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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00BANDARSERIBEGAWAN695 | SULTAN OF BRUNEI'S LETTER TO PRESIDENT [...]OLLOWING IS AN ADVANCE COPY OF SULTAN HAJI HASSANAL BOLKIAH'S LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT REGARDING THE AGENDA FOR THE NOVEMBER 15-16 APEC[...] |
2000-10-12 07:18:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED | APEC ECON OPDC BX |
| 00HANOI1160 | A VIETNAMESE JANUS: THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FACES OF THE POLITBURO [...]) SUMMARY: VIETNAM'S KEY LEADERSHIP BODY -- THE CURRENTLY 18-MEMBER POLITBURO -- IS A LARGELY SHADOWY GROUP WHOSE MEETINGS, AND MANY O[...] |
2000-05-26 08:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON PHUM VM DPOL |
| 00HANOI1298 | VIETNAM'S QUANG NINH PROVINCE: COAL, ECOTOURISM, AND CHINA? [...]RTHEASTERN VIETNAM'S QUANG NINH PROVINCE IS BLESSED WITH TWO NATURAL ENDOWMENTS: ABUNDANT HIGH- QUALITY COAL AND STRIKING SCENERY. IT[...] |
2000-06-13 10:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EMIN ENRG EIND ELAB SENV VM |
| 00HANOI1299 | VIETNAM'S BANK SYSTEM REFORM PLAN: TIME TO IMPLEMENT [...]BU) THE IMF/WORLD BANK ENHANCED STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT FACILITY (ESAF) AND STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT CREDIT (SAC) AGREEMENTS FOR VIETNAM HA[...] |
2000-06-14 00:52:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID VM FINREF SOE |
| 00HANOI1420 | VISIT OF FRY FM JOVANOVICH TO HANOI: MORE SYMBOLISM THAN SUBSTANCE [...]SUMMARY: FRY FOREIGN MINISTER JOVANOVIC'S JUNE 4-8 VISIT TO VIETNAM FOCUSED ON LITTLE OF REAL SUBSTANCE. THE EMPHASIS ON ECONOMIC "I[...] |
2000-06-30 02:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON VM SR |
| 00HANOI1493 | CENTRAL COMMITTEE BLESSES KEY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC REPORTS AFTER DEBATE ON GLOBALIZATION [...]) CLASSIFIED BY DCM DENNIS HARTER; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). ¶2. (C) SUMMARY: THE TENTH COMMUNIST PARTY PLENUM, WHI[...] |
2000-07-10 11:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ETRD PREL VM |
| 00HANOI1615 | AVERAGE VIETNAMESE COMMENT ON ECONOMIC CHANGE IN TWO POOR HANOI NEIGHBORHOODS [...]SBU) SUMMARY. OUTLYING DISTRICTS OF HANOI ARE ATTRACTING LARGE NUMBERS OF "IMMIGRANTS" FROM DEPRESSED RURAL AREAS SEEKING EMPLOYMENT.[...] |
2000-07-27 10:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PGOV PREL ECON VM |
| 00HANOI2480 | VIETNAM WARILY LOOKS TO CHINA AS A MODEL FOR ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL REFORM [...]) CLASSIFIED BY POLCOUNS JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). ------- SUMMARY ------- ¶2[...] |
2000-11-10 05:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD ECON PINR VM CM CVR |
| 00HANOI2614 | VIETNAM: PREPARING FOR THE ANNUAL CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING, DECEMBER 14-15 [...]HIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 11. ¶2. SUMMARY: THE WORLD BANK RECENTLY HOSTED A DONOR REPRESENTATIVES' MEETIN[...] |
2000-12-01 06:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREL VM |
| 00HANOI2667 | THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE OF FREE TRADE AND FREE IDEAS REVERBERATES AFTER HIS VISIT TO VIETNAM [...]) CLASSIFIED BY POLCOUNS JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). ¶2. (C) SUMMARY: THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO VIETNAM ELECTRIFIE[...] |
2000-12-08 13:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON PINR VM DPOL |
| 00HANOI686 | VIETNAM IDEOLOGICALLY COMMITTED TO STATE-LED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WARY OF DANGERS OF GLOBALIZATION [...]) SENIOR LEADERS RECENTLY HAVE EMPHASIZED FAMILIAR IDEOLOGICAL THEMES ABOUT THE COMMUNIST PARTY'S PREEMINENT ROLE IN ALL MAJOR POLITIC[...] |
2000-04-05 07:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD PINR PHUM VM DPOL |
| 00HANOI765 | NOTES FROM SECDEF VISIT TO VIETNAM: PM KHAI TENSE, ANXIOUS TO DELIVER MESSAGE [...]) CLASSIFIED BY DCM DENNIS HARTER; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). ¶2. (C) REFTELS HAVE REPORTED EXTENSIVELY ON THE VISIT OF �[...] |
2000-04-13 09:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR ECON PINR VM DPOL |
| 00HANOI839 | PLANNING MINISTER AND HANO MAYOR REPRIMANDED BY VIETNAM'S CENTRAL COMMITTE [...]) CLASIFIED BY DCM DENNIS HARTER; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND(D). ¶2. (C) SUMMARY: THREE CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEBERS -- MINIS[...] |
2000-04-20 09:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL VM TRD DPOL |
| 00HANOI864 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO NAM DINH: AGRICULTURAL PROVINCE MAKES TEXTILES, CRAFTS; NGO'S HELP MEET LOCAL NEEDS [...]MMARY: IN HIS FIRST WORKING VISIT TO NAM DINH PROVINCE, JUST SOUTHEAST OF HANOI, THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS, TOURED[...] |
2000-04-25 10:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PGOV ECON EIND ETRD VM |
| 00HARARE2081 | ZIMBABWE'S 2000 BUDGET AND GDP OUTLOOK IS BLEAK [...]C) SUMMARY: AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR, ZIMBABWE'S BUDGET AND GDP OUTLOOK LOOKS TO FALL FAR SHORT OF THE PROJE[...] |
2000-04-14 08:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL ZI |
| 00HARARE2221 | MUGABE USES THE LAND ISSUE AS A SMOKESCREEN [...]C) AS CURRENTLY INVOKED BY PRESIDENT MUGABE AND SENIOR RULING ZANU-PF PARTY OFFICIALS, THE LAND REFORM ISSUE IS A CANARD. IN OUR JUDG[...] |
2000-04-25 14:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON ZI |
| 00HARARE2271 | U.S. ASSISTANCE FOR LAND REFORM [...]MMARY: THIS CABLE PROVIDES A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE FOR U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN LAND REFORM IN ZIMBABWE, THE STATUS[...] |
2000-04-27 10:36:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON ZI |
| 00HARARE2684 | BEHIND THE POLITICAL CONFLAGRATION, ZIMBABWE'S ECONOMY IS [...]C) WHILE RECENT ATTENTION, NOTABLY OUTSIDE ZIMBABWE, HAS FOCUSED ON THE POLITICAL VIOLENCE OCCURRING HERE, CONCURRENTLY A SERIOUSLY DE[...] |
2000-05-19 05:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAGR PREL ZI |
| 00HARARE2810 | THE MORNING AFTER: ZIMBABWE'S POST-ELECTION [...]C) ZIMBABWE'S ECONOMIC PROBLEMS ARE NOT BEING DISCUSSED DURING THIS ELECTION CAMPAIGN; PRESIDENT MUGABE HAS DONE A BRILLIANT JOB MAKIN[...] |
2000-05-24 14:48:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE2865 | ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION SEEKS [...]C) ON MAY 30 AMBASSADOR, DCM, POL AND ECON OFFICERS MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES (FORMER CFU PRESIDENT NICK SWANEPOEL, AND FARMERS JOHN HA[...] |
2000-05-30 15:17:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EAID PGOV ZI |
| 00HARARE2961 | GOVERNMENT GAZETTES LIST OF 804 FARMS FOR [...]U) ON JUNE 2 THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE PLACED A NOTICE IN AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION OF THE "GOVERNMENT GAZETTE," ANNOUNCING ITS INTENT[...] |
2000-06-05 11:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAGR ECON ZI |
| 00HARARE3637 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON FINANCE MINISTER MURERWA AND HEARS [...]C) SUMMARY: IN A JULY 3 MEETING WITH THE FINANCE MINISTER, MURERWA TOLD US THAT HALTING ZIMBABWE'S ECONOMIC TAILSPIN WAS THE GOVERNMEN[...] |
2000-07-05 13:00:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EAGR PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE3910 | ZIMBABWE'S NEW CABINET: MUGABE REARRANGES THE [...]C) PRESIDENT MUGABE ANNOUNCED HIS NEW 19 MEMBER (DOWN FROM 27 MEMBERS) CABINET CONSISTING OF 19 MEMBER ON JULY 15. A NUMBER OF THE OL[...] |
2000-07-17 15:35:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON ZI ZANU PF |
| 00HARARE4039 | WILL NEW FINANCE MINISTER BE ABLE TO STAND UP [...]C) SUMMARY: LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER THE APPOINTMENT WAS ANNOUNCED, ALL EYES ARE ON FINANCE MINISTER SIMBA MAKONI, A TALENTED TECHNOCRAT[...] |
2000-07-21 10:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON ZI |
| 00HARARE4362 | WITH MUGABE IN CRUSADE MODE, THE STATE'S FUTURE [...]C) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT MUGABE IS IN CRUSADE MODE, CAMPAIGNING FOR HIS PARTY'S CAPTURE OF THE PRESIDENCY IN ¶2002. HE HAS MADE CLEAR[...] |
2000-08-07 14:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR ECON ZI |
| 00HARARE4389 | POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE CONTINUES MOSTLY UNABATED [...]) THE AMANI TRUST, A RESPECTED HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING ORGANIZATION IN ZIMBABWE, RECENTLY RELEASED A REPORT DETAILING THE CONTINUED VI[...] |
2000-08-08 15:58:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV EAGR ECON ZI |
| 00HARARE4479 | ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION MAKES A [...]C) ON AUGUST 14 THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) DELIVERED A PROPOSAL TO VICE PRESIDENT MSIKA (IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHAIRMAN OF THE ZI[...] |
2000-08-14 15:13:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON PGOV ZI |
| 00HARARE4492 | WINDOW DRESSING OR REFORM? FOR NOW AT LEAST, [...]) AFTER ONLY FOUR MEETINGS, ZIMBABWE'S CABINET APPEARS TO BE SPLIT BETWEEN FACTIONS: ONE LED BY INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY MINISTER JO[...] |
2000-08-15 16:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON ZI |
| 00HARARE4611 | NEW TRADE MINISTER MOYO IS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR [...]C) NEW INDUSTRY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE MINISTER NKOSANA MOYO TOLD THE AMBASSADOR AUGUST 15 THAT PRESIDENT MUGABE WAS DETERMINED TO SE[...] |
2000-08-17 16:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PINR PHUM ZI EFIN EAGR |
| 00HARARE4627 | NEW HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER IS STILL FIGHTING [...]C) IN A MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR ON AUGUST 16, NEW HOME AFFARIS MINISTER -- AND ZANU-PF CHAIRMAN -- JOHN NKOMO PROVIDED A CONFUSING[...] |
2000-08-21 12:17:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN EAGR PINR PHUM ZI |
| 00HARARE4662 | FIRST STEP TOWARD RESTORATION OF RULE OF LAW? [...]C) IN SEPARATE INCIDENTS ON AUGUST 21, POLICE EVICTED WAR VETERANS FROM A COMMERCIAL FARM ON THE SOUTHERN OUTSKIRTS OF HARARE AND ARRE[...] |
2000-08-22 15:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV EAGR ECON ZI |
| 00HARARE4692 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW FINANCE MINISTER [...]C) SUMMARY: THE AMBASSADOR, ECON AND NEW POL OFFICER MADE AN INTRODUCTORY CALL ON SIMBA MAKONI, THE RECENTLY APPOINTED FINANCE MINISTE[...] |
2000-08-24 14:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EAGR PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE4750 | VP MSIKA: BLAMES OTHERS FOR VIOLENCE AND [...]C) AT THE DEPARTMENT'S INSTRUCTION, AMBASSADOR EXPRESSED STRONG U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT THE FARM OCCUPATIONS AND CONTINUING RURAL VIOLENC[...] |
2000-08-25 14:57:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ECON EFIN PHUM ZI EAGR |
| 00HARARE4821 | A U.S. COMPANY HELPS THE RESERVE BANK FINANCE AND MANAGE ITS GOLD SALES [...][...] |
2000-08-30 14:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ZI EMIN ECON |
| 00HARARE4941 | MUGABE DISCUSSES FUEL AND PAN-AFRICAN UNITY IN [...]C) IN A SEPTEMBER 5 CONVERSATION WITH THE AMBASSADOR, FORMER COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY MINISTER -- AND MUGABE CONFIDANT -- NATHAN SHAMUYAR[...] |
2000-09-06 14:15:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ECON ZI |
| 00HARARE4979 | ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS DECIDE TO GO [...]U) AT THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS' UNION (CFU) ANNUAL CONGRESS THAT BEGAN SEPTEMBER 6, CFU PRESIDENT TIM HENWOOD ANNOUNCED IN HIS OPENING S[...] |
2000-09-07 13:57:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON PGOV ZI |
| 00HARARE4999 | NEW TALE OF CORRUPTION IN ZIMBABWE'S ENERGY [...]C) AMBASSADOR MCDONALD ATTENDED A DINNER SEPTEMBER 7 WITH A VARIETY OF RESIDENT AMBASSADORS AND A FEW ZIMBABWEANS, DURING WHICH GIDEON[...] |
2000-09-08 11:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON SENV ZI SA |
| 00HARARE5003 | NEW ZIMBABWE PARLIAMENT STILL FEELING ITS WAY [...]C) SUMMARY: SINCE ITS JULY 20 OPENING (REFTEL), ZIMBABWE'S NEW PARLIAMENT HAS FALLEN INTO RAUCOUS DEBATE AND POLITICAL SPARRING THAT H[...] |
2000-09-11 08:43:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ZI CG |
| 00HARARE5137 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW PARLIAMENT SPEAKER [...]C) IN A MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR MCDONALD ON SEPTEMBER 11, NEW PARLIAMENT SPEAKER EMMERSON MNANGAGWA INITIALLY DENIED THAT HE WAS STIL[...] |
2000-09-13 14:13:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN EAGR PINR PHUM ZI |
| 00HARARE5364 | GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE NOTIFIED ON EXCHANGE [...]R REFTEL INSTRUCTION, EMBOFF REACHED GOZ FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE BY TELEPHONE ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2000 AT 11:45 A.M. LOCAL TI[...] |
2000-09-25 15:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ECON PREL ZI |
| 00HARARE5397 | ZIMBABWE BANK DIRECTOR PROVIDES SOME HOPE FOR [...]C) SUMMARY: DCM AND POLOFF CALLED ON GIDEON GONO, DIRECTOR OF THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF ZIMBABWE (CBZ), SEPTEMBER 25 TO GET AN UPDATE ON[...] |
2000-09-26 14:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL PINR ECON SENV ZI SA |
| 00HARARE5829 | ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY IGNORING CLAMOR FOR [...]C) SUMMARY: POLITICAL PUNDITS AND WOULD-BE REFORMERS ARE AGAIN RAISING THEIR HOPES THAT THE ZANU-PF EXTRAORDINARY CONGRESS DUE TO BE H[...] |
2000-10-13 11:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ZI ZANU PF |
| 00HARARE6191 | PROMINENT ZIMBABWEAN BUSINESS LEADERS TRYING [...]C) SUMMARY: THE CEO OF A MAJOR ZIMBABWEAN CORPORATION TOLD AMBASSADOR NOVEMBER 2 THAT HE AND OLD MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY ARE ARRANGIN[...] |
2000-11-02 16:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAGR PREL PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE6297 | ZIMBABWE OPPOSITION INCREASINGLY DIVIDED OVER [...]C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MET OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) SECRETARY-GENERAL WELSHMAN NCUBE NOVEMBER 7 TO PRESS HOME T[...] |
2000-11-08 15:57:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE6318 | SYMBOLIC MEETING BETWEEN ZIMBABWE [...]C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MCDONALD SUPPORTED A DINNER HOSTED BY MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE NKOSANA MOYO NOVEMBER 7 AIME[...] |
2000-11-09 15:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE6566 | ZIMBABWE'S 2001 BUDGET; A REALISTIC, AND TOO [...]) ON NOVEMBER 16 ZIMBABWE'S MINISTER OF FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SIMBA MAKONI, ANNOUNCED ZIMBABWE'S 2001 BUDGET IN A READING [...] |
2000-11-22 16:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV BEXP ZI |
| 00HARARE6644 | FOREIGN MINISTER SIGNALS POSSIBLE SHIFT IN [...]C) SUMMARY: IN A NOVEMBER 15 MEETING WITH ASSISTANT SECRETARY SUSAN E. RICE, FOREIGN MINISTER STAN MUDENGE SIPDIS SIG[...] |
2000-11-28 13:53:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAGR PREL ZI |
| 00HARARE6663 | A/S RICE MEETS WITH FINANCE MINISTER SIMBA [...]C) SUMMARY: ON NOVEMBER 16, A/S RICE, AMBASSADORS RENDER AND MCDONALD, AND ECONOFF (NOTETAKER), MET WITH FINANCE MINISTER SIMBA MAKONI[...] |
2000-11-29 09:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EAGR PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE6677 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY MEETS WITH ZIMBABWE [...]) SUMMARY: ASSISTANT SECRETARY SUSAN E. RICE MET MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI ON NOVEMBER 16. TSVANGIRAI OFFERED F[...] |
2000-11-29 13:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR ZI SA |
| 00HARARE6803 | SOUTH AFRICAN HIGH COMMISSIONER COMMENTS ON [...]C) SOUTH AFRICAN HIGH COMMISSIONER A.J.D. NDOU TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD AT LUNCH ON DECEMBER 2 THAT, WHILE HE HAD WORKED ON THE PREPAR[...] |
2000-12-05 06:05:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAGR PGOV ECON ENRG ZI |
| 00HOCHIMINHCITY1176 | STOCK MARKET OPENS IN HO CHI MINH CITY [...]IETNAM'S FIRST OFFICIAL STOCK MARKET, THE HO CHI MINH CITY SECURITIES TRADING CENTER (STC), OPENED JULY 20 WITH GREAT FANFARE. ALTHOU[...] |
2000-07-21 09:03:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL VM PGOV SOCI CIVS FINREF |
| 00KINSHASA8362 | FOOD SUPPLIES ADEQUATE BUT EXPENSIVE AT YEAR END [...]) Summary: Food supplies in Kinshasa's markets are adequate as we approach the end of the year, and last year's experience of short su[...] |
2000-12-16 07:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD SOCI CG |
| 00KINSHASA8363 | LOCAL IMPORTER SUSPECTED OF CRIMINALITY [...]BU) Summary: Many long-standing Kinshasa businesses are complaining about Congo Futur, an importer that has expanded rapidly since it [...] |
2000-12-16 07:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD SOCI CG |
| 00KINSHASA8385 | WEEKLY ECONOMIC REPORT - WEEK OF DECEMBER 11 - [...]) SUMMARY: Gasoline and diesel prices rose on December 11, and public transportation fares went up 50 percent on the 13th. Kinshasa's[...] |
2000-12-18 15:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EPET EMIN KSAC AMGT PREL CG |
| 00KINSHASA8532 | KISANGANI OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS [...]) The following two-part series reports on Embassy staff member's recent visit to Kisangani, capitol of Oriental Province. Part one a[...] |
2000-12-23 10:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | CG PINS PREL ECON PGOV |
| 00KINSHASA8538 | KISANGANI OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS (II) [...]) Following is the second and final part of a report on an Embassy staff member's visit to Kisangani November 28-December 1. This mes[...] |
2000-12-26 11:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | CG ECON PGOV PINS PREL |
| 00KINSHASA8554 | VIEWS OF GOMA UN WORKERS [...]) Summary: Representatives of UN agencies in Goma believe the international community in general and the UN in particular are overly f[...] |
2000-12-26 14:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV CG |
| 00KINSHASA8558 | WEEKLY ECONOMIC REPORT - WEEK OF DECEMBER 18 - [...]) SUMMARY: Gasoline and diesel supplies were adequate in Kinshasa, though reports that current supplies are noxious persisted. The Con[...] |
2000-12-26 15:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EPET EMIN KSAC AMGT PREL CG |
| 00KINSHASA8647 | FINANCE MINISTER PLANS REFORMS, BUT CAN HE DELIVER? [...]) Summary: On December 28 Finance Minister Amisi told the Ambassador that he hopes to have Presidential approval for both an interim e[...] |
2000-12-29 14:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV CG |
| 00THEHAGUE1767 | USITC INVESTIGATION, ELECTRIC POWER SERVICES: [...]E FINAL PROGRAM FOR USITC TRADE ANALYST AMANDA HORAN AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIST RUSSELL HILLBERRY TO CALL ON DUTCH ENERGY SECTOR POLI[...] |
2000-06-14 15:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD OTRA ECON NL |
| 00THEHAGUE1876 | CLIMATE CHANGE: ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY FUNDS [...]UTCH ENVIRONMENT MINISTER PRONK TOLD THE DUTCH PARLIAMENT ON JUNE 20 THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD DECIDED THAT HIS MINISTRY, RATHER THAN TH[...] |
2000-06-23 07:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PREL ENRG ECON NL |
| 01ABUJA1006 | Nigeria: Obasanjo Foreign Policy [...]) Summary. President Olusegun Obasanjo is his own Foreign Minister. To understand how he has redirected Nigeria relations with the[...] |
2001-05-07 10:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PINS ECON NI |
| 01ABUJA1012 | NIGERIA: OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT IS PENDING IN [...][...] |
2001-05-07 15:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON NI |
| 01ABUJA1312 | NIGERIA: THE OBASANJO ADMINISTRATION AT TWO YEARS [...]C) Summary. At the halfway mark of his Presidency, Olusegun Obasanjo struggles to rebuild long-neglected institutions, restore public [...] |
2001-06-13 07:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PREL ECON ENRG NI |
| 01ABUJA1365 | OBASANJO DROPS FOUR MINISTERS, FOUR SENIOR ADVISORS [...]) On June 12, President Obasanjo dropped four Ministers and four Senior Advisors from his Administration, one spokesman framing the ch[...] |
2001-06-14 18:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON NI |
| 01ABUJA1374 | DEBT SWAP FOR ENVIRONMENT CLEANUP INITIATIVE [...]U) Action request and comment at para 6. ¶2. (U) TDY U.S. Treasury Advisor Lisa Cook and Economic Section Chief [...] |
2001-06-15 18:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL NI |
| 01ABUJA1375 | NIGERIA: DEBT NEGOTIATIONS STALL; PLANS FOR [...]C) At meetings in Abuja June 11 and 12, senior GON economic policy-makers were thoroughly pessimistic regarding near term prospects fo[...] |
2001-06-15 18:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL NI |
| 01ABUJA1376 | INTERIM REPORT ON MAP WORKSHOP [...]U) This is a brief interim report; comprehensive report to follow. ------------- State of play -----[...] |
2001-06-15 18:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON NI SF AG OAU |
| 01ABUJA1419 | Nigeria's Macroeconomic Picture - [...]conomic policy and performance in 2000 and so far in 2001 have been mixed. Growth may have been sufficient to produce a small "democr[...] |
2001-06-19 16:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID ENRG EFIN NI |
| 01ABUJA1449 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR VISITS SOKOTO STATE: OFR [...]U) In his first trip to the Northwest, Ambassador Jeter travelled to Sokoto State on June 19 and 20 to hold meetings with Governor Baf[...] |
2001-06-22 19:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI KISL NI |
| 01ABUJA1526 | NIGERIA: BILATERAL DEBT NEGOTIATIONS REMAIN [...]SBU) Director General of the Debt Management Office Mr. A.S. Arikawe told Economic Section Chief June 27 that he remains pessimistic o[...] |
2001-06-29 15:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN NI PREL |
| 01ABUJA1532 | NIGERIA: SEVEN U.S. COMPANIES BID FOR NATIONAL ID [...]) Summary. Seven U.S. companies, in two separate consortia, made oral presentations for a USD 200 million national identification car[...] |
2001-06-29 17:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV NI |
| 01ABUJA1543 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MINISTER OF [...]SBU) Ambassador Jeter met June 26 with Minister of Commerce Bello for a discussion of U.S.-Nigeria trade relations. He stressed the n[...] |
2001-07-03 15:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAID BEXP NI |
| 01ABUJA1624 | NIGERIA: MEETING WITH SPECIAL ADVISOR FOR [...]assified by Ambassador Howard Jeter for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (C) Summary: On June 22 A[...] |
2001-07-10 12:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ELAB ECON NI |
| 01ABUJA1628 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR FOR ENERGY REQUESTS [...]is is an action cable. Please see para 5. ¶2. On June 22, Ambassador, DOE Energy Advisor, and Econoff (notetaker)[...] |
2001-07-11 05:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG ECON NI |
| 01ABUJA1679 | NIGERIA: MOTOROLA'S BID FOR GSM EQUIPMENT [...]BU) Summary. Following up from his meeting with Motorola representatives on July 9 (following septel from Lagos), Ambassador Jeter me[...] |
2001-07-16 16:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV PREL ETRD BEXP ECON NI |
| 01ABUJA1688 | NIGERIA: LETTER FROM PRESIDENT OBASANJO EXPLAINS [...]ummary. In a July 6 letter addressed to U.S. Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham (original forwarded to AF/W for transmittal to DOE),[...] |
2001-07-17 13:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ENRG PREL ETRD BEXP ECON NI |
| 01ABUJA1918 | NIGERIA: SECRETARY EVANS LETTER TO PRESIDENT [...]ction request, para 4. ¶2. Department of Commerce requested Post input on the efficacy of sending a Secretarial [...] |
2001-08-01 15:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EINV NI |
| 01ABUJA1919 | NIGERIA PASSES SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET EQUAL TO USD [...]BU) Summary. EconOff met with Dr. Joseph Nnanna, Director of Research at the Central Bank of Nigeria, on July 25 and Representative M[...] |
2001-08-02 08:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ECIN PGOV NI |
| 01ABUJA1934 | NIGERIA: DEVELOPING A STRUCTURE FOR BILATERAL [...]) This is an action cable; see para 7. ¶2. (U) Embassy Abuja applauds the work of the Department on developing a [...] |
2001-08-03 13:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG PREL NI |
| 01ABUJA1956 | NIGERIA: PROCTOR AND GAMBLE [...]ssion appreciates Department of Commerce's flexibility in redirecting the Secretary's letter to the Minister of Industries. Please no[...] |
2001-08-07 10:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ECON PREL NI |
| 01ABUJA1957 | (C) NIGERIA: PRIVATIZATION DIRECTOR TO QUIT JOB [...]) Summary. Ambassador Jeter hosted Nasir El-Rufai, Director-General of the Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE), for lunch on August 1[...] |
2001-08-07 10:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | EINV PGOV ECON PINR NI |
| 01ABUJA2235 | NIGERIA: CODEL WATTS AND BIZDEL DISCUSS INVESTMENT [...]ummary: Ambassador Jeter accompanied Codel Watts, AUSTR Whitaker and executives from Phillips Petroleum, Syntroleum, Proctor and Gambl[...] |
2001-09-06 15:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON OVIP NI |
| 01ABUJA2253 | NIGERIA TURNS ZIMBABWE AROUND ON LAND SEIZURES [...]C) Summary: President Obasanjo and Nigeria played the critical role in extracting GOZ commitment to stopping land seizures at the Abu[...] |
2001-09-07 14:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PHUM SOCI EAID PINR NI ZI UK |
| 01ABUJA2301 | (C) NIGERIA'S IMF STAND-BY MAY NOT STAND [...]) EconOff met 14 September with IMF team leader Hiroshi Hino to discuss progress on the mission's review of Nigeria's Stand-by Arrange[...] |
2001-09-14 14:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL NI |
| 01ABUJA2332 | NIGERIA CLOSE TO CONCLUDING BILATERAL DEBT [...][...] |
2001-09-18 09:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN NI |
| 01ABUJA2338 | NIGERIA: GON PLANS TO VISIT IMF AND TREASURY IN [...]onOff received a call September 18 from Debt Management Office Director-General A.S. Arikawe. Arikawe said that he and Minister of Fi[...] |
2001-09-18 13:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN NI |
| 01ABUJA2339 | NIGERIA: PREPARATIONS FOR THE WORLD SUMMIT ON [...] August 16, the GON inaugurated the National Committee on the World Summit on Sustainable Development. Chaired by the Minister of Env[...] |
2001-09-18 13:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD KPAO NI |
| 01ABUJA2396 | NIGERIA: NITEL PRIVATIZATION DELAYED [...]ummary. The GON recently announced a two-month delay in the privatization of Nigerian Telecommunications, Ltd. (NITEL) originally sch[...] |
2001-09-21 06:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN NI |
| 01ABUJA2480 | U.S. MOVE TOWARD AFRICAN WTO POSITIONS APPLAUDED [...]BU) SUMMARY: The Fourth Organization of African Unity/African Economic Community Conference of Trade Ministers September 22-23 in Abuj[...] |
2001-09-27 15:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD OVIP NI WTO |
| 01ABUJA2511 | OBASANJO TO RELEASE 1.2 BILLION EXCESS CRUDE [...]C) Summary: During a September 26 Council of State meeting, President Obasanjo and state governors resolved their highly publicized s[...] |
2001-10-03 10:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EPET EFIN |
| 01ABUJA2518 | NIGERIAN PERSPECTIVES ON PROSPECTS FOR A RENEWED [...]) Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). ¶2. (C) In an October 2 telcon with Debt [...] |
2001-10-03 15:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL NI |
| 01ABUJA2645 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENT'S CHIEF ECONOMIC ADVISOR EAGER [...]) Summary. Ambassador Jeter met the President's Chief Economic Advisor Magnus Kpakol October 11 to discuss a range of bilateral econo[...] |
2001-10-16 10:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PTER NI |
| 01ABUJA2667 | NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ON THE GLOBAL COALITION [...]) Summary. Ambassador Jeter met October 12 with Vice President Atiku Abubakar to discuss tighter money laundering controls in Nigeria[...] |
2001-10-18 20:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PTER BEXP NI |
| 01ABUJA2669 | NIGERIA: IMF PROGRAM IS NECESSARY TO KEEP GON IN [...]BU) Summary. Embassy Abuja supports continued IMF engagement with Nigeria despite the GON's failure to complete the current Stand-by [...] |
2001-10-18 20:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON NI |
| 01ABUJA2694 | NIGERIA: TRIPS AND ACCESS TO MEDICINES [...]onOff delivered reftel demarche October 16 to Mr. Y.T. Agah, head of Multilateral Affairs at the Federal Ministry of Commerce. EconOf[...] |
2001-10-23 08:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD KSEP USTR |
| 01ABUJA2701 | NIGERIA: KEEPING THE DIALOGUE GOING: AMBASSADOR, [...]BU) Introduction and Summary: Ambassador discussed with Aviation Minister Kema Chikwe security procedures at Murtala Muhammad Interna[...] |
2001-10-24 10:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ASEC ECON BEXP NI |
| 01ABUJA2758 | NIGERIA ON TRIPS, AGRICULTURE AND SERVICES [...]onOff delivered reftel information on 25 October to Mr. Y.T. Agah, Assistant Director responsible for Multilateral Affairs at the Fede[...] |
2001-10-29 14:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD NI WTO USTR |
| 01ABUJA2787 | NIGERIA: THE LATEST IN THE IMF SAGA [...]assified by Charge d'Affairs Timothy D. Andrews for Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). ¶2. (C) EconOff spoke October 31 to [...] |
2001-11-01 04:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL NI |
| 01ABUJA2859 | PRESIDENT OBASANJO'S DRAFT 2002 BUDGET SHOWS [...]mmary. The draft 2002 budget presented by President Obasanjo November 7 signals his attempt to restrain spending despite upcoming ele[...] |
2001-11-09 17:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN NI |
| 01ABUJA2863 | FLOOD DISASTER IN NORTHERN NIGERIA [...]MMARY: OFDA SENT EDRC JAY NASH TO NORTHERN NIGERIA FOR FOUR DAYS TO ASSESS THE FLOODING THERE AND TO MAKE A PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION[...] |
2001-11-14 07:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER ECON PREL |
| 01ABUJA2866 | LIFE AFTER THE SBA -- IMF SUGGESTS VOLUNTARY [...]U) Summary: Visiting IMF team leader Hiroyuki Hino told diplomats November 8 that the SBA had expired because the GON had failed to re[...] |
2001-11-14 08:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON NI |
| 01ABUJA2989 | NIGERDOCK: STORY OF A PRIVATIZATION [...]BU) Summary: The case history of Niger Dock, the first such privatization to feature an American firm, highlights the internal GON ri[...] |
2001-11-27 13:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD NI |
| 01ABUJA3022 | NIGERIA: GON SEEKS MEETING WITH PARIS CLUB [...]is cable contains an action request in para 4. ¶2. EconOff spoke November 28 with Debt Management Office (DMO) Di[...] |
2001-11-30 05:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN NI |
| 01ABUJA3071 | NIGERIAN ANTI-TRUST BILL WENDING WAY THROUGH [...]he following answers are cued to questions in paragraph three of reftel. a. The September conference that Basil Udo[...] |
2001-12-04 15:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN NI |
| 01ABUJA3093 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE AND DISCUSSION WITH NIGERIAN [...]C) Summary: During a December 1 meeting with recently appointed Nigerian Special Envoy to Zimbabwe Earnest Shonekan, Ambassador Jete[...] |
2001-12-06 12:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON NI |
| 01ABUJA3128 | NIGERIA: DONORS DISCUSS 2002 BUDGET, PRSP AND [...]ummary. A donors meeting in Brussels November 19-20 focused on Nigeria's macroeconomic situation, the 2002 budget and the Poverty Red[...] |
2001-12-07 09:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREL NI |
| 01ABUJA3143 | WORLD AIDS DAY [...]MMARY: ON SATURDAY DECEMBER 1, THE NATIONAL ACTION COMMITTEE FOR AIDS (NACA) ORGANIZED A DAYLONG CALENDAR OF EVENTS TO COMMEMORATE WO[...] |
2001-12-11 06:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER ECON PREL |
| 01ABUJA3162 | NIGERIA: ESF PROPOSALS FOR FY 2002 [...]he following is Embassy Abuja's ESF funding proposals for FY 2002 FY 2002 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUNDS U.S. Missio[...] |
2001-12-11 16:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL NI |
| 01ABUJA3237 | NIGERIA: PARIS CLUB BILATERALS NOT READY BY XMAS: [...]lassified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter; Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). ¶2. (C) Summary: The Nigerian Debt Management O[...] |
2001-12-19 19:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN NI |
| 01ABUJA871 | AMBASSADOR VISITS KADUNA [...]) Summary: Ambassador Jeter paid his first official visit to Kaduna State on March 27 and 28. He met with Kaduna Governor Ahmed Mak[...] |
2001-04-25 14:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV NI PINR ECON EAGR EMIN LY |
| 01ABUJA951 | Satellite Licensing in Nigeria [...]conOff met with Nigerian Communications Commission Special Assistant to the Chairman C.A. Ojobo on April 26 to discuss Intelsat and ma[...] |
2001-05-03 08:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON NI |
| 01ABUJA983 | NIGERIA WILL SUPPORT INCUMBENT ICAO CHAIRMAN AND [...]is is an action request. Please see para 6. ¶2. EconOff spoke with Chief Owodu, Technical Assistant to the Mini[...] |
2001-05-04 13:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAIR ECON NI |
| 01ABUJA984 | KADUNA STATE MINERAL RESOURCES [...]) This is an action request. See paras. (4) and (5). ¶2. (U) During a meeting with Ambassador Jeter on March 28, �[...] |
2001-05-04 13:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN BEXP ECON LY |
| 01BEIRUT3057 | BERRI ON HIZBALLAH, THE REGION AND THE ECONOMY [...]) SUMMARY: IN DISCUSSING HIZBALLAH'S SIGNIFICANCE WITH THE AMBASSADOR DECEMBER 7, SPEAKER BERRI SAID THAT AMAL WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR AL[...] |
2001-12-13 14:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ECON LE IR SY |
| 01HANOI1017 | VIETNAM - U.S. VOTE ON WORLD BANK'S PRSC PROGRAM [...]SBU) SUMMARY: EMBASSY URGES WASHINGTON AGENCIES TO SUPPORT THE WORLD BANK'S POVERTY REDUCTION SUPPORT CREDIT (PRSC) PROPOSAL TO BE PRE[...] |
2001-04-27 11:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON ETRD PREL VM FINREF SOE |
| 01HANOI1020 | GOVERNMENT, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY LEADERSHIP CHANGES TO FOLLOW SHAKE-UP IN SENIOR COMMUNIST PARTY RANKS [...]) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). ¶2. (C) SUMMARY: THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SESSION E[...] |
2001-04-27 11:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR VM DPOL |
| 01HANOI1245 | A/S KELLY'S BILATERAL MEETING WITH VIETNAMESE DEPUTY FM BIN: REGIONAL ISSUES, BTA, U.S. ACTIVITIST GROUPS [...]SBU) SUMMARY: ON MAY 17, FOLLOWING ARF SOM MEETINGS IN HANOI, ASSISTANT SECRETARY KELLY ENGAGED IN CORDIAL BUT FRANK DISCUSSIONS WITH [...] |
2001-05-22 10:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD VM HUMANR CTERR |
| 01HANOI1497 | DONOR/GOVERNMENT DISCUSSION OF VIETNAM'S 10 YEAR SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY [...]SBU) SUMMARY: ON JUNE 14, KICKING OFF A SERIES OF DONOR-GOVERNMENT CONSULTATIONS, UNDP SPONSORED A `HIGH- LEVEL' CONFERENCE TO DISCU[...] |
2001-06-22 04:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR PREL VM SOE FINREF CVR |
| 01HANOI1554 | MID-TERM CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING FOR VIETNAM - UPBEAT MOOD, IMPROVED DONOR COORDINATION [...]UMMARY: ON JUNE 18 AND 19 IN HOI AN, IN VIETNAM'S CENTRAL REGION, DONORS GATHERED FOR AN INFORMAL CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING TO TAKE [...] |
2001-06-28 09:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN VM SOE FINREF |
| 01HANOI2151 | STAFFDEL HEARS VOICES OF REFORM FROM WITHIN [...]) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES ROBERT PORTER. CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02151 01 OF 03 3[...] |
2001-08-31 07:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM VM SOE FINREF DPOL |
| 01HANOI2914 | VIETNAM: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CHAIRMAN SETS OUT [...]UMMARY: AT A RECENT BRIEFING FOR THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS, MR. VU MAO, CHAIRMAN, OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, SET OUT THE NATIONAL AS[...] |
2001-11-08 00:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON VM DPOL |
| 01HANOI2980 | THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROCESS: WHAT'S UP? [...]SBU) SUMMARY: PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE 1992 SRV CONSTITUTION REPRESENT ATTEMPTS TO ENABLE GREATER PARTICIPATION IN ECONOMIC LIFE A[...] |
2001-11-15 01:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON VM DPOL |
| 01HANOI3054 | VIETNAM: PROGRESS ON REFORM UNDER WORLD BANK AND IMF POVERTY REDUCTION LOANS [...]SBU) SUMMARY: VIETNAM IS GENERALLY MEETING ITS ECONOMIC REFORM OBLIGATIONS UNDER ITS WORLD BANK AND IMF POVERTY REDUCTION LOANS ACCOR[...] |
2001-11-20 10:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL VM FINREF SOE |
| 01HANOI3080 | PROVINCIAL CORRUPTION TRIAL HIGHLIGHTS GVN ANTI-GRAFT EFFORTS [...]MMARY: A PROVINCIAL COURT HANDED DOWN STIFF SENTENCES ON NOVEMBER 20 TO A DOZEN STATE EMPLOYEES AND COMPANY EXECUTIVES CONVICTED OF B[...] |
2001-11-23 09:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS ECON VM DPOL ETMIN |
| 01HANOI3266 | VIETNAM: TEXT OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION TO RATIFY THE BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT [...]OR THE RECORD, THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM, AT LEGISLATURE 10, SESSION 10, PASSED A RESOLUTION TO AGREE[...] |
2001-12-17 07:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON VM BTA |
| 01HANOI3269 | VIETNAM: "RIGHTS OF PERSONS" EMPHASIZED AT THE CONSULTATIVE GROUP OF DONORS MEETING [...]UMMARY: AT THE CONSULTATIVE GROUP OF DONORS MEETING IN HANOI ON DECEMBER 7-8, THERE WAS A WELCOME MESSAGE FROM DONORS ON THE ISSUE OF [...] |
2001-12-17 09:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB ECON EAID VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
| 01HANOI3288 | VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING: A MEETING OF THE MINDS, AND CONTINUED HIGH LEVELS OF SUPPORT DESPITE A SLOWING WORLD ECONOMY [...]UMMARY: THE VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP OF DONORS (CG) MEETING WAS HELD IN HANOI, DECEMBER 7-8, 2001. CO- CHAIRED BY THE WORLD BANK AN[...] |
2001-12-20 08:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM FINREF SOE HUMANR HIV AIDS |
| 01HANOI686 | VIETNAM COMPLETES PRIOR ACTIONS FOR IMF/WORLD BANK STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM [...]SBU) SUMMARY: WORLD BANK AND IMF REPRESENTATIVES IN HANOI CONFIRM VIETNAM HAS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED PRIOR ACTIONS/CONDITIONS NECESSA[...] |
2001-03-23 10:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN ETRD PREL VM FINREF SOE |
| 01HANOI965 | NEW VIETNAMESE LEADERSHIP HEADED BY MANH BODES WELL FOR ECONOMIC REFORM [...]) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). ¶2. (C) SUMMARY: AS PART OF A MAJOR GENERATIONAL[...] |
2001-04-23 11:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR VM DPOL |
| 01HANOI989 | STAFFDEL ATKINS VISIT TO HANOI APRIL 15-18; BTA ON THEIR MINDS [...]MMARY: ON THE EVE OF VIETNAM'S NINTH PARTY CONGRESS, THE GVN HOSTED A LARGE DELEGATION OF CONGRESSIONAL STAFF MEMBERS AND AN ACCOMPANY[...] |
2001-04-26 09:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ELAB PREL VM BTA LABOR |
| 01HARARE1011 | ZIMBABWE FLOOD STATUS UPDATE, NUMBER 2 [...]HE AREAS MOST AFFECTED BY LOCAL FLOODING ARE IN THE ZAMBEZI RIVER VALLEY IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE MASHONALAND CENTRAL PROVINCE. TH[...] |
2001-03-14 10:31:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID ECON PGOV ZI |
| 01HARARE1032 | TWO MINING OPERATIONS AND A FOOTWEAR MANUFACTURER [...] ASSESS BUSINESS AND OPERATING CONDITIONS OF LARGE EMPLOYERS LOCATED OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL CITY, ON MARCH 5-7 EMBASSY ECONOMIC AND COMME[...] |
2001-03-15 15:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EMIN ETRD KTDB ZI |
| 01HARARE1108 | ZIMBABWE FLOOD STATUS UPDATE, NUMBER 3 [...]THOUGH RAINS CONTINUED TO FALL OVER THE ZAMBEZI RIVER BASIN, RAINFALL AMOUNTS EASED SLIGHTLY DURING THE PAST SEVEN DAYS AND FLOODING I[...] |
2001-03-23 08:31:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID ECON PGOV ZI |
| 01HARARE1210 | ZANU-PF INSIOER: THE COUNTRY IS UNDER [...]C) AN ACADEMIC WITH VERY CLOSE TIES TO ZANU-PF LEADERSHIP CIRCLES, CLEVER MUMBENQEQWI, TOLD US APRIL 2 THAT THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT [...] |
2001-04-03 13:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN PREL PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1221 | ZIMBABWE FLOOD STATUS UPDATE, NUMBER 4 [...]CCORDING TO THE LATEST OFFICIAL REPORTS REGARDING THE MOST SEVERELY AFFECTED DISTRICTS OF GURUVE AND MUZARABANI ALONG THE ZAMBEZI RIVE[...] |
2001-04-04 15:21:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID ECON PGOV ZI |
| 01HARARE1275 | ZANU-PF INSIDER: THE COUNTRY IS UNDER [...]C) AN ACADEMIC WITH VERY CLOSE TIES TO ZANU-PF LEADERSHIP CIRCLES, CLEVER MUMBENGEGWI, TOLD US APRIL 2 THAT THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT [...] |
2001-04-09 12:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN PREL PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1419 | MUGABE PUTS ON THE DOG FOR MOGAE [...]SBU) BOTSWANA'S PRESIDENT, FESTUS MOGAE, ARRIVED IN HARARE ON APRIL 25 FOR A FOUR-DAY STATE VISIT, THE STATED PURPOSE OF WHICH IS FOR [...] |
2001-04-26 08:40:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD PINR ZI BC |
| 01HARARE2117 | EXPECTED FOOD SHORTAGE ACKNOWLEDGED BY A [...]SBU) ON JULY 6 THE MINISTER FOR FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SIMBA MAKONI, TOLD THE PRESS FOLLOWING AN ADDRESS HE DELIVERED TO TH[...] |
2001-07-10 09:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID EFIN ECON ZI |
| 01HARARE2514 | WFP'S ATTENTION TO ZIMBABWE [...]OST WAS CONCERNED BY THE STATEMENT IN REFTEL THAT THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) "HAS NO PLANS TO START UP ANY OPERATIONS IN ZIMBABWE." [...] |
2001-08-24 11:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ECON PHUM PREF |
| 01HARARE2554 | ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS BEING BACKED TO THE [...]C) ON AUGUST 28 THREE COMMERCIAL FARMERS REPRESENTING THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) PAID A CALL ON THE DCM AND ECONOFF TO DESCRIB[...] |
2001-08-29 14:36:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV |
| 01HARARE2567 | PROPOSAL FOR LIMITED, SPECIFIED TECHNOLOGY [...]C) SUMMARY. IN ADDITION TO ASSET SEIZURE AND TRAVEL SANCTIONS FOCUSED ON A SMALL NUMBER OF TOP GOZ CONFIDENTIA[...] |
2001-08-30 15:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON CG ZI |
| 01HARARE2692 | IMF ARTICLE IV REVIEW TEAM PROVIDES A BLEAK OUTBRIEF [...]C) ON SEPTEMBER 12 THE IMF RESREP, GERALD JOHNSON, AND THE NEW IMF COUNTRY TEAM LEADER, DAVID COE (REPLACING PAULO NEUHAUSS), PROVIDED[...] |
2001-09-13 13:19:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV ZI |
| 01HARARE3612 | UNDP TEAM FINDS LITTLE TO APPLAUD IN ABUJA [...]) SUMMARY: THE UNDP-LED MISSION TO EVALUATE COMPLIANCE WITH, AND SUGGEST WAYS FORWARD ON THE ABUJA ACCORD ON LAND REFORM HAS FOUND MOS[...] |
2001-12-03 14:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR PGOV ZI |
| 01HARARE3672 | A/S KANSTEINER MEETS WITH CROSS SECTION OF [...]C) SUMMARY: ON DECEMBER 9, A/S KANSTEINER MET WITH A WIDE CROSS-SECTION OF BULAWAYO SOCIETY TO DISCUSS THE RECENT POLITICAL VIOLENCE I[...] |
2001-12-11 09:49:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON PINS ZI |
| 01HARARE3691 | SADC MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE PLAYS IN HARARE, [...]C) SUMMARY. THE LONG ANTICIPATED VISIT OF THE SADC MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE DEALING WITH THE ZIMBABWEAN SITUATION TOOK PLACE ON DECEMBER[...] |
2001-12-13 04:37:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAGR ECON ZI |
| 01HARARE3715 | AGOA DECISION CONVEYED TO GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE [...]U) POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF DELIVERED REFTEL TALKING POINTS ON DECEMBER 13 TO MINISTRY OF FINANCE PERMANENT SECRETARY NICHOLAS NCUBE. [...] |
2001-12-13 11:49:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PHUM PREL ZI |
| 01HARARE524 | DEALING WITH ROBERT MUGABE, THE CONSUMMATE [...]C) OVER THE NEXT YEAR, PRESIDENT MUGABE WILL FACE HIS GREATEST CHALLENGE IN 20 YEARS TO STAYING IN POWER. A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, IN [...] |
2001-01-26 09:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE743 | ZIMBABWE'S PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATIVE; A [...]C) SUMMARY: THE PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATIVE (PSI) IS AN ALTERNATE LAND ACQUISITION, RESETTLEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT IS BEING QUIE[...] |
2001-02-13 14:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR EAID PGOV PREL ZI |
| 01HARARE750 | THE FINANCE PERMSEC FEEDS US THE GOVERNMENT [...]C) ON FEBRUARY 13 NICHOLAS NCUBE, PERMANENT SECRETARY - MINISTRY OF FINANCE, PAID A CALL ON US AT SIPDIS OUR INVITATI[...] |
2001-02-14 14:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE829 | REGIONAL FLOODING LARGELY BYPASSES ZIMBABWE [...]SASTER DECLARATIONS AND REPORTS OF RECENT FLOODING IN NEIGHBORING MOZAMBIQUE AND MALAWI CAUSED US TO CONTACT THE GOZ AND DETERMINE THE[...] |
2001-02-26 13:47:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID ECON PGOV ZI |
| 01HARARE926 | ZIMBABWE'S RECENT ECONOMIC RESULTS AND OUTLOOK [...]C) SUMMARY: THIS REPORT PROVIDES KEY ECONOMIC DATA ENABLING READERSHIP TO STAY ABREAST OF ZIMBABWE'S FALLING ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE. TW[...] |
2001-03-06 13:18:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ZI |
| 01HOCHIMINHCITY1042 | ACTING CONSUL GENERAL'S MEETING WITH NEW HCMC PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE VICE-CHAIRWOMAN [...]MMARY: DEPUTY PRINCIPAL OFFICER AND ACTING CONSUL GENERAL SHARON WHITE MET AUGUST 27 WITH HCMC PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE VICE-CHAIRWOMAN HUYN[...] |
2001-09-06 00:43:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PINR SOCI VM |
| 01HOCHIMINHCITY1181 | CG'S INITIAL MEETING WITH CHAIRMAN OF HCMC PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE [...]UMMARY. ON OCTOBER 15, CG EMI YAMAUCHI MET WITH LE THANH HAI, CHAIRMAN OF THE PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE (PC) OF HO CHI MINH CITY (HCMC), ACC[...] |
2001-10-17 05:24:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO ECON ECIN PREL PGOV PTER VM |
| 01HOCHIMINHCITY1221 | VIETRADE HCMC CLAIMS SEPTEMBER 11 EVENTS HURT VIETNAM EXPORTS, WORRIES ABOUT VN COMPANIES IN US MARKET [...]N AN OCTOBER 26 MEETING, VIETRADE HCMC DIRECTOR CITES DAMAGE FROM THE EVENTS OF SEPTEMBER 11 TO VIETNAM'S EXPORTS, NOTING THAT EXPORT [...] |
2001-10-29 09:00:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD VN BTA |
| 01HOCHIMINHCITY1255 | TEXTILE ORDERS FOR VIETNAM: LOOKING TO THE BTA FOR INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES, NOT THE WORLD SECURITY SITUATION [...]UMMARY: VIETNAM'S TEXTILE INDUSTRY ANTICIPATES A BOOST IN ORDERS FROM OVERSEAS BUYERS RELUCTANT TO DO BUSINESS IN COUNTRIES SUCH AS P[...] |
2001-11-08 00:59:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX VM BTA |
| 01HOCHIMINHCITY1302 | HCMC DEPT. OF TRADE LOVES BTA, BUT WHAT IS IT EXACTLY? [...]HE DIRECTOR OF THE HO CHI MINH CITY (HCMC) TRADE DEPT. TOLD CG YAMAUCHI IN A NOVEMBER 13 COURTESY CALL THAT HCMC HAS HIGH HOPES FOR TH[...] |
2001-11-16 08:49:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON ETRD VM SOE BTA |
| 01HOCHIMINHCITY1314 | CG'S INITIAL MEETING WITH HCMC PLANNING AND INVESTMENT DEPARTMENT [...]MMARY: CG YAMAUCHI, ACCOMPANIED BY DPO AND POLOFF, PAID A NOVEMBER 20 COURTESY CALL ON MR. TIN HUU NGUYEN, ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE HCMC[...] |
2001-11-23 04:40:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV VM |
| 01HOCHIMINHCITY1316 | DPO'S MEETING WITH STANDING DEPUTY SECRETARY OF HCMC COMMUNIST PARTY COMMITTEE [...]UMMARY: DPO MET WITH VO VAN CUONG, STANDING DEPUTY SECRETARY OF THE HCMC COMMUNIST PARTY COMMITTEE (CPC), SIPDIS NOVE[...] |
2001-11-23 09:52:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO ECON ECIN ETRD PGOV PREL VM BTA |
| 01HOCHIMINHCITY755 | CONOFF VISITS MEKONG DELTA IN SUPPORT OF U.S. BUSINESS AND UNIQUE JULY 4 CELEBRATION [...] CONSULAR OFFICER VISITED CAN THO JUNE 8-9 AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CONSULATE GENERAL AT THE OPENING OF THE AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL A[...] |
2001-06-21 03:21:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PGOV VM |
| 01LIBREVILLE603 | OMAR BONGO AND THE GABONESE POLITICAL SCENE [...]) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR REASONS 1.5 (B, D). ¶2. (C) SUMMARY: AFTER NEARLY 34 YEARS IN OFFICE, GABONESE PRESIDENT OMAR B[...] |
2001-04-23 15:34:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ECON GB |
| 01PRETORIA4997 | NEXT STEPS IN THE "NEW AFRICAN INITIATIVE": THE [...]) THE AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT LAST JULY MERGED THE MAP AND OMEGA DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES TO CREATE THE "NEW AFRICAN INITIATIVE." SAG DEPA[...] |
2001-08-24 13:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL SF |
| 01PRISTINA1593 | THACI SCENESETTER: LEADER LOOKING FOR APPROVAL [...]) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR JOHN K. MENZIES, COM, FOR REASONS 1.5 (B&D) SUMMARY ------- Â[...] |
2001-09-11 07:06:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID ECON NATO SR |
| 01RIYADH1771 | THE AL SAUD AND CHALLENGES TO STABILITY [...]) AT PRESENT, SAUDI ARABIA ENJOYS AT LEAST SUPERFICIAL STABILITY. THERE IS NO DEBILITATING DISUNITY AMONG SENIOR AL SAUD PRINCES, REG[...] |
2001-06-27 12:09:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI SA |
| 01VATICAN2459 | THE VATICAN RAG [...]THE APRIL 28 - MAY 4 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY - UNDER A NEW TITLE. CONTENTS: - POPE APPEA[...] |
2001-05-04 13:04:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EFIN ECON IZ GR VTPREL |
| 01VATICAN3027 | CARDINAL PROTESTS G8, SEEKS [...]U) THIS IS A REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE, PLEASE SEE PARA FOUR. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA [...] |
2001-06-06 08:15:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ETRD PREL PHUM PGOV VT |
| 01VATICAN3571 | VATICAN VERBATIM [...](U) THE JUNE 30 - JULY 06 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. CONTENTS: - G8: GENOA'S ARCHBISHOP RE[...] |
2001-07-06 13:41:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM ECON EAID TBIO SOCI KN VT VTPREL |
| 01VATICAN3661 | CARDINAL OF GENOA: [...]) CHARGE AND POLOFF MET WITH CARDINAL DIONIGI CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 03661 101429Z �[...] |
2001-07-10 15:11:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD IT VT |
| 01VATICAN5650 | VATICAN-WTO: GREATER TRADE, IPR FLEXIBILITY FOR [...]THE VATICAN FOREIGN MINISTRY ISSUED A NOTE VERBALE OCTOBER 26 TO ALL ACCREDITED MISSIONS OUTLINING THE HOLY SEE'S STANDARD POSITION AH[...] |
2001-10-31 13:55:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ETRD ECON VT USTRD WTRO |
| 02ABUJA1024 | NIGERIA: NITEL PRIVATIZATION HITS DEAD-END AS IIL [...]ummary: Investors International (London), Ltd. (IIL) was unable to meet the GON deadline for its $1.185 billion payment for NITEL. T[...] |
2002-03-28 09:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON BEXP ECPS EINV PGOV NI |
| 02ABUJA1081 | BAUCHI: A STATE THAT WORKS [...]BU) Ambassador Jeter visited Bauchi State from February 10-12, accompanied by USAID A/DIR Suggs and Pol/OFF Kinder. In addition to pri[...] |
2002-04-08 12:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR EAID ECON PREL NI |
| 02ABUJA1135 | NIGERIA: ABUJA ROUND-UP March 25-April 5 [...]BU) On March 26, the National Assembly approved the 2002 budget of N1.06 trillion (USD 8.7 billion), a 20 percent increase over the Pr[...] |
2002-04-10 15:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN NI |
| 02ABUJA1163 | NIGERIA: GON IMPLEMENTS PROTECTIONIST TARIFF [...]BU) Introduction and Summary: On March 6, the Government of Nigeria (GON) approved extensive, apparently politically-motivated tariff [...] |
2002-04-12 15:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV NI |
| 02ABUJA1194 | SUBJECT: NIGERIA: RESOURCE ALLOCATION DECISION [...]ummary and Introduction: The April 5 Supreme Court judgment, which ruled that offshore resources belong to the Federal Government not [...] |
2002-04-16 16:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV NI |
| 02ABUJA1214 | NIGERIA: SUBMISSION FOR 2002 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON [...]verview: Nigeria is yet to generate any significant new export activity under AGOA. Main reasons for this lack of progress appear to [...] |
2002-04-17 17:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON ELAB EINV PHUM PREL NI AGOA |
| 02ABUJA1215 | NIGERIA: GON STRATEGY FOR THE U.S. BILATERAL PARIS [...]mmary: Director General of the Debt Management Office (DMO) Akin Arikawe April 8 explained that Nigeria no longer wanted to sign its b[...] |
2002-04-17 17:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV NI |
| 02ABUJA122 | NIGERIA: STRIKE HAS LIMITED IMPACT DURING FIRST [...]) Summary: As of 1:30 pm Nigeria Time (7:30 am EST), the Nigerian Labour Congress, general strike was most effective in Lagos (Lagos s[...] |
2002-01-16 17:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB EPET EFIN ECON NI SCOI |
| 02ABUJA1232 | NIGERIA: ABUJA ROUND-UP APRIL 8-19 [...]) Summary. The States' decision to hold local government elections May 18 has sparked controversy and additional lawsuits which appare[...] |
2002-04-19 13:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ECON PREF NI |
| 02ABUJA1318 | NIGERIA: LITTLE PROGRESS TOWARD AN IPRSP [...]mmary: The World Bank invited GON officials and a small group of donors to an April 2-4 retreat with representatives of African count[...] |
2002-04-25 14:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID NI |
| 02ABUJA1346 | NIGERIA: A PARTICIPANT'S PERSPECTIVE ON NEPAD [...]) SUMMARY: PolMilOff met on April 9 with Egyptian First Secretary Gamal Metwally for a read-out on the NEPAD meeting SIPDIS &[...] |
2002-05-02 14:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ECIN ECON EAID PGOV NI |
| 02ABUJA1396 | NIGERIA: PROCTOR AND GAMBLE DETERGENT COULD BE [...] a April 12 meeting with the President's Principal Secretary Stephen Oronsaye and the President's Special SIPDIS Assi[...] |
2002-05-03 14:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON NI |
| 02ABUJA1399 | NIGERIA: COMMONWEALTH-AFRICA INVESTMENT FORUM -- A [...]e Commonwealth Business Council (UK's equivalent to the Corporate Council for Africa) in coordination with the GON, hosted the annual [...] |
2002-05-06 09:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON NI |
| 02ABUJA1597 | NIGERIA: A SLIDE IN THE BILATERAL [...]) Summary: The return of democratic government in Nigeria brought relief and great expectations in both Abuja and Washington. Visions [...] |
2002-05-23 19:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID NI |
| 02ABUJA1606 | NIGERIA: GON CORRUPTION REDUCED BUT FAR FROM [...]) Classified by Charge Timothy D. Andrews; Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). ¶2. (S) Summary. Due Process Certification is[...] |
2002-05-30 10:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | EIND PGOV EFIN ECON NI |
| 02ABUJA1630 | DOT TEAM VISIT - PROGRAM IS ON COURSE [...]ummary. A DOT team led by Senior Policy Advisor Kevin Sample visited Nigeria April 13-26 to complete security and environmental asses[...] |
2002-05-31 08:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID SENV EWWT NI |
| 02ABUJA1635 | NIGERIA: NEED TO SUPPORT IMPORTANT FY-02 ESF PROPOSALS [...]his cable provides additional justification for two of the FY-02 ESF proposals submitted reftel. The following justifications are in o[...] |
2002-05-31 15:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ECON SENV NI |
| 02ABUJA1807 | NIGERIA: 2002 BUDGET DEBATE [...]) Summary and background. The Financial Year 2002 Budget entered the political spotlight last week as President Obasanjo met legislat[...] |
2002-06-18 14:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EINV NI |
| 02ABUJA1810 | NIGERIA: AN AGOA POWERHOUSE AFTER ALL? [...]ummary. In contrast to the widespread view that Nigeria is ill prepared to benefit from the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA),[...] |
2002-06-18 17:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD ECON NI AGOA |
| 02ABUJA1811 | NIGERIA: POST PERSPECTIVE ON JUNE 24 TIFA COUNCIL [...]assified by CDA Andrews for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (C) The Nigerian delegation to the June 24 Trade and Inv[...] |
2002-06-19 05:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV ECON NI |
| 02ABUJA187 | (S) NINTH TERRORIST LIST: NASCO GROUP (NIGERIA) [...]) Summary: The question of including the NASCO Group (Nigeria) Ltd AND other NASCO SUBSIDIARIES IN NIGERIA in the assets freeze is a [...] |
2002-01-22 15:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PTER PREL ECON ETTC NI |
| 02ABUJA2032 | NIGERIA: KEY ELITES WORK TOGETHER TO OVERCOME AGOA [...]UMMARY: The Public Affairs Section and the Foreign Commercial Service of the U.S. Mission in Nigeria organized two one-day seminars, J[...] |
2002-07-08 11:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KPAO OIIP SCUL NI AGOA |
| 02ABUJA2200 | NIGERIA: KEY ELITES WORK TOGETHER TO [...]UMMARY: The Public Affairs Section and the Foreign Commercial Service of the U.S. Mission in Nigeria organized two one-day seminars, J[...] |
2002-07-24 13:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KPAO OIIP SCUL NI AGOA |
| 02ABUJA2411 | NIGERIA: A/S KANSTEINER MEETS NEXT GENERATION OF [...]ummary: At a 25 dinner hosted by Ambassador Jeter, Assistant Secretary Kansteiner met with a group of Nigeria's "best and brightest,"[...] |
2002-08-15 11:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV NI |
| 02ABUJA2508 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO TO HEAD WSSD [...]BU) Summary. The Nigerian delegation to the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSD) will be led by President Obasanjo and inclu[...] |
2002-08-23 12:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR ENRG EFIN PREL KPAO NI UNCSD |
| 02ABUJA2509 | NIGERIA: MEETING WITH MINISTER OF AVIATION- [...]) This is an action cable. See paragraph 9. ¶2. (U) On August 15 Ambassador Jeter met Minister of Aviation, Kema [...] |
2002-08-23 12:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR PREL PGOV NI |
| 02ABUJA2567 | NIGERIA'S PRIVATIZATION PROGRAM: STATUS [...][...] |
2002-09-03 15:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EINV ECPS ENRG PGOV NI |
| 02ABUJA2652 | CODEL DASCHLE -- BREAKFAST MEETING WITH OBASANJO [...]C) SUMMARY: President Olusegun Obasanjo hosted a breakfast meeting for Codel Daschle on August 31 at the Presidential Villa. In att[...] |
2002-09-12 14:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL PGOV SENV ECON NI |
| 02ABUJA2665 | NIGERIA: U.S. OIL EXECUTIVES TELL SENATOR BINGAMAN [...]C) Summary: On August 31, Senator Bingaman (D-New Mexico) met representatives of the three largest Nigerian-based U.S. oil companies ([...] |
2002-09-13 09:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP EPET SENV ECON PGOV NI |
| 02ABUJA2685 | NIGERIA: GON AND PRIVATE SECTOR ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT [...]ummary: In mid-August, Special Advisor for the Department of the Treasury's Government Debt Issuance and Management (GDIM) program, T[...] |
2002-09-17 17:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ECON ETRD ECIN NI |
| 02ABUJA2686 | SUBJECT: NIGERIA: USTDA VISIT A SUCCESS STORY [...]ummary. United States Trade and Development Agency (TDA) Special Assistant for Projects Thomas Hardy completed agreements for feasibi[...] |
2002-09-17 18:15:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EAGR ECPS EAID EAIR EINV EPET EMIN KPAO NI |
| 02ABUJA2707 | NIGERIA: THE PRESS GETS IT WRONG: NO DEBT PAYMENT [...]) Summary: Recent press reports have incoreectly claimed Nigeria had stopped foreign debt payments. Central Bank of Nigeria Governor [...] |
2002-09-19 10:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EAID NI |
| 02ABUJA2729 | NIGERIAN LEGISLATORS HOST CODEL DASCHLE [...]C) SUMMARY: On August 31, CODEL Daschle met Senate President Anyim, Deputy House Speaker Nwuche, and other members of the National A[...] |
2002-09-24 08:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL PGOV SENV ECON NI |
| 02ABUJA2744 | NIGERIA: IS NEXT JANUARY'S 12.5% WAGE [...]) During his opening address before his National Executive Committee on September 12, National Labour Congress (NLC) President Adams O[...] |
2002-09-25 23:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB PGOV EFIN NI |
| 02ABUJA2768 | NIGERIA:ECONOMIC ROUNDUP CABLE [...]is periodic U.S. Mission Economic Report includes: -- Nigeria's Debt Management Office Ready to Sign Bilateral Paris Club Agre[...] |
2002-09-27 17:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB EAIR PGOV NI |
| 02ABUJA2803 | NIGERIA: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] response to Ref A, the following is an update of the information provided previously in Nigeria's AGOA eligibility (Ref B.) [...] |
2002-10-07 16:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PGOV NI AGOA |
| 02ABUJA2837 | NIGERIA: ABACHA FAMILY'S TIGHT GRIP ON LOOT [...]) Summary: Chances are fleeting that President Obasanjo will see USD 1.2 billion in stolen Abacha loot. Under pressure from Northern [...] |
2002-10-11 18:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV PINS NI |
| 02ABUJA2884 | NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP CABLE [...]is periodic economic report includes: --Dutch Auction Holds Naira Steady --Supplemental Budget Withdrawn --IMF and GON begin A[...] |
2002-10-22 08:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD NI |
| 02ABUJA2894 | NIGERIA: IMF SAYS REAL GDP TO CONTRACT 0.9 PERCENT [...] IMF team in Nigeria for Article IV consultations reported that real GDP will fall by 0.9 percent in 2002, with the oil sector contrac[...] |
2002-10-22 15:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN NI |
| 02ABUJA2961 | NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP OCTOBER 30 [...]is periodic economic report includes: --U.S.-Nigeria Air Cargo: Taking Advantage of AGOA --GON Re-Thinks Nigeria Airways Deal [...] |
2002-10-30 10:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EINV EAIR NI |
| 02ABUJA2979 | NIGERIA: TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING [...]st held its first quarterly meeting of the Trade Agreement Compliance and Monitoring Committee on October 24 in Abuja. The Committee i[...] |
2002-11-01 11:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAGR BEXP NI |
| 02ABUJA2988 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S COMMENTS ON CIA 533007 [...]/NF) I question the usefulness of reftel's content. If former Head of State Babangida made the remarks, his comments were almost certa[...] |
2002-11-01 15:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV ECON |
| 02ABUJA3014 | NIGERIA: DESPITE UNTAPPED DAM, GOMBE STATE [...]BU) SUMMARY: During an October 4-6 visit to Gombe State, Ambassador Jeter surveyed Gombe's power, water, education and health sectors [...] |
2002-11-05 13:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN ENRG NI |
| 02ABUJA3030 | NIGERIA: NASCO GROUP (NIGERIA) LIMITED [...]S) During an October 10 conversation, Ambassador Jeter informed National Security Advisor Aliyu Mohammed that the NASCO parent company[...] |
2002-11-05 16:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PTER PREL ECON ETTC NI |
| 02ABUJA306 | NIGERIA: CHIEF ECONOMIC ADVISOR SAYS COMMUNAL [...]) Summary. The Ambassador and EmbOffs met January 24 with Chief Economic Advisor Magnus Kpakol who claimed that Nigeria's best hopes f[...] |
2002-01-31 16:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV NI |
| 02ABUJA3075 | NIGERIAN TRADE POLICY: BUSINESS (AND POLITICS) AS [...][...] |
2002-11-12 15:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAGR BEXP NI |
| 02ABUJA3101 | NIGERIA: "VOLUNTARY" CAP ON INTEREST RATES [...]SBU) Summary. Most bankers see the October Bankers Committee "voluntary" agreement to cap interest rates at 22.5 percent as neither s[...] |
2002-11-14 07:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PREL PGOV NI |
| 02ABUJA3180 | NIGERIA: UPDATES ON ALSCON AND AJAOKUTA [...]U) Summary. The Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) has confirmed that the GON was going forward with the Aluminium Smelter Company of [...] |
2002-11-25 07:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON PREL PGOV NI |
| 02ABUJA3202 | NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP NOVEMBER 27 [...]is periodic economic report includes: --U.S./U.K. Team Bids on Management Contract for Nigerian PTT --Nigeria Buys U.S.-Made Buses &#x[...] |
2002-11-27 13:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD SENV EINV NI |
| 02ABUJA3297 | NIGERIA: ENGAGING THE AMERICAN PRIVATE [...]UMMARY: On October 21, Ambassador Jeter, assisted by USAID Mission Director Liberi, National Action Committee on AIDS (NACA) [...] |
2002-12-12 13:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI ECON NI |
| 02ABUJA3304 | NIGERIAN TEXTILE BAN: "WE'RE DOING THIS FOR AGOA" [...]) Standing the spirit of free trade on its head, a senior Nigerian Commerce Ministry official says the GON temporarily banned imports [...] |
2002-12-12 15:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD BEXP KTEX ECON NI |
| 02ABUJA3323 | NIGERIA: LONDON CLUB DEBT BUY-BACK POSTPONED TO [...]) Summary: The Government of Nigeria's (GON) attempt to buy back $2 billion of its London Club (commercial) debt obligations suffered [...] |
2002-12-16 16:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV EAID NI |
| 02ABUJA3341 | YEAR-END ECONOMIC POTPOURRI [...] This cable covers: -- Ambassador's Meets with World Bank and IMF prior to Article Four Consultation Meetings in Washington --[...] |
2002-12-19 14:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EPET EAID PGOV NI |
| 02ABUJA3345 | NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP DECEMBER 19 [...][...] |
2002-12-19 16:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ECPS NI |
| 02ABUJA3351 | NIGERIA: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON MINISTER OF [...]) Precious Ngelele is a native of Rivers State. A former Abuja Poloff believes Ngelele is a U.S. citizen. We know he lived in the Unit[...] |
2002-12-20 13:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PINR NI |
| 02ABUJA3358 | NIGERIA: 2003 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE DRAFT [...]llowing is Post's draft of the 2003 National Trade Estimate for Nigeria. Dept. is requested to provide end-year trade and investment d[...] |
2002-12-23 07:31:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EINV EFIN NI |
| 02ABUJA3390 | Nigeria's Privatization Czar Plans to Bow Out [...]C) Summary: Nasir El-Rufai, Director-General of the Bureau for Public Enterprises, Nigeria's agency for the privatization of state-own[...] |
2002-12-31 16:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN NI |
| 02ABUJA387 | NIGERIA: PROPOSED POST-JEPC BILATERAL ECONOMIC [...]is cable contains an action request in para 14. ¶2. During extensive discussions with GON officials late last yea[...] |
2002-02-06 09:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV NI |
| 02ABUJA418 | NIGERIA: TERRORIST LIST 9 [...]) Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). ¶2. (S) Mission officers met on February [...] |
2002-02-07 14:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL PINS EFIN ECON TU NI |
| 02ABUJA461 | NIGERIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR INDICATORS [...]rket statistics: By most accounts, Nigeria's telecom sector witnessed significant growth in 2001, but accurate statistics are difficul[...] |
2002-02-08 16:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS ETRD NI |
| 02ABUJA630 | NIGERIA: GUM ARABIC SUCCESS STORY [...]ummary. Ambassador Jeter and AUSTR Whitaker visited Jigawa and Kano states on January 28 and 29 respectively. Two years of negotiatio[...] |
2002-02-26 15:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EAID EAGR NI |
| 02ABUJA649 | NIGERIA: 2002 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW ON IPR [...]ssion provides response to ref A request for views on Nigeria,s compliance with TRIPS and recent trends in IPR protection. &#[...] |
2002-02-28 11:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON EINV NI IPR |
| 02ABUJA680 | NIGERIA: WEEKLY POLITICAL WRAP UP - FEB 25 TO MAR 1 [...]C) The Senate on February 27 consented to the President's February 26 nomination of Dr. Olu Agunloye as Minister without Portfolio. A[...] |
2002-03-01 14:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON NI |
| 02ABUJA787 | NIGERIA: WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW #2 [...]U) This is the second edition of what will be a weekly roundup of significant developments in Nigeria. -------------[...] |
2002-03-12 14:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN ECPS KCRM NI |
| 02ABUJA858 | NIGERIA AND THE IMF HEAD FOR DIVORCE COURT? [...]) Classified by CDA Andrews for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). ¶2. (C) Summary. After several days of consultations, the IMF &[...] |
2002-03-15 15:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL NI |
| 02ABUJA886 | NIGERIA: ABUJA WEEKLY REVIEW: MARCH 11-15, 2002 [...]U) Electoral preparations were high on the agenda of the Northern Governors when they met this week. As a result of their discussions,[...] |
2002-03-19 14:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON NI |
| 02ABUJA925 | NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ABUBAKAR TO VISIT [...]his cable contains an action request, para 4. ¶2. In a meeting March 19, Vice President Atiku Abubakar informed A[...] |
2002-03-20 14:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP ECON PREL EFIN NI |
| 02ABUJA936 | NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ABUBAKAR ON ECONOMIC ISSUES [...]) Summary. In a March 19 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Vice President Atiku Abubakar was non-committal on rapid completion of the bi[...] |
2002-03-22 16:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EFIN NI |
| 02ABUJA979 | NIGERIA: ABUJA WEEKLY REVIEW: MARCH 18-22 [...]BU) Because of shrunken government revenues due to lower world oil prices, most State governments have become cash strapped. Some have[...] |
2002-03-27 11:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ECON PHUM NI |
| 02AMMAN2423 | SADDAM'S REGIME PROSPERING AND CONFIDENT ACCORDING [...]) Journalist Peter Arnett (please protect throughout) shared with the Ambassador May 13 impressions from a just-completed three-week t[...] |
2002-05-16 06:00:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD IZ |
| 02AMMAN2652 | JORDAN--FTA ENVIRONMENT COMMITMENTS [...]) This is an action cable; see para 5. ¶2. (SBU) Jordan has made some progress in strengthening its environmental regulato[...] |
2002-05-23 15:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD JO PREL SENV |
| 02AMMAN3009 | JORDAN'S BURGER KING PROUD TO BE UNAMERICAN [...]UMMARY: BURGER KING JORDAN IS LINING ITS SERVING TRAYS WITH A LEAFLET IN ARABIC LABELING THE ORIGIN OF ALL OF ITS HAMBURGER INGREDIEN[...] |
2002-06-09 06:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO PREL KPAO ECON |
| 02AMMAN3044 | JORDAN'S ECONOMIC OLD GUARD FLEXES MUSCLES [...]c) Anti-normalization, pro-Iraq, and anti-reform elements in Jordan's business community are trying to re-establish themselves in the[...] |
2002-06-10 08:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETTC ETRD IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN3084 | JORDAN: MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE SURVEY [...]ollowing are answers to the questions posed in reftel. We would be happy to provide more detailed answers on request. Jordan already [...] |
2002-06-11 11:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN JO |
| 02AMMAN3273 | INTERIM LAWMAKING WRAPS UP AS LIKELIHOOD OF [...]) Jordan's Constitution allows the Cabinet to pass provisional laws when Parliament is not in session, so long as the laws are suffici[...] |
2002-06-18 08:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON EAID JO |
| 02AMMAN3394 | SYRIAN SOFT DRINKS SWAMP U.S. PRODUCTS [...]SBU) The local subsidiaries of Pepsi and Coca Cola say that their soft drink sales are off by up to 40 percent from 2001 due to a new [...] |
2002-06-24 06:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV BEXP JO |
| 02AMMAN3648 | SURF'S UP: THE EBB AND FLOW OF THE JORDANIAN [...]SBU) While anecdotal evidence suggests that a nationwide boycott of American products has waned for the time being, support at the str[...] |
2002-07-03 14:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV JO |
| 02AMMAN3662 | JORDAN: OES-FUNDED CORAL REEFS SYMPOSIUM BRIDGES [...]BU) SUMMARY: A recent international symposium on coral reefs monitoring, partly funded through an OES grant, brought together scienti[...] |
2002-07-03 15:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL ECON JO MEPN |
| 02AMMAN4060 | JORDAN: 2002 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...]ENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT SINCE KING ABDULLAH SUCCEEDED TO THE THRONE IN 1999, JORDAN HAS TAKEN STEPS TO ENCOURAGE FOREIGN[...] |
2002-07-23 07:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KTDB KIDE EFIN ECON ETRD JO OPIC |
| 02AMMAN4122 | JORDAN: NO TRANSPORT OFFICIALS TO ATTEND WSSD [...][...] |
2002-07-25 11:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ELTN ECON PREL KSUM |
| 02AMMAN4213 | JORDAN: DEMARCHE ON GI'S IN WTO AG NEGOTIATIONS [...]) ECONOFF delivered ref demarche to Trade Ministry Secretary General Samer Tawil on July 25. Tawil agreed that SIPDIS &#x[...] |
2002-07-30 09:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON JO WTRO |
| 02AMMAN4583 | JORDAN ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT WSSD WATER PARTNERSHIP [...][...] |
2002-08-14 14:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV JO UNCSD |
| 02AMMAN4648 | JORDAN IPR UPDATE: MIXED OUTLOOK [...]SBU) Jordan's record on enforcement of IPR laws has been improving steadily over the past six months. However, greater awareness of th[...] |
2002-08-19 07:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON JO |
| 02AMMAN4786 | U.S. FIRM INTERESTED IN CALL CENTERS IN JORDAN [...]u) Summary. In an initiative that it sees both as a promising business venture and an element of support for regional peace, the U.S[...] |
2002-08-25 06:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECPS ECON IS JO OPIC |
| 02AMMAN4864 | JORDAN'S DIPLOMATS FOCUS ON TRADE AND INVESTMENT [...]sbu) Summary. Reflecting the emphasis he has put on economic and commercial development and the growing private sector export and in[...] |
2002-08-28 06:07:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON BEXP PREL JO |
| 02AMMAN4986 | MEPI ROLLOUT PLAN [...]OST PLANS TO HIGHLIGHT SECRETARY POWELL'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE MEPI INITIATIVE WITH A SERIES OF RELATED ACTIVITIES TARGETED FOR JORDAN'[...] |
2002-09-04 05:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP EFIN ECON PREL XF KPAO JO |
| 02AMMAN5212 | JORDAN GEARS UP FOR ARAB FREE TRADE [...]SBU) SUMMARY: WITH TRADE WITH OTHER ARAB COUNTRIES MAKING UP A SIZEABLE PORTION OF ITS OVERALL TRADE, JORDAN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST COU[...] |
2002-09-12 12:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JO |
| 02AMMAN5692 | MINOR CABINET RESHUFFLE UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN ANY [...]) The Palace announced a minor Cabinet reshuffle on September 26 involving five portfolios. Amman had been rife with rumors of a resh[...] |
2002-10-02 14:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EINV EAGR PINR JO |
| 02AMMAN5737 | BIOS ON NEW CABINET MEMBERS [...]) King Abdullah and Prime Minister Abul Ragheb reshuffled the Cabinet on September 26 adding 4 new members to the Cabinet, and reassig[...] |
2002-10-03 13:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON EINV EAGR PINR JO |
| 02AMMAN5839 | PM ABUL RAGHEB ON SYRIA, IRAQ: IT'S THE ECONOMY, [...]S) The Ambassador and DCM spoke October 5 with Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb about his recent visit to Syria (other topics septels, [...] |
2002-10-08 12:17:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL ECON IZ SY JO |
| 02AMMAN5964 | JORDAN: U/S LARSON MEETINGS ON ECONOMIC PLANNING [...]C) Under Secretary Larson had meetings in Amman October 13-14 with Prime Minister Abul Ragheb and key members of the Jordanian minist[...] |
2002-10-15 11:51:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | EFIN ECON PREL JO |
| 02AMMAN6250 | ICT PROGRAMS IN JORDAN [...]U) Per REFTEL request, we are providing information on telecom regulation, internet, and other IT-related questions posed, as well as [...] |
2002-10-27 07:31:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EAID JO |
| 02AMMAN6288 | JORDAN'S UNUSED INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY [...]u) Summary: We have been following with interest attempts by Israeli industrialist Stef Wertheimer to secure support for a new indus[...] |
2002-10-29 07:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EAID IS JO |
| 02AMMAN6374 | JORDAN FUND LAUNCHED [...]U) Amid an enthusiastic reception, the Government of Jordan launched the Jordan Fund, a $50 million fund designed to attract foreign i[...] |
2002-10-31 08:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON KTDB KIDE JO OPIC |
| 02AMMAN7535 | JORDAN: UPDATE ON BOYCOTT OF U.S. PRODUCTS [...]sbu) Summary. Business contacts say that an abiding affinity for U.S. consumer products, marketing strategies that played up local c[...] |
2002-12-30 13:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON BEXP PGOV PREL IS JO |
| 02ANKARA7726 | TURKEY'S ELECTIONS: OUR ANALYSIS AND PREDICTIONS [...]) Summary: The Islam-influenced AK (Justice and Development) of R. Tayyip Erdogan will be the clear winner in the Turkish national el[...] |
2002-11-01 10:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU |
| 02ANKARA7763 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON POST-ELECTION TASKS, [...]SBU) Summary: In a October 30 meeting, Central Bank Governor Serdengecti told us he and Treasury U/S Oztrak have prepared a document t[...] |
2002-11-01 15:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA7847 | TURKISH MARKETS RALLY ON ELECTION RESULTS [...]U) On November 4, Turkish markets reacted positively to the AK Party's landslide victory in parliamentary elections. The lira strength[...] |
2002-11-04 15:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA7924 | TURKEY: TIMELINE TO ESTABLISH NEXT GOVERNMENT [...]meline in para 2 lists the sequence of steps to be followed as the Justice and Development (AK) Party prepares to establish a governme[...] |
2002-11-05 16:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON TU |
| 02ANKARA7925 | TURKISH MARKETS RALLY; TREASURY COMMENTS ON [...]BU) Summary: The post-election rally in Turkish markets continued on November 5, with trading volumes in both stock and T-bill markets[...] |
2002-11-05 16:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA7981 | Demarche on Customs Classifications [...][...] |
2002-11-07 13:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON TU |
| 02ANKARA8018 | TURKEY-GREECE GAS INTERCONNECT ADVANCES, BUT KEY [...]) Summary and comment: Turkey and Greece have reached agreement on the text of an Intergovernmental Agreement for the Turkey-Greece g[...] |
2002-11-07 14:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
| 02ANKARA8064 | THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC CHALLENGES, AND SOME [...]SBU) Summary: The new Turkish Government's most pressing economic challenge is to bolster market confidence sufficiently to avoid ano[...] |
2002-11-08 09:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV TU |
| 02ANKARA8108 | AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL MEETING WITH AK PARTY [...]) Summary: Ambassador met with victorious AK Party leader Erdogan for first post-election visit. He complimented AK on its constructi[...] |
2002-11-08 15:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ECON AA POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 02ANKARA8110 | TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR CODELS BEREUTER, HASTERT, [...]ummary: Turkey's Nov. 3 national elections produced a landslide victory for the Islam-influenced AK Party, which thus far has chosen t[...] |
2002-11-08 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS ECON OTRA TU |
| 02ANKARA8111 | PROBLEMS MEETING THE 2002 PRIMARY SURPLUS TARGET [...]SBU) Summary: The IMF and Central Bank are worried about the caretaker government's failure to fully implement fiscal measures needed[...] |
2002-11-08 16:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
| 02ANKARA8112 | IMF AND TURKISH CENTRAL BANK ON NEXT STEPS FOR THE [...]ummary: While the post-election market rally largely continued on November 8, with T-bill rates dropping a further 2.5 percent, there[...] |
2002-11-08 16:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8141 | MFA ON TURKEY-GREECE GAS INTERCONNECT [...]) Summary: MFA Deputy DG for Energy Hakki Akil reiterated to Econ Couns BOTAS's request for USG assistance in encouraging the Greeks [...] |
2002-11-12 15:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
| 02ANKARA8150 | UPDATE ON TURKEY'S CONTRIBUTION TO AFGHANISTAN [...]mbOffs met with MFA's Afghan Reconstruction Coordinator Ambassador Refat Okcun 11/12 for an update on Turkey's reconstruction efforts.[...] |
2002-11-13 12:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID PREL AF TU |
| 02ANKARA8231 | TURKS RECEIVE WSSD FOLLOW-UP MATERIALS [...][...] |
2002-11-14 14:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR TU |
| 02ANKARA8250 | TURKEY: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES EU AND CYPRUS WITH [...]) Ambassador met Nov. 14 with EU Hirep Javier Solana to discuss the EU perspective on UNSYG Annan's plan for a settlement on Cyprus, a[...] |
2002-11-15 10:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU |
| 02ANKARA8356 | AK PARTY BEGINS TO ENGAGE ON THE ECONOMY [...]SBU) SUMMARY: In the past week, AK Party moved to inject discipline into its public statements on the economy, initiated contacts wit[...] |
2002-11-15 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8369 | TURKISH MARKETS RALLY ON EU, CYPRUS NEWS [...]U) The two-week market rallies continued strongly on the morning of November 18: -- Treasury bill yields dropped 1.[...] |
2002-11-18 11:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8379 | INCOMING GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC ACTION PLAN [...]SBU) Summary: The economic elements of the incoming government's action plan, announced by Party leader Tayyip Erdogan on November 1[...] |
2002-11-18 15:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV EINV TU |
| 02ANKARA8381 | THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S CORE ECONOMIC TEAM [...]C) The new Government Cabinet was announced by Prime Minister Abdullah Gul, following his meeting with President Sezer November 18. [...] |
2002-11-18 16:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PINR PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8382 | TURKEY'S 58TH GOVERNMENT TAKES OFFICE [...]) President Sezer's Nov. 18 approval of the AK Party government under P.M. Abdullah Gul (ref A; cabinet below, para 4) puts into place[...] |
2002-11-19 05:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ECON TU |
| 02ANKARA8454 | TURKISH MARKET RALLIES HALT, AWAIT GOT ACTION; NEW [...]U) In morning trading November 20, yields on the benchmark lira Treasury bill rose to the 52 percent compounded level, having dropped [...] |
2002-11-20 09:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8527 | THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC TEAM STARTS WORK, [...]) Summary: Prime Minister Gul announced the portfolios of the state ministers, dividing supervision of the economic agencies between[...] |
2002-11-21 15:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV TU |
| 02ANKARA8545 | TURKISH MARKETS REACT TO COURT'S SUSPENSION OF KEY [...]U) On November 22, Turkish press reported that Turkey's supreme administrative court ("Danistay") issued a decision to suspend the Ban[...] |
2002-11-22 12:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8594 | UNCERTAINTY FOR PENDING AND EXISTING BOT/TOR [...]) Summary and comment: Embassy has long emphasized to the GOT the importance of a rapid and fair settlement to the pending BOT/TOR pr[...] |
2002-11-25 14:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8596 | TURKISH MARKETS AWAIT IMF REACTION TO COURT [...]C) Summary: Turkish markets are awaiting IMF and GOT reaction to the administrative court decision of November 22, which suspended the[...] |
2002-11-25 15:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8633 | CODEL HASTERT'S MEETINGS IN ANKARA [...]) Summary: A codel led by Speaker Hastert met Nov. 21 with P.M. Gul and Parliament President ("Speaker") Arinc. Speaker Hastert congra[...] |
2002-11-26 14:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ECON TU |
| 02ANKARA8695 | TURKS WILL ATTEND BONN AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION [...]U) Turkey will be represented at the Bonn-Petersberg conference on Afghanistan Reconstruction by Ambassador Aydemir Erman, the MFA Dep[...] |
2002-11-27 14:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL AF TU |
| 02ANKARA8728 | EMBASSY RAISES PAMUKBANK CASE WITH AK VICE CHAIRMAN [...]C) We met November 29 with AK Vice Chairman and MP Murat Mercan to highlight the risks resulting from the Danistay's November 22 injun[...] |
2002-11-29 12:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
| 02ANKARA8753 | TURKEY: BACKGROUND ON CHP CHAIRMAN DENIZ BAYKAL [...]) Summary: Combining a sharp intellect with a divisive manner, Deniz Baykal is back in Parliament as opposition leader of a CHP reelin[...] |
2002-12-02 12:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU |
| 02ANKARA8779 | TURKEY: NULLIFICATION OF ELECTION RESULTS IN SIIRT [...]) Summary: Anatolia News Agency reports Dec. 2 that the Supreme Election Board (YSK), acting pursuant to a petition filed by the Justi[...] |
2002-12-02 15:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU |
| 02ANKARA8780 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ECONOMICS WITH DEPUTY PM SENER [...]C) Summary: In his initial call on Deputy PM Sener December 2, Ambassador stressed that the USG wanted the government's economic pro[...] |
2002-12-03 06:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8797 | TURKEY'S INFLATION/GROWTH OVERPERFORMING; BUT [...]) November inflation data, released December 3, were slightly better than market expectations: Wholesale price increase was 1.6 perce[...] |
2002-12-03 15:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8846 | READ-OUT OF IMF VISIT TO TURKEY: FOCUS ON BUDGET [...]C) Summary: On December 4, IMF resident representative briefed EU member countries and us on the December 2-4 visit of IMF Europe Dir[...] |
2002-12-04 13:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8852 | SCENESETTER FOR DEC. 9-10 WASHINGTON VISIT OF AK PARTY CHAIRMAN R. TAYYIP ERDOGAN [...]) Summary: As Turkey's strongest politician Tayyip Erdogan is key to our ability to influence the AK Party government and public opini[...] |
2002-12-04 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PINS TU |
| 02ANKARA8863 | IRAQ AND THE TURKISH GAS MARKET [...]) Summary and comment: The GOT denies recent press reports that suggest new developments on the Turkey-Iraq gas project. Although th[...] |
2002-12-09 12:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET ETTC AJ GG KZ TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA8932 | TURKS RAISE ISSUE OF FUTURE TRADE WITH IRAQ [...]C) Foreign Trade Under Secretary Tuncer Kayalar told us December 11 that, in the event of a military operation in Iraq, Turkey would s[...] |
2002-12-12 07:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA8972 | NO PROGRESS ON RESOLVING PAMUKBANK ISSUE; IMF TAKES FIRM LINE [...]C) Summary: Three weeks after the state administrative court (Danistay) suspended BRSA's takeover of Pamukbank, there has been no pro[...] |
2002-12-13 12:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
| 02ANKARA8976 | TURKEY POST-COPENHAGEN [...]) Summary: Turkey is reacting with disappointment and resignation to the EU's decision at the Dec. 12-13 Copenhagen summit: 1) to rev[...] |
2002-12-13 17:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU |
| 02ANKARA8986 | BP STILL ANALYZING COMMERCIAL VIABILITY OF SHAH [...]) Summary and comment: BP's gas analyst is struggling to make the commercial case for Shah Deniz -- although he claims top management[...] |
2002-12-16 13:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
| 02ANKARA9051 | TURKEY: AK PARTY SEES DENKTAS AS OBSTACLE TO [...]) Summary: The political debate in Ankara regarding Turkey's EU candidacy and the future of Cyprus is revealing sharp differences betw[...] |
2002-12-19 12:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 02ANKARA9054 | DRAFT NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...][...] |
2002-12-19 13:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV EFIN ECON KIPR TU |
| 02ANKARA9071 | SEZER VETO CALLS SIIRT ELECTIONS INTO QUESTION [...]) President Sezer's Dec. 19 veto of a constitutional amendment package, which is designed to reinstate AK Leader Erdogan's political r[...] |
2002-12-20 13:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU |
| 02ANKARA9075 | TURKEY'S ECONOMY: CONCERN WITH GOT INDECISIVENESS [...]SBU) Summary: IMF resident rep briefed us on the results of the ten-day IMF mission which finished December 20. The IMF is concerned [...] |
2002-12-20 16:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA9166 | AMB. MANN'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...]) Summary: AK party officials, including Energy Minister Guler and three newly-elected parliamentarians, confirmed their support for [...] |
2002-12-30 05:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
| 02ANKARA9181 | TURKISH GOVERNMENT FULLY RESOLVES CITIBANK TAX [...]SBU) Citibank General Manager for Turkey Mark Robinson informed us December 23 that Turkish Finance Minister Kemal Unakitan reversed a[...] |
2002-12-30 10:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PREL TU |
| 02BRASILIA4227 | A/S REICH'S MEETING WITH LULA [...][...] |
2002-11-22 12:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
| 02COLOMBO1434 | Scenesetter for your upcoming visit to [...]) I want to extend a very warm welcome to you on your August 22-23 visit to Sri Lanka. The Country Team and the entire Mission commun[...] |
2002-08-06 09:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ECON CE LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO1448 | ECONOMIC REFORMS [...]) Summary: In its eight months in power, Sri Lanka's UNF government has made measurable progress on one of its main goals, economic re[...] |
2002-08-07 11:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ETRD CE ECONOMICS |
| 02COLOMBO1452 | SRI LANKA: FIRST HALF ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE [...]mmary: After a year of declining indicators in 2001, growth in the Sri Lankan economy turned positive in the first half of 2002. Ce[...] |
2002-08-08 05:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD PGOV CE ECONOMICS |
| 02COLOMBO1551 | SRI LANKA: DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE HEARS HOPES [...]C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Armitage had four brief "pull-aside" meetings at the start of a reception held in his honor, August 22, w[...] |
2002-08-23 02:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PARM ECON ETRD CE LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO1610 | Telecommunication reforms and opportunities in Sri [...]ummary: Sri Lanka plans extensive reforms in the telecommunications sector with the aim of developing a technology-neutral, open and c[...] |
2002-09-03 09:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KTDB BEXP ECPS ECON EINV ETRD CE ECONOMICS |
| 02COLOMBO1619 | Peace process update: Tiger-Muslim talks said [...]C) This update of Sri Lanka's peace process reviews the following: -- Tamil Tiger spokesman and Muslim leader reportedly �[...] |
2002-06-02 05:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREF PHUM ECON EAID CE LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO1633 | SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT FINANCE-DOLLAR DEBT AND [...]ummary: The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) has requested proposals for a financial facility of up to $350 million to finance the budge[...] |
2002-09-06 02:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KTDB BEXP ECON EINV ETRD EFIN CE ECONOMICS |
| 02COLOMBO1734 | UNDP AND UNFPA COUNTRY PROGRAMS FOR MALDIVES [...]ost endorses UNDP country program for Maldives for 2003- ¶2007. UNDP'S overall objectives of reducing poverty and disparities are [...] |
2002-09-17 11:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID ECON PHUM MV UNDP |
| 02COLOMBO1750 | Scenesetter for your upcoming visit to [...]C) I want to extend a warm welcome to you on your September 28-30 visit to Sri Lanka. Your visit comes at an exciting time. A ceasef[...] |
2002-09-19 10:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ECON CE |
| 02COLOMBO1878 | Scenesetter for DRL P/DAS Parmly's upcoming [...]) I want to extend a warm welcome to you on your upcoming visit to Sri Lanka. Your visit comes at an exciting time, with many of the [...] |
2002-10-08 11:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER ECON CE LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO1879 | Radical JVP party sponsors lightly attended [...]U) In a first, an anti-U.S. Iraq policy demonstration took place in Colombo on October 7. The rally, which took place near the embass[...] |
2002-10-07 11:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL ECON KPAO CE IZ |
| 02COLOMBO1887 | SRI LANKA: REQUEST FOR DEBT RELIEF UNDER TROPICAL [...]is is an action request. Please see para. 3. ¶2. The Ambassador received the following letter dated September 19 from K.N[...] |
2002-10-09 06:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON CE ECONOMICS |
| 02COLOMBO1908 | SCENESETTER FOR DAS CAMP'S VISIT TO SRI LANKA [...]) I want to extend a warm welcome to you on your upcoming visit to Sri Lanka. Your visit comes at an exciting time, with many of the [...] |
2002-10-11 05:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL PTER CE LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO1979 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY USTR HUNTSMAN'S NOVEMBER [...]U) I extend to you a warm welcome in advance of your visit to Sri Lanka next month for the first meeting of the U.S. - Sri Lankan Trad[...] |
2002-10-23 04:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD CE WTO USTR ECONOMICS LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO2133 | Tigers gradually expand network of control in [...]C) SUMMARY: A Mission team visited Sri Lanka's Eastern Province on November 12. On the surface, the situation in Batticaloa and Ampa[...] |
2002-11-14 11:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS ECON SOCI CE LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO2194 | SRI LANKA: DEPUTY USTR HUNTSMAN PUSHES FURTHER [...]U) Summary: Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jon M. Huntsman Jr. used his November 19-22 visit to Sri Lanka to push the GS[...] |
2002-11-26 10:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EINV CE USTR ECONOMICS |
| 02COLOMBO2196 | SRI LANKA: FIRST JOINT COUNCIL MEETING UNDER [...]ummary: In the first Joint Council meeting under the US - Sri Lanka TIFA, the GSL identified its goal as an eventual Free Trade Agreem[...] |
2002-11-26 10:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EINV CE USTR ECONOMICS |
| 02COLOMBO2202 | SRI LANKA: A REFORM-MINDED 2003 BUDGET [...]ummary: Indicating government commitment to fiscal discipline and continued reforms, the 2003 GSL budget concentrated on improving th[...] |
2002-11-27 10:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD CE ECONOMICS |
| 02COLOMBO2315 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF COMMERCE A/S LASH TO [...]n behalf of the country team and the entire mission community, I extend to you a warm welcome in advance of your visit to Sri Lanka. [...] |
2002-12-16 11:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EINV CE USTR ECONOMICS |
| 02COLOMBO2323 | During Mission visit, Maldivian MFA says it is [...]S/NF) SUMMARY: During a December 17 meeting in Male, Polchief urged the Maldivian government to sign an ICC Article 98 agreement with[...] |
2002-12-18 11:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER ECON MV KICC UN |
| 02COLOMBO2346 | SRI LANKA: COMMERCE A/S LASH PUSHES INVESTMENT [...]mmary: Following up on President Bush's July commitment to Prime Minister Wickremesinghe to examine areas for greater economic engage[...] |
2002-12-24 05:58:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EINV CE USTR CWC |
| 02FRANKFURT11411 | SAARLAND MINISTER PRESIDENT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE [...]U) Summary: On December 4, Consul General Peter Bodde met with Saarland Minister-President Peter Mueller (CDU) in Saarbruecken. Muell[...] |
2002-12-10 13:51:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ETRD BEXP GM |
| 02FRANKFURT11824 | GERMANY'S OLDEST POWER PLANT, OBRIGHEIM TO SHUT [...]SBU) Summary: Federal Environment Minister Juergen Trittin and Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg (ENBW, Germany's third largest energy supp[...] |
2002-12-20 15:23:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON SENV PGOV GM EUN |
| 02HANOI102 | VIETNAM: SRILA POLASKI BRIEFS GVN OFFICIALS ON [...]UMMARY: STATE DEPARTMENT SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR INTERNATIONAL LABOR AFFAIRS (SRILA) SANDRA POLASKI BRIEFED VIETNAMESE TRADE AND LA[...] |
2002-01-15 07:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD ECON PHUM VM CB LABOR |
| 02HANOI1124 | JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER AFFIRMS COOPERATION IN [...]SBU) SUMMARY. PRIME MINISTER JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI AFFIRMED JAPAN'S SUPPORT FOR BILATERAL COOPERATION IN SECURITY AS PART OF AN ENHANCED[...] |
2002-05-06 10:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ETRD EAID ECON PGOV JA VM CTERR |
| 02HANOI133 | HA GIANG: SLEEPY BORDER PROVINCE TRYING TO [...]U) SUMMARY. HA GIANG PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS ARE HOPEFUL THAT THE RECENTLY DECLARED "BORDER ECONOMIC ZONE" WILL STIMULATE DEVELOPMENT I[...] |
2002-01-18 10:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON PHUM PGOV VM |
| 02HANOI1384 | VIETNAM: EFFECTING CHANGE WITH THE BTA AND [...]LASSIFIED BY ECON/C CLAIRE PIERANGELO, REASONS 1.5 (D) ¶2. (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: DURING RECENT MEETINGS AND CONVER[...] |
2002-05-30 10:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECIN ETRD EAID PREL KJUS VM BTA |
| 02HANOI1523 | VIETNAM: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ON THE AGENDA [...]UMMARY: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS CONTINUES A FRONT- BURNER ISSUE AMONG THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND SOME GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN VIETNAM.[...] |
2002-06-13 05:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON VN IPROP |
| 02HANOI1760 | LEADERSHIP RUMBLINGS [...]) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RAYMOND BURGHARDT, REASON: 1.5 (D) ¶2. (C) SUMMARY. THE LEADERSHIP TURNOVER AT THE 11TH �[...] |
2002-07-12 09:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS ECON PREL VM DPOL |
| 02HANOI1769 | VIETNAM: NEW ORDINANCE ON PRICES [...]E STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSED A NEW PRICE ORDINANCE NO. 40 ON APRIL 26, 2002. THE ORDINANCE CAME INTO EFFECT O[...] |
2002-07-15 09:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD VM |
| 02HANOI2028 | NGHE AN: DEVELOPING, BUT A LONG WAY TO GO [...]U) SUMMARY. NGHE AN PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS ARE HOPEFUL THAT A STRATEGIC LOCATION AND IMPROVING (THOUGH STILL WEAK) INFRASTRUCTURE WILL[...] |
2002-08-16 08:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON PGOV PHUM VM |
| 02HANOI2057 | VIETNAM: NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON EMPLOYMENT LAWS AND [...] AUGUST 15 - 16, 2002, IN HANOI, A NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON "EMPLOYMENT LAWS AND POLICIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES" WAS JOINTLY ORGANI[...] |
2002-08-21 07:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON VN LABOR |
| 02HANOI2209 | VIETNAM AND THE EUROPEAN UNION [...]U) SUMMARY. THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU) IS ONE OF VIETNAM'S KEY DONORS AND AN IMPORTANT POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC PARTNER. HUMAN RIGHTS IS [...] |
2002-09-10 09:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD SOCI EAID ECON XG XH VM HUMANR |
| 02HANOI2297 | PHU QUOC ISLAND - BULLISH ON DEVELOPMENT BUT. . . [...]U) SUMMARY. PHU QUOC ISLAND DISTRICT OFFICIALS ARE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT DEVELOPMENT BEYOND AGRICULTURE AND FISHING, ITS TRADITIONAL ECON[...] |
2002-09-23 10:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON VM |
| 02HANOI2345 | VIETNAM'S POLITICAL FUTURE [...]U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RAYMOND BURGHARDT, CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02345 01 OF 04 270[...] |
2002-09-27 09:31:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL ECON SOCI PHUM VM DPOL HUMANR |
| 02HANOI2390 | ASEM IV - THE VIEW FROM HANOI [...]U) SUMMARY. GVN OFFICIALS CHARACTERIZED THE FOURTH ASIA-EUROPEAN MEETING (ASEM) AS A "SUCCESS." VIETNAM'S MAIN GOAL WAS TO ADVANCE E[...] |
2002-10-03 08:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD SOCI EAID ECON VM |
| 02HANOI2493 | NONG DUC MANH VISITS JAPAN: ACCORDING TO SCRIPT [...]SBU) SUMMARY. NONG DUC MANH, GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV), VISITED JAPAN OCTOBER 2-5. BOTH SIDES PREDIC[...] |
2002-10-15 07:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ETRD EAID ECON JA VM |
| 02HANOI2622 | NONG DUC MANH VISITS RUSSIA AND BELARUS, [...]U) SUMMARY. NONG DUC MANH, GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV), VISITED RUSSIA OCTOBER 9- 13 AND BELARUS OCTOB[...] |
2002-10-30 09:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ETRD EAID ECON BO RS VM |
| 02HANOI2709 | VIETNAM-RUSSIA: STRONG BUT "PRAGMATIC" [...]U) SUMMARY. SINCE THE BREAKUP OF THE SOVIET UNION, VIETNAM'S TIES WITH RUSSIA HAVE EVOLVED FROM CLIENT STATE TO A RELATIONSHIP BASED[...] |
2002-11-08 04:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ETRD ECON EPET ENRG RS VM |
| 02HANOI2893 | VIETNAM: SURVEY OF INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL [...]ER THE PAST FEW YEARS VIETNAM HAS PUT IN PLACE THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK NECESSARY TO PROVIDE BASIC PROTECTION FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIG[...] |
2002-12-04 07:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD EAID ECON VN IPROP |
| 02HANOI3037 | WRAP-UP OF THE 11TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 2ND SESSION [...]U) SUMMARY. THE 11TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (NA) CONCLUDED ITS SECOND SESSION ON DECEMBER 16, HAVING BEGUN ITS USUAL [...] |
2002-12-20 07:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON VM DPOL |
| 02HANOI3108 | VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING: A REALISTIC [...]U) SUMMARY: THE TENTH VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP OF DONORS (CG) MEETING TOOK PLACE IN HANOI DECEMBER 9-11, ¶2002. DONORS AT THE ME[...] |
2002-12-31 06:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE SOE FINREF |
| 02HANOI573 | POVERTY AND REMINDERS OF WAR IN CENTRAL VIETNAM [...]U) SUMMARY: DIVIDED BY THE OLD DMZ, QUANG TRI AND QUANG BINH ARE UNITED IN POVERTY NOT SO MUCH BECAUSE OF WAR'S DESTRUCTION, BUT BEC[...] |
2002-03-14 04:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI ECON PHUM EAID PGOV VM |
| 02HANOI589 | VIETNAM'S INCREASING ROLE IN THE INTERNATIONAL [...]U) SUMMARY. VIETNAM HAS MOVED STEADILY TO INCREASE ITS PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL AND MULTILATERAL FORA SINCE THE COMMUNIST PART[...] |
2002-03-14 09:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI EAID ECON VM UN HUMANR APEC ASEAN |
| 02HARARE1137 | ASIAN/INDIAN COMMUNITY HAS A MUTED REACTION TO [...]SBU) On April 24 the government press carried a statement by Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veteran's Association Director for Proje[...] |
2002-05-10 11:39:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KCRM PGOV ZI |
| 02HARARE1188 | TOBACCO SELLERS GRANTED A SELECTIVE [...]SBU) On May 16, after two days of boycotts by tobacco farmers of the sales of their crop due to an uneconomic return assured by the of[...] |
2002-05-17 09:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE1221 | POACHING OF WILDLIFE IS RAMPANT IN ZIMBABWE [...]SBU) Summary: The poaching of wild game, by both commercial and subsistence hunters, has now reached crisis proportions in Zimbabwe. [...] |
2002-05-21 14:35:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR SENV ZI |
| 02HARARE1237 | MAY 22 DISCUSSIONS WITH MDC MP DAVID COLTART [...]c) Summary: Ambassador and DCM met with MDC MP and shadow justice minister David Coltart over breakfast on May ¶22. Coltart addr[...] |
2002-05-22 14:43:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAGR ECON PHUM ZI |
| 02HARARE1254 | DESPITE CORRECT WORDS OF AGRICULTURE MINISTER, [...]SBU) In a message carried on state television during the Sunday, May 19 evening news, the Minister for Lands, Agriculture and Rural De[...] |
2002-05-24 05:17:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PREL ZI |
| 02HARARE1291 | DESPITE CORRECT WORDS OF AGRICULTURE MINISTER, [...]SBU) In a message carried on state television during the Sunday, May 19 evening news, the Minister for Lands, Agriculture and Rural De[...] |
2002-05-30 12:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PREL ZI |
| 02HARARE1309 | RESETTLEMENT ON THE FARMS: THE REALITY ON THE [...]BU) Summary: A visit to four farms in a prime agricultural area 2 hours from Harare reveals that chaos reigns, and productivity by the[...] |
2002-05-31 09:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PGOV PHUM ZI |
| 02HARARE1385 | 2002 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR ZIMBABWE [...][...] |
2002-06-07 07:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KTDB EFIN ETRD ECON EIND ZI |
| 02HARARE1406 | THE ZIMDOLLAR PLUMMETS ON THE PARALLEL MARKET [...]SBU) Summary: After remaining fairly stable for six months from December 2001 at around Z $320=US $1, the Zimdollar has devalued sharp[...] |
2002-06-12 07:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE1581 | NEGATIVE FACTORS COMBINE TO DRASTICALLY DRAG [...]SBU) A powerful and negative combination of factors is now causing significant damage to Zimbabwe's economy, and the country's politic[...] |
2002-07-03 14:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE1635 | COMMERCIAL FARMERS CHARGED WITH CRIME OF FARMING [...]mmary: On July 4-5, 15 Chiredzi-area commercial sugar farmers were charged with violating section 8 of the Land Acquisition Act by co[...] |
2002-07-15 13:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON PGOV ZI |
| 02HARARE1664 | ZIMBABWE FINANCE MINISTER PROVIDES STARK ECONOMIC [...]C) In a June 25 letter to the Cabinet's economic and finance committe, Finance Minister Simba Makoni provided a stark picture of Zimb[...] |
2002-07-19 08:33:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE1719 | ZIMBABWE FACES FUEL SHORTAGES UNLESS NEW [...]) Summary. Amid rumors of imminent fuel shortages reminiscent of those that occurred in 1998, a local economist estimates that Zimbab[...] |
2002-07-25 12:37:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE1728 | RADICAL ECONOMIC VISION ADVOCATED BY ZIMBABWE [...]) Summary. Post has received a confidential document authored from within the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) outlining an "economic po[...] |
2002-07-26 06:17:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE1745 | ZIMBABWE: MUGABE'S RECENT REMARKS TROUBLING - RULE [...]) Summary: On July 25, President Mugabe went on record saying that the State would defy court judgments with which it did not agree. [...] |
2002-07-30 10:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI |
| 02HARARE1775 | STEALTH DEVALUATION: "THROUGH THE BACKDOOR" [...]) Summary. Despite President Mugabe's vigorous insistence that "devaluation is dead" (see reftel), the GOZ has tacitly conceded -- wi[...] |
2002-08-05 09:44:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE1819 | GLOOMY COMMERCIAL FARMERS' UNION CONGRESS ADJOURNS [...]) Summary. The 59th annual Commercial Farmers, Union (CFU) Congress was a gloomy affair that took place under the pall of an August 8[...] |
2002-08-08 13:19:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAGR ECON ZI |
| 02HARARE1822 | COMMERCIAL FARMS APPEAR CALM AS INITIAL DEADLINE [...]) As the August 8 midnight deadline for commercial farmers to vacate their farms and homesteads came and went, there are no reports of[...] |
2002-08-09 07:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAGR ECON ZI |
| 02HARARE1826 | POSSIBLE TEMPORARY REPRIEVE FOR SOME COMMERCIAL [...]C) The day before the August 8 deadline for designated farmers to leave their properties (reftel), a High Court judge issued a ruling[...] |
2002-08-09 10:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR ECON ZI |
| 02HARARE1827 | JUSTICE FOR AGRICULTURE -- TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE [...]BU) Summary. Laboff attended the inaugural meeting of the JAG on Tuesday, August 6. This group was formed by some of the more confron[...] |
2002-08-09 11:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAGR ECON ZI |
| 02HARARE1830 | FEW COMMERCIAL FARMERS EVICTED AS CFU PERCEIVES [...]) Summary. Pursuant to the August 9 deadline for the first wave of commercial farmers to abandon their homesteads, in one region poli[...] |
2002-08-14 12:38:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAGR ECON ZI |
| 02HARARE1833 | MUGABE VOWS TO STAY THE COURSE IN PUBLIC SPEECHES [...]) In his annual Heroes Day Speech on August 12, only sparsely attended by the diplomatic community, Mugabe showed no indication of vee[...] |
2002-08-14 14:15:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ASEC ZI |
| 02HARARE1859 | MEDIA REACTION: LAND REFORM ZIMBABWE; HARARE [...]Under headline "Evict defiant farmers" the government- controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its August 15 editorial to e[...] |
2002-08-15 14:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR PGOV KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE1863 | BREDENKAMP CONSULTANT DISCUSSES HIS PROMINENT [...]) On August 15, Laboff met with a local economist and John Hollaway (protect), a Zimbabwean mining consultant, to discuss potential ec[...] |
2002-08-16 05:41:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN PINR ZI |
| 02HARARE1871 | NEW REPORTS OF FARM EVICTIONS [...]BU) Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) president David Hasluck called on Friday, August 16, to confirm several cases of farm eviction thro[...] |
2002-08-16 09:21:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PHUM PGOV ZI |
| 02HARARE1900 | COMMERCIAL FARMS: SITUATION REPORT [...]mmary: Arrests of farmers by the Zimbabwean authorities continue, with no break in the official party rationale and no indication of [...] |
2002-08-21 11:40:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON PHUM PGOV ZI |
| 02HARARE1901 | UNDP-DONOR MEETING: MORE DOOM AND GLOOM [...]BU) Summary. UNDP Resrep (and newly-named UN Humanitarian Affairs Coordinator) to Zimbabwe Victor Angelo met with donors on August 20[...] |
2002-08-21 12:10:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PHUM PGOV ZI |
| 02HARARE1934 | DISPLACED FARM WORKERS: UNADDRESSED HUMANITARIAN [...]) Summary: The arrests and evictions of commercial farmers continue, with most farmers being released on bail with varying condition[...] |
2002-08-23 09:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PHUM PGOV ZI |
| 02HARARE1943 | MUGABE'S CABINET RESHUFFLE REWARDS LOYALTY, NOT [...]C) In a long-anticipated move, President Mugabe named a new Cabinet on August 24 that looks very much like the old one, albeit with so[...] |
2002-08-26 13:06:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PINR ZI |
| 02HARARE2002 | INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDP) SITUATION [...]) Comprised mostly of workers and their families from commercial farms, the number of IDPs in Zimbabwe could surpass half a million in[...] |
2002-08-30 09:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ASEC ZI |
| 02HARARE2060 | POLICE, MILITARY ENFORCE NEW, UNOFFICIAL FARM [...]mmary. According to several reports received over the weekend, the GOZ has purportedly issued directives from "the highest levels" to[...] |
2002-09-09 12:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PHUM PGOV ZI |
| 02HARARE2102 | FUEL SHORTAGE OR PANIC BUYING? -- FUEL QUEUES [...]mmary. Various sources suggest that a nation-wide fuel shortage is likely sooner rather than later (reftel). Even with continued fin[...] |
2002-09-17 11:44:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET PGOV ZI |
| 02HARARE2118 | GOZ TO STRONG-ARM PENSION FUNDS FOR FINANCIAL [...]mmary. The GOZ is reportedly planning to issue Zim $30 billion in bonds, and require pension plans to buy them, in order to finance t[...] |
2002-09-18 13:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EFIN ECON ZI |
| 02HARARE2172 | Zimbabwe's Economy: Hardly a Pulse [...]BU) Summary: Robert Mugabe's government continues an assault on macroeconomics and private property. Without credible monetary and ex[...] |
2002-09-27 08:07:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV ZI |
| 02HARARE2246 | ZIMBABWE'S FOREX/FUEL QUANDARY [...]) Summary: Zimbabwe's fuel shortage has worsened. Each new Libyan demand for foreign exchange sets off an eleventh hour crisis, as the[...] |
2002-10-09 10:05:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EFIN ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE2296 | Zimbabwe Exporters May Bear Heavier Burden [...]) Summary: Zimbabwe's Reserve Bank will soon propose measures that would further punish the country's exporters, increasing an indirec[...] |
2002-10-17 06:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN ZI |
| 02HARARE2308 | Zimbabwe's Elusive Inflation Rate [...]mmary: Evidence suggests the GoZ understates the country's inflation, as the Central Statistical Office (CSO) relies on an outdated Co[...] |
2002-10-21 09:10:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ZI |
| 02HARARE2323 | Nearly 1,000 Zimdollar = 1 $US [...]mmary: Zimbabwe's currency has been falling. At almost Z$ 1,000/1 $US in parallel markets, the weak Zimdollar is exacerbating the GoZ[...] |
2002-10-23 05:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE2337 | RULING PARTY STEPS UP ATTACKS AGAINST NGOS [...]) A recent ZANU-PF theft of WFP food in Nsiza and GOZ orders to halt NGO food distribution in Binga come amid a looming general GOZ cr[...] |
2002-10-24 08:40:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON ASEC ZI ZANU PF |
| 02HARARE2339 | ZIMBABWE'S ECONOMY: PATIENT IS ON LIFE SUPPORT, [...]) Summary: Ambassador Sullivan and the economic/commercial section hosted a group of American-connected businessmen for lunch on Oct[...] |
2002-10-25 07:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN ZI |
| 02HARARE2354 | ZANU-PF WINS BY-ELECTION IN INSIZA [...]) The official media characterized Poloff's recent trip to the Insiza area ahead of by-elections there as "meddling". Able to concent[...] |
2002-10-28 15:05:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON ASEC ZI |
| 02HARARE2360 | Biggest Trucker Expounds on Smuggling, Fuel [...]BU) Summary: As some U.S. business reps have pointed out to us (ref a), unrecorded trade transactions now comprise a sizeable chunk of[...] |
2002-10-30 02:58:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE2361 | Business Community Tries to Engage Mugabe [...]) Summary: The heads of 8 large corporations in Zimbabwe are banking that their new association can engage the Government of Robert M[...] |
2002-10-30 02:59:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE2374 | ZCTU SECY-GNL'S THOUGHTS IN ADVANCE OF IVP VISIT [...]BU) Summary. Laboff met with Mr. Wellington Chibebe, Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions SIPDIS �[...] |
2002-11-01 05:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PHUM KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE2378 | EX-FINANCE CHIEF MAKONI'S DIM VIEW OF ECONOMY [...]) Summary: Ex-Finance Minister Simba Makoni fears thousands of Zimbabweans will soon suffer worsening effects of malnutrition due to l[...] |
2002-11-01 06:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ZI |
| 02HARARE2382 | Zimdollar is in tailspin [...]mmary: The USG has just purchased Zimdollars at Z$1500:US$1 on parallel markets. That makes a 58 percent devaluation in just 8 days, [...] |
2002-11-01 08:22:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ZI |
| 02HARARE2397 | Zimbabwe May Scrap Fuel Support [...]) Summary: Reportedly smarting from a first-hand encounter with dry fuel pumps, President Mugabe has suggested parastatal NOCZIM may r[...] |
2002-11-04 12:08:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EFIN ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE2478 | DEMOCRATIC SPACE FURTHER RESTRICTED [...]) The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) recently issued a report unusually critical of the GOZ, detailing a chronology of viole[...] |
2002-11-13 05:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON EFIN ASEC ZI |
| 02HARARE2482 | Will the Economy Implode? [...]mmary: The Government of Robert Mugabe has impoverished nearly every Zimbabwean, a case of collective downward mobility rarely experie[...] |
2002-11-13 10:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EFIN ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE2544 | U.S. OIL FIRMS COULD GET SQUEEZED [...]) Summary: Indigenous firms are pressing the GoZ to let them take over business from foreign oil firms, according to Mobil officials. [...] |
2002-11-18 06:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET ZI |
| 02HARARE2546 | 2003 Zimbabwe Budget: Initial Readout [...]mmary: The Finance Ministry's budget for 2003 all but guarantees Zimbabwe's economy will continue to freefall. The private sector is b[...] |
2002-11-18 08:54:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE2561 | Zimbabwe's Resettled Farms: Can They Work? [...]mmary: President Mugabe's fast track land reform ranks among the most emotionally-charged and polemical policies in Zimbabwe's 22-year[...] |
2002-11-19 05:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EFIN ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE2625 | IDPS--FEAR AND LOATHING IN ZIMBABWE [...] November 13 - 15 together with UN Senior Humanitarian Affairs Officer, Andrew Timpson, Poloff visited ex-commercial farm workers and [...] |
2002-11-20 15:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON ASEC ZI |
| 02HARARE2679 | Zimbabwe to Try Dual Interest Rates [...]mmary: The Reserve Bank announced it will allow the market to determine lending rates for most businesses and consumers while subsidiz[...] |
2002-11-22 11:04:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE2700 | ONLY 600 OF 4500 COMMERCIAL FARMERS STILL STANDING [...]ummary. Given the chaotic nature of President Mugabe's fast-track land reform, it is no easy task to quantify this program. Of 4,500[...] |
2002-11-26 05:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON PHUM PGOV ZI |
| 02HARARE2701 | LAND REFORM DECIMATES CATTLE INDUSTRIES [...]ummary. In addition to crop farmers, cattle farmers have also succumbed to the pressures of the land reform program. Currently, comm[...] |
2002-11-26 05:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON PHUM PGOV ZI |
| 02HARARE2747 | Govt shuts bureaux de change [...]mmary: Hundreds of bureaux de change have closed their doors as part of a GoZ strategy to kill the parallel currency market. Many bur[...] |
2002-12-03 09:45:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EFIN ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE2784 | ZCTU LEADERS ARRESTED IN ADVANCE OF FIZZLED [...][...] |
2002-12-10 13:12:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV ZI |
| 02HARARE2809 | Almost No Fuel [...]) Summary: Short of foreign exchange and shunned by Libya, this country is virtually running on empty. Doggedly patient Zimbabweans w[...] |
2002-12-17 14:06:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EFIN ETRD AMGT ZI |
| 02HARARE2819 | Business Leader Believes Zimbabwe Must Change [...]BU) Summary: Jewel Bank CEO Gideon Gono told us he believes Zimbabwe's macroeconomic imbalances are unsustainable over the next 6 mont[...] |
2002-12-18 08:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EFIN ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE2820 | Keeping the Lights On in Zimbabwe [...]mmary: The GoZ will need to spend over twice its revenue to meet appropriation goals in 2003, according to our calculations. It wil[...] |
2002-12-18 09:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EFIN ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE2821 | 2003 Budget Will Not Save Economy [...]mmary: Through its 2003 interventionist budget proposal, the GoZ hopes to revive the country's economy. It seeks to expand price contr[...] |
2002-12-18 09:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE2822 | Bulawayo's Sullen Industrialists [...]mmary: Exasperated by employee flight to neighboring countries and an ever more intrusive bureaucracy, firms in Zimbabwe's second larg[...] |
2002-12-18 09:56:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE2835 | Harare's Fuel Lines: It's Not Pretty [...]mmary: An informal poll of Embassy staff today indicates that it remains very difficult to obtain fuel in Harare. Nonetheless, several[...] |
2002-12-19 13:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EFIN ETRD AMGT ZI |
| 02HARARE2876 | GOZ adds more price controls [...]mmary: The macroeconomically-challenged GOZ expanded its price freeze list on December 28. New controls will lead to further shortages[...] |
2002-12-30 14:22:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EFIN ETRD AMGT ZI |
| 02HARARE561 | MDC DIPLOMATIC CORPS BRIEFING ON TRANSITION [...]C) SUMMARY. GOZ SECURITY OFFICIALS CUT SHORT A MARCH 4 MDC BRIEFING FOR THE DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY ON THE GROUNDS THAT THIS WAS AN "ILL[...] |
2002-03-04 13:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ECON PHUM ZI |
| 02HARARE81 | ZIMBABWE 2002 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...]LOW FIND OUR SUBMISSION OF THE 2002 ZIMBABWE CHAPTER FOR THE NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT. PER REF A INSTRUCTIONS WE HAVE MADE NO C[...] |
2002-01-09 13:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN ZI |
| 02HARARE928 | PRESIDENT'S 2002 AGOA REPORT, ZIMBABWE [...]SBU) Per reftel request we provide the following information: == Zimbabwe is not currently an AGOA beneficiary and g[...] |
2002-04-16 12:14:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL PHUM ZI |
| 02HARARE936 | POLITICAL ABUSE OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE [...]RECENT REPORTS INDICATE WIDESPREAD ABUSE IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD AND OTHER HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (AND SOCIAL SERVICES, PRINCIPAL[...] |
2002-04-16 13:17:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON |
| 02HARARE939 | COMMERCIAL FARMERS PESSIMISTIC RE: BOTH SHORT [...]) Summary: DCM and Laboff met with three representatives of the Commercial Farmers' Union (CMF) - David Hasluck, Director, Malcolm Vol[...] |
2002-04-17 08:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON PGOV PHUM ZI |
| 02HARARE942 | ZIMBABWE'S BALANCE OF PAYMENTS' OUTLOOK IS [...]SBU) A shrinking economy (GDP has declined by about 25 percent since 1998), land resettlement, high inflation, an artificially pegged [...] |
2002-04-17 10:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAGR ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE981 | MADE'S STATEMENT RE: LAND REFORM: MORE OF THE [...]SBU) Summary: In a press statement on April 12, 2002, Minister of Agriculture Joseph Made clarified the GOZ's stance on the conduct of[...] |
2002-04-23 14:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON PGOV PHUM ZI |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY1123 | VIETNAM'S IPR ENFORCEMENT: MICROSOFT STRIKES BACK [...]BU) SUMMARY: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR) ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES IN HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM RAIDED LOCAL COMPUTER SHOPS ON O[...] |
2002-11-06 04:41:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | VM ECON ETRD KIPR IPROP |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY117 | HCMC OFFICIALS CAN NOW RUN THE CITY [...]UMMARY: IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE A TEST CASE FOR VIETNAM'S MAJOR CITIES, THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT HAS DEVOLVED SOME SIGNIFICANT POWERS TO [...] |
2002-02-05 07:38:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV SOCI ETRD VM |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY154 | STATE ENTERPRISES GROW, FDI FLOPS IN CAN THO [...]UMMARY: CAN THO, THE MEKONG DELTA'S ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL HUB, IS HUNGRY FOR FOREIGN INVESTMENT, SAY LOCAL OFFICIALS, BUT THE CITY'S[...] |
2002-02-21 09:16:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD VM SOE |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY538 | HCMC FACES REGIONAL IPR WOES [...]FTER THE BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT JOINT COMMITTEE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HO CHI 00538 01 OF 03[...] |
2002-05-21 10:52:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR VM IPROP |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY602 | INSPECTORATE SHATTERS HARD ROCK CAFE - BUT THE [...]THOUGH HCMC VIDEO STALLS ARE STILL FILLED WITH CHEAP VERSIONS OF HOLLYWOOD FAVORITES, LOCAL IPR AUTHORITIES ARE FINALLY FORCING ONE TR[...] |
2002-06-17 08:59:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR VM IPROP |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY779 | OFDA TAX DOLLARS AT WORK: ALLEVIATING SOME [...]) SUMMARY: AN OFDA-FUNDED DISASTER RELIEF PROJECT HAS BROUGHT A SMALL MEASURE OF RELIEF TO POVERTY- STRICKEN MEKONG DELTA FAMILIES, HA[...] |
2002-07-30 07:07:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EAGR SENV VM |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY785 | THE FREE MARKET PHENOMENON OF ONE VIETNAMESE [...](U) SUMMARY: FOR ONE VIETNAMESE FARMER IN THE MEKONG DELTA, PRODUCTION OF "TRA" AND "BASA" -- THE FISH FORMERLY KNOWN AS "CATFISH" --[...] |
2002-08-01 06:45:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS EAGR ETRD ECON VM |
| 02ISTANBUL1933 | ISTANBUL'S MARKET ANALYSTS COME TO TERMS WITH [...]) Summary: While much of Istanbul's secular establishment remains wary and suspicious of Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Developmen[...] |
2002-11-01 16:04:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON TU |
| 02ISTANBUL2110 | ISTANBUL'S MINIATURE OECD: ENCOURAGING PRIVATE [...]) SENSITIVE-- NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION ¶2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials at Istanbul's Center for Private Sector [...] |
2002-12-09 06:02:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID TU |
| 02ISTANBUL2195 | LIMITED COPENHAGEN FALLOUT FAILS TO PROVIDE RELIEF [...]BU) Summary: The week after Copenhagen has been a tough one on Turkey's financial markets. The Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) has slum[...] |
2002-12-23 12:56:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN TU |
| 02JERUSALEM143 | READYING PECDAR TO FILL THE "HAMAS GAP" [...]C) SUMMARY: PECDAR DIRECTOR MOHAMMAD SHTAYYEH REPORTS THAT HE HAS ARAFAT'S BLESSING TO ESTABLISH PECDAR RELIEF PROGRAMS THAT WOULD FI[...] |
2002-01-17 15:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PTER KWBG |
| 02KATHMANDU1183 | Consular Visit Assesses Conditions Outside [...]ummary. Consul and Consular Assistant completed a five-day road trip last week to assess concerns about the safety of AmCit travel ou[...] |
2002-06-15 03:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC ECON NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1344 | NEPAL'S FY 03 BUDGET FOCUSES ON SECURITY, CUTS [...]SBU) On July 8 Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba presented a budget that for the first time puts "maintaining peace and security" in [...] |
2002-07-10 11:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU2066 | NEPAL: NEW FINANCE MINISTER OUTLINES PRIORITIES [...]) This cable contains business-sensitive information and should be handled accordingly. ------------ Summary [...] |
2002-10-30 10:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV GON |
| 02KATHMANDU2158 | SAARC: SECRETARIAT COMMENTS ON LATEST COUNCIL FOR [...]) On November 14, the Economic Officer met with Rajiv Chander, Director of Trade Economic and Transportation Division of the South Asi[...] |
2002-11-15 08:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON NP XD |
| 02KATHMANDU2217 | NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY UNDERMINES [...]UMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: While the people of Nepal have borne the brunt of the brutal seven-year Maoist insurgency, which has claimed [...] |
2002-11-22 08:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV ECON EAGR PTER EAID TBIO XD NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2237 | MAOIST IMPACT: NEPAL'S FORESTS UNDER SIEGE [...]UMMARY: The impact of the Maoist insurgency has not been limited to Nepal's national parks and conservation areas (septel). The assau[...] |
2002-11-25 08:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV ECON EAGR PTER EAID TBIO XD NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2264 | NEPAL: ARMY PLAN TO INITIATE INDUSTRIAL SECURITY [...]C) In a November 21 meeting with Ambassadors and Nepali business leaders, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen. Pyar Jung Thapa announced pl[...] |
2002-11-27 12:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS ECON PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU495 | HEMORRHAGING FROM ON HIGH: COMMISSION RECOMMENDS [...]SBU) A commission has recommended the partial privatization of the state-owned national air carrier Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation ([...] |
2002-03-08 11:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON NP |
| 02KATHMANDU655 | WEAVING TERROR: MAOIST ATTACKS ON CARPET INDUSTRY [...]) Summary. For five minutes on the evening of March 25, forty to fifty suspected Maoist youths terrorized a carpet business at the ed[...] |
2002-04-01 11:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ELAB ECON ASEC CASC PREF PHUM NP |
| 02KATHMANDU680 | HIMALAYAN TOURISM HEADED DOWNHILL [...]MMARY: Nepal's tourism industry, one of the country's top sources of foreign exchange, has been facing tough times in recent months, [...] |
2002-04-04 09:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU685 | DROUGHT ASSESSMENT/MITIGATION IN WESTERN S ASIA [...]n response to ref a, the Regional Environment Office (REO) for South Asia in Kathmandu offers the following proposal on drought assess[...] |
2002-04-05 04:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID EAGR ECON SOCI PK IN AF XD REO |
| 02KATHMANDU892 | NEPAL'S ECONOMIC GROWTH: ANOTHER CASUALTY OF THE [...]SBU) The economy of Nepal, already one of the poorest countries in the world, is in crisis, struggling under the combined squeeze of [...] |
2002-05-07 12:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU964 | UPDATE: ATTACKS ON INFRASTRUCTURE [...]U) Nearly 4,000 people--civilians, military, police and insurgents--have been killed in Nepal's six-year-old Maoist insurgency to date[...] |
2002-05-17 10:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ECON ECPS ENRG NP |
| 02KUWAIT5179 | (SBU) BANKRUPT BY 2026: KUWAIT'S LOOMING SOCIAL [...]BU) SUMMARY: Important enough to disrupt the opening of the National Assembly, a draft amendment to the Social Securities law is the s[...] |
2002-12-01 11:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON KU |
| 02KUWAIT5257 | AFGHAN ASSISTANCE: KUWAIT PREPARED TO PARTICIPATE [...][...] |
2002-12-04 12:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL ECON KU AF |
| 02KUWAIT5296 | QATAR GAS TO KUWAIT [...][...] |
2002-12-10 06:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PGOV ENRG ECON KU SA |
| 02KUWAIT5560 | (S) TERRORIST FINANCE: INFORMATION ON NGO WITH [...]/NF) Per reftel request, the following information is provided regarding Kuwait-based NGO Lajnat Al-Daawa Al-Islamiya (LDI: Islamic C[...] |
2002-12-29 06:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PK KU PTER ETTC EFIN ECON CVIS |
| 02LAGOS146 | SOUTHERN SECESSION UNLIKELY DESPITE TENSIONS [...]) Summary. While electoral divisions are under growing media scrutiny, most southern political analysts privately acknowledge that fe[...] |
2002-12-07 11:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF KDEM ECON PINR NI |
| 02LAGOS1870 | FUTURE OF NIGERIA AIRWAYS [...]SBU) Summary: The wetlease agreement of Nigeria Airways Limited (NAL) with Air Atlanta Icelandic (AAI) was set to expire on September [...] |
2002-09-19 06:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON NI |
| 02LAGOS76 | SOUTHERN SECESSION UNLIKELY DESPITE TENSIONS [...]) Summary. While electoral divisions are under growing media scrutiny, most southern political analysts privately acknowledge that fe[...] |
2002-12-07 11:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON NI PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
| 02MILAN338 | QADHAFI'S SON ON ITALY-LIBYA RELATIONS [...]UMMARY: SEIF QADHAFI, SON OF LIBYAN LEADER MUAMMOR QADHAFI, SPOKE AT ISPI (INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS) IN MILAN[...] |
2002-06-12 15:05:00 | Consulate Milan | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR PINS PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN ECON |
| 02PRETORIA506 | THE NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENT [...]) SUMMARY: ECONOFF MET JANUARY 24 WITH DAVID MALCOLMSON, DFA NEPAD COORDINATOR, TO REVIEW RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE EVOLUTION OF TH[...] |
2002-01-28 13:47:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PREL SF CA |
| 02RANGOON1219 | UNDP BURMA SETTLES IN FOR NEW PHASE [...]) Summary: The UNDP is in a holding pattern in Burma as it awaits both UNDP board and Burmese government approval for its ongoing effo[...] |
2002-09-20 10:22:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON BM UNDP |
| 02RANGOON1253 | IMF: TAKE YOUR ADVICE AND... [...]) Summary: IMF proposals for marginal economic reforms in Burma have been brushed aside by the government. Japanese efforts to stimul[...] |
2002-09-27 09:14:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON BM |
| 02RANGOON1292 | BURMA: BREADBASKET AND BASKET CASE [...]) Summary: Persistent reports of unrest at food warehouses and distribution points in Burma suggest the government ration system may b[...] |
2002-10-04 09:29:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR PHUM BM |
| 02RANGOON1340 | BURMA: DARKNESS AT NOON [...]) Summary: Power is flowing nearly 24 hours a day in the capital. The government is making this happen through a hodgepodge of policy[...] |
2002-10-16 06:37:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON BM |
| 02RANGOON1366 | BURMA: JAPANESE UNLIKELY TO PUSH REFORM FINANCING [...]) Summary: Japanese experts say that Japan plans to discuss economic reform during Prime Minister Koizumi's meeting with Senior Gener[...] |
2002-10-23 09:40:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON BM |
| 02RANGOON1468 | BURMESE ECONOMY: YES WE HAVE NO BANANAS...OR [...]BU) Summary: The regime's continued mismanagement of the Burmese economy has given another push to its downward slide in recent month[...] |
2002-11-14 08:36:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN BM |
| 02RANGOON1557 | BURMA: BANKS AND CONSTRUCTION BOOMS, A BAD MIX [...]) Summary: The puzzling construction boom, continuing in Rangoon despite the dismal economy and an unclear demand, is being fueled by [...] |
2002-12-06 03:20:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EIND ECON BM |
| 02RANGOON1567 | RAZALI HEARS THE SAME TUNE ON ECONOMY, UNDP [...]) Summary: UN Special Envoy for Burma Razali Ismail, during his November visit to Rangoon, paid a call on the SPDC's Minister for Nati[...] |
2002-12-09 09:15:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON BM UNDP |
| 02RANGOON1571 | KACHIN ETHNIC BUSINESSES: JADE, GOLD, AND LIQUOR [...]) Summary: Ethnic Kachin cease-fire groups have benefited significantly from semi-autonomous economic control of their areas of influ[...] |
2002-12-11 00:17:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN PINS BM |
| 02RANGOON1585 | KACHIN JADE MINING: THE ROAD TO RICHES AND RUIN [...]BU) Summary: Jade mining and smuggling are big business in Kachin State. Concession sales provide revenue for both the government and[...] |
2002-12-12 06:44:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ECON PHUM BM |
| 02RANGOON1589 | BURMA'S ECONOMIC PROSPECTS: HOW LOW CAN THEY GO? [...]) The full text of the Burma Country Commercial Guide is available on the internet or via email from wohlauerbv@state.gov. The follow[...] |
2002-12-12 10:15:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON BM |
| 02RANGOON1648 | NGOS HARD AT WORK IN KACHIN STATE [...]BU) Summary: International NGOs (INGOs) are working well in Kachin State. Though few in number, they are providing urgently needed p[...] |
2002-12-26 08:50:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID SOCI ECON BM NGO |
| 02ROME1059 | THE EURO CHANGEOVER IN ITALY [...]MMARY: ITALYS TRANSITION TO THE EURO WENT SMOOTHLY, WITH A FEW SNAGS PRINCIPALLY IN THE SOUTH. ITALIANS STOPPED USING LIRE ON FEBRUAR[...] |
2002-02-28 14:30:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN IT PAGE ROME OF |
| 02ROME1072 | 2002 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: ITALY [...]UMMARY: EMBASSY ROME RECOMMENDS THAT ITALY REMAIN ON THE 301 WATCH LIST. COPYRIGHT PIRACY LEVELS HAVE FALLEN SHARPLY SINCE 2000, WHE[...] |
2002-02-28 18:02:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD IT |
| 02ROME1091 | THE EURO CHANGEOVER IN ITALY [...]MMARY: ITALYS TRANSITION TO THE EURO WENT SMOOTHLY, WITH ONLY A FEW SNAGS PRINCIPALLY IN THE SOUTH. ITALIANS STOPPED USING LIRE ON F[...] |
2002-03-01 13:39:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN IT EUN |
| 02ROME1232 | GOI ON EU/USG IMPASSE ON IDA GRANTS NEAR [...]) SUMMARY. THE EU'S POSITION ON AN ENHANCED IDA GRANT PROGRAM IS CLEAR: SUCH A PROGRAM MUST BE VERY LIMITED IN SCOPE, TARGETED FOR BAS[...] |
2002-03-08 16:04:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON IT IDA EUN |
| 02ROME1396 | ITALIAN ASSISTANCE TO NATO ASPIRANTS [...]INARDO BENARDELLI, OF THE MFA ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE DEPARTMENT, CONFIRMED THAT ITALIAN ASSISTANCE IS LIMITED TO ALBANIA AND MACEDONIA. &[...] |
2002-03-19 12:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR ECON IT AL MC NATO |
| 02ROME1517 | ITALY UPBEAT (SORT OF) ON STABILITY PACT [...]) SUMMARY. THE GOI BELIEVES THAT SOUTHEAST EUROPE COOPERATIVE PROCESS STATES HAVE VERY RECENTLY BECOME MUCH MORE REALISTIC IN EVALUAT[...] |
2002-03-26 10:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ECON IT KSEI PREL |
| 02ROME1610 | AMBASSADOR TOUR D'HORIZON WITH EU AFFAIRS MINISTER [...]) SUMMARY: DURING A MARCH 26 COURTESY CALL ON EU AFFAIRS MINISTER ROCCO BUTTIGLIONE, THE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED THE EU CONSTITUTIONAL CO[...] |
2002-03-29 12:55:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV IT EUN |
| 02ROME1697 | OUR MESSAGE ON BIOTECH: GOI NEEDS TO HEAR IT DIRECT [...]) THIS IS AN URGENT ACTION MESSAGE. ¶2. (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: I NEED YOUR HELP TO KEEP THE GOI FROM SLIDING I[...] |
2002-04-04 14:58:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD IT PREL SENV TBIO EUN |
| 02ROME17 | ITALIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES 2002 BUDGET [...]MMARY: THE SENATE APPROVED ITALY'S 2002 BUDGET ON DECEMBER 22, WHICH HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY PASSED BY THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. THE E17 B[...] |
2002-01-02 15:15:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD IT |
| 02ROME1726 | ITALY'S WRONG TURN ON BIOTECH: WHAT WE SHOULD DO [...]) SUMMARY. THIS COMPANION PIECE TO REF A PROVIDES ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND, SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS FOR SENIOR WASHINGTON OFFICIALS, A[...] |
2002-04-08 06:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD IT PREL TBIO WTO |
| 02ROME1848 | ITALIAN RESPONSE TO GALILEO DEMARCHE [...]SBU) SUMMARY: POST DISCUSSED REFTEL GALILEO TALKING POINTS WITH THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA), THE ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY (ASI)[...] |
2002-04-12 14:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA TSPL ECON IT EUN |
| 02ROME2322 | ITALIAN VIEWS ON THE ADVOCATE GENERAL'S OPINION ON [...]) SUMMARY: SENIOR ITALIAN TRANSPORT MINISTRY AND CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY (ENAC) OFFICIALS, AS WELL AS INFORMED SECTOR EXPERTS, AGREE [...] |
2002-05-13 13:16:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD IT AVIATION FAA |
| 02ROME241 | BERLUSCONI,S FOREIGN POLICY ADDRESS: ITALY REMAINS [...]C) IN HIS JANUARY 14 FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH BEFORE PARLIAMENT, PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI AGAIN EMPHASIZED ITALY'S SOLID SUPPORT FOR AN[...] |
2002-01-15 17:07:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EU IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 02ROME2551 | ALEMANNO TO SEMBLER: LESS OPEN ON BIOTECH [...]SBU) SUMMARY. AMBASSADOR MET MAY 17 WITH ITALIAN MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE ALEMANNO TO DELIVER SECRETARY VENEMAN'S LETTER ON ALEMANNO'[...] |
2002-05-24 15:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON IT PREL TBIO WTO |
| 02ROME2694 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR RAISES WARNING SIGNS [...]) SUMMARY: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ANTONIO FAZIO HAS HARSHLY CRITICIZED THE GOVERNMENT FOR FAILURE TO REIN IN THE PUBLIC DEFICIT, WHICH [...] |
2002-06-04 16:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IT EUN |
| 02ROME2765 | ITALY AND BIOTECH: COULD BE (HAS BEEN) WORSE [...]) SUMMARY. IN THE BUILD-UP TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S MAY 27-28 VISIT TO ROME, THE GOI GOT BUSY ON BIOTECH. PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI HAD M[...] |
2002-06-07 17:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD ECON IT PREL TBIO TSPL WTO |
| 02ROME2794 | BERLUSCONI'S FIRST YEAR ECONOMIC SCORECARD [...]) SUMMARY. TWELVE MONTHS AGO, PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI TOOK OFFICE WITH A PROMISE TO JUMPSTART THE FALTERING ITALIAN ECONOMY. A MUCH[...] |
2002-06-10 17:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT |
| 02ROME2958 | ECONOMIC FORECAST FOR ITALY 2002-2003: JUNE [...]MMARY. THE ITALIAN ECONOMY IS LIKELY TO REMAIN SOMEWHAT WEAK OVER THE FORECAST PERIOD. GDP GROWTH IS EXPECTED TO BE AN ANEMIC 1.3 PER[...] |
2002-06-18 11:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP |
| 02ROME3010 | CIVAIR HUSHKITS: ITALY ON OUR SIDE. [...]ST INFORMED VARIOUS CIVIL AVIATION OFFICIALS OF THE USG'S DECISION TO LIFT THE ARTICLE 84 CASE AGAINST ALL EU MEMBER STATES WITH THE E[...] |
2002-06-19 15:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON IT FAA AVIATION |
| 02ROME3296 | GDIN PAVES WAY FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE [...]MMARY: ON JUNE 19-21, 2002, THE GLOBAL DISASTER INFORMATION NETWORK (GDIN) HELD ITS FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, ENTITLED "TAKING OFF: GDI[...] |
2002-07-05 11:38:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON IT TSPL KSCA |
| 02ROME3299 | WORLD FOOD SUMMIT ENVIGORATES ITALIAN BIOTECH [...]MMARY: THE RECENT WORLD FOOD SUMMIT (WFS5YL) IN ROME PROMPTED THE ITALIAN MEDIA TO FEATURE A HEALTHY DOMESTIC BIOTECHNOLOGY/GMO DEBATE[...] |
2002-07-05 14:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ECON TBIO IT |
| 02ROME3301 | AMBASSADOR TALKS BUSINESS AT AMCHAM LUNCHEON [...]MMARY: THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (AMCHAM) IN ITALY HOSTED A JUNE 18 LUNCHEON FOR THE AMBASSADOR. IN HIS REMARKS, THE AMBASSAD[...] |
2002-07-05 14:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON IT |
| 02ROME3390 | ITALY SPLIT ON BIOTECH TRACEABILITY AND LABELING, [...]IS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE FOR DEPT.; SEE PARA 8. ESTCOUNS MET WITH MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT EU AFFAIRS OFFICERS ON MAY 30 TO DISCUSS THE[...] |
2002-07-10 13:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EU EAGR |
| 02ROME3551 | ITALY: 4-YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN 2003-2006 [...]SUMMARY. ITALY IS UNLIKELY TO ELIMINATE ITS DEFICIT BEFORE 2005, ACCORDING TO THE GOI'S RECENTLY RELEASED FOUR-YEAR BUDGET PLAN (DPEF)[...] |
2002-07-18 05:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP |
| 02ROME3564 | ITALY ON "FUTURE OF IRAQ" EXPERT WORKING GROUPS [...]) SUMMARY: THE GOI GENERALLY SUPPORTS OUR "FUTURE OF IRAQ" WORKING GROUPS PROPOSAL AND IS ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN THE AREAS OF PUBLIC[...] |
2002-07-18 14:25:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EAID ECON PHUM IR IZ IT KWAC |
| 02ROME3594 | FAO INVOKES HELMS-BIDEN IN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...]UMMARY. THE FAO'S DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM BUDGET AND EVALUATION RESPONDED AT LENGTH IN WRITING TO THE U.S. DEMARCHE (REFTEL B) ON THE TER[...] |
2002-07-22 12:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ETRD EAGR ECON FAO WHO |
| 02ROME3622 | STEP FORWARD FOR CYBER-SECURITY IN ITALY [...]SS THAN THREE MONTHS AFTER OUR BILATERAL INITIATIVE ON THE SUBJECT, THE GOI IS TAKING A STEP FORWARD TO BETTER PROTECT KEY GOVERNMENT [...] |
2002-07-23 12:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KCIP IT EUN |
| 02ROME3639 | BOSSI ON ITALIAN POLITICS, DEVOLUTION, IMMIGRATION [...]BU) SUMMARY: NORTHERN LEAGUE LEADER (AND MINISTER FOR REFORM AND DEVOLUTION) BOSSI MET WITH THE AMBASSADOR JULY 17 FOR A WIDE-RANGING [...] |
2002-07-23 16:25:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PINR ELAB IT EUN ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 02ROME3648 | DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SEEK EMPOWERMENT IN BIOTECH [...]UMMARY: DESCRIBING THEMSELVES AS BIOTECH INNOVATORS, RESEARCHERS FROM LARGE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (INDIA, BRAZIL, CHINA, THE PHILIPPIN[...] |
2002-07-24 09:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR ETRD ECON TBIO IT FAO |
| 02ROME3652 | THE ECB, NATIONAL CENTRAL BANKS AND THE BANK [...]BU) THE BANK OF ITALY (BOI), LONG A CORNERSTONE OF THE ITALIAN ECONOMY, FACES CHANGED RESPONSIBILITIES AND ROLES. WITH THE ADVENT OF [...] |
2002-07-24 09:39:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV ECON IT EUN |
| 02ROME3669 | ITALY PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS TO CUBANS SELECTED BY [...] (C) IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL DEMARCHE, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR CENTRAL AMERICA NICOLO' GORETTI DE FLAMINI TOLD POLOFF JULY 23 THAT THE G[...] |
2002-07-25 07:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAID CU IT UN |
| 02ROME3934 | 57TH UNGA: ITALY SHARES U.S. GOALS [...] (C) IN A MEETING WITH THE MFA'S ACTING OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR UN AFFAIRS, MARIO BALDI, POLOFF CONVEYED MESSAGES ON U.S. GOALS FOR THE 57[...] |
2002-08-09 13:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL PHUM ECON PARM EFIN IT UNGA UN |
| 02ROME3954 | AMBASSADOR TALKS TRADE, STEEL AND BIOTECH WITH [...]U) THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH VICE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN TRADE URSO ON AUGUST 8. AFTER DISCUSSION OF THE CONTAINER SECURITY INITIATIVE (S[...] |
2002-08-12 15:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL IT EUN |
| 02ROME3959 | ITALY AGREES ON LEVERAGING POLITICS OF AFGHAN AID [...]BU) A/DCM DELIVERED REF POINTS TO MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR, GIANCARLO ARAGONA. ARAGONA NOTED THAT MOST OF ITALY'S AFGHAN AID CONTRIBUT[...] |
2002-08-13 07:34:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AF EAID ECON EFIN IT PREL UNDP AFGHANISTAN |
| 02ROME4053 | KEY ECONOMIC POLICY-MAKERS ON GOI BUDGET ISSUES [...]BU) SUMMARY. THE BALLOONING PUBLIC DEFICIT IS A MATTER OF GREAT CONCERN TO THE GOI, SEVERAL KEY ECONOMIC POLICYMAKERS TOLD ECONOMIC CO[...] |
2002-08-20 07:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP |
| 02ROME4292 | GPS/GALILEO CONSULTATIONS IN ITALY [...]C) SUMMARY: DURING 23-24 JULY CONSULTATIONS IN ROME, ITALIAN GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES PROVIDED A DIVERSE SET OF NUANCED RESPONSES T[...] |
2002-09-04 13:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | TSPA TSPL ECON IT |
| 02ROME4495 | ITALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SUBSTANTIVE PATENT [...]) ECONOFF MET ON 12 SEPTEMBER WITH COUNSELOR GIULIO PRIGIONI, THE NEWLY-APPOINTED ITALIAN REPRESENTATIVE TO WIPO (REF.A) TO DISCUSS RE[...] |
2002-09-16 15:55:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD EUN |
| 02ROME462 | ECONOMIC FORECAST FOR ITALY 2002-2003: JANUARY [...]MMARY. ITALY'S ALREADY WEAK ECONOMY WILL REGISTER AN ANEMIC GDP GROWTH RATE OF ONE PERCENT IN 2002, WITH A MODERATE ECONOMIC RECOVERY [...] |
2002-01-30 12:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP |
| 02ROME4727 | SHIPOWNERS RAISE CSI AT AMVER AWARDS CEREMONY [...]UMMARY: AMBASSADOR SEMBLER RECOGNIZED THE INTERDICTION AND SAFETY EFFORTS OF ITALIAN SHIPPERS AT THE ANNUAL AMVER AWARDS CEREMONY ON [...] |
2002-09-30 07:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EWWT IT MARITIME |
| 02ROME474 | FINMIN VIEWS ON JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER, TERRORIST [...]SBU) WHEN THE AMBASSADOR CALLED ON FINANCE MINISTER GIULIO TREMONTI, HE PRAISED ITALIAN ACTION IN FREEZING TERRORIST ASSETS, INQUIRED [...] |
2002-01-31 08:45:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IT FAS EAGR PREL |
| 02ROME4766 | GALILEO DISCUSSION WITH ALENIA'S VIRIGLIO [...]C) SUMMARY: EST SECTION RECENTLY MET WITH GIUSEPPE VIRIGLIO, CEO FOR THE SPACE DIVISION OF ITALIAN AEROSPACE COMPANY ALENIA SPAZIO. [...] |
2002-10-02 10:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | TSPA TSPL ECON EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 02ROME5049 | THE 2003 BUDGET (PART I): A TIGHTROPE WALK [...]) THIS IS THE FIRST OF A TWO-PART SERIES ON THE ITALIAN BUDGET. ¶2. (C) SUMMARY: A DIVIDED ITALIAN CABINET, AFTER AN ALL-N[...] |
2002-10-17 07:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV EUN |
| 02ROME5083 | ITALYS 2003 GOI BUDGET (PART II) [...]MMARY: THE GOI PRESENTED ITS 2003 BUDGET TO PARLIAMENT ON OCTOBER 2. REVISIONS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE PARLIAMENT APPROVES THE BUDGET IN [...] |
2002-10-17 14:15:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN IT KPRP |
| 02ROME5131 | OCTOBER 18 ITALIAN GENERAL STRIKE GENERATES [...]T FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. ¶2. (SBU) ILLUSTRATING BOTH ITS REACH AND DEPTH AS ITALY'S LARGEST TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION,[...] |
2002-10-22 04:59:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV IT |
| 02ROME5139 | FIAT IN CRISIS: GOI BETWEEN A ROCK ANDA HARD PLACE [...]BU) SUMMARY: FIAT, ITALY'S LARGET CORPORATION AND NATIONAL ICON, IS IN THE MIDSTOF A POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING CRISIS AS ITS SUBSIDIARY,[...] |
2002-10-22 10:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV EIND IT EIN |
| 02ROME5255 | GOI BRIEFS USEU AMB SCHNABEL ON EU PRESIDENCY [...]U) THIS IS A JOINT USEU/EMBASSY ROME CABLE. ------- SUMMARY ------- ¶2. (C) IN PREPARATION FOR[...] |
2002-10-28 08:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN IR TU EU EAGR IT |
| 02ROME5337 | ITALY-LIBYA: PM BERLUSCONI'S OCT. 28 VISIT TO [...]) SUMMARY: ITALIAN MFA SAYS THAT PM BERLUSCONI CONVEYED TO QADHAFI, AT OUR REQUEST, A STRONG MESSAGE ON THE NEED FOR LIBYA TO COMPLY F[...] |
2002-10-31 08:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG IT LY PREL UN |
| 02ROME5430 | ITALY'S DEFENSE BUDGET - SPARED FOR NOW [...]) DESPITE INTENSIFYING BUDGET PRESSURES, DEFENSE SPENDING FOR 2003 WILL NOT BE CUT, FRANCESCO TRUPIANO, DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO DEFENSE [...] |
2002-11-07 10:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IT PGOV ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 02ROME5560 | ITALY MAINTAINS STATUS QUO AFTER ECJ OPEN SKIES [...]E CONTACTED ALDO SANSONE, DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN RELATIONS AT THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND MARIA LUISA TIMPONE, INTERNATIONAL AGRE[...] |
2002-11-15 13:45:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ETRD ECON IT EUN FAA AVIATION |
| 02ROME5568 | BETTER REGULATION: OMB ADMINISTRATOR GRAHAM [...]MMARY. REACTION TO OMB ADMINISTRATOR JOHN GRAHAM'S MESSAGE ON REGULATORY REFORM IN THE U.S. AND EUROPE RANGED FROM A LIVELY GIVE-AND-T[...] |
2002-11-15 15:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL ETRD IT EUN |
| 02ROME560 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MINISTER FOR INNOVATION AND [...]SBU) IN HIS COURTESY CALL ON MINISTER FOR INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY STANCA, THE AMBASSADOR EXPLORED ITALIAN HIGH-TECH, PROMOTED THE JO[...] |
2002-02-05 15:57:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PINR PREL AL IT JO MZ TS EUN |
| 02ROME5750 | FIAT: WORKER PROTESTS CONTINUE; SICILIAN SOLUTION IN SIGHT? [...]BU) SUMMARY: FIAT AUTO, TRADE UNIONS AND THE BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT CONTINUE THEIR POSTURING AROUND THE AUTOMAKER'S PLAN TO CUT COSTS B[...] |
2002-11-27 11:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI IT |
| 02ROME5830 | WFP LAUNCHES NORTH KOREA EMERGENCY OPERATION FOR [...] DECEMBER 2, WORLD FOOD PROGRAM LAUNCHED ITS 2003 EMERGENCY OPERATION (EMOP) FOR NORTH KOREA - ONE YEAR UNCLASS[...] |
2002-12-03 14:24:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PREF EAGR ECON KN KS UN |
| 02ROME586 | AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS [...](U) DURING HIS INITIAL MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 00586 01 OF 02[...] |
2002-02-06 13:30:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS IT |
| 02ROME5989 | GOI SELLS REMAINING STAKE IN TELECOM ITALIA [...]BU) SUMMARY: UNEXPECTEDLY, ON DECEMBER 9, THE GOI SOLD ITS RESIDUAL 3.5 PERCENT SHARE IN FORMERLY STATE- OWNED INCUMBENT OPERATOR TELE[...] |
2002-12-16 08:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EFIN ECON KPRV ETRD IT WTRO USTR EUN KRV |
| 02ROME642 | JOINT STATE/COMMERCE REQUEST: INVESTIGATION OF POTENTIAL [...][...] |
2002-02-08 16:26:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD AMGT IT |
| 02ROME763 | MEP GIORGIO NAPOLITANO ON EU REFORM; [...]C) SUMMARY. ON FEBRUARY 12, DURING A WIDE-RANGING DIALOGUE WITH POL AND ECON OFFICERS, ITALIAN MEP AND PRESIDENT OF THE EP'S CONSTIT[...] |
2002-02-15 06:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EU IT PREL |
| 02ROME860 | PROPOSED ECONOMIC/FINANCIAL SYSTEM REGULATORY [...]SBU) SUMMARY: THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT IS CONSIDERING DRAFT LEGISLATION TO CHANGE THE NATURE OF ITALY'S INDEPENDENT GOVERNMENTAL AUTHOR[...] |
2002-02-21 06:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV ECON IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 02STATE218172 | UN PROGRAMS: WHAT WORKS; WHAT DOESN'T? [...]HIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 3. ¶2. THE UNITED NATIONS (UN), IN ACCORDANCE WITH A RECENTLY AGREED RESOLUTION [...] |
2002-11-01 16:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID XA UNGA ECON |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2444 | SOTO CANO AIRBASE TO BECOME COMMERCIAL AIRPORT? [...]U) Summary: On August 15, President Maduro announced his intention to convert the Soto Cano military airstrip into an international a[...] |
2002-08-28 20:40:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR MARR PREL ECON ECIN HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2494 | Honduras Asks for Help on Paris Club and HIPC [...]) Summary and Action Request. The Honduran government has requested support of the USG (and other donors) to extend to June 2003 in i[...] |
2002-09-05 15:07:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID EINV ETRD PGOV SENV HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2523 | HONDURAS GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. GOALS FOR [...]mbOffs have demarched MFA officials several times in August/September on U.S. goals for the 57th UNGA and the GOH will be generally su[...] |
2002-09-10 15:16:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC PHUM ECON OTRA HO UNGA UN |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2530 | A/S REICH DISCUSSES TRADE AND INVESTMENT WITH THE [...]ummary. WHA A/S Otto Reich, accompanied by WHA/CEN Director Paul Trivelli, Ambassador, DCM, USAID Director and EconCouns, discussed t[...] |
2002-09-10 16:51:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN EIND PREL PGOV HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2534 | A/S REICH MEETS WITH HONDURAN PRESIDENT MADURO; DISCUSSION FOCUSES ON BORDER/TARIFF DISPUTE WITH NICARAGUA [...][...] |
2002-09-10 17:00:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS ETRD ECON KJUS HO UNGA |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2556 | TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL RATES HONDURAS AMONG [...]U) SUMMARY: On August 29, Transparency International released its 2002 Corruption Perceptions Index ranking Honduras 71 of 102 countr[...] |
2002-09-11 21:33:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS KDEM PGOV ECON PHUM HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2660 | HONDURAN ECON HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 2002 [...]he Ministry of Finance projects that the GDP will grow by 2.5 percent in 2002 (most likely overstated) and that the central government[...] |
2002-09-20 22:28:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAIR ELTN PGOV PREL KPRV KTDB KPWR HO ENGR |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2857 | EMBASSY ADVOCACY FOR AES AS THE DECISION ON THE 210 [...]BU) The Embassy continues to advocate strongly for a transparent process that will treat American investors fairly, as the state elect[...] |
2002-10-11 15:43:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV ECON HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2897 | AES PROJECT: ANNOUNCEMENT OF 210MW BID WINNER [...]BU) Once again, the announcement of the winning bid in the 210MW energy contract has been delayed (bids were presented on July 26). A[...] |
2002-10-17 22:29:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV ECON HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2972 | HONDURAN-U.S. BILATERAL TRADE AND NON-TRADE ISSUES [...]U) In response to refs a & b, Post identifies the following outstanding bilateral trade and non-trade issues that could negatively imp[...] |
2002-10-28 21:33:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ECON ELAB EINV PREL XK HO USTR |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2981 | HONDURAS ISSUES 2001 CENSUS FIGURES; POPULATION [...]) On October 18, National Institute of Statistics (INE) Director Magdalena Garcia presented the numbers from the 2001 census to Acting[...] |
2002-10-29 20:40:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB ECON SOCI PHUM HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2991 | FTAA: HONDURAS' EXPORT PRIORITY INFORMATION [...]s solicited in reftel, Post identifies the following export priorities for the Honduran government and private sector. The cable incl[...] |
2002-10-30 15:00:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EAGR ELAB PREL KTEX HO FCS |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2996 | RENEWED DEBATE ON DOLLARIZATION IN HONDURAS, BUT [...]BU) SUMMARY. Liberal Party congressman and businessman Jaime Rosenthal Olivia and banker Jorge Bueso Arias have renewed their appeals[...] |
2002-10-30 18:28:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV HO ETRDECD ETRD |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3004 | GOH Faces Unpalatable Choices on Increasing [...]BU) A new IDB-sponsored diagnosis of structural problems in Honduras's tax policy documents the failure of the GOH to raise sufficient[...] |
2002-10-31 16:54:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID ETRD ELAB PGOV HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3023 | Upcoming IMF Mission: Civil Service Reform is [...]BU) The long awaited IMF mission (originally planned for February 2002 and delayed several times to give the Maduro team time to under[...] |
2002-11-01 19:35:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID ETRD ELAB PGOV HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3126 | PRESIDENT MADURO RESPONDS TO COMMERCE SECRETARY [...]BU) During a November 12 meeting, Honduran President Maduro provided DCM a letter in response to Commerce Secretary Evans' October 22 [...] |
2002-11-14 22:15:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ENRG BEXP HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3149 | HONDURAS: IMF PROGRAM NEGOTIATIONS DELAYED UNTIL [...]) As expected, the IMF mission did not/not reach agreement with the GOH on draft terms of a three-year Poverty Reduction and Growth Fa[...] |
2002-11-19 17:07:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EAID ETRD ELAB PGOV PREL HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3184 | AES AND ELECTRICITY TENDER: GOH AWARDS TO LUFUSSA [...]) The Honduran state-owned electricity company ENEE announced that Honduran company Lufussa was the winner of the 210MW electricity te[...] |
2002-11-21 15:29:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG BEXP EINV ECON EAID PREL HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3273 | AES WILL CHALLENGE HONDURAN ELECTRICITY BID RESULTS [...]BU) Summary. AES and two other companies presented challenges to the State-owned electricity enterprise ENEE's decision to award Lufu[...] |
2002-12-03 21:08:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG BEXP EINV ECON EAID PREL KJUS HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3321 | HONDURAS: TREASURY FINANCIAL SECTOR-LED GROWTH [...]) Post submits the following information on Honduras' financial services sector as requested in ref A. Ref B provided an overview of [...] |
2002-12-10 15:14:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN EAID HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3365 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL HILL'S VISIT TO HONDURAS [...]C) SUMMARY. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, in office since January, faces numerous challenges in one of the poorest and most corr[...] |
2002-12-13 22:05:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV SNAR ECON HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3402 | HONDURAS ESTIMATES 700,000 PEOPLE HAVE IMMIGRATED [...]cording to the Honduran National Institute of Statistics (INE), more than 700,000 Hondurans have immigrated to the United States from [...] |
2002-12-19 21:42:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB CVIS PHUM ECON PINR HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3407 | POSSIBLE CABINET SHAKEUP IN HONDURAS AS MADURO [...]) SUMMARY: As President Ricardo Maduro staggers to his first anniversary in office, there are emerging signs that he will make some c[...] |
2002-12-19 23:38:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3416 | ENEE BOARD ANNULS BID FOR 210 MW CONTRACT; [...]BU) Summary. On December 19, the Board of Directors for the State-owned electricity company ENEE announced the annulment of the bid f[...] |
2002-12-20 19:19:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG BEXP EINV ECON EAID PREL KJUS HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3418 | HONDURAS NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT 2003 [...]he text of the 2003 National Trade Estimate report for Honduras follows. TRADE SUMMARY ¶2. (Note that th[...] |
2002-12-20 20:10:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN ECON HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3479 | ADVOCACY CASE: GOVERNMENT TURNAROUND LEADS TO AES [...]BU) Summary. AES Honduras signed a contract on December 27 with the state-owned electricity company ENEE to provide 200 MW of electri[...] |
2002-12-30 21:28:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV ECON EAID BEXP PREL KJUS HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3491 | BANCO CAPITAL LIQUIDATED; SOGERIN TO BE SOLD [...]BU) Summary. The National Banking and Insurance Commission announced on December 20 the forced liquidation of Banco Capital, which ha[...] |
2002-12-31 17:50:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV HO |
| 02VATICAN24 | POPE GIVES HIS BLESSING TO EURO CURRENCY [...]POPE JOHN PAUL II HAS "BLESSED" THE ARRIVAL OF THE EURO CURRENCY CALLING IT AN HISTORIC STEP. IN A JANUARY 1 ADDRESS IN VATICAN CITY, [...] |
2002-01-02 16:22:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN ECON VT |
| 02VATICAN290 | VATICAN CHARITY COMBATS HARSH CONDITIONS IN NORTH [...]VATICAN NGO, CARITAS HONG KONG, COORDINATES THE VATICAN'S RELIEF EFFORTS IN NORTH KOREA. THE ORGANIZATION HAS A SOLID WORKING RELATION[...] |
2002-01-18 15:51:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EAID EAGR KN VT |
| 02VATICAN4217 | VATICAN PUTS PEOPLE FIRST AT SUSTAINABLE [...]EOPLE COME FIRST" WILL BE THE LEITMOTIF FOR THE VATICAN DELEGATION AT THE WORLD SUMMIT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. IN AN AUGUST 25 MES[...] |
2002-08-30 08:51:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EAID EAGR SENV SOCI VT |
| 02VATICAN4247 | VATICAN ON UNGA PRIORITIES [...]T THE END OF A LONG ROMAN AUGUST WITH FEW HOLY SEE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 04247 031213Z [...] |
2002-09-03 11:54:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EAID EAGR SENV SOCI VT |
| 02VATICAN4909 | HOLY SEE: FM TAURAN REPLY TO SECRETARY'S LETTER ON [...](SBU) IN HIS REPLY TO SECRETARY POWELL'S LETTER REQUESTING A STRONG HOLY SEE STATEMENT REGARDING THE SAFETY OF U.S. BIOTECH FOOD ASSI[...] |
2002-10-08 14:36:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAID EAGR SENV SOCI ZA RP VT VTPREL |
| 02VATICAN5625 | AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON'S MEETING ON BIOTECH WITH [...]) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR CALLED ON HOLY SEE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER EQUIVALENT LEONARDO SANDRI NOVEMBER 16 TO EXPRESS U.S. CONCERN OVER TH[...] |
2002-11-19 14:51:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAID EAGR SENV SOCI ZA RP VT VTPREL |
| 03ABUDHABI1026 | UAE BUSINESSWOMEN'S COMMITTEE EXCITED ABOUT [...]U) Classified by DCM Richard Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). ¶2. This is an action request; please see par[...] |
2003-03-02 13:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KWMN PREL KPAL ECON EAID TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1086 | (C) ABU DHABI OVERPRODUCING QUOTA BY 200,000 B/PD, [...]U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (C) A western oil executive in an excellent &#[...] |
2003-03-05 13:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1088 | UAE OIL OFFICIAL'S VIEWS ON IRAQ AND THE OIL [...]U) Classified by DCM Richard Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (C) The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company's (ADNOC) [...] |
2003-03-05 13:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1101 | UAE PREPARES FOR IMPACT OF WAR ON STOCK MARKET [...]) Local press reported on March 3 that the General Manager of the Stock and Commodity Authority -- the UAE equivalent of the SEC -- Ab[...] |
2003-03-08 09:09:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1138 | ABU DHABI NATIONAL OIL COMPANY (ADNOC): TOUGH NUT [...]) Classified by DCM Richard Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2.(C) Summary and comment: Aspiring participants [...] |
2003-03-10 10:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1253 | AFGHAN ASSISTANCE LETTER DELIVERED AND UAE [...]OST DELIVERED THE SECRETARY'S LETTER (REFTEL B) TO MINISTER OF STATE SHAYKH HAMDAN BIN ZAYID AL-NAYNAN ON MARCH ¶15. �[...] |
2003-03-16 13:14:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN PREL TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1284 | UAE WOMEN MAY BE ELECTED TO THE CHAMBERS OF [...]SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: IN WHAT COULD BE A FIRST STEP TO WOMEN IN THE UAE'S PARLIAMENTARY FEDERAL NATIONAL COUNCIL (FNC), THE ABU DH[...] |
2003-03-17 13:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL ECON EAID KPAL KWMN KDEM TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1337 | (C) WESTERN OIL EXEC CLARIFIES COMMENTS REGARDING [...]U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (C/NF) A western oil executive previously[...] |
2003-03-19 12:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1345 | UAE FEDERAL CUSTOMS AUTHORITY STILL A WORK IN [...]BU) The Ambassador discussed the status of the UAE's Federal Customs Authority (FCA) with Finance Minstate Dr. Muhammad Khalfan bin Kh[...] |
2003-03-19 14:09:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1367 | UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE UAE [...]) Local Arabic language press reported on March 15 that the official unemployment rate in the UAE was 2.6%, the lowest in the Arab wor[...] |
2003-03-22 12:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON SOCI TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1490 | TERRORIST FINANCING: POST VETTING OF [...]) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARCELLE M. WAHBA FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). ¶2. (S/NF) Post does not believe that the proposed &#[...] |
2003-03-29 12:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN PTER ETTC ECON TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1513 | (C) DOLPHIN GAS PROJECT: STILL NO GAS SALES [...]U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Almost one ye[...] |
2003-03-30 13:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | EPET PGOV ENRG ECON EINV IR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1570 | UAE SAYS GCC-EU FTA DISCUSSIONS MAKING NO HEADWAY [...]) CLASSIFIED BY DCM RICHARD A. ALBRIGHT - REASONS: 1.5 (D). ¶2. (C) The MFA's Deputy Director for GCC Affairs, Khalid &#x[...] |
2003-04-01 13:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL ETRD KIPR BEXP EU TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1603 | TFIZ01: SOME GOOD EFFECTS, SOME BAD, BUT MOSTLY [...]U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (C) Summary and Comment: Continued high oil pr[...] |
2003-04-02 14:22:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | BEXP BBSR ECON ETRD EINV TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1662 | UAE: ENCOURAGING GCC EFFORT ON [...]) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche[...] |
2003-04-07 12:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1663 | ADGAS ADMITS QATAR UNDERCUTTING LNG MARKET; PLANS [...]U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ABU DHABI CONCEDES LNG MARKET TO QATAR --------[...] |
2003-04-07 13:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC |
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