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07LONDON2396 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF [...] (SBU) On June 20 Poloff delivered the nonpaper conveyed in reftel to Foreign Office Iran Multilateral Team Leader Will Gelling and to his colleague Christian Turner, who is slated to be the UK's DCM in Tehran later this year. 2. (SBU) Gelling noted with approval that USG is also notifying [...] | 2007-06-21 13:12:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM IR EUN UK |
07LONDON2420 | (C) AMERICAN CITIZENS DETAINED IN IRAN: UK [...] (C) In response to poloff's June 12 demarche (ref A),FCO's Iran Team Leader Will Gelling and Iran human rights officer Marian Kalloor on June 20 said UK pressure and lobbying in Tehran was an important element behind the EU Presidency's demarche (reported ref B) on the Iranian Foreign Minist [...] | 2007-06-22 17:07:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PHUM PREL IR UK |
07LONDON2457 | IRAN NUCLEAR ISSUE: UK FEEDBACK ON SOLANA-LARIJANI [...] Summary (CO) EU's Solana saw no movement during June 23 talks with Larijani on suspension and rebuffed Larijani's suggestion to link next steps on the nuclear issue in any way to the upcoming visit to Iran by IAEA chief El Baradei, according to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The UK [...] | 2007-06-26 17:59:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL EU IR IZ UK |
07LONDON2461 | GORDON BROWN TAKES OVER AS PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Gordon Brown is the UK's new Prime Minister. Right on schedule, Tony Blair submitted his resignation to the Queen shortly after 1:00 p.m. today June 27. Within minutes, the Queen had summoned Brown to Buckingham Palace and invited him to form a Government, as Leader of the party that [...] | 2007-06-27 14:10:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UK |
07LONDON2488 | (U) PRIME MINISTER GORDON BROWN NAMES HIS CABINET [...] (U) A day after taking over as Prime Minister, Gordon Brown has named his Cabinet. As expected, this is the biggest reshuffle since the Labour Party came to power in 1997. It includes several realignments, and has the maximum number of paid Cabinet Ministers permitted by law (22). While p [...] | 2007-06-28 16:04:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UK |
07LONDON249 | UK PREVIEW OF THE JANUARY GAERC [...] (C) Summary. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) expects Kosovo and Iran to be major issues of discussion at the January GAERC. UK goals are to 1) keep "wobbly" EU Members on board with the need to resolve Kosovo's status as soon as possible after the Serbian elections and 2) keep the [...] | 2007-01-22 17:40:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EAID MARR YI SR BK IS SO IR |
07LONDON2491 | IRAN IN IRAQ: IRANIAN DEMARCHES UK ON IRAN'S GOOD [...] (CO/NF) Summary: The Iranian Ambassador conveyed a pro-forma summary of its own benign intentions in Iraq during a June 22 demarche at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). The demarche was intended to provide an Iranian version of the May 28 U.S.-Iran talks in Baghdad, according to fe [...] | 2007-06-28 17:44:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL IR IZ UK |
07LONDON263 | HMG REQUESTS POLONIUM TESTING FEEDBACK FROM CDC; [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The UK Health Protection Agency requests the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provide laboratory test results on the U.S. residents potentially exposed to polonium in London. The UK Health Protection Agency de [...] | 2007-01-23 13:15:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CASC PTER UK |
07LONDON2785 | UK SUPPORTS BARRING NORTH KOREAN AQUISITION OF [...] (S) On July 11, Poloff delivered reftel demarche apprising the British government of North Korean efforts to acquire the machinery and equipment to produce fraudulent U.S. currency. Foreign Office officials Kim Clarke, head of the Korea division, and Korea desk officer Kathy Heal were apprec [...] | 2007-07-19 15:04:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | PREL KNNP MNUC KH KS UK |
07LONDON2883 | HMG TO RESPOND DIRECTLY TO WASHINGTON ON SINGAPORE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-26 10:39:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU AORC WHO PREL UK |
07LONDON2907 | UK SEEKS FLOOD RELIEF ASSISTANCE FROM US [...] This is an action request. 2. Andy Shields of the UK Civil Contingencies Secretariat within the Cabinet Office informed Embassy July 27 that the UK Government will shortly issue a formal request to the USG for portable toilet chemicals, known as WAG Bags, in response to this week's floods [...] | 2007-07-27 18:40:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL UK |
07LONDON2965 | (S) IRAN'S BANK MELLI INVOLVEMENT IN PROLIFERATION [...] (S) SUMMARY: Demarche and non-paper were delivered July 31, 2007 to Patrick Guthrie, Head of Financial Sanctions Unit, HM Treasury (HMT) by Econoff. Guthrie said HMT would promptly consider and respond to the material and our request for UK information on Bank Melli that could be shared with [...] | 2007-08-02 06:25:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | ETTC KNNP PARM PREL IR UK |
07LONDON2984 | (S) TERRORIST FINANCE:UK SUPPORTS USG SUBMISSION [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper July 31, 2007 to Clive Hughes, Desk Officer Multilateral and Strategic Allies Section Counter Terrorism Policy Department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). Hughes said the UK favors co-sponsoring U.S. submissions to the UN 1518 a [...] | 2007-08-03 06:30:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | EFIN FI IZ JO KTFN PREL PTER SA UK UNSC |
07LONDON2994 | (S) BANK MELLI NON-PAPER CONVEYED TO FCO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-03 14:25:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | ETTC KNNP PARM PREL IR UK |
07LONDON317 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): [...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) met at Central Hall Westminster in London, UK from 06-09 November 2006, to hold the ninety-seventh session of the Council (C97) chaired by Mr. Johann Franson (Sweden). Topics of significant interest included: Condolences for the recent pa [...] | 2007-01-25 16:18:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHSA EWWT ECPS MOPS AORC IMO KTIA |
07LONDON3175 | IRAN: BROTHER OF IRGC'S SAFAVI SAYS A U.S. TERROR [...] (C) Summary. xxxxxxxxxxxx Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) xxxxxxxxxxxx told London Iran Watcher xxxxxxxxxxxx that Iran's cooperation on security in Iraq, though not yet evident, would be forthcoming, but in the same breath argued that a U.S. terrorist designation of the IRGC would prevent any [...] | 2007-08-17 08:34:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KPRP PGOV PHUM PREL BA KU IR IS UK |
07LONDON3338 | SENATOR BOXER HEARS POSITIVE VIEWS ON CARBON [...] Summary: Senator Barbara Boxer heard strongly positive views from HMG, heavy industry and the investment community on the UK,s experience with carbon cap-and-trade systems as a tool for addressing climate change. Many of HMG officials who handle climate change are new to their portfolios, and [...] | 2007-08-31 12:19:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP SENV KGHG PREL UK IZ AF SU |
07LONDON3362 | IRAN DEPFORMIN WILL VISIT LONDON TO PITCH [...] (S) Summary: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) today told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) that Iran,s Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Jalili will visit London Friday September 7 to push Iran,s recent agreement with the IAEA as Iran,s preferred means of addressing the nuclear issue, but th [...] | 2007-09-04 16:07:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | PREL KNNP MNUC IR UK |
07LONDON3422 | UK GOALS FOR SEPTEMBER INFORMAL EU FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. According to the Foreign Office, the key agenda items at the September Gymnich meeting are Kosovo, the Inter-Governmental Conference on EU Reform, the Middle East, and a review of EU strategic partnerships with a focus on Russia. As is practice at informal Gynmich meetings, the UK [...] | 2007-09-07 11:47:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN RS YI IR UK |
07LONDON3519 | IRAN'S JALILI IN LONDON: REBUFFED AS EXPECTED [...] (C) Summary: In a September 7 meetng, UK officials rebuffed Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Jalili's promotion of the IRI-IAEA Work Plan as a way to resolve the nuclear issue and reiterated the UK's firm commitment to the E3 3 and UNSCR process. End summary. 2. (C) Per ref (a),Iran Mul [...] | 2007-09-13 13:02:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC IR UK |
07LONDON3522 | IRANIAN ARMS FLOWS TO AFGHANISTAN: HOW THE UK [...] (S) Summary: To most effectively pressure Iran, and discourage the flow of lethal aid from Iran to insurgents in Afghanistan, the UK plans to pass its newest evidence of such flows to the Karzai governments and to Tehran before such evidence becomes public, according to the FCO. There is HMG [...] | 2007-09-13 16:39:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | PREL KNNP MNUC PINS AF IR UK |
07LONDON3539 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PAULSON'S VISIT TO [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Your visit is much welcomed. You come to London at a critical moment. The UK is adjusting to the change in leadership from Tony Blair to Gordon Brown, who has displayed calm confidence in addressing key domestic challenges in the short period he has been Prime [...] | 2007-09-14 16:08:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PREL UK |
07LONDON3657 | UK HEALTH PROTECTION AGENCY PROPOSES FORMAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UK Health Protection Agency (HPA) Chief Advisor to the Chief Executive Dr. Nigel Lightfoot proposed to visiting U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials and EmbOffs that a formal liaison be established between HPA and CDC. During discussions of lessons l [...] | 2007-09-21 15:51:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PREL UK |
07LONDON3662 | CROCKER/PETRAEUS MEETINGS WITH UK DEFENSE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: With Prime Minister Gordon Brown set to deliver a widely-anticipated statement on HMG's policy in Iraq to Parliament on or about October 10, the UK needs the USG to define clearly its expectations for the British presence in Iraq as soon as possible, UK Defence Secretary Des Br [...] | 2007-09-21 16:25:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS MCAP IZ UK |
07LONDON3674 | UK SHARES USG PRIORITIES FOR COMMUNITY OF [...] (SBU) The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office generally shares U.S. priorities for the upcoming Community of Democracies ministerial meeting (ref),but is still reviewing its position on a CD Secretariat, according to Nick Abbott, of the Foreign Office's Democracy and Human Rights Office. Abbo [...] | 2007-09-24 18:23:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UK UNGA |
07LONDON3915 | UK EXPECTATIONS FOR GAERC MEETING; AGREEMENT TO [...] (C) In response to ref a points, Tom Burn of the Foreign Office's EU Section provided Poloff with the following readout of UK expectations for next week's GAERC: 2. (C) Iran: Burn shared the agreed upon language to be included in the text of the GAERC conclusions: "The Council agreed t [...] | 2007-10-12 14:49:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN ETRD ETTC KPAL YI RS LY IZ IR |
07LONDON3923 | XXXXXXXXXXXX ARGUES TIME IS RIPE FOR [...] (C) Summary. XXXXXXXXXXXX told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) that Islamic republic of Iran decision-makers lack the confidence to initiate an offer to the West to soften Iran's nuclear or regional posture, but are now, due to internal political conditions, hoping for a Western-initiated proposal on [...] | 2007-10-12 16:44:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC IR UK |
07LONDON3924 | IRAN DEMARCHE TO EU MEMBER STATES AHEAD OF OCTOBER [...] (C/NF) Summary: London Iran Watcher (Poloff) delivered reftel nonpaper to FCO Iran Multilateral team leader Will Gelling, who said that at the GAERC HMG will be focused on autonomous sanctions only, and is confident the EU will quickly endorse this aim. Gelling added that HMG opposes trying [...] | 2007-10-12 16:59:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR XF EUN UK |
07LONDON3938 | GORDON BROWN TO ISSUE LETTER TO G7 AND IFIS ON [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown is considering sending a letter to G-7 participants, China, India, the IMF and the World Bank on how to support democracy in Burma. The London-based newspaper the Independent erroneously reported October 15 that the Prime Minister had already sent suc [...] | 2007-10-15 16:05:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID BM UK |
07LONDON3983 | AMBASSADOR THANKS IRAN DEMOCRACY ADVOCATES FOR [...] (C) Summary: Per reftel request for Chiefs of Mission worldwide to underscore U.S. support for democracy advocates, Ambassador met October 11 with two UK-based Iranian expatriate journalists to thank them for their years of advocacy for human rights and democracy in Iran and to lead their dis [...] | 2007-10-19 12:14:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC PHUM IR UK |
07LONDON4045 | EUR SENIOR ADVISOR PANDITH AND S/P ADVISOR COHEN’S [...] (C) Summary. EUR Senior Advisor for Muslim Engagement Farah Pandith and S/P Member Jared Cohen met with a wide range of UK government leaders, community activists, think tanks, artists, and Muslim youth during their October 9-14 visit to the UK. Government officials stressed that the UK's problem w [...] | 2007-10-25 16:38:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL PTER SCUL UK |
07LONDON4311 | POSSIBLE NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT/OFFER OF [...] (SBU) Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reftel that it has received a report indicating a potential incident of illicit trafficking in and possible offer of nuclear and/or radiological materials. This report came to post's attention via call-in and email. Inform [...] | 2007-11-21 08:54:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PTER UK |
07LONDON4328 | (C/NF) UK SHARES U.S. GOALS ON IRAN; WE SHOULD RE-FOCUS UK DOMESTIC EFFORTS AND INCREASE COORDINATION REF: A. STATE 156409 B. STATE 157039 LONDON 00004328 001.2 OF 006 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-21 16:16:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MNUC EFIN PTER KTFN IR UK |
07LONDON435 | INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION SUMMARY OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-02 15:36:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD UK |
07LONDON438 | (C) DARFUR: UK MULLING TOUGHER MEASURES [...] (U) Action Request - please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) FCO is drafting a strategy for Darfur that will probably go to ministers next week. HMG continues to support the Addis Ababa and Abuja agreements but "patience is running out" over their non-implementation, according to Paul Norris of th [...] | 2007-02-02 16:38:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR UNSC SU UK |
07LONDON4465 | IRAN: UK GOVERNMENT APPEALS MEK DE-LISTING ORDER [...] (C) Summary: The FCO told Embassy London Iran Watcher (Poloff) that the Mujaheddin-e-Khalk (MEK) will continue to be listed as a terrorist organization under UK law, and its UK accounts frozen, until the outcome of HMG,s appeal of the administrative order issued by the UK's Prohibited Organi [...] | 2007-12-04 16:30:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IR UK |
07LONDON4512 | UK OFFICIALS TELL U/S LEVEY THAT WILL ON IRAN IS [...] (C/NF) Summary: Senior UK officials told Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey November 30 that international action SIPDIS against Iran has increased pressure on the regime and made life "significantly uncomfortable" for Iranian leadership, but has not so far succeeded in changing Iran's nu [...] | 2007-12-10 12:24:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN PREL MNUC PTER IR UK |
07LONDON4680 | IRAN: ALLEGED EX-IRGC MEMBER LISTS QUDS FORCE [...] (S/NF) Summary. Mohammed Ali Khatami (please protect),claiming to have been in the past a long-term operative for the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC),provided London Iran Watcher (Poloff) detailed written allegations concerning long-term IRGC-Quds Force involvement in de-stabilizing Ira [...] | 2007-12-28 15:41:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN PREL MNUC PTER IR UK |
07LONDON4688 | (SBU) PAKISTAN: UK URGES ELECTIONS WITHOUT [...] (SBU) HMG "agrees completely" with the USG that Pakistan's elections should proceed on schedule if possible, and if not, the postponement should be to a specified new date, according to Laura Guy, Head of FCO's Pakistan Section. Responding to reftel, Guy said HMG is keen on "as much electio [...] | 2007-12-31 11:26:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM PTER PK UK |
07LONDON515 | TERRORIST FINANCE: HUMAN APPEAL INTERNATIONAL [...] (S/NF) Summary. Embassy London believes that HMG would object to a UN listing of the Human Appeal International (HAI) in its entirety unless we were able to provide it with specific information linking the UK branch to al Qaida or demonstrating that HAI-UK operated under the direction of HAI [...] | 2007-02-09 15:29:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL ECON |
07LONDON519 | TERRORISM FINANCE: REQUEST FOR POSTS ASSISTANCE IN [...] (S/NF) In response to reftel, Embassy contacted officials in the international organizations and counterterrorism policy departments at the Foreign Office to request feedback on the first tranche of terrorist facilitators and inciters designations. Both officials with whom we spoke commented that, [...] | 2007-02-09 16:22:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UK |
07LONDON52 | UK CONSIDERING BANK SADERAT OPTIONS [...] (S/NF) Summary: An HMG intra-agency group met with U.S. Treasury officials to review new "evidence" of illicit activities by Bank Saderat Iran and its London-based subsidiary, Bank Saderat PLC. HMG officials requested further information indicating the London subsidiary is controlled by the [...] | 2007-01-05 18:04:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER ETTC IR UK |
07LONDON6 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DOCKRAT PRENOTIFICATION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Embassy delivered reftel prenotification to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on December 22. On January 3, Rod Mackenna of the FCO's Counter Terrorism Policy Department notified us that the UK will support a UN 1267 designat [...] | 2007-01-03 15:17:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZU UK |
07LONDON640 | (C) AFGHANISTAN: UK WILL URGE ICELAND TO KEEP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-20 15:02:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL IC AF UK NATO |
07LONDON71 | TERRORIST FINANCE: REVIVAL OF ISLAMIC HERITAGE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Unless the U.S. has compelling information which either: a) demonstrates that the London branch of the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) is under the operational control of Kuwait-based headquarters or b) shows a clear linkage between the London branch and al-Qaida, we [...] | 2007-01-09 14:02:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN PTER PREL EFIN UK |
07LONDON788 | SURVEYING EU MEMBERS ON THEIR IRAN CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) The Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Iran Team Human Rights Leader, Stephen Hickey, described to Poloff several overlapping project areas, centering on media outreach, judicial reform and human rights, in which UK Government is supporting democratic reform in Iran. Hickey provided this [...] | 2007-03-01 14:15:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL EUN IR UK |
07LONDON798 | IRAQ MND-SE UPDATE: UK TO BE OUT OF BASRA PALACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The entire UK presence at Basra Palace, both military and civilian, will be transferred to Basra Air Station by August, UK MOD officials told Embassy London March  [...] | 2007-03-01 17:50:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MCAP IZ UK |
07LONDON809 | UK EXPECTATIONS FOR MARCH EU GAERC MEETING [...] (C) The UK Government expects Iran and Bosnia to be issues of focus at the March General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting. Martin Sherman, FCO's EU External Affairs head, provided Poloff on March 1 with a readout of UK expectations for the GAERC in response to ref non-p [...] | 2007-03-02 15:26:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN KPAL PGOV BK YI IS IR AF SU UZ UK |
07LUANDA104 | DAS CAROL THOMPSON MEETING ANGOLAN VICE FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 29, 2007, visiting AF DAS Carol Thompson received GRA thanks for the disaster relief assistance provided to Angola by the United States following the recent flooding and noted the positive contribution of the 2005 MEDFLAG Exercise. Thompson reiterated USG interest in [...] | 2007-02-02 11:04:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD EINT EAID TBIO AO |
07LUANDA1048 | ANGOLAN JOURNALIST IMPRISONED FOR DEFAMATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 3, Graca Campos, the outspoken director of the privately-owned weekly newspaper "Semanario Angolense," was sentenced to eight months in prison (two months more than the maximum legal sentence) and an unprecedented 250,000 USD fine following his conviction on defamatio [...] | 2007-10-15 16:02:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL AO |
07LUANDA1049 | ANGOLA REPORTS PROGRESS TOWARDS ELECTIONS IN 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: During a briefing for the Diplomatic Corps, Virgilio Fontes Pereira, the Minister of Territorial Administration and head of the Interdepartmental Committee on the Electoral Process (CIPE) suggested President Dos Santos would announce the date for parliamentary elections by early [...] | 2007-10-16 14:14:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AO |
07LUANDA110 | ANGOLA: DAS THOMPSON DISCUSSES POLITICS WITH MPLA [...] (SBU) Summary: MPLA Party Secretary Joana Lina told visiting DAS Carol Thompson that the MPLA is focusing its efforts in 2007 on the planned 2008 elections, including intense support of the nationwide voter registration campaign. It has developed a vision for Angola,s future, Angola 2025, an [...] | 2007-02-07 10:23:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM AO |
07LUANDA1116 | A PRODUCTIVE VISIT BY LULA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Brazilian President Luis Ignacio da Silva's high-profile state visit on October 17 and 18, 2007 resulted in seven new technical assistance accords, the doubling of Brazil's credit line to Angola (to USD 2.3 billion) and the announcement of a business deal to build a sugarcane-based [...] | 2007-10-30 16:12:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECIN ENRG |
07LUANDA1173 | SAMAKUVA KICKS OFF UNITA'S ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) Summary. On 14 November 2007, UNITA Party President Isaias Samakuva delivered a rousing, wide-ranging speech to kick off UNITA's 2008 electoral cycle. He reached out to those outside his own party, calling for regular elections, a major investment in education, civil service reform an [...] | 2007-11-23 06:25:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL AO |
07LUANDA1204 | FOREIGN MINISTER REITERATES ANGOLA'S DESIRE FOR A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During Amb. Mozena's December 3 presentation of copies of his credentials, Foreign Minister Miranda stressed Angola's desire for continued positive relations with the U.S., defined commercial/economic ties as the key element of the bilateral relationship, and expressed gratit [...] | 2007-12-04 06:21:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AO |
07LUANDA1208 | ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON ANGOLA'S PLAN FOR PEACE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 4, 2007 meeting with AFRICOM Commander General Ward, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Jorge Chicoti gave additional details about Angola's plan for peace and stability in the Eastern DRC. The plan calls for a small SADC task force in the region, SADC-sponsored and [...] | 2007-12-05 09:05:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS OTRA AO |
07LUANDA1221 | FIRST CREDIBLE REPORTS OF WIDESPREAD HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A December 5th, 2007 report from NGO Medecins San Frontieres is the first substantiated report of widespread human right abuses perpetrated by Angolan soldiers against expelled Congolese illegal immigrants in the diamond-rich region of Lunda Norte. The Embassy is actively engagi [...] | 2007-12-06 18:11:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AO |
07LUANDA1251 | ANGOLA STILL TRYING TO BE A PLAYER IN THE DRC [...] (U) Angola, which continues to seek a role in ending the conflict in the eastern DRC, this week engaged in a series of high-level meetings between Angolan and Congolese military officials. Congolese Military (FARDC) Chief of Staff Dieudonne Kayembe stressed the "special place" that Angola hol [...] | 2007-12-14 16:07:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS OTRA CG AO |
07LUANDA1269 | PRESSURE ON CNE AS ELECTORAL BALL DROPS IN ITS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GRA continued to set the stage for legislative elections in 2008 in a series of high-level meetings this week. At an extraordinary session of the GRA's senior consultative body, the Council of the Republic, on December 17th, the President dos Santos clarified the National Ele [...] | 2007-12-20 18:14:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AO |
07LUANDA127 | DAS CAROL THOMPSON VISIT TO CABINDA CHEVRON OIL [...] (SBU) Summary. During AF DAS Carol Thompson,s visit to Angola,s oil-rich exclave of Cabinda, she traveled to Chevron,s state of the art offshore deep water production and drilling platform and spoke at the launch of the USAID/Chevron-partnered Municipal Development Project, an innovative prog [...] | 2007-02-09 11:29:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EPET PARM AO |
07LUANDA1274 | ANGOLA: YET ANOTHER STEP CLOSER TO ELECTIONS [...] (U) On December 21, 2007 the Inter-ministerial Commission for the Electoral Process (CIPE) delivered the voter registration books to the National Electoral Commission (CNE),marking a major step towards the realization of Angola's first post-war elections beating its own December 31st deadline [...] | 2007-12-26 19:11:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM AO |
07LUANDA1275 | ANGOLA: PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES ELECTIONS FOR [...] (U) During his year-end speech to the nation on December 27th, 2007, President dos Santos announced legislative elections for September 5 and 6th, 2008. He stressed the elections should be conducted peacefully, with tolerance and respect for the opinions of others. Dos Santos said the legisl [...] | 2007-12-27 15:47:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM AO |
07LUANDA1281 | BRAZILIAN OIL WORKER KILLED IN CABINDA PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Armed bandits shot and killed an oil industry medic, a Brazilian national, in the restive northern region of Cabinda Province on December 26th, 2007. The incident occurred when the Brazilian and a team of Angolan workers were stopped by a group of seven armed men as they traveled from a [...] | 2007-12-31 12:58:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AO |
07LUANDA159 | ANGOLAN PRESIDENT DOS SANTOS VISITS EQUATORIAL [...] (U) Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos made an official two day visit to Equatorial Guinea on February 14 and 15, 2007, accompanied by his wife and a large governmental delegation. Dos Santos in his arrival speech emphasized South-South cooperation between the two countries and the imp [...] | 2007-02-15 17:29:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AO |
07LUANDA162 | ANGOLA - JANUARY POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- -- Angola,s Armed Forces to Help Stop Illegal Immigration -- Abel Chivukuvuku Will Run for UNITA President -- President Dos Santos Urges &Zero Tolerance8 Against Domestic Violence --------------------------------------------- --------- Angola,s Armed F [...] | 2007-02-16 12:14:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI EMIN AO |
07LUANDA166 | CAROL THOMPSON DISCUSSES ELECTIONS WITH THE [...] (SBU) Summary. During AF/DAS Carol Thompson,s visit to Angola, the Chairman of the National Election Commission was bullish on the success of the voter registration process while opposition leaders had reservations about elections in general. Opposition leaders thanked us for our support for [...] | 2007-02-21 10:56:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM AO |
07LUANDA288 | ANGOLA DENIES IT IS SENDING POLICE TO ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Angolan government has officially denied it is sending 3000 police militia to Zimbabwe. The denials come in response to a report originating on TalkZimbabwe.com following a visit by Angolan Interior Minister Roberto Leal Monteiro, &Ngongo8 to Zimbabwe, which has since been [...] | 2007-03-22 11:38:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI AO |
07LUANDA29 | ANGOLA: EX-FLEC SOLDIERS INCORPORATED INTO ANGOLAN ARMED [...] (U) Summary: On January 6, 2007 the GRA and the Cabindan Forum for Dialogue (FCD) announced the conclusion of the second phase of the peace process outlined in the Memorandum of Understanding for Peace and Reconciliation, which included the full disarmament and demobilization of the Front for t [...] | 2007-01-12 09:42:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PREF PTER AO |
07LUANDA31 | ANGOLA: POLL SHOWS SUPPORT FOR GOVERNMENT AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Angolans support the government's economic performance and plan to participate in elections, according to a recent International Republican Institute (IRI) poll. Poll results indicate a clear electoral advantage and public support for the ruling MPLA party, but also show possible [...] | 2007-01-16 14:26:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KWMN AO |
07LUANDA324 | Weapons of Mass Destruction Finance: Iran's DIO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-05 12:43:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP PARM KN IR |
07LUANDA330 | ANGOLA: FEBRUARY - MARCH POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- ---- PADEPA Activists Acquitted ---- FNLA Founder Retires ---- UNITA Loses Five Deputies, Commemorates Savimbi's Death ---- MPLA Parliamentarian Denounces Lack of Freedom of Expression ----MPLA President Accuses Party Dissidents of Spreading Lies PADEPA [...] | 2007-04-10 15:36:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL AO |
07LUANDA445 | ANGOLAN CANDIDACY TO THE U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (U) On May 3, 2007 Embassy Luanda received diplomatic note number 40/00.13, dated April 23, 2007, from the Angolan Ministry of External Relations requesting U.S. Government support for the Angolan candidacy to the U.N. Human Rights Council which will be voted on in May 2007. 2. (U) Informal [...] | 2007-05-08 14:42:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM AO |
07LUANDA463 | ANGOLA NOT LIKELY TO SUPPORT BELARUS [...] (U) Poloff delivered demarche on Belarus' candidacy to the UN Human Rights Council (reftel A) on May 10th, 2007 to Jacinto Rangel, Deputy Director of the Department of International Organizations in the Ministry of Foreign Relations. Rangel thanked us for our points and confirmed that the Fre [...] | 2007-05-11 10:22:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNHRC PHUM AO |
07LUANDA475 | GULF OF GUINEA COMMISSION OPENS ITS OFFICE IN [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Luanda Charge visited the Gulf of Guinea Commission,s new headquarters in Luanda and met with Secretary General Carlos Gomes and staff to welcome Gomes to SIPDIS Luanda and convey USG willingness to cooperate with the Commission. Having only recently taken possession o [...] | 2007-05-15 12:47:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PHSA AO |
07LUANDA476 | ANGOLA - APRIL POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- ---- Angola Funds the Gulf of Guinea Commission ---- Supreme Court President Calls for More Judges ---- New Angolan Naval and Air Force Chiefs --------------------------------------------- ---- Angola Provides the Budget for the Gulf of Guinea Commission -------- [...] | 2007-05-15 15:25:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL AO |
07LUANDA519 | ANGOLA: AGING ARSENAL THREATENS CIVILIANS [...] (C) Summary: Recent visits to Angolan Air Force ammunition storage facilities found inadequate storage practices for the vast remnants of its Soviet-era arsenal. The Angolan military's limited stockpile destruction capacity has prompted them to turn to NGOs such as HALO Trust for assistance. [...] | 2007-05-24 11:08:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PREL KHDP PINR AO |
07LUANDA56 | SCENESETTER FOR DAS CAROL THOMPSON'S VISIT TO [...] (C) DAS Thompson, I want to warmly welcome you to Angola. Your visit follows the highly successful 2006 visits of General Ward, A/S Lowenkron and then-PDAS Pittman. Your visit, which will be followed by the February ship visit of the USS Kaufmann, starts 2007 positively towards the USG goal o [...] | 2007-01-22 11:45:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID PHUM AO |
07LUANDA57 | NO TROOPS FOR SOMALIA, DOOR OPEN FOR OTHER AID [...] (SBU) President Eduardo dos Santos and Foreign Minister Joao Bernardo de Miranda publicly rejected the possibility of Angolan military support for the Somali peacekeeping force following a meeting of the Council of Ministers on January 19, 2007. President dos Santos stated that Angolan milita [...] | 2007-01-22 13:12:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI SO AO |
07LUANDA624 | ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT WARMLY RECEIVES A/S FRAZER [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with GRA officials A/S Jendayi Frazer reinforced the US-Angola bilateral relationship, generating much goodwill and amplifying the USG message that we want to develop a strong partnership with Angola, one based on mutual respect, democracy, and good economic governance [...] | 2007-06-21 14:01:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN OVIP AO |
07LUANDA625 | ANGOLA: GRA EXTENDS VOTER REGISTRATION PERIOD [...] (U) Summary: Citing the logistical difficulties caused by the country's war ravaged infrastructure and an unusually heavy rainy season, the Council of Ministers extended the voter registration period from June 15th to September 15, 2007. Government spokesmen repeatedly stated that the extensio [...] | 2007-06-21 14:52:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AO |
07LUANDA650 | ANGOLA CHAIRS SOUTH ATLANTIC PEACE ZONE [...] (C) Summary. Angola hosted the sixth Ministerial Conference of the South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone from June 18-19, 2007 in Luanda, and now chairs the organization. The main outcome of the conference was approval of the Luanda Action Plan (LAP),an extremely broad paper calling for [...] | 2007-06-27 16:06:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AO |
07LUANDA67 | ANGOLA: FLOODING KILLS 46, POOR SANITATION [...] (U) Summary: At least 46 people are dead and 22 missing following heavy rains and flooding in Luanda Province on January 22, 2007. Preliminary reports show severe flooding and damage in several municipalities, but no large-scale loss of life. However, several bridges either collapsed or were [...] | 2007-01-24 12:38:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TBIO CASC EAID AO |
07LUANDA692 | EMBASSY LUANDA DESTROYS "MILLIONTH WEAPON" [...] (U) Summary: Angolan police, government officials, military and representatives from the diplomatic and NGO communities applauded as Embassy Luanda,s Charge d, Affaires and an Angolan Armed Forces General destroyed the symbolic "Millionth Weapon" during Embassy Luanda,s commemoration of Intern [...] | 2007-07-10 16:44:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PARM KHDP AO |
07LUANDA723 | EX-INTELLIGENCE CHIEF MIALA ARRESTED - REVENGE [...] (C) Summary. On Friday, July 13 2007, Fernando Miala, the former head of Angola,s foreign intelligence service, was arrested on a charge of insubordination: refusing an order to attend his own demotion ceremony. Miala was removed from office in February 2006 for allegedly plotting to overthr [...] | 2007-07-17 17:10:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR AO |
07LUANDA746 | ANGOLA THANKS US FOR SUPPORT TO THE UN HUMAN [...] (SBU) Angola,s election to the UN Human Rights Council has proven to be a source of pride to the GRA as well as playing extensively in the Angolan press. More importantly it may provide some catalyst for Angola,s ratification of some core human rights conventions and has spurred the GRA to in [...] | 2007-07-19 11:38:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UN AO |
07LUANDA783 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRESSING FOR UNIVERSAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-31 21:19:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL |
07LUANDA784 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROMOTION OF STANDING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-31 21:19:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC AO |
07LUANDA846 | ANGOLA: FNLA FOUNDER LAID TO REST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following an official state ceremony in Luanda, FNLA founder Holden Roberto was buried in his native Zaire Province on August 8th, 2007. Despite mutterings that the GRA had deliberately kept him in poverty, the GRA pulled out all the stops for an elaborate funeral for Roberto. [...] | 2007-08-15 16:30:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AO |
07LUANDA847 | ANGOLA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) SUMMARY -- Supreme Court Proscribes 19 Political Parties -- Ministries Improve Documentation of Children -- Sixty Cuban Doctors Arrive In Luanda -- Angola Reestablishes Relations With Togo -- Angola and North Korea Re-affirm Military Cooperation -- MPLA Parliamentarian Criticize [...] | 2007-08-16 07:01:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL AO |
07LUANDA871 | UNITA LEADER WANTS PRESSURE FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNITA President Isaias Samakuva and CDA Francisco Fernandez discussed elections and party politics in an August 20th meeting. Samakuva expressed concern over the GRA's lack of urgency regarding elections and asked that the USG strongly "encourage" the GRA to set a date for electio [...] | 2007-08-22 14:18:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL AO |
07LUANDA873 | UNITA LEADER WANTS PRESSURE FOR ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-22 15:58:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL AO |
07LUANDA908 | ANGOLA - AUGUST POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- - OPEC Secretary General Visits Angola - Energy and Economic Development Conference Held in Luanda - Angola Welcomes Vietnamese Doctors and Teachers - Angola Hosts and Wins African Basketball Championship OPEC Secretary General Visits Angola --------------- [...] | 2007-09-04 16:42:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG SENV KOLY AO |
07LUANDA972 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: U.S. CANDIDACY FOR ICAO COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-18 16:40:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR AORC ICAO AO PREL |
07LUANDA988 | DOES THE MIALA CASE MATTER? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The rise and meteoric downfall of former presidental advisor Fernando Miala offers a rare glimpse into the high-level political machinations and competitive struggles related to succession politics in Angola. The ousting of Miala reveals President Dos Santos' undiminished appetit [...] | 2007-09-25 16:13:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AO |
07LUSAKA1019 | PRESIDENT SIGNS NATIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary. President Mwanawasa signed the government-sponsored National Constitutional Conference (NCC) bill on August 31. The bill calls for a nationally-representative Constitutional Conference to either draft a new constitution or suggest amendments to the current one. The Oasis Forum, [...] | 2007-09-06 14:43:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZA |
07LUSAKA1239 | ZAMBIA WILL SUPPORT ARGENTINA AT INTERPOL GENERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-02 10:16:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL PTER IR ZA |
07LUSAKA275 | ZAMBIA: STATUS OF UNDEF PROGRAMS [...] Per reftel, Post requested the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Zambia to provide information on the status of the UNDEF-funded constitutional reform project, which is being implemented by the UNDP. UNDP advised that the project document is currently being finalized. Once the docu [...] | 2007-03-09 09:06:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL UN NGO OIIP ZA |
07LUSAKA340 | ZAMBIA: EXTENSION OF OCCUPIED TERRITORIES MANDATE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-21 14:33:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | UNHRC PREL PHUM ZA |
07LUSAKA510 | OASIS FORUM REIGNITES CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM DEBATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Zambia's civil-society umbrella group, the Oasis Forum, recently declared a "constitutional struggle" and introduced a 10-step, 71-week, "roadmap" to a new constitution for Zambia. In a letter that was published in the media, President Mwanawasa provided a legal explanation of [...] | 2007-04-27 09:13:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ZA |
07LUSAKA904 | ZAMBIA - DEMARCHE FOR U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IOM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-09 10:36:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL ZA |
07LUSAKA981 | ZAMBIAN MILITARY SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES FIRST [...] (U) On August 24, at a military training facility outside of Kafue (just south of Lusaka),560 participants in the first Zambian iteration of African Contingency Operations and Training Assistance (ACOTA) program peacekeeper training officially completed their course. In opening speeches at a [...] | 2007-08-28 14:48:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR ASEC ZA |
07LUSAKA983 | COMESA LEADERS SHARE VIEWS ON THE SADC SUMMIT, [...] (C) Summary. On August 28, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Secretariat leaders shared their views with Ambassador Martinez on the challenges of overlapping customs unions, expressed skepticism regarding SADC's "economic rescue plan" for Zimbabwe, and suggested that Muga [...] | 2007-08-29 14:04:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | OTRA PREL SADC ZA |
07LUXEMBOURG110 | LUXEMBOURG PRESSED TO REIN IN ITS FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Following up to ref A, Embassy translated and sent to EUR/UBI the text of a statement by Foreign Minister Asselborn made March 13 before the Chamber of Deputies explaining his public comments crticizing the planned European missile defense system (MDS)(ref B). Embassy believes that the st [...] | 2007-03-15 16:34:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL NATO MARR PL EZ RU LU |
07LUXEMBOURG12 | AMBASSADOR WAGNER PRESSES AFGHANISTAN AND MIDDLE [...] (C) On January 8, Ambassador Wagner met with Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn. She outlined four priorities for the USG in the Middle East: success in Iraq; the MEPP; stability in Lebanon; and Iran. She noted that the U.S. would vigorously support creation of an independent Palest [...] | 2007-01-09 07:14:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PREL LU |
07LUXEMBOURG122 | LUXEMBOURG ON TRACK TO SIGN U.S.-EU AIR TRANSPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-04 13:20:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAIR PREL EU LU |
07LUXEMBOURG127 | RESPONSE TO REFTEL REQUESTING RESETTLEMENT OF TWO [...] (SBU) Acting Pol/Econ chief delivered demarche points contained reftel A and B to the MFA Transatlantic Affairs Officer. There was no immediate response. 2. (C) COMMENT: We assess that we will not receive any response from the GOL until 17 April at the earliest because of the ongoing dis [...] | 2007-04-06 12:32:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PTER PREL PHUM LU |
07LUXEMBOURG154 | LUXEMBOURG ON NEW WAY FORWARD IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 12:58:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER LU |
07LUXEMBOURG155 | EIB: NO MANDATE TO LEND IN IRAQ AT THIS TIME [...] (U) Subsequent to Ref B, Post received a letter from EIB President Philippe Maystadt indicating that "the European Council has not conferred an official mandate to the EIB to operate in Iraq and for this reason we will therefore not be represented at the forthcoming Ministerial meeting." 2. [...] | 2007-04-27 13:00:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN EG EU IAEA PGOV PREL LU |
07LUXEMBOURG156 | LUXEMBOURG REPRESENTATION AT THE COALITION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 13:55:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER LU |
07LUXEMBOURG162 | AMBASSADOR WAGNER'S MEETING WITH FM ASSELBORN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wagner met privately with Foreign Minister Asselborn April 28 to press home the U.S. government's deep concerns about the unhelpful remarks he has made about missile defense. Asselborn defended his comments by stating that he was merely saying "what other people were [...] | 2007-05-03 16:33:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LU |
07LUXEMBOURG170 | LUXEMBOURG CONCERNED ABOUT CUBA'S LACK OF PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Luxembourg is concerned about the EU's lack of progress with Cuba on the subject of human rights but still favors an "open, constructive and comprehensive dialogue" with Cuba. In the past, Luxembourg has played a constructive role within the EU in finding compromises but it does [...] | 2007-05-08 10:19:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM CU LU EU |
07LUXEMBOURG187 | LUXEMBOURG ON EXPORT CREDITS TO IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-18 14:21:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL FIN MNUC EXIM OECD UNSC IR LU |
07LUXEMBOURG204 | PUTIN VISITS JUNCKER LOOKING FOR FRIENDS IN OLD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded a one-day, first-ever state visit by a Russian or Soviet leader to Luxembourg on 24 May. The visit encompassed several dimensions but focused heavily on EU-Russia relations with the majority of the 9-hour visit being taken up by meeti [...] | 2007-05-25 19:48:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EINV LU EU NATO RU |
07LUXEMBOURG213 | SHIELD S04C-07: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO LUXEMBOURG [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-31 15:08:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR LU |
07LUXEMBOURG214 | LUXEMBOURG AGREES WITH US ON INTERPRETATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-31 15:24:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC LU |
07LUXEMBOURG215 | LUXEMBOURG SUPPORTS CM BAN, BUT WILL NOT ALLOW IT [...] (C) Acting Pol/Econ Chief discussed points contained reftel with Michel Leesch, MFA Desk Officer for Political-Military & Non-Proliferation Affairs on 29 May. Leesch said that Luxembourg had a mandate from Parliament to negotiate an international instrument which would ban cluster munitions an [...] | 2007-05-31 15:26:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PARM PREL LU |
07LUXEMBOURG222 | LUXEMBOURG TO CHAIR EXTRAORDINARY CFE TREATY [...] (C) Pol/Econ officer discussed points contained reftel as well as the point-by-point response to Russian concerns with the Luxembourg MFA. The MFA was particularly appreciative of the information as Luxembourg was notified last week by the Netherlands that Luxembourg would be chairing this ex [...] | 2007-06-05 15:55:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL LU RU |
07LUXEMBOURG223 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: AUSTRALIA GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-05 15:55:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CBW LU |
07LUXEMBOURG224 | LUXEMBOURG STRONGLY FAVORABLE TO OPEN-END MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-05 15:57:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC IR LU PREL |
07LUXEMBOURG225 | LUXEMBOURG TO JOIN GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (C) The MFA informed us on 29 May that Luxembourg had tentatively agreed to join the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terror (reftel). The MFA had prepared a briefing paper making this recommendation which the FM was going to present to a Government Cabinet meeting "in the near future." W [...] | 2007-06-05 15:59:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KNNP MCAP PREL PARM LU |
07LUXEMBOURG24 | LUXEMBOURG ON IRAN CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel information on U.S. democratization initiatives for Iran to Luxembourg's Cooperation and Development Director Marc Bichler January 16. Bichler welcomed the information and confirmed that Luxembourg has no programs of any type in Iran. 2. (U) As a matter of national [...] | 2007-01-16 15:35:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IR EUN LU |
07LUXEMBOURG280 | LUXEMBOURG UNABLE TO PROVIDE AMMUNITION FOR LAF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-06 16:04:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL NATO LU LE |
07LUXEMBOURG306 | LUXEMBOURG JOINS GLOBAL EFFORT TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-23 11:32:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC IR LU PREL |
07LUXEMBOURG322 | LUXEMOURG FOREIGN MINISTER AND POLITICAL DIRECTOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-02 11:04:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA LU |
07LUXEMBOURG330 | LUXEMBOURG CABINET AGREES TO SUPPORT THE MUSLIM RELIGION [...] Summary: On July 6, the Government of Luxembourg (GOL) approved a draft law officially supporting the Muslim community. The law, in the form of a "convention," will provide Islam with equal status with other "convention" religions and will provide GOL payment for the salaries and pensions fo [...] | 2007-08-06 13:11:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL LU |
07LUXEMBOURG35 | LUXEMBOURG ARMY WANTS TO CREATE UNITS FOR [...] The Government of Luxembourg will soon ask its parliament to approve reforms that will make it easier for troops to serve in NATO and EU missions outside the Grand Duchy. Minister of Defense Jean-Louis Schiltz outlined the proposal at a January 17 swearing-in ceremony for 39 new enlistees. Th [...] | 2007-01-19 15:26:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PGOV PREL LU |
07LUXEMBOURG354 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SAUDI FIVE PRE-NOTIFICATION [...] (C) Econoff delivered points and names contained reftel to the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) on 29 August 2007. There was no immediate comment from the MFA. The FIU informed Post on 30 August that "it would take the necessary actions in due time. [...] | 2007-08-30 15:26:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN PTER ETTC PREL KTFN LU |
07LUXEMBOURG356 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TRAVEL BAN ON SYRIAN ACTIVIST [...] (SBU) On 29 August 2007 Pol/Econ officer delivered points contained reftel to the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs along with the Department's 15 August public statement. The MFA was unaware of the situation (NOTE: Our contacts who normally handle EU Affairs and Middle Eastern portfolio [...] | 2007-08-31 15:39:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PHUM PREL LU SY |
07LUXEMBOURG367 | LUXEMBOURG WILL SEEK COMMON EU POSITION RE: IAEA [...] (C) Pol/Econ officer delivered points contained reftel to the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on 29 August. Our contact at the MFA took note of the U.S. position regarding an Israel-specific agenda item and told us that this was exactly the sort of topic on which Luxembourg belie [...] | 2007-09-07 15:16:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL LU |
07LUXEMBOURG398 | LUXEMBOURG'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) The Ministry of Defense recently provided the Embassy with updated facts and figures concerning Luxembourg's total contributions to Afghanistan's security and development. The information included military as well as developmental assistance. 2. (U) Regarding military assistance, sin [...] | 2007-10-01 13:39:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PREL PGOV MOPS MARR LU AF |
07LUXEMBOURG403 | LUXEMBOURG CONDEMNS BURMESE REGIME'S ACTIONS [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ officer delivered points contained reftel on 1 October to Yasuko Muller, MFA Director for Asian Affairs. Muller responded on 3 October by thanking us for our points and pointing out to us Luxembourg's interventions in the UNHRC on 2 October. She said that EU thinking about fut [...] | 2007-10-03 13:57:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL UN BM LU |
07LUXEMBOURG42 | LUXEMBOURG URGED TO INCREASE ITS SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Ambassador Wagner met with Defense Minister Jean-Louis Schiltz January 23 to encourage increased Luxembourg support for Afghanistan. Offering the Minister an overview of U.S. policy in the Middle East including Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, and the Middle East Peace Plan (MEPP),the Ambassa [...] | 2007-01-24 16:11:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF LU |
07LUXEMBOURG431 | DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-25 14:26:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN LU |
07LUXEMBOURG432 | LUXEMBOURG TO SUPPORT US CANDIDACY FOR UNESCO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-25 14:54:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO AORC PGOV PREL LU |
07LUXEMBOURG454 | LUXEMBOURG: DEMARCHE DELIVERED AND IDENTIFICATION [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ officer delivered points contained reftel to Claude Faber, MFA desk officer for security and defense affairs. Faber had no immediate comment but promised to provide Post with the appropriate contact information for Luxembourg's GI POC after internal GOL consultations have ident [...] | 2007-11-07 15:13:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGIC PARM PREL PTER LU |
07LUXEMBOURG457 | LUXEMBOURG NOT ATTENDING COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-13 13:22:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA |
07LUXEMBOURG459 | LUXEMBOURG EXTENDS ISAF AND KFOR MANDATES AND WILL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-14 11:58:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS MARR PREL NATO EU PINS AG KV LU |
07LUXEMBOURG465 | TREASURY OFFICIALS MEET WITH GOL AND CLEARSTREAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 8 November 2007, the U.S. Department of Treasury held consultations in Luxembourg with the Government of Luxembourg (GOL) and private sector as part of ongoing USG outreach highlighting the danger of doing business with Iran. The Treasury delegation met with senior Ministry of [...] | 2007-11-16 14:50:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | TTFN EFIN PARM MNUC PREL KCRM ECON LU IR |
07LUXEMBOURG476 | LUXEMBOURG POC FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] Per Reftel A, the GOL's POC for the Global Initiative is Mr. Claude Faber from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His back-up is Ms. Tessy Seidenthal. Mr. Faber and Ms. Seidenthal's contact information can be found below. Name - Mr. Claude Faber Title - Senior Desk Officer for Security, Defe [...] | 2007-12-03 15:29:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL IAEA KGIC LU |
07LUXEMBOURG482 | LUXEMBOURG FM TO ATTEND PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-07 13:25:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL PREL PGOV IS LU AMGT |
07LUXEMBOURG483 | LUXEMBOURG: NO STATEMENTS ON LEBANESE ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Pol/econ officer delivered points contained reftel to Jean-Louis Thill, MFA Coordinator for Near and Middle-Eastern Affairs on 7 December. Thill thanked Pol/econ officer for the information but responded that despite FM Jean Asselborn's personal interest in Lebanon, there were no statem [...] | 2007-12-07 13:30:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL PGOV LE LU |
07LUXEMBOURG489 | LUXEMBOURG'S NEW MFA SECRETARY-GENERAL ON IRAN [...] (C) Ambassador received new MFA Secretary-General Paul Duhr for a courtesy call on 12 December and delivered reftel points on Iran and our recent NIE. Duhr commented that EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana, a noted physicist, had briefed EU members on the latest intelligence on Iran, and [...] | 2007-12-12 16:11:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC IR PARM PREL LU |
07LUXEMBOURG490 | LUXEMBOURG'S NEW MFA SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES [...] (C) Ambassador received new MFA Secretary-General Paul Duhr on 12 December and delivered points on Kosovo contained in reftel. Without directly addressing the intransigence of any individual member states, Duhr speculated that the EU would eventually release a statement on its position on a [...] | 2007-12-12 16:19:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI LU |
07LUXEMBOURG491 | LUXEMBOURG: OSLO PROCESS WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and DCM discussed points contained Ref A with Paul Duhr, Secretary General of the Luxembourg MFA on 12 December. Duhr made it clear that he understood the U.S.' position on the Oslo Process and cluster munitions and assured the Ambassador that whatever the outcome of [...] | 2007-12-13 13:18:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL NATO NAMSA LU |
07LUXEMBOURG494 | LUXEMBOURG APPROVES COMPREHENSIVE MILITARY REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Luxembourg Parliament passed a long-anticipated military reform package on 19 December 2007 without objection. Key provisions include the creation of "Available Operational Units" (or UDO in French) which are available for service abroad, expanding the size of the army by nea [...] | 2007-12-20 15:49:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV NATO MOPS PREL EU LU |
07LUXEMBOURG68 | LUXEMBOURG PREVIEWS UPCOMING GAERC [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche points February 9 to MFA Deputy Political Director Stephan Muller. He previewed the GAERC agenda and provided the following comments. ------ Kosovo ------ 2. (C) Discussion on the status of Kososvo will be the most important issue addressed by the min [...] | 2007-02-09 16:40:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EUN LU |
07LUXEMBOURG72 | DEMARCHE FOR MIDDLE RING SECURITY SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-13 16:20:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN IZ LU |
07LUXEMBOURG73 | DEMARCHE ON FREEZING ASSETS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-14 12:17:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP EFIN ETTC IR LU |
07LUXEMBOURG79 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN THREATS [...] (SBU) Acting Pol/Econ chief delivered reftel demarche February 22 to Veronique Dockendorf, MFA senior transatlantic affairs officer and Mike Hentges, the Prime Minister's diplomatic advisor. Neither had any immediate comment, but both undertook to present the demarche at the earliest opportun [...] | 2007-02-23 10:06:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV LU RS |
07LUXEMBOURG86 | LUXEMBOURG TO MAKE ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-01 12:48:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UN IZ LU |
07LUXEMBOURG91 | LUXEMBOURG ON MARCH GAERC: MOSTLY PREP FOR COUNCIL [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to Deputy MFA Political Director Stephan Muller, Luxembourg does not have high expectations for the 5-6 March GAERC meetings in terms of outcomes. Rather, Luxembourg expects the focus of the meeting to be preparing for the European Council meetings on 8-9 March. Luxembo [...] | 2007-03-03 08:38:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN ENRG LU SU UZ |
07MADRID1000 | SPAIN/COUSO CASE: JUDGE REJECTS CHIEF PROSECUTOR'S [...] (SBU) On May 24 Spanish investigative magistrate Judge Santiago Pedraz rejected the appeal of National Court Chief Prosecutor Javier Zaragoza to drop the charges against three U.S. servicemen accused of killing Spanish television cameraman Jose Couso during a firefight in Baghdad in April 200 [...] | 2007-05-24 16:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR SP |
07MADRID1001 | MFA DEMARCHES ON ODYSSEY'S NEW SHIPWRECK FIND [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Summary. A recent discovery by Odyssey Marine Exploration company of an unidentified shipwreck, currently referred to as the "Black Swan", has created some controversy in the Spanish press and in GoS days before the local elections. [...] | 2007-05-24 17:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SP PREL EWWT SCUL PHSA |
07MADRID1002 | SPANISH REGIONAL ELECTIONS UNLIKELY TO RADICALLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Spanish voters head to the polls on May 27 to elect governments in most of Spain's 17 autonomous communities and in all of its city and town councils, in the first important electoral battle between the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) and the Popular Party (PP) since the [...] | 2007-05-24 17:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SP |
07MADRID101 | SPAIN/COUSO CASE: MEETING WITH CHIEF PROSECUTOR [...] (SBU) Embassy officials from Legat, the Consular Section, and the Political Section met with National Court Chief Prosecutor Javier Zaragoza on 1/18 to review developments in the Spanish court case charging three U.S. servicemen with murder and war crimes in the April 2003 death of Spanish cam [...] | 2007-01-18 17:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR SP |
07MADRID1021 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S JUNE 1 VISIT TO [...] (C) Dear Secretary Rice: I welcome you to Spain on behalf of our 367 American and Spanish colleagues serving the United States at Mission Spain. Your visit is a milestone in our work, together with you, to overcome the differences over Iraq with the Spanish government and convince them that further [...] | 2007-05-25 11:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | OTRA PREL SP |
07MADRID1030 | MEGAPORTS INITIATIVE: WORKING OUT THE KINKS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Megaports program to scan for nuclear or radiological materials in shipping containers was implemented March 2006 in Algeciras with respect to scanning import and export traffic. During meetings May 18, USG and host nation officials agreed on a plan to implement the transshi [...] | 2007-05-25 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EWWT ENRG PARM PREL SP |
07MADRID1035 | SPAIN ON SYRIA REFERENDUM [...] (C) Poloff contacted MFA Subdirector General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay on 5/25 to relay reftel points, urging Ucelay to issue a statement calling attention to Syria's sham May 27 Presidential Referendum. Ucelay, who had returned that day from Lebanon, acknowledged that Spain did not [...] | 2007-05-29 13:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL SY SP |
07MADRID1036 | UPDATE FOR SECRETARY'S VISIT TO MADRID - BOTH [...] (C) You are arriving in Spain just after the May 27 regional and local elections, the results of which have provided a mixed bag allowing each of Spain's main political parties to claim victory. The elections did not radically alter Spain's political map, but Mariano Rajoy's Popular Party (PP [...] | 2007-05-29 15:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP |
07MADRID104 | SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF JANUARY 22 GAERC [...] (S) SUMMARY: Emboff discussed Spanish views in advance of the January 22 GAERC meeting with Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA Subdirector General for the EU, on January 18. Fernandez-Arias highlighted the following areas of special Spanish interest. The EU expects to issue a communique either fr [...] | 2007-01-19 11:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID1074 | TERRORISM FINANCE: SPAIN'S RESPONSE ON MAHAMEDOU [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-04 15:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER SP EUN PREL |
07MADRID1099 | SPAIN ON RUSSIAN CFE CONCERNS AND MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Poloff met with Spanish Deputy DG for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Ignacio Sanchez June 6 to discuss the need for a united response to Russia's concerns on the CFE treaty. Sanchez said that neither he nor Deputy DG for International Security Affairs Pablo Gutierrez-Segu would be able [...] | 2007-06-06 16:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL SP |
07MADRID1107 | SPAIN/ETA: RUPTURE OF ETA CEASEFIRE BECOMES [...] (SBU) Even as Spain braces for a new round of attacks in the wake of the Basque terrorist group ETA's June 6 decision to break its 15-month ceasefire (REFTEL A),Spanish government officials and opposition leaders have traded barbs and blamed each other for the breakdown in the peace process. [...] | 2007-06-08 09:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL |
07MADRID1113 | SPAIN: EMBASSY REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Please see Action Request in paragraph six. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A $1.2 billion frigate construction program involving Spain, Norway, and Lockheed Martin has been on hold for months because of a technical disagreement between Spanish MOD and USG regarding a signature on an export control [...] | 2007-06-08 16:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC SP |
07MADRID1114 | SPAIN: FOLLOW-UP ON DEMARCHE CONCERNING SPANISH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-11 07:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR AU SP |
07MADRID112 | UPDATE ON SPANISH DETENTION OF ARGENTINE [...] (U) Following the arrest in Spain of accused Argentine death squad leader Rodolfo Almiron on December 28 (ref A),Spanish police briefly detained Argentine ex-president Maria Estela Martinez (aka Isabelita Peron) on January 12. The police acted on a warrant issued by Argentine magistrate Raul [...] | 2007-01-19 16:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SP AR |
07MADRID1144 | SPANISH POLDIR ON CFE, CUBA, ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM met with Spanish MFA Political Director Rafael Dezcallar June 7 to discuss the need for unity at next week's extraordinary CFE Treaty conference in Vienna. Dezcallar reiterated Spain's strong commitment to NATO and expressed concern at the tone of Putin's recent rhetori [...] | 2007-06-11 15:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KCFE CU SP OSCE |
07MADRID1150 | SPAIN/TIP REPORT: GOS PLEASED WITH ITS 2007 [...] (SBU) Polcouns and Poloff delivered reftel demarche on June 11 to officials in Spain's Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At the Ministry of Interior, Emboffs met with Angel Melchor Celada and Maria del Puy Zaton, senior advisors in the MOI section dealing with TIP and the [...] | 2007-06-12 07:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG ELAB SP |
07MADRID116 | SENIOR SPANISH OPPOSITION OFFICIAL REITERATES [...] (C) Summary. The DCM on January 16 met with Angel Acebes, Secretary General of the opposition Popular Party (PP) and SIPDIS Minister of Interior under former President Aznar. The meeting covered a myriad of foreign policy issues. Acebes reiterated his party's strong disagreement with the anti-terr [...] | 2007-01-22 12:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP |
07MADRID1171 | VISIT TO SPAIN OF SYRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Syrian Foreign Minister Walid-al-Mu'allim visited Madrid June 7 for a meeting with FM Miguel Angel Moratinos. An MFA press release issued prior to the meeting indicated the discussions would focus on the Arab League peace initiative, efforts to reduce tensions in Lebanon, and international [...] | 2007-06-14 08:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY SP |
07MADRID1178 | SPAIN ON SCO DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-15 07:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS NATO SP AF |
07MADRID1179 | SPAIN/CUBA: LIBERTAD ACT, TITLE III [...] (C) Spain is believed to be the largest foreign investor in Cuba, though Spanish companies avoid publishing precise data out of concern that such information will be used to further U.S. enforcement actions under the Libertad Act. Cuba is the third-largest market for Spain in Latin America, after M [...] | 2007-06-15 07:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP CU |
07MADRID1198 | SPANISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF JUNE 18 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Spanish Deputy Political Director Carlos Fernandez-Arias said he expected that Cuba would view with skepticism Spain's inability to change the EU Common Position and eliminate the restrictive measures, but the Cubans might still welcome the chance to open dialogue with the EU. Sp [...] | 2007-06-19 01:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN SP |
07MADRID1202 | SPAIN: DEFENSE POLDIR ON AFGHANISTAN, MANAS, [...] (S) SUMMARY: MOD Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta told Charge on June 18 that last week's NATO Defense Ministerial was "lively" and brought progress on the NATO Response Force (NRF),missile defense, and Afghanistan. Cuesta said that Spanish military training teams (OMLTs) sh [...] | 2007-06-19 10:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS AF |
07MADRID121 | SPAIN NOT ACTIVE ON IRAN CIVIL SOCIETY AND [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and discussed Spain's human rights and democracy promotion programs with Spanish MFA Subdirector General for Human Rights Fernando Fernandez-Arias on January 22. Fernandez-Arias thanked Poloff for the information on USG programs in Iran and promised to s [...] | 2007-01-23 11:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IR SP |
07MADRID1251 | SPAIN: DEFENSE POLDIR ON AFGHANISTAN, MANAS, [...] (S) SUMMARY: MOD Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta told Charge on June 18 that last week's NATO Defense Ministerial was "lively" and brought progress on the NATO Response Force (NRF),missile defense, and Afghanistan. Cuesta said that Spanish military training teams (OMLTs) sh [...] | 2007-06-22 15:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS AF LE |
07MADRID1254 | SPAIN'S RESPONSE ON ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-25 10:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP KN EUN IR PARM |
07MADRID1256 | SPAIN/VENEZUELA: PRESSING MFA ON NAVAL SHIP SALE [...] (C) USCIS Director Emilio Gonzalez met with MFA Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Bernardino Leon June 21 to compare notes the major immigration issues affecting both countries. In the context of Leon's discussion of increased migration to Spain through West Africa, the DCM suggested tha [...] | 2007-06-25 11:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR VZ SP |
07MADRID1265 | SPANISH SOLDIERS KILLED IN LEBANON; GOS AND MAJOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. On June 24, a car bomb attack killed six and wounded two Spanish soldiers serving in the UNIFIL mission in southern Lebanon. Spain has 1100 troops in UNIFIL and leads a multi-national brigade. Hizballah condemned the attack. Suspicion for the attack centers on Fatah al Islam, li [...] | 2007-06-26 13:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS SP LE IR |
07MADRID1272 | SPAIN/CT: THREE ALLEGED MEMBERS OF AL-QAEDA IN THE [...] (SBU) The Spanish National Police on June 26 arrested three young Moroccans in Barcelona suspected of having links to the terrorist group Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Press reports suggest that their objective was to recruit and indoctrinate young Muslim extremists and facilitate t [...] | 2007-06-28 10:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID1275 | BRITISH AMBASSADOR TALKS ABOUT ODYSSEY [...] (C) In a June 26 courtesy call, newly arrived British Ambassador to Spain Denise Holt (strictly protect) told the Ambassador that tensions with Spain over Odyssey were continuing to pose an unnecessary threat on the two countries' bilateral relationship. Holt stated for the record that the Br [...] | 2007-06-28 15:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON SP PREL EWWT SCUL PHSA PBTS |
07MADRID1276 | SPAIN/UNIFIL: POLITICAL AFTERMATH OF CAR BOMB [...] (C) SUMMARY. After allowing 48 hours of respectful calm in which to bury the victims, President Zapatero and opposition Popular Party (PP) leader Mariano Rajoy pummeled each other in Parliament over responsibility for the car bomb deaths of six Spanish soldiers serving under UNIFIL in Lebanon [...] | 2007-06-28 15:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SP LE AF |
07MADRID1281 | BRITISH AMBASSADOR TALKS ABOUT ODYSSEY [...] (C) In a June 26 courtesy call, newly arrived British Ambassador to Spain Denise Holt (strictly protect) told the Ambassador that tensions with Spain over Odyssey were continuing to pose an unnecessary threat on the two countries' bilateral relationship. Holt stated for the record that the Br [...] | 2007-06-28 16:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON SP PREL EWWT SCUL PHSA PBTS |
07MADRID1285 | WHEN WILL ODYSSEY SHIPS SAIL OUT? [...] (C) Odyssey Marine Exploration representatives Marie Rogers and Ali Nasser requested a meeting with EconOff June 26 to informally update the Embassy on the American company's plans to sail out from Gibraltar. Despite assurances that the Spanish would indeed attempt to execute the warrant against Od [...] | 2007-07-02 07:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON SP PREL EWWT SCUL PHSA PBTS |
07MADRID1287 | SPAIN: FORMER PRESIDENT AZNAR ON SPANISH POLITICS, [...] (C) Summary. Former Spanish President Jose Maria Aznar told the Ambassador on June 28 that he viewed with great concern the "malignant affect" that the Zapatero government's policies were having on Spain, and he was dismayed to see the Spanish nation slowly eroding as more power continued to devolv [...] | 2007-07-02 11:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP |
07MADRID1290 | SPAIN ON RESTRICTIONS ON EXPORT CREDITS/FINANCING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-02 17:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN SP IR ECON |
07MADRID130 | SPAIN TO STOP SPANISH FIRM MAQUINARIA'S SALES TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-25 10:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA SP |
07MADRID1324 | SPAIN NOTIFIED OF USG SANCTIONS ON WINTER AIRCRAFT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-05 13:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC SP |
07MADRID1326 | FOREIGN FIGHTERS/IRAQ: SPAIN SUPPORTS GROUP [...] (S) The DCM met with Spanish Political Director Rafael Dezcallar July 5 to discuss the issue of foreign fighters transiting Arab nations to join the Al Qaeda insurgency in Iraq. The DCM stressed that the majority of foreign fighters were working with Al Qaeda, that Al Qaeda is responsible for [...] | 2007-07-05 14:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PTER PREL SY SP IZ |
07MADRID1328 | FOREIGN FIGHTERS/IRAQ: SPAIN'S NSA SUPPORTIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-06 07:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PTER PREL SP SY IZ |
07MADRID1331 | SPANISH POLDIR ON KOSOVO, HIZBALLAH, YEMEN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 5 meeting on a separate issue, Spanish MFA Political Director Rafael Dezcallar and the DCM discussed key bilateral issues going forward. Dezcallar said that a crucial priority in coming months should be avoiding a unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo. [...] | 2007-07-06 14:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHSA PBTS EWWT SP LE YM VE YI |
07MADRID1336 | SPAIN: AMBASSADOR REVIEWS BILATERAL RELATION WITH [...] (C) Summary. On July 2 Ambassador Aguirre met with Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos to review the progress made in the bilateral relationship since the Ambassador arrived in country two years ago and to look at what each country would like to accomplish together over the next 18 [...] | 2007-07-06 16:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID1337 | SPAIN NOTIFIED OF USAFE REORG AND MANPOWER [...] (S) Per reftel instructions, Post notified the GOS of US Air Force Europe's plans to eliminate the 38th Combat Support Wing and reduce 31 USAFE positions at Moron air base by the end of FY09. Post delivered the notification through the US-Spain Permanent Committee (PC),which is established un [...] | 2007-07-09 07:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL MARR NATO SP |
07MADRID1338 | SPAIN ON TRANSFERRING AMMUNITION TO LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-09 07:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SP |
07MADRID134 | SPANISH ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS DEMARCHE [...] (C) ESTHOFF made reftel points January 24 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez, sharing U.S. concerns about the movement to restrict the use of cluster munitions, inquiring about GOS intentions vis-a-vis the February 22-3 Oslo Conference, and probing to see if S [...] | 2007-01-25 15:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO SP |
07MADRID1356 | IOM: SPAIN WILL CONSIDER SWING AS U.S. CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-11 16:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG SP |
07MADRID136 | SPAIN SUPPORTS COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH IN [...] (C) During a private dinner with spouses, the Ambassador briefly discussed with FM Moratinos on January 19 ref A points regarding the US's objectives for the NATO foreign ministerial and the need for Allies to take the offensive in Afghanistan. Moratinos said he looked forward to greater det [...] | 2007-01-25 17:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO SP |
07MADRID1361 | SPAIN: MFA WILL LOOK AT FOREIGN FIGHTERS DEMARCHE [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (S) Poloff met with Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for Terrorism Miguel Garcia-Herraiz on July 11 to share talking points on a potential Spanish demarche to Arab governments on stemming the flow of foreign fighters i [...] | 2007-07-13 06:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL PTER SY IZ SP |
07MADRID141 | SPAIN/COUSO CASE: AMBASSADOR MEET WITH ATTORNEY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-26 13:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SP |
07MADRID1420 | (C) SPAIN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH CUBA (C-RE7-00940) [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post appreciates INR's careful attention to the evolving issue of Spain's engagement with Cuba. The Ambassador and DCM, as well as Washington visitors, continue to take every opportunity to express to the GOS our disagreement with its current policy. Additional information on the relat [...] | 2007-07-18 11:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PREL SP CU |
07MADRID1428 | SPANISH ATTORNEY GENERAL REVIEWS CT AND JUDICIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-19 16:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP VZ |
07MADRID144 | SPANISH PARTICIPATION IN HAITI KEY PLAYERS MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-29 07:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL EAID SP HA |
07MADRID1469 | SPAIN HAS SIGNED AND RATIFIED NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] (SBU) On July 24 Poloff delivered REFTEL to Ignacio Sanchez, MFA Deputy Director General for Nonproliferation and Disarmament. Sanchez confirmed that Spain was one of the 23 states to have signed and ratified the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (NTC). [...] | 2007-07-25 15:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL SP |
07MADRID1486 | TERRORISM FINANCE: SPAIN ON DOMESTIC USG [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-30 10:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER LE SP ECON |
07MADRID1487 | SPANISH DEFMIN ON AFGHANISTAN, DEFENSE SALES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Jose Antonio Alonso told the Ambassador on July 25 that Spain's military training teams (OMLTs) will go to Afghanistan in September. He said that NATO's efforts to improve ISAF-OEF coordination are helping but reaffirmed the need to continue to be mindful of the h [...] | 2007-07-30 11:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR SP AF |
07MADRID1492 | SPAIN WELCOMES CODEL LOWEY [...] (U) Dear Madame Chairwoman: I welcome you to Spain on behalf of our 367 American and Spanish colleagues serving the United States at Mission Spain. In addition to being a beautiful, historic and culturally rich nation, Spain is a valued U.S. partner and an important geostrategic player. Spai [...] | 2007-07-30 16:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL SP |
07MADRID1494 | SPANISH DEFENSE POLDIR ON LEBANON, AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: MOD Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta told DCM on July 26 that Spain believes that the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon is helping. He rejected press reports that Spanish troops in Lebanon had been working with Hizballah. Cuesta said that MOD would be working throughout [...] | 2007-08-01 07:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SP LE AF |
07MADRID1499 | SPANISH FM MORATINOS IN SYRIA AND LEBANON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the last week of July, Foreign Minister Moratinos met with top leaders in Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria, including Syrian President Assad, in a declared effort to support US and European efforts in Palestine and Lebanon. According to MFA Middle East DG Alvaro Iranzo, Moratinos [...] | 2007-08-01 17:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP IS LE SY IZ |
07MADRID15 | SPANISH GOVERNMENT ARRESTS ARGENTINE ACCUSED DEATH [...] (U) Spanish police arrested Rodolfo Eduardo Almiron Sena on December 28 after an Argentine judge issued an international warrant accusing Almiron of murder and crimes against humanity that have no statute of limitations. Almiron has been wanted since 1984, accused by Argentine courts of murder [...] | 2007-01-04 15:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SP AR |
07MADRID1505 | PROFILES OF SPAIN-BASED CUBAN GROUPS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Thanks to family ties and historical/cultural links, Madrid hosts a number of important Cuban civil society and human rights organizations. These groups influence Spanish political discourse and public opinion through participation in public events, writings in local publicat [...] | 2007-08-03 08:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR PHUM SP CU |
07MADRID1511 | HOUSING MARKET FINALLY COOLING, BUT THE [...] SUMMARY: As the Spanish economy pushes forward toward matching wealthier EU members, it continues to face challenges. Spain must increase its competitiveness across the board, especially in its labor markets, energy utilities and telecoms. What has been of most immediate concern lately, howev [...] | 2007-08-03 14:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SP PREL |
07MADRID1543 | SPAIN: 62ND UNGA HIGH LEVEL ATTENDANCE [...] (SBU) This is an interim report of Spanish high-level attendance at the 62nd UN General Assembly: A. Attendance of the Head of State -- His Majesty King Juan Carlos will not attend. B. Attendance of the Head of Government -- Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, President, will attend. - [...] | 2007-08-10 09:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SP |
07MADRID1556 | SPAIN CONTINUES TO SUPPORT EU POSITION ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Ambassador Aguirre spoke with Foreign Minister Moratinos on August 7, reaching him while vacationing in the Aegean Sea. The Ambassador thanked Moratinos for clarifying Spain's position on Kosovo during his August 3 conversation with Secretary Rice. The Ambassador asked Moratinos to go fu [...] | 2007-08-14 10:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KV YI UN PGOV EU PREL SP |
07MADRID159 | NEW SPANISH DEFENSE POLICY DIRECTOR ON [...] (C/NF) DCM, accompanied by PolCouns, met with new MOD Secretary General for Policy Luis Cuesta on January 30 to SIPDIS reinforce ref A points on the importance of additional commitments to the NATO ISAF mission in Afghanistan. DCM emphasized that while ISAF is making progress in Afghanistan [...] | 2007-01-30 17:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR NATO SP AF |
07MADRID1597 | SPAIN: IMMIGRATION UPDATE 2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: In 2006, Spain's population rose from 43,758,300 to 45,166,894 according to the national census. Of the additional 1.35 million people, the majority were immigrants. Over the last six years, the overall immigrant population in Spain has more than doubled to 4.5 million. In the l [...] | 2007-08-17 15:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SMIG SP |
07MADRID1601 | SPAIN ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR ICAO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-20 13:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAIR AORC ICAO SP ECON |
07MADRID1607 | SPAIN/GI PORTAL CONFERENCE: GOS WILL ENCOURAGE [...] Poloff delivered REFTEL request on August 16 to Ignacio Sanchez de Lerin, MFA DDG for Nonproliferation and Arms Control, to inquire whether Spain would be willing to conduct regional outreach with European GI partner nations to bolster attendance at the Garmisch conference. Poloff also inquir [...] | 2007-08-21 11:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KGIC PARM PREL SP |
07MADRID1611 | TERRORISM FINANCE: SPAIN ON AL-SALAH SOCIETY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-21 14:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER IS SP ECON |
07MADRID1643 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MEETING ON COLOMBIA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-28 14:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR PREF PTER PARM EAID ECON OPDC CO SP |
07MADRID1644 | SPAIN SUPPORTS EU EFFORTS ON RIAD SEIF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-28 14:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN JA KDEM PHUM PREL SA SY SP |
07MADRID1659 | UNGA: SPAIN HIGH LEVEL MEETING REQUEST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-29 15:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA SP |
07MADRID1661 | SPAIN: FM MORATINOS ON GEORGIA MISSILE INCIDENT, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche relating to the August 6 Russian incursion into Georgian airspace to Foreign Minister Moratinos on August 29. Moratinos, who was preparing to leave for Moscow that very afternoon, gave indications of his agreement with U.S. concerns. He to [...] | 2007-08-29 17:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP PGOV OSCE CVIS NATO |
07MADRID167 | TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIANS WARN AGAINST PREMATURE [...] (U) January 25, 2007; 11:30 a.m.- 6:00 p.m.; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Madrid, Spain. 2. (U) Participants: Observers United States - DAS David Kramer European Union - Amb. Adriaan Jacobovits, EU Special Representative Mediators Ukraine - Deputy FM Andriy Veselovsky Russian Federati [...] | 2007-02-01 08:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL PBTS MD RS UP SP |
07MADRID1670 | ODYSSEY UPDATE: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS ODYSSEY [...] (C) Summary. On August 29, the Ambassador delivered reftel A dipnote to Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, who promised to provide a subsequent diplomatic note incorporating the necessary information and assurances. Post's DHS-ICE Attache, who already has in hand the import documentatio [...] | 2007-08-31 14:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EWWT PBTS PHSA SCUL SP CA |
07MADRID1702 | SPAIN/NATO: GENERAL SANZ ON HIS CANDIDACY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Spanish Chief of Defense General Felix Sanz Roldan told me August 30 that he feels positive about his chances as a candidate for Chairman of the NATO Military Committee. King Juan Carlos and President Zapatero both offered Sanz their personal support, and Sanz said that he ho [...] | 2007-08-31 15:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR PREL NATO SP |
07MADRID1709 | TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION TO SPAIN OF [...] (S) On August 30, EconOff delivered reftel points to Ivo Pascual Herrera, desk officer within MFA's Terrorism Sub-Directorate. Pascual told EconOff that his office would notify Post next week on Spain's position as well as on any information GOS may have regarding the referenced individuals. [...] | 2007-08-31 16:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC SP |
07MADRID1717 | SPAIN: NO ATTENDANCE AT FIRST LADY'S LITERACY AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-06 15:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI TSPL UNGA |
07MADRID1722 | ODYSSEY UPDATE: DHS DELIVERS CUSTOMS INFORMATION [...] (SBU) On September 6, DHS-ICE Attache delivered the Odyssey Customs import documents to Director of Aduanas Nicolas Bonilla, as requested by GOS via the Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement (CMAA) on July 24. The DHS-ICE Attache advised Bonilla that the information was confidential and to be u [...] | 2007-09-07 10:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EWWT PBTS PHSA SCUL SP CA |
07MADRID1723 | ODYSSEY UPDATE: DHS DELIVERS CUSTOMS INFORMATION [...] (SBU) On September 6, DHS-ICE Attache delivered the Odyssey Customs import documents to Director of Aduanas Nicolas Bonilla, as requested by GOS via the Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement (CMAA) on July 24. The DHS-ICE Attache advised Bonilla that the information was confidential and to be u [...] | 2007-09-07 10:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EWWT PBTS PHSA SCUL SP CA |
07MADRID173 | SPAIN/CIA FLIGHTS: JUDGE ORDERS DECLASSIFICATION [...] (C) Summary. National Court Examining Magistrate Ismael Moreno requested on January 31 that the Spanish Ministry of Defense and the National Intelligence Center (CNI) declassify any information related to the transit of CIA aircraft through Spanish territory, as well as any information indicating w [...] | 2007-02-01 17:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR SP |
07MADRID174 | SPANISH POLDIR ON AFGHANISTAN, KOSOVO, MEPP, LATIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Apparently buoyed by recent contacts with top US diplomats and the prospect of a visit by the Secretary, a very agreeable MFA Political Director Rafael SIPDIS Dezcallar told DCM on February 1 that Spain strongly supports the Comprehensive Approach in Afghanistan and is implemen [...] | 2007-02-01 18:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP AF VZ YI |
07MADRID175 | SPANISH POLDIR ON VENEZUELA AND PRESS FREEDOMS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-01 18:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SP VE |
07MADRID1756 | SPAIN WOULD LIKE MORE INFO ON STANDING COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-10 17:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC SP |
07MADRID1767 | SPAIN WILL SUPPORT FELICE GAER FOR UN CAT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-11 13:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC SP |
07MADRID177 | ILSA: SPANISH MFA ALREADY IN TOUCH WITH REPSOL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-02 09:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC IR SP ENRG |
07MADRID1773 | SPAIN DISAGREES WITH U.S. APPROACH TO THEMATIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Spanish Deputy DG for Human Rights Fernando Fernandez-Arias told Poloff that Spain respectfully disagreed with most of the content of reftel demarche, but would entertain the idea of a religious intolerance resolution in the Third Committee if absolutely necessary. He said the EU [...] | 2007-09-12 17:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL UNGA |
07MADRID1774 | SPAIN/CT OVERVIEW: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Mr. Ambassador, the visit to Madrid of your interagency delegation comes during a time when the Spanish government is already in a heightened state of terrorist alert, both from the Basque terrorist group ETA and from Islamist extremists threatening to strike at the heart of t [...] | 2007-09-13 13:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL SP |
07MADRID1795 | SPANISH MUSLIM LEADER'S 9-11 MESSAGE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-17 11:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KISL PGOV SP |
07MADRID1802 | SPANISH OPTIMISTIC ABOUT SYRIA BORDER PLAN, NOTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Spanish DG for the Mideast, Mediterranean and Africa Alvaro Iranzo told DCM September 13 that Spain had received generally positive EU feedback to its non-paper on a Syrian border force, noting that certain EU members, including the French, had expressed a desire to wait until a [...] | 2007-09-17 16:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN SP SY IS LE |
07MADRID1803 | SPAIN LOWERING EXPECTATIONS ON MFO CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-17 16:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMFO PREL XT IS IT JA EG SP |
07MADRID1805 | SPAIN STILL INTERESTED IN GUANTANAMO DETAINEES, [...] (S/NF) Based on Reftel A request, Embassy Legatt on September 4 met with Javier Zaragoza, Chief of the Spanish National Court, to discuss the case of Guantanamo detainees Jamil El Banna and Omar Deghays. Legatt reminded Zaragoza that the GOS requested the extradition of El Banna and Deghays in 2004 [...] | 2007-09-18 07:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PREL PTER PINR SP UK JO LY |
07MADRID1832 | SPAIN: ICAO DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SPLIT-CURRENCY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-21 16:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ICAO SP PREL ECON |
07MADRID1835 | SPAIN EQUIVOCAL ON RCFS REGISTRATION, BUT MAY DO [...] (C) Charge spoke September 20 with Jose Maria Pons, Director General for North America and Europe, about the need for Spain as Chair-in-Office (CiO) to allow the registration of the Russian Chechen Friendship Society (RCFS) for the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM). Charge expres [...] | 2007-09-21 17:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER OSCE RS SP |
07MADRID1838 | SPAIN SUPPORTS MINUSTAH RENEWAL, WILL ATTEND KEY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-24 17:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PREL UNSC UNGA HA SP |
07MADRID1839 | SPAIN WILL ATTEND COLOMBIA MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-24 17:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL PTER PHUM UNGA CO SP |
07MADRID1909 | SPAIN: UPDATE ON MEGAPORTS NON-PROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 17-18, representatives from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) visited Spain to assess the implementation of the Megaports program at the Port of Algeciras and negotiate a cost-sharing expansion to Spain's other leading ports: Barcelona and Valenci [...] | 2007-10-01 17:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT ENRG PARM PREL SP |
07MADRID1916 | TERRORIST FINANCE: SPAIN ON SAUDI FIVE UPDATE [...] (C) On October 1, EconOff delivered reftel points to Ivo Pascual Herrera, desk officer within MFA's Terrorism Sub-Directorate. Pascual expressed appreciation for the update and reported that Spain had no position concerning the designations of the reftel A Saudi nationals under domestic and U [...] | 2007-10-03 08:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER SA |
07MADRID1918 | SPAIN STRAPPED FOR FUNDS FOR LEBANON TRIBUNAL, MFO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-03 15:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PTER PREL KMFO XT LE IS IT JA EG |
07MADRID1935 | SPAIN ON SUPPORT FOR MALI AND COMMUNITY OF [...] (U) Poloff spoke with Juan Manuel Linares, Spanish Deputy Director General for the United Nations, October 2 about Spanish support for the Community of Democracies and specifically for Mali's effort to organize a successful Ministerial meeting in November. Linares said that of course Spain i [...] | 2007-10-04 07:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID194 | SPAIN: TELEFONICA'S VIEW OF VENEZUELA AND REST OF [...] DCM, accompanied by ECONOFF, met February 5 with Jose Maria Alvarez-Pallete Lopez, President of Telefonica International, to discuss Chavez's telcoms (e.g., CANTV) nationalization threats and their potential impact on Telefonica's Venezuela operations/investment. Alvarez-Pallete said that Tel [...] | 2007-02-06 11:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EFIN ETRD PREL |
07MADRID1953 | SPAIN TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF ALL FOUR BIOTECH VARIETIES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-10 13:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD TBIO PREL SP ECPSN |
07MADRID1954 | SPAIN TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF ALL FOUR BIOTECH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-10 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD TBIO ECPSN PREL SP |
07MADRID197 | SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF VISIT TO SPAIN [...] (C/NF) Mr. Secretary, welcome to Spain. Your visit to Spain will be brief, and it will be focused on NATO issues rather than on the host. Nonetheless, the trip provides an important opportunity to discuss key initiatives with your Spanish counterpart, Defense Minister Jose Antonio Alonso, an [...] | 2007-02-06 14:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR SP |
07MADRID198 | SPAIN: EU CONSTITUTION HELPS THOSE WHO HELP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Spain hosted a January 26 conference at the deputy foreign minister level of the 18 nations that have ratified the EU Constitution Treaty. While most efforts at reviving the EU Constitution impasse have focused on stripping away enough objectionable content to satisfy the Frenc [...] | 2007-02-06 14:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN SP |
07MADRID1987 | EUR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S OCTOBER 15 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried and CDA Llorens met October 15 with Spanish FM Miguel Angel Moratinos. A/S Fried briefed Moratinos on 2 2 talks on CFE and missile defense, including the possibility of major progress on CFE in time for the OSCE ministerial Spain is hosting in November. A/S Fried prepa [...] | 2007-10-18 17:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PARM PREL SP KV CU |
07MADRID1996 | TERRORISM FINANCE: SPAIN NOTIFIED OF DESIGNATION [...] (U) As requested, Post informed the GOS via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Terrorism Sub-directorate of the UN listing of the three Saudi nationals (reftel). EconOff had previously provided identifying information on these individuals but re-supplied that information. EconOff requested tha [...] | 2007-10-22 07:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL SA SP |
07MADRID2018 | SPAIN/CT: S/CT COORDINATOR DAILEY DISCUSSES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-23 13:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID2020 | SPAIN/OSCE: INTRODUCING PHILIP REMLER AS CANDIDATE [...] (C) In an October 22 meeting at the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs with MFA Director General for Europe and North America Jose Maria "Pepe" Pons (who is the focal point for OSCE issues during Spain's chairmanship),EUR DAS David Kramer introduced Philip Remler as the U.S. candidate to head [...] | 2007-10-23 15:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL SP |
07MADRID2021 | SPAIN: INL ACTING A/S SCHWEICH BRIEFS SPANISH [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an October 9 visit to Madrid, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Thomas Schweich met with representatives from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Intelligence Center Against Organized Crime (CICO). [...] | 2007-10-23 16:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID2023 | SPAIN/CT: S/CT COORDINATOR DAILEY DISCUSSES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY. Counterterrorism Coordinator Ambassador Dell Dailey led an interagency delegation to Madrid on September 21 for meetings with Spanish security, law enforcement, diplomatic and intelligence officials to discuss the evolving [...] | 2007-10-24 07:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID2026 | EMBASSY MADRID UPDATED CONTACT INFO [...] (U) Updated contact information follows, including after-hours and emergency contact names and telephone numbers, for all section heads at Embassy Madrid. American Embassy Madrid (IVG Prefix: 559) Regular Hours: 09:00-18:00 (GMT 2:00) Embassy Switchboard: (34) (91)587-2200 Embassy After H [...] | 2007-10-24 15:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER PGOV PREL SP |
07MADRID2033 | SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL [...] (S) DCM delivered ref A demarche October 25 to Spanish Secretary of State for Security Antonio Camacho. Camacho was SIPDIS quick to say the red notices were fully justified and that Spain had supported Argentina in the INTERPOL Executive Committee earlier this year. He said Argentina could [...] | 2007-10-25 15:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC KJUS PGOV PREL PTER IR SP |
07MADRID2034 | EUR A/S FRIED'S OCTOBER 14-16 MEETINGS IN MADRID [...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried visited Madrid October 14-16. The visit was in preparation for the November 29-30 OSCE ministerial. A/S Fried met with FM Moratinos (septel),Presidential foreign policy and security advisor Carles Casajuana, MFA DG for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcall [...] | 2007-10-25 15:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PARM PREL SP CU |
07MADRID2035 | COUNTER-TERRORISM: DCM'S OCTOBER 25 CONVERSATION [...] (S) DCM met October 25 with Spanish Secretary of State for Security Antonio Camacho and congratulated him on the Guardia Civil's October 23 arrest in Burgos of six suspected Islamic terrorists from the self-proclaimed "al-Ansar" group. The six are accused of fund raising, recruiting terrorists [...] | 2007-10-25 16:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL PTER SNAR SP |
07MADRID2039 | DEMARCHE TO SPAIN ON DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN [...] (C) On 10/26/07, DCM spoke with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary of State Bernadino Leon (acting Foreign Minister while Miguel Angel Moratinos is traveling) about the new Iran sanctions. Leon said that that Spain supported U.S. leadership in dealing with Iran's possible acquisition of nu [...] | 2007-10-26 11:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN SP |
07MADRID2040 | DEMARCHE TO SPAIN ON DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN [...] (C) On 10/26/07, DCM spoke with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary of State Bernadino Leon about the new Iran sanctions. Leon was quite aware of Secretary Rice's and Secretary Paulson's 10/25/07 press conference from media SIPDIS reports. He said that Spain supported U.S. leadership in [...] | 2007-10-26 13:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN SP |
07MADRID2041 | SPAIN: NATIONAL COURT VOTES IN FAVOR OF THE [...] (C) On October 26, the Fourth Section of the Criminal Division of the Spanish National Court made public its 2-1 vote to accept the extradition to the U.S. of Syrian arms dealer Monzer al-Kassar. Judge Teresa Palacios presided over the October 4 extradition hearing and voted against remanding [...] | 2007-10-26 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN CIVS KCRM PGOV PREL PTER SP |
07MADRID2046 | EUR A/S FRIED'S OCTOBER 14-16 MEETINGS IN MADRID - [...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried visited Madrid October 14-16. The visit was in preparation for the November 29-30 OSCE ministerial. A/S Fried met with FM Moratinos (septel),Presidential foreign policy and security advisor Carles Casajuana, MFA DG for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcall [...] | 2007-10-29 15:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PARM PREL SP CU |
07MADRID2047 | IDENTIFYING TOOLS FOR POSSIBLE USE AGAINST IRANIAN [...] (S/NF) This message is keyed to reftel A's para. 5. 2. (S/NF) The Bank of Spain regulates banks. The Executive Service of the Commission for the Prevention of Money Laundering and Monetary Offenses (SEPBLAC) is the Spanish government entity that focuses on preventing and investigating mone [...] | 2007-10-29 17:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | KNNP IR PREL PARM EFIN ETTC SP |
07MADRID2055 | SPAIN: RESPONSE TO S/CT REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] (SBU) Embassy Madrid offers the following responses to REFTEL request for information on the government of Spain's policies toward and capabilities for collection of biographic and biometric data for terrorist screening purposes. For ease of reading, we have opted to rewrite each question set [...] | 2007-10-31 17:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CIVS ASEC KHLS SP |
07MADRID2056 | DEMARCHING EU STATES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION ON [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel points October 31 to Spanish MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar. He noted that the U.S. and Spain shared a strategic goal -- a free and democratic Cuba -- but differed sharply on tactics. The U.S. nevertheless wanted to work collaboratively with t [...] | 2007-10-31 17:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA CU SP |
07MADRID2058 | SPAIN: VERDICTS HANDED DOWN IN THE TRIAL OF THE [...] (U) Spain's National Court on October 31 returned guilty verdicts on 21 of the 28 people accused of involvement in the March 11, 2004 train bombings in Madrid (known in Spain as 11-M),which killed 191 and injured over 1,800. An additional seven individuals were acquitted. A 29th defendant h [...] | 2007-10-31 18:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL SP |
07MADRID2063 | DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION DISCUSSES PKK TERRORISM, [...] (C) PKK: DCM met October 31 with MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar and delivered reftel points. Dezcallar said Spain shared U.S. concerns regarding the PKK and understood the delicacy of the situation between Turkey and Iraq. He emphasized that Spain wanted to be helpfu [...] | 2007-11-02 15:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU IZ EUN SP |
07MADRID2070 | SPANISH ROYAL VISIT TO CEUTA AND MELILLA BACKFIRES [...] (C) The strong Moroccan reaction to the November 5-6 visit of the King and Queen of Spain to Ceuta and Melilla seems to have caught the Zapatero government completely by surprise. When Morocco recalled its ambassador, Spanish FM Moratinos and his number two, Bernardino Leon, were reportedly spendin [...] | 2007-11-05 18:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MO SP |
07MADRID2072 | TERRORIST FINANCE: FOLLOW-UP ACTION REQUEST ON [...] (SBU) This message is sensitive but unclassfied. 2. (SBU) The information provided in this message is keyed to the questions in reftel's para. 5. 3. (U) The June, 2006 Financial Action Task Force (FATF) mutual evaluation of Spain found that Spain's "structures for dealing with terrorist [...] | 2007-11-06 15:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN KCRM PREL PTER SP |
07MADRID2077 | MFA SECRETARY OF STATE FOR IBEROAMERICA TRINIDAD [...] (C) According to a November 6 readout provided by Trinidad Jimenez' Chief of Staff Juan Carlos Sanchez to the DCM, Jimenez found the situation in Venezuela "extremely bad" during her October 31 visit. She described Chavez as being in "another world." The polarization of the country was increasing a [...] | 2007-11-06 18:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP VE |
07MADRID208 | SPAIN: ZAPATERO'S DECISION ON AFGHANISTAN FIRM [...] (C/NF) President Zapatero is highly unlikely to in the near term reverse his statement that Spain will not augment its troop presence in Afghanistan, thereby nixing the possibility of staffing the ISAF XI HQ in Kabul (with some 120-150 personnel). This conclusion stems from Ambassador Aguirre,s con [...] | 2007-02-07 14:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PGOV PREL SP |
07MADRID2084 | FATF/IRAN STATEMENTS DELIVERED TO SPAIN [...] DCM shared on 10/31/07 reftel points on the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) statements on Iran with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Director Rafael Dezcallar. Embassy is also sharing reftel points with Ministry of Economy Secretary of State David Vegara's office. 2. Comment: Our [...] | 2007-11-07 15:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC ECON KTFN IR SP |
07MADRID2092 | NATO MILITARY COMMITTEE VOTE - SPANISH MAKE FINAL [...] (C) DCM met November 7 with Secretary of State for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta. Cuesta raised the CHOD Sanz' candidacy for Chair of the NATO Military Committee, noting that all three countries seeking the post -- Italy, Poland, and Spain -- had much to recommend them. However, he noted that It [...] | 2007-11-08 19:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SP |
07MADRID2093 | SPANISH AGAIN BRING UP CARRASCOSA CASE AND MAY [...] (C) The DCM met November 5 with Secretary of State for Justice Julio Perez Hernandez to thank him for Spain's efforts in the Al-Kassar extradition case (REFTEL A). Perez Hernandez raised during the meeting Spain's continuing concern over the long-running case of Maria Jose Carrascosa, a Spani [...] | 2007-11-08 19:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KOCI PREL CASC SP |
07MADRID2094 | SPANISH SHARE U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT ODIHR MISSION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-13 09:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM RS SP |
07MADRID210 | FM MORATINOS ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C/NF) Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos called Ambassador Aguirre February 7 to discuss Spain's commitment to Afghanistan in advance of the February 8-9 NATO ministerial in Sevilla. The Ambassador had previously spoken with Defense Minister Alonso and National Security Advisor Casajuana on t [...] | 2007-02-07 17:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID2105 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SPAIN ON EU'S LACKLUSTER [...] Embassy EconOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade Subdirector General Teresa Zapatero Martinez and to Ministry of Environment Subdirector General for International Relations Amparo Rambla Gil on 11/13/07. AgCouns delivered the demarche to the Ministry of Agr [...] | 2007-11-15 08:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD TBIO ECPSN PREL SP |
07MADRID2106 | DEMARCHE: IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM, VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff met November 14 with Deputy Director General for Andean Countries Ramon Santos and Deputy Director General for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Ignacio Sanchez de Lerin Garcia-Ovies regarding U.S. concerns over Bolivia's support for Iran's nuclear program (ref A). Sanch [...] | 2007-11-15 12:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PGOV PREL SP |
07MADRID2123 | ROYAL SMACKDOWN OF CHAVEZ MEETS WITH SPANISH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Judging from the reaction in Spain, King Juan Carlos seems to have been speaking for many when he asked Venezuelan President Chavez to shut up at the Iberoamerican Summit (ref a). His angry rebuke of Chavez has gone over well with the Spanish public, and the recording of it is r [...] | 2007-11-16 15:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SP |
07MADRID2125 | SPANISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF NOVEMBER 19 GAERC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel non-paper to MFA Deputy DG for European Common Security Carlos Fernandez-Arias on November 15. Fernandez-Arias emphasized that Spain was mainly in agreement with the U.S., but he highlighted subtle differences on several topics. //KOSOVO// 2. (C) Fernandez- [...] | 2007-11-16 17:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID2135 | TOP SPANISH LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL GETS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Joan Mesquida, Director General of Spain's Unified Command of the Spanish National Police and Civil Guard, traveled to Miami and Washington the week of November 5 to meet with various members of the U.S. interagency involved in the fight against terrorism and narcotics traffickin [...] | 2007-11-20 06:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SNAR SP |
07MADRID2142 | SPAIN SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit. We realize much of your time will rightly be occupied by the OSCE ministerial, but we are certain that when you engage on bilateral issues, you will find the Spanish keenly interested in what you have to say. The country is absorbed with [...] | 2007-11-20 18:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP |
07MADRID2148 | SPAIN/IRAN - UNION FENOSA VICE PRESIDENT CONFIRMS [...] (C) Charge called Union Fenosa Vice President and CEO Honorato Lopez Isla on 11/20/07 to find out whether an 11/16/07 Financial Times story ("Tehran in talks with European companies over big LNG project") reporting that an Union Fenosa subsidiary, Socoin, had been awarded a euros 32.5 million engin [...] | 2007-11-23 08:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ENRG ETTC PREL EPET EINV SP IR |
07MADRID215 | SPAIN/COUSO CASE: JUDGE THREATENS TO OBSTRUCT US-SPAIN JUDICICIAL COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-08 18:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR CJAN KJUS SP |
07MADRID2150 | SCENESETTER: SPAIN WELCOMES SECRETARY PETERS [...] (SBU) I welcome you to Spain on behalf of our 362 American and Spanish colleagues serving the United States at Mission Spain. Your visit comes just three months before the general elections, an exciting time for the country in what appears will be a very close race between incumbent President [...] | 2007-11-23 18:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SP ECON OREP PREL |
07MADRID2158 | SPAIN AGREES TO TELL BOLIVIA TO BACK OFF ITS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-27 14:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BO SP |
07MADRID2179 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY DANIEL FRIED BILATERAL WITH [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Fried met with Montenegrin Foreign Minister Milan Rocen on 11/29/07 on the margins of the 11/29-30/07 Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial in Madrid. Rocen was not willing to commit on when Montenegro might recognize Kosovo - [...] | 2007-11-30 14:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV NATO PREL OSCE |
07MADRID2181 | SUPPORT FOR NEW DELHI CONFERENCE ON AVIAN AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-30 18:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID TBIO PREL |
07MADRID2182 | OSCE MINISTERIAL: U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH TURKISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 29 bi-lateral meeting, U/S Burns and DAS Bryza met with FM Ali Babacan and the Turkish delegation at the OSCE Ministerial in Madrid in a productive exchange on critical issues: Annapolis Summit, Kosovo final status, and Turkey's relations with Cyprus. On Annapolis Su [...] | 2007-11-30 18:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE TU |
07MADRID2188 | SPAIN/CUBA: TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT [...] (U) The information in this message is keyed to questions posed in reftel A, paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) What is the nature of investments (and names, if known) that host country businesses have in Cuba? Information on Spanish foreign investment in Cuba is limited, in part because Spanish compan [...] | 2007-12-04 08:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL SP CU |
07MADRID2195 | SUDAN - UNAMID DEMARCHE REQUEST TO FOREIGN [...] (C) On December 4 the Ambassador raised the issue of helicopters for UNAMID with FM Moratinos, emphasizing the urgent need given UNAMID's lack of air mobility assets and the enormous and rugged terrain in which UNAMID must operate. He underscored that UNAMID's effectiveness was critical to th [...] | 2007-12-04 18:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UN SU SP |
07MADRID2202 | UNDER SECRETARY BURNS NOVEMBER 30 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Nicholas Burns met with Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg on the margins of the Organization of Security and Cooperation (OSCE) Ministerial in Madrid. Burns agreed with Schwarzenberg that NATO members must coordinate a strong message and plan for dealing w [...] | 2007-12-05 17:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PREL SP CZ |
07MADRID2203 | A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH SPANISH DG PONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary Fried and Spanish Director General for Europe and North America Pepe Pons met briefly on November 28 to review OSCE activities and other bilateral issues. The Spanish received our messages regarding the need to protect the integrity of the OSCE and its [...] | 2007-12-07 06:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP |
07MADRID2207 | OSCE MINISTERIAL: U/S BURNS'S MEETING WITH KOREAN [...] (U) November 28; 6:20 p.m.; Madrid, Spain. 2. (U) Participants: United States Under Secretary Burns Special Assistant Sumona Guha E. Strother Murray (Embassy Notetaker) Republic of Korea Deputy Foreign Minister Shim Yoon-joe Kang Kym-gu, Director, European Regional Cooperation Divi [...] | 2007-12-07 12:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD OSCE PARM PHUM PREL ABLD ROK |
07MADRID2223 | SPAIN SENSITIVITIES RULE OUT GREAT WHITE FLEET [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-11 16:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO MASS MPOS SP |
07MADRID2225 | U/S BURNS MEETING WITH SPANISH FM MORATINOS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Under Secretary Burns and Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos met November 28 to review OSCE activities and other bilateral issues. U/S Burns delivered our messages regarding the need to protect the integrity of the OSCE and its institutions, particularly ODIH [...] | 2007-12-11 16:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP |
07MADRID2240 | DCM HOSTS CIVIL AVIATION SECURITY DISCUSSION [...] (U) Summary. On November 14, the DCM along with various sections of the Embassy hosted an interagency group of key representatives from Spain's civil aviation security sector. The DCM expressed the Embassy's appreciation for GOS security efforts and pledged to continue and increase dialogue an [...] | 2007-12-14 12:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SP ECON PREL ICAO EAIR AORC |
07MADRID2247 | DEMARCHE ON U.S. VIEWS TO RESOLVE KOSOVO STATUS [...] (C) Deputy Chief of Mission delivered reftel demarche to MFA Political Director Rafael Dezcallar November 13, stressing the urgency of bringing closure to the issue of Kosovo. Dezcallar said Spain has never been enthusiastic about a declaration of independence and hoped the entire affair woul [...] | 2007-12-14 14:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI SP |
07MADRID225 | SPAIN ON HAMAS-FATAH AGREEMENT ON NATIONAL UNITY [...] (C) POLOFFS RELAYED REFTEL POINTS TO MFA SUBDIRECTOR GENERAL FOR THE MIDDLE EAST ALBERTO MORENO AND TO MFA SUBDIRECTOR GENERAL FOR FOREIGN POLICY CARLOS FERNANDEZ ARIAS (IN THE OFFICE OF DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR FOREIGN POLICY RAFAEL DEZCALLAR) ON THE USG'S DESIRE TO COORDINATE ON A RESPONSE PRIOR [...] | 2007-02-09 17:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAL KWBG PREL SP |
07MADRID2265 | POLITICAL STRATEGIES DEVELOP FOR MARCH GENERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: As we head into the holidays, the polls continue to suggest a close race in the March general election, with President Zapatero and the Partido Socialista Obrero Espanol (PSOE) perhaps enjoying a slight lead over Mariano Rajoy and the Partido Popular (PP). Recent conversations with key [...] | 2007-12-18 13:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP |
07MADRID2266 | SPAIN FIVE YEARS AFTER ELECTRICITY MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary. Five years after all consumers were given the right to choose their own electricity providers, two companies control 80 percent of the Spanish electricity generation and distribution market. This market dominance by Endesa and Iberdrola has remained consistent over the past fi [...] | 2007-12-19 08:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SP ENRG PREL EPET SENV |
07MADRID227 | SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF FEBRUARY 12 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff met with MFA Subdirector General for Foreign Policy and Common Security Carlos Fernandez-Arias on February 9 to discuss Spain's views in advance of the February 12 GAERC meeting. Fernandez-Arias said that the EU's external statements of unity on Kosovo would not reflect [...] | 2007-02-12 08:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN SP YI SR BK AL IS IR AF |
07MADRID2272 | TERRORIST FINANCE: SPAIN ON DOMESTIC DESIGNATION [...] (C) EconOff delivered reftel demarche to Area Specialist Laura Martinez from the MFA's Directorate of Counter-Terrorism on December 18. Martinez expressed appreciation for the information and said that she would share it with law enforcement and intelligence channels. She agreed to provide a [...] | 2007-12-19 18:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL SP |
07MADRID2282 | AMBASSADOR’S MEETING WITH SPAIN’S CELEBRATED AND [...] (C) The Ambassador met on December 14 with Judge Baltasar Garzon, a high-profile investigative magistrate in Madrid's powerful National Court (Audiencia Nacional). Garzon was upbeat in his comments and said that he has a good understanding of U.S. law enforcement and counterterrorism policy, even t [...] | 2007-12-21 12:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SP |
07MADRID2294 | SPAIN SYMPATHETIC TO U.S. IN ARGENTINE FRACTURE [...] (C) Deputy Chief of Mission spoke December 20 to Spanish Director General of Foreign Policy for Latin America Javier Sandomingo and presented points in ref A. The DCM expressed concern over the limitations placed on the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires (ref B),saying the restrictions served neith [...] | 2007-12-21 15:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CJAN ASEC KJUS SP VE AR |
07MADRID2295 | SPAIN WOULD WELCOME MEPI PROJECT UNDER AOC AUSPICES [...] SUMMARY; Polcouns met December 19 with Spanish Deputy Political Director Felix Costales to discuss the possible association of MEPI's Civic Education Partnership Initiative (CEPI) with the Alliance of Civilizations (AoC) as a means to fulfill the Secretary's commitment to contribute to the Ao [...] | 2007-12-21 16:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI KMPI UN SP |
07MADRID2297 | SPAIN: DCM COMPARES NOTES WITH MOD SEC-GEN LUIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Deputy Chief of Mission and Spanish Ministry of Defense Secretary General for Policy Luis Cuesta reviewed the past year in U.S.-Spanish cooperation and addressed ongoing issues at their December 19 meeting. Saying it helped to have helpful counterparts, Cuesta agreed 2007 had [...] | 2007-12-26 06:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR SP |
07MADRID2302 | SPAIN SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MARTINEZ [...] (SBU) Summary: I warmly welcome Codel Martinez to Madrid. When you arrive, Spain will be emerging from the Holidays and starting to focus on what is likely to be a very competitive March 9 general election. Although the media here prefers to focus on the allegedly frosty U.S.-Spain relation [...] | 2007-12-28 12:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL SP |
07MADRID2304 | SPANISH FM MORATINOS ON KOSOVO [...] (C) The December 27 Spanish press carried an interview with Former President Jose Maria Aznar in which Aznar asserted Kosovo's independence would have pernicious consequences for Europe. He said Spain had not participated in NATO operations in the Balkans in order to create an independent Kos [...] | 2007-12-28 18:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI SP |
07MADRID2306 | REAL ESTATE MARKET DOWNTURN RAISES UNEMPLOYMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. As commonly predicted, housing sales and construction in Spain have steadily decreased this year, with sales of new and used homes down by almost 20 percent since the first quarter of 2007. Real estate developers are taking the brunt of this downturn, while other players have h [...] | 2007-12-28 18:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SP PREL |
07MADRID2313 | SPAIN SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LIEBERMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-31 13:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP PREL SP |
07MADRID256 | SPAIN DEMARCHES CHINA ON MINUSTAH MANDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-13 17:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID269 | SPANISH DEPUTY DEFMIN ON UPCOMING PENTAGON VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. DCM met with Secretary of State for Defense Francisco Pardo on February 13 to review plans for Pardo's upcoming, defense-sales-focused trip to the US. DCM and Pardo briefly discussed bilateral defense sales, the GOS reaction to press coverage of US military flights stopping in S [...] | 2007-02-14 16:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SP |
07MADRID288 | SPAIN: POINTS DELIVERED ON FREEZING ASSETS OF [...] (C) ESTHOFF delivered REFTEL points February 12 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez, urging Spain to freeze the assets of Iranian entities not specifically listed in the Annex to UNSCR 1737. ECONOFF presented the same points February 12 to MFA International Te [...] | 2007-02-16 11:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL EFIN ETTC KNNP SP |
07MADRID296 | SPAIN: DISAGREEMENT ON DSP-83 SIGNING AUTHORITY [...] SUMMARY: MOD is concerned because Spain's $1.2 billion program to sell frigates to the Norwegian navy is being delayed by an inability to reconcile US and Spanish technical legal requirements regarding signature of end-user nontransfer documents. Post requests DDTC guidance on how to move fo [...] | 2007-02-16 16:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS ETTC PREL SP |
07MADRID299 | SPAIN ON DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER [...] (C) ESTHOFF passed reftel points February 16 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez, notifying Spain of our designation of three additional Iranian entities under E.O 13382 and asking Madrid to freeze any Spanish assets held by these three entities. Sanchez told [...] | 2007-02-20 16:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM IR SP |
07MADRID318 | SPAIN: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH MFA LATIN AMERICA UNDER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-22 11:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SP |
07MADRID333 | SPAIN ON AGENDA FOR THE OSCE TOLERANCE CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-23 07:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM OSCE SP |
07MADRID336 | SPANISH ASSISTANCE IN AFRICA: NOT THE SAME AS PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following on the 2006 conversations and correspondence between Assistant Secretary Frazer and Spanish Director General Alvaro Iranzo, Emboffs met February 20 with Cristina Diaz Fernandez-Gil, Deputy Director General for Spanish International Cooperation in Africa and Asia, to d [...] | 2007-02-23 08:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EAID SP XA |
07MADRID338 | SPAIN: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH MFA LATIN AMERICA UNDER [...] (C) Summary: Over lunch, the DCM and MFA State Secretary for Latin America Trinidad Jimenez engaged in a review of the situation in Latin America. Jimenez sees the region as emerging from a very dynamic political and electoral season in 2006. Spanish objectives in 2007 are to help manage th [...] | 2007-02-23 12:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SP |
07MADRID340 | INFORMING SPAIN ON THE WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff met with MFA Subdirector General for North Africa Manuel Gomez-Acebo on February 21 to discuss recent developments on the Moroccan autonomy plan for Western Sahara. Gomez-Acebo noted that he recently had spoken with NEA DAS Gordon Gray about the visit to Washington of a [...] | 2007-02-23 12:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS SP UNSC WI |
07MADRID350 | SPAIN WITH EU ON SOMALIA PEACEKEEPING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-26 15:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL EUN SO |
07MADRID362 | UNHRC: SPAIN WILL SUPPORT SLOVENIA, AMENABLE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-28 10:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHRC SP |
07MADRID383 | SPAIN HOSTS MINISTERIAL WITH ARAB NATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Director General for Middle East Affairs briefed PolCouns February 26 on events surrounding the February 23 Spain-Arab Nations Ministerial in Madrid to inaugurate Spain's newest cultural/international center, "Casa Arabe." Approximately 14 Arab Foreign Ministers attended t [...] | 2007-03-02 11:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KISL SP |
07MADRID386 | SPAIN TO SUPPORT U.S. MTCR UAV/CRUISE MISSILE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-02 15:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KSCA SP |
07MADRID391 | SPAIN ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (U) This is an action request for ISN/WMDT -- see paragraph 3. 2. (C) ESTHOFF passed reftel points February 26 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez, urging Spain to endorse the Global Initiative's Statement of Principles and to participate in the third meet [...] | 2007-03-02 16:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL KNNP SP |
07MADRID394 | SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF MARCH 5-6 GAERC [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Subdirector General for Foreign Policy and Common Security Carlos Fernandez-Arias on March 1 to discuss Spain's views in advance of the March GAERC meeting (ref A). Fernandez-Arias said that the GAERC discussion would be mainly theoretical and analytical this month, a [...] | 2007-03-02 17:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID395 | SPAIN ON RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST MISSILE DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-02 17:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EZ MARR PL PREL SP |
07MADRID402 | SPANISH BACKTRACK ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) During a March 2 meeting scheduled to discuss other disarmament-related issues, MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez sheepishly informed ESTHOFF that the information he had provided on January 24 regarding Spanish policy on cluster munitions (REF A) had been in [...] | 2007-03-05 13:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO SP |
07MADRID422 | HOST NATION SENSITIVITY TO USAFE MANPOWER [...] (S/NF) Reftel is EUCOM request for Embassy Madrid's assessment of host nation sensitivity to USAFE's planned manpower reductions at the Spanish air base at Moron. We are responding in these channels to underscore that the country team has an interest in trends regarding US military presence [...] | 2007-03-06 12:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR SP |
07MADRID425 | SPAIN: AFRICOM SHOULD ENGAGE AFRICAN UNION [...] (C) At a meeting on a range of issues with Spanish Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar on February 2, the DCM raised the recent announcement of the creation of U.S. Combatant Command Africa (AFRICOM) and told Dezcallar that the U.S. would appreciate Spain's input, advice and [...] | 2007-03-06 17:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SP XA |
07MADRID426 | SPAIN: NO SURPRISE CUBA VISIT IN THE WORKS [...] (C) At an unrelated meeting with Spanish Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar on March 2, DCM raised the topic of a possible visit to Cuba of Foreign Minister Moratinos, and he noted that he had told Secretary of State for Latin America Trinidad Jimenez that such a visit could [...] | 2007-03-07 09:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP CU |
07MADRID438 | SPAIN: NEED UNSCR ON KOSOVO; MUST ENGAGE SERBIA [...] (C) The DCM met with Spanish Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar on March 2 to discuss his recent visit with Foreign Minister Moratinos to Belgrade and Pristina as Chair-in-Office of the OSCE. The DCM emphasized the need to support the Ahtisaari plan and maintain EU and U.S. [...] | 2007-03-08 14:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP YI |
07MADRID449 | SPANISH INTERIOR MINISTER RUBALCABA ON DE JUANA [...] (C) Summary: During a March 7 lunch with Spanish Minister of Interior Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, Ambassador Aguirre heard the Spanish government's defense of its recent controversial decision to allow convicted ETA assassin Inaki De Juana Chaos to serve out the rest of his sentence under house arrest [...] | 2007-03-08 19:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP |
07MADRID452 | SPAIN ON IRAN, MEPP, WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM met with MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar to discuss a variety of issues on March 2. Dezcallar said that he would look into moving along the internal approval process for the draft NCIS agreement. He offered a brief summary of Foreign Minister M [...] | 2007-03-09 10:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KPAL MO IR WI |
07MADRID457 | AMIA CASE: SPAIN WILL SUPPORT ARGENTINE POSITION [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, the Ambassador contacted Argentine Ambassador Carlos Betinni on March 8 to advise him that the USG planned to approach the Spanish Government to express support for the Argentine position on the AMIA case at Interpol. On March 9, the DCM, accompanied by Legat and [...] | 2007-03-09 16:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KJUS SP |
07MADRID475 | SPANISH ATTENDANCE AT INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH [...] (U) ESTHOFF passed reftel points March 9 to several senior officials at Spain's Agency for International Cooperation (AECI),encouraging senior level attendance at the March 16 ICI meeting in New York. POLOFF passed same request to MFA's Iraq office. Both ESTHOFF and POLOFF encouraged thei [...] | 2007-03-14 08:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL SP |
07MADRID482 | PROGRESS MINGLED WITH COMPLACENCY: MUSLIM [...] (U) Senior Advisor to A/S Fried Farah Pandith did not have the opportunity to clear this message. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In her March 4-7 visit to Madrid, Senior Advisor to A/S Fried for Muslim Engagement Farah Pandith met with a broad variety of concerned parties, including represe [...] | 2007-03-14 17:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID483 | OUTGOING SPANISH DEP DEFMIN ON AFGHANISTAN, BILAT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a farewell meeting, outgoing Deputy Defense Minister Francisco Pardo told DCM on March 13 that his recent trip to the US was useful. He said that he continues to worry about how to manage the "asymmetry" in the bilateral defense relationship. Pardo reiterated the Zapatero gov [...] | 2007-03-15 08:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR SP |
07MADRID496 | SPAIN STILL SUPPOORTS U.S. - EU OPEN SKIES PLUS [...] (SBU) EconCouns reconfirmed on March 15 that the GOS will vote in favor of the U.S.-EU Open Skies Plus Agreement. Civil aviation authorities also noted to EconOff on March 15 that Spain will do everything possible to push the UK to take a more conciliatory approach. 2. (U) Iberia Airlines r [...] | 2007-03-15 18:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR KTIA PREL SP |
07MADRID498 | SPAIN STILL SUPPORTS U.S.-EU OPEN SKIES PLUS [...] (SBU) EconCouns reconfirmed on March 15 that the GOS will vote in favor of the U.S.-EU Open Skies Plus Agreement. Civil aviation authorities also noted to EconOff on March 15 that Spain will do everything possible to push the UK to take a more conciliatory approach. 2. (U) Iberia Airlines r [...] | 2007-03-16 08:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR KTIA PREL SP |
07MADRID502 | SPAIN HAS DOUBTS ABOUT SOME UN REFORMS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Spanish MFA Subdirector General for the UN Juan Manuel Gonzales de LINARES Palou on March 15. Linares appreciated USG concern on this matter and said that the most important point of UN reform was to do no harm to the organization. He agreed with th [...] | 2007-03-16 14:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ACABQ AORC APER PREL UNGA SP |
07MADRID512 | SPAIN: MISSILE DEFENSE OUTREACH [...] (C) Post is engaging the GOS on missile defense as requested in ref A. DCM raised the issue with MFA political director Dezcallar on March 2, as described in ref B. Dezcallar said that Spain has no objection to the program but expressed concern that Russia had not been sufficiently consulted [...] | 2007-03-19 14:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR SP |
07MADRID514 | ZIMBABWE: SPAIN WOULD SUPPORT BUT NOT LEAD IN UNHRC [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Sub-director General for Human Rights Fernando Fernandez-Arias on March 19. Fernandez-Arias said that Spain is appalled by the abuses in Zimbabwe and he noted that Spain has issued a strong condemnation of the abuses on March 15. (NOTE: Text of c [...] | 2007-03-20 08:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNHRC PHUM PREL ZI EUN SP |
07MADRID520 | SPAIN/IRAQ: SOCIALISTS FIRE UP ANTI-WAR RHETORIC [...] (C) Summary. In a volatile political climate leading up to regional/municipal elections in late May, the ruling Socialist Party (PSOE) and far left political allies have ramped up criticism of the war in Iraq, in part to counteract opposition Popular Party (PP) attacks on the Zapatero Government's [...] | 2007-03-21 12:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP |
07MADRID529 | SPAIN COURTS ALGERIA AND MOROCCO DESPITE WESTERN [...] (U) This is an action request message (see paragraphs 3 and 11). 2. (C) NOTE: The conversations in this message took place prior to receipt of reftel on briefing Spain and other countries on our latest Western Sahara efforts, which we will report via separate telegram. END NOTE. 3. (C [...] | 2007-03-21 13:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UNSC SP WI |
07MADRID535 | SPAIN WILL STICK TO EU APPROACH ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Poloff presented ref. A demarche to Antonio Sanchez-Benedito Gaspar, Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for Sub-Saharan Africa, on March 22. Consistent with ref. B, Sanchez-Benedito said that Spain is in agreement with the U.S., is very concerned at the current state of affairs in Zimba [...] | 2007-03-22 14:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SP ZI |
07MADRID536 | SPAIN FAVORS UN UMBRELLA FOR WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref. A demarche to MFA Deputy Director General for North Africa Manuel Gomez-Acebo on March 21, asking Spain to intervene with the Polisario Front (PF) and encourage them to agree to direct negotiations with Morocco under U.S. auspices at a neutral location. Poloff empha [...] | 2007-03-22 14:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UNSC SP WI |
07MADRID545 | SPAIN/CUBA: FM MORATINOS PLANNING TO VISIT HAVANA [...] (C) Summary. MFA Director General for Iberoamerica Javier Sandomingo informed DCM on March 23 that Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos plans to visit Cuba, though no date has been fixed. Sandomingo (strictly protect) shared this with the DCM during a readout of the March 17 visit to Mad [...] | 2007-03-23 17:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CU SP |
07MADRID546 | GOS ACKNOWLEDGES US CONCERN ABOUT IRAQ WAR COMMENTS [...] (C) The combination of the anniversary of the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom with the fervor of the Spanish campaign season led to a brief flurry of anti-US rhetoric from public figures associated with the government. As reported in reftel, magistrate Baltasar Garzon wrote an op-ed on March [...] | 2007-03-23 17:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID566 | SPANISH CIO FINDS WAY TO INCLUDE 2 NGOS IN OSCE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points on the importance of including two NGOs in the 29-30 March meeting of the OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension meeting to MFA OSCE Chairmanship coordinator Ambassador Jose Angel Lopez Jorrin on March 28. Lopez Jorrin consulted, then replied that Spain has re [...] | 2007-03-28 12:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM OSCE SP |
07MADRID568 | SPANISH FM WILL ONLY ATTEND SECOND HALF OF GYMNICH [...] (SBU) Poloff spoke with MFA Deputy Director General for Foreign Policy Carlos Fernandez-Arias on March 28 to discuss Spain's views in advance of the Gymnich. Fernandez-Arias said that Foreign Minister Moratinos would miss the first two sessions on the Balkans and the European Neighborhood Poli [...] | 2007-03-28 14:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EUN KPAL PREL XG IS IR ZI SP |
07MADRID578 | SPAIN ON VIOLATIONS OF UNSCR 1701 ARMS EMBARGO [...] (S) Poloff delivered REF A points to MFA Middle East Desk Officer Sergio Carranza on 3/23, sharing the points that were marked as releaseable to the Government of Spain. Carranza inquired as to the reliability of the information, noting that Spain was highly sensitive to information of this na [...] | 2007-03-29 13:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PARM PREL PTER UNSC LB SP |
07MADRID596 | SPAIN ON TAKING GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-02 15:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG SP |
07MADRID598 | SPAIN/KOSOVO: UN RESOLUTION KEY TO SPANISH TROOP [...] (C) The DCM met with Spanish MFA Director General for Europe and North America Jose Maria PONS Irazazabal on March 29 to discuss Spain's support for the Ahtisaari Plan's proposals for Kosovo. Pons told DCM that Spain is committed to supporting the EU common position and strongly supports the [...] | 2007-04-02 15:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU SP |
07MADRID606 | SPAIN/HSPD-6: CONSULAR AFFAIRS AND TSC VISITORS [...] (SBU) Alcy Frelick of CA/P/IP and Richard Kopel and Mary Draper of the Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) visited Madrid March 27 to meet with officials from Spain's National Center for Anti Terrorist Coordination to discuss implementation the HSPD-6 terrorist lookout data exchange between the U. [...] | 2007-04-03 16:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER CVIS KHLS PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID61 | SPAIN RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON PRESIDENT'S IRAQ POLICY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-12 13:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ SP |
07MADRID629 | SPAIN: CUBA TRIP RESULTS NOT YET CLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos said that his April 2-3 visit to Havana, during which he met with Raul Castro and other government leaders, has opened a new stage in Spain-Cuba relations. Moratinos had two principal objectives for the trip: re-engagement with the Cuban governm [...] | 2007-04-04 15:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SP CU |
07MADRID634 | UNDEF: CLUB DE MADRID PROMOTES ARAB DEMOCRATIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Spain-based NGO Club de Madrid is using UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF) funding to help fund a project aimed at promoting freedom of association in several key Arab nations, the "Dialogue on Democratic Values in the Arab World." The Club de Madrid is pleased with its relationship [...] | 2007-04-04 15:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL UN NGO OIIP |
07MADRID635 | DCM OBSERVES MUHAMMAD'S BIRTHDAY AT MARBELLA MOSQUE [...] (U) SUMMARY: During a visit to the Costa del Sol in Andalucia, the DCM toured Marbella's beautiful Rey Abdelaziz Al-Saud Mosque and, at the prompting of Imam Alla Bachar, gave impromptu remarks to the assembled congregation of approximately 50 believers on March 31. Alla Bachar gave a sermon [...] | 2007-04-04 16:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID640 | SPAIN/CUBA: ENGAGING MEMBERS EU TO REINFORCE [...] (C) Summary. As discussed in reftels, Spanish FM Miguel Angel Moratinos and a top-level MFA team visited Havana April 1-3 and concluded political, economic, and cultural agreements with the Cuban Government. In effect, FM Moratinos undertook a major reorientation of Spanish policy, inverting [...] | 2007-04-09 16:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU SP |
07MADRID649 | SPAIN/CUBA: ENCOURAGING EU MEMBERS TO HOLD FIRM ON [...] (C) As discussed in reftels, Spanish FM Miguel Angel Moratinos and a top-level MFA team visited Havana April 1-3 and concluded political, economic, and cultural agreements with the Cuban Government. In effect, FM Moratinos undertook a major reorientation of Spanish policy, inverting Spanish p [...] | 2007-04-10 16:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU SP |
07MADRID66 | SPANISH PROPOSAL FOR NCIS/OSI AGREEMENT [...] (C/NF) As previewed in reftel, MOD has proposed a radically shorter, less detailed draft agreement that would govern the actions in Spain of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) and USAF Office of Special Investigations (OSI). Although only OSD can fully evaluate the text that MOD t [...] | 2007-01-12 15:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR SP |
07MADRID667 | SPAIN: MOD POLICY DG ON NCIS/OSI, AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: MOD Director General for Policy Major General Benito Raggio told PolCouns on March 26 that he is glad to see a positive conclusion to negotiations over regulations for the activities in Spain of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) and USAF Office of Special Investigati [...] | 2007-04-11 12:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP RU YI |
07MADRID672 | SPANISH EX-DEFENSE POLICY DIRECTOR REFLECTS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Francisco Torrente, a retired admiral who stepped down in January as MOD Secretary General for Policy, told DCM during a private lunch on March 26 that Spain would staff the NATO-ISAF headquarters in Kabul beginning in summer 2008, after national elections. He acknowledged that th [...] | 2007-04-11 16:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL PGOV SP AF |
07MADRID686 | SPAIN APPRECIATIVE OF MISSILE DEFENSE BRIEFING [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of ongoing USG efforts to engage the Spanish government on missile defense, Missile Defense Agency deputy director Brigadier General Patrick O'Reilly met with MOD and MFA officials, as well as opinion leaders and an influential opposition member of Parliament, on March 30. [...] | 2007-04-13 10:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR SP |
07MADRID687 | SPANISH MFA READOUT OF MORATINOS TRIP TO CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: With FM Moratinos traveling in Central Asia as OSCE chairman and thus unable to meet with the Ambassador, MFA Secretary of State for Latin America Trinidad Jimenez gave DCM an initial readout on April 12 of Moratinos' trip to Cuba. Jimenez said that the trip's objective was to r [...] | 2007-04-13 10:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU SP |
07MADRID69 | SPAIN: DEFMIN ON SECDEF/NATO MINISTERIAL, SUB [...] (C/NF) Ambassador Aguirre met with Spanish Defense Minister Alonso January 11 to touch base on the upcoming visit to Seville of SecDef Gates in connection with the February 8-9 NATO Defense Ministerial. The two, who meet frequently, were to meet briefly for coffee but the session lasted an ho [...] | 2007-01-12 17:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR PGOV SP |
07MADRID707 | SPANISH POLDIR: MY TRIPS TO KABUL, TEHRAN, HAVANA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Spanish MFA DG for Policy Rafael Dezcallar told DCM on April 17 that his recent trip to Afghanistan left him newly optimistic because NATO-ISAF is on the offensive and Afghan ministers and troops are starting to play a serious role. He said that the GOS will soon begin an initiat [...] | 2007-04-18 15:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SP IR AF CU AG MO WI IZ KZ UZ |
07MADRID71 | SPAIN: UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE RAISES AWARENESS [...] (U) UNVIE Ambassador Greg Schulte visited Madrid January 10-11 to raise the awareness of GOS officials and the public regarding the threat posed by the ongoing Iranian nuclear weapons program. On the government side, Schulte met with National Security Advisor Carles Casajuana, Deputy Foreign [...] | 2007-01-12 17:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL MNUC MASS PINS PTER SP |
07MADRID73 | SPAIN INFORMED ABOUT SPECIALTY STEELS SOUGHT BY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-12 18:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | ETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL SP |
07MADRID736 | EU AND CUBA: MESSAGE DELIVERED TO SPAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-20 16:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU SP |
07MADRID739 | SPANISH MOD POLDIR ON NCIS/OSI RESOLUTION, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta told DCM on April 18 that MOD appreciates US patience with its plans for signature and announcement on April 24 of regulations for the activities in Spain of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) and USAF Office of Special [...] | 2007-04-23 12:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP AF |
07MADRID74 | SPANISH INVITATION TO BUCHAREST EXPORT CONTROL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-12 18:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL RO SP |
07MADRID741 | VENEZUELAN RCTV OWNER MARCEL GRANIER IN SPAIN [...] (C) As described in ref A, DCM talked with MFA Secretary of State for Latin America Trinidad Jimenez on April 12 about the possibility that the GOS would act discreetly to encourage Hugo Chavez not to close RCTV. Based on that conversation, Jimenez, who was aware and concerned about the closu [...] | 2007-04-24 08:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SCUL SP VZ |
07MADRID750 | SPAIN AND US SIGN NCIS/OSI REGULATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: As required by the 2002 revision of the bilateral Agreement on Defense Cooperation (ADC),Spain and the US have signed regulations for the activities in Spain of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) and USAF Office of Special Investigations (OSI). Defense Minister Alon [...] | 2007-04-25 14:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SP |
07MADRID753 | SPANISH ENCOURAGE LONGER MINURSO RENEWAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: NEA DAS Gordon Gray discussed the Western Sahara over lunch with a team of high-level MFA officials April 19 in Madrid. Alvaro Iranzo, the Spanish DG for North Africa, told Gray that the Spanish want a UNSCR which impels the two sides to negotiate without preconditions. While favoring [...] | 2007-04-26 07:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS SP MO AG WI |
07MADRID78 | MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE: MORATINOS URGES EXPANSION [...] (U) Summary. Participants in a high level event to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the 1991 Madrid Middle East Conference recalled the spirit of the 1991 Conference, discussed the problems facing current Middle East peace negotiators, urged deeper USG engagement in resolving the Israeli-P [...] | 2007-01-16 16:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS SY LE SP |
07MADRID800 | SPAIN/COUSO CASE: JUDGE CHARGES US SERVICEMEN WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. National Court Judge Santiago Pedraz issued formal charges of murder and "crimes against the international community" against the three US servicemen named in the legal case filed by family members of Spanish cameraman Jose Couso, who was killed by US fire during the capture of [...] | 2007-04-27 19:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR PGOV SP |
07MADRID807 | SPANISH VIEWS ON NPT PREPCOM [...] (U) ESTHOFF passed reftel points April 24 to MFA Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez, requesting Spanish thoughts on the U.S. agenda for the May PrepCom for the 2010 NPT RevCon. Sanchez, who had clearly given considerable thought to the U.S. nonpaper, relayed GOS views to ESTHOFF during [...] | 2007-04-30 11:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG MNUC PARM PREL KNNP NPT SP |
07MADRID82 | SPAIN/COUSO CASE: JUDGE ISSUES DETENTION ORDER [...] (U) National Court Examining Magistrate Santiago Pedraz issued international detention orders on January 16 against three U.S. servicemen, Sgt. Thomas Gibson, Captain Philip Wolford, and Lt. Col. Philip de Camp, accused of murder and violating international law in the death of Spanish cameraman [...] | 2007-01-16 17:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR SP |
07MADRID835 | SPAIN ON BELARUS UNHRC CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-04 17:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC SP |
07MADRID836 | SPAIN'S IDEAS FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Please see action request in paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a conversation with DCM on May 3 that focused on missile defense (reftel),MFA PolDir Rafael Dezcallar raised four issues related to Afghanistan. Dezcallar wanted to know whom in the Department MFA should contact regarding [...] | 2007-05-07 06:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR AF SP |
07MADRID837 | SPAIN ON ZIMBABWE CHAIRMANSHIP OF CSD 16 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-07 07:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV UNCSD AORC PREL ZI SP |
07MADRID838 | MUSLIM INTEGRATION IN BARCELONA AND ANDALUCIA [...] (U) Senior Advisor to A/S Fried, Farah Pandith, cleared this message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On her second visit to Spain, Senior Advisor to A/S Fried for Muslim Engagement, Farah Pandith, traveled to Barcelona, the Andalucian cities of Cordoba and Sevilla and Madrid from April 19-24, meeting [...] | 2007-05-07 07:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID848 | SPAIN SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. INTERNATIONAL WHALING [...] ESTHOFF made reftel points May 8 to Spanish IWC Commissioner Carmen Asencio, urging Spain to support U.S. IWC priorities. Asencio said Spain would endorse the aboriginal subsistence whaling quota for Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Sea bowhead whales and agreed with the U.S. positions on the Revised [...] | 2007-05-09 11:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD SP |
07MADRID859 | ENGAGING THE NEW FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON FOREIGN POLICY: FIVE IMMEDIATE ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign policy played only a negligible role in the presidential election campaign that concluded May 6, and Sarkozy has relatively little experience in foreign affairs, despite his tenures as Interior and Finance Minister. Nonetheless, Sarkozy's personality is such that he wil [...] | 2007-05-10 13:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID862 | SPAIN/CUBA: VISIT OF WHA DAS MADISON [...] (C) Summary. In a May 4 meeting with visiting WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Kirsten Madison, MFA Director General for Ibero America Javier Sandomingo defended Spain's decision to ramp up contact with the Castro Government, though he acknowledged that Spain "made mistakes" in the course of FM [...] | 2007-05-10 16:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU SP |
07MADRID863 | SPAIN: LEGAL SUIT AGAINST FORMER SECRETARY RUMSFELD [...] (U) The AFP news wire service reported April 30 that the left-wing Spanish NGO "Seville Social Forum" had filed war crimes charges against former Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld in an Andalusian court for his role in the war in Iraq and for the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison. The lawyer [...] | 2007-05-10 17:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR SP |
07MADRID87 | CUBA: SPANISH PAPER SAYS CASTRO OPTED FOR RISKIER [...] (U) Summary. Spanish daily "El Pais" reported today that Fidel Castro and his inner circle opted for a riskier surgery during his initial medical crisis in hopes that he could avoid a second surgery and the need to wear a colostomy bag during his recovery. Citing sources in the hospital where [...] | 2007-01-17 12:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CU SP |
07MADRID897 | SPAIN: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION [...] (C) DCM raised with Spanish MFA PolCouns Rafael Dezcallar May 10 the USG's strong desire for Spain's support in countering the Belarus candidacy for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council and its active efforts in favor of the candidacies of Slovenia and Bosnia. DCM underscored that the requ [...] | 2007-05-11 16:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC SP |
07MADRID899 | SPAIN/COUSO CASE: UPDATE; CONVERSATIONS WITH KEY [...] (SBU) DCM Llorens met with Spanish State Secretary for Justice (Deputy Minister-equivalent) Julio Perez Hernandez on May 10 to express USG's strong concern about the formal charges filed in Spain against the three US serviceman named in the legal case filed by family members of the Spanish ca [...] | 2007-05-11 16:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PGOV PREL SP |
07MADRID910 | SPAIN/COUSO CASE: PROSECUTOR APPEALS CHARGES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-14 15:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR SP |
07MADRID911 | SCENESETTER FOR US-SPAIN HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE TALKS [...] (C/NF) Dan, welcome back to Spain. I appreciate your patience and efforts to finally resolve the NCIS/OSI issue and I'm glad that you've made this High-Level Defense Committee (HLDC) meeting a priority. Now that the Permanent Committee is back on track, handling routine issues at the staff lev [...] | 2007-05-14 17:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR SP |
07MADRID924 | SPAIN: VISIT OF INL DAS MCCAMPBELL; OPPORTUNITY [...] (C) Summary. During a visit to Madrid to attend the 25th-annual International Drug Enforcement Conference (IDEC),INL DAS Christy McCampbell on May 7 met with senior officials in Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and USAID-equivalent Agency for International Cooperation (AECI). During her [...] | 2007-05-16 17:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR EAID PREL SP |
07MADRID937 | VAN WALSUM IN MADRID MAY 18 [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Deputy Director General for North Africa Manuel Gomez-Acebo on May 17. Gomez-Acebo told Poloff that UN Personal Envoy Peter van Walsum had postponed his planned May 16-22 tour of the Maghreb on May 15 and would instead be in Madrid May 18 for a me [...] | 2007-05-17 14:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS AG MO WI SP |
07MADRID945 | SPAIN ON KEY U.S. OBJECTIVES AT THE ANNUAL WORLD [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-18 12:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AORC PREL KFLU WHO SP |
07MADRID947 | SPAIN ON FUTURE OF RCTV [...] (C) Though not an action addressee on ref A, Post continues to press the GOS to use high-level contact with the BRV to support Venezuelan press freedom, specifically RCTV. As described in ref B, Post helped arrange meetings for RCTV owner Marcel Granier with National Security Adviser Carles Ca [...] | 2007-05-18 13:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SP VZ |
07MADRID95 | FOLLOWING UP WITH THE GOS ON SPANISH FIRM'S [...] (S) ESTHOFF passed Ref A points January 12 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez, strongly urging Spain to address U.S. concerns regarding the sale by the Spanish firm Maquinaria CME, S.A. of computer numerical controlled (CNC) milling machines to Iran. Sanchez [...] | 2007-01-18 15:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA SP |
07MADRID950 | DEPUTY FM LEON ON KOSOVO, IRAQ, IRAN/VENEZUELA, [...] (C) Summary. Charge met with MFA Secretary of State Bernardino Leon on May 17 at the Charge's residence. Leon said Spain was looking forward to the visit of Secretary Rice and said that there was concern that the visit not be manipulated by "either side" of the Spanish political spectrum. C [...] | 2007-05-18 17:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP |
07MADRID973 | SPAIN POINT OF CONTACT INFORMATION FOR GLOBAL [...] (SBU) ESTOFF and POLOFF delivered REFTEL A points on May 10 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez and met again on May 18 with Sanchez and MFA Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Carlos Torres to discuss Spain's participation in the Global Initi [...] | 2007-05-21 11:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC PARM PREL SP |
07MADRID974 | SPAIN TO IMMINENTLY SUBMIT ANNUAL DECLARATION FOR [...] (SBU) ESTOFF and POLOFF made reftel points on May 18 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez and MFA Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Carlos Torres, urging Spain to submit to the Immediate Central Contact their HCOC Annual Declaration (AD) on s [...] | 2007-05-21 11:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA SP |
07MADRID975 | SPAIN AGREES WITH BROAD DEFINITION OF UNSCR 1747 [...] (SBU) ESTOFF and POLOFF delivered reftel points on May 18 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez and MFA Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Carlos Torres, conveying Department views on the need to interpret broadly operative Paragraph 5 of UNSCR [...] | 2007-05-21 11:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR SP |
07MADRID976 | SPAIN ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS/LIMA TEXT [...] (SBU) ESTHOFF and POLOFF made reftel points May 18 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez and MFA Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Carlos Torres, urging Spain to support U.S. positions as the international community charts the future of the [...] | 2007-05-21 11:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS NATO PARM PREL SP |
07MADRID977 | DEMARCHE CONCERNING SPANISH AND AUSTRIAN TRANSFERS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-21 11:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL ETTC IR AU SP |
07MADRID979 | SPANISH PARTICIPATION IN OSCE PPP CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-21 14:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PTER SP RU |
07MADRID984 | RUSSIANS ON SPANISH OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polcouns discussed OSCE issues with Russian Political Counselor Alexey Dementiev and Advisor Dennis Gonchar on May 18 at the Russians' request. Dementiev indicated Russia's strong support for the U.S. led Global Initiative and offered to increase U.S.-Russia coordination through [...] | 2007-05-22 15:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE SP RS |
07MADRID999 | 3RD US-SPAIN HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE COMMITTEE REVIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the third bilateral High Level Defense Committee (HLDC) meeting, held in Madrid on May 17-18, DASD Dan Fata and MOD Secretary General for Policy Luis Cuesta discussed shared strategic interests including the NATO-ISAF operations in Afghanistan, multi-lateral missions in Kosovo [...] | 2007-05-24 15:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO SP AF RS YI LE IR PK IS |
07MANAGUA1021 | ANOTHER CONVERGENCIA MEMBER QUESTIONS ORTEGA,S [...] (C) Summary: Azucena Ferrey, a former Contra and longstanding Christian Democrat currently associated with Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) political ally Convergencia, tells us that a number of Convergencia members are disillusioned with the Ortega administration. Ferrey, who di [...] | 2007-04-23 14:34:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA1028 | IN SEARCH OF OPPOSITION UNITY [...] (C) Summary: A group of democratic-minded Nicaraguans are attempting to create a political opposition force to counter President Ortega's apparent determination to turn Nicaragua into an autocratic regime along the lines of Chavez's Venezuela. The group proposes to establish a new national d [...] | 2007-04-23 20:11:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA1043 | NEW MOVIMIENTO DIRECTOR: CIVIL SOCIETY AND [...] (C) Summary: The new Movimiento por Nicaragua (MpN) executive director, Violeta Granera, is convinced that the Ortega government's apparent disorientation is a ruse to divert attention from the Sandinista National Liberation Front's (FSLN) clear plan to gain political and economic power and [...] | 2007-04-24 15:38:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07MANAGUA106 | ORTEGA BLAIMS "NEO-LIBERALISM" FOR NICARAGUAN [...] (U) Summary: New Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega assumed office on January 10 singing the praises of his Bolivarian "twin" Hugo Chavez and proclaiming the failure of "neo-liberalism." Ortega repeated his campaign promises to alleviate poverty through national and regional "unity," joining [...] | 2007-01-17 17:40:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA1065 | EMISSARY OF LIBERAL MAYORS' GROUP CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary: Elvin Sandigo, Executive Director of the Association of Patriotic Mayors (ASALPAT),claims that his organization is no longer an organ of the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC). According to Sandigo, the 58 Liberal mayors that form ASALPAT's membership support Liberal unification [...] | 2007-04-25 21:56:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA1067 | ORTEGA,S FIRST 100 DAYS -- AUTOCRATIC TRENDS DRAW [...] (C) Summary: In its first 100 days, President Ortega's government was characterized by a blur between party and state; autocracy and secrecy; dependency on Chavez; disregard for law and human rights; the dismissal of thousands of government employees; and, a pointed effort to financially "sta [...] | 2007-04-25 22:35:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM NU SNAR IR |
07MANAGUA1069 | FORO LIBERAL SEEKS LIBERAL UNITY VIA [...] (C) Eight Liberal Forum (Foro Liberal) members, who invited the Ambassador, DCM, and PolCouns to meet over breakfast on April 24, are seeking to foster Liberal unity at the municipal level and through the National Assembly's Nicaragua Liberal Alliance (ALN) and the Liberal Constitutional Part [...] | 2007-04-26 14:57:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA1135 | NPT PREPCOM POINTS DELIVERED TO NICARAGUAN FOREIGN [...] On April 24, post faxed reftel points in English to the Foreign Ministry's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Magda Enriquez, who speaks and reads English. On April 26, post's Spanish translation was sent to the MFA. The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Samuel Santos on May 2, the earlies [...] | 2007-05-03 20:49:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT NU |
07MANAGUA1174 | THE OPPOSITION'S RECIPE FOR SUCCESS: A [...] (C) Summary: Two former presidential candidates, Eduardo Montealegre of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) and Edmundo Jarquin of the Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS),are working on forging a political alliance to counter President Ortega,s increasingly authoritarian inclinations. The [...] | 2007-05-07 22:30:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA1217 | NICARAGUA: OIL CONCESSIONS TO U.S. COMPANIES [...] (C) Summary: On 10 August, 2006, a court in the Southern Autonomous Atlantic Region (RAAS) accepted a writ of injunction/relief against the Attorney General for signing oil exploration concessions with two U.S. companies without having properly consulted with the governments of the Autonomous [...] | 2007-05-10 22:24:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ECON PREL NU |
07MANAGUA1223 | ORTEGA APPOINTS ANOTHER PSEUDO-MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: President Ortega recently appointed former spokeswoman for the Nicaraguan Supreme Court Ruth Tapia Roa to the post of Secretary General of the Ministry of Defense "with the rank of minister." Tapia's chief qualifications appear to be her relationship to former Sandinista military [...] | 2007-05-10 23:00:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA127 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL CONCERNS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador recently met with Arturo Cruz, Nicaragua's Ambassador-designate to the United States. During the conversation, Cruz first insisted on the importance of President Ortega's participation in the annual Prayer Breakfast; he later reconsidered and suggested Ortega decline the inv [...] | 2007-01-18 17:57:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREL SNAR IR NU |
07MANAGUA1272 | NICARAGUA UNDECIDED ON UNHRC VOTE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-16 21:02:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHRC NU |
07MANAGUA1273 | NICARAGUA'S IRAN-VENEZUELA RELATIONS [...] (S) Summary: Given President Daniel Ortega's close relationship with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the restoration of diplomatic ties with Iran, and the visit of President Ahmedinejad to Nicaragua, the Embassy has not formally engaged the Nicaraguans on the Venezuelan-Iranian alliance (Ref [...] | 2007-05-16 21:06:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR NU |
07MANAGUA1310 | AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-22 21:22:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR NU |
07MANAGUA1311 | GON RESPECTS VENEZUELAN DECISION TO CLOSE RCTV, [...] (C) On May 21, the Ambassador raised with Foreign Minister Samuel Santos the demarche points on press freedom contained in refetel. The Ambassador expressed concern that the imminent closure of Venezuelan television channel RCTV is an act that violates the OAS' Inter-American Convention on H [...] | 2007-05-22 21:42:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL NU VE |
07MANAGUA1318 | FOREIGN MINISTER DOWNPLAYS GON ENDORSEMENT OF [...] (C) On May 21, the Ambassador raised with Foreign Minister Samuel Santos the Nicaraguan government's (GON) position vis a vis North Korea (DPRK),specifically noting our concern over President Ortega's recent public remarks virtually endorsing the DPRK's efforts to become a nuclear power, a p [...] | 2007-05-23 15:24:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KGIT XE NU |
07MANAGUA1340 | MONTEALEGRE UNDER INTENSE PRESSURE TO MAKE DEAL [...] (C) Summary: Opposition leader Eduardo Montealegre of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) is under intense pressure to make a deal with convicted ex-President and Liberal Constitutional Party Leader (PLC) Arnoldo Aleman to unite the Liberal forces. During a recent session with Washington vi [...] | 2007-05-24 23:36:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA1377 | GROUP VOICES SUPPORT OF NICARAGUAN POLICE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: A group of fourteen prominent Nicaraguans, who call themselves the "Grupo de Opinion" (Opinion Group) are voicing their support of the Nicaraguan National Police and the Armed Forces in order to prevent them from being co-opted by President Daniel Ortega. Rafael Cordoba, a memb [...] | 2007-05-30 22:28:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA140 | CENTAM AMBASSADORS CONCERNED ABOUT NICARAGUA'S [...] (C) Summary: Central American ambassadors in Nicaragua were startled by the populist rhetoric and procession of infamous guests surrounding the inauguration of President Daniel Ortega (reftel),but maintain a cautious optimism that regional and international agreements will constrain the Orteg [...] | 2007-01-18 23:43:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA1431 | NICARAGUA: FACING CHALLENGES IN ADDRESSING CASH [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 24, Econoff delivered reftel demarche on illicit cash couriers to representatives of the Nicaraguan inter-agency Anti-Terrorism Working Group (ATWG). ATWG representatives responded that cash couriers are an issue of growing concern in Nicaragua, but current laws and the [...] | 2007-06-05 20:55:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL NU |
07MANAGUA1482 | OPPOSITION LABOR PUSHES FOR LIBERAL UNITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Liberal labor federation Permanent Workers' Congress (CPT) seeks to form a "Pro Unity Committee" to create a unified Liberal platform and break the political impasse between the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) and the Liberal Constitutionalist Party (PLC). CPT leaders wor [...] | 2007-06-12 18:23:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB |
07MANAGUA1495 | LABOR - POTENTIAL KEY TO OPPOSITION UNITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is growing unrest and resentment towards President Daniel Ortega among organized labor, sparked by turmoil in the education sector earlier this year. Human rights NGO Nicaraguan Permanent Commission for Human Rights (CPDH) hopes to capitalize on the situation by working w [...] | 2007-06-13 23:18:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB |
07MANAGUA1541 | NEW ACTING MINISTER OF DEFENSE RECEIVES AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Ambassador met with Ruth Tapia Roa, the new Secretary General and acting Minister of Defense (reftel),on June 4 to discuss issues of mutual concern. Although Tapia's office delayed granting the appointment for several weeks, the meeting was cordial. She led the meeting on behalf of the [...] | 2007-06-18 22:52:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA1543 | CIVIL SOCIETY UNDER SIEGE, CLAMOURING FOR [...] (C) Over the past 2-3 months, the political section has received over a dozen proposals from civil society organizations concentrated in three areas: human rights defense, organized labor, and indigenous (Miskito) groups. Each organization claims to oppose President Daniel Ortega and seeks fi [...] | 2007-06-18 23:22:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EAID KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL NU |
07MANAGUA1547 | TEACHERS HOPE TO FORM FIRST "SUPER" UNION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Democratic teachers' unions hope to form a national alliance ("Central") in order to gain negotiating power with the Ortega government and more effectivley contest the alliance between Education Minister Miguel De Castilla and pro-Sandinista teachers' union ANDEN. Union leaders [...] | 2007-06-20 16:15:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL NU |
07MANAGUA155 | EX-SANDINISTA VP SERGIO RAMIREZ: RECENT ORTEGA [...] (C) Summary: Sergio Ramirez, a renowned author and Vice President during the 1980s Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) era who is estranged from the FSLN, paints a discouraging map of the course the new Ortega government has set over the past week. He recently warned the Ambassador [...] | 2007-01-19 21:19:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA157 | REGIONAL AMBASSADORS SHARE THOUGHTS ON ORTEGA [...] (C) Summary: Ambassadors to Nicaragua from Spain, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, and Colombia are concerned that the authoritarian tendencies and lack of experience of many officials in the Ortega administration, combined with the "destabilizing" influence of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, may nega [...] | 2007-01-19 22:35:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA1615 | VENEZUELA'S BANDES OPENS ITS DOORS IN NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 21, President Ortega officially opened the Venezuelan Bank for Economic and Social Development (BANDES) in Nicaragua. He personally handed out USD 9.65 million in loans to six cooperatives for small agricultural projects and USD 10 million in grants to five parastatals. [...] | 2007-07-02 16:15:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL NU VE |
07MANAGUA1621 | FIVE PILLARS OF FSLN STRATEGY [...] (C) A document leaked to the press recently revealed that the FSLN has readied a plan called the "Five Pillars of the Revolutionary Project" to be formally announced on the July 19 celebration of the 28th anniversary of the Somoza overthrow. The 5 Pillars are: direct democracy and civilian po [...] | 2007-07-02 16:39:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA1622 | ORTEGA ADMINISTRATION AT SIX MONTHS [...] (C) Summary: During his first six months in office, President Daniel Ortega has expanded executive powers and used them to destroy or give away pieces of Nicaragua's cultural patrimony; to threaten opposition media and freedom of expression; to fire large numbers of government officials and r [...] | 2007-07-02 17:35:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON NU |
07MANAGUA1672 | UPDATE ON NICARAGUA'S FOREIGN DEBT [...] (SBU) Summary: Nicaragua continues to reduce its foreign debt load. The commercial debt buy-back program, which will reduce foreign debt claims by USD 1.3 billion, is almost complete. Despite strong lobbying efforts with Iran and Libya, no additional countries have forgiven non-Paris Club bil [...] | 2007-07-06 21:15:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EPET PGOV PREL NU |
07MANAGUA1719 | UPDATE ON NICARAGUA'S DOMESTIC DEBT [...] (SBU) Summary: Working with the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA),Nicaragua is taking the first steps in addressing its excessive domestic debt burden. The OTA designed National Debt Management Strategy aims to develop an internal market for government debt to [...] | 2007-07-13 20:22:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL NU |
07MANAGUA1720 | ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF "CUADERNO SANDINISTA, NO.1" [...] (SBU) Summary. "Cuaderno Sandinista No. 1," a propaganda piece produced by the FSLN Department of Political Education, claims to outline a new plan of reconciliation and national unity for Nicaragua. The plan is anchored by three pillars: improving the well-being of citizens, equitable econom [...] | 2007-07-13 20:23:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL NU |
07MANAGUA1741 | U.S. Q NICARAGUA TRADE GROWING UNDER CAFTA-DR [...] (SBU) Nicaraguan exports to the United States increased by 17.4 percent, up from $733 million to $910 million, during the first 12 months of CAFTA-DR. Excluding maquila, data show Nicaragua exports were up 8.2 percent, from $541 million to $585 million. In addition to maquila, other sectors [...] | 2007-07-17 22:00:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL NU |
07MANAGUA1748 | U.S. - NICARAGUA TRADE GROWING UNDER CAFTA-DR [...] (SBU) Nicaraguan exports to the United States increased by 17.4 percent, up from $733 million to $910 million, during the first 12 months of CAFTA-DR. Excluding maquila, data show Nicaragua exports were up 8.2 percent, from $541 million to $585 million. In addition to maquila, other sectors s [...] | 2007-07-18 15:24:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL NU |
07MANAGUA1771 | NICARAGUA AND THE IMF HAVE A PRGF AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The IMF and GON have almost completed a three-year Poverty Reduction Growth Facility (PRGF) agreement. After finalization of some budgetary numbers, the PRGF will go before the IMF Board in October. Characterizing the agreement as "plain vanilla," IMF ResRep Humberto Arbulu Neir [...] | 2007-07-23 14:47:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PREL NU |
07MANAGUA178 | LACAYO: FSLN INTEREST GROUPS COMPETE FOR DOMINANCE [...] (C) Summary: Antonio Lacayo, secretary minister of the presidency during Violeta Chamorro's presidency and her son-in-law, believes that the power struggle among competing Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) interest groups will "test" the new Ortega government and could be exploited [...] | 2007-01-23 15:43:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL ENRG EPET |
07MANAGUA1784 | MRS CELEBRATES A DAY OF ANTI-DANIELISMO [...] (C) Summary: While the FSLN celebrated its high holy day on July 19, 2007, the Movimiento Renovador Sandinista (The Sandinista Renovation Movement, or MRS),a Sandinista break-off party, turned their modest celebrations into a day of protest against the growing authoritarianism of President Da [...] | 2007-07-24 21:47:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NU PREL EAID PINS |
07MANAGUA179 | FOREIGN MINISTER SANTOS STRUGGLES TO JUGGLE THE [...] (C) Summary: Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Samuel Santos (Refs. E-H) is struggling to juggle the demands and impositions of anti-U.S., populist, authoritarian-minded allies against the concerns and expectations of the U.S. and other like-minded governments. We reminded Santos that any dangers [...] | 2007-01-23 15:56:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA181 | BONILLA: LIBERALS MUST MEND THEIR DIFFERENCES OR [...] (C) Summary: Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) lawmaker Yamileth Bonilla, who heads the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs Committee, believes that President Ortega's efforts to consolidate his power only days after assuming office have shocked the ALN and rival Liberal Constitutional Party [...] | 2007-01-23 17:00:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA1817 | UNSC IRAN SANCTIONS: BUSINESS AS USUAL IN NICARAGUA [...] (S) On July 26, per reftel instructions we met with Foreign Ministry Director General for the Americas Orlando Gomez and urged that Nicaragua not continue business as usual with Iran. We also highlighted Nicaragua's requirements under UNSCRs 1737 and 1747, especially the prohibitions under [...] | 2007-07-30 17:12:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PARM PREL KNNP IR NU |
07MANAGUA182 | HUMAN RIGHTS NGO TERMS ORTEGA GOVERNMENT "WORST [...] (C) Summary: Members of the Permanent Human Rights Council (CPDH) believe that the turn the Ortega government has taken since it assumed power is the "worst-nightmare scenario." They recently warned the Ambassador that President Ortega will not leave office for at least ten years unless Nic [...] | 2007-01-23 18:37:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL |
07MANAGUA1825 | NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED: [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-30 23:06:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL NU |
07MANAGUA1826 | 62ND UNGA GENERAL ASSEMBLY: NO DETAILS YET FROM [...] (U) On July 26, POLOFF met with Orlando Gomez, Director General of the America's Division at the Ministry of Foreign Relations (MINREX) to deliver points as directed in REFTELs. Gomez responded that while the Foreign Minister had recently raised the issue of whether to attend UNGA with Presiden [...] | 2007-07-30 23:07:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP PREL OVIP UNGA SOCI TSPL NU |
07MANAGUA1847 | NICARAGUA: NEW TRADE MINISTER TAKES PRAGMATIC APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) New Minister of Trade, Industry, and Development (MIFIC) Orlando SOLORZANO Delgadillo says he will focus on areas of common interest between Nicaragua and the United States, including trade and economic integration. He mentioned several specific areas of concern regarding CAFTA-DR, inclu [...] | 2007-08-06 16:18:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL NU |
07MANAGUA1865 | PROPOSED U.S. TOBACCO TAX WOULD JEOPARDIZE JOBS [...] (SBU) In an August 2 meeting with he Ambassador, representatives of the Nicaraguan cigar industry voiced concern that a proposal to increase cigar taxes in the United States will snuff out growth in their sector. They warned that the tax would jeopardize the jobs of 15,000 direct employees and [...] | 2007-08-08 16:17:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL NU |
07MANAGUA1873 | EMBASSY MANAGUA ASSESSMENT OF CENTRAL AMERICA [...] (C) Due to recent political changes in Nicaragua, it remains to be seen whether the GON will continue to cooperate with the U.S. on broad high-level security policy. Even so, day-to-day operational cooperation remains strong, particularly with the National Police and the military. We believ [...] | 2007-08-08 23:46:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PREL XK |
07MANAGUA1880 | AMBASSADOR'S AUGUST 6 MEETING WITH EDUARDO [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Eduardo Montealegre leader of Nicaragua's Liberal Alliance (ALN) at Montealegre,s request on August 6. Montealegre expressed his doubts about the possibilities of forming a strategic liberal alliance with Liberal Constitutional Party of Nicaragua (PLC) before the [...] | 2007-08-09 18:14:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA1904 | CATHOLIC CHURCH LEADER IN NICARAGUA ON HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Monsignor Bernardo Hombach, Catholic archbishop of the diocese of Granada offered his assessment of the human rights situation in Nicaragua, citing a corrupt judicial system, a government run on political patronage, and illegal narcotics trafficking as the gravest challenges facin [...] | 2007-08-13 22:49:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KDEM PGOV NU |
07MANAGUA1921 | MOMENT OF TRUTH FOR THE PLC [...] (C) Nicaragua's Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) stands at a pivotal juncture. An upcoming vote (date TBD) on the issue of Citizens' Councils in the National Assembly will auger whether former President and convicted felon Arnoldo Aleman's power over the party is waning. At stake too are [...] | 2007-08-15 20:41:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA196 | FM SANTOS CLAIMS OIL CONCESSIONS WILL MOVE FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Samuel Santos informed us that the government of Nicaragua (GON) will facilitate the opening of oil exploration concessions on the Atlantic Coast that have been stalled for legal reasons. Santos also used the occasion to request assistance for the milit [...] | 2007-01-24 19:37:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NU |
07MANAGUA1980 | NICARAGUA: IMPORT SAFETY DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) On August 20, Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Julio Cesar Bendana, Director for Competition and Regulatory Efficiency at the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Development. Bendana expressed interest in establishing a dialogue on product safety (imported and domestic goods). He [...] | 2007-08-24 22:42:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL NU |
07MANAGUA1987 | IRANIAN ASSITANCE TO NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) Summary: From July 31 to August 5, an Iranian technical delegation headed by Iranian Deputy Minister of Energy Hamid Chitchian visited Nicaragua to follow-up on assistance promises made by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The two government will meet again in November in the first meeting [...] | 2007-08-27 21:10:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL ECON PGOV CVIS NU IR |
07MANAGUA2000 | NICARAGUAN ECONOMY COASTING - BUT STRAINS ARE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador's Second Economic Roundtable reviewed the performance of different economic sectors and painted a picture of an economy coasting on the achievements of the Bolanos administration, early signs of a slowdown, and increasing strains between the GON and businesses. The [...] | 2007-08-30 14:11:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV ETRD EPET EINV NU |
07MANAGUA2001 | BOLANOS-DAVIS CASE: SILENCING CRITICS MADE EASY [...] (C) National Assembly Deputy Alejandro Bolanos-Davis met with us on August 24 to give us his reaction to his seemingly permanent expulsion from the National Assembly, the next moves in his case, and his overview of Nicaraguan politics. Bolanos-Davis is convinced that the Ortega regime will not [...] | 2007-08-30 14:43:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA2003 | BRAZIL AND NICARAGUA: I SAY ETHANOL, YOU SAY HYDRO [...] (SBU) Summary: President Luiz Ignacio "Lula" da Silva's August 7-8 visit to Nicaragua was the first by a Brazilian head of state in over 100 years. While Lula's focus for the visit was ethanol and business opportunities that take advantage of CAFTA, Ortega tried to interest the Brazilians in p [...] | 2007-08-30 16:04:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON PGOV NU IR |
07MANAGUA2008 | NICARAGUA NOMINATES ANTI-U.S., FORMER AMCIT AS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nicaragua plans to nominate former Foreign Minister, Miguel D'ESCOTO Brockmann, a gratuitously anti-U.S., former AMCIT, and former Catholic priest, as the GRULAC candidate for President of the 63rd Session of the UNGA (2008-2009),Foreign Minister Samuel Santos told us on August 2 [...] | 2007-08-30 19:30:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPDC PINR CVIS UNGA VT NU |
07MANAGUA2009 | NICARAGUA NOMINATES ANTI-U.S., FORMER AMCIT AS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nicaragua plans to nominate former Foreign Minister, Miguel D'ESCOTO Brockmann, a gratuitously anti-U.S., former AMCIT, and former Catholic priest, as the GRULAC candidate for President of the 63rd Session of the UNGA (2008-2009),Foreign Minister Samuel Santos told us on August 2 [...] | 2007-08-30 19:30:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPDC PINR CVIS UNGA VT NU |
07MANAGUA202 | SECRETARY LEAVITT,S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] (C) Summary: On January 9, 2007, in a meeting at Sandinista Party Headquarters, the U.S. Presidential Delegation (Presdel),led by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt, discussed with then SIPDIS President-elect Daniel Ortega a new regional health-care training initiat [...] | 2007-01-25 14:55:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL |
07MANAGUA2043 | NICARAGUAN OPPOSITION IN UNISON: FACT OR FICTION? [...] (C) On September 4, leaders from the two main liberal opposition parties in Nicaragua, the Liberal Alliance of Nicaragua (ALN) and the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) announced that they had signed an agreement to pursue a common legislative agenda. A few days later, on September 7, both [...] | 2007-09-07 00:38:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR NU |
07MANAGUA2110 | ALN PUSHING THE LIBERAL UNITY ENVELOPE [...] (C) The Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance party (ALN) is pushing its fellow opposition Constitutional Liberal Party (PLC) to prove that its true intentions are to cooperate against the Sandinista regime of President Ortega. As reported reftel, The ALN and PLC have signed agreements covering both a [...] | 2007-09-13 22:40:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA2135 | NICARAGUAN CIVIL SOCIETY ALLIANCE UNITES AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: Some ten thousand Nicaraguan opposition members, political leaders, and regular citizens turned out for a rally organized by the pro-democracy civil society organization Movimiento por Nicaragua (MpN) on Sunday, September 9 in the streets of Masaya to voice a united opposition to [...] | 2007-09-18 20:33:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA2152 | Nicaraguan Port Authority signs grant with USTDA [...] (U) Summary: On August 23, the National Port Authority (EPN) signed a $510,000 grant agreement with the United States Trade Development Agency (USTDA) for technical assistance in drafting a National Ports Law. The new law will allow, for the first time, public-private investment in the country [...] | 2007-09-20 16:06:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EWWT PREL ECON PGOV NU |
07MANAGUA2169 | CHECKBOOK DIPLOMACY? TAIWANESE PRESIDENT VISITS [...] (C) Summary: On Aug 26-28, President Chen Shui-ban of Taiwan visited Nicaragua as part of an effort to retain Nicaragua's diplomatic recognition of his country. For the Nicaraguans, the visit was an opportunity to secure more assistance and foreign investment. Throughout the visit, Chen repe [...] | 2007-09-21 19:42:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON PGOV ETRD EINV ENRG TW NU |
07MANAGUA2189 | Nicaragua supports Strauss-Kahn for IMF Director [...] (U) On September 20, the Nicaraguan Central Bank informed post of the GON's support for Dominique Strauss-Kahn as candidate as Director General of the International Monetary Fund (IMF),by sending us a press release. 2. (U) Below please find the full text of the Nicaraguan Central Bank mess [...] | 2007-09-25 16:16:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL NU |
07MANAGUA2203 | SWEDEN ENDS COOPERATION WITH NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 27, the Embassy of Sweden announced that the country will end its foreign assistance program in Nicaragua as part of a global strategy that aims to focus its international aid to countries in Africa and Eastern Europe. Members of the Nicaraguan National Assembly and in [...] | 2007-09-25 23:03:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EWWT PREL ECON PGOV NU |
07MANAGUA2212 | NICARAGUA: TEXTILE/APPAREL UPDATE [...] (SBU) The textile and apparel sector continues to grow in Nicaragua as firms take advantage of CAFTA-DR market access, relatively low wages, and geographic proximity to the United States. The sector added 6,000 new jobs in 2006, and exports to the United States grew from $525 million to $697 [...] | 2007-09-26 23:18:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX PREL NU |
07MANAGUA2233 | NICARAGUAN FM SANTOS LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE: [...] (U) On Tuesday, September 25, we received, under cover of a Foreign Ministry (MINREX) diplomatic note, a letter to the Secretary from Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Samuel Santos. The letter thanks the U.S. for assistance rendered during Hurricane Felix and, citing the internal displacement and [...] | 2007-10-02 19:27:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG ODPC PREL PREF CVIS NU |
07MANAGUA2246 | REAL OPPOSITION, OR AN END TO CHECKS AND BALANCES? [...] (C) Some members of the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) appear to be on the verge of joining forces with the pro-democracy Liberal Alliance of Nicaragua (ALN) party, headed by Eduardo Montealegre, despite that fact that under its leader, former President and convicted felon Arnoldo Aleman, [...] | 2007-10-03 23:14:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA225 | ATMOSPHERICS OF ORTEGA INAUGURATION: CHAOS AND POPULISM TRUMPS SECURITY AND PROTOCOL [...] (C) Summary: The inauguration of President Daniel Ortega on January 10 projected an odd image of disorder, amateurism, and unceremonious conduct, where populism trumped protocol, and security was virtually non-existent. Heads of state, royalty, ministers, and other dignitaries from over 64 co [...] | 2007-01-25 22:36:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA2255 | NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT IGNORING BUDGET SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: At an October 2 meeting donors providing direct budget support to Nicaragua expressed frustration over repeated brush-offs from the government since the Budget Support Group's (BSG) annual performance review in July. BSG members believe the government is assuming that donors will [...] | 2007-10-04 18:20:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID ECON PREL PGOV NU |
07MANAGUA2287 | LIBERAL UNITY MOVES FORWARD [...] (C) Members of several Nicaraguan opposition parties came together on October 4 to pledge their support for a new "National Unity Alliance." It is too early to tell if this new grouping will be the catalyst for building a strong united opposition to the Sandinista regime of President Ortega. [...] | 2007-10-09 15:55:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA2295 | NICARAGUA: CRIMINALIZATION OF THERAPEUTIC ABORTION [...] (U) Summary: Women's rights organizations, human rights NGOS, and physicians have reacted sharply to the Nicaraguan National Assembly's vote to include in the country's new Penal Code the criminalization of therapeutic abortion. Opponents of the criminalization of all forms of abortion have [...] | 2007-10-10 22:23:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KWMN NU |
07MANAGUA2368 | BUSINESS SECTOR PRIVATELY EXPRESSES DISPLEASURE [...] (C) Summary: On September 19, the Ambassador hosted his third Economic Roundtable with representatives of the private sector. While economic indicators are generally positive, some participants questioned whether economic growth can be sustained given power shortages and a deteriorating inve [...] | 2007-10-22 19:01:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET EINV PREL PGOV ETRD NU |
07MANAGUA2399 | IAAC/WALKER: NICARAGUA NON-COMMITAL; 63RD [...] (U) On October 25, poloff delivered reftel A demarche to Mario Barquero, the new Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, soliciting Nicaragua's support for David Walker's candidacy for the IAAC. Barquero offered no comment on Walker's candidacy, but took a [...] | 2007-10-30 19:08:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC UN UNGA NU |
07MANAGUA2402 | REGIONAL PARTNERS SHARE CONCERNS ABOUT DIRECTION [...] (C) Ambassadors from Spain, Japan, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, and Mexico share similar concerns about the direction of Nicaragua under the Ortega Government. They are frustrated by the GON's lack of professionalism, transparency and accountability, and have a low level of confidence in the gove [...] | 2007-10-30 21:57:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID BR CI CO ECON JA MX NU PREL XM |
07MANAGUA241 | A BLOW TO DEMOCRACY: LIBERALS DELIVER MORE POWER [...] (C) Summary: The Nicaraguan National Assembly approved on January 24 a series of reforms to Law 290 -- which defines the roles of the ministries and other executive institutions -- that grant more authority to the Presidency and reduce transparency by considerably reducing civilian controls ove [...] | 2007-01-26 22:46:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA242 | MARTINEZ CUENCA LAUDS U.S. POLICY TOWARDS ORTEGA [...] (C) In Sandinista-dissident Alejandro Martinez Cuenca's recent meeting with the Ambassador, he applauded President Bush's "magnificent" decision to call Ortega before the inauguration, terming the gesture the "best antidote to keep Ortega from straying" and to check Venezuelan President Hugo [...] | 2007-01-26 22:56:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL |
07MANAGUA244 | SECRETARY LEAVITT,S MEETING WITH SALVADORAN [...] (C) Summary: On January 9, 2007, the U.S. Presidential Delegation (Presdel),led by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt, discussed with Salvadoran President Tony Saca a new regional health-care training initiative; Salvador's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) program; bilater [...] | 2007-01-29 14:30:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL |
07MANAGUA2443 | NICARAGUA LOOKING FOR BALANCE ON WTO ISSUES [...] (SBU) On November 6, Econoff delivered Ref A demarche, on the risk to World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha negotiations presented by ongoing Argentinean and Brazilian efforts to avoid cutting tariffs on industrial goods, to Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Development (MIFIC) Director General fo [...] | 2007-11-07 19:38:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL WTO NU |
07MANAGUA2446 | CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM AIMED TO PERPETUATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Constitutional reform is the hot political topic of the moment in Nicaragua. The Sandinista Front for National Liberation (FSLN) and the Constitutional Liberal Party (PLC) are privately negotiating a major overhaul of the Nicaraguan body politic, focused on creating likely t [...] | 2007-11-07 22:45:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA245 | SECRETARY LEAVITT,S MEETING WITH GUATEMALAN [...] (C) Summary: On January 9, 2007, the U.S. Presidential Delegation (Presdel),led by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt, discussed with Guatemalan Vice Foreign Minister Luis Fernando Andrade a new regional health-care training initiative; the Guatemalan Government's (GOG [...] | 2007-01-29 14:34:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL |
07MANAGUA2455 | NICARAGUA: FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN [...] (U) Econoff delivered Ref A demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Relations (MFA),the Superintendent of Banks and Other Financial Institutions (SIBIOF),and the Nicaraguan Central Bank (BCN). At each meeting Econoff left FATF and U.S. Treasury advisory notices concerning Iran, as well as the n [...] | 2007-11-09 15:17:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC ECON NU |
07MANAGUA2457 | NICARAGUA MUTE ON WHO IPR ISSUES [...] (SBU) On October 30, Econoff delivered Ref A demarche, on Brazilian efforts to weaken intellectual property protections for pharmaceuticals through World Health Organization fora, to Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Development (MIFIC) Director General for International Trade Sonia Somarriba. S [...] | 2007-11-09 16:16:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON PREL WTO NU |
07MANAGUA246 | SECRETARY LEAVITT,S MEETING WITH HONDURAN [...] (C) Summary: On January 9, 2007 the U.S. Presidential Delegation (Presdel),led by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt, discussed with Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya a new regional health-care training initiative; Honduras' petroleum dependency; resolving the need [...] | 2007-01-29 14:39:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL |
07MANAGUA247 | SECRETARY LEAVITT,S MEETING WITH PANAMANIAN VICE [...] (C) Summary: On January 9, 2007, the U.S. Presidential Delegation (Presdel),led by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt, discussed with Panamanian Vice President Samuel Lewis and Health Minister Camilo Alleyne a new regional health-care training initiative. Alleyne reit [...] | 2007-01-29 14:43:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL |
07MANAGUA2472 | COMMEMORATING THE GREAT WHITE FLEET IN NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) Embassy Nicaragua appreciates the invitation to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Great White Fleet. We note that President Ortega has exhibited a penchant for attacking "U.S. imperialism and interventionism," though not the Great White Fleet specifically. However, Ortega also be [...] | 2007-11-14 13:10:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS KPAO PREL MASS NU |
07MANAGUA2479 | GON SLOWLY REACHING OUT TO BUDGET SUPPORT DONORS [...] (C) Summary: The Budget Support Group (BSG),a group of donor countries providing direct budget support (i.e. cash transfers for development purposes) to Nicaragua, told the Ministry of Finance (MHCP) on October 4 that it could not confirm funds to support the 2008 National Budget without bett [...] | 2007-11-19 17:29:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID ECON PREL PGOV NU |
07MANAGUA2488 | NICARAGUA: DELIVERY OF MCC INDICATOR SCORECARDS [...] (U) On November 1, post delivered Nicaragua's MCC Indicator Scorecard to President Ortega. While congratulating President Ortega on Nicaragua's continued eligibility for the MCC program, the Ambassador's letter highlighted slippage in the Control of Corruption, Rule of Law, Government Effectiv [...] | 2007-11-23 16:08:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON MCC NU |
07MANAGUA2523 | NICARAGUA RESPONSE: NEW DELHI CONFERENCE ON AVIAN [...] (U) On November 29, we delivered REFTEL non-paper to Dr. Juan Jose Amador Velazquez, the Director General for Epidemiology at the Ministry of Health (MINSA). On Novermber 30, we delivered the non-paper to Dr. Mario Jose Gonzalez Herrera, Chief of the Department of Epidemiology at the Ministry [...] | 2007-11-30 23:16:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU EAGR EAID TBIO PREL NU |
07MANAGUA2532 | NICARAGUA AND SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE [...] (C) Summary: Nicaragua under President Ortega, in contrast to the past three administrations, is establishing closer relations with Cuba. We expect Nicaragua to vote more consistently with Cuba. The trading relationship between the two countries has increased, but continues to be insignifica [...] | 2007-12-06 18:42:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU NU |
07MANAGUA2540 | DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-07 21:19:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA NU |
07MANAGUA2543 | CERD ELECTION: NICARAGUA WILL FAVOR PROSPER; [...] (C) On December 4, we delivered a copy of the diplomatic note and of Pierre-Richard Prosper's CV to Orlando Gomez, Director General for American Affairs; David McField, Director General for Asia, Africa and Oceana; and Mario Barquero Baltodano, Acting Director General for International Organiz [...] | 2007-12-08 00:57:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA NU |
07MANAGUA2544 | NICARAGUA: IRANIANS AND LIBYANS WELCOME -- NO [...] (C) According to a November 28 circular memo sent to all airlines operating out of Managua's international airport, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) now will allow all Libyan and Iranian passport holders (diplomatic, official and regular) to enter Nicaragua without visas. The GON states that [...] | 2007-12-08 00:59:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | CVIS IR LY NU PREL PTER VE |
07MANAGUA2567 | NICARAGUA RECEPTIVE TO U.S. CASH COURIER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-12 20:35:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER ASEC NU |
07MANAGUA2577 | FRAUD SUMMARY - MANAGUA, NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) The following is Managua's quarterly report on the fraud situation at post for the fourth quarter FY 07. Headings follow reftel information requests. a. COUNTRY CONDITIONS In the last few months Nicaragua has been impacted by natural disasters, political instability and rising oil [...] | 2007-12-12 22:43:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS ASEC CPAS CMGT PREL PTER XK NU |
07MANAGUA2593 | CENTRAL AMERICAN SECURITY REQUIREMENTS: NICARAGUA [...] (U) Please find attached Post's updated assessment of Nicaragua's current and medium-term security needs as requested in reftel. A Chance to Build on Success ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) In the past year, Nicaragua achieved its highest level of annual narcotics seizures to date [...] | 2007-12-14 15:57:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PINS SNAR NU |
07MANAGUA2656 | NICARAGUA: RAISING AWARENESS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, HUMAN TRAFFICKING [...] (U) Summary: Post marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence from November 25 to December 10, by engaging with women's rights organizations, universities, civil society, the media, and the Nicaraguan pol [...] | 2007-12-31 20:00:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KWMN KCRM NU |
07MANAGUA269 | RIZO: PLC AND ALN UNDERESTIMATED ONE ANOTHER TO [...] (C) Jose Rizo, the Liberal Constitutional Party's (PLC) presidential candidate in the November 2006 race, acknowledged to PolCouns on January 23 that he had miscalculated the strength of rival Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) candidate Eduardo Montealegre, while Montealegre had also underest [...] | 2007-01-30 18:19:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL |
07MANAGUA296 | NICARAGUA: NAMES OF TOP INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] The following is in response to reftel A request for Nicaragua's top five most influential women representing government, politics, civil society, private sector, and media. We have also provided the names of other women who are making an impact on Nicaraguan society and could be of interest [...] | 2007-01-31 23:14:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL NU |
07MANAGUA324 | PLC DEPUTY WARNS OF OPPORTUNISTIC FSLN INCURSIONS [...] (C) Summary: Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) deputy Freddy Torres recently warned that the Sandinistas are working to buy the loyalty of vulnerable and impoverished farmers in the Liberal heartland, and the Liberals do not have the resources to oppose them. Torres agreed that the PLC must [...] | 2007-02-02 23:43:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID NU |
07MANAGUA328 | ALN EMBARKS ON REORGANIZATION, RAPPROCHEMENT WITH [...] (C) Summary: Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) planning coordinator Kitty Monterrey recently shared her party's reorganization plans and provided a copy of ALN president Eduardo Montealegre's letter to his Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) counterpart. In that letter, Montealegre proposes [...] | 2007-02-05 20:24:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL |
07MANAGUA329 | AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE CRUZ: &BIGGEST CHALLENGE WILL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and country team members recently presented an overview of USG programs and their parameters to Nicaraguan Ambassador-designate to the United States Arturo Cruz (Ref. A),similar to the December 2006 presentation to then President-elect Daniel Ortega's transition team [...] | 2007-02-05 20:32:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL |
07MANAGUA331 | CONVERGENCIA DEPUTIES HAVE INDEPENDENT AGENDA FROM [...] (C) Summary: National Assembly deputy Augustin Jarquin recently told us that the non-Sandinista deputies in the Sandinista Front (FSLN) caucus have developed an independent legislative agenda. The deputies -- a mix of Liberals, Conservatives, Resistance leaders, and indigenous representatives [...] | 2007-02-05 21:12:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA357 | ORTEGA ACTIONS TEST TRIPWIRES [...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: With less than one month in office, President Daniel Ortega and Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) lawmakers have already touched off a number of our tripwires and placed opposition parties and civil society, international financial institutions (IFIs),and [...] | 2007-02-07 14:52:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN KDEM MARR NU PARM PINR PREL PTER |
07MANAGUA385 | MISKITO COMMUNITY COMMITTED BUT FRACTURED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff talked with political and civil society leaders in Puerto Cabezas, Northern Autonomous Region (RAAN) about the situation there and their views on the Ortega Administration. Leaders of the Moravian church, the historical bedrock of the indigenous Miskito community, admitte [...] | 2007-02-09 21:30:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM KIRF PGOV PINS PREL PHUM SOCI EAID NU |
07MANAGUA392 | NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary. In a courtesy call on February 2, new Minister of Government Ana Isabel Morales Mazun told the Ambassador that the government intends to honor agreements established by the previous administration and to strengthen the relationship with the United States. The Ambassador querie [...] | 2007-02-12 12:55:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA40 | ALN EXAMINES ITS ROLE AS NEW DEMOCRATIC FORCE [...] (C) Summary: During a recent Embassy-hosted lunch, Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) deputies-elect (headed by Eduardo Montealegre) and leaders of the alliance parties discussed strategy, the future of the ALN, Eduardo Montealegre's role in the party and the need for consolidation. Montealeg [...] | 2007-01-09 19:06:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA401 | MANAGUA MAYOR EYES AMBASSADORIAL POSTING IN ROME, [...] (C) Summary: Managua Mayor Dionisio Marenco confirmed to the Ambassador that he may become Nicaragua's Ambassador to Italy, although the timeline is unclear. The Sandinista (FSLN) mayor, who is interested in establishing sister city relationships with U.S. cities, will also consider the Wisc [...] | 2007-02-13 19:04:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL ECON EPET EINV IR |
07MANAGUA404 | LIBERALS FINALLY OPPOSE FSLN - WILL IT LAST? [...] (SBU) Summary: Nicaragua's previously divided Liberal parties jointly passed two resolutions in the National Assembly opposing actions by the Sandinista Front (FSLN) administration to change the official government seal and attribute powers to citizen councils that are reserved for government [...] | 2007-02-13 21:47:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PARM KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA415 | ORTEGA GOVERNMENT TAGS CARDINAL OBANDO TO HEAD [...] (C) Summary: President Ortega's new National Peace and Reconciliation Council is the centerpiece of Ortega's September 15 accord with Nicaraguan Resistance Party leader Salvador Talavera. Ignoring Archbishop Leopoldo Brenes' reference to an August 2006 pastoral letter issued by the Episcopa [...] | 2007-02-14 22:35:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL |
07MANAGUA436 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL NELSON [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post welcomes members of CODEL Nelson to Nicaragua February 18 to 20. With the return of Daniel Ortega to the presidency and changes in the National Assembly, your visit comes at a most propitious time. The United States remains committed to supporting Nicaragua's democratic an [...] | 2007-02-15 23:57:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL PTER SMIG SNAR NU |
07MANAGUA444 | BOLANOS TO SECRETARY LEAVITT - DEMOCRACY IS NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 10, the U.S. Presidential Delegation (Presdel),led by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt, discussed with outgoing President SIPDIS Enrique Bolanos his plans for a virtual presidential library, his future role in the National Assembly and his [...] | 2007-02-20 13:12:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL |
07MANAGUA463 | NICARAGUA NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR [...] (U) After careful consideration of several potential candidates for Secretary Rice's Women of Courage Award, Post nominates Zoilamerica Narvaez Murillo for this distinction. Despite the repeated denial of due process in the national courts, Zoilamerica has persevered in her quest for justice [...] | 2007-02-21 20:49:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWMN PHUM KPAO NU |
07MANAGUA466 | OPPOSITION ASSEMBLY CAUCUS LEADERS SEEK TRAINING [...] (C) Summary: National Assembly caucus leaders representing the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN),Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC),and the Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) recently met with the Ambassador and sought more U.S. training assistance, especially for freshmen lawmakers and [...] | 2007-02-21 22:37:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL |
07MANAGUA471 | NICARAGUA: POLL GIVES ORTEGA FAVORABLE RATINGS, [...] (SBU) Summary: A CID-Gallup poll released on February 21 shows President Daniel Ortega enjoying a honeymoon, with high favorability ratings and optimism toward his presidency -- not only from his traditional base of support, but also among the general public. The poll also concludes that hal [...] | 2007-02-22 19:50:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM ECON AID NU |
07MANAGUA493 | ALN SEEKS ASSISTANCE TO MAINTAIN MOMENTUM, PREPARE [...] (C) Summary: The Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) is in debt from its campaign commitments and urgently needs funding to maintain its momentum, enable leader Eduardo Montealegre to emerge as the uncontested leader of the opposition, and prepare for the 2008 municipal elections. The ALN plan [...] | 2007-02-24 00:09:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL |
07MANAGUA530 | FOREIGN MINISTER TRIES TO DOWNPLAY ANTI-U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Samuel Santos appears perturbed by threats against U.S. local residents, tourists, and journalists in Nicaragua's San Juan del Sur area. He has requested details of the incidents and will speak with the mayor of the town about the concerns. Santos informed us t [...] | 2007-02-27 17:02:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL |
07MANAGUA538 | CODEL NELSON MEETS WITH LIBERAL LEADERS IN [...] (C) Summary: The heads of the Nicaraguan National Assembly Liberal caucuses recently shared with Senator Nelson their skepticism over President Ortega's professed commitments to democracy and reconciliation and believe that the Assembly and international community must serve as checks to Ortega [...] | 2007-02-28 14:29:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR OVIP VE NU |
07MANAGUA539 | CODEL NELSON MEETS WITH OPPOSITION LEADER EDUARDO [...] (C) Summary: Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) leader Eduardo Montealegre advised Senator Nelson that President Ortega is struggling against competing interests within the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) and may find governing more difficult when he is unable to comply with his cam [...] | 2007-02-28 15:59:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR OVIP NU |
07MANAGUA541 | CODEL NELSON MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER SANTOS [...] (C) Summary: In Senator Nelson's meeting with Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Samuel Santos, he impressed upon Santos his desire to establish sincere and positive relations with the new Ortega government and the Nicaraguan people. The Senator commented that Venezuelan President Chavez' lack of s [...] | 2007-02-28 17:39:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL |
07MANAGUA542 | CODEL NELSON MEETS WITH VICE PRESIDENT MORALES [...] (C) Summary: In Senator Nelson's meeting with Nicaraguan Vice President Jaime Morales, he noted his commitment to fostering friendship between the American and Nicaraguan peoples and good relations between their two governments. Morales sought the Senator's support for TPS renewal for Nicara [...] | 2007-02-28 17:41:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL |
07MANAGUA543 | FSLN USING FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO SPREAD [...] (C) Summary: Liberal mayor Bronley Alvarez reports that the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) is using assistance programs sponsored by Venezuela and Cuba to spread the message that the USG "does nothing" in Nicaragua and only the FSLN and its allies can alleviate poverty. Alvarez fe [...] | 2007-02-28 18:02:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID NU VE CU |
07MANAGUA544 | NEW CRIMINAL CODE IN THE BALANCE [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: In January 2007, the new leader of the National Assembly's Justice Commission requested USG help to garner approval of a draft Criminal Code, created with USAID support, which had languished since 2001. The Embassy strongly supports passage as it is critical to Nicaragua's inv [...] | 2007-02-28 22:17:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PREL ECON SOCI PINS SNAR NU |
07MANAGUA583 | THE SANDINISTA GOVERNMENT 60 DAYS OUT - AND OUR [...] (C) Summary: The FSLN administration is fast reverting to its improvisation, secrecy, and centralization of the 1980's, forging an operating style more appropriate for a revolutionary junta than a modern, democratic state. President Ortega appears determined to consolidate his power, circumve [...] | 2007-03-05 22:52:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NU PHUM PINR PREL KCOR |
07MANAGUA585 | OVERVIEW OF MINISTERS AND SENIOR OFFICIALS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Within two weeks of his January 10 inauguration, President Daniel Ortega had appointed all his ministers save one, the Minister of Defense. Political opposition leaders have characterized the new ministers as "nobodies" who exercise virtually no authority or influence. Instead, [...] | 2007-03-06 15:50:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV PREL PINR |
07MANAGUA616 | (C) EMBASSY JUMP STARTS LIBERAL UNITY DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) Summary: After splintering under the weight of mutual suspicion and recriminations, DCM hosted a cocktail to bring together members of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) and Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) to reactivate discussions on the need to forge a unified opposition to confront [...] | 2007-03-08 14:58:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU IR TW VE |
07MANAGUA617 | ALEMAN STORMS ALN HEADQUARTERS, BUT REFUSES TO MEET PRIVATELY WITH MONTEALEGRE [...] (C) Summary: With an entourage of PLC party hacks and media in toe, former president Arnoldo Aleman recently paid an impromptu (although some ALN members appear to have expected it) visit on rival ALN party headquarters. Eduardo Montealegre was in the midst of chairing his party's weekly bo [...] | 2007-03-08 15:01:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL |
07MANAGUA627 | CSE OFFICIAL CLAIMS ELECTORAL COUNCIL SERIOUS [...] (C) Summary: Rodrigo Barreto, Chief of Staff of Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE),claims that most CSE magistrates are ready to implement desperately needed electoral reforms, but the Council requires donor assistance to move forward. The reforms would center around the issuance of [...] | 2007-03-08 23:29:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA632 | NICARAGUA WILL CONSIDER SUPPORTING GLOBAL [...] (C) On March 8, Deputy Chief of Mission Peter Brennan and Russian counterpart Valeriy Bobrov delivered the joint reftel demarche to Nicaraguan Vice Foreign Minister Manuel Coronel Kautz, Acting Foreign Minister in Foreign Minister Samuel Santos' absence. Coronel, who recently returned from an [...] | 2007-03-09 20:57:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL NU |
07MANAGUA635 | Civil society holding Ortega's feet to the fire on [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Using international anti-corruption conventions, Nicaraguan civil society has organized to make sure the Government of Nicaragua complies with international commitments. Nicaraguan civil society has presented its own assessment of compliance, developed its own performance monitoring [...] | 2007-03-09 22:46:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PREL ECON SOCI PINS SNAR NU |
07MANAGUA668 | THE FIRST 60 DAYS - ORTEGA PRESSURES MEDIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Ortega's attitude and actions towards the mainstream media in the first 60 days of his administration have raised doubts about his commitment to freedom of expression. Sounding more like an attack plan than a government communications strategy, First Lady Rosario Muri [...] | 2007-03-12 22:57:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL PINR |
07MANAGUA669 | THE FIRST 60 DAYS - ORTEGA PRESSURES MEDIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Ortega's attitude and actions towards the mainstream media in the first 60 days of his administration have raised doubts about his commitment to freedom of expression. Sounding more like an attack plan than a government communications strategy, First Lady Rosario Muri [...] | 2007-03-12 23:00:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL PINR |
07MANAGUA701 | NICARAGUA: DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-16 17:22:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC APER UNGA NU |
07MANAGUA71 | NICARAGUA: SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL FINAL COORDINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-11 22:29:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM MASS NU |
07MANAGUA720 | INCREASING VENEZUELAN INFLUENCE ON ATLANTIC COAST [...] (C) Summary: Prominent indigenous activist Javier Williams Slate warns the Ortega Administration is aggressively consolidating power in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) to secure a route for their Venezuelan allies to transport oil to the Pacific. According to Williams, Venezuelan [...] | 2007-03-19 22:56:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SOCI SNAR NU VE |
07MANAGUA725 | NICARAGUA - VENEZUELA FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. As part of a series of Bolivarian Alternative agreements between Nicaraguan and Venezuela concluded on January 11, 2007, Nicaraguan and Venezuelan Ministers of Foreign Relations signed a Framework Agreement, setting forth general areas for cooperation. The agreement created a [...] | 2007-03-20 00:44:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EAGR ENRG EPET EIND TBIO OSCI ECIN |
07MANAGUA726 | ORTEGA FOLLOWS CHAVEZ' LEAD IN CONFRONTING U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez traveled to Nicaragua on March 11 to use the country as a platform to criticize the United States and the Central American leg of President Bush's recent trip. Chavez' trips to Nicaragua have inspired President Daniel Ortega to abandon his pre-ele [...] | 2007-03-20 15:29:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU VE |
07MANAGUA745 | ORTEGA ACCORDS ALEMAN VIRTUALLY FREE REIGN [...] (C) Summary: In an effort likely aimed to keep Nicaragua's liberals divided and ensure 'buy-in" from the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) on the appointment of regime-friendly Supreme Court justices and other government positions, the Ortega government issued instructions on March 16 allowi [...] | 2007-03-21 15:50:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL |
07MANAGUA776 | MARTINEZ CUENCA: GIVE THE ORTEGA GOVERNMENT A BIT [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista-dissident Alejandro Martinez Cuenca believes it is still too soon to assess the performance of the Ortega administration, but he is certain that Ortega's prime goal is to remain in power indefinitely while he leaves First Lady Rosario to run the government. He is con [...] | 2007-03-22 23:14:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL SNAR |
07MANAGUA781 | Nicaragua's first export of ethanol, Ortega may not be [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 19, Nicaragua exported ethanol for the first time, sending 3 million liters (793,000 gallons) valued at $2 million to the Netherlands. Grupo Pellas plans to increase production of ethanol from 100,000 to 400,000 liters per day by the end of 2008. If Nicaragua appro [...] | 2007-03-23 19:30:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EPET ENRG SENV PREL VE NU |
07MANAGUA783 | CONSERVATIVE PARTY WILL TAKE &AKIDO8 APPROACH TO [...] (C) Summary: Conservative Party president Azalia Aviles Salmeron and PC National Assembly lawmaker Alejandro Bolanos are determined to strengthen their party and maintain its alliance with Eduardo Montealegre's Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance. While ultimately they would prefer to establish a Co [...] | 2007-03-23 20:45:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL |
07MANAGUA784 | CENTAM CHIEFS OF MISSION BEWILDERED BY ORTEGA'S [...] (C) Summary: Central American COMs in Nicaragua agree that the Ortega administration is pursuing a "double discourse" in foreign and economic policy, which makes predicting a future trajectory difficult. They have also been perturbed by protocol irregularities, including a delay in the accred [...] | 2007-03-23 20:51:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON KDEM NU XK |
07MANAGUA789 | NICARAGUA REACHES OUT TO IRAQ [...] (C) Ambassador Magda Henriquez, the Director of the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry's Multilateral Affairs Office, informed PolCouns on March 23 that she had met last week with Iraqi Ambassador to the United Nations, Hamid Al-Biyati, as a first step towards renewing diplomatic ties between the two [...] | 2007-03-26 12:55:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL IZ |
07MANAGUA791 | ORTEGA DESIRES CONSTRUCTIVE RELATIONS WITH THE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Magda Enriquez, the Director of the MFA's Multilateral Affairs Office, believes President Ortega sincerely desires constructive relations with the United States, but she concedes that some Sandinista party hardliners object. While she acknowledges that Ortega consider [...] | 2007-03-26 21:20:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL UNGA IZ IR |
07MANAGUA798 | FSLN CENSUS AN ATTEMPT TO MAP OPPOSITION LEADERS, [...] (C) Miskito leader Osorno Coleman, who lost his bid for a National Assembly seat on the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) ticket in November 2006, is convinced that pro-Sandinista (FSLN) Miskito leaders Brooklyn Rivera and Stedman Fagoth are directing an FSLN "census" of ex-combatants on the [...] | 2007-03-27 22:52:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07MANAGUA80 | NICARAGUA: CARIBBEAN MASS MIGRATION CONTINGENCY [...] (C) Although the Nicaraguan government (GON) has in the past expressed a willingness to assist with limited refugee resettlement (reftel),post believes that because of ideological and public relations considerations, the recently installed Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) governmen [...] | 2007-01-12 21:26:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM NU |
07MANAGUA810 | POLITICAL PUNDITS PLACE ORTEGA GOVERNMENT ON [...] (C) Summary: Six of Nicaragua's leading political analysts concur that the Ortega administration has already reached "yellow alert" status and that President Ortega's primordial objective is to consolidate power. Over breakfast at the Ambassador's residence, they lauded our government's app [...] | 2007-03-29 18:04:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07MANAGUA815 | EEB A/S MEETS WITH MEMBERS OF ORTEGA'S CABINET [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 27, A/S Sullivan met several members of Ortega's economic cabinet. Central Bank President Rosales requested USG assistance in getting better terms from the IMF during upcoming negotiations on a Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). MFA Vice Minister Coronel [...] | 2007-03-29 21:12:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ETRD EAGR PGOV NU |
07MANAGUA820 | EEB A/S SULLIVAN MEETS WITH OPPOSITION LEADER AND [...] (C) Summary: During his February 27 visit, A/S Sullivan received messages of concern from Nicaragua's main opposition leader and members of Nicaragua's American Chamber of Commerce. Both expressed concern over Ortega's recent moves to divide and conquer the business community. They also call [...] | 2007-03-29 22:53:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV EINV ETRD NU |
07MANAGUA826 | AMBASSADORS PRIVATELY WARN ORTEGA INTERMEDIARIES [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassadors of Spain, Germany, and the United States recently warned Ortega administration officials during a private meeting that President Ortega's contradictory statements and actions regarding foreign affairs, press freedom, and investment could damage the economy and bila [...] | 2007-03-30 17:20:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON EINV NU GM SP |
07MANAGUA839 | EEB A/S SULLIVAN MEETS WITH PRESIDENT ORTEGA [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 27, A/S Sullivan met with President Ortega and members of his cabinet at FSLN headquarters. The entire ninety minute meeting was covered on live television. A/S Sullivan delivered a positive message centered on the U.S. strategy of Total Economic Engagement (TEE * [...] | 2007-04-02 14:39:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PRGOV ETRD NU |
07MANAGUA859 | AMBASSADOR RAISES UNSCR 1747, DESIGNATION OF [...] (C) On April 2, the Ambassador raised the USG's designation of Iran's Defense Industries Organization (DIO) under E.O. 13382 with Foreign Minister Santos. He also reiterated the importance of the international community's adhering to UNSCR 1747 and urged the Nicaraguan government (GON) to en [...] | 2007-04-03 17:58:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KNNP PARM KN IR NU |
07MANAGUA875 | EU ELECTIONS REPORT MIXED BAG OF VALID [...] (C) Summary: The European Union's final report on Nicaragua's national elections -- belatedly released on March 30 -- contains several useful recommendations, but soft-pedaled direct criticism of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) while unjustifiably bashing the USG and Nicaraguan [...] | 2007-04-03 23:08:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM NU XG |
07MANAGUA905 | LIBERAL UNITY OR DISUNITY COULD DETERMINE OUTCOME OF NICARAGUA,S 2008 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, COUNTRY,S FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: According to a recent New Link study, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) could win 77 of the 153 municipalities in Nicaragua's 2008 municipal elections if the two estranged liberal parties run separately. This outcome would boost the FSLN's chances to win the 2011 [...] | 2007-04-10 22:39:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07MANAGUA914 | NICARAGUAN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH IRAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Three days after signing a series of cooperation agreements with Venezuela, Nicaragua played host to Islamic Republic of Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on January 14. In a southern barrio of Managua, Ortega informally presented Ahmadinejad to the public in a two-hour event [...] | 2007-04-11 15:16:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR PTER EAID EFIN EINV ETRD EPET |
07MANAGUA915 | FSLN CAUCUS CHIEF DEFENSIVE ON SENSITIVE ISSUES [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Embassy officials and INR analysts met with Edwin Castro, head of the FSLN Congressional caucus on 21 March. Castro was defensive, almost to the point of being hostile, and dodged a number of questions on FSLN policy issues regarding constitutional reforms and trade, [...] | 2007-04-11 15:33:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NU |
07MANAGUA955 | FORMER MRS CANDIDATE JARQUIN HOPES TO UNITE FORCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) presidential candidate Edmundo Jarquin told Embassy officers and INR analysts that he is focusing on the municipal elections and uniting forces opposed to President Daniel Ortega during a meeting on 23 March at his residence. Jarquin re [...] | 2007-04-16 15:46:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NU |
07MANAGUA956 | MRS FOCUSED ON LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, MUNICIPAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) deputies are focusing on the party's legislative agenda and rallying supporters for the municipal elections, according to MRS Deputies Enrique Saenz, Victor Hugo Tinoco and Tinoco's alternate, Hugo Torres. They are also using "volunteers" to [...] | 2007-04-16 15:47:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NU |
07MANAGUA957 | NICARAGUAN JUSTICE SYSTEM AT RISK, ACCORDING TO [...] (C) Embassy officials and INR analysts met with Ivan Lara, the Solicitor General for the Criminal Division on 21 March. According to Lara, the Nicaraguan justice system is deteriorating. He highlighted the enormous pressure to politicize the Solicitor General's office and judiciary, and the [...] | 2007-04-16 15:49:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NU |
07MANAGUA964 | NICARAGUAN WOMEN ACTIVISTS WARN CHOICE IS [...] (C). SUMMARY: Leading members of the Women's Autonomous Movement of Nicaragua recently met with Embassy officers to discuss the need to encourage women within civil society to defend Nicaragua's democracy, promote development, and stop the slide toward authoritarianism and "legal dictatorship" [...] | 2007-04-17 18:56:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM KWMN PDEM PHUM PREL NU |
07MANAGUA965 | NICARAGUA: HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT MEETS PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael O. Leavitt visited Managua on March 26-27, 2007 to sign a Letter of Intent with Minister of Health Maritza Cuan on the establishment of a regional health-care training center in Panama. Secretary Leavitt met with President [...] | 2007-04-17 20:01:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO EAID PREL OSHA OTRA NU |
07MANAGUA984 | RESIGNATION OF NICARAGUAN OFFICIAL FROM ANTI-TIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Maria Gabriela Zuniga, Program Director of the National Coalition Against Trafficking in Persons, tendered her resignation to the Ministry of Government last week, citing personal reasons for her decision. She confided to us that the working conditions and culture of secrecy und [...] | 2007-04-19 15:46:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG ELAB NU |
07MANAGUA996 | ALN LOOKS TO FOREIGN DONORS, SMALL AND MEDIUM [...] (S) Summary: According to ALN National Assembly caucus leader Maria Eugenia Sequeira, Managua's Taiwanese business community is now cognizant of the threat Ortega poses to its future. Taiwanese businessmen recently promised to support the party without imposing a pre-condition of broad Libera [...] | 2007-04-20 17:20:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU |
07MANAMA1010 | IRAQ - AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S MEETINGS WITH BAHRAINI LEADERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-06 10:55:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS IZ IR BA |
07MANAMA1011 | FINANCE MINISTER REVIEWS OPTIONS FOR SANCTIONING FUTURE BANK REF: A. U/S LEVEY - AMB. ERELI OCTOBER 31 E-MAIL B. STATE 148605 Classified By: Ambassador Adam Ereli, reasons 1.4(b) and (d). [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-06 11:19:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP EFIN ECON IR BA |
07MANAMA1012 | AHMEDINEJAD TO VISIT BAHRAIN IN LATE NOVEMBER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-07 12:15:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL IR BA |
07MANAMA1016 | BAHRAINI NEXT STEPS ON FUTURE BANK [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-08 10:18:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP EFIN ECON IR BA |
07MANAMA1021 | IRAQ - AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S MEETINGS WITH BAHRAINI [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-12 12:15:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS IZ IR BA |
07MANAMA1029 | BAHRAIN'S CENTRAL BANK TAKES ACTION AGAINST FUTURE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-14 15:26:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP EFIN ECON IR BA |
07MANAMA1031 | COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-15 10:58:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA BA |
07MANAMA1045 | AHMEDINEJAD VISIT TO BAHRAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-19 13:53:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL KNNP IAEA EPET IR BA |
07MANAMA106 | BAHRAIN: REQUESTING PEACEKEEPING SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-06 13:43:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR BA SU ROW |
07MANAMA1060 | DEMARCHE ON U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-26 13:41:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ BA |
07MANAMA1067 | FM CLASHES WITH MPS OVER LIVNI MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-28 04:34:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS BA |
07MANAMA107 | SEEKING BAHRAINI SUPPORT FOR SOMALIA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-06 13:43:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MOPS AGOA BA SO ROW |
07MANAMA1083 | CODEL MORAN MEETINGS WITH PM AND CENTRAL BANK [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-05 11:13:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN EPET BA |
07MANAMA1084 | ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW PROGRESSING IN PARLIAMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-05 11:21:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KWMN ELAB SMIG BA |
07MANAMA1089 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR UNDERSCORES COMMITMENT TO DOLLAR REMAINS FIRM --------------------------------- [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-09 14:38:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EFIN ECON IR BA |
07MANAMA1096 | BAHRAINI FM WILL ATTEND PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-12 11:24:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL BA |
07MANAMA1097 | ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW ADVANCES IN PARLIAMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-13 05:29:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KWMN ELAB SMIG BA |
07MANAMA1119 | MOTTAKI VISIT TO BAHRAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-27 13:50:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL KNNP EPET IR BA |
07MANAMA112 | FOREIGN MINISTER CONFIRMS KENYAN-BAHRAINI RUNNER [...] (C) In a February 6 meeting covering several subjects (septels),the Ambassador raised with Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa the early January incident involving Kenyan-Bahraini runner Musher Salem Jawher (Leonard Mucheru) and reports that the GOB had stripped him of his ci [...] | 2007-02-07 12:10:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BA IS REGION |
07MANAMA117 | FOREIGN MINISTER ADDRESSES IRAN AND IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 9. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid told the Ambassador February 6 that he would soon visit Iran to deliver a "clear message" that Iran's behavior on its nuclear program was dangerous for the Gulf region. He [...] | 2007-02-08 09:10:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BA IR IZ REGION |
07MANAMA12 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW MINISTER OF STATE FOR [...] (C) The Ambassador December 28 called on newly appointed Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Nizar Al Baharna and discussed bilateral relations, the internal political situation in Bahrain, the National Democratic Institute project in Bahrain, UN Security Council Resolution 1737 dealing [...] | 2007-01-04 15:09:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BA BILAT OFFICIALS |
07MANAMA121 | CROWN PRINCE AND DEPUTY SECRETARY OF COMMERCE [...] (C) Crown Prince Shaikh Salman told Deputy Secretary of Commerce Sampson February 4 that Bahrain has been and will continue to be a close friend of the United States, and he expressed his pleasure that the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was being implemented. He said he would accomp [...] | 2007-02-08 14:45:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD ELAB BA ECTRD |
07MANAMA128 | BAHRAIN: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS DEMARCHE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche February 8 regarding Bahrain's efforts to combat trafficking to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz Bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Shaikh Abdul Aziz stated that following the fall visit of International Organization for [...] | 2007-02-11 13:09:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KWMN PREL PHUM ELAB KCRM BA HUMRIT |
07MANAMA13 | AMBASSADOR AND NEWLY APPOINTED DEPUTY PRIME [...] (C) The Ambassador January 4 called on new Deputy Prime Minister Jawad Al Arayedh and discussed local politics, the democratic reform process, and legal reform. Al Arayedh said the political climate had improved since Shia political society Al Wifaq boycotted the King's December 15 address to [...] | 2007-01-04 15:24:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BA POL OFFICIALS |
07MANAMA130 | IRANIAN AMBASSADOR SEES DOWNTURN IN [...] (S) An Arab Ambassador in Bahrain provided the Ambassador with a readout of departing Iranian Ambassador Mohammed Farazmand's farewell call during which Farazmand frankly acknowledged that he was happy to leave Bahrain at this time because of the difficulty of representing the current Iranian [...] | 2007-02-12 10:12:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PINR IR BA REGION |
07MANAMA134 | BAHRAIN HAILS HAMAS-FATAH DEAL [...] (SBU) Bahrainis universally acclaimed the Saudi-sponsored agreement between Hamas and Fatah to form a national unity government. King Hamad phoned Saudi King Abdullah February 9 and congratulated him on the fruitful outcome of the Mecca talks. He said the accord aimed to stop the bloodshed, [...] | 2007-02-12 12:26:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL BA IS REGION |
07MANAMA147 | BAHRAIN: PREMATURE ENGAGEMENT WITH PALESTINIAN [...] (C) THE DCM DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE FEBRUARY 14 REGARDING PREMATURE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PALESTINIAN NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT TO MFA ASSISTANT UNDERSECRETARY FOR COORDINATION AND FOLLOW UP SHAIKH ABDUL AZIZ BIN MUBARAK AL KHALIFA. AFTER LISTENING CAREFULLY TO THE POINTS, SHAIKH ABDUL AZIZ [...] | 2007-02-15 13:45:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KISL KWBG BA IS REGION |
07MANAMA150 | AL HAKIM VISIT PROMPTS SUNNI CRITICISM [...] (C) In a statement issued following his February 8 meeting with Abdul Aziz Al Hakim, King Hamad stressed Bahrain's interest in a secure, stable, united, and independent Iraq and offered Bahrain's support to rebuild the country. In an interview following the meeting, Al Hakim said he had expl [...] | 2007-02-15 13:56:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BA IZ REGION |
07MANAMA152 | AMBASSADOR AND PM HAIL RECORD TRADE LEVEL IN 2006 [...] (U) The Ambassador told Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa February 14 that 2006 full-year statistics for bilateral trade between the United States and Bahrain had just been posted, and total trade volume reached over $1.1 billion, an increase of more than 45 percent over 2005 [...] | 2007-02-15 15:03:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD BA BILAT ECTRD |
07MANAMA157 | CROWN PRINCE REPORTS POSSIBLE IRANIAN ENRICHMENT [...] (S) Crown Prince Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa told the Ambassador February 19, during a meeting covering several subjects (septels),that outgoing Iranian Ambassador to Bahrain Mohammed Farazmand had told him a day earlier during a farewell call that he expected Iran to announce soon a [...] | 2007-02-20 08:42:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL MARR KNNP PTER MNUC BA REGION |
07MANAMA158 | SCHEDULING THE NEXT U.S.-BAHRAIN GULF SECURITY [...] (C) The Ambassador February 19 delivered reftel proposal to hold a Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) session on March 8 in Washington to Crown Prince Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, during a meeting covering several subjects (septels). The Crown Prince agreed to hold the session on March 8, n [...] | 2007-02-20 08:43:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PTER BA IR BILAT REGION |
07MANAMA159 | CROWN PRINCE PROPOSES ACCUMULATION OF VALUE-ADDED [...] (SBU) Crown Prince Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa confirmed to the Ambassador February 19, in a meeting covering several subjects (septels),that he would lead an upcoming AmCham trade delegation to Chicago March 5-6. He said coordination and arrangements were going very well and he brie [...] | 2007-02-20 09:19:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ELAB BEXP BA ECTRD HUMRIT |
07MANAMA167 | FOREIGN MINISTER SUPPORTS HOLDING NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa told the Ambassador February 22, during a meeting covering several subjects (septels),that he supports holding an Iraq Neighbors meeting at the ministerial level in Baghdad or anywhere else on Iraqi territory. He understood that there [...] | 2007-02-22 13:12:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BA IZ REGION |
07MANAMA168 | BAHRAIN: USG CONCERN OVER ILLICIT CASH COURIERS [...] (U) NEA/ARP Office Director Alan Misenheimer and Econoff February 14 delivered reftel demarche concerning the threat posed by cash couriers and bulk cash smuggling used to finance terrorism and other illicit activity to Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) Director of Financial Institution Supervisio [...] | 2007-02-22 13:27:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL BA CTR ECTRD |
07MANAMA170 | MFA ASSISTANT U/S DISCUSSES GSD, IRAN [...] (C) MFA Assistant Undersecretary Shaikh Abdul Aziz Al Khalifa expressed Bahrain's hope February 14 that progress on the Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) would continue as a result of the upcoming visits to the U.S. by Crown Prince Shaikh Salman and FM Shaikh Khalid. He stressed that forward move [...] | 2007-02-22 13:49:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BA IR REGION |
07MANAMA173 | FOREIGN MINISTER TO DELIVER "TOUGH MESSAGE" TO IRAN [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa told the Ambassador February 22, in a meeting covering several subjects (septels),that his planned trip to Tehran (Ref B) was now set for February 24. He expects to meet with Foreign Minister Mottaki and President Ahmadi-Nejad. The Am [...] | 2007-02-22 14:50:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KNNP PTER BA REGION |
07MANAMA179 | BAHRAIN: IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN COMPLIANCE WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-26 10:15:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP BA IR ROW REGION |
07MANAMA180 | BAHRAIN: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-26 10:16:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER KNNP BA ROW CTR |
07MANAMA184 | SCENESETTER FOR MARCH VISITS OF BAHRAINI CROWN [...] (C) Crown Prince Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa will both visit Washington in early March. Shaikh Khalid will arrive first for meetings beginning on March 1 and he plans to remain in the Washington area for more than a week until the [...] | 2007-02-27 11:58:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL MARR BA BILAT OFFICIALS |
07MANAMA195 | BAHRAIN: ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING IN [...] (C) The Ambassador March 1 delivered reftel demarche concerning the March 3-4 Arab League (AL) Foreign Ministers meeting in Cairo to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Nizar Al Baharna, who will represent the GOB at the meeting. (Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa is in Wa [...] | 2007-03-01 14:46:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BA REGION |
07MANAMA197 | DEPUTY PM, EDB CHIEF DISCUSS GROWTH AND TRADE WITH [...] (C) Deputy PM Shaikh Mohammed Bin Mubarak told Commerce Deputy Secretary Sampson February 5 that he welcomed the idea of a wider regional free trade agreement, but stressed that problems in Iraq and Iran's ideology of expansion could have a negative impact on regional economic integration. In [...] | 2007-03-01 14:46:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL BA BILAT ECTRD OFFICIALS |
07MANAMA208 | BAHRAIN: USG PRIORITIES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief March 6 delivered reftel demarche concerning USG priorities at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) Fourth Session to MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ghassan Shaikho. Shaikho said that Bahrain joined the HRC to uphold human rights worldwide, and it takes t [...] | 2007-03-06 10:04:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BA ROW HUMRIT |
07MANAMA209 | BAHRAIN: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-06 10:04:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KNNP PARM BA ROW CTR |
07MANAMA217 | BAHRAIN RESPONSE TO IRAQ NEIGHBORS CONFERENCE [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel points March 7 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Undersecretary for Coordination and Follow-up Shaikh Abdul-Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Shaikh Abdul-Aziz stated that the meeting is important, pledged Bahrain's support for a successful outcome, and agreed that [...] | 2007-03-07 12:26:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OIC ARAB LEAGUE UN IZ BA REGION |
07MANAMA22 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GATES' [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, we warmly welcome your January 17-19 visit to Bahrain. The fifty-year U.S. Navy presence in Bahrain is the centerpiece of the U.S.-Bahrain bilateral relationship. Bahrain considers the Navy to be its defense against external threats, starting with Iran, and has recently t [...] | 2007-01-09 13:47:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS BA IZ IR BILAT OFFICIALS |
07MANAMA224 | AMBASSADOR AND COR FIRST DEPUTY CHAIRMAN AL [...] (C) Recently-elected Council of Representatives (COR) First Deputy Chairman Ghanem Al Buainain told the Ambassador March 5 he is willing to cooperate with Shia representatives in the COR despite his suspicion of their community,s links to Tehran. Al Buainain listed areas his Al Asala (Salafi) [...] | 2007-03-08 10:38:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BA POL |
07MANAMA225 | AL WIFAQ LEADER OUTLINES CONCERNS ABOUT OVERCOMING [...] (C) Secretary General of Shia political society Al Wifaq and MP Shaikh Ali Salman told the Ambassador March 5 that there was "nothing encouraging" about the current parliamentary session, which opened in mid-December 2006. He complained that although Shias represent 75 percent of the elector [...] | 2007-03-08 10:58:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL BA POL |
07MANAMA229 | BAHRAIN: ADVANCING NGO PROTECTION IN CONJUNCTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-12 08:36:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PREL PGOV BA HUMRIT |
07MANAMA24 | SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES SECTARIAN ISSUES, [...] (C) Summary. MFA Assistant U/S Shaikh Abdel Aziz, in a frank discussion January 8 with CNO Executive Panel Co-Chairs Zakheim and Skinner, said that concerns about rising Shia empowerment in the region were a growing concern, and different from the past when the Shia threat had been troubling b [...] | 2007-01-10 09:49:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BA REGION POL |
07MANAMA250 | BAHRAIN: BUILDING INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-18 14:54:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BA ZI ROW |
07MANAMA251 | BAHRAIN: UN INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-18 14:54:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA BA ROW |
07MANAMA257 | SCENESETTER FOR COMMANDER, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND, [...] (C) Admiral Fallon, we warmly welcome your March 22-23 and 27-28 visits to Bahrain. The fifty-year U.S. Navy presence in Bahrain is the centerpiece of the U.S.-Bahrain bilateral relationship. Bahrain considers the Navy to be its defense against external threats, starting with Iran, and has [...] | 2007-03-19 14:59:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS MASS BA OFFICIALS BILAT |
07MANAMA263 | AL WIFAQ COURTS SUNNIS AND GOVERNMENT BUT RISKS [...] (C) Shia opposition political society Al Wifaq,s strategy since entering the Council of Representatives (COR) in December has been to build trust and consensus with the royal family and Sunni legislators, saving more inflammatory debates over constitutional reform and corruption for later. The [...] | 2007-03-22 08:25:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM BA POL |
07MANAMA27 | BAHRAIN REACTS TO PRESIDENT'S POLICY ADDRESS ON [...] (C) In the Foreign Minister's absence, the Ambassador January 11 met with MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa to discuss the President's policy address on Iraq. Drawing from reftel background information, the Ambassador stated [...] | 2007-01-11 12:57:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS BA IZ REGION OFFICIALS |
07MANAMA272 | BAHRAIN: ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT AND UNSCR 1747 [...] (C) In response to reftel demarches on the Arab League (AL) summit and UNSCR 1747, Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid said the summit would deal primarily with two issues: Israel-Palestinian peace and Iraq. He emphasized the importance of Saudi Arabia hosting the summit and taking a leading role [...] | 2007-03-26 11:31:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC PARM BA REGION |
07MANAMA273 | BAHRAIN: EXTENSION OF OCCUPIED TERRITORIES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-26 11:50:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM BA ROW |
07MANAMA285 | KING AND ADMIRAL FALLON CONSULT ON REGIONAL [...] (C) King Hamad told CENTCOM Commander Admiral Fallon, in their first meeting March 22, that Bahrain and the United States are in business together as real allies. Although Bahrain supports a peaceful Iranian nuclear program, "the Iranian program is not peaceful." In the King's view, Iran in [...] | 2007-03-29 09:13:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS BA IR IZ REGION OFFICIALS |
07MANAMA3 | REACTIONS TO SADDAM'S EXECUTION BREAK ALONG [...] (C) Reactions in Bahrain, a Shia majority country with a Sunni ruling family, to Saddam's December 30 execution followed predictable lines. The government has issued no official statement about the execution. Two small Baathist political societies condemned the trial and execution and opene [...] | 2007-01-03 13:50:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BA REGION |
07MANAMA302 | CROWN PRINCE AND ADMIRAL FALLON DISCUSS REGIONAL [...] (C) Crown Prince Shaikh Salman told CENTCOM Commander Admiral Fallon March 23 that Bahrain was proud to work with the United States in the coalition maritime task forces and noted that it took Bahrain's participation to get Saudi Arabia to join. In response to Admiral Fallon's comments about [...] | 2007-04-02 12:47:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS BA IZ IR REGION OFFICIALS |
07MANAMA306 | BAHRAIN: USG CONCERNS ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (S) Pol/Econ Chief April 2 delivered Ref A demarche concerning implementation of UNSCR 1747 to MFA First Secretary for International Organization Affairs Salah Al SIPDIS Malki. Al Malki was surprised to learn that Bank Sepah has a relationship with Future Bank. He said he would immediatel [...] | 2007-04-02 14:28:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL EFIN KNNP PARM BA IR REGION |
07MANAMA315 | BAHRAIN: UN DEMOCRACY FUND PROJECT UPDATE [...] (SBU) In a meeting with UNDP Program Analyst Mohamed Al Sharif March 28, Poloff inquired about the status of a UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF) project being conducted by the UNDP in cooperation with the Bahrain Institute for Political Development (BIPD). Al Sharif explained that the project has un [...] | 2007-04-04 12:57:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL UN NGO OIIP BA |
07MANAMA319 | FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES ARAB PEACE INITIATIVE, [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid told the Ambassador April 4 that he had praised the Arab peace initiative in a recent interview because it was an attempt to get outside "the bubble of historical conflict" over Israel. There will be a meeting of the Arab League peace initiative action comm [...] | 2007-04-04 15:34:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL BA IS IR IZ REGION OFFICIALS |
07MANAMA328 | PROMINENT SHIAS PAINT GLOOMY PICTURE OF SHIA [...] (S) Summary. Prominent Shia cleric Shaikh Hussein Najati, in an April 4 discussion with the Ambassador, painted a gloomy picture of Shia prospects under King Hamad. At the top of his concerns was an allegedly expanding policy of "political naturalizations" of foreign Sunni aimed at redressing [...] | 2007-04-09 05:59:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR BA POL HUMRIT |
07MANAMA336 | MARINE CORPS COMMANDANT DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN WITH [...] (C) Crown Prince Shaikh Salman Al Khalifa told visiting Marine Corps Commandant General Conway April 5 that the "tide needs to be turned" in Iraq, and the Iraqi security forces need to find those perpetrating the violence to stop them. He advised coalition troop level reductions in urban areas and [...] | 2007-04-11 05:50:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MCAP BA BILAT REGION OFFICIALS |
07MANAMA34 | FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES GCC PLUS TWO, REGIONAL [...] (C) During their January 15 meeting, Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid told the Ambassador that Bahrain had no problem with a statement being issued at the January 16 GCC Plus Two meeting in Kuwait, but he thought the Saudis and Kuwaitis were concerned with aspects of the paragraph on Iraq. Bahr [...] | 2007-01-15 14:08:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS BA IZ IR REGION OFFICIALS |
07MANAMA343 | MARINE CORPS COMMANDANT DISCUSSES IRAN, IRAQ, [...] (S) Minister of Defense General Shaikh Khalifa Al Khalifa told Marine Corps Commandant General James Conway April 5, that he had received intelligence about an Iranian submarine that had entered Saudi waters recently, but when the information was passed to the Saudis, they did not act on it. [...] | 2007-04-15 05:26:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PGOV MASS MCAP BA BILAT OFFICIALS |
07MANAMA35 | BAHRAIN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE PSI OPERATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-15 14:30:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC PARM BA REGION |
07MANAMA356 | KING HAMAD DISCUSSES REGIONAL AFFAIRS WITH NAVCENT [...] (C) King Hamad told NAVCENT/FIFTH FLEET Commander Vice Admiral Cosgriff April 11 that Bahrain was proud of the long-term U.S. naval presence and was happy to work with the United States in the Combined Maritime Force to defeat common enemies. The King expressed concern about threats from Iran [...] | 2007-04-15 14:34:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR BA IR IZ REGION OFFICIALS |
07MANAMA370 | BAHRAINI LEADERSHIP WELCOMES NEW NAVCENT/FIFTH [...] (C) In a series of introductory calls with the Bahraini leadership, NAVCENT/Fifth Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Cosgriff heard a consistent message of support for Bahrain's long-standing relationship with the U.S. Navy and Bahrain's commitment to continued future support. "You can always count [...] | 2007-04-20 06:52:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS BA REGION OFFICIALS |
07MANAMA375 | LONE SUNNI OPPOSITION MP UPBEAT ON LEVEL OF [...] (C) In an April 17 meeting with Poloff, Independent MP Dr. Abdul Aziz Abul, the only Sunni member of the opposition in the elected Council of Representatives (COR),was optimistic about real collaboration between parliamentary members and blocs. He was also optimistic about increased numbers of Shi [...] | 2007-04-23 14:10:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BA POL |
07MANAMA385 | BAHRAIN: MARCH 2007 AUCKLAND PSI OPERATIONAL [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief April 24 delivered Ref A read-out of the March 2007 Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Shaikh Abdul Aziz was grateful for [...] | 2007-04-25 10:28:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC PARM BA REGION BILAT |
07MANAMA386 | BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON NPT PREPCOM [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief April 24 delivered reftel demarche concerning the April 30 - May 11 NPT PrepCom to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Shaikh Abdul Aziz listened closely to the information on the U.S. position on the issues [...] | 2007-04-25 10:29:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP ENRG BA ROW |
07MANAMA391 | ISLAMIC AFFAIRS U/S DISCUSSES COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) Summary. Islamic Affairs Undersecretary Fareed Al-Muftah, a strong promoter of moderation in Islam, told the Ambassador he welcomes further cooperation with the USG on a variety of programs planned in the coming months. He outlined efforts he is undertaking to revise religious education i [...] | 2007-04-26 14:12:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SCUL KPAO PREL PGOV BA HUMRIT |
07MANAMA400 | BAHRAIN PROMOTES GCC+2 AS VEHICLE FOR IRAQ [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa told the Ambassador April 30 that there was a lingering feeling, mostly from Saudi Arabia, of mistrust of the Iraqi government. Although he did not know the exact reasons for Saudi Arabia refusing to host a visit of Iraqi PM Maliki, he [...] | 2007-04-30 13:57:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR BA IZ REGION |
07MANAMA401 | BAHRAIN: SEEKING ARAB FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR AMISOM [...] (C) In an April 30 meeting covering several subjects (septels),the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche concerning financial or in-kind support for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) to Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa. Shaikh Khalid replied that Bahrain wanted [...] | 2007-04-30 14:53:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS BA SO ROW |
07MANAMA402 | FOREIGN MINISTER ON SUDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-01 08:01:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BA SU ROW |
07MANAMA404 | FOREIGN MINISTER EMPHASIZES NEED TO REACH OUT TO [...] (C) THE AMBASSADOR, IN AN APRIL 30 MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER SHAIKH KHALID BIN AHMED AL KHALIFA, ASKED ABOUT RECENT ARAB LEAGUE (AL) CONSULTATIONS IN CAIRO ON THE PEACE INITIATIVE. NORMALLY OPTIMISTIC, SHAIKH KHALID SAID HE WAS NOT ENCOURAGED BY THE MEETING. THE RESULT, THAT EGYPT AND J [...] | 2007-05-01 14:05:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL BA IS REGION |
07MANAMA406 | BAHRAIN: NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ [...] (S) In response to Ref B request, post evaluates that Bahrain has no will or ability to contribute military resources to coalition operations in Iraq. Bahrain deployed troops and assets in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, but these were to defend Kuwait and Bahrain and were not se [...] | 2007-05-02 14:37:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS MOPS BA IZ REGION |
07MANAMA407 | BAHRAIN: CANDIDACY OF BELARUS FOR THE UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-03 09:45:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BA ROW |
07MANAMA408 | BAHRAIN MAJORITY GULF AIR STAKE TO CLEAR THE WAY [...] (C) The GOB is set to increase its stake in Gulf Air from fifty to eighty percent, with possible plans to fully acquire and privatize the carrier. However, Finance Minister Shaikh Ahmed bin Hamad Al Khalifa suspects that Gulf Air partner Oman may have lingering reservations about ceding joint [...] | 2007-05-03 09:58:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV ETRD PREL BA REGION ECTRD |
07MANAMA409 | AL WIFAQ MP RAISES ALLEGATIONS OF LAND SALE [...] (SBU) During the Council of Representatives' (COR) weekly session April 17, Shia political society Al Wifaq MP Jawad Fairooz raised the issue of individuals profiting from sales of land received through free grants from the government or the King. He brought up the matter during a question an [...] | 2007-05-03 10:54:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BA POL |
07MANAMA410 | BAHRAIN: ZIMBABWE'S BID FOR CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-03 11:00:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SENV AORC BA ZI ROW |
07MANAMA412 | ARAB NATIONALIST CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON IRAQ, [...] (C) A three-day Arab nationalist conference in Bahrain was marked by the comments of an Iraqi cleric calling for closer coordination between the insurgency and Al Qaeda, and the showing of a supposed "documentary" on violence in Iraq that had a subtitle reading, "This is what happens to Sunnis [...] | 2007-05-06 08:54:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BA REGION |
07MANAMA427 | BAHRAIN: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-10 11:52:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BA ROW |
07MANAMA437 | BAHRAIN: TRAVEL OF UNSC-DESIGNATED IRANIANS [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief May 14 delivered reftel demarche concerning the travel of UNSC-designated Iranians to MFA Director for Bilateral Affairs Dhafer Al Umran. Al Umran agreed on the need to remain vigilant regarding the travel of designated Iranians and said that the government had taken measu [...] | 2007-05-15 07:41:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP BA IR ROW |
07MANAMA438 | BAHRAIN TO VOTE FOR SLOVENIA, BOSNIA, IN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-15 11:39:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BA ROW |
07MANAMA44 | CROWN PRINCE BRIEFS CNO PANEL ON REGIONAL, [...] (C) Crown Prince Shaikh Salman told CNO Executive Panel co-chairs Zakheim and Skinner January 9 that the two issues of greatest concern in the region are Iran and perceived limitations on the U.S.'s ability to project power. With changes in Iraq and Afghanistan, Iran had been freed of its na [...] | 2007-01-17 13:14:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KDEM BA REGION OFFICIALS |
07MANAMA446 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, we warmly welcome your May 28 visit to Bahrain. Your visit will offer an excellent opportunity to follow up on the March visit to Washington of Minister of Interior Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa, demonstrate our interest in and commitment to strengthening our cooper [...] | 2007-05-17 09:58:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS PTER ASEC BA OFFICIALS BILAT |
07MANAMA448 | CABINET APPROVES DRAFT ANTI-TRAFFICKING LEGISLATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-17 13:55:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD KCRM BA HUMRIT |
07MANAMA450 | NDI STAFF VISIT OUTLINES WAY FORWARD FOR [...] (C) Two representatives from the National Democratic Institute (NDI) visited Bahrain May 10-15 and met with a wide range of government officials, parliamentarians, and civil society representatives to discuss the resumption of NDI activities in Bahrain. NDI staff outlined their intention to [...] | 2007-05-17 15:18:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BA BILAT POL |
07MANAMA461 | BAHRAIN: IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747: A BROAD [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-22 13:55:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC BA IR REGION |
07MANAMA462 | BAHRAIN: IRAN'S INVITATION TO INSPECT BUSHEHR [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief May 22 delivered reftel demarche concerning an Iranian invitation to GCC countries to inspect the Bushehr reactor to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Shaikh Abdul Aziz said that to his knowledge, Bahrain [...] | 2007-05-22 13:55:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP BA IR REGION |
07MANAMA468 | AL WIFAQ BLOC RETURNS TO PARLIAMENT AFTER A [...] (C) A vote on May 15 on the questioning of Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Shaikh Ahmed Bin Attiyatallah Al Khalifa on corruption allegations fell one vote short of the majority needed in the Council of Representatives (COR). For his part, Shaikh Ahmed said in a public statement May 9 t [...] | 2007-05-23 13:02:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BA POL |
07MANAMA469 | MEASURES TAKEN BY GOB TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING [...] (U) Post received the following information May 17 under the cover of diplomatic note with reference number 1/100/231-91978 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bilateral Relations Directorate. 2. (SBU) Begin text of note: Update on the Measures Taken by the Kingdom of Bahrain to Comba [...] | 2007-05-23 14:06:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD KCRM BA HUMRIT |
07MANAMA47 | DEFENSE MINISTER AND CNO PANEL COVER REGIONAL [...] (C) CNO Executive Panel co-chairs Dr. Dov Zakheim and Dr. Kiron Skinner met January 9 with Minister of Defense GEN Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa for a discussion of regional issues, including Hizballah, Iran, India, and Bahrain's defenses. Dr. Zakheim described the mission of the CNO E [...] | 2007-01-17 14:33:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR BA REGION OFFICIALS |
07MANAMA473 | BAHRAIN: URGENT REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief May 23 forwarded reftel demarche points concerning assistance to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. In a subsequent conversation May 24, Shaikh Abdul Aziz said he had alr [...] | 2007-05-24 11:54:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER BA LE REGION |
07MANAMA474 | BAHRAIN: U.S. ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-24 11:54:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BA IR IZ REGION |
07MANAMA485 | BAHRAIN CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT [...] (SBU) Bahrain Central Bank governor Rashid Al-Maraj, in a May 30 meeting with a visiting U.S.-Bahrain Business Council delegation, strongly reaffirmed Bahrain's commitment to maintain the Bahrain dinar peg to the dollar. While acknowledging that the weakness of the dollar can have a negative [...] | 2007-05-30 09:55:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL BA ECTRD |
07MANAMA486 | BAHRAIN TO CRITICIZE LACK OF G8 SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) MFA Director for Bilateral Affairs Dr. Dhafer Al Umran, who will represent Bahrain at the Sanaa Forum for the Future preparatory meeting during the week of June 3, told Pol/Econ Chief May 30 that he plans to criticize G8 countries, with the exception of the U.S. and UK, for their lack o [...] | 2007-05-30 13:29:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMPI PREL ECON EAID BA REGION ECTRD |
07MANAMA487 | BAHRAIN: ENCOURAGING COUNTRIES TO JOIN THE HCOC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-30 13:38:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MNUC ETTC BA BILAT |
07MANAMA488 | BAHRAIN: U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN SECURITY [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief May 30 delivered Ref A demarche concerning the U.S. 60-day report on UNSCR 1747 to the UN Security Council to MFA Director for Bilateral Affairs Dr. Dhafer Al Umran. Al Umran confirmed that Bahrain had delivered its report to the UNSC and acknowledged the standing U.S. req [...] | 2007-05-30 13:39:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP EFIN BA IR REGION ROW |
07MANAMA492 | BAHRAIN: NEW WORLD BANK PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) The Ambassador May 31 delivered reftel information concerning the nomination of Robert Zoellick to be World Bank president to Finance Minister Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa. Shaikh Ahmed said that Bahrain knew Zoellick well from the FTA negotiations and would be fully supportive [...] | 2007-05-31 08:29:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EFIN BA ECTRD |
07MANAMA507 | PRIME MINISTER AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS ECONOMIC AND [...] (C) Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa told the Ambassador June 3 that he had been pleased to meet with the delegation from the U.S.-Bahrain Business Council (USBBC) on May 29 (reftel). He said it was important for visitors from the United States to meet with senior Bahraini [...] | 2007-06-04 14:11:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PGOV ASEC BA OFFICIALS BILAT |
07MANAMA519 | BAHRAIN: MESSAGE ON MUQTADA AL SADR OUTREACH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-07 13:47:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PTER BA IZ REGION |
07MANAMA520 | BAHRAIN: IRAN SANCTIONS ACT AND REPORTS OF [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief June 7 delivered Ref A demarche concerning the Iran Sanctions Act and reports of a possible Bahrain-Iran natural gas project to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz SIPDIS bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, noting that the Ambassador had al [...] | 2007-06-07 13:48:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EPET ENRG PREL BA IRQEGION ECTRD |
07MANAMA534 | PRO-GOVERNMENT COMMENTATORS CRY FOUL OVER CNN [...] (C) A June 1 report by CNN reporter Hala Gorani on poverty in Bahrain caused an uproar among Bahraini pundits, who accuse the program of stoking sectarian tensions. Gorani said on the air that while the piece was supposed to cover poverty, "it almost immediately became obvious that this was [...] | 2007-06-11 14:39:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KPAO BA POL |
07MANAMA546 | AMBASSADOR SIGNS MOU ON HOMELAND SECURITY [...] (U) The Ambassador on June 12 signed reftel non-binding Memorandum of Understanding on Homeland Security Cooperation between the U.S. and Bahrain with Minister of Interior Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa. In attendance on the U.S. side were two Riyadh-based DHS representatives, Attache Do [...] | 2007-06-13 09:37:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC BA |
07MANAMA548 | BAHRAIN: 2007 TIP REPORT AND TIER 3 ACTION PLAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered the 2007 Trafficking-in-Persons Report and the Tier 3 short-term action plan for Bahrain (reftels) June 12 to MFA Assistant Undersecretary for Coordination and Follow Up and head of the Anti-Trafficking Task Force Shaikh Abdul Aziz Bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, who expressed hi [...] | 2007-06-13 13:41:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KWMN ELAB PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG BA HUMRIT |
07MANAMA554 | BAHRAINI GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS SAMARRA MOSQUE BOMBING [...] (U) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa June 13 issued a public statement denouncing and condemning the "criminal aggression" on the Samarra mosque earlier the same day. He said that targeting holy and religious places, whether those of Muslims or other faiths, is a brutal cri [...] | 2007-06-14 13:11:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS BA REGION |
07MANAMA559 | BAHRAIN: URGING SUPPORT FOR UNRWA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-17 13:44:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON KWBG BA LE REGION |
07MANAMA560 | BAHRAIN: IRAQI WMD SCIENTIST REDIRECTION PROGRAM [...] (S) Pol/Econ Chief June 17 delivered reftel demarche concerning the Iraqi WMD scientist redirection program to MFA Director for Bilateral Affairs Dhafer Al Umran. Al Umran said that Bahrain would like to help and he pledged to brief more senior levels of the ministry on the program. However, [...] | 2007-06-17 14:07:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PTER PINS PARM PREL PREF BA IZ REGION |
07MANAMA571 | GOB EMPLOYMENT AND WAGE INITIATIVES SHOW MIXED [...] (C) Bahrain's National Employment Project (NEP),which government officials have credited with reducing the rate of unemployment from 16 percent to 3.7 percent, will come to a close at the end of June. Of 19,625 registrants in the program, according to GOB statistics, just under 6,000 remain [...] | 2007-06-19 14:36:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BA HUMRIT REFORM |
07MANAMA580 | BAHRAIN: CONTINUED ARABSAT BROADCAST OF AL ZAWRAA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-21 13:36:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL PTER BA REGION |
07MANAMA581 | GCC TO HOLD MINISTERIAL POLICY SESSION ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-21 13:37:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BA IR REGION |
07MANAMA582 | BAHRAIN DECIDES AGAINST JOINING PSI OPERATIONAL [...] (U) This is an action message - please see para 3. 2. (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa confirmed to the Ambassador June 21 information that Defense Minister General Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa also discussed with the Ambassador the previous day: that Bahrain [...] | 2007-06-21 13:42:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM BA REGION BILAT |
07MANAMA584 | FORMIN CRITICIZES QATAR'S ROLE AT ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa told the Ambassador June 21 that while the planned multilateral meeting on the Palestinian situation in Egypt on June 24 was a "really good start," the Arab League meeting held in Cairo June 15 did not go well. He particularly cited Qat [...] | 2007-06-21 14:43:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL BA REGION |
07MANAMA600 | MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS DESCRIBES [...] (C) Summary: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Al Baharna told the Ambassador June 27 that his recent two-day visit to Iran was introductory and came about as a result of his late 2006 appointment as minister. While in Tehran, he discussed next steps for a bilateral commission and the p [...] | 2007-06-27 15:14:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC EPET BA IR REGION |
07MANAMA619 | BAHRAIN: SEEKING REGIONAL SUPPORT TO STOP FLOW OF [...] (S) The Ambassador July 3 delivered reftel demarche concerning regional support to stop the flow of foreign fighters to Iraq to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Nezar Al Baharna. Al Baharna said that the MFA had not heard of any specific cases of Bahraini citizens traveling to Syria [...] | 2007-07-03 11:14:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PTER BA IZ REGION |
07MANAMA62 | NOMINATION FOR FSN POLITICAL TRAINING, APRIL 2-13 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-22 08:28:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | AFSI AFSN AMGT PGOV PREL BA |
07MANAMA620 | BAHRAIN: REQUEST FOR IDENTIFIER AND BACKGROUND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-03 11:14:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | EFIN PREL KNNP PARM BA REGION |
07MANAMA650 | BAHRAIN REACTS ANGRILY TO IRANIAN TERRITORIAL [...] (C) Summary. A statement by a Khamenei associate reasserting a claim that Bahrain is a province of Iran has generated a spate of angry denunciations in Bahrain. The statement said that Bahrain had been separated from Iran by an illegal agreement between the Shah and the US/UK governments. Th [...] | 2007-07-12 13:13:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BA IR REGION |
07MANAMA657 | IRANIAN FM ASSURES BAHRAIN OF FULL RESPECT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-16 09:02:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL BA IR REGION |
07MANAMA659 | REFLECTIONS ON AL-WIFAQ'S EFFORTS IN PARLIAMENT [...] (C) In this, al-Wifaq's first legislative session in Bahrain's Council of Representatives (COR),the society has fielded inexperienced MPs and endured poor relations with the government and other political societies as a result of al-Wifaq's boycott of the 2002 elections. However, al-Wifaq has buil [...] | 2007-07-16 12:30:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BA POL |
07MANAMA661 | NDI REACHES AGREEMENT ON RESUMING PROGRAMMING IN [...] (SBU) NDI reached agreement July 12 with the Bahrain Institute for Political Development (BIPD) on a Statement of Principles that will allow NDI to resume programming in Bahrain more than a year after it was asked to close down its office in the Kingdom. The agreement calls for NDI and BIPD [...] | 2007-07-16 14:05:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BA BILAT POL REFORM |
07MANAMA662 | IRANIAN FM ASSURES BAHRAIN OF FULL RESPECT FOR [...] (C) Summary. Iranian Foreign Minister Muttaqi, in a July 14 visit, gave Bahraini leaders an official assurance that Iran recognized Bahrain as a sovereign state and had no territorial claims on it, helping quiet a storm that had developed over a statement by a Khamenei associate last week that [...] | 2007-07-17 05:26:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BA IR REGION |
07MANAMA666 | OIL MINISTER HIGHLIGHTS EXPLORATION PLANS, LOOMING [...] (C) Minister of Oil and Gas Affairs Mirza briefed the Ambassador July 11 on the strong interest shown by international oil companies in pursuing exploration tenders in Bahrain. Mirza hoped that offshore exploration would lead to discoveries of gas, which could ease a looming gas shortage that [...] | 2007-07-18 05:58:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV PREL BA ECTRD REGION |
07MANAMA669 | FUTURE OF BAHRAIN: AMBASSADOR'S PARTING THOUGHTS [...] (S) Bahrain faces numerous challenges as it attempts to deal with transitional issues of economic development and political reform. Because the country's Sunni-Shia sectarian divide so dominates the local landscape, the path forward is potentially more treacherous for Bahrain's leadership than [...] | 2007-07-19 06:58:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR ETRD ECON BA POL OFFICIALS |
07MANAMA672 | AL-WIFAQ HEAD SHAIKH ALI SALMAN PESSIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) In a farewell meeting with the Ambassador, Al-Wifaq head Shaikh Ali Salman expressed frustration with his experience in Parliament since becoming an MP late last year, saying that the current system stifles debate, makes it difficult to pass laws (not to mention constitutional changes),a [...] | 2007-07-19 08:49:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BA POL |
07MANAMA674 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid, during the Ambassador's July 17 farewell call, had high praise for the bilateral relationship, urging that Bahrain and other GCC countries move from being "allies" to becoming true "partners." In that connection, he welcomed the July 31 meeting of [...] | 2007-07-19 10:15:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BA REGION |
07MANAMA696 | GOB PLANS AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL EXPATS IN AUGUST [...] (C) The GOB has announced plans to offer a six-month amnesty for illegal expatriate workers beginning August 1. Illegal workers will reportedly be permitted to legitimize their status or return to their home country without being subject to overstay fines. It is still unclear whether the amn [...] | 2007-07-23 14:02:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BA HUMRIT |
07MANAMA7 | CROWN PRINCE AND CNO DISCUSS REGIONAL THREATS [...] (C) Crown Prince Shaikh Salman and Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Mullen discussed on December 27 the U.S.-Bahrain relationship and regional threats including Iran and Iraq. The CP praised the United States for providing stability and security in the region and asked about the statu [...] | 2007-01-04 05:44:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS ASEC BA BILAT REGION OFFICIALS |
07MANAMA700 | KING HAMAD REPORTEDLY TREATED FOR ILLNESS IN LONDON [...] (C) Bahrain's King Hamad is reportedly extending his current stay in London for treatment of a possible stroke or stroke-like symptoms that are apparently not life threatening but have nonetheless generated a spate of rumors throughout the Kingdom. The rumors first surfaced when a Bahraini we [...] | 2007-07-24 09:18:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR BA POL |
07MANAMA701 | BAHRAIN: GCC+2 MEETING THEMES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-24 13:39:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BA REGION |
07MANAMA706 | KING HAMAD'S HEALTH [...] (S) Asked about rumors regarding King Hamad's health (reftel),the Crown Prince told the Ambassador July 25 that King Hamad had a "mass" removed (apparently from his face) but that he is "fine." He said that he talks to the King every day. Acknowledging that rumors were still circulating in [...] | 2007-07-25 09:59:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR BA |
07MANAMA721 | BAHRAIN: DRAFT GCC+2 JOINT STATEMENT [...] (SBU) Econoff July 29 previewed with MFA Director of Bilateral Relations Dr. Dhafer Al-Umran reftel draft joint statement for the GCC 2 meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh. Dr. Dhafer welcomed receipt of the draft and said he would immediately relay it to Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaikh Khalid Bin [...] | 2007-07-30 08:10:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV BA REGION ECTRD |
07MANAMA724 | KING HAMAD'S HEALTH: KING MEETS GCC AMBASSADORS IN [...] (C) Three days after the Crown Prince indicated that a photo opportunity might be arranged to put to rest rumors about the King's health (reftel),King Hamad on July 28 met with the GCC Ambassadors stationed in London to discuss regional developments. The meeting received front-page coverage [...] | 2007-07-30 11:23:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BA POL |
07MANAMA738 | BATELCO ANTI-UNION ACTIVITY CRITICIZED BY GOB [...] (SBU) Recent tension between Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco) management and its union, including an open meeting at Batelco headquarters attended by 500 workers, resulted in the dismissal of the head of the union and his deputy. Minister of Labor Dr. Abdulmajeed Al Alawi stated [...] | 2007-08-01 12:49:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ELAB PHUM BA HUMRIT POL |
07MANAMA740 | BAHRAIN: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: INTERIM RESPONSE ON [...] (SBU) Econoff relayed reftel request to MFA Director of Bilateral Relations Dr. Dhafer Al-Umran on 24 July. Al-Umran confirmed that Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohammed Al Khalifa will attend. He was unable to confirm other high-level attendance. Post will report details re [...] | 2007-08-01 14:32:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA BA OFFICIALS |
07MANAMA745 | BAHRAIN: PROGRESS ON TIP SHORT-TERM ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) The following describes actions by the GOB since the end of the reporting period for the 2007 TIP Report, including the 60-day period of the Short-Term Action Plan following Bahrain's placement on Tier 3. In addition to activities initiated entirely by the GOB, International Organizati [...] | 2007-08-02 11:11:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN ELAB PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG HUMRIT BA |
07MANAMA747 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR [...] (S) The Ambassador July 31 cautioned Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) Governor Miraj and Ahli United Bank (AUB) CEO El-Labban regarding the inherent risks associated with Iranian banking relationships. The Ambassador also noted that Treasury Undersecretary Stuart Levey intends to visit Bahrain i [...] | 2007-08-02 13:32:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | KNNP PREL PARM MNUC ECON IR BA REGION |
07MANAMA773 | BAHRAIN - FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR PA [...] (SBU) Charge made reftel points to MFA Undersecretary Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Mubarak Al-Khalifa on August 9. 2. (C) Al-Khalifa said the GOB recognized the need to keep the PA afloat financially, and would continue to make contributions within its means, but &on nothing like the scale of our G [...] | 2007-08-09 13:37:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPAL BA |
07MANAMA774 | RESPONDING TO FM SHEIKH KHALID'S FMF CONCERNS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-09 13:38:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BA |
07MANAMA782 | RELEASE OF FINAL BAHRAINI GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (C) Following the GOB,s reiteration of its commitment to its prior assurances concerning security, humane treatment, and post-release access (ref A),the U.S. military released detainee Ali Al-Murbati into the custody of Interior Ministry officials on the evening of August 8. The transfer took [...] | 2007-08-14 04:23:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BA |
07MANAMA79 | KING AND DEPUTY DEFENSE SECRETARY ENGLAND CONFER [...] (C) King Hamad and Deputy Defense Secretary England discussed bilateral relations, Iran, Iraq, Syria, U.S. policy in the region and Bahraini domestic affairs during a January 22 lunch meeting. The King declared that Bahrain is proud of its relationship with the United States and pledged that [...] | 2007-01-26 11:48:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ECON PGOV KDEM BA REGION BILAT |
07MANAMA802 | TREASURY U/S LEVEY CAUTIONS BAHRAIN CENTRAL BANK [...] (S) Treasury Undersecretary Stuart Levey and Policy Advisor Kristen Hecht met August 8 with Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) Governor Al Miraj to emphasize U.S. concerns that Iran may be seeking to develop means to evade the financial sanctions imposed under UNSCRs 1737 and 1747. U/S Levey cauti [...] | 2007-08-22 14:51:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | KNNP PREL PARM MNUC ECON IR BA REGION |
07MANAMA803 | TREASURY U/S LEVEY WARNS AHLI UNITED AGAINST [...] (C) Treasury Undersecretary Levey August 8 cautioned Ahli United Bank (AUB) officials on the bank's ties with Iranian state-owned banks. Through Future Bank, AUB was virtually the only bank in the world to be joint-ventured with Bank Melli and Bank Saderat. Bank Melli Iran had used deceptive [...] | 2007-08-22 16:10:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN PTER PARM MNUC IR BA |
07MANAMA825 | BAHRAIN WILL SUPPORT IRAQI LEADERS, AGREEMENT AT [...] (C) Charge conveyed reftel demarche to FM Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa on August 28. Sheikh Khalid said the GOB is deeply concerned about the situation in Iraq, especially what he called Iraq's inability to control its borders and keep out Iranian weapons and agents. He concurred that t [...] | 2007-08-29 11:41:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ AL BA |
07MANAMA830 | NEW IRANIAN AMBASSADOR DRAWS CRITICISM [...] (U) The announcement that Hossein Amir Abdollahian will be Iran's next ambassador to Bahrain has drawn sharp criticism from at least one Salafist member of Bahrain's parliament. Jassim Al-Saeedi, an independent Salafi member of the lower house of parliament who has been engaged in sectarian na [...] | 2007-08-30 12:43:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR BA |
07MANAMA873 | KING HAMAD LOOKS TIRED, BUT OTHERWISE WELL; [...] (C) During his audience with the Ambassador to present credentials, King Hamad looked tired, but bore no visible signs of impairment. The audience took place around five p.m. His voice was raspy and he appeared fatigued, as one would at the end of a long day. He favored his right side, mo [...] | 2007-09-12 13:11:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETTC IR PGOV PREL BA |
07MANAMA882 | KING HAMAD AND AMIR OF QATAR AGREE ON GAS TALKS; [...] (S) On instructions from King Hamad, Bahrain,s National Security Advisor Ahmed Khalifa al Khalifa summoned the Ambassador to provide an update on Bahrain,s efforts to strike a gas deal with Qatar. Ahmed Khalifa told us that the Amir of Qatar and Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim had flown to M [...] | 2007-09-17 14:03:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | ENRG PGOV PINR PREL BA |
07MANAMA883 | BAHRAIN'S LEADERS VOICE THEIR CONCERNS FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: In three days of courtesy calls with Bahrain,s senior leadership following the Ambassador,s presentation of credentials, we have noted a striking consistency of views on the challenges facing Bahrain: --- The bilateral relationship is strong, cemented by a feeling of personal f [...] | 2007-09-17 14:29:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PINR PREL IR BA |
07MANAMA893 | COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES MEETING ON MARGINS OF UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-20 13:54:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV BA |
07MANAMA896 | HOSTING IRAQ COALITION CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-24 14:21:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IZ BA |
07MANAMA898 | BAHRAINI FOREIGN MINISTER AFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR IRAQ [...] (U) Speaking at the special conference on Iraq at the United Nations in New York September 22nd, Bahrain's Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa affirmed "Bahrain's support of Iraq and of the Iraqi Government in its efforts to reinforce its national reconciliation." He also comme [...] | 2007-09-25 13:12:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR IZ BA |
07MANAMA90 | BAHRAIN: INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] (SBU) Per reftel, the following are post's submission for the most influential women in Bahrain: A. Afnan Al Zayani Board Member, Bahrain Chamber of Commerce President, Al Zayani Commercial Services Former President, Bahrain Businesswomen's Society Office: 973 1729 7676, [...] | 2007-01-31 15:11:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PHUM PREL BA |
07MANAMA903 | GOB WELCOMES IRAQ COALITION CONFERENCE PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-26 13:07:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IZ BA |
07MANAMA922 | BAHRAINI EFFORTS TO SECURE NEW NATURAL GAS [...] (C) Oil and Gas Minister Mirza told the Ambassador that gas talks with Iran are progressing. If an agreement were finalized next year, a pipeline could be built in 3-4 years. The Ambassador reminded Mirza of strong U.S. objections to any such deal; Mirza agreed that U.S. opposition would be a [...] | 2007-10-04 15:24:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ETTC ENRG PREL IR BA |
07MANAMA939 | AL-WIFAQ LEADER FIRES SHOT ACROSS GOVERNMENT'S BOWS [...] (C) Summary: Al-Wifaq leader Sheikh Ali Salman told media that he now regrets having stood for parliament last year and is considering quitting the legislature. Although Salman is, at least for now, just posturing, even the prospect of his withdrawal (and of the Wifaq MPs who would presumably follo [...] | 2007-10-11 14:30:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BA |
07MANAMA956 | PREPARATIONS FOR GSD TALKS IN MANAMA, NOVEMBER 1 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-22 12:29:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS BA |
07MANAMA962 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points on country-specific and thematic resolutions to Aisha Al-Khalifa of the MFA international organizations directorate on October 18. She received the points without substantive comment. 2. (SBU) IO Special Representative for Social Affairs Ambassad [...] | 2007-10-23 13:34:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KTIA UNAUS BA |
07MANAMA963 | CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER FOR UN INDEPENDENT AUDIT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-23 13:34:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UN UNGA BA |
07MANAMA968 | FM DEFENDS HIS MEETING WITH LIVNI [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-24 14:31:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS BA |
07MANAMA983 | BAHRAIN: DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-30 12:26:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP EFIN ECON IR BA |
07MANAMA986 | ARAB DONORS CONFERENCE ON DARFUR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-30 14:38:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AL BA |
07MANAMA988 | BAHRAIN: FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-30 14:59:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP EFIN ECON IR BA |
07MANAMA995 | BAHRAIN: ARAB LEAGUE CENTRAL BOYCOTT OFFICE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to the director of the MFA's office of Arab Affairs, Zuhair Mandeel, on November 1, commending Bahrain's non-attendance of the last two Arab League Central Boycott Office meetings and encouraging the GOB to neither support nor send representatives to the [...] | 2007-11-01 14:15:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KBCT PREL AL IS BA |
07MANILA1011 | MISUARI DETERMINED TO GAIN FREEDOM AND POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Imprisoned Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Chairman Nur Misuari reportedly has pledged cooperation with USG peace, security, and development efforts in Mindanao. Despite a long-standing and intermittently ongoing trial for sedition, Misuari is determined to win the May 14 [...] | 2007-03-29 06:00:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS RP |
07MANILA1017 | STRENGTHENING THE CASE AGAINST THE RAJAH SOLAIMAN [...] (S/REL AUS/UK) Summary. USG cooperation has helped strengthen the Philippine initiative to seek a listing of the Rajah Solaiman Movement with the UN 1267 Committee. The Philippines intends to consult Australia, Great Britain, Japan, and Indonesia about co-sponsorship, along with the U.S. T [...] | 2007-03-29 09:07:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | PTER EFIN ETTC PREL KTFN PINR AS ID JA UK RP |
07MANILA102 | PHILIPPINE MILITARY KILLS ASG URBAN TERRORIST [...] (C/REL AUS) In follow up to the successful January 6 operation that led to the deaths of five Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) terrorists and one suspected Jemaah Islamiyah operative near the southern island of Tawi-Tawi (ref a),elements of Military Intelligence Group-9, the Intelligence Service of th [...] | 2007-01-10 09:15:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL RP |
07MANILA1020 | THE CHINESE ARE COMING...WELL MAYBE NOT QUITE YET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Filipinos predicted that the economic rise of the People's Republic of China would benefit the provinces of north Luzon, which, thanks to mineral resources, agricultural potential, gambling, and beaches, should be a natural draw for Chinese tourists and investors. However, no [...] | 2007-03-29 09:25:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EINV ETRD CH RP |
07MANILA1033 | ICITAP TRAINING PAYING OFF [...] (U) Funded by State's Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, staff from the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) of the Department of Justice has been in place in Manila since August 2006. Initially with only one Senior Law Enforc [...] | 2007-03-30 08:44:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL EAID KCRM RP |
07MANILA1034 | SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL MIXTER [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy warmly welcomes members of Staffdel Mixter to the Philippines! We have a packed schedule for you that includes meetings on counterterrorism, U.S.-Philippine military cooperation, unlawful killings, and Peace Corps issues. You are coming to the Philippines at an import [...] | 2007-03-30 09:09:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PHUM PTER EAID RP |
07MANILA1043 | New Trafficking Conviction [...] SUMMARY: A regional court in Zamboanga City on March 29 sentenced a member of a trafficking syndicate to life imprisonment under Republic Act 9208 for having recruited six victims and peddled them to a brothel in Sandakan, Malaysia. The case is the fifth conviction resulting in a jail sentence [...] | 2007-04-02 05:07:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL RP |
07MANILA105 | PHILIPPINES WELCOMES ASEAN-RELATED SUMMITS ANEW [...] (C) In a discussion with Charge on January 8, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo reiterated the Philippine Government's determination to host successful ASEAN-related summits, including the East Asia Summit, in Cebu January 13-15 following their postponement from the original December dates d [...] | 2007-01-10 09:33:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN PTER ASEAN RU XE CH JA KN KS BM |
07MANILA1054 | PROSECUTING TIP OFFENDERS [...] Summary. Philippine authorities are increasingly focused on labor trafficking as well as trafficking for purposes as for prostitution and are relying on a variety of legislation to bring the culprits to justice. The cumbersome nature of the overburdened Philippine legal system, notably the s [...] | 2007-04-02 07:45:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL RP |
07MANILA1086 | NO LET UP IN COUNTERTERRORISM OPERATIONS ON JOLO [...] (C/REL AUS) SUMMARY. Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff General Esperon announced April 1 the end of "Operation Ultimatum," the successful months-long effort targeting the Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah leadership on the island of Jolo. General Esperon, however, intends no let [...] | 2007-04-04 04:30:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS MASS MCAP PREL RP |
07MANILA1087 | REGIONAL 1207 FUNDING PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Section 1207 funds offer a potentially extremely valuable tool to help consolidate the post-conflict environment in the Philippines' Sulu Archipelago and in the neighboring areas of Indonesia. Our joint Manila-Jakarta $15.5 million proposal would seek to build upon existing p [...] | 2007-04-04 04:34:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PTER MOPS PREL ID MY RP |
07MANILA1092 | DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE INDUSTRIES [...] (SBU) Deputy Pol/C briefed Executive Director Julius Torres of the Department of Foreign Affairs' Office of United Nations and International Organizations April 3 on the U.S. decision under the provisions of E.O. 13382 to designate Iran's Defense Industries Organization. Torres noted our poi [...] | 2007-04-04 07:01:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM IR KN RP |
07MANILA1094 | AMBASSADOR VISITS JOLO TO HIGHLIGHT ASSISTANCE [...] SUMMARY. The Ambassador and senior Embassy officials focused attention on U.S. assistance programs with a visit to Jolo Island in Mindanao's Sulu Province. The highlight was the inauguration of the Jolo Consumers' Cooperative rebuilt through the combined efforts of members of the Armed Force [...] | 2007-04-04 07:12:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER EAID SOCI MOPS RP |
07MANILA1098 | PENDING MOTIONS IN LANCE CORPORAL SMITH'S APPEAL [...] (C) At the request of the Department of Foreign Affairs, new Solicitor General Agnes Devanadera and Assistant Solicitor General Amy Lazro-Javier on April 3 briefed Pol/C on the status of the legal case of Lance Corporal Daniel Smith, whom the Makati City Regional Trial Court convicted in Dec [...] | 2007-04-04 08:41:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
07MANILA1153 | CHINESE OPEN SECOND CONSULATE IN PHILIPPINES [...] (SBU) The People's Republic of China officially opened its consulate in San Nicholas/Laoag City (reftel) in the north Luzon province of Ilocos Norte on April 11. The PRC also has an existing consulate in Cebu City (Central Visayas),as well as consular property (inherited from Taiwan) in D [...] | 2007-04-12 09:00:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CH RP |
07MANILA1169 | TRILATERAL COUNTERTERRORISM DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary. Australian, Japanese, and U.S. diplomats on April 12 gave briefings on existing counterterrorism programs in the Philippines and agreed to continue such consultations, most notably with an upcoming Model Ports project but also potentially on greater coordination on Philippine [...] | 2007-04-13 08:36:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MOPS EAID AS JA RP |
07MANILA1174 | APPEAL OF LANCE CORPORAL SMITH [...] (U) The Court of Appeals has "directed" LCpl Daniel Smith to submit his "appellant's brief" on the actual appeal of his criminal conviction within fifteen days. Beginning from the date of receipt by the defense counsel on April 4, this would make the brief due on April 19. At the same time, [...] | 2007-04-13 10:10:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR CASC KCRM RP |
07MANILA1187 | ROGUE MNLF COMMANDER ON THE RUN [...] (C) Summary. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) raided and occupied several rogue Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) camps on Jolo Island on April 15 after a rogue MNLF commander launched mortar attacks and ground assaults that killed two Marines and one civilian. MNLF Commander H [...] | 2007-04-16 09:25:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS KISL RP |
07MANILA1188 | SCENESETTER FOR PEACE CORPS DIRECTOR RONALD A. TSCHETTER [...] Director Tschetter: We deeply appreciate your visit, which will mean a lot to our Peace Corps volunteers and to Philippine authorities who are offering extraordinary support in the search for Julia Campbell. Karl will be at the airport upon your arrival and give you the latest on the search. [...] | 2007-04-16 09:35:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAID RP |
07MANILA1198 | PHILIPPINE VIEWS ON ASEAN CHARTER [...] Action request -- see para 9. 2. (C) Summary. The drafting of the ASEAN Charter proceeds smoothly, with a goal of presenting a fairly complete version to the ASEAN Foreign Ministers by July 31. The "comprehensive but brief" document should lay out the ASEAN structure without creating a [...] | 2007-04-17 06:53:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN PHUM ASEAN RP |
07MANILA120 | UNLIKELY ASEAN SUPPORT FOR BURMA RESOLUTION OR [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs Executive Director for United Nations and International Organizations Julius Torres expressed regret to Acting Pol/C on January 11 regarding the timing of the U.S. draft UN Security Council resolution on Burma (ref a). He noted that the UNSC consideration co [...] | 2007-01-11 09:53:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV UNSC BM RP |
07MANILA1201 | MARINE CASE UPDATE 04/17/2007 [...] (C) Upon the urgent advice of Embassy medical staff, Lance Corporal Daniel J. Smith entered the Makati Medical Center on April 16. Doctors describe his condition as non-life threatening but painful, and want to keep him under observation for a second night. He likely will return to Chancery [...] | 2007-04-17 07:49:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
07MANILA1206 | UPDATE ON FIGHTING IN JOLO [...] (C) Summary. Rogue elements of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) under Commander Habier Malik continue to clash with government security forces on Jolo. Among the casualties during heavy fighting on April 17 reportedly were Malik's brother and cousin. The Philippine National Red Cr [...] | 2007-04-17 09:00:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS KISL RP |
07MANILA121 | MARINE CASE: NEXT LEGAL STEPS [...] (C) In a meeting with a III MEF representative on January 10, the defense counsel for Lance Corporal Daniel J. Smith outlined the timeline for upcoming legal steps in the appeal of the December 4 rape conviction by the Makati Regional Trial Court: -- the Makati Regional Trial Court is now [...] | 2007-01-11 09:57:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR CASC KCRM RP |
07MANILA1223 | MARINE CASE UPDATE 04/18/2007 [...] (C) Lance Corporal Daniel J. Smith was discharged from the Makati Medical Center April 18, after being admitted for a non-life threatening condition April 16 (reftel),and has returned to Chancery grounds. Smith, who was escorted throughout the hospital visit by personnel from the RSO, Phili [...] | 2007-04-18 08:37:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
07MANILA1231 | BOUNTY FOR ROGUE MNLF COMMANDER; NO OIC MEDIATION [...] (C) Summary. The Armed Forces of the Philippines has offered a 1-million peso reward for the capture of rogue Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Commander Habier Malik. Sporadic fighting continues between Malik's followers and government security forces on Jolo. A total of seven men, inc [...] | 2007-04-18 11:03:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS KISL RP |
07MANILA1232 | PEACE CORPS DIRECTOR TSCHETTER VISITS PHILIPPINES; MISSING [...] Peace Corps Director Ronald Tschetter arrived in Manila on April 16 to review efforts to find missing Peace Corps volunteer Julia Campbell, who disappeared in a remote area of the Philippines on April 8. Director Tschetter, Charge' Jones and Peace Corps Country Director Beck traveled to the a [...] | 2007-04-18 11:06:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC PREL RP |
07MANILA1234 | Statement of President Arroyo regarding the Virginia Tech [...] Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on April 18 issued the following statement regarding the tragic deaths at Virginia Tech University: Quote We are one with the world in condoling with the victims of the senseless killings in Virginia Tech University. The unfortunate incident mag [...] | 2007-04-19 01:21:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL RP |
07MANILA1243 | MILF PEACE TALKS MAY RESUME BEFORE MAY 14 ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Exploratory talks between the Government of the Philippines and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will likely resume in Kuala Lumpur on May 1. At the top of the agenda will be the MILF's latest proposal to include territory from only three provinces -- Sultan Kudarat, North [...] | 2007-04-19 02:41:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KISL RP MY |
07MANILA1276 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR FY [...] In response to the solicitation for anti-trafficking in persons project proposals from the Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) (ref A),Embassy Manila received 22 proposals from both government agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for consider [...] | 2007-04-20 06:29:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL RP |
07MANILA1279 | INVITATION FOR HOUSE SPEAKER PELOSI [...] Under cover of an April 12 letter to the Ambassador, Philippine House of Representatives Secretary General Roberto P. Nazareno forwarded the original versions of letters to U.S. House Speaker Pelosi dated March 2 and March 28 from Philippine House Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr. The Philippine C [...] | 2007-04-20 07:38:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OREP OVIP RP |
07MANILA128 | ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS ON BURMA [...] (U) Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo told the press on January 11 that the "advancement of democracy in Myanmar remains a key issue for ASEAN member countries." He noted that, at a working dinner, the ASEAN Foreign Ministers had "expressed concern on the pace of the national reco [...] | 2007-01-12 01:48:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM RP |
07MANILA1281 | FILIPINOS MOURN LOSS OF PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER [...] Philippine government senior officials, politicians, and media on April 20 widely expressed condolences over the tragic death of Peace Corps Volunteer Julia Campbell (reftels). President Arroyo, members of her Cabinet, as well as numerous Congressmen and Senators issued statements not only vo [...] | 2007-04-20 08:26:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CASC ASEC RP |
07MANILA1284 | STAFFDEL MIXTER FOCUSES ON MILITARY, KILLINGS, AND PEACE [...] (U) Summary. During an April 11-15 visit, Staffdel Mixter -- a bipartisan staff delegation from the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs comprised of Cobb Mixter, Melissa Adamson, and Dennis Halpin -- met with high-ranking Philippine military officials regarding U.S.-Philippine military co [...] | 2007-04-20 09:00:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OREP MARR RP |
07MANILA1285 | ASG BEHEADS SEVEN HOSTAGES ON JOLO [...] (SBU) Summary. The Abu Sayyaf Group has reportedly beheaded seven Philippine hostages on Jolo. Rogue MNLF Commander Habier Malik remains on the run, but defiant. The AFP has reiterated it is only after him and his lawless followers, not the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). MNLF Vice- [...] | 2007-04-20 09:34:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MOPS KISL RP |
07MANILA1298 | PHILIPPINE MUSLIM LEADERS DENOUNCE ASG BEHEADINGS [...] (SBU) Summary. Government security forces on Jolo have recovered the headless bodies of seven workers, whom elements of the Abu Sayyaf Group had recently decapitated. Muslim political and religious leaders in Mindanao, including the Moro National Liberation Front, are strongly denouncing the [...] | 2007-04-23 08:48:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MOPS KISL RP |
07MANILA1301 | PHILIPPINES SEEKING CO-SPONSORS FOR 1267 LISTING [...] (S/REL AUS/JA/UK) Summary. Philippine officials informally briefed representatives from U.S., Australian, Japanese, and British Embassies on April 23 seeking a listing of the Rajah Solaiman Movement and some of its key members with the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee and to explore possible co-sp [...] | 2007-04-23 09:39:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | PTER EFIN ETTC PREL KTFN PINR AS ID JA MY |
07MANILA1335 | PHILIPPINES NOTES U.S. POINTS ON NPT PREPCOM [...] (SBU) Leah Ruiz, Director for International Political, Legal, and Security Affairs in the Department of Foreign Affairs' Office of United Nations and International Organizations, noted our points regarding the upcoming meeting of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee. Sh [...] | 2007-04-26 08:17:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT RP |
07MANILA1336 | PRESIDENT ARROYO "BULLISH" ON ASIA AT BOAO FORUM [...] (U) President Arroyo made a 12-hour trip to Hainan Island, China, on April 21, to attend the 2007 Boao Forum for Asia. She delivered an address on regional economic integration and development, proclaiming that she was "bullish on Asia and our ability to help drive positive change in the wor [...] | 2007-04-26 08:28:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PK CH RP |
07MANILA1337 | PHILIPPINE CABINET POSTPONES MILF PEACE TALKS [...] (C) According to Philippine Government Peace Negotiations Panel Executive Director Ryan Sullivan, the Philippine Cabinet had recently postponed the next round of exploratory peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF),originally due to begin o/a May 1 in Malaysia, until after t [...] | 2007-04-26 08:29:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KISL RP |
07MANILA1369 | MARINE CASE UPDATE 04/30/2007 [...] (SBU) Following his discharge on April 26 from Asian Hospital and Medical Center in Metro Manila, Lance Corporal Daniel J. Smith returned immediately to his quarters on the Chancery grounds. During his two-day hospitalization, he underwent surgery for a non-life threatening condition. Person [...] | 2007-04-30 07:47:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
07MANILA15 | PRESIDENT ARROYO DEFENDS TRANSFER OF LCPL. SMITH [...] (C) Summary. Facing intense criticism, President Arroyo publicly defended the government's transfer of custody of Lance Corporal Smith as in the Philippines' strategic interest in its "alliance with the United States to fight terror and poverty." Media commentary roundly condemned the Presi [...] | 2007-01-03 09:35:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR CASC KCRM RP |
07MANILA1521 | WHAT'S AT STAKE IN THE MAY 14 PHILIPPINE ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Philippine democracy faces both familiar and new challenges in the mid-term elections on May 14, even without the dramatic element of a Presidential campaign. U.S. interests remain focused on the success of democratic processes. The outcome of the elections will not in any mean [...] | 2007-05-11 06:05:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RP |
07MANILA1534 | NUR MISUARI BACK ON JOLO, AMID NEW FIGHTING [...] (C) Summary: The Makati Regional Trial Court temporarily permitted detained Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Chairman Nur Misuari to campaign for Sulu Governor in Jolo City May 11-14. Followers of rogue MNLF Commander Habier Malik clashed again May 8 with government security forces in [...] | 2007-05-11 07:38:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL MY RP |
07MANILA1543 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON PEACE AND SECURITY IN [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Advisor on the Peace Process Dureza told the Ambassador and DCM May 9 that he expected security on Jolo island, the scene of recent fighting and location of terrorists and U.S. Special Forces, to remain manageable through the May 14 elections, but political violence [...] | 2007-05-11 09:23:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KISL MY RP |
07MANILA159 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DIRECTOR GENERAL AMBASSADOR [...] A warm welcome to the Philippines! The Manila Mission has developed a dynamic program for your January 23-26 visit including many opportunities for you to meet with groups of employees and individuals, as noted in the schedule submitted to your office. ----------------- Mission Community - [...] | 2007-01-12 09:49:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EAID AMGT OTRA RP |
07MANILA1608 | SCENESETTER FOR EAP ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL [...] (SBU) Summary. A warm welcome again to the Philippines! As you arrive, the Philippines will still be focused on recent mid-term election for the Senate, House, and provincial positions. Final national results will not be available until as late as June 14. In the counter-terrorism realm, t [...] | 2007-05-17 06:48:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER ECON RP |
07MANILA1614 | ARF: PHILIPPINES TO LOOK AT U.S. PROPOSALS [...] (C) The Philippines will look closely at the United States' proposals for the May 25 ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in Manila, according to Office of the Undersecretary for Policy Special Assistant Hans Siriban on May 16. 2. (C) In discussing the Inter-Sessional [...] | 2007-05-17 09:19:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PARM ARF RP |
07MANILA1642 | MARINE CASE UPDATE 05/18/2007 [...] (SBU) Attorneys for Lance Corporal Daniel J. Smith confirmed on May 18 that they would submit Smith's appellate brief to the Court of Appeals before the May 19 deadline. The Philippine Solicitor General is aware of this development and had earlier indicated that her office will move to submit [...] | 2007-05-18 08:10:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
07MANILA1701 | MISUARI LOSES RACE FOR SULU GOVERNOR [...] (C) Summary: Detained Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Chairman Nur Misuari failed in his bid to become governor of Sulu. The Commission on Elections proclaimed Misuari's opponent -- traditional politician and wealthy businessman Abdusakur Tan -- as winner of the May 14 gubernatorial e [...] | 2007-05-24 08:01:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL RP |
07MANILA1707 | PREPARING FOR THE SHANGRI-LA DIALOGUE; PHILIPPINE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Defense Secretary Ebdane views U.S. counterterrorism cooperation on Jolo as a "real success story," and is appreciative of our assistance in the Philippine Defense Reform program. He predicted President Arroyo would sign a Status of Forces Agreement with Australia during her up [...] | 2007-05-24 09:19:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL AU JA SN SW RP |
07MANILA1765 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo, just off the plane from a trip to Japan, asked EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill to meet with him for a relaxed, wide ranging conversation May 25. Secretary Romulo was particularly interested in the Six-Party Talks and indicated he planned [...] | 2007-05-30 06:10:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON IZ KN RP |
07MANILA1766 | FOREIGN SECRETARY CALLS FOR RELEASE OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI [...] In a May 29 statement, Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto G. Romulo expressed deep regret regarding the extension of Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest and called for her release along with releases of all political prisoners. This statement again reflected the continued concern of the Philipp [...] | 2007-05-30 06:58:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM BM RP |
07MANILA1771 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL MEETS WITH GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: EAP Assistant Secretary Hill and Ambassador underscored U.S. interest in a successful peace process in Mindanao in a May 25 meeting with key Philippine contacts involved in Mindanao and in peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. Malaysian-sponsored talks will resume [...] | 2007-05-30 09:37:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KISL MY RP |
07MANILA1772 | U.S. LEADS TRILATERAL PORT SECURITY PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Manila is leading a trilateral counterterrorism initiative to improve port security in the southern Philippines. Together with our Japanese and Australian partners, we conducted a security needs assessment of the Davao City and General Santos City ports, and identifie [...] | 2007-05-30 10:03:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ECON ETTC RP |
07MANILA179 | SUCCESSFUL ASEAN-RELATED SUMMITS IN CEBU [...] (U) Summary. The 12th ASEAN Summit, 2nd East Asia Summit, and related leaders' meetings concluded in Cebu on January 15. Participants appeared highly satisfied with the outcomes, which included a new ASEAN convention on terrorism, tough language to North Korea, a pledge for greater East As [...] | 2007-01-16 08:41:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ECIN XE CH JA KS KN RP |
07MANILA1814 | ARROYO'S DOWN UNDER DIPLOMACY [...] (SBU) Summary: President Arroyo presided over the signing of a number of bilateral security and economic agreements during her recent visits to Australia and New Zealand, most significantly a landmark Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with Australia, which nonetheless will likely face a diff [...] | 2007-06-01 07:39:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON MCAP PTER AS NZ RP |
07MANILA1822 | MEMORIAL DAY AT MANILA'S AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS [...] We enhanced this year's Memorial Day ceremony at the American Cemetery, expanding our guest list, attracting media coverage, inviting the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines to make remarks, and offering a reception for U.S. and Filipino veterans after the laying of wreaths. [...] | 2007-06-03 23:13:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL RP |
07MANILA1823 | AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS U.S. PROGRAMS IN ILOILO [...] Summary. During a May 21 visit to Iloilo City and Guimaras Island, the Ambassador focused public attention on U.S. programs benefiting the region. She toured a national mango research center and local mango festival, visited a Peace Corps environmental education program, and kicked off ECA/C's [...] | 2007-06-03 23:38:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID SCUL PREL RP |
07MANILA1893 | PHILIPPINE POLICE SETS UP NEW HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE [...] (U) General German B. Doria, Officer-in-Charge of the Philippine National Police's new Human Rights Affairs Office (HRAO),on June 6 briefed Pol/C and U.S. Senior Law Enforcement Advisor on the role of this office, which PNP Director General Calderon had formally established only on April 18 [...] | 2007-06-07 03:36:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL EAID RP |
07MANILA1910 | PHILIPPINE POLICE SETS UP NEW HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE [...] (U) General German B. Doria, Officer-in-Charge of the Philippine National Police's new Human Rights Affairs Office (HRAO),on June 6 briefed Pol/C and U.S. Senior Law Enforcement Advisor on the role of this office, which PNP Director General Calderon had formally established only on April 18 [...] | 2007-06-08 00:43:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL EAID RP |
07MANILA192 | SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL FINAL COORDINATION [...] (C) Working closely with U.S. Pacific Command representatives and counterparts from regional Missions, Post developed an integrated series of proposals for Section 1206 funding that would bolster maritime security in the Sulu and Sulawesi Seas, the critical area through which Jemaah Islamiyah [...] | 2007-01-17 08:14:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP RP |
07MANILA1930 | REWARDS FOR JUSTICE PAYOUT A POWERFUL TOOL IN THE [...] (U) Summary. In a June 7 Rewards for Justice ceremony on Jolo Island, Ambassador awarded four Filipino citizens their shares of a total US$10 million reward for providing information that led to the successful Philippine military operations against the top two leaders of the terrorist Abu Say [...] | 2007-06-08 10:00:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL ASEC CASC RP |
07MANILA1947 | PM A/A/S MULL'S VISIT UNDERSCORES COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) Summary: Acting Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Stephen Mull met with top Philippine civilian and military leaders during his June 6-8 visit to the Philippines. He also traveled with the Ambassador to Jolo to attend a major Rewards for Justice ceremony (ref a). In hi [...] | 2007-06-13 06:25:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MASS MCAP PTER PINS RP |
07MANILA196 | PHILIPPINE ARMED FORCES ANNOUNCE KILLING OF ASG [...] (U) Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Hermogenes Esperon announced on January 17 that Philippine troops had killed Abu Sayyaf Group leader Jainal Sali AKA Abu Solaiman in an encounter on Jolo Island on January 16. Abu Solaiman was under U.S. indictment for his role in the kidnap [...] | 2007-01-17 08:43:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL ASEC RP |
07MANILA197 | NEW PHILIPPINE PERMREP TO UN [...] (U) President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on January 14 swore in retired Supreme Court Chief Justice Hilario "Jun" G. Davide, Jr. as the new Philippine permanent representative to the United Nations in New York., replacing Ambassador Baja. He follows in the footsteps of Supreme Court Chief Justic [...] | 2007-01-17 09:41:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PREL UN RP |
07MANILA1983 | US DELIVERS TEN UH-1H HELICOPTERS TO ARMED FORCES OF THE [...] On June 9, the Philippine Government and the United States celebrated the official transfer of 10 U.S. newly refurbished UH-1H helicopters to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). The helicopters fulfilled an earlier commitment made by President Bush to Philippine President Gloria Macapa [...] | 2007-06-15 04:21:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PREL PTER RP |
07MANILA1991 | NEXT STEP IN THE TRIPARTITE SEISMIC SURVEY IN [...] (C) Summary: Phase II should begin in July for the tripartite Marine Seismic Undertaking in the South China Sea. Philippine authorities had temporarily delayed authorization as the government decided whether to approve a Service Contract with a UK-based oil company in an area within the bo [...] | 2007-06-15 06:10:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS EPET CH VM RP |
07MANILA2011 | PHILIPPINES ON HRC FIFTH SESSION ISSUES [...] (C) Poloff on June 15 discussed U.S. views on Human Rights Council issues (ref a) with Gunther Sales, Assistant Director in the Department of Foreign Affairs' Office of United Nations and International Organizations. He highlighted U.S. priorities regarding preserving country-specific rappor [...] | 2007-06-18 05:07:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL RP |
07MANILA2052 | SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL KEATING'S VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to the Philippines! I am looking forward to seeing you here. US Pacific Command is an essential partner in our efforts to defeat terrorism and help the Philippine military reform itself. The USS Peleliu is now in the Philippines as part of our effort to conduct civil [...] | 2007-06-20 10:31:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP |
07MANILA2076 | PRESIDENT ARROYO CONFERS AWARDS ON PEACE CORPS [...] (U) On June 11, President Arroyo honored the Peace Corps with the presentation of two Order of the Golden Heart awards. The Order of the Golden Heart gives official recognition to Filipino or foreign citizens who have rendered distinguished service or volunteerism in the service of the Filipin [...] | 2007-06-21 05:54:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CASC RP |
07MANILA2081 | SECRETARY ROMULO ENGAGES NORTH KOREA ON ARF, SIX [...] (U) During a June 16-21 visit to the Republic of Korea, the People's Republic of China, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to promote productive participation in this year's ASEAN Regional Forum in Manila in early August, Foreign Secretary Romulo met in Pyongyang with Kim Yo [...] | 2007-06-21 09:36:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KN RP |
07MANILA2099 | STATUS OF EFFORTS TO FREE ITALIAN PRIEST BOSSI [...] (U) Following the June 10 abduction in Zamboanga del Sur of Italian priest Father Giancarlo Bossi by ten armed men possibly associated with the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has worked closely with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to pinpoint his [...] | 2007-06-22 07:27:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL RP |
07MANILA2104 | AMBASSADOR'S ZAMBOANGA VISIT HIGHLIGHTS ROBUST [...] SUMMARY: During a May 31 and June 1 visit to Zamboanga City, the Ambassador attended the opening of the 2007 Cooperation Afloat Readiness And Training (CARAT) Exercises and presided over the donations of a USAID-built suspension footbridge and 42,000 textbooks. She attended a business and gover [...] | 2007-06-22 08:00:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR EAID RP |
07MANILA2115 | MARINE CASE UPDATE 06/25/2007 [...] (SBU) Legal update: The Philippine Solicitor General on June 17 filed a petition with the Court of Appeals for a 90-day extension in filing the government's appellate brief in the Daniel J. Smith case. The Solicitor General confirmed to Pol/C on June 22 that Court approval was virtually aut [...] | 2007-06-25 07:19:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
07MANILA212 | VISIT OF CHINA PREMIER WEN JIABAO HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. During a January 15-16 official visit to Manila, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and his delegation signed about 30 bilateral agreements with a value of over US$6 billion, focusing on agriculture, ethanol production, development assistance, and on economic and technical cooperation. [...] | 2007-01-18 08:59:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON CH RP |
07MANILA2120 | PHILIPPINE JUDICIARY SEEKS BETTER HANDLING OF [...] (SBU) Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno has announced plans to convene a "summit" on July 16-17 primarily to examine ways to ensure more expeditious and effective processing of cases of unlawful or extrajudicial killings, notably those in which "state agents" may be culprit [...] | 2007-06-25 08:28:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL RP |
07MANILA2121 | NEW AUSTRALIAN/PHILIPPINE STATUS OF FORCES [...] (C) Summary: The Philippine-Australia Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) signed in May currently awaits ratification by the Philippine Senate and the Australian parliament. The Australian SOFA differs from the U.S. Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) in that it gives the host nation custody of v [...] | 2007-06-25 09:10:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PTER AS RP |
07MANILA214 | PRESIDENT ARROYO PRAISES U.S. COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Arroyo effusively thanked Ambassador Kenney for U.S. help during the recent Armed Forces of the Philippines operation to eliminate the Abu Sayyaf Group leader Abu Sulaiman. She called ongoing counterterrorism cooperation on Jolo a "triumph" in the war on terror. She [...] | 2007-01-18 09:33:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP RP |
07MANILA2198 | EU EXAMINES ASSISTANCE AGAINST UNLAWFUL KILLINGS [...] (C) A special seven-person European Union Needs Assessment Mission (NAM) visited Manila June 18-28 to identify possible areas on which EU assistance programs could help the Philippine government deal with the ongoing problem of unlawful and extrajudicial killings. British Deputy Head of Mis [...] | 2007-06-29 04:27:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL EAID EU RP |
07MANILA2233 | PACOM COMMANDER KEATING CALLS ON PRESIDENT ARROYO [...] (C) President Arroyo warmly congratulated and welcomed PACOM Commander Admiral Keating during a meeting at the Presidential Palace June 28. Secretary of Foreign Affairs Romulo, Defense Secretary Ebdane and Chief of Staff General Esperon also participated, together with Ambassador Kenney, DC [...] | 2007-07-02 08:39:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MCAP PINS PTER MASS RP |
07MANILA2258 | RENEWED REQUEST FOR INL FUNDING FOR MARITIME [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 10. 2. (U) Summary. After thorough review by all involved agencies and consultations with the Philippine National Police (PNP),Embassy would like to renew its $2 million funding request from FY2005 funds of the Bureau for International Narcotics a [...] | 2007-07-03 07:55:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINS PREL ASEC PBTS SNAR RP |
07MANILA2259 | PHILIPPINE CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: With over 600 soldiers, police officers, and military observers currently deployed to seven countries, the Philippines remains an important contributor to international peacekeeping efforts. These deployments highlight the government's continuing policy of supporting UN peace [...] | 2007-07-03 08:27:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MCAP MARR IV LI HA AF YI SU TT RP |
07MANILA2260 | Philippines Confirms Participation in APHIS Phytosanitary [...] On July 3, EconOff presented reftel demarche and talking points to Segfredo Serrano, Undersecretary for Policy and Planning at the Department of Agriculture. Serrano confirmed the attendance of Joel Rudinas, Director of the Bureau of Plant Industry, and Larry Lacson, Chief of Plant Quarantine, [...] | 2007-07-03 08:30:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR PREL ASEAN RP |
07MANILA2262 | MELO COMMISSION FRUSTRATED BY ONGOING KILLINGS [...] (C) Summary. The Melo Commission wrapped up its current mandate on June 30, and will submit a second report to President Arroyo by the end of July. While impressed with the number of new measures that the government has instituted, Commission members remain frustrated that the killings con [...] | 2007-07-03 09:07:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL MOPS RP |
07MANILA2287 | PEACE PROCESS ON TRACK WITH IMPORTANT WORK AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: A recent series of meetings in Manila and Mindanao with leaders of the government negotiating team, MILF and MNLF insurgents and the powerful Ampatuan clan confirmed the peace process is on track, but that the government faces a politically difficult compromise on territory. M [...] | 2007-07-08 23:44:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS EAID MARR RP |
07MANILA2327 | DEADLY COMMUNIST INSURGENCY CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Communist insurgency continues to take its deadly toll in the Philippines, with the reported deaths in military operations since June 7 of at least 20 military and police personnel as well as approximately 25 Communist insurgents. Many of these incidents took place in Minda [...] | 2007-07-10 08:19:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PREL MOPS PTER RP |
07MANILA2342 | ANOTHER POSTPONEMENT OF PHILIPPINE-MNLF-OIC [...] (SBU) Makati Regional Trial Court Judge Winlove Dumayas on July 6 approved "with conditions" Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Chairman Nur Misuari's request for a temporary leave of detention to attend a long-awaited tripartite conference among the MNLF, Philippine government, and the Or [...] | 2007-07-11 07:03:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS RP |
07MANILA2359 | AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS U.S. PROGRAMS IN BICOL [...] (U) Summary. During a July 4 visit to Legaspi City and the Bicol region, the Ambassador focused public attention on Philippine-American Friendship Day, the Fourth of July, and U.S. programs benefiting the region. Joined by Admiral Crowder, the Commander of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, the day's [...] | 2007-07-12 08:46:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL MARR RP |
07MANILA238 | INTERIOR SECRETARY PLEDGES CONTINUED COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. In a January 19 meeting, the Ambassador thanked Interior Secretary Puno for his role in the transfer of LCpl Smith back to the Embassy, commended his Department for preparing a draft Executive Order on police/prosecutor cooperation, and stressed the need to implement the Philipp [...] | 2007-01-19 09:25:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER RP |
07MANILA239 | MARINE CASE UPDATE 01/19/07 [...] (U) Lance Corporal Daniel J. Smith, back in U.S. custody on Chancery grounds since December 29, continues to be in good health and spirits. He continues to receive visits regularly from his Philippine pastors and his lawyers. 2. (U) Approximately 80 anti-VFA protesters calling themselves [...] | 2007-01-19 09:29:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
07MANILA240 | PRESIDENT ARROYO FIRMLY BEHIND DEFENSE REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Arroyo firmly supports defense reform, and has added another $11 million to the program's Foreign Military Sales Account to buy new equipment for battalion training. Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Esperon is pushing hard for the rapid delivery of the equipment, [...] | 2007-01-19 09:39:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL RP |
07MANILA241 | CONFIRMED DEATH OF ABU SAYYAF GROUP LEADER [...] (C) DNA testing by FBI laboratories, in consultation with Philippine experts, confirmed on January 19 that a corpse recently uncovered on Jolo Island in the course of the ongoing "Operation Ultimatum" by the Armed Forces of the Philippines was that of Khaddafy Janjalani, the leader of the te [...] | 2007-01-20 05:09:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS MCAP PREL CASC RP |
07MANILA2417 | PHILIPPINES TO CONSIDER SWING CANDIDACY FOR IOM DG [...] (C) In a July 18 meeting with Leah Ruiz, Director in the Department of Foreign Affairs' Office of United Nations and International Organizations, poloff requested Philippine support for Ambassador Swing's candidacy for Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) (re [...] | 2007-07-19 05:34:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC PREF SMIG RP |
07MANILA2418 | PHILIPPINES TO CONSIDER U.S. POINTS ON COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) In a meeting on July 18 regarding U.S. priorities for the Community of Democracies Ministerial preparatory meeting (reftel),Director Leah Ruiz of the Department of Foreign Affairs' Office of United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) said that the Philippines "had no proble [...] | 2007-07-19 05:38:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM UNGA CH TW RP |
07MANILA242 | PHILIPPINE LEADERSHIP OF ASEAN-RELATED SUMMITS [...] (C) Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo on January 17 briefed Ambassador on the outcomes of the ASEAN-related summits hosted by the Philippines in Cebu January 10-15 (reftel). He highlighted that he and President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo had gone "full blast" on both Burma and North Korea, with [...] | 2007-01-20 05:33:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN PHUM BM KN RP |
07MANILA2422 | AMBASSADOR ENGAGES MILITARY, CIVIC AND COMMERCIAL LEADERS [...] SUMMARY: On July 5 and 6, the Ambassador, JUSMAG, DAO and Commercial Counselor traveled to Davao, Mindanao. The visit highlighted the "one Mission" approach to Mindanao with military, commercial and public diplomacy outreach in the heavily-Muslim region where safety and security threats continu [...] | 2007-07-19 06:12:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CASC RP |
07MANILA2428 | AFP NEXT STEPS IN BASILAN AND JOLO OPERATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The senior leadership of Armed Forces of the Philippines' Western Mindanao Command plans a measured response to the July 10 Moro Islamic Liberation Front ambush that killed 14 Philippine Marines on Basilan. They are at the same time concerned by the concentration of senior Abu [...] | 2007-07-19 09:28:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MASS MOPS MCAP PREL RP |
07MANILA243 | PRESS GUIDANCE ON DEATH OF TERRORIST LEADER KHADAFI [...] (U) At the instruction of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines General Esperon confirmed to the media on January 20 that FBI laboratories, working together with Philippine experts, had confirmed that a corpse uncovered in December on Jolo Is [...] | 2007-01-20 06:52:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER MOPS KPAO PREL RP |
07MANILA2440 | KIDNAPPERS RELEASE ITALIAN PRIEST [...] (C) Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs for Special Concerns Rafael Seguis on July 20 confirmed to Pol/C press reports that kidnappers had freed Italian priest Father Giancarlo Bossi late on July 19 in Karumatan, Lanao Del Norte Province after 39 days of captivity. He insisted that the Philip [...] | 2007-07-20 07:45:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL IT RP |
07MANILA2443 | ADDING FOUR NEW TERRORISTS TO THE REWARDS FOR [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE - SEE PARA 2. 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Zulkifli Bin Hir (a.k.a. Marwan) has joined fellow Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leaders Dulmatin and Umar Patek in the rough mountainous terrain of western Jolo. Recent intelligence information indicates that these [...] | 2007-07-20 09:03:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINR PINS ASEC PREL RP |
07MANILA2444 | AMBASSADOR HOSTS ASEAN MISSION CHIEFS [...] (U) In anticipation of the upcoming ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) ministerial meetings in Manila August 1-2, Ambassador hosted an informal breakfast at her residence on July 20 for ASEAN member state ambassadors and officials from the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Ambassador t [...] | 2007-07-20 09:23:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ARF RP |
07MANILA2445 | MARINE CASE UPDATE 07/20/2007 [...] (SBU) Lance Corporal Daniel J. Smith remains in U.S. custody on the Chancery grounds and continues to receive regular visits from his Philippine pastors and lawyers. Smith's two brothers arrived on July 19 for a one-week visit. The brothers are staying at a local hotel and plan to visit Smith [...] | 2007-07-20 09:25:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
07MANILA2447 | AMBASSADOR VISITS PHILIPPINE MARINES IN HOSPITAL [...] Summary. During a July 15 and 16 visit to Zamboanga City, the Ambassador and Commander of Joint Special Operations Task Force - Philippines (JSOTF-P) visited Philippine marine casualties of the July 10 Basilan engagement (see reftel). Prior to the visit they had discussions with the Commander [...] | 2007-07-20 09:33:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR RP |
07MANILA2473 | PRESIDENT ARROYO FORMALLY LAUNCHES NEW [...] (U) In a gala televised event July 20 attended by leading Cabinet and Congressional figures, members of the diplomatic corps, police and army officers, and victims of terrorism and their families, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo formally launched the Philippines' new anti-terrorism law, Repu [...] | 2007-07-24 09:09:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV PHUM RP |
07MANILA2509 | MNLF DELEGATION DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS [...] (SBU) Summary. At their request, senior representatives of detained Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Chairman Nur Misuari met with DCM and poloff at the Embassy June 23 to promote the 1996 Final Peace Agreement as the foundation for peace, security, and development in Mindanao. Frustrat [...] | 2007-07-27 01:33:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS RP |
07MANILA2519 | REGIONAL ENDORSEMENT FOR FY08 1206 PROPOSAL FOR PACOM [...] (SBU) Summary: Chiefs of Mission of Embassies Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Phnom Penh, Dhaka and Colombo fully support the FY2008 regional proposal developed by U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM). This year's $143 million package builds upon last year's submission to improve regional m [...] | 2007-07-27 06:22:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP BG CB CE ID MY TH |
07MANILA252 | EXIT PERMITS FOR TWO CHILDREN APPROVED TO RESETTLE [...] (U) In a diplomatic note dated January 17, the Department of Foreign Affairs informed the Embassy that the Philippine Department of Justice, with the endorsement of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, had agreed to grant exit clearances for Than Nguyen Thien Tran and Tru Truch [...] | 2007-01-22 08:45:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL VM RP |
07MANILA255 | THE USG IS HELPING DEFEAT THE TERRORISTS ON JOLO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The deaths of Abu Sayyaf Group leaders Khadaffy Janjalani and Jainal Antel Sali AKA Abu Solaiman at the hands of the Philippine Armed Forces represent a significant victory for President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and the people of the Philippines. This achievement is also a tes [...] | 2007-01-22 09:47:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL EAID RP |
07MANILA2586 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH SRI LANKA FM [...] (C) Summary: The government of Sri Lanka (GSL) is committed to the political agenda of devolution, Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama and Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa told Deputy Secretary Negroponte in a July 31 meeting on the sidelines of ASEAN. The FM emphasized Sri [...] | 2007-08-01 09:14:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEAN ETRD PREL EXBS PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS RP |
07MANILA2587 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH BANGLADESH [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Negroponte conveyed U.S. interest in a transition to democratic elections in Bangladesh, in a July 31 meeting with Bangladesh's Adviser for Foreign Affairs Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury on the margins of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF). Chowdhury assured the Depu [...] | 2007-08-01 09:24:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEAN ETRD PREL EXBS BG RP |
07MANILA2588 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PHILIPPINE [...] (C) Summary: Philippine President Gloria Arroyo and Deputy Secretary Negroponte lauded stronger U.S.-Philippine ties, SIPDIS including continued close cooperation in counterterrorism and the Mindanao peace process during a July 31 meeting at Malacanang Palace. Arroyo pledged to take a "meas [...] | 2007-08-01 11:54:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEAN ETRD PREL RP |
07MANILA2589 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PHILIPPINE [...] (C) Summary: Meeting July 31 on the margins of the ASEAN summit, Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo and Deputy Secretary Negroponte agreed on the importance of continued progress in the Six-Party Talks to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula. A nuclear-armed North Korea was inimical to [...] | 2007-08-01 12:03:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEAN ETRD PREL RP |
07MANILA2590 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH VIETNAMESE [...] (C) Summary: Vietnamese First Deputy FM Le Cong Phung expressed a desire to continue improving the U.S.-Vietnam bilateral relationship during an August 1 meeting with Deputy Secretary Negroponte on the margins of the ASEAN Regional SIPDIS Forum (ARF) in Manila. Phung requested a meeting wit [...] | 2007-08-01 12:50:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEAN ETRD PREL EXBS VN |
07MANILA2591 | Muslim Mindanao Welcomes Ambassador and USS Peleliu [...] Summary: Ambassador led a multi-agency team to Cotabato City and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) for two days of positive interaction through outreach and partnership activities. Ambassador spoke at a regional Islamic summit and at a poverty reduction forum organized by the Mu [...] | 2007-08-01 14:28:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID MARR RP |
07MANILA2596 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH AUSTRALIAN FM [...] (C) SUMMARY. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte and Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer discussed U.S. involvement in Iraq and Secretary Rice's attendance at the upcoming Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministerial Meetings in Sydney during an August 1 meeting o [...] | 2007-08-02 04:03:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEAN ETRD PREL EXBS AU IZ APEC |
07MANILA2597 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH MONGOLIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mongolian Deputy Foreign Minister Tserendash Tsolmon offered to host Six Party working group meetings, SIPDIS requested U.S. support for its APEC membership bid, and discussed the possibility of signing Mongolia's Millennium Challenge Compact during President Enkhbayar's fall vi [...] | 2007-08-02 04:53:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEAN ETRD PREL EXBS MG |
07MANILA2601 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH INDIAN EAM [...] (C) Summary: The U.S.-India relationship has entered a "new stage" in the post-123 Agreement era, Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Indian External Affairs Minister (EAM) Pranab Mukherjee agreed in an August 1 meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN Ministerial in Manila. Addressing Indian conc [...] | 2007-08-02 05:44:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEAN ETRD PREL PARM TSRL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY |
07MANILA2602 | DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE MEETING WITH THAI FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Negroponte encouraged Thailand to return to democracy by holding national elections by the end of 2007 as intended, during an August 1 meeting with Thai Foreign Affairs Minister Nitya Pibulsonggram on in Manila, site of this year's ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF). Nity [...] | 2007-08-02 06:00:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD MY PREL RP TH ASEAN EXBS |
07MANILA2705 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH CHINESE [...] (C) Summary: During August 1 bilateral discussions at the ASEAN Reg Forum (ARF),Deputy Secretary Negroponte noted China's role in the rece passage of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution 1769 r peacekeeping in Darfur, but encouraged China to move forward with a res on Iran's [...] | 2007-08-10 06:59:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEAN ETRD PREL EXBS CH |
07MANILA2706 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH NEW ZEALAND FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters raised iss Asian/Pacific safety and security, particularly concerning Fiji and the Islands with the Deputy Secretary August 1 at the ASEAN Regional Forum Manila, Philippines. Peters suggested that the U.S. should limit its s and UN fina [...] | 2007-08-10 06:59:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEAN ETRD PREL EXBS NZ |
07MANILA2707 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH SINGAPORE FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Singapore Minister for Foreign Affairs George Yeo des the United States' role in the region as a quiet balancing force, inter only as necessary and offering symbolic support for ASEAN, during a bil meeting with Deputy Secretary Negroponte at the ASEAN Regional Forum (A August 1 m [...] | 2007-08-10 06:59:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEAN ETRD PREL EXBS SN |
07MANILA2708 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S BILATERAL MEETING WITH CANADIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Canadian Deputy Minister Leonard Edwards reiterated Canada's interest in maintaining the fluidity of the U.S. Q Canada border, during an August 1 bilateral meeting with the Deputy Secretary at ASEAN Regional Forum meetings in Manila.. In particular, Canada wants to use travel do [...] | 2007-08-10 07:05:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL |
07MANILA2760 | AIDE MEMOIRE AND DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON PHILIPPINE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-15 01:24:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ICJ UN RP |
07MANILA281 | PEACE PROCESS MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary. The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has radically downsized its territorial claims in response to the government's November 2006 offer of self-determination, according to the government's chief negotiator. The negotiator was optimistic that remaining territorial issues cou [...] | 2007-01-25 07:02:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KISL MY RP |
07MANILA2827 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL REYES [...] (SBU) Chairman Reyes and Members of the Delegation, a warm welcome to the Philippines! The relationship and spirit of partnership between the United States and the Philippines are strong. Your visit comes at a time when the Philippine military is still mourning the loss of soldiers in Mindana [...] | 2007-08-17 09:38:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL EAID RP |
07MANILA2838 | GOVERNMENT PANEL POSTPONES MILF PEACE TALKS [...] (C) Summary. The head of the Philippine government's peace negotiation panel has postponed for two weeks planned exploratory talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front scheduled for August 22 in Malaysia. The postponement was necessitated by the Cabinet's inability to reach a consensus on [...] | 2007-08-21 10:45:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KISL RP |
07MANILA2852 | GOVERNMENT AND MILF TO HOLD EXECUTIVE SESSION ON [...] (C) Summary: In a step to keep an important Mindanao peace process alive, a key Muslim insurgent group today accepted the Philippine government's decision to postpone negotiations slated to start August 22 in Kuala Lumpur, and proposed extending by three months the mandate of the Malaysian-le [...] | 2007-08-22 09:30:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KISL RP |
07MANILA2854 | PHILIPPINE REPRESENTATIVE TO UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Leah Ruiz, Director for International Political, Legal, and Security Affairs in the Department of Foreign Affairs' Office of United Nations and International Organizations, told poloff that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will not / not be leading the Philippine delegation to the 2007 [...] | 2007-08-22 10:01:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI TSPL UNGA RP |
07MANILA2855 | PHILIPPINES UPDATE ON HYBRID OPERATION IN DARFUR [...] (C) As requested (reftel),post met with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to highlight the urgent need to find qualified peacekeeping forces for the Hybrid Operation in Darfur, and encouraged the Philippines to contribute qualified personnel to the effort. 2. (C) Leah Ruiz, Directo [...] | 2007-08-22 10:03:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU RP |
07MANILA2856 | PHILIPPINES UPDATE ON CONVENTION FOR SUPPRESSION [...] (SBU) As requested (reftel),post met with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and urged the Philippines to sign and ratify the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (NTC). 2. (SBU) Leah Ruiz, Director for International Political, Legal, and Securit [...] | 2007-08-22 10:03:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL RP |
07MANILA2857 | PHILIPPINES ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR STANDING [...] (C) As requested (reftel),post met with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to convey U.S. support for Steve Carr's candidacy to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement's Standing Commission, and urged Philippine support for his election. 2. (C) Leah Ruiz, Director for [...] | 2007-08-22 10:05:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC RP |
07MANILA2858 | PHILIPPINES RESPONSE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSC [...] (S) As requested (reftel),post met with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and reaffirmed the importance of implementing United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions 1737 and 1747. Post stressed the urgency of the Philippines submitting an implementation report to the UNSC Iran S [...] | 2007-08-22 10:06:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | PHUM PREL UNGA PARM KNNP IR RP |
07MANILA2859 | PHILIPPINES RESPONSE ON CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE [...] (SBU) As requested (reftels),post met with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to underscore U.S. support for the candidacy of Felice Gaer for the United Nations Committee Against Torture. 2. (SBU) Leah Ruiz, Director for International Political, Legal, and Security Affairs in DFA's [...] | 2007-08-22 10:07:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA RP |
07MANILA2860 | PHILIPPINES UPDATE ON ASIA DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 4. 2. (C) As requested (ref a),post met with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and encouraged participation in and feedback on the Asia Democracy Partnership (ADP). 3. (C) Melanie Diano, desk officer covering U.S. affairs at DFA's [...] | 2007-08-22 10:09:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM RP |
07MANILA2869 | SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL SILVERBERG [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy warmly welcomes Staffdel Silverberg to the Philippines. The relationship and spirit of partnership between the United States and the Philippines are strong. Your visit comes at a time when the Philippine military is still mourning the loss of soldiers in Mindanao while [...] | 2007-08-23 08:45:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL EAID RP |
07MANILA2909 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON PHILIPPINE CANDIDATE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-27 08:17:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREL RP UN |
07MANILA2925 | SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL OLSON'S VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Admiral Olson, welcome to the Philippines! You are coming to the Philippines at an important time. The Armed Forces of the Philippines is demonstrating impressive combat prowess in ongoing operations against terrorists on the island of Jolo. Under the leadership of Philippi [...] | 2007-08-29 01:31:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP |
07MANILA2926 | TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION [...] (S) Embassy delivered reftel demarche and background paper to Philippine Anti-Money Laundering Council Compliance and Investigation Head Richard Funk on August 29. Funk agreed to relay the information to other members of the Council and inform us of any responses. KENNEY [...] | 2007-08-29 05:32:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL RP |
07MANILA2945 | Energy Privatization Catapults Forward [...] Chances have improved that the Philippine Government will soon reach its legally mandated goal of privatizing 70% of its electric power generation capacity. If the sales take place as scheduled, private ownership will reach 50% by the end of 2007 and the open access provisions of Philippine l [...] | 2007-08-30 22:09:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PREL EFIN EAID EINV RP |
07MANILA2963 | REQUEST FOR PM/WRA FUNDING FOR WEAPONS DESTRUCTION [...] This cable contains an action request for PM/WRA. See para 4. 2. The Small Arms and Light Weapons destruction program was designed to reduce and remove the armed threat posed by terrorists, insurgents, and criminals. The program is currently undertaking demilitarization, decommissioning, [...] | 2007-08-31 07:50:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PARM PREL PTER RP |
07MANILA2982 | BREAFAST WITH SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (SBU) Summary: At a pivate breakfast on September 3, Secretary of Forign Affairs Romulo told me that the SIPDIS Philippines hares our concerns over the situation in Burma. Te Philippine government is concerned about the recnt crackdown, feels the Burmese potential "new cnstitution" is a sh [...] | 2007-09-04 06:45:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER RP |
07MANILA299 | U/S HUGHES CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT ARROYO ON [...] (C) Summary. U/S Hughes voiced U.S. praise for recent Philippine counterterrorism successes to President Arroyo, who vowed to continue these operations as well as defense modernization and reform. President Arroyo called on the U.S. to sign ASEAN's Treaty of Amity and Cooperation this year [...] | 2007-01-29 00:29:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAID ECON KPAO RP |
07MANILA2997 | FIGHTING TERROR AND SPARKING GROWTH: LIKELY TOPICS [...] (C) Summary: President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo hopes that she and President Bush will have a few minutes to talk at the September 7 APEC meeting in Sydney, Australia. Palace Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita (equivalent of the White House chief of staff) and Foreign Minister Alberto Romulo [...] | 2007-09-05 05:22:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL PTER RP |
07MANILA3005 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: U.S. CANDIDACY FOR ICAO COUNCIL [...] Econoff delivered the demarche to Undersecretary of Department of Transportation and Communication Edward Harun V. Pagunsan. He will lead the Philippine delegation to the upcoming 36th Session of ICAO Assembly in Montreal. He expressed his full support for the re-election of the United States [...] | 2007-09-06 02:00:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAIR AORC ICAO RP |
07MANILA302 | FIVE INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN THE PHILIPPINES [...] The Philippines has a strong tradition of influential female leaders, including Presidents Aquino and Arroyo and business mogul Tessie Sy. In response to reftel request, Post suggests the following five Filipinas, who may not be as well-known internationally but are powerful and influential le [...] | 2007-01-29 01:07:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL RP |
07MANILA3033 | PHILIPPINE DEFENSE SECRETARY EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's initial call with new Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro, the two discussed the strong U.S.-Philippine relationship, particularly joint efforts on counterterrorism and military reform, and the need to better educate the Philippine Congress on [...] | 2007-09-07 08:04:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MCAP PREL RP |
07MANILA3049 | PHILIPPINE ARMED FORCES CHIEF OF STAFF VOICES [...] (C) Summary: In a private September 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Hermogenes Esperon, addressed recent command changes and the emphasis on restraint in the wake of the July and August attacks on Philippine military units on Basilan. He also reiterated the [...] | 2007-09-10 10:01:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MCAP PREL RP |
07MANILA3050 | CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM ON PEACE TALKS RESUMPTION [...] (C) Summary: In a September 4 meeting with the DCM, the Philippines' chief negotiator with Muslim insurgents expressed cautious optimism that stalled peace talks could begin to make progress on key issues like territory and governance for a Muslim political entity in Mindanao. Peace Panel cha [...] | 2007-09-10 10:04:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KISL RP |
07MANILA3124 | PRESIDENT ARROYO ACCEPTS SECRETARY'S INVITATION TO [...] (U) On September 13 the Embassy received diplomatic note 07-2862 dated September 11 from the Department of Foreign Affairs on behalf of President Arroyo accepting the Secretary's invitation to the September 28 Women Leaders' SIPDIS Working Group meeting in New York. Information requested i [...] | 2007-09-14 08:37:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA KWMN PHUH PREL |
07MANILA3148 | EXBS: INVITATION FOR GRP OFFICIALS TO PARTICIPATE IN [...] Econ officers invited four Philippine Government officials to participate in training at the University of Georgia's Center for International Trade and Security (UGA-CITS) Export Control Academy, October 1-12, 2007 as per reftel. The invited officials named in reftel who could not participate [...] | 2007-09-18 01:47:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PARM PREL KSTC RP |
07MANILA3154 | AMBASSADOR VISITS ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH PROJECTS IN BOHOL [...] Summary. Ambassador traveled to the island province of Bohol on September 6 to highlight U.S.-supported development projects that improve children's health and protect natural resources. Ambassador met with the governor, a local congressman and several mayors. The visit highlighted improveme [...] | 2007-09-18 07:12:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV SOCI RP |
07MANILA3160 | U.S. BUSINESS PLAYING MAJOR ROLE IN DYNAMIC CLARK REGION [...] (U) Summary. During an August 16 visit to Clark Freeport Zone, the Charge d'Affaires focused public and corporate attention on the positive role of U.S. business in the Philippines. Joining Philippine President Arroyo, the Charge attended the groundbreaking ceremony for Texas Instruments new [...] | 2007-09-18 09:24:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CASC BTIO BEXP EAIR ECON RP |
07MANILA3166 | CASE OF U.S. MARINE LCPL SMITH: CURRENT STATUS; [...] (C) SUMMARY. Appellate briefs have now been filed with the Court of Appeals in the case of U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Daniel J. Smith, who was convicted in December 2006 of raping a Filipino woman at Subic Bay. The Court of Appeals could issue a decision as early as January. Under the terms [...] | 2007-09-19 03:58:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
07MANILA3193 | MUSLIM INSURGENTS MULL GOVERNMENT TERRITORIAL OFFER [...] (C) Summary: The Philippine government hopes to end the impasse in peace talks with Muslim insurgents by offering a territorial compromise that tracks closely with the areas that the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) had hoped to include in a new Muslim political entity. The presidential [...] | 2007-09-20 10:05:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KISL RP |
07MANILA3266 | POSITIVE CHANGE IN ARMED FORCES LEADERSHIP, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A wide-ranging overhaul of armed forces commands in recent weeks has shifted some of the most capable and seasoned veterans in the Philippine military into key leadership positions. The command changes, along with a distinct tactical shift toward more carefully targeted militar [...] | 2007-09-28 04:59:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MCAP PREL RP |
07MANILA3279 | AMBASSADOR INAUGURATES FOUR ASSISTANCE PROJECTS IN [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador highlighted continued U.S. assistance to conflict areas in the southern Philippines with a visit to Jolo City on September 24 to inaugurate four assistance projects, three of which were conducted in partnership with the British government. Traveling with UK ambassado [...] | 2007-10-01 02:49:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID MOPS PREL PTER RP SOCI |
07MANILA3299 | PHILIPPINES: KEEPING PRESSURE ON BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ongoing crisis in Burma continues to command high-level interest in Philippine government and media circles. President Arroyo repeated calls for restoration of democracy and the release of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, while condemning the junta's harsh, repressive me [...] | 2007-10-03 06:01:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL RP BM |
07MANILA3317 | GOVERNMENT AND MILF NARROW DIFFERENCES ON [...] (C) Summary: Philippine government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) negotiators narrowed their differences over territory during a September 26 executive session in Kuala Lumpur. Nonetheless, key issues remain to be tackled, including the economic development of MILF communities out [...] | 2007-10-04 09:34:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KISL RP |
07MANILA3335 | PHILIPPINE FOREIGN MINISTER: "WE'RE ON THE SAME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Philippine Foreign Secretary Romulo, traveling with Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in India, personally assured the Ambassador that the Philippine government shares the views of the U.S. regarding violent repression in Burma, and will use the trip to press India fo [...] | 2007-10-05 08:24:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL RP BM |
07MANILA3341 | Ambassador's Visit Highlights U.S. Engagement in Northern [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador traveled to Ilocos Norte, a relatively remote area in the far north of the Philippines, to reaffirm U.S. commitment to the region through donation of computer equipment to governmental and educational institutions by USAID and DHS. During the two-day trip, the [...] | 2007-10-05 10:46:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CASC BTIO BEXP EAIR ECON RP |
07MANILA3389 | ASIA PACIFIC DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP: PHILIPPINES [...] Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Office of American Affairs Executive Director Jun Cardenas had no answer yet regarding Philippine participation in the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) meeting in Bamako. (Per reftel, a formal response was requested by October 12, which falls on a [...] | 2007-10-11 09:05:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MG RP |
07MANILA3392 | NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR VIEWS WAY FORWARD IN [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and DCM pressed National Security Advisor Gonzales to maintain momentum toward closing peace negotiations with Muslim insurgents over breakfast October 5. Gonzales described President Arroyo's impatience for reaching a deal, but said that recent strains within the [...] | 2007-10-11 10:19:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KISL RP |
07MANILA3418 | DISCUSSION WITH PRESIDENT ARROYO ON BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: I sat down today for a private meeting with Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo. I thanked them for their vocal and SIPDIS proactive stance on Burma, and floated the idea of a special ASEAN envoy for Burma -- perhaps even former P [...] | 2007-10-15 10:52:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL RP BM |
07MANILA3419 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS CEBU'S BRIGHT HORIZONS [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador's October 4 visit to Cebu highlighted the opportunity the vital role American businesses play in the commercial life of the Philippines' second city. Buttressed by a live television interview and a roundtable with print media business editors, the Ambassador opened an [...] | 2007-10-15 11:06:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO BTIO ECON MARR RP |
07MANILA3443 | FORMER PRESIDENT RAMOS RULES OUT BURMA ENVOY ROLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a lengthy October 17 private breakfast meeting with the Ambassador, former Philippine President Fidel Ramos declined -- despite strong encouragement -- the suggestion that he could step forward as a candidate for ASEAN special envoy for Burma (reftel A). Ramos cited a full s [...] | 2007-10-17 09:36:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL RP BM |
07MANILA3449 | ENGAGING PHILIPPINES ON GAMBARI'S TRAVEL TO BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador continues to engage the Philippine government and media on Burma, seeking every opportunity to stress the importance of maintaining momentum toward more concrete actions on democratization on the part of the Burmese junta. Per reftel A, post discussed Burma objective [...] | 2007-10-18 09:36:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL RP BM |
07MANILA3471 | GOVERNMENT AND MUSLIM INSURGENTS LARGELY AGREE ON [...] (C) Summary: The Philippine government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have largely settled their differences over territory and revenue sharing for a new Muslim political entity, while leaving governance issues for future negotiations. Presidential Peace Advisor Dureza expressed o [...] | 2007-10-22 10:06:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KISL RP |
07MANILA35 | DCM OUTREACH TO ISABELA PROVINCE [...] DCM Jones utilized a December 20-21 visit to Isabela province in northern Luzon to highlight long-standing ties with this highly agricultural area. At the provincial capital of Ilagan, Governor Grace Padaca, the 2006 Benigno Aquino Fellow for Journalism, provided a warm welcome and expressed [...] | 2007-01-05 06:04:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EAID RP |
07MANILA3501 | GROWING U.S. BUSINESS ROLE IN NORTHERN MINDANAO [...] SUMMARY: The Deputy Chief of Mission's October 17 visit to Cagayan de Oro highlighted the increasing role that American business plays in the commercial life of Northern Mindanao. DCM participated in the ribbon cutting ceremony for the first Cagayan de Oro trade show and exposition, which fe [...] | 2007-10-24 09:05:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO ECON EINV PREL RP |
07MANILA3509 | GOVERNMENT AND MILF BREAK IMPASSE ON TERRITORIAL [...] (C) Summary: The Philippine government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front announced October 25 that they had achieved a significant breakthrough on territory for a new Muslim political entity during their latest executive session in Kuala Lumpur. Peace talks are expected to resume by mid-Nov [...] | 2007-10-25 08:31:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KISL RP |
07MANILA3510 | PHILIPPINES: U.S. SANCTIONS AGAINST BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and staff continue to engage Philippine government and diplomatic colleagues on Burma, underscoring the need to maintain pressure on the regime and not let public attention be diverted from the urgent need for steps toward democratization by the junta. The UK and New [...] | 2007-10-25 08:34:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL RP BM |
07MANILA3522 | PHILIPPINE SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND SHOWCASES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's October 22 visit to Fort Magsaysay, the Philippine Special Operations Command demonstrated a high degree of professionalism and training. Philippine Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Hermogenes Esperon and members of his senior staff provided a broad ove [...] | 2007-10-26 02:14:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MCAP PREL RP |
07MANILA3543 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ESPERON'S VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) Tim, I know you will have a mountain of excellent briefing paper for the CHOD conference, but I wanted to offer my input on Jun Esperon, who will arrive in Hawaii on Monday. Jun is a strong ally, and he understands the delicate balance that military operations play in the ongoing peace p [...] | 2007-10-26 08:50:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP |
07MANILA3545 | PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT EXPECTS TO SUPPORT U.S. [...] (SBU) Leah Ruiz, Director for the Department of Foreign Affairs' Office of United Nations and International Organizations, told poloff that the Philippine Mission to the United Nations would likely support the candidacy of David Walker for the UN Independent Audit Advisory Committee (IAAC). [...] | 2007-10-26 09:03:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC UN UNGA RP |
07MANILA3547 | PHILIPPINES TO HOLD FIRST NATIONWIDE VILLAGE ELECTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nationwide village council elections will take place on October 29 for the first time since 2002. More than 335,000 seats are at stake. These elections do not directly involve national political parties, but the newly elected village chairpersons will be in a good position to co [...] | 2007-10-26 09:34:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM RP |
07MANILA3565 | FOREIGN MINISTER STRESSES NEED TO KEEP PRESSURE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a free-ranging October 30 lunch discussion with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Alberto Romulo expressed his hope that ASEAN leaders would craft a strong statement on Burma in their upcoming summit in Singapore. Romulo stressed the importance of maintaining pressure on the [...] | 2007-10-30 08:45:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL RP BM |
07MANILA3576 | NATIONWIDE VILLAGE ELECTIONS SEE HIGH TURNOUT AND [...] (U) Summary: High voter turnout of between 70-75 percent and lower levels of violence than in previous elections marked the Philippines' October 29 nationwide village elections. Voters in nearly 42,000 districts elected over 300,000 councilors who will manage day-to-day government affairs a [...] | 2007-10-31 08:29:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL RP |
07MANILA3577 | PHILIPPINES TO SUPPORT ARGENTINA'S POSITION AT [...] (S) Maria Aguinaldo, Director of the Social Development Issues Division for the Office of United Nations and International Organizations of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),informed poloff October 31 that the Philippine government would send a delegation of five to seven representativ [...] | 2007-10-31 09:14:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | PREL IR PTER ASEC PGOV KJUS RP |
07MANILA3580 | THE NEW AUSTRALIAN/PHILIPPINES STATUS OF FORCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post is tracking progress on the Philippine-Australian Visiting Forces Agreement, which has been passed by the Australian Parliament and awaits approval by the Philippine Senate. While the agreement will facilitate the Australian military's important anti-terrorism and training a [...] | 2007-10-31 09:58:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PTER RP AS |
07MANILA359 | NEW SECDEF EBDANE TO CONTINUE DEFENSE REFORM [...] (U) President Arroyo's spokesman announced the appointment of Hermogenes Ebdane as the new Secretary of National Defense on January 31. The spokesman stated that "an important criteria in choosing the Department of National Defense Chief is the ability to implement or to continue what (Presi [...] | 2007-01-31 09:42:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV RP |
07MANILA3605 | DCM visit to Davao spotlights youth, business and [...] (U) Summary: During an October 24-25 visit to Mindanao's largest city, the Deputy Chief of Mission joined local government leaders and U.S. businesses to inaugurate the ninth annual Davao Trade Expo, featuring the largest number of U.S. companies ever to participate. The DCM also spoke to a [...] | 2007-11-07 05:46:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL APEC CASC BTIO BEXP EAIR ECON RP |
07MANILA3615 | PHILIPPINE VIEWS ON M/V GOLDEN NORI PIRACY [...] (S) As relayed to Department via ref B telcon, poloff on November 2 delivered to the Department of Foreign Affairs reftel C points regarding the actions of U.S. naval vessels that responded to the Panamanian tanker M/V Golden Nori's call for assistance off the coast of Somalia. The DFA was u [...] | 2007-11-07 08:38:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | EWWT IMO KCRM PBTS PGOV PHSA PM PREL RP SO |
07MANILA3620 | PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT PLEASED TO ATTEND COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a November 6 meeting, Department of Foreign Affairs Director for United Nations and International Organizations Leah Ruiz told poloff that the Philippine government would participate in the 4th Community of Democracies ministerial meeting November 14-17, and in the Asia Paci [...] | 2007-11-08 06:01:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL UNGA MG RP |
07MANILA3637 | PHILIPPINES -- GREAT WHITE FLEET COMMEMORATION [...] (C) After lengthy discussion of the strategic and political impact that the Great White Fleet commemoration initiative could have on bilateral relations, Post declines participation in the commemoration and recommends against a visit to the Philippines. The United States and the Philippines [...] | 2007-11-13 08:11:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL RP KPAO MASS MPOS |
07MANILA3643 | MANILA PATHOGEN SECURITY LEGAL WORKSHOP 9/27-28 [...] The State Department Office of Chemical and Biological Weapons Threat Reduction (CB),Bureau of International Security and Non-proliferation (ISN),led a two-day workshop on legal issues associated with the implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) and pathogen security practice [...] | 2007-11-14 05:15:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL TBIO RP |
07MANILA3647 | AMBASSADOR ENGAGES FOREIGN SECRETARY ON BURMA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a frank and open discussion November 11 with the Ambassador, Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo stressed his government's continued strong commitment to press for democratic change in Burma, but said it is difficult to assess whether recent actions on the part of the [...] | 2007-11-14 08:03:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL RP |
07MANILA3662 | FIRST VETERANS DAY CEREMONY AT BAGUIO RESIDENCE SMASH [...] SUMMARY. Ambassador visited Baguio City November 5-7 to host the first Veterans Day Ceremony at the U.S. Embassy Residence in Baguio, the place where Japanese forces surrendered the Philippines at the end of World War II. In addition to honoring American and Filipino vets in the region, Ambass [...] | 2007-11-15 06:02:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL VA RP FCS |
07MANILA3675 | PHILIPPINES CIVAIR: VERSION 9 OF THE PHILIPPINE CIVIL [...] (SBU) We received a copy of Version 9 of the CAAP Bill dated November 13, 2007. It includes language from ICAO's Model Civil Aviation Law and addresses the missing features pointed out by the Federal Aviation Administration during their latest assessment of the Philippines. The bill will be [...] | 2007-11-15 09:25:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL ECON RP |
07MANILA3676 | MUSLIM INSURGENT CHAIRMAN, MALAYSIAN FACILITATOR [...] (C) Summary: In the first ever official USG meeting with the leader of the Muslim insurgent organization engaged in peace talks with the government, Chairman Murad asked DCM if the U.S. would consider a more formal role in supporting the implementation of an eventual peace agreement with the [...] | 2007-11-15 09:54:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS RP |
07MANILA3709 | PHILIPPINE FOREIGN SECRETARY HONORS U.S. VETERANS [...] Summary: The November 11 Veterans Day ceremony at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial vividly demonstrated the strength of the partnership and ties between the Philippines and the United States. The Manila offices of the American Battle Monuments Commission and the Department of Vetera [...] | 2007-11-19 10:04:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL RP |
07MANILA3710 | UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS: PHILIPPINES WILL [...] (SBU) As requested reftel, Pol/C urged Evan Garcia, A/Sec for the Office of United Nations and Other International Organizations of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),to support votes in favor of four UN Third Committee resolutions (reftel). Pol/C underscored the high priority that the [...] | 2007-11-19 22:42:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PHUM UN PREL |
07MANILA3728 | MINDANAO PEACE PROCESS MOVES FORWARD [...] (C) Summary. The Philippine government has made important progress on each side of its dual-track peace discussions with Muslim groups in Mindanao, increasing the likelihood that both sets of talks will return to formal negotiations early in the new year. During preparatory talks in Kuala L [...] | 2007-11-20 09:09:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KISL RP |
07MANILA3770 | PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT FINDS IRAN NOT COMPLYING [...] (C) As requested (ref A),Post met on November 26 with Leah Ruiz, Director of the DFA's Office of United Nations and International Organizations, as part of an ongoing effort (ref B) to encourage the Philippine government, as a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of [...] | 2007-11-27 04:10:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA PARM KNNP IR RP MNUC IAEA AORC |
07MANILA3771 | PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) Leah Ruiz, Executive Director for the Department of Foreign Affairs' Office of United Nations and International Organizations, told poloff that the Philippine Mission to the United Nations intends to support the candidacy of Mr. Pierre-Richard Prosper for the UN Committee on the Elimina [...] | 2007-11-27 04:12:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNGA UN RP |
07MANILA3775 | UNANIMOUS PRAISE FOR PRESIDENT'S OUTSPOKEN BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Arroyo took a bold stance on Burma at the ASEAN Summit in Singapore, plainly warning that the Philippine Congress would likely not ratify the ASEAN Charter if Burma did not release Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners, and pursue rapid democratic reform. Arroy [...] | 2007-11-27 08:06:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL RP BM |
07MANILA379 | GENERAL SANTOS CITY WILL WELCOME USS BLUE RIDGE [...] (U) South Cotabato provincial governor Daisy Avance-Fuentes and General Santos City Mayor Pedro Acharon, Jr., in separate meetings on January 31 with an Embassy delegation composed of Pol/C, JUSMAG chief, and DATT, voiced enthusiastic support for the February 17-18 visit of the USS Blue Ridge [...] | 2007-02-01 09:12:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR RP |
07MANILA3797 | SENATOR AND FORMER COUP PLOTTER WALKS OUT OF COURT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Antonio Trillanes, a former military officer on trial for his role in leading the failed July 2003 Oakwood Mutiny against the Philippine government, and Brigadier General Danilo Lim, organizer of the February 2006 failed coup attempt, walked out of court proceedings in t [...] | 2007-11-29 08:08:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC MARR MCAP PREL RP MASS |
07MANILA38 | MARINE CASE UPDATE 01/05/07 [...] (U) Lance Corporal Daniel J. Smith, back in U.S. custody on Chancery grounds since December 29 (reftel),is in good health and spirits and settling into a daily routine, including exercise. He is detained in the same quarters where he spent the last year. As before his conviction, represent [...] | 2007-01-05 10:18:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR CASC KCRM RP |
07MANILA3800 | STANDOFF WITH FORMER COUP PLOTTERS ENDS PEACEFULLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Approximately three hours after a Philippine government deadline to surrender, Senator Antonio Trillanes, a former military officer, along with coup plotter Brigadier General Danilo Lim and other supporters, turned themselves over to Philippine authorities at the Manila Peninsul [...] | 2007-11-29 10:37:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC MARR MCAP PREL RP MASS |
07MANILA3804 | PHILIPPINES-CUBA ECONOMIC TIES ARE MINIMAL [...] (C) Below are Post's responses to Department's questions about Philippine economic policies and actions with respect to Cuba. The following paragraph numbers are keyed to the points in paragraph 5 of reftel: A. (C) Post is not aware of any investments in Cuba by Philippine businesses. [...] | 2007-12-03 02:57:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL RP CU |
07MANILA3816 | GOVERNMENT UNRATTLED AFTER FAILED PLOT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of Senator Antonio Trillanes's failed attempt to destabilize the Arroyo government on November 29, Philippine President Gloria Arroyo expressed confidence in the security forces' handling of the situation, a gesture which was reinforced tangibly when she resumed [...] | 2007-12-03 09:20:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PREL RP MASS |
07MANILA3852 | METHODICAL PROGRESS IN MINDANAO PEACE TALKS [...] (C) Summary: The government continues to ake important progress in peace talks with Muslis on Mindanao, according to government officialsclose to the twin negotiation tracks. In recentdiscussions with the DCM, chief government negotiator Rodolfo Garcia expressed strong optimism that he gover [...] | 2007-12-06 07:52:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KISL RP |
07MANILA3875 | DEMARCHE: PHILIPPINES TO CONSIDER A STRONGER STAND [...] (SBU) As requested in reftels A and B, polcouns met on December 5 with Department of Foreign Affairs Acting A/S Grace Princesa to urge the Philippines to support four UN resolutions condemning human rights situations in Burma, Iran, Belarus, and the DPRK. Polcouns noted that the UNGA Plenary [...] | 2007-12-07 09:23:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PHUM UN RP PREL PGOV UG |
07MANILA3881 | EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS DECLINE IN 2007 [...] (C) Summary: Intensified domestic and international attention to the problem of extrajudicial killings and disappearances in the Philippines appears to be having a measurable impact, with government agencies and human rights NGOs reporting a significant decline in the number of extrajudicial k [...] | 2007-12-10 04:35:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL RP |
07MANILA393 | MARINE CASE UPDATE 02/02/2007 [...] (U) Lance Corporal Daniel J. Smith remains in U.S. custody on Chancery grounds and continues to be in good health and spirits. He receives regular visits from his Philippine pastors and his lawyers, and is able to exercise on the Embassy grounds. Four members of his family hope to visit in [...] | 2007-02-02 09:10:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
07MANILA3932 | RESCHEDULED VILLAGE ELECTIONS SET FOR DECEMBER 15 [...] (SBU) Summary: Special elections will be held on December 15 in 360 villages that were unable to carry out regular voting during the nationwide elections on October 29 in 42,000 villages. The Commission on Elections declared "failures of election" in these areas for various reasons, including [...] | 2007-12-14 06:21:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL RP |
07MANILA3963 | PHILIPPINES WELCOMES INFORMATION ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) Per reftel B, Post shared key assessments from the U.S. National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran's nuclear program December 5 with Acting A/S Grace Princesa and Director Leah Ruiz, both of the Department of Foreign Affairs' (DFA) Office of United Nations and Other International Organ [...] | 2007-12-18 08:24:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PARM KNNP IR RP MNUC IAEA AORC |
07MANILA3964 | AMBASSADOR ENGAGES PHILIPPINE FOREIGN SECRETARY ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 17 private breakfast, the Ambassador and Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo discussed Burma, assessed the peace process in Mindanao, and explored opportunities to strengthen U.S.-Philippine ties. Romulo, who was frank and relaxed, inquired about the prospec [...] | 2007-12-18 09:02:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL RP BM |
07MANILA4 | THE PHILIPPINES: YEAR IN REVIEW 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Arroyo has emerged in a stronger position at the end of 2006, but faces challenges ahead in preserving control of the House in the May 2007 bi-elections. Arroyo has been helped by a buoyant economy in 2006, but the country will have to deal with power privatization and [...] | 2007-01-03 01:21:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON EAID MOPS PHUM RP |
07MANILA4015 | MARINE CASE UPDATE: APPEALS COURT DECISION NO [...] (U) Lance Corporal Daniel J. Smith remains in U.S. custody on the Chancery grounds and continues to receive regular visits from his Philippine pastors and lawyers. He is in good physical condition and follows a daily exercise routine. 2. (SBU) Commander Gary Hoyt, a psychiatrist, and Ch [...] | 2007-12-21 09:41:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
07MANILA4016 | SNAG IN MILF PEACE TALKS [...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of postponed peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Kuala Lumpur last weekend, the Ambassador spoke with key Cabinet officials December 20-21 to underscore USG support for the Mindanao peace process an [...] | 2007-12-21 10:03:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KISL RP |
07MANILA407 | MNLF FREES "GUESTS" IN EXCHANGE FOR TRIPARTITE [...] (SBU) Elements of the Moro National Liberation Front under Commander Habier Malik on February 4 released Brigadier General Benjamin Dolorfino (commander of the Armed Forces' National Capital Region command and the highest ranking Muslim army officer),Undersecretary for the Peace Process Gen [...] | 2007-02-05 08:22:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR RP |
07MANILA408 | POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR INCREASED U.S. ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Our experience with the Philippines' hosting of the ASEAN and East Asia summits last month indicates that USG attendance at the Assistant Secretary-level in future summits is worth consideration. We cannot tell how other hosts might act, but the Philippine President and Foreign Secretary [...] | 2007-02-05 08:54:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN XE RP |
07MANILA411 | U/S HUGHES VISIT ENERGIZES US-RP TIES [...] SUMMARY: Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Karen Hughes visited the Philippines January 24-27 to survey Mission's multi-agency, multi-disciplinary public diplomacy programs and projects. She met with a wide range of Filipinos, including President Arroyo, adult and [...] | 2007-02-05 09:23:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL SCUL RP |
07MANILA458 | PROGRESS AGAINST POLITICAL KILLINGS [...] (SBU) Summary. Philippine police have succeeded in filing additional cases in politically-related killings, leading to at least four convictions and dismissals of two police officials. They continue to investigate a large number of other deaths of leftists and journalists claimed by various [...] | 2007-02-09 02:13:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KCRM RP |
07MANILA465 | NEAR PASSAGE OF MAJOR COUNTER-TERRORISM LEGISLATION [...] (U) Summary. Passage of long-awaited counterterrorism legislation moved closer to adoption with the approval on February 8 by a bicameral committee of an agreed-upon version. The lower House will have to vote on it when Congress resumes in June, and the President, who expressed delight at t [...] | 2007-02-09 08:30:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL KCRM RP |
07MANILA467 | MARINE CASE UPDATE 02/09/2007 [...] (U) Lance Corporal Daniel J. Smith remains in U.S. custody on Chancery grounds and continues to be in good health and spirits. He receives regular visits from his Philippine pastors and his lawyers, and is able to exercise on the Embassy grounds. 2. (SBU) Department of Interior and Local [...] | 2007-02-09 09:11:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
07MANILA468 | MELO COMMISSION CALLS FOR COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY [...] (C) Summary. The Melo Commission's report to President Arroyo emphasized the need to ensure command responsibility over errant military elements, and suggested some practical ways to do this. The Commissioners see their role as essentially over, with no additional budget or offices, apart [...] | 2007-02-09 09:25:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM MOPS RP |
07MANILA519 | PHILIPPINES LAUDS SIX PARTY TALKS OUTCOME [...] (U) After Pol/C conveyed reftel points to Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs for Asia and the Pacific Romeo SIPDIS Manalo on February 14, Foreign Secretary Alberto G. Romulo issued the following statement; quote We join the international community in welcoming the Six-Party agree [...] | 2007-02-14 09:53:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP KN RP |
07MANILA520 | PHILIPPINE REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FOR UNESCO [...] (U) The Philippine government has formally requested that the U.S. support its candidacy for the UNESCO Executive Board. (Full text in para 2.) Please advise of any response. 2. (U) Text No. 07-474 The Department of Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to the Embassy of the Uni [...] | 2007-02-14 10:07:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SCUL RP |
07MANILA533 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CONGRESSMAN CHABOT [...] (U) Congressman Chabot, a warm welcome to the Philippines! The relationship and spirit of partnership between the United States and the Philippines remain strong. The unique bond shared between U.S. and Philippine veterans further strengthens our ties, as the memory of our partnership in Wor [...] | 2007-02-15 10:25:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL EAID PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP RP |
07MANILA553 | CO-CHAIRS' SUMMARY REPORT OF THE SECOND MEETING OF THE [...] The Department of Foreign Affairs has requested that Embassy forward to relevant U.S. authorities the summary report from the ARF EEP meeting in Manila. Full text in para 3. 2. Cover letter: quote Department of Foreign Affairs Republic of the Philippines 12 February 2007 Dear C [...] | 2007-02-20 08:03:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL RP |
07MANILA560 | CONGRESS PASSES MAJOR COUNTER-TERRORISM LEGISLATION [...] (U) In a special session called by President Arroyo, the House of Representatives on February 19 approved the bicameral conference version of the Human Security Act of 2007, major counter-terrorism legislation that gives the Philippine government greater ability to investigate and prosecute t [...] | 2007-02-20 09:23:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL KCRM RP |
07MANILA561 | USS BLUE RIDGE VISIT CATALYST FOR EMBASSY OUTREACH TO THE [...] SUMMARY: The February 11th-14th visit of the USS Blue Ridge to Cebu provided an opportunity for a coordinated, Mission-wide outreach to the Philippine's second largest metro area. Cebu's importance extends beyond its "second city" status, as its central location in the Philippine archipelago ma [...] | 2007-02-20 09:25:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EAID RP |
07MANILA573 | UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR EXAMINES EXTRAJUDICIAL [...] (C) Summary. The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial killings views the Philippine government in a "state of denial" about who is responsible for these killings here, while crediting its leadership with its willingness to arrange meetings for him as well as its creation of Task Force Usi [...] | 2007-02-21 08:34:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL RP |
07MANILA59 | MARINE CASEUPDATE 03/23/2007 [...] (U) Lance Corporal Daniel J. Smith remains inU.S. custody on Chancery grounds and continues t be in good health and spirits. He continues toreceive regular visits from his Philippine pastos and lawyers, and is able to exercise on the Embssy grounds. 2. (SBU) Smith's parents arrived n Man [...] | 2007-03-23 09:21:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
07MANILA593 | PHILIPPINES CONTEMPLATING NEXT STEPS ON BURMA [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador on February 22, Foreign Secretary Romulo welcomed the latest U.S. thinking on Burma SIPDIS (ref a) and pledged to continue to use Philippine chairmanship of ASEAN through August to encourage the Burmese regime to take meaningful steps on its roadmap, as Pre [...] | 2007-02-22 06:47:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM RP |
07MANILA594 | MILF WELCOMES US ASSISTANCE BUT WANTS HELP ON [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting in Sultan Kudarat with Embassy delegation led by DCM on February 15, MILF Central Committee members expressed appreciation for U.S. assistance programs in Mindanao, including our military's civil-humanitarian and medical programs and ship visits. However, they unde [...] | 2007-02-22 07:00:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MOPS MA RP |
07MANILA599 | NEW COUNTERTERRORISM LEGISLATION NOT PERFECT, BUT [...] (C) The "Human Security Act of 2007," which President Arroyo will soon sign into law following its recent passage by the Philippine Congress (ref a),reflects the Philippine government's determination to improve its arsenal of tools in going after terrorists who continue to inhabit or transit [...] | 2007-02-22 09:03:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PHUM RP |
07MANILA608 | CONGRESSMAN CHABOT HELPS KICK OFF BALIKATAN 07 [...] (U) Summary. During his February 18-20 visit to the Philippines, U.S. Congressman Steve Chabot (R-OH) joined Ambassador, Philippine Secretary of National Defense Ebdane, and high ranking U.S. and Philippine military officials at the Opening Ceremony of Balikatan 2007, the annual U.S.-Philip [...] | 2007-02-23 06:34:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP EINV BEXP PREL MCAP RP |
07MANILA609 | MELO COMMISSION REPORT SPARKS NEW EFFORTS AGAINST [...] (U) Summary: Lost in much of the media hype about the initial reluctance of Malacanang publicly to release the Melo Commission's report, the strong denials of culpability by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP),and the public criticism by the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Kill [...] | 2007-02-23 06:44:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL RP |
07MANILA630 | USS BLUE RIDGE VISIT HIGHLIGHTS U.S.-PHILIPPINE PARTNERSHIP [...] SUMMARY: The USS Blue Ridge port call to General Santos City in Mindanao on February 17 and 18 highlighted the active partnership and long-standing USG investment in the Mindanao region and the General Santos City area, specifically. In addition to participating in community relations events w [...] | 2007-02-26 09:39:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS EAID RP EAGR |
07MANILA64 | MARINE CASE: NEW MOTION TO SUPREME COURT AND [...] (U) The private prosecutor in the case of Lance Corporal Daniel J. Smith (refs) on January 8 filed a petition with the Philippine Supreme Court requesting that it "nullify" the Philippine government's December 29 transfer of Smith to U.S. custody and declare Article V paragraph 6 of the Visiti [...] | 2007-01-09 09:00:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR CASC KCRM RP |
07MANILA645 | PHILIPPINES ASKS FOR HELP ON EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS [...] (SBU) The Department of Foreign Affairs has shared with Embassy copies of letters dated January 31 to the resident Ambassadors of Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and the Netherlands, requesting technical assistance as the Philippine government investigates and tries to [...] | 2007-02-27 08:41:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EAID RP GM FI UK SP IT NO SW NL |
07MANILA646 | INFORMAL U.S./AUSTRALIA/PHILIPPINE DEFENSE DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Philippine Department of National Defense invited U.S. Embassy representatives to participate in a February 22 "informal discussion" with Australian officials on defense issues. Australia expects to sign a status of forces agreement with the Philippines in 2007 and hopes t [...] | 2007-02-27 09:31:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL PHUM AU RP |
07MANILA649 | AMBASSADOR REES ADVOCATES U.S. HUMAN DIGNITY AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary. During his February 14-15 visit to the Philippines, Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees, Special Representative for Social Issues, advocated the U.S. Government human dignity agenda in meetings with the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs, members of the Philippine House of Re [...] | 2007-02-27 09:38:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL BM RP |
07MANILA683 | HELPING THE PHILIPPINES COMBAT UNLAWFUL KILLINGS [...] (U) In a letter to Ambassador dated February 28, Foreign Secretary Alberto G. Romulo expressed "sincerest appreciation SIPDIS of the Philippine Government and people for your words of support and encouragement for our efforts to address the issue of unexplained killings," and welcomed an o [...] | 2007-03-01 08:34:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL EAID RP |
07MANILA699 | PHILIPPINES LIKELY TO JOIN GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (SBU) The Philippines will likely become a partner nation in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (reftel),according to Alan Deniega, Department of Foreign Affairs' (DFA) Director for International Political, Legal, and Security Affairs in the Office of United Nations and Intern [...] | 2007-03-02 08:44:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER RP |
07MANILA717 | PHILIPPINE VIEWS ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ISSUES [...] (C) The Philippines is "very concerned" that the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) may table a potentially stronger resolution on defamation of religion at the fourth regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC),according to Noel Servigon, Department of Foreign Affairs' (DFA) [...] | 2007-03-06 08:58:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC RP |
07MANILA72 | ARROYO SHOWCASES US-PHILIPPINE PARTNERSHIP ON JOLO [...] (SBU) President Arroyo invited Charge Jones to accompany her on a January 8 trip to the southern island of Jolo, where the Philippine military, with the help of U.S. Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines (JSOTF-P) and USAID, continues to battle terrorists of the Abu Sayyaf Group and [...] | 2007-01-09 09:33:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL EAID MOPS MARR RP |
07MANILA748 | ENGAGING ASEAN: RECONSIDERING THE TREATY OF AMITY [...] (C) President Arroyo and Foreign Secretary Romulo, as Chair of ASEAN, have requested that the U.S. accede to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC). They note that most of ASEAN's other partners have signed the treaty, that the treaty is largely a generic expression of p [...] | 2007-03-08 05:01:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN RP |
07MANILA752 | PRESIDENT ARROYO SIGNS LANDMARK COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (U) At a highly publicized ceremony featuring half the Cabinet, Congressional leaders, senior military and police officials, and the diplomatic corps at Malacanang Palace on March 6, President Arroyo signed the final version of the "Human Security Act of 2007," long-awaited counterterrorism [...] | 2007-03-08 08:11:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PHUM KCRM RP |
07MANILA753 | REACTIONS TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ON THE [...] (U) Presidential press spokesman Ignacio R. Bunye on March 8 welcomed the State Department's Country Report on the Philippines in the annual human rights report to Congress as a "constructive criticism from a time-honored ally," admitting that "the Philippines has had a history of violence o [...] | 2007-03-08 08:44:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL RP |
07MANILA777 | COMBATING UNLAWFUL KILLINGS [...] (C) Summary. Embassy continues actively to engage the Philippine government to encourage more effective action to bring to justice those involved in unlawful killings, and to seek additional ways in which the USG can be helpful. End Summary. 2. (C) In a March 5 meeting with the membe [...] | 2007-03-09 07:48:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL RP |
07MANILA779 | MARINE CASE UPDATE 03/09/2007 [...] (U) Lance Corporal Daniel J. Smith remains in U.S. custody on Chancery grounds and continues to be in good health and spirits. He continues to receive regular visits from his Philippine pastors and his lawyers, and is able to exercise on the Embassy grounds. 2. (SBU) Philippine governmen [...] | 2007-03-09 07:55:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
07MANILA781 | TERRORISM FINANCE: PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT READY TO [...] (U) This is an action message -- see para 8. 2. (S) SUMMARY. The Philippine government is ready to move soon on listing the Rajah Solaiman Movement and a selected number of its members with the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee. The National Intelligence Coordinating Agency has prepared a sepa [...] | 2007-03-09 08:25:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | PTER EFIN ETTC PREL KTFN RP |
07MANILA785 | TENTATIVE PHILIPPINE SUPPORT FOR ARF DISASTER [...] (SBU) Deputy POL/C shared reftel points on March 7 with Department of Foreign Affairs Special Assistant to the Undersecretary for Policy Maria Austria and North American Affairs Director Ed De Vega, as well as with Department of National Defense (DND) Assistant Secretary for International Def [...] | 2007-03-09 08:37:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ARF EAID MARR MOPS RP |
07MANILA787 | GOVERNMENT NEGOTIATOR: PEACE TALKS ON TRACK, [...] (C) Summary: Government peace negotiator Secretary Afable told DCM and visiting EAP/MTS Director Marciel March 1 that territorial differences between the government and MILF had narrowed considerably, thanks to the visit and intervention of Malaysian negotiator Othman. Afable sought quiet [...] | 2007-03-09 10:05:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MY PINS PREL RP |
07MANILA809 | DEFENSE SECRETARY EBDANE -- AN ARROYO LOYALIST IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. New National Defense Secretary Hermogenes "Jun" Ebdane lacks the sophistication and polish of his predecessor, Avelino Cruz. Nonetheless, he is a committed Arroyo loyalist whom many believe President Arroyo hand-picked to "manage" the 2007 Congressional elections before returni [...] | 2007-03-13 00:10:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR MARR PREL RP |
07MANILA850 | AMBASSADOR VISITS NORTHERN LUZON TO DEEPEN US PHILIPPINE [...] SUMMARY. Ambassador Kristie Kenney visited Cabanatuan, Tarlac, and Baguio in the northern Luzon provinces of Nueva Ecija, Tarlac and Benguet March 8-9. Ambassador Kenney focused on deepening relations with northern Luzon interlocutors and highlighting historical and cultural ties between the [...] | 2007-03-15 08:41:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAGR OEXC SCUL KPAO RP |
07MANILA854 | PHILIPPINES' CHINESE SCHOOLS: A BATTLEGROUND FOR [...] (C) Summary: The People's Republic of China is playing an increasingly prominent role in promoting Chinese language/cultural education in the Philippines, primarily by engaging with Filipino-Chinese schools - historically pro-Taiwan institutions. Since 2003, the PRC has sent over 100 stude [...] | 2007-03-15 09:41:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL SOCI XE CH TW RP |
07MANILA855 | PUSHING THE PHILIPPINES TO DO MORE ON KILLINGS [...] (SBU) Summary. Philippine media covered extensively the U.S. Senate hearings on unlawful killings in the Philippines. Ambassador and senior Embassy officials continue active outreach to underscore U.S. concern and to plan additional initiatives to support Philippine efforts to bring culprit [...] | 2007-03-15 09:57:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PREL RP |
07MANILA856 | USG AND PHILIPPINE MILITARY STAND [...] (U) The top brass of the Philippine military joined U.S. Ambassador on the southern Philippine island of Jolo for ceremonies marking the end of "Balikatan" (shoulder-to-shoulder),the annual set of joint military exercises between the U.S. and the Philippines that has occurred since 1981. Alt [...] | 2007-03-15 10:13:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL EAID RP |
07MANILA863 | VISITING EAP/MTS OFFICE DIRECTOR URGES PHILIPPINES TO MAKE [...] (SBU) Summary. EAP/MTS Office Director Marciel highlighted need for progress on solving and stopping unlawful killings in a series of meetings with Philippine officials during the week of February 26. He also expressed the USG's appreciation for success in counterterrorism efforts and on d [...] | 2007-03-16 01:43:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL RP |
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