09:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA |
06TOKYO3985 | KOIZUMI AND ABE GET HIGH MARKS FOR UNSC [...] (U) Summary. Prime Minister Koizumi and Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe have gotten high marks from most of the media SIPDIS and observers for Japan's work at the UN Security Council and G-8 Summit. The majority of the press views adoption of the UNSC resolution on North Korea as a success, [...] | 2006-07-18 08:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL JA |
06TOKYO3988 | ROK AMBASSADOR CLAIMS "TURNING POINT" IN SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: ROK Ambassador Ra Jong Yil told Ambassador Schieffer July 18 that public opinion toward North Korea had reached a "turning point" in South Korea as a result of the North's missile launches and bad behavior at the recent South-North ministerial. Ra worried, however, that a visit [...] | 2006-07-18 22:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | JA KN KS PREL |
06TOKYO4014 | NEW METI VICE MINISTER PLEASED WITH CHINA LEAD ON [...] (C) New METI Vice Minister for International Affairs Toshiaki Kitamura told EMIN he was pleased China was showing initiative on regional energy cooperation, making reference to official level discussions in Beijing mid-July between the United States, Japan and China. According to Kitamura, Ch [...] | 2006-07-19 23:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL JA |
06TOKYO4031 | GSDF MISSION TO IRAQ HAILED AS IMPORTANT MILESTONE [...] (C) Summary: Media and political reaction to the July 17 withdrawal of the last Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) unit from Iraq on has focused on the success of the mission and its contributions to U.S.-Japan relations. Japanese officials are optimistic that the GSDF's positive experience in [...] | 2006-07-20 04:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR JA |
06TOKYO4043 | TERRORISM FINANCE: ABDELRAZIK DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-20 09:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER JA |
06TOKYO4087 | JAPAN SUPPORTS CHAPTER 7 RESOLUTION ON IRAN, ASKS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-21 09:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IR JA |
06TOKYO4088 | JAPAN RECEIVES P5-PLUS-ONE INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-21 09:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM AORC EUN IR JA |
06TOKYO4089 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT JULY 21 [...] The following is an update on avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan during the period July 14 to 21. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were reported in Japan during the above period. 2. The University of Tokyo's Institute of Medical Sciences has begun collaborativ [...] | 2006-07-21 11:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA |
06TOKYO4111 | BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON TSE'S NISHIMURO, [...] (C) Tokyo Stock Exchange President and CEO Taizo Nishimuro is an extremely friendly and gracious man. He wears an almost constant smile on his face, unusual among the Japanese who have been known to say that one must look serious in order to be taken seriously. Nishimuro's long association w [...] | 2006-07-24 08:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PINR PREL JA |
06TOKYO4115 | JAPAN TO ANNOUNCE RESULTS OF MEAT PACKING [...] (C) During a July 24, 2006 meeting with the Ambassador (septel),Vice Foreign Minister Yachi noted his recent conversation with the Ambassador on the BSE issue, adding that he appreciated the Ambassador's contribution to the solution of the problem. The two governments had held a "good exit [...] | 2006-07-24 11:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PREL ECON JA |
06TOKYO4116 | MOFA REQUESTS ARF MINISTERAL BILATERAL ON JULY 27 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-24 11:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP JA |
06TOKYO4118 | AMBASSADOR AND DEFENSE MINISTER AGREE TO REVIEW [...] (C) Defense Minister Fukushiro Nukaga endorsed on July 21 a proposal by the Ambassador to initiate a broad-based "lessons learned" review of bilateral coordination in the wake of recent DPRK missile activities. The Ambassador emphasized the need to use this forum to institutionalize ad hoc da [...] | 2006-07-24 18:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | MARR PREL KS KN JA |
06TOKYO4135 | JAPAN'S MOFA PUNTS NICARAGUAN ELECTION-RELATED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-25 05:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KDEM NU JA |
06TOKYO4140 | TERRORISM FINANCE: JAPAN NOTIFIED OF IIRO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-25 07:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER JA |
06TOKYO4141 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF ABOUSOFIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-25 07:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER JA |
06TOKYO4192 | JAPAN: COORDINATING WESTERN SUPPORT FOR FMCT [...] ACTION REQUEST: Please address the questions raised by MOFA desk officer Hashida in Para 2. 2. ESToff delivered reftel non-paper to MOFA Arms Control and Disarmament Division desk officer Akiko Hashida on July 27, 2006. Hashida asked whether the U.S. delegation in Geneva had received ind [...] | 2006-07-27 06:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL KNNP UNGA CDG |
06TOKYO4205 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT JULY 27 [...] There were no significant avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan during the period July 21 to 27. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were reported in Japan during the above period. -- Yamaguchi Prefecture to Conduct a Drill -- 2. In late August, Yamaguchi Prefectura [...] | 2006-07-27 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA |
06TOKYO4212 | JAPAN LIFTS SUSPENSION OF U.S. BEEF IMPORTS [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Japan announced July 27 that the suspension of processing of imports of U.S. beef has been lifted. The GOJ imposed the suspension January 20 following the discovery by Japanese inspectors of prohibited spinal bones in a shipment of veal from the United States. [...] | 2006-07-27 10:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD PREL PGOV JA |
06TOKYO4229 | EMPEROR'S WORDS SPARK DEBATE ON YASUKUNI, HISTORY [...] (C) Summary: Revelation of a memo quoting the late Emperor Hirohito as saying his refusal to go to Yasukuni Shrine was directly related to the enshrinement there of Class-A war criminals is already reshaping Japan's debate on Yasukuni. The release of the memo has refocused the debate as a [...] | 2006-07-28 07:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA |
06TOKYO4246 | JAPAN HOPES TO HAVE FOREIGN MINISTER ATTEND UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-31 05:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA JA |
06TOKYO4247 | JAPAN SUPPORTS UNSC RESOLUTION ON IRAN, ASKS WHY [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request. See para 3 below. 2. (C) Following reftel instructions, Embassy Tokyo Political Officer contacted MOFA UN Policy Division Director Shigeki Takizaki July 31 to discuss Japan's position on the reftel para 6 draft UNSC resolution. Takizaki assur [...] | 2006-07-31 06:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IR JA |
06TOKYO4273 | JAPAN TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN AID TO LEBANON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan will provide two million USD in emergency humanitarian aid to Lebanon, according to a July 29 MOFA announcement. Japan has taken a low-key approach to current events in Lebanon, issuing three official statements concerning the ongoing hostilities. The Japanese press is pr [...] | 2006-07-31 10:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM LE JA |
06TOKYO4295 | JAPANESE STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR IRAQI-UN LAUNCH [...] (U) Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso on July 28 made the following statement of support for the Iraqi-U.N. launch of the International Compact With Iraq. BEGIN TEXT: Â [...] | 2006-08-01 07:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL IZ JA |
06TOKYO4306 | JAPAN ASKED TO TAKE FURTHER MEASURES REGARDING [...] (S) Embassy Tokyo officers delivered ref (A) points to Ministry of Finance International Bureau Legal Office Deputy Division Chief Shunichi Fukushima on July 31, and to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Northeast Asia Acting Director Kosei Murota on August 1. Both officials expressed Japan's full [...] | 2006-08-01 08:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | EFIN ETTC MNUC PARM PGOV PREL JA |
06TOKYO4340 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER AND S/P [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the August 08-10, 2006 visit to Japan by S/P Director Stephen Krasner and S/P Member Philip Levy. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Evan Reade. He can be reached at: Office p [...] | 2006-08-02 07:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PP JA |
06TOKYO4365 | 2006 JAPAN DEFENSE AGENCY WHITE PAPER FOCUSES ON [...] (C) Summary. Alliance Transformation, Chinese activities in the East China Sea, and the proposed upgrade of the Japan Defense Agency(JDA) to a ministry are highlighted in the 2006 White Paper released on August 1. JDA Defense Councilor Tokuchi, the editor of the volume, told the embassy that [...] | 2006-08-03 08:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL JA |
06TOKYO4368 | TOKYO TOUTS CANDIDATE FOR WHO DG: HHS A/S AGWUNOBI [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 24, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Health John Agwunobi met with Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) Minister Jiro Kawasaki and other senior officials to discuss a wide range of regional and bilateral health issues, includ [...] | 2006-08-03 12:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA |
06TOKYO4369 | JAPANESE CONCERNS ON IPAPI AND REGIONAL STOCKPILES [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information and is intended for internal USG use only. 2. (SBU) Summary. Japanese officials are concerned about management issues surrounding the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IPAPI) and see the need for settin [...] | 2006-08-03 12:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA |
06TOKYO4395 | JAPAN PLAYS DOWN MARINE SURVEY IN LIANCOURT ROCKS [...] (C) Asked on August 3 about press reports that Japan would soon be conducting maritime research in areas near the disputed Liancourt Rocks, MOFA Northeast Asia Division Deputy Director Yo Takaba suggested that the reports were not entirely accurate. According to Takaba, shortly after the ROK [...] | 2006-08-04 08:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EWWT MARR PBTS PHSA KS JA |
06TOKYO4396 | JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER COUNSELS IRANIANS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan has made it clear that it will stand with the international community on the issue of Iranian nuclear proliferation even if it means risking commercial repercussions. In an August 2 meeting with Iranian Vice President Esfandior Rahim Mashay, Foreign Minister Aso counsele [...] | 2006-08-04 08:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP UNSC IR JA |
06TOKYO4402 | JAPAN SUPPORTS UNSC RESOLUTION ON LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-06 03:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS UNSC IS LE JA |
06TOKYO4403 | JAPAN SUPPORTS UNSC RESOLUTION ON LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-06 03:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS UNSC IS LE JA |
06TOKYO4409 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT AUGUST 03 [...] There were no significant avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan during the period July 27 to August 03. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were reported in Japan during the above period. 2. In August, a research team of Hokkaido University and Shiga University Med [...] | 2006-08-07 01:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA |
06TOKYO4432 | TERRORISM FINANCE: LIST 79 INFORMATION CONVEYED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-07 09:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC JA |
06TOKYO4433 | JAPAN CONTEMPLATING RESPONSE TO CASTRO'S ILLNESS [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (C) Acting Political Minister-Counselor drew from reftel talking points to discuss Fidel Castro's illness and political transition in Cuba with MOFA's Mexico and Central America Division Principal Deputy Director Daisuke Na [...] | 2006-08-07 09:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CU JA |
06TOKYO4443 | JAPAN: SUPPORTING THE CEASEFIRE IN SRI LANKA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is disappointed by the lack of progress toward peace in Sri Lanka and is reconsidering its approach to dealing with the LTTE, according to MOFA's Sri Lanka country officer. Tokyo is thinking of taking "tangible measures," likely declaring the LTTE to be a terrorist organ [...] | 2006-08-08 03:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CE JA |
06TOKYO4453 | THE "COLLAPSE OF TRUST" IN JAPAN - ROK RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Japan-ROK relations presently suffer from a &collapse of trust,8 according to Prof. Masao Okonogi, a leading Japanese expert on Korea. Upcoming elections for prime minister of Japan and for president of the ROK will impact the future course of the bilateral relationship, Okonogi [...] | 2006-08-08 09:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KS JA |
06TOKYO4472 | JAPAN WON'T OPPOSE HRC SPECIAL SESSION ON LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-09 06:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PHUM PREL PTER LE JA |
06TOKYO4473 | JAPAN WON'T OPPOSE HRC SPECIAL SESSION ON LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-09 06:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PHUM PREL PTER LE JA |
06TOKYO4499 | DEFENSE WHITE PAPER: EMPHASIS ON CHINA [...] (C) Japan Defense Agency (JDA) Councilor Hideshi Tokuchi, principal editor of the 2006 JDA White Paper, pointed out to us just prior to the paper's August 1 release that its treatment of China was likely to grab a fair amount of attention. The report highlighted PRC reconnaissance flights, [...] | 2006-08-10 05:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL JA |
06TOKYO4500 | DEFENSE WHITE PAPER: ROK GETS GREATER, BUT [...] (SBU) The Japan Defense Agency (JDA) 2006 White Paper (reftel) devotes much more attention than last year to the security situation on the Korean Peninsula, and in particular, the Republic of Korea's defense policy. In 2005, the White Paper's section on South Korea was limited to a mere ten [...] | 2006-08-10 05:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL JA |
06TOKYO4507 | JAPAN FM TARO ASO'S AUGUST 3 VISIT TO BAGHDAD [...] (C) Summary. MOFA DDG for Middle East Affairs Sugiyama on August 9 described U.S. support for FM Aso's August 3 visit to Baghdad as "a perfect operation." Aso made Japan's first-ever cabinet-level visit to send a clear message of Japan's support for Iraqi reconstruction and to encourage Japa [...] | 2006-08-10 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ JA |
06TOKYO4508 | KANDAHAR-HERAT RING ROAD: JAPAN LOOKING FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-10 08:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL AF JA |
06TOKYO4512 | UNHRC LEBANON RESOLUTION: GOJ TO MAKE LAST MINUTE [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to MOFA Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division Principal Deputy Director Yoriko Suzuki August 10. Suzuki said Japan was unconvinced that Article 12 precludes UNHRC jurisdiction over the conflict in Lebanon. She said that Japan shares U.S. concern [...] | 2006-08-10 09:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KPAO UNHRC JA |
06TOKYO4525 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT AUGUST 10 [...] There were no significant avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan during the period August 03 to August 10. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were reported in Japan during the above period. -- Importation of German Chickens to Resume -- 2. On August 8, the Ministry [...] | 2006-08-11 05:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA |
06TOKYO4543 | US-JAPAN COORDINATION ON DPRK MISSILES LAUNCHES: [...] (S) Summary: A U.S.-Japan inter-agency meeting August 9 concluded that bilateral coordination in the period surrounding the July DPRK missile launches was extremely good, but room for improvement remained. The Japanese side reiterated their strong desire to learn what steps the USG was con [...] | 2006-08-11 08:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MARR PINR KN JA |
06TOKYO4547 | ROK FM BAN KI-MOON'S MEETINGS WITH FM ASO, CCS ABE [...] (C) Summary. During August 8-9 meetings with Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe and Foreign Minister Taro Aso, ROK Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon urged his interlocutors to emphasize dialogue with the DPRK, not pressure. Abe and Aso both responded that pressure was needed to produce d [...] | 2006-08-11 08:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KN JA |
06TOKYO4550 | JAPAN BEGINS DELIBERATIONS ON CONTRIBUTION TO NATO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-11 08:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PARM NATO PINR UP JA |
06TOKYO4553 | EMBASSY EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF THE SPY-1F PROGRAM [...] (S) Summary: Embassy Tokyo is actively engaged in efforts to equip the 19DD destroyer with SM-2 and SPY-1F capabilities. The Ambassador has raised the SPY-1F issue with Defense Minister Nukaga and embassy officers have worked closely with counterparts from Lockheed Martin, the Maritime Staff [...] | 2006-08-11 09:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | MARR MASS PREL JA |
06TOKYO4555 | JAPAN TO SUPPORT LEBANON RESOLUTION, ASKS HOW IT [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) Acting Political Minister Counselor conveyed reftel demarche August 11 to MOFA UN Policy Division Director Shigeki Takizaki, stressing our goals of an urgent cessation of hostilities and the expansion of UNIFIL into a robust international f [...] | 2006-08-11 10:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PTER UN JA |
06TOKYO4556 | DEMARCHE ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON [...] Post delivered reftel points to the responsible officer at the UN Policy Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 12. Poloff was referred to the public statement of Foreign Minister Taro Aso, repeated below, for Japan's response. 2. Begin text: Japan welcomes the unanimou [...] | 2006-08-12 07:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MOPS UNDC UNSC IS LE JA |
06TOKYO4557 | EMBASSY EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF THE SPY-1F PROGRAM [...] (S) Summary: Embassy Tokyo is actively engaged in efforts to equip the 19DD destroyer with SM-2 and SPY-1F capabilities. The Ambassador has raised the SPY-1F issue with Defense Minister Nukaga and embassy officers have worked closely with counterparts from Lockheed Martin, the Maritime Staff [...] | 2006-08-13 23:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | MARR MASS PREL JA |
06TOKYO4559 | JAPAN UNABLE TO ACT AGAINST MARITIME INSURER SEPIA [...] (S) Summary. Further to reftels (A) and (B),MOFA NE Asia Division Deputy Director Yutaka Kashiwabara advised Embassy Tokyo Political Officer August 8 that Japan was unable to take further action against suspect maritime insurance company SEPIA. MOFA officials believe that Panama,s issuance [...] | 2006-08-14 08:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | EFIN ETTC MNUC PARM PGOV PREL KN JA |
06TOKYO4560 | JAPAN WANTS UNANIMOUS JOINT ACTION UNDER BERN [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche August 14 to the MOFA Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division's Noriko Tanaka. Tanaka said her division would coordinate with the China and Mongol [...] | 2006-08-14 08:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL CH JA |
06TOKYO4618 | JAPAN WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO GUYANA'S ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-15 07:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OAS KDEM PGOV GY JA |
06TOKYO4625 | UNAPOLOGETIC PM KOIZUMI VISITS YASUKUNI [...] (C) Summary: Ignoring criticism from within Japan and abroad, Prime Minister Koizumi became the first Japanese premier in 21 years to pay respects at Yasukuni Shrine on August 15, the anniversary of the end of World War II. In subsequent remarks to the press, Koizumi took an unrepentant "d [...] | 2006-08-15 07:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JA |
06TOKYO4626 | KANAGAWA GOVERNOR MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR SCHIEFFER [...] (SBU) Ambassador Schieffer confirmed to Kanagawa Governor Matsuzawa on August 14 that there was no conventional alternative to forward deployment of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier at Yokosuka. When Matsuzawa tried to enlist the Ambassador into seeking GOJ funding for a Kanagawa Prefectu [...] | 2006-08-15 07:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL JA |
06TOKYO4628 | YOUR VISIT TO JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Japan comes at a important time in the U.S.-Japan Security Alliance. The July 5 DPRK missile launches have generated unprecedented public and political interest in our bilateral defense relationship, especially in the field of Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD). Your m [...] | 2006-08-15 07:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS PGOV JA |
06TOKYO4630 | S/P KRASNER BRIEFS JAPANESE OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Policy Planning Director Dr. Stephen Krasner in Tokyo on August 9, briefed a number of Japanese MOFA officials on the proposed Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG). MOFA DDG for International Cooperation Hiroshi Fukada responded that the PDG would fit well with Japan's a [...] | 2006-08-15 23:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL JA |
06TOKYO4660 | MOFA SAYS ASEAN PLUS 3 FTA PROCESS ADVANCING [...] (C) Summary: The ASEAN Plus 3 Economic Ministers, when they meet next week in Kuala Lumpur, will likely recommend the creation of a formal intergovernmental study group as a prelude to actual free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations among the 13 ASEAN Plus 3 countries. According to an offi [...] | 2006-08-16 08:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PREL JA APECO |
06TOKYO4661 | JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT KAZAKHSTAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: MOFA confirmed August 16 that Prime Minister Koizumi will visit Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan August 28-30, 2006. The trip is intended to build upon the "Central Asia Plus Japan" Foreign Ministers meeting held June 2006 in Tokyo. No new assistance packages are contemplated. MOFA a [...] | 2006-08-16 08:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KZ UZ JA |
06TOKYO4662 | MOFA SAYS ASEAN PLUS 3 FTA PROCESS ADVANCING [...] (C) Summary: The ASEAN Plus 3 Economic Ministers, when they meet next week in Kuala Lumpur, will likely recommend the creation of a formal intergovernmental study group as a prelude to actual free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations among the 13 ASEAN Plus 3 countries. According to an offi [...] | 2006-08-16 08:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PREL JA APECO |
06TOKYO4663 | JAPAN STATUS UPDATE ON HSPD-6 INITIATIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post has seen progress on several fronts in advancing the HSPD-6 Terrorist Screening Information Initiative. Post's inter-agency working group on HSPD-6 has been working closely to identify and educate key GOJ contacts, and to find solutions to potential obstacles. On June 6, 2006 [...] | 2006-08-16 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PTER PINR PGOV PREL JA |
06TOKYO4665 | RUSSIAN VESSEL FIRES ON JAPANESE FISHING BOAT NEAR [...] (C) On August 16, MOFA European Affairs Bureau, Russian Division Deputy Director Kazuioshi Onishi confirmed media reports that a Russian vessel had fired on a Japanese fishing vessel in waters near Kaigara Island. MOFA has been able to confirm that one crewmember on the fishing ship died, but [...] | 2006-08-16 08:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR JA RS |
06TOKYO4666 | TERRORISM FINANCE: JAPAN ALERTED TO NEW UN 1267 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-16 09:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN ETTC PREL PTER |
06TOKYO4670 | ANY JAPANESE COMMITTMENT TO UNIFIL WILL TAKE TIME [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-16 09:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL LE JA |
06TOKYO4701 | JAPAN LEANING TOWARDS CO-SPONSORING, WANTS TO [...] ESToff and DOE Attach on August 11, 2006 met with MOFA International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Division Deputy Director Takayuki Kitagawa and desk officer Toshio Kaneko, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Division Director [...] | 2006-08-17 04:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP IAEA ENRG JA |
06TOKYO4723 | U.S. SURVEY SHIP OPS NEAR SENKAKUS - USG REPLY [...] (C) In an August 16 meeting with MOFA China Division Principal Deputy Director Nomura, Poloff delivered points ref A concerning the activities of USNS Victorious in waters north of the Senkaku islands and her interaction with PRC vessels. 2. (C) Nomura said MOFA was "glad" to hear that Vict [...] | 2006-08-18 00:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA PGOV MARR CH JA |
06TOKYO4738 | JAPAN STILL FORMULATING POSITION ON RECAAP [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-18 06:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KCRM KTIA PBTS PHSA PREL JA |
06TOKYO4740 | RUSSIA REJECTS JAPANESE PROTEST OVER SHOOTING IN [...] (C) Summary. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso called in Russian Embassy Charge Mikhail Galuzin on August 17 to demand an apology over an incident in which shots fired by a Russian FSB (Federal Water Service) patrol boat left one Japanese crewmember dead. Aso requested the immediate return [...] | 2006-08-18 07:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR JA RS |
06TOKYO4752 | MOFA OFFICIAL ON REINVIGORATING APEC [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan agrees, in principle, on the need to institutionally strengthen APEC but believes more discussion is needed to determine the most effective way forward, according to Japan's APEC Senior Official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). Acknowledging the prospect of p [...] | 2006-08-18 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL APECO JA |
06TOKYO4755 | THE DCM'S AUGUST 18 COURTESY CALL WITH [...] (C) Summary. During a call on August 18 with newly appointed Counterterrorism Ambassador Suda, the DCM shared that DoS and DHS have agreed to return to the March draft of the Note Verbale as the basis for further negotiations on the Immigration Advisory Program (IAP). Since a few points in [...] | 2006-08-18 08:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV CE JA |
06TOKYO4802 | GOJ WELCOMES U.S. VIEWS ON UNSC RESOLUTION 1695 [...] (C) The GOJ "truly welcomes this U.S. initiative," MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs Acting Director General Kunio Umeda said in response to reftel points conveyed by A/DCM Meserve on August 21. Japan was exemplary, A/DCM observed, in having already instituted strict controls and vigilance on [...] | 2006-08-22 22:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO JA KN KNNP KS MNUC PARM PREL PTER CT |
06TOKYO4803 | GOJ WELCOMES U.S. VIEWS ON UNSC RESOLUTION 1695 [...] (C) The GOJ "truly welcomes this U.S. initiative," MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs Acting Director General Kunio Umeda said in response to reftel points conveyed by A/DCM Meserve on August 21. Japan was exemplary, A/DCM observed, in having already instituted strict controls and vigilance on [...] | 2006-08-22 22:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO JA KN KNNP KS MNUC PARM PREL PTER CT |
06TOKYO4804 | GOJ WELCOMES U.S. VIEWS ON UNSC RESOLUTION 1695 [...] (C) The GOJ "truly welcomes this U.S. initiative," MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs Acting Director General Kunio Umeda said in response to reftel points conveyed by A/DCM Meserve on August 21. Japan was exemplary, A/DCM observed, in having already instituted strict controls and vigilance on [...] | 2006-08-22 22:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM JA KN KNNP MNUC PREL PTER |
06TOKYO4823 | S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting on August 9 with S/P Director Stephen Krasner, MOFA North American Affairs Bureau DG Kawai expressed appreciation for our efforts in making Prime Minister Koizumi's recent trip to the United States a success. Kawai shared his expectation that Koizumi's successor wi [...] | 2006-08-23 06:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON IR KN KS CH JA |
06TOKYO4853 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT AUGUST 24 [...] There were no significant avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan during the period August 10 to August 24. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were reported in Japan during the above period. -- Company to Begin Clinical Test of AI Antiviral -- 2. The Toyama Chemica [...] | 2006-08-24 05:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA |
06TOKYO4855 | ADMIRAL FALLON'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ASO [...] (C) Summary. During an August 23 meeting with Admiral William J. Fallon, Foreign Minister Taro Aso expressed appreciation for the Admiral's efforts to strengthen the U.S.-Japan security alliance and praised the "2 plus 2" statement as a "historical accomplishment in our bilateral relations." [...] | 2006-08-24 06:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OVIP PGOV PREL JA |
06TOKYO4861 | ADMIRAL FALLON MEETINGS WITH SENIOR JDA OFFICIALS [...] (S) Summary: During Pacific Commander Admiral Fallon's August 23 meetings with Japan Defense Agency (JDA) senior officials, Joint Staff Office (JSO) Chief of Staff Admiral Saito urged the U.S. and Japan to quickly implement a number of "lessons learned" from the North Korea missile launches, i [...] | 2006-08-24 08:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | MARR PREL CH JA |
06TOKYO4863 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SARAH PROSSER [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the August 27-30, 2006 visit to Japan by State Department Official Sarah Prosser. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Tandy Matsuda. She can be reached at: Office phone: 81 (0)3 3224-5342 Home phone: 81 (0)3 3224-682 [...] | 2006-08-24 09:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
06TOKYO4889 | JAPAN ASKS FOR PATIENCE ON RECAAP [...] (C) Summary. Japan is concerned that early accession by the United States to the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) could dissuade other countries in the region from participating, MOFA Ocean Division Principal Deputy Director [...] | 2006-08-25 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT KCRM KTIA PBTS PHSA PREL JA |
06TOKYO4892 | YOUR VISIT TO JAPAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The July 5 DPRK missile launches have generated unprecedented interest among Japanese in the U.S.-Japan defense relationship. This is particularly true for Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD). Your meetings in Tokyo, and the high-profile you will lend to the USS Shiloh's arrival in [...] | 2006-08-25 09:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS PGOV JA |
06TOKYO4893 | YASUKUNI MUSEUM TO REEXAMINE SOME DISPLAYS [...] (SBU) Summary. Yasukuni Shrine's war history museum has begun reviewing the way it characterizes U.S. strategy before and during World War II, Japanese media reported August 25. The shrine's response reflects in part Japanese response to growing public criticism from former senior U.S. offici [...] | 2006-08-25 09:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL JA |
06TOKYO4913 | IRAQI NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR VISITS JAPAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi National Security Advisor Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie visited Japan August 22-26. In Tokyo he met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Taro Aso, Minister of State for Defense Fukushiro Nukaga, and briefed MOFA officials on the situation in Iraq. He also met with press representativ [...] | 2006-08-28 07:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JA |
06TOKYO4915 | JAPAN WILL ATTEND ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF SRI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan supports the proposed Sri Lanka Contact Group and will attend the September 27 meeting. Tokyo wishes to know whether other positive responses have been made to this proposal, whether the September 27 meeting will be the first formal meeting of the Group or whether it will [...] | 2006-08-28 08:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PHUM PTER MARR CE JA |
06TOKYO4919 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP A/S CHRISTOPHER R. HILL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-28 09:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PREL JA |
06TOKYO4920 | JAPANESE MINISTER VISITS LIBYA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Minister of Science and Technology Iwao Matsuda visited Libya August 13-22 where he met with a number of officials including Libyan Leader Muammar Qadhafi on August 16. Matsuda congratulated Qadhafi for Libya's decision to dismantle its nuclear weapons program. Qadhafi [...] | 2006-08-28 22:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG EAID LY JA |
06TOKYO4969 | KHATAMI VISITS JAPAN; SEES KOIZUMI; AZADEGAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Koizumi warned former Iranian President Khatami that Iran would be wise to cooperate with the international community rather than continue to isolate itself, during an August 24 meeting. Khatami, in both his public remarks and in his meeting with Koizumi, maintain [...] | 2006-08-30 08:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ECON ENGY IR JA |
06TOKYO4990 | METI VICE MINISTER CITES BUSINESS NETWORKS, CHINA [...] (C) Summary: Japan feels a need for legal protections for its companies' integrated production facilities and trade flows throughout East Asia. That and Japan's desire to stop or slow China efforts to assume a leadership role in the process of regional economic integration had spurred Japan [...] | 2006-08-31 06:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PREL JA APECO |
06TOKYO4995 | JAPAN LIKELY TO SUPPORT DARFUR RESOLUTION, WILL [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer conveyed reftel demarche to MOFA UN Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Kitamura on August 31, stressing the need to act quickly and, hopefully, unanimously to address the deteriorating situation in Darfur through the proposed UNSC resolution. 2. ( [...] | 2006-08-31 11:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC SU JA |
06TOKYO5017 | ISAO IIJIMA ON SHINZO ABE'S LEADERSHIP, U.S.-JAPAN [...] (C) Summary. Isao Iijima, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's most trusted advisor, shared the following frank and perhaps self-serving observations with Acting DCM Meserve on August 23: -- Shinzo Abe, Japan's next prime minister, may lack the political skills to lead the ruling LDP in next [...] | 2006-09-01 07:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR JA |
06TOKYO502 | ITER: GOJ RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON FINALIZATION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph seven. 2. (SBU) On January 30, EST M/C and ESToff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International Science Cooperation Office Director Kozo Honsei and Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Fusion En [...] | 2006-01-30 08:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG ITER TRGY KSCA JA |
06TOKYO5023 | NEW ANRE OIL AND GAS DIVISION DIRECTOR DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary. On August 29, Shin Hosaka, newly appointed director of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Division in the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI),assessed that the situation involving the Azadegan field in Iran was far from [...] | 2006-09-01 08:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG JA |
06TOKYO5025 | JAPAN-ROK STRATEGIC DIALOGUE: LIANCOURT ROCKS [...] (C) MOFA Director General for Asia and Oceania Kenichi Sasae informed Charge Donovan on September 1 that he would be in Seoul on September 7 accompanying Vice Minister Shotaro Yachi to the third round of the Japan-ROK "Strategic Dialogue." Sasae said Japan would again propose establishment o [...] | 2006-09-01 09:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA KS |
06TOKYO5026 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP PDAS STEPHENS AND EAP/J [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the September 06-08, 2006 visit to Japan by EAP PDAS D. Kathleen Stephens and EAP/J Desk Officer Gary Oba. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Scott Hansen. He can be reached at: [...] | 2006-09-01 09:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL MARR JA |
06TOKYO5027 | JAPAN CONCERNED ABOUT 5+5 MEETING AT UNGA [...] (C) On September 1, Embassy Tokyo political officer delivered reftel demarche, which asked 5 5 group members to reconvene at UNGA, to MOFA NE Asia Division Deputy Director Yutaka Kashiwabara. Kashiwabara said that Japanese officials would consider the proposal and attempt to deliver a formal [...] | 2006-09-01 09:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KS MNUC PARM PREL JA |
06TOKYO5028 | JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER VISITS KAZAKHSTAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 28-29 visit to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, Prime Minister Koizumi focused primarily on promoting cooperation in developing energy resources, particularly uranium, according to MOFA Central Asia and Caucasus Division Deputy Director Uyama. Koizumi urged Uzbekista [...] | 2006-09-01 11:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | ECON ENRG PARM PHUM PREL ZK KZ UZ JA |
06TOKYO5039 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT AUGUST 31 [...] There were no significant avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan during the period August 24 to August 31. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 AI were reported in Japan during the above period. -- Japan's Cooperation with China -- Â [...] | 2006-09-05 06:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA |
06TOKYO5042 | A/S HILL CONSULTATIONS WITH MOFA DG SASAE [...] (C) MOFA Asia/Oceania Director General Sasae reiterated to EAP Assistant Secretary Hill on September 4 the need for actions implementing UNSCR 1695, saying we had to show North Korea there were consequences before the next round of DPRK brinksmanship. A/S Hill said USG decisions on implement [...] | 2006-09-05 06:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM JA KS KN |
06TOKYO5067 | NAVY SECRETARY WINTER MEETS WITH MOFA DG KAWAI [...] (C) Summary. Acceptance of new U.S. military assets, efforts to locate a suitable location for night landing practice, relocation of Futenma, and Japanese commitment to operations in Afghanistan and the Indian Ocean dominated the August 28 conversation between Secretary of the Navy Donald Wi [...] | 2006-09-06 05:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV OVIP JA |
06TOKYO5080 | NAVY SECRETARY WINTER STRESSES U.S.-JAPAN [...] (C) Summary. During a 20-minute meeting on August 28, Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter told Japan,s FM Taro Aso SIPDIS that the Secretary's visit symbolized the U.S. perception of the importance of cooperation between the navies and governments of both countries. The Secretary emphasize [...] | 2006-09-06 08:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS PGOV JA |
06TOKYO5082 | ADMIRAL FALLON'S MEETING WITH CHIEF CABINET [...] (C) Summary: PACOM Commander Admiral William Fallon told Cabinet Secretary Abe Shinzo on August 24, that US-Japan relations had grown stronger since his visit in 2001 and that this was a welcome development. Abe, responding to Admiral Fallon's questions, outlined his views of China-Japan rel [...] | 2006-09-06 09:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OVIP PGOV PREL JA |
06TOKYO5084 | NAKASONE ON JAPAN AND NUCLEAR ARMS [...] (SBU) Summary: A proposal by former Prime Minister Nakasone that Japan study the option of acquiring nuclear weapons under certain conditions is drawing critical attention here. Although the original written proposal and Nakasone's subsequent remarks to the press are heavily caveated, medi [...] | 2006-09-06 22:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM JA MNUC PREL |
06TOKYO5138 | A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH MOFA NORTH AMERICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging meeting on September 5, North American Affairs Bureau Director General Chikao Kawai told visiting Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill: -- the timing of the Japanese Prime Ministerial election process makes it impossible to say for certain who will be availabl [...] | 2006-09-08 05:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR XB ZK AF CH IR IZ KN |
06TOKYO5139 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL MEETING WITH MOFA [...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary Hill and MOFA Director General Atsumi agreed September 5 on the importance of strengthening ties with the nations of Southeast and Southwest Asia and playing up the cooperative nature of U.S. and Japanese efforts to take on a more active role in the region. [...] | 2006-09-08 05:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JA |
06TOKYO5143 | LEBANESE "DISAPPOINTED" BY JAPANESE CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (C) Lebanon is "disappointed" by the small amounts pledged by Japan for reconstruction and humanitarian relief, Lebanon's Charge d'Affaires in Tokyo, Toufic S. Jaber, recently told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer. Japan initially pledged and has disbursed $2 million in humanitarian assistanc [...] | 2006-09-08 06:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR LE JA |
06TOKYO5176 | ASO, NUKAGA AGREE WITH AMBASSADOR ON DPRK MISSILE [...] (S) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with Foreign Minister Aso and Defense Minister Nukaga, Ambassador Schieffer highlighted recommendations on how to further strengthen U.S.-Japan alliance coordination from the September 7 "Capstone Lessons Learned Conference" on the bilateral response to recent [...] | 2006-09-10 22:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | MARR PGOV PREL JA |
06TOKYO5177 | ASO, NUKAGA AGREE WITH AMBASSADOR ON DPRK MISSILE [...] (S) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with Foreign Minister Aso and Defense Minister Nukaga, Ambassador Schieffer highlighted recommendations on how to further strengthen U.S.-Japan alliance coordination from the September 7 "Capstone Lessons Learned Conference" on the bilateral response to recent [...] | 2006-09-10 22:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | MARR PGOV PREL JA |
06TOKYO5187 | JAPAN SUPPORTS PUTTING BURMA ON UNSC AGENDA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-11 06:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BMGT JA |
06TOKYO5210 | JAPAN AND KOREA REACH AGREEMENT ON JOINT RADIATION [...] (C) MOFA Asian Affairs Bureau DG Kenichiro Sasae told the DCM September 11 that following lengthy talks the week of September 4, Japan and the ROK reached a tentative ad referendum agreement to conduct a joint survey to search for possible radiation dumped by the Russians in the disputed areas [...] | 2006-09-11 09:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHSA KS JA |
06TOKYO5211 | VICE MINISTER YACHI CONVEYS NORTH KOREA-RELATED [...] (C) During a telephone call on September 11, Administrative Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi relayed two North Korea-related requests to the Ambassador. Prime Minister Koizumi will convene a Cabinet meeting on September 19, Yachi said, to announce new sanctions on North Korea. Koizumi wou [...] | 2006-09-11 09:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KN JA |
06TOKYO5212 | RESPONSE TO JAPAN'S E.O. 13382 QUESTIONS [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST: See paragraph 8. 2. (S) SUMMARY: MOFA Asian Bureau DG Sasae told the DCM September 11 that Japan was already aware of the information contained in reftel through its Embassy in Washington, and that most of the information was previously known to his government. [...] | 2006-09-11 09:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PARM KNNP PREL PGOV KN CH JA |
06TOKYO5213 | SECNAV WINTER MEETINGS AT JDA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent North Korean missile launches have heightened interest in ballistic missile defense cooperation, Japan Defense Agency (JDA) civilian and service chief counterparts told visiting Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter August 28. Self Defense Forces chiefs told Secretary [...] | 2006-09-11 22:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | MARR PREL PGOV JA |
06TOKYO5288 | SCENESETTER FOR EB A/S SULLIVAN: INCOMING [...] (SBU) With Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe the presumptive next prime minister, beef receding from the economic agenda, and a summit with President Bush anticipated in the coming months, your visit to Tokyo comes at an important point in discussions of how to broaden and deepen the bilater [...] | 2006-09-14 03:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EFIN ETRD ECIN JA APECO |
06TOKYO5309 | JAPAN'S PLANS FOR THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (U) Summary. Gaining a permanent UNSC seat remains a top foreign policy objective, according to MOFA UN Policy Division Director Takizaki, and Japan looks forward to receiving a U.S. response shortly to Japan's most recent UNSC reform proposal. Japan's domestic political calendar makes it i [...] | 2006-09-14 22:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA UNSC PGOV PREL BM JA |
06TOKYO5330 | JAPAN ON MAINTAINING THE MOMENTUM ON LEBANON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan agrees that momentum must be maintained promoting peace in Lebanon and fully supports the implementation of UNSCR 1701. Tokyo is hesitant to contribute additional funds, however, citing Lebanon's wealth and the fact that assistance pledges at the Stockholm Conference yield [...] | 2006-09-15 08:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON IS LE JA |
06TOKYO5332 | U.S. COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES AGENDA DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-15 08:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM JA |
06TOKYO5333 | UNGA HAITI MEETING INVITATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-15 08:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNGA HA JA |
06TOKYO5334 | ASSISTANT CABINET SECRETARY ANDO URGES STRONG U.S. [...] (S) On September 15, Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyasu Ando called the DCM to report that Japan will announce its steps to implement UNSCR 1695 during the Koizumi Administration,s last Cabinet meeting on September 19. Ando noted that he had briefed Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe earlier [...] | 2006-09-15 09:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PARM KNNP PREL PGOV JA KN CH |
06TOKYO5336 | DPRK "LESSONS LEARNED CAPSTONE CONFERENCE" [...] (S) SUMMARY: Senior foreign policy, defense, intelligence, and military officials from the United States and Japan met September 7 in Tokyo to review the U.S.-Japan response to the July 4/5 DPRK missiles launches. The one-day "Lessons Learned Capstone Conference" produced a list of recommen [...] | 2006-09-18 22:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MARR PGOV PINR JA |
06TOKYO5351 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR INR/EAP ANALYST BENJAMIN R. [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 13 -23, 2006 visit to Japan by INR /EAP Analyst Benjamin R. Goldberg. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Embassy Point of Contact for the visit will be Mary Wilson. She can be reached at: Office phone [...] | 2006-09-19 05:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT OTRA PREL TH JA |
06TOKYO5361 | JAPAN ANNOUNCES NEW NORTH KOREAN SANCTIONS [...] (U) Summary. On September 19, the Government of Japan announced a series of new "measures," i.e. sanctions, against the DPRK (full text in para 6). Japan's new sanctions will block the property of designated entities within Japan, and prohibit Japanese firms from conducting transactions with [...] | 2006-09-19 09:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PARM KNNP PREL PGOV KN CH JA |
06TOKYO5410 | THE AMBASSADOR'S SEPTEMBER 19 LUNCH WITH VICE [...] (C) Summary: During a September 19 lunch, the Ambassador and Vice Foreign Minister Yachi stated that Shinzo Abe is likely to establish a council similar to the U.S. National Security Council and will seek to reinterpret collective self-defense to better assist the United States in missile def [...] | 2006-09-20 10:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR UNSC PGOV APEC EAGR IR JA |
06TOKYO5413 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PRINCIPLE DEPUTY UNDER [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the September 24-29, 2006 visit to Japan by PDUSD(P) Christopher Henry and delegation. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Carl Watson. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81 [...] | 2006-09-21 00:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
06TOKYO5423 | THE AMBASSADOR'S SEPTEMBER 19 LUNCH WITH VICE [...] (S) Summary: During a September 19 lunch, the Ambassador and Vice Foreign Minister Yachi stated that Shinzo Abe is likely to establish a council similar to the U.S. National Security Council and will seek to reinterpret collective self-defense to better assist the United States in missile def [...] | 2006-09-21 02:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MARR UNSC PGOV APEC EAGR IR JA |
06TOKYO5448 | UPDATED BERN PROCESS DEMARCHE LANGUAGE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-21 07:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV CH JA |
06TOKYO5450 | TAKENAKA RESIGNATION UNSURPRISING [...] (C) Summary. On September 15 Heizo Takenaka, well known economist, reluctant politician, and symbol of Prime Minister Koizumi's reform agenda, announced that he would give up his Diet seat on September 26. Faced with the imminent retirement of Koizumi, his biggest supporter, Takenaka was not [...] | 2006-09-21 07:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON JA |
06TOKYO5452 | JAPAN NOT YET READY TO SUPPORT BURMA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-21 08:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BMGT JA |
06TOKYO5479 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GTIP SENIOR COORDINATOR MARK [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 07-11, 2006 visit to Japan by GTIP Senior Coordinator Mark Taylor. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Scott Hansen. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224 [...] | 2006-09-22 07:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
06TOKYO5485 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR INR A/S FORT AND INR/NEA [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the September 24-26, 2006 visit to Japan by INR A/S Randall Fort and INR/NEA Division Chief John Merrill. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Keith Jordan. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5343 Home phone: [...] | 2006-09-22 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL AS KS SNAR UK JA |
06TOKYO5488 | JAPAN QUESTIONS RUSSIAN MOTIVES REGARDING [...] (C) Summary. MOFA and Russian Embassy officials provided alternative interpretations of Russia's July 18 decision to revoke approval of a key environmental study on the Sakhalin-2 energy project, which has effectively stopped progress on the joint venture. Russia's motives for rescinding the [...] | 2006-09-22 10:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET ENRG RU JA |
06TOKYO5490 | JAPAN QUESTIONS RUSSIAN MOTIVES REGARDING [...] (C) Summary. MOFA and Russian Embassy officials provided alternative interpretations of Russia's July 18 decision to revoke approval of a key environmental study on the Sakhalin-2 energy project, which has effectively stopped progress on the joint venture. Russia's motives for rescinding the [...] | 2006-09-24 22:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET ENRG RU JA |
06TOKYO5514 | IRAQI AMBASSADOR CONCERNED ABOUT JAPAN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's Ambassador to Tokyo is concerned that Japan's commitment to playing a leading role in the International Compact With Iraq could falter unless pressed by his government and the United States. He laments the fact that the government of Iraq apparently lacks the depth to pu [...] | 2006-09-25 09:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL IZ JA |
06TOKYO5515 | JDA AVM MORIYA ON DEFENSE BUDGETS, TRANSFORMATION, [...] (C) Summary: Japan Defense Agency (JDA) Vice Minister Takemasa Moriya assured the DCM over Japan's commitment to implement the May 1 Alliance Transformation Roadmap and to fund necessary defense requirements, including Host Nation Support. During a September 22 dinner, Moriya said that constr [...] | 2006-09-25 09:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR PREL PGOV MASS JA |
06TOKYO5564 | JAPAN UNCERTAIN ON ATTENDANCE AT CENTCOM IRAQ [...] This is an ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 3. 2. Per reftel, DCM called on Japan's Ambassador for Iraq Reconstruction Gotaro Ogawa September 26 to present Ambassador Satterfield's invitation for Japan to send a civilian representative to the October 3-5 CENTCOM Conference on Iraq in Warsaw. [...] | 2006-09-26 08:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PREL IZ JA |
06TOKYO5566 | JAPAN'S AMBASSADOR FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION AFFIRMS [...] (C) Japan's newly appointed Ambassador for Iraqi Reconstruction Gotaro Ogawa September 26 reaffirmed to DCM Japan's support for the International Compact With Iraq. Ogawa believes that following meetings in New York and Abu Dhabi that there is a new momentum to promote the Compact. Ogawa also [...] | 2006-09-26 08:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PINR IZ JA |
06TOKYO5567 | JAPAN OPPOSES CUBAN POSITION AT UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-26 10:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU JA |
06TOKYO5568 | U.S. POLICY PRIORITIES FOR ABE ADMINISTRATION [...] (C) Summary and Table of Contents. New Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has outlined an ambitious policy agenda for his administration, with important implications for a number of U.S. foreign policy goals. This cable highlights the most significant initiatives from a U.S. perspective and assesses [...] | 2006-09-26 10:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR ECON EINV ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL TSPL |
06TOKYO5574 | GOJ STRUGGLES TO UPGRADE INDIAN ECONOMIC [...] (C) Despite India's position as a top Japanese aid recipient from 2003-05, growth in Japan-India trade over the past five years has lagged behind growth in India's trade with China, the United States, and others. What growth that has occurred has been one-sided, and Japan now ranks below the [...] | 2006-09-27 00:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL EFIN EAID JA IN |
06TOKYO5600 | ABE'S CONSERVATIVE CABINET [...] (C) Summary. On September 26 newly elected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his Cabinet. In general, he made conservative choices and included many politicians with whom he has close relations as well as those who actively supported his campaign. Despite Abe's claim that he would avoid a [...] | 2006-09-27 07:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON JA |
06TOKYO5608 | YACHI-DAI SUB-CABINET TALKS: NO PROGRESS TOWARD [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Sub-cabinet talks with China aimed at improving relations had been slow-going and the outlook for a bilateral summit on the sidelines of the November APEC meeting looked bleak, MOFA China Division Director Akiba told us September 26 prior to the talks' conclusion. I [...] | 2006-09-27 09:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH JA |
06TOKYO5624 | INR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FORT'S SEPTEMBER 25 [...] (S) SUMMARY: INR A/S Fort and CIRO Director Mitani met September 25 to exchanged views on intelligence cooperation, with A/S Fort suggesting that Japan examine how the Australian intelligence services have handled the protection of classified information. A/S Fort observed that Japan could h [...] | 2006-09-28 05:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PINR IR CH JA |
06TOKYO5625 | INR A/S FORT'S SEPTEMBER 25 LUNCH WITH IAS [...] (S) Summary. Over lunch on September 25, INR Assistant Secretary Fort and MOFA Intelligence and Analysis Service SIPDIS (IAS) Director General Takeuchi agreed that China and South Korea are critical players to resolving the North Korea issue. IAS Deputy Director General Shigeo Matsutomi [...] | 2006-09-28 05:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PINR PGOV KN KS CH TH JA |
06TOKYO5626 | INR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FORT'S SEPTEMBER 25 [...] (C) Summary: Government belt-tightening will return Japan's overseas development assistance (ODA) to its 1984 levels in the next five years, MOFA Director General for Global Issues Tsuruoka told INR A/S Fort on September 25. These cuts will eventually hinder diplomatic efforts. The cuts shou [...] | 2006-09-28 05:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR UNSC EAID CH KN JA |
06TOKYO5629 | INR A/S FORT'S SEPTEMBER 25 MEETINGS WITH DG KAWAI [...] (S) SUMMARY: MOFA leadership is convinced that the Japanese government's stove-piped system of intelligence sharing must be reformed, MOFA Director General for North American Affairs Kawai told visiting INR Assistant Secretary Fort September 25. Top-level political leadership would be needed [...] | 2006-09-28 06:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PINR AS CH JA |
06TOKYO5707 | PDUSD RYAN HENRY,S SEPTEMBER 25 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a September 25 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Nishida told Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Henry that U.S. involvement on China and North Korea is critical to maintaining stability in the region. Henry agreed that managing our relationship with China [...] | 2006-10-01 22:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL PTER CH KN IZ AF AS JA |
06TOKYO5709 | PDUSD HENRY AND JDA'S MORIYA DISCUSS CHINA [...] (S) SUMMARY: Japan is concerned about China's lack of transparency in its military modernization, its campaign to end the EU arms embargo on Beijing, and its recent efforts to downgrade exchanges with the Japan Defense Agency (JDA),Administrative Vice-Minister Takemasa Moriya told visiting Pr [...] | 2006-10-02 00:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | MARR MCAP PREL CH JA |
06TOKYO5731 | JAPAN HOPING MISSILES PANEL WILL BE ABOLISHED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-02 06:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA PARM PREL CDG JA |
06TOKYO5753 | TOKYO SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: When you arrive in Tokyo on October 16, Japan's new government will have been in office less than one month. The new PM, Shinzo Abe, held the powerful Chief Cabinet Secretary position in former PM Koizumi's government. Both Koizumi and Abe are LDP members with a conservative ben [...] | 2006-10-03 06:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN JA PARM PREL PTER |
06TOKYO5761 | ABE TRIP TO BEIJING AND SEOUL [...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing on Sunday and with South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun in Seoul on Monday. MOFA Asia-Pacific Director General Kenichiro Sasae confirmed this during a telephone conversation with Charge on the e [...] | 2006-10-03 10:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PGOV PREL CH KS JA |
06TOKYO5791 | JAPAN AND RUSSIA TO RE-START FISHNG TALKS [...] (C) MOFA Russia Division Principal Deputy Director Kazuhiko Nakamura confirmed October 4 Japanese media reports that Russia and Japan will soon restart discussions on a fishing safety agreement for ships operating in waters near the disputed Northern Territories. According to Nakamura, the ta [...] | 2006-10-04 08:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV JA RU |
06TOKYO5792 | JAPAN AND RUSSIA TO RE-START FISHNG TALKS [...] (C) MOFA Russia Division Principal Deputy Director Kazuhiko Nakamura confirmed October 4 Japanese media reports that Russia and Japan will soon restart discussions on a fishing safety agreement for ships operating in waters near the disputed Northern Territories. According to Nakamura, the ta [...] | 2006-10-04 08:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV JA RU |
06TOKYO5796 | DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST [...] (C) On the evening of October 4, the Charge verbally delivered the unclassified portions of reftel to Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki. Noting that these are the same points that we are sharing with other countries, the Charge stressed that a nuclear test by North Korea would be a " [...] | 2006-10-04 09:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP KN JA |
06TOKYO5810 | JAPAN FM ASO'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE [...] (C) On October 5, Charg delivered ref (A) demarche regarding a possible North Korean nuclear test to Foreign Minister Taro Aso. Aso replied that it was important for the UN Security Council to send a message to North Korea "as quickly as possible" in the form of a UNSC Presidential Statement. [...] | 2006-10-05 07:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP KN JA |
06TOKYO5822 | PRIME MINISTER ABE'S UPCOMING TRIP TO BEIJING AND [...] (C) Summary. Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo did not make a second, secret trip to Japan to arrange Prime Minister Abe's trip to Beijing, as reported in the press, MOFA Asian Affairs DG Sasae told Political Minister Counselor Meserve on October 5. Instead, a last-minute breakthroug [...] | 2006-10-06 06:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP CH KN KS JA |
06TOKYO5824 | MOFA DIRECTOR GENERAL DISCUSSES THAILAND, BURMA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: MOFA Director General for Southeast and Southwest Asian Affairs Chihiro Atsumi told Charge October 6 that: -- Japan is not happy with the recent coup in Thailand and is concerned about the signals it sends to other states in the region, particularly Burma, but at the same time [...] | 2006-10-06 09:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETRD PINR TH BM IN CE JA |
06TOKYO5832 | JAPAN CONSIDERING U.S. PROPOSAL ON NORTH KOREA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-08 07:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP UNSC NK JA |
06TOKYO5876 | JAPAN'S INITITAL MEDIA RESPONSE TO ANNOUNCED DPRK [...] Summary. The public and media reaction to the DPRK's October 9 announcement of a nuclear test was universally condemnatory. Press coverage throughout the day highlighted the cool, unflappable responses of Prime Minister Abe and his aides, the importance of the U.S.-Japan alliance, and the co [...] | 2006-10-10 11:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP PGOV KN JA |
06TOKYO5901 | HOUSE OF COUNCILORS PRESIDENT PUSHES PARLIAMENTARY [...] (U) Japanese House of Councilors President Chikage Ogi, accompanied by House of Councilors International Affairs Department Director General Yoshiyuki Sadaoka and Secretarial Division Director Satoshi Fujukawa, called on Ambassador October 11 to press for the revitalization of U.S.-Japanese p [...] | 2006-10-11 07:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL JA |
06TOKYO5915 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FOREST YANG [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 14-19, 2006 visit to Japan by SEAP/J Political Officer Forest Yang. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Point of contact for the visit will be Eva Robinson. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3) [...] | 2006-10-12 05:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
06TOKYO5916 | DPRK NUCLEAR TEST RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-12 05:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC UNSC KNNP KN JA |
06TOKYO5939 | JAPAN LIKELY TO COSPONSOR DRAFT UNSC RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-12 10:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC PARM MNUC KNNP KN JA |
06TOKYO594 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: TOKYO WEEKLY FEBRUARY 2 [...] No human outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza (AI) were reported in Japan during the past week. -- MHLW Briefing on AI to Diplomatic Community -- 2. On January 26, ESToff attended a Diplomatic Briefing Session hosted by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) during which the Minist [...] | 2006-02-02 08:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA |
06TOKYO5940 | ABE'S VISIT TO CHINA SIGNALS IMPROVING RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's October 8 visit to Beijing was a success, according to MOFA China Division Principal Deputy Director Nomura. Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao both raised the Yasukuni Shrine issue, but it did not impede discussions. Meeting one da [...] | 2006-10-12 10:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENRG CH JA |
06TOKYO5941 | JAPAN-ROK AGREE ON STRONGER DPRK MEASURES DURING [...] (C) Summary. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's October 9 visit to Seoul was "quite successful," with summit talks proceeding in a "cool-headed" fashion. According to Japanese foreign ministry officials, the leaders reconfirmed basic values shared by the two nations, and PM Abe invited ROK [...] | 2006-10-12 10:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PGOV JA KS KN |
06TOKYO5942 | JAPAN-ROK AGREE ON STRONGER DPRK MEASURES DURING [...] (C) Summary. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's October 9 visit to Seoul was "quite successful," with summit talks proceeding in a "cool-headed" fashion. According to Japanese foreign ministry officials, the leaders reconfirmed basic values shared by the two nations, and PM Abe invited ROK [...] | 2006-10-12 22:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PGOV JA KS KN |
06TOKYO596 | ITER: MORE ON FINALIZATION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph seven. 2. (SBU) On February 2, EST M/C and ESToff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International Science Cooperation Office Director Kozo Honsei and others and delivered reftel demarche. Honsei thanked EST M/C for the cl [...] | 2006-02-02 09:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG ITER TRGY KSCA JA |
06TOKYO5970 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT OCOBER 13 [...] There were no significant avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan during the period August 31 to October 13. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 AI were reported in Japan during the above period. -- The GOJ Conducted a Tabletop Drill on Pandemic Influenza -- Â [...] | 2006-10-13 05:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA |
06TOKYO5978 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ANTOINETTE HURTADE [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 22-25, 2006 visit to Japan by Antoinette Hurtado, US Embassy Caberra Political Officer. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Point of contact for the visit will be Mary Wilson. She can be reached at: Off [...] | 2006-10-13 06:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
06TOKYO5992 | JAPAN WILL NOT BUDGE ON DECLARATION OF INDIGENOUS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-13 09:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KTIA UN JA |
06TOKYO6006 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP A/S CHRISTOPHER R. HILL [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 16-19, 2006 visit to Japan by A/S Christopher R. Hill and Special Assistant Thomas B. Gibbons. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Brett Blackshaw. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5337 Home ph [...] | 2006-10-16 03:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
06TOKYO6024 | JAPAN: UNSCR 1718 DEMARCHE DELIVERED, FURTHER [...] (C) Embassy Political Section Deputy delivered reftel demarche October 16 to MOFA United Nations Policy Division Director Shigeki Takizaki, explaining that this was the text we were sharing with other world capitals on UNSCR 1718. Takizaki said he was grateful for the information but had no s [...] | 2006-10-16 09:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM KN JA |
06TOKYO6056 | A/S HILL REAFFIRMS FIRM U.S.-JAPAN TIES WITH [...] (C) Summary: During an October 17 meeting with EAP Assistant Secretary Chris Hill, MOFA North America Director General Kawai praised U.S.-Japan cooperation on North Korea but explained that Japan,s public is unsettled by the DPRK,s missile and nuclear tests. Kawai suggested that additional U. [...] | 2006-10-18 03:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL UNDC JA |
06TOKYO6057 | JAPAN ENCOURAGES TOUGH STANCE ON DPRK WITH A/S HILL [...] (C) Summary. On October 16, MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs Director General Sasae told visiting EAP Assistant Secretary Hill that the issue of maritime interdiction SIPDIS operations was generating what Sasae implied was excessive Japanese media attention. The Director General said the st [...] | 2006-10-18 03:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA KN KS |
06TOKYO6060 | JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON NOVEMBER 2006 CCW [...] (C) On October 17, Embassy political officer delivered reftel demarche on the November 2006 Convention on Conventional Weapons Review Conference to MOFA Conventional Arms (CA) Division official Maiko Tamagawa. Tamagawa expressed thanks for the U.S. nonpaper and said that MOFA wanted to keep i [...] | 2006-10-18 05:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PARM PREL JA |
06TOKYO6087 | PARIS NONPROLIFERATION CONFERENCE: JAPAN TO SEND [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-19 05:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM FR JA |
06TOKYO6093 | CCS SHIOZAKI PLEASED WITH ABE VISITS TO CHINA, ROK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki expressed satisfaction that successful visits to China and the ROK had got Prime Minister Abe's administration off to a good start. Japan will play a role in implementing UN sanctions against [...] | 2006-10-19 07:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL JA |
06TOKYO6098 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT OCTOBER 19 [...] There were no significant avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan during the period October 13 to October 19. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 AI were reported in Japan during the above period. -- Japanese Developers Confirm the Effectiveness of a New AI Vaccine for Humans -- Â [...] | 2006-10-19 08:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA |
06TOKYO6101 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOS/VCI RONGSONG JIH [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 23 - 28, 2006 visit to Japan by DOS/VCI Rongsong Jih. 2. (U) The Embassy point of contact for the visit will be Carl Watson. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5558 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6872 Fax: [...] | 2006-10-19 23:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
06TOKYO6112 | A/S HILL DISCUSSES ASIA SUMMITS AND DPRK AT DINNER [...] (C) Summary. During a dinner meeting with EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill in Tokyo October 16, MOFA DG for SIPDIS Asian Affairs Kenichiro Sasae asked the U.S. to consult closely with Japan on sanctions imposed following the recent DPRK nuclear test and requested that the U.S. take [...] | 2006-10-20 04:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA |
06TOKYO6117 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/CT AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON AND [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 23-25, 2006 visit to Japan by S/CT Ambassador Crumpton and the USG Delegation for Trilateral CT consultations. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Mary Wilson. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224- [...] | 2006-10-20 05:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL PTER JA |
06TOKYO6120 | JAPAN SUPPORTS FRANCO-U.S. DE-LISTING PROPOSAL [...] (C) Political Section Deputy joined French Embassy Political Counselor Pauline Carmona on October 19 to deliver reftel demarche to MOFA International Counter-Terrorism Cooperation Division officer Miyako Ishimura. Ishimura explained that Japan believes it is important to have due process for [...] | 2006-10-20 06:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC FR JA |
06TOKYO6122 | JAPAN TO DECIDE UNSC STRATEGY REGARDING KIRIBATI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-20 07:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL GT VE JA |
06TOKYO6159 | JAPAN SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-23 08:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER JA |
06TOKYO6160 | MOFA PAINTS AZADEGAN CONTRACT CHANGE IN POSITIVE [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Deputy Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Hideki Ito told EMIN on October 20 that Inpex's reduction in ownership of the Iranian Azadegan oil field from 75 percent to 10 percent has effectively delayed the start to the project by at least a year. [...] | 2006-10-23 08:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV JA |
06TOKYO6163 | SAKHALIN 2 PARTNER CONFIDENT PROJECT WILL NOT BE [...] (SBU) Summary. Former Japanese Ambassador to Russia Takehiro Togo, currently senior counselor at Mitsui and Co., which is part of the Sakhalin 2 consortium, told Econoff on October 17 that the Russian government had no desire to pull the plug on the Sakhalin 2 project despite environmental co [...] | 2006-10-23 09:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG PREL JA RU |
06TOKYO6164 | AMBASSADOR AND JDA MINISTER KYUMA DISCUSS DPRK, [...] (C) Summary: Japan Defense Agency (JDA) Minister Fumio Kyuma emphasized Japan's commitment to working with the U.S. on North Korea and Alliance Transformation during an October 20 meeting with the Ambassador. Kyuma said that Japan is eager to discuss accelerated Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) [...] | 2006-10-23 09:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV KN JA |
06TOKYO6203 | METHYL BROMIDE DEMARCHE: JAPAN SKEPTICAL [...] ESTOff and ESTFSN delivered reftel talking points on October 24 to Hideo Fukushima, Director of the Global Environment Division at Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and head of the Japanese delegation to next week's Montreal Protocol Meeting of the Parties in India. Fukushima acknowledged [...] | 2006-10-25 05:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR ETRD JA PREL SENV |
06TOKYO6221 | METHYL BROU+Q.24 to Hideo Fukushima, Director of the Global [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-25 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR ETRD JA PREL SENV |
06TOKYO6225 | JAPAN HOPES UNPRODUCTIVE UN BODIES WILL BE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-25 09:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA IS JA |
06TOKYO6227 | DEMARCHE ON FREEDOM BROADCASTING FROM JAPAN TO [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Deputy October 25 met with MOFA Northeast Asia Division Director Shigeo Yamada to deliver reftel message regarding broadcasting into North Korea from Japan. Yamada responded that the determination of whether Japan can permit, participate in, and/or finance such br [...] | 2006-10-26 00:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | BBG PHUM PGOV PREL KS KN JA |
06TOKYO6230 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR IRAQ TALKS [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 04 - 08, 2006 visit to Japan by the interagency team led by Deputy Coordinator for Iraq Barbara Stephenson for bilateral conslutations with the Republic of Korea and Japan. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. [...] | 2006-10-26 02:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS OTRA PREL IZ KS JA |
06TOKYO6248 | JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO ENDORSING DOCUMENTS AT THE [...] THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. SEE PARAGRAPHS 3-5. 2. On October 25, U.S. and Russian embassy officers delivered global initiative documents to MOFA's International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Principal Deputy Director Zentaro Naganuma. Japan expressed appreciation for the new draft. On October 26 [...] | 2006-10-26 09:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL JA |
06TOKYO6249 | VIETNAM'S PM VISITS JAPAN; ISSUES JOINT STATEMENT [...] (SBU) Vietnam's Prime Minister concluded a positive four-day visit to Japan on October 22, drawing favorable reviews in the press for the growing relationship between the two countries. DPRK sanctions and UN reform were also on the agenda. Prime Minister Dzung stressed his strong opposition [...] | 2006-10-26 10:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD EAID JA VN |
06TOKYO6257 | JAPAN'S KEY CONTACTS ON WOMEN'S ISSUES [...] Embassy Tokyo political officer delivered reftel message October 25 to MOFA Human Rights Division Women's Issues Officer Naoko Maeda. Maeda explained that her office is the contact point for international cooperation on women's development projects. 2. There are currently two women minist [...] | 2006-10-27 02:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA JA |
06TOKYO6295 | AMB CRUMPTON MEETINGS WITH CRISIS MGMT CHIEF NODA [...] (C) Summary. Japan is making progress on the 16 items of its 2004 Counterterrorism Action Plan, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management Noda told Ambassador Henry SIPDIS Crumpton and his Australian counterpart October 24. Noda believed gaps in Japan's laws were partly a result [...] | 2006-10-31 00:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PREL JA AU |
06TOKYO6298 | JAPAN NEGOTIATING FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH GULF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan has entered into Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and is hopeful an agreement can be inked as soon as possible, according to MOFA and METI sources. A major motivating factor for the Japanese is the fact that C [...] | 2006-10-31 07:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL ZP JA |
06TOKYO6299 | JAPAN: MARITIME SERVICES FOR DPRK SHIPS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-31 07:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JA ETTC MNUC PARM |
06TOKYO6300 | JAPAN: LETTER TO PSI PARTICIPANTS ON UNSCR 1718 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-31 07:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNPP PARM PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS KN JA |
06TOKYO6323 | IRAQI AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES JAPANESE AND KOREAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Ambassador to Japan Dr. Ghanim al-Jumaily is trying to persuade his Ministry of Foreign Affairs to pay more attention to South Korea on both the security and economic fronts, Jumaily told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer October 30 during a readout on his recent visit to Seo [...] | 2006-11-01 06:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS ECON ENRG IZ KS JA |
06TOKYO6325 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U/S JOSEPH AND HIS DELEGATION [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 03-05, 2006 visit to Japan by U/S Joseph and his party. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Carol T. Reynolds. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-533 [...] | 2006-11-01 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
06TOKYO6328 | JAPAN: DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN UNDC VICE-CHAIRMANSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-01 10:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PREL UNGA IR CDG JA |
06TOKYO6369 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U/S NICHOLAS BURNS AND [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 5-6, 2006 visit to Japan by U/S Nicholas Burns, EAP/K Director Sung Kim, NSC Director Victor Cha and Steven Fagin. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Brett Blackshaw [...] | 2006-11-06 00:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
06TOKYO6396 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RUST M. DEMING [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 13-19, 2006 visit to Japan by Rust Deming, EAP/J WAE. 2. (U) Point of contact for the visit will be Geneve Menscher. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6423 Mobile phone: [...] | 2006-11-07 06:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
06TOKYO6403 | VFM YACHI AGAIN URGES U.S. SUPPORT FOR JAPAN'S [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Yachi called the Ambassador on November 7 to urge U.S. support for Shigeru Omi, Japan's candidate for World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General. Omi, Yachi explained, is now one of the five remaining candidates. Japan had heard a rumor that the United States [...] | 2006-11-07 08:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IEA WHO JA |
06TOKYO6404 | U.S.-AUSTRALIA-JAPAN SECOND TRILATERAL [...] (S/REL AUS) Summary: U.S., Australian, and Japanese Ambassadors for Counterterrorism and their interagency delegations held the second round of trilateral counterterrorism consultations in Tokyo on October 24. Participants offered general threat assessments for Indonesia, the Philippines, an [...] | 2006-11-07 22:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PINR PREL PTER AS ID RP TH AF PK IZ JA KN |
06TOKYO6434 | JAPAN WILL RECONSIDER ITS STANCE ON CUBA EMBARGO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-08 09:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA CU JA |
06TOKYO6436 | UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS ON DPRK CONVENTIONAL ARMS: [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-08 10:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PARM PREL KN JA |
06TOKYO6468 | INDIAN NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR VISITS JAPAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The primary purpose of Indian National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan's visit to Tokyo October 22-25, was to lay the ground work for Prime Minister Singh's upcoming official visit, currently scheduled to take place in mid-December. During his visit, Narayanan was received by a [...] | 2006-11-09 09:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON IN JA |
06TOKYO6469 | JAPAN SUPPORTS COUNTRY-SPECIFIC RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-09 09:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC KTIA UNDC JA PREL |
06TOKYO6470 | SENIOR-LEVEL DEMARCHE ON COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS: [...] (C) Political Section Deputy conveyed reftel demarche November 9 to MOFA Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division Principle Deputy Director Yoriko Suzuki. Ms. Suzuki responded later that day, noting that Japan did not yet have much information on Iran's resolution against Canada, but ga [...] | 2006-11-09 09:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC JA |
06TOKYO6472 | DCM, ACS ANDO DISCUSS UNSCR 1718 LISTS OF BANNED [...] (C) During a November 6 meeting, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph and Assistant Cabinet Secretary (ACS) Hiroyasu Ando discussed issues related to the implementation of UNSCR 1718, including the development of lists of luxury goods whose export to North [...] | 2006-11-09 11:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC EWWT PARM KNNP KN AS JA |
06TOKYO6487 | JAPAN TO ATTEND SRI LANKA CO-CHAIRS MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-13 05:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC CE JA |
06TOKYO6490 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP/J DEPUTY DIRECTOR [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 18-21, 2006 visit to Japan by EAP/J Deputy Director Richhart. 2. (U) Embassy point of contact for the visit will be Carl Watson. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5558 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6872 Ce [...] | 2006-11-13 06:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
06TOKYO6493 | JAPAN TELECOM MINISTER ORDERS NHK INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. On November 10, Minister Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) Suga issued a controversial order requiring the international arm of NHK, Japan's public broadcasting company, to transmit reports on North Korea's abduction of Japanese nationals. NHK officials insisted that the [...] | 2006-11-13 08:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO PHUM JA KN KS |
06TOKYO6496 | JAPAN STILL MULLING U.S. REQUEST RE BROADCASTING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-13 09:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | BBG PHUM PGOV PREL KS KN JA |
06TOKYO6497 | U.S.-JAPAN-AUSTRALIA TRILATERAL STRESSES NEED FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-13 09:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PARM KNNP PGOV JA KN |
06TOKYO6498 | U/S JOSEPH'S NOVEMBER 6 MEETING WITH ACS ANDO, ACS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-13 09:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PARM KNNP AS CH KS KN JA |
06TOKYO6499 | U.S.-AUSTRALIA-JAPAN TRILATERAL LUNCH ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-13 10:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PARM KNNP MNUC CH AS KN KS JA |
06TOKYO6545 | JAPAN UNSURE ABOUT ISRAEL RESOLUTION, WAITING FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-15 09:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM JA |
06TOKYO6546 | JAPAN OPPOSED TO BELARUS-TABLED RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-15 09:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA BO JA |
06TOKYO6566 | TERRORISM FINANCING COORDINATING OFFICER [...] (U) Summary: Following is requested information on post's Terrorism Financing Coordinating Officer. End Summary. Terrorism Financing Coordinating Officer Contact Information --------------------------------------------- --------------- 2. (C) Contact information for TFCO: Maureen Grewe, [...] | 2006-11-16 05:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER |
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