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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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07DHAKA83 | BANGLADESH: DEMARCHE TO CHIEF ADVISOR ON STATE OF [...] (C) Early January 16, citing time constraints and the imminent naming of an adviser with responsibility for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chief Advisor Fakhruddin Ahmed postponed his meeting with the Ambassador scheduled for later the same day. As an interim measure, mission sent a letter [...] | 2007-01-17 03:34:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BG |
07DHAKA848 | USARPAC COMMANDER BROWN'S MEETING WITH BANGLADESH [...] (C) Summary. In his meetings with COAS General Moeen and other senior Bangladeshi military officers, USARPAC Commander LTG Brown stressed the importance of returning Bangladesh to democratic, elected governance as soon as possible and noted the difficulties the Thai generals have encountered by [...] | 2007-05-24 07:38:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PHUM PGOV BG |
07DHAKA867 | NEW ARRESTS NET HIGH-PROFILE POLITICAL PLAYERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The latest wave of high-profile political detentions includes Awami League General Secretary Abdul Jalil, other Sheikh Hasina loyalists, and two reputedly corrupt former BNP ministers, Lutfozzaman Babar and Altaf Hussain Chowdhury. Meanwhile, the government has asked the high cou [...] | 2007-05-29 10:46:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KGOV BG |
07DHAKA87 | NEW SLATE OF CARETAKER ADVISORS NAMED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ten advisors for the new Caretaker Government have been selected and are in the process of taking office. With a few exceptions, the advisors are viewed as non-partisan and distinguished members of society. END SUMMARY A New Team of Advisors ====================== 2. (S [...] | 2007-01-17 10:09:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM BG |
07DHAKA880 | DETAINEES REMANDED INTO CUSTODY FOLLOWING LATEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Several high-profile political figures appeared before judges on May 29 following their detention the day before. Awami League General Secretary Abdul Jalil and former BNP Home Minister Lutfozzoman Babar were both remanded into custody for four days for interrogation about corr [...] | 2007-05-30 23:30:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KGOV BG |
07DHAKA881 | DETAINEES REMANDED INTO CUSTODY FOLLOWING LATEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Several high-profile political figures appeared before judges on May 29 following their detention the day before. Awami League General Secretary Abdul Jalil and former BNP Home Minister Lutfozzoman Babar were both remanded into custody for four days for interrogation about corr [...] | 2007-05-30 23:30:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KGOV BG |
07DHAKA889 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INFANTRY CAPTAIN TRAINING [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Infantry Captain Training Course to he held at Fort Benning, Georgia, from June 27 to December 13, 2007. Post vetting was completed on May 30, 2007. Post requests that vetting [...] | 2007-05-31 08:11:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
07DHAKA890 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR PEACE SUPPORT OPERATION [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Peace Support Operation Instructors Course to be held in Dhaka from June 17 to 28, 2007. Post vetting was completed on May 30, 2007. Post requests that vetting be completed by [...] | 2007-05-31 08:11:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
07DHAKA909 | DAILY STAR JOURNALIST'S PASSPORT RETURNED [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 11, Daily Star journalist and Human Rights Watch (HRW) researcher Tasnim Khalil was detained by Directorate General Forces Intelligence (DGFI) for questioning about alleged anti-state activities, including blog entries and articles he wrote critical of the government. Since [...] | 2007-06-05 08:20:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KGOV BG |
07DHAKA912 | ADDITIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR PEACE SUPPORT [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following additional candidates have been selected for participation in the Peace Support Operation Instructors Course to be held in Dhaka from June 17 to 28, 2007. Post vetting was completed on June 3, 2007. Post requests that vetting be c [...] | 2007-06-06 00:59:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
07DHAKA913 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR NAVAL COMMAND COLLEGE [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Naval Command College Course to he held in Providence, Rhode Island from July 27, 2007 to June 28, 2008. Post vetting was completed on June 3, 2007. Post requests that vetting [...] | 2007-06-06 01:05:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
07DHAKA914 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR NAVAL STAFF COLLEGE [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Naval Staff College Course to be held in Providence, Rhode Island, from July 25, 2007 to June 24, 2008. Post vetting was completed on June 3, 2007. Post requests that vetting b [...] | 2007-06-06 01:07:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
07DHAKA915 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ARMOR CAPTAIN CAREER [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Armor Captain Career Course to be held at Fort Knox, Kentucky, from August 3, 2007 to February 4, 2008. Post vetting was completed on June 3, 2007. Post requests that vetting b [...] | 2007-06-06 01:09:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
07DHAKA919 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ASIA-PACIFIC CENTER FOR [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) Comprehensive Responses to Terrorism (CSRT) course in Honolulu, Hawaii, from July 31 to August 22, 2007. Post vetting was comp [...] | 2007-06-06 02:32:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
07DHAKA93 | AWAMI LEAGUE HOPES FOR ELECTION IN EARLY APRIL [...] (C) On January 18, Major General (R) Tarique Ahmed Siddique, head of security for Awami League president Sheikh Hasina, presented to poloff a one-page Caretaker Government "work schedule" that culminates in the holding of parliamentary elections on April 3. He said he generated the document [...] | 2007-01-18 09:41:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV BG |
07DHAKA951 | GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION INTO DEATH OF INDIGENOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The retired judge appointed by the government to investigate the death of Garo activist Choilesh Ritchil in Madhupur on March 18 has had Ritchil's body exhumed for autopsy. Meanwhile, the recent wave of anti-corruption arrests in Dhaka has netted the Chief Conservator of Forests, [...] | 2007-06-12 08:33:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BG |
07DHAKA971 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR USCENTCOM COMBINED [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the USCENTCOM Combined Planning Group training course in Tampa, Florida, from July 15, 2007 to Jaunary 14, 2008. Post vetting was completed on June 14, 2007. Post requests that vet [...] | 2007-06-15 07:50:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
07DHAKA972 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR BOARDING OFFICERS COURSE, [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in Boarding Officers Course to be held in Charleston, South Carolina from July 4 to August 17, 2007. Post vetting was completed on June 14, 2007. Post requests that vetting be completed [...] | 2007-06-15 07:53:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
07DHAKA973 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL SHIPYARD [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the International Shipyard Management Course to be held in Honolulu, Hawaii from July 13 to September 7, 2007. Post vetting was completed on June 14, 2007. Post requests that vetti [...] | 2007-06-15 07:59:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
07DHAKA976 | STEPS AND STUMBLES FORWARD IN BANGLADESH'S BIRD FLU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In early June, Dinajpur became Bangladesh's twelfth district to report H5 infection, but the first where local officials initially identified the infection in local backyard birds instead of in commercial poultry farms, showing that Bangladesh continues to refine its Avian Influ [...] | 2007-06-17 05:08:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU PREL PGOV BG |
07DHAKA989 | BANGLADESH: PROMOTING TRANSPARENCY AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-18 03:14:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | UNDP KUNR PREL EFIN EAID BG |
07DILI101 | AUSSIES BRIEF ON REINADO OPERATION [...] (C) Summary: International Stabilization Forces (ISF) commander Brigadier Malcolm Rerden and Australian Ambassador to East Timor Margaret Twomey briefed Emboffs March 9, reviewing the current status of ISF operations to apprehend Major Alfredo Reinado and summarizing a meeting Rerden has just [...] | 2007-03-12 08:57:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MOPS PGOV PREL TT AU NZ |
07DILI106 | CONTINUED SYMPATHY FOR REINADO IN WESTERN DISTRICTS [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a March 11-13 visit to East Timor's western districts Emboffs and US Defense Representative found that dissident military leader Major Alfredo Reinado retains strong backing across the region, though it remains unclear if his supporters would be willing to go beyond their cur [...] | 2007-03-14 12:54:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO AU TT |
07DILI110 | AUSTRALIAN AND PORTUGUESE INTERESTS CONVERGE [...] (C/NF) Summary: In separate discussions, the Portuguese and Australian ambassadors downplayed concerns about support for military dissident Major Alfredo Reinado in the western districts. Their views converge on one matter, that Alfredo is a fugitive from justice who should surrender or be ca [...] | 2007-03-15 02:14:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPKO MOPS PGOV PREL KJUS KDEM UN TT |
07DILI119 | SECURITY SECTOR CONCERNS INTENSIFY [...] (C/NF) Summary: Recent decisions made by both the Government of East Timor (GOET) and the United Nations Integrated Mission to Timor-Leste (UNMIT) have possibly made the security environment in Dili more problematic in advance of national elections next month. Dili is now a city where armed [...] | 2007-03-22 10:43:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO AU UN TT |
07DILI120 | SECURITY SECTOR POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (C) Summary: As detailed in reftel, Post has become increasingly concerned regarding the direction of developments in the security sector, including both the East Timorese armed forces (F-FDTL) and the East Timorese National Police (PNTL). In light of these concerns, we have reviewed our policy [...] | 2007-03-23 09:58:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO UN TT |
07DILI132 | SECURITY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Post remains concerned by developments in the security sector following a United Nations Police (UNPOL) request to the GOET to deploy elements from the East Timorese Defense Force (F-FDTL) into the capital city of Dili. While the Commander of the F-FDTL, Brigadier General Taur Ma [...] | 2007-03-31 08:41:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MOPS MARR PGOV PREL ASEC UN TT |
07DILI136 | ELECTORAL CERTIFICATION PRIORITIES [...] (C) Summary: The United Nation's Electoral Certification Team (ECT) has published its Fifth report dated 16 March 2007 regarding the 2007 parliamentary and presidential elections in East Timor. While the comprehensive report by the independent body concluded that major corrective steps in the [...] | 2007-04-03 11:45:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL UN TT |
07DILI143 | ALKATIRI CONFIDENT HIS MAN WILL WIN [...] (C) Summary: In an April 5 meeting with Charge d'Affaires, ruling Fretilin party Secretary General and former Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri strongly asserted Fretilin would not be involved in any violence surrounding the presidential campaign, and expressed confidence that Fretilin candidate Fra [...] | 2007-04-06 07:58:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS MARR TT |
07DILI148 | INITIAL ELECTION RESULTS ANNOUNCED, BUT DISPUTES LOOM [...] (SBU) Summary: Amidst emerging disputes over the counting of votes after a calm and smooth election day, East Timor's National Election Commission (CNE) today announced provisional results for the first round of the presidential elections, indicating Fretilin candidate Francisco "Lu'olo" Guterr [...] | 2007-04-11 11:28:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TT |
07DILI15 | PRELIMINARY HEARING OF F-FDTL SUSPECTS IN APRIL-MAY [...] (U) Summary: On January 12, a preliminary hearing was held for 12 suspects in the April-May, 2006 violence, 11 of whom aQ members of the armed forces (F-FDTL). This marked the first judicial step that has been taken to date vis-`-vis any member of the F-FDTL. As a result of the hearing, three [...] | 2007-01-16 11:26:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS ID UN TT |
07DILI154 | EAST TIMOR STABLE THROUGHOUT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. The government of East Timor conducted its first round of presidential elections April 9 largely without a significant security incident. In fact East Timor has been remarkably calm over the past two months, aside from the occasional martial arts group fight and minor clashes b [...] | 2007-04-17 10:08:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MOPS MARR PGOV PREL ASEC UN TT |
07DILI164 | SECURITY OUTLOOK IN ADVANCE OF PRESIDENTIAL RUNOFF [...] (C/NF) Summary. With the start of the campaign period for the second round of the presidential election, East Timor for the most part remains calm. Within this context, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) met with International Stabilization Force (ISF) commander Brigadier Mal Rerden April 23 to discu [...] | 2007-04-25 08:31:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR ASEC KPKO UN TT |
07DILI176 | EAST TIMOR WILL NOT SUPPORT BELARUS CANDIDACY AT UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-07 09:12:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC TT |
07DILI185 | LOWER TURNOUT BUT TECHNICALLY IMPROVED ROUND TWO VOTING [...] Summary: The second round of East Timor's presidential election concluded May 9 without incident. There were visible improvements compared to the first round with regard to logistical preparations. The Embassy will urge all parties to use established legal mechanisms for filing complaints, t [...] | 2007-05-09 10:16:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV ASEC UN TT |
07DILI19 | PRESIDENT GUSMAO DECLINES TO MEET ON JOINT DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary. President Gusmao has declined to meet the Australian, Japanese, Portuguese, and U.S. chiefs of mission to receive the Ref B joint demarche previously delivered to former Prime Minister Alkatiri (Ref A). Through his Chief of Staff the President conveyed that he was well aware of th [...] | 2007-01-17 11:39:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AS JA MZ PO TT |
07DILI204 | MANAGING PORTUGESE AND LUSOPHONE INTERESTS IN EAST TIMOR [...] (C/NF) Summary: As the international community grapples with how best to assist East Timor in re-establishing security, strengthening the public sector, and stimulating economic growth, one of the most delicate issues confronting the major players is how to manage Portuguese, Brazilian and ot [...] | 2007-05-25 07:58:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID TT PO |
07DILI219 | POLITICIZATION, CRONYISM PERSIST IN NATIONAL POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Following the disintegration of the Dili District-based National Police (PNTL) in late May 2006, and numerous allegations of PNTL officers being involved in the violence that beset Dili at that time, the new United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor Leste (UNMIT) put into place a [...] | 2007-06-05 07:59:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KPKO KJUS UN TT |
07DILI220 | POLITICIZATION, CRONYISM PERSIST IN NATIONAL POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Following the disintegration of the Dili District-based National Police (PNTL) in late May 2006, and numerous allegations of PNTL officers being involved in the violence that beset Dili at that time, the new United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor Leste (UNMIT) put into place a [...] | 2007-06-05 08:00:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KPKO KJUS UN TT |
07DILI234 | EAST TIMOR PRESIDENT RAMOS HORTA LOOKS AHEAD [...] (C) Summary. In a June 20 meeting with Charge and Poloff, East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta expressed satisfaction with the ongoing parliamentary election campaign and confidence in connection with various post-election political scenarios. He confirmed that he had requested that the Inter [...] | 2007-06-21 10:04:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AS PO ID TT |
07DILI251 | AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS, DISCUSSES ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Hans Klemm presented his letter of credence to President Jose Ramos-Horta on July 4 in a ceremony hosted at the President's office. In a meeting following the ceremony, both vowed to strengthen bilateral relations. Ramos-Horta expressed his appreciation for U.S. suppo [...] | 2007-07-05 12:31:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM TT |
07DILI264 | USG ENGAGEMENT WITH TAUR MATAN RUAK [...] (C) In October 2006, a UN commission of inquiry recommended that the Timor Leste judicial authorities prosecute Brigadier General Ruak, chief of the local defense force, as a result of his actions during the spring 2006 crisis. The Timor Leste prosecutors reportedly began an investigation, but [...] | 2007-07-23 07:31:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO UN TT |
07DILI310 | AUSTRALIA, PORTUGAL BRING AID TO TIMOR-LESTE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-05 10:45:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID TT PO AS |
07DILI318 | PRESIDENT'S UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE: TIMOR-LESTE [...] (U) Timor-Leste is a newly emerging democracy, independent since 2002. Its new government, freely elected in June 2007, is fully committed to safeguarding human rights and promoting democracy. It is constrained, however, by a lingering culture of political violence and low capacity on the pa [...] | 2007-09-13 08:24:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM TT |
07DILI327 | PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL KEATING MEETS TIMOR-LESTE'S LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary. In his September 19 visit to Timor-Leste, USPACOM Commander Admiral Timothy J. Keating extended an offer to provide training and assistance appropriate to the country's security needs. PACOM, he said, would work with Timor's leaders to identify which programs and forms of train [...] | 2007-09-25 09:32:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TT |
07DILI338 | COMMISSION ON TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP HOLDS HEARINGS IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-05 06:51:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS KAWC TT ID |
07DILI348 | DEMARCHE TO TIMOR-LESTE ON IAAC CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-23 08:09:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UNGA UN TT |
07DILI351 | TIMOR-LESTE TO PRESS FOR ASEAN ENGAGEMENT ON BURMA [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Ambassador met October 26 with Timor-Leste Foreign Minister Zacarias Albano Da Costa to urge that Timor-Leste, as a candidate for accession to ASEAN, explore ways to press Burma. We stressed the importance of the issue to the United States, and expressed our appreciation for [...] | 2007-10-26 09:39:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEAN PO SG TT BM |
07DILI352 | TIMOR-LESTE WILL VOTE FOR RESOLUTION CONDEMNING CUBA [...] (SBU) Ambassador met October 26 with Foreign Minister Zacarias Albano da Costa to urge that Timor-Leste vote against Cuba's UNGA resolution condemning the U.S. embargo (reftel A). Citing the President's recent speech (reftel B),we said that the Castro regime is continuing its longstanding prac [...] | 2007-10-26 09:46:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PREL PHUM ETRD CU TT |
07DILI358 | EMBASSY DILI RESPONSE ON GREAT WHITE FLEET COMMEMORATION [...] (SBU) Embassy Dili is strongly engaged with USPACOM in developing a robust schedule of ship visits to Timor-Leste. In conversation with Ambassador, GOTL leaders have recalled U.S. ship visits in the pre-independence era, and have requested our help in reviving Dili's status as a regular port [...] | 2007-11-08 10:07:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO MARR MASS TT |
07DILI359 | CHALLENGES IMMENSE AS GOVERNMENT PASSES THREE MONTH MARK [...] (SBU) Three months after taking office, Prime Minister Gusmao can tally several accomplishments: selecting some energetic and skilled ministers, a couple of key legislative victories and the proper identification of policy priorities all linked to resolving causes or consequences of the 2006 c [...] | 2007-11-08 11:16:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV TT |
07DILI395 | USS PORT ROYAL CONDUCTS SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO DILI [...] (SBU) Summary. The USS Port Royal visited Dili on December 10-12, a visit that all of Post's contacts characterized as extremely successful. The ship's engagements with the host nation, the United Nations Integrated Mission to Timor-Leste, and the Australian-led International Stabilization [...] | 2007-12-28 05:28:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PREL TT |
07DILI7 | MOUNTING CONCERN ABOUT F-FDTL BEHAVIOR [...] (C) Summary. UNMIT is seriously concerned about arrogant and undisciplined behavior by increasingly visible armed F-FDTL elements in Dili. According to the Deputy SRSG, UNMIT is submitting a formal complaint to Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta and plans to raise the issue with the UN Security [...] | 2007-01-08 08:30:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO MARR ASEC UN TT |
07DILI70 | REINADO'S LAST STAND: REBEL LEADER SURROUNDED [...] (C) Summary: As of 9 p.m. local time February 27, a large contingent of the mainly Australian International Security Forces (ISF) in a western East Timor town had cordoned off escape routes for dissident F-FDTL Major Alfredo Reinado and his group, who on February 25 seized 15-25 assault rifles [...] | 2007-02-27 13:28:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MAAR KPKO UN AU TT |
07DILI8 | EAST TIMOR: OBSTACLES TO ACCOUNTABILITY [...] (C) Summary. While there are indications that East Timor's Prosecutor-General genuinely desires to pursue justice for crimes related to the April-May 2006 events, he is said to be under strong pressure from the political elite not to do so, and to fear for his personal safety. He is therefore [...] | 2007-01-12 12:12:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS ID UN TT |
07DILI83 | UPDATE ON REINADO STANDOFF AND SECURITY SITUATION [...] (S/NF) Summary: At day's end March 2, there had been no significant change to the situation on the ground in Same, where dissident military leader Alfredo Reinado remains surrounded by Australian Defense Force (ADF) soldiers. ADF reinforcements have arrived in East Timor, but there are indica [...] | 2007-03-02 12:00:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MAAR ASEC CASC KPKO UN AU TT |
07DILI89 | TURMOIL IN DILI AS REINADO HUNT CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: Dili remained calm but very tense March 6 as the unresolved Reinado operation and the expected March 7 Roserio Lobato court verdict kept the population on edge. No serious injuries or deaths were reported although there were widespread disturbances the night of March 5, continu [...] | 2007-03-06 14:16:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO UN AU TT |
07DILI94 | EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MARCH 8, 2007 [...] Summary: -- Engaging with GOET on Reinado issue; -- Reinado relays new "peaceful resolution" conditions; -- Lobato verdict clarification; -- Security update. End summary. Engaging with GOET on Reinado issue ----------------------------------- 2. (C) Embassy Dili has been reaching out t [...] | 2007-03-08 10:38:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO UN AU TT |
07DJIBOUTI1076 | DJIBOUTI OFFERS SUDAN PEACEKEEPERS [...] (C) The President of Djibouti has instructed his armed forces to prepare for a possible deployment of peacekeeping forces to the Darfur region of Southern Sudan. The size of the proposed force is expected to be a reinforced company of 150-200 troops, including a police or military police platoo [...] | 2007-09-20 13:42:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MOPS PK PREL SU DJ |
07DJIBOUTI1147 | DJIBOUTI MAKES TIP PROGRESS, CABINET APPROVES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Djibouti's Council of Ministers approved a comprehensive anti-trafficking draft law on October 2, and have presented it to the National Assembly for adoption. A foreign national convicted of pedophilia was recaptured by police, after fleeing the country on bail, and subsequently [...] | 2007-10-10 13:34:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR DJ |
07DJIBOUTI1230 | DJIBOUTI STRIKES (FRANCE) BACK; TENSIONS COULD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Djiboutians made an unprecedented show of support for their president, Ismail Omar Guelleh, during a government-organized rally on October 20 with over 20,000 people thronging the streets to express an anti-French sentiment over the celebrated Borrel Affair. Anti-French songs in t [...] | 2007-10-29 07:32:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL DJ |
07DJIBOUTI1470 | DJIBOUTIANS TELL ADMIRAL FALLON USG PRESENCE [...] (C) Summary: Admiral William J. Fallon, Commander, United States Central Command, visited Djibouti December 11-12. Accompanied by the Ambassador and Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Commander Hart and staff, Admiral Fallon met with Djiboutian Prime Minister Dileita, with D [...] | 2007-12-17 16:19:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | DJ ER ET PGOV PINR PREL PTER MASS |
07DJIBOUTI425 | EAST AFRICA REGIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVE (RSI), [...] (S) Summary: East African regional ambassadors and interagency representatives agreed to institutionalize the East African RSI by requesting dedicated, line-item FY09 regional funding for East Africa, along the lines of the Trans-Sahara Counter Terrorist Partnership. In this second RSI (th [...] | 2007-04-10 13:38:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | PTER PREL PINR KPAO PGOV EAID XW YM |
07DJIBOUTI437 | DJIBOUTI AIMS AT BECOMING REGIONAL SERVICE HUB [...] (U) In his annual address to Djibouti's National Assembly, Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dileita praised President Ismail Omar Guelleh's new anti-poverty initiative (below) and called for Djibouti to become a hub for regional services. He touted Djibouti's new oil, bulk, and container terminal [...] | 2007-04-12 08:13:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON DJ |
07DJIBOUTI465 | DJIBOUTI BACKS SOMALI RECONCILIATION, OPPOSES [...] (S) Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, Djibouti's Foreign Minister, called in Ambassador on Saturday to voice concern over violence in Mogadishu. He reiterated that the Government of Djibouti (GODJ) opposes attacks on the Transitional Federal Government (TFG),supports the reconciliation process, and ba [...] | 2007-04-23 12:41:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | PREL IGAD SO DJ |
07DOHA1007 | QATAR TO STUDY REQUEST FOR LEADING ROLE IN LEBANON [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche October 22 to MFA Assistant Minister for Follow-up Affairs Mohamed Al-Rumaihi, stressing U.S. support for a Qatari leadership role in a joint EU-Arab Lebanon border mission proposed by Lebanese PM Siniora. Charge also emphasized our desire that Qatar garner [...] | 2007-10-22 14:21:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE QA |
07DOHA1009 | QATAR MFA WARNED THAT VISA SUSPENSION LOOMS IF [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires, accompanied by P/E Chief, informed MFA Assistant Minister for Follow-up Affairs Mohamed Al-Rumaihi October 22 that November 1 would be the last day Embassy Doha could issue U.S. visas due to a shortage of visa foils, which the Embassy must receive by classified diplomati [...] | 2007-10-23 15:07:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ADCO ADPM PREL CVIS ASEC ACOA ATRN KRIM QA |
07DOHA1020 | QATAR GIVES ORAL ASSURANCES THAT DIPLOMATIC POUCH [...] (C/NF) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud convoked Charge October 25 to discuss delivery of U.S. diplomatic pouches (see reftel for background.) Al-Mahmoud informed Charge that following the GOQ's review of the bilateral discussions on this matter, the GOQ had taken the dec [...] | 2007-10-25 14:42:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ADCO ADPM PREL CVIS ASEC ACOA ATRN KRIM QA |
07DOHA1040 | SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL OUTLINES QATAR'S FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C//NF) Summary: MFA Assistant Minister for Follow-up Affairs Mohamed Al-Rumaihi in an October 23 presentation to a group of recently promoted senior U.S. military officers (CAPSTONE) gave a noteworthy overview of Qatar's foreign policy and made some significant remarks about domestic policy. [...] | 2007-11-04 13:42:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KDEM QA |
07DOHA1042 | PRIME MINISTER OFFERS "SINCERE ADVICE" ON IRAQ [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Crocker briefed Qatar's Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ) October 31 on the progress in Iraq and asked his assessment of building on this progress with the help of Arab states. HBJ said Qatar was a friend of the U.S. and wanted us to succe [...] | 2007-11-05 10:03:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL PGOV MASS IZ QA |
07DOHA1046 | SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL [...] (C) Poloff approached the MFA International Organizations, Conferences and Treaties Department October 28 regarding Government of Qatar (GOQ) participation in the November 5-8 INTERPOL General Assembly in Marrakech, Morocco and inquired about GOQ thinking regarding Argentina Red Notices (reft [...] | 2007-11-05 13:50:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS PTER ASEC PGOV IR QA |
07DOHA1047 | QATAR-ISRAEL COMMERCE CONTINUES QUIETLY [...] (C) The Israeli Trade Representation Office in Qatar opened in 1996 but, despite its name, focuses less on promoting trade than on facilitating political engagement, such as Shimon Peres' January 2007 visit to Qatar and various civil society interactions. (Note: See reftel for more backgroun [...] | 2007-11-06 10:09:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KBCT USTR QA IS |
07DOHA1053 | QATAR'S DEPORTATION DETENTION CENTER - NO APPARENT [...] (U) Summary. A visit to the Qatar Deportation Detention Center (DDC) 30 October revealed little to no improvement over the previous year. What appear to be obvious trafficking-in-persons (TIP) victims continue to be administratively apprehended, detained and deported. End Summary. ------ [...] | 2007-11-08 13:51:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KWMN SMIG QA |
07DOHA1071 | QATARI MFA AND CENTRAL BANK VIEWS ON IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmad Al-Mahmoud told Charge November 14 that Iran's acquisition of weapons of mass destruction would be a "disaster" for Qatar, the U.S. and the region. Qatar agreed that a peaceful and diplomatic resolution of the Iranian nuclear issue was [...] | 2007-11-15 09:52:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KNNP PARM EFIN IR QA |
07DOHA1073 | GCC FOREIGN MINISTERS PREPARE FOR UPCOMING SUMMIT [...] (C) The Foreign Ministers of the GCC member states met in Doha November 11 to discuss the agenda for the heads of state summit, scheduled to take place in Doha December 3-4. Omani DCM Salim Abdulla Al-Alawi told Charge and P/E Chief November 14 that it appeared certain King Abdullah of Saudi [...] | 2007-11-15 15:03:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GCC QA |
07DOHA11 | SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY FORE'S JANUARY [...] (C) Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you to Qatar. The Government of Qatar remains a key ally of the U.S. in the war on terror and supports a significant U.S. military presence in the country. Qatar's Amir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, took power from his father in 1995 and embarked on [...] | 2007-01-03 13:44:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL AMGT PGOV ASEC CMGT QA |
07DOHA1112 | QATARIS AMBIVALENT ABOUT IRANIAN THREAT FOR NOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Qataris by and large remain ambivalent about the Iranian threat, especially with respect to Iranian intentions to acquire nuclear weapons. Key Embassy contacts paint a composite picture of Qataris' welcoming, on an emotional level, Iranian nuclear weapons capability to counter [...] | 2007-11-29 06:01:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR QA |
07DOHA1127 | GCC SUMMIT OPENS IN DOHA WITH LOW PUBLIC [...] (SBU) The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit opened December 3 in Doha with all six heads of state, plus Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad in attendance. Though not on the written agenda, Ahmedinejad delivered a largely non-inflammatory speech that included a twelve-point proposal to a [...] | 2007-12-03 13:46:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN GCC QA |
07DOHA1133 | GCC SUMMIT WRAPS UP IN DOHA WITHOUT NOTABLE [...] (C) The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit officially closed December 4 with a brief and low-key ceremony and with no notable achievements. Neither the Iranian president nor the UAE president attended the closing. (According to press reports, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad departed [...] | 2007-12-04 13:30:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN GCC IR QA |
07DOHA1134 | BAN ON SAUDI POULTRY DUE TO AVIAN INFLUENZA MAKES [...] The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) announced November 13 the reoccurence of Avian Influenza in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Based on the OIE finding of H5N1 in the KSA, Qatar's Minister of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture, Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Khalifa Al-Thani, issued a M [...] | 2007-12-04 13:30:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON PREL TBIO SENV KFLU QA SA |
07DOHA1136 | QATAR LIKELY TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST GCC STATES TO [...] (C) P/E Chief delivered Ref A demarche December 5 to MFA Director of GCC Affairs Yousef Al-Jaber. Al-Jaber said the GCC heads of state discussed how to proceed on stabilizing Iraq in their December 3-4 Doha summit. According to Al-Jaber, the GCC states believed that the security situation i [...] | 2007-12-05 11:59:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR TU QA |
07DOHA1141 | READOUT ON GCC SUMMIT FROM THE DOHA ORGANIZER [...] (C) MFA Director of GCC Affairs Yousef Al-Jaber (strictly protect),who was the organizer of the December 3-4 Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit in Doha, provided P/E Chief December 5 a readout of the event and the preparations leading up to it. Had it not been for Iranian President Mahmo [...] | 2007-12-06 13:04:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN GCC IR QA |
07DOHA1172 | SCENESETTER FOR DECEMBER 18 GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] (S) In November, Qatar's Amir told the Commander of CENTCOM, Admiral Fallon, that he wants the Qatari leadership to seek ways to deepen its military partnership with the U.S. at all levels. While a desirable goal given the considerable equities we have in our relationship with Qatar, the Amir' [...] | 2007-12-12 14:19:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | MASS MARR PREL QA |
07DOHA1187 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SHARING DRAFT IRAQ UNSCR [...] (SBU) Poloff approached the MFA International Organizations, Conferences and Treaties Department December 11 regarding Government of Qatar (GOQ) support for extending the mandates for the Multinational Force - Iraq (MNF-I),Development Fund for Iraq (DFI),and International Advisory, and Moni [...] | 2007-12-16 11:00:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL UNSC EFIN MARR QA IZ |
07DOHA1195 | QATARI MFA OFFICIAL OFFERS ADVICE ON POST-NIE [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Representative to the IAEA Ambassador Gregory Schulte briefed MFA Assistant Minister for Follow-Up Affairs Al-Rumaihi December 11 on the recent National Intelligence Estimate on Iran and U.S. policy toward Tehran in the wake of it. As Qatar prepares to leave the UN Securit [...] | 2007-12-17 12:25:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PNUC ETTC IAEA IR QA |
07DOHA1199 | QATAR LOOKS EAST TO SINGAPORE AS A MODEL FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Qatar (GOQ) has over the past two years been building a strong, strategic relationship with the Government of Singapore (GOS),particularly in the areas of security and economic development. Both small, prosperous states surrounding by much larger neighbors, the [...] | 2007-12-17 13:29:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN MARR ECON PREL QA SN |
07DOHA137 | C-NE6-02072 SHIA IN QATAR QUIET ON POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Shia amount to 5% of Qatari citizenry. They are well-represented in the business sector and also hold some important government positions, though not the most senior. Their mosques are un-regulated, and Sunni and Shia frequently pray together. Shia would like more official oversig [...] | 2007-02-07 13:51:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL IZ IR QA |
07DOHA168 | PUTIN VISITS DOHA BUT NO TANGIBLE RESULTS [...] (C) Summary. Russian president Vladimir Putin met with the Qatari Amir in Doha February 12. The two agreed on the need for a Middle East peace conference, the date and locale of which was undefined. The two also agreed on holding discussions on an OPEC-like organization for gas producers at th [...] | 2007-02-14 14:45:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EPET UNSC RU IR QA |
07DOHA224 | U/S HENRIETTA HOLSMAN FORE'S FEBRUARY 15 MEETING AT QATARI [...] (SBU) Under Secretary of State for Management Henrietta Holsman Fore met February 15 with Qatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (Qatar's second-ranking MFA official) Ahmed al-Mahmoud to discuss consular notification of arrested Americans, Iran, Iraq, and other regional issues. Al-Mahmou [...] | 2007-02-28 04:18:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CASC QA |
07DOHA311 | POST ACTION PLAN FOR ENGAGING QATAR ON ENERGY [...] (C) Qatar's intention to become the world's liquefied natural gas (LNG) and gas-to-liquids (GTL) leader by 2012 necessitates a robust energy infrastructure security program that it currently lacks. While the Qataris have adequately prepared a production and shipping infrastructure for the boom [...] | 2007-03-25 13:35:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ASEC ECON PREL QA |
07DOHA330 | QATAR AIRWAYS CHAIRMAN SEES MORE BOEINGS AND [...] (C) Summary: At a recent meeting with Ambassador, Akbar Al Baker, CEO of Qatar Airways (QA),discussed QA expansion plans for the near future, which he said now include the purchase of 60 Boeing 777 aircraft, up from an original buy of 20. According to Al Baker, QA will fly to Los Angeles and [...] | 2007-03-28 13:05:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CVIS EAIR PREL QA KHLS IR |
07DOHA339 | RARE PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION IN QATAR: SOLIDARITY [...] (U) The Qatari Central Municipal Council organized a "rally" the afternoon of March 28 to show solidarity with Iraq. It lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes. The event took place at a central location along the city's corniche. Participants numbered a maximum of 400 and mostly included high-school and [...] | 2007-03-29 14:50:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC PREL IZ QA |
07DOHA351 | FOREIGN MINISTER ASSUMES PRIME MINISTERSHIP [...] (U) Qatar News Agency announced today that the Qatari Prime Minister, Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani, who is the Amir's brother, has resigned. The First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ),has replaced him while retaining the foreign affairs portfolio. T [...] | 2007-04-03 14:29:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL QA |
07DOHA368 | QATAR CENTRAL MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS SEE [...] Summary. Qatar held national elections for the third session of the Central Municipal Council (CMC) April 1. The turnout (nearly 50 percent) was higher than many predicted. One of three women running for the council was re-elected in a landslide. Voting ran smoothly without significant problem [...] | 2007-04-05 14:32:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KMPI PREL QA |
07DOHA420 | DEMOCRACY FORUM: LEBANESE PRESIDENT AND SYRIAN [...] (U) The Amir of Qatar, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, opened the seventh annual Forum on Democracy, Development, and Free Trade April 23 with a speech that focused on the need for democratic reforms in the Arab region. He described a "sort of lassitude" in Arab movement toward reform in the region [...] | 2007-04-24 14:16:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY QA |
07DOHA433 | FORMER ARAB KNESSET MEMBER BISHARA SPEAKS AT DOHA DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Former Arab member of the Israeli Knesset Azmi Bishara was a featured speaker on the "Political Reform: National Programs and External Projects" panel of the Doha Forum on Democracy, Development and Free Trade on April 24. Speaking without notes, Bishara asked how a state could be built on [...] | 2007-04-29 04:34:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IS KPAL QA |
07DOHA439 | QATARIS WILL SUPPORT KOSOVO RESOLUTION ON PRINCIPLE [...] (C) Summary. Qatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs told S/R Frank Wisner that Qatar "will support the same position you support" on Kosovo. He appreciated consultation on the matter. He said a Serbian envoy had tried to convince him to back a "middle way" -- but the Qataris were not swa [...] | 2007-05-01 10:58:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC XH QA |
07DOHA495 | WADAH KHANFAR LOSES POSITION AS MEMBER OF AL [...] (C) Summary: In a long-awaited move, the Amir has appointed a new board of governors for the Al Jazeera Network (AJN). Highlights include: the retention of Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer as chairman; the replacement of Wadah Khanfar as a board member and possibly as manager of the entire AJ Network; [...] | 2007-05-16 08:55:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PREL QA ALJAZEERA |
07DOHA507 | QATAR INCLINED TO SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-17 12:58:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL QA |
07DOHA508 | QATAR "FIFTY-FIFTY" ON SUPPORT FOR HARIRI TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Assistant Minister Mohamed al-Rumaihi, who holds the MFA's UN portfolio, told the Ambassador May 17 that Qatar was "fifty-fifty" on supporting the Hariri assassination tribunal. He said the tribunal was "important to approve," but then outlined reasons why Qatar believes the decision shoul [...] | 2007-05-17 13:03:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER LE SY QA |
07DOHA511 | SCENESETTER FOR MAY 24 GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE IN [...] (C) Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome the Gulf Security Dialogue delegation to Qatar. This second GSD meeting and the first in Doha will mean a lot to the Qatari leadership. It will strengthen our mil-to-mil relationship and help in our efforts to moderate the Qataris' more objectionable fore [...] | 2007-05-18 12:52:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL MARR PARM IR IZ QA |
07DOHA556 | QATAR STRONGLY HINTS IT WON'T SUPPORT THE SPECIAL [...] (C) During Gulf Security Dialogue discussions in Doha May 24, Acting PM A/S Mull expressed the hope that Qatar would vote for the UN Security Council resolution establishing the Hariri Tribunal under Chapter 7 of the UN Charter. Qatari MFA Assistant Minister Mohammad al-Rumeihi replied, "We wi [...] | 2007-05-24 14:05:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC LE SY QA |
07DOHA575 | QATARI-U.S. GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE MAY 24 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-31 14:32:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KNNP EPET IR ASEC IZ SU LE QA |
07DOHA577 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR GREGORY SCHULTE'S VISIT [...] (C) Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you to Qatar. This visit - your second - will mean a lot to the Qatari leadership. It will strengthen our cooperation on UN Security Council issues and help in our efforts to move Doha to take stronger positions on Iran and its nuclear activities, about w [...] | 2007-06-01 10:05:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL KNNP UN IR QA |
07DOHA581 | QATARI-U.S. GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE MAY 24 [...] (C) Summary. State/DOD Gulf Security Dialogue delegation met with Qatari MFA, MOD, and MOI officials May 24 in Doha. The Qataris acknowledged the importance of maintaining ambiguity on whether there might be a military attack in response to Iranian plans to develop a nuclear weapon. Noting per [...] | 2007-06-03 08:25:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL MARR KNNP EPET IR ASEC IZ SU LE QA |
07DOHA594 | QATAR LIKELY TO SUPPORT FURTHER IRAN SANCTIONS IF [...] (C) Summary. The GOQ's Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mohamed al-Rumaihi, who holds the UN portfolio, told Ambassador Greg Schulte June 4 that Qatar would likely support additional Iran sanctions in the UN Security Council if the sanctions did not exceed unspecified red lines. Rumaihi [...] | 2007-06-06 11:27:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KNNP IR QA |
07DOHA641 | BEGINNING OF THE END? KHANFAR STILL AT THE HELM OF [...] (C) Summary: Wadah Khanfar remains Director-General of the Al Jazeera Network (AJN),but no longer has responsibility for financial and administrative issues. Although Khanfar placed a positive spin on the recent AJN board reshuffle in a meeting with Emboffs, our assessment is that his position [...] | 2007-06-18 12:29:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PREL QA ALJAZEERA |
07DOHA705 | DELEGATION TO LEBANON: ARAB LEAGUE INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary. MinState for Foreign Affairs Al Mahmoud told Ambassador July 2 that a special Arab League delegation that involved him had attempted to mediate between Lebanese factions during a June visit to Beirut to deal with the Lebanese political crisis. The group made no progress, for the i [...] | 2007-07-05 07:16:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE QA |
07DOHA709 | SOMALIS MEET IN QATAR, REJECT RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary. A local NGO affiliated with Islamic hard-liners hosted Somali activists in Doha for a conference June 7-8 2007. Sheikh Sharif of the Islamic Courts movement and Sharif Hassan, former parliamentary speaker, participated. The event was paid for through a hard-line Sunni organization [...] | 2007-07-05 14:39:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS XF AL QA |
07DOHA710 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ASSISTANT TO THE [...] (C) Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you to Qatar. This is your third visit here, and the most senior USG visit since Secretary Gates met the Amir in January 2007. Your meetings SIPDIS can help define the tone of bilateral engagement on a range of issues over the coming 18 months, help s [...] | 2007-07-05 16:25:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL PINR IZ LE QA |
07DOHA713 | DEMARCHE TO OIL EXPORTERS: QATAR "ON THE SAME PAGE" [...] (C) Minister of State for Energy and Industry Mohamed al-Sada agreed with Charge in a meeting July 9 that statements in support of high oil prices made it difficult for the U.S. Administration to oppose the No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act (reftel). Al-Sada nevertheless made the poin [...] | 2007-07-09 14:28:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL QA |
07DOHA723 | QATAR TO CONSIDER GCC+2 MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-15 13:33:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL XF QA |
07DOHA771 | UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ATTENDANCE - QATAR [...] GOQ contacts have told us that the Qatari Amir will lead his country's delegation to the UNGA. The GOQ has not yet formed the full delegation, and specific travel plans have not been made. Post will report as information becomes available. 2. Currently available information: A. Attendan [...] | 2007-08-02 09:13:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP UNGA QA |
07DOHA78 | SUNNI AND SHI'A DISCUSS RAPPROCHEMENT IN DOHA [...] (SBU) Summary. Prominent cleric Yousef Qaradawi called on Iraqi Shi'a and Iran to take steps to end sectarian violence in Iraq at Doha's Conference for Dialogue of Islamic Schools of Thought. Shi'a and other clerics said that Muslims must unite in the face of a common (some mentioned Zionist) e [...] | 2007-01-22 13:16:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KISL QA |
07DOHA871 | (C) SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S [...] (C) Embassy Doha welcomes you on this brief stop in Qatar. You last met with Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ) in Washington in December 2006 in your capacity as DNI. In April 2007, HBJ also became Prime Minister, long an inconsequential portfolio held by the Amir's brother. D [...] | 2007-08-31 10:23:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL QA |
07DOHA897 | DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S MEETING WITH QATARI [...] (SBU) Deputy Secretary John Negroponte met the evening of September 9 at the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud, the number two official in the Qatari MFA. Joining Al-Mahmoud were Assistant Minister Mohamad Al-Rumaihi, Director of Eu [...] | 2007-09-12 10:50:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA IR IS IZ KWBG PREL QA |
07DOHA922 | NEW QATAR LABOR MINISTER PLEDGES COOPERATION ON [...] (SBU) Summary. State Department Special Representative for Social Issues Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees used his visit to Qatar September 4-8 to engage GOQ officials on the issue of forced labor and trafficking-in-persons (TIP) among the large migrant worker population. During a meeting with [...] | 2007-09-20 14:24:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB QA |
07DOHA978 | TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-08 13:37:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL IZ QA |
07DOHA980 | QATAR AGREES TO GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-09 11:51:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PINS PREL QA |
07DOHA982 | CODEL BOYD MEETING OCTOBER 5 WITH QATARI HEIR [...] (SBU) A congressional delegation led by Rep. Allen Boyd of Florida, and accompanied by charge, met Qatar's Heir Apparent, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, October 5 in Doha. In addition to Boyd, the Delegation included Rep. Roger Wicker of Mississippi, Rep. Wayne Gilchrist of Maryland, Rep. B [...] | 2007-10-10 13:01:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV QA |
07DOHA983 | UPDATED DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY FOR QATAR [...] (U) Embassy Doha continues to use a combination of programmatic and diplomatic means to assist the GOQ in its efforts to build and sustain democratic institutions. In line with the Mission Strategic Plan, Post has expanded its areas of emphasis to include: promoting democratic elections, pro [...] | 2007-10-10 13:23:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KMPI AMGT KDEM ECON KPAO QA |
07DOHA986 | QATAR NOMINATION FOR THE 2008 SECRETARY'S AWARD [...] Embassy Doha nominates Amal Abdullatif Al Mannai to receive the Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage for 2008. Amal Al-Mannai has been informed of her nomination and was flattered by the news. Requested information follows: Full Legal Name: Amal Abdullatif Al-Mann [...] | 2007-10-11 12:35:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KPAO PREL PHUM QA |
07DOHA999 | NEW QATARI MINISTRY OF LABOR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS [...] (U) Summary. As of October 1, the Qatari ministry formerly known as the Ministry of Civil Service Affairs and Housing officially became the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. Dr. Sultan bin Hassan Al-Dhabit Al-Dousari remained Minister during the transition. Most of the functions of the [...] | 2007-10-21 10:51:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ELAB QA |
07DUBAI103 | RAS AL KHAIMAH CUSTOMS: FACILITATING TRADE FIRST PRIORITY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-11 13:19:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD ECON IR AE |
07DUBAI155 | FUJAIRAH CUSTOMS: BUDGET, TRAINING AND LEADERSHIP PROBLEMS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-05 11:02:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD ECON KCOR AE |
07DUBAI355 | DUBAI RULER DISCUSSES IRAN AND IRAQ WITH SENATOR LIEBERMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-03 11:14:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS KNNP IR IZ AE |
07DUBAI363 | MOHAMMAD GERGAWI DISCUSSES IRAN, IRAQ AND ISRAEL WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY. Senator Joseph Lieberman (I, CN) met with Mohammad Gergawi, UAE Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, on May 29. Gergawi, also a close advisor to UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Dubai ruler Mohammad bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (MbR),described education as a primary weapon again [...] | 2007-06-07 13:23:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS KNNP IR IS IZ SY AE |
07DUBAI491 | CODEL GRAHAM MEETS WITH DUBAI EXECUTIVE OFFICE HEAD NABIL AL [...] (C) Summary: In an August 12 meeting with a CODEL led by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC),Nabil al Yousuf (Director of UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum's (MbR) Executive Office) outlined elements of Dubai's strategic plan and highlighted recent gro [...] | 2007-08-19 14:25:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON OREP IN AE |
07DUBAI570 | PHILIPPINES TRAFFICKING CONCERNS IN DUBAI -- ABUSED VISITOR [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with Philippine Labor Attache Virginia Calvez (September 11),Acting Consul General Maria Louella Duarte and Consular Officer Rafael Palencia, Jr. (September 18),Pol/EconOff discussed trafficking in persons concerns. While they claim that trafficking with l [...] | 2007-09-30 19:08:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KCRM ELAB UN RP AE |
07DUBAI581 | ACTING PHILIPPINE CG BRIEFS AMBASSADOR LAGON ON TRAFFICKING [...] (C) Summary: On September 25, Ambassador for Trafficking in Persons Mark Lagon met with Philippine Acting Consul General Vicente Bandillo and his staff at the Philippine Consulate General in Dubai to discuss trafficking concerns. CG Bandillo noted that easy access to UAE visitor visas compou [...] | 2007-10-10 13:27:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KCRM ELAB UN RP AE |
07DUBAI614 | FURTHER DETAILS ON ANNOUNCED AND UNANNOUNCED, PLANS FOR [...] (U) This is an action cable; see para 12. 2. (SBU) Summary. During a November 1 meeting in the newly established offices of the Mohammad Bin Rashid Foundation (MbRF),Nabil Alyousuf (Director General of the Dubai Executive Office and defacto managing director of the newly established MbRF) [...] | 2007-11-01 11:11:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM AE |
07DUBAI629 | ACRIMONIOUS BEGINNING FOR NEW DUBAI GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED [...] (SBU) Summary. The much-anticipated opening of the Dubai Foundation for Women and Children (DFWC) shelter (the first official government-sponsored shelter for abused women and children in the UAE) and its merger with the unofficial City of Hope (CoH) shelter has been marred by acrimonious accu [...] | 2007-11-15 13:08:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | PREL PHUM KCRM ELAB CASC AE |
07DUBLIN102 | IRELAND'S VIEWS ON KOSOVO (IN ADVANCE OF THE [...] (C) Summary: The Irish Government strongly supports Special Envoy Martii Ahtisaari's efforts in Kosovo and his recommendations for a status solution, which it sees as bringing peace and stability to the whole of the Balkans, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). While the Ir [...] | 2007-02-09 12:57:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN KPAL IE |
07DUBLIN103 | IRELAND'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE FEBRUARY 12-13 [...] (SBU) POLOFF delivered demarches (Refs C through F) on February 8 to Pat Kelly, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),and Jim Kelly, Director, Europe Office, Political Division, DFA. Ireland is generally in agreement with U.S. positions on the Balkans, Israel/Palestine [...] | 2007-02-09 13:03:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EUN KPAL IE |
07DUBLIN175 | IRISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE MARCH 5-6 EU GAERC [...] (C) POLOFF delivered demarche (Ref A) on March 2 to Pat Kelly, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs. The Irish Government values U.S.-EU cooperation on energy and climate issues, in the Western Balkans, and in Darfur. The Government also welcomes the formation of a Palestinia [...] | 2007-03-02 13:42:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL PGOV ENRG IR IE |
07DUBLIN191 | SCENE-SETTER FOR PRIME MINISTER BERTIE AHERN'S ST. [...] (SBU) An imminent, potentially historic opportunity to restore the Northern Ireland Assembly sets the political backdrop for this year's St. Patrick's Day visit to Washington by Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach, "TEE-shuck") Bertie Ahern. Building on the 2006 UK/Irish-brokered talks among the [...] | 2007-03-08 17:04:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV EAIR MOPPS MARR IE |
07DUBLIN286 | SCENE-SETTER FOR THE APRIL 19-20 VISIT OF EUR PDAS [...] (SBU) Embassy Dublin eagerly anticipates your visit and the opportunity to join your discussions with ranking Irish Government officials and others on the full range of bilateral and U.S.-EU issues. Your visit comes at an historic moment in U.S.-Irish relations, with the scheduled restoratio [...] | 2007-04-13 16:37:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER MOPPS MARR ECON SENV EI |
07DUBLIN287 | DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE INDUSTRIES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-13 17:28:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP PARM KN IR EI |
07DUBLIN29 | IRELAND CONDUCTS LITTLE CIVIL SOCIETY AND [...] (U) POLOFF spoke with Stephen Dawson, Deputy Regional Director, Middle East and North Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs, on January 11. 2. (SBU) Ireland maintains a two-officer mission in Iran led by Ambassador John Deady. Dawson indicated that while Ireland supports democra [...] | 2007-01-12 14:17:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IR |
07DUBLIN30 | IRELAND FOLLOWS IRAQ POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT WITH AID [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-12 16:52:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ EI |
07DUBLIN391 | AER LINGUS DECIDES AGAINST BOEING FOR NEW [...] On May 16, Aer Lingus CEO Dermot Mannion told the Ambassador that the carrier had effectively decided against Boeing for a planned purchase of 8-12 long-haul planes, which could have netted the U.S. manufacturer roughly USD one billion. Mannion noted that he had ended talks with Boeing on Ma [...] | 2007-05-17 16:11:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR ETRD PREL EI |
07DUBLIN409 | IRELAND LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON OIE CHINA/TAIWAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-24 17:55:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAGR AORG TW CH EI |
07DUBLIN512 | DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER E.O. 13382: [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-25 16:56:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM EUN KN IR EI |
07DUBLIN526 | IRELAND: NO INFORMATION ON MAHAMEDOU OULD SLAHI [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-29 13:00:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC EUN KTFN PREL PTER EI |
07DUBLIN532 | IRELAND TO CONSIDER DARFUR HYBRID OPERATION [...] (SBU) Ireland will discuss the possibility of contributing personnel to the UN/AU Hybrid Operation for Darfur at a July 19 inter-agency meeting involving the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),the Department of Defense, the Department of Justice, and the Irish Police, according to Eamonn Mc [...] | 2007-07-03 13:48:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU EI |
07DUBLIN565 | IRISH SEE NEED FOR ACTION, BUT PREFER DIALOGUE [...] (C) POLOFF delivered Ref B demarche on July 19, 2007 to Pat Kelly, European Corespondent, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Kelly indicated that the Irish Government largely sees eye to eye with U.S. positions, with the exception that, in general, the Irish prefer to continue political di [...] | 2007-07-20 09:11:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL ENRG ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SOCI EI |
07DUBLIN60 | IRELAND FAVORS CLUSTER MUNITIONS TREATY, WILL [...] (C) Summary: Ireland supports movement toward an international treaty restricting the use of cluster munitions (CM) and will participate in the February 22-23 CM conference in Oslo, according to the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Ireland, however, continues to see the Convention o [...] | 2007-01-23 18:51:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO EI |
07DUBLIN70 | IRELAND DOES NOT OFFER EXPORT CREDIT SCHEMES TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-25 18:40:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR EI |
07DUBLIN748 | SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER DERMOT AHERN'S [...] (SBU) The twin political successes of restoration of the Northern Ireland Assembly (May 8, 2007) and the re-election of the Fianna Fail party into power (May 24, 2007) will be the backdrop to Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern's meeting with the Secretary on October 3. The Government of Ireland has [...] | 2007-09-27 12:36:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV MOPPS MARR EI |
07DUBLIN750 | IRISH MINISTER WILL NOT ATTEND CD MEETING IN NY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-27 15:42:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV EI |
07DUBLIN766 | IRISH RESPONSE TO TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION [...] (C) On October 4, Econoff delivered reftel demarches to Gary O'Doherty in the Department of Foreign Affairs United Nations unit. O'Doherty said that he would pass on the information to the appropriate agencies within the government of Ireland and alert us immediately if they come across any i [...] | 2007-10-04 14:49:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER EI |
07DUBLIN777 | IRISH PRIME MINISTER BEATS BACK VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: During September, the Mahon Tribunal continued to investigate allegations that Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern was given cash in return for favors in the early 1990s - grilling him during three days of hearings. Political opponents, scenting blood, introduced a vote of no co [...] | 2007-10-10 13:13:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EI |
07DUBLIN796 | IRELAND AGREES WITH USG ON UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel to Ruaidhri Dowling, Deputy Director of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia, Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on October 16, 2007. Dowling responded that the Irish Government largely agrees with the US on Uzbekistan and that Ireland is taking a "princi [...] | 2007-10-17 09:04:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EI PHUM PREL |
07DUBLIN822 | IRELAND'S POSITION ON UNGA'S THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Poloffs met with Irish Department of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director of the Human Rights Unit, Gavan O'Leary, on October 26, 2007 regarding reftel on the Third Committee. No Action Motions ----------------- 2. (SBU) In regards to the "no action" motions, O'Leary said that the Euro [...] | 2007-10-30 07:18:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KTIA UN EI |
07DUBLIN823 | IRISH RESPONSE TO US DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN [...] (C) POLOFFS DELIVERED REFTEL ON THE GOALS AND DETAILS OF NEW U.S. DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ORGANIZATIONS AND BANKS TO EMMA MADIGAN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR EUROPE AND UN COORDINATION, AND STEPHEN DAWSON, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ON OCTOBER 26, [...] | 2007-10-30 07:18:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EI KNNP PARM PREL |
07DUBLIN825 | IRISH RESPONSE TO DAVID WALKER'S IAAC CANDIDACY [...] (U) POLOFF met with Department of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Europe and UN Coordination, Emma Madigan, on October 30. In response to the request to support David Walker in the UN Independent Audit Advisory Committee (IAAC),Madigan said that Ireland was aware of the qualifications of [...] | 2007-10-30 16:51:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL UNGA EI |
07DUBLIN844 | IRELAND SUPPORTIVE OF FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE [...] (U) Summary: Irish officials say they will ensure that the recent FATF warning of risks associated with Iran-related financial transactions, and FATF guidance on implementing targeted fiancial sanctions aginst Iran, (reftel) reaches all concerned parties. Department of Finance officials noted [...] | 2007-11-14 13:45:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC ECON EI |
07DUBLIN849 | IRELAND'S 2008 LISBON REFORM TREATY REFERENDUM: [...] (SBU) Ireland's unique position as the only European Union (EU) member state compelled to hold a national referendum on the recently agreed Lisbon Reform Treaty puts great pressure on the Irish Government to secure a strong positive vote for the Treaty. The public and most political parties r [...] | 2007-11-15 12:46:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN EI |
07DUBLIN851 | IRISH VIEWS ON THE NOVEMBER 19-20 FOREIGN [...] (C) POLOFFs delivered demarches (Refs A and B) on November 16, 2007 to Pat Kelly, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Ireland is disappointed in the continued intransigence of Iran and is steadily moving toward endorsement of sanctions within an EU or UN framework. [...] | 2007-11-16 16:48:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | IS PREL PGOV KNNP MNUC IAEA IR PARM AORC EI |
07DUBLIN854 | IRISH VIEW OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary: Ireland supports additional financial sanctions on Burma, provided they do not adversely affect the welfare of the Burmese people, but does not believe that the EU has the stomach for significantly more forceful measures at this time. End summary. 2. (C) ECONOFF presented r [...] | 2007-11-20 16:57:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL ECON EI |
07DUBLIN869 | IRELAND WATCHING VENEZUELAN SITUATION CLOSELY [...] (U) Poloff delivered points contained in reftel demarches on November 27 to Karen Miller in the Americas Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs. Miller welcomed the information and told poloff that Ireland was concerned about the recent developments in Venezuela and was monitoring the [...] | 2007-11-28 11:24:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV EI |
07DUBLIN871 | IRELAND PROACTIVELY ADDRESSING HUMAN TRAFFICKING [...] Summary: Ireland is demonstrating firm commitment to meeting its international obligations on human trafficking, moving forward with key legislation and the creation of a new Government unit dedicated to combating trafficking in persons (TIP). End summary. 2. On November 27 poloffs met [...] | 2007-11-28 12:50:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG EI |
07DUBLIN876 | IRELAND FACING NEW IMMIGRATION AND INTEGRATION [...] (U) The surge in immigration to Ireland during the past decade has presented the Republic with economic opportunities as well as social challenges. Foreign nationals now constitute upwards of 15 percent of Ireland's inhabitants, compared to 10 percent in the U.S. Ireland has used the immigra [...] | 2007-11-30 12:24:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG PGOV PREL KHLS EI |
07DUBLIN898 | IRISH GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO REPORT ON [...] (U) On December 11, the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern issued a statement responding to a report by the Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC) on alleged "extraordinary rendition" flights through Ireland. (Note: the IHRC was set up under the "Good Friday" Agreement by the Irish [...] | 2007-12-12 15:43:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL |
07DUBLIN899 | PRIME MINISTER DISMISSES IHRC CALL FOR INSPECTION [...] On December 12 in the National Parliament (Dail),Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Bertie Ahern categorically rejected Opposition and Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC) calls for the random inspection of U.S. aircraft when they are alleged to be transiting Ireland on "extraordinary rendition" fli [...] | 2007-12-13 13:33:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL EI |
07DUBLIN916 | TOUR D'HORIZON WITH IRISH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Ambassador Foley met with Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern on December 19 to discuss a wide range of issues. In recent days, Ahern has tamped down the public reaction to a report of the Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC) on extraordinary renditions. Ahern indicated that the 3500-stron [...] | 2007-12-20 15:46:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECIN PBTS EAIR ECON PKFK EUN |
07DUBLIN919 | DELIVERY OF DRAFT U.S.-IRELAND PRECLEARANCE AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Per Ref A, on December 18, 2007, Post delivered a hard copy of the draft U.S.-Ireland Agreement on Air Transport Preclearance to the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs under cover of a diplomatic note. The texts of the diplomatic note and draft agreement follow. 2. (SBU) Departmen [...] | 2007-12-27 16:35:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV PREL EI |
07DURBAN59 | BUTHELEZI PREACHES MORE OF THE SAME AT IFP ANNUAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) held its 32nd Annual General Conference from October 12-14 in KwaZulu-Natal. IFP President Mangosuthu Buthelezi presided over the conference, which was attended by over 3,000 delegates. Buthelezi criticized the ANC-led government, and detailed his o [...] | 2007-10-17 13:11:00 | Consulate Durban | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SF |
07DURBAN61 | DURBAN POLITICAL UPDATE - ISSUE 1 [...] (U) IN THIS ISSUE: - Situation Remains Tense in Ezinqoleni Municipality - President Mbeki Visits Inkatha Freedom Party Stronghold - KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health's Head of Department Suspended 2. (U) RECENT CABLE TRAFFIC: - DURBAN 54: ANC Secures Simply Majority in KwaZulu-Natal - DU [...] | 2007-10-19 15:13:00 | Consulate Durban | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SF |
07DUSHANBE1030 | TAJIKISTAN A DECADE AFTER THE CIVIL WAR [...] (SBU) Ten years after peace accords ended the 1992-1997 civil war, President Emomali Rahmon has taken a great deal of credit for pulling Tajikistan out of conflict and setting it on a path which he claims could be a model for other post-conflict societies. At a June 25-26 conference commemor [...] | 2007-07-06 07:26:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID SNAR TI |
07DUSHANBE1031 | AFGHAN VIEWS FROM NORTH OF THE BORDER: PROSPECTS FOR [...] Summary. Not far from the nearly-completed U.S.-funded Nizhniy Pyanj bridge at the Tajik-Afghan border, Afghan traders ferry goods from Pakistan, China, and Iran into southern Tajikistan. The opening of the Nizhniy Pyanj bridge will open the door for more trade while decreasing the opportuni [...] | 2007-07-06 09:29:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL TI |
07DUSHANBE1056 | JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES FIGHTING TO IMPORT LITERATURE UNDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Jehovah's Witness Associate Counsel Gregory Olds expressed concern that that Customs officials' recent seizure of a shipment of his organization's religious literature represents a worrying shift in the Tajik government's attitude towards religious freedom and censorship. Durin [...] | 2007-07-11 10:47:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF TI |
07DUSHANBE1057 | TAJIKISTAN PROMISES CONTINUED ANTI-TIP REFORMS [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered the Russian translation of the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to Abdurahmon Azimov, head of the Interagency Commission Against Trafficking in Persons, July 5. (Note: PolOff had previously delivered the Trafficking in Persons report to the Ministry of Foreign Affai [...] | 2007-07-11 13:20:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM TI |
07DUSHANBE1077 | JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES FIGHTING TO IMPORT LITERATURE UNDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Jehovah's Witness Associate Counsel Gregory Olds expressed concern that that Customs officials' recent seizure of a shipment of his organization's religious literature represents a worrying shift in the Tajik government's attitude towards religious freedom and censorship. Durin [...] | 2007-07-17 13:10:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF TI |
07DUSHANBE1080 | OSCE IN DUSHANBE: BORDER MANAGEMENT AND MANDATE ISSUES [...] ( C) Summary: OSCE Head of Center Pryakhin told Ambassador that the Tajik government had approved only one our its four proposed border management programs -- creation of a comprehensive border management strategy -- and deferred the other proposals for further study after the strategy is c [...] | 2007-07-18 12:08:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID SNAR TI AF OSCE |
07DUSHANBE1093 | TAJIK REGION STILL GRAPPLES WITH POST-WAR DECAY [...] (SBU) Summary: A July 18 trip to the southern Tajik city of Vakhsh revealed a range of economic problems, including unpaid teachers and impoverished cotton farmers. While thousands fled Vakhsh during the 1992-1997 Tajik civil war, the government has attempted to lure refugees back to the are [...] | 2007-07-24 13:42:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID EAGR TI |
07DUSHANBE1128 | TAJIK GOVERNMENT TRYING TO STRONG ARM U.S. FIRM [...] (C) Summary: Although the antimony mining venture Anzob LLC privatized in 2006, the Tajik government is trying to dictate the firm's selling price and select its buyer. The First Deputy Minister of Energy and Industry admitted that a letter ordering Anzob to sell its product to a Tajik compa [...] | 2007-08-06 06:44:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL TI |
07DUSHANBE1130 | SETTING THE SCENE FOR THE OPENING OF THE TAJIK-AFGHAN BRIDGE [...] (SBU) The August 26 opening of the U.S.-constructed bridge between Afghanistan and Tajikistan launches an era of great possibilities and potential by creating a new transportation and trade link between Central and South Asia. The $37 million state-of-the-art bridge quite literally symbolizes [...] | 2007-08-06 13:06:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TI AF |
07DUSHANBE1149 | PUTTING THE BRAKES ON TAJIKISTAN'S BACKSLIDING [...] (C) Summary: By comparison to some of its neighbors in Central Asia, Tajikistan does not stand out as particularly authoritarian, corrupt or incompetent. Yet even in this context, where the bar has been lowered considerably in terms of good governance, the Tajik government's policies and re [...] | 2007-08-10 12:41:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EAID KDEM TI |
07DUSHANBE1155 | TAJIKISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S [...] (U) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes Assistant Secretary Boucher and Senior Advisor Caitlin Hayden to Dushanbe for the Assistant Secretary's third visit to Tajikistan. SIPDIS 2. (U) By now, you have received two reftels describing the current environment in Tajikistan. Ref B contains some ge [...] | 2007-08-14 12:31:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON TI |
07DUSHANBE1157 | TAJIKISTAN: DEMARCHE ON PROMOTION OF STANDING COMMITTEE [...] PolOff informed Ismatullo Nasreddinov, Head of the North America and Europe Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on August 10 of the U.S. support for Steve Carr's candidacy to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement's Standing Commission. Post also delivered a formal diploma [...] | 2007-08-14 21:08:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC |
07DUSHANBE121 | A TRUE TRAVEL STORY FROM HELL [...] SUMMARY: With 67 returning Kazakh hajjis and nearly one hundred tired and hungry expats on board, Turkish Airlines flight 1344 bound for Dushanbe, Tajikistan, could not land for nearly two days due to fog, rain and snow, uncooperative Central Asian governments, indecisive Turkish Airlines rep [...] | 2007-01-19 07:33:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TI |
07DUSHANBE1253 | BRIDGE OPENING SPURS DISCUSSION OF FURTHER COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: "This new bridge is as important for us as oxygen," Tajik President Emomali Rahmon told Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, who led the U.S. presidential delegation to the opening of the new U.S.-funded bridge linking Tajikistan and Afghanistan across the Pyanj River. Rahmon [...] | 2007-09-04 03:57:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAID ECIN ELTN TI AF |
07DUSHANBE1254 | TAJIKISTAN: PEACE PARK DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] PolOff discussed the creation of a Transboundary Peace Park with Deputy Minister Rustam Latipov at the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection (reftel). Latipov fully supports the creation of the Park and conservation of the Pamirs. Tajikistan will host a multi-national conferen [...] | 2007-09-04 09:02:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV PREL TI |
07DUSHANBE1255 | TAJIK-AFGHAN BRIDGE OPENS IN STYLE [...] (U) On August 26, after 19 months of construction led by the Afghan Engineering Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, $37 million in U.S. funding, 19,100 cubic meters of concrete, and countless demarches and interventions by the Embassy to secure building materials and licenses, Tajik [...] | 2007-09-04 11:04:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAID ECIN ELTN TI AF |
07DUSHANBE1334 | TAJIKISTAN: IMPRISONED DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIRMAN TO BE [...] (C) Rahmatullo Valiev, Deputy Chairman of the Democratic Party of Tajikistan, met with the Deputy Chief of Mission September 18. Valiev has been leading the party while its Chairman, Mahmadruzzi Iskandarov, remains in jail in Dushanbe, and met with us to discuss Iskandarov's possible release [...] | 2007-09-20 04:02:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI |
07DUSHANBE1349 | DUSHANBE: OSCE HUMAN DIMENSIONS MEETING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Embassy Delivered reftel demarche to the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for America and Europe, Ismatullo Nasreddinov, on September 20. Nasreddinov said that Tajikistan would send its Presidential Adviser on Social Issues, Mansur Saffidinov, to the conference along with repre [...] | 2007-09-25 04:29:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ECON OSCE TI |
07DUSHANBE135 | INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING BUREAU LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. The International Broadcasting Bureau's Jim Lambert briefed Minister of Transportation and Communications Abdurahim Ashurov January 23 on the history of its broadcasts and transmissions from Tajikistan and proposed that the United States and Tajikistan negotiate and sign a bilate [...] | 2007-01-26 13:48:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ABLD ECPS OIIP PGOV PREL KPAO TI |
07DUSHANBE1385 | TAJIKISTAN - ANOTHER RUMOR OF REVOLT [...] (C) Summary: A former member of Parliament says that he is organizing a revolt. We doubt he has the means to make this happen, but rumors of uprisings and/or invasions from Uzbekistan have cropped up repeatedly over the past year. The Government of Tajikistan may try to profit from these rumo [...] | 2007-09-27 04:57:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER TI |
07DUSHANBE1412 | SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT FIGHTS FOR CONTROL OF OPEN WORLD [...] SUMMARY: Deputy Chief of Mission and Cultural Affairs Officer met with Speaker of Parliament Sadullo Hairuloyev October 2 to ask him to consent to the participation of four members of the Tajik Parliament in the Open World program. Hairuloyev initially provided several reasons why the participa [...] | 2007-10-03 05:50:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO TI |
07DUSHANBE1420 | TAJIK PRESIDENT FIRES SENIOR ANTI-NARCOTICS OFFICER TO [...] (S) Summary: President Rahmon has fired a senior anti-narcotics officer who pressed for prosecution of a distant relative and Major from the State Committee for National Security (i.e. the KGB) who were arrested while transporting heroin in a government vehicle. XXXXXXXXXXXX End Summary. 2. (S) [...] | 2007-10-04 15:52:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | PREL PGOV SNAR TI |
07DUSHANBE1432 | TAJIKISTAN INL DUSHANBE 2007 SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT [...] In the absence of INL regular quarterly reports, the Narcotics and Law Enforcement Section in Dushanbe herein reports on activities for the period of January - September 2007: ---------------------------------- Narcotics and Law Enforcement Activities --------------------------------- Jan [...] | 2007-10-10 07:15:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM TI |
07DUSHANBE1437 | RAHMON SHOWS OFF DUSHANBE FOR THE CIS SUMMIT; DUSHANBE [...] (U) Summary: The Summits of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Economic Cooperation Organization, and Collective Security Treaty Organization, held October 5-7, brought Dushanbe to a standstill, disrupting communications and commerce, and costing a fortune. The Government of Taji [...] | 2007-10-10 13:55:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TI |
07DUSHANBE1460 | PRIVATE POWER STATION IN EASTERN TAJIKISTAN RECOVERS FROM [...] Summary: Pamir Energy, the private energy company serving all of Gorno-Badakhshan in eastern Tajikistan, has largely bounced back from its catastrophic accident in February 2007 when its main hydropower station Pamir 1 flooded, but continues to face cash flow problems due to inefficient distrib [...] | 2007-10-16 09:23:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EAID TI |
07DUSHANBE1466 | A TASTE OF YAK IN REMOTE MURGHAB [...] (U) Summary: Remote, harsh and cold, and sparsely populated by residents with hardened wind-battered facial features, Murghab sits atop an 11,778-foot plateau in an area that defines remote in eastern Tajikistan. EconOffs drove to Murghab in eastern Tajikistan in early October to see how resid [...] | 2007-10-17 12:36:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PGOV EAID PREL TI |
07DUSHANBE1467 | CONTINUING TROUBLES FOR NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE IN [...] (C) Summary: The National Democratic Institute Director in Tajikistan, Harry Bader, has received another one-month, two-entry visa, further blocking his efforts to obtain registration for his organization. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had previously promised Bader a three-month visa, which [...] | 2007-10-17 13:17:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM TI |
07DUSHANBE1516 | SETTING THE SCENE FOR COMMANDER, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND'S 1 [...] (C) Executive Summary. Embassy Dushanbe looks forward to your upcoming visit to Tajikistan. Besides the opening of the bridge between Afghanistan and Tajikistan in August, little has changed since your introductory meeting with President Rahmon in June. As this is your second visit, you will [...] | 2007-10-19 13:36:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | PREL PGOV MASS MCAP OVIP TI AF |
07DUSHANBE1523 | FM ZARIFI ON OPENING THE BRIDGE AND DUSHANBE SUMMITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At an hour-long meeting October 22 requested by Ambassador, Foreign Minister Zarifi: --admitted that the government had not decided which agency would be in charge of the facilities including the U.S.-funded bridge at the Nizhniy Pyanzh border, but said they were working tow [...] | 2007-10-24 05:46:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ELTN MASS TI |
07DUSHANBE1526 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER FOR UN [...] (U) Per reftel, PolOff delivered the demarche on David Walker's candidacy to Jamshed Khamidov, Deputy Head of the Department for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan. PolOff handed Khamidov a printed copy of Walker's biographic information, and Khamidov [...] | 2007-10-24 12:11:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC TI UN UNGA |
07DUSHANBE1531 | GOVERNMENT OF TAJIKISTAN OUTLAWS JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES [...] (SBU) Summary: In line with its increasingly restrictive controls on religious practice, the Government of Tajikistan has banned the Jehovah's Witnesses from activities in the country. Representatives of the organization have told us that they will appeal the government's decision, and that the [...] | 2007-10-26 05:43:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL TI KIRF |
07DUSHANBE1556 | CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER FOR UN IAAC [...] (U) Post received a further response from the Government of Tajikistan concerning subject demarche. The Tajik Government has decided to support David Walker's candidacy for the United Nations Independent Audit Advisory Committee. Jamshed Khamidov, Deputy Head of the Department for Internation [...] | 2007-10-31 07:14:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC TI UN UNGA |
07DUSHANBE1561 | OSCE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION CONFERENCE IN DUSHANBE [...] (U) Summary: Delegations to the OSCE Central Asian Regional Transportation Conference in Dushanbe October 23-24 agreed to promote streamlined transit routes and enhance public-private partnerships in the transportation sector. The joint statement released by the delegations underlined the role [...] | 2007-10-31 16:26:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECIN ELTN ETRD TI |
07DUSHANBE1562 | SENIOR ANTI-NARCOTICS GENERAL FIRED BY PRESIDENT, THEN [...] (S) Summary: A senior anti-narcotics officer who was fired after he pressed for prosecution of a State Committee for National Security officer (and distant relative of the President) has been temporarily reinstated. He has told the embassy that his reinstatement is only until a replacement is [...] | 2007-11-01 06:58:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV SNAR PREL TI |
07DUSHANBE1581 | GERALD METALS RESOLVES DISPUTE WITH TAJIK ALUMINUM, RENEWS [...] (SBU) Gerald Metals Inc. of Connecticut, and the Tajik Aluminum Company ("Talco") have resolved their four-year, $24 million dispute over non-delivery of aluminum for which Gerald had pre-paid. Now Gerald Metals is exploring new opportunities in metal trading with Talco. The two sides reached [...] | 2007-11-02 16:38:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EINV ETRD TI |
07DUSHANBE1584 | A LOOMING COTTON CRISIS IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: International banks have begun calling in part of their $360 million in agricultural loans to Tajikistan, which lacks the ability to pay, threatening a liquidity crisis in the banking sector here. Behind the scenes of this week's Sixth Ministerial Conference of the Central Asi [...] | 2007-11-02 17:48:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAGR ECON PGOV PREL EINV ETRD TI |
07DUSHANBE1589 | WEEKEND UPDATE ON TAJIK LIQUIDITY CRISIS [...] (U) This report provides an update to reftel concerning the cotton sector finance crisis in Tajikistan. President Rahmon Reacts to Donor Demands --------------------------------------------- ------------ 2. (C) According to Annette Dixon of the World Bank and Juan Miranda of the Asian [...] | 2007-11-05 13:15:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAGR ECON PGOV PREL EINV ETRD TI |
07DUSHANBE1599 | DEMARCHE ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: A discussion with the Foreign Ministry regarding the Jehovah's Witnesses and the National Democratic Institute produced a little sympathy but no breakthroughs from the Ministry, and highlighted the need for more personal diplomacy at all levels to educate the Tajik Government ab [...] | 2007-11-09 07:05:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TI |
07DUSHANBE1600 | TAJIK DRAFT LAW ON RELIGION SEES THE LIGHT OF DAY [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff attended a November 7 OSCE-initiated forum on the draft Law on Religion. While government officials emphasized the necessity of such a law and the "transparency" of the drafting process, religious groups and non-governmental organizations expressed deep concerns about the [...] | 2007-11-09 07:33:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV TI |
07DUSHANBE161 | INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN TAJIKISTAN [...] In response to reftel, Post submits the following five names of the most influential women in Tajikistan. -- Khairinisso MAVLONOVA Title: Depuity Prime Minister Organization: Government of the Republic of Tajikistan In a country with one female minister and where most women are relegated [...] | 2007-01-31 14:12:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN TI |
07DUSHANBE1611 | FATF/IRAN STATEMENT - TAJIK SUPPORT ON THE FINANCIAL FRONT [...] (SBU) Post delivered the demarche (reftel) regarding the Financial Action Task Force warning on Iran's financial system to Tajik officials, who promised to pass the warning through "quiet channels" to Tajik financial institutions. 2. (SBU) EconOff delivered demarche to Zamira Hurshedovna, He [...] | 2007-11-14 03:45:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC ECON TI |
07DUSHANBE1612 | MCC DEMARCHE - TAJIKS STILL MISSING THE POINT [...] (U) Summary. EmbOffs delivered the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) scorecard to a variety of Tajik officials, who roundly ignored its implications and instead attacked the legitimacy and methodology behind the indicators. Kyrgyzstan's pending Threshold Program caught the attention of se [...] | 2007-11-14 04:21:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC TI |
07DUSHANBE1665 | NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE TAJIKISTAN DIRECTOR GRANTED [...] (C) Summary: The Tajikistan Director of the National Democratic Institute has been issued a six-month, multiple entry visa, after having received short-term visas for several months. The six-month visa was a prerequisite for obtaining registration for the National Democratic Institute. Embass [...] | 2007-11-21 03:10:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM TI |
07DUSHANBE167 | NGO STANDOFF WITH THE TAJIK MFA OVER REQUEST FOR PERSONNEL [...] (SBU) Tajikistan's international nongovernmental organization community is wrestling with how to respond to a recent Ministry of Foreign Affairs request to provide information about their local employees and tax status. The Ministry sent a letter in early January -- received by only three [...] | 2007-02-01 12:12:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EAID TI |
07DUSHANBE1680 | ALL THE KING'S MEN [...] (C) Summary: One year after President Rahmon's re-election, Tajiks from the Kulyob region hold approximately two-thirds of the top positions in government. While this consolidation of power has been ongoing for several years, some in President Rahmon's party have started to question whether hi [...] | 2007-11-23 12:16:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TI |
07DUSHANBE1686 | CENTCOM COMMANDER VISIT BUILDS RELATIONS, FOCUSES ON [...] (C) Summary. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander Admiral WiIliam J. Fallon's 6 November 2007 visit to Dushanbe yielded a second meeting with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and first-time discussions with Defense Minister General-Colonel (U.S. 3-star equivalent) Sherali Khairulloyev and [...] | 2007-11-23 14:08:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MASS PGOV TI AF IR |
07DUSHANBE1687 | NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE TAJIKISTAN DIRECTOR GRANTED [...] (C) Summary: The Tajikistan Director of the National Democratic Institute has been issued a six-month, multiple entry visa, after having received short-term visas for several months. The six-month visa was a prerequisite for obtaining registration for the National Democratic Institute. Embass [...] | 2007-11-23 14:13:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM TI |
07DUSHANBE1689 | PRESS TV: IRAN'S PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ENTERS GLOBAL STAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Iran's 24-hour satellite English language news station, Press TV, began operations in July 2007. It has moved quickly to establish itself through widely dispersed correspondents, a large staff in Tehran and London, aggressive recruitment of guests, and generally high quality con [...] | 2007-11-26 08:28:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL IR |
07DUSHANBE171 | TAJIK FOREIGN MINISTER ZARIPOV'S BILATERAL WISH LIST FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Zaripov invited Ambassador February 1 to meet newly-appointed Ambassador to the United States Abdujabbor Shirinov, and to discuss his ideas for additional cooperation in 2007, including the opening of the U.S.-funded bridge at Nizhnii Pyanzh and the Millennium [...] | 2007-02-02 10:40:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID KPAO TI |
07DUSHANBE1734 | TAJIK COTTON DEBT CRISIS UPDATE [...] (C) On December 6 Pol/Econ Chief spoke with Katherine Kelm of the Asian Development Bank (protect),about the status of efforts by the Asian Development Bank, World Bank, and International Monetary Fund, to resolve the problems of Tajikistan's $400 million cotton debt (reftel),and the prospec [...] | 2007-12-07 07:30:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAGR ECON PGOV PREL EINV ETRD TI |
07DUSHANBE1752 | DEMARCHE REQUEST - MISSING AMCIT ROBERT LEVINSON [...] (S) PolOff delivered a demarche regarding Robert Levinson on December 14 to Ismatullo Nasredinov, Head of the Foreign Ministry,s Department of European and American Affairs. He said he would forward the information on Levinson to his colleagues at the Department of Asian and African Affairs, w [...] | 2007-12-14 12:09:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | CASC KDEM KISL KJUS KPRP PGOV PREL |
07DUSHANBE199 | FLOOD SHUTS DOWN TAJIKISTAN'S PAMIR I POWER STATION [...] (SBU) Pamir Energy, the Aga Khan-supported energy company that serves Tajikistan's remote Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, suffered a major disruption February 5 when the powerhouse at Pamir I hydro power station flooded, causing local employees to shut down the 28 MW station (and run for t [...] | 2007-02-06 11:56:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID ENRG TI |
07DUSHANBE206 | TAJIK PITCHES INITIATIVES FOR THE OSCE [...] (U) Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for International Organizations, Nuriddin Shamsov, called in the deputy chief of mission February 5 to discuss Tajik issues at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The resident Organization for Security and Cooperation in Euro [...] | 2007-02-07 09:36:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID TI OSCE |
07DUSHANBE224 | PANJ DISTRICT IN THE RUNNING FOR TAJIKISTAN'S MOST [...] Summary: In a country with widespread poverty, Panj district ranks at the bottom even by Tajik standards. No internet access exists anywhere in the district. The district's only newspaper comes out every ten days because of the time needed to create type-set for four pages on an old printin [...] | 2007-02-09 12:36:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID ECON EAGR TI |
07DUSHANBE225 | CORRUPTION ON THE FOREFRONT OF TAJIKS' MINDS [...] (U) SUMMARY: "Anti-Corruption" has become the Tajik government's new buzzword, as President Rahmonov and his cabinet publicly tout new initiatives to combat a problem that pervades every sector, ranging from health and education, to traffic police, to privatization and licensing. Despite the [...] | 2007-02-09 12:57:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON KCRM TI |
07DUSHANBE226 | NO NEWS FLASH: SCHOOLS IN PANJ, TAJIKISTAN NEED HELP [...] Summary: In Panj district in southern Tajikistan, the educational system fails to meet the basic needs of a poor rural community. A February 8 visit to a secondary school in the district capital and a primary school in a rural village demonstrated that Panj students still need better teachers [...] | 2007-02-09 12:57:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID ECON EAGR TI |
07DUSHANBE242 | TAJIKISTAN'S NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF COURAGE [...] Post nominates Zebunisso Rustamova for the Secretary of State's Annual Award for International Women of Courage for her work in building a brighter future for vulnerable women and children of Tajikistan. Ms. Rustamova's information is as follows: Name-- Zebunisso RUSTAMOVA Title: Directo [...] | 2007-02-14 03:50:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO |
07DUSHANBE254 | MAKING A SPLASH IN TAJIKISTAN WITH WATER ASSISTANCE [...] Summary: Tajikistan's new water minister Masaid Hamidov appreciates U.S. support for rural water users' programs and water systems rehabilitation, but requested training exchanges to the United States as the best "hands-on" way to expose his staff to new technologies. The World Bank and Asia [...] | 2007-02-16 12:15:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PREL SENV KPWR EAID PGOV TI |
07DUSHANBE256 | TAJIK-AFGHAN BRIDGE OPENING COULD HELP HIGHLIGHT SUCCESS IN [...] (C) The U.S.-funded bridge between Tajikistan and Afghanistan serves as the most visible symbol of our efforts to link South and Central Asia and establish lasting trade and transportation ties between the two regions. In Tajikistan, where the Chinese, Russians and Iranians have all donated [...] | 2007-02-16 12:42:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID TI AF |
07DUSHANBE262 | TAJIK GOVERNMENT AND NGOS BEGIN DIALOGUE, BUT OUTSTANDING [...] (SBU) Summary: Two related issues from the Tajik government have kept non-governmental organizations in the spotlight (or crosshairs) and unsettled a number of U.S. assistance implementers. A draft Law on Public Associations passed by the lower house of Parliament February 14 could strengthe [...] | 2007-02-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EAID TI |
07DUSHANBE265 | TAJIK POLITICAL PARTIES: DOWN, BUT NOT DEAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajikistan's political parties are slowly getting back on their feet after being completely marginalized in the November 2006 presidential election. In a series of meetings with party leaders in January and February 2007, PolOff discussed each party's direction leading up to t [...] | 2007-02-21 14:12:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI |
07DUSHANBE314 | FEBRUARY 2007 BORDER WRAP-UP REPORT [...] (SBU) An interagency Department of State and Defense team conducted a demining policy assessment visit February 5-7. The purpose of the trip was to obtain an initial assessment of the landmine problem, and make recommendations to the PCC sub-group regarding the viability of allocating resourc [...] | 2007-03-05 04:46:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINR SNAR TI AF |
07DUSHANBE34 | ENERGETIC FOREIGN MINISTER FULL OF IDEAS -- PUSHING [...] (C) Summary: Tajik Foreign Minister Zaripov visited the Embassy January 4 to sign the condolence book for President Ford and ended up canceling his follow-on appointments to discuss a number of issues with the Ambassador. Zaripov asked the Embassy's assistance to accelerate and expand U.S. [...] | 2007-01-05 12:15:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EINV ENRG PGOV OVIP TI |
07DUSHANBE351 | DUSHANBE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: DCA, MINISTRY OF INTERIOR [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 4. 2. Post has been asked to conduct a human rights review for the following personnel from the Drug Control Agency Under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan and Tajik Ministry of Interior appointed to attend drivers training courses organized [...] | 2007-03-12 15:35:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SNAR TI |
07DUSHANBE359 | OSCE OK IN TAJIKISTAN - AMBASSADOR FINLEY MEETS WITH TAJIK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During their meeting March 7 with Tajik Foreign Minister Zaripov, U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE),Ambassador Julie Finley, and Ambassador Jacobson discussed the future of the OSCE in Tajikistan. The Tajik Perman [...] | 2007-03-13 16:17:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI |
07DUSHANBE381 | TAJIKISTAN: LIGHTS OUT AND EVERYONE HOME-AND COLD [...] (U) SUMMARY: Even as Tajikistan seeks to become a regional energy exporter, most of Dushanbe has had only four to six hours of power each day for the last month. Many parts of rural Tajikistan have remained without any electricity throughout the winter, but the fact that the capital is exper [...] | 2007-03-20 12:17:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ENGR EAID TI AF |
07DUSHANBE43 | TAJIK BANKING DINNER TURNS INTO SERIOUS TALK TO RESOLVE [...] (C) Summary: In Tajikistan, singing and dancing alongside the President's brother-in-law while discussing business earns the United States diplomatic goodwill. At a private dinner January 8 to talk about banking supervision and economic reform, President Rahmonov's brother-in-law Hasan Sadu [...] | 2007-01-09 12:23:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV ETRD TI |
07DUSHANBE433 | NDI IN TAJIKISTAN: A GLIMMER OF HOPE? [...] (C) Summary: After getting the cold shoulder from the Ministry of Justice, National Democratic Institute (NDI) received an encouraging sign from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Saidmuddin Yatimov suggested that a visa for National Democratic Institute Tajikistan Di [...] | 2007-03-29 11:50:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI |
07DUSHANBE44 | TAJIK FOREIGN MINISTER PITCHES HIGH PROFILE BRIDGE OPENING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 4 meeting with the Ambassador (reftel),Tajik Foreign Minister Zaripov proposed a high profile opening for the United States Government funded bridge linking Tajikistan and Afghanistan across the Pyanj river. The Embassy fully supports a strong public diplomacy pa [...] | 2007-01-09 12:26:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MASS KPAO TI AF |
07DUSHANBE500 | TAJIKISTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER REPORTS ON PRISON [...] (C) Fayzinisso Vohidova, a lawyer with the Center for Economic and Legal Support in Khujand, described to PolOff March 29 the horrendous prison conditions, corruption and human rights abuses she saw when she secretly snuck into prison #23 in Khujand, Tajikistan's second largest city. 2. [...] | 2007-04-03 11:45:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL ICRC TI |
07DUSHANBE501 | TAJIK FOREIGN MINISTER ON IRAN, KYRGYZSTAN, CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Zaripov, following his trip to Astana March 27-29 for the EU Troika meetings with Central Asian Foreign Ministers, met Ambassador April 3 to discuss a full range of bilateral and regional issues: Iran: Tajikistan supports UN Security Council Resolution 1747, [...] | 2007-04-03 12:25:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV PHUM KDEM ENRG EAID TI IR KZ RS |
07DUSHANBE502 | TAJIKISTAN: FREE AND FAIR LOCAL ELECTIONS? APRIL FOOLS! [...] SUMMARY: Three districts in Tajikistan's southern Khatlon region held local by-elections April 1 for seats in the national parliament vacated by parliamentarians appointed to Ministries and other positions. Despite the lower profile of the April 1 elections as compared to the November 2006 [...] | 2007-04-03 13:07:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI |
07DUSHANBE509 | TAJIKISTAN BANKERS EXCHANGE: ANOTHER SET OF CONVERTS [...] (U) Summary: "Washington is the city of smiles!!" At an International Visitor Program exchange debrief March 28, Tajikistan's top bankers marveled as much about the technical and practical lessons observed in the U.S. banking system, as about at the openness of U.S. society and economy, and [...] | 2007-04-04 12:36:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAID KPAO TI |
07DUSHANBE512 | HIGH LEVEL OF INTEREST IN U.S. POLICIES AT A TAJIK-RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite several swipes by Russian Ambassador Ramazan Abdulatipov at the United States, participants in a conference on Tajik-Russian relations showed sincere interest in U.S. policy goals. While the March 28-29 conference on "Russian and Central Asia and the Conditions of Geop [...] | 2007-04-05 03:26:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON KPAO TI RS |
07DUSHANBE517 | TAJIK ISLAMIC LEADER POINTS OUT WEAKNESSES IN CENTRAL ASIA [...] (U) Summary: At an April 5 conference on "Kazakhstan's Role and Place in Central Asia" participants took a few gentle stabs at the United States, particularly over the security situation in Afghanistan but otherwise remained neutral. Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) leader Muhi [...] | 2007-04-06 11:04:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI KZ |
07DUSHANBE525 | TAJIKISTAN AT THE CROSSROADS [...] (SBU) Five months after the presidential election secured President Rahmonov a third seven-year term, Tajikistan seems to have stalled on the road of reform. Throughout 2006, Rahmonov assured international visitors and his public alike that "after the election," new blood and new ideas would [...] | 2007-04-09 07:20:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID TI |
07DUSHANBE527 | SETTING THE SCENE FOR DAS FEIGENBAUM'S APRIL 12-15 VISIT [...] (C) Seven months after your last visit, you will find a Tajikistan that has set aside the promises of the November 2006 election, to a government less worried about international perceptions and more confident in tightening its control over society and the economy. President Rahmonov's minis [...] | 2007-04-09 09:58:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAID TI |
07DUSHANBE584 | HIGH LEVEL OF INTEREST IN U.S. POLICIES AT A TAJIK-RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite several swipes by Russian Ambassador Ramazan Abdulatipov at the United States, participants in a conference on Tajik-Russian relations showed sincere interest in U.S. policy goals. While the March 28-29 conference on "Russian and Central Asia and the Conditions of Geop [...] | 2007-04-18 05:38:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON KPAO TI RS |
07DUSHANBE586 | DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETS WITH TAJIK FOREIGN AFFAIRS ADVISOR ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hot off his trip to the United Arab Emirates with President Rahmon, Presidential Foreign Affairs Advisor Erkin Rahmatulloev met with SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum April 14. First Deputy Foreign SIPDIS Minister Yatimov also sat in on the meeting. Rahmatullo [...] | 2007-04-18 07:32:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TI |
07DUSHANBE590 | DAS FEIGENBAUM VISITS NEW ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCY [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the top of the agenda for many Tajik officials is attracting private business to Tajikistan. However, Tajikistan's current legal and regulatory environment, infested with corruption, deters American businesses. In a meeting with Sherkhon Salimov, Director of the new State A [...] | 2007-04-19 03:42:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM TI |
07DUSHANBE591 | CONFERENCE ON U.S.-TAJIK RELATIONS ALLOWS PRAISE AND CRITICISM OF US ROLE IN REGION [...] Summary and Comment: The April 13th conference "15 Years of U.S.-Tajik Relations" offered few surprises in terms of opinions or positions, but did provide an open forum for real debate and discourse about the U.S. role and policy in Tajikistan and the region. Some Tajik government officials pr [...] | 2007-04-19 07:01:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR TI AF SNAR |
07DUSHANBE604 | TAJIKISTAN'S SUBMISSION FOR G/TIP MANAGED FY 2007 ESF AND [...] Tajikistan was ranked in Tier Two for trafficking in persons in 2006. Despite the government's will to combat trafficking in persons, its limited capacity and resources means that Tajikistan is in danger of falling into the Tier Two Watch List category. International organizations and nongov [...] | 2007-04-20 12:54:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL TI |
07DUSHANBE628 | SETTING THE SCENE FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF COMMERCE [...] (C) You will be pleasantly surprised by the veneer of Dushanbe's active consumer economy, which hides the underbelly of massive corruption and industrial decay. The government, including the recently renamed Foreign Minister Zarifi and President Rahmon (going back to their Tajik roots),insis [...] | 2007-04-25 12:53:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TI AF |
07DUSHANBE629 | TAJIK PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR CALLS IN AMBASSADOR OVER REUTERS [...] (SBU) Senior Presidential Advisor for Foreign Affairs Rahmatulloyev called in Ambassador April 24 to discuss an April 23 Reuters article, in which she said corruption is the major impediment to Western investment in Tajikistan. Rahmatulloyev said President Rahmon personally pays attention to [...] | 2007-04-25 13:18:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG TI |
07DUSHANBE637 | TAJIKS, WORLD BANK AND CONSULTANTS ON DIFFERENT PAGES FOR [...] (C) Summary: Tajikistan's April 24 energy roundtable underscored the fundamentally different perspectives of the World Bank and its consultants, and the Tajik government in approaching a project aimed at bringing 1000 megawatts of Tajik and Kyrgyz electricity to Afghanistan and Pakistan. The [...] | 2007-04-26 11:30:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ENRG TI AF |
07DUSHANBE675 | TAJIK AND KYRGYZ LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL FOR VETTING [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 4. 2. Post has been asked to conduct a human rights review for the following Tajik and Kyrgyz personnel appointed to attend the International Narcotics Enforcement Management Seminar in Florida on June 5-21, 2007 organized by the Department of Justice [...] | 2007-05-07 06:26:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SNAR TI KR |
07DUSHANBE690 | PROVING WHY SABIT IS "SPECIAL" IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Summary: We may be neighbors, but we aren't well connected. This theme underscored a Central Asian Transportation Infrastructure Conference May 7, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce along with Embassy Dushanbe, to highlight the Special American Business Internship Training prog [...] | 2007-05-10 11:11:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN TI AF KG UZ KZ |
07DUSHANBE723 | COMMERCE DEPARTMENT TO TAJIKISTAN: KEEP WORKING ON IT [...] Summary: In a series of high-level government meetings in Dushanbe May 6-9, Department of Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe and Eurasia Paul Dyck drilled home the SIPDIS message about providing a stable and open business environment in order to attract foreign investment. In [...] | 2007-05-16 16:55:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON PGOV PREL TI |
07DUSHANBE764 | TAJIK NGO LAW NOT AS BAD AS IT COULD HAVE BEEN~BUT STILL NOT [...] (SBU) Tajikistan finally has an official new law on non-governmental organizations. After multiple drafts, months of negotiations and parliamentary discussions, diplomatic interventions and civil society hand-wringing, President Rahmon signed the Law on Public Associations May 12. However, th [...] | 2007-05-25 03:10:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID TI |
07DUSHANBE776 | LEAHY VETTING FOR TAJIK LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 4. 2. Post has been asked to conduct a human rights review for the following participants from various Tajik law enforcement agencies appointed to attend "Precursor control in Central Asia" and "Regional Cooperation in Precursor Control between Afghan [...] | 2007-05-30 10:38:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SNAR TI |
07DUSHANBE778 | IN TAJIKISTAN, A LUMP OF COAL IS NOT SUCH A BAD THING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nothing would please the Tajik government more than big lumps of coal in their stockings this Christmas, preferably from a U.S.-financed mine that fuels a thermal power station. At a May 29 roundtable meeting on "Integrated Development of Coal and Power Projects and Reconstruc [...] | 2007-05-30 12:12:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EAID TI AF |
07DUSHANBE783 | TAJIKISTAN MUST COMPLY WITH INTERNATIONAL NORMS TO SUCCEED [...] (SBU) Summary. Tajikistan needs to take steps to sign and abide by international standard agreements if it wants to develop its electricity sector through exports to Afghanistan and beyond. In a series of meetings with top energy and economic officials May 28, Senior Advisor for Regional Eco [...] | 2007-06-01 05:31:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EAID TI AF |
07DUSHANBE786 | PERSIAN POWER: TAJIKISTAN'S DEVELOPING TIES WITH IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tajikistan has characterized its ties with Iran as purely economic, but growing political, military and diplomatic relations indicate that more than investment and trade is bringing the two countries closer together. In the last eighteen months, Tajik President Rahmon and Irania [...] | 2007-06-01 13:11:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EAID TI AF IR |
07DUSHANBE790 | JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES' LITERATURE SEIZED, MEMBER INTERROGATED [...] (C) Tajikistan's Jehovah's Witnesses face increased pressure from the Tajik government and fear their recent problems may signal the government's move to shut down the religious group entirely (reftel). On April 26, State Committee on National Security officials prohibited customs authorities [...] | 2007-06-04 10:55:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF TI |
07DUSHANBE801 | TAJIKISTAN'S LAKE SAREZ- IS HYDROPOWER THE ANSWER? [...] Ten years after the First International Conference on Lake Sarez Problems in 1997, the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (Central Asia Office) and the Government of Tajikistan's Committee on Emergencies and Civil Defense conducted the Second International Conference [...] | 2007-06-05 11:59:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ENRG SENV TI |
07DUSHANBE855 | TAJIKISTAN SUPPORTS PRESIDENT BUSH'S CLIMATE INITIATIVE [...] Rustam Latipov, Tajikistan's Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Environmental Protection and the leading government official responsible for environmental issues, expressed support for President Bush's new international framework initiative on climate change. PolOff delivered points per reft [...] | 2007-06-08 12:48:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ENRG SENV TI |
07DUSHANBE877 | TAJIKISTAN TO AFGHAN REFUGEES: YOU CAN STAY, JUST NOT HERE~ [...] SUMMARY: On May 31, Tajik security officials rounded up over 150 Afghan refugees and asylum seekers in the capital of Dushanbe. Reports from those detained suggest that authorities held the refugees for most of the day without food, water or access to sanitation facilities. The authorities [...] | 2007-06-12 12:43:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM UNHCR TI AF |
07DUSHANBE886 | SETTING THE SCENE FOR COMMANDER, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND'S JUNE [...] (C) Executive Summary. Embassy Dushanbe welcomes you on your first trip to Tajikistan. This will be an important step in forging personal relationships with key Tajik leaders. We enjoy friendly relations with this small but strategic country on the Afghan border. In addition to DoD and CENT [...] | 2007-06-13 09:46:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON EAID TI |
07DUSHANBE924 | U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL ASSAULTED AND MEDEVACED [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On June 17 at 0115 hours, three temporary duty military personnel and one private American citizen were severely beaten outside a local night club. Members of the team estimated the assault lasted for twenty minutes and around thirty attackers participated. They subsequentl [...] | 2007-06-18 13:54:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC AMED CASC PREL TI |
07DUSHANBE933 | AMBASSADOR' S MEETING WITH HYDRO-POWERED FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met Foreign Minister Zarifi June 20 to discuss a laundry list of outstanding issues, including the upcoming completion of the Nizhniy Pyanzh bridge, our demarches on Afghan refugees (Ref A) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's upcoming summit (Ref B),and the [...] | 2007-06-21 11:32:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV EAID KDEM TI AF IR |
07DUSHANBE967 | PENJIKENT, TAJIKISTAN: ISOLATED BY REGIONAL BUREAUCRACY AND [...] Summary: A June 20-22 trip to Penjikent and Aini districts in western Tajikistan illuminated how bilateral problems with Uzbekistan strangle the economy and trade for Tajik districts in the Zarafshan valley. In Penjikent city, officials and citizens expressed support for President Rahmon, but [...] | 2007-06-26 11:34:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID ECON EAGR ENRG TI UZ |
07DUSHANBE969 | EXTENDED MEETING WITH PRESIDENT RAHMON DOMINATES CENTCOM [...] (C) Summary. In an unexpectedly long meeting with the Tajik President, which dominated Admiral Fallon's visit June 19, Emomali Rahmon hailed U.S.-Tajik relations as one of the first priorities in Tajik foreign policy and stated that Tajikistan is interested in further development of these rela [...] | 2007-06-28 11:25:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MASS PGOV TI AF IR |
07DUSHANBE989 | 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF TAJIKISTAN'S PEACE ACCORDS: BUT IS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a two-day UN-hosted conference on ten years of peace and reconciliation in Tajikistan, Tajik and foreign dignitaries discussed the roles they played in ending Tajikistan's 1992-1997 civil war. Instead of using the conference as an opportunity to expand political dialogue a [...] | 2007-07-03 06:34:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI |
07EFTOATHENS404 | GREEK NGOS' WORK IN IRAN, BALKANS [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoffs recently met with two Greek NGOs to talk about their work in the Balkan region and Iran. The European Public Law Center (EPLC) aims to promote democracy and the rule of law in the EU and the surrounding region. Founded in 1995, EPLC also has conducted projects in Iran. [...] | 2007-02-23 13:30:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL GR IR |
07EFTORABAT171 | SCHOOL TAX AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: Following completion of consultations with Department offices and the five officially supported American schools in Morocco, Mission has moved to engage senior GOM officials on the issue of concluding a bilateral agreement to give the schools legal status and shield them from [...] | 2007-01-31 11:59:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AMGT ASCH KREC MO |
07EFTORABAT264 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER JETTOU ON [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador to discuss our desire to conclude a bilateral schools' agreement, Prime Minister Jettou took on board our concerns about the precarious financial situation of American schools in Morocco and committed to finding a solution to the tax conundrum they [...] | 2007-02-09 11:21:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EFIN SCUL MA |
07EFTORABAT521 | PM ADVISOR CATEGORICALLY REJECTS TAX CONCESSIONS [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: In a meeting to follow up on the Ambassador's February 7 meeting with Prime Minister Jettou on our desire to conclude a school tax agreement governing U.S. schools in Morocco, the Prime Minister's Finance Advisor Abderrezak Lazrak reiterated the Government of Morocco's desire [...] | 2007-03-23 14:05:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AMGT ASCH PGOV EFIN SCUL MA |
07EFTOSANAA2300 | YEMENI SEAS MORE DANGEROUS THAN EVER FOR EAST AFRICAN REFUGEES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-12 05:48:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV YM |
07EFTOSANAA784 | LETTER DELIVERED FROM PRESIDENT BUSH ON SAADA [...] (U) Per ref A instruction, post delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the President's Office the text of the letter found at paragraph two from President Bush to President Saleh regarding Saleh's requests for assistance in relation to the conflict in Saada on April 28 (ref B). 2 [...] | 2007-04-30 13:43:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS YM |
07FRANKFURT1182 | FRONTEX: EU Border Control Cooperation at Frankfurt Airport [...] SUMMARY: In a February 19-March 9 joint operation, FRONTEX border security guards from seven EU countries are screening passengers at Frankfurt Airport to curb illegal entry to the EU. FRONTEX officials are pleased with the operation, which has netted fifteen detentions, mainly from South Amer [...] | 2007-03-12 09:58:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG ASEC EAIR PBTS PREL GM |
07FRANKFURT1199 | FRONTEX: EU Border Control Cooperation at Frankfurt Airport [...] SUMMARY: In a February 19-March 9 joint operation, FRONTEX border security guards from seven EU countries are screening passengers at Frankfurt Airport to curb illegal entry to the EU. FRONTEX officials are pleased with the operation, which has netted fifteen detentions, mainly from South Amer [...] | 2007-03-13 08:36:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG ASEC EAIR PBTS PREL GM |
07FRANKFURT4380 | Left Party Stumbles in Hesse [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With the Left Party's national leadership focused on broadening its voter base, particularly in the west, it scrambled to undo damage caused by the Hesse Left's election of communist Pit Metz as its candidate in the January 27 state elections and his subsequent resignation. The [...] | 2007-09-26 08:48:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GM |
07FRANKFURT4823 | SPD's New Direction to Face Test in Hesse Election [...] At the October 26-28 Social Democratic Party (SPD) national convention, the party's decision to adopt a platform advocating greater "social justice" bolstered the prestige of the Hesse SPD. Facing a state election in January 2008, Hesse SPD candidate Andrea Ypsilanti gained influence and esteem [...] | 2007-11-02 11:53:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
07FRANKFURT671 | Social Democratic Leader on Trans-Atlantic Relations, U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 1, national SPD Chairman and Rheinland-Pfalz Minister-President Kurt Beck spoke with the Consul General at the state chancellery in Mainz, praising trans-Atlantic relations, raising concerns about military stationing issues, and offering his take on goals for the Germ [...] | 2007-02-12 14:14:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR GM |
07FRANKFURT782 | LEADING GERMAN HUMAN RIGHTS NGO SEEKING USG [...] (U) This is an action cable (action request in paragraph 9). 2. (C) SUMMARY: Conservative German human rights NGO "International Society for Human Rights" (IGFM/ISHR) would like to partner informally with the USG and U.S. organizations on Iran, North Korea, and persecuted Christians. The [...] | 2007-02-16 13:57:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PREL GM IR KN CU CH |
07FREETOWN109 | MANU RIVER UNION BEGINS SLOW RECOVERY [...] (C) During a February 8 meeting, Manu River Union (MRU) Secretary General Aliou Diallo told the Ambassador and DCM SIPDIS that after one year on the job, he continues to struggle to rehabilitate the MRU, but that he is cautiously optimistic about future prospects. He said that he has succes [...] | 2007-02-15 16:29:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EFIN SL |
07FREETOWN112 | TFG01: SIERRA LEONE PRESIDENT KABBAH SAYS CONTE'S [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Sierra Leone President Kabbah on February 15. Kabbah was eager to discuss the situation in Guinea. Kabbah emphasized that the United States has great credibility in Guinea and agreed that Conte must cede power to a transitional civil authority in line with [...] | 2007-02-15 20:20:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SL GV LI |
07FREETOWN113 | TFG01: SIERRA LEONE OFFICIALS CONFIRM THEIR BORDER [...] (SBU) On the morning of February 16, Post learned separately from Sierra Leone's Office for National Security (ONS),the Immigration Office, and the Ministry of Defense that the border between Sierra Leone and Guinea remains open. Also, nineteen American missionaries crossed safely into Sierr [...] | 2007-02-16 14:55:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC PREL GV SL |
07FREETOWN122 | TFG01: SIERRA LEONE ISSUES STATEMENT ON GUINEA [...] (C) Summary: Presentation of Ref A demarche requesting a Sierra Leonean statement on Guinea to President Kabbah's private secretary on February 20 and to the Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the following day was overtaken by the Sierra Leonean and Liberian Presidents' visi [...] | 2007-02-21 20:32:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | GV PREL SL LI |
07FREETOWN143 | SCSL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REVIEWS COURTS OPERATIONS [...] (C) The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) Management Committee (MC) traveled to Freetown February 18-22 to meet with SCSL staff to discuss the Court's Completion Strategy and budget, ongoing concerns about identifying adequate sources of voluntary contributions to sustain the Court, the s [...] | 2007-03-02 12:59:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KJUS PGOV PREL UNSC SL |
07FREETOWN153 | CHINA INFLUENCE INCREASING IN SIERRA LEONE [...] (C) China continues to expand its presence and influence in Sierra Leone as it looks to exploit the country's vast mineral wealth and fishing resources. Sierra Leone and China have enjoyed diplomatic relations since 1971. GOSL officials traveled to China last year for the China-Africa Summit [...] | 2007-03-05 19:23:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EFIN ENRG CH ECON SL |
07FREETOWN202 | ESTIMATED TWO MILLION SIERRA LEONEANS REGISTER TO [...] (U) On March 18 Sierra Leone concluded a three-week voter registration period for the national elections to be held July 28, 2007. Deemed a success by the United Nations Integrated Office in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL),preliminary results estimate that between February 26 - March 18 nearly 2 milli [...] | 2007-03-23 16:50:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SL |
07FREETOWN223 | SIERRA LEONE RESPONSE: BUILDING INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-05 08:42:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL ZI SL |
07FREETOWN258 | FREETOWN DELIVERED U.S. DEMARCHE ON NPT PREPCOM [...] Embassy Freetown delivered points concerning the Non-Proliferationn of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) Prepcom and presented a non-paper to the Sierra Leone Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 24, 2007. Post will report any response septel. HULL [...] | 2007-04-25 18:19:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP ENRG MNUC SL |
07FREETOWN281 | ELECTION DATE SLIPS AS PARLIAMENTARY PENSIONS [...] (SBU) While there has yet to be an official announcement, Embassy Freetown has learned that the Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) intends to delay the upcoming Parliamentary and Presidential elections from July 28 until on or shortly after August 11. National Electoral Commission (NEC) Chair D [...] | 2007-05-04 20:03:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SL |
07FREETOWN288 | PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DEPARTMENT'S [...] (SBU) On April 18, the Ambassador opened a one-day seminar organized by Sierra Leone's Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights. The seminar's agenda was based on the 2006 State Department's Country Report on Human Rights in Sierra Leone. Convened for the third consecutive year, most speakers [...] | 2007-05-09 15:45:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SL |
07FREETOWN289 | FREETOWN DEMARCHE DELIVERED UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) On May 8, DCM met with Sierra Leone MFA Director General Ambassador Umaru Wurie to convey points reftel concerning U.S. concern over the Human Rights Council candidacy of Belarus. She emphasized the U.S. desire to support candidates who show a genuined committment to human rights. Ambassad [...] | 2007-05-09 16:48:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL |
07FREETOWN29 | SIERRA LEONE: RESPONSE TO TERRORIST INFORMATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-10 17:02:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS KVPR SL |
07FREETOWN290 | SIERRA LEONE: AMBASSADOR'S ASSESSMENT ON UN HUMAN [...] (C) We received an assurance from the Sierra Leone MFA Director General, Ambassador Umaru Wurie, that he would send instructions to the Sierra Leone UN PermRep not to vote for Belarus in the upcoming Human Rights Council election. Per Ref B, this assurance was provided at the time of the demar [...] | 2007-05-10 14:00:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC SL |
07FREETOWN293 | SIERRA LEONE: DEMARCHE ON KEY U.S. OBJECTIVES AT [...] On May 8, PolOff met with Deputy Minister of Health Ibrahim Sesay to deliver reftel points. Sesay said Minister of Health Abbator Thomas and a small delegation would attend the Assembly. Sesay promised to forward the points to Thomas as she had already departed Sierra Leone for Geneva via Lond [...] | 2007-05-11 12:02:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL TBIO AORC SL |
07FREETOWN294 | SIERRA LEONE INSTRUCTS SUPPORT FOR BOSNIA AND [...] (C) Acting on guidance Ref A, on May 11, DCM spoke with Sierra Leone MFA Director General Ambassador Umaru Wurie to underscore U.S. support for the HRC candidacies of Bosnia and Slovenia. Wurie stated that he instructed the Sierra Leone Perm Rep in New York to vote for Bosnia and Slovenia. As [...] | 2007-05-11 14:43:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM |
07FREETOWN326 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HCOC ANNUAL DECLARATIONS [...] On May 22,Ambassador and DCM met with Sierra Leone MFA Director General, Ambassador Umaru Wurie and delivered demarche per reftel to encourage Sierra Leone to submit the annual declaration on space and ballistic missile policies prior to the sixth annual HCOC meeting. 2. Ambassador Wurie s [...] | 2007-05-25 12:17:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA MTRRE SL |
07FREETOWN330 | SIERRA LEONE PASSES NEW REFUGEE ACT [...] (U) On May 16, PolOff met with representatives from UNHCR to discuss Parliament's recent passage of a new Refugee Act and to receive an update on the current status of Liberian refugees in Sierra Leone. On May 3, Parliament passed a new Refugee Act that creates a legal framework for the GoSL to [...] | 2007-05-25 16:58:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV SL |
07FREETOWN333 | SIERRA LEONE: VIEWS ON UNICEF COUNTRY PROGRAM [...] In response to reftel, post generally agrees with the UNICEF draft country program document for Sierra Leone. Post has a positive working relationship with UNICEF. Post recommends UNICEF include additional information on the Trafficking in Persons Project within its Sierra Leone Child Protecti [...] | 2007-05-29 14:44:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL SL |
07FREETOWN349 | SIERRA LEONE: US COAST GUARD PORT SECURITY VISIT [...] (SBU) U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Liaison Officer Doug Schneider visited Sierra Leone March 26-29 to introduce and discuss USCG port security programs and implementation of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Ship and Port Security Program (ISPS) Code with GOSL officials. L [...] | 2007-06-01 16:23:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR EWWT PINS PREL SL |
07FREETOWN367 | SIERRA LEONE SIGNS DEBT RELIEF AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-07 17:21:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KTIA EFIN SL |
07FREETOWN375 | SIERRA LEONE DELEGATION TO AU JUNE/JULY 07 SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-13 15:32:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KSUM SL |
07FREETOWN376 | AMBASSADOR DELIVERS TIP REPORT [...] On June 12, the Ambassador delivered reftel points and a copy of the 2007 report to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General Ambassador Umaru Wurie. The Ambassador explained why Sierra Leone received a Tier Two ranking and encouraged the GOSL to continue its efforts against trafficking. Wu [...] | 2007-06-13 15:33:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG ELAB SL |
07FREETOWN379 | PARLIAMENT PASSES CHILD RIGHTS ACT BEFORE DISSOLVING [...] (SBU) On June 6, Parliament passed the Child Rights Act. The legislation had languished in Parliament for months reportedly due to members' inability to reach a consensus on language to address guarded traditional initiation rituals, including female genital mutilation (FGM) and male circumcisi [...] | 2007-06-14 15:30:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SL |
07FREETOWN403 | SIERRA LEONE EMBRACES EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES [...] On June 28, the GoSL launched the Sierra Leone Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (SLEITI) by inaugurating its EITI National Steering Committee and establishing an EITI Secretariat at a ceremony at the Presidential State House. SIPDIS Endorsing EITI at the ceremony, President Ahma [...] | 2007-06-29 13:27:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV SL |
07FREETOWN404 | PRESIDENT KABBAH WELCOMES LIBYA'S QADHAFI TO SIERRA LEONE [...] SUMMARY: Libyan leader Qadhafi visited Sierra Leone June 25-27. On his first visit to Sierra Leone, Qadhafi was warmly welcomed by President Kabbah and other top level GoSL officials. Qadhafi addressed a large gathering at the National Stadium where he formally donated 19 passenger buses to th [...] | 2007-06-29 13:56:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR SL |
07FREETOWN412 | SIERRA LEONEAN EDITOR ARRESTED IN CONTROVERY OVER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-03 13:06:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL SL |
07FREETOWN421 | SIERRA LEONE ELECTIONS ON TRACK AS CAMPAIGNING [...] (SBU) The official campaign period for Sierra Leone's August 11 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections began on July 10. With the elections under a month away, no party has emerged as the clear favorite to win. Indications are there could be a runoff in the presidential election between the [...] | 2007-07-12 17:25:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR SL |
07FREETOWN422 | SIERRA LEONE: EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL [...] PolOff spoke with representatives from the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL),UNHCR, UNICEF, and the United Nations Integrated Office for Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL) concerning UN efforts to combat Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) and Trafficking in Persons (TIP) by UN peacekeepers and civili [...] | 2007-07-16 10:17:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UN KPKO SL |
07FREETOWN424 | SIERRA LEONE: ICAO ASSEMBLY DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] On July 2, PolOff met with Mohamed Bangura, Acting Director for the Sierra Leone Civil Aviation Authority, to deliver Reftels A and B demarches soliciting support for USG positions at the September ICAO General Assemby in Montreal. Bangura said he would take the points under consideration and [...] | 2007-07-16 14:38:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAIR ECON ETRD SL |
07FREETOWN439 | SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE HANDS DOWN SENTENCES IN THE [...] (U) On June 20, the three judges of Trial Chambers II at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) found Alex Tamba Brima, Brima Bazzy Kamara, and Santigie Kanu, three former Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) leaders, guilty of 11 of 14 counts of crimes against humanity (reftel). On Jul [...] | 2007-07-23 17:20:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KAWC SL |
07FREETOWN444 | SIERRA LEONE: PRESSING FOR UNIVERSAL ADOPTION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-24 17:39:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL SL |
07FREETOWN445 | SIERRA LEONE SUPPORTS USG IOM DG NOMINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-24 18:07:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC EUN PREF SMIG SL |
07FREETOWN446 | SIERRA LEONE: 62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY - [...] (SBU) On July 24, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General Ambassador Umaru Wurie. Sierra Leone will hold its presidential election on August 11. The official result from the election is expected on August 23. If no presidential candidate receives [...] | 2007-07-24 18:10:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KSEP OVIP UNGA SL |
07FREETOWN447 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-24 18:13:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNESCO SL |
07FREETOWN46 | IRAQ: GUIDANCE ON PRESIDENT'S POLICY ADDRESS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-18 18:05:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL SL |
07FREETOWN464 | SPECIAL COURT DELIVERS GUILTY VERDICT IN CDF TRIAL [...] (U) On August 2, Moinina Fofana and Allieu Kondewa of the Civil Defence Force (CDF) were found guilty of war crimes committed during Sierra Leone's decade long civil war by a majority of the three judges of Trial Chamber I in the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL). Fofana was convicted on f [...] | 2007-08-02 20:13:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KAWC SL |
07FREETOWN471 | EMBASSY PLAN TO MONITOR SIERRA LEONE NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Sierra Leone will hold its Presidential and Parliamentary elections on Saturday, August 11. Post has devised the following plan to monitor voting centers in nine of the 14 districts on election day. Seven monitoring teams, comprised of one to three Direct Hire American Embassy staff acco [...] | 2007-08-07 13:29:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC SL |
07FREETOWN476 | SIERRA LEONE: CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-10 12:14:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA SL |
07FREETOWN477 | SIERRA LEONE: PROMOTION OF STANDING COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-10 12:18:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC SL |
07FREETOWN478 | SIERRA LEONE: TERRORISM FINANCE - DOMESTIC USG [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-10 12:20:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PREL PTER KTFN SL |
07FREETOWN479 | SIERRA LEONE CALM BUT ANXIOUS ON THE EVE OF [...] (SBU) Sierra Leone will hold its presidential and parliamentary elections on August 11. These are the second national elections since the end of the decade-long civil war in 2002, and the first since peacekeepers departed in December 2005. Seven political parties are running for the presidency [...] | 2007-08-10 16:31:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM SL |
07FREETOWN481 | SIERRA LEONEANS ENTHUSIASTICALLY VOTE IN PEACEFUL [...] (SBU) On August 11, Sierra Leone conducted successful presidential and parliamentary elections. As of late evening on August 12, preliminary partial unofficial results showed the All People's Congress (APC) leading with nearly 45 percent of the presidential vote followed by the ruling Sierra L [...] | 2007-08-13 17:44:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM SL |
07FREETOWN482 | NEED TO CONTINUE ECOWAS LOGISTICAL SUPPORT FOR [...] The Economic Community of West AfricaN States (ECOWAS) has played a prominent role in providing logistical support to Sierra Leone's 2007 Presidential and Parliamentary elections held on August 11. The ECOWAS Stand by Force equipment and training depot, located in the Sierra Leone armed forces [...] | 2007-08-15 10:54:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM SL |
07FREETOWN484 | SLOW ELECTION RESULTS CERTIFICATION RAISES CONCERN [...] (SBU) The slow process of certifying the results from the August 11 Sierra Leone presidential and parliamentary election results has election stakeholders concerned about escalating tensions threatening stability while Sierra Leoneans wait for the official announcement of the final results, wh [...] | 2007-08-15 17:09:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SL |
07FREETOWN493 | OPPOSITION PARTY VOICES CONCERN ABOUT RUNOFF [...] (C) During an August 17 meeting with the Ambassador, All People's Congress (APC) presidential candidate Ernest Bai Koroma voiced concern about the 2007 national elections turning into a replay of the 1967 elections, when the national elections, which the APC had won over the ruling party, were [...] | 2007-08-17 19:12:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SL |
07FREETOWN501 | PMDC CANDIDATE MARGAI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON [...] (C) During an August 23 meeting with the Ambassador, People's Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC) presidential candidate Charles Margai appealed to the international community to implement additional mechanisms to ensure that the anticipated presidential runoff election scheduled for Septemb [...] | 2007-08-23 18:39:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SL |
07FREETOWN508 | NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION ANNOUNCES CERTIFIED [...] (U) On August 25, the National Electoral Commission (NEC) released the official certified results of the August 11 Presidential and Parliamentary elections (Ref A). Presiding at a news conference at the NEC Media Center located at the British Council, NEC Chairperson Dr. Christiana Thorpe anno [...] | 2007-08-27 15:33:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SL |
07FREETOWN535 | FREETOWN MONITORING PLAN FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RUN-OFF [...] (SBU) Sierra Leone will hold a run-off Presidential election on Saturday, September 8, 2007 between APC candidate Ernest Koroma and SLPP candidate Solomon Berewa. Post has devised a plan to monitor 8 of the 14 electoral districts on election day. Five monitoring teams comprised of one to thr [...] | 2007-09-04 19:48:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC SL |
07FREETOWN581 | FREETOWN DELIVERED SECOND DEMARCHE REQUEST - UN [...] Per reftel A, Post informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of our urgent interest in seeking Sierra Leone's support for Ms. Gaer's candidacy to the UN Committee Against Torture. Charge spoke with the MFA Director General, Umaru Wurie, who did not convey GoSL intentions in this matter. [...] | 2007-09-25 15:55:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA SL |
07FREETOWN583 | FREETOWN NOMINATION: 2008 SECRETARY'S AWARD [...] Embassy Freetown is pleased to nominate Sierra Leone's Chief Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Christiana Thorpe, for the 2008 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. We believe SIPDIS Dr. Thorpe has shown exceptional courage and leadership throughout her career, most especially du [...] | 2007-09-25 17:51:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM SL |
07FREETOWN611 | SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE SENTENCES FOFANAH [...] (U) Summary: On October 9, the Special Court for Sierra Leone sentenced Moinina Fofanah and Allielu Kondewa, former leaders of the Civil Defense Force, to 6 and 8 years in prison, respectively. Time already served in detention was counted toward the sentences, meaning that Fofanah will comple [...] | 2007-10-10 18:32:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM PINR KAWC SL |
07FREETOWN612 | AMBASSADOR PERRY PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO SIERRA [...] (U) Ambassador Perry presented her credentials to President Ernest Bai Koroma on Monday, October 8, 2007 at State House in Freetown during an informal session. She also presented the Letters of Recall of her predecessor, Ambassador Thomas N. Hull, III. The meeting was attended by Vice Presiden [...] | 2007-10-10 18:34:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT APER PREL SL |
07FREETOWN613 | EMBASSY FREETOWN ORGANIZES SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY IFTAAR [...] On October 9 Embassy Freetown organized a successful Iftaar program at a new community Islamic and vocational school, the Umar Bin Alkhatab Institute for Vocational and Technical Training and Arabic Islamic Studies. The Ambassador and embassy staff attended the Iftaar and shared take-home meal [...] | 2007-10-11 14:18:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KISL KPAO SL |
07FREETOWN615 | SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT SEEKING MORE MONEY AND [...] (C) Summary and action request: In a meeting with Ambassador and emboffs on October 10, Prosecutor for the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Stephen Rapp, reviewed the budget and timeline for the Special Court. Rapp expects that the court will require at least an additional $49 million to contin [...] | 2007-10-11 16:19:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KDEM PHUM PINR PREL SL |
07FREETOWN616 | NEW PARLIAMENT OPENS WITH POMP AND CEREMONY [...] (U) Summary: Amid impressive fanfare, and on schedule, the third parliament of the Second Republic of Sierra Leone was officially opened on Friday, October 5 with an opening address by President Ernest Bai Koroma. Ambassador, DCM and AF/W Director Tom Dougherty attended the ceremony. The new [...] | 2007-10-11 18:14:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KDEM PGOV PREL SL |
07FREETOWN634 | POST ELECTION ATMOSPHERICS IN BO - SOME TENSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: An October 16-19 visit to Bo by Embassy officers provided insight in to the dynamics of local adjustments to the new political reality. Some conflicts between APC and SLPP supporters have occurred in Bo, most recently on October 15 when APC supporters threw stones at the homes o [...] | 2007-10-22 16:43:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL SL |
07FREETOWN637 | FREETOWN DELIVERED DEMARCHE: CANDIDACY OF DAVID [...] (SBU) Post delivered demarche October 23 during a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Charge and political officer left copies of a dipnote with points drawn from reftel. 2. (SBU) A new government was elected to office in Sierra Leone in September. The new Minister of Foreign Affa [...] | 2007-10-24 14:36:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UNGA SL |
07FREETOWN638 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-24 16:07:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA PHUM PREL UNGA SL |
07FREETOWN639 | PRESIDENT KOROMA INVITATION TO PRESIDENT BUSH TO [...] The Government of Sierra Leone has announced that the inauguration of President Ernest Bai Koroma will take place in Freetown on November 15, 2007. Embassy Freetown has been asked to convey the following invitation from President Koroma to President George W. Bush, received October 24. The acc [...] | 2007-10-24 18:46:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC SL |
07FREETOWN640 | HANDOVER AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-24 18:47:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SL |
07FREETOWN651 | CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER FOR UN INDEPENDENT AUDIT [...] (U) Charge and Poloff made demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Zainab Bangura, on October 23 (ref B). Poloff followed up with a meeting with the Acting Director General at MFA, Mr. Andrew Bangali, on Friday October 26. Mr. Bangali was aware of the candidacy of Mr. Walker and had been in c [...] | 2007-10-29 18:23:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UNAUS UNGA SL |
07FREETOWN652 | DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] (U) Political officer delivered demarche and fact sheet on Iranian sanctions to Andrew Bangali, Acting Director General, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 26. Bangali said that the information would be provided to the Sierra Leone National Security Council and passed on to the Cent [...] | 2007-10-29 18:24:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNR IR PARM EFIN SL |
07FREETOWN665 | STRIKE BY CENTRAL BANK WORKERS [...] (U) The employees of the central Bank of Sierra Leone went out on strike on Monday, November 5 in protest over salaries and benefits. The workers say they intend to come to work each day, stand in front of the headquarters building until 2:00 pm and then return home. The action potentially brin [...] | 2007-11-07 10:22:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ELAB PREL SL |
07FREETOWN670 | SIERRA LEONE SCORECARD AND REACTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Following recent elections, a new government has been installed in Sierra Leone. In the course of making introductory calls on the new cabinet ministers, the Ambassador discussed the MCC and provided copies of the scorecard to key Ministers. The delivery of the scorecard was se [...] | 2007-11-09 11:43:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PGOV ETRD KMCA MCC SL |
07FREETOWN675 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW MINISTER OF FINANCE [...] (U) Summary: During an introductory call the newly appointed Minister of Finance and Ambassador Perry discussed a wide range of topics including: the strike by workers at the Central Bank, the urgent need to provide electricity to Freetown, the high rate of interest, weakness in revenue collec [...] | 2007-11-09 14:14:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EFIN PGOV EAID SL |
07FREETOWN676 | SCENE SETTER FOR A/S FRAZER TRAVEL TO SIERRA LEONE [...] (U) The inauguration of President Ernest Bai Koroma is an important milestone in the recovery of Sierra Leone from years of conflict and upheaval. Your visit to this country at the time of peaceful transition from one elected administration to another is an opportunity to underscore U.S. comm [...] | 2007-11-09 17:07:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL SL |
07FREETOWN684 | IMF TEAM COMMENTS ON SIERRA LEONE ECONOMY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-19 14:10:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EFIN PREL SL |
07FREETOWN686 | PROMISES OF ELECTRIC ENERGY FOR FREETOWN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-19 14:20:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ENRG PREL SL |
07FREETOWN688 | SIERRA LEONE INAUGURATION - ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer, as the U.S. representative to the inauguration, met with President Koroma on inauguration day. Koroma reaffirmed that he will focus on efforts to fight corruption, strengthen justice and the rule of law. Assistant Secretary Frazer replied that th [...] | 2007-11-19 17:17:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON PREL PGOV SL |
07FREETOWN689 | BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON NEW SIERRA LEONEAN [...] The initial group of cabinet Ministers in the new government has been announced by President Koroma. The process of confirmation by parliament has been completed for most nominees. Three Ministers were confirmed on October 19, and 12 more confirmed on October 24. Biographic information for 15 [...] | 2007-11-19 17:17:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SL |
07FREETOWN70 | SIERRA LEONE: LIST OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] Per reftel request, Post submits the following names and contact information for five influential Sierra Leonean women leaders. Dr. Kadi Sesay Minister of Trade and Industry Ministry of Trade and Industry Freetown, Sierra Leone Tel: 232-22-235-127 Fax: 232-22-227-985 Mrs. Abbator Thom [...] | 2007-01-31 16:29:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL SL |
07FREETOWN709 | WORLD AIDS DAY: WHERE IS SIERRA LEONE? [...] SUMMARY: As World AIDS Day approaches (Dec. 1),it appears that Sierra Leone's HIV/AIDS prevalence rate is reportedly low, officially at 1.53%, although some sources believe it to be higher. Th military's prevalence is higher. Efforts to combat HIV/AIDS are coordinated by the National HIV/A [...] | 2007-11-28 16:44:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV SOCI TBIO PREL EAID SL |
07FREETOWN713 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] On November 29, 2007, poloff delivered dipnote and points, per reftel, to Bakie Doherty, Americas desk officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Mrs. Doherty says no decision has been reached, but she will present our viewpoint to the appropriate parties withi [...] | 2007-11-30 06:33:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS SL |
07FREETOWN714 | SIERRA LEONE'S PARTICIPATION IN NEW DELHI [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-30 06:50:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR KFLU EAID TBIO PREL SL |
07FREETOWN747 | AMERICAN COMPANY EXPLORING POTENTIAL FOR IT [...] SUMMARY: Poloff met a four-person team visiting Sierra Leone to explore the possibility of software development outsourcing to Sierra Leone on November 30. The team, representing an envisioned start-up business named "Blue Ocean IT," was headed by AmCit James Kane, Managing Director of US f [...] | 2007-12-20 18:28:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PREL SL |
07FREETOWN79 | SIERRA LEONE 2007 NATIONAL ELECTIONS: SETTING THE [...] (U) This is the first in a series of cables intended to set the context for the July 28, 2007 Presidential and Parliamentary elections, only the fifth multiparty elections in Sierra Leone since its independence in 1961. Post welcomes any comments or suggestions. ---------------------------- [...] | 2007-02-02 15:45:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM ELECTIONS SL |
07FREETOWN91 | MANU RIVER UNION SECRETARY GENERAL FEARS RETURN TO [...] (C) Meeting in his downtown Freetown office on February 8, Manu River Union (MRU) Secretary General Aliou Diallo briefed the Ambassador and DCM on efforts to resuscitate the MRU, which will be reported septel. When the conversation turned to the crisis in Guinea, Diallo, who returned February [...] | 2007-02-08 18:48:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL GV SL |
07GABORONE1249 | BOTSWANA-BASED DELIBERATIONS OVER AFRICOM [...] (S/NF) Summary: In an understated and impeccable Botswana fashion, GOB Minister of Foreign Affairs Merafhe politely received the AFRICOM demarche from the Ambassador on October 10 and promised to get back to us quickly, possibly by October 12, with a firm GOB reply. Merafhe appeared genuinel [...] | 2007-10-10 17:07:00 | Embassy Gaborone | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR BC |
07GABORONE1261 | BOTSWANA GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO AFRICOM SURVEY [...] (S/NF) Mompati Merafhe, Botswana's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC),convoked the Charge (accompanied by ODC Chief) Monday morning October 15 to his office in order to present the GOB's formal reply to our recent demarche on AFRICOM (Ref A). Minister Merafhe s [...] | 2007-10-15 09:19:00 | Embassy Gaborone | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR BC |
07GABORONE1341 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR ARGENTINA [...] (SBU) After speaking with Argentinian Ambassador R. Carlos Sersale di Cerisano, who is accredited to Botswana but is resident in Pretoria, Poloff delivered on October 30 Reftel demarche to the GOB's Director of Multilateral Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperarti [...] | 2007-11-02 05:13:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV BC |
07GABORONE1343 | DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-02 07:57:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL PARM EFIN ECON MNUC BC |
07GENEVA113 | Republic of Congo-Brazzaville and Darfur [...] (U) Mission has received a diplomatic note from the Permanent Mission of Congo in reply to our dip note 367-06 informing us of the visit to Darfur of its Geneva Ambassador. The Government of the Republic of Congo expressed its concerns regarding the humanitarian and security situation, and t [...] | 2007-01-17 16:50:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC OPDC PREL KPKO UNSC SU |
07GENEVA1163 | WHO: TAIWAN ISSUES AT THE 60TH WORLD HEALTH [...] Summary. Ambassador Tichenor and Japanese Ambassador Fujisaki met April 24 with Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO),as requested reftels, to urge Chan to improve the participation of Taiwan's experts in the technical work of the WHO. Chan promised to f [...] | 2007-05-10 15:07:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM |
07GENEVA1478 | ILO - BURMA: CONFERENCE SEES MINIMAL STEPS BUT LITTLE REAL [...] SUMMARY. The ILO Committee on the Application of Standards considered the situation of forced labor in Burma in its special sitting during the 96th International Labor Conference, June 4, 2007. The Burmese ambassador said nothing about real steps in ending forced labor. He focused solely o [...] | 2007-06-07 11:03:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PREL ILO |
07GENEVA2110 | EU CONSIDERS CONDEMNING SRI LANKA IN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action cable. Action request in para 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The EU is considering whether to table a resolution in the Human Rights Council condemning Sri Lanka's recent human rights record. To avert a resolution, the Sri Lankan Government sent its Human Rights Minister and two [...] | 2007-09-10 05:54:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PTER UNHRC CE |
07GENEVA2184 | HUMAN RIGHTS HIGH COMMISSIONER ARBOUR DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: In a September 14 meeting with the Ambassador, High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said she had felt obliged to attend the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) conference in Tehran even though she would have preferred another venue, given Iran's poor human rights record. She [...] | 2007-09-19 05:33:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC IR CE |
07GENEVA2421 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FORCIBLE RETURN OF CHINESE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-26 13:58:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KIRF KISL PHUM PREF PREL |
07GENEVA2431 | SECOND DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FORCIBLE RETURN OF [...] (S) Per ref a, PolCouns demarched Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR) Secretariat staffers Safir Syed (assistant to Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak) and Michael Wiener (assistant to Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion/Belief Asma Jahangir) on October 30. Syed and Weiner, [...] | 2007-10-30 16:46:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KIRF KISL PREF PREL PHUM |
07GENEVA2447 | ICRC PONDERS BROADENING ITS ROLE IN DPRK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) told us of their interest in expanding their work in North Korea. ICRC efforts are currently limited to medical assistance, but it hopes that progress in the Six-Party Talks might create the conditions to increase [...] | 2007-11-02 17:43:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC PREF KN CH |
07GENEVA2492 | A/S FRIED MEETS WITH ANTONOV ON CFE IN GENEVA [...] (C) Summary. On November 7, A/S Dan Fried, accompanied by A/S Paula DeSutter and an interagency team, met in Geneva with Russian MFA Director for Security and Disarmament Anatoly Antonov, accompanied by Mikhail Ulyanov and Sergey Federyakov to resume discussion of the U.S. paper on elements [...] | 2007-11-15 10:24:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS GG MD NATO |
07GEORGETOWN109 | RIO GROUP SUMMIT SET FOR MARCH 3 IN [...] (U) Summary: The 2007 Rio Group Summit of Heads of State will be held in Georgetown, Guyana on March 3, preceded by a Foreign Ministers meeting on March 1, and a National Coordinators meeting on February 28. GoG insiders characterize the Summit as unlikely to attract a large turnout and larg [...] | 2007-01-26 18:17:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN PINR XM VE GY |
07GEORGETOWN111 | CARICOM CRICKET SECURITY REQUEST - LETTER TO DOD A/S [...] (SBU) Post received diplomatic note from the CARICOM Secretariat requesting post to transmit the following letter from CARICOM Acting Secretary General Amb. Lolita Applewaite to Assistant Secretary of SIPDIS Defense Peter W. Rodman. The letter request DOD consider deploying maritime assets [...] | 2007-01-26 20:44:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC MASS MCAP PREL PARM ASEC XL GY |
07GEORGETOWN141 | GUYANA PREPARES FOR FIRST PETROCARIBE OIL DELIVERY [...] (U) Petrocaribe is making its formal debut in Guyana in May amid unrealistic expectations. Optimistic Guyanese government leaders are prepared to reap its promised benefits but unprepared for the logistics and ramifications of doing business under the untested program. GoG officials also exp [...] | 2007-02-07 20:16:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL ENRG PBTS XL VE GY |
07GEORGETOWN207 | RIO GROUP SUMMIT RSVPS SLOW IN COMING [...] (C) Summary: With the 19th Rio Group Summit less than a week away, Guyana has only received one definite confirmation of attendance from a head of state. Although President Jagdeo and the local press have touted the Summit as a prestigious event in its own right and an important "dry run" for [...] | 2007-02-21 18:08:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN XM GY |
07GEORGETOWN209 | ANOTHER CARICOM CRICKET SECURITY REQUEST - LETTER [...] (SBU) Post received a diplomatic note today from the CARICOM Secretariat requesting post transmit the attached letter from CARICOM Secretary General Edwin Carrington to Assistant Secretary of Defense Peter W. Rodman. The letter requests DoD give urgent consideration to deployment to the reg [...] | 2007-02-21 19:28:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC MCAP OPDC PARM PREL MASS XL GY |
07GEORGETOWN211 | MAKE HASTE SLOWLY - CARICOM INTER-SESSIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Rudy Insanally told the Ambassdor that the Heads of Government participating in the 18th CARICOM Inter-Sessional in St. Vincent on February 12-14 were determined to "make haste slowly" on a range of issues including governance, trade, economic development and re [...] | 2007-02-22 16:36:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN EAID EAGR ENGR EAIR SMIG CARICOM XL |
07GEORGETOWN279 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN REFORM: INTERNAL [...] (U) Poloff and DCM delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Elizabeth Harper, Director General of Guyana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Harper promised to look at the points closely and discuss it with the Minister of Foreign Affairs (who concurrently serves as Guyana's Permanent Re [...] | 2007-03-15 19:24:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC ACABQ UNGA GY |
07GEORGETOWN283 | JAGDEO ON HUMAN RIGHTS, DRUGS AND VENEZUELA [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with President Bharrat Jagdeo in his office and at his request on March 15 to discuss the INCSR and Human Rights Report. Jagdeo objected to the methodology and tone of both documents, describing them as on-going irritants, and said he hoped to discuss their o [...] | 2007-03-16 20:35:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON PBTS KCRM VE GY |
07GEORGETOWN293 | Foreign Policy Decision-Making in Guyana and CARICOM--A [...] (SBU) In late November 2006 post delivered a Diplomatic Note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) proposing an arrangement for the deployment of armed Federal Air Marshals (FAM) on flights between the United States and Guyana to bolster counterterrorism efforts in the region (ref A). Despi [...] | 2007-03-22 20:25:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECIN EAIR CARICOM GY |
07GEORGETOWN319 | Cuban Doctors Fearful in Guyana [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-30 17:55:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM CVIS PREL SMIG CU GY |
07GEORGETOWN324 | Cuban Doctors Fearful in Guyana [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post has interviewed six applicants for significant public benefit parole (SPBP) under the Cuban Medical Personnel program. Five came to Guyana as conscripted members of the Cuban medical brigade. As they await a decision on their applications, some of these doctors fear that [...] | 2007-03-30 20:56:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM CVIS PREL SMIG CU GY |
07GEORGETOWN358 | DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE INDUSTRIES [...] (U) Poloff delivered demarche on Designation of Iran's Defense Industries Organization Under E.O. 13382 on April 5th to Jacqueline Hamer, Director of Multilateral and Global Affairs at the Ministry of Foregin Affairs. Ms. Hamer thanked us for the information, but made no comment regarding the [...] | 2007-04-10 18:35:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP GY |
07GEORGETOWN363 | NEW VENEZUELAN AMBASSADOR STILL A NO SHOW [...] (C) Dario Morandy Figuera, publicly announced last month by Venezuela's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) as the new Ambassador to Guyana, has still not formally arrived in Guyana. Although he did visit Guyana during the recent Rio Group Summit, he had to return to Caracas as the GoG had yet [...] | 2007-04-11 20:43:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GY VE |
07GEORGETOWN391 | GUYANA-CARICOM ATTENDENCE AT THE CONFERENCE ON THE [...] (U) Per MFA Director General Elisabeth Harper, the tentative GoG delegation to the Conference on the Caribbean will include -- President Bharrat Jagdeo -- Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Rudy Insanally -- Minister of Foreign Trade & International Cooperation Dr. Henry Jeffrey -- Chief Execut [...] | 2007-04-23 11:19:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KSUM CARICOM GY |
07GEORGETOWN403 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GUYANA ON CARICOM-U.S. [...] Charge raised the CITIA with MFA Director General Elisabeth Harper April 19. Amb. Harper noted that CARICOM had recently recirculated the CITIA and said that the GoG had signed off on it. In response to the U.S. proposal to release the statement bilaterally if CARICOM remains unable to agree [...] | 2007-04-25 11:21:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MASS PARM PREL CARICOM GY |
07GEORGETOWN404 | CARICOM ON CITIA STATEMENT AND CONFERENCE ON THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-25 17:45:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETTC PARM MASS KSUM CARICOM GY |
07GEORGETOWN406 | CARICOM ON CITIA STATEMENT AND CONFERENCE ON THE [...] (SBU) DCM delivered the CITIA demarche to CARICOM A/SG Granderson April 24. In his introductory chatter Granderson noted the difficulty the CARICOM Secretariat has in preparing for the multitude of high-level CARICOM meetings and in following up on action items afterwards. In response to CIT [...] | 2007-04-25 20:33:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC PARM MASS KSUM CARICOM GY |
07GEORGETOWN407 | GUYANA NOT CAPABLE OF ASSISTING IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-25 20:57:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ GY |
07GEORGETOWN435 | CARICOM: LITTLE PROGRESS ON CONFERENCE ON THE [...] (SBU) After a month of trying for a substantive discussion with CARICOM Secretariat on the agenda for the 20/20 Conference, Secretary General Carrington told Ambassador that CARICOM agrees with the broad themes suggested by the U.S. and wished to add another "Migration and Development" that mi [...] | 2007-05-04 19:53:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC KSUM CARICOM XL |
07GEORGETOWN445 | LOCAL ELECTIONS IN 2007: MAYBE YES, MAYBE NO [...] (U) Summary: Rhetoric about local elections, more than ten years overdue, is heating up. The ruling People's Progressive Party (PPP) wants them before the end of 2007; the opposition People's National Congress (PNC) wants a new voters list first. In the end, it may come down to what Presi [...] | 2007-05-09 16:49:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM GY |
07GEORGETOWN447 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNHRC CANDIDACY OF BELARUS [...] (C) Poloff delivered demarche on UN Human Rights Council Candidacy of Belarus on May 4, 2007 to Jacqueline Hamer, Director of Multilateral and Global Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Hamer stated that Guyana was currently looking at many different candidates for UNHRC seats, bu [...] | 2007-05-09 20:11:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UNHRC GY |
07GEORGETOWN455 | MAKING THE USNS COMFORT A SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Guyana's capital and populated coastal areas benefit from one of the more impressive primary health care delivery systems in the low-income world. On the other hand, Guyana's hinterland areas are in great need of the primary health care services the USNS Comfort's ashore team co [...] | 2007-05-11 13:12:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID MASS MOPS PREL TBIO XK XL GY |
07GEORGETOWN501 | GUYANA CONCERNED BY THE GROWING IRAN-VENEZUELA [...] (C) DCM delivered demarche on the growing Iran-Venezuela relationship to MFA Director General Elisabeth Harper on May 18. Amb. Harper took particular note of the points on weapons technology cooperation. She said that given the Venezuelan claim on two-thirds of Guyana's territory, Guyana "v [...] | 2007-05-18 18:12:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PTER VE IR GY |
07GEORGETOWN502 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (U) DCM delivered demarche on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism to MFA Director General Elisabeth Harper on May 18. Ambassador Harper noted that Guyana has long been sensitized to the fight against terrorism as Guyana was itself victim of two terrorist attacks: the 1976 bombing [...] | 2007-05-18 18:12:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PARM RU GY |
07GEORGETOWN511 | Foreign Medical Assistance in Guyana [...] Embassy Georgetown is committed to working with the Department, the Pentagon, and Southcom to carry through successfully the President's mandate that the USNS Comfort's visit will aid "people who might not otherwise get the basic health care they need to realize a better tomorrow." The Guyanes [...] | 2007-05-22 17:40:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID MASS MOPS PREL SOCI TBIO KPAO GY |
07GEORGETOWN536 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747 [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered demarche on Implementing Operative Paragraph 5 of UN Security Council Resolution 1747 on May 17, 2007 to Leslie Dowridge-Collins, Acting Director of Multilateral and Global Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Dowridge-Collins said that the MFA acknowledges t [...] | 2007-05-30 18:24:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM ETTC GY |
07GEORGETOWN556 | GOVERNMENT REACTION: GUYANA AND THE JFK TERROR PLOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: With emotions ranging from defensiveness, to apprehension, to contrition, President Bharrat Jagdeo initiated multiple conversations with the Ambassador through the weekend regarding the JFK terror plot, distancing his government from the Guyanese involved and reiterating that Guya [...] | 2007-06-04 20:42:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL CVIS GY |
07GEORGETOWN578 | UPDATED GUYANA ATTENDENCE AT THE CONFERENCE OF THE [...] Guyana has substantially changed its delegation to the Conference of the Caribbean. Per MFA CARICOM Desk Officer Nikki Cole, the final GoG delegation to the Conference of the Caribbean will be: -- President Bharrat Jagdeo -- Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Rudy Insanally -- Minister of Fore [...] | 2007-06-11 19:05:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KSUM GY |
07GEORGETOWN582 | SECOND UPDATED GUYANA ATTENDANCE AT THE CONFERENCE [...] After checking with the MFA three times yesterday, and sending GEORGETOWN 578, Poloff was contacted by MFA and told that they have now added Kwabena Frinpong, Head of Policy Coordination Unit in the Office of the President, to the GoG delegation. 2. Guyana has substantially changed its del [...] | 2007-06-12 13:38:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KSUM GY |
07GEORGETOWN584 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROMOTING TRANSPARENCY AND [...] Poloff delivered demarche on Promoting Transparency and Accountability at the UNDP on June 12 to Jacqueline Hamer, Director of Multilateral and Global Affairs at Guyana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Hamer thanked us for the information and stated that she would forward it to Guyana's repr [...] | 2007-06-12 15:14:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN EAID KUNR GY |
07GEORGETOWN587 | CARICOM RESPONDS TO CITIA DEMARCHE [...] Post received a Diplomatic Note from CARICOM Secretariat June 12 forwarding for USG consideration a draft press release on small arms, light weapons, and ammunitions incorporating numerous amendments made by CARICOM member states to the earlier draft prepared by the USG. The note was recieved [...] | 2007-06-12 20:25:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MASS PARM PREL CARICOM XL |
07GEORGETOWN607 | GOVERNMENT THREATENED BY ANOTHER DRUG SCANDAL; [...] (C) The GoG is threatened with yet another narco-trafficking scandal. An anonymous letter to the Commissioner of Police threatens to release audio and video surveillance recordings that link government and PPP figures to cocaine trafficking unless the Commissioner removes a corrupt senior pol [...] | 2007-06-19 16:36:00 | Embassy Georgetown | SECRET | SNAR PGOV PREL MARR PINR KCRM KCOR GY |
07GEORGETOWN616 | CARICOM ON VACATION IN AUGUST [...] The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat informed post by Diplomatic Note that the Secretariat will be operating with a skeleton staff during August 2007 to facilitate the annual vacation of CARICOM staff. 2. Washington agencies should expect CARICOM to be less responsive than normal d [...] | 2007-06-22 18:33:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CARICOM XL |
07GEORGETOWN642 | DEPORTEES: PROPORTIONALLY, GUYANA DEPORTS MORE [...] The issue of deportation was raised by President Bharrat Jagdeo and other heads of government at the Conference on the Caribbean. Caribbean interest in deportation is normally presented as a concern over the impact on small nations of the large number of deportees they must absorb. However, [...] | 2007-06-29 14:05:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS SMIG PREL CASC GY |
07GEORGETOWN795 | JAGDEO PROMOTES LT. COLONELS TO DEFENSE GENERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Bharrat Jagdeo announced that Coast Guard Captain Gary Best, one of four officers promoted to O-6 rank last week, will be appointed the next Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defense Force (GDF). The other three new colonels will take senior positions in the GDF General Sta [...] | 2007-08-24 13:44:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MCAP PGOV PINS PREL GY |
07GEORGETOWN818 | MCC SIGNING CEREMONY'S REVEALING INSIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 23rd, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Deputy Chairman Rodney Bent participated in a signing ceremony for the US$6.7 million two-year Guyana Threshold Program contract. The event was covered by all television and radio news programs and reported in each of the thr [...] | 2007-08-31 19:19:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID EFIN PGOV PREL GY |
07GEORGETOWN975 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel talking points to MFA Director General Elizabeth Harper on October 25. Amb. Harper replied that she would relay the information to the appropriate financial authorities within the GoG for their action. ROBINSON [...] | 2007-10-26 20:36:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN GY |
07GRENADA150 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: OCTOBER 7 - 13, 2007 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: NO PRISONERS IN COURT FOR OPENING OF OCTOBER ASSIZES The October assizes, opened on October 9 without any of the [...] | 2007-10-24 12:55:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI KPAO ASEC GJ |
07GRENADA156 | SCENESETTER CABLE FOR WHA/CAR DIRECTOR'S VISIT TO GRENADA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Grenada warmly welcomes November 12-13, 2007 visit to St. George's of WHA/CAR Director Velia de Pirro. Director De Pirro is visiting Grenada at a time when the United States is seen by Grenadians as losing its dominance in the Caribbean and China is filling the voi [...] | 2007-11-06 21:21:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ASEC EAID GJ |
07GRENADA157 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT OCTOBER 28 - NOVEMBER 03, [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR Text: A. Cuba's Ambassador In Grenada Attacks Embargo Unchallenged The Cuban ambassador to Grenada, Margarita Delgado [...] | 2007-11-07 15:58:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EPET EINV PGOV GJ CU VE |
07GRENADA160 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 4-10 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR Text: A. PM calls for speed from World Bank During a recent World Bank team's visit to Grenada, Prime Minister Mitchel [...] | 2007-11-15 16:30:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN SOCI EPET ECON GJ |
07GRENADA164 | WHA/CAR DIRECTOR DE PIRRO VISITS TO GRENADA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WHA/CAR Director Velia De Pirro met with a range of local government officials and community leaders during her November 12-13 visit to Grenada. In her meetings, De Pirro reiterated continued U.S. engagement in the region and stressed the importance of demonstrating support for [...] | 2007-11-21 13:07:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV CASC CVIS KCRM EFIN ASEC GJ |
07GRENADA165 | DAO CARACAS VISITS GRENADA OCTOBER 29 [...] (SBU) Defense Attache Officers Colonel Lee Bauer and Commander Stephen Leslie visited Grenada on October 29, 2007. They discussed ongoing U.S. - Grenada counter narcotics cooperation and the Grenadian desire to acquire new boats for its coast guard with the junior Minister for National Security [...] | 2007-11-23 21:19:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL GJ |
07GRENADA167 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 18-24, 2007 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin Text: A. Grenada Teachers Up the Ante The President of the Grenada Union of Teachers (GUT) announced that if there is no pa [...] | 2007-11-28 20:56:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ELAB EAIR GJ |
07GRENADA168 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 25 - DECEMBER 1, [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin Text: A. Potential "Gay Cruises" Continue to Roil the Airwaves The question of whether so-called "gay cruises" will be allow [...] | 2007-12-06 20:20:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SOCI |
07GRENADA173 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT DECEMBER 2 - 8, 2007 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin Text: A. New Chinese Ambassador Sworn In China's second envoy to Grenada, Ambassador Zhang Wanhai, presented his credential [...] | 2007-12-11 21:03:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EAID GJ CH PE |
07GRENADA181 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: DECEMBER 9 - 15, 2007 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: A. Urias Peters Wins Again Under the Shadow of Darkness, Peters' radio drama about the impact of HIV/AIDS on fam [...] | 2007-12-18 23:35:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SCUL ELAB GJ |
07GRENADA53 | CARICOM SUMMIT RESPONSE - GRENADA [...] Per reftel instructions, Embassy Grenada delivered the demarche on the 19-21 June U.S.-CARICOM Ministerial/Summit on April 5. Embassy followed up by telephone on April 9 and 19. 2. Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Trade Acting Permanent Secretary Oliver Joseph confirmed that Prim [...] | 2007-04-19 23:17:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KSUM XL |
07GUADALAJARA119 | EMILIO TAKES CHARGE: JALISCO GETS THIRD SUCCESSIVE PAN [...] Summary: Former Guadalajara Mayor Emilio Gonzalez Marquez assumed the Governorship of Jalisco March 1, calling upon his constituents to "think big" and work together to make the state a leader in business, education, social services, and environmental protection. He also promised to put grea [...] | 2007-03-09 16:22:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR OEXC MX |
07GUADALAJARA379 | INCREASINGLY URBAN AND FEMALE CENTRAL WESTERN MEXICO [...] Summary: According to recent studies, the profile of immigrants to the United States from Central Western Mexico has changed in recent years. Immigrants from urban locales have been on the rise and the female percentage among this population has increased as well. Academics cited the more e [...] | 2007-07-31 20:31:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PGOV PREL ECON MX XM |
07GUADALAJARA610 | UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA - A LEFTIST ICON'S NEW PRAGMATISM [...] Summary: Slowly but surely the left-leaning and often anti-U.S. University of Guadalajara is adopting a more practical relationship with the Consulate and USG. As the second-largest public university in Mexico, the University is closely tied to the state library and hospital and owns several [...] | 2007-12-18 23:36:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL ECON PREL MX |
07GUANGZHOU1051 | Xiamen Taiwan Scholars Concerned about Chen's Next [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg, Reason 1.4 (b/d) 2. (C) Summary: A Xiamen-based scholar of cross-Strait relations told Congenoffs that mainland scholars are concerned that Chen Shiu-bian might take more provocative steps after a referendum on UN membership. He questioned [...] | 2007-09-18 03:40:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EINV TW CH |
07GUANGZHOU108 | U/S Hughes and PD Envoy Kwan Engage Guangzhou [...] SUMMARY: The January 21-23 visit to Guangzhou of Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes, American Public Diplomacy Envoy Michelle Kwan, and Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr. was an unprecedented opportunity to showcase American public diplomacy programs reaching out to previously untap [...] | 2007-01-24 09:02:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL OVIP CH |
07GUANGZHOU1190 | China Rolls Out the Red Carpet at ASEAN Expo [...] (U) Summary: High-level Chinese and ASEAN officials agreed the text of a maritime agreement and a statement on food safety during meetings at the Fourth China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning. The trade fair-like Expo and related events in Nanning reinforce China's commitment to further develop relations [...] | 2007-11-01 08:39:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV PREL ASEAN CH |
07GUANGZHOU1265 | KMT Stumps for Votes at Dongguan TBA Celebration [...] (SBU) Summary: Clearly Dongguan in Guangdong Province - China's furniture capital, a city of 7-8 million people with over 6,000 Taiwan businesses - is rooting for Ma Ying-jeou and the Kuomintang in the 2008 Presidential elections in Taiwan. The 14th anniversary of the Dongguan Taiwan Business [...] | 2007-12-04 08:00:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EINV CH TW |
07GUANGZHOU1272 | Fujian Cross-Strait Scholars Predict Referendum Passage and [...] (SBU) Summary: The referendum on Taiwan joining the UN is likely to pass with possible serious consequences, according to cross-Strait scholars in Fujian's Xiamen and Fuzhou cities. They are concerned about actions Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian will take in the remaining months of his term [...] | 2007-12-07 07:43:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TW CH |
07GUANGZHOU200 | AmCham Explores Guangxi, Discovers Investment Opportunities [...] (U) SUMMARY: Provincial-level and city leaders in the Guangxi cities of Nanning, Liuzhou and Guilin told the Consul General, the President of the American Chamber of Commerce South China and a 72-person business delegation that Guangxi was open for foreign business trade and investment. The lea [...] | 2007-02-13 08:45:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PREL CH |
07GUANGZHOU216 | South China View on Ma Ying-jeou Situation: Will [...] (SBU) Professor Zhang Wensheng, Deputy Director of the Political Research Office at Xiamen University's Taiwan Research Institute, told Congenoff February 14 that Taiwan's political scene will be "chaotic" in the aftermath of Ma Ying-jeou's indictment and resignation as KMT Chairman. Zhang be [...] | 2007-02-15 07:27:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI CH TW |
07GUANGZHOU223 | DAS Christensen's Meetings on Cross-Strait Issues [...] (C) SUMMARY: Official and academic contacts in Xiamen from the local Taiwan Affairs Office and the University's Taiwan research center told EAP DAS Thomas Christensen February 2 that overall they were cautiously optimistic about the future cross-Strait relations. They pointed to economic ties [...] | 2007-02-16 03:24:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI CH TW |
07GUANGZHOU310 | Avian Influenza: Guangdong Officials Quick to [...] (SBU) Guangdong Province officials denied the University of California- Irvine (UCI) report released on March 5 that the original and some subsequent strains of the H5N1 virus originated in Guangdong. The rapidity of the denial suggests the sensitivity of the issue, especially for a province w [...] | 2007-03-08 03:34:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU PREL CH |
07GUANGZHOU526 | Xiamen Researchers Say Little Change in Taiwan [...] (C) Summary and comment: Scholars at Xiamen University?s Taiwan Research Institute told the Ambassador April 17 that they believed there would be little change in Taiwan?s policy toward the mainland regardless which party wins the presidential campaign. In their view, it would be neither as [...] | 2007-05-09 06:50:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH TW |
07GUANGZHOU663 | Energy Efficiency Conference in Guangzhou Provides [...] (U) Under a U.S.-China cooperation program supported by USD 1.8 million in USAID funding - and convened by Guangzhou's Sun Yat-Sen University School of Law with the Vermont Law School and the Institute for Sustainable Communities - more than 200 government officials, scholars, and business rep [...] | 2007-06-11 08:37:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG PGOV PREL CH |
07GUANGZHOU669 | RUSSIA RETURNS TO GUANGZHOU AFTER ABSENCE OF 45 YEARS [...] (SBU) Russia's recently arrived Consul General in Guangzhou, Sergei Kotov, the son and grandson of Russian diplomats and sinologists, has a big job ahead of him - renovating the old Soviet-era consulate building abandoned these past 45 years, signing contracts for a diplomatic office with an u [...] | 2007-06-12 07:27:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OFDP PREL RS CH |
07GUANGZHOU795 | Bountiful Harvests: A Look at Cross-Strait Agricultural [...] (U) SUMMARY: Agricultural goods produced in Taiwan? Produced in China with Taiwan seeds by Taiwan farmers? Produced in China with Taiwan seeds by Chinese farmers claiming to be Taiwan farmers? Produced in China with Chinese seeds claiming that the produce was a Taiwan product or "Grown in Tai [...] | 2007-07-13 08:14:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PREL ECON ETRD TW CH KIPR |
07GUATEMALA1145 | DEMARCHE ON 2007 TIP REPORT [...] (U) DCM delivered reftel demarche to Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Marta Altolaguirre, informing her of the June 12 release of the 2007 TIP Report and G/TIP's decision to place Guatemala on the Tier 2 Watch List this year based on criteria outlined in reftel. Altolaguirre acknowledged that [...] | 2007-06-12 22:40:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN PREL PGOV SMIG KPAO GT |
07GUATEMALA1378 | DEMARCHE ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IOM DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-12 00:16:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG GT |
07GUATEMALA1414 | MFA RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IOM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-16 20:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG GT |
07GUATEMALA1418 | GOG REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR RE-ELECTION TO COMMITTEE [...] Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting USG support for the re-election of Francisco Cali Tzay as a member of the UN Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination for the period 2008-2011. Elections will be held in 2008. Embassy recommends [...] | 2007-07-17 00:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PHUM PGOV KDEM SOCI PREL GT |
07GUATEMALA1505 | MINISTER OF FINANCE RESIGNS TO BECOME NEW IDB [...] Summary: Minister of Finance Hugo Beteta has been appointed the new Secretary General of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Beteta will leave his current post on July 31 and take up his duties at the IDB on September 1, 2007. End summary. 2. At a July 26 press conference, Presid [...] | 2007-07-27 20:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL GT |
07GUATEMALA1515 | ELECTIONS: COLOM RETAINS LEAD IN FINAL STRETCH AMID VOTER [...] Summary: As the election campaign enters its final 45 days, voter tendencies remain unchanged; Alvaro Colom (UNE) and Otto Perez Molina (PP) continue to maintain a significant lead in the polls over second-tier candidates, and there remains a large undecided segment of the electorate. A rece [...] | 2007-07-30 22:38:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KJUS PREL KCRM SOCI GT |
07GUATEMALA1517 | PARTIDO PATRIOTA'S PLAN OF GOVERNMENT AIMS TO RESTORE [...] (U) Summary: Presidential candidate Otto Perez Molina of center-right Partido Patriota (PP) presented his plan of government July 26, focusing on five priority areas: democratic security and justice, economic development, rural development, health and food security, and education. He pledged [...] | 2007-07-30 23:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KJUS PREL KCRM SOCI GT |
07GUATEMALA1541 | GUATEMALAN CONGRESS APPROVES CICIG AS MATTER OF NATIONAL [...] Summary: On August 1, the Guatemalan Congress voted to approve the GOG-UN agreement to establish the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) as a matter of national urgency. The agreement will be sent to the Executive for final approval by the president. End summary. [...] | 2007-08-01 22:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS EAID SNAR KCRM UN OECD PREL KDEM GT |
07GUATEMALA1552 | LETTER TO WHA ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON FROM [...] Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) regarding the Central American Integration System (SICA) Vice Ministerial on regional security held in Guatemala July 17-18 (ref A). The MFA expressed appreciation for the participation of the U.S. delegation, in p [...] | 2007-08-03 00:05:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SMIG KCRM SNAR GT |
07GUATEMALA160 | GUATEMALAN ATTENDANCE AT FEBRUARY 1 HAITI MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-29 17:42:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL EAID PGOV EFIN UN HA GT |
07GUATEMALA1906 | DEMARCHE ON TIP TIER 2 WATCH ACTION PLAN (2007-08) [...] Poloff delivered Ref A demarche and non-paper to Alma de Migoya, Chief of the Prosecutor's Office for Women, Unit of Adolescent and Child Victims, and Alexander Colop, prosecutor in charge of Trafficking in Persons (TIP),in the Attorney General's Office. Migoya said that her office as well as [...] | 2007-09-20 21:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG GT |
07GUATEMALA1907 | DEMARCHE ON TIP TIER 2 WATCH ACTION PLAN (2007-08) [...] Poloff delivered Ref A demarche and non-paper to Alma de Migoya, Chief of the Prosecutor's Office for Women, Unit of Adolescent and Child Victims, and Alexander Colop, prosecutor in charge of Trafficking in Persons (TIP),in the Attorney General's Office. Migoya said that her office as well as [...] | 2007-09-20 21:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG GT |
07GUATEMALA1908 | DEMARCHE ON TIP TIER 2 WATCH ACTION PLAN (2007-08) [...] Poloff delivered Ref A demarche and non-paper to Alma de Migoya, Chief of the Prosecutor's Office for Women, Unit of Adolescent and Child Victims, and Alexander Colop, prosecutor in charge of Trafficking in Persons (TIP),in the Attorney General's Office. Migoya said that her office as well as [...] | 2007-09-20 21:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG GT |
07GUATEMALA1916 | GUATEMALA'S INPUT FOR PRESIDENT'S 2007 UNGA HUMAN [...] Per reftel, post submits the following information to help inform the discussion at the President's 2007 UNGA Democracy and Human Rights Roundtable. 2. Post strategy for promoting human rights and democracy in Guatemala focuses on helping the government strengthen its democratic institution [...] | 2007-09-20 22:28:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL ELAB KCRM KJUS KDEM EAID SOCI PGOV |
07GUATEMALA1933 | UNGA: INVITATION TO SEPTEMBER 26 HAITI KEY PLAYERS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-24 19:42:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO PREL UNSC UNGA PGOV HA GT |
07GUATEMALA1934 | DEMARCHE ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY OF [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the Community of Democracies (CD) to Luis Carranza, Director of Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. Carranza said that the GOG, together with Chile and other Latin American countries, can offer political support to Mali for the Bama [...] | 2007-09-24 19:49:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV GT |
07GUATEMALA194 | GUATEMALA: LIST OF MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] Per reftel request, Embassy has identified the following individuals as the most influential women in Guatemala in the fields of politics, civil rights, and education for the S/WE roster of women leaders worldwide. -- Wendy de Berger, First Lady, oversees the First Lady's Office of Social Wo [...] | 2007-01-31 22:12:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL KDEM PGOV KJUS EAID GT |
07GUATEMALA1941 | PEREZ MOLINA OUTLINES SECOND-ROUND STRATEGY [...] (C) During a September 18 meeting with the Ambassador, center-right presidential candidate Otto Perez Molina of the Partido Patriota outlined his strategy for winning the November 4 run-off election with the support of voters of the center-right GANA. Perez Molina said he was "certain" that non [...] | 2007-09-25 19:42:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KCRM SNAR PHUM GT |
07GUATEMALA1944 | EMBASSY OFFICERS GIVE PRESENTATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Embassy officers gave a presentation, entitled "Human Rights Advocacy: The Roles of the USG, Other Governments, and Human Rights NGOs," on September 19 to first and second-year international relations and journalism students at Francisco Marroquin University in Guatemala City. The presentation [...] | 2007-09-25 23:22:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI KJUS EAID GT |
07GUATEMALA1975 | GUATEMALA ESTABLISHES DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) On October 1, Vice Foreign Minister Luis Fernando Andrade confirmed to Pol/Econ Couns that the Government of Guatemala had established diplomatic relations with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Sept. 26, 2007, on the margins of the UN General Assembly. The formal agreement wa [...] | 2007-10-01 20:46:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KN GT |
07GUATEMALA2013 | PEREZ MOLINA TAKES THE LEAD IN GUATEMALA'S [...] (C) The latest major poll gives center-right Patriota candidate Perez Molina a nearly nine-point lead over center-left UNE candidate Colom, but the poll likely overstates Perez Molina's support somewhat. Nonetheless, Perez Molina, who finished second in the September 9 first-round election, [...] | 2007-10-05 17:50:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM GT |
07GUATEMALA2040 | GUATEMALA HOSTS USG-FUNDED SEMINAR ON TRAFFICKING [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted a regional seminar on trafficking in persons (TIP) October 3-4. The two-day seminar was organized by the OAS as part of its USG-funded project to combat TIP in the Western Hemisphere. Focused on "Legislation Against Trafficking in Persons in Central Ame [...] | 2007-10-10 18:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB PGOV PREL SMIG GT |
07GUATEMALA2101 | GUATEMALA'S NOMINEE FOR 2008 SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR [...] Embassy is pleased to nominate Carolina Roca, Superintendent of the Guatemala Tax Authority (SAT),as Guatemala's "Woman of Courage" for the 2008 Secretary's Award (reftel) in recognition of her outstanding courage and leadership in modernizing the SAT and advocating for tax reform in Guatemal [...] | 2007-10-18 23:00:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM KDEM ECON KJUS GT |
07GUATEMALA2123 | DEMARCHE ON NEXT STEPS ON OAS INDIGENOUS RIGHTS [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche on October 22 to Luis Carranza, Director of Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Carranza commented that Guatemala will not be able to support suspension of negotiations on the text of the OAS Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, [...] | 2007-10-24 17:19:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM PHUM SOCI KJUS GT |
07GUATEMALA2125 | DEMARCHE ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INDEPENDENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-24 19:28:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UN UNGA GT |
07GUATEMALA216 | GUATEMALAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-06 16:49:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS GT |
07GUATEMALA2161 | GUATEMALA TO SUPPORT ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-30 13:32:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV IR AR GT |
07GUATEMALA2182 | SCENESETTER: NOV. 4 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) According to most polls, center-right candidate Otto Perez Molina of the Partido Patriota enjoys a slim advantage coming into the Nov. 4 presidential election, but some polls show Alvaro Colom, of the center-left UNE, to be ahead. In the final stages of the campaign, Colom has come across [...] | 2007-11-01 01:14:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GT |
07GUATEMALA2184 | CENTER-LEFT COLOM WINS GUATEMALAN PRESIDENCY [...] With 99.13% of polling stations reporting, center-left UNE's Alvaro Colom won the Nov. 4 Guatemalan presidential runoff election with 52.83% of the vote. Center-right Partido Patriota's Otto Perez Molina received 47.17%. Colom declared victory, and Perez Molina acknowledged defeat in a conc [...] | 2007-11-05 13:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM GT |
07GUATEMALA2200 | DEMARCHE ON ADVANCING THE DEMOCRACY AGENDA AT 4TH [...] Poloff delivered ref A demarche outlining the democracy agenda of the Community of Democracies (CD) Bamako Ministerial to Luis Carranza, Director of Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. Carranza said that the GOG will not be participating in the Bamako Ministerial due [...] | 2007-11-07 15:45:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV GT |
07GUATEMALA2213 | TIP: INTERIM ASSESSMENT OF GUATEMALA [...] Post submits the following summary (keyed to ref A) of progress made by the GOG in combating trafficking in persons (TIP),specifically in the areas of legislative reform, enforcement, and identification and protection of trafficked victims. The GOG has undertaken serious efforts to address t [...] | 2007-11-09 16:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG GT |
07GUATEMALA2221 | COLOM'S VICTORY GIVES RURAL VOTERS A NEW VOICE [...] (C) Alvaro Colom won the November 4 election as rural voters came out in large numbers, and for the first time prevailed over the candidate favored by voters in Guatemala City. The decentralization of voting tables favored Colom's rural voters, and his emphasis on social issues appears to ha [...] | 2007-11-09 18:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM GT |
07GUATEMALA2244 | FOREIGN MINISTER-DESIGNATE MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR, [...] (C) Guatemalan Foreign Minister-Designate Haroldo Rodas met November 13 with Ambassador, visiting WHA/CEN Director Feeley, and Pol/Econ Couns. We discussed with Rodas the USG's request to Congress for $50 million to buttress Central American regional security. Rodas conveyed his appreciation [...] | 2007-11-16 16:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GT |
07GUATEMALA2252 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COLEMAN [...] Your November 23 - 24 visit will afford you a chance to view adoptions processes and practices in Guatemala. You will also have the opportunity to review our efforts to promote economic development, poverty alleviation, democracy, and rule of law, following the 1996 signing of the Peace Ac [...] | 2007-11-19 19:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CONS PREL GT |
07GUATEMALA2270 | WHA/CEN DIRECTOR FEELEY BRIEFS SICA MEMBERS ON [...] SUMMARY. On November 13, visiting WHA/CEN Director Feeley briefed the Vice Foreign Ministers of the SICA countries on the President's Merida Initiative. He stressed that the proposed $50 million request for Central America within the Merida Initiative was a direct response to the willingness [...] | 2007-11-21 16:49:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM GT |
07GUATEMALA2325 | CODEL REID'S VISIT TO GUATEMALA [...] (SBU) Majority Leader Senator Harry Reid led a bipartisan delegation of six senators to Guatemala Nov. 30 - Dec. 2. Reid opened the CODEL's November 30 meeting with President Berger by saying that the USG should give greater attention to social issues in Latin America, noting Guatemala's prob [...] | 2007-12-05 17:46:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV SNAR GT |
07GUATEMALA2326 | GOG RESPONSE ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-05 17:48:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KTIA UNAUS UNGA GT |
07GUATEMALA2358 | ASSESSMENT OF GUATEMALAN SECURITY REQUIREMENTS [...] (SBU) Embassy Guatemala appreciates the Department's request for post and host country input regarding priority assistance needs that could be funded as part of the Merida Initiative. We consulted senior Berger Government officials who have only five weeks left in office, as well as represen [...] | 2007-12-13 13:45:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PTER SNAR GT |
07GUATEMALA248 | GUATEMALA'S NOMINEE FOR SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR [...] Per reftel request, Embassy is pleased to nominate Maria Eugenia Morales, Deputy Human Rights Ombudsman, as Guatemala's "Woman of Courage" for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage in recognition of her exceptional courage and leadership in advocating for women's rights and [...] | 2007-02-08 23:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL KPAO KJUS KCRM KDEM GT |
07GUATEMALA305 | GUATEMALAN FM ROSENTHAL WRITES THE AMBASSADOR [...] Summary: Guatemalan Foreign Minister Rosenthal wrote the Ambassador urging the prompt investigation and prosecution of those responsible for the February 8 armed attack on a group of undocumented immigrants in a desert area near Tucson, Arizona. One Guatemalan was killed, while another Guatema [...] | 2007-02-14 15:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM PHUM SMIG GT |
07GUATEMALA347 | GUATEMALAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-20 22:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS GT |
07GUATEMALA350 | GUATEMALAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHYAMENDMENT VETTING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-21 15:29:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS GT |
07GUATEMALA351 | GUATEMALAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHYAMENDMENT VETTING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-21 15:30:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS GT |
07GUATEMALA352 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - 009 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-21 15:38:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
07GUATEMALA362 | GUATEMALAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-21 21:57:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS GT |
07GUATEMALA417 | GUATEMALAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-28 21:32:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS GT |
07GUATEMALA469 | GUATEMALA: AMENDMENT TO DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Per previous consultations between PM/PPA and U.S. MILGP Guatemala, post needs to amend a previous diplomatic agreement concerning U.S. Army Corps of Engineers support for the renovation of the Guatemalan Army Regional Peacekeeping [...] | 2007-03-06 22:38:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA MASS MOPS KPKO PREL EAID AFIN GT |
07GUATEMALA57 | GUATEMALAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-10 19:57:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS GT |
07GUATEMALA586 | GUATEMALAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-22 20:20:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS GT |
07GUATEMALA74 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - 003 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-11 21:20:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
07GUATEMALA75 | GUATEMALAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-11 21:33:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS GT |
07GUATEMALA85 | GUATEMALA: RESPONSE ON HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY VETTING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-12 17:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
07HALIFAX12 | MAPPING THE BORDER: MAINE-NEW BRUNSWICK CROSSINGS FROM FORT [...] Uncertainty over the exact requirements and precise entry-into-force date of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) land and sea rule are the main concerns of nearly everyone we met during a recent visit to border communities and border crossing points in northwestern New Brunswick. [...] | 2007-03-14 20:55:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS PTER PGOV PREL PHUM ELTN WHTI CA |
07HALIFAX89 | CANADA'S FOREIGN, DEFENSE, AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS [...] Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs held its 10th Annual "Diplomatic Forum for Heads of Foreign Mission" in St.-Andrews-by-the-Sea, New Brunswick, in mid-September. Seventy-seven Ambassadors, including Ambassador Wilkins, and two Consuls General participated in the two-day meeting. Three fe [...] | 2007-10-17 12:25:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV CA |
07HAMBURG1 | MOTASSADEQ SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS [...] On January 8, the Hamburg Regional Court gave 9/11 cell member Mounir el-Motassadeq a 15 year prison sentence. (Note: This is the maximum sentence that can be imposed under the German Penal Code for the crime of accessory to murder. End Note.) Motassadeq's attorneys announced that they will [...] | 2007-01-09 15:34:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KJUS PREL ASEC GM |
07HAMBURG24 | ISLAMIC CENTER HAMBURG'S AYATOLLAH SHARES INITIATIVES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: CG Hamburg and Embassy Berlin Iranwatcher hosted an informal meeting at the CGR with the head of the Islamic Center of Hamburg (ICH),Ayatollah Seyyed Abbas Hosseini Ghaemmaghami on March 20. Ghaemmaghami, an Iranian national who has served as the ICH director since 2004, discu [...] | 2007-03-23 11:12:00 | Consulate Hamburg | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL GM IR |
07HAMBURG29 | GERMANY/PKK: WHY HAMBURG RELEASED CANSIZ [...] (C) On May 2, Office Director of the Hamburg Minister of Justice Henning Clasen informed ConGen Hamburg that PKK leader Sakine Cansiz had been released from jail on April 25 and that she had already returned to Paris, France. Cansiz had been arrested in Hamburg on March 19 pursuant to a Turkis [...] | 2007-05-04 15:49:00 | Consulate Hamburg | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KTFN GM TU FR |
07HAMBURG31 | BREMEN STATE ELECTION - AN END TO 12 YEARS OF A GRAND [...] (SBU) Summary: The upcoming May 13 state elections in Bremen/Bremerhaven are Germany's only state election in 2007. With 40 percent in the polls, the Social Democratic Party (SPD) is likely to be in the comfortable position of being able to choose its coalition partner. The only viable coalit [...] | 2007-05-11 15:29:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
07HAMBURG32 | BREMEN STATE ELECTION - AN END TO 12 YEARS OF A GRAND [...] (SBU) Summary: The upcoming May 13 state elections in Bremen/Bremerhaven are Germany's only state election in 2007. With 40 percent in the polls, the Social Democratic Party (SPD) is likely to be in the comfortable position of being able to choose its coalition partner. The only viable coalit [...] | 2007-05-11 15:29:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
07HAMBURG33 | BREMEN STATE ELECTION - AN END TO 12 YEARS OF A GRAND [...] (SBU) Summary: The upcoming May 13 state elections in Bremen/Bremerhaven are Germany's only state election in 2007. With 40 percent in the polls, the Social Democratic Party (SPD) is likely to be in the comfortable position of being able to choose its coalition partner. The only viable coalit [...] | 2007-05-11 16:16:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
07HAMBURG35 | BREMEN STATE ELECTION - SPD REMAINS STRONG WITH THE GREENS [...] (U) Summary. Though Bremen's election gave the current Social Democratic -Christian Democratic (SPD-CDU) government enough votes to continue in office, the two parties each lost votes over 2003. The smaller parties all gained votes, with the best results scored by the left-of-center Greens and [...] | 2007-05-15 11:04:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
07HAMBURG36 | MOTASSADEQ LOSES FINAL APPEAL [...] (U) On May 11, the German Federal High Court in Karlsruhe announced its decision to reject 9/11 cell member Mounir el-Motassadeq's appeal of the January 8 verdict of the Hamburg Regional Court that convicted Motassadeq of membership in a terrorist organization and of 246 counts of accessory to [...] | 2007-05-18 13:39:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KJUS PREL ASEC GM |
07HAMBURG38 | BREMEN'S SPD OPTS FOR A RED-GREEN COALITION [...] (U) Just a week after the state parliamentary elections, Bremen's Social Democratic Party (SPD) leadership announced on May 20 that it will seek to form a governing coalition with the Greens, bringing an end to twelve years of a Social Democratic-Christian Democratic (SPD-CDU) Grand Coalition. [...] | 2007-05-22 09:57:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
07HAMBURG45 | BREMEN'S SPD-GREENS COALITION ANNOUNCES NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (U) On June 18, the Bremen Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Green Party presented their coalition agreement for governing the city-state of Bremen/Bremerhaven. The agreement, which was completed on June 16 - five weeks after the May 13 elections, is based upon three pillars; strengthening Bre [...] | 2007-06-22 06:37:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
07HAMBURG52 | AL QAEDA ACCOMPLICE AWAITING TRIAL IN SCHLESWIG, GERMANY [...] (U) SUMMARY: After German Police arrested Redouane El-Habhab July 6, 2006 at the Hamburg Dammtor train station, the Federal Prosecutor charged him April 25, 2007 with nine counts of supporting the foreign terrorist organizations Al-Qaeda and Al-Qaeda in Iraq as well as four counts of acting aga [...] | 2007-07-09 09:33:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KJUS PREL ASEC KVPR GM |
07HAMBURG53 | GERMANY'S FIRST "CYBER JIHADIST" INDICTED IN LOWER SAXONY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German police arrested Ibrahim Rashid on October 10, 2006 near Osnabrueck, Lower Saxony under a warrant issued by the German Federal High Court on September 28, 2006. On June 28, 2007 the Federal Prosecutor charged him with 28 separate counts of recruiting members and supporters [...] | 2007-07-20 10:44:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KJUS PREL ASEC KVPR GM |
07HAMBURG58 | HAMBURG, GERMANY: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COSTELLO [...] (U) Consulate General Hamburg warmly welcomes Congressman Jerry Costello and his delegation to Hamburg, Germany August 24-27. The U.S. has had a strong relationship with the Free and Hanseatic State of Hamburg for almost 220 years. Commissioned in 1790, ConGen Hamburg has been working to fost [...] | 2007-08-16 20:34:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP PREL PRGOV ECON GM |
07HAMBURG61 | TERRORISM TRIAL AGAINST GERMANY'S FIRST "CYBER JIHADIST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The trial against alleged "cyber jihadist" Ibrahim Rashid opened on September 26 before the Higher Regional Court in Celle, Lower Saxony. According to the prosecution, these procedures are unique in that it is the first time that someone in Germany has been charged for jihadis [...] | 2007-10-22 14:27:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KJUS PREL ASEC KVPR GM |
07HAMBURG63 | THE SPD APPROVES OEF MANDATE, SIGNALS CONTINUED [...] (SBU) Summary: Overall, foreign policy played a minor role at the Social Democratic Party's (SPD) October 26-28 national convention in Hamburg (reftel). It was, however, the main focus of a pre-convention event October 25 sponsored by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) and geared mainly tow [...] | 2007-10-31 17:16:00 | Consulate Hamburg | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KUNR GM AF EU RS TU |
07HAMBURG66 | INVITATION TO NORTHERN GERMANY FOR THE GREAT WHITE FLEET [...] (U) On behalf of Mission Germany, U.S. Consulate General Hamburg would like to invite the Great White Fleet to Kiel, Germany to commemorate the fleet's historic trip, strengthen U.S. and European naval cooperation, and participate in U.S. public outreach at Northern Europe's largest regatta and [...] | 2007-11-14 12:44:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO MASS MPOS GM |
07HANOI100 | VIETNAM'S CHRISTIANS REPORT MERRY CHRISTMAS, OTHER POSITIVE [...] (SBU) We are encouraged by initial enthusiastic reports from northern Protestants and Catholics that Christmas 2006 was celebrated with incident. There have been no reports of official harassment of registered or unregistered Protestants anywhere in the north, and most house churches were allo [...] | 2007-01-18 06:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM |
07HANOI1009 | "ONE UN" PILOT PROGRAM INCHING FORWARD IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The "One UN" pilot program in Vietnam has taken its important first steps, but much work remains before the program becomes operational. According to Hanoi-based UN diplomats, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) strongly supports the "One UN" pilot, which Vietnam began last Februar [...] | 2007-05-30 00:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR PREL UN EAID SOCI PHUM AL CV MZ PK RW TZ UY |
07HANOI1012 | "ONE UN" PILOT PROGRAM INCHING FORWARD IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The "One UN" pilot program in Vietnam has taken its important first steps, but much work remains before the program becomes operational. According to Hanoi-based UN diplomats, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) strongly supports the "One UN" pilot, which Vietnam began last Februar [...] | 2007-05-30 09:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR PREL UN EAID SOCI PHUM AL CV MZ PK RW TZ UY |
07HANOI1016 | LIMP ENDING FOR WORLD BANK REVIEW OF VIETNAM'S PMU-18 [...] (SBU) Summary: The World Bank's review of corruption allegations and the Ministry of Transport's management of two Bank-funded projects is complete: the infamous Project Management Unit (PMU) 18 escaped any serious findings of corruption, but the Bank concluded that pervasive mismanagement abo [...] | 2007-05-30 10:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID ETRD ECPS PREL VM |
07HANOI1034 | ELECTION SHOCKER: COMMUNIST PARTY COMES OUT ON TOP [...] (SBU) On May 29, the National Assembly released the results of its May 20 election, and the make-up of the legislature will not differ markedly from the previous assembly: of the 497 seats in the body, non-Communist Party candidates won 43 seats, women 127 seats and ethnic minorities 87 seats. [...] | 2007-06-01 10:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PREL CH VM |
07HANOI1051 | ENCOURAGING VIETNAM TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE HCOC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-05 00:58:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MTCRE MNUC KSCA ETTC PREL TSPA VM |
07HANOI1055 | TRIET'S PRC VISIT: ACCENTUATING THE POSITIVE [...] (C) MFA and Chinese Embassy sources are billing President Triet's May 14-18 trip to China a success, both in maintaining the momentum of improved political relations between the two countries and in generating concrete results, particularly in the areas of trade and investment (Ref A). At the [...] | 2007-06-05 09:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VM CH |
07HANOI1062 | CPV GENERAL SECRETARY STOKES FRATERNAL TIES HALF A WORLD [...] (SBU) Vietnam's State-run press has characterized Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) General Secretary Nong Duc Manh's official visits to Venezuela and Cuba from May 30 to June 1 and June 1 to June 3, respectively, as "successes" that have enhanced Vietnam's "solidarity, friendship and traditiona [...] | 2007-06-06 10:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI ETRD EPET ETTC VM CU VE |
07HANOI1085 | HANOI-BASED CHIEFS OF MISSION DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On June 5, the Australian Ambassador hosted the fourth Hanoi-based Chiefs of Mission human rights discussion. Participants included Chiefs of Mission (COM) or their designates from the United States, European Commission, United Kingdom, Canada, Switzerland, France, Germany and Australia. [...] | 2007-06-11 08:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KIRF HUMANR PGOV PHUM VM |
07HANOI1088 | ORDINANCE ON "GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY:" POWER TO THE [...] (SBU) The National Assembly recently passed the Ordinance on Grassroots Democracy, which is intended to allow villagers, with local Fatherland Front representatives participating, to convene meetings for the purpose of discussing and proposing solutions to local problems and nominating candidat [...] | 2007-06-12 09:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM |
07HANOI1099 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT TRIET TO DISCUSS U.S. [...] (SBU) During a June 13 meeting with the Ambassador, President Nguyen Minh Triet strongly underlined his hope that his upcoming visit to the United States and meeting with President Bush will help to advance the bilateral relationship and deepen Vietnam's friendship with the United States. The [...] | 2007-06-13 09:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON VM |
07HANOI1101 | 2007 TIP REPORT HANDED OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff delivered the Vietnam TIP report country narrative and Ref A talking points to the MFA on June 13. Our interlocutor was pleased that the USG acknowledged the GVN's progress on combating TIP during the reporting period, but disappointed that more details on the GVN's stron [...] | 2007-06-13 10:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN ELAB PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG KPAO VM |
07HANOI1109 | HANOI ARCHBISHOP PAINTS MIXED PICTURE ON GVN-CATHOLIC [...] (SBU) On June 13, Poloff met Hanoi Archbishop Ngo Quang Kiet to discuss GVN-Church relations. Unprompted, the Archbishop began by noting the GVN's arrests and trials of scores of political activists. He told Poloff it is hard to describe how his followers feel about this matter. On a positiv [...] | 2007-06-14 08:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF VM |
07HANOI1110 | LE DUAN: THE MOSTLY VARNISHED TRUTH [...] (SBU) The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) recently sponsored several events to commemorate the life of former CPV General Secretary (GS) Le Duan. State-press has characterized Duan as a SIPDIS "bright example of revolutionary virtues," but topics such as his sidelining of CPV luminaries Ho [...] | 2007-06-14 08:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI PREL VM |
07HANOI1112 | GVN TO RELEASE LE QUOC QUAN [...] (SBU) Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang informed A/DCM June 14 that the GVN planned to release former NED fellow Le Quoc Quan later that same day. According to MFA Americas Desk officer Le Chi Dzung, because Quan was never formally charged, he will receive an "administrative reprimand," which [...] | 2007-06-14 09:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV VM |
07HANOI1117 | VIETNAM: HUMAN RIGHTS TAKES CENTER STAGE AT MID-TERM [...] (SBU) The World Bank and the Government of Vietnam (GVN) hosted an informal mid-term Consultative Group (CG) meeting on June 1 in Ha Long City. Senior GVN and donor representatives engaged on a variety of economic development issues. The agenda featured an overview of the economic situation a [...] | 2007-06-15 08:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN EINV PREL PGOV PHUM VM |
07HANOI1119 | CONOCO PHILLIPS AND BP CONCERNS ABOUT PROJECTS IN [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings, officials of Conoco Phillips (CP) and the UK Ambassador briefed the Ambassador on the latest developments regarding China's pressure to stop work on gas projects licensed by Vietnam in the South China Sea in the vicinity of the Spratly Islands. According to [...] | 2007-06-15 09:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PREL VM CH |
07HANOI1128 | CRA EXPLAINS DELAYS IN IMPLEMENTING RELIGION LAW IN THE [...] (SBU) On June 14, Poloff met with the GVN Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA) and discussed delays in the registration of religious congregations in the North and Northwest Highlands and aspects of the spread of Protestantism among ethnic minority communities. CRA, which has operational respo [...] | 2007-06-18 08:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM |
07HANOI1131 | GVN RELEASES LE QUOC QUAN [...] (SBU) On Saturday morning, June 16, the GVN released attorney, political activist, and former Reagan-Fascell Fellow Le Quoc Quan from detention in Hanoi. He joined his family the same day. Quan contacted Poloff by e-mail on Sunday, June 17 and told him that he had "lost weight" and was "tired [...] | 2007-06-18 08:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV VM |
07HANOI1139 | PEACE CORPS AND GVN FAIL TO CONCLUDE COUNTRY AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Following three days of meetings, Peace Corps and Ministry of Foreign Affairs were unable to conclude a country agreement concerning a Peace Corps program in Vietnam. Outstanding issues could conceivably be resolved in future discussions, but the GVN would have to gain inter-age [...] | 2007-06-21 03:31:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EAID VM |
07HANOI1143 | USG INTEREST TO ADMIT PHAN VAN BAN UNDER SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC [...] (SBU) I, Jonathan M. Aloisi, Charge d'Affaires, attest to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Visa Services that Mr. Phan Van Ban, designated a "prisoner of concern" by the U.S. Department of State, should be admitted to the United States under Significant Public Benefit Parole as quick [...] | 2007-06-21 10:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV VM |
07HANOI1144 | LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM WIFE OF JAILED DISSIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary and Background. On June 20, Post received a letter addressed to President Bush from Vu Minh Khanh, wife of jailed dissident Nguyen Van Dai. In the letter, Khanh asks the President to intervene on her husband's behalf during his June 22 meeting with Vietnamese President Nguyen Mi [...] | 2007-06-22 03:58:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF HUMANR PGOV PREL VM |
07HANOI118 | HIGH-LEVEL GVN TURNOUT FOR WTO ACCESSION CELEBRATION AT THE [...] (SBU) In a marked departure from established protocol, two ministers and two vice ministers, as well as numerous other officials at the next lower level, attended a U.S.-hosted reception at the Ambassador's residence to celebrate Vietnam's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). Trade [...] | 2007-01-19 10:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD WTRO PREL PGOV VM |
07HANOI1197 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLYMAN CORRUPTION CASE: BAD TIMING AND FEW [...] (SBU) On June 26, the Supreme People's Court of Appeals (SPCA) upheld the guilty verdict of Mac Kim Ton, a former National Assembly (NA) member and Director of the Thai Binh Provincial Education Department (TBED),for "abusing power in the conduct of his official duties." Ton had been found gu [...] | 2007-07-02 09:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID ETRD ECPS PREL PGOV SOCI VM |
07HANOI1202 | EU CHARACTERIZES GVN HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE AS A "MAJOR [...] (SBU) In a meeting with Embassy PolOffs, Hanoi-based EU diplomats lamented that its semi-annual human rights dialogue with the GVN, held on June 28 in Hanoi, was "extremely disappointing" and "superficial." Only Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officers composed the GVN delegation, which the [...] | 2007-07-03 09:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV VM |
07HANOI1235 | Second Joint Advisory Committee on Agent Orange Dioxin [...] (U) Summary. Post plans to convene the second Joint Advisory Committee (JAC) on August 14, 2007, co-hosted by Office 33 of the Government of Vietnam (GVN). As agreed by the USG and the GVN, the JAC serves as a technical forum to enhance scientific coordination and cooperation between the Unit [...] | 2007-07-10 10:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM |
07HANOI1251 | LE QUOC QUAN MEETING [...] (C) Summary: On July 11, PolOffs met with attorney, former detainee and recent NED Fellow Le Quoc Quan at his law office in Hanoi. Quan was extremely happy to receive officials from the Embassy and appeared very healthy. Quan's daily, lengthy interrogations in prison focused on his relationsh [...] | 2007-07-13 09:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL VM |
07HANOI1271 | MEETING WITH DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF VIETNAM FOUNDER HOANG MINH [...] (SBU) On July 11, 2007, PolOffs met with long-time political activist and founder of the outlawed Democratic Party of Vietnam (DPV),Hoang Minh Chinh, at his home in Hanoi where he remains under house arrest. Chinh is suffering from prostate cancer, and appeared seriously ill. Nevertheless, h [...] | 2007-07-19 16:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV VM |
07HANOI1276 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OPENS SESSION AS PEACEFUL LAND PROTESTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-19 17:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON PREL PGOV VM |
07HANOI128 | RESULTS OF RECENT ASEAN SUMMIT IN STEP WITH GVN'S [...] (SBU) On January 18, MFA ASEAN Department Deputy Director Vu Ho briefed Poloff on the recently concluded ASEAN Summit and related meetings in Cebu. For the GVN, key accomplishments were progress on establishing an ASEAN community and adopting an ASEAN charter, the ASEAN Counterterrorism Conven [...] | 2007-01-23 04:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL VM |
07HANOI1283 | VIETNAM MFA DISPUTES DETAILS OF ARTICLE ON CLASH [...] (U) A July 19 Straits Times article reported that a group of Vietnamese boats fishing in waters near the Spratlys came "under fire" from Chinese naval vessels on July 9. According to the article Vietnamese "military sources" reported that one fishermen was killed and several others were injure [...] | 2007-07-20 17:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON MARR PREL VM CN |
07HANOI1300 | DISSIDENTS, FAMILY MEMBERS REMAIN UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) Since May 2007, the GVN has released four high-profile political prisoners on our lists; nevertheless, many more remain sentenced to prison, detained without charges, missing, in exile in Cambodia, or under house arrest. Family members of some released or detained activists often live wit [...] | 2007-07-24 17:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL VM |
07HANOI1301 | HFAC STAFFDEL MIXTER DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Professional Staff Member Jonathan Cobb Mixter told GVN officials in Hanoi the recent wave of arrests and crackdown on political dissidents was causing serious concern on Capitol Hill and could make it harder to facilitate deeper USG engagement with Vietnam; some members [...] | 2007-07-24 17:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF OTRA ECON BM VM |
07HANOI1311 | CORRECTED COPY: HFAC STAFFDEL MIXTER DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This cable is a corrected copy of Hanoi 1301 of July 24, 2007. 2. (SBU) Summary: Visiting Professional Staff Member Jonathan Cobb Mixter told GVN officials in Hanoi the recent wave of arrests and crackdown on political dissidents was causing serious concern on Capitol Hill and could ma [...] | 2007-07-25 16:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF OTRA ECON BM VM |
07HANOI1313 | MEETING WITH ACTIVIST NGUYEN KHAC TOAN, FOUNDER OF THE [...] (SBU) In a July 16, 2007 meeting with Embassy PolOffs, Nguyen Khac Toan, former journalist and the founder of the International Labor Union of Vietnam (ILUV),discussed human rights abuses in Vietnam. ILUV is an outlawed labor union formed by Toan in October 2006 to protect the rights of Vietn [...] | 2007-07-25 17:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB ETRD VM |
07HANOI1329 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. SUPPORT FOR ICRC STANDING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-27 14:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL ICRC PHUM VM |
07HANOI1330 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSC-IMPOSED SANCTIONS ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-27 14:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL VM |
07HANOI1331 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION; FIVE CT [...] (SBU) On July 25, Poloff met with MFA Department of International Law and Treaties Expert Nguyen Dang Thang to deliver reftel points pressing for the signing and ratification of the Nuclear Terrorism Convention (NTC) by Vietnam. Thang explained the GVN policy of support for the world community [...] | 2007-07-27 14:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARTM PREL VM |
07HANOI1333 | URGENT DEMARCHE FOR WHO SINGAPORE MEETING ON SHARING [...] (U) On July 27 ESTHOff and CDC Avian Influenza Advisor conveyed the points in ref A and delivered the non-paper entitled "Goals for Meeting of WHO Interdisciplinary Working Group" to the Ministry of Health's International Cooperation Department General Director Dr. Tran Trong Hai. Post also fa [...] | 2007-07-27 15:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU AORC PNIR PREL OTRA WHO VM |
07HANOI1334 | REVISED PROPOSAL ON NONPROLIFERATION ISM GENERALLY [...] (SBU) On July 23, Poloff met with MFA ASEAN Department Specialist Phan Minh Giang to discuss reftel points concerning Vietnam's position on the initiative to develop an ARF Inter-Sessional Meeting (ISM) on Nonproliferation. Giang said the GVN has no objection to establishing the ISM because it [...] | 2007-07-27 15:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ARF PARM VM |
07HANOI1340 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH COMMITTEE ON RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's point person on religion underscored progress in improving religious freedom, but also admitted that there is still work to be done. Vietnam plans to recognize a number of additional religious groups, including the Baha'i Faith while Protestant congregations in the Cen [...] | 2007-07-30 15:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF OTRA ECON VM |
07HANOI1352 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TRIET FOCUSES ON [...] (SBU) Summary: In his July 31 farewell call on Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet, the Ambassador noted the significant progress in bilateral economic and commercial ties as well as increased USG support for the GVN's reform efforts, while cautioning that important human rights concerns rema [...] | 2007-08-01 14:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF ECON VM |
07HANOI1355 | VIETNAM HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-01 15:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ITRA OVIP UNGA VM |
07HANOI1356 | VIETNAM REPRESENTATION AT UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-01 15:52:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI TSPL VM |
07HANOI1360 | PRESS REVEALS VIETNAM'S NEW CABINET [...] (SBU) On August 2, Vietnam's National Assembly (NA) will officially announce the make-up of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung's Cabinet, approve the PM's plan to increase the number of Deputy Vice Ministers from three to five, and reduce the number of government ministries from 26 to 22, a move t [...] | 2007-08-01 18:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PREL CH VM |
07HANOI1367 | JAILED HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS DENIED ACCESS TO [...] (C) On July 18, Embassy PolOffs met together with relatives of jailed human rights lawyers Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan. Dai and Nhan were tried and sentenced to prison on May 11 for "propaganda against the State." Each has filed a formal appeal, and an appeal trial date is pending. [...] | 2007-08-03 09:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL VM |
07HANOI1374 | VIETNAM'S NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN [...] (SBU) The National Committee for the Advancement of Women in Vietnam (NCFAW) is taking on domestic violence issues, gender equality, and implementation of a national strategy on the advancement of women for Vietnam by the end of 2010. A key part of that strategy is to place more Vietnamese wom [...] | 2007-08-03 17:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI VM |
07HANOI1380 | VIETNAM'S NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN [...] (SBU) The National Committee for the Advancement of Women in Vietnam (NCFAW) is taking on domestic violence issues, gender equality, and implementation of a national strategy on the advancement of women for Vietnam by the end of 2010. A key part of that strategy is to place more Vietnamese wom [...] | 2007-08-04 09:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI VM |
07HANOI1381 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRIME MINISTER DZUNG [...] (SBU) Summary. In a cordial August 3 farewell call on Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung, the Ambassador and the Prime Minister reflected positively on the progress in bilateral relations over the past three years, including growing trade ties and increased cooperation in areas such as [...] | 2007-08-04 12:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF EAID EAIR KHIV VM |
07HANOI1382 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER/FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: During the August 2 farewell lunch he hosted for Ambassador and Mrs. Marine, Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem noted the many achievements in U.S.-Vietnam relations during the Ambassador's tenure. The Ambassador agreed that improvements had been [...] | 2007-08-06 07:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF ETRD ECON VM |
07HANOI1385 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL DINNER WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER LE [...] (SBU) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang and the Ambassador discussed a wide range of issues during a cordial August 3 dinner. The Ambassador used the occasion to underscore U.S. concerns concerned over governance and human rights, and raised the cases of imprisoned individuals eligibl [...] | 2007-08-06 11:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV CONS KIRF ECON VM |
07HANOI1390 | TOP SECURITY OFFICIAL DISCUSSES DISSIDENTS, CHINA [...] (C) In a long, wide-ranging discussion August 2, Vice Minister of Public Security (MPS) Nguyen Van Huong, Vietnam's head of "general security" and intelligence gave his frank views on a broad range of key bilateral issues including political dissidents, prisoners and detainees, religious freed [...] | 2007-08-06 15:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BM CM KIRF PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM |
07HANOI1414 | GVN PONDERS DELIVERABLES FOR A PM VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary. In his farewell meeting with the Ambassador, the Chairman of the Office of the Government (OOG) said that the GVN is mulling a number of "deliverables" for Prime Minister Zung's September visit to the United States. Among them, he cited long-pending deals on the purchase of Boe [...] | 2007-08-08 14:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID ETRD PREL VM |
07HANOI1415 | NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES DEPART VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Four North Koreans who had taken refuge in the Danish Embassy in Hanoi left Vietnam for the ROK on July 27 via commercial air via Singapore without incident. UNHCR's Chief of Mission Vu Anh Son had met with the North Koreans, three women and one man, soon after they took refuge in the Da [...] | 2007-08-08 15:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CB KN VM |
07HANOI1438 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON NEWLY-ELECTED OOG CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) Summary. At his August 9 farewell call with Ambassador Marine, newly-elected Office of the Government (OOG) Minister Chairman Nguyen Xuan Phuc said that PM Dzung has decided that he will retain responsibility for oversight of foreign affairs within the OOG. In that role, he looks forwar [...] | 2007-08-10 17:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV PHUM KIPR EAID VM |
07HANOI1454 | ARRIVAL OF PETROVIETNAM LETTER ADVISING TRANSOCEAN TO CEASE [...] (SBU) On August 8, Dr. Tran Ngoc Canh, President and CEO of Petrovietnam, sent a letter to executives of the U.S. oil company, Transocean, advising Transocean to cease exploration drilling activities in block 2/4 in the South China Sea (reftel). Petrovietnam addressed the letter to Mr. J. Micha [...] | 2007-08-14 08:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV EPET MARR PREL CN VM |
07HANOI1461 | HANOI ARCHBISHOP DISCUSSES CHURCH ISSUES WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) In an August 13 farewell call by the Ambassador, Hanoi Archbishop Ngo Quang Kiet praised the Ambassador's contribution to international religious freedom, noting in particular recent progress in northern Ha Giang Province. The Archbishop agreed with the Ambassador's assessment that much [...] | 2007-08-14 16:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VM |
07HANOI1462 | "VIETNAMESE PEOPLE MORE WILLING TO FIGHT FOR [...] (C) Ambassador Marine met with prominent cyber-dissident and former political prisoner Dr. Pham Hong Son, who is under house arrest, and his wife, Vu Thuy Ha, at their Hanoi home on August 9. Son, best known for his 2002 arrest and imprisonment for his translation and dissemination of a democ [...] | 2007-08-14 17:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ELAB VM |
07HANOI1463 | UNHCR ON CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, STATELESS KHMERS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-14 17:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CB VM |
07HANOI1464 | AMBASSADOR'S ENGAGES VIETNAMESE LEADERSHIP ON HEALTH ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: As part of his series of farewell calls on Vietnamese leaders, Ambassador Marine met separately with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Truong Vinh Trong and former Minister of Health (MOH) Tran Thi Trung Chien to discuss health issues, particularly HIV/AIDS. Ambassador Marine pushed [...] | 2007-08-14 17:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV KFLU TBIO PREL PGOV SOCI VM |
07HANOI1476 | Second Joint Advisory Committee on Agent Orange and Dioxin [...] (SBU) Summary. The second U.S.-Vietnam Joint Advisory Committee (JAC) on the health and environmental effects of Agent Orange (AO) and dioxin reviewed the significant cooperation on environmental and health issues between the two sides since the first JAC in 2006, particularly related to the o [...] | 2007-08-17 17:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM |
07HANOI1501 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TRIET SETS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-21 17:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF ECON VM |
07HANOI1550 | NEW CZARS IN THE MAKING? THE NEW DPM PORTFOLIOS [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung signed a Decision this week assigning duties and portfolios to himself and his five Deputy Prime Ministers (DPMs),two of which are newly-created positions. Broadly defined, the Prime Minister will oversee all Government of Vietnam (GVN) operatio [...] | 2007-08-29 17:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN VM |
07HANOI1561 | BUMPS IN THE ROAD FOR VIETNAM'S "EQUITISATION" PROCESS [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The auction of shares in insurance company BaoViet, Vietnam's largest public offering to date, revealed the problems and strategic shortfalls of Vietnam's new method of "equitising" State Owned Enterprises (S [...] | 2007-08-30 17:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON PREL VM |
07HANOI1563 | DISSIDENT ATTORNEY LE QUOC QUAN HIGHLIGHTS [...] (S) In an August 24 meeting with PolOffs, dissident Attorney Le Quoc Quan discussed the current dominance of conservatives in the Vietnamese government and the struggles for pro-reformists. Among those in the pro-reform camp, according to Quan, are Vietnam's two new Deputy Prime Ministers. Q [...] | 2007-08-31 15:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM |
07HANOI1579 | AMBASSADOR LAYS OUT PRIORITIES WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) On August 31 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem welcomed Ambassador Michalak to Vietnam and stressed the importance of continued progress in bilateral relations. During the cordial 40-minute meeting, the Ambassador emphasized areas of common interest and prioritize [...] | 2007-09-04 16:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI VM |
07HANOI1594 | VIETNAM TO DRAFT NEW TIP LAW, IMPROVE INTER-AGENCY [...] (SBU) On June 27, the GVN issued a new Directive to strengthen, midterm, the implementation of its six-year National Program of Action against Crimes of Trafficking in Women and Children. The new anti-TIP Directive calls for greater GVN inter-agency cooperation, greater scrutiny of export labo [...] | 2007-09-07 09:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV TIP ELAB KWMN KCRM SMIG PREL VM |
07HANOI1595 | GVN CONSIDERATION OF GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: According to an MFA official, the question of GVN endorsement of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism ("Global Initiative") has been submitted to relevant ministries for review and comment. After the MFA receives feedback from these ministries, it will prepare a re [...] | 2007-09-07 11:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PTER PREL KGIC VM |
07HANOI1599 | SINO-VIETNAM TERRITORIAL DISPUTE ENTANGLES [...] (C) Summary. The Sino-Vietnam territorial dispute in the South China Sea has now entangled multiple multinational energy companies, including four American and eight other foreign firms. Chinese coercion has persuaded British Petroleum (BP),ConocoPhillips, and Chevron-Petronas/Carigali to p [...] | 2007-09-07 16:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PBTS PREL VM |
07HANOI1623 | FOREIGN MINISTRY SUMMONS AMBASSADOR TO DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam's Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Vu Dzung, called in the Ambassador on September 10 to discuss the ongoing Sino-Vietnamese territorial dispute in the South China Sea. The Vice Foreign Minister urged the Ambassador to press Chevron to resume operations in Block 122; spe [...] | 2007-09-11 17:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PBTS PREL VM |
07HANOI1624 | MFA OFFICIALS STICK TO NAM, UNSC BUSINESS DURING TRIP TO [...] (SBU) Summary: According to an MFA official who was part of a three-person GVN delegation to the recent NAM meeting on human rights held in Tehran, the Vietnamese delegation focused on the NAM event. On the margins, the delegation also lobbied with other attendees on behalf of Vietnam's UN Secu [...] | 2007-09-11 17:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC IR VM |
07HANOI1636 | SMALL BAHA'I AND MUSLIM COMMUNITIES GROW IN HANOI [...] (SBU) Leaders of Hanoi's small Muslim and Baha'i communities say the religious freedom they enjoy is leading to a growth in their communities. They, like other faiths in Vietnam, in turn face greater pressure to find adequate facilities for their worshipers, leading to questions over land righ [...] | 2007-09-12 17:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI VM |
07HANOI1637 | MEETING WITH DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST - TRUTH BEHIND INTERNET [...] (SBU) Summary: In contrast to an internet report posted on a Vietnamese-American human rights website alleging that the police broke up an August 30 meeting between Poloff and eight pro-democracy activists in Hanoi, the meeting with only one dissident - Mr. Nguyen Phuong Anh - was held at Mr. A [...] | 2007-09-12 17:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF VM |
07HANOI1642 | FOLLOW UP ON USCIRF VISIT DATES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-13 17:00:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KIRF PHUM VM |
07HANOI1651 | UNHCR CLAIMS "BIG STEP FORWARD;" PLAN OF ACTION WITH GVN ON [...] (SBU) In a new development, the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) has claimed a "big step forward" toward resolution of the 30-year old cases of more than 9,000 stateless Khmer persons in Southern Vietnam. According to UNHCR, in August, the Cambodian Government (GOC) informed [...] | 2007-09-14 16:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CB VM |
07HANOI1653 | CODEL CHAMBLISS ENGAGES VIETNAM'S LEADERSHIP, [...] (C) A bipartisan United States Senate delegation led by Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia held meetings in Hanoi August 29 with senior GVN leaders, including SRV President Nguyen Minh Triet, the Vice-Chairman of Vietnam's parliament, and Vice-Ministers of Defense and Public Security. The me [...] | 2007-09-14 17:31:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | CN OREP OVIP PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM |
07HANOI1675 | ARRIVAL OF CHINA LETTER ADVISING POGO OIL TO CEASE [...] (SBU) On September 8, the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Houston sent a letter to the U.S. oil firm, Pogo Producing Company advising Pogo to cease exploration drilling activities in Block 124 in the South China Sea. The Block 124 lies along Vietnam's south central coast [...] | 2007-09-19 17:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CN ECON EINV ENRG EPET MARR PREL VM |
07HANOI1681 | NEWLY-APPOINTED DPM HAI NIXES GANNON PROJECT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a September 18 meeting with Ambassador Michalak, new Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Hoang Trung Hai said that U.S. power-producer Gannon would not receive a license to build a clean coal-fired plant in central Vietnam. Hai also asked the Ambassador to urge ConocoPhillips to [...] | 2007-09-20 13:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM KIPR EAID VM |
07HANOI1682 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH VFM LE VAN BANG [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-20 14:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ABLD AMGT PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF ECON VM |
07HANOI1683 | UNDERGROUND DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS SAY PARTY FEELING [...] (C) High-profile political dissidents Dr. Pham Hong Son and Nguyen Vu Binh, both recently released from prison and under house arrest, remain active with the moderate Democratic Party of Vietnam (DPV) underground pro-democracy group. On September 10, Embassy PolOffs visited separately and wit [...] | 2007-09-20 14:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM |
07HANOI1693 | VIETNAM REACTION TO IRF REPORT: INACCURATE BUT POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Vietnamese media coverage on the release of the 2007 International Religious Freedom (IRF) report was widespread, accurate and uniformly more positive than in previous years. Following a Mission press release alerting journalists to the report's release, initial stories were straightforwa [...] | 2007-09-24 10:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF OPRC KPAO VM |
07HANOI1729 | VIETNAM'S INFLATIONARY CONUNDRUM [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam is not sure how to tackle growing inflation, which reached a 20-month high of 8.8% in September. Government efforts to maintain simultaneously a stable exchange rate, low interest rates and open capital markets run smack into the "impossible trinity" of economic theory. [...] | 2007-10-01 17:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON PREL VM |
07HANOI1746 | AMBASSADOR PITCHES PRISONER AMNESTY, GOOD [...] (C) Meeting with the GVN's leading security official, the Ambassador raised a range of human rights issues, flagged the upcoming United States Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) visit, and discussed a number of key security and property issues involving the Mission. In the [...] | 2007-10-04 11:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ABLD AMGT ASEC KIRF PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM |
07HANOI1748 | VIETNAM AND VATICAN PROMOTE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS [...] (SBU) The Government of Vietnam (GVN) has agreed to the establishment of a long-awaited Joint Working Group (JWG) to develop official diplomatic relations with the Holy See. At an October 3 introductory call at the Ministry of Home Affairs' Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA),CRA Chairman Ng [...] | 2007-10-04 15:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VT VM |
07HANOI1832 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WALKER CANDIDACY FOR IAAC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-25 07:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC UN UNGA VM |
07HANOI1848 | USCIRF MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER NGUYEN TAN DZUNG [...] (SBU) On October 23, five commissioners from the United States Commission on Religious Freedom (USCIRF) discussed human rights and Vietnam's prisoners of concern with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung. USCIRF members said that Vietnam will not enjoy full religious freedom until its citizens can [...] | 2007-10-29 08:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF VM |
07HANOI1849 | USCIRF MEETING WITH VIETNAMESE VICE FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-29 08:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF VM |
07HANOI1850 | USCIRF MEETINGS WITH HANOI ARCHBISHOP AND ECVN PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-29 08:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM |
07HANOI1852 | USCIRF MEETING WITH VICE MINISTER OF PUBLIC SECURITY NGUYEN [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 23, members of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) met with GVN Vice Minister of Public Security (MPS) Nguyen Van Huong. Members asked Huong about the registration of Protestant organizations, establishing independent Buddhist reli [...] | 2007-10-29 09:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF PINR VM |
07HANOI1862 | CHANGING VIETNAMESE ATTITUDES ON AGENT ORANGE/DIOXIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Changes in Vietnam and U.S.-Vietnam relations, combined with a maturing Vietnamese approach to public health, are leading to positive shifts in Vietnamese attitudes on the issue of Agent Orange (AO) and its contaminent dioxin. While long-standing Government of Vietnam (GVN) pro [...] | 2007-10-31 03:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM |
07HANOI1883 | VIETNAM'S MCC INDICATORS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post delivered MCC indicators and relevant talking points to Deputy Director General Ngoc of the Americas Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on November 2. Ngoc asked whether Vietnam would become a threshold country. We explained that the MCC Board selectio [...] | 2007-11-05 02:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL ETRD KMCA MCC ECON VM |
07HANOI1919 | A/S SILVERBERG CONSULTATIONS WITH GVN ON UNSC [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs Kristen Silverberg met with Vietnamese officials in Hanoi November 2 to discuss Vietnam's upcoming role as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. Silverberg reiterated our invitation for Vietnam to send offic [...] | 2007-11-09 09:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR VM UNGA UN |
07HANOI1932 | GVN LEADERS URGE BURMA'S PM TO PURSUE RECONCILIATION; [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 9, Burma's Prime Minister Thein Sein arrived in Hanoi for introductory meetings with GVN leaders. According to Vietnamese officials, PM Sein's message focused on the Burma regime's cooperation with the UN, its progress on restoring order and its plans to transition t [...] | 2007-11-14 07:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL BM VM |
07HANOI1935 | HANOI REACTION TO USCIRF VISIT [...] (C) The recent visit to Vietnam by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has generated strong negative reactions within certain circles of the GVN. GVN criticism has centered primarily on what was widely considered inappropriate behavior by USCIRF members in [...] | 2007-11-14 10:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM |
07HANOI1961 | GVN OPPOSES COUNTRY-SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-20 01:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNGA UN VM |
07HANOI1966 | SCENESETTER FOR ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR [...] (SBU) Acting Assistant Secretary Mull: Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Hanoi. Your visit will be an important contribution to the growing U.S.-Vietnam relationship, especially in advance of Vietnam taking its seat on the UNSC next year. Your visit comes on the heels of Novem [...] | 2007-11-20 07:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV OTRA VM |
07HANOI1969 | AMBASSADOR EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN OVER ARREST OF AMCIT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-20 11:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CASC VM |
07HANOI197 | VIETNAM CONTINUES TO OPPOSE APPAREL MONITORING [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Trade (MOT) has again registered its strong opposition to the Department of Commerce's proposed monitoring mechanism on textile and apparel products from Vietnam. The reaction was prompted by the second Federal Register notice, published January 18, calling for public com [...] | 2007-01-30 08:52:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX ETRD ECON PREL WTRO VM |
07HANOI1972 | DEMARCHE ON ELECTION FOR THE COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-21 08:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNGA VM |
07HANOI1975 | AMBASSADOR VISITS HAIPHONG ON THE OCCASION OF HISTORIC U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador made his first visit to Haiphong City, in part to participate in activities related to an historic port call by two U.S. Navy warships. The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on the Vice Chairman of the Haiphong City People's Committee and expressed concern over an i [...] | 2007-11-21 09:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON KIRF TBIO KHIV PINS OEXC CVIS PGOV PHUM |
07HANOI1993 | IMPRISONED HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS GET ONE YEAR SENTENCE [...] (SBU) After a six-hour appeal trial in Hanoi, the GVN Supreme People's Court (SPC) reduced the prison sentences of jailed human rights lawyers Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan each by one year, following the initial recommendation by the Prosecutor. The probation term remained the same. In [...] | 2007-11-27 10:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC VM |
07HANOI2 | HANOI'S NEW CIVIL SOCIETY LAW IN POLITBURO'S COURT [...] (C) Summary: The Politburo has recently debated the draft Law on Associations (LOA),the passage of which would lessen GVN control of associations and make it easier for citizens to form new ones. The Politburo's attention to this draft law is an indication of its importance and sensitivity, a [...] | 2007-01-02 04:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV ECON VM |
07HANOI2005 | BURMA ENVOY GAMBARI AND GVN LEADERS DISCUSS NEXT STEPS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 26-27 visit to Hanoi, UN Special Envoy for Burma Ibrahim Gambari urged senior GVN officials to take an active role in resolving the political situation in Burma. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung presented a "somewhat strong" GVN position, including calling for th [...] | 2007-11-28 09:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL BM VM |
07HANOI2006 | AMBASSADOR MICHALAK'S FIRST WEBCHAT DRAWS A MAJOR RESPONSE [...] (U) Summary: On November 20 - Vietnam's National Teacher's Day - Ambassador Michalak participated in his first online webchat with VietnamNet Online, Vietnam's most widely read and influential online news outlet. The almost two hour interview was carried live by video and audio stream on the [...] | 2007-11-28 09:52:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO OEXC SCUL PREL PGOV PHUM VM |
07HANOI2009 | U.S. ENGAGEMENT STIMULATES OTHER DONORS TO INCREASE AGENT [...] (SBU) Koos Neefjes, Senior Sustainable Development Advisor for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),recently informed ESTHOff and HHS Attache that U.S. engagement on Agent Orange/dioxin issues in Vietnam had spurred other donors to increase funding and involvement in this area. In [...] | 2007-11-29 02:58:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM |
07HANOI2011 | APPROVAL OF VIETNAM'S DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAW POSITIVE, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 21, 2007, the GVN National Assembly passed the long-awaited Law on Domestic Violence, aimed at preventing and punishing acts of domestic violence. Domestic violence continues to be prevalent in Vietnam, particularly in remote and rural areas. The passage of the Law [...] | 2007-11-29 06:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI VM |
07HANOI2019 | FOREIGN MINISTER ENGAGES DONOR AMBASSADORS ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 28 meeting, ambassadors from key donor countries engaged Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem in an exchange on human rights issues. Discussion at the event, hosted by DPM Khiem, focused largely on the recent appellate hearing of two human rights l [...] | 2007-11-30 07:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM BM CONS VM |
07HANOI2029 | USCIRF MEETS WITH DISSIDENTS IN HANOI [...] (C) A delegation from the United States Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) met with Hanoi-based political dissidents, attorney Le Quoc Quan and Dr. Pham Hong Son, on October 22 and 23, respectively. According to both, all un-sanctioned political and religious organizations [...] | 2007-12-03 09:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM |
07HANOI2031 | VIETNAM'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECOND WORKING SESSION SETS [...] (SBU) Vietnam's 12TH National Assembly (2007 - 2011) passed several laws -- including a long-awaited law on domestic violence prevention (reftel) and laws on judicial assistance and special amnesty -- during its 25-day working session which ended November 21. It also set an ambitious legislat [...] | 2007-12-04 00:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EINV ECON ENRG VM |
07HANOI2033 | USCIRF MEETS WITH GVN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) On October 22, a delegation of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) met with Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Nguyen Van Son and deputies of the National Assembly (NA - Vietnam's parliament) to discuss the NA's oversight and legislative role in prot [...] | 2007-12-04 05:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC VM |
07HANOI2038 | USCIRF VISITS HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS NGUYEN VAN DAI AND LE [...] (SBU) On October 22, 2007 a visiting United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) delegation met with the wife of imprisoned political dissident Nguyen Van Dai, Vu Minh Khanh and the mother of imprisoned political dissident Le Thi Cong Nhan, Tran Thi Le, at a Hanoi resta [...] | 2007-12-04 09:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC VM |
07HANOI2040 | USCIRF MEETING WITH VIETNAM'S COMMITTEE ON RELIGIOUS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-05 01:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF VM |
07HANOI209 | HANOI ARCHBISHOP NOTES PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS FOR VIETNAM'S [...] (SBU) On January 29, Hanoi Archbishop Ngo Quang Kiet told the Ambassador that conditions for Catholics in northern Vietnam are steadily improving. Christmas 2006 was festive, and the Church was able to send priests to celebrate Christmas in one previously problematic northern province. That s [...] | 2007-01-31 09:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM |
07HANOI2113 | MORE POTENTIAL PARTNERS FOR AGENT ORANGE/DIOXIN REMEDIATION [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. engagement continues to catalyze other donors to participate in dioxin remediation and related health projects. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) also continues to move forward on its clean up projects. At the same time, donors and the GVN are waiting for the United States [...] | 2007-12-28 08:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM |
07HANOI234 | DPM KHIEM'S VISIT TO UNITED STATES: MARCH DATES ACCEPTED [...] (SBU) On February 5, the DCM met with the MFA America's Desk Acting DG Pham Van Que. Que confirmed that DPM/FM Pham Gia Khiem would like to visit Washington DC, March 15-16 (text of diplomatic note at para 6). The main purpose of the DPM's visit is to prepare for President Nguyen Minh Triet's [...] | 2007-02-05 10:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV ECON VM |
07HANOI239 | HCMC CONSULAR DISTRICT: GVN ASSERTS RIGHT TO CONTROL CONGEN [...] This is an action cable for EAP and L/EAP. Mission Vietnam requests Department approval of a draft diplomatic note in para 10. 2. Summary: In recent interactions, GVN officials -- citing the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Affairs -- are challenging the right of Consulate General Ho C [...] | 2007-02-06 09:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AMGT PREL CMGT KFRD VM |
07HANOI256 | HANOI CHIEFS OF MISSION DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS, [...] (SBU) On January 31, EC Ambassador Markus Cornaro hosted the third in a series of Hanoi Ambassadors' human rights discussions. Among the issues discussed were: -- The overall human rights situation in Vietnam: Most COMs noted progress, but expressed some concerns regarding Protestants in the [...] | 2007-02-09 07:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KIRF HUMANR PGOV PHUM VM |
07HANOI273 | THE GVN REPORTS ON TWO YEARS OF THE NEW FRAMEWORK ON [...] (SBU) On February 1, the GVN issued its second report on the implementation of its new framework on religion. Comments at the official unveiling were largely desultory, though the GVN did make an unusual acknowledgement that it has faced difficulties implementing its policies at the local leve [...] | 2007-02-13 03:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM VM |
07HANOI275 | PM'S VATICAN VISIT TO BE FOLLOWED BY PAPAL VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung's January 25 visit to the Vatican has elicited guarded optimism from Catholics and GVN officials alike that both sides are moving closer to normalizing diplomatic relations. Recent efforts by the GVN to upgrade an important shrine in southern Vietnam may i [...] | 2007-02-13 08:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM |
07HANOI286 | PRM A/S SAUERBREY DISCUSSES REFUGEES, RESETTLEMENT WITH MFA [...] (SBU) On February 5, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration Ellen Sauerbrey met with MFA Assistant Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and MFA Consular Department Deputy Director General Nguyen Minh Vu in separate meetings. During the meeting with AFM Minh, A/S Sauerbr [...] | 2007-02-14 09:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM |
07HANOI288 | PRM A/S SAUERBREY MEETS WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN [...] (SBU) On February 5, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration Ellen Sauerbrey met separately with representatives of UNHCR and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Hanoi. In her UNHCR meeting, UNHCR officials discussed in familiar terms the organizat [...] | 2007-02-14 10:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF KWMN SOCI VM CB |
07HANOI301 | UNHCR ADDRESSES STATELESSNESS IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) In a February 12 meeting with the Charge, UNHCR Regional Representative for Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam Hasim Utkan and UNHCR colleagues described their ongoing efforts to work with the GVN to resolve the situation facing several thousand stateless ethnic Cambodians, resident in [...] | 2007-02-15 10:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM HUMANR PREF CB VM |
07HANOI302 | JOINT DEMARCHE ON PSI DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 15, the CDA joined with the Australian, New Zealand and Japanese ambassadors to deliver points on PSI to Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang, as instructed in reftel. In response, VFM Bang reiterated the GVN's policy of case-by-case cooperation to interdict suspected [...] | 2007-02-15 10:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP PREL VM |
07HANOI312 | SUBJECT: MFA DEMARCHE ON STATUS OF THREE POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The MFA briefed Embassy Hanoi on February 19 regarding the cases of three prominent political activists. The MFA reported that Father Nguyen Van Ly, an activist resident in Hue, is under investigation and is under administrative restrictions. Separately, Vietnamese officials s [...] | 2007-02-22 08:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV VM |
07HANOI367 | VFM LE VAN BANG ON UPCOMING HIGH-LEVEL VISITS, OUTSTANDING [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN is placing great stock in the upcoming visit of DPM/FM Khiem to the United States as "preparing the atmosphere" for President Triet's own travel to the United States later this year, VFM Le Van Bang told the Ambassador February 26. The DPM's visit will also provide the o [...] | 2007-02-27 10:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON VM |
07HANOI408 | AMBASSADOR PRESENTS EXBS PROGRAM EQUIPMENT TO GVN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador highlighted the GVN's support for our EXBS Program cooperation in a ceremony March 1 to hand over new equipment to increase the effectiveness of customs officers. The GVN officials praised EXBS Program assistance, noting that it helps them meet key training prio [...] | 2007-03-02 09:52:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL VM |
07HANOI410 | BURMA: MFA INQUIRES ABOUT NEXT SPECIAL ENVOY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-02 10:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNHRC VM |
07HANOI436 | JOINT DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) On March 7, Poloff met with MFA International Law and Treaty Department specialist Nguyen Dang Thang to discuss reftels' points and urge GVN participation in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (the "Initiative"). Per Ref A's instructions, Russian Embassy First Secretary S [...] | 2007-03-07 07:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL VM |
07HANOI449 | EAP/MLS OFFICE DIRECTOR RAPSON'S MEETINGS WITH GVN [...] (SBU) Summary: EAP/MLS Office Director Rob Rapson and the DCM met with GVN officials March 8 on the eve of the departure of Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem and his delegation to the United States. His exchanges covered recent arrests of dissidents in Vietnam and details [...] | 2007-03-08 10:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OVIP PREL ECON ETRD OEXC VM |
07HANOI451 | POLITICAL PRISONER PHAN VAN BAN CONFIRMS DESIRE [...] (C) In a March 8 meeting with the Ambassador at Nam Ha Prison in Ha Nam Province, south of Hanoi, prisoner of conscience Phan Van Ban expressed his desire to reunite with his family in the United States if released from prison. The Ambassador passed on a letter to Ban from his son and discuss [...] | 2007-03-08 10:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL VM |
07HANOI48 | VIETNAM: IDEAS FOR EMPOWERING WOMEN AND INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] In response to Ref A (and in addition to the contacts listed in Ref C),Post recommends the following influential women for possible participation in future female empowerment-related events: A. Ms. Pham Thi Thu Hanh Vice Chairwoman Council for Women Entrepreneurs Vietnam Chamber of Commer [...] | 2007-01-10 09:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL RP UNGA |
07HANOI486 | U.S. AID -- INFLUENCING THE FUTURE OF VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. foreign assistance programs in Vietnam, though low in dollar figures, are having a huge, direct impact in shaping Vietnam's reform program. Government of Vietnam (GVN) decision-makers seemingly cannot stop praising our flagship STAR (Support for Trade AcceleRation) program, [...] | 2007-03-13 10:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM |
07HANOI501 | DEMARCHE ON UN INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE REFORM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-15 06:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER PREL UNGA VM |
07HANOI505 | Vietnam's New Law on Residence - Old Wine in a New Bottle? [...] (SBU) Vietnam's newly revised Law on Residence, due to take effect on July 1, 2007, loosens many regulations governing "ho khau," a cumbersome residency registration requirement in existence for many years. Without ho khau in a particular locality, it is often difficult for individuals and fam [...] | 2007-03-15 10:31:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PHUM ECON PREL VM |
07HANOI530 | DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN ZIMBABWE - GVN NOT WILLING TO [...] (SBU) On March 20, Poloff met with MFA West Asia and Africa Department Southern Africa Desk Officer Cao Vu Mai to deliver reftel points on building international support for democracy in Zimbabwe. Poloff also left a copy of the Secretary's and Department Spokesman's statements. When asked for [...] | 2007-03-21 01:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ZI VM |
07HANOI535 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONVENES SPRING SESSION [...] (SBU) The 11th and final session of the 11th National Assembly (2002-2007) convened on March 20. With its elections in the offing (May 20),the National Assembly's (NA) shortened spring session will continue the legislature's focus on corruption, waste and mismanagement, and will include a rev [...] | 2007-03-21 09:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EINV ECON ENRG VM |
07HANOI550 | GVN RESPONSE TO U.S. ARF INITIATIVES AND ITS ASSESSMENT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 22, Poloff presented reftel points and proposals on ARF initiatives at the MFA ASEAN Department. While the reaction to the nonproliferation Inter-Sessional Meeting ("ISM") and cooperation statement initiatives was positive, the proposal to create ISM working groups rep [...] | 2007-03-22 08:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ARF MARR PARM VM |
07HANOI585 | GVN AGREES TO LET DIPLOMATS WATCH FATHER LY TRIAL ON [...] (SBU) On March 28, Poloffs met with America's Desk Deputy Director Nguyen Hoang Nam at his invitation to discuss developments in the upcoming trial of Father Nguyen Van Ly. In addition to reiterating standard GVN points that Ly is being prosecuted for violations of Vietnamese law, Nam confirme [...] | 2007-03-27 10:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV VM |
07HANOI622 | CONSULAR DISTRICTS AND CONSULATES: ANOTHER PROTEST; [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) During a March 29 meeting with the CDA, MFA Consular Department Director General Bui Dinh Dzinh presented another protest complaining of the "out of district" activities of Congen HCMC officials. After rece [...] | 2007-04-02 04:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AMGT VM |
07HANOI641 | AMBASSADOR PROMOTES COMMERCIAL DELIVERABLES, TIFA, NEC, HR, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with the Office of the Government (OOG) Vice Chairman Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 4 to promote positive Vietnamese government action on commercial projects by U.S. firms and to address a number of prominent bilateral issues, including: Trade and Investment Fram [...] | 2007-04-05 10:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ETRD EFIN KOCI CVIS CASC AMGT |
07HANOI652 | GVN MAKES EXCUSES FOR APRIL 5 INCIDENT, DISSIDENT FAMILY [...] (SBU) On April 6, a local security official told Poloff that the altercation at the Ambassador's residence on April 5 (reftel) was the result of "local officials acting without orders, to protect the Ambassador." As for the five invitees to the Ambassador's residence, over the weekend we were [...] | 2007-04-08 10:31:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC VM |
07HANOI666 | VIETNAMESE RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-10 08:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN PREL KNNP PARM KN IR VM |
07HANOI675 | CODEL ORTIZ DISCUSSES GROWING U.S.-VIETNAM TIES, EMR [...] (SBU) On April 6, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem and National Assembly Vice Chairman Nguyen Van Yeu separately told Codel Ortiz that U.S.-Vietnam relations are growing across the board and are bound to expand more in the coming years. Both leaders cited recent landmar [...] | 2007-04-11 07:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF OTRA ECON VM |
07HANOI684 | LIKELY MFA RESHUFFLE WOULD SEND NEW AMBASSADOR TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy contacts are suggesting that the MFA's leadership will soon undergo a reshuffle, probably in May. If these reports bear out, three current vice foreign ministers will become ambassadors in Washington, Beijing and Tokyo, and high-level responsibility for the U.S. portfol [...] | 2007-04-11 10:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV VM |
07HANOI720 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DISCUSSES PRISONER AMNESTY, REORGANIZES [...] (SBU) The National Assembly (NA) convened March 20 for its 11th and final session prior to its May 20 elections. Prior to wrapping up its abridged spring session on April 2, the legislature debated a new draft Amnesty Law and, in discussions with the Office of the Government and the Ministry o [...] | 2007-04-18 06:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM VM |
07HANOI733 | VIETNAM ANTI-TIP PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP FY 2007 [...] (SBU) Mission Vietnam recommends the para 3's five anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) project proposals for G/TIP FY 2007 funding. 2. (SBU) Post will forward to G/TIP the proposal and budgetary materials related to the five proposals. Mission recommends full funding of all five of these str [...] | 2007-04-20 07:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN VM |
07HANOI752 | POLICE INTERFERENCE AGAIN MARS AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) The Government of Vietnam's (GVN) crackdown on political dissent continues. On April 23, the Ambassador's second attempt at hosting an event at his residence with family members of political dissidents was blocked by the police. Four of the five invitees were either prevented from leavin [...] | 2007-04-24 10:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL VM |
07HANOI761 | NPT PREPCOM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-25 06:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL ENRG VM |
07HANOI763 | PSI: VIETNAM PARTICIPATES IN OUTREACH FORUM [...] (SBU) On April 25, Poloff met with MFA International Organizations Department officer Nguyen Thi Van Anh to obtain a readout on her attendance at the PSI Outreach Forum held in Auckland on March 29. (Note: Anh had been traveling until only recently. End Note.) The focus of the forum was to p [...] | 2007-04-25 07:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KNNP VM |
07HANOI777 | UNHCR Hanoi Welcomes Action Plan [...] (SBU) On April 27, Pol/C shared reftel's contents with UNHCR's Hanoi Chief of Mission Vu Anh Son. Son welcomed the news, noting that his leadership in Bangkok feels the same. The new plan should help to diminish the pull-factor for ethnic minorities to cross into Cambodia, he observed. Son p [...] | 2007-04-27 06:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM |
07HANOI782 | MFA DELIVERS MESSAGE: STOP SUPPORTING POLITICAL ACTIVISTS [...] (SBU) On April 27, the Ambassador was called in by MFA Americas Department Director General Pham Van Que to receive a message from the "highest GVN authorities" concerning the Ambassador's and Embassy's "support for political activists." The text of the message is provided in paragraph four b [...] | 2007-04-27 10:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV VM |
07HANOI79 | GVN ON BURMA RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) On January 14, Pol/C drew on Ref B points and delivered Ref C points during a meeting with Vuong Hai Nam, Deputy Director General of the MFA's Asia II (Southeast Asia) Department, and Ha Thi Ngoc Ha, Deputy Director General of the ASEAN Department. Both noted that neither Vietnam nor ASE [...] | 2007-01-12 08:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV BM UNSC VM |
07HANOI80 | UNCERTAINTY OVER DECREE 31 REPEAL [...] (SBU) On December 14, 2006, the National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) passed a resolution supporting the repeal of the GVN's Decree 31 (reftel). Specifically, the resolution called on the GVN to cease using administrative detention (in which security officials can summarily detain citize [...] | 2007-01-12 09:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM HUMANR VM |
07HANOI816 | HOW ECONOMIC DECISIONS GET MADE IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: In place since June of 2006, Vietnam's Prime Minister and his deputy have taken greater control of economic policy and its implementation, increasingly dominating the traditional consensus decision-making process of the Politburo. While Hanoi-based economists state that the Commu [...] | 2007-05-04 10:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD WTRO PREL PGOV VM |
07HANOI828 | "DISSIDENT WRITERS" RECEIVE STATE AWARDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Hoang Cam, Le Dat, Phung Quan and Tran Dan, four writers who belonged to an anti-government intellectual circle in the 1950's, and who were long censored and even jailed by the GVN, recently received one of Vietnam's top artistic prizes for their work. However, GVN officials hav [...] | 2007-05-07 10:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | HUMANR PREL PGOV PHUM VM |
07HANOI83 | MFA OFFICIALS DISCUSS RANGE OF CURRENT BILATERAL TOPICS [...] (SBU) Summary: During a January 9 meeting with the DCM, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Department Director General Pham Van Que said that Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem has not yet decided on dates for travel to the United States. Que proposed several potentia [...] | 2007-01-12 10:00:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL AMGT ABLD ECON ETRD VM |
07HANOI836 | Triet Visit: MFA Confirms June 22 Meeting with President, [...] (SBU) Summary: President Nguyen Minh Triet has "officially accepted" June 22 as the date of his meeting with President Bush, and is also considering the MFA's recommendations that he stop in New York and Los Angeles and issue a Joint Statement with President Bush. Furthermore, the GVN is pulli [...] | 2007-05-08 08:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV VM |
07HANOI839 | HUMAN RIGHTS: GVN PROPAGANDA AGAINST JAILED DISSIDENTS [...] (SBU) Over the weekend, Vietnam aired two television reports on jailed dissident lawyers Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan, respectively. The Dai expose was unusual for its inclusion of a long "interview" with Dai himself in prison in which he tearfully admitted to taking money from foreign- [...] | 2007-05-08 09:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | HUMANR PREL PGOV PHUM VM |
07HANOI849 | U.S.-ASEAN BUSINESS COUNCIL BOTH OPTIMISTIC AND CONCERNED [...] (SBU) Summary: Eighteen U.S. business representatives delivered a message of optimism mixed with concern during a mission of the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) to Hanoi on May 3 and 4. The highlight of the mission's two-day series of meetings with Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials, mo [...] | 2007-05-09 08:31:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD BTIO EINV WTRO PREL PGOV VM |
07HANOI866 | ANOTHER DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST DETAINED IN ONGOING GVN [...] (SBU) On May 10, Poloff met with Do Ba Tan, husband of detained writer and activist Tran Khai Thanh Thuy, in order to discuss Thuy's case. Thuy was arrested on April 21 on charges of anti-state propaganda. Her husband vehemently denies such charges. While her husband has not been allowed to [...] | 2007-05-11 07:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV ECON VM |
07HANOI872 | HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS NGUYEN VAN DAI AND LE THI [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 11, the Hanoi People's Court sentenced democracy activists Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan to five and four year prison terms, respectively, for "distributing propaganda against the State." The trial, which lasted four hours, was orderly. Journalists and the diploma [...] | 2007-05-11 10:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC VM |
07HANOI888 | GVN WANTS TO NEGOTIATE ON PEACE CORPS; STICKING POINTS [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) Summary: EconCouns met with officials of the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on May 14, 2006, to obtain an update on the Government of Vietnam's (GVN's) intentions on the esta [...] | 2007-05-15 08:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EAID VM |
07HANOI890 | (U) SAMPLE SHARING AND VACCINE ACCESS IN VIETNAM [...] (U) As requested (reftel),below is the Mission's assessment of the position of the Government of Vietnam (GVN) with regard to sharing H5N1 avian influenza (AI) samples. 2. (SBU) The GVN supports the World Health Organization (WHO) policy on sharing of (AI) viral samples and readily shares a [...] | 2007-05-15 10:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AORC PREL PNIR KFLU WHO OTRA VM |
07HANOI897 | SCENESETTER FOR EAP ASSISTANT SECRETARY CHRISTOPHER HILL [...] (SBU) Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you back to Hanoi May 23-24. Your visit will be a key event in the lead-up to the June visit to Washington by President Nguyen Minh Triet. Indeed, I expect your visit to prove instrumental in determining the success of that visit by underscoring [...] | 2007-05-16 10:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OTRA VM |
07HANOI898 | AMBASSADOR AND VFM BANG DISCUSS TRIET VISIT, HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: At a May 15 dinner with Vice Foreign Minister (VFM) Le Van Bang and other MFA officials, the Ambassador stressed that time is short for the two sides to reach agreements on potential deliverables to ensure a successful visit by President Nguyen Minh Triet. The two sides discusse [...] | 2007-05-16 11:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KIRF OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL VM |
07HANOI912 | HIV/AIDS: AMBASSADOR HANDS OVER FY 2007 VIETNAM OPERATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 9, the Ambassador formally presented to Minister of Health Tran Thi Trung Chien the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Vietnam Operational Plan for fiscal year 2007. The Ambassador urged greater GVN coordination to ensure that HIV-positive individuals res [...] | 2007-05-17 10:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV TBIO PREL PGOV VM |
07HANOI917 | IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-18 07:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC VM |
07HANOI919 | IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-18 08:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC VM |
07HANOI921 | VIETNAMESE GO TO THE POLLS ON MAY 20 [...] (SBU) After an extensive vetting process, the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) approved 880 candidates to contest 500 seats in the May 20 National Assembly (NA) elections. In spite of the Party touting early on that "many more" independent (non-Communist Party) candidates would run this time a [...] | 2007-05-18 10:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PREL CH VM |
07HANOI928 | REVISED U.S. ARF PROPOSALS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-21 03:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ARF KNNP PTER VM |
07HANOI931 | EU, CANADA CONDEMN HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION [...] (SBU) In recent days, the EU and Canada have issued statements expressing concern about the human rights situation in Vietnam and calling on the GVN to release all non-violent political prisoners. The GVN rejected in familiar terms the EU's statement, noting that Vietnam has always respected th [...] | 2007-05-21 08:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL HUMANR PGOV PHUM VM |
07HANOI936 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH STATE BANK, FINANCE ON U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador reviewed ongoing U.S. financial sector technical assistance programs in separate meetings May 17 and 18 with State Bank Governor Le Duc Thuy and the Finance Minister Vu Van Ninh. Both officials expressed appreciation for and asked for more assistance. Governor [...] | 2007-05-21 10:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON PREL VM |
07HANOI937 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER: ADOPTION FEES [...] (U) This message reports the content of the Ambassador's meeting with Vietnam's Minister of Finance regarding the lack of a published fee schedule for inter-country adoptions. The discussion was held May 17 and was part of a lengthier agenda (ref a). 2. (SBU) Background: The adoption fee [...] | 2007-05-21 10:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CIVS KOCI PREL ECON VM |
07HANOI997 | CONSULAR DISTRICTS: GVN REITERATES ITS CASE [...] (U) Summary: The GVN continues to protest the normal activities of U.S. consular officers based in HCMC, holding that we need prior approval to work in areas in southern Vietnam outside of HCMC itself. The DCM discussed the latest diplomatic note (text below) with the Director General of the M [...] | 2007-05-25 10:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AMGT VM |
07HANOI998 | GVN SEEKS COMMENTS ON PROPOSED TEXT AND EARLIER DATES FOR [...] Action Request - Please see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary/Comment/Action Request: EconCouns met with Ministry of Education and Training and MFA officials on May 24 to notify them of planned travel of Peace Corps (PC) officials to negotiate a Country Agreement. The Vietnamese welcome the team, [...] | 2007-05-25 10:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EAID VM |
07HARARE1004 | MUGABE STRONG DESPITE DISSENSION WITHIN ZANU-PF; [...] (C) Summary: While much can happen between today and the 2008 elections, the current situation appears to favor continued rule by President Robert Mugabe. Mugabe, despite significant sentiment within ZANU-PF that he step down, maintains firm control of ZANU-PF and observers expect him to eme [...] | 2007-11-08 12:51:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ZI |
07HARARE1007 | ZIMBABWE SANCTIONS: IDENTIFIERS FOR TARGETED [...] (C) This cable provides unclassified identifier data for the newly proposed Zimbabwe sanctions targets. Note that in each case involving a family relationship, the family ties have been confirmed by Embassy Political/Economic Section contacts or internet sources. Where internet sources are [...] | 2007-11-08 14:32:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
07HARARE1011 | Zim Notes November 9, 2007 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...] | 2007-11-09 10:21:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
07HARARE102 | MUGABE RESHUFFLES HIS CABINET--GONO TRIUMPHANT, [...] (U) Summary. In what the MDC spokesperson termed as "rearranging the deck of a sinking Titanic," President Mugabe yesterday carried out a long-expected cabinet reshuffle. With the exception of the sacking of Minister of Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa and the replacement of Minister of Agri [...] | 2007-02-07 15:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ZI |
07HARARE1041 | CREDENTIALS PRESENTATION UNEVENTFUL [...] (C) Ambassador presented credentials to GOZ President Robert Mugabe at 10 am on Thursday, November 22. Also presenting on November 22 were Ambassadors from Australia, Russia and Mexico (the latter resident in Pretoria). Over tea following the US presentation, Mugabe recounted his views on th [...] | 2007-11-23 07:43:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI |
07HARARE1059 | OTHER DONORS CAUTOUS ABOUT ADDRESSING [...] (C) On November 26 USAID hosted a meeting with Ambassador, Ambassadors from the UK Australia, the EU, Sweden and the Netherlands a well as aid agency chiefs from Canada and the U, to discuss addressing misunderstandings among poitical leaders and SADC negotiators about donor conditions for ree [...] | 2007-11-27 11:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV ECON ZI |
07HARARE107 | OPPOSITION TO MUGABE,S 2010 EXTENSION WIDESPREAD [...] (SBU) According to Embassy interlocutors from a broad spectrum of Zimbabwe's political elite, President Robert Mugabe and his inner circle have encountered stronger than expected resistance in their attempts to extend his term to 2010, including from within Mugabe's own party. Our interlocu [...] | 2007-02-08 15:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ZI |
07HARARE1073 | Zim Notes November 30, 2007 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...] | 2007-11-30 09:56:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
07HARARE1080 | SADC TALKS ENTER FINAL PHASE [...] (SBU) MDC negotiators Tendai Biti and Welshman Ncube told diplomats December 4 that the final phase of SADC-sponsored negotiations will take place in South Africa between December 5 and December 10. Agreement has been reached on a draft constitution, a new electoral law, reform of POSA, and r [...] | 2007-12-05 13:41:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC ZI |
07HARARE1093 | Zim Notes December 7, 2007 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...] | 2007-12-07 10:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
07HARARE1107 | SADC TALKS STALL, BUT MDC INTENDS TO CONTEST [...] (C) MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador December 11 that MDC negotiators had returned from South Africa without an agreement. Sticking points are MDC insistence on: --implementation of a new constitution before the election; --reconstitution of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commissi [...] | 2007-12-12 09:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC ZI |
07HARARE1119 | Zim Notes December 14, 2007 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...] | 2007-12-14 10:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
07HARARE1125 | SADC TALKS CONTINUE; MDC TO PRESENT UNITED FRONT [...] (C) SADC talks, stalemated over MDC demands for implementation of a new constitution and electoral reforms before elections and for an election date later than March, are continuing. The MDC presented its case last weekend to South African president Thabo Mbeki who promised to talk to Zimbab [...] | 2007-12-17 15:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC ZI |
07HARARE1130 | ZIMBABWE HUNTING SUPPORTS REGIME INSIDERS AND [...] (C) Summary. Despite a 50 percent decline in receipts since 2004, the $17.5 million a year safari hunting business remains an important source of foreign currency in Zimbabwe. At least 12 regime insiders on the U.S. financial sanctions list reportedly have interests in the industry. Hunting [...] | 2007-12-19 12:36:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SENV ZI |
07HARARE1135 | Zim Notes December 21, 2007 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...] | 2007-12-21 10:33:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
07HARARE115 | ZANU-PF FLEXES MUSCLES IN UPCOMING BY-ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary. ZANU-PF is expected to win the February 17 Chiredzi South by-election, also being contested by candidates from both MDC factions and the United People's Party (UPP),a ZANU-PF off-shoot. The MDC and UPP candidates are from the area and belong to its dominant Shangaan ethnic gr [...] | 2007-02-13 15:07:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI |
07HARARE123 | POLICE ARREST SCORES OF WOMEN AND STUDENTS TO [...] (U) Summary. Police in Harare and Bulawayo on February 13 arrested more than 250 participants in peaceful demonstrations staged by Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) to protest the country's worsening political and economic crisis. An estimated 2,000 WOZA supporters participated in the group's an [...] | 2007-02-15 09:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL ZI |
07HARARE130 | POLICE ZEALOUSLY CRACK DOWN ON OPPOSITION RALLIES [...] (C) Police and ZANU-PF youth paramilitaries in Harare and Bulawayo violently broke up rallies over the weekend by the two opposition MDC factions. On February 18 in Harare, riot police acting in defiance of a High Court order used water cannons, teargas and batons to prevent an anti-Senate MDC [...] | 2007-02-20 15:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL ZI ASEC |
07HARARE133 | ZANU-PF WINS BY-ELECTION AMID LOW TURNOUT [...] (SBU) ZANU-PF retained the Chiredzi South parliamentary seat in the by-election held February 17 with 66.7 percent of the vote. The anti-Senate MDC candidate garnered 21.1 percent of the tally, while the pro-Senate flag bearer came in fourth behind the UPP candidate. Voting day was peaceful, [...] | 2007-02-21 11:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI |
07HARARE156 | TEACHERS SCORE "VICTORY", CALL OFF STRIKES [...] (U) On February 23 both the Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (ZIMTA) and the Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) called off strikes that had crippled numerous schools throughout the country. Teachers returned to work after the Civil Service Association Apex Council, which represents a [...] | 2007-02-28 14:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL ZI |
07HARARE195 | POLICE BRUTALLY DISRUPT PRAYER RALLY AND ARREST [...] (C) Security forces on March 11 brutally suppressed a prayer rally planned by the Save Zimbabwe Campaign and arrested more than 100, including MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai and other key opposition leaders. Observers SIPDIS report that more than 1,000 police officers were deployed to th [...] | 2007-03-12 15:39:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI |
07HARARE198 | TSVANGRIRAI AND MISTREATED OPPOSITION DETAINEES [...] (C) A badly beaten MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai and fifty members of his party, including senior leaders from both factions, finally appeared in court March 13. No charges were filed with the court appearance turning on access to medical treatment. The Ambassador and other diplomats obse [...] | 2007-03-13 16:37:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI |
07HARARE204 | TSVANGIRAI, OPPOSITION ACTIVISTS FREED [...] (C) Police late on March 13 released all of the MDC activists arrested on March 11 (Ref B) without filing charges. Eleven of the detainees, including Morgan Tsvangirai, are still being treated at Avenues Hospital. SIPDIS Separately, witnesses claim that Gift Tandare, the MDC youth killed [...] | 2007-03-14 14:37:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI |
07HARARE205 | SIGNS OF INDEPENDENCE IN ZIMBABWE'S PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Ruling party and opposition legislators in Parliament's 14 portfolio committees have demonstrated a growing willingness to challenge executive authority. The MPs have worked to conduct bipartisan public hearings, question ministers, and produce reports critical of the GOZ. This new-found [...] | 2007-03-14 14:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI |
07HARARE213 | FUNERAL MARCH DELAYED TO LET LEADERS RECOVER, [...] (C) MDC leaders have been forced to postpone the wake and funerary march for the MDC activist killed by police to allow Morgan Tsvangirai to participate and resolve logistical issues. They hope to finalize plans tomorrow. Tsvangirai remains at Avenues Hospital, where the Ambassador visited h [...] | 2007-03-15 14:43:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI |
07HARARE218 | OPPOSITION TELLS OF ASSAULT, CHARTS UNITED WAY [...] (C) Key opposition leaders, excluding Morgan Tsvangirai (released from the hospital but recovering at home) held a press conference March 16 during which they recounted the brutal beatings they and other opposition members sustained at the hands of police and security officials. The oppositi [...] | 2007-03-16 13:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI |
07HARARE226 | AMBASSADOR DELL WALKS OUT ON GOZ FOREIGN [...] (U) GOZ Foreign Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi summoned Western diplomats March 12 for a "briefing" on the current situation. Before the briefing began, Ambassador Dell sought assurances that the minister would give diplomats the opportunity to respond and express their concerns. When he [...] | 2007-03-19 16:48:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ZI |
07HARARE227 | GOZ PREEMPTS ACTIVIST'S BURIAL, PROMISES MORE [...] (C) President Mugabe on March 16 promised ZANU-PF's youth wing more violence against opposition supporters. GOZ security forces over the weekend severely attacked the MDC spokesman, prevented two opposition leaders from seeking treatment in Johannesburg of their injuries sustained on March 1 [...] | 2007-03-19 17:10:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI |
07HARARE232 | RECOMMENDATIONS TO STRENGTHEN FINANCIAL AND VISA [...] (SBU) U.S. sanctions have played a key role in putting pressure on the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ). Post believes that now is the time to deepen and expand the financial and visa sanctions, and to apply further pressure on the regime as it increasingly shows signs of crumbling and fragmentin [...] | 2007-03-20 11:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS EFIN PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ZI |
07HARARE241 | ZIMBABWE'S INCREASED VIOLENCE A GOZ CREATION [...] (U) While the GOZ has tried to portray the MDC as a purveyor of violence, largely by trumpeting two alleged petrol bomb attacks, there is scant evidence to support their claims. In fact, we hear every day of more and more evidence of government-sponsored violence. On March 22, Save Zimbabwe [...] | 2007-03-22 14:48:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI |
07HARARE245 | ZIMBABWE UPDATE: MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR SLAIN [...] (SBU) The memorial service for slain MDC activist Gift Tandare will be held tomorrow. The organizers are planning a low-key event to avoid government intervention. Western diplomats plan to attend as a further restraint. Separately, the pro-Senate MDC faction's plans for a weekend rally to [...] | 2007-03-26 14:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ZI |
07HARARE246 | ACTIVIST'S MEMORIAL SERVICE PROVIDES CALL FOR [...] (U) The Christian Alliance under the auspices of Save Zimbabwe Campaign held a spirited memorial service in Harare on March 27 for the opposition activist, Gift Tandare, killed by police on March 11. A crowd of over 600 attended the service at which MDC leaders Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mu [...] | 2007-03-27 16:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL ZI |
07HARARE270 | JONATHAN MOYO ON MUGABE SUCCESSION, U.S. POLICY [...] (C) Jonathan Moyo, former Minister of Information and erstwhile Mugabe intimate, told the Ambassador March 30 that Mugabe is aware that there is diminishing support for him within ZANU-PF and around the country. However, if Mugabe decides to run for president again in 2008, Moyo said it is u [...] | 2007-03-30 12:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
07HARARE274 | INSIDE LOOK AT ZANU-PF CENTRAL COMMITTEEQ,S [...] (C) According to Embassy contacts, President Robert Mugabe steamrolled the ZANU-PF Central Committee meeting on March 30 and forced himself on the ruling party as its candidate for the presidential election in 2008. However, our sources emphasized that Mugabe's peremptory actions have only g [...] | 2007-04-02 15:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
07HARARE284 | CATHOLIC BISHOPS CONFERENCE RELEASES HARD-HITTING [...] (C) The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Zimbabwe is releasing April 5 a pastoral letter which blames the suffering of the Zimbabwean people on a small black elite which replaced a small while elite, and has perpetuated colonial-like misrule. The letter refers to the assault, beating, and tor [...] | 2007-04-04 15:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ZI |
07HARARE311 | MUTAMBARA BACKS TSVANGIRAI FOR 2008 [...] (C) Arthur Mutambara, leader of the MDC's pro-Senate faction told the Ambassador April 10 that both MDC factions would work together in a coalition, fielding one candidate for president, and that anti-Senate faction leader Morgan Tsvangirai would be that candidate. Mutambara was confident S [...] | 2007-04-12 10:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
07HARARE319 | SUBJECT: DIAMONDS: THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE,S [...] (C) Zimbabwe is at risk of losing its Kimberley Process Certification as a result of the how the GOZ has handled the discovery of diamond deposits in Eastern Zimbabwe. The state-owned Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) seized the deposits from African Consolidated Resources (ACR) [...] | 2007-04-13 07:41:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EMIN ETRD ZI |
07HARARE322 | ZIMBABWE,S STRUGGLING FERTILIZER INDUSTRY [...] (C) Battered by adversities, fertilizer production in Zimbabwe sunk last year to its lowest level since 1972. Sable Chemical Industries Ltd, the main producer, has been operating at 40-50 percent capacity for the past year due to foreign exchange shortages and price controls. It is also stru [...] | 2007-04-13 10:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ZI |
07HARARE326 | FORMER ZANU-PF INSIDER OUTLINES A "THIRD" WAY [...] (C/NF) Former Information Minister and Presidential Spokesman Jonathan Moyo requested a meeting with the Ambassador April 17. Moyo told the Ambassador that Nelson Mandela, on behalf of the ANC, had attempted to send a message to President Mugabe in advance of the March 30 Central Committee m [...] | 2007-04-17 16:44:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ZI |
07HARARE331 | GOZ'S NEGATIVE REACTION TO CATHOLIC CHURCH'S [...] (SBU) The hard-hitting pastoral letter (Ref) of the Catholic Bishops Conference was made public on April 12 and read by priests in churches throughout the country on Sunday, April 15. We understand that many priests gave copies of the letter to their parishioners to take home and discuss with [...] | 2007-04-19 15:32:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ZI |
07HARARE336 | GOZ SETS SIGHTS ON NGOS, CUTS PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) The GOZ has turned its attention to NGOs perceived as unfriendly and to be working with the political opposition and Western governments. The USG-funded State University of New York (SUNY) parliamentary support project became the first victim on April 13 when Clerk of Parliament announc [...] | 2007-04-23 15:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
07HARARE341 | LOCAL OBSERVERS HIGHLIGHT ROADMAP, PITFALLS TO [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) Chairperson Reginald Matchaba-Hove on April 17 told poloffs that preparatory work needed to begin now to ensure that elections to be held next year will be free and fair. The SADC summit in Tanzania had locked the GOZ into presidential and parli [...] | 2007-04-24 12:56:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
07HARARE343 | WOZA POWER OUTAGE PROTESTS DRAW HARSH POLICE [...] (C) Over 500 Women of Zimbabwe Arise! (WOZA) supporters on April 19 held simultaneous demonstrations at several government offices in Bulawayo to protest frequent power outages; police arrested more than 80. Approximately 450 WOZA supporters staged a second series of simultaneous protests at [...] | 2007-04-24 15:36:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL ZI |
07HARARE344 | AMBASSADOR,S MEETING WITH MDC,S TSVANGIRAI [...] (C) MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador April 24 that he would plan to visit Washington the second week of May. The Ambassador urged Tsvangirai during his visit to present a strategic vision of the way forward toward elections next year. On the SADC initiative, Tsvangirai accused [...] | 2007-04-24 15:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SF ZI |
07HARARE350 | ZIMBABWE: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SOLICITATION FOR [...] (U) In response to reftel, Embassy Harare forwards the following five summary excerpts from anti-trafficking proposals submitted by International Organization for Migration (IOM),Save the Children Norway, Musasa Project, Girl Child Network and Human Rights Trust of Southern Africa (SAHRIT). T [...] | 2007-04-26 06:36:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL ZI |
07HARARE383 | INTIMIDATION CAMPAIGN CONTINUES WITH ARREST OF [...] (C) The government on May 4 arrested Alec Muchadehama and Andrew Makoni, two prominent human rights lawyers who have been representing 31 opposition officials arrested over the last six weeks. The two lawyers were charged with obstruction of justice. Police subsequently ignored a series of c [...] | 2007-05-07 14:32:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL ZI |
07HARARE394 | LAWYER'S MARCH ENDS IN VIOLENCE [...] (U) A May 8 march organized by the Law Society of Zimbabwe to protest the arrest of two human rights lawyers, Alec Muchadehama and Andrew Makoni (reftel),ended with violence as riot police used batons to disperse and beat a crowd of approximately 40. Police temporarily detained several of the [...] | 2007-05-08 15:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL ZI |
07HARARE418 | MDC CEDES BY-ELECTION TO ZANU-PF [...] (SBU) The two factions of the MDC have decided not to contest the Zaka East Parliamentary By-election on June 9, virtually ensuring victory for the ZANU-PF candidate, retired Colonel Livingstone Chineka, who is part of the Mujuru faction. Zimbabwe Electoral Support Network (ZESN) said it pla [...] | 2007-05-14 15:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
07HARARE42 | TSVANGIRAI OPPOSES 2010 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (U) MDC anti-Senate faction leader Morgan Tsvangirai at a press conference at MDC headquarters vowed to resist a postponement of the 2008 presidential election until 2010. Tsivangirai also said that constitutional reform should SIPDIS precede elections and allowed that negotiations on refor [...] | 2007-01-18 15:17:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI |
07HARARE448 | CAMPAIGN 2008: A ROAD TO DISASTER? [...] (C) The ruling ZANU-PF party remains beset with infighting over Robert Mugabe's efforts to hang on to power. Mugabe is likely to secure the ruling party's endorsement as its candidate for next year's presidential lection at an Extraordinary Congress to be held later this year, according to ru [...] | 2007-05-21 15:00:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
07HARARE449 | GOZ REACTS TO CATHOLIC BISHOPS' PASTORAL LETTER [...] (C) After several weeks of silence, the GOZ, through newspaper interviews with President Robert Mugabe and Minister of Local Government, Public Works and Urban Development Ignatius Chombo, slammed the pastoral letter of the Catholic Bishops' Conference disseminated and read at the beginning o [...] | 2007-05-21 15:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ZI |
07HARARE463 | JONATHAN MOYO ON ZANU-PF TURMOIL [...] (C) Former Information Minister and Presidential Spokesman Jonathan Moyo told poleconchief May 24 that President Robert Mugabe continues to face internal ZANU-PF opposition, primarily from the Mujuru faction, both in the GOZ cabinet and in the provinces. There is also a split within Mugabe' [...] | 2007-05-24 15:05:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
07HARARE469 | GOZ SEEKS USG SUPPORT TO CONTINUE ELEPHANT HUNTING [...] (SBU) In a May 25 meeting with the Ambassador, Environment and Tourism Minister Francis Nhema sought our support for Zimbabwe's opposition to a proposal by Kenya to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to ban all elephant hunting and trade in elephant products [...] | 2007-05-30 09:54:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD PREL PGOV ZI |
07HARARE485 | MUJURU LIEUTENANT PITCHES FOR USG SUPPORT [...] (C) David Butau, ZANU-PF MP and member of the faction allied to ex-military commander Solomon Mujuru, told poloff on May 31 that Mujuru had determined that the time to unseat President Robert Mugabe was now. Mujuru had flexed his muscle and wrested control of the party structures in Masvingo [...] | 2007-06-01 08:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI |
07HARARE504 | "MAKE A PLAN" MENTALITY CUSHIONS POPULATION, [...] (SBU) As their country's economic decline continues to gather speed, Zimbabweans of all walks of life have increasingly adopted creative coping mechanisms, captured succinctly in the phrase "make a plan" that is now on everybody's lips. These plans are innumerable, but they can be grouped in [...] | 2007-06-07 14:03:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
07HARARE508 | TSVANGIRAI UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON SOUTH AFRICA [...] (C) MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador on June 11 that the ZANU-PF position paper submitted to the South African-moderated talks was nothing more than the usual rhetoric, confirming prior suspicion that the GOZ was merely stalling. Unlike the MDC submission that addressed Zi [...] | 2007-06-11 09:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI |
07HARARE513 | ZANU-PF WINS PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION AMID LITTLE [...] (SBU) As expected (Ref A),the ruling party won the Zaka East Parliamentary by-election on June 9, after both factions of the MDC boycotted the race. ZANU-PF candidate retired Brigadier General Livingstone Chineka polled 11,162 votes against only 2,376 combined for two smaller parties. Chinek [...] | 2007-06-11 15:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI |
07HARARE533 | STATE CASE IN PETROL BOMB ATTACKS CONTINUES TO [...] (SBU) The GOZ's case against 32 MDC activists accused of carrying out March 13 petrol bomb attacks continued to crumble last week as the state withdrew the charges against thirteen of the accused. MDC Election Coordinator Ian Makone, along with six others, was released on June 7 after spendin [...] | 2007-06-15 11:01:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI |
07HARARE534 | DHRF FY2006 ANNUAL SUMMARY REPORT -- ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) This message contains the annual summary report for Zimbabwe's FY2006 Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF) II activities. Post has in process/advanced $32,421 of the $60,000 in obligated FY2006 funds (none of the payments has been registered yet as liquidated by the USAID Financial Con [...] | 2007-06-15 11:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ZI |
07HARARE552 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 18 - ANOTHER GOVERNANCE [...] (C) Parliament is due to debate the proposed Constitutional Amendment 18 when it re-opens in late July. The Amendment Bill has provisions for holding simultaneous presidential and parliamentary elections in March 2008; it strengthens the Executive's control over Parliament by substantially inc [...] | 2007-06-21 14:22:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC SADC KDEM ZI |
07HARARE627 | THE MDC VIEW OF THE MBEKI TALKS [...] (C) Tendai Biti, secretary-general of the MDC anti-Senate faction, told Poleconchief July 11 that South African mediators were furious that ZANU-PF negotiators had failed to travel to South Africa last week for SADC-sponsored talks under the auspices of South African president Thabo Mbeki. Bi [...] | 2007-07-12 12:49:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
07HARARE63 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TRENKLE AND POPE [...] Embassy Harare grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Timothy Trenkle and Robert Pope for the purpose of attending the IOM Reception and Support Centre during the day of January 30. Post recognizes that travelers do not need Embassy assistance. 2. Based on the current ec [...] | 2007-01-26 09:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PREL PREF SF ZI |
07HARARE638 | The End is Nigh [...] (C) Having said my piece repeatedly over the last three years, I won't offer a lengthy prescription for our Zimbabwe policy. My views can be stated very simply as stay the course and prepare for change. Our policy is working and it's helping to drive change here. What is required is simply [...] | 2007-07-13 10:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI |
07HARARE656 | TREVOR MANHANGA ON MEETINGS WITH MUGABE AND GONO, [...] (C) Summary. Evangelical Bishop Trevor Manhanga, Chairman of the Heads of Christian Denominations in Zimbabwe, spoke with Poleconchief July 18 and recounted a recent meeting with President Mugabe. According to Manhanga, Mugabe is preparing for elections next year and is confident he will wi [...] | 2007-07-19 14:58:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ZI |
07HARARE680 | MANDAZA AND MOYO ON SADC TALKS, MUGABE [...] (C) SADC talks between the GOZ and MDC are unlikely to bear fruit according to Ibbo Mandaza and Jonathan Moyo. Although the MDC has made discussions on a new constitution the cornerstone of the talks, and although the first agenda item agreed to in South Africa in June was constitutional disc [...] | 2007-07-31 15:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
07HARARE685 | WELSHMAN NCUBE ON SADC NEGOTIATIONS, MDC SPLIT [...] (C) Welshman Ncube, MDC pro-Senate faction secretary-general and one of the MDC negotiators in the SIPDIS SADC-sponsored Zimbabwe talks, told us he was "cautiously optimistic" about the talks. Contrary to news reports, ZANU-PF was still engaged and discussions had taken place on a new con [...] | 2007-08-02 09:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
07HARARE687 | GOZ BACKSLIDES ON FUEL IMPORTATION RESTRICTIONS [...] The Government of Zimbabwe, which two weeks ago announced an end to the use of fuel coupons for the purchase of imported fuel, and which last week in a diplomatic note stated that all fuel importation and distribution would be through the National Oil Company of Zimbabwe (NOCZIM),has reverse [...] | 2007-08-02 12:47:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON ASEC EPET ZI |
07HARARE695 | UNGA HIGH LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND REQUESTS FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-03 09:29:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA |
07HARARE71 | NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN ZIMBABWE [...] (U) In response to the request (reftel) to identify the top five most influencial women in Zimbabwe, post submits the following names drawn from government, civil society and business: -Mrs. Joyce Teurai Ropa Mujuru Vice-President fo the Republic of Zimbabwe President's Office Munhumutapa [...] | 2007-01-29 15:04:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL ZI |
07HARARE712 | NGO COMMUNITY TARGET OF GOZ HARASSMENT [...] (C) The GOZ's recent push to strictly enforce price controls and immigration regulations has sent shock waves through the international NGO community. In recent weeks, government officials have inspected NGO warehouses, temporarily impounded relief supplies, scrutinized the use of foreign cur [...] | 2007-08-08 15:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL ZI ASEC |
07HARARE736 | ZANU-PF OFFICIAL ON CURRENT POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC [...] (C) Walter Mzembi, GOZ Deputy Minister for Water Resources and Infrastructural Development, told polecon chief that the recent price control policy had been badly mismanaged and that recovery would be difficult. The parlous economic situation was ZANU-PF's greatest enemy in next year's elect [...] | 2007-08-17 11:37:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ZI |
07HARARE771 | ZANU-PF INSIDER EDDIE ZVOGBO, JR. ON CURRENT [...] (C) ZANU-PF politician and businessman Eddison Zvogbo, Jr. believes President Robert Mugabe is on track to stand for reelection next year. While many in ZANU-PF would like to see Mugabe go sooner rather than later, internal ZANU-PF opponents are afraid to directly challenge him and are focus [...] | 2007-08-29 13:21:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ZI |
07HARARE781 | TENDAI BITI ON SADC NEGOTIATIONS, ELECTIONS [...] (C) Tendai Biti, MDC anti-Senate secretary-general, believes substantial progress has been made in SADC-sponsored negotiations toward a new constitution. Agreement on the constitution, electoral reform, and repeal of repressive legislation, however, is unlikely before March elections. Any ag [...] | 2007-09-04 14:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ZI |
07HARARE795 | GONO ON MUGABE'S FUTURE, ECONOMY [...] (C) President Robert Mugabe has been urged by those closest to him to leave office, according to Gideon Gono, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, in a meeting with Charge on September 1. In particular, Mugabe's personal physician advised him to step down immediately to preserve his hea [...] | 2007-09-05 10:32:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ZI |
07HARARE8 | GOZ CRITIC SURVIVES APPARENT ARSON ATTACK [...] (SBU) National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) Chairman Lovemore Madhuku and his family survived an apparent arson attack at his suburban arare home at about 12:30 AM on January 1. Madhku told us that unknown assailants had sprinkled trail of gasoline from his front gate to the gaage in the a [...] | 2007-01-04 10:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI |
07HARARE821 | "CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM" ON SADC TALKS [...] (C) MDC pro-Senate secretary-general Welshman Ncube, one of the MDC's lead negotiators in the SADC mediation, told polecon chief on September 10 he is "cautiously optimistic" that an agreement between ZANU-PF and the MDC on constitutional and electoral reforms will be reached. ZANU-PF is moti [...] | 2007-09-10 15:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
07HARARE849 | MATABELELAND AND BULAWAYO OBSERVATIONS [...] (SBU) In addition to severe shortages of goods caused by the GOZ's price control policies, Bulawayo and Matabeleland South are suffering from a critical lack of water. Nevertheless, people are until now coping and there is no evidence of starvation. Although this area of the country is solid [...] | 2007-09-17 13:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ZI |
07HARARE852 | JONATHAN MOYO ON MUGABE AND SUCCESSION [...] (C) President Robert Mugabe has throat cancer and has been advised by his physician that campaigning will be dangerous to his health. At this point, Mugabe nevertheless intends to seek endorsement at a ZANU-PF Extraordinary Congress in December and run for election in March. He has stated h [...] | 2007-09-18 12:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
07HARARE858 | AMENDMENT 18 [...] (U) In a choreographed parliamentary session on September 18, ZANU-PF and the MDC agreed to the adoption of Amendment 18 to the Constitution which will harmonize presidential and parliamentary elections, expand the size of Parliament, and mandate Parliament to elect the president in the event [...] | 2007-09-19 13:22:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
07HARARE868 | SANCTIONS: SDN IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION [...] (C) Post's effort to obtain requested biographical information on SDNs and their families, as well as justifications for specified individuals for their inclusion on the OFAC sanctions list, is a work in progress. Because of hostile relations between the U.S. and Zimbabwe we do not have acce [...] | 2007-09-21 10:25:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM ZI |
07HARARE879 | SANCTIONS II: SDN IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION [...] (C) This cable provides a comprehensive listing of all the material post has developed on our sanctions targets, including the updating of material in reftel. Efforts to obtain biographical information on the below-listed individuals have included: --Consular Section reviewed visa files at P [...] | 2007-09-28 09:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
07HARARE881 | IBBO MANDAZA ON MUGABE, ZANU-PF'S NEXT STEPS [...] (C) ZANU-PF insider and Solomon Mujuru confidante Ibbo Mandaza met with polecon chief on September 25 and discussed President Robert Mugabe's health and the state of ZANU-PF. 2. (C) Confirming Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono's comments (Reftel),Mandaza said Mugabe's Malaysian physician [...] | 2007-09-28 10:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ZI |
07HARARE882 | TSVANGIRAI ON SADC MEDIATION PROCESS [...] (U) In a diplomatic briefing on September 26, MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai briefed on progress in the SADC-Mbeki mediation and steps ahead. Elements of a new constitution have been agreed upon. The parties are now discussing a new electoral act, security laws, communication laws, and the [...] | 2007-09-28 10:06:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
07HARARE883 | SANCTIONS II: SDN IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION [...] (C) This cable provides a comprehensive listing of all the material post has developed on our sanctions targets, including the updating of material in reftel. Efforts to obtain biographical information on the below-listed individuals have included: --Consular Section reviewed visa files at P [...] | 2007-10-01 10:08:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET | PREL PGOV ZI |
07HARARE92 | MDC FACTION LEADER ARTHUR MUTAMBARA: MDC UNITY [...] (C) MDC pro-Senate faction leader Arthur Mutambara told the Ambassador February 1 that cooperation between both MDC factions was necessary to defeat Mugabe. Noting that MDC anti-faction leader Morgan Tsvangirai had expressed similar sentiments in an earlier meeting (Ref),the Ambassador urged [...] | 2007-02-05 14:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ZI |
07HARARE934 | BITI AND NCUBE ON SADC NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) MDC negotiators Tendai Biti and Welshman Ncube expect SADC-sponsored negotiations to end in November with an agreement that includes a new constitution. Elections will likely take place in September or October 2008. The MDC remains skeptical that ZANU-PF will permit an environment condu [...] | 2007-10-16 15:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ZI |
07HARARE935 | BITI AND NCUBE ON SADC NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) MDC negotiators Tendai Biti and Welshman Ncube expect SADC-sponsored negotiations to end in November with an agreement that includes a new constitution. Elections will likely take place in September or October 2008. The MDC remains skeptical that ZANU-PF will permit an environment condu [...] | 2007-10-17 05:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ZI |
07HARARE938 | INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT [...] (U) This cable responds to Reftel. 2. (S) Questions and Responses. A. Watchlisting: -- If host government maintains a "watchlist," how many records does the watchlist contain, and how many are terrorist-related? The GOZ does not have a master watchlist or any central repository of [...] | 2007-10-17 13:49:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS ZI |
07HARARE940 | POLICE BEAT PEACEFUL MARCHERS CALLING FOR NEW [...] (U) Riot police used baton sticks to disperse more than 50 NCA activists peacefully marching in Harare on October 16 for a new constitution. Several NCA activists were arrested and released without charge and more than 30 were injured. The assault comes on the heels of the arrest of 75 WOZA m [...] | 2007-10-17 14:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL ZI |
07HARARE947 | NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S AWARD FOR [...] (U) The following is Embassy Harare's nomination for the Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage. SIPDIS NAME: Beatrice Tele Mtetwa TITLE: Senior Partner INSTITUTION: Mtetwa & Nyambirai Law Firm DOB: November 30, 1958 POB: Zimbabwe Citizenship: Zimbabwean Contact: [...] | 2007-10-19 09:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KWMN PHUM PREL ZW |
07HARARE952 | TONGOGARA REFUGEE CAMP TRIP REPORT [...] Representatives from the Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration (PRM) Mary Lange and Nancy Jackson, accompanied by EmbOff, visited Tongogara refugee camp on September 29. Despite harsh economic conditions in Zimbabwe, the nearly 2,700 refugees in Tongogara camp are receiving adequate she [...] | 2007-10-19 10:22:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL ZI |
07HARARE998 | NO END IN SIGHT TO ZIMBABWE'S ELECTRIC POWER WOES [...] (SBU) Electric power demand in Zimbabwe far outweighs Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority's (ZESA) capacity to supply, and low and erratic coal supplies from Hwange Colliery exacerbate the problem. The GOZ will not allow ZESA to raise its tariffs, among the lowest in the world, to a level [...] | 2007-11-02 10:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EMIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV ZI |
07HAVANA1001 | FIRST ROUND OF CUBAN ELECTIONS: "IT'S THE PROCESS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first round of elections in Cuba covering only municipalities proceeded uneventfully as expected on October 21. A leading dissident, Guillermo Farinas, was detained in Villa Clara when he attempted to vote (to vote NO in his case). Two election observers, one Czech and [...] | 2007-10-22 17:02:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
07HAVANA1011 | TSA DELEGATION VISIT TO CUBA: 7-22 OCTOBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A delegation from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) visited Cuba from 7 to 22 October to assess the security of Cuban airports where U.S. (OFAC-licensed) charter flights operate: i.e., Havana, Cienfuegos, Camaguey, Santiago de Cuba, and Holguin. Interchanges with [...] | 2007-10-26 07:59:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EAIR ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU |
07HAVANA1018 | CUBAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS STAGE MASSIVE PROTESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several hundred students at the University de Oriente in Santiago de Cuba participated in a protest the past several weeks. Initially a small group of students had surrounded the car of the dean to express their outrage in the wake of the rape of a female student about the lac [...] | 2007-10-26 16:35:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA1019 | PRESIDENT'S SPEECH STRIKES CHORDS IN CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The President's October 24 speech on Cuba clearly struck several nerves on the island. Among the dissident community, especially those who attended a live screening of the speech at USINT, the speech and the appearance of close friends and relatives of Cuban political prisoners [...] | 2007-10-26 16:37:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU ECON PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL |
07HAVANA1029 | USINT DISCUSSES POTUS SPEECH WITH LOCAL DIP CORPS [...] (C) Following up on the President's October 24 speech, USINT hosted meetings with ambassadors or their representatives from 46 embassies in Havana on October 29 and 30 to provide copies of the full text of the speech, highlight the most important points, and answer questions regarding the pr [...] | 2007-10-31 18:13:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA1036 | U.S. CHARTER AIRLINES IN CUBA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is a follow-up to HAVANA 01011, regarding the 10/7-22 visit by a delegation from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). This cable addresses specifically the operations of OFAC-licensed U.S. charters in Cuba. Based on information gathered during the trip, we [...] | 2007-11-02 15:31:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL ASEC EAIR CU |
07HAVANA1037 | CRACKDOWN ON YOUTH IN CENTRAL HAVANA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Independent journalist Juan Carlos Gonzalez Leyva informed several news outlets that between 60 to 70 youths were detained in Central Havana for wearing bracelets with the word "Cambio" ("Change") on them. Leyva has given staff at USINT several contradictory versions of how man [...] | 2007-11-02 18:18:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA1038 | WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN? [...] (C) SUMMARY: On Wednesday, October 24, Cuban state television broadcast a 14-minute excerpt of President Bush,s speech on Cuba only hours after he had delivered it. The next day,s issue of state-owned newspaper Granma devoted its entire second page to excerpts of the President,s speech, inclu [...] | 2007-11-02 18:18:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL CU |
07HAVANA1044 | DAMAS DE BLANCO MEMBER DETAINED FOR CHANGE BRACELET [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 4 November a policeman took Bertha Soler, a leading activist in Damas de Blanco, an organization of the wives of Cuban political prisoners, to a police station in Central Havana after she refused to remove a bracelet with the word Cambio (Change) on it. After Bertha asserted [...] | 2007-11-05 21:53:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA1052 | CUBAN NATIONALISM AND THE BOLIVARIAN IDEAL [...] (C) Statements made by FM Perez Roque in a CNN interview at the UN last week that Cuba is "prepared to give up its sovereignty and flag" to become part of a greater Latin America seem to be arousing still further a dormant nationalism among ordinary Cubans. The first hints that Cubans are gr [...] | 2007-11-07 15:35:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PREL |
07HAVANA1056 | INDEPENDENT ACADEMICS LABEL CUBA'S EDUCATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 3 November 72 independent academics from all parts of Cuba attended a conference organized by Roberto de Miranda in his home in central Havana. They discussed all aspects of the state education system. The teachers and professors concluded that despite the government's com [...] | 2007-11-08 22:01:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA1057 | CUBA: IMPRESSIONS OF ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OUTSIDE [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the third and final cable of a series regarding the 10/7-22 visit by a delegation from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Specifically, this cable conveys general impressions about economic conditions outside Havana from USINT's Econoff, who, by way of th [...] | 2007-11-08 22:47:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU |
07HAVANA1070 | 25TH HAVANA INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 25th Havana International Trade Fair (FIHAV-07) was held November 5-10 in Havana. This cable contrasts changes and new developments since last year. U.S. sales to Cuba have stagnated since last year and have dim prospects of improving. The Spanish government's policy of e [...] | 2007-11-16 13:44:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU |
07HAVANA1076 | URGING THE SWISS TO PRESSURE THE CUBANS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) The Swiss Ambassador to Havana Bertrand Louis on November 15th met with Teresita Vicente, head of the Cuban Ministry of Exterior Relations (Minrex) Europe division, to request that USINT COM be received to discuss the current unclas [...] | 2007-11-16 20:32:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CU |
07HAVANA1077 | HAVANA POUCH STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Cuba (GOC) continues to reject bags from USINT unclassified diplomatic pouch deliveries, though a pattern of objectionable items is not discernable. USINT will implement a strategy with U.S. Despatch Agency Miami to identify types of materials being rejected. [...] | 2007-11-16 21:13:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CU |
07HAVANA1081 | DISSIDENT LEADER RECOMMENDS GRAVELY ILL ACTIVIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leading opposition leader Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") fell seriously ill on 17 November. He is currently hospitalized. Noted dissident Martha Beatriz Roque stated that she fears that Antunez may die in a Cuban hospital and recommends that the US make an offer of treatme [...] | 2007-11-19 22:10:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA1087 | ILL DISSIDENT LEADER ANTUNEZ MAY SEEK MEDICAL CARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Further to Reftel, dissident figure Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") checked himself out of the hospital in Placetas (Villa Clara). He then traveled to Havana and several prominent dissidents asked GOC state security on 20 November for a commitment to provide quality medica [...] | 2007-11-21 21:07:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA1089 | BRAZIL'S NEW ENGAGEMENT WITH CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several recent developments point to Brazil's interest in building stronger bilateral ties with Cuba. The Brazilian government will increase export credits for its companies and will push for an audience with Fidel Castro during President Lula's upcoming visit. Petrobras has a [...] | 2007-11-23 16:57:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU |
07HAVANA1094 | CUBAN DISSIDENT LEADER ANTUNEZ RECEIVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Further to Reftel, dissident figure Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") on 22 November entered the intensive care unit of Hospital Nacional in Havana. Opposition leader Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR) believes that he is receiving quality care and a thorough battery of medical tests [...] | 2007-11-23 23:13:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA1096 | CUBA: COM MEETING WITH POLISH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) USINT COM and POL officer met with Polish Ambassador Marzenna Adamczyk on 23 November to discuss the recent visit of a Polish delegation to inspect a new embassy facility and the efforts of Poland to engage Cuba,s civil society. Adamczyk reported that the delegation, which was led by the [...] | 2007-11-27 13:52:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PHUM CU |
07HAVANA1098 | SPAIN/CUBA: DISTINCTIVE POLICY CAN LEAD TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: SPANISH AMBASSADOR TO HAVANA ALONSO ZALDIVAR TOLD US 21 NOVEMBER THE NEXT ROUND OF THE BILATERAL HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH CUBA WOULD PROBABLY NOT OCCUR UNTIL EARLY 2008, WHICH HE ATTRIBUTED TO "SCHEDULING PROBLEMS." ALONSO EXPRESSED PLEASURE AT THE DROP IN POLITICAL PRISONERS O [...] | 2007-11-27 20:46:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SP CU |
07HAVANA1102 | CUBAN DISSIDENT LEADER ANTUNEZ WANTS MEDICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Further to Reftel, dissident figure Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") left the Hospital in Havana because he did not want to undergo the exploratory surgery recommended by the doctors. Cuban medical staff did a large number of tests but the results were inconclusive as to id [...] | 2007-11-28 21:40:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA1111 | CUBA: FIDEL CASTRO'S HEALTH, CRITICS OF HUGO [...] (C) POL officer met with Spanish Embassy Political Counselor on 26 November for an informal discussion re the status of on-island affairs. Spanish POL Counselor noted that he was again hearing vague rumors from his own embassy and the Spanish business community regarding Fidel Castro,s deter [...] | 2007-11-30 14:05:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CU |
07HAVANA1115 | DISSIDENTS WANT TO CONSTRUCT HOMES FOR POOR CUBANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Todos Unidos, an umbrella organization of several dissident organizations, is entering a totally new field of activity by developing a project to renovate the homes of poor Cubans. They plan to start with 12 homes in the Arroyo Naranjo neighborhood of Havana. USINT believes t [...] | 2007-11-30 18:57:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA1121 | CUBANS REACT TO VENEZUELAN VOTE WITH MIXTURE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cuban dissidents are overjoyed with the defeat of Chavez's proposed constitutional changes. They see this as the end of a messianic campaign of Chavez to be leader of an anti-US bloque. Many also feel that the referendum is a powerful lesson in democracy for the Cuban people. [...] | 2007-12-05 14:09:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA1134 | POLICE BEAT DISSIDENTS IN CHURCH IN SANTIAGO DE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cuban police on 4 December entered the church of St. Teresita in Santiago de Cuba and beat with clubs and used pepper spray on about 25 dissidents who along with other parishioners were awaiting the beginning of mass. The dissidents had held a peaceful march to the church to pr [...] | 2007-12-06 21:34:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA1136 | POLICE ASSAULT DISSIDENT LEADER ANTUNEZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 6 December opposition leader Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") while he planned for a peaceful march of activists in Placetas noticed that police vehicles were surrounding the area. He went to the corner in front of his home where he had planned to meet the 10 other part [...] | 2007-12-07 17:27:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA1145 | CUBA TO SIGN UN ACCORDS AS DEMONSTRATIONS MARK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Human Rights Day in Cuba saw a wide variety of activity. The Damas de Blanco held two well attended marches on Sunday and Monday to mark the Day. Although state security forces monitored these activities closely, the authorities avoided any significant confrontation. In contr [...] | 2007-12-12 13:26:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA1157 | SWISS PRESS CUBANS ON USINT TREATMENT, AND DRAW A [...] (C) SWISS AMBASSADOR LOUIS BRIEFED USINT LATE MORNING 14 DECEMBER, JUST AFTER HIS MEETING WITH CUBAN MINREX DIRECTOR FOR NORTH AMERICA JOSEFINA VIDAL. DRAWING ON INSTRUCTIONS HE HAD RECEIVED LAST WEEK FROM BERN, AT HIS 12/14 MEETING AT MINREX, LOUIS PRESENTED VIDAL A SHORT DIP NOTE ASKING MINR [...] | 2007-12-14 23:31:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CU US |
07HAVANA1170 | IS FIDEL DONE? [...] (C) International press reports have zeroed in on the last two sentences of a letter from Fidel Castro to the evening talk show Mesa Redonda (Round Table) that dealt mostly with the Bali conference on global warming as an indication that he has announced his intention to "give up power" in C [...] | 2007-12-18 22:03:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PINR PINS PREL |
07HAVANA1171 | DAUGHTER OF INDEPENDENT LIBRARIAN HELD [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 12 December, independent librarian Nereyda Rodriguez Rivero reported that she had not heard from her 19 year old daughter Yuricel Perez Rodriguez since 7 December. She said that a state security agent who had infiltrated her organization revealed that Yuricel had been picke [...] | 2007-12-18 22:24:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA1188 | COM CONVERSATION WITH FRENCH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) On December 27, COM lunched with Frederic Dore, the new French Ambassador to Havana, as part of our regular contact with the French embassy, but also in anticipation of France taking the EU lead in Cuba for the next year. Slovenia, the next leader of the EU Troika has no representation in [...] | 2007-12-28 21:10:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU EU PGOV PINR PINS PREL |
07HAVANA1190 | CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP DEC. 14-28 [...] (C) ACTIVISTS DISTRIBUTE HUNDREDS OF COPIES OF HUMAN RIGHTS DECLARATION: On 21 December on a major thoroughfare in central Havana noted dissidents Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR),Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") and Felix Antonio Bonne Carcasses distributed over 400 copies of the UN Universa [...] | 2007-12-28 22:10:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA198 | CASTRO CALLS IN TO CHAVEZ' RADIO SHOW [...] (U) Summary: Media Tuesday evening February 27 aired a tape of Fidel Castro's call to Hugo Chavez during the latter's on-air radio show called "Alo Presidente." We believe the half-hour conversation was genuine, and did not appear edited. Castro and Chavez commented on Tuesday's stock-marke [...] | 2007-03-01 19:57:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON VE CU |
07HAVANA298 | CUBA/ITALY: WE WANT TO BUT WE CAN'T [...] (C) Summary: Italian Ambassador to Havana Vecchione said Cuban Foreign Minister Perez Roque's March 15 visit to Rome reached a predictable impasse: Roque wanting to improve relations with Italy, but with conditions unacceptable to the Italians. The Italians, in turn, told Roque to accept the [...] | 2007-03-23 18:12:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CU IT EUN |
07HAVANA315 | CUBA: SWEDES GET TASTE OF OUR WORLD [...] (C) Swedish Ambassador Christer Elm on March 29 gave COM and Pol-Econ Counselor an update on the recent diplomatic flap between Sweden and Cuba, beginning with Foreign Minister Carl Bildt's March 12 mention of Cuba at the UNHRC as a country of Human Rights concern. The rough sequence of event [...] | 2007-03-30 12:23:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SW CU |
07HAVANA332 | CUBA/SPAIN: MORATINOS VISIT CAUSES HARM [...] (C) Summary: Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos' high-profile visit to Cuba, which ended April 3, gave a boost to the Cuban regime, at the expense of Cuba's democratic opposition. To the extent that Cuba and Spain have created a Human Rights "mechanism," it does not appear to obligate the Cu [...] | 2007-04-04 19:21:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM CU SP |
07HAVANA355 | GERMANY ON CUBA/EU AFTER MORATINOS VISIT [...] (C) German Charge Michael Klepsch told Pol-Econ Counselor April 11 that EU embassies in Havana this week would be sending in their on-the-ground observations to the EU's COLAT, at which Spain was expected to report on Foreign Minister Moratinos' visit and try to sell a new approach to Cuba. K [...] | 2007-04-12 11:52:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU EUN |
07HAVANA367 | CUBAN OPPOSITION AGREES ON UNITY STATEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE TOP CUBAN DISSIDENT LEADERS HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT ON A UNITY TEXT, WHICH THEY REPORT WILL BE RELEASED THE EVENING OF APRIL 15. THE TEXT IS THE HANDIWORK OF OSWALDO PAYA, BUT HAS THE SIGNATURES OF MARTHA BEAITRIZ ROQUE, LAURA POLLAN, VLADIMIRO ROCA, ELIZARDO SANCHEZ, OSCAR E [...] | 2007-04-14 16:45:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PREL PHUM SOCI CU |
07HAVANA372 | CUBAN OPPOSITION AGREES ON UNITY STATEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE TOP CUBAN DISSIDENT LEADERS HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT ON A UNITY TEXT, WHICH THEY REPORT WILL BE RELEASED THE EVENING OF APRIL 15. THE TEXT IS THE HANDIWORK OF OSWALDO PAYA, BUT HAS THE SIGNATURES OF MARTHA BEAITRIZ ROQUE, LAURA POLLAN, VLADIMIRO ROCA, ELIZARDO SANCHEZ, OSCAR E [...] | 2007-04-16 17:13:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PHUM SOCI CU |
07HAVANA402 | CUBAN DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY SPELLS A-R-R-O-G-A-N-T [...] (C) The Cuban regime trotted Fidel Castro out for a meeting with visiting Chinese Politburo member Wu Guanzheng, following soon after Foreign Minister Perez Roque's visit to China. Perez Roque also visited India and used Cuba's presidency of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to obtain a NAM stat [...] | 2007-04-25 10:03:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CU |
07HAVANA503 | CUBANS, SPANISH PREPARE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS MEETING [...] (C) Summary. The Spanish Embassy in Havana says that next week's Spain-Cuba Human Rights consultations will be a step in the right direction, and that all issues are in play. Spanish MFA representative Dezcallar will see GOC officials, but not any dissidents. Spanish Embassy is reaching out t [...] | 2007-05-23 18:52:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM CU SP |
07HAVANA526 | CUBA: KEY DISSIDENTS' EXTERNAL NETWORKING [...] (C) Dissident leaders Vladimiro Roca, Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR),and Oswaldo Paya spoke at length this week to Pol-Econ Counselor about their off-island networking, with most emphasis on Europeans and the exile Cuban community in the USA. Highlights follow: -- Unity for Liberty document: [...] | 2007-05-25 19:46:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM CU EUN |
07HAVANA543 | CUBA/SPAIN/EU: EMPTY GLASS APPEARS HALF FULL [...] (C) Czech Charge d'Affaires Vitor Korselt told COM June 1st that Spain made some headway with the rest of the Europeans, based on Ambassador Carlos Alonzo Zaldivar's May 31 briefing to EU Chiefs of Mission regarding the May 29-30 Spain/Cuba Human Rights consultations. According to Korselt, th [...] | 2007-06-01 18:07:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SP EUN CU |
07HAVANA597 | CUBA: MORE NEW CUSTOMS REGULATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOC has restructured customs regulations for non-commercial imports and exports. Several regulations that were originally independently introduced for different reasons at different times and by different ministries have been modified in what appears to be an attempt to harmo [...] | 2007-06-21 13:38:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL ETRD CU |
07HAVANA609 | CUBA'S MASSIVE MOBILIZATION CAPACITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite its limited resources, the GOC has proven that, when it wants to, it can successfully mobilize people and assets. This cable describes some examples of this and provides a window into the existing organizational infrastructures and capabilities. It is an open question ho [...] | 2007-06-26 15:24:00 | US Interests Section Havana | SECRET | ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU |
07HAVANA617 | HOW TO SHATTER A CASTRO-PHILE'S ARGUMENTS [...] USINT is pleased to send in this distillation of the best of our briefings and responses to questions about Cuba, usually from audiences that are opposed to U.S. policy towards Cuba. These include foreign diplomats, U.S. university students and professors, U.S. congressmen and staff, U.S. jou [...] | 2007-06-28 08:41:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | PROP PREL ECON KDEM PHUM CU |
07HAVANA636 | ZAPATERO WRITES TO DAMAS DE BLANCO [...] (SBU) Spanish leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero wrote a letter to Laura Pollan, representatives of the "Ladies in White" saying that Spain's engagement with the Cuban regime is aimed at raising human rights concerns, including release of the "Ladies'" husbands, who are political prisoners. T [...] | 2007-07-03 09:15:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SP CU |
07HAVANA677 | LATAM BISHOPS OPEN AND CLOSE EYES IN CUBA [...] (C) Summary: The Latin American Bishops Conference (CELAM) met in Havana during the week of July 9-13, addressing matters mostly internal to the Church. They took part in a reception hosted by the Cuban regime, which produced bland statements about Church-State dialog, and also took note of [...] | 2007-07-16 16:38:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI PREL CU |
07HAVANA733 | COM CONVERSATION WITH HOLGUIN BISHOP EMILIO ARANGUREN [...] (C) Summary. On June 29, as part of a consular visit to a US citizen prisoner, COM Parmly and Conoff met with the bishop of Holguin province, Emilio Aranguren. Aranguren spoke extensively about the apparent growth of the cattle population in the countryside, noting that there had not been a [...] | 2007-08-01 19:26:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAGR ECON SOCI PREL CU |
07HAVANA743 | COM CONVERSATION WITH HOLGUIN BISHOP EMILIO [...] (C) Summary. On June 29, as part of a consular visit to a US citizen prisoner, COM Parmly and Conoff met with the bishop of Holguin province, Emilio Aranguren. Aranguren spoke extensively about the apparent growth of the cattle population in the countryside, noting that there had not been a [...] | 2007-08-02 17:13:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAGR ECON SOCI PREL CU |
07HAVANA806 | CLOUD OF UNCERTAINTY HANGS OVER CHAVIANO RELEASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Released after 13 years in prison, Francisco Chaviano, a prominent Cuban opposition figure, wants to remain in Cuba to continue his work after seeking urgently needed medical care in the U.S. However, Cuban authorities have still not spelled out the conditions of his release. He [...] | 2007-08-17 16:25:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL CU |
07HAVANA894 | POLICE ORGANIZE MOB TO THREATEN HUMAN RIGHTS MARCH [...] (SBU) Summary: Leading human rights activist Marta Beatriz Roque Cabello told Poloff that on Wednesday a group of ten dissidents participated in a march in the town of Santa Clara. The police organized a group of civilians who threatened the marchers with sticks. However; no one was actual [...] | 2007-09-11 11:37:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA895 | POLICE ORGANIZE MOB TA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-11 16:03:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA896 | CONVERSATION WITH DAGOBERTO VALDES [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a September 5 dinner at the COM Residence, Dagoberto Valdes, former editor-in-chief of Vitral, Pinar del Rio's Catholic review, reflected on life after his resignation from Vitral, the institution of the Church, and his future role as someone who does not want to compete agains [...] | 2007-09-11 16:04:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CU |
07HAVANA897 | THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CUBAN SOCIETY [...] (C) SUMMARY: COM's attendance at the September 7 procession of Our Lady of Regla, along with his visit the following day to the Church of Our Lady of la Caridad del Cobre, offered opportunity to observe the dynamics of the Catholic Church,s place in Cuban society. Both events enjoyed large [...] | 2007-09-11 16:21:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CU |
07HAVANA904 | PORTUGUESE AMBASSADOR ON UNGA TALKS WITH CUBANS [...] (C) PORTUGUESE AMBASSADOR TO CUBA MARIO GODINHO DE MATOS BRIEFED COM ON 11 SEPTEMBER ON WHAT HE KNOWS OF THE UPCOMING PORTUGUESE/EU TALKS WITH THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT. THE EXACT DATES FOR THE TALKS IN NEW YORK, ON THE MARGINS OF UNGA, HAVE NOT YET BEEN SET, BUT THE TARGET IS FOR ONE DAY BETWEEN 2 [...] | 2007-09-12 15:17:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU PO CU |
07HAVANA913 | CUBAN DELEGATION AT LASA: GOC APPROACHES ACADEMIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 2007 International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) was held in Montreal, Canada, September 5-8. The Cuban delegation was the largest ever to a LASA conference and they portrayed the successful change of venue from the U.S. to Canada as a "victory" [...] | 2007-09-13 15:37:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU |
07HAVANA930 | DISSIDENT SAYS REGIME SEES NO CHOICE BUT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leading dissident Rene Gomez Manzano believes that Raul Castro has a government team in place that is committed to instituting meaningful economic reforms. He also believes that Fidel is no longer a factor in policy decisions. Gomez thinks Raul and his allies in the governmen [...] | 2007-09-21 16:04:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA965 | DISSIDENTS PUSH ENVELOPE WHILE REGIME ADJUSTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leading dissident Martha Beatriz Roque organized a protest on 27 September in front of the Ministry of Justice. She handed to officials a letter for the Minister demanding the release of all political prisoners. Accompanied by eight other dissidents, MBR waited for four hours [...] | 2007-10-03 07:30:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HAVANA977 | CUBA: SPAIN TO RENEW AID, BUT SLOW TO INCREASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Spanish Assistant Secretary of State for Cooperation Leire Pajin signed an agreement on September 29 to implement the renewal of development assistance to the island. Separately, the Joint Spanish-Cuban Business Committee ended with both countries discussing the possibility of [...] | 2007-10-05 15:57:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU |
07HAVANA993 | PORTUGUESE AMBASSADOR ON EU-TROIKA METING WITH GOC [...] (C) Portuguese Ambassador to Cuba Mario Godinho de Matos provided COM with a readout of the September 24 meeting between a GOC team headed by FM Perez Roque and representatives of the EU troika. In general, Godinho de Matos, readout tracked with that obtained by Embassy Lisbon (reftel) with [...] | 2007-10-15 16:28:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU EU PGOV PREL |
07HAVANA996 | IF YOU INVITE THEM, THEY WILL COME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Charg d'Affaires hosted an Iftar dinner for the diplomatic community on October 9. The 54 guests in attendance included 11 ambassadors and five charges from 22 countries, most of them with large Muslim populations. The event--the first of its kind offered by USINT--drew [...] | 2007-10-16 15:48:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07HELSINKI121 | TERRORISM FINANCE: FINLAND'S PLAYS BY EU RULES [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarches to Juha Rainne, Legal Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Finland's representative to the EU's Sanctions Working Group. In response to the question raised reftel A, Finland does not maintain a separate national list of banned terrorist ent [...] | 2007-02-22 14:36:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC FI KVPR PREL PTER KTFN |
07HELSINKI129 | FINNISH RESPONSE - GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-27 13:44:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL KNNP FI |
07HELSINKI13 | 2007 LIBERIA PARTNERS FORUM [...] (U) In response to reftel action request, post contacted Sirpa Maenpaa, Director for the Unit for Eastern and Western Africa in the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) urging Finland to attend the Liberia Partners Forum on February 13-14, 2007. Maenpaa said Finland would most likely not [...] | 2007-01-09 13:56:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID PREL ECON FI LI |
07HELSINKI131 | EMBASSY HELSINKI FOCUSES ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] Building upon the successful U.S. - EU High Level Dialogue (HLD) on Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development held in October 2006 in Helsinki, post is developing a series of activities to highlight the U.S. Government's pro-growth, pro-development approach for addressing climat [...] | 2007-02-27 14:21:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG TSPL PREL PGOV KPAO EUN FI XG |
07HELSINKI138 | FINNISH RESPONSE - APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE [...] (SBU) PolChief discussed subject demarche with European Correspondent Jarno Syrjala Feb. 28. Syrjala thanked us for sharing US viewsand highlighted the following: 2. (C) ISRAEL/PAESTINE: Syrjala said that there is still strong ember-state (MS) consensus around the need for the Nationa Unit [...] | 2007-02-28 15:00:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EUN KPAL IR FI |
07HELSINKI140 | FINNISH RESPONSE - DEMARCHE: U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (SBU) PolChief shared the substance of subject demarche Feb. 27 with Laura Kansikas-Debraise, Office Director of the Unit for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non- Proliferation. Kansikas-Debraise expressed appreciation for the US position and re-emphasized 1) that Finland considers cluster muni [...] | 2007-03-01 05:41:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MOPS NATO NO FI |
07HELSINKI144 | FINNISH RESPONSE - RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN THREATS [...] (C) DCM delivered subject demarche to Finnish MFA Undersecretary for Political Affairs Markus Lyra on March  [...] | 2007-03-02 11:34:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL EZ PL FI |
07HELSINKI150 | FINLAND'S MARCH ELECTION: SDP LIKELY TO TAKE [...] (SBU) Summary: The latest polls give Finland's Social Democratic Party (SDP) a chance to win the March 17 election, but the popularity of Center Party (CEN) PM Matti Vanhanen seems to indicate that the SDP will more likely come in a very close second. But in the follow-on negotiations to form [...] | 2007-03-05 14:50:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL FI |
07HELSINKI160 | MTCR -- FINLAND TO SUPPORT U.S. UAV/CRUISE MISSILE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-07 09:35:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA KSCA FI |
07HELSINKI162 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER TUOMIOJA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Tuomioja to thank him for his helpful comments regarding the US missile defense initiative with Eastern Europe, but also to note her disappointment with other public comments he had made suggesting that the US made grave mistakes in Iraq and [...] | 2007-03-08 09:29:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR FI |
07HELSINKI172 | FINLAND ELECTION 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For months, both the polls and conventional wisdom have suggested that Finland's Center Party (CEN) and Social Democrats (SDP) will finish one- two in the March 18 elections and return to government. In the final weeks of the campaign, CEN has indeed consolidated its lead, but t [...] | 2007-03-09 13:12:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL FI |
07HELSINKI184 | FINLAND SUPPORTS THE OPEN SKIES PLUS AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the Open Skies Plus agreement to Anne Torkkeli, Susan Hindstrom and Topi Siren, of the Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications on March 14. GOF contacts voiced support for the revised Air Services Agreement and disappointment that the origin [...] | 2007-03-14 14:37:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EU KTIA PREL FI |
07HELSINKI187 | FINLAND: MISSILE DEFENSE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY OUTREACH [...] (C) The public reaction in Finland to US missile defense plans in Eastern Europe and Russian misrepresentations of them have been largely muted. Several editorials and comments from leading politicians appeared in the immediate aftermath of Putin's Munich speech, but very few of these directl [...] | 2007-03-15 16:00:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PL EZ RU FI |
07HELSINKI195 | FINLAND FORMALIZES CONTRIBUTION TO UN PROTECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-20 09:45:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN IZ FI |
07HELSINKI232 | DEMARCHE TO SUPPORT UN KOSOVO PROPOSALS -- FINNISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finland increasingly expects Russia to block any UNSC action to implement UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's final status recommendations for Kosovo. The Finns are also dismayed by eleventh hour hesitation from some EU member states -- especially Italy, a Contact Group member. No EU co [...] | 2007-03-27 13:21:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU FI |
07HELSINKI234 | FINNISH RESPONSE - APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE [...] (U) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Finnish CFSP Director and European Correspondent Jarno Syrjala March 28. Syrjala offered the following comments of interest regarding the March 30-31 GYMNICH: 2. (C) MISSILE DEFENSE: Although a discussion of US plans to place missile defense asset [...] | 2007-03-28 10:21:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN KPAL PREL XG IS IR ZI FI |
07HELSINKI250 | FINLAND: RESPONSE TO GUANTANAMO RESETTLEMENT [...] (U) This is an Action Request; please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Poloff spoke with Finnish officials in the MFA's Political Secretariat and Office for Human Rights about the possibility of resettling Guantanamo detainees in Finland. Finland has previously rejected several US requests to [...] | 2007-04-05 09:42:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL PTER PHUM PINR FI |
07HELSINKI266 | FINLAND: WORKING OVERTIME TO APPROVE THE U.S.-EU [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the U.S.-EU Air Transport Agreement to Ms. Anne Torkkeli, Ministerial Counsellor in the Transport Services Unit of the GOF Ministry of Transport and Communications. Torkkeli said the GOF is pleased with the agreement which they anticipate will be sig [...] | 2007-04-11 13:37:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON KTIA PREL EU FI |
07HELSINKI286 | FINNISH RESPONSE - APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE [...] (U) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Finnish CFSP Director and European Correspondent Jarno Syrjala April 20. Syrjala offered the following comments: 2. (SBU) CENTRAL ASIA: Both Finland and the EU are fully committed to supporting political and security reform in Central Asia, Syrjal [...] | 2007-04-20 10:33:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KPAL PREL EUN FI |
07HELSINKI321 | FINLAND'S NEW GOVERNMENT: TURNING A PROMISING NEW [...] (C) Finland's new center-right government is eager to reverse the malaise that often typified US-Finnish relations after 2003, and from the Foreign Minister on down a palpable shift in tone is already evident. Trans-Atlanticists have replaced notorious US-skeptics at the MFA, the MOD and elsew [...] | 2007-05-04 13:21:00 | Embassy Helsinki | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR MOPS MARR EUN FI |
07HELSINKI322 | FINLAND CALLS FOR UNIFIED EU RESPONSE TO ESTONIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The escalating dispute between Russia and Estonia over the Bronze Soldier has prompted an unusually strong criticism of Russia's behavior from senior Finnish officials, who are typically known for their caution in dealing with Russia. The President and the FM have issued strong s [...] | 2007-05-04 13:39:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EUN FI |
07HELSINKI329 | FINLAND CONTINUES TO SUPPORT U.S. IWC POSITION [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to Mr. Esko Jaakkola, Finland,s IWC representative in the Ministry of the Environment. Jaakkola said Finland will continue to support the consensus and position of like-minded nations during the IWC meeting. [...] | 2007-05-09 12:21:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD FI |
07HELSINKI333 | FINNS VERY PESSIMISTIC ABOUT EU-RUSSIA PCA MANDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF is very pessimistic that the EU will be able to reach consensus on establishing a negotiating mandate for a new EU-Russia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA). Immediately after Poland blocked consensus near the end of the Finnish EU Presidency, the Finns expressed [...] | 2007-05-10 09:47:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG EUN RS FI |
07HELSINKI340 | FINNISH RESPONSE - APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE [...] (U) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Finnish Deputy European Correspondent Tanja Jaaskelainen May 10. She offered the following comments: 2. (SBU) SERBIA: Jaaskelainen predicted extensive discussions of how the EU should respond if the Serbs miss the May 15 constitutional deadline for [...] | 2007-05-10 13:25:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL KPAL EUN FI |
07HELSINKI351 | A CLEAR CHANGE OF TONE: FINNISH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Kanerva underscored to Ambassador Ware the new GOF's intention to improve the US- Finnish bilateral relationship, and he highlighted the shared foreign policy challenges the US and the EU face in Russia. The Ambassador urged more Finnish funding for peacekeepin [...] | 2007-05-14 13:52:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS NATO EUN FI |
07HELSINKI352 | NEW SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT BREAKS WITH THE PAST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During their first meeting, new Speaker of Parliament Niinisto and the Ambassador discussed NATO issues and the EU's approach to Russia. The Speaker spoke warmly both of the new tone in Finnish-US relations and of the "more open dialogue on NATO" his party intends to lead now t [...] | 2007-05-14 14:06:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN FI |
07HELSINKI381 | FINNS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT RUSSIAN RESPONSE TO UNSCR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finland firmly supports UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's proposals for Kosovo's final status and welcomes the draft UNSCR that the US circulated May 11. However, the Finns continue to pick up signals that leave them pessimistic about how Russia will respond. The GOF is engaged in its [...] | 2007-05-23 13:41:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI FI |
07HELSINKI392 | FINNISH RESPONSE: PROLIFERATION SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-25 11:17:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP XG FI |
07HELSINKI393 | FINNISH RESPONSE: IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747: [...] PolChief delivered subject demarche to Tarja Pesamaa, Deputy Director of the Finnish MFA's Unit for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. Pesamaa said that the GOF agrees with the US that broad interpretation and consistent standards of implementation are crucial for UNSCR 1747 to b [...] | 2007-05-25 11:38:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR FI |
07HELSINKI394 | FINNISH RESPONSE: SYRIA'S SHAM PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-25 12:03:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PHUM SY EUN FI |
07HELSINKI416 | SCENESETTER: FINNISH FM KANERVA,S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Kanerva's June 11 visit gives us an excellent opportunity to capitalize on the new GOF's stated goal of improving relations with Washington. Finland has a center-right government for the first time since 1995, and the right message from the Secretary will lay out our expectatio [...] | 2007-06-01 13:04:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS FI |
07HELSINKI427 | VANHANEN-FRADKOV: A SHARP EXCHANGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finnish PM Vanhanen and Russian PM Fradkov met May 29 in Helsinki but were unable to resolve a rapidly emerging dispute over Russian tariffs on wood exports. Vanhanen also raised human rights and sharply criticized Moscow's handling of the Bronze Soldier incident in Estonia. In [...] | 2007-06-06 08:19:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PGOV ECON RS FI |
07HELSINKI438 | FINLAND ENDORSES THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] In response to Refs A and B, PolChief delivered demarches and related materials to Counselor Jani Raappani in the Finnish MFA,s Unit for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. Demarche and document delivery were coordinated with the Russian Embassy,s Counselor Vladimir Kozen. 2. [...] | 2007-06-07 13:14:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PARM PREL KGIC FI |
07HELSINKI44 | FINNISH RESPONSE - SURVEYING EU MEMBERS ON THEIR [...] (U) PolChief discussed subject demarche Jan. 23 with MFA Office Director for the Middle East Eija Rotinen. Rotinen welcomed the information regarding the extensive democracy and civil society outreach the US is engaging in to promote civil rights, democracy and unbiased information in Iran. S [...] | 2007-01-23 14:08:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IR EUN FI |
07HELSINKI51 | FINNISH RESPONSE -- FULL COURT PRESS FOR [...] (SBU) PolChief discussed NATO/ISAF's new "Comprehensive Approach" to bolstering the mission in Afghanistan and the Jan. 26 and Feb. 8 NATO ministerials (reftels) with Finnish Roving Ambassador to Afghanistan Antti Koistinen and MFA Director for Security Policy Kimmo Lahdevirta on Jan. 25. I [...] | 2007-01-26 09:34:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK FI |
07HELSINKI514 | FINNISH RESPONSE: TRANSFERRING SURPLUS AMMUNITION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-06 12:58:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL NATO FI |
07HELSINKI530 | GOF PREPARING REPORT AIMED AT INCREASED ISAF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF is preparing a wide-ranging proposal for increased participation in NATO/ISAF and for increased assistance to Afghanistan. Details are currently sketchy, but MFA officials expect the proposal to include an increase in Finnish troops; increased weapons and other materiel t [...] | 2007-07-11 12:18:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR MOPS PREL EAID FI AF |
07HELSINKI545 | IRANIAN CHARM OFFENSIVE FALL FLAT IN FINLAND [...] (C) The Finnish Foreign Ministry effectively turned off Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki's proposed June visit Helsinki, which apparently was intended as part of an Iranian public relations trip through the Nordics. According to MFA officials and other diplomatic contacts, Mottaki [...] | 2007-07-17 05:29:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FI |
07HELSINKI553 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH EU COMMISSIONER OLLI REHN [...] (C) Summary: EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn told Ambassador Ware that French President Sarkozy's opposition will complicate Turkey's EU accession bid, but does not necessarily need to derail it if the EU manages the process carefully. Rehn was pessimistic about Kosovo, and very disappo [...] | 2007-07-20 10:37:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN UN TU FI YI |
07HELSINKI555 | FINNS ON THE JULY GAERC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-20 13:47:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EUN ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PGOV PREL SOCI FI |
07HELSINKI558 | FINLAND CONSIDERING FAVS FOR MULTINATIONAL FORCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-23 10:02:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KMFO EG IS FI |
07HELSINKI560 | FINLAND: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE 62ND UN GENERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-24 07:58:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA FI |
07HELSINKI581 | FINNISH RESPONSE: SAVE THE DATE: EVENT ON LITERACY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-30 11:49:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI TSPL UNGA |
07HELSINKI601 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH STATE SECRETARY TIILIKAINEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Ware and PolChief met with Teija Tiilikainen, State Secretary at the Finnish MFA, for a tour d'horizon of multilateral and bilateral issues. Topics included potential increases to Finland's NATO/ISAF commitments in Afghanistan; Kosovo; Russia; and Finland's 2008 OSCE [...] | 2007-08-06 08:43:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EUN NATO FI |
07HELSINKI606 | FINLAND SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL SPECTER, AUG. 19-20 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The visit of Senators Arlen Specter and John Thune to Finland offers the United States important opportunities: (1) to encourage Finland to take a greater role in NATO-led crisis management and reconstruction operations, especially in Afganistan; (2) to urge Finland to join othe [...] | 2007-08-07 12:39:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI EUN FI |
07HELSINKI614 | FINNISH RESPONSE: BRIEFING OUR ALLIES ON ROLLOUT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-13 06:13:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS SNAR AF FI |
07HELSINKI615 | FINNISH RESPONSE: DEBRIEF OF JULY 30 U.S.-RUSSIA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-13 06:19:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO RS FI |
07HELSINKI626 | END OF IRAQI TRAINING MISSION AT JIPTC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-15 07:09:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SNAR FI JO IZ |
07HELSINKI627 | FINNISH RESPONSE: KOSOVO: DEMARCHE ON NEXT STEPS [...] (C) On Aug. 13, Ambassador Ware raised reftel points regarding next steps on Kosovo with Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva. Kanerva said that he himself is in frequent contact with President Ahtisaari and that, on the EU level, there is agreement that Ahtisaari's plan "is still the roadmap" to b [...] | 2007-08-15 09:53:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN FI |
07HELSINKI636 | CHIEF OF THE FINNISH DEFENSE FORCES MEETING WITH [...] (C) ADM Juhani Kaskeala, Chief of the Finnish Defense Forces (CHOD),briefed the Ambassador on his recent trip to Russia, where he met with the Russian Army Chief of Staff (and Deputy Defense Minister) Yuri Baluyevsky. Kaskeala and Baluyevsky discussed, inter alia, the US missile defense initi [...] | 2007-08-17 13:51:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR GL FI |
07HELSINKI639 | FINLAND'S LIKELY NEXT STEPS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Budgetary realities and political discomfort amongst a few at the highest levels have currently put the brakes on the GOF's plan to increase its military commitments to NATO/ISAF in 2008. Meaningful increases in Finnish development and counternarcotics assistance to Afghanistan ar [...] | 2007-08-20 11:25:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR SNAR EAID PGOV NATO AF FI |
07HELSINKI64 | FINNS ASK 8 EU COUNTRIES TO JOIN IWC [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the recent meeting of the pro-conservation countries of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to Esko Jaakkola, Environment Counsellor at the Finnish Ministry of the Environment. Jaakkola, who represented the Government of Finland at the meeting [...] | 2007-02-01 06:22:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS PREL ETRD KSCA IWC FI |
07HELSINKI657 | FINLAND ACKNOWLEDGES IMPORTANCE OF U.S. ICAO [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the U.S. candidacy to the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to Mr. Matti Tupamaki, Director of Air Transport at the Finnish Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Although Tupamkaki did not explicitly say it, it was clear that, [...] | 2007-08-30 11:06:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAIR AORC ICAO FI |
07HELSINKI659 | FINNISH RESPONSE - INVITATION TO THE LUNCHEON ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-30 13:19:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI TSPL UNGA FI |
07HELSINKI675 | RESPECTED FINNISH NGO HOLDS IRAQ PEACE CONFERENCE [...] (U) The Crisis Management Initiative (CMI),a respected NGO headed by former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, hosted a seminar at an undisclosed location in Finland Sept. 1-4 aimed at reducing the violence in Iraq. Participants included leading Iraqi Sunni and Shiite civil society leaders, [...] | 2007-09-05 12:00:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ FI PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINR |
07HELSINKI677 | FINNISH RESPONSE: APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-05 12:31:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EUN |
07HELSINKI682 | FINNISH RESPONSE: APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF [...] (U) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Finnish CFSP Director and European Correspondent Leena-Kaisa Mikkola Sept. 5. Mikkola offered the following: FINNISH GYMNICH PRIORITIES: IRAQ AND RUSSIA PCA --------------------------------------------- -- 2. (SBU) From the Finnish national perspe [...] | 2007-09-06 12:56:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN |
07HELSINKI686 | FINNISH RESPONSE: IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE/MIDDLE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-07 07:27:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL IAEA EUN FI |
07HELSINKI687 | FINNISH RESPONSE: MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-07 07:30:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA FR FI |
07HELSINKI689 | SCENESETTER: PDAS VOLKER'S SEPT. 13-15 VISIT TO [...] (SBU): The Embassy warmly welcomes you to Helsinki and views your visit as a key opportunity to advance the most important issues on the US-Finland agenda. Afghanistan and NATO top the list, as both are the subject of intense domestic political discussion right now. Many in the new governmen [...] | 2007-09-07 13:24:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | FI PREL PGOV MARR |
07HELSINKI696 | HELSINKI: PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE AT [...] (U) Finland's main human rights priority over the past several years has been the battle against trafficking-in- persons (TIP),and Post's outstanding cooperation with the GoF in this area has made it a key highlight of our bilateral relationship. Post has engaged very actively with the Finns [...] | 2007-09-11 11:13:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL FI |
07HELSINKI710 | FINNLAND SUPPORTS EU BORDER MISSION FOR LEBANON [...] (C) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Mika-Markus Leinonen, Office Director of the Finnish MFA's Unit for Civilian Crisis Management, Sept. 17. Leinonen welcomed the fact that the US supports a joint EU-Arab border mission for Lebanon and noted that the Finnish Government is very support [...] | 2007-09-17 13:10:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY IS LE EUN FI |
07HELSINKI715 | FINLAND LOOKS TO AFGHAN PRT LEADERSHIP IN 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva and other senior GOF officials told PDAS Volker and Ambassador Ware that Finland's Cabinet Committee on Foreign and Security Policy (UTVA) gave a green light to PRT leadership in Afghanistan in 2009. The move will likely involve "alternating" leader [...] | 2007-09-18 13:29:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR EAID PGOV AF FI |
07HELSINKI725 | PDAS VOLKER'S SEPT. 13 - 14 VISIT TO FINLAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDAS Volker visited Helsinki Sept. 13-14 for wide-ranging discussions with FM Kanerva, with MFA and MOD officials, and with senior advisors to the President and Prime Minister. Bilateral discussions focused on Finland's intention to increase its contributions in Afghanistan (sept [...] | 2007-09-25 09:29:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR EAID PGOV AF FI |
07HELSINKI735 | FINNISH ATTENDEE TO SPIEZ 2007 MEETING TO SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-28 11:26:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP ENRG PREL IAEA FI |
07HELSINKI736 | FINNISH RESPONSE: COMBATING PKK TERRORISM IN EUROPE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-28 11:26:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN OSCE TU EUN FI |
07HELSINKI75 | FINLAND'S 2007 ELECTION: CONSERVATIVES MAKE THE [...] (U) January marked the unofficial opening of Finland's Parliamentary election campaign, and most of the country's eight political parties appear a bit slow coming out of the gate. To be fair, the election is still nearly two months away -- quite a long time, in the Finnish context -- and most [...] | 2007-02-06 08:38:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL FI |
07HELSINKI753 | FINLAND, SWEDEN AND NORWAY EXPLORE A "NORDIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF has begun a series of discussions with Norway and Sweden aimed at developing a "Nordic approach" to security policy that could result in new NATO Response Force (NRF) commitments 2008; in more Nordic-led OMLTs; and in a long-term commitment to staffing the Mazar-al-Shariff [...] | 2007-10-04 13:00:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR PGOV NATO AF SU CD FI |
07HELSINKI76 | FINNISH RESPONSE - DEPARTMENT SEEKS NOMINEES FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-06 12:16:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PINS PREL PROP PTER MARR MOPS FI |
07HELSINKI772 | FINLAND: GAERC RESPONSE [...] (U) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Finnish MFA EU Correspondent Leena-Kaisa Mikkola Oct. 11. Mikkola offered the following: 2. (SBU) KOSOVO: Mikkloa said the GOF is focused now on ensuring that legal and logistical mechanisms are in place to ensure a continuing international presen [...] | 2007-10-11 13:55:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EUN PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL FI |
07HELSINKI801 | FINLAND: COMBATING PKK TERRORISM IN EUROPE [...] (C) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Finnish MFA Counterterrorism Coordinator Pekka Oinonen Oct. 29. Oinonen welcomed our views as a follow-up to recent PKK-related demarches and said that Finland )- as a longtime friend of Turkey )- was following developments with great concern. He we [...] | 2007-10-30 09:41:00 | Embassy Helsinki | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN EUN TU IZ FI |
07HELSINKI811 | FINLAND: DAVID WALKER CANDIDACY FOR UNIAAC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-31 12:44:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UN UNGA FI |
07HELSINKI817 | UPDATE ON FINLAND'S FALL SECURITY POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GoF's Cabinet Committee on Foreign and Security Policy (UTVA) met with President Halonen Oct. 26 to continue internal deliberations regarding Finland's next steps in relation to Afghanistan/ISAF, EU Battlegroups, and the pending EU operation in Chad. Finland appears ready to [...] | 2007-11-02 11:35:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL MOPS FI |
07HELSINKI820 | FINLAND: RESPONSE ON FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered demarche on the conclusions of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Iran to Ms. Virpi Laukkanen in the Legal Department of the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Laukkanen was aware of the FATF,s conclusions and the imminent threat that Iran poses to the intern [...] | 2007-11-05 13:38:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC ECON FI |
07HELSINKI848 | FINLAND: OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: With its chairmanship only five weeks away, the GOF is realistic about the fact that few if any miracles will emerge from the Madrid Ministerial, and that Finland will be left to manage a range of divisive issues. Finland is in "complete agreement" with our emphasis on maintaining [...] | 2007-11-23 13:52:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL PGOV PHUM FI |
07HELSINKI86 | FINLAND: REACTION TO GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (U) Poloff spoke with Finnish officials at the MFA and in the Prime Minister's Office on February 6 and obtained the following reaction to certain issues likely to arise at next week's GAERC meeting. Iran ---- 2. (SBU) The GoF agrees that following the conclusions of the last GAERC, t [...] | 2007-02-09 11:42:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EUN SR BK IR AF FI |
07HELSINKI860 | AFGHANISTAN FREES FINNISH PEACEKEEPER'S KILLERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GoF continues to receive unsatisfactory answers from the GoA as to why President Karzai suddenly ordered the release of five Afghan men convicted in June for detonating a roadside bomb that killed a Finnish peacekeeper in Meymenah. Unofficial reports from Afghanistan-based Fi [...] | 2007-12-05 13:11:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NATO MARR SNAR PREL MOPS FI AF |
07HELSINKI872 | FINNISH FM TO ATTEND DONORS CONFERENCE, PROVIDE [...] (SBU) Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva will attend the donors conference in Paris on December 17th according to Anna Savolainen in the Foreign Ministry's Middle East Unit. Savolainen said Finland's final contribution, in the form of bilateral aid and in-kind contributions, is still being [...] | 2007-12-12 13:18:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS FI |
07HELSINKI877 | FINLAND: PSI 5TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-13 13:09:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP KSTC FI |
07HELSINKI878 | FINLAND: VIEWS TO RESOLVE KOSOVO STATUS [...] (C) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Finnish MFA Balkans Office Director Juha Ottman. Ottman said that the GoF fully shares US views on nearly all points, including the need to return to full implementation of the Ahtisaari proposals in the likely event that Kosovo's final status cannot [...] | 2007-12-13 13:10:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI FI |
07HELSINKI881 | FINLAND REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-14 11:24:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ETTC PREL CU FI |
07HELSINKI885 | FINLAND: STATUS OF EXTRADITION AND MLAT AGREEMENTS [...] (U) On Dec. 11, the Finnish Parliament ratified the US-EU Agreements on Extradition and Mutual legal Assistance between the United States and the European Union, which had been signed in Washington on June 25, 2003. Parliament also approved the implementing bilateral instruments. Tuomo Antil [...] | 2007-12-14 13:33:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS CJAN KTIA EUN FI |
07HELSINKI897 | OSCE KAZAKHSTAN DEMARCHE: FINLAND AGREES AND [...] (C) PolOff delivered subject demarche to Ms. Paivi Peltokoski, First Secretary, Finnish OSCE Chairmanship Task Force December 20. Peltokoski stated that the GoF agrees with the Kazakhstani commitments and &practically everything8. Peltokoski characterized the delay itself as minimally signif [...] | 2007-12-27 12:39:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PREL KZ FI |
07HELSINKI898 | FINNISH RESPONSE: COMMITTEE FOR THE ELIMINATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-27 12:49:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNGA FI |
07HELSINKI94 | NIINISTO SEES A TOUGH ROAD FOR THE CONSERVATIVES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Conservative Party's (CONS) most popular candidate, Sauli Niinisto, told the Ambassador that CONS is likely to remain in opposition following the March parliamentary election. The Finnish Center Party (CEN) will win, he suggested, but the Social Democrats (SDP) -- even if t [...] | 2007-02-13 14:16:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL FI |
07HELSINKI97 | UN MIDDLE RING SECURITY IN IRAQ - FINLAND WILL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-14 12:21:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN IZ FI |
07HILLAH10 | "MAYORS' REVOLT" IS HIGHLIGHT OF ATYPICAL RECONSTRUCTION [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (C) Summary: The continuation of an unfinished meeting of the Babil Provincial Reconstruction and Development Committee (PRDC) did not check off every agenda item but did yield several unexpected positive developments. Complaints from two mayors about a ke [...] | 2007-01-19 16:07:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM IZ |
07HILLAH12 | EYES ON THE SECURITY PRIZE, BABIL GOVERNOR PUTS HIS BEST [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (S) Summary and comment: In a meeting with Babil PRT that proved more of a two-way exchange than previous ones, the Babil governor requested stronger U.S. support for reconstruction projects, spoke somewhat favorably of cooperation with the Coalition in m [...] | 2007-01-20 15:12:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER KDEM IR IZ |
07HILLAH128 | BABIL PROVINCIAL GOV'T HOLDS FRUITFUL DISCUSSION WITH NAT'L [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. (C) On September 20, representatives from Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Saleh's office travelled to Al-Hillah to meet with Babil Governor Salem Saleh Mahdi Al-Muslimawi, members of the Babil Provincial Council (PC) and provincial directors general (DGs [...] | 2007-09-22 07:15:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EFIN PREL IZ |
07HILLAH13 | WORRISOME WARRANTS AND OTHER TALES FROM BABIL [...] (U) This is a Babil PRT cable. 2. (C) Summary: Two cases involving a total of fifteen warrants issued in Karbala for Sunni citizens of Babil have the provincial police chief and chief justice worried that extradition may serve as cover for nefarious sectarian or anti-Ba'athist ends. One of [...] | 2007-01-22 09:44:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PTER KDEM IZ |
07HILLAH130 | NAJAF GOVERNOR: MARJA'IYYA CONTRIBUTING TO PEACE [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a September 22 meeting with PRT and CF, the Governor of Najaf noted that the reports AMB Crocker and General Petraeus recently submitted to Congress failed to acknowledge the contribution of the marja'iyya to the peace and stability of I [...] | 2007-09-27 07:29:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON IZ |
07HILLAH131 | NAJAF GOVERNOR: MARJA'IYYA CONTRIBUTING TO PEACE [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf cable. This is a retransmission of HILLAH 130. 2. (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: During a September 22 meeting with PRT and CF, the Governor of Najaf noted that the reports AMB Crocker and General Petraeus recently submitted to Congress failed to acknowledge the contribution [...] | 2007-09-29 11:08:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON IZ |
07HILLAH137 | ASSASSINATIONS HALT IN NAJAF [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During the three month period from June 13 - September 14, 2007, Najafis witnessed a sharp increase in the number of targeted assassinations, largely attributed to jaysh al-mahdi (JAM). These killings, predominantly in the form of drive-by sho [...] | 2007-10-12 12:59:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IZ |
07HILLAH140 | NAJAF GOVERNOR SKEPTICAL OF SADRIST COMPLIANCE WITH ISCI [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During an October 16 meeting with 3ID Deputy Division Commander and PRT Najaf Team Leader, the Najaf Governor expressed skepticism that the followers of Muqtada al-Sadr would comply with the October 5, 2007 accord between al-Sadr and Islamic Su [...] | 2007-10-17 14:53:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON IZ |
07HILLAH142 | KARBALA GEARING UP FOR PIC; CONTINUING SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] (U) This is a PRT Karbala reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: BG Cardon (3ID D-CGS),Karbala PRT Leader, PRTOffs and the local MiTT Team met with Karbala Governor Aqeel October 16 in the 8th IA Division compound in Husseiniya to discuss planning for the upcoming PIC (Provincial Iraqi Control) [...] | 2007-10-20 13:31:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ |
07HILLAH143 | BABIL GOVERNOR FIGHTS TO SAVE HIS OFFICE [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable 2. (C) Summary: Babil's governor continues to face difficulties in maintaining key political support against efforts to remove him. Crucial ISCI backing within the provincial council appears to be waning. In response, the governor has embarked upon a campa [...] | 2007-10-28 14:20:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ IR |
07HILLAH144 | NAJAF TOURISM COMMITTEE PLANS JANUARY CONFERENCE [...] (C) On October 23, PRTOffs met with the Najaf Provincial Council (PC) Tourism Conference preparatory committee. The Committee is a sophisticated group under the leader of PC and hawza member Sheik Fayid Kudhum al Shmerti. The Committee members noted that the tourism industry of Najaf is made up [...] | 2007-10-29 12:08:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | PREL PGOV EAIR ECON IR IZ |
07HILLAH145 | KARBALA PROVINCE GOES PIC [...] (U) This is a PRT Karbala Cable 2. (SBU) Summary: On October 29, Karbala Province became a Province under Iraqi control (PIC). The arrival of PIC status was celebrated in a three-hour ceremony hosted by Karbala Province and attended by the Prime Minister and Karbala notables, 3ID MG [...] | 2007-11-03 06:43:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL MARR IZ |
07HILLAH146 | NAJAF DEPUTY GOVERNOR PRAISES USG COLLABORATION, SEEKS [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During an October 31, 2007 meeting in Najaf with PRT Najaf Team Leader, PRT Engineer, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region South (GRS) Engineers, the Najaf Deputy Governor praised the supportive role the USG is playing in Najaf, while c [...] | 2007-11-03 11:50:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON IZ |
07HILLAH151 | NAJAF LEADERS ASKED USG TO HELP FUND IDP CAMP PROJECTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Members of the Najaf Provincial Council (PC) requested USG assistance to fund some Najaf projects, especially at the internally displaced persons (IDP) camp, during a November 8 Najaf PRT visit to the IDP camp in Manathera and a subsequent meeting at the PC offices. Ali Al Faya [...] | 2007-11-12 16:40:00 | REO Hillah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL PGOV SOCI IZ |
07HILLAH152 | NAJAF LEADERS ASKED USG TO HELP FUND IDP CAMP PROJECTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Members of the Najaf Provincial Council (PC) requested USG assistance to fund some Najaf projects, especially at the internally displaced persons (IDP) camp, during a November 8 Najaf PRT visit to the IDP camp in Manathera and a subsequent meeting at the PC offices. Ali Al Fay [...] | 2007-11-12 16:40:00 | REO Hillah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL PGOV SOCI IZ |
07HILLAH154 | INFLUENTIAL MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT HUSSEIN ALI AL-SHALAN'S [...] (C) Summary: Influential sheik and COR member Al-Shalan sees South Central as crucial to Iraq's future. Security situation improving. He fears a weakened Sadr militia will increase influence of Badrists, who "have an agenda beyond Iraq's borders." He believes that Islamists are incapable [...] | 2007-11-13 13:54:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR IZ |
07HILLAH155 | BABIL: PRT HOSTS SHEIKHS' ROUNDTABLE [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: On November 13, PRT Babil hosted a gathering of Sunni and Shi'a tribal sheikhs from throughout the province. The sheikhs criticized the current political leadership of the province while blaming the US for allowing foreign influences to pe [...] | 2007-11-15 08:26:00 | REO Hillah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER KISL IZ IR |
07HILLAH157 | KARBALA ENGINEERS MEETING; IP CHIEF GRUMBLES ABOUT MOI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. PRT Karbala met with Karbala PC Chair and key PC members to continue discussion of cooperation between USACE (Corps of Engineers) and Karbala Provincial Engineers on Projects. PRT urged Karbala PRDC to work expeditiously to complete ESF project packages. IP Chief BG Ra'ad expr [...] | 2007-11-16 12:22:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ EAID |
07HILLAH158 | DUSD BRINKLEY VISITS KARBALA [...] Sensitive but unclassified. This is a PRT Karbala cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: DUSD Brinkley and his delegation, GOI spokesman Ali al Dubbagh, and PRT Leader were warmly received by Governor Aqeel for a five hour visit that was covered extensively by local media, and included lunch and a visit [...] | 2007-11-18 05:01:00 | REO Hillah | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL IZ |
07HILLAH162 | NAJAF, GOI OFFICIALS AGREE TO CLOSER COORDINATION ON [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In a November 28 meeting at the Najaf Aiport with the U.S. Transportation Attachi, EmbOffs, PRT Najaf Team Leader, 3ID Deputy Division Commander, and the Director General (DG) of the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority (ICAA),the Najaf Governor and [...] | 2007-12-01 09:32:00 | REO Hillah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAIR ECON IZ |
07HILLAH163 | NAJAF AND KUFA DISTRICTS LOCAL COUNCILS REQUESTED PRT [...] SUMMARY: During a November meeting with the PRT, members of the local councils (LC) from Najaf and Kufa districts requested USG assistance to help build capacity - including the funding of an office and training of staff, particularly in the U.S. Najaf LC members, Adnan Hussein Mohammed and Ja [...] | 2007-12-01 13:47:00 | REO Hillah | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IZ |
07HILLAH167 | IMPROVED SECURITY IN QADISIYAH BODES WELL FOR POSSIBLE PRT [...] (U) This is a joint DS-PRT Diwaniyah cable. 2. (C) Summary: Iraqi general offers upbeat assessment on the improved security climate in Diwaniyah. MND CS Commander concurs but is concerned that Diwaniyah's Governor remains an obstacle to progress. MND CS Commander and 8th IAD General [...] | 2007-12-08 11:33:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR IZ |
07HILLAH175 | DEPUTY GOVERNOR DESCRIBES SOUTH KOREA TRIP, AIRPORT FOLLOW [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf cable. 2. (C) Deputy Governor Abtan met with PRT Leader and PRToffs at the proposed new location for PRT Najaf at former Camp Endeavor next to the airport on December 18. Abtan described his travel to the Republic of Korea (ROK) earlier this month. He noted that t [...] | 2007-12-28 11:30:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR IZ PREL |
07HILLAH29 | BABIL PROVINCIAL COUNCIL MEMBER AIRS SOME DIRTY LAUNDRY [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (C) Summary and comment: Although the intended topic was the Babil governor's attempt to remove the mayor of Al-Hillah, a recent conversation with a Communist member of the Babil Provincial Council (PC) revealed much more, including allegations of bribes to [...] | 2007-02-21 14:50:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PINR KDEM IZ |
07HILLAH36 | GEO WARNS OF ELECTORAL WEAKNESS [...] (U) This is a PRT Diwaniyah cable. 2. (C) Summary. In a 24 February meeting, Saad Madhloum Abdullah, the General Electoral Officer (GEO) for Diwaniyah Province under the (soon-to-be-abolished) Independent Electoral Commission in Iraq (IECI) warned that the Independent Higher Electoral Commi [...] | 2007-03-01 12:20:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
07HILLAH45 | BABIL ELECTION OFFICIAL VOTES FOR SWEEPING CHANGE AT THE [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (C) Summary. The Babil representative to the Independent Electoral Commission for Iraq (IECI),Assad Abd al-Rudah, recently shared his views with Babil IPAO about methods to reduce electoral fraud and manipulation, including adopting a "one-candidate, one- [...] | 2007-03-24 12:17:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM IZ |
07HILLAH55 | NAJAF AND DIWANIYAH PROVINICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf/Diwaniyah cable. Mark G. Davison, Leader. SUMMARY 2. (S) Local sources have provided some details regarding an April 11 raid on the main office of the Sadrist movement in Diwaniyah during the ongoing security operation. Local journalists are reportedly compl [...] | 2007-04-13 09:26:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR IZ |
07HILLAH60 | PREACHER URGES SADRIST SELF-RESTRAINT [...] (U) This is a Najaf PRT cable. Mark G. Davison, Leader. 2. (C) On April 13 at Friday prayers at the Kufa Mosque, Sheik Jawad Al-Rubaiee delivered the sermon. Speaking to some 600-800 congregants, he made the following points of political interest: -- We condemn the military raids and [...] | 2007-04-17 15:33:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR SOCI |
07HILLAH68 | MOSQUES ADDRESS PROVINCIAL IRAQI CONTROL (PIC) [...] (U) This is a Najaf PRT cable. Mark G. Davison, Leader. 2. (C) In our continuing efforts to monitor Friday prayer sermons through our sources on the ground in Najaf Province (see reftel),this past week's efforts provided contrasting views regarding, among other things, the process of P [...] | 2007-04-26 14:32:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR SOCI IZ |
07HILLAH69 | CLEVER TACTICS, FLAWED ETHICS IN HILLAH MAYOR ELECTION [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: As anticipated in ref A, the Hillah District Council (DC) met on April 21 to choose a new mayor. The surprise winner by one vote - his own - was DC member Sabah Al-Fatlawi, after a campaign allegedly marred by bribery and other improprieties. [...] | 2007-05-02 14:09:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KISL IZ IR |
07HILLAH70 | HILLAH MAYOR KABUKI CONTINUES [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. (C) PRT officers met on May 2 with the full membership of the Hillah District Council (DC) for a discussion of the chain of events described in reftel. Both Aqeel Al-Silawi, who introduced himself as the acting mayor until the Provincial Council (PC) confi [...] | 2007-05-04 07:07:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IZ |
07HILLAH77 | GOVERNOR OF NAJAF CALLS ON MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf/Diwaniyah Cable. SUMMARY 2. (C) The Governor of Najaf traveled to Baghdad on 14 May accompanied by Coalition officers and PRT leader. During his call the Governor gave the Minister a detailed list of weapons and ammunition, as well as a proposed budget, for an [...] | 2007-05-20 15:18:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR PTER IZ |
07HILLAH78 | PART 1 OF A SERIES: FINGER POINTING AND CONCERNS OVER [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable and is the first in a series on the status of budget execution within Babil. 2. (C) Summary: With the Government of Iraq's announcement that reconstruction funding may be rescinded from provinces that do not spend a certain percentage by the end of June, numerou [...] | 2007-05-23 11:32:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PINS PGOV SOCI KDEM IZ |
07HILLAH81 | INSIDE THE SAUSAGE FACTORY - A VISIT TO THE BABIL PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Summary and comment: The Babil Provincial Council (PC) meeting on May 29 provided an object lesson on the status of representative governance in the province. While a handful of voices spoke out about things on citizens' minds, such as power shortages and long lines at gas stations, substa [...] | 2007-05-29 15:00:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI IZ |
07HILLAH82 | GOVERNOR FEELS THE HEAT, AS DOES INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST [...] (C) Summary: After a local newspaper printed a story claiming that virtually all Babil residents want Governor Salem Saleh Mehdi Al-Muslimawi to step down, the governor pushed back on the airwaves and the pages of his own paper to attempt to discredit his accusers. A few days thereafter he tra [...] | 2007-06-01 13:55:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PINR SOCI KDEM IZ IR |
07HILLAH86 | IRANIAN-SUPPORTED GROUP SAID TARGETING SISTANI AIDES, WOULD [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (S) Summary: A civil society activist with strong religious credentials recently warned PRT leader that an Iranian-controlled group called Asa'ib Al-Haq, based in Diwaniya, is serving as a tool in Iran's efforts to take control of the hawza, the Shi'a relig [...] | 2007-06-07 04:37:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PINR PTER KISL IZ IR |
07HOCHIMINHCITY1015 | VIETNAM IN-COUNTRY PRIORITY ONE REFERRAL [...] (C/NF) Summary: Mission's P-1 Referral Committee has completed consideration of five possible Priority One (P-1) applicants and is referring two to PRM for consideration. Truong Van Duc is a long-time Hoa Hao leader and has spent much of his life in detention. His outspoken, but non- violent, [...] | 2007-10-02 08:44:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PHUM SOCI KIRF PGOV PREL VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY1021 | BAPTISTS, MENNONITES RECEIVE OFFICIAL GVN RECOGNITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately three weeks before the U.S. Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is scheduled to arrive in Vietnam, the government of Vietnam has granted national recognition to two more Protestant denominations: the Mennonite Vietnam Church and the Vietnam Bapt [...] | 2007-10-03 10:57:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY103 | ACTIVIST BUI KIM THANH REMAINS INVOLUNTARILY IN MENTAL [...] (SBU) On January 25, we met separately with two colleagues of Bui Kim Thanh, the HCMC land rights activist who was involuntarily committed to a mental institution in November 2006 (refs A and C). We questioned both intensively. Both appeared credible. They said that they had known and worke [...] | 2007-01-30 11:30:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY1064 | ERO CALLS AN GIANG INCIDENT UNACCEPTABLE, PROMISES MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: Responding to the Consul General's previous protest (septel) over harassment and interference of Consulate staff during a routine FPU investigation in An Giang province, ERO Deputy Director Le Hung Quoc said evicting Consulate personnel from the hotel in An Giang was not acceptab [...] | 2007-10-17 06:15:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CMGT ASEC PREL VN |
07HOCHIMINHCITY1065 | GVN SHUTS DOWN ANTI-FRAUD TRIP, INTIMIDATES CONSULATE STAFF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 4, Security officials in An Giang province threatened post's acting Fraud Prevention Manager (FPM) and accompanying locally employed staff (LES) with arrest and placed them in harm's way by evicting them from their hotel late at night. The security officials also atte [...] | 2007-10-17 07:09:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CMGT ASEC PREL KFRD VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY1079 | AUGUST VOLUNTARY VISITOR PROGRAM (HO CHI MINH CITY SENIOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Eight senior editors from Ho Chi Minh City newspapers, along with a senior official from the Ho Chi Minh City Journalists Association, recently returned from a highly successful, albeit rare, opportunity to participate in a USG exchange program. As Vietnam's largest media center [...] | 2007-10-22 06:42:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO OEXC PREL ASEC SCUL VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY1105 | DUS PONTICELLI HCMC VISIT - PUBLIC SECTOR LAPSES AND [...] (U) Summary: Deputy Undersecretary of Labor for International Affairs Charlotte Ponticelli and Department of Labor Senior Advisor for EAP Affairs Zhao Li stopped in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on October 20 to observe and discuss HCMC labor issues en route to the 2007 U.S. - Vietnam Labor Dialogue [...] | 2007-10-26 12:21:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PREL PGOV OTRA OVIP VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY1107 | PEPFAR SPENDING IN HCMC MONEY WELL-SPENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations staff members Shannon Smith and Jennifer Simon concluded their President's Emergency Plan for AIDs Relief (PEPFAR) assessment visit to Vietnam with a stop in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on October 11-12. HCMC officials, medical staff, and [...] | 2007-10-29 12:46:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KHIV TBIO PREL PGOV SOCI OTRA OVIP VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY1109 | GARMENT INDUSTRY RELIEVED BY USDOC MONITORING ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (U) Summary. Vietnam's textile and garment industry breathed a collective sigh of relief on October 27 at the Department of Commerce's (DOC) announcement that there is no evidence of Vietnamese garment dumping in the United States. The Vietnamese media lauded the finding, bristling slightly [...] | 2007-10-30 12:48:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD PREL VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY1136 | SHIFTING PRESS PARADIGM IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: While Vietnam remains far from achieving true freedom of the press, the paradigm is starting to shift across southern Vietnam. Already, the old "total control model" in which the Government of Vietnam (GVN) essentially dictated what papers should publish has given way to a "cens [...] | 2007-11-09 08:37:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY1145 | TIM SAKHORN SENTENCED TO ONE YEAR IN PRISON [...] (SBU) On November 8, 2007, defrocked Khmer Krom monk Tim Sakhorn was sentenced to one year in prison by the An Giang Provincial People's Court for "sabotaging national unity," as defined by Article 87 of the GVN criminal code. The one-year sentence includes time already served in detention, wh [...] | 2007-11-13 10:29:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PREF KIRF PREL PGOV PHUM CB VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY1192 | USCIRF MEETS HCMC GVN: CITY COUNCIL CHAIR MADAME THAO [...] (SBU) During the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (CIRF) delegation's meeting with HCMC People's Council Chairwoman Pham Phuong Thao on October 25, Commissioners cited outstanding issues that marred the GVN's record of progress on religious freedom, including limitations with th [...] | 2007-12-04 10:46:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY1193 | USCIRF MEETS HCMC GVN: DEPUTY PARTY SECRETARY DUA [...] (SBU) The USCIRF's meeting with Deputy Party Secretary Nguyen Van Dua on October 25 explored the reasons for implementing a legal framework on religion in Vietnam, with the CIRF questioning whether the law is a tool for freedom or control, and the Secretary justifying the need to protect Vietna [...] | 2007-12-04 11:12:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY1219 | AMBASSADOR MICHALAK'S MEETING WITH CARDINAL MAN [...] (SBU) In Ambassador Michalak's December 3 courtesy call on HCMC's Cardinal Pham Min Man, Man described religious freedom in Vietnam as a kind of "controlled freedom," acknowledging that the situation for the Catholic Church has improved in general. The Cardinal outlined ongoing issues the Chur [...] | 2007-12-12 15:16:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY1220 | LABOR ACTIVISTS CONVICTED [...] (SBU) Four United Workers-Farmers Organization (UWFO) activists were convicted on December 10 for "abusing democracy and freedom rights to infringe upon the interests of the State and the legitimate rights and interests of organizations and citizens." The activists received sentences from one [...] | 2007-12-12 15:17:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB SOCI VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY1221 | AMBASSADOR MICHALAK'S MEETING WITH CARDINAL MAN [...] (SBU) In Ambassador Michalak's December 3 courtesy call on HCMC's Cardinal Pham Min Man, Man described religious freedom in Vietnam as a kind of "controlled freedom," acknowledging that the situation for the Catholic Church has improved in general. The Cardinal outlined ongoing issues the Churc [...] | 2007-12-12 15:17:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY1229 | USCIRF IN HCMC: MEETING THE DISSIDENTS [...] (SBU) The USCIRF delegation met with Do Nam Hai and Dr. Nguyen Dan Que to discuss the human rights situation in Vietnam. Both discussed the state of the democracy movement in Vietnam, the challenges facing democracy activists today (e.g., surveillance, harassment and arrest),and their belief [...] | 2007-12-14 02:33:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY1231 | USCIRF IN HCMC: MEETING THE CAO DAI [...] (SBU) Commissioners Cromartie, Bansal, Argue, Gaer and Eid met with Cao Dai Bishop Thuong Minh Thanh, Bishop & Deputy Director Thuong Be Thanh and Archivist Le Quang Tan on October 25, 2007. Bishop Minh presented a positive view of Cao Dai-GVN relations, citing several examples of improving co [...] | 2007-12-14 03:33:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY1232 | USCIRF IN HCMC: MEETING THE SECV [...] (SBU) USCIRF Commissioners Cromartie, Bansal, Argue, Gaer and Eid and staffers Dettoni and Flipse met with the Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) leaders Pastor Ngo Van Buu (Vice President),Pastor Phan Quang Thieu (Senior Pastor) and Pastor Nguyen Vinh Cu (Treasurer General) on Octo [...] | 2007-12-14 03:38:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY1233 | USCIRF IN HCMC: PROTESTANT HOUSE CHURCH LEADERS [...] (SBU) The USCIRF delegation kicked off their visit to Ho Chi Minh City on October 24 with a house church roundtable of Protestant leaders from the Assembly of God, United Baptist Church, United Gospel Outreach Church and Baptist Alliance Church congregations in Vietnam. The pastors were unifie [...] | 2007-12-14 03:50:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY1236 | USCIRF URGES GVN TO EASE ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS TENSIONS IN [...] (SBU) The USCIRF delegation, on the final leg of their 12-day long assessment of religious freedom in Vietnam, visited Soc Trang to examine issues pertaining to the Mekong Delta province's significant Khmer Buddhist population. The delegation, which included Commissioner Leonard Leo and two s [...] | 2007-12-14 09:54:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PINR VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY1239 | USCIRF IN HCMC: MEETING THE HOA HAO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The meeting between members of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) and a group of Hoa Hao followers revealed the group's deep suspicions of the GVN and its policies on religion -- suspicions that have been fueled by the appointment of an official, GVN- [...] | 2007-12-14 10:59:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY1250 | SAME LATITUDE, DIFFERENT ATTITUDE: PROSPERITY TRUMPS PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: Ben Tre and Tra Vinh provinces share similar geographies and demographics, as well as outbreak histories for highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI). While both provinces still suffer scattered small-scale AI outbreaks, better economic governance in Ben Tre has led to a shift fr [...] | 2007-12-17 10:36:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECON EAGR ELAB PREL PGOV OTRA OVIP SENV VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY1266 | PATRIOTIC HCMC AND HANOI RALLIES NEVERTHELESS CHALLENGE GVN [...] (SBU) Organizing themselves through blogs and instant messaging networks, students in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi gathered on December 9, and again on December 16 in Ho Chi Minh City, to protest China's decision to set up a government unit in Hainan to administer the Paracel and Spratly islands. [...] | 2007-12-21 12:59:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY1279 | CHANGES IN THE FORTUNES OF ONE CHURCH REFLECT CHANGES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The story of the United World Mission Church (UWMC) is a microcosm the changes that have gripped Vietnam in the more than 32 years since the end of the war. The church went underground but survived as the direct persecution and police scare campaigns of the late 1970's progresse [...] | 2007-12-28 05:31:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KIRF PHUM PREL VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY134 | PRM A/S SAUERBREY MEETS ETHNIC MINORITY RETURNEES FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai February 1-2, PRM Assistant Secretary Sauerbrey toured a village near the Cambodian border to meet with six ethnic Jarai returnees and their families. The interviews were conducted in the presence of ethnic village eld [...] | 2007-02-07 10:28:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PGOV SOCI PREL KIRF VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY155 | CONDITIONS IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: DEBRIEFING NEW VISAS-93 [...] (SBU) Summary: In early February, ConGen conducted private interviews in HCMC with six VISAS-93 (family reunification) ethnic minority applicant families from the Central Highlands. The results are consistent with previous rounds of interviews and show improvement in overall conditions for e [...] | 2007-02-14 04:13:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CVIS KWMN TIP ELAB SMIG SOCI TW VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY157 | SAIGON INSIDERS ON COMMUNIST PARTY POLITICS [...] (C/NF) : Media contacts report that the Politburo has not yet begun to focus on the planned visit of President Nguyen Minh Triet to the United States. Triet has recovered fully from his bout with prostate cancer, but politically is weak. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung is consolidating power; [...] | 2007-02-14 10:22:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL CH VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY168 | FORMER PM KIET: STILL PRESSING REFORM [...] (SBU) Former Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet, one of the fathers of Vietnam's economic reform and a doyen of the Communist Party, told the Consul General February 12 that improved U.S. ties was one of the biggest milestones for Vietnam in 2006. The "full normalization" of ties with the United Stat [...] | 2007-02-15 11:37:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV KCOR VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY175 | PRM A/S SAUERBREY MEETS ETHNIC MINORITY PASTOR [...] (C) Summary: On February 1, PRM Assistant Secretary Ellen Sauerbrey during a visit to Gia Lai Province called on Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) Pastor Siu Y Kim at his house church in Pleiku and later had a private conversation with the pastor. The pastor named FULRO as the sou [...] | 2007-02-26 10:07:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL KIRF SOCI VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY191 | MEKONG DELTA PROVINCES STRUGGLE TO COMBAT TIP [...] (SBU) Officials in the Mekong Delta told us they were conducting three investigations of trafficking-in-persons (TIP) involving at least 35 women trafficked to Malaysia, Cambodia and, possibly, South Korea for sex exploitation and forced marriages. Six suspects had been arrested and an Interp [...] | 2007-03-01 09:49:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CVIS KWMN TIP ELAB SMIG SOCI TW VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY196 | HCMC POLICE CONTACT ON TIP CONCERNS [...] (SBU) On February 23, PolOff met with Colonel Hoang Tan Viet, Deputy Director of Criminal Police of the HCMC Ministry of Public Security (MPS) to follow up the status of the investigation into an international trafficking-in- persons ring that reportedly involved over 100 Vietnamese women from [...] | 2007-03-02 08:34:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CVIS KWMN TIP ELAB SMIG SOCI TW VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY221 | UPDATE ON HCMC LAND RIGHTS ACTIVIST BUI KIM THANH [...] (C) Summary: The sister-in-law of Bui Kim Thanh -- the HCMC land rights activists involuntarily committed to a mental institution -- was emphatic in a March 8 meeting that Thanh is not/not mentally ill. The sister-in-law's comments reinforce reporting from other ConGen contacts that Thanh has [...] | 2007-03-08 11:08:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PINR PREL VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY224 | DO NAM HAI: LAST OF THE 8406 BLOC DISSIDENTS? [...] Summary: Do Nam Hai, co-founder of the dissident 8406 Bloc (which calls for peaceful political change in Vietnam),told us that he has been under de facto house arrest since about the time police intensified their actions against 8406 co-leader Father Nguyen Van Ly in Hue. Hai has no intentio [...] | 2007-03-09 12:26:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY232 | AUTHORITIES DENY ACCESS TO ACTIVIST BUI KIM THANH [...] (SBU) On March 14, the HCMC External Relations Office (ERO) responded in the negative to a ConGen diplomatic note informing the GVN of our plan to visit Bui Kim Thanh, the HCMC land rights activist who was involuntarily committed to a mental institution in November 2006. In our dipnote to the [...] | 2007-03-15 11:08:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY234 | THE AMBASSADOR IN THE CENTRAL MEKONG: FOCUS ON ETHNIC KHMER, [...] (SBU) Summary: Discussions on economic development, trafficking in persons, religious freedom and NGO activities headlined the agenda during the Ambassador's March 4-7 visit to the Mekong Delta provinces of Soc Trang, Vinh Long and Dong Thap. Vinh Long's more favorable geographic locale and [...] | 2007-03-15 14:32:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY248 | FATHER LY INDICTED; DO NAM HAI QUITS [...] (SBU) Summary: Hue-based dissident Father Phan Van Loi confirmed as authentic Internet reports that Hue authorities have indicted Father Nguyen Van Ly and four others for "propagandizing against the government." In HCMC, political activist Do Nam Hai told us he has ended his pro-democracy ac [...] | 2007-03-19 10:42:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY26 | UBCV PATRIARCH "PREVENTED" FROM TRAVELING TO HCMC [...] (U) On January 4, the International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB),the Paris-based mouthpiece for the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) announced that UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang was prevented from returning to HCMC for a medical check up. Thich Huyen Quang returned to Binh [...] | 2007-01-08 10:02:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY261 | THE "RECONCILER" RETURNS: THICH NHAT HANH VISITS VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Zen Buddhist Master Thich Nhat Hanh and his aides told us that he found the GVN tougher and more assertive in 2007 than in 2005 when he first returned from exile (reftel). However, by developing the trust of the CPV and GVN, he has been able to expand his activities [...] | 2007-03-21 11:05:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM |
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