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00BUCHAREST1644	ROMANIA REAFFIRMS STRONG CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR CONTINUED TROOP PRESENCE IN IRAQ DESPITE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS [...] (S) Summary. President Traian Basescu told an interagency team led by Ambassador Richard Jones, Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq Policy, July 21 that SIPDIS Romania is "unconditionally committed" to a continued troop presence in Iraq. Basescu highlighted the armed f [...]	2000-07-26 07:00:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR EFIN OVIP RO IZ

00HANOI1299	VIETNAM'S BANK SYSTEM REFORM PLAN: TIME TO IMPLEMENT [...] (SBU) THE IMF/WORLD BANK ENHANCED STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT FACILITY (ESAF) AND STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT CREDIT (SAC) AGREEMENTS FOR VIETNAM HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS DUE TO DISAGREEMENTS OVER THE PACE AND EXTENT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM'S (GVN) ECONOMIC REFORMS IN THE AREAS OF [...]	2000-06-14 00:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID VM FINREF SOE
00HANOI2614	VIETNAM: PREPARING FOR THE ANNUAL CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING, DECEMBER 14-15 [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 11. 2. SUMMARY: THE WORLD BANK RECENTLY HOSTED A DONOR REPRESENTATIVES' MEETING TO PRESENT THE DONOR'S DEVELOPMENT REPORT "ENTERING THE 21ST CENTURY" AND TO DISCUSS THE DRAFT AGENDA FOR THE UPCOMING ANNUAL CONSULTATIVE GROUP (CG) MEETING. THIS YE [...]	2000-12-01 06:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN PREL 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 PROJECTIONS MADE IN THE "MILLENIUM BUDGET," RELEASED LATE LAST YEAR. AT THE TIME THE BUDGET WAS MADE PUBLIC, BOTH WE AND LOCAL ANALYSTS ASSERTED THAT ITS PREDICTION [...]	2000-04-14 08:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL 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 DETERIORATING ECONOMY IS BEING PUSHED RAPIDLY DOWNHILL BY THE ACTIONS AND INACTIONS OF A NEAR-TOTALLY DISTRACTED SENIOR LEADERSHIP. THE LARGEST AND MOST SERIOUS [...]	2000-05-19 05:46:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAGR PREL ZI
00HARARE2895	ZIMBABWE'S ARREARS TO THE WORLD BANK [...] (C) ECON OFFICER RECENTLY LEARNED FROM THE WORLD BANK'S RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE THAT ZIMBABWE'S ARREARS TO THE IBRD AS OF MAY 29 TOTALED APPROXIMATELY U.S.$18 MILLION. INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS FROM ZIMBABWE TO THE BANK ARE DUE FORTNIGHTLY, AND ARE USUALLY IN THE U.S. $4 TO $5 MILLION RANGE, THO [...]	2000-06-01 07:09:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV ZI
00HARARE2952	BARCLAYS BANK MANAGING DIRECTOR ON [...] (C) ON JUNE 1 AMBASSADOR AND ECONOFF MET WITH ISAAC TAKAWIRA, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF BARCLAYS BANK, AND WHOM WE REGARD AS AN EXCELLENT, WELL CONNECTED AND INFORMED INTERLOCUTOR, TO DISCUSS ZIMBABWE'S SITUATION AND OUTLOOK. THE BANKER OPENED HIS SERIOUS DIALOGUE BY STATING HOW WORRIED HE WAS AB [...]	2000-06-02 10:50:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV 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 GOVERNMENT'S NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, IN PART AS A RESPONSE TO THE STRONG SHOWING OF THE OPPOSITION IN THE RECENT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. HE COULD NOT PROVIDE US SPECIFIC [...]	2000-07-05 13:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EAGR PINR ZI
00HARARE4147	ZIMBABWE TAKES ITS CASE AGAIQ THE ZIMBABWE [...] (U) ON THE MORNING OF JULY 27 FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE CONVENED THE AMBASSADORS AND HIGH COMMISSIONERS FROM THE NONALIGNED MOVEMENT (NAM) COUNTRIES REPRESENTED IN HARARE FOR A BRIEFING ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY ACT AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. ACCORDING [...]	2000-07-27 14:28:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ZI US
00HARARE4207	ZIMBABWE'S IMF RESREP ON THE RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING ON JULY 28 THE IMF RESREP, ROBERT FRANCO, PROVIDED ECONOFF WITH INFORMATION ON UPCOMING IMF ACTIONS ON ZIMBABWE. FRANCO ALSO SHARED HIS BLEAK OUTLOOK ON THE CURRENT STATE OF THE ECONOMY. FOREMOST ON HIS LIST OF CONCERNS WAS: THE GOZ'S VERY POOR BUDGET PERFORMANCE; [...]	2000-07-31 11:08:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV 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 SEIZE 3,000 FARMS AND HAD NO INTENTION OF PROVIDING COMPENSATION. MOYO CLAIMED THAT MOST CABINET MEMBERS WERE IN FAVOR OF A FAIR, TRANSPARENT LAND REFORM EFFOR [...]	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 AND SOMETIMES CONTRADICTORY ACCOUNT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S NEXT STEPS ON LAND REFORM. HIS COMMENTS CONFIRMED THE CLEAR ABSENCE OF ANY SYSTEMATIC RESETTLEMENT PL [...]	2000-08-21 12:17:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN EAGR PINR PHUM 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 MINISTER ON AUGUST 22. MAKONI (WHOM THE EMBASSY KNOWS WELL) SHARED WITH US HIS DETERMINATION TO BE A FORCE FOR POSITIVE CHANGE AND PAINTED A NEW PICTURE OF THE POST- [...]	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 VIOLENCE TO VICE PRESIDENT MSIKA ON AUGUST 25. MSIKA BLAMED COMMERCIAL FARMERS AND THE OPPOSITION MDC FOR INCITING MUCH OF THE PRE-ELECTION VIOLENCE AND INSISTED TH [...]	2000-08-25 14:57:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ECON EFIN PHUM ZI EAGR
00HARARE4883	IMF BRIEFS US AT START OF ZIMBABWE VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON AUGUST 29 THE IMF RESREP, ROBERT FRANCO, AND THE VISITING IMF ARTICLE IV REVIEW TEAM LEADER, PAULO NEUHAUS, MET WITH THE AMBASSADOR, USAID DIRECTOR, AND ECON AND POLOFF TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC AND POLITCAL CONDITIONS IN ZIMBABWE, POST ELECTION POLICIES AND LEADERSHIP, AND SHARE IN [...]	2000-09-01 10:38:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV ZI
00HARARE5072	IMF REVIEW TEAM PROVIDES A BLEAK OUTBRIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON SEPTEMBER 12 THE IMF RESREP, ROBERT FRANCO, AND THE IMF TEAM LEADER, PAULO NEUHAUS, PROVIDED THE DONOR COMMUNITY WITH AN HOUR- LONG OUTBRIEF ON THE COMPLETED 2 1/2 WEEK-LONG ARTICLE IV REVIEW OF ZIMBABWE. NEUHAUS PROVIDED NO NEW SURPRISES OR BOMBSHELLS, BUT DID REVEAL, AS AN [...]	2000-09-12 14:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV ZI
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 STILL A KEY PLAYER ON DRC POLICY, BUT LATER ADMITTED THAT HE WOULD TRAVEL SOON TO KINSHASA, AT PRESIDENT MUGABE'S REQUEST, TO LEARN KABILA'S LATEST THINKING ON LU [...]	2000-09-13 14:13:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN EAGR PINR PHUM ZI
00HARARE6566	ZIMBABWE'S 2001 BUDGET; A REALISTIC, AND TOO [...] (C) ON NOVEMBER 16 ZIMBABWE'S MINISTER OF FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SIMBA MAKONI, ANNOUNCED ZIMBABWE'S 2001 BUDGET IN A READING BEFORE PARLIAMENT. IN OUR OPINION THE BUDGET HONESTLY DEPICTS THE SEVERE ECONOMIC CRISIS THE NATION IS TRAPPED IN, IS CREATIVE IN ITS ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS PRO [...]	2000-11-22 16:28:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV BEXP 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 FOR AN HONEST AND WIDE- RANGING 75 MINUTE DISCUSSION. TAKING PLACE ONLY A FEW HOURS BEFORE THE MINISTER PRESENTED HIS FIRST BUDGET TO THE PARLIAMENT AND THE [...]	2000-11-29 09:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EAGR PINR ZI
00KINSHASA8385	WEEKLY ECONOMIC REPORT - WEEK OF DECEMBER 11 - [...] (U) SUMMARY: Gasoline and diesel prices rose on December 11, and public transportation fares went up 50 percent on the 13th. Kinshasa's motor fuel supplies were adequate but the GDRC twice closed service stations without providing advance notice, causing confusion. The Congolese franc weakene [...]	2000-12-18 15:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EPET EMIN KSAC AMGT PREL CG
00KINSHASA8558	WEEKLY ECONOMIC REPORT - WEEK OF DECEMBER 18 - [...] (U) SUMMARY: Gasoline and diesel supplies were adequate in Kinshasa, though reports that current supplies are noxious persisted. The Congolese franc weakened on the parallel market to about 142 Congolese francs per US dollar. The GDRC held a week-long workshop on the conditions of state-owned [...]	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? [...] (C) Summary: On December 28 Finance Minister Amisi told the Ambassador that he hopes to have Presidential approval for both an interim economic reform program and a new budget by mid-January. He said his program would include market liberalization, deficit reduction and policies to encourage [...]	2000-12-29 14:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV CG
00THEHAGUE1698	CODEL GRAMM [...] Post grants country clearance to Codel Gramm. Control officer will be Wendy Moore, econ officer, who can be reached at (31)(70)310-9273; fax 310-9273; e- mail moorewc(AT)state.gov. 2. Hotel reservations have been made for the delegation at the Amsterdam Hilton, Apollolaan 138, 1077 BG [...]	2000-06-08 09:16:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP ASEC EFIN NL EUN
00THEHAGUE1737	CODEL GRAMM: COST ESTIMATES [...] Per ref A., post submits the following approximate cost estimates for hotel accommodation, transportation and representational events for Codel Gramm. Would appreciate fund cite ASAP. 2. Per diem for delegation for 2.5 days at USD 197/day: USD 5417.50 Supplemental for actual [...]	2000-06-09 15:17:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP ASEC EFIN NL EUN
00THEHAGUE1868	SCENESETTER: VISIT OF CODEL GRAMM TO THE [...] Summary: With a booming economy, ample budget surpluses, and a rapidly declining national debt, the Netherlands is exceptionally well positioned for the coming of the euro. So far, businessmen believe that the benefits of the transition have far exceeded the costs, but the Dutch Central Bank [...]	2000-06-22 14:15:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP ASEC EFIN NL EUN
01ABUJA1040	THE MPRI PAYMENT SAGA [...] SUMMARY: After numerous low, medium and high-level conversations with officials at the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Finance, Central Bank of Nigeria, and the Presidency, Post believes payment of USD 3.2 million for the MPRI reprofessionalization program may be received within one week. (U [...]	2001-05-09 05:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL EFIN NI
01ABUJA1072	BIG PROJECT, BIG PROBLEMS? [...] (C) The Senate Public Accounts Committee Chairman plans public hearings on the massive sports stadium now under construction on the edge of Abuja. Unbudgeted by the National Assembly, but (for now) privately financed by contractors eager to please the Obasanjo government (with a government l [...]	2001-05-14 08:10:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN PINS 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 Stephen Carrig met June 11 with GON debt management officials for a review of the mechanics of a debt for environment clean-up swap first discussed in Washington during Presid [...]	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 for achieving consensus on the U.S.-Nigeria Bilateral Debt Agreement required to implement the December 2000 Paris Club rescheduling. A.S. Arikawe, Debt Manage [...]	2001-06-15 18:51:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL NI
01ABUJA1419	Nigeria's Macroeconomic Picture - [...] Economic policy and performance in 2000 and so far in 2001 have been mixed. Growth may have been sufficient to produce a small "democracy dividend" and privatization is moving ahead. The GON remains committed to fuel deregulation. Nevertheless, the 2000 and even more the 2001 budgets have [...]	2001-06-19 16:14:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID ENRG EFIN 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 on prospects for an early resolution of USG/GON differences regarding the bilateral debt rescheduling agreement required to implement the December 2000 Paris Cl [...]	2001-06-29 15:05:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN NI PREL
01ABUJA1919	NIGERIA PASSES SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET EQUAL TO USD [...] (SBU) Summary. EconOff met with Dr. Joseph Nnanna, Director of Research at the Central Bank of Nigeria, on July 25 and Representative Mohammed Daggash, Chairman of the House Finance Committee, on July 26. Both Messrs. Nnanna and Daggash asserted that the Second Supplementary Appropriation Ac [...]	2001-08-02 08:55:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ECIN PGOV NI
01ABUJA2073	NIGERIA: PRELIMINARY REACTIONS TO U.S. [...] On August 15, EconOff met with Debt Management Office Director-General, Akin S. Arikawe, to discuss USG reactions to Nigeria's proposals for the bilateral debt rescheduling agreement as described Ref A. Arikawe read through the entire document with EconOff and provided immediate reactions to a [...]	2001-08-17 17:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTIA NI
01ABUJA2118	NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON COUNTER-NARCOTICS [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on August 22. LTC Idris, the NSA's Military Advisor also attended. This message summarizes their discussion on Nigeria's counter-narcotics performance and U [...]	2001-08-28 13:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM CJAN EFIN NI
01ABUJA2263	NIGERIA: LETTER FROM PRESIDENT OBASANJO TO [...] (C) On 10 September, Embassy received the following letter from President Obasanjo to President Bush (dated 5 September). Included with the letter are 26 pages of attachments making up the forensic report referred to in the letter. Begin text: 5 September 2001 Dear President, [...]	2001-09-10 11:49:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OPDC EFIN KCOR NI
01ABUJA2301	(C) NIGERIA'S IMF STAND-BY MAY NOT STAND [...] (C) EconOff met 14 September with IMF team leader Hiroshi Hino to discuss progress on the mission's review of Nigeria's Stand-by Arrangement. According to Hino, the mission's "job is very difficult," adding "I will not be recommending an extension of the SBA nor a staff monitoring program to t [...]	2001-09-14 14:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL NI
01ABUJA2332	NIGERIA CLOSE TO CONCLUDING BILATERAL DEBT [...] No summary [...]	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 [...] EconOff received a call September 18 from Debt Management Office Director-General A.S. Arikawe. Arikawe said that he and Minister of Finance Ciroma expect to travel soon to Washington despite the postponed IMF/World Bank annual meetings. In particular, Arikawe said, the Minister would like t [...]	2001-09-18 13:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN NI
01ABUJA2339	NIGERIA: PREPARATIONS FOR THE WORLD SUMMIT ON [...] On August 16, the GON inaugurated the National Committee on the World Summit on Sustainable Development. Chaired by the Minister of Environment, the Committee is comprised of 10 ministries including Environment, Health, Transport, Commerce, Agriculture, Education and Water Resources. Each Mi [...]	2001-09-18 13:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD KPAO NI
01ABUJA2396	NIGERIA: NITEL PRIVATIZATION DELAYED [...] Summary. The GON recently announced a two-month delay in the privatization of Nigerian Telecommunications, Ltd. (NITEL) originally scheduled for September 2001. According to BPE Advisor Michael Dan, NITEL's privatization would more likely be delayed until February-March 2002 and may not att [...]	2001-09-21 06:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN NI
01ABUJA2416	NIGERIA: IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1333 [...] Reftel demarche was delivered September 20 to Central Bank Governor Joseph Sanusi and September 21 to Assistant Director M.K. Ibrahim of the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Governor Sanusi, while unaware of the reporting requirements per UNSCR 1333, w [...]	2001-09-21 15:54:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL PTER NI
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 squabble over the fate of excess oil revenues. In exchange for the governors accepting a partial allocation of 1.2 billion USD, Obasanjo agreed to eliminate t [...]	2001-10-03 10:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EPET EFIN
01ABUJA2518	NIGERIAN PERSPECTIVES ON PROSPECTS FOR A RENEWED [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) In an October 2 telcon with Debt Management Office Director-General Akin Arikawe, EconOff learned that, from recent meetings with the IMF and USG officials in Washington, the GON is cautiously optimistic of a [...]	2001-10-03 15:43:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL NI
01ABUJA2521	CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA ON FREEZING THE FINANCIAL [...] This is an action request -- see para 6. 2. Summary. Emboffs met with CBN Deputy Governor Ebi to discuss Ref A. Ebi promised to re-examine the CBN's mechanisms to combat financial crimes and crack-down on terrorists' financial activities. The CBN's International Financial Crime Unit ha [...]	2001-10-03 16:13:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PTER NI
01ABUJA2542	MONEY LAUNDERING CONTROLS IN NIGERIA [...] No summary [...]	2001-10-09 11:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM EFIN SNAR NI
01ABUJA2560	TFUS01: NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON TERRORISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolCouns and PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on October 8. Foreign Minister, Sule Lamido, Kaduna Governor Makarfi, Adobe Obe, Foreign Affairs advisor to President Obasanjo, and LTC Idris also attended. This message covers their conversation [...]	2001-10-11 09:19:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EFIN KCRM NI
01ABUJA2606	ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING ASSISTANCE TO NIGERIA [...] No summary [...]	2001-10-12 16:54:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR EFIN KCRM NI
01ABUJA2645	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT'S CHIEF ECONOMIC ADVISOR EAGER [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador Jeter met the President's Chief Economic Advisor Magnus Kpakol October 11 to discuss a range of bilateral economic issues, including the structure of the successor to the Joint Economic Partnership Committee (JEPC) and possible actions for Nigeria to crack-down on the [...]	2001-10-16 10:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PTER NI
01ABUJA2667	NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ON THE GLOBAL COALITION [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Jeter met October 12 with Vice President Atiku Abubakar to discuss tighter money laundering controls in Nigeria, the proposed structure for the "son of JEPC", the need to increase U.S. investment in Nigeria and bilateral trade. Although offering condolences for the Se [...]	2001-10-18 20:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PTER BEXP NI
01ABUJA2669	NIGERIA: IMF PROGRAM IS NECESSARY TO KEEP GON IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Abuja supports continued IMF engagement with Nigeria despite the GON's failure to complete the current Stand-by Arrangement. We believe extending the current SBA through December followed by a new SBA is the best option. The extended program could emphasize restraints [...]	2001-10-18 20:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON NI
01ABUJA2787	NIGERIA: THE LATEST IN THE IMF SAGA [...] Classified by Charge d'Affairs Timothy D. Andrews for Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) EconOff spoke October 31 to Ernest Ebi, Deputy Governor for International Operations at the Central Bank, to discuss the IMF program. Ebi confirmed that the IMF had decided not to extend the SBA and tha [...]	2001-11-01 04:48:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL NI
01ABUJA2828	NIGERIA TO IDENTIFY ACCOUNTS HELD BY ADDITIONAL [...] EconOff delivered Ref A information November 5 to Ernest Ebi, Deputy Governor for International Operations at the Central Bank of Nigeria. Ebi agreed to add the list of 22 organizations to an amended Call Circular, which requires all banks to identify accounts associated with these terrorist [...]	2001-11-06 12:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KCOR PTER EFIN PREL NI
01ABUJA2841	NIGERIAN EFFORTS TO FREEZE TERRORIST ASSETS [...] No summary [...]	2001-11-07 15:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC EFIN PTER NI
01ABUJA2859	PRESIDENT OBASANJO'S DRAFT 2002 BUDGET SHOWS [...] Summary. The draft 2002 budget presented by President Obasanjo November 7 signals his attempt to restrain spending despite upcoming elections. Proposed spending levels total N841 billion (USD 7.5 billion),a seven percent reduction from the adjusted 2001 budget. Thirty-five percent of the b [...]	2001-11-09 17:33:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN NI
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 reach critical benchmarks. In place of a formal program, the IMF and GON were negotiating a voluntary policy framework for the six-month period of October 2001- [...]	2001-11-14 08:22:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON NI
01ABUJA2989	NIGERDOCK: STORY OF A PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The case history of Niger Dock, the first such privatization to feature an American firm, highlights the internal GON rivalries and other obstacles that privatization faces in Nigeria. Just when the issue seemed settled, and J. Raymond McDermott, Inc. (JRM),had won the Nig [...]	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 [...] This cable contains an action request in para 4. 2. EconOff spoke November 28 with Debt Management Office (DMO) Director-General Akin S. Arikawe. Arikawe expressed concern over FY2002 Paris Club payments. Specifically, he said the FY2002 proposed budget allocates N187 billion (USD 1.55 [...]	2001-11-30 05:47:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN NI
01ABUJA3071	NIGERIAN ANTI-TRUST BILL WENDING WAY THROUGH [...] The following answers are cued to questions in paragraph three of reftel. a. The September conference that Basil Udotai referred to in his communication with the FTC was the first of four seminars on competition policy that the Executive and Legislative branches of the Niegrian Governmen [...]	2001-12-04 15:35:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN NI
01ABUJA3080	NIGERIA: NIGERIA CONTINUES TO COOPERATE IN EFFORT [...] EconOff delivered reftel information December 5 to Ernest Ebi, Deputy Governor for International Operations at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Ebi agreed to release the list of three (3) entities in a new Call Circular, which will require all Nigerian banks to identify accounts associated [...]	2001-12-06 09:32:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KCOR PTER EFIN PREL NI
01ABUJA3128	NIGERIA: DONORS DISCUSS 2002 BUDGET, PRSP AND [...] Summary. A donors meeting in Brussels November 19-20 focused on Nigeria's macroeconomic situation, the 2002 budget and the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) process. Although GON economic progress for most of the year has been languid, donors agreed that the GON showed fourth quarter improvem [...]	2001-12-07 09:09:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN PREL NI
01ABUJA3237	NIGERIA: PARIS CLUB BILATERALS NOT READY BY XMAS: [...] Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter; Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: The Nigerian Debt Management Office (DMO) has not concluded any of its 15 pending Paris Club bilateral agreements. The DMO has creatively used the comparability clause in the 2000 Agreed Minute to play cr [...]	2001-12-19 19:39:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN NI
01ABUJA875	CODEL Hastert Meets Obasanjo, National Assembly [...] Summary. In a six hour visit on April 17, CODEL Hastert met with President Obasanjo, and, separately, with Speaker of the House Ghali Na'Abba and other assembly members. With Obasanjo Speaker Hastert emphasized USG commitment to AGOA, and to HIV/AIDS programming assistance and basic healthc [...]	2001-04-25 15:11:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PREL EFIN BEXP MASS SNAR NI
01ABUJA997	Revenue Sharing and Resource Control [...] (U) In the interests of de-mystifying what is for everyone, Nigerians included, an extremely convoluted federal revenue-sharing system, Embassy offers the following summary explanation to help define the issues at stake in the resource control lawsuit being heard in the Nigerian Supreme Court. [...]	2001-05-04 17:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EPET PGOV PINS NI
01GABORONE3517	BOTSWANA: TREASURY DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR [...] THE GOB HAS TAKEN SIGNIFICANT STEPS TO ENSURE THAT ITS FINANCIAL SYSTEM DOES NOT BECOME A HAVEN FOR ILLEGAL FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS, WHETHER MONEY LAUNDERING, DRUG TRAFFICKING, OR TERRORIST FINANCING. WHILE WE STILL HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT VARYING LEVELS OF IMPLEMENTATION BY THE DIFFERENT AGENCIE [...]	2001-11-01 13:56:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC EFIN PREL PTER BC
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 PRESENTED TO THE BANK'S BOARD IN EARLY MAY. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE PRSC, LIKE THE IMF'S POVERTY REDUCTION AND GROWTH FACILITY (PRGF) CONSIDERED BY THE IMF BOARD [...]	2001-04-27 11:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON ETRD PREL VM FINREF SOE
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 DISCUSS ONE OF THE CENTRAL DOCUMENTS APPROVED BY VIETNAM'S COMMUNIST PARTY DURING THE NINTH PARTY CONGRESS CONCLUDED IN APRIL. THE DOCUMENT, `THE 10 YEAR SOCIO-EC [...]	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 [...] SUMMARY: ON JUNE 18 AND 19 IN HOI AN, IN VIETNAM'S CENTRAL REGION, DONORS GATHERED FOR AN INFORMAL CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING TO TAKE STOCK OF PROGRESS. IMF AND WORLD BANK GROUP REPRESENTATIVES WERE PLEASED THEIR EXECUTIVE BOARDS HAD APPROVED MAJOR STRUCTURAL REFORM/POVERTY ALLEVIATION CREDI [...]	2001-06-28 09:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN VM SOE FINREF
01HANOI2900	TFUS01: TREASURY UNDERSECRETARY TELCON WITH STATE [...] AT 8:30 AM, NOVEMBER 1 (LOCAL TIME),TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS JOHN B. TAYLOR SPOKE VIA SIPDIS TELEPHONE FROM WASHINGTON TO DR. DUONG THU HUONG, DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF THE STATE BANK OF VIETNAM. (THE CALL WAS ARRANGED IN ADVANCE AT THE REQUEST OF U/S TAYLOR.) U/S TAY [...]	2001-11-07 03:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL EFIN VM CTERR
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 ACCORDING TO HANOI-BASED DONOR REPRESENTATIVES. VIETNAM'S MACRO-ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IS CURRENTLY ON TARGET ALTHOUGH AN EARLIER FAILURE TO AGREE ON CREDIT GROWTH [...]	2001-11-20 10:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL VM FINREF SOE
01HANOI3288	VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING: A MEETING OF THE MINDS, AND CONTINUED HIGH LEVELS OF SUPPORT DESPITE A SLOWING WORLD ECONOMY [...] SUMMARY: THE VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP OF DONORS (CG) MEETING WAS HELD IN HANOI, DECEMBER 7-8, 2001. CO- CHAIRED BY THE WORLD BANK AND THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM, THIS CG WAS CONSIDERABLY MORE UPBEAT THAN PREVIOUS MEETINGS. THERE WAS MUCH UNANIMITY AMONG THE DONOR AND INTERNATIONAL NGO ATTE [...]	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 NECESSARY TO PERMIT THE FUND'S PROPOSED POVERTY REDUCTION AND GROWTH FACILITY (PRDF) AND THE BANK'S POVERTY REDUCTION SUPPORT CREDIT (PRSC) FOR VIETNAM TO BE SUBMITT [...]	2001-03-23 10:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD PREL VM FINREF SOE
01HARARE1066	IMF REVIEW TEAM PROVIDES A BLEAK OUTBRIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 20 THE IMF RESREP, GERRY JOHNSON, AND THE IMF TEAM LEADER, PAULO NEUHAUS, GAVE THE DONOR COMMUNITY AN HOUR-LONG OUTBRIEF ON THE RESULS OF ITS 12 DAY VISIT TO ZIMBABWE. NEUHAUS PROVIDED NO NEW SURPRISES OR BOMBSHELLS, BUT DID REVEAL, AS ANTICIPATED, THAT "THE CURRENT ECO [...]	2001-03-21 05:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV ZI
01HARARE1124	INDUSTRY PERMSEC BRIEFS US ON A RANGE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 26 CHARGE AND ECONOFF MET WITH STEWART COMBERBACH, PERMANENT SECRETARY AT THE MINNISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN AN INFORMAL MEETING TO DISCUSS CURRENT EVENTS AND DEVELOPMENTS. THE PERMSEC, WITH WHOM WE ENJOY FRANK AND HONEST DIALOGUE TOUCHED, UNPROMPTED, [...]	2001-03-27 05:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN PREL PHUM 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 BELIEVES IT IS OPERATINQ UNDER AN INFORMAL INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS REQIME. THE GOVERNMENT PERCEIVES THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AS BEINQ BIASED IN FAVOR OF T [...]	2001-04-03 13:28:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN PREL PINR 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 BELIEVES IT IS OPERATING UNDER AN INFORMAL INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS REGIME. THE GOVERNMENT PERCEIVES THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AS BEING BIASED IN FAVOR OF T [...]	2001-04-09 12:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN PREL PINR ZI
01HARARE1715	ZIMBABWE TOBACCO SALES UPDATE, FOURTH SALES WEEK [...] AFTER 18 TRADING DAYS, ZIMBABWE'S THREE TOBACCO AUCTION FLOORS HAVE COLLECTIVELY SOLD A TOTAL OF 3,665,457 KILOGRAMS (KG) OF THE CROP (837,031 KG IS BURLEY TOBACCO),AT AN AVERAGE PRICE OF US $1.69 PER KG. 2. THIS VOLUME COMPARES WITH 6,848,511 KG FOR THE SAME PERIOD LAST SEASON, REPRESENTI [...]	2001-05-26 13:37:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EFIN ETRD ZI
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 THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC CONSULTATIVE FORUM THAT HIS MINISTRY'S GOOD BUDGET RESULTS TO DATE FOR 2001 SHOWING A SMALL SURPLUS WERE THREATENED BY THE NEED TO SET ASI [...]	2001-07-10 09:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID EFIN ECON ZI
01HARARE2594	EDDISON ZVOBGO ON SANCTIONS, PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. ON AUGUST 30, DCM AND POLOFF MET WITH EDDISON ZVOBGO, ZANU-PF KINGPIN FROM MASVINGO AND ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT ANTI-MUGABE MEMBERS OF ZANU-PF. ZVOBGO QUIZZED US ABOUT POSSIBLE U.S. SANCTIONS THAT MIGHT BE LEVIED AGAINST MUGABE/ZIMBABWE/ZANU-PF IN THE WAKE OF FAILED 2002 PRESI [...]	2001-09-04 12:51:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN PINR 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 THE DCM AND ECONOFF WITH AN OUTBRIEF ON THE TEAM'S TWO WEEK ARTICLE IV REVIEW OF ZIMBABWE. COE PROVIDED NO SURPRISES OR BOMBSHELLS, AND LAID OUT AN ASSESSMEN [...]	2001-09-13 13:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV 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 INVITATION TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS, AND THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP. WE KNOW NCUBE WELL, AS HE HAS BEEN A DEPENDABLE AND SOLID EMBASSY INTERLOCUTOR FOR OVER [...]	2001-02-14 14:08:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PINR 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. TWO MONTHS INTO THE NEW YEAR A BETTER PICTURE OF LAST YEAR'S POOR PERFORMANCE IS EMERGING, AS WELL AS TRENDS THAT DO NOT BODE WELL FOR 2001. IN BRIEF THE RESU [...]	2001-03-06 13:18:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD ZI
01PRETORIA4997	NEXT STEPS IN THE "NEW AFRICAN INITIATIVE": THE [...] (C) THE AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT LAST JULY MERGED THE MAP AND OMEGA DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES TO CREATE THE "NEW AFRICAN INITIATIVE." SAG DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS MAP/NAI ISSUES COORDINATOR DAVID MALCOMSON BRIEFED EMBOFFS ON NEXT STEPS IN THE EVOLUTION OF THIS PROCESS. INITIALLY A 15 NATION HE [...]	2001-08-24 13:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL SF
01VATICAN2459	THE VATICAN RAG [...] THE APRIL 28 - MAY 4 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY - UNDER A NEW TITLE. CONTENTS: - POPE APPEALS FOR END TO IRAQI EMBARGO - VATICAN STRESSES POSITIVE APPROACH TO GREECE - PUERTO RICAN BEATIFIED IN RECORD TIME - POPE SAYS WORLD LEADERS MUST CONTROL GLOBALIZATION -------- [...]	2001-05-04 13:04:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM EFIN ECON IZ GR VTPREL
01VATICAN4425	VATICAN VERBATIM [...] THE AUGUST 11 - 24 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 04425 01 OF 02 240614Z CONTENTS: - POPE URGES DEMOCRACY AND NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY FOR LEBANON - POPE'S FACE TO APPEAR ON VATICAN'S EURO COINAGE - PAPAL TRIP TO [...]	2001-08-23 13:40:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM EFIN LE BU VT VTPREL
02ABUJA1024	NIGERIA: NITEL PRIVATIZATION HITS DEAD-END AS IIL [...] Summary: Investors International (London),Ltd. (IIL) was unable to meet the GON deadline for its $1.185 billion payment for NITEL. The GON must now decide what to do with NITEL, IIL, and the privatization process. Of immediate issue is whether the GON will refund IIL,s 10% deposit. Through [...]	2002-03-28 09:59:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON BEXP ECPS EINV PGOV NI
02ABUJA1028	ABACHA LOOT: GON AND FAMILY SAID CLOSE TO [...] (U) According to some newspaper reports, the family of the late General Sani Abacha has agreed to return to the GON approximately USD 1.2 billion. The media accounts are not clear on whether this sum consists entirely of "new" money or might include certain amounts frozen earlier but subject [...]	2002-03-28 18:02:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS EFIN NI
02ABUJA1033	NIGERIA: ETHNICITY DRIVING LOCAL POLITICS IN KOGI [...] (U) Communal conflict and electoral politics are inextricably inter-linked in much of Nigeria. Paras 13-15 of reftel offer a brief general analysis of this insidious danger to the country's nascent democracy. There follows a specific illustrative case-in-point. 2. (U) Nigeria's Consti [...]	2002-04-02 15:53:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS EFIN NI
02ABUJA1091	NIGERIA -- OBASANJO WARM TO MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: During a late night April 3 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, President Obasanjo gave a Janus- faced performance. Affable and engaging at the onset, he commended POTUS for quickly approving UXO assistance to help with the Ikeja cantonment explosion. Obasanjo, asserting the military a [...]	2002-04-08 16:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EFIN NI
02ABUJA1135	NIGERIA: ABUJA ROUND-UP March 25-April 5 [...] (SBU) On March 26, the National Assembly approved the 2002 budget of N1.06 trillion (USD 8.7 billion),a 20 percent increase over the President's N841 billion (USD 7.25 billion) proposal. In a radio call-in program later that week, President Obasanjo signaled his intention to veto the measure [...]	2002-04-10 15:40:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN NI
02ABUJA1162	NIGERIA: STATES'S INABILITY TO PAY WAGES RAISES [...] (C) Summary. State governments are sounding the alarm that they can no longer pay civil service salaries and retiree pensions. When oil prices and revenues were high in May 2000, civil servant wages were more than doubled. However, federal revenues allocated to the States have dropped in tan [...]	2002-04-12 12:43:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EFIN PINS NI
02ABUJA1163	NIGERIA: GON IMPLEMENTS PROTECTIONIST TARIFF [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: On March 6, the Government of Nigeria (GON) approved extensive, apparently politically-motivated tariff amendments largely designed to protect domestic special interests, particularly in agriculture and the processed food sector. Most domestic manufacturers saw [...]	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 [...] Summary and Introduction: The April 5 Supreme Court judgment, which ruled that offshore resources belong to the Federal Government not the coastal states, also removed external debt and oil cash calls from "first line payments." Rather than pay Nigeria,s external debt solely from national gov [...]	2002-04-16 16:23:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV NI
02ABUJA1215	NIGERIA: GON STRATEGY FOR THE U.S. BILATERAL PARIS [...] Summary: Director General of the Debt Management Office (DMO) Akin Arikawe April 8 explained that Nigeria no longer wanted to sign its bilateral Paris Club agreement with the USG until negotiations (with more favorable terms for Nigeria) were completed with the UK and Japan. Arikawe stressed [...]	2002-04-17 17:39:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV NI
02ABUJA122	NIGERIA: STRIKE HAS LIMITED IMPACT DURING FIRST [...] (U) Summary: As of 1:30 pm Nigeria Time (7:30 am EST),the Nigerian Labour Congress, general strike was most effective in Lagos (Lagos septel). Although showing slightly less than normal activity, Abuja has not been greatly affected by the strike. However, there was substantial compliance in [...]	2002-01-16 17:28:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB EPET EFIN ECON NI SCOI
02ABUJA1318	NIGERIA: LITTLE PROGRESS TOWARD AN IPRSP [...] Summary: The World Bank invited GON officials and a small group of donors to an April 2-4 retreat with representatives of African countries that had successfully completed the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) process. The retreat was a limited success in reorienting Nigeria's approach [...]	2002-04-25 14:29:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID NI
02ABUJA1346	NIGERIA: A PARTICIPANT'S PERSPECTIVE ON NEPAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolMilOff met on April 9 with Egyptian First Secretary Gamal Metwally for a read-out on the NEPAD meeting SIPDIS in Abuja March 26. While the achievements of the young organization have been more rhetorical than real, some progress has thus far apparently been achieved in defin [...]	2002-05-02 14:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN ECIN ECON EAID PGOV NI
02ABUJA1408	NIGERIA: ENGAGING ISLAM [...] (C) Summary: By far the most strategically important country in West Africa, Nigeria is a major economic partner to the United States (oil imports) and has been a cooperative player in conflict resolution in the sub-region. Africa's most populous state and largest democracy, Nigeria has suppor [...]	2002-05-06 19:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAO EFIN NI
02ABUJA1538	NIGERIA: TERRORISM FINANCE: REGULATION OF OVERSEAS [...] (U) Nigeria officially regulates all corporate bodies and non-governmental organizations (including charities and religious organizations) through registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). The registration process requires a one-time fee, a filing of papers on the organization [...]	2002-05-17 16:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KPAO NI
02ABUJA1594	NIGERIA: OBASANJO SAYS BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary: During a late evening May 18 conversation with Ambassador Jeter, an animated President Obasanjo claimed the bilateral relationship was too one-sided. While we dun him with multiple demands to reform at home and hew our line on foreign policy issues abroad (Zimbabwe and Cuba),we w [...]	2002-05-23 19:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN EAID NI

02ABUJA1597	NIGERIA: A SLIDE IN THE BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: The return of democratic government in Nigeria brought relief and great expectations in both Abuja and Washington. Visions of a strategic partnership between the world's preeminent republic and Africa's largest democracy tantalized policymakers in both capitals. Committing to sign [...]	2002-05-23 19:54:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID NI
02ABUJA1606	NIGERIA: GON CORRUPTION REDUCED BUT FAR FROM [...] (U) Classified by Charge Timothy D. Andrews; Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (S) Summary. Due Process Certification is the Obasanjo Administration's most effective anti-corruption measure to date. The process requires what appears to be a cost-benefit analysis for all GON capital expenditure [...]	2002-05-30 10:57:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	EIND PGOV EFIN ECON NI
02ABUJA1913	NIGERIAN READOUT TO G-7 AMBASSADORS [...] (C) Summary: The GON feels Africa needs more carrots and fewer sticks to advance development, NPC Commissioner Isaac Aluko Olokun told G-7 Heads of Mission in late May. He urged greater understanding for Nigeria's institutional flaws and argued that NePAD should be a process, not an instituti [...]	2002-06-26 11:03:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL KCRM PINS NI
02ABUJA1919	NIGERIA'S OBASANJO SEEKING WARMER RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: President Obasanjo senses a loss of warmth in Nigeria's relationship with the U.S. and feels the U.S. and U.K. are frustrating his efforts by setting too tough terms for support, according to his VP. Obasanjo reportedly blames reports from Embassy Abuja and the British High Commi [...]	2002-06-26 13:08:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN PINR NI UK US
02ABUJA2411	NIGERIA: A/S KANSTEINER MEETS NEXT GENERATION OF [...] Summary: At a 25 dinner hosted by Ambassador Jeter, Assistant Secretary Kansteiner met with a group of Nigeria's "best and brightest," young but influential advisors in the Obasanjo Administration today, to discuss Nigeria's economic and political challenges. The participants outlined the d [...]	2002-08-15 11:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV NI
02ABUJA2508	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO TO HEAD WSSD [...] (SBU) Summary. The Nigerian delegation to the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSD) will be led by President Obasanjo and include Ministers for Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Environment, Finance, African Integration and Energy (Presidential Advisor Rilwanu Lukman). Nigerian contacts [...]	2002-08-23 12:10:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR ENRG EFIN PREL KPAO NI UNCSD
02ABUJA2557	NIGERIA: GON RESPONSE TO FATF CONCERNS [...] No summary [...]	2002-08-30 14:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM EFIN PGOV SNAR NI
02ABUJA2598	NIGERIA: UPDATE ON FATF MONEY LAUNDERING REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2002-09-06 17:31:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM EFIN SNAR PGOV PREL NI
02ABUJA2685	NIGERIA: GON AND PRIVATE SECTOR ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT [...] Summary: In mid-August, Special Advisor for the Department of the Treasury's Government Debt Issuance and Management (GDIM) program, Thomas Briggs visited Nigeria, presenting a proposal on the establishment of a regional securities clearing and settlement facility for sub-Saharan Africa to s [...]	2002-09-17 17:59:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON ETRD ECIN NI
02ABUJA2707	NIGERIA: THE PRESS GETS IT WRONG: NO DEBT PAYMENT [...] (C) Summary: Recent press reports have incoreectly claimed Nigeria had stopped foreign debt payments. Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Joseph Sanusi, whose August 27 press statement was cited as the basis of the report, as well as other government sources, confirm that Sanusi was the victim o [...]	2002-09-19 10:53:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV EAID NI
02ABUJA2744	NIGERIA: IS NEXT JANUARY'S 12.5% WAGE [...] (U) During his opening address before his National Executive Committee on September 12, National Labour Congress (NLC) President Adams Oshiomhole announced he had won from the Obasanjo administration a 12.5 per cent across-the-board wage increase. The increase would be enacted January 1, 2003 [...]	2002-09-25 23:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB PGOV EFIN NI
02ABUJA2768	NIGERIA:ECONOMIC ROUNDUP CABLE [...] This periodic U.S. Mission Economic Report includes: -- Nigeria's Debt Management Office Ready to Sign Bilateral Paris Club Agreement -- President Sponsors Bill to Give States Offshore Oil Revenue -- Supplemental Budget Bill Has Little Chance of Passage -- NITEL to Face Competition in Telec [...]	2002-09-27 17:47:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB EAIR PGOV NI
02ABUJA2786	NIGERIA: EMBASSY VIEWS ON LOOMING FATF SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-03 15:38:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM EFIN SNAR NI
02ABUJA2837	NIGERIA: ABACHA FAMILY'S TIGHT GRIP ON LOOT [...] (C) Summary: Chances are fleeting that President Obasanjo will see USD 1.2 billion in stolen Abacha loot. Under pressure from Northern political leaders, Obasanjo released late military leader Sani Abacha's son Mohammed from prison September 24. With Mohammed's release, Obasanjo surrendered h [...]	2002-10-11 18:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV PINS NI
02ABUJA2875	NIGERIA: REACTION TO FATF THREAT OF SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-18 16:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCRM PREL PGOV NI
02ABUJA2884	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP CABLE [...] This periodic economic report includes: --Dutch Auction Holds Naira Steady --Supplemental Budget Withdrawn --IMF and GON begin Article IV Consultations --Hotels' Privatization in Jeopardy --Business Opportunities for U.S. Firms in Lagos State --Nigeria to sign Paris Club Debt Agreement with U [...]	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 [...] An IMF team in Nigeria for Article IV consultations reported that real GDP will fall by 0.9 percent in 2002, with the oil sector contracting by 14 percent and the non-oil sector--agriculture, manufacturing, and services--growing by about 5 percent. The team says that a growing government budge [...]	2002-10-22 15:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN NI
02ABUJA3014	NIGERIA: DESPITE UNTAPPED DAM, GOMBE STATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an October 4-6 visit to Gombe State, Ambassador Jeter surveyed Gombe's power, water, education and health sectors with Gombe State officials, in the course of a second Ambassadorial foray to the Northeast. With its agricultural potential and good hydroelectric promise, N [...]	2002-11-05 13:27:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN ENRG NI
02ABUJA3138	FATF UPDATE: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MOVES ON LEGISLATION [...] Ambassador Jeter and RNLEO called on Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Chidubom Nwuche (PDP-Rivers State) November 15 to underscore the need for money laundering legislation prior to a December 15 deadline imposed by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) at its October 9-11 meeti [...]	2002-11-15 16:48:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM EFIN SNAR NI
02ABUJA3185	NIGERIA: FATF UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-25 16:56:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM EFIN SNAR NI
02ABUJA3202	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP NOVEMBER 27 [...] This periodic economic report includes: --U.S./U.K. Team Bids on Management Contract for Nigerian PTT --Nigeria Buys U.S.-Made Buses --World Bank to Work Closer with States --Environmental Success Story: Getting the Red Out in the Delta U.S./U.K. Team Bids on Management Contract for NITEL [...]	2002-11-27 13:42:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD SENV EINV NI
02ABUJA3311	NIGERIA: FATF UPDATE -- NEW HOPE [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-13 16:09:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN SNAR KCRM NI
02ABUJA3314	NIGERIA: LAWS ENACTED BEFORE FATF DEADLINE [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-16 14:02:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN SNAR KCRM NI
02ABUJA3323	NIGERIA: LONDON CLUB DEBT BUY-BACK POSTPONED TO [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Nigeria's (GON) attempt to buy back $2 billion of its London Club (commercial) debt obligations suffered a setback Friday, December 6, when a court injunction sought by the family of the late military dictator Sani Abacha forced a postponement of the auction to D [...]	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 -- Central Bank is Optimistic about Near Term -- CBN and IMF Statistics on GDP Differ -- GON Not Worried About Drop in FOREX Reserves -- CBN Claims States Continue to [...]	2002-12-19 14:43:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EPET EAID PGOV NI
02ABUJA3345	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP DECEMBER 19 [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-19 16:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ECPS NI
02ABUJA3358	NIGERIA: 2003 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE DRAFT [...] Following is Post's draft of the 2003 National Trade Estimate for Nigeria. Dept. is requested to provide end-year trade and investment data in the trade summary. 2. NIGERIA TRADE SUMMARY In 2002, the U.S. trade deficit with Nigeria was $X.X billion, an improvement over the 2001 defi [...]	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-owned firms, told the Ambassador and DCM on separate occasions that he plans to resign early next year and return to the private sector. El-Rufai said that Presi [...]	2002-12-31 16:51:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN NI
02ABUJA418	NIGERIA: TERRORIST LIST 9 [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (S) Mission officers met on February 6, per Ref C, to discuss possible scenarios to lessen the negative impact of freezing the assets of NASCO Nigeria and its affiliated subsidiaries. We found no way to separate [...]	2002-02-07 14:56:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PREL PINS EFIN ECON TU NI
02ABUJA499	NIGERIA: PARTICIPATION IN THE MARCH 18-22 UN [...] Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is now planning to attend the UN Conference on Financing for Development. This is a change in plans from just last week. Minister of Finance Adamu Ciroma heads the delegation for the Ministerial. 2. We have no information on side events planned by Nig [...]	2002-02-14 12:21:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EFIN ETRD EAID UN
02ABUJA787	NIGERIA: WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW #2 [...] (U) This is the second edition of what will be a weekly roundup of significant developments in Nigeria. --------------------------------------------- -- BENUE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY FINALLY ESTABLISHED --------------------------------------------- -- Â [...]	2002-03-12 14:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN ECPS KCRM NI
02ABUJA858	NIGERIA AND THE IMF HEAD FOR DIVORCE COURT? [...] (U) Classified by CDA Andrews for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary. After several days of consultations, the IMF and GON agreed not to establish a new program. This indefinite suspension is due to GON failure to meet informal targets and to political considerations in the lead-up [...]	2002-03-15 15:01:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL NI
02ABUJA859	NIGERIA CONTINUES TO COOPERATE IN EFFORT TO [...] No summary [...]	2002-03-15 15:02:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KCOR PTER EFIN PREL NI
02ABUJA925	NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ABUBAKAR TO VISIT [...] This cable contains an action request, para 4. 2. In a meeting March 19, Vice President Atiku Abubakar informed Ambassador Jeter that he would be in Washington for personal and medical reasons from March 31 through April 6 and would be interested in meeting with senior U.S. policymakers. [...]	2002-03-20 14:30:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP ECON PREL EFIN NI
02ABUJA936	NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ABUBAKAR ON ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. In a March 19 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Vice President Atiku Abubakar was non-committal on rapid completion of the bilateral debt agreement, saying only that he would discuss the issue with the Director-General of the Debt Management Office. The Vice President said Nigeria [...]	2002-03-22 16:03:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EFIN NI
02ABUJA979	NIGERIA: ABUJA WEEKLY REVIEW: MARCH 18-22 [...] (SBU) Because of shrunken government revenues due to lower world oil prices, most State governments have become cash strapped. Some have not paid civil servants since January. Wage costs grew exponentially in May 2000 when the minimum civil servant wage was increased from N3,500 to N7,500/month [...]	2002-03-27 11:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECON PHUM NI
02AMMAN2383	JORDAN: REGULATION OF CHARITIES [...] (c) Jordanian charities and non-governmental social service organizations are registered with and monitored by the Ministry of Social Affairs and by the Ministry of Religious Affairs in the case of religious organizations. Their activities complement government-provided social services, espe [...]	2002-05-14 13:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL JO
02AMMAN2475	IMF MISSION VIEWS ON JORDAN DEBT [...] (c) Summary. IMF staff currently in Amman says that Jordan needs a new Fund program that will allow it to "refinace" its Paris Club debt in such a way as to guarantee its graduation from the IMF process. Given its low credit rating and volatile neighborhood, Jordan does not have market-bas [...]	2002-05-19 09:40:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN JO
02AMMAN2478	JORDAN AND DEBT ISSUES [...] (C) We understand there will be a high-level interagency meeting May 20 to discuss Jordan's request for debt relief from the Paris Club in the wake of King Abdullah's visit to Washington and meetings with the President, Secretary O'Neill, NSA Rice and other senior U.S. officials. Since ther [...]	2002-05-19 15:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN JO
02AMMAN2648	JORDAN: IMF MISSION UPDATE [...] (sbu) The IMF mission is leaving Amman for Washington Thursday (May 23) evening. According to a mission member, they are taking with them a draft "letter of intent" for a new 2-year stand-by program. The letter, however, contains some "empty paragraphs" that need to be filled in by the Jor [...]	2002-05-23 14:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN JO
02AMMAN2725	FONMIN SAYS JORDAN TO PRESS PARIS CLUB FOR [...] (C) During a May 27 meeting with the Ambassador and PolCouns on other topics (septel),Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher mentioned that he was leaving in twelve hours for Tokyo to talk about Jordan's need for debt relief. Jordan, Muasher argued, needs "debt reprofiling on a long term basis" s [...]	2002-05-28 15:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL US JO
02AMMAN2892	KING, PM AND FONMIN PITCH A/S BURNS ON DEBT RELIEF [...] (C) Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb and Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher asked A/S Burns and the Ambassador June 2 for greater U.S. support for Jordan's request for a reprofiling of its debt. Abul Ragheb said that Muasher's just-concluded meetings in Japan on debt had not gone well, with the [...]	2002-06-03 14:53:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL JA US JO
02AMMAN3010	JORDAN: TREASURY QUESTIONS ON TERRORISM FINANCE [...] (sbu) In a conversation with Econ Chief, Malakh Ghanem, a senior official in the Central Bank of Jordan banking supervision department (effectively the deputy),and her staff provided orally the following answers to the questions in reftel. The CBJ's answers were developed in consultation w [...]	2002-06-09 06:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC EFIN PTER KVPR CVIS JO
02AMMAN3077	JORDANIAN MINISTERS SEEK WASHINGTON MEETINGS ON [...] (sbu) Planning Minister Bassem Awadallah called the Ambassador late Sunday, June 9, to say that Prime Minister Abul Ragheb had asked that he go to Washington at the end of this week with Minister of State for Economic Affairs Mohammed Halaiqah. Awadallah hopes to join Halaiqah (who has been [...]	2002-06-10 14:32:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN JO
02AMMAN3084	JORDAN: MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE SURVEY [...] Following are answers to the questions posed in reftel. We would be happy to provide more detailed answers on request. Jordan already has a large, well-functioning micro-finance sector that is supported by USAID and other institutions. As a general observation, we believe that a regional in [...]	2002-06-11 11:06:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JO
02AMMAN3227	JORDAN FINANCE MINISTRY OFFICIAL ON DEBT AIMS [...] (c) In a June 16 meeting with Econ chief, Dr. Muhammad Abu Hammour, Secretary General of the Finance Ministry (the number two ministry official and the senior such official currently in town),said meetings in European capitals were "going well" regarding Jordan's request for a stock of debt [...]	2002-06-17 12:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN JO
02AMMAN3496	DESIGNATION OF TERRORIST FINANCING COORDINATION [...] No summary [...]	2002-06-27 11:37:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL PGOV SNAR JO
02AMMAN3617	EUROPEANS ASK IF U.S. WILL BE MORE FORTHCOMING ON [...] (C) During a regular monthly breakfast meeting July 2, new British Ambassador Christopher Prentice told the Ambassador that HMG had been surprised by the conservative stance of the USG on debt relief for Jordan at the June 20 Paris Club meeting (ref a). Prentice noted that PM Blair and FonS [...]	2002-07-02 16:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL US JO
02AMMAN3640	JORDAN: FS STRAW LETTER TO G7 ON JORDAN DEBT [...] (c) As reported reftel, the following is the text of the UK Foreign Secretary's June 14, 2002 letter to G7 colleagues. This text was provided to us on July 3. 2. (c) Begin text: &I am writing to ask for your continuing support for Jordan their discussions with the IMF and Paris Club Cred [...]	2002-07-03 13:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN JO
02AMMAN3947	JORDAN: ENGAGING ISLAM [...] (C) Embassy Amman's chief goals include promoting moderation and reform within Jordan through contact work and a wide range of programs. Our Economic Reform efforts seek to achieve these goals through improved living standards, increased employment opportunities, and encouraging Jordan's cont [...]	2002-07-17 13:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL PTER EFIN EAID KPAO KDEM KIRF PHUM JO
02AMMAN3978	FORMER JORDANIAN PM TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging tour-d'horizon with the Ambassador, former PM and FM Abdulkarim Kabariti candidly weighed in on a variety of issues, foreign and domestic. Kabariti is known for his strong views on domestic politics and the GOJ's relationship with Iraq. Kabariti's comments n [...]	2002-07-18 14:42:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINS ETRD EFIN JO
02AMMAN4060	JORDAN: 2002 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT SINCE KING ABDULLAH SUCCEEDED TO THE THRONE IN 1999, JORDAN HAS TAKEN STEPS TO ENCOURAGE FOREIGN INVESTMENT. KEY REFORMS HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, TOURISM, AND SERVICES SECTORS. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC INVESTMENT LAWS GRANT SPECIFIC IN [...]	2002-07-23 07:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB KIDE EFIN ECON ETRD JO OPIC
02AMMAN4697	JORDAN CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR WORRIED ABOUT BANKS' [...] (S) Summary. Jordan's central bank governor is worried that a sudden interruption in Oil for Food exports via Jordan to Iraq in the event of military action in Iraq could leave the Jordanian banking system seriously exposed. He requested U.S. views on possible mechanisms that would help ban [...]	2002-08-20 11:15:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	EFIN ETRD JO
02AMMAN4986	MEPI ROLLOUT PLAN [...] POST PLANS TO HIGHLIGHT SECRETARY POWELL'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE MEPI INITIATIVE WITH A SERIES OF RELATED ACTIVITIES TARGETED FOR JORDAN'S BUSINESS, INTELLECTUAL AND NGO ACTIVISTS AS WELL AS LOCAL MEDIA. 2. IF POSSIBLE, WE WOULD BE READY TO CONDUCT A "PRE- BRIEF" FOR A SELECTED GROUP OF SEN [...]	2002-09-04 05:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP EFIN ECON PREL XF KPAO JO
02AMMAN5240	JORDANIAN ASSESSMENT OF ECONOMIC IMPACT OF [...] (c) Post has faxed to NEA/ARN a copy of a paper given to DAS Satterfield by Prime Minister Abul Ragheb that describes a preliminary Jordanian government interagency assessment of the economic impact on Jordan of possible military hostilities involving Iraq. The paper assumes and attempts to [...]	2002-09-13 09:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL ETRD JO IZ
02AMMAN5412	BOEING PRESENTS "AGGRESSIVE" FINAL OFFER TO ROYAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The Boeing Company, which has been in negotiations with Jordanian national carrier Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) for the purchase and leasing short-haul aircaft in competition with Airbus, presented its final offer to the airline September 19. The offer marks the climactic sta [...]	2002-09-20 09:03:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EFIN EAIR JO
02AMMAN5517	IMPACT ON JORDANIAN BANKS OF OIL-FOR-FOOD TRADE [...] (C) According to the UN officials cited in ref A, possible military action involving Iraq would interrupt the functioning of the oil-for-food program. Suppliers of O-F-F goods whose delivery could not be confirmed by UN officials in Iraq would therefore not be paid under the current rules g [...]	2002-09-25 09:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PREL IZ JO UNSC
02AMMAN5878	TERRORISM FINANCE: ARABIC TRANSLITERATIONS [...] This is an action request: Post received the following diplomatic note from the ministry of foreign affairs requesting that embassy provide the Arabic spellings of the names contained in the most recent list of names added to E.O. 13224 (reftel). Post would appreciate guidance on how to res [...]	2002-10-09 15:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC EFIN PTER JO
02AMMAN5904	TERRORISM FINANCE - JORDAN: POST VIEWS ON E.O. [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-10 11:27:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	CVIS EFIN ETTC KVPR PTER 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 ministerial "economic team," including Finance Minster Marto, Planning Minister Awadallah, Trade Minister Bashir and Central Bank Governor Umayya Toukan. He also m [...]	2002-10-15 11:51:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	EFIN ECON PREL JO
02AMMAN6022	JORDAN: ROYAL JORDANIAN SEEKS TO DELAY AIRPLANE [...] (c) Samir Hanna, the Boeing VP who has been negotiating the sale/lease package of nine 737's to Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ),reported that RJ CEO Samer al-Majali told him October 16 that RJ was not able to make a decision between competing Boeing and Airbus offers, as had been planned for [...]	2002-10-16 15:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP EFIN EAIR JO
02AMMAN6028	TERRORIST FINANCE: JORDANIAN RESPONSE TO LIST 18 [...] (SBU) The Government of Jordan, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has notified us via a diplomatic note that, following a search, no assets of any kind belonging to Saudi citizen Wa'el Julaidan were found in Jordan. GNEHM [...]	2002-10-17 08:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC EFIN PINR PTER KVPR JO
02AMMAN6182	JORDAN: ASSISTANCE IN TELEMARKETING FRAUD [...] (sbu) Summary. The government and Central Bank of Jordan and the Union Bank for Savings and Investment told the Embassy they will cooperate fully with a Department of Justice investigation of a telemarketing fraud that used Union Bank as an apparently unwitting channel for transferring fund [...]	2002-10-23 13:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN CJAN 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 investment and provide capital to the local private sector. Deutsche Bank is acting as International Advisor for the Fund, with Jordanian investment banking f [...]	2002-10-31 08:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON KTDB KIDE JO OPIC
02AMMAN6507	JORDAN FINANCE AND FOREIGN MINISTERS ON WASHINGTON [...] (c) The Ambassador called on Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher on November 4 and on Finance Minister Michel Marto on November 5 to review their recent meetings in Washington on supplemental economic assistance for Jordan. Confirming the informal readouts the embassy has received by email, both [...]	2002-11-05 16:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN JO
02AMMAN6515	JORDAN IMF TEAM REVIEWS IRAQ SCENARIOS [...] (C) According to an IMF team visiting Amman this week to discuss the Fund's program for 2003, economic disruptions from military operations against Iraq could increase Jordan's external financing need by $1.2 billion in 2003. Substantial external assistance could over time, however, help smoo [...]	2002-11-06 07:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL IZ JO
02AMMAN6649	JORDAN BEGINS DISCUSSION OF 2003 OIL AND TRADE [...] (c) Following internal discussion about the timing of a trip to Iraq by Jordanian ministers, the Jordanian trade and energy ministers plan to travel to Baghdad next week for initial discussions of the 2003 bilateral oil and trade protocols. As in previous years, the two main elements of the [...]	2002-11-12 18:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD ETTC ENRG IZ JO
02AMMAN6671	TERRORIST FINANCE-JORDAN (LIST 21) [...] (SBU) The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed us via Diplomatic Note that the Global Relief Foundation has no branches or activities in Jordan. GNEHM [...]	2002-11-13 16:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KSEP CVIS KVPR JO EUN
02AMMAN6722	JORDAN: DAS SATTERFIELD DISCUSSES PROPOSED [...] (c) Summary. In meetings with the Jordanian Prime Minister and Finance Minister, DAS Satterfield was told that answers to the U.S. questions regarding possible supplemental economic assistance for Jordan would be ready within the coming week. The ministers agreed that additional U.S. assist [...]	2002-11-18 08:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID JO
02AMMAN6754	JORDAN FORMALLY ASKS FOR TAX TREATY [...] (u) Embassy received on November 17 a diplomatic note from the GOJ that included a formal request to begin negotiating a bilateral tax treaty. Text of diplomatic note below: 2. (u) Begin text: Number:WM/US/1/2533 Date:13 Nov 2002 (complimentary opening) the Jordanian delegation t [...]	2002-11-19 12:07:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD JO
02AMMAN6852	THE ARAB BANK'S PLACE IN JORDAN AND THE REGION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For more than seventy years, the Arab Bank has been among the most respected, and even beloved, financial institutions in the region. Having weathered wars, political and economic unrest, closures, and nationalizations, the Bank has grown into a regional and global player in t [...]	2002-11-24 11:31:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN JO
02AMMAN7125	JORDAN-IRAQ TRADE AND OIL PROTOCOLS NEARLY SET FOR [...] (c) Following preliminary negotiations in Baghdad, terms for Jordan's annual oil and trade protocols with Iraq have been nearly agreed to, according to senior GOJ officials. The terms for the oil protocol will be virtually identical to last year's agreement, with minor adjustments to quantiti [...]	2002-12-09 08:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC ETRD EPET EFIN IZ JO
02AMMAN7178	TERRORIST FINANCE-JORDAN (LISTS 21 AND 22) [...] (U) The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) informed us via Diplomatic Note December 2 that the Global Relief Foundation (list 21),under that and other names cited in List 21, has no assets in Jordan. The MFA also informed us that Jemaah Islamiyah (list 22) similarly has no assets in [...]	2002-12-10 11:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KSEP CVIS KVPR JO EUN
02AMMAN7229	JORDAN: YET ANOTHER DELAY FOR BOEING [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Transportation Nader Dahabi informed the Charge that an independent airline consultant has been brought in to analyze Boeing/Airbus offers to sell short-haul jets to Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) (REFTEL). The analysis, which will delay yet again a decision by RJ b [...]	2002-12-12 12:21:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EFIN EAIR JO
02ANKARA7757	DEMARCHE ON TIED AID BANS: INITIAL TURKISH RESPONSE [...] (SBU) On November 1, we shared the U.S. proposal to consolidate and update existing bans on tied aid to CEE and FSU countries with Turkish Treasury Director General for Foreign External Relations Ersen Ekren. Ekren's office generally provides instructions to Turkey's OECD Mission. 2. ( [...]	2002-11-01 13:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD EAID TU OECD EXIM
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 to give to the election winners which explains in non-technical terms the GOT's commitments to the IMF and why they should be honored. The length of the educa [...]	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 strengthened very slightly, closing at TL 1,678,000 to the dollar; the Istanbul Stock Exchange 100 index closed up 6.1 percent; the benchmark lira T-bills closed uncha [...]	2002-11-04 15:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
02ANKARA7925	TURKISH MARKETS RALLY; TREASURY COMMENTS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The post-election rally in Turkish markets continued on November 5, with trading volumes in both stock and T-bill markets setting records for 2002. T-bill rates dropped about seven percentage points to close at 57.5 percent in annual compounded terms; the stock market is up 17 [...]	2002-11-05 16:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
02ANKARA7973	FINALIZING THE $200 MILLION GRANT TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) Embassy is concerned with the delays in implementing the Grant Agreement between Turkey and the United States, signed on September 13, involving nearly $200 million in grant assistance to Turkey. We understand there are technical legal problems between the Federal Reserve Bank of New Y [...]	2002-11-06 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PREL 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 another financial crisis and begin to step away from the financial precipice on which Turkey has been perched for the past two years. Other challenges include: [...]	2002-11-08 09:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV 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 to meet this year's primary surplus target of 6.5 percent of GNP. We have expressed our concern about this to senior economic bureaucrats this week -- who s [...]	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 [...] Summary: While the post-election market rally largely continued on November 8, with T-bill rates dropping a further 2.5 percent, there was by the week's end greater press and market attention to the likely policies of the new GOT. IMF resrep reviewed with us the outstanding structural and fi [...]	2002-11-08 16:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
02ANKARA8150	UPDATE ON TURKEY'S CONTRIBUTION TO AFGHANISTAN [...] EmbOffs met with MFA's Afghan Reconstruction Coordinator Ambassador Refat Okcun 11/12 for an update on Turkey's reconstruction efforts. 2. Okcun confirmed that Turkey's completed reconstruction efforts now total $1.8 million, up from $1.6 reported Ref A. By year's end, that figure shoul [...]	2002-11-13 12:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID PREL AF TU
02ANKARA8231	TURKS RECEIVE WSSD FOLLOW-UP MATERIALS [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-14 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR TU
02ANKARA8255	CITIBANK CLIENTS GET SLAPPED WITH $1.5 BILLION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Citibank's foreign investor clients in Turkey were recently disallowed long-standing preferential tax treatment on T-bill income. These investors' T-bill income from 1997 to present was reassessed at a 44 percent tax rate, rather than the preferential 11 percent tax rate, resul [...]	2002-11-15 11:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EINV EFIN 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 with the economic bureaucracy, and reiterated its intention to work with the IMF. AK Economic Coordinator Ali Babacan sought to reassure us that, despite some u [...]	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 1.5 percentage points. With the benchmark July 2 bill now at 49.5 percent, in compounded terms, rates have dropped over 14 percentage points since the November 3 elections. [...]	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 16, reflect AK's efforts to balance its desire to boost the "real economy" and help the poor with its need to reassure markets and maintain fiscal discipline. [...]	2002-11-18 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV EINV 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 earlier in the week of 49 percent. The lira depreciated slightly to TL 1,590,000 from yesterday's low of TL 1,580,000. Two days of profit taking in the Ist [...]	2002-11-20 09:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
02ANKARA8484	TERRORIST FINANCE: TURKEY UPDATE [...] (C) On November 8, we met with Turkish MFA coordinator for anti-terrorist financing efforts Hakan Okcal to brief him on the pre-notification of BIF (ref b). Also on November 8, we separately met with Finance Ministry Inspectorate official Hamza Kocer on BIF's bank accounts in Turkey. Kocer w [...]	2002-11-20 16:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS TU EUN
02ANKARA8527	THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC TEAM STARTS WORK, [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Gul announced the portfolios of the state ministers, dividing supervision of the economic agencies between Deputy PM Abdullatif Sener (privatization, banking and capital markets boards),State Minister Ali Babacan (Treasury, Central Bank and main state banks),and [...]	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 Bank Regulation and Supervision Agency's (BRSA) intervention of the insolvent Pamukbank. Under Turkish law, the bank will now be handed back to its former owner [...]	2002-11-22 12:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN 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 take-over of Pamukbank by the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA). At the heart of this legal battle lie about $5 billion in loans made by Pamuk [...]	2002-11-25 15:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL 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 Deputy U/S and Coordinator for Afghanistan, and Ambassador Okcun, the MFA Coordinator for Afghanistan Reconstruction. Embassy provided Ref A talking points on 1 [...]	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 injunction against BRSA's takeover of insolvent Pamukbank. We said the decision, although taken by an independent judicial body, undermined the BRSA's credibility [...]	2002-11-29 12:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV 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 program to succeed, highlighted the important role financial markets would play in the coming months, and suggested those markets would be looking for a strong p [...]	2002-12-03 06:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL TU
02ANKARA8797	TURKEY'S INFLATION/GROWTH OVERPERFORMING; BUT [...] (U) November inflation data, released December 3, were slightly better than market expectations: Wholesale price increase was 1.6 percent (versus market expectations of 1.9 percent); Consumer price increase was 2.9 percent (market average expectation was 3.0 percent). 2. (U) Novembe [...]	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 Director Deppler. It provided a first impression of the new economic ministers: well-intentioned, and committed to continuing the existing program, but not uni [...]	2002-12-04 13:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL TU
02ANKARA8851	TERRORIST FINANCING: LEGAL BACKGROUND FOR USG [...] (C) Summary: With a new, single party Turkish government at the beginning of its tenure, the timing for the December 16-19 interagency anti-terrorist finance visit is good. Senior civil servants in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Justice support a new law to expedite the GOT's ability [...]	2002-12-04 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PTER CVIS TU
02ANKARA8959	TERRORIST FINANCE- TURKEY: MFA WELCOMES KADEK'S [...] (C) On December 11, A/POL and poloff delivered reftel talking points to Kemal Asya, MFA Deputy Director General for Intelligence and Research. Asya thanked USG for including KADEK as an alias to PKK and for asking the EU to do the same. He cautioned however, that he was not optimistic about [...]	2002-12-13 07:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KSEP CVIS KVPR TU EUN

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 progress toward a permanent resolution. Cukurova Holding, which owns both Pamukbank and Yapi Kredi Bank, is taking a hard line in talks with the BRSA. The gover [...]	2002-12-13 12:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
02ANKARA9054	DRAFT NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-19 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN ECON KIPR 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 with the new GOT's slowness in taking decisions - it has not yet committed to the 6.5 percent of GNP primary budget surplus for 2003 (and the first quarter 20 [...]	2002-12-20 16:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
02COLOMBO1633	SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT FINANCE-DOLLAR DEBT AND [...] Summary: The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) has requested proposals for a financial facility of up to $350 million to finance the budget deficit. The funds raised in this issue will ease pressure from the local money market and interest rates. The proceeds will be part of a Rs 329 billion ( [...]	2002-09-06 02:32:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB BEXP ECON EINV ETRD EFIN CE ECONOMICS
02COLOMBO2202	SRI LANKA: A REFORM-MINDED 2003 BUDGET [...] Summary: Indicating government commitment to fiscal discipline and continued reforms, the 2003 GSL budget concentrated on improving the macro economic situation through measures to narrow the budget deficit and public debt while increasing tax revenue. The fundamental weakness of the fiscal [...]	2002-11-27 10:36:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD CE ECONOMICS
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 MEETING, CO-CHAIRED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM (GVN) AND THE WORLD BANK, EXPRESSED CONTINUED SUPPORT TO THE GVN'S ACTION PROGRAM FOR 2002-2007 AND URGED VIETNAM [...]	2002-12-31 06:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE SOE FINREF
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 Projects, Andrew Ndlovu, that attacked resident Indians and Asians, accusing them of economic sabotage, looting, and non-support of the Government's indigenization [...]	2002-05-10 11:39:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KCRM PGOV ZI
02HARARE1385	2002 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...]	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 sharply on the parallel market over the last few weeks, with reports of trades in recent days going off at anywhere between Z $520 and Z $580. This is roughly a 7 [...]	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 political leadership refuses to take steps to address or reverse the crisis. The more-evident ingredients of the disastrous mix are: = an unsustainable government [...]	2002-07-03 14:20:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ZI
02HARARE1728	RADICAL ECONOMIC VISION ADVOCATED BY ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary. Post has received a confidential document authored from within the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) outlining an "economic policy" which ensures the further deterioration of the Zimbabwean economy. Among the highlights of the measures urged in this policy are: reduced interest rat [...]	2002-07-26 06:17:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD ZI
02HARARE1745	ZIMBABWE: MUGABE'S RECENT REMARKS TROUBLING - RULE [...] (C) Summary: On July 25, President Mugabe went on record saying that the State would defy court judgments with which it did not agree. He also said gays were worse than pigs and dogs, warning Parliament against recognizing homosexual marriages. In a previous July 23 speech at the opening of [...]	2002-07-30 10:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
02HARARE1775	STEALTH DEVALUATION: "THROUGH THE BACKDOOR" [...] (C) Summary. Despite President Mugabe's vigorous insistence that "devaluation is dead" (see reftel),the GOZ has tacitly conceded -- within a matter of days -- that devaluation is in fact very much alive. On July 25, Finance Minister Simba Makoni (who was obliquely castigated by Mugabe in th [...]	2002-08-05 09:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD ZI
02HARARE1802	OFFICIAL GOZ FIGURES ON FOOD IMPORTS AND PROJECTED [...] (C) Summary. A senior Ministry of Finance official shared with Charge details on GOZ food imports, and the gap still to be filled. The GOZ has purchased nearly 1,000,000 metric tons (MT) of maize but, even with current projected donor contributions factored in, still faces a shortfall of app [...]	2002-08-06 09:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EAGR PREL PGOV EFIN ZI
02HARARE2118	GOZ TO STRONG-ARM PENSION FUNDS FOR FINANCIAL [...] Summary. The GOZ is reportedly planning to issue Zim $30 billion in bonds, and require pension plans to buy them, in order to finance the inadequately funded land reform program. Between the shrinking membership paying in to pension funds, the decreasing interest rates, and the escalating inf [...]	2002-09-18 13:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EFIN ECON ZI
02HARARE2122	DELTA CORPORATION: FINANCING ITS OWN INTERESTS [...] Summary. In a new development, local powerhouse Delta Corporation (which, coincidentally, owns several breweries) has reportedly announced a Zim $10 billion initiative (approximately US $14.5 million at the parallel rate) whereby it will loan inputs for the production of maize, sorghum and ma [...]	2002-09-19 10:13:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EFIN PGOV ZI
02HARARE2172	Zimbabwe's Economy: Hardly a Pulse [...] (SBU) Summary: Robert Mugabe's government continues an assault on macroeconomics and private property. Without credible monetary and exchange policy, the country will only plunge more deeply into recession. End Summary. 5 Years of Ruinous Policy ------------------------- 2. (U) Consider [...]	2002-09-27 08:07:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV ZI
02HARARE2246	ZIMBABWE'S FOREX/FUEL QUANDARY [...] (U) Summary: Zimbabwe's fuel shortage has worsened. Each new Libyan demand for foreign exchange sets off an eleventh hour crisis, as the GoZ seeks to wean hard currency from a rapidly shrinking economy. End Summary. Scapegoating Suppliers ---------------------- 2. (SBU) In a new twist sin [...]	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 [...] (U) Summary: Zimbabwe's Reserve Bank will soon propose measures that would further punish the country's exporters, increasing an indirect revenue tax from 37 to 47 percent. End Summary. 2. (SBU) The Embassy has acquired the Reserve Bank's Foreign Exchange Task Force report, the GoZ's lates [...]	2002-10-17 06:49:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN ZI
02HARARE2308	Zimbabwe's Elusive Inflation Rate [...] Summary: Evidence suggests the GoZ understates the country's inflation, as the Central Statistical Office (CSO) relies on an outdated Consumer Price Index (CPI) and disregards product availability. However, data are unavailable to determine how far inflation runs beyond the official rate, cur [...]	2002-10-21 09:10:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ZI
02HARARE2323	Nearly 1,000 Zimdollar = 1 $US [...] Summary: Zimbabwe's currency has been falling. At almost Z$ 1,000/1 $US in parallel markets, the weak Zimdollar is exacerbating the GoZ's forex crunch. End Summary. Buying Frenzy in Harare's Streets --------------------------------- 2. The Zimdollar has been shedding a weekly 8-10 percent [...]	2002-10-23 05:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD ZI
02HARARE2339	ZIMBABWE'S ECONOMY: PATIENT IS ON LIFE SUPPORT, [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Sullivan and the economic/commercial section hosted a group of American-connected businessmen for lunch on October 23 as a first step towards resurrecting an American Business Association. Although the mission expected to hear the usual commentary about an economy in [...]	2002-10-25 07:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN ZI
02HARARE2360	Biggest Trucker Expounds on Smuggling, Fuel [...] (SBU) Summary: As some U.S. business reps have pointed out to us (ref a),unrecorded trade transactions now comprise a sizeable chunk of Zimbabwe's economy. In fact, the country's largest trucker has confirmed reports of rampant smuggling, citing sugar, cigarettes and fuel as hot items. His [...]	2002-10-30 02:58:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD ZI
02HARARE2361	Business Community Tries to Engage Mugabe [...] (U) Summary: The heads of 8 large corporations in Zimbabwe are banking that their new association can engage the Government of Robert Mugabe in a non-threatening manner and help the country stave off deeper recession. End Summary. Will Mugabe listen? -------------------- 2. (SBU) In fund [...]	2002-10-30 02:59:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD ZI
02HARARE2382	Zimdollar is in tailspin [...] Summary: The USG has just purchased Zimdollars at Z$1500:US$1 on parallel markets. That makes a 58 percent devaluation in just 8 days, raising the danger that economic meltdown is on the horizon. End Summary. 2. As we noted when the exchange hit Z$950:US$1 (ref a),the Zimdollar's pace of [...]	2002-11-01 08:22:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ZI
02HARARE2397	Zimbabwe May Scrap Fuel Support [...] (U) Summary: Reportedly smarting from a first-hand encounter with dry fuel pumps, President Mugabe has suggested parastatal NOCZIM may relinquish the job of importing fuel to the private sector, bringing an end to a costly and self-defeating fuel subsidy. This would require huge price increa [...]	2002-11-04 12:08:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EFIN ETRD ZI
02HARARE2478	DEMOCRATIC SPACE FURTHER RESTRICTED [...] (C) The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) recently issued a report unusually critical of the GOZ, detailing a chronology of violence during the October by-election in Insiza. ZESN recommends that an Independent Electoral Commission be appointed by Parliament to conduct future elections [...]	2002-11-13 05:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON EFIN ASEC ZI
02HARARE2482	Will the Economy Implode? [...] Summary: The Government of Robert Mugabe has impoverished nearly every Zimbabwean, a case of collective downward mobility rarely experienced in countries not at war. A gardener who earned US$ 150/month at independence in 1980 now takes home less than US$ 15. As the economy continues to shrin [...]	2002-11-13 10:49:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EFIN ETRD ZI
02HARARE2544	U.S. OIL FIRMS COULD GET SQUEEZED [...] (C) Summary: Indigenous firms are pressing the GoZ to let them take over business from foreign oil firms, according to Mobil officials. However, the company reps were subsequently encouraged by subsequent GoZ assurances on Tuesday that multinational investment should be protected. End Summary. [...]	2002-11-18 06:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET ZI
02HARARE2546	2003 Zimbabwe Budget: Initial Readout [...] Summary: The Finance Ministry's budget for 2003 all but guarantees Zimbabwe's economy will continue to freefall. The private sector is bracing for hyperinflation. End Summary. 2. In a surreal Nov. 14 presentation to Parliament, Finance Minister Herbert Murewa astutely diagnosed what ails [...]	2002-11-18 08:54:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ZI
02HARARE2561	Zimbabwe's Resettled Farms: Can They Work? [...] Summary: President Mugabe's fast track land reform ranks among the most emotionally-charged and polemical policies in Zimbabwe's 22-year history. Given the small number of new farmers who have taken control of plots, the undermining of due process, the politicized and untransparent manner of [...]	2002-11-19 05:28:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EFIN ETRD ZI
02HARARE2679	Zimbabwe to Try Dual Interest Rates [...] Summary: The Reserve Bank announced it will allow the market to determine lending rates for most businesses and consumers while subsidizing an ultra-low rate for certain exporters. The welcome step toward interest rate liberalization is unlikely to offset other interventionist measures that p [...]	2002-11-22 11:04:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ZI
02HARARE2747	Govt shuts bureaux de change [...] Summary: Hundreds of bureaux de change have closed their doors as part of a GoZ strategy to kill the parallel currency market. Many bureaux are moving to more discreet locations, while several banks continue to exchange money at parallel rates. End Summary. "Talking down" the dollar ----- [...]	2002-12-03 09:45:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EFIN ETRD ZI
02HARARE2809	Almost No Fuel [...] (U) Summary: Short of foreign exchange and shunned by Libya, this country is virtually running on empty. Doggedly patient Zimbabweans wait days in mile-long fuel lines that meander over and around city blocks. The roads have lost 75 percent of normal traffic, as the Government cannot muster [...]	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 [...] (SBU) Summary: Jewel Bank CEO Gideon Gono told us he believes Zimbabwe's macroeconomic imbalances are unsustainable over the next 6 months. Gono's frank appraisal hints that a dose of reality may be seeping through to the country's upper echelon. End Summary. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador and E [...]	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 [...] Summary: The GoZ will need to spend over twice its revenue to meet appropriation goals in 2003, according to our calculations. It will react to this bleak predicament by printing money, enduring shortages and relinquishing national assets. End Summary. 2. In spite of its veneer of transp [...]	2002-12-18 09:32:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EFIN ETRD ZI
02HARARE2821	2003 Budget Will Not Save Economy [...] Summary: Through its 2003 interventionist budget proposal, the GoZ hopes to revive the country's economy. It seeks to expand price controls, shut down the paralle exchange, curb the informal export sector and raise most taxes. We believe this approach will have the opposite effect, ensuring h [...]	2002-12-18 09:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ZI
02HARARE2822	Bulawayo's Sullen Industrialists [...] Summary: Exasperated by employee flight to neighboring countries and an ever more intrusive bureaucracy, firms in Zimbabwe's second largest city say they will not survive if the GOZ implements its 2003 budget. End Summary. Workers, firms exiting Zimbabwe ------------------------------- 2 [...]	2002-12-18 09:56:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ZI
02HARARE2835	Harare's Fuel Lines: It's Not Pretty [...] Summary: An informal poll of Embassy staff today indicates that it remains very difficult to obtain fuel in Harare. Nonetheless, several stations are pumping and vehicles on the road have increased from approximately 25 to 50 percent of normal. End Summary. 2. Local staff say it has taken f [...]	2002-12-19 13:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EFIN ETRD AMGT ZI
02HARARE2876	GOZ adds more price controls [...] Summary: The macroeconomically-challenged GOZ expanded its price freeze list on December 28. New controls will lead to further shortages and a burgeoning black market. End Summary. 2. Over the past months, the GOZ has rapidly expanded its price freeze. The latest list includes school unifo [...]	2002-12-30 14:22:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EFIN ETRD AMGT ZI
02HARARE81	ZIMBABWE 2002 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] BELOW FIND OUR SUBMISSION OF THE 2002 ZIMBABWE CHAPTER FOR THE NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT. PER REF A INSTRUCTIONS WE HAVE MADE NO CHANGES TO THE TRADE DATA IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH, LEAVING THE UPDATE TO USTR. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF ZIMBABWE NTE 2002 CHAPTER. TRADE SUMMARY IN 2000, THE [...]	2002-01-09 13:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN 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 currency and weak mineral prices have combined recently to cause Zimbabwe's exports to contract sharply, with the 2001 total down about 30 percent from their [...]	2002-04-17 10:26:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAGR ETRD ZI
02ISTANBUL2195	LIMITED COPENHAGEN FALLOUT FAILS TO PROVIDE RELIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: The week after Copenhagen has been a tough one on Turkey's financial markets. The Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) has slumped dramatically, losing over 14 percent of its value, the Turkish lira has depreciated 7 percent, and interest rates on lira-denominated Treasury bills have [...]	2002-12-23 12:56:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN TU
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 the face of the Maoist insurgency ahead of poverty alleviation as an "overriding priority." Introduced by royal ordinance in the absence of Parliament, the FY [...]	2002-07-10 11:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON NP GON
02KATHMANDU2254	NEPAL: FUNDING TERRORISM, MAOISTS TAP OVERSEAS [...] (S) According to a prominent Kathmandu banker and long-time Embassy contact, Maoists are tapping into remittances from Nepalese employed abroad. Maoist tactics include extorting remittances from family members, recruiting members working abroad to send funds to their revolutionary cause, and s [...]	2002-11-26 12:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	EFIN ELAB NP PTER
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 escalating expenditures, primarily related to the six-year-old Maoist insurgency, and plummeting revenues. Government development funds are already being div [...]	2002-05-07 12:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV NP
02KUWAIT5172	TERRORIST FINANCE - KUWAIT: STATUS OF GRF [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-27 14:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KU
02KUWAIT5179	(SBU) BANKRUPT BY 2026: KUWAIT'S LOOMING SOCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Important enough to disrupt the opening of the National Assembly, a draft amendment to the Social Securities law is the subject of hot debate between Government ministers and MPs. Kuwait's liberal retirement policies have created a sense of entitlement which may soon be betrayed [...]	2002-12-01 11:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN ECON KU
02KUWAIT5465	KUWAIT: 2002-03 INCSR REPORT (FINANCIAL CRIMES AND [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-22 07:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN KU
02KUWAIT5560	(S) TERRORIST FINANCE: INFORMATION ON NGO WITH [...] (S/NF) Per reftel request, the following information is provided regarding Kuwait-based NGO Lajnat Al-Daawa Al-Islamiya (LDI: Islamic Call Committee). The information is publicly available. Any new additional information will be provided via ORCA channels. 2. (U) Established in 1984, LD [...]	2002-12-29 06:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PK KU PTER ETTC EFIN ECON CVIS
02KUWAIT5587	TERRORIST FINANCE: KUWAIT - STATUS OF GRF FREEZE [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-30 09:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KU
02MILAN338	QADHAFI'S SON ON ITALY-LIBYA RELATIONS [...] SUMMARY: SEIF QADHAFI, SON OF LIBYAN LEADER MUAMMOR QADHAFI, SPOKE AT ISPI (INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS) IN MILAN, JUNE 10 ON "LIBYA AND ITALY: ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ISSUES WITHIN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA." SEIF QADHAFI, WHO WAS INTRODUCED AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE "LIBYAN [...]	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 [...] (C) SUMMARY: ECONOFF MET JANUARY 24 WITH DAVID MALCOLMSON, DFA NEPAD COORDINATOR, TO REVIEW RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE NEPAD PROGRAM. AT THE JANUARY 24-27 CONFERENCE IN BENONI, SOUTH AFRICA AIMED TO MOVE BEYOND SLOGANS TO FORGE AGREEMENT ON CONCRETE PLANS AND NATIONAL COMMI [...]	2002-01-28 13:47:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PREL SF CA
02RANGOON1253	IMF: TAKE YOUR ADVICE AND... [...] (C) Summary: IMF proposals for marginal economic reforms in Burma have been brushed aside by the government. Japanese efforts to stimulate interest in reform in return for limited adjustment aid will likely get a similarly cold reception. Nonetheless, international financial bodies and donor [...]	2002-09-27 09:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON BM
02RANGOON1468	BURMESE ECONOMY: YES WE HAVE NO BANANAS...OR [...] (SBU) Summary: The regime's continued mismanagement of the Burmese economy has given another push to its downward slide in recent months. The government's increasing reliance on trade restrictions, rather than fiscal and monetary policy measures, has slashed imports and halted temporarily the [...]	2002-11-14 08:36:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN BM
02RANGOON1553	INITIAL MONEY LAUNDERING INVESTIGATIONS IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary: Burma has begun at least two investigations under its new money laundering law. It has frozen assets worth hundreds of thousands of dollars and applied to the courts for forfeiture of a variety of property connected with two high-profile narcotics cases. End Summary. 2. (C) B [...]	2002-12-05 08:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR EFIN BM
02RANGOON1557	BURMA: BANKS AND CONSTRUCTION BOOMS, A BAD MIX [...] (C) Summary: The puzzling construction boom, continuing in Rangoon despite the dismal economy and an unclear demand, is being fueled by speculation by builders and investors. Unfortunately for the economy, private banks have not learned the lessons of Japan and are throwing caution to the wind [...]	2002-12-06 03:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EIND ECON BM
02ROME1059	THE EURO CHANGEOVER IN ITALY [...] SUMMARY: ITALYS TRANSITION TO THE EURO WENT SMOOTHLY, WITH A FEW SNAGS PRINCIPALLY IN THE SOUTH. ITALIANS STOPPED USING LIRE ON FEBRUARY 28, ALTHOUGH BANKS, AT THE REQUEST OF THE BANK OF ITALY, HAVE EXTENDED THE DEADLINE FOR EXCHANGING LIRE FOR EUROS UNTIL JUNE 30. OPINIONS ARE MIXED ABOUT TH [...]	2002-02-28 14:30:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN IT PAGE ROME OF
02ROME1091	THE EURO CHANGEOVER IN ITALY [...] SUMMARY: ITALYS TRANSITION TO THE EURO WENT SMOOTHLY, WITH ONLY A FEW SNAGS PRINCIPALLY IN THE SOUTH. ITALIANS STOPPED USING LIRE ON FEBRUARY 28, ALTHOUGH THE BANKING ASSOCIATION, AT THE REQUEST OF THE BANK OF ITALY, HAS EXTENDED THE DEADLINE FOR EXCHANGING LIRE FOR EUROS UNTIL JUNE 30. OPIN [...]	2002-03-01 13:39:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN IT EUN
02ROME17	ITALIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES 2002 BUDGET [...] SUMMARY: THE SENATE APPROVED ITALY'S 2002 BUDGET ON DECEMBER 22, WHICH HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY PASSED BY THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. THE E17 BILLION PACKAGE, EQUAL TO 1.3 PERCENT OF GDP, PROPOSES TO REDUCE THE DEFICIT/GDP RATIO TO 0.5 PERCENT, IN LINE WITH THE STABILITY PACT. THE 2002 BUDGET GRANTS [...]	2002-01-02 15:15:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD IT
02ROME2387	FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE NOTES DETERIORATING [...] SUMMARY: THE FAO FINANCE AND PROGRAM COMMITTEES MET AT FAO HEADQUARTERS IN ROME MAY 6-10. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL EMPHASIZED THE LACK OF RESOURCES APPARENT IN THE DOCUMENTS BEFORE THE COMMITTEES, FORESHADOWING A CALL FOR MORE INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURE AT THE UPCOMING WORLD FOOD SUMMIT; FIVE YEA [...]	2002-05-15 15:30:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID EFIN KUNR WFPO
02ROME2694	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR RAISES WARNING SIGNS [...] (U) SUMMARY: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ANTONIO FAZIO HAS HARSHLY CRITICIZED THE GOVERNMENT FOR FAILURE TO REIN IN THE PUBLIC DEFICIT, WHICH HAS BALLOONED TO NEAR E41 BILLION. THE CRITICISM, THE FIRST OPENLY SOUR NOTE BETWEEN THE CENTRAL BANK AND THE GOVERNMENT, WAS MADE AT THE BANK OF ITALYS ANNUA [...]	2002-06-04 16:35:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IT EUN
02ROME2794	BERLUSCONI'S FIRST YEAR ECONOMIC SCORECARD [...] (U) SUMMARY. TWELVE MONTHS AGO, PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI TOOK OFFICE WITH A PROMISE TO JUMPSTART THE FALTERING ITALIAN ECONOMY. A MUCH-HERALDED 100-DAY ECONOMIC PLAN WAS DESIGNED AS AN INITIAL STIMULUS, TO BE FOLLOWED BY MORE FUNDAMENTAL ECONOMIC REFORMS. AFTER A YEAR IN OFFICE, THE PRIME MIN [...]	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 [...] SUMMARY. THE ITALIAN ECONOMY IS LIKELY TO REMAIN SOMEWHAT WEAK OVER THE FORECAST PERIOD. GDP GROWTH IS EXPECTED TO BE AN ANEMIC 1.3 PERCENT IN 2002. THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY CONTINUES TO DAMPEN ITALIAN EXPORTS, AND HEIGHTEN CONSUMER UNCERTAINTY. THE CONVERSION TO THE EURO HAS PUSHED UP [...]	2002-06-18 11:32:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP
02ROME3006	KEY ADVISOR TO EU PARLIAMENTARIAN ON EU FINANCIAL [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH SIX. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. THE EU'S FINANCIAL SERVICES ACTION PLAN (FSAP) REPRESENTS A GIANT STEP FORWARD FOR EUROPE, ARGUED ALESSANDRO MARIA POGGIALI, A SENIOR ADVISOR TO EU PARLIAMENTARIAN, RENATO BRUNETTA. WITH DETAILS OF THIS ACTION EMERGING FR [...]	2002-06-19 14:32:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EU IT
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). GOI PLANS FOR SUBSTANTIAL TAX CUTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, COMBINED WITH LESS OPTIMISTIC ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS, LIKELY RULE OUT A BALANCED BUDGET BEF [...]	2002-07-18 05:31:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP
02ROME3652	THE ECB, NATIONAL CENTRAL BANKS AND THE BANK [...] (SBU) THE BANK OF ITALY (BOI),LONG A CORNERSTONE OF THE ITALIAN ECONOMY, FACES CHANGED RESPONSIBILITIES AND ROLES. WITH THE ADVENT OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK, THE BOI IS ONE OF THIRTEEN NATIONAL CENTRAL BANKS WITH A VOICE IN THE SINGLE ECB MONETARY POLICY. THE ECB IS ORGANIZED WITH "CENT [...]	2002-07-24 09:39:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV ECON IT EUN
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 57TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY (UNGA) (REF D) AND ON THE CANDIDACY OF RUTH WEDGWOOD FOR THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE (REF A). BALDI STATED THAT THE GOI SHARED USG G [...]	2002-08-09 13:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL PHUM ECON PARM EFIN IT UNGA UN
02ROME3959	ITALY AGREES ON LEVERAGING POLITICS OF AFGHAN AID [...] (SBU) A/DCM DELIVERED REF POINTS TO MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR, GIANCARLO ARAGONA. ARAGONA NOTED THAT MOST OF ITALY'S AFGHAN AID CONTRIBUTIONS ARE CHANNELED THROUGH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (IOS) RATHER THAN DISPERSED DIRECTLY OR THROUGH NGOS. CAUTIONING THAT SUCH IOS CAN BE A CUMBERSOME MEC [...]	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 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THE BALLOONING PUBLIC DEFICIT IS A MATTER OF GREAT CONCERN TO THE GOI, SEVERAL KEY ECONOMIC POLICYMAKERS TOLD ECONOMIC COUNSELOR DURING A SERIES OF RECENT MEETINGS. DEPUTY FINANCE MINISTER MARIO BALDASSARRI, FINANCE MINISTRY UNDER SECRETARY VITO TANZI, AND SENIOR RESEARCHER AT T [...]	2002-08-20 07:38:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP
02ROME4561	FAO FINANCE AND PROGRAM COMMITTEES CONSIDER [...] SUMMARY: THE FAO FINANCE AND PROGRAM COMMITTEES MET AT FAO HEADQUARTERS IN ROME SEPTEMBER 9-13, 2002. THE MAIN TOPIC IN THE JOINT SESSION WAS THE MEDIUM TERM PLAN (MTP) 2004-09 AND PRIORITIZATION OF RESOURCES. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL MADE A STRONG BID FOR INCREASED RESOURCES TO IMPLEMENT THE [...]	2002-09-20 09:52:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID EFIN KUNR WFPO
02ROME462	ECONOMIC FORECAST FOR ITALY 2002-2003: JANUARY [...] SUMMARY. ITALY'S ALREADY WEAK ECONOMY WILL REGISTER AN ANEMIC GDP GROWTH RATE OF ONE PERCENT IN 2002, WITH A MODERATE ECONOMIC RECOVERY EXPECTED ONLY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR. IN 2003, GDP GROWTH IS EXPECTED TO CLIMB ABOVE TWO PERCENT. INVESTMENT WILL PROMPT THE VERY MODEST GROWTH IN 20 [...]	2002-01-30 12:03:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP
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 HOW ECONOMIC REFORM WAS PROGRESSING AND MADE A STRONG ARGUMENT THAT THE JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER WAS IN ITALY'S TECHNOLOGICAL AND COMMERCIAL INTERESTS. TREMONTI [...]	2002-01-31 08:45:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IT FAS EAGR PREL
02ROME5049	THE 2003 BUDGET (PART I): A TIGHTROPE WALK [...] (U) THIS IS THE FIRST OF A TWO-PART SERIES ON THE ITALIAN BUDGET. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A DIVIDED ITALIAN CABINET, AFTER AN ALL-NIGHT DEBATE, HAS AGREED UPON AND SENT TO PARLIAMENT THE HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL 2003 BUDGET. THE BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT'S BUDGET IS AN ATTEMPT TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC GROWTH AN [...]	2002-10-17 07:28:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV EUN
02ROME5083	ITALYS 2003 GOI BUDGET (PART II) [...] SUMMARY: THE GOI PRESENTED ITS 2003 BUDGET TO PARLIAMENT ON OCTOBER 2. REVISIONS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE PARLIAMENT APPROVES THE BUDGET IN LATE DECEMBER. THE 2003 BUDGET TOTALS E619.1 BILLION (47.4 PERCENT OF GDP),WITH A DEFICIT OF E19.6 BILLION (1.5 PERCENT OF GDP). A PACKAGE OF E20 BILLION (1 [...]	2002-10-17 14:15:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN IT KPRP
02ROME5139	FIAT IN CRISIS: GOI BETWEEN A ROCK ANDA HARD PLACE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FIAT, ITALY'S LARGET CORPORATION AND NATIONAL ICON, IS IN THE MIDSTOF A POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING CRISIS AS ITS SUBSIDIARY, FIAT AUTO, FACES TH CONSEQUENCES OF DECADES OF MOUNTING LOSSES AND EBT. THE CRISIS OF FIAT AUTO CRISIS IS HITTING IALY HARD ECONOMICALLY AND POLITICALLY. LAB [...]	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 ITALY,S PRESIDENCY OF THE EU DURING THE SECOND HALF OF 2003, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE EU ROCKWELL SCHNABEL PAID INTRODUCTORY CALLS ON ITALIAN MFA SECRETARY GENERAL GIUSEPPE BALDOCCI AND GIOV [...]	2002-10-28 08:15:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN IR TU EU EAGR IT
02ROME5430	ITALY'S DEFENSE BUDGET - SPARED FOR NOW [...] (C) DESPITE INTENSIFYING BUDGET PRESSURES, DEFENSE SPENDING FOR 2003 WILL NOT BE CUT, FRANCESCO TRUPIANO, DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO DEFENSE MINISTER MARTINO, TOLD ACTING ECONOMIC COUNSELOR ON OCTOBER 31. TRUPIANO CONFIRMED THAT ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI HAS REJECTED FINANCE MINISTER TREMON [...]	2002-11-07 10:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IT PGOV ITALIAN POLITICS
02ROME5568	BETTER REGULATION: OMB ADMINISTRATOR GRAHAM [...] SUMMARY. REACTION TO OMB ADMINISTRATOR JOHN GRAHAM'S MESSAGE ON REGULATORY REFORM IN THE U.S. AND EUROPE RANGED FROM A LIVELY GIVE-AND-TAKE AMONG SENIOR GOI OFFICIALS, INCLUDING A NOTED EU PARLIAMENTARIAN, TO POLITE CURIOSITY AMONG BUSINESS LEADERS. WHILE BOTH AUDIENCES ACKNOWLEDGED THE UTILI [...]	2002-11-15 15:48:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PREL ETRD IT EUN
02ROME563	FINANCE MINISTRY ON IDA REPLENISHMENT; GOI [...] ITALIAN OFFICIALS SUPPORT AN INCREASE IN IDA LENDING AS GRANTS RATHER THAN LOANS, BUT STILL ONLY AS MINOR SHARE OF OVERALL LENDING. IN A FEBRUARY 4 MEETING WITH FINMIN OFFICIALS, ECOUN AND ECONOFF PRESENTED PRESIDENT BUSH'S PROPOSAL THAT THE WORLD BANK AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT BANKS DRAMATICALLY [...]	2002-02-05 16:53:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN IT IDA
02ROME5989	GOI SELLS REMAINING STAKE IN TELECOM ITALIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNEXPECTEDLY, ON DECEMBER 9, THE GOI SOLD ITS RESIDUAL 3.5 PERCENT SHARE IN FORMERLY STATE- OWNED INCUMBENT OPERATOR TELECOM ITALIA. ECONOMIC AANALYSTS AND EMBASSY CONTACTS AGREE THAT THE SALE WAS DICTATED BY BUDGET NEEDS, RATHER THAN BY NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS POLICY CONSIDERA [...]	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 [...] No summary [...]	2002-02-08 16:26:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD AMGT IT
02ROME713	ARGENTINA: ITALY'S APPROACH RESEMBLES OURS [...] THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. SEE PARA 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: ON FEB 11, EMBOFFS CALLED ON COUNSELOR GIORGIO DI PIETROGIACOMO, MFA'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR SOUTH AMERICA, TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION ON DISCUSSIONS WITH ARGENTINE FOREIGN MINISTER RUCKAUF IN BOTH WASHINGTON AND ROME. ITALY HAS SIGNI [...]	2002-02-12 16:53:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN AR IT UN
02ROME818	GOI ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN [...] THE MAJOR COMPONENT OF ITALY'S BILATERAL ASSISTANCE EFFORT IN PAKISTAN IS THE $80 MILLION IN DEBT RELIEF EXTENDED IN DECEMBER, 2001. RAFFAELA DI MARO AND GIORGIO LECCESI, BOTH WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS OF THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND FINANCE, TOLD ECOUN AND ECONOFF T [...]	2002-02-15 17:09:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN IT PREL UN
02ROME860	PROPOSED ECONOMIC/FINANCIAL SYSTEM REGULATORY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT IS CONSIDERING DRAFT LEGISLATION TO CHANGE THE NATURE OF ITALY'S INDEPENDENT GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITIES. WHILE ONLY IN ITS EARLIEST STAGES WITHIN THE PARLIAMENT, THE PROPOSAL WOULD TURN THE BANK OF ITALY (ITALY'S CENTRAL BANK) INTO A RESEARCH INSTITUTION [...]	2002-02-21 06:22:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV ECON IT ITALIAN POLITICS
02STATE250963	DESIGNATING HAMAS AND HEZBALLAH: APPROACHING EU CAPITALS [...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. FOR EU MEMBER CAPITALS: THE POINTS AT PARAS TWO AND THREE ARE FOR DELIVERY PRIOR TO THE EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING ON 12/9 AND 12/10. WE UNDERSTAND THE DANISH PRESIDENCY INTENDS TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS WEEK'S DISCUSSION OF FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AT THE C [...]	2002-12-07 02:41:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PTER PREL SY EUN EFIN
02TEGUCIGALPA2494	Honduras Asks for Help on Paris Club and HIPC [...] (U) Summary and Action Request. The Honduran government has requested support of the USG (and other donors) to extend to June 2003 in its Paris Club debt service deferral and changes in the methodology used for HIPC and Paris Club debt relief and funding of the GOH's Poverty Reduction Strateg [...]	2002-09-05 15:07:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID EINV ETRD PGOV SENV HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2530	A/S REICH DISCUSSES TRADE AND INVESTMENT WITH THE [...] Summary. WHA A/S Otto Reich, accompanied by WHA/CEN Director Paul Trivelli, Ambassador, DCM, USAID Director and EconCouns, discussed trade and investment issues over lunch with Honduran government officials and private sector leaders on August 28. Both A/S Reich and the Honduran participant [...]	2002-09-10 16:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN EIND PREL PGOV HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2569	HONDURAS: MONEY LAUNDERING IMPLEMENTATION GETS OFF [...] Summary. Three Treasury consultants held a seminar on money laundering and financial crimes from August 24-26 for 40 judges, prosecutors, police investigators, Banking Commission officials and bank compliance officers. The seminar was well received by the Honduran participants and the Treas [...]	2002-09-12 15:28:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2647	HONDURAS AND TEXTILES - DIVERSIFICATION WILL NOT BE [...] Summary. Ref a requested that Post discuss the impact of the elimination of import quotas in 2005 on Honduras' textile and apparel industry and plans in the government and private sector to diversify into other industrial sectors. Embassy has been carrying on a dialogue with the GOH and Hond [...]	2002-09-19 22:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN EAGR EAID KTEX HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2660	HONDURAN ECON HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 2002 [...] The Ministry of Finance projects that the GDP will grow by 2.5 percent in 2002 (most likely overstated) and that the central government's fiscal deficit as a percent of GDP will be 5.9 percent. This is higher than the GOH's earlier estimate of 5.6 percent of GDP and far higher than its targe [...]	2002-09-20 22:28:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAIR ELTN PGOV PREL KPRV KTDB KPWR HO ENGR
02TEGUCIGALPA2815	ANTI-TERRORIST FINANCING: FINANCIAL SYSTEM REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-07 23:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KVPR CVIS KSEP HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2996	RENEWED DEBATE ON DOLLARIZATION IN HONDURAS, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Liberal Party congressman and businessman Jaime Rosenthal Olivia and banker Jorge Bueso Arias have renewed their appeals for dollarization in recent weeks. The two bankers argue that replacement of the lempira with the dollar would help increase capital investment and lower in [...]	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 [...] (SBU) A new IDB-sponsored diagnosis of structural problems in Honduras's tax policy documents the failure of the GOH to raise sufficient revenues to fund vital state functions, resulting in steady growth in the central government's fiscal deficit. The authors recommend an immediate repeal of [...]	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 [...] (SBU) The long awaited IMF mission (originally planned for February 2002 and delayed several times to give the Maduro team time to understand the inherited fiscal problems and develop plans to address them) will arrive on November 4. The mission is scheduled to conduct an Article IV review a [...]	2002-11-01 19:35:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID ETRD ELAB PGOV HO
02TEGUCIGALPA3149	HONDURAS: IMF PROGRAM NEGOTIATIONS DELAYED UNTIL [...] (C) As expected, the IMF mission did not/not reach agreement with the GOH on draft terms of a three-year Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility Program (PRGF) during its November 4-15 visit to Honduras. In consultations with the IMF mission, the GOH developed a plan to improve the fiscal situa [...]	2002-11-19 17:07:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID ETRD ELAB PGOV PREL HO
02TEGUCIGALPA3321	HONDURAS: TREASURY FINANCIAL SECTOR-LED GROWTH [...] (U) Post submits the following information on Honduras' financial services sector as requested in ref A. Ref B provided an overview of the banking sector in Honduras. Washington agencies should note that the World Bank and Interamerican Development Bank are currently conducting a comprehensiv [...]	2002-12-10 15:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN EAID HO
02TEGUCIGALPA3418	HONDURAS NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT 2003 [...] The text of the 2003 National Trade Estimate report for Honduras follows. TRADE SUMMARY 2. (Note that the following paragraph to be updated by Washington with USDOC statistics). In 2001, the U.S. trade deficit with Honduras was $690 million, an increase of $183 million from the U.S. t [...]	2002-12-20 20:10:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN ECON HO
02TEGUCIGALPA3491	BANCO CAPITAL LIQUIDATED; SOGERIN TO BE SOLD [...] (SBU) Summary. The National Banking and Insurance Commission announced on December 20 the forced liquidation of Banco Capital, which had been under government supervision since May 17. Banco Ficohsa acquired the deposits worth approximately USD 43 million. The GOH authorized the transfer of [...]	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, THE POPE SAID HE WISHED PEACE AND PROSPERITY ON THE COUNTRIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION. HE SAID, "I HOPE THAT IT (THE EURO) PROMOTES THE COMPLETE DEVELOPMENT OF [...]	2002-01-02 16:22:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EFIN ECON VT

02VATICAN83	VATICAN PM WANTS HIS MONEY [...] (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. CARDINAL SODANO, VATICAN PM EQUIVALENT, ON 01/08/02 PASSED CHARGE A LETTER VERBALE ADDRESSED TO THE AMBASSADOR (FAXED TO EUR/WE) IN WHICH HE REQUESTED THE INTERVENTION OF THIS EMBASSY TO EXPEDITE THE UNBLOCKING BY OFAC OF VATICAN OFFICIAL FUNDS. THESE FUNDS [...]	2002-01-08 09:14:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETTC EFIN VT
03ABUDHABI1101	UAE PREPARES FOR IMPACT OF WAR ON STOCK MARKET [...] (U) Local press reported on March 3 that the General Manager of the Stock and Commodity Authority -- the UAE equivalent of the SEC -- Abdullah Al Turifi, told UAE financial institutions that he expects the possible war with Iraq to have long-term impact on UAE stock markets. Nevertheless, the [...]	2003-03-08 09:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV TC
03ABUDHABI1123	UAE POSTPONES HAWALA CONFERENCE [...] CLASSIFIED BY DCM RICHARD A.ALBRIGHT FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). 2. (C) In a meeting with Econchief 3/8 (other topics septel, notal),UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan bin Nasser Al-Suweidi stated that the planned Second International Conference on Hawala, scheduled for April 2-3 in Abu Dhabi, [...]	2003-03-09 13:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI1128	NEED TO RESOLVE ARBIFT ISSUE SOONEST [...] CLASSIFIED BY AMBASADOR MARCELLE M. WAHBA FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: That OFAC continues to hold more than than 120 million USD which belongs to the UAE is a matter which we need to resolve soon. De facto Foreign Minister Hamdan bin Zayid raised the matter in th [...]	2003-03-10 08:55:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV LY TC
03ABUDHABI1137	DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTER TO GO [...] CLASSIFIED BY DCM RICHARD A. ALBRIGHT FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). 2. (C) UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan bin Nasser Al-Suweidi told Econchief March 8 that the long- anticipated Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC -- a much-publicized plan to create a state of the art financial service [...]	2003-03-10 10:53:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC EINV PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI1253	AFGHAN ASSISTANCE LETTER DELIVERED AND UAE [...] POST DELIVERED THE SECRETARY'S LETTER (REFTEL B) TO MINISTER OF STATE SHAYKH HAMDAN BIN ZAYID AL-NAYNAN ON MARCH 15. 2. POST CONVEYED TALKING POINTS (REFTEL A) FOR THE AFGHANISTAN HIGH-LEVEL STRATEGIC FORUM (AHSF). THE UAEG RESPONDED THAT THE UAE AMBASSADOR TO BELGIUM WILL REPRESENT TH [...]	2003-03-16 13:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN PREL TC
03ABUDHABI1490	TERRORIST FINANCING: POST VETTING OF [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARCELLE M. WAHBA FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). 2. (S/NF) Post does not believe that the proposed listing of Pacha Wazir or Haji Wali Muhammad will pose any difficulties for the UAEG. However, we are very concerned about the potential for a strong negative reaction [...]	2003-03-29 12:33:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PTER ETTC ECON TC
03ABUDHABI1667	UAE INTERESTED IN JOINING IRAQ "CORE" [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) The Ambassador followed-up on reftel demarche with MFA Minstate Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayid Al-Nahyan on April 6 (other topics covered septel). Hamdan indicated that, in principle, the UAE would be interested i [...]	2003-04-07 14:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	EAID EFIN ECON PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1668	UAE EXPECTS CLOSED-DOOR "DAY AFTER" [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) In conversations on April 5 and April 6 with the Ambassador, UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff LTG Shaykh Muhammad bin Zayid Al-Nahyan and MFA Minstate Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayid both expected that the GCC Foreig [...]	2003-04-07 14:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	EAID EFIN ECON PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1748	GETTING MONEY TO THE TISA [...] ECONCHIEF CONTACTED UAE CENTRAL BANK OFFICIALS ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 12, THE FIRST WORK DAY AFTER THE RECEIPT OF REFTEL. SULTAN AL-SAKEB, THE HEAD OF THE CORRESPONDENT BANKING DIVISION (WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MATTERS PERTAINING TO FACILITATION OF TRANSFERS TO THE TISA IN AFGHANISTAN),ST [...]	2003-04-12 12:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN AMGT AF TC
03ABUDHABI1826	UAE SIGNS UP FOR CORE GROUP ON IRAQ [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARCELLE M. WAHBA FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). 2. (S) MFA Minstate Hamdan bin Zayid told the Ambassador 4/16 that the Cabinet had approved UAE participation in the "core group" for Iraq stabilization and reconstruction outlined ref b. Shaykh Hamdan noted that the [...]	2003-04-15 11:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	EAID EFIN PREL ECON PGOV IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1904	UAE MEASURES TO MONITOR OUTBOUND FINANCIAL [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM RICHARD A. ALBRIGHT FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). 2. (C) DCM called 4/21 on UAE Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Matar Al-Tayer to discuss oversight of charities (other topics septel). Al- Tayer confirmed that subsequent to discussions last year with Treasury Enforceme [...]	2003-04-21 12:33:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER ETTC ECON TC
03ABUDHABI2016	UAE ROLE IN INFORMAL INTERNATIONAL CONTACT [...] (U) Classified by Marcelle M. Wahba, Ambassador, reason 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) DCM delivered reftel points April 27 on UAE participation in the Informal International Contact Group for Iraq to MFA A/USEC for Political Affairs Abdullah Rashed al Nuaimi, noting that the UAE's regional per [...]	2003-04-29 09:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PREL PGOV EFIN TC
03ABUDHABI2161	UAEG SIGNS DOUBLE TAXATION AGREEMENTS WITH 65 [...] (U) ADDRESSING A SEMINAR ON LEGAL AND TAX ISSUES RELATING TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ON 5/4, UAE MINISTRY OF FINANCE UNDERSECRETARY FOR BUDGET AND REVENUE KHALID AL- BUSTANI CONFIRMED THAT THE UAEG HAS SIGNED BILATERAL AGREEMENTS WITH 65 COUNTRIES ON AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND INCOME TAX. T [...]	2003-05-04 09:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EFIN ELAB ETTC PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI2176	UAE FORMALLY ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO ASSUME [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM RICHARD A. ALBRIGHT FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). 2. (C) The UAE last week moved one step closer to its goal of assuming total managerial control of the Arab Bank for Investment and Foreign Trade (ARBIFT) by announcing at the annual general meeting (AGM) in Abu Dhabi its f [...]	2003-05-05 10:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV LY TC
03ABUDHABI2275	UAEG ADMINISTERING RAFIDAIN BANK; NO PLANS TO [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Richard Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) The UAEG confirmed in a May 6 conference call of the informal contact group on Iraq reconstruction that the UAE Central Bank is now managing the day-to-day operations of the single branch of Rafidain [...]	2003-05-10 13:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI2292	APPROACHING UAEG ON FUNDS FOR ABORTED [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE RICHARD A. ALBRIGHT FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). 2. (S) The sensitivity of reftel demarche, particularly the involvement of the prominent Lootah family (whether knowingly or otherwise) in the matter, will require that we engage at the highest levels of the UAEG. Since [...]	2003-05-11 11:41:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	ECON EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2345	ABU DHABI: A RENTIER STATE IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) Local press reported that commercial and residential rents in Abu Dhabi jumped between twenty and thirty percent in the last year as the UAE capital maintained its status as one of the world's most [...]	2003-05-14 09:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD TC
03ABUDHABI2381	UAEG SUPPORT FOR IRAQ'S MINISTRIES [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Post delivered ref A talking points to the Office of MFA Assistant Undersecretary Abdullah Rashid Al-Nuami, who is heading a delegation to Washington this week to discuss Iraq reconstruction oppor [...]	2003-05-18 09:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL PGOV IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2403	GREATER TRANSPARENCY FOR THE UAE BUDGET IN-LINE [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) UAE Minister of State for Finance Dr. Mohammed Khalfan Khirbash forwarded the 2003-2005 federal budgets to the UAE Cabinet for approval 5/18, and announced that future budgets would be based on int [...]	2003-05-19 12:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI2409	(S) TERRORIST FINANCING: REQUEST [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE RICHARD ALBRIGHT FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). 2. (S/NF) Because of the sensitivities associated with Human Appeal International (HAI),we have requested an appointment with de facto Foreign Minister Shaykh Hamdan Bin Zayid to deliver reftel points. Hamdan, our primary [...]	2003-05-20 13:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PTER ETTC ECON TC
03ABUDHABI2452	(S) UAEG FINDS NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE RICHARD ALBRIGHT FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). 2. (S) A/DCM conveyed reftel concerns May 21 to UAE Central Bank Financial Intelligence Unit Chief Abdul-Rahim Sinkais Al-Awadhi. A/DCM noted that we had a single, uncorroborated report that as much as one billion USD in ca [...]	2003-05-25 12:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2528	SUCCESS IN IRAQ PLAYS WELL WITH ONE SENIOR UAE [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) Deputy Managing Director Khalifa Al-Kindi queried DCM during a 5/19 courtesy call about the future of Iraq and the roadmap for peace between Israel and t [...]	2003-05-28 11:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI2561	TERRORIST FINANCE -- AL-AQSA FOUNDATION (LIST 34) [...] (U) Classified by Acting DCM Thomas E. Williams for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Econoff delivered 5/31 reftel talking points and background paper to UAE Central Bank FIU Chief Abdulrahim Al-Awadi. We will notify Washington of any actions the UAEG undertakes. Wahba [...]	2003-05-31 11:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL EUN KSEP CVIS KVPR TC
03ABUDHABI2600	ABORTED IRAQI ARMS DEAL [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) The Ambassador, accompanied by Polchief, presented Ref A demarche and background paper to MFA Minstate Hamdan bin Zayid Al-Nahyan on 5/31. Hamdan was not aware of the issue, but promised to bring it to the a [...]	2003-06-02 10:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2678	UAE INTERESTED IN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Nasser Sweidan, office director for de facto Finance Minister Dr. Khirbash, called A/DCM June 5 to say that he was drafting a letter from MFA Minstate Hamdan bin Zayid to Secretaries Powell and Evans outlining the UAEG's strong interest in pursuing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the U [...]	2003-06-07 09:58:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN USTR PREL TC
03ABUDHABI2853	(S) HUMAN APPEAL: STILL WAITING FOR [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARCELLE M. WAHBA FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). 2. (S/NF) Ambassador used the opportunity of a June 10 meeting with de facto Foreign Minister Shaykh Hamdan Bin Zayid (other topic septel, notal) to discuss the status of Human Appeal International. The Ambassador note [...]	2003-06-14 11:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PTER ETTC ECON TC
03ABUDHABI2855	(S) UAE CENTRAL BANK WILL SEEK [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARCELLE M. WAHBA FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). 2. (S) The Ambassador told MFA Minstate Hamdan bin Zayid June 10 that the authorities in Dubai had confirmed that the 43.5 million USD in illicit Iraqi missile money had been released by the Dubai court several months p [...]	2003-06-14 11:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2858	UAEG ASSURES HIGH-LEVEL PARTICIPATION FOR UN [...] (U) Classified by Acting DCM Thomas E. Williams, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 4. 3. (C) Acting DCM raised reftel points 6/14 with UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Undersecretary for Political Affairs Abdullah Rashid Al-N [...]	2003-06-14 12:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2944	TERRORIST FINANCE -- DESIGNATION OF ONE [...] (U) Classified by Acting DCM Thomas E. Williams for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 3. (C) Post delivered 6/15 ref A talking points and background paper to the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and faxed a courtesy copy [...]	2003-06-18 11:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL EUN KSEP CVIS KVPR TC
03ABUDHABI3116	(U) VEHICLES IN SUPPORT OF THE POLISH-LED [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARCELLE M. WAHBA FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) OUR ACTING CG IN DUBAI DISCUSSED THE ISSUE OF DUBAI'S VEHICLE DONATIONS TO THE POLISH-LED DIVISION IN IRAQ AND TO THE AFGHAN POLICE WITH SAYANTA BASU DURING A PHONE CALL ON JULY 1. DUBAI HAS NOT OFFERED T [...]	2003-07-02 14:25:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS EAID EFIN AF IZ TC
03ABUDHABI3117	UAEG UP-TO-DATE ON PALESTINIAN AID COMMITMENT [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) During a meeting on June 25, the Ambassador delivered Secretary Powell's oral message to MFA Minstate Shaykh Hamdan SIPDIS Bin Zayid, stressing the need for the UAEG to fulfil the commitment it made at t [...]	2003-07-02 14:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL GCC EAID EFIN TC
03ABUDHABI3208	ABU DHABI'S NEXUS OF ECONOMIC POWER, PART II: THE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (C) This is the second cable in a series that focuses on the informal, and less visible, power structure of Abu Dhabi emirate and -- through the power of the purse st [...]	2003-07-09 13:32:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV EPET PINS PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI3272	UAEG OFFERS TO HOST OCTOBER DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (U) The UAE representative to the weekly Iraq reconstruction teleconference had provisionally offered to have the UAE host the October donors' conference for Iraq. In a meeting with the Ambassador, Minstate for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed said that the UAEG is formally offering to [...]	2003-07-15 13:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI3477	DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTER - CENTRAL [...] (U) Classified by Acting DCM Oliver B. John for reasons 1.5 (B and D) 2. (C) Summary: The Central Bank Governor told the Ambassador that, despite press reports, banks and financial institutions operating in the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) will be subject to UAE law, at lea [...]	2003-07-27 13:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETTC PREL TC
03ABUDHABI3585	IRAQ DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B & D). 2. This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 3. (U) Embassy understands that the European Commission is heavily promoting Spain as a venue for the planned Iraq donors' conference and that the issue will be discuss [...]	2003-08-02 12:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	EAID EFIN PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI3591	UAEG REQUESTS LIST OF U.S. DELEGATES TO THE [...] POST RECEIVED A DIPLOMATIC NOTE FROM THE UAE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS FORMALLY REQUESTING THE NAME OF THE HEAD OF THE U.S. DELEGATION TO THE SEPTEMBER 23-24 IMF/WORLD BANK MEETINGS IN DUBAI, AS WELL AS A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR DELEGATION PARTICIPATING IN THE MEETINGS. [...]	2003-08-03 11:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI3682	UAEG REQUESTS GUIDANCE ON RAFIDAIN BANK [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 4. 3. (C) The UAE Central Bank forwarded a copy to Post of a July 26 letter to Treasury Secretary Snow seeking guidance on the liquidation of Raf [...]	2003-08-10 13:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI3683	UAEG TO TRANSFER FROZEN ASSETS TO THE DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 5. 3. (C) The UAE Central Bank forwarded a copy to Post of a July 26 letter responding to Treasury Secretary Snow's written request for the UAEG [...]	2003-08-10 13:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI3838	TERRORIST FINANCE: ABU DHABI: HAMAS NAMES [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Post delivered ref demarche to the office of the UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al-Suweidi on August 21. We will follow-up with the Central Bank and the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affa [...]	2003-08-21 09:36:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL EUN KSEP CVIS KVPR TC
03ABUDHABI3939	MISSION SEEKS BILATERALS WITH US OFFICIALS ON THE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST; PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 3. 2. (U) AS A MAJOR DONOR TO THE RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS IN BOTH AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ AND A STEADFAST PARTNER IN OUR EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORIST FINANCING, THE UAEG HAS DEMONSTRATED IT IS WILLING TO GO THE DISTANCE TO SUPPORT U.S. POLICI [...]	2003-08-27 11:13:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECIN EFIN EINV OVIP PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI3957	TERRORIST FINANCE: ABU DHABI: HAMAS NAMES [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Charge d'Affaires urged UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al-Suweidi on August 27 to check carefully for offices or financial assets of individuals and charities designated in ref B for [...]	2003-08-31 12:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL EUN KSEP CVIS KVPR TC
03ABUDHABI3958	TERRORIST FINANCING: UAE CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Charge d'Affaires delivered ref information on pending terrorist financing cases to UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al-Suweidi 8/27 and expressed the USG's appreciation for the UAE's [...]	2003-08-31 12:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL EUN KSEP CVIS KVPR TC
03ABUDHABI3995	TRADE BANK OF IRAQ DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO THE UAEG [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires, a.i. Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary. Charge D'Affaires passed reftel points and non-paper 8/31 to UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Undersecretary for Political Affairs Abdullah Rashid Al-Nuami, and Econoff se [...]	2003-09-02 12:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECIN ECON EFIN PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI4202	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY SNOW AND THE U.S. [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Secretary Snow: I would like to welcome you to the UAE as you prepare for the 2003 annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) in Dubai. Dubai's leadership has investe [...]	2003-09-15 13:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC ECIN EFIN EINV OVIP PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI4294	U.S.-UAE Strategic Partnership, Oct. 5-6: [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary and Action request: We have reached agreement with the UAEG on the topics and format for the October 5-6 U.S.-UAE Strategic Partnership in Abu Dhabi. October 5 will be the substantive, working day [...]	2003-09-21 10:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CVIS CASC ETRD EFIN TC
03ABUDHABI4402	SCENESETTER FOR THE FIRST ECONOMIC BUSINESSWOMEN'S [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (U) DAS Cheney and Senior Coordinator Ponticelli: I would like to welcome you to the UAE to attend the First Economic Businesswomen's Forum in Abu Dhabi, October 7-10. The UAEG has invested a tremendous amount [...]	2003-09-30 10:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KWMN OVIP PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI4426	UAE CENTRAL BANK ACTIONS ON MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (U) During the Annual Meetings of the IMF/WB in Dubai, the UAE Central Bank released detailed information on its money laundering investigations over the last two years. According to Assistant Executive Director Abdulrahim Sinkais Al-Awadi (in charge of the Anti Money Laundering and Suspiciou [...]	2003-10-01 11:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC PTER ECON TC
03ABUDHABI4508	NEW IRAQI ECONOMIC PACKAGE AND DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (b and d). 2. (C) Econchief and econoff discussed Iraqi economic reforms and the Madrid donors' conference with Ministry of Finance Assistant Undersecretary for Revenue and Budget Khalid Al-Bustani (protect). Al-Bustani said that i [...]	2003-10-07 11:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV IZ TC
03ABUDHABI4794	UAE ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING ACTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The recent visit of the Financial Services Volunteer Corps to the UAE gave emboffs and congenoffs a chance to discuss UAE anti-money laundering efforts with a number of different financial sector interlocutors. The overwhelming perception among bankers in the UAE is that the UA [...]	2003-10-29 04:58:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC PTER ECON TC
03ABUDHABI5030	UAE WOMEN'S GROUP COLLECTS MONEY FOR PALESTINAINS [...] (SBU) Econchief attended a charity Iftar "take away" hosted by an Abu Dhabi women's group in his neighborhood. Members of the group cooked traditional Iftar foods and sweets and sold them at a member's house. Customers could buy the homemade delicacies, reheat them and have them for Iftar ( [...]	2003-11-19 14:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON EAID TC
03ABUDHABI5220	SUGGESTED UAE PARTICIPANTS FOR THE TDA [...] Embassy Abu Dhabi and Congen Dubai suggest that seaport and airport security officials, and customs regulators from several of the UAE's emirates receive invitations to attend the TDA Transportation Security Forum in Cairo, February 9- 11. Please note that customs authority, border security, [...]	2003-12-10 06:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN BEXP TC
03ABUDHABI526	SHOW ME THE MONEY: INSIGHTS INTO THE UAE BUDGET [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-02 05:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI5380	UAE: 2003-2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-23 11:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN TC
03ABUDHABI5446	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel talking points to MFA Assistant Undersecretary for Political Affairs Ambassador Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi on December 30. 2. (C) Al Noaimi stated that the UAE understands the importance of supporting the P.A., and the UAE government is doing its best to assis [...]	2003-12-30 14:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG TC
03ABUDHABI552	THE MONEY PIT: FISCAL IRREGULARITIES IN THE UAE [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Tom Williams for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (U) The UAE federal government's top financial control body -- the Abu Dhabi Audit Department -- announced publicly on February 1 that the federal coffers had received only USD $107,000 of the USD $9 million [...]	2003-02-02 13:33:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI561	TERRORIST FINANCE -- UAE WILL FREEZE ASSETS OF ENTITIES [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Thomas Williams for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan Al-Suwaidi confirmed to Charge on February 3 that the UAE Central Bank would freeze any assets in the UAE linked to the entities designated in E.O. 13224 lists 27, 28, 2 [...]	2003-02-03 12:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL EUN KSEP CVIS KVPR TC
03ABUDHABI562	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR CONFIRMS STATUS OF RAFIDAIN BANK IN UAE [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Thomas Williams for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) In a meeting with Charge on February 3, UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan Al- Suweidi confirmed that a single branch of Rafidain Bank operates in Abu Dhabi, but its activities are very limited and close [...]	2003-02-03 12:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI619	UAE CENTRAL BANK ANNOUNCES SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Thomas Williams for reasons 1.5 (B) and (C). 2. (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 5. 3. (C) On the heels of the very successful May 2002 Hawala Conference in Abu Dhabi (reftel),UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan Al-Suweidi officiall [...]	2003-02-05 13:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI773	(S) UAEG FINANCIALLY OVEREXTENDED [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARCELLE M. WAHBA FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). SUMMARY AND COMMENT ------------------- 2. (S/NF) Senior UAEG officials have told the Ambassador on several occasions recently that the UAE is facing serious cash-flow problems. The basic problem is that the UAE has [...]	2003-02-17 14:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN MARR MOPS PGOV TC
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