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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02KATHMANDU1004 | NEPAL POLICE CLAIM VICTORY AGAINST MAOIST VALLEY [...]SBU) Speaking before a group of Nepal Police officers at an Embassy-sponsored presentation, police chief Rana claimed a victory over M[...] |
2002-05-23 12:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1005 | PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED; ELECTIONS CALLED FOR [...]) Summary. Nepal's King on May 22 announced the dissolution of Parliament and called elections for November 13 after a faction of the[...] |
2002-05-23 13:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER ASEC PINR NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1007 | PM: "NO ALTERNATIVE" BUT TO DISSOLVE PARLIAMENT [...]C) In a May 23 meeting with Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, Ambassador Malinowski and British Charge Andrew Mitchell emphasized th[...] |
2002-05-23 14:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1008 | KING'S VIEWS ON DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT [...][...] |
2002-05-23 16:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1009 | KING'S VIEWS ON DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT [...][...] |
2002-05-23 17:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1036 | FINANCE MINISTER RESIGNS IN ANGER, BUT HOPES TO [...]) Summary. Three Ministers resigned May 23 because the Prime Minister had not consulted them on the decision to suspend Parliament, F[...] |
2002-05-24 12:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1037 | KOIRALA CAMP CLAIMS CONSPIRACY IN DISSOLUTION OF [...]C) Supporters of Nepali Congress Party President and former Prime Minister G.P. Koirala are, predictably enough, branding Prime Minis[...] |
2002-05-24 13:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1053 | ARMY AND POLICE SUCCESSFULLY REPULSE ATTACK ON [...]ocal papers report that the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) inflicted heavy casualties on Maoist insurgents who were attempting to overrun a[...] |
2002-05-28 10:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV ASEC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1055 | NEPALI CONGRESS PARTY REVOKES PM'S MEMBERSHIP; [...]C) Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was expelled from the Nepali Congress Party for three years on May 26. As a counterattack, Deub[...] |
2002-05-28 11:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1091 | RECONCILIATION EFFORTS IN NEPALI CONGRESS PARTY [...]C) Efforts to reconcile intra-party rivals Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and Nepali Congress President and former Prime Minister [...] |
2002-05-31 12:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1105 | MAOISTS KILL NGO WORKER; MORE WFP SUSPENSIONS [...]BU) The Plan International (PI) representative for western Nepal's Bajhang district, a Nepalese national, was tortured and killed by M[...] |
2002-06-04 12:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC EAID ELAB PHUM PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1119 | REHABILITATING A CONTROVERSIAL CROWN PRINCE [...]/NF) Summary. Visiting USAID consultant Dr. Scott Palmer briefed Nepal's Crown Prince Paras May 30 on similarities between Nepal's Ma[...] |
2002-06-06 09:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1146 | DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT CHALLENGED IN SUPREME [...]SBU) Four cases have been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the May 22 dissolution of the Lower House of Parliament (Reftel). Th[...] |
2002-06-10 09:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1174 | ARMY, MAOISTS BATTLE IN SOUTHWESTERN NEPAL [...]SBU) Summary: Two Royal Nepal Army (RNA) platoons battled an estimated 100-200 Maoists the night of June 12 in a remote location in S[...] |
2002-06-13 11:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MCAP PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1183 | Consular Visit Assesses Conditions Outside [...]ummary. Consul and Consular Assistant completed a five-day road trip last week to assess concerns about the safety of AmCit travel ou[...] |
2002-06-15 03:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC ECON NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1191 | SECURITY FORCES' PROGRESS AND PITFALLS EAST OF [...]SBU) Government of Nepal (GON) security forces have made progress against Maoist insurgents over the last few months in the district d[...] |
2002-06-17 08:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS MOPS PHUM NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1197 | HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION FOR BALANCE NAIL 02-1 [...][...] |
2002-06-18 09:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM MARR MASS NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1198 | ARMY COUNTS VICTORY IN SALYAN WHILE MAOIST ATTACKS [...]) Summary. Nepal's army has confirmed that fifty-four Maoists and four Nepalese soldiers were killed during the June 12 clash in Saly[...] |
2002-06-18 12:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC PHUM PREL PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1199 | RULING PARTY RUMBLE: NEPALI CONGRESS PARTY [...]SBU) As predicted (Ref A), supporters of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba have called a General Convention of the Nepali Congress Pa[...] |
2002-06-18 12:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1201 | NEPAL REQUEST FOR MILITARY INFORMATION SUPPORT [...]C) Embassy Kathmandu requests Military Information Support Team (MIST) to assist the RNA in planning information strategies, developi[...] |
2002-06-19 05:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | MARR MOPS NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1216 | NEPAL'S KING HEADS TO INDIA AFTER COMPLETING FIRST [...]) Summary. The first trip abroad as monarch by Nepal's King Gyanendra will be a visit to India June 23-30. Gyanendra laid the groundw[...] |
2002-06-20 12:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1245 | TIBETAN REFUGEE UPDATE: ASYLUM REQUEST, PUBLIC [...]) Summary. A group of Tibetan refugees arrested by Nepalese authorities in transit to Tibet from India seek a royal amnesty on the Ki[...] |
2002-06-25 13:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL ECPS PROP PHUM NP CH |
| 02KATHMANDU1255 | NEPAL: IS THE STATE OF EMERGENCY NECESSARY? [...]C) When Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba decided to dissolve Parliament, he cited MPs' refusal to extend the state of national emerge[...] |
2002-06-26 10:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1284 | Anti-Corruption Efforts in Nepal [...]) Ref A requested a brief summary of recent and notable anti-corruption efforts in Nepal by the government, civil society and the priv[...] |
2002-07-01 11:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PGOV SNAR PINR NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1285 | NEPAL: PROSPECTS FOR ELECTIONS CLOUDED BY [...]C) Despite Prime Minister Deuba's repeated assurances that the Government of Nepal will proceed with national elections on schedule,[...] |
2002-07-01 13:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1309 | MAOIST PARTY PLENUM DECRIES ELECTIONS; CASTIGATES [...]C) Summary: An undated Maoist press release, signed by Party President Prachanda, reported the successful conclusion of a Party plenu[...] |
2002-07-05 10:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1314 | INDIA VISIT EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS, NEPAL'S KING [...]) Summary. King Gyanendra's week-long visit to India in late June "exceeded his expectations," a businessman close to Nepal's monarch[...] |
2002-07-05 11:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR NP IN |
| 02KATHMANDU1315 | Bomb Explodes at PM's Party Headquarters [...]) A bomb exploded July 5 at the newly-opened Kathmandu office of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's faction of the Nepali Congress Pa[...] |
2002-07-05 11:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1326 | NEPAL'S KING JOURNEYS TO CHINA SEEKING HELP IN [...]) Summary. Statements against Nepal's Maoist insurgents and "anti-China activities" can be expected during the first visit of Nepal's[...] |
2002-07-08 12:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER NP CH |
| 02KATHMANDU1332 | POLICE CANCEL DALAI LAMA BIRTHDAY EVENTS IN [...]) Summary. Three Tibetan community events planned at a major hotel in Kathmandu July 6-7 to mark the Dalai Lama's birthday were cance[...] |
2002-07-09 11:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1336 | PRESS FREEDOM UNDER NEPAL'S STATE OF EMERGENCY [...]BU) SUMMARY: Since the beginning of the State of Emergency in Nepal, 123 journalists have been arrested, with 35 still detained, three[...] |
2002-07-10 03:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI PTER NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1344 | NEPAL'S FY 03 BUDGET FOCUSES ON SECURITY, CUTS [...]SBU) On July 8 Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba presented a budget that for the first time puts "maintaining peace and security" in [...] |
2002-07-10 11:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1348 | NEPAL'S ELECTION COMMISSION REQUESTS DONOR [...]U) This is an action message. Please see Para 13. ------------- SUMMARY ------------- ¶2. (SBU[...] |
2002-07-11 06:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID PREL NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1349 | Nepal and International Counter-Terrorism [...]pal is working to sign the Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (CSFT) at an early date, Arjun Kant Mainali of[...] |
2002-07-11 08:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1371 | LARGE GROUP OF NEPALI MAOISTS ATTACK VILLAGE, [...]) Summary. Several hundred Maoists attacked a village near western Nepal's largest city July 10, killing two mainstream party workers[...] |
2002-07-15 11:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC PHUM PREL NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1372 | NEPAL'S ARMY SETS UP HUMAN RIGHTS CELL [...]) Summary. Nepal's army has set up a cell to investigate reported human rights violations, the Defense Ministry announced July 10. A[...] |
2002-07-15 11:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL MARR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1373 | Maoist Leader Calls September 16 General Strike, [...]BU) In a press release dated July 11, Prachanda, President of Nepal's Maoist Central Committee, called for a nation-wide general strik[...] |
2002-07-15 13:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1387 | Nepal's Local Officials Stay Home as PM Allows [...]BU) Summary. Nepal's government allowed the terms of local-level elected officials to lapse on July 16, a move affecting around 200,0[...] |
2002-07-17 13:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC PTER PREL PINR NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1407 | Press Release Shows Maoists Feeling Heat [...]BU) In a July 18 press release, Prachanda, President of Nepal's Maoist Central Committee, called for a political solution to the prese[...] |
2002-07-19 11:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1408 | GROWING NEPAL-INDIA COOPERATION AGAINST MAOISTS [...]) Summary. The recent arrest of four Nepali Maoists in New Delhi and their immediate extradition to Nepal, confirmed by the Indian Em[...] |
2002-07-19 11:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC PGOV PHUM NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1435 | PM DEUBA SAYS LOCAL POLLS TO FOLLOW NATIONAL [...]) Summary. Nepal's Prime Minister Deuba briefed donors July 23 on preparations for upcoming elections and efforts to manage local-lev[...] |
2002-07-24 11:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PINR NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1443 | NEPAL POLICE SHUT DOWN PRESS CONFERENCE PROTESTING [...]) Summary. Police in Kathmandu interrupted a press conference held by a local Buddhist group on July 25 to answer allegations made du[...] |
2002-07-25 08:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PREF PHUM PREL NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1465 | NEPAL'S NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION FLOUNDERS [...]) Summary: A founding member of Nepal's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) was suspended from the body on July 24 for "behavior[...] |
2002-07-29 01:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI PTER PREL NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1478 | NEPAL'S CROWN PRINCESS GIVES BIRTH TO SON [...][...] |
2002-07-30 13:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1507 | Recent Army Successes Against Maoists [...]BU) Summary. Fifteen Maoists were killed in Dolakha district August 3 after security forces, acting on a tip, intercepted them making[...] |
2002-08-05 11:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1515 | Supreme Court Ruling Allows Dissolution of [...]BU) Summary. On August 6, Nepal's Supreme Court threw out four petitions challenging the Prime Minister's May decision to dissolve Pa[...] |
2002-08-06 12:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID PINR NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1532 | Maoist Students Bomb Kathmandu School, Injuring [...]BU) Summary. Students shouting Maoist slogans set off a bomb at a private business college in Kathmandu August 8, injuring six. The [...] |
2002-08-08 06:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1537 | Maoist Insurgency Exacts Heavy Toll on Food [...]) Summary: Nepal's Maoist insurgency poses a serious threat to food security in many areas of Nepal, according to UN officials and oth[...] |
2002-08-08 10:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR PTER AORC ASEC PHUM NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1590 | Nepal's Forthcoming Elections: What the U.S. Can [...]pal is preparing to hold national elections beginning November 13, followed by local elections sometime around April, 2003. The ongoi[...] |
2002-08-16 11:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID PREL PHUM NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1605 | NEPAL ARMY HOLDS MAIDEN PRESS CONFERENCE [...]U) In an apparent effort to burnish its public image and promote public confidence that it is gaining ground against Maoist insurgent[...] |
2002-08-19 11:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PTER SCUL NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1616 | SIGNING OF NEPAL-ILO AGREEMENT ON US-FUNDED [...]pal and the ILO signed an agreement August 20 on the implementation of an ILO/IPEC time-bound project to eliminate the worst forms of [...] |
2002-08-20 11:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAID PGOV AORC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1618 | Seventeen Nepalese Bureaucrats Arrested in Anti- [...]) This is an action message. Please see para 10. ¶2. (SBU) Summary. Seventeen Nepalese public officials have been arrest[...] |
2002-08-20 12:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SNAR PINR NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1619 | PROMINENT MAOIST SURRENDERS TO HUMAN RIGHTS [...]U) On August 19 Mukti Pradhan, a member of the Maoist Joint Revolutionary Council on the Government of Nepal's most wanted list, surr[...] |
2002-08-20 12:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1626 | NEPALI GOVERNMENT HANDS LOCAL GOVERNMENT OVER TO [...]SBU) Having allowed the terms of all locally elected officials to expire as of July 16 (reftel), the Government of Nepal (GON) has an[...] |
2002-08-21 10:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1640 | UPDATE ON MAOIST INSURGENCY: JULY-AUGUST 2002 [...]) This message highligts significant events in the Maoist insurgency since July. On August 21 the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) attacked a M[...] |
2002-08-22 13:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV MCAP NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1645 | NEPAL: MORE ON BILATERAL AGREEMENT TO PROTECT [...]) Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya on August 23 told DCM that Nepal has no disagreement with the USG's views on the International[...] |
2002-08-23 14:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LICC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1659 | UPDATE ON STATUS OF TIBETAN REFUGEES DETAINED IN [...]SBU) On August 22 a German philanthropist paid Nepal's Department of Immigration approximately USD 1500 in assorted fees and penalties[...] |
2002-08-26 11:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL NP IN CH |
| 02KATHMANDU1674 | BOMB BLAST MARS LAPSE OF EMERGENCY IN NEPAL [...]SBU) A mid-morning bomb blast in the heart of Kathmandu's commercial center marred the August 28 lapse of the state of national emerg[...] |
2002-08-28 12:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1688 | NEPAL AND BHUTAN TALK REFUGEES "INFORMALLY," BUT [...]) Summary. Nepal and Bhutan have discussed the Bhutanese refugee issue "informally," but a date has still not been set for the next r[...] |
2002-08-30 09:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID AORC PHUM NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1693 | MORE EXPLOSIONS IN KATHMANDU AS STRIKE DATE NEARS [...]SBU) Maoist insurgents continued their campaign of bombings in urban areas of the Kathmandu Valley throughout a long holiday weekend A[...] |
2002-09-03 11:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1694 | POLICE DISRUPT PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF TIBETAN [...]U) On September 2 local police halted the Tibetan community's religious celebration of Tibet's "Democracy Day" and detained Office of [...] |
2002-09-03 12:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1705 | NEPAL'S PREPARATIONS FOR WTO WORKING PARTY MEETING [...]SBU) Upcoming general elections on November 13 do not seem to have impeded preparations by the Government of Nepal (GON) for its secon[...] |
2002-09-04 11:20:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1741 | MAOISTS STAGE MAJOR ATTACKS IN EAST AND WEST [...]SBU) In their largest actions against the security forces since the onset of the monsoon in May, late September 7 Maoist insurgents a[...] |
2002-09-09 13:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1748 | NEPAL: INFLUENTIAL MINISTER ACCUSED OF CORRUPTION [...]U) Minister for Physical Planning Chiranjibi Wagle, a close confidante of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and perhaps the most infl[...] |
2002-09-10 11:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1762 | SPECULATON BUILDS FOR POSSIBLE ROYAL INTERVENTION [...]C) The Embassy believes that King Gyanendra is now actively considering use of his Constitutional authority to dismiss the current gov[...] |
2002-09-11 10:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1772 | PM WORRIED ABOUT RUMORS OF KINGLY INTERVENTION [...]C) In a September 12 meeting with the Ambassador and UK Ambassador Keith Bloomfield, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba seemed clearly [...] |
2002-09-12 10:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1774 | NEPAL'S GOVERNMENT DISMISSES AS INSINCERE MAOIST [...]U) On September 11 Maoist leader Prachanda issued a press statement calling for a ceasefire. The statement does not refer to the U.S[...] |
2002-09-12 11:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1781 | NEPAL'S KING SAYS NOT YET TIME TO INTERVENE [...]C) In a September 12 meeting, King Gyanendra assured the Ambassador that he would not use his constitutional authority to intervene in[...] |
2002-09-12 08:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1797 | NEPAL: MAOIST STRIKE GENERALLY OBSERVED IN [...]U) The general strike, or "bandh," called by Maoist insurgents nationwide for September 16 appeared to have been generally observed in[...] |
2002-09-16 12:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1811 | NEPAL'S ELECTION COMMISSION RULES AGAINST PRIME [...]SBU) Summary: On September 17 the Election Commission (EC) handed down what it described as a provisional decision that the faction o[...] |
2002-09-17 11:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1831 | NEPAL'S NEW CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF, GENERAL PYAR JUNG [...]) General Pyar Jung Thapa (DPOB 15 September 1946; Siphal, Kathmandu, Nepal) was appointed Chief of Army Staff (COAS) by King Gyanendr[...] |
2002-09-19 12:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR MCAP PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1832 | MAOISTS DESTROY MEDEVAC HELO; HOLD PILOT, PASSENGER [...]U) A commercial helicopter on a mission to medevac a sick Nepali in the remote northeastern district of Solukhumbu has been destroyed [...] |
2002-09-19 13:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EAIR PHUM CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1853 | NEPAL'S MAOISTS ANNOUNCE NEW PROGRAM OF AGITATION [...]C) Maoist insurgents, apparently hoping to keep up the momentum from their successful September 16 general strike, have announced a f[...] |
2002-09-23 09:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1872 | American Climbers Fired Upon Near Tibetan [...]BU) Summary. Two men wearing what appeared to be military uniforms and carrying automatic weapons fired a series of five shots at Ame[...] |
2002-09-26 09:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PTER PGOV ASEC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1885 | NEPAL: MAOIST ATROCITIES ESCALATE [...]his message updates reporting on Maoist attacks on civilian targets (Ref D) during the month of September. In addition to their demol[...] |
2002-09-27 10:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINS NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1890 | NEPALI ARMY'S EVOLVING APPROACH TO HUMAN RIGHTS [...]C) In the ten months it has been mobilized against Maoist insurgents, the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) has had to change from a ceremonial,[...] |
2002-09-27 12:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MCAP PTER NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1901 | NEPAL: ALL-PARTY CONSENSUS TO POSTPONE ELECTIONS [...]C) Summary: On September 29 an all-party meeting recommended that national parliamentary elections, originally scheduled to begin Nov[...] |
2002-09-30 12:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1902 | AMCIT CLIMBERS DISCUSS SHOOTING INCIDENT [...]BU) On September 20, American climbers David Morton and Jeff Lamoureaux were fired upon by two men wearing what they believe were Chi[...] |
2002-09-30 13:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PGOV ASEC NP CH |
| 02KATHMANDU1903 | CHINESE PRESSURE STIFLES TIBETANS IN NEPAL [...]) There have been increasing restrictions on the Tibetan refugee community in Nepal. Celebrations and cultural events have been cance[...] |
2002-10-01 01:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | CH NP PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
| 02KATHMANDU1925 | NEPALI PM ASKS KING TO POSTPONE ELECTIONS [...]C) Sources at the Palace have informed the Ambassador that on October 3 Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, citing the King's broadly w[...] |
2002-10-03 10:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1932 | NEPAL'S KING ASSUMES EXECUTIVE POWERS, DISMISSES [...]U) At approximately 11:00 p.m. local time on October 4, King Gyanendra announced on state-run television and radio that he had dismiss[...] |
2002-10-05 05:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1933 | REFUGEES CONFIRM DETAILS OF SHOOTING INCIDENT AT [...]) PolOff met with UNHCR Protection Officer regarding a group of Tibetans involved in the incident near Nangpa-La in which two American[...] |
2002-10-07 01:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | CH NP PGOV CASC ASEC |
| 02KATHMANDU1938 | NEPAL: REACTIONS TO KING'S ASSUMPTION OF [...]C) After initially denouncing King Gyanendra's October 4 assumption of executive power (Ref A) as unconstitutional, leaders of most p[...] |
2002-10-07 12:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1947 | NEPAL: PARTIES SCRAMBLE FOR CONSENSUS AS DEADLINE [...]C) As the deadline set by King Gyanendra for nominations to an interim Cabinet approaches, politicians are scrambling to patch togethe[...] |
2002-10-08 12:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1955 | NEPAL: PARTIES LOOKING FOR "FLEXIBILITY" FROM KING [...]C) The October 9 deadline set by King Gyanendra for political parties to forward their nominations for the interim Cabinet (Reftel) ap[...] |
2002-10-10 00:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1964 | NEPAL'S EX-PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES HIS OUSTER BY [...]) SUMMARY. IN A MEETING ON OCTOBER 7 WITH THE AMBASSADOR, SHER BAHADUR DEUBA DESCRIBED THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING HIS OCTOBER 4 DI[...] |
2002-10-10 08:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1970 | NEPALI MAOISTS ATTACK FOREIGN HYDRO PROJECT; [...]) On October 8 Maoist insurgents attacked a Norwegian hydropower project northeast of Kathmandu, cutting its power production in half[...] |
2002-10-10 10:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1988 | NEPAL KING NAMES NEW PM, MEMBERS OF CABINET [...]C) On October 11 King Gyanendra appointed National Democratic Party Leader Lokendra Bahadur Chand as Prime Minister. Chand, who has b[...] |
2002-10-11 12:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU2033 | NEPAL SUPREME COURT REJECTS PETITION QUESTIONING [...]n October 23 the Supreme Court rejected a petition, filed by a private attorney, contesting King Gyanendra's action in forming an inte[...] |
2002-10-24 12:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2035 | NEPAL: MAOIST ACTIVITIES CONTINUE DESPITE NEW [...]SBU) This message updates Maoist activities since the October 11 appointment of Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand. Efforts by Ch[...] |
2002-10-24 13:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PHUM NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2044 | NEPAL: SA DAS CAMP MEETINGS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...]C) In October 23 meetings with Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Donald Camp and the SIPDIS Ambassa[...] |
2002-10-25 11:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PINR NP IN LICC |
| 02KATHMANDU2045 | FOLLOW-ON TO THE CONFERENCE ON NEPAL IN LONDON: [...]) Summary. The British Embassy in Kathmandu convened a meeting on October 11 of representatives of bilateral and multilateral donors [...] |
2002-10-27 08:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2052 | KATHMANDU VALLEY STRIKE OBSERVED; MAOISTS CLAIM [...]SBU) Four people were slightly injured in a series of small explosions in the heart of Kathmandu--including two in or near the Thamel [...] |
2002-10-28 11:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2057 | SA DAS CAMP MEETING WITH NEPAL'S CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF AND NATIONAL SECURITY SECRETARIAT C-TN2-00948 [...]) Summary. In two separate meetings on October 22 2002, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asia, Donald A. Camp, accompanied by LTC[...] |
2002-10-30 05:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV MARR MASS NP PREL |
| 02KATHMANDU2060 | NEPAL CORRUPTION AUTHORITY TAKES ON EX-MINISTERS [...]SBU) Despite the recent change in government, the Commission for Investigation into the Abuse of Authority (CIAA), the autonomous cons[...] |
2002-10-30 08:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SNAR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2070 | NEPAL: MAOISTS CONTINUE TO ROB FOREIGN TREKKERS [...]UMMARY: In late September Maoist rebels attempted to extort money from a group of foreign climbers in far northeastern Nepal, forcing[...] |
2002-10-30 11:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CASC PTER ASEC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2091 | TO JOIN OR NOT TO JOIN: THE NEPALI PARTIES' [...]C) King Gyanendra's dismissal of the government of former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and appointment of an interim government h[...] |
2002-11-01 13:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2152 | NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, NOV 2-14 [...]oist bombs claimed the lives of at least two children during the last two weeks, adding to the more than 100 children reported killed [...] |
2002-11-15 01:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | NP PGOV PTER PHUM CASC |
| 02KATHMANDU2158 | SAARC: SECRETARIAT COMMENTS ON LATEST COUNCIL FOR [...]) On November 14, the Economic Officer met with Rajiv Chander, Director of Trade Economic and Transportation Division of the South Asi[...] |
2002-11-15 08:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON NP XD |
| 02KATHMANDU2168 | U.S. GOVERNMENT ANTI-TRAFFICKING STRATEGY FOR [...]Post hereby submits its anti-trafficking strategy as requested reftel. This document provides information on both ongoing and propose[...] |
2002-11-15 10:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM SMIG PREL ELAB EAID KSEP ASEC KPAO SNAR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2169 | NEPAL: MAOISTS LAUNCH SIMULTANEOUS ATTACKS ON [...]U) At about midnight November 15, Maoist insurgents launched an attack on the headquarters in Jumla District in northwestern Nepal. C[...] |
2002-11-15 10:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2171 | NEPAL: PURPORTED MAOIST PRESS RELEASE CLAIMS [...]C) On November 15, poloff met with Padma Ratna Tuladhar, a long-time leftwing politician known to have contact with the Maoists. (Not[...] |
2002-11-15 13:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2188 | NEPAL: MAOIST SPOKESMAN PUSHES PARTY LINE ON CNN [...]mmary: Krishna Bahadur Mahara, one of the top leaders of Nepal's Maoist insurgency, granted an interview to CNN on November 14. Maha[...] |
2002-11-18 12:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | NP PGOV PTER PHUM IN PREL |
| 02KATHMANDU2189 | NEPAL: CABINET EXPANSION [...]SBU) The interim Government of Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand announced an expansion of its 9-member Cabinet to 22 on November[...] |
2002-11-18 12:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU2207 | TEMPORARY UNHCR HEAD IN KATHMANDU DISCUSSES [...]) Summary. The new UNHCR Kathmandu Officer-in-Charge (OIC) traveled to Nepal,s Bhutanese refugee camps November 16 to follow-up on an[...] |
2002-11-20 10:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID AORC PHUM NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2217 | NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY UNDERMINES [...]UMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: While the people of Nepal have borne the brunt of the brutal seven-year Maoist insurgency, which has claimed [...] |
2002-11-22 08:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV ECON EAGR PTER EAID TBIO XD NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2223 | NEPAL: BRIGADE COMMANDER SAYS MAOISTS SLOWLY [...]C) At a briefing at 3rd Brigade Headquarters in Pokhara November 20, Brig. Gen. Prakash Basnet told DATT and poloff he believes the Ma[...] |
2002-11-22 09:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS MASS PGOV PTER NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2228 | NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, NOV 15-21 [...]) Summary: Nepal's Maoist insurgents continued their violence this week, killing at least fourteen civilians in brutal attacks around[...] |
2002-11-22 10:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NP PGOV PTER PHUM CASC IN |
| 02KATHMANDU2237 | MAOIST IMPACT: NEPAL'S FORESTS UNDER SIEGE [...]UMMARY: The impact of the Maoist insurgency has not been limited to Nepal's national parks and conservation areas (septel). The assau[...] |
2002-11-25 08:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV ECON EAGR PTER EAID TBIO XD NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2245 | U.S. ARMS SALES TO NEPALI ARMY MAKES FRONT-PAGE [...]SBU) Reports on U.S. sales of M-16 rifles to the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) appeared on the front pages of the November 23 editions of lea[...] |
2002-11-25 10:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL PTER KPAO CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2254 | NEPAL: FUNDING TERRORISM, MAOISTS TAP OVERSEAS [...]) According to a prominent Kathmandu banker and long-time Embassy contact, Maoists are tapping into remittances from Nepalese employed[...] |
2002-11-26 12:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | EFIN ELAB NP PTER |
| 02KATHMANDU2264 | NEPAL: ARMY PLAN TO INITIATE INDUSTRIAL SECURITY [...]C) In a November 21 meeting with Ambassadors and Nepali business leaders, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen. Pyar Jung Thapa announced pl[...] |
2002-11-27 12:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS ECON PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2280 | NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, NOV 22-29 [...]mmary: A year after Maoist insurgents unilaterally broke a four-month truce with the government, this week saw further reports of civi[...] |
2002-11-29 11:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | NP PGOV PTER PHUM CASC IN |
| 02KATHMANDU2287 | NEPAL-BHUTAN: UNHCR DIRECTOR CALLS FOR SOLUTION TO [...]) Summary: In November 26 meeting with donor representatives, Director of UNHCR's Bureau for Asia and the Pacific Jean-Marie Fakhouri [...] |
2002-12-02 11:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID AORC PHUM NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2295 | NEPALI CONGRESS STILL HOLDING HARD LINE AGAINST [...]C) The polarization between the Palace-appointed interim government and mainstream political parties continues. Nepali Congress Pres[...] |
2002-12-03 12:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU2301 | NEPAL: MAOISTS CALL INDEFINITE SCHOOL STRIKE [...]e Maoist student arm, All-Nepal National Free Student Union-Revolutionary, called for an indefinite school strike (or bandh) in Kathma[...] |
2002-12-04 11:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | NP PGOV PTER SOCI |
| 02KATHMANDU2302 | NEPAL: MAOISTS SEEKING DIALOGUE FOR TACTICAL ENDS [...]C) A December 3 statement by Maoist leader Prachanda claimed that the insurgents are suspending violent attacks against infrastructur[...] |
2002-12-04 12:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2307 | NEPAL: CHILDREN IN CONFLICT [...]mmary: Continued Maoist violence in Nepal has taken a severe toll on the country's children, both physically and mentally. More than [...] |
2002-12-05 08:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PHUM SOCI PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2324 | NEPAL: MAOIST PROMISES GO UP IN SMOKE [...]) Summary: Mere days after Maoist leaders called for peace talks with the Government of Nepal (GON) (ref A), three separate incidents[...] |
2002-12-06 11:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PHUM CASC PGOV IN NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2326 | NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, NOV 30-DEC 06 [...]) Summary: This week in Nepal, armed assailants attacked a Joint Secretary at a public event in Kathmandu; the army blamed political [...] |
2002-12-06 11:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHUM CASC PGOV IN NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2369 | NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, DEC 07-13 [...]) Summary: While the Government of Nepal explored opportunities for peace talks this week, Maoist attacks on passenger buses, schools[...] |
2002-12-13 11:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHUM CASC PGOV IN NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2393 | CODEL ACKERMAN MEETINGS WITH MUBARAK, SULEIMAN, [...]) Summary: In separate June 28 meetings with President Hosni Mubarak, EGIS Director Omar Suleiman, and FM Ahmed Aboul Gheit, CODEL Ack[...] |
2002-12-16 12:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU2394 | NEPAL: MAOISTS' TOP IDEOLOGUE BHATTARAI [...]C) Summary: In a December 14 interview with the Washington Times, Maoist ideologue Baburam Bhattarai appeared to back-pedal from the [...] |
2002-12-16 12:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2440 | EXTORTION LETTER DELIVERED TO COCA-COLA'S LOCAL [...]n 17 December, Mr. N.N. Singh (source protect), the head of Coca Cola's Nepal operations, told RSO that he had received a letter purp[...] |
2002-12-20 08:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PINS NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2442 | NEPAL'S EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM DEVASTATED BY MAOISTS [...]mmary: The Nepali education system has suffered tremendously in the country's nearly seven years of ongoing Maoist insurgency. Privat[...] |
2002-12-20 09:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PHUM SOCI PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2443 | NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, DEC 14-DEC 20 [...]n December 18 the European Union issued a statement calling for the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist insurgents to move ahead towa[...] |
2002-12-20 09:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2456 | NEPAL: MAOIST STUDENT UNION SUSPENDS STRIKE [...]U) On December 22 the Maoist-affiliated All Nepal National Independent Students Union - Revolutionary (ANNISU-R) ended its strike agai[...] |
2002-12-23 11:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU247 | NEPAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) PROJECT PROPOSALS FY2002-04 [...][...] |
2002-02-01 12:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | NOTAG NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2484 | NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, DEC 21-DEC 27 [...]The Centre For Economic and Social Development released a study on December 24 that showed an overwhelming majority of Nepalis, partic[...] |
2002-12-27 08:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN |
| 02KATHMANDU2490 | NEPAL: MAOISTS BOMB SCHOOL DORMITORY, SEVEN INJURED [...]mmary: Five children, a teacher and a secondary school principal were injured when Maoists bombed an occupied school dormitory in Kath[...] |
2002-12-30 09:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PHUM PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2492 | KATHMANDU VALLEY STRIKE SHUTS DOWN BUSINESS, HALTS [...]he December 29-30 general strike ("bandh") called by the Maoists in the Narayani and Bagmati zones, the latter of which includes the K[...] |
2002-12-30 11:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2502 | NEPAL: MILITARY AID RUNS AGROUND ON THE SHOALS OF [...]) Summary: Delivery of M16A2 rifles for the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA), already two months later than scheduled, was delayed again on [...] |
2002-12-31 11:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | IN NP PGOV PTER RU |
| 02KATHMANDU255 | ICRC RESUMES VISITS TO KATHMANDU JAILS [...]SBU) According to International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head Delegate Jean-Jacques Bovay, on January 30 the Government of N[...] |
2002-02-04 09:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM NP |
| 02KATHMANDU278 | MAOISTS KILL 16 POLICE; CALL FOR NATIONWIDE [...]BU) Maoist insurgents continued their attacks against police with a deadly assault on a police post in Kavre District the morning of F[...] |
2002-02-05 13:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NP PTER PGOV CASC ASEC |
| 02KATHMANDU298 | BHUTANESE REFUGEES: NEPAL TO GRANT OPTION OF RETURN [...]) Summary. Nepal intends to grant verified Bhutanese refugees the "option of return" to Bhutan and will allow those who wish to stay [...] |
2002-02-07 11:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID AORC PHUM NP |
| 02KATHMANDU333 | NEPALI PARLIAMENT CONVENES FOR WINTER SESSION [...]SBU) The Winter Session of Parliament convened Feb. 10 amid widespread expectations that the Lower House will ratify the state of nati[...] |
2002-02-11 11:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NP PGOV SOCI |
| 02KATHMANDU340 | MAOISTS PAMPHLETEER, PREPARE FOR STRIKE IN [...]U) Maoist insurgents continue to publicize a nationwide strike called for Feb. 22-23 in commemoration of the seventh anniversary of th[...] |
2002-02-12 09:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU354 | NEPAL DEPORTS PAKISTAN EMBASSY STAFF CAUGHT WITH [...][...] |
2002-02-13 11:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINR KCRM ASEC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU362 | NEPALI CANDIDATE FOR HIGH REPRESENTATIVE OF [...]his is an action request. Please see Para 4. ¶2. The Embassy has received a diplomatic note, dated February 13, from the[...] |
2002-02-14 11:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NP UN |
| 02KATHMANDU363 | NEPALI GOVERNMENT MOVES TO REGULATE MADRASAS [...]BU) SUMMARY: A notice from the Home Ministry announcing that private Muslim schools must register with local authorities has drawn c[...] |
2002-02-14 12:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KIRF SOCI NP |
| 02KATHMANDU371 | FY 02-03 SA BUREAU ESF FOR REGIONAL INITIATIVES [...]egional Environment Office (REO) for South Asia, based at Embassy Kathmandu, would like to propose several projects for FY 02 and FY 0[...] |
2002-02-15 09:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID PGOV IN PK NP BD AF REO |
| 02KATHMANDU376 | ONE FEARED DEAD IN BOMB EXPLOSION, ARSON AT [...]) Suspected Maoists set fire to files and set off a timed explosive device at a Kathmandu Land Revenue Office a little after 10:00 a.[...] |
2002-02-17 12:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU377 | 179 REPORTEDLY KILLED AS MAOISTS OVERRUN DISTRICT [...]C) SUMMARY: Maoist insurgents attacked an airport, a district police office, and an army barracks in Achham District in western Nepal[...] |
2002-02-17 14:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINS NP |
| 02KATHMANDU378 | (S) REQUEST FOR IMAGERY FOR ROYAL NEPAL ARMY, FIFTH [...]/NF) This is the fifth request for imagery support for the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) to conduct offensive operations against Maoist re[...] |
2002-02-17 14:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PTER MASS NP |
| 02KATHMANDU379 | REVISED CASUALTY ESTIMATES FOR ACHHAM AS [...]BU) Revised casualty estimates for the Maoists' Feb. 17 attacks on an airport and district headquarters in Achham indicate that nearl[...] |
2002-02-18 10:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU380 | PM URGES RATIFICATION OF EMERGENCY IN SHADOW OF [...]arliament reconvened in the late afternoon of Feb. 18 after angry Opposition MPs had disrupted an earlier session, demanding Prime Min[...] |
2002-02-19 11:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER NP |
| 02KATHMANDU390 | NEPAL'S MAIN OPPOSITION PARTIES MERGE, BUT REMAIN [...]) Nepal's main opposition party, the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist and Leninist (UML), merged February 15 with a smaller f[...] |
2002-02-20 11:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU402 | FOREIGN SECRETARY APPEALS FOR IMMEDIATE AID [...]BU) SUMMARY: On Feb. 21 Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya called the Ambassador to the Foreign Ministry to appeal directly for i[...] |
2002-02-21 11:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PGOV ETRD NP |
| 02KATHMANDU410 | NATIONWIDE STRIKE BRINGS SCATTERED VIOLENCE, [...]BU) Summary. Insurgents attacked a remote police post in Salyan district, killing 34 policemen, on the eve of a strike called by the [...] |
2002-02-22 10:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU411 | TEN TIBETAN REFUGEES' ASYLUM REQUEST PASSED OVER [...]) Nepal's Home Ministry declined to include the names of ten Tibetan refugees held on immigration violations in a letter to the King r[...] |
2002-02-22 10:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL NP |
| 02KATHMANDU412 | OPPOSITION SUPPORTS GOVERNMENT IN RATIFYING [...]BU) SUMMARY: The Lower House of Parliament ratified the state of national emergency by well over the two-thirds majority necessary t[...] |
2002-02-22 11:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER NP |
| 02KATHMANDU425 | BHUTANESE REFUGEE ACTIVIST DENIED BAIL BY SUPREME [...]mmary. Nepal's Supreme Court has denied bail to prominent Bhutanese refugee and human rights activist S.K. Pradhan on the grounds tha[...] |
2002-02-26 10:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL NP |
| 02KATHMANDU439 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INSPECTOR GENERAL OF [...][...] |
2002-02-27 11:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV EAID ASEC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU446 | TALES FROM TRIBHUVAN HOSPITAL: MAOIST VICTIMS [...]) In addition to the 650 policemen and 90 Royal Nepal Army soldiers they have killed, Maoists have beaten, stabbed, shot or burned to [...] |
2002-02-28 09:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM NP |
| 02KATHMANDU450 | MAOISTS' MINORS: INTERVIEWS WITH CHILD RECRUITS [...]SBU) Interviews with several Maoist child recruits at the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) division in the southwestern city of Nepalgunj indic[...] |
2002-03-01 10:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PTER NP |
| 02KATHMANDU466 | UIGHURS IN NEPAL [...]) At least 15 Chinese Uighurs have entered Nepal in the last three months, according to a UNHCR protection officer (strongly protect).[...] |
2002-03-05 12:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PREF PTER PHUM PREL NP |
| 02KATHMANDU467 | NEPALI REACTION TO TRADE TREATY RENEWAL WITH INDIA [...]SBU) Reaction in Kathmandu to the March 2 signing of the revised bilateral trade treaty between Nepal and India in New Delhi has been[...] |
2002-03-05 14:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL NP IN |
| 02KATHMANDU481 | MAOIST STUDENTS SHUT DOWN KATHMANDU SCHOOLS FOR [...]BU) Facing the threat of violence, most educational institutions in Kathmandu remained closed March 4 and 5 after Maoist-affiliated st[...] |
2002-03-06 12:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER CASC ASEC PHUM NP |
| 02KATHMANDU482 | TRADE OPPORTUNITY - FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TENDER, [...]6/01/T0001 ¶2. 03032002 ¶3. M. E. MALINOWSKI ¶4. 536 ¶5. N ¶6. CONTACT: SHER BAHADUR SHAH, DIG [...] |
2002-03-07 09:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | BTIO BEXP KTDB NP |
| 02KATHMANDU485 | PROMISES MADE IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: [...]C) In the days since Opposition parties, along with former Prime Minister and current Nepali Congress Party President Girija Prasad K[...] |
2002-03-07 12:20:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP |
| 02KATHMANDU495 | HEMORRHAGING FROM ON HIGH: COMMISSION RECOMMENDS [...]SBU) A commission has recommended the partial privatization of the state-owned national air carrier Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation ([...] |
2002-03-08 11:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON NP |
| 02KATHMANDU496 | LIVING IN TERROR IN WESTERN NEPAL'S PLAINS [...]BU) Summary. Violence increased in two western Nepal districts bordering India following the end of the Maoist- government cease-fire[...] |
2002-03-08 11:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU497 | UPDATE ON TIBETAN REFUGEES [...]) Summary: A UNHCR monitoring visit to the Tibet border was postponed after a promised Home Ministry permit failed to materialize. T[...] |
2002-03-08 11:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL NP |
| 02KATHMANDU498 | NATIONAL PARK CLOSED TO ALL BUT TOURISTS [...]BU) Summary. Deteriorating security conditions have all but closed Royal Bardiya National Park in western Nepal to researchers and co[...] |
2002-03-08 12:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID ASEC CASC SOCI NP |
| 02KATHMANDU507 | TIBETANS MARK MARCH 10 WITH PEACEFUL CEREMONY; [...]) Authorities in Nepal allowed the Tibetan community to mark the forty-third anniversary of the March 10 uprising in Tibet with a publ[...] |
2002-03-11 11:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU509 | MAOIST AMBUSH MARS ANNUAL RHINO RELOCATION [...]SBU) SUMMARY: Maoist insurgents killed two Royal Nepalese Army soldiers near Royal Chitwan National Park on March 10 just hours after [...] |
2002-03-11 13:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV PTER EAID ASEC SOCI NP |
| 02KATHMANDU510 | NEPAL ARMY CHIEFS DISCUSS ROLE OF THE ARMY AND [...]C) RNA Chief General Rana and his deputy, Lt. General Thapa, went out of their way to underline their support for democracy at a Febr[...] |
2002-03-11 13:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP NP PGOV MASS |
| 02KATHMANDU515 | HUMANITARIAN COSTS OF MAOIST INSURGENCY [...]nce early 1996, Maoist insurgents have been waging an increasingly bloody "People's War" aimed at toppling the constitutional monarchy[...] |
2002-03-12 10:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PTER PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU520 | TIMBER! TOP BRANCHES OF FORESTRY MINISTRY FELLED [...]SBU) Summary: On March 11 Minister for Forest and Soil Conservation Gopal Man Shrestha and Minister of State for Forest and Soil Cons[...] |
2002-03-13 01:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SENV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU529 | MAOISTS AMBUSH VIP SECURITY DETAIL ON MAJOR [...]BU) Maoists ambushed a police security team in Sindupalchowk district March 13, killing six officers and seriously injuring six others[...] |
2002-03-13 11:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC PHUM PREL PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU537 | NEPAL: SECOND ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...]) Post's submission for the second annual Anti- Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. The report addresses all of reftel's que[...] |
2002-03-14 10:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM SMIG PREF ASEC KCRM KFRD NP KWNM |
| 02KATHMANDU540 | EMBASSY REVIEW OF NEPAL'S UN COUNTERTERRORISM [...]C) The Embassy has reviewed the Government of Nepal (GON) report on its implementation of UNSCR 1373. For many of its responses, the [...] |
2002-03-14 12:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL NP UNSC |
| 02KATHMANDU555 | PARLIAMENT PASSES WOMEN'S RIGHTS BILL GRANTING [...]mmary. Nepal's lower house of Parliament passed a bill March 14 granting women more equitable property rights, legalizing abortion un[...] |
2002-03-15 12:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KWMN PHUM SMIG NP |
| 02KATHMANDU568 | MAOIST STATEMENT THREATENS TOURISM INDUSTRY [...]BU) For the first time, a leader of Nepal's Maoist insurgency has issued explicit threats against Nepal's tourism industry. Maoist le[...] |
2002-03-18 13:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC CASC PTER PHUM PREL PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU569 | MARCH 10 TIBETAN DEMONSTRATOR RELEASED [...][...] |
2002-03-18 14:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL NP |
| 02KATHMANDU570 | NEPALESE ARMY ROUTS MAOIST TRAINING CAMP; BANDH [...]) Sixty-five Maoist insurgents were killed in a joint Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) and Armed Police Force (APF) operation March 17 agains[...] |
2002-03-19 12:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC PHUM PREL PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU575 | PRIME MINISTER DEPARTS FOR INDIA, FIRST TRIP [...]) Summary. Securing Indian assistance in Nepal's battle against the Maoist insurgency will be Nepali Prime Minister Deuba's primary g[...] |
2002-03-20 12:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD PREF PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU592 | MAOISTS TARGET GOVERNMENT VEHICLES, OFFICES IN [...]C) SUMMARY: In a series of weekend attacks within the capital and its environs, Maoist insurgents bombed Government of Nepal (GON) ve[...] |
2002-03-25 10:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU613 | PM DEUBA'S TRIP TO INDIA [...]C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs meetings offering a read-out of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's March 20-25 visit to India revealed[...] |
2002-03-27 12:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER NP IN CH |
| 02KATHMANDU615 | TERROR, TRADE AND AID: FORSEC VISIT TO DC [...]BU) Summary: Nepal's Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya will use his April 2-5 visit to Washington to urge quick delivery of addit[...] |
2002-03-27 12:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER EAID ETRD PHUM PGOV PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU616 | HUMAN RIGHTS: AN UPDATE ON DETENTIONS AFTER FOUR [...]C) SUMMARY: Despite the Prime Minister's assurances to donors and the general public that the curtailment of human rights under the [...] |
2002-03-28 07:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU619 | BHUTANESE REFUGEES: AMBASSADOR VISITS CAMP, TALKS [...]) Ambassador visited three Bhutanese refugee camps in eastern Nepal March 25. Overall, the refugees expressed satisfaction with condi[...] |
2002-03-29 06:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID AORC PHUM NP |
| 02KATHMANDU620 | WFP AID FOR BHUTANESE REFUGEES: LEG UP ON NEXT [...] extra multilateral contribution secured this week from WFP Rome will fill a gap created by the delay in receiving a USG shipment of i[...] |
2002-03-29 06:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF PHUM NP WFP |
| 02KATHMANDU632 | SECURITY INCIDENTS IN RUN-UP TO NEPAL BANDH [...]U) A bomb exploded in the middle of a small bridge west of Kathmandu's historic Durbar Square March 29 at approximately 8:45 a.m. At [...] |
2002-03-29 12:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PINS NP |
| 02KATHMANDU633 | MAOIST ATROCITIES AGAINST CIVILIANS ON THE INCREASE [...]) MAOIST ACTIVITIES HAVE TAKEN A MORE VIOLENT TURN, WITH ATROCITIES PERPETRATED AGAINST HELPLESS CIVILIANS ESCALATING BOTH IN NUMBER A[...] |
2002-03-29 12:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PTER PGOV PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU634 | SUSPECTED TORTURE, EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLING BY ROYAL [...]) Summary. Evidence that Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) personnel brutalized and killed one man they suspected of being a Maoist has spurr[...] |
2002-03-29 12:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PTER MARR ASEC PREL PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU647 | MOUNT KAILAS TO REOPEN TO TOURISTS FROM NEPAL [...]) Travel agencies in Kathmandu report that as of late March they were able to resume booking tours to western Tibet,s Mount Kailas aft[...] |
2002-04-01 08:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC ASEC PREF NP CH |
| 02KATHMANDU655 | WEAVING TERROR: MAOIST ATTACKS ON CARPET INDUSTRY [...]) Summary. For five minutes on the evening of March 25, forty to fifty suspected Maoist youths terrorized a carpet business at the ed[...] |
2002-04-01 11:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ELAB ECON ASEC CASC PREF PHUM NP |
| 02KATHMANDU657 | MAOISTS REPORTEDLY POSTPONE FIVE-DAY STRIKE [...]SBU) SUMMARY: Late in the morning of April 1, the Embassy began to receive reports from usually reliable press and human rights sour[...] |
2002-04-01 13:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV CASC PTER NP |
| 02KATHMANDU672 | PM DEUBA FACES DOWN MOUNTING OPPOSITION, CRITICISM [...]C) Ever-present rumors that former Prime Minister and ruling Nepali Congress Party President Girija Prasad Koirala continues to plot [...] |
2002-04-03 12:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU680 | HIMALAYAN TOURISM HEADED DOWNHILL [...]MMARY: Nepal's tourism industry, one of the country's top sources of foreign exchange, has been facing tough times in recent months, [...] |
2002-04-04 09:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU695 | STATE OF EMERGENCY RELAXED; ANTI-TERRORISM BILL [...]BU) Summary. Nepal's King on April 4 approved five directives from the Cabinet easing restrictions on civil liberties imposed under t[...] |
2002-04-05 13:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU696 | NEW MAOIST TACTIC: ATTACK INFRASTRUCTURE [...]BU) Summary. In an apparent change of tactics, Nepal's Maoist insurgents have begun a systematic campaign of attacks against the king[...] |
2002-04-05 13:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU701 | AMBUSH KILLS FIVE SOLDIERS; ABORTED GENERAL [...]BU) Summary. Maoists attacked an army convoy in a remote western district April 6, killing five, including the Major in command of th[...] |
2002-04-08 11:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU708 | PM DEUBA REQUESTS POTUS MEETING IN WASHINGTON [...]) Summary. Prime Minister Deuba has asked for a POTUS meeting in Washington during his May 8-13 visit to the U.S. to attend the UN Sp[...] |
2002-04-09 11:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER NP |
| 02KATHMANDU710 | KOIRALA COMEBACK? IMPLICATIONS OF (YET ANOTHER) [...]C) SUMMARY: Refs A and B reported apparent efforts by former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress Party President Girija Prasad Koirala[...] |
2002-04-11 04:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PGOV PTER NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU717 | WFP RECEIVES THREAT, HAS FOOD SHIPMENT HIJACKED [...]SBU) On April 11 the head of security for the UN system in Nepal reported that a World Food Program (WFP) office in Dhamak, Jhapa, in [...] |
2002-04-11 12:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREF ASEC CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU731 | PM DEUBA ON THE CURRENT CRISIS: WORRIED, BUT [...]) Summary. Prime Minister Deuba expressed gratitude for international assistance to Nepal during an April 12 meeting with U.S. and U.[...] |
2002-04-12 09:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU735 | INDIA TURNS OVER EIGHT MAOISTS TO NEPAL [...]) India turned over eight suspected Maoists to Nepal April 10, Prime Minister Deuba confirmed to Ambassador April 12 (Reftel). The PM[...] |
2002-04-12 11:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC PHUM PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU737 | 50 REPORTED DEAD IN MAOIST ATTACKS ON POLICE POSTS [...]SBU) At least 50 people are reported dead after Maoist insurgents attacked a civilian police post and an Armed Police Force (APF) post[...] |
2002-04-12 11:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU741 | 50 REPORTED DEAD IN MAOIST ATTACKS ON POLICE POSTS [...]SBU) At least 50 people are reported dead after Maoist insurgents attacked a civilian police post and an Armed Police Force (APF) post[...] |
2002-04-13 08:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU747 | MAOIST CASUALTIES IN DANG REPORTEDLY HIGH; [...]SBU) Summary: The Chief District Officer (CDO) in Dang told the Embassy that he has seen "hundreds" of bodies of Maoist dead in shal[...] |
2002-04-15 12:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU751 | MAOISTS REPORTEDLY LINK ATTACK ON COCA-COLA [...]SBU) Summary: The Nepali manager of a Coca-cola factory where Maoists set off two bombs the night of April 14 (Ref A) said the armed[...] |
2002-04-16 11:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER CASC BEXP NP |
| 02KATHMANDU753 | MAOIST LEADERS ARRESTED IN KATHMANDU [...]) Summary. At least two important Maoist leaders have been detained by security forces in recent days, police sources told us. Leadi[...] |
2002-04-16 12:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU768 | ATTEMPTS TO OUST PM APPARENTLY ON HOLD [...]C) Ongoing attempts by former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress Party President Girija Prasad Koirala to topple the current Prime Mi[...] |
2002-04-18 10:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU771 | TWO DEAD IN RASH OF CAPITAL BOMBINGS; MAOISTS [...]BU) Summary. A string of seven Maoist attacks across the Kathmandu valley April 17-18 killed two and wounded eight. Maoists attacked[...] |
2002-04-18 11:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PHUM PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU773 | Nepal Seeks Bilateral Air Services Agreement [...][...] |
2002-04-19 08:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA NP |
| 02KATHMANDU778 | MAOISTS DISRUPT BUSY INTERSECTION WITH FOUR [...]t approximately 1508 (local) area residents in the Gyaneshwor section of Kathmandu reported seeing several individuals leave improvise[...] |
2002-04-19 11:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC CASC PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU787 | INTO THE MAOIST HEARTLAND - COUNTERINSURGENCY BY [...]) Summary. Emboffs joined Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) Western Division Commander on an inspection tour of newly established garrisons i[...] |
2002-04-22 11:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL PHUM ASEC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU795 | FIRST DAY OF MAOIST STRIKE QUIET [...]SBU) Summary: The streets of Kathmandu were comparatively quiet during the first day of the five-day general strike called by Maoist [...] |
2002-04-23 12:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC CASC PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU800 | Parliament Adjourns With Passage of Anti- [...]BU) Summary. Parliament adjourned April 17 after passing four anti-corruption bills. Legislators will return in May for a budget ses[...] |
2002-04-24 11:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SNAR PINR NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU803 | New Peril on the Trails - Maoist Banditry [...]mmary. Three recent incidents of Maoists demanding "donations" from American citizens in Nepal's backcountry, coupled with an increas[...] |
2002-04-24 11:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU804 | MORE TRAFFIC MOVING, BUSINESSES OPEN IN STRIKE'S [...]SBU) Summary: More traffic was moving and shops open on the second day of the general strike called by Maoist insurgents April 23-27.[...] |
2002-04-24 12:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU813 | QUIET REIGNS ON STRIKE'S THIRD DAY [...]BU) Summary. The third day of a Maoist-declared general strike passed relatively quietly, with ever more businesses and vehicles dari[...] |
2002-04-25 11:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU820 | NEPAL: RESPONSE TO WORLD TEXTILE TRADE WITHOUT [...]ummary: The impact of post-2004 quota elimination on the already depressed garment industry in Nepal is likely to be substantial, if [...] |
2002-04-26 09:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ETRD NP |
| 02KATHMANDU828 | MAOISTS ATTACK CIVILIAN VEHICLES AS COMPLIANCE [...]BU) Summary. Kathmandu continued to move toward normalcy on the fourth day of the Maoists' five-day general strike with traffic even [...] |
2002-04-26 11:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU837 | GON PROPOSES BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS MECHANISM [...]his is an action request. Please see para 5. ¶2. The Embassy has received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign[...] |
2002-04-29 11:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU838 | NORMALCY RETURNS AFTER FIVE-DAY STRIKE; MAOISTS [...]BU) Summary. Normalcy returned to Nepal's capital April 28 after a five-day general strike called by Maoist insurgents ended the day [...] |
2002-04-29 12:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU871 | LOOTING LEADS TO SUSPENSION OF WFP POVERTY [...]BU) Summary. A joint German-WFP food aid program has been suspended in two districts in western Nepal after rice supplies were stolen[...] |
2002-05-03 12:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR PTER AORC ASEC PHUM NP WFP |
| 02KATHMANDU872 | MAOIST STATEMENT "WELCOMES" DIALOGUE; ARMY HITS [...]SBU) In its fourth public statement in less than a week, the Maoist leadership said it would "welcome" any initiative to resume dialo[...] |
2002-05-03 12:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU882 | ARMY SCORES INTELLIGENCE, PR VICTORY IN ATTACK ON [...]C) Royal Nepal Army (RNA) troops have been engaged since late May 2 in an attack on what may be a major Maoist logistics base in Lisne[...] |
2002-05-06 12:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MCAP PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU886 | Media Reaction: Ambassador Clarifies U.S. Goals Prior To [...]US Not Interested In Using Nepal As Military Base: Malinowsky" Article, Kathmandu Post, (5/4): "Addressing a meeting organize[...] |
2002-05-07 01:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU891 | Media Reaction: Nepal's Prime Minister Sher Bahadur [...] Deuba's US, UK trip" Editorial, "Kathmandu Post" (E/D, 5/7): "...Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's trip to the United Stat[...] |
2002-05-07 11:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU892 | NEPAL'S ECONOMIC GROWTH: ANOTHER CASUALTY OF THE [...]SBU) The economy of Nepal, already one of the poorest countries in the world, is in crisis, struggling under the combined squeeze of [...] |
2002-05-07 12:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU893 | MAOISTS SEND LETTER TO AMERICANS ON PM'S VISIT [...]ocal media outlets received by e-mail the afternoon of May 7 a letter from the International Department of the Communist Party of Nepa[...] |
2002-05-07 13:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV OVIP PREL NP |
| 02KATHMANDU906 | MAOISTS ATTACK OUTPOSTS IN ROLPA AND SANKHUWASABHA [...]SBU) Summary: On the night of May 7 Maoist insurgents attacked a combined Royal Nepal Army (RNA) and police outpost in Gam, Rolpa in[...] |
2002-05-08 10:20:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER MCAP PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU914 | SUSPECTED MAOISTS DESTROY PEPSI TRUCK [...]SBU) Suspected Maoist insurgents set fire to a Pepsi-Cola truck making deliveries in Dolakha District, about 70 km east of Kathmandu [...] |
2002-05-09 09:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC BEXP CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU915 | PRACHANDA DECLARES A CEASEFIRE AFTER ATTACK IN [...]SBU) An e-mail to evening newspapers purportedly from Maoist supremo Prachanda unilaterally declared a one-month ceasefire starting Ju[...] |
2002-05-09 13:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER MCAP PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU917 | Media Reaction: Nepal's Prime Minister Sher Bahadur [...]ush pledges military, economic aid to Nepal; Deuba jubilant" Article, "Kathmandu Post" (E/D, 5/9): "The United States has ple[...] |
2002-05-10 01:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU921 | Tibetan Refugees Hard Hit by Maoist Insurgency [...]BU) Summary. Nepal's Tibetan refugee community has been seriously affected by the violent Maoist insurgency, most directly by a recen[...] |
2002-05-10 10:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PTER PGOV KCRM PHUM SMIG NP |
| 02KATHMANDU924 | Maoist Cease-Fire Claimed as Hoax; All-Party [...]BU) Two e-mails sent to local media outlets May 10 claimed that the previous day's announcement (Reftel) of a unilateral cease-fire by[...] |
2002-05-10 12:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU925 | Child Victims of Maoist Insurgency [...]mmary. At least eighty-five children have been killed during the six-year-long Maoists insurgency and many others wounded or pressed [...] |
2002-05-10 13:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PHUM KWMN PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU926 | Media Reaction: Nepal's Prime Minister Sher Bahadur [...]Earnest Appeal" Editorial, government-owned "Rising Nepal" (E/D, 5/10): "...Firm moral and material support to Nepal would al[...] |
2002-05-12 04:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU933 | Maoists Attack Remote University [...]) Approximately 300 Maoist insurgents attacked a university in the remote southwestern district of Dang late on May 11, according to t[...] |
2002-05-13 11:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PHUM NP |
| 02KATHMANDU937 | NIV FRAUD RING DUPES WORKERS SEEKING US [...]SUMMARY: Post uncovered information about a ring of con artists claiming to provide nonimmigrant visas for approximately 6500 USD whe[...] |
2002-05-14 10:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU953 | CHINA'S AMBASSADOR CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL [...]) Summary. "International cooperation" was needed to deal with Nepal's Maoist insurgency, China's Ambassador to Nepal told Ambassador[...] |
2002-05-16 10:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR NP CH |
| 02KATHMANDU958 | Media Reaction: Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's [...]Western support" Editorial, "Kathmandu Post" (E/D, 5/106): "Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba returned home after...a histori[...] |
2002-05-17 01:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU964 | UPDATE: ATTACKS ON INFRASTRUCTURE [...]U) Nearly 4,000 people--civilians, military, police and insurgents--have been killed in Nepal's six-year-old Maoist insurgency to date[...] |
2002-05-17 10:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ECON ECPS ENRG NP |
| 02KATHMANDU968 | Maoist Leader Calls For Talks; King Calls in [...]BU) Summary. A Maoist leader sent a letter to Nepal's main political parties May 14 calling for talks with the government. The Prime[...] |
2002-05-17 13:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU976 | UPDATE ON TIBETAN REFUGEES [...]) Summary. The Tibet border is "very quiet" and most newly arrived refugees have not faced problems, according to UNHCR and the Offic[...] |
2002-05-20 11:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL NP |
| 02KATHMANDU977 | Maoists Attack Orphan School [...]) Insurgents set off a bomb at a well-known INGO- funded orphanage and boarding school in Surkhet district 400 km west of Kathmandu la[...] |
2002-05-20 11:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU979 | UK BOMB EXPERT PREDICTS GROWING MAOIST CAPABILITY; [...]C) On 20 May, Ambassador received a letter from UK Charge Andrew Mitchell the text of which follows: Begin Text �[...] |
2002-05-20 12:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER PREL NP |
| 02KATHMANDU985 | LEFTISTS LAMBASTE MAOIST VIOLENCE; PRACHANDA [...]SBU) In a joint public statement May 20, nine left-wing opposition parties criticized Maoist tactics and called for the insurgents to [...] |
2002-05-21 13:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU990 | VISIT WITH JAILED BHUTANESE REFUGEE S.K. PRADHAN [...]) Summary. In a meeting with Embassy visitors to his jail in southeastern Nepal, prominent Bhutanese refugee and human rights activis[...] |
2002-05-22 09:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL EAID AORC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU995 | PM'S PARTY REVOLTS ON EMERGENCY VOTE [...]C) At a May 22 Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting, members of the ruling Nepali Congress voted to direct Prime Minister Sher Baha[...] |
2002-05-22 14:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU996 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH OPPOSITION LEADER [...]C) In a May 23 meeting with Ambassador Malinowski and British Charge Mitchell, Opposition Leader and General Secretary of the Communis[...] |
2002-05-23 09:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
| 03BRUSSELS5593 | A/S ROCCA CONSULTATIONS ON SOUTH ASIA WITH EU [...]) On December 8 in Brussels, SA A/S Christina Rocca met with EU counterparts at the European Commission to discuss ongoing development[...] |
2003-12-11 14:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PTER AF PK IN CE NP XD EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 03KATHMANDU1011 | NEPAL: PARTISAN RIVALRY MAY PREVENT CONSENSUS ON [...]C) It seems unlikely that the seven political parties will be able to offer King Gyanendra a consensus candidate for Prime Minister b[...] |
2003-06-02 12:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1018 | FUTURE OF TIBETAN REFUGEES IN NEPAL REMAINS [...]) PolOffs met June 3 with Wangchuk Tsering, Office of Tibet and Official Representative of the Dalai Lama in Nepal to discuss the stat[...] |
2003-06-03 10:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL CH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1033 | NEPAL: KING NAMES NEW PRIME MINISTER [...]C) On June 4 King Gyanendra named former National Democratic Party President and four-time former Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa [...] |
2003-06-04 11:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
| 03KATHMANDU1042 | TIBETAN REFUGEE DEPORTATION: POST-MORTEM [...]) Despite strenous efforts by the Embassy to dissuade it from doing so, the Government of Nepal on May 31 deported 18 Tibetan refugees[...] |
2003-06-05 11:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL NP CH |
| 03KATHMANDU1044 | (U) TIBETAN REFUGEE DEPORTATION: POST-MORTEM [...]) Despite strenous efforts by the Embassy to dissuade it from doing so, the Government of Nepal on May 31 deported 18 Tibetan refugees[...] |
2003-06-06 00:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL NP CH |
| 03KATHMANDU1049 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MAY 31-JUNE 6 [...]mid the controversy sparked by the appointment of a new Prime Minister on June 4 (Ref A), progress in peace talks remains stalled, wit[...] |
2003-06-06 10:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1060 | NEPALI CONGRESS SAID TO BE JOINING NEW GOVERNMENT [...]C) The Nepali Congress will likely join a Cabinet headed by new Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa, according to a party Central Comm[...] |
2003-06-09 09:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1071 | NEW NEPAL PRIME MINISTER ASKS U.S. FOR [...]) Summary. Nepal's Foreign Secretary, Madhu Raman Acharya, convoked the Charge' privately on June 10 under instructions from the new [...] |
2003-06-11 05:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1072 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: JUNE 3 - 9, 2003 [...]OLITICAL AFFAIRS KING APPOINTS NEW PRIME MINISTER -- King Gyanendra appointed (6/4) Surya Bahadur Thapa a[...] |
2003-06-11 05:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1074 | NEPAL: GOVERNMENT ASSURANCES, POLICY AMBIGUITIES [...]C) On June 10 in separate conversations with Charge and Ambassador Joyce Leader, Office Director of PRM/ANE, the Secretaries of the Mi[...] |
2003-06-11 09:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL CH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1085 | NEPAL: PM THAPA APPOINTS SIX MINISTERS FROM HIS [...]BU) SUMMARY. ON JUNE 11, AFTER CONSULTATIONS WITH THE MAIN POLITICAL PARTY LEADERS, PRIME MINISTER THAPA APPOINTED SIX MINISTERS FROM[...] |
2003-06-12 09:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1097 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JUNE 7-13 [...] date for the third round of peace talks remains elusive, as negotiations appear to take a back seat to the controversy surrounding th[...] |
2003-06-13 07:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1099 | NEPAL: MAOIST TRAINING, RECRUITMENT, EXTORTION [...]C) The ceasefire between the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist insurgents, declared on January 29, enters its fourth month amid evi[...] |
2003-06-13 10:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1132 | NEPAL: GON RELEASES TIBETAN REFUGEE FROM [...]BU) ON JUNE 17, NEPAL'S DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION RELEASED A MALE TIBETAN REFUGEE INTO UNHCR'S CUSTODY TWENTY-FOUR HOURS AFTER THE OFF[...] |
2003-06-18 09:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL CH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1133 | NEPAL: MID-YEAR STATUS REPORT ON DRUG TRAFFICKING [...]) Summary. Nepali police have seized 149 kg of cannabis and hashish and 6.9 kg of heroin in the first half of 2003, up from only 38 k[...] |
2003-06-18 23:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1138 | NEPAL: MAOISTS UTILIZING TRADE UNIONS TO ADD [...]SBU) Summary: Over the past week, garment manufacturers have been in negotiations with leaders of the Maoist-affiliated trade union. [...] |
2003-06-19 10:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PTER NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1139 | BHUTANESE REFUGEES STAGE PEACEFUL PROTESTS IN [...]BU) SUMMARY. ON JUNE 18, THE NEPAL-BHUTAN JOINT VERIFICATION TEAM ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS OF THE KHUNDANABARI CAMP VERIFICATION. THE R[...] |
2003-06-19 10:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL BT NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1143 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JUNE 14-20 [...]aoists reportedly attacked a convoy headed to the far- western district of Jajarkot to provide humanitarian assistance. In a meeting [...] |
2003-06-20 07:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1169 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: JUNE 17 - 23, 2003 [...]OLITICAL AFFAIRS -- Five parties, Maoists hold massive rallies: The five agitating political parties and the Maoists took &[...] |
2003-06-24 04:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
| 03KATHMANDU117 | NEPAL: AN EXTRAORDINARY TRAINING GROUND FOR U.S. [...]C) Dear Bob: I was disappointed to learn that Nepal is not included on USSOCOM,s High Value Target List. As I understand it, if &#[...] |
2003-01-23 04:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MCAP PREL PTER NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1175 | NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST SOURCES OF FINANCING [...]S) Despite the agreed terms of the cease-fire with the Government of Nepal (GoN) barring extortion, Maoists have continued to press bu[...] |
2003-06-24 09:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PGOV PINS PTER NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1194 | NEPALI TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO 75 YEARS' [...][...] |
2003-06-26 23:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID OTRA NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1212 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JUNE 21-27 [...]he notable absence of Baburam Bhattarai, number two leader and head of the Maoist negotiating team, has raised speculation that the Ma[...] |
2003-06-27 10:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1213 | NEPALI GOVERNMENT SAID TO ACCEPT OUTSIDE [...]C) Summary: According to a representative from a Swiss NGO, the Government of Nepal (GON) peace negotiation team has agreed in princ[...] |
2003-06-27 10:20:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER EAID NP GON |
| 03KATHMANDU1214 | NEPAL: POLICE DETAIN 19 UNDOCUMENTED TIBETANS [...]BU) SUMMARY: EMBASSY DISCUSSIONS WITH NEPAL'S PRIME MINISTER AND UNHCR SUGGEST THAT 19 UNDOCUMENTED TIBETANS DETAINED IN WESTERN NEPA[...] |
2003-06-27 10:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NOTAG NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1219 | NEPAL RELEASES NINETEEN TIBETANS TO UNHCR [...]BU) IN A UNHCR BRIEFING TO THE DONOR COMMUNITY IN KATHMANDU ON JUNE 30, EMBASSY WAS INFORMED THAT THE 19 TIBETANS ARRESTED ON JUNE 24 [...] |
2003-06-30 08:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL CH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1237 | NEPAL: UNHCR BRIEFING ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES [...]) Summary. In a briefing to the donor community in Nepal on June 30, UNHCR Country Director Abraham Abraham expressed strong concern [...] |
2003-07-01 09:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL NP BH |
| 03KATHMANDU1239 | NEPALI KING SAYS TIBETAN DEPORTATIONS A MISTAKE [...]C) In a June 30 meeting with the Ambassador, King Gyanendra opened by apologizing for May 31 deportations of 18 Tibetans (Ref A). He[...] |
2003-07-01 10:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV CH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1247 | NEPAL'S PRIME MINISTER SEEKS TO LOWER POLITICAL [...]C) In a June 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa said he wants to "lower the political temperature" wit[...] |
2003-07-02 11:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EAID PREF NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1252 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JUNE 28-July 3 [...]ushpa Kamal Dahal, alias Prachanda, Maoist supreme leader, called upon the five major political parties of Nepal to unite against fore[...] |
2003-07-03 06:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1257 | NEPAL: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW FINANCE [...]C) In a June 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Dr. Prakash Chandra Lohani said that the Government of Nepal (GON) is p[...] |
2003-07-03 09:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ETRD EINV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1262 | REPORT ON TRAVEL FROM CENTRAL NEPAL [...]) Summary. On June 23-25, PolOff visited Bharatpur, headquarters of Chitwan district in Nepal's central lowlands, and Dhadingbesi, he[...] |
2003-07-06 05:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PREL NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1263 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: JUNE 24 - 30, 2003 [...][...] |
2003-07-06 08:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1277 | NEPAL: GON CANCELS DALAI LAMA CELEBRATIONS [...]BU) SUMMARY. ON JULY 4, THE GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL (GON) PROHIBITED TIBETAN GROUPS FROM HOLDING CELEBRATIONS ON JULY 6 TO HONOR THE DALA[...] |
2003-07-08 10:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM KIRF CH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU128 | NEPAL: FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN BHUTANESE REFUGEE [...]C) Foreign Minister Narendra Bikram Shah returns on January 28 from an unofficial visit to Bhutan to discuss the refugee issue with hi[...] |
2003-01-24 08:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL NP BT UNHCR |
| 03KATHMANDU1282 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: JULY 1 - 7, 2003 [...]OLITICAL AFFAIRS -- Ten left parties for new constitution: Ten left parties demanded (7/6) for a new constitution as the &#[...] |
2003-07-09 06:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1308 | NEPAL: TIBETAN REFUGEES AND U.S. INTERESTS - [...]BU) Embassy understands that a group of nine congressmen who sent a letter on June 19 to the Prime Minister of Nepal is now poised to [...] |
2003-07-11 08:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID PREL NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1310 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 4-11 [...]nformal talks proposed for July 11 between Nepal Government and Maoist negotiators failed to materialize, amid continuing controversy [...] |
2003-07-11 09:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1321 | NEPAL: PEACE PROCESS PROGNOSIS DIM [...]/NF) Summary. Maoist activities in violation of the code of conduct, including extortion, harassment and abductions, have increased s[...] |
2003-07-14 10:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL PHUM NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1329 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: JULY 8 - 14, 2003 [...]OLITICAL AFFAIRS PEACE TALKS -- Government, Maoists hold talks: Members of the negotiating teams of the g[...] |
2003-07-15 07:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1337 | NEPAL: ANOTHER NINE TIBETANS HANDED-OVER TO UNHCR [...]BU) ON JULY 15, THE GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL'S DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION RELEASED NINE UNDOCUMENTED TIBETANS TO UNHCR. ACCORDING TO THE OF[...] |
2003-07-16 08:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM CH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU135 | NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, JAN 18-24 [...]eace talks remain elusive with conflicting reports about backchannel Government-Maoist communications. The Government of Nepal has sa[...] |
2003-01-24 09:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN |
| 03KATHMANDU1353 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 12-18 [...]he deadlock over peace talks between the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists remains unresolved. The GON has increased security[...] |
2003-07-18 07:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1356 | NEPAL: MAOIST WARNING AGAINST US-AFFILIATED [...]) Summary. The Maoists in Nepal reportedly have issued a notice that all Nepali nationals affiliated with the United States in Maoist[...] |
2003-07-18 09:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER EAID PREL CASC NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1357 | NEPAL: JULY 20-25 VISIT TO WASHINGTON OF FOREIGN [...]U) This cable contains an action request at paragraph 17. Summary: Issues the Secretary Intends to Address in Washington �[...] |
2003-07-18 09:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF ETRD MASS NP XD |
| 03KATHMANDU1358 | NEPAL: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...]C) Summary. In a meeting with Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa on July 16, the Ambassador, accompanied by the ambassadors of the UK[...] |
2003-07-18 09:54:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PTER NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1369 | NEPAL: JOINT STATEMENT CONDEMNING MAOIST [...]U) Ref A cable resent to expanded list of addressees (AmEmbassies Berlin and Paris). ¶2. (U) On July 21, the Industrial S[...] |
2003-07-21 23:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV ECON EINV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU137 | NEPAL: POLITICAL PARTIES AGREE ON NEED FOR "JOINT [...]U) On January 22 the leaders of four political parties, including the two largest--the Nepali Congress and the Communist Party of Nep[...] |
2003-01-24 09:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1370 | NEPAL: ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCY IN TROUBLE IN FIGHT [...]) Summary. The head of Nepal's anti-corruption agency, CIAA Commissioner Surya Nath Upadhyaya, met with the Ambassador on July 18 to [...] |
2003-07-21 23:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR EAID PGOV NP GON |
| 03KATHMANDU1377 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: JULY 15 - 21, 2003 [...]EACE TALKS -- Maoists close Kathmandu contact office: The Maoists have closed down the contact office in Kathmandu, open &#[...] |
2003-07-23 01:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
| 03KATHMANDU138 | MAOISTS MAY FORCE COCA-COLA FROM NEPAL [...]) This cable contains business-sensitive information and should be handled accordingly. Summary ======= �[...] |
2003-01-24 10:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINS ASEC CASC NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1381 | NEPAL: BHUTANESE REFUGEE ISSUE RECEIVES [...]) Summary. Ambassador Malinowski's letter to the editor, published prominently in several Nepali newspapers on July 10, opened the fl[...] |
2003-07-23 10:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID BH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1388 | NEPAL: MAOISTS ISSUE PRE-CONDITIONS FOR RESUMPTION [...]) Summary. On July 23, the Maoist leadership publicly released a letter responding to the Government of Nepal's invitation to resume [...] |
2003-07-24 10:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1390 | NEPAL: ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT ENTERS INTO FORCE [...]SBU) On July 22, 2003, Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a diplomatic note to the Embassy, informing us that the Government of [...] |
2003-07-25 09:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA PREL PGOV PINR NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1391 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 19-25 [...]aoist leaders responded to the Government of Nepal's (GON) invitation to sit for a third round of talks by issuing more demands as a p[...] |
2003-07-25 09:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU140 | NEPAL: HEAD OF ARMED POLICE FORCE ASSASSINATED IN [...]t approximately 7:30 a.m. local time on January 26, two masked gunmen shot and killed Mohan Krishna Shrestha, Inspector General of Pol[...] |
2003-01-26 08:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1413 | NEPAL: MAOISTS SET JULY 31 DEADLINE FOR POSSIBLE [...]) On July 25, Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa's government replied to the Maoist letter setting pre-conditions for the resumption o[...] |
2003-07-28 10:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1414 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: JULY 22 - 28, 2003 [...]ACE TALKS -- Minister denies government agreed to restrict army: Finance Minister Dr. Parakeet Chandler Lorain said [...] |
2003-07-29 03:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1418 | NEPAL: LAST DITCH EFFORTS TO RESUME PEACE TALKS [...]C) As reported in reftel, Nepal's Maoists have established a July 31 deadline for the Government of Nepal (GoN) to meet their conditio[...] |
2003-07-29 10:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS CASC NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1423 | NEPAL: MAOISTS REPORTEDLY IN DELHI CONSIDER THE [...]S) In a series of meetings with Government of Nepal (GoN) negotiators and security officials on July 30, the Ambassador discussed deve[...] |
2003-07-30 10:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PINS CASC NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1424 | NEPAL: DELIVERING USG MESSAGE TO MAOIST FACILITATOR [...][...] |
2003-07-30 10:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PTER ASEC PINS NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1430 | (C) NEPAL: PROPOSED PUBLIC STATEMENT CONDEMNING [...]) In view of increased tension between the Government of Nepal and the Maoist leadership (reported reftels) and the extreme pressure t[...] |
2003-07-31 11:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1431 | NEPAL: MAOISTS ANNOUNCE THEIR RETURN TO TALKS, [...]C) In the afternoon of July 31, the Maoists announced that they would sit for a third round of peace talks on the condition that the t[...] |
2003-07-31 11:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS CASC NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1432 | NEPAL: PLANS FOR BHUTANESE REFUGEE REPATRIATION [...]) Summary. DCM met with Madan Kumar Bhattarai, MFA Acting Secretary and Joint Secretary for South Asia, on July 31 to discuss progres[...] |
2003-07-31 11:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM NP BT |
| 03KATHMANDU145 | NEPAL: ARMY TO COURT-MARTIAL TWO IN HUMAN RIGHTS [...]U) On January 25 Defense Secretary Madan Prasad Aryal announced in a speech at the Reporters Club that the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) wil[...] |
2003-01-27 11:54:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MCAP PTER PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1458 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 26-AUGUST [...]n July 31 Maoists agreed to sit for a third round of formal peace talks with the Government of Nepal (GON). Kamal Thapa, Information M[...] |
2003-08-01 08:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1462 | NEPAL: THE MAOISTS' JULY 31 STATEMENT AND POST [...]U) The Maoists' July 31 public release, accepting the government's invitation to a third round of peace talks, is provided at paragrap[...] |
2003-08-01 10:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS CASC NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1472 | ACTION REQUEST: NEPALESE PARTY LEADER INVITED TO [...]S/NF) On August 1, Pashupati SJB Rana, Chairman of Nepal's National Democratic Party (RPP), reported to the Ambassador that he has bee[...] |
2003-08-04 06:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PINS PINR PARM KN NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1484 | INDIAN NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR PLEDGES TO [...]) Summary. According to the Indian Ambassador to Nepal, India's National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra has reaffirmed the Indian Go[...] |
2003-08-05 09:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV NP IN |
| 03KATHMANDU1486 | NEPAL: MAIN COMMUNIST PARTY WILL NOT JOIN THE [...]) Summary. In a meeting on August 4 with the leader of Nepal's largest legal communist party, Madhav Kumar Nepal, the Ambassador expr[...] |
2003-08-05 10:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1496 | NEPAL: MAOISTS ATTACK SECURITY FORCES; PRESSURING [...]U) Since their July 31 commitment to a third round of peace talks (ref A), the Maoists have increased activities in violation of the c[...] |
2003-08-06 09:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS CASC NP |
| 03KATHMANDU15 | NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, DEC 27-JAN 3 [...]he GON said it is receptive to and ready to create an environment for peace talks with the Maoists. Prime Minister Lokendra Chand sai[...] |
2003-01-03 10:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN |
| 03KATHMANDU1507 | NEPAL: NEPALI CONGRESS (DEUBA) PARTY ALSO WILL NOT [...]) Summary. In a meeting with former Prime Minister Deuba on August 7, Ambassador Malinowski reiterated U.S. concerns over recent Maoi[...] |
2003-08-07 09:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1509 | NEPAL'S NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION [...]) Summary. National Human Rights Commission member Indira Rana (please protect) has made serious allegations against some of her fell[...] |
2003-08-08 06:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCOR NP PINR GON |
| 03KATHMANDU1511 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, AUGUST 2-8 [...]spite agreement by the Maoists to sit for another round of peace talks with the Government of Nepal's (GON) negotiating team (Ref A), [...] |
2003-08-08 08:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1516 | MEETING WITH ONE OF NEPAL'S MOST SENIOR DEMOCRATS: [...]C) On August 7, the Ambassador met with Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, a founding father of Nepal's democracy, and Narayan Khadga, a former[...] |
2003-08-08 09:54:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1524 | NEPALI CONGRESS WILL NOT JOIN GOVERNMENT OR PEACE [...]C) On August 8, the Ambassador met with Nepali Congress (NC) General Secretary Girija Prasad Koirala, completing a week of meetings wi[...] |
2003-08-11 23:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER NP GON |
| 03KATHMANDU1542 | NEPALI STUDENT LEADERS WARN OF MORE "AGITATION [...]n meetings with the Nepali Student Union and the Nepal National Student's Union-the two largest of Nepal's seven united student unions[...] |
2003-08-14 05:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1552 | NEPAL: GOVERNMENT NEGOTIATOR "CAUTIOUSLY [...]C) The Government of Nepal's (GON) peace negotiator and Information Minister Kamal Thapa told the Ambassador on August 14 that he is [...] |
2003-08-14 10:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1559 | NEPAL: UPCOMING NEGOTIATIONS WITH MAOISTS PRESENT [...]C) The third round of negotiations between the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist insurgents, scheduled to take place on August 17 [...] |
2003-08-15 10:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1565 | NEPAL: GOVERNMENT-MAOIST NEGOTIATIONS GENERATE [...]C) The Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist insurgents opened the third round of negotiations in the southwestern city of Nepalgunj on[...] |
2003-08-18 11:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS NP GON |
| 03KATHMANDU1571 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: AUGUST [...]EACE TALKS -- Third round of peace talks: The government conceded (8/17) two key demands of the Maoists an interim[...] |
2003-08-20 05:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1577 | NEPAL: THIRD ROUND OF TALKS ENDS WITHOUT AGREEMENT [...]) Summary. Amidst increased violence over the past several days, the third round of peace talks between the Government of Nepal and t[...] |
2003-08-20 10:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1586 | NEPAL: MAOISTS SEE "IMPERIALIST DESIGN" IN [...]C) The Government of Nepal's (GON) lead negotiator, Dr. Prakash Chandra Lohani, told the Ambassador that Maoist negotiators were unwil[...] |
2003-08-21 09:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1593 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, AUGUST 16-22 [...]he Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoist rebels finally met for a third round of negotiations on August 17 in the southwestern city[...] |
2003-08-22 08:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1606 | NEPAL: BHUTAN'S COMMITMENT TO REPATRIATE REFUGEES [...]) Summary. The postponement of the 15th Nepal-Bhutan Joint Ministerial originally scheduled for August 11-15 has led many Bhutanese r[...] |
2003-08-25 08:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL BH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1612 | NEPAL: GOVERNMENT NEGOTIATOR GLUM ON PROSPECTS [...]C) In an August 25 meeting with the Ambassador, Kamal Thapa, Information Minister and a Government of Nepal's (GON) negotiator with t[...] |
2003-08-25 10:54:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM NP GON |
| 03KATHMANDU1614 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: AUGUST [...]EACE TALKS -- Dr. Bhattarai for no less than constituent assembly: The Maoists warned (8/24) the government that the[...] |
2003-08-26 05:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1620 | NEPAL: REPEATED VIOLATIONS, INCREASED ATTACKS [...]C) Since the beginning of August, increased violence and armed engagements between Government of Nepal (GON) security forces and Maois[...] |
2003-08-26 11:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC CASC NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1621 | NEPAL: WERE FOUR TIBETAN CHILDREN DEPORTED IN [...]) Summary. Radio Free Asia reported on August 8 that four Tibetan children were deported from Nepal to China. The facts of the alleg[...] |
2003-08-26 12:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF CH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1638 | NEPAL: INDIAN AMBASSADOR ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES IN [...]S) Summary: The August 20 arrest in Chennai of Maoist Politburo member Chandra Gajurel is the most significant capture of a member o[...] |
2003-08-27 10:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PTER PREL IN NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1643 | NEPAL: PAKISTAN EMBASSY EMPLOYEE CAUGHT WITH [...]SBU) On August 19, Nepalese Police arrested an administrative staff member of the Pakistani Embassy, allegedly carrying counterfeit In[...] |
2003-08-27 12:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ECON ETTC KCRM IN PK NP XD |
| 03KATHMANDU1644 | NEPAL: MAOISTS BREAK CEASE-FIRE, ATTEMPT TO BLAME [...]SBU) On August 27, the Maoists unilaterally withdrew from the cease-fire, blaming the Government of Nepal (GON) for refusing to accept[...] |
2003-08-27 12:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER CASC ASEC NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1648 | NEPAL: MAOIST HIT TEAMS SHOOT TWO ARMY COLONELS IN [...]S) Less than 24 hours after breaking the seven-month cease fire Maoist hit squads shot two Royal Nepal Army (RNA) colonels in separat[...] |
2003-08-28 09:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PTER ASEC PINS PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1649 | NEPAL: FURTHER INFORMATION ON MAOIST LEADER [...]C) In an informal discussion with the Ambassador on August 27, Indian Ambassador Shyam Saran and British Ambassador Keith Bloomfield p[...] |
2003-08-28 10:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PTER PREL IN UK NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1650 | NEPALI GOVERNMENT DECLARES MAOISTS TERRORISTS [...][...] |
2003-08-28 10:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PINS NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1666 | NEPAL: CIVIL SOCIETY AND INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS [...]SBU) On August 28 and 29, Nepal's civil society and international missions issued strong statements condemning the Maoists' withdrawal[...] |
2003-08-29 09:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1670 | NEPAL: MAOIST ACTIVITY AUGUST 23 - 29 [...] AUGUST 27, NEPAL'S MAOIST REBELS ISSUED A PRESS STATEMENT EFFECTIVELY ENDING THE SEVEN-MONTH LONG CEASE- FIRE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF [...] |
2003-08-29 10:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1674 | NEPAL: POLITICAL PARTY LEADERS SEEKING US MEDIATION [...]S) Mainstream political parties are reassessing plans for a large joint demonstration to be held in the capital on September 4 in lig[...] |
2003-08-29 10:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PGOV PREL NP GON |
| 03KATHMANDU1677 | NEPAL: AMBASSADOR SENDS MAOISTS TOUGH WARNING ON [...]C) The Ambassador sent a stern warning to the Maoists not to target American citizens or interests. The message was sent through Shai[...] |
2003-08-30 06:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV ASEC CASC NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1684 | NEPAL: FORMER PRESIDENT OF FINLAND AHTISAARI [...]) Summary. Former President of Finland Marti Ahtisaari paid a three-day visit to Nepal August 28-30 at the request of British aid age[...] |
2003-09-02 09:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV NP GON |
| 03KATHMANDU1685 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: AUGUST 26 [...]AOISTS BREAK CEASEFIRE - - Maoi sts break cease - fire , blame government : The Maoi sts un i latera 1 ly broke o[...] |
2003-09-02 09:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1691 | STUDENT UNION LEADERS ARRESTED DURING POLITICAL [...]BU) From 1430 to 1600 on September 2, roughly 150 students began demonstrating in Ratna Park in central Kathmandu to protest the Gover[...] |
2003-09-02 10:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1692 | NEPAL: AMBASSADOR URGES PARTIES TO TURN OFF [...]S) Ambassador Malinowski, accompanied by British Ambassador Keith Bloomfield, had separate discussions with party leaders and the Prim[...] |
2003-09-02 10:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL UK NP |
| 03KATHMANDU170 | BHUTANESE REFUGEESS: NEPALESE FOREIGN MINISTER [...]C) On January 28, Foreign Minister Narendra Bikram Shah briefed the Ambassador on his January 23-26 trip to Bhutan. Shah revealed a t[...] |
2003-01-29 11:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PREF PREL EAID PHUM AORC NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1721 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, AUGUST 30- [...]xty-three Maoists and fifteen security personnel died in clashes this week. The Government of Nepal (GON) imposed curfews on twenty-t[...] |
2003-09-05 04:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1723 | NEPAL: PRELIMINARY READ-OUT ON MEETING BETWEEN [...]S) According to the British Ambassador's read-out of the September 4 meeting between King Gyanendra and British Foreign Secretary Jac[...] |
2003-09-05 08:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM UK NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1726 | NEPAL: BHUTANESE REPATRIATION DELAYED AT LEAST [...]) Summary. UNHCR Country Director Abraham Abraham reported that the Nepal-Bhutan 15th Joint Ministerial has again been delayed and th[...] |
2003-09-05 09:20:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF BH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1727 | NEPAL: MAOISTS ATTEMPT TO KILL BRIGADIER GENERAL, [...]SBU) At 14:30 on August 4, Maoists attempted to kill Fifth Brigade Commander, Brigadier General Gaurav SJB Rana, while in a vehicle co[...] |
2003-09-05 09:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1743 | NEPAL: PARTIES CONTINUE PROTESTS, GOVERNMENT [...]U) On September 8, the five major political parties continued with their fifth day of protest in Kathmandu, culminating in the arrest [...] |
2003-09-08 09:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV NP GON |
| 03KATHMANDU1744 | NEPAL: MAOIST BOMBS IN THE CAPITAL; BATTLES IN [...]SBU) Summary: One person was killed and twelve injured after Maoist insurgents set off a series of six bomb blasts in Kathmandu and [...] |
2003-09-08 09:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC CASC MOPS NP |
| 03KATHMANDU175 | NEPAL: GOVERNMENT AND MAOISTS DECLARE CEASE-FIRE, [...]) On January 29, the Maoists followed by the Government of Nepal (GoN) announced a cease-fire. The GoN (see paragraph 13), in return,[...] |
2003-01-30 09:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINS NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1758 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: [...]OLITICAL AFFAIRS -- Parties' protest to continue despite blasts: The five agitating parties will not halt their prot[...] |
2003-09-09 07:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1796 | NEPAL: MAOISTS EXECUTE INFORMANT, CONTINUE [...]SBU) On September 12, Maoists continued their wave of violence in urban areas. A Maoist hit squad killed two people in northern Kathm[...] |
2003-09-12 09:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV CASC ASEC NP |
| 03KATHMANDU18 | NEPALI KING'S PUBLIC ADDRESS WELL ATTENDED; [...]SBU) Summary: On January 3 King Gyanendra assured thousands of attendees at a much-heralded "civic reception" in the southeastern bo[...] |
2003-01-03 11:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NP GON |
| 03KATHMANDU180 | NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, JAN 25-31 [...]he Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists announced a ceasefire on January 29 (Ref A). The international community widely welcomed[...] |
2003-01-31 10:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN |
| 03KATHMANDU1805 | NEPAL: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ALLEGES HUMAN [...]C) On September 12 the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) submitted a report to the Prime Minister that implicates the Royal Nep[...] |
2003-09-15 09:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER MCAP PINR NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1806 | NEPAL: MAOISTS CONTINUE LIMITED STRIKES, [...]SBU) On September 15, the Maoists killed two policeman and seriously injured three others in three separate incidents across the Kingd[...] |
2003-09-15 10:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV CASC ASEC NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1814 | NEPAL: COMMUNIST PARTY LEADER ON ALL-PARTY [...]C) In a September 16 meeting with the Ambassador, Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) General Secretary Madhav Ne[...] |
2003-09-16 10:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1822 | NEPAL: MAOISTS DEMAND MONEY FROM COCA-COLA, [...]U) This cable contains business sensitive information and should be handled accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) On September 15, Maois[...] |
2003-09-17 09:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ECON ASEC NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1823 | NEPAL: INDUSTRIAL SECURITY GROUP DISCUSSES MAOIST [...]SBU) On September 11, the Industrial Security Group, comprised of the bilateral chambers and foreign missions of the U.S., U.K., Franc[...] |
2003-09-17 09:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ECON ASEC NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1835 | NEPAL: PUBLIC OBSERVED FIRST DAY OF GENERAL [...]SBU) On September 18, the first day of a Maoist-imposed three day general strike, Embassy police contacts reported that 95 percent of [...] |
2003-09-18 09:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ECON ASEC NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1836 | NEPAL: ARMY ATTACK ON MAOISTS DEADLIEST SINCE THE [...]SBU) Fighting between the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) and Maoist insurgents continued Sept. 18 for the second day in the mid-western distri[...] |
2003-09-18 09:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PTER NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1841 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, SEPTEMBER 13- [...]cording to local press accounts 68 Maoists, 19 policemen, and 7 Royal Nepal Army (RNA) soldiers died in clashes this week, along with [...] |
2003-09-19 07:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1849 | NEPAL: MAOISTS ATTACK POLICE INSIDE BHUTANESE [...]) Summary. On September 22, Post received reports from WFP and UNHCR that as many as 150 Maoists attacked the police post inside a Bh[...] |
2003-09-22 09:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER NP BH |
| 03KATHMANDU185 | NEPAL: MAOISTS CALL OFF GENERAL STRIKE; [...]U) The Maoists issued a press release on February 2 cancelling the general strike, or "bandh," scheduled to commemorate the seventh an[...] |
2003-02-03 07:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV CASC SOCI NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1859 | NEPAL: INDIAN SECURITY COOPERATION [...]C) According to Indian Ambassador Shyam Saran, the Indian government is sending a defense consultation group to Kathmandu the week of[...] |
2003-09-24 00:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP PTER IN NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1870 | NEPAL: INDIAN AMBASSADOR REPORTS ADVANCES IN BILATERAL SECURITY COOPERATION [...]S/NF) According to Indian Ambassador Shyam Saran, bilateral consultations between Indian and Nepali security and intelligence officers in Kathmandu o[...] |
2003-09-25 10:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER MCAP PGOV IN NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1874 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, SEPTEMBER 20- [...]cording to local press accounts fifty-three Maoists, nine policemen and two Royal Nepal Army (RNA) soldiers died in clashes this week,[...] |
2003-09-26 07:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1888 | NEPAL: MAOISTS OFFER TEN-DAY HOLIDAY TRUCE; [...]U) On September 26 the Maoist leadership issued a press statement declaring a ceasefire from October 2-9 in honor of the Hindu festiv[...] |
2003-09-29 08:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP GON |
| 03KATHMANDU1890 | AmCit Trekker Attacked and Robbed on Annapurna [...]UMMARY. On Saturday, September 27, 2003, American citizen Sean Gamble called the Embassy reporting that he had been attacked, injured [...] |
2003-09-29 09:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC PTER NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1900 | American Threatened by Maoists on Trail in [...]SBU) SUMMARY: A resident American woman visiting families she aids in Dolpo District, together with two non-American friends, were re[...] |
2003-10-01 08:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ASEC PTER NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1904 | NEPAL: MAOIST ACTIVITY SEPTEMBER 26 - OCTOBER 1 [...]CORDING TO LOCAL PRESS ACCOUNTS, 39 MAOISTS, 18 POLICEMEN AND 7 ROYAL NEPAL ARMY (RNA) SOLDIERS DIED IN CLASHES FROM SEPTEMBER 26 - 30[...] |
2003-10-01 09:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1926 | NEPAL: MAOISTS ONLY PARTIALLY HONOR PLEDGE TO [...]MMARY. MAOISTS ONLY PARTIALLY HONORED THEIR PLEDGE TO "SUSPEND ALL OFFENSIVE ACTIONS" DURING THE OCTOBER 2 - 10 DASAIN HOLIDAY. REPO[...] |
2003-10-07 09:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1964 | NEPAL: MAOIST ACTIVITY OCTOBER 2 - OCTOBER 10 [...]SPITE THE MAOIST PLEDGE TO HALT ALL OFFENSIVE ACTIONS DURING OCTOBER 2 - 10 FOR THE DASAIN HOLIDAY, THE INSURGENTS CONTINUED TO TARGET[...] |
2003-10-10 08:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1978 | NEPAL: HYDROPOWER PLANT WITH US INVESTMENT TO [...]C) After Nepali Army intelligence of an impending Maoist attack forced its temporary shutdown on October 12, the Bhote Koshi hydrolec[...] |
2003-10-14 07:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC ENRG EINV CASC NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1979 | NEPAL: MAOISTS UNSUCCESSFUL IN TWO ATTACKS ON [...]) Summary. On October 10 and 12, Maoists launched the two largest attacks on Nepalese security forces since before the January 2003 c[...] |
2003-10-14 07:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1989 | NEPAL: MAOIST PUBLIC STATEMENT DECLARES NEPAL [...]BU) THE MAOIST INFORMATION BULLETIN, POSTED ON THE INTERNET SITE (WWW.CPNM.ORG) OF NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENTS ON SEPTEMBER 28, COMPLAIN[...] |
2003-10-15 08:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL CASC NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2006 | NEPAL: ONE EX-MINISTER AND TWO SECRETARIES [...]) On October 13, Nepal's anti-corruption agency, the CIAA, arrested three former senior government officials, including former ministe[...] |
2003-10-16 09:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2040 | NEPAL: MAOISTS ABDUCT AND RELEASE BRITISH ARMY [...]) Summary. On October 19, a group of armed Maoists seized four British Army Gurkha officers or employees, including one active duty B[...] |
2003-10-21 10:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL UK NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2042 | NEPAL: MAOISTS THREATEN CLOSURE OF [...]) Summary: Representatives of Colgate-Palmolive in Nepal indicated to EconOff on October 21 that the company will close permanently i[...] |
2003-10-21 23:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | BEXP PTER ASEC NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2048 | NEPAL: MAOISTS ISSUE CONCILIATORY STATEMENT; [...]C) In an October 21 press statement, Maoist leader Prachanda announced that the insurgents would no longer attack infrastructure, pol[...] |
2003-10-22 08:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER CASC ASEC BEXP NP |
| 03KATHMANDU206 | NEPAL'S TOURISM INDUSTRY: WHERE IS THE BOTTOM? [...]epal's tourism industry recorded a 28 percent decline in international arrivals for 2002. Domestic air travel appears to have decline[...] |
2003-02-06 01:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD CASC NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2074 | SAARC'S FRAMEWORK FREE TRADE TREATY: THE DEVIL [...]U) Rajiv Chander, Director of Trade and Transport Division of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Secretariat[...] |
2003-10-24 09:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2075 | NEPAL: MIXED RESULTS FROM THE 15TH JOINT [...]) Summary. On October 24, Nepal's de facto Foreign Minister, Bekh Bahadur Thapa, briefed the Charge on the results of the 15th Nepal-[...] |
2003-10-24 10:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL NP BH |
| 03KATHMANDU2076 | NEPAL: MAOIST ACTIVITY OCTOBER 18 - OCTOBER 24 [...]fter a relatively quiet Dasain holiday, the period of October 18-24 has been marked with increased violence. According to local press [...] |
2003-10-25 04:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2098 | NEPAL: VISIT OF CHINESE DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER [...]C) The October 16-18 visit to Kathmandu of Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi focused primarily on preparations for the upcoming De[...] |
2003-10-29 09:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV CH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2132 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, OCTOBER 25-31 [...]irty-three Maoists and twenty security personnel were killed this week, including twelve policemen killed after hundreds of Maoists st[...] |
2003-11-02 23:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2150 | NEPAL: HOPELESSNESS REIGNS IN BHUTANESE REFUGEE [...]) Summary. During a visit to the Bhutanese refugee camps in Eastern Nepal on October 29-30, PolOff met with UNHCR field officers, ref[...] |
2003-11-04 07:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PTER BH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2163 | NEPAL: MAOIST WEBSITE, LEADERSHIP ELABORATE ON [...]SBU) Recent public announcements by Nepal's Maoist leaders indicate an awareness of the movement's dwindling popular support and a con[...] |
2003-11-05 05:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2164 | NEPAL: ICRC LAMENTS POST-CEASEFIRE DROP IN ACCESS [...][...] |
2003-11-05 06:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MOPS PGOV PTER NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2165 | NEPAL: MAOIST RESPONSE TO U.S. TERRORISM [...]U) Nepal's Maoists, in response to the U.S. designation of them as terrorists on the assets freeze list (ref A), have posted a stateme[...] |
2003-11-05 06:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EFIN KVPR NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2187 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, NOVEMBER 1-7 [...]e local press reported that seventeen security personnel and sixty-six Maoists were killed in clashes this week. Maoists reportedly k[...] |
2003-11-07 06:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2245 | NEPAL: MAOISTS KILL ARMY BRIGADIER GENERAL [...]mmary. On November 15, Royal Nepal Army (RNA) Brigadier General Sagar Bahadur Pandey was killed after a Maoist-laid improvised explos[...] |
2003-11-17 08:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER MARR NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2246 | NEPAL: PEACE CORPS TRAINEES TO RETURN TO CAPITAL [...]C) Summary: Peace Corps Nepal has decided to transfer 30 trainees participating in a 12-week program in Butwal, in the south central[...] |
2003-11-17 09:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC EAID CASC PREL NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2248 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: November 11 to 17, [...]OLITICAL AFFAIRS -- Parties to go in forceful and comprehensive manner: The five political parties protesting against the roy[...] |
2003-11-18 02:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2254 | WARNING NEPAL'S MAOISTS AGAIN AGAINST THREATENING [...]/NF) Summary: In view of the increased intensity and frequency of verbal threats by Nepal's Maoists against U.S. citizens and interest[...] |
2003-11-18 08:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC PREL NP IN UK |
| 03KATHMANDU2278 | WITHOUT RELIEF, NEPAL'S AILING GARMENT INDUSTRY [...]U) The Maoist insurgency has had a devastating effect on Nepal's economy, including upon its fledgling manufacturing sector. Despite [...] |
2003-11-21 07:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KTEX NP |
| 03KATHMANDU228 | APPARENT BREAKTHROUGH IN BHUTANESE REFUGEE DEADLOCK [...]C) Summary and Action Request: Meeting in Kathmandu on February 6, Nepali Foreign Minister Narendra Bikram Shah and Bhutanese Foreign[...] |
2003-02-07 09:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID BT NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2281 | NEPAL: LUTHERAN WORLD FEDERATION OFFERS TO PROVIDE [...]) A Geneva-based representative of The Lutheran World Federation, Peter Prove, has suggested that the faith-based organization could p[...] |
2003-11-21 08:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF BH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2284 | NEPAL: CHINESE REPORTEDLY ARREST FOUR SUSPECTED [...]C) Summary: The Chinese Ambassador in Kathmandu, Sun Heping, confirmed that his government has no reservations about U.S. security a[...] |
2003-11-21 11:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER NP CH |
| 03KATHMANDU2295 | NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER PREPARES FOR REGIONAL TOUR [...]) On November 23, Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa will depart Nepal on a ten-day visit of the four regional capitals, starting with[...] |
2003-11-24 08:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | NP PGOV PREL |
| 03KATHMANDU2298 | NEPAL: COMMUNIST PARTY LEADER MEETS MAOIST LEADERS [...]) Summary. On November 20, Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninst (CPN-UML) leader Madhav Kumar Nepal met with Maoist lead[...] |
2003-11-24 09:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2300 | NEPAL: AMCIT HELD AND RELEASED BY MAOISTS [...]BU) SUMMARY: AMCIT Zachary Hessler, a regular traveler to Nepal, was detained for four days in the Ganesh Himal region of Nepal. Whil[...] |
2003-11-24 23:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ASEC PINS PTER NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2309 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: November 18 to 24, [...].S. -- Maoist fiat forces Peace Corps out: Thirty American Peace Corps volunteers have been forced to leave the distr[...] |
2003-11-25 03:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
| 03KATHMANDU231 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, FEB 1-7 [...]e groundwork for peace talks was laid with the Government of Nepal reportedly sending a formal invitation to the Maoists. The Maoists[...] |
2003-02-07 10:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN |
| 03KATHMANDU2318 | NEPAL: MORE MURMURINGS, BUT HOW MUCH MOVEMENT [...]C) Once again, political circles in Kathmandu are reporting signs that King Gyanendra may be considering another initiative to broade[...] |
2003-11-26 09:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN NP GON |
| 03KATHMANDU2319 | RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON TIBETAN REFUGEES [...]mmary. On November 24, the Government of Nepal (GON) released nine Tibetans who had been in prison since 2001 after their fines were [...] |
2003-11-27 23:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF CH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2323 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, NOVEMBER 22-28 [...]orty Maoists, one Royal Nepal Army soldier and twelve police died in clashes this week, while twelve security personnel were injured. [...] |
2003-11-28 06:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2330 | NEPAL: MAOISTS CRITICIZE U.S. MILITARY ASSISTANCE [...] RESPONSE TO LOCAL PRESS REPORTING ON A/S ROCCA'S OCTOBER 29 TESTIMONY TO CONGRESS AND A NOVEMBER 26 ARTICLE IN THE VERNACULAR PUBLICA[...] |
2003-11-28 09:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2332 | NEPAL: MAOIST ATTACKS AND THREATS AGAINST COCA-COLA [...]) SUMMARY: According to Colonel Mohan Singh, Coca-Cola's Chief Security Officer in Nepal, two bombs exploded on November 28 approximat[...] |
2003-11-28 10:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2340 | NEPAL: OTHER DONORS KEEPING A DISTANCE FROM US? [...]C) Summary: Following the delivery of increased USG security assistance last year, Maoist insurgents embarked on an anti-American pr[...] |
2003-12-01 09:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PTER NP UK |
| 03KATHMANDU2345 | PROMOTING DURABLE SOLUTIONS FOR THE BHUTANESE [...]BU) Post welcomes reftel's proposals regarding a durable solution for the Bhutanese refugees in Nepal. We concur that U.S. objetives [...] |
2003-12-02 07:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM BH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2347 | NEPAL: REPORT FROM MAOIST HEARTLAND [...]) A journalist working for one of Nepal's most respected English language newspapers has recently visited Rukum, a district in west c[...] |
2003-12-02 08:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER PGOV MARR NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2363 | NEPAL: MAOISTS CHANGE TACTICS AND TARGETS [...]) Summary. Since 2002, improvements in the effectiveness of the Royal Nepal Army (RNA), among other reasons, have caused Nepal's Maoi[...] |
2003-12-03 08:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2364 | NEPAL: HEAD OF BRITISH AID IN KATHMANDU TALKS [...]/NF) Summary: On December 3 Pol/Mil Chief received from his British counterpart notes from a November 13 telephone conversation betw[...] |
2003-12-03 23:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER EAID NP UK |
| 03KATHMANDU2366 | NEPAL: AMBASSADOR RELAYS CONCERNS ABOUT [...]S/NF) On December 3 the Ambassador raised with Indian Ambassador Shyam Saran reports that intelligence agents assigned to the Indian Embassy in Kathm[...] |
2003-12-04 02:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER NP IN |
| 03KATHMANDU2367 | NEPAL: THE COST OF THE MAOIST INSURGENCY [...]) The seven-year Maoist insurgency in Nepal has taken a tremendous toll on the already impoverished Nepalese economy. The impact of t[...] |
2003-12-04 02:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER ECON EAID EFIN NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2383 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, NOVEMBER 29- [...]On November 28, Interpol re-issued red corner notices for fourteen Maoists including top leaders Prachanda and Baburam Bhattarai. Des[...] |
2003-12-05 06:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2385 | BHUTANESE REFUGEES: UNHCR'S FAKHOURI FEARS CURRENT [...]) Summary. After a two-day visit to Nepal, UNHCR Director for Asia, Jean-Marie Fakhouri met with Ambassador Malinowski privately to s[...] |
2003-12-05 07:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL BH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2386 | NEPAL: BHUTANESE REFUGEE LEADER DEPLORES [...]) On December 3, DCM and PolOff met with Bhutanese human rights activist Tek Nath Rizal to discuss conditions inside Bhutan and the re[...] |
2003-12-05 08:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM BH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2432 | BHUTANESE REFUGEES: FRIENDS OF BHUTAN VISIT TO [...]) During a recent visit to Kathmandu, the Swiss and Austrian Ambassadors resident in New Delhi reported on their visit December 1-3 to[...] |
2003-12-15 05:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM BH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2444 | NEPAL: MAOIST EXTORTION DEMAND AGAINST COCA-COLA [...]C) Summary. According to NN Singh, General Manager for Coca-Cola in Nepal, the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Bharatpur, Chitwan Distric[...] |
2003-12-16 09:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER CASC ECON NP BXEP |
| 03KATHMANDU2451 | NEPAL: ATTACKS AGAINST UK-AFFLIATED DEVELOPMENT [...]BU) Summary. Nepal's Maoists torched two British Department for International Development (DFID) project vehicles that were parked in[...] |
2003-12-17 06:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER EAID NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2469 | NEPAL: A/S ROCCA AND CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF DISCUSS [...]) On December 17, Christina Rocca, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, met with Nepal's Chief of Army Staff, General Pyar Jun[...] |
2003-12-19 07:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PHUM PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2470 | A/S ROCCA AND NEPAL'S ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER [...]) On December 16, Christina Rocca, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia met with Ambassador-at-large and de facto Foreign Mini[...] |
2003-12-19 07:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF ETRD BH CH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2472 | NEPAL: A/S ROCCA'S DECEMBER 16 MEETING WITH THE [...]) On December 16, Christina Rocca, Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs, accompanied by Ambassador Malinowski, met with Prime [...] |
2003-12-19 07:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF ECON NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2476 | NEPAL: GOVERNMENT REACTION TO CAPTURE OF SADDAM [...]SBU) The December 16-19 visit to Kathmandu of Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Christina Rocca to Nepal SIPDIS &#x[...] |
2003-12-21 03:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2491 | NEPAL: SA A/S ROCCA'S MEETINGS WITH POLITICAL [...]C) In separate meetings with leaders of four political parties on December 18, Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Christina R[...] |
2003-12-23 05:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL NP |
| 03KATHMANDU25 | MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS OF AMERICAN ASSISTANCE TO NEPAL [...]pal emerged from its feudal isolation in the 1950s with virtually no modern economic infrastructure and little intellectual capital. [...] |
2003-01-06 11:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PTER NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2500 | NEPAL: BRIEFING ON ROYAL NEPAL ARMY OPERATIONS FOR [...]) On December 17, Christina Rocca, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, received a briefing from Major General K.B. Khadka, Di[...] |
2003-12-23 09:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2501 | NEPAL: BHUTANESE REFUGEES ANGERED OVER [...]BU) Summary. On December 22, the Nepal - Bhutan Joint Verification Team (JVT) visited Khudunabari Camp to brief refugees on conditions[...] |
2003-12-23 09:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL BH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2505 | Media Reaction: U.S. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF [...]DITORIALS/OPINIONS -- Editorial in "The Rising Nepal, " (Government-owned, E/D, 12/18): "...The four-day visit by the high-ra[...] |
2003-12-24 04:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2509 | MEDIA REACTION: SADDAM'S CAPTURE [...][...] |
2003-12-28 23:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR NP |
| 03KATHMANDU26 | NEPAL: FY2003 ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROJECT PROPOSALS [...]ummary: Post's anti-trafficking-in-persons (TIP) project proposals for FY2003 provide for improved formal and non-formal educational o[...] |
2003-01-06 11:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG ELAB KPAO EAID NP |
| 03KATHMANDU261 | NEPAL'S INTERIM GOVERNMENT MOVES REFORM FORWARD [...]n the four months of its existence, Nepal's interim government has begun important reforms to control corruption, decentralize some go[...] |
2003-02-12 11:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON NP GON |
| 03KATHMANDU262 | NEPAL: MAOIST CEASEFIRE GENERALLY HOLDING; [...]SBU) The Maoist insurgent leadership seems to be enforcing so far the moratorium on armed violence among its lower-level cadre across [...] |
2003-02-12 11:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV CASC NP |
| 03KATHMANDU280 | US-INDIAN COOPERATION AND MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO [...]) Summary: US security assistance to Nepal has brought the ancillary advantage to the US of providing a new arena for fruitful US-Indian dialogue and[...] |
2003-02-14 05:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER IN NP |
| 03KATHMANDU286 | NEPAL: BHUTANESE REFUGEES CRITICIZE REPATRIATION [...]ummary: On February 12, PolOff met with respresentatives of the Bhutan National Democratic Party (BNDP), a political group composed of[...] |
2003-02-14 09:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL EAID BT NP IN |
| 03KATHMANDU287 | BHUTANESE REFUGEES: GON HOLDS DONOR'S MEETING, [...]SBU) On February 13, Nepal's Secretary of Foreign Affairs briefed international donors on the agreement reached between Nepal and Bhut[...] |
2003-02-14 11:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID NP |
| 03KATHMANDU288 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, FEB 8-14 [...]o date has been set yet for the start of a formal peace dialogue. Several international organizations are offering help in mediating [...] |
2003-02-16 03:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN |
| 03KATHMANDU292 | NEPAL: PARTIES BOYCOTT PM'S MEETING ON PEACE [...]U) Five of the six parties that had MPs in the previous Parliament boycotted a February 17 meeting called by Prime Minister Lokendra [...] |
2003-02-18 11:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER NP |
| 03KATHMANDU309 | LOCAL POLITICAL PARTIES STAGE ANTI-AMERICAN [...]n Tuesday, 18 February, a group of ten leftist political parties staged an anti-American protest, culminating with the delivery of a p[...] |
2003-02-21 10:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC NP |
| 03KATHMANDU311 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, FEB 15-21 [...]he Kathmandu press has reported that an informal meeting has been set for February 24 between Government of Nepal (GON) representative[...] |
2003-02-21 10:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN |
| 03KATHMANDU312 | NEPAL: MAOISTS MEET MAINSTREAM PARTY LEADERS IN [...]C) Two members of the Maoist Central Committee have been meeting individual leaders of mainstream political parties in Kathmandu over[...] |
2003-02-21 10:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU313 | NEPAL: INFORMATION ON U.S. MISSION ASSISTANCE TO [...]U) This message contains business sensitive information; please handle accordingly. ¶2. (U) AmEmbassy Kathmandu welcomes [...] |
2003-02-21 11:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP BBSR ETRD EINV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU322 | GARLANDS AND PETITIONS: AMBASSADOR VISITS [...]) Summary: Ambassador Malinowski visited UNHCR-administered camps in eastern Nepal during the weekend of February 15-16 to assess the [...] |
2003-02-24 10:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM EAID NP BT |
| 03KATHMANDU329 | USG HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY FOR NEPAL [...]n CY 02 our Mission engaged with the Government of Nepal (GON), the military, and members of civil society on a variety of fronts to a[...] |
2003-02-25 11:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL EAID NP |
| 03KATHMANDU330 | NEPAL/INDIA EXTRADITION TREATY NEGOTIATIONS FALTER [...]SBU) Extradition treaty negotiations between the Government of India (GOI) and the Government of Nepal (GON) ended inconclusively aft[...] |
2003-02-25 11:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NP IN |
| 03KATHMANDU351 | USG HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY FOR NEPAL [...]n CY 02 our Mission engaged with the Government of Nepal (GON), the military, and members of civil society on a variety of fronts to a[...] |
2003-02-27 10:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL EAID NP |
| 03KATHMANDU352 | NEPAL: COCA-COLA FACES CONTINUED MAOIST EXTORTION [...]SBU) Nepal's Coca-Cola bottler is continuing to receive extortion demands from the Maoists, despite the cease-fire and a claimed commi[...] |
2003-02-27 10:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS ASEC CASC BEXP NP |
| 03KATHMANDU358 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, FEB 22-28 [...]arayan Singh Pun, Minister of Physical Planning and Works and government-appointed peace talks coordinator, said the peace process wil[...] |
2003-02-28 10:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN |
| 03KATHMANDU363 | INDO-NEPAL COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION [...]N FEBRUARY 10-14, REPRESENTATIVES FROM INDIA AND NEPAL MET IN KATHMANDU TO NEGOTIATE RAILWAY AND TRANS- BORDER MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC A[...] |
2003-02-28 11:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ELTN NP IN XD |
| 03KATHMANDU365 | NEPAL: THIRD ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...]) Following is Post's submission for the third annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact for the report is[...] |
2003-02-28 11:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NP |
| 03KATHMANDU366 | NEPAL: MAOISTS DENY COCA-COLA EXTORTION [...]C) On February 28 Narayan Singh Pun, Minister for Physical Works and government-appointed interlocutor with Maoist insurgents, called [...] |
2003-02-28 11:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS BEXP ASEC CASC NP |
| 03KATHMANDU408 | NEPAL: MAOISTS STEP UP PRE-TALK DEMANDS, [...]C) The declaration of a ceasefire between the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist insurgents on January 29 has led to little discerni[...] |
2003-03-06 06:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU426 | NEPAL: UML ADVOCATES ALL-PARTY GOVERNMENT [...]C) The Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) began a month-long campaign on March 6 to create public support for an[...] |
2003-03-07 11:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 03KATHMANDU427 | NEPAL: INDIAN AMBASSADOR SAYS MAOISTS THREATENING [...]) Summary: According to Shyam Saran, India's Ambassador to Nepal, continued disagreement on the terms of a code of conduct for the cu[...] |
2003-03-07 11:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER NP IN |
| 03KATHMANDU44 | NEPAL: MAOISTS IN NO MOOD FOR COMPROMISE [...]) Summary. In both their words and deeds, Nepal's Maoist insurgents have shown themselves to be unwilling to negotiate, compromise or[...] |
2003-01-08 10:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC NP |
| 03KATHMANDU440 | NEPAL: MAOIST STUDENTS LOCK OUT UNIVERSITY [...]SBU) On March 9 members of the Maoist-affiliated All Nepal National Independent Student Union-Revolutionary (ANNISU-R) padlocked admin[...] |
2003-03-11 11:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER SOCI PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU468 | NEPAL'S TOP POLITICOS SHUN PM; PUSH FOR ALL-PARTY [...]C) On March 10 leaders of most political parties boycotted for the second time an all-party meeting called by interim Prime Minister C[...] |
2003-03-14 09:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
| 03KATHMANDU471 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MARCH 8-14 [...]he Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists jointly announced the signing of a code of conduct on March 13. Dinanath Sharma, senior-l[...] |
2003-03-14 11:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN |
| 03KATHMANDU472 | NEPAL: GOVERNMENT AND MAOISTS AGREE TO CODE OF [...]) At a press conference on March 13, Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist representatives released a long-awaited code of conduct to g[...] |
2003-03-14 12:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER NP |
| 03KATHMANDU477 | MAOISTS IN WESTERN NEPAL DISCUSS TERMS OF [...]SBU) On March 4, a non-governmental organization held a meeting with Maoist, government, and social organization representatives in Ju[...] |
2003-03-18 09:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER NP |
| 03KATHMANDU480 | NEPAL'S CEASE-FIRE: HINTS OF MAOIST STRATEGY FROM [...]SBU) Econoff visited Nepalgunj and Jumla districts of midwestern Nepal from March 4 to 7 to assess the effects of the cease-fire. Des[...] |
2003-03-18 09:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER NP |
| 03KATHMANDU50 | NEPAL: MAOISTS KIDNAP CHILDREN FOR MILITARY [...]SBU) Summary and Action Request: Several GON sources confirmed to the Embassy on January 8 that more than 200 students from four dist[...] |
2003-01-09 07:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU507 | NEPAL: MAOISTS POSTURING FOR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY [...]SBU) On March 19, the Ambassador met with Kul Chandra Gautam, Deputy Executive Director with UNICEF in New York, and a Nepali visiting[...] |
2003-03-20 10:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER NP |
| 03KATHMANDU515 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MARCH 15-21 [...]rime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand told the local press that peace talks would likely start in April, while Dinanath Sharma, senior-[...] |
2003-03-21 10:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN |
| 03KATHMANDU549 | NEPAL: GOVERNMENT RAISES PETROL PRICES [...]) Summary: The Government of Nepal (GON) raised prices on all petroleum products to prevent further losses by state-owned Nepal Oil C[...] |
2003-03-26 11:20:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET PGOV NP GON |
| 03KATHMANDU551 | TFIZ01: NEPAL REACTIONS TO WAR IN IRAQ FOR MARCH [...]ROTESTS AND MISSION SECURITY: The Embassy maintained full services and normal working hours on March 27. As of 3:00 p.m. local time,[...] |
2003-03-27 09:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC KPAO NP PREL |
| 03KATHMANDU552 | NEPAL: KING'S CONFIDANT ON INDIAN, EUROPEAN [...]S) On March 26 royal confidant Prabhakar Rana briefed the Ambassador and DCM on his recent secret discussions with foreign government[...] |
2003-03-27 10:54:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER IN NP |
| 03KATHMANDU563 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MARCH 22-28 [...]rogress toward peace talks between the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist insurgents remains stalled during King Gyanendra's two-wee[...] |
2003-03-28 09:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN |
| 03KATHMANDU565 | NEPAL'S FOREIGN SECRETARY REPORTS BILATERAL [...]C) Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya told the Ambassador and DCM on March 28 that the Governments of Nepal and Bhutan have reached[...] |
2003-03-28 10:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM NP BT |
| 03KATHMANDU566 | NEPALI MAOISTS PURSUE SEPARATE DIALOGUE WITH [...]C) Anton Hagen, local head of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), confirmed to the DCM that Maoist insurgents hav[...] |
2003-03-28 12:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAID SZ NP |
| 03KATHMANDU57 | NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, JAN 4-10 [...]nterpol has issued five more warrants for Maoists, bringing the total to sixteen. The Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists still[...] |
2003-01-10 10:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN |
| 03KATHMANDU572 | NEPAL: MAOIST IDEOLOGUE SURFACES IN CAPITAL; [...]SBU) Summary: Since his return to the capital March 28, Maoist ideologue and second-ranking leader Baburam Bhattarai has conducted a [...] |
2003-03-31 12:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU607 | STATE DEPT. HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2003 [...][...] |
2003-04-04 03:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR NP |
| 03KATHMANDU620 | NEPAL: MAOIST NEGOTIATING TEAM HOLDS PUBLIC RALLY [...]U) On April 3, the Maoists held a rally of an estimated 20,000 in a public park in Kathmandu. Near the venue, widows and orphans of [...] |
2003-04-04 11:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PTER NP |
| 03KATHMANDU621 | NEPAL: MAOISTS ASK TO MEET AMBASSADOR [...]SBU) On April 4 the Embassy received what appeared to be a form letter addressed to "Your Excellency the Ambassador/Consular" and sig[...] |
2003-04-04 11:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL NP |
| 03KATHMANDU623 | NEPAL: CEASEFIRE SEES INCREASE IN TORTURE CLAIMS [...]) Summary: PolOff and USAID Mission's Deputy Director of Special Programs Office met with the program director of the USAID-supported[...] |
2003-04-04 12:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID SOCI PGOV PTER NP |
| 03KATHMANDU624 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MARCH 29-APRIL [...]rime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand has said that progress is being achieved peace talks have still not begun between the Government [...] |
2003-04-04 12:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN |
| 03KATHMANDU643 | NEPAL: KING ADDRESSES FAR-WEST [...]U) Summary: On April 4, King Gyanendra addressed thousands at a civic reception in Nepal's far-west. The King's brief remarks highli[...] |
2003-04-08 06:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PTER NP GON |
| 03KATHMANDU647 | NEPAL: BHUTANESE REFUGEE CONCERNS ABOUT [...]C) On April 8 a delegation of Bhutanese refugees from eastern Nepal met with poloff to raise a number of concerns about ongoing discu[...] |
2003-04-08 11:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV NP BT |
| 03KATHMANDU656 | NEPAL: MAOISTS ON MEDIA OVERKILL; GOVERNMENT [...]C) Since his emergence from under ground nearly two weeks ago, Maoist ideologue Baburam Bhattarai has dominated the headlines and airw[...] |
2003-04-10 07:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU657 | CEASEFIRE BRINGS UNEASY PEACE TO NEPAL'S NORTHEAST [...]mmary: On an April 2-3 trip to northeastern Dolakha district, PolOff and PolFSN met with civil servants, police and local business ow[...] |
2003-04-10 09:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV CASC NP |
| 03KATHMANDU671 | NEPALI MAOISTS MEET WITH EU MISSION HEAD [...]C) The head of the European Union office in Kathmandu broke ranks with his diplomatic colleagues and met with Maoist ideologue Babura[...] |
2003-04-11 10:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EU NP |
| 03KATHMANDU691 | NEPAL: MAOISTS TO MEET EMBOFFS [...]C) Following Ref C guidance, on April 16 poloff contacted known Maoist sympathizer Padma Ratna Tuladhar to convey Embassy agreement t[...] |
2003-04-16 09:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL NP |
| 03KATHMANDU692 | NEPAL: GOVERNMENT NAMES MEMBERS OF NEGOTIATING [...]SBU) On April 16 the Government of Nepal (GON) announced the members of the team it appointed to negotiate with Maoist insurgents. A[...] |
2003-04-16 10:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP GON |
| 03KATHMANDU702 | NEPAL REQUESTS USG LENIENCY FOR WTO ACCESSION [...]SBU) Summary and Action Request: In an April 16 meeting with the Ambassador, Commerce Secretary Lawa Prasad Devkota requested that th[...] |
2003-04-18 04:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL SNAR NP |
| 03KATHMANDU707 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, APRIL 11-18 [...]n April 16 the Government of Nepal (GON) finally announced its six-member team for peace talks with the Maoists (Ref A). Baburam Bhatt[...] |
2003-04-18 09:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU715 | NEPAL: 21 TIBETANS DETAINED ON IMMIGRATION CHARGES [...]C) Summary: Twenty-one Tibetan refugees, including eleven minors, were detained by Nepal's Department of Immigration (DOI) on April 15[...] |
2003-04-21 06:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM NP CH |
| 03KATHMANDU739 | NEPAL'S MAOIST LEADERS RETURN TO INFLEXIBLE STANCE [...]U) Summary: In an April 22 mass meeting held in southwestern Nepal, Maoist ideologue Baburam Bhattarai reportedly stated that the "in[...] |
2003-04-23 11:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 03KATHMANDU740 | NEPAL: APRIL 23 KATHMANDU STRIKE WELL OBSERVED; [...]U) A general strike, or bandh, called for Kathmandu Valley by the Nepali Congress (Democratic) Party student union was generally wide[...] |
2003-04-23 11:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CASC ASEC NP |
| 03KATHMANDU753 | NEPAL: CHINESE AMBASSADOR PRESSURES GON TO ARREST [...]C) At an April 25 meeting with Home Secretary Tikka Datta Niraula, Ambassador Malinowski raised the issue of twenty-one Tibetans, incl[...] |
2003-04-25 09:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF NP CH |
| 03KATHMANDU769 | NEPAL: GOVERNMENT AND MAOISTS HOLD FIRST ROUND OF [...]SBU) On April 27 Government of Nepal (GON) negotiators held the first round of peace talks with their Maoist counterparts in a Kathma[...] |
2003-04-28 11:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV NP GON |
| 03KATHMANDU770 | NEPAL: APRIL 28 BANDH WELL-OBSERVED; MAOIST [...]n April 28 general strike, or bandh, called for the Kathmandu Valley by several student groups (reftel) was generally well-observed. [...] |
2003-04-28 12:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER CASC ASEC NP |
| 03KATHMANDU793 | NEPAL CRACKS DOWN ON IRAQI TRAVELERS [...]C) In a May 1 conversation with the DCM, Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya disclosed that the Government SIPDIS o[...] |
2003-05-02 06:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP IZ |
| 03KATHMANDU795 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, APRIL 26-May 2 [...]n April 27 negotiators representing the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists held the first round of exploratory peace talks (Ref[...] |
2003-05-02 07:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU80 | NEPAL COMPARES FAVORABLY IN CORRUPTION SURVEY [...] December 2002, Transparency International-Bangladesh (TIB) completed a citizen survey of five South Asian countries on the incidence [...] |
2003-01-16 10:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI NP |
| 03KATHMANDU814 | NEPAL: PM'S ADDRESS RILES PARTIES; TURNOUT IN [...]C) Leaders of most mainstream political parties reacted negatively to a May 2 televised address by Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Cha[...] |
2003-05-05 11:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU837 | NEPAL: SECOND ROUND OF TALKS BETWEEN INSURGENTS, [...]U) The second round of talks between the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist insurgents is scheduled to take place on May 9 at an und[...] |
2003-05-07 09:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU853 | NEPAL: KILLERS OF TWO MAOIST STUDENTS REMAIN [...]SBU) Although the Maoist-affiliated student union continues to blame the security forces for the killings of two of its members in Ap[...] |
2003-05-08 10:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PTER PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU858 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, May 3-9 [...]he second round of peace talks between negotiators for the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoists is being held on May 9. Envoys from [...] |
2003-05-09 09:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU860 | NEPAL: GOVERNMENT HOLDS SECOND ROUND OF DIALOGUE [...]U) On May 9 Government of Nepal (GON) negotiators held a second round of talks with Maoist insurgents at a hotel in Kathmandu (located[...] |
2003-05-09 09:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP GON |
| 03KATHMANDU87 | NEPAL: ARMY FACES CRITICISM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...]SBU) The Royal Nepal Army (RNA) has come under fire recently from a variety of sources, both local and international, for human right[...] |
2003-01-17 10:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL MCAP MOPS NP |
| 03KATHMANDU885 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: MAY 6 - 12, 2003 [...]OLITICAL AFFAIRS "SECOND ROUND OF PEACE TALKS" -- The government and Maoists made incremental progress in[...] |
2003-05-13 08:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
| 03KATHMANDU886 | NEPAL: FOREIGN AND COMMERCE SECRETARIES PLEAD [...]U) Please see paragraph 4 for action request. GoN Presses Ambassador and DCM for USG Support --------------------------------[...] |
2003-05-13 09:54:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD NP |
| 03KATHMANDU89 | NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, JAN 11-17 [...]rogress toward Government-Maoist peace talks reportedly is at a standstill. The Government of Nepal announced the creation of a 20,00[...] |
2003-01-17 10:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN |
| 03KATHMANDU90 | NEPALIS LAUNCH PRIVATE EFFORT TO SOLVE BHUTANESE [...]mmary: A team of distinguished Nepali former diplomats and former officials met with Ambassador Malinowski on January 17 to encourage[...] |
2003-01-17 11:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV NP IN |
| 03KATHMANDU901 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, May 10-15 [...]he second round of peace talks between negotiators for the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoists was held on May 9 (Reftel). Internat[...] |
2003-05-15 09:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU902 | NEPALI ARMY REJECTS 5KM RESTRICTION DEMANDED BY [...]U) On May 14 Col. Deepak Gurung, spokesman for the Royal Nepal Army (RNA), publicly denied that the Government of Nepal (GON) had agre[...] |
2003-05-15 10:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU91 | THREE MORE TIBETANS JAILED IN NEPAL [...]BU) Summary: Nepali Immigration Courts have sentenced three Tibetans to three years' imprisonment for failure to pay fines and visa f[...] |
2003-01-17 11:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM NP |
| 03KATHMANDU945 | NEPAL ARMY CLAIMS HEARTS-AND-MINDS CAMPAIGN [...]C) Over the past month, the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) has been conducting a series of one-week civil affairs programs in 25 Maoist-affect[...] |
2003-05-22 09:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MCAP PTER PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU960 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, May 17-23 [...]o date has been set yet for the third round of peace talks. However, the controversy continues around restrictions on the movements o[...] |
2003-05-23 10:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU961 | NEPAL: KING KEEPS PARTIES AT BAY [...]C) His public and private statements of support for the principle of multiparty democracy notwithstanding, King Gyanendra continues to[...] |
2003-05-23 11:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU967 | NEPAL'S MAOISTS STRIVING TO WIN HEARTS AND MINDS [...]C) From April 26 to May 4, Embassy and USAID representatives traveled to Nepal's northwest district of Dolpa. Fifteen of the district[...] |
2003-05-27 03:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER NP |
| 03KATHMANDU975 | NEPAL'S ANTI-CORRUPTION WATCHDOG INITIATES [...]SBU) On May 16, the Commission for the Investigation of the Abuse of Authority (CIAA) issued summons to prominent current and former p[...] |
2003-05-28 09:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KCRM NP |
| 03KATHMANDU977 | NEPAL: MINISTERIAL MEETING FAILS TO RESOLVE [...]C) Summary and Action Request: The 14th bilateral meeting between the Foreign Ministers of Nepal and Bhutan concluded on May 22 witho[...] |
2003-05-28 09:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL NP BT |
| 03KATHMANDU978 | NEPAL'S POLITICAL PARTIES' ATTEMPT TO RE-OPEN [...]U) On May 28, Nepal's political parties marched on the Parliament House in an attempt to reconvene the dissolved House of Representati[...] |
2003-05-28 09:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CASC ASEC NP |
| 03KATHMANDU984 | CHINESE PRESSURE NEPAL TO DEPORT TIBETANS [...]C) Summary: On May 29 Office of Tibet Representative in Kathmandu Wangchuk Tsering reported that the Department of Immigration was p[...] |
2003-05-29 10:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL NP CH |
| 03KATHMANDU989 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, May 24-30 [...]Representatives from the negotiating teams of the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoists have been unusually quiet this week, with no p[...] |
2003-05-30 07:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU991 | NEPAL: PM RESIGNS; NEW GOVERNMENT,PROBABLY WITH [...]S) Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand resigned from office on May 30. Well-placed Palace sources predict the Palace will approach [...] |
2003-05-30 09:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PGOV PREL NP GON |
| 03KATHMANDU997 | NEPAL: TIBETANS STILL IN DETENTION; MOVED TO [...]) Charge delivered Ref A demarche to Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya on May 30. Acharya denied that there has been any change i[...] |
2003-05-30 10:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL NP CH |
| 03KATHMANDU998 | NEPAL DEPORTS TIBETAN DETAINEES [...]SBU) In the early morning hours of May 31, Nepali authorities handed over 18 Tibetan detainees (including 8 minors) to representatives[...] |
2003-05-31 04:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | NOTAG NP |
| 03KATHMANDU999 | NEPALI KING ASKS PARTY LEADERS FOR CONSENSUS [...]C) Breaking with past practice, Nepal's King Gyanendra convoked on May 30 leaders of the seven parties that had held seats in the last[...] |
2003-05-31 04:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP |
| 03OTTAWA1118 | CANADA TO PRESS BHUTAN ON NEGOTIATIONS, [...][...] |
2003-04-17 21:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF BT NP CA |
| 03OTTAWA2255 | BHUTANESE REFUGEES: CANADA CONTINUES TO PRESS FOR [...]) Post shared points contained reftel with Elissa Golberg, DFAIT's Acting Deputy Director for Humanitarian Affairs, on August 7. Golbe[...] |
2003-08-08 17:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | BT NP PHUM PREF PREL CA UNHCR |
| 03OTTAWA418 | REFUGEE SITUATION IN NEPAL: CANADA SHARES CONCERN [...]BU) We presented reftel demarche February 10 to Elissa Golberg, Policy Advisor for Humanitarian Affairs in DFAIT's Human Rights, Human[...] |
2003-02-11 21:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM BT NP CA |
| 03THEHAGUE1899 | BHUTAN: DUTCH CONCERNS ABOUT BHUTANESE REFUGEES IN [...]) On July 29 PolOff conveyed reftel to MFA South Asia Senior Policy Advisors Arjen Kool and Robert Claessens. Kool and Claessens not[...] |
2003-07-29 11:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL BT NP NL UNHCR |
| 04ABUDHABI2836 | NEPALESE CHARGE REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE WITH [...]) This is an action request - see paragraph 4. ¶2. (C) The Nepalese Charge d'Affaires, Madhuban Prasad Paudel, requested a[...] |
2004-08-22 13:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TC NP |
| 04ABUDHABI3209 | TIP CASES SHOW UAE STILL CHALLENGED [...]) This is an action request for G/TIP and NEA/ARPI country desk, please see paragraph 9. ¶2. (C) SUMMARY: A number of rece[...] |
2004-09-16 06:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TC IN NP RP |
| 04BRUSSELS3207 | MAOIST VIOLENCE IN NEPAL: NO EU CLEARINGHOUSE [...]) We met on July 28 with Mario Ferrucci, deputy head of the India, Nepal, and Bhutan unit in the Commission's External Relations direc[...] |
2004-07-28 14:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KT NP EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4362 | EU CLOSE TO A DECISION TO FREEZE MAOIST ASSETS [...]) Summary. The EU is "close" to taking a decision to freeze Maoist assets. While there is some discussion of tactics, there is an i[...] |
2004-10-08 15:54:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KTFN NP EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4994 | A/S ROCCA DISCUSSES SOUTH ASIA WITH EU [...]C) SUMMARY. On November 12 and 15 in Brussels, SA A/S Christina Rocca met with DG Robert Cooper of the European Council and DDG Herve[...] |
2004-11-24 10:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PTER AF PK IN CE NP EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04KATHMANDU1001 | NEPAL: KING'S ADVISOR OUTLINES STEPS TO FORM NEW [...]MMARY: KING GYANENDRA'S BUSINESS PARTNER AND CONFIDANT, PRABHAKAR RANA, TOLD THE CHARGE AND DCM ON MAY 28 THAT REPEATED EFFORTS TO PER[...] |
2004-05-28 08:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | NP PGOV PREL GON |
| 04KATHMANDU1024 | NEPAL: DEUBA DUBBED PRIME MINISTER; CONGRESS' [...]C) At about 11:00 a.m. local time on June 2, King Gyanendra appointed two-time Prime Minister and President of the Nepali Congress (De[...] |
2004-06-02 08:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1026 | BHUTANESE REFUGEES: HISTORY STARTS TODAY [...]C) We appreciate the perspective, based on personal experience as well as scholarship, brought to the history of the Nepalese Bhutane[...] |
2004-06-03 07:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM PGOV BT IN NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1030 | NEPALI MAOIST COMMANDER IMPLICATED IN MURDERS OF [...]SBU) Summary: According to Nepali press reports, Indian police in Patna, Bihar have arrested 12 Nepali Maoists, including several Ce[...] |
2004-06-04 02:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL KCRM CJAN NP IN |
| 04KATHMANDU105 | NEPAL'S NEWLY APPOINTED AMBASSADOR TO INDIA [...]s Majesty's Government of Nepal (GON) announced the appointment of Karna Dhoj Adhikari as its Ambassador to India on December 12, 2003[...] |
2004-01-14 09:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PGOV PREL NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1054 | NEPAL: SEVEN BHUTANESE REFUGEES ARRESTED AS [...]) SUMMARY: According to various media reports and UNHCR sources, seven Bhutanese refugees, including one minor, were arrested in the [...] |
2004-06-08 06:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER PHUM NP BH |
| 04KATHMANDU1080 | NEPAL: PM DEUBA'S PLAN [...]) SUMMARY. During a warm 40-minute courtesy call by the Charge on Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on June 10, Nepal's new Prime Mini[...] |
2004-06-10 21:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER NP GON |
| 04KATHMANDU1096 | NEPAL: TIBETAN REFUGEE UPDATE [...]) SUMMARY: No deportations of Tibetan refugees have been reported since the last refugee update of February 26, 2004 (Ref A). Howeve[...] |
2004-06-14 08:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL PBTS PTER NP CH |
| 04KATHMANDU112 | NEPAL: SPOKESMAN SAYS ARMY WILL INITIATE [...]C) On January 15 Royal Nepal Army (RNA) Spokesman Col. Deepak Gurung informed poloff that the RNA had completed its inquiry into alleg[...] |
2004-01-15 09:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MOPS MASS NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1141 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JUNE 11-18, [...]n early morning ambush by Maoists left 21 Armed Police Force (APF) personnel dead and sixteen injured (Ref A). Seven security personne[...] |
2004-06-18 03:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
| 04KATHMANDU1147 | BHUTANESE REFUGEES: DEBATE TO THE FORE IN NEPAL [...]) SUMMARY: For the first time, local integration and third-country resettlement of refugees have became a public topic of debate by [...] |
2004-06-18 08:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER PHUM NP BH |
| 04KATHMANDU1178 | NEPAL: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE BOMBING OF [...]S/NF) Post continues to look into the June 12 bombing of the American-owned carpet factory "Red Thread." (REF A) On June 18, RSO Jim [...] |
2004-06-23 07:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC BEXP PTER ECON NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1183 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JUNE 15 TO 21, [...]OLITICAL AFFAIRS -- UML, NC (D) agree on Common Minimum Program: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that both the &#x[...] |
2004-06-24 06:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1193 | NEPAL: SUPREME COURT ISSUES ORDER TO ARMY ON [...]) SUMMARY: For the first time, Nepal's Supreme Court has issued a "show cause" order to the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) Chief of Army Staf[...] |
2004-06-25 08:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PHUM PGOV MOPS NP |
| 04KATHMANDU120 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JANUARY 10-16, [...] Almost 100 insurgents have surrendered since the announcement of the Government of Nepal's (GON) amnesty program. On January 9, Maoi[...] |
2004-01-16 07:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
| 04KATHMANDU1201 | STATE DEPT. 2004 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...][...] |
2004-06-28 07:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB EAID SMIG ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD CASC NP SA PPD |
| 04KATHMANDU121 | NEPAL: POLITICAL PARTY BICKERING CONTINUES DESPITE [...]BU) Summary. Nepal's political parties, like the King, continue to talk about how best to restore democracy in the kingdom, but persi[...] |
2004-01-16 08:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1215 | NEPAL: BHUTANESE REFUGEE CAMPS FACE VIRAL INFLUENZA [...]s has happened in past years during the early to mid- monsoon period in Nepal, the Bhutanese refugee camps are facing widespread cases[...] |
2004-06-29 08:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF SOCI NP |
| 04KATHMANDU122 | NEPAL: ARE THE STUDENT PROTESTS RESONATING WITHIN [...]) Summary. Now at the month-long mark, student union-led protests have grown increasingly critical of the King and have even begun ca[...] |
2004-01-16 08:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1226 | NEPAL: ARMY CHIEF REPLIES TO SUPREME COURT [...]) According to media reporting on June 29, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Pyar Jung Thapa responded in writing to the Nepali Supreme Cour[...] |
2004-06-30 07:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV MOPS NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1227 | NEPAL: MAOISTS ATTACK NGO OFFICE IN MID-WEST [...]SBU) At about 10:00 p.m. local time on June 28, Maoist insurgents detonated an improvised explosive device on the second floor of an o[...] |
2004-06-30 08:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EAID NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1231 | NEPAL: FOUR PARTIES AGREE ON BASIC PRINCIPLES FOR [...]SBU) Summary: On June 30 three political parties joined Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's Nepali Congress (Democratic) in endorsin[...] |
2004-07-01 07:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1234 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JUNE 26-JULY [...]ecurity forces reportedly thwarted Maoist plans to create "chaos" in the capital. Germany's envoy called for a quick resolution of th[...] |
2004-07-02 03:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
| 04KATHMANDU1260 | NEPAL: MAOISTS KILL 12 POLICE, 1 CIVILIAN NEAR [...]ccording to Nepal Police sources, at about 3:30 am local time on July 5, Maoist insurgents detonated a landmine along Padam Road, 10 k[...] |
2004-07-07 03:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1269 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JUNE 29 TO JULY [...]OLITICAL AFFAIRS -- PM forms 31-member cabinet: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has expanded his three-member cabinet to &#[...] |
2004-07-08 03:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1277 | NEPAL: A FOUR-PARTY GOVERMENT IS FORMED [...]C) SUMMARY: On July 5, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba expanded his cabinet to a bulky 31 Ministers, State Ministers and Assistant [...] |
2004-07-08 09:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWMN NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1288 | NEPAL: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON FOREIGN SECRETARY [...]) SUMMARY: Ambassador Moriarty made his first official call on Foreign Secretary Madhu Acharya on July 8. Acharya stated that the UN[...] |
2004-07-09 07:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM IN BH NP UN |
| 04KATHMANDU1290 | NEPAL: CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT [...]epal's Maoist insurgency, which began in 1996, has tragically victimized the children of Nepal. The frequent school bandhs (school cl[...] |
2004-07-09 07:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PHUM PTER MOPS PGOV NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1300 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 2-JULY 9, [...]aoists assassinated the Mayor of Pokhara, reportedly in retaliation for the deaths of six rebels and for failing to abandon his post. [...] |
2004-07-12 07:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
| 04KATHMANDU1304 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JULY 7 TO 12, [...]OLITICAL AFFAIRS -- Govt. ready to talk to Maoists: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that the government was ready [...] |
2004-07-13 04:20:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1319 | NEPAL: DEPARTING INDIAN AMBASSADOR OFFERS HIS [...]) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador Moriarty on July 13, outgoing Indian Ambassador to Nepal (and future Indian Foreign Secretary[...] |
2004-07-14 09:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS PINR PREF BH PK NP |
| 04KATHMANDU133 | NEPAL: ARMY LAUNCHES AIR STRIKE AGAINST REPORTED [...]C) The Director of Military Operations (DMO) of the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) has confirmed that on January 20 the RNA conducted an air s[...] |
2004-01-21 09:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1348 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 10-16, [...] Government of Nepal (GON) officials announced there would be no unilateral ceasefire even as contradictory opinions surrounded the is[...] |
2004-07-16 05:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
| 04KATHMANDU1353 | NEPAL: KING OFFERS VIEWS AT AMBASSADOR'S [...]) SUMMARY: In a 20-minute one-on-one after I presented my credentials on July 16, Nepal's King Gyanendra told me that he wanted to be [...] |
2004-07-16 10:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ODIP PGOV PINS PTER PHUM NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1372 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JULY 13 TO 19, [...]OLITICAL AFFAIRS -- FM unveils Rs 111 billion budget: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bharat Mohan Adhikari �[...] |
2004-07-20 07:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1406 | NEPAL: CORRUPTION CONVICTION AGAINST FORMER [...]) On July 22, the Special Court convicted Chiranjivi Wagle, former deputy prime minister and Central Committee member of Prime Ministe[...] |
2004-07-23 08:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV KCRM NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1408 | NEPAL: ARMY CHIEF'S READ-OUT ON THE INSURGENCY [...]) SUMMARY: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Pyar Jung Thapa told the Ambassador and ODC Chief on July 22 that while the security sit[...] |
2004-07-23 08:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | NP NOTAG |
| 04KATHMANDU141 | NEPAL: ARMY ACTIONS TAKEN TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGED [...]SBU) Summary: Since its inception in July 2002, the Human Rights cell of the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) has accepted 17 cases of alleged[...] |
2004-01-22 10:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1418 | NEPAL: DEUBA PLANS ELECTIONS ABOVE ALL ELSE [...]) SUMMARY. During their first meeting on July 23, Prime Minister Deuba reiterated to the Ambassador Nepal's gratitude to the U.S., and[...] |
2004-07-26 01:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS PREF NP GON |
| 04KATHMANDU1443 | NEPAL: ADHIKARI PLANS NEGOTIATIONS BEFORE ALL ELSE [...]) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Adhikari told the Ambassador on July 26 that negotiations with the Maoists must[...] |
2004-07-27 08:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR BT NP GON |
| 04KATHMANDU1444 | NEPAL: STATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER ON BHUTANESE [...]) SUMMARY: Nepal's State Foreign Affairs Minister Mahat told the Ambassador on July 26 that negotiations with the Maoists before the [...] |
2004-07-27 08:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR BT NP |
| 04KATHMANDU147 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JANUARY 17-23, [...]On January 19, the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) launched aerial raids on the purported site of a Maoist gathering (Ref A). Thirty-one Maois[...] |
2004-01-23 07:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
| 04KATHMANDU1479 | NEPAL: HOME MINISTER KHADKA ON MAOISTS, REFUGEES, [...]) Summary. Nepal's Home Minister Khadka discussed the role of the Nepal Police in the Government of Nepal's counter-insurgency effort[...] |
2004-07-30 07:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PREF NP GON |
| 04KATHMANDU1481 | NEPAL'S TOURISM SECTOR UNDER THREAT, BUT SIGNS OF [...]C) The eight-year Maoist insurgency in Nepal has taken a tremendous toll on the already impoverished Nepalese economy. The impact of [...] |
2004-07-30 07:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PTER ASEC CASC PINS NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1482 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 24-30, [...]n a spate of brutality, Maoists beheaded three civilians, a group of 12 Maoists hacked a man to death, and in another case, Maoists sh[...] |
2004-07-30 08:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
| 04KATHMANDU1493 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JULY 27 TO [...]EPAL - U.S. -- U.S. assistance for Nepal's flood victims: "The U.S. Ambassador to Nepal James F. Moriarty handed over a �[...] |
2004-08-03 02:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1545 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 31-AUGUST [...]Government of Nepal (GON) officials will not announce a unilateral ceasefire, arguing such a move would come only after "meaningful" a[...] |
2004-08-06 06:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
| 04KATHMANDU1547 | NEPAL: OFFICE OF TIBET REPRESENTATIVE MEETS [...]) SUMMARY: Wangchuk Tsering, Director of the Office of Tibet, outlined for Ambassador Moriarty on August 5 the issues facing Tibetan r[...] |
2004-08-06 09:20:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1549 | NEPAL: BHUTANESE REFUGEE FRUSTRATION GROWING - [...]) SUMMARY: Only surprising in that it took so long to come about, some Bhutanese refugee leaders and many refugees are starting to ask[...] |
2004-08-06 09:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL BT IN NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1550 | NEPAL: UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE ON BHUTANESE/TIBETAN [...]) SUMMARY: UNHCR Representative Abraham Abraham expressed the hope to the Ambassador on August 4 that the verification of Bhutanese re[...] |
2004-08-06 09:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL BT IN NP UNHCR |
| 04KATHMANDU1551 | NEPAL: SMALL CLASH BETWEEN BHUTANESE REFUGEES AND [...]BU) According to press reports, UNHCR staff and refugees, a fight between two Bhutanese refugees and three locals has led to the reimp[...] |
2004-08-06 10:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PREL NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1552 | NEPAL: CPN-UML GEN SEC MADHAV NEPAL ON POSSIBLE [...]) During their first meeting on August 5, Madhav Kumar Nepal, CPN-UML General Secretary, sought the Ambassador's approval of secret [...] |
2004-08-06 10:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS MARR NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1553 | MAOISTS WARN COMPANIES, INCLUDING COCA COLA, TO [...]U) According to reports August 5 in both English and Nepali-language newspapers, the Maoist affiliated All Nepal Trade Union Federati[...] |
2004-08-07 02:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1561 | MEDIA REACTION: Nepal insurgency [...]On deaf ears" Editorial in the centrist "Kathmandu Post" (E/D, 8/6): "Voices raised against gruesome Maoist brutalities have [...] |
2004-08-10 01:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1583 | LANDMARK DECISION FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN NEPAL [...]UMMARY: In a victory for women's rights, the Supreme Court of Nepal declared null and void a law which had required women to return in[...] |
2004-08-12 06:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN PGOV NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1590 | NEPAL: NATIONAL CONGRESS PRESIDENT KOIRALA: [...]) In his August 6 courtesy call on National Congress (NC) President G.P. Koirala, the Ambassador urged the parties to reach consensus[...] |
2004-08-12 21:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP GON |
| 04KATHMANDU1592 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM AUGUST 3 TO 9, [...]OLITICAL AFFAIRS -- PM to head peace secretariat; experts to back it: The government is setting up a Peace Secretariat, which[...] |
2004-08-12 23:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1596 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, AUGUST 7- [...] five-member high-level peace committee headed by Prime Minister Sher Deuba was formed on August 12 to establish a peace secretariat. [...] |
2004-08-13 05:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
| 04KATHMANDU1605 | NEPAL: PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE DELIVERED TO PRIME [...]) On August 13, the Ambassador delivered by hand the President's message of congratulations to the Prime Minister. Upon its receipt[...] |
2004-08-13 07:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1606 | NEPAL: COURT CASE MIGHT HALT TRANSIT OF TIBETANS [...]BU) SUMMARY: Because of a case filed in the Kathmandu District Court accusing a police constable who escorted two Tibetan refugees to[...] |
2004-08-13 07:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1632 | MAOIST BOMBS CLOSE SOALTEE HOTEL, COCA COLA CLOSES [...]U) Four bombs exploded in the backyard of Soaltee Hotel, a leading five star hotel in Kathmandu, Monday evening, August 16. Nobody w[...] |
2004-08-17 21:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV KTFN ASEC NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1643 | NEPAL: MAOIST MURDER JOURNALIST AND THREATEN OTHERS [...]he Maoists announced on August 16 that they had killed journalist-cum-human rights activist, Dekendra Raj Thapa for allegedly spying f[...] |
2004-08-18 10:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1647 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM AUGUST 10 TO [...]URRENT AFFAIRS -- Koirala refuses to be in the peace committee: Nepali Congress (NC) president Girija Prasad Koirala has �[...] |
2004-08-18 11:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1655 | NDI POLL OFFERS INSIGHT INTO IMPROVING DEMOCRACY [...]) In a public opinion poll conducted between May and July 2004 by the National Democratic Institute (NDI), 95 percent of respondents b[...] |
2004-08-19 11:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1658 | MAOISTS' VIRTUAL BLOCKADE EFFECTIVE; MAOIST [...]) Although the virtual Maoist blockade of Kathmandu Valley continues, there are no reports of Maoist violence or incidents anywhere. [...] |
2004-08-19 11:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1670 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, AUGUST 14- [...]he Maoists have imposed a virtual blockade of roads leading to and from the Kathmandu Valley since August 18. Traffic remains very lig[...] |
2004-08-20 11:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
| 04KATHMANDU1672 | MAOIST ATROCITIES ESCALATE, JUNE 5-PRESENT [...]ince the formation of Sher Bahadur Deuba's coalition government, Maoist atrocities have intensified. Every day brings new reports of [...] |
2004-08-20 12:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1679 | VIRTUAL BLOCKADE STILL ON; INDUSTRIES REMAIN [...]) Over the weekend, Maoist violence continued around the country, but Kathmandu Valley remained relatively calm. Late August 21, the [...] |
2004-08-23 11:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1688 | NEPAL: INCIDENTS ALONG BLOCKADED HIGHWAYS [...]) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Prakash Saran Mahat gave a briefing on the current situation to reassure the diplomatic commu[...] |
2004-08-24 11:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1690 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INTERNATIONAL MEDIA [...]Kathmandu under siege.' Really?" SUMMARY. One of the title-page stories in the centrist daily "The Kathmandu Post" (E/D) lam[...] |
2004-08-24 12:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1695 | MEDIA REACTION: Nepal insurgency [...][...] |
2004-08-25 03:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1696 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM AUGUST 17 TO 23, [...]AOIST BLOCKADE -- RNA providing air cover: The Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) is to provide air cover as security for vehicles &#x[...] |
2004-08-25 03:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1697 | NEPAL: THE CPN-UML PARTY (C-NE4-00843) [...]) Post greatly appreciates the opportunity to help inform the Department's analytic process. Post's responses are keyed to Ref A ques[...] |
2004-08-25 06:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1698 | NEPAL: MAOISTS SUSPEND BLOCKADE OF KATHMANDU VALLEY [...]) On the evening of August 24, the joint district committees of CPN-Maoists in three districts issued a statement announcing they wer[...] |
2004-08-25 07:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1705 | NSC OFFICIAL ON THE MAOIST INSURGENCY, ELECTIONS [...]C) The Maoist overall objective is the creation of a single-party "People's Republic" in Nepal, according to Major General Kul Bahadur[...] |
2004-08-25 11:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MASS PGOV NP IN |
| 04KATHMANDU1714 | NEPAL: RPP PRESIDENT RANA ON THE COALITION, PEACE [...]) The coalition government was working together fairly well and was discussing modalities for an eventual peace process with the Maois[...] |
2004-08-27 09:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS IN NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1717 | NEPAL: JUSTICE SECTOR AND RULE-OF-LAW UPDATE [...]) Nepal's legal institutions are making some progress despite the difficulty of operating in an insurgency. The courts, led by a refo[...] |
2004-08-27 11:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KWMN NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1718 | NEPAL: MAOISTS NARROW CLOSURE OF INDUSTRIES TO [...]) Late afternoon August 27, the Maoist-affiliated All Nepal Federation of Trade Unions (ANFTU) issued a statement asking industries, [...] |
2004-08-27 12:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC ETRD NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1730 | NEPAL: BUSINESSES REMAIN CLOSED; INDUSTRY SECURITY [...]) Maoists muddied the waters on August 27 by issuing a press statement that indicated the Maoist-threatened businesses, other than th[...] |
2004-08-30 12:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV EINV ASEC NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1745 | NEPALI CONGRESS LEADER KOIRALA EXERTS POWER AFTER [...]) On August 28, after Royal Nepal Army (RNA) personnel barred former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress Party President Girija Prasad [...] |
2004-08-31 12:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV NP GON |
| 04KATHMANDU1746 | NEPAL: ROYAL NEPAL ARMY REQUESTS MORE M-16S [...]) In an August 27 meeting with the Ambassador, DATT, ODC and poloff, Royal Nepal Army (RNA) Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Pyar Ju[...] |
2004-08-31 12:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MOPS MARR PGOV PTER CVIS ASEC NP GON |
| 04KATHMANDU1752 | NEPAL: SITREP NO. 1: MOB VIOLENCE IN REACTION TO [...]) Enraged Nepalis took to the streets all around Kathmandu on September 1 in reaction to the news about the August 31 murder of the tw[...] |
2004-09-01 11:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC CASC NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1758 | NEPAL: INFO MINISTER MOHSIN ON THE PEACE PROCESS, [...]) Minister of Information and Communication Mohammad Mohsin outlined for the Ambassador on August 31 the structure of the newly-announ[...] |
2004-09-02 09:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KMDR PINS NP GON |
| 04KATHMANDU1759 | NEPAL: SITREP 2: QUIET ON SEPT. 2: NATIONAL DAY OF [...]) In the September 1 rioting in reaction to the executions of the twelve Nepalis in Iraq, seven people died and eighty-six were injur[...] |
2004-09-02 09:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC NP |
| 04KATHMANDU180 | NEPAL: NO END IN SIGHT FOR POLITICAL IMPASSE [...]C) During a January 29 meeting, the U.S., UK, and Indian Ambassadors agreed that there is little evidence that a breakthrough in the p[...] |
2004-01-29 09:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL UK IN NP |
| 04KATHMANDU190 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JANUARY 24-30, [...]An attempted bank robbery by Maoists on January 23 was foiled by security forces, leaving six dead. Twenty-six other Maoists reported[...] |
2004-01-30 06:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
| 04KATHMANDU191 | DEMONSTRATORS JUMP FENCE AT KATHMANDU EMR TO AVOID [...]BU) At approximately 4:30 PM local time US Embassy Kathmandu local guards reported three local males sighted jumping over the Embassy [...] |
2004-01-30 09:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC NP PTER |
| 04KATHMANDU205 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: January 27 to [...]OLITICAL AFFAIRS -- Valley bandh: The Kathmandu valley is shutdown due to the one-day strike called by the five agitating &#x[...] |
2004-02-03 03:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu |
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