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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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09BUDAPEST879 | HUNGARY RESPONSE: PRESSING FOR DIALOGUE IN BURMA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel message and talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Asia/Pacific Department Head Gyula Petho and Southeast Asia Section Head Laszlo Takacs on December 8, 2009. Petho said that Hungary's policy towards Burma was essentially the same as that of the United States [...] | 2009-12-10 13:37:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM HU |
09BUDAPEST883 | HUNGARIAN BANKING SYSTEM: LIQUIDITY YES, LOANS NO [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the Hungarian banking system is awash in forint liquidity, retail lending levels remain low. High borrowing costs and the difficult economic climate are impacting consumer and small business demand for loans, while deteriorating customer credit scores and high risk aver [...] | 2009-12-14 08:21:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL HU |
09BUDAPEST886 | ARREST TAINTS BUDAPEST AIRPORT'S PREVIOUSLY CLEAN [...] (U) Hungarian authorities announced on December 5 the arrest of Budapest Airport's (BA) legal director Krisztina Renyi-Vamos, along with her former colleague Gyorgy Sziebert, who until this week served as legal director for Budapest transport company BKV. Both individuals were charged with br [...] | 2009-12-14 13:03:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV PREL EAIR EINV EFIN ETRD HU |
09BUDAPEST89 | HUNGARY'S GMO BAN WILL STAY [...] Summary: On January 29, Hungarian daily "Vilagazdasag" reported that Undersecretary of Agriculture Zoltan Gogos announced that Hungary will continue its ban on the importation of genetically modified corn and the planting of genetically modified organism (GMO) seeds. This announcement follo [...] | 2009-02-02 09:43:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON PREL HU EU US |
09BUDAPEST896 | HUNGARY - INPUT FOR THE QDR'S GLOBAL CONTEXT [...] (U) We welcome the opportunity to contribute to the Global Context section of the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review. Our input is coded to the questions posed by reftel. A. (U) To what degree will/can technology empower individuals, or civil society in Hungary to exercise a mo [...] | 2009-12-17 14:17:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON SOCI HU |
09BUDAPEST901 | HUNGARY PASSES NEW ANTI-CORRUPTION PACKAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 14 the Hungarian Parliament passed a series of anti-corruption measures designed to reduce corruption in public procurements. The final vote was split down party lines, with near unanimous support from the governing Socialist party and near unanimous opposition from [...] | 2009-12-21 07:42:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR ETRD PREL PGOV HU |
09BUDAPEST904 | ENGAGING HUNGARY ON PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM [...] (SBU) Political Counselor discussed reftel points December 21 with Ambassador Gabor Horvath, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Security Policy and Non-Proliferation Department. Horvath stated the MFA "totally supported -- full stop" the concept of increased civilian deploym [...] | 2009-12-22 12:47:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID AF HU |
09BUDAPEST910 | ENGAGING HUNGARY ON THE "DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS" [...] (SBU) Hungary has a clear track record on the "defamation of religions" question. It backs the common EU position, which echoes USG recommendations, and in November 2009 voted against the UN Third Committee resolution on the issue. In the UN Human Rights Council, it has stood with us on other [...] | 2009-12-30 10:20:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KISL KDEM OPDC HU |
09BUENOSAIRES1008 | (C) CARLOS REUTEMANN, ARGENTINA'S RELUCTANT [...] (C) Summary: Peronist dissident -- and presumptive 2011 frontrunner for his party's presidential nomination -- Senator Carlos Reutemann from Santa Fe province shared his views with the CDA on the 2011 presidential race and the post-midterms strategy of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) [...] | 2009-09-04 15:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAGR KPAO AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1017 | ARGENTINA: CFK'S NEW CABINET CHIEF [...] (S) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's (CFK) promotion of former Justice Minister Anibal Fernandez (AF) to Cabinet Chief puts in place someone with six years of experience working for the First Couple, first as former president Nestor Kirchner's Interior Minister and then [...] | 2009-09-10 15:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL SNAR KCOR ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES102 | ARGENTINA: MINISTER OF JUSTICE READY TO COOPERATE [...] (U) Action request for State and DEA HQ Washington, para 18. 2. (SBU) Summary: Minister of Justice Anibal Fernandez received the Ambassador January 28 in his office and answered "yes" to virtually every offer of collaboration and assistance, including new anti-terrorism training, an enhan [...] | 2009-01-30 20:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR PTER EFIN KCRM ASEC KTIP AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1025 | ARGENTINA'S HEALTH MINISTER SAYS H1N1 EPIDEMIC IS OVER [...] In an interview to daily newspaper "Clarin" on September 7, Argentina's Health Minister Juan Manzur stated that "the H1N1 epidemic is over, but the alert level continues, as flu cases continue to be diagnosed." As more than 92 percent of the test results identified the H1N1 virus (8,384 posit [...] | 2009-09-14 19:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI PREL AMED ELAB CASC KIPR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1026 | ARGENTINA: THERE'S LIFE AFTER THE CASA ROSADA FOR [...] (C) Summary: Eight weeks after leaving Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's (CFK) administration, former Cabinet Chief Sergio Massa told Polcouns that he parted on good terms with CFK and "not so good terms" with CFK's husband and power behind the throne, former president Nestor Kir [...] | 2009-09-15 00:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL ELAB AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1029 | ARGENTINA URGES CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT ON BOLIVIA IN [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires delivered points in reftel regarding potential Majors List determination for Bolivia to Vice Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti on September 14 (see septels for other issues discussed). Taccetti did not react with particular concern or surprise to the renewed listing of [...] | 2009-09-16 19:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PGOV BL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1030 | ARGENTINA: GOVERNMENT DISMAYED BY DOL LIST OF [...] (C) Summary: Argentine Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Victorio Taccetti convoked Charge d,Affaires on September 14 to convey the GOA,s strong objection to the DOL List of Goods Produced by Forced and Child Labor. Taccetti complained that the extensive list of Argentine products on the list [...] | 2009-09-16 19:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PREL PGOV EIND PHUM SOCI AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1031 | GOA SHARES ITS CONCERN ABOUT INTERPOL STATEMENT ON [...] (C) Argentine Vice Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti voiced concern with Charge d'Affaires on September 14 over a press statement quoting the Secretary General of Interpol, Ronald Noble, discussing efforts to resolve the dispute between Argentina and Iran over Iranian suspects in a 1994 terro [...] | 2009-09-16 19:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PTER MNUC PREL AORC IR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1032 | ARGENTINA: GOVERNMENT SEEKS USG SUPPORT AGAINST [...] (C) During a meeting with Argentine Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Victorio Taccetti, who had convoked Charge d,Affaires on September 14 to discuss the Department of Labor's report on goods produced by child and force labor, Taccetti expressed concern about a proposal to marginalize the G20 [...] | 2009-09-16 19:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EFIN EINV ETRD AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1039 | ARGENTINA: FORMAL REQUEST FOR U.S. SIGNATURE ON CONVENTION [...] Embassy received via Diplomatic Note a letter dated September 10 from Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs Jorge Taiana to Secretary Clinton in which Argentina requests U.S. support for the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances. Taiana request [...] | 2009-09-17 19:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNGA PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1044 | MEDIA REACTION; OBAMA'S DECISION TO ABANDON MISSILE DEFENSE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international opinion pieces are focused on President Obama's decision to abandon the missile defense shield in Europe; the impact of the Argentine broadcasting draft legislation on Washington; as well as a proposal of foreign banks to Argentina for t [...] | 2009-09-18 18:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
09BUENOSAIRES1049 | MEDIA REACTION; G-20 SUMMIT; ARGENTINE PRESIDENT KIRCHNER [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories are related to Argentina's attendance at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh; expectations over Argentine President Cristina Kirchner's trip to New York; the current status of the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; as well as the UN General Assembly [...] | 2009-09-21 15:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
09BUENOSAIRES1051 | ARGENTINA: WILL CONSIDER U.S. UNGA REDLINES [...] (SBU) Political Officer met with Mateo Estreme, a member of Foreign Minister Taiana,s staff, to discuss the reftel demarche. Estreme welcomed word of anticipated high-level U.S. participation throughout the UNGA. He offered no objections to the U.S. redlines, noting with approval in particul [...] | 2009-09-22 11:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1063 | MEDIA REACTION: ZELAYA'S RETURN TO HONDURAS; PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories are focused on the implications of ousted President Zelaya's return to Honduras; as well as President Cristina Kirchner's first formal meeting with IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn in the framework of her trip to the US. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDI [...] | 2009-09-23 15:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
09BUENOSAIRES1069 | FOREIGN MINISTER TAIANA DECIPHERS ARGENTINA FOR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Martinez presented copies of her credentials on September 18, the day of her arrival in country, to Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana. A friendly and expansive Taiana emphasized the high priority the Government of Argentina (GOA) placed on securing a meeting for President [...] | 2009-09-23 19:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PARM ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1078 | MEDIA REACTION: UN CALL FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT; HONDURAS; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international opinion pieces are focused on the UN call for nuclear disarmament; the implications of Zelaya's return to Honduras; and the status of the US-Argentine bilateral relationship. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "UN makes an historic [...] | 2009-09-25 20:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
09BUENOSAIRES1080 | MEDIA REACTION: ARGENTINA AT THE G20 SUMMIT; US-ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international opinion pieces are mostly related to Argentina's bid to position itself for a return to international capital markets; the status of the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; Iranian President Ahmadinejad's blunt rejection of Argentine President Kirchn [...] | 2009-09-28 18:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
09BUENOSAIRES1084 | Argentina: Kraft Conflict Heats Up As Police Remove Workers [...] (SBU) On Friday September 25, the government of the Province of Buenos Aires, with the support of the federal government, implemented, after much hesitation, a judge's decision and ordered the police to move into the Kraft plant in the suburbs of Buenos Aires. The police forcibly removed abou [...] | 2009-09-30 13:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EIND ETRD ELAB PREL PGOV KSAC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1090 | MEDIA REACTION: KRAFT FACTORY DISPUTE IN ARGENTINA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories are focused on the Argentine Government's handling of the conflict at the Kraft factory; the Honduran crisis; and expectations over a rapprochement between the IMF and the Argentine Government. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - " [...] | 2009-10-01 14:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
09BUENOSAIRES1095 | Scenesetter for Secretary Solis' Visit to Argentina, [...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your October 6-8 visit to Argentina. I will have been in the country a little less than three weeks when you arrive, and I am honored to have you among my first visitors. The Government of Argentina will also be extremely interested in [...] | 2009-10-02 14:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ELAB PGOV ECON ETRD AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1103 | ARGENTINA: TRAINING WORKSHOP BUILDS LOCAL CAPACITY TO [...] (U) Summary. A one-week USG-funded workshop on trafficking-in-persons (TIP) helped mobilize Argentine federal judges and prosecutors to address procedural shortcomings in Argentine TIP investigations. G/TIP Ambassador Luis CdeBaca and Department of Justice Federal Prosecutor James Felte kick [...] | 2009-10-05 14:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1111 | MEDIA REACTION: IMF-ARGENTINA; THE US IN AFGHANISTAN; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today are focused on Argentina returning to the IMF fold after its alleged "emancipation" of 2006; and the war in Afghanistan. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "More make up" Leading "Clarin's" political columnist Jorge Luis Velazquez [...] | 2009-10-07 15:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
09BUENOSAIRES1120 | MEDIA REACTION: LATIN AMERICA MILITARY EXPENDITURES; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories are related to the deep reductions in Argentina's defense budget; Argentina's "essential" need to reach a deal with the IMF; and the State Department background notes on Argentina. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Argentina, far fr [...] | 2009-10-09 14:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
09BUENOSAIRES1126 | MEDIA REACTION; NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT; PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international opinion pieces and editorials are related to UN Security Council Resolution 1887 in favor of nuclear disarmament; President Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize; the Project Syndicate association of newspapers' seminar on climate change; and Argentina's [...] | 2009-10-13 18:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
09BUENOSAIRES1127 | Argentina's President Congratulates President Obama on [...] The Argentine Foreign Ministry hand-delivered to the DCM October 10 a letter of congratulations from President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) to President Obama on his Nobel Peace Prize. The MFA advised the DCM that CFK had asked that the letter be delivered prior to her departure that [...] | 2009-10-13 18:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL XR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1131 | MEDIA REACTION: HONDURAS; AL GORE TO ARGENTINA; 10/15/09; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories are related to the agreement reached by Honduran negotiators, which is aimed at ending a political crisis triggered by President Manuel Zelaya's ouster; and the visit of former US Vice President Al Gore to Argentina and his lecture on c [...] | 2009-10-15 16:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
09BUENOSAIRES1141 | MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA FOREIGN POLICY; ALBA SUMMIT; THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international opinion pieces are related to President Obama's policy on Afghanistan and Pakistan; the outcome of the ALBA summit, which was held in Cochabamba, Bolivia; and the evolution of drug cartels during the last 30 years. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS [...] | 2009-10-19 17:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
09BUENOSAIRES1156 | AMBASSADOR MEETS ARGENTINE VP COBOS [...] (C) Summary: Argentine Vice President Julio Cobos, long estranged from the Kirchners and now the country's most popular politician and leading contender for the presidency in 2011, received the Ambassador for a warm and friendly half-hour introductory courtesy call in his Senate office Octobe [...] | 2009-10-23 12:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SNAR KTIP SENV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1165 | AMBASSADOR MEETS ARGENTINE CABINET CHIEF FERNANDEZ [...] (C) Summary: In her introductory call on Argentine Cabinet Chief Anibal Fernandez (AF),the Ambassador thanked AF for his role in strengthening bilateral relations and expressed appreciation for GOA cooperation on law enforcement issues. AF said he had always had good relations with the Emba [...] | 2009-10-27 18:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SNAR KTIP SENV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1166 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ARGENTINA'S HEALTH MINISTER [...] ACTION REQUEST - See paras two and six. 2. Summary: The Ambassador, accompanied by ESTH Couns, met on October 25 with Argentina's Health Minister Juan Manzur and Vice-Minister Jaime Lazovski. Minister Manzur expressed his appreciation for U.S. cooperation on H1N1 and shared his ministry' [...] | 2009-10-27 20:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI PREL AMED CASC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1169 | MEDIA REACTION; OCTOBER 19-23 INTERNATIONAL OPINION PIECES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-28 17:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
09BUENOSAIRES1172 | ARGENTINE MOD GARRE OFFERS A CORDIAL WELCOME TO AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Argentine Minister of Defense Nilda Garre warmly received the Ambassador October 23, immediately expressing her pleasure at being able to welcome a woman in the post of U.S. Ambassador. Garre spoke with satisfaction of U.S.-Argentine security cooperation and described her September visit [...] | 2009-10-29 22:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR PGOV PHUM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1179 | ARGENTINA: VIOLENCE AMONG GOVERNMENT-SUPPORTED [...] (C) Summary: Argentine media and opposition are questioning government financial support of a group that attacked the venue for an October 16 speech in Jujuy by Senator Gerardo Morales, leader of the Radical Party (UCR). Morales blames 40 members of the piquetero group Tupac Amaru for orchest [...] | 2009-10-31 00:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM SOCI AR |
09BUENOSAIRES118 | ARGENTINA: SPANISH AMBASSADOR PREVIEWS CFK'S [...] (C) Ambassador met with Spanish Ambassador Rafael Estrella February 2 to discuss the February 9-11 visit of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) to Madrid. Estrella, a well-connected former politician, offered the following thoughts on the visit. 2. (C) Efforts to Pos [...] | 2009-02-04 14:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD SP AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1183 | ARGENTINA: POLITICAL REFORM BILL "TAILOR-MADE" FOR [...] (C) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) sent Congress her proposal for political reforms, requiring mandatory primaries for picking party nominees, establishing new thresholds for parties, limiting the use of private funds for campaigns, and restricting the publi [...] | 2009-11-02 17:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1187 | ARGENTINA WILL BE ACTIVE IN 2009 THIRD COMMITTEE; LIKELY [...] (SBU) Political Officer delivered Ref A demarche October 29 to Carolina Bustos of the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Relations Office of International Organizations (DIOIN). Regarding country-specific resolutions, Bustos said that Argentine policy was also to oppose "no-action motions." She wa [...] | 2009-11-03 10:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KTIP AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1189 | CDC EXPERT CONDUCTS PROGRAM IN ARGENTINA ON H1N1 [...] (U) Summary: Dan Rutz, Global Health Communication Team Lead at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC),visited Buenos Aires and Mendoza from October 2-5 to consult with and brief public health and media counterparts on communication strategies related to the H1N1 outbreak. Rutz held meetings [...] | 2009-11-03 10:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU KSTH TBIO SOCI PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1190 | ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S.-COLOMBIA DCA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-03 15:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR OPDC CO AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1192 | MEDIA REACTION: WEEK OF OCTOBER 26-30; 11/03/09; BUENOS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories last week were mostly related to: the Honduran deal whereby ousted President Manuel Zelaya could be restored to power; the UN General Assembly condemnation of the US embargo on Cuba, which was hailed by Argentine authorities, and Venezuelan Hug [...] | 2009-11-03 17:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
09BUENOSAIRES1194 | ARGENTINA DEMARCHED ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (U) Poloff discussed on November 3 the reftel points regarding the Goldstone Report and the November 4 consideration by the UN General Assembly of a resolution on the topic with Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials from the General Directorate on Human Rights. Argentine officials Ed [...] | 2009-11-04 18:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1198 | ARGENTINE ECONOMY MINISTER: GOA LOOKING FOR U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Ambassador's introductory call on Minister of Economy Boudou, the two discussed the status of the GoA's latest offer to the bond ""holdouts,"" discussions with the IMF and Paris Club, and U.S. investment in Argentina. Boudou was confident of a successful deal with the [...] | 2009-11-05 16:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EIND EINV PINR PREL ETRD AR |
09BUENOSAIRES121 | ARGENTINA: GOA CONDEMNS ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Argentine Jewish community continues to express concerns over the lack of official condemnation of recent anti-Israel protests featuring anti-Semitic imagery (reftel) led by pro-Kirchner "piquetero" social activist leader Luis D'Elia. In response to these concerns, the GOA [...] | 2009-02-05 11:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ASEC PTER AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1212 | ARGENTINE MINISTER OF JUSTICE DESCRIBES SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Ambassador's introductory courtesy call, Argentine Minister of Justice Alak welcomed USG interest in deepening cooperation on counter-narcotics, trafficking-in-persons (TIP) and other security issues. The Minister requested USG help in developing a national security plan [...] | 2009-11-09 20:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER SNAR KTIP CPAS AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1213 | MEDIA REACTION: WEEK OF NOVEMBER 2-9; 11/10/09; BUENOS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories last week were related to the impact of Virginia and New Jersey governor elections on President Obama; the UN-sponsored climate talks in Barcelona; the outcome of Afghan elections; and Argentina's approach towards the IMF. 2. PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] | 2009-11-10 14:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
09BUENOSAIRES1222 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR MEETS BUENOS AIRES MAYOR [...] (C) Summary: Buenos Aires city mayor Mauricio Macri let slip to the Ambassador that he intends to run for president in 2011. He criticized the Kirchners for the failure of their economic model, for the country's growing crime problems, and for alienating the United States. He also reiterated past c [...] | 2009-11-12 20:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC AMGT AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1223 | AMBASSADOR RAISES PRESS FREEDOM, TIP ISSUES WITH [...] (C) Summary and introduction: In a very warm, 70-minute meeting November 11, Argentine Vice Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti welcomed the Ambassador and said he was pleased by news of the U.S. Senate's confirmation of WHA A/S Arturo Valenzuela's nomination. The Ambassador raised trafficking [...] | 2009-11-12 21:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ASEC KREC AMGT PTER ELAB KTIP AR |
09BUENOSAIRES123 | Argentina: Codel Costello Supports Expanding Bilat Ties, [...] (SBU) Codel Costello, a delegation of eight U.S. Representatives plus professional staff from the House Transportation and Infrastructure Civil Aviation Subcommittee, met with representatives of U.S. civil aviation companies and with senior GoA officials, including Planning Minister De Vido and [...] | 2009-02-05 17:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL EAIR EWWT ETRD AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1231 | ARGENTINA RECEPTIVE ON NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE GOALS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. During meetings in Buenos Aires on October 26-27, Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation Susan Burk successfully identified areas of common interest and support going in to the 2010 Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference. Candid [...] | 2009-11-17 19:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IAEA ENRG AR KNNP |
09BUENOSAIRES1233 | ARGENTINA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IRAN RESOLUTION AT THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 11:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA UN AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1237 | ARGENTINA: INFORMATION FOR COUNTRY REVIEW REGARDING TITLE [...] (U) Post answers to questions in paragraph 5 of reftel A follow. 2. (C) "Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba." Answer: No. President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner visited Cuba January 18-21 and did not publicl [...] | 2009-11-20 17:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETRD ETTC CU AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1239 | Argentina: President of the Chamber of Deputies Welcomes [...] (SBU) Ambassador paid an introductory call on a warm and talkative Eduardo Fellner, President of Argentina's Chamber of Deputies, November 12. Fellner, a strong supporter of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK),speculated that the Lower House might consider political reform legislat [...] | 2009-11-20 19:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON SOCI BL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1241 | (SBU) Argentina Sees Fuel Bank Proposal as Interesting but [...] (SBU) Argentine Foreign Ministry Director for International Security, Nuclear and Space Affairs (DIGAN),Gustavo Ainchil, told Political Officer November 20 in response to reftel points that Argentina was not prepared to support the Angarsk Nuclear Fuel Bank proposal at the IAEA. Ainchil said [...] | 2009-11-24 15:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP TRGY PREL AORC IAEA AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1243 | Argentina Will Support U.S. Candidacy for International [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 14:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT AORC PREL PHSA IMO AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1244 | ARGENTINA'S POSITION ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ESTOffs met on November 12 with the GOA's Climate Change Negotiator, Ambassador Silvia Merega, to ascertain Argentina's position and flexibility ahead of COP-15 in Copenhagen. From our conversation with Merega, it appears that the GoA's position is firmly in line with classic G [...] | 2009-11-13 18:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG EIND TRGY PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1246 | ARGENTINA: RAUL ESTRADA OYUELA, OLD LION OF CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: ESTOff met on November 9 with Raul Estrada Oyuela, a retired Argentine diplomat who specialized in climate negotiations and was Chairman of the Kyoto Protocol negotiations in 1997. Estrada Oyuela feels that the GoA now has no clear position on climate change and does not have [...] | 2009-11-13 18:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG EIND TRGY PREL EAGR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1254 | MEDIA REACTION: WEEK OF NOVEMBER 10-16; 11/16/09; BUENOS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories last week were related to: President Obama's visit to China, Japan and South Korea; the war in Afghanistan; and Israeli President Shimon Peres' trip to Argentina and Brazil. 2. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TRIP TO ASIA - "Obama accompanies the world [...] | 2009-11-16 20:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL |
09BUENOSAIRES1257 | ARGENTINA FACES CHALLENGING AML/CFT REVIEW [...] (S/NF) The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) held a two week peer review of the Argentine anti-money laundering and counter terror finance (AML/CFT) regime. Although hoping to see some positive moves by Argentina, the FATF operational team leader is skeptical of the GoA's intentions to combat mone [...] | 2009-12-01 16:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER SNAR ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KCOR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1263 | MTCR: UPDATE ON ARGENTINA'S SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLE (SLV) [...] (C) Summary: ESTHCouns met on December 2 with Conrado Varotto, Executive Director of CONAE (the Argentine space agency),to discuss the latest developments in Argentina's space launch vehicle (SLV) program (reftel). Varotto reported three unsuccessful ground tests of the SLV engine and sa [...] | 2009-12-03 17:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA AR |
09BUENOSAIRES127 | ARGENTINA: PLAN FOR ENGAGEMENT ON AIRCRAFT CARRIER [...] (U) This is an action request for State and Southern Command, see para 6. 2. (SBU) Embassy Buenos Aires is concerned that the decision to relocate one nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (CVN) from Newport News, VA to Naval Station (NAVSTA) Mayport, FL, could be either misconstrued by Governm [...] | 2009-02-05 19:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PARM PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1271 | Argentina: Kirchners Win Big on Political "Reform" Bill [...] (C) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK),taking advantage of her (soon-to-expire) majority in the lame-duck Congress, succeeded in getting her electoral reform bill passed without major modifications. Argentina's Senate approved 42 to 24 the bill requiring mandato [...] | 2009-12-07 19:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM |
09BUENOSAIRES1280 | AMBASSADOR PURSUES MORE BILATERAL COOPERATION WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met on November 19 with Science and Technology Minister Lino Baranao to inquire about the GoA's priorities and to discuss ways to expand bilateral cooperation. Baranao expressed his interest in moving Argentina from a culture of pure scientific research to one wh [...] | 2009-11-23 17:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO TPHY PGOV PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1282 | MEDIA REACTION: WEEK OF NOVEMBER 17-23; 11/23/09; BUENOS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international opinion pieces and editorials last week were mostly related to President Obama's trip to Asia and its impact on the US-Sino bilateral relationship; President Obama's policy on the Middle East; the Guantanamo Bay detention center; and the outcome of the FOA [...] | 2009-11-23 19:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL |
09BUENOSAIRES1294 | ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR WHO EXECUTIVE [...] (SBU) On November 19, ESTHCouns delivered ref demarche on the U.S. candidacy on the WHO Executive Board to Christian Hotton, in the Argentine MFA's Direction of International Organizations, along with copy of the diplomatic note sent a day earlier to the MFA. Hotton was aware of the four candid [...] | 2009-11-27 14:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO TPHY PGOV PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1300 | MEDIA REACTION: WEEK OF NOVEMBER 24-30; 11/30/09; BUENOS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT The most important international stories were related to: the outcome of the Honduran presidential election; expectations for the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit; and implications of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Brazil and Bolivia. 2. HONDURA [...] | 2009-11-30 20:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL |
09BUENOSAIRES1305 | (C) Argentine MFA Shares Some Concerns About Brazilian [...] (C) Summary: Argentine MFA nuclear non-proliferation officials shared concerns about the direction of Brazilian security policy in the final years of the Lula Government during a meeting December 10. These were "yellow lights" only, but the Argentines were concerned by Brazil's outreach to Ir [...] | 2009-12-24 16:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM PGOV BR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1311 | (C) ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT TAKES UMBRAGE AT WHA A/S [...] (C) Summary: The GOA responded with heavy artillery to a remark WHA A/S Valenzuela made during a December 16 press roundtable. Immediately after the press roundtable, Argentine media started focusing almost exclusively on A/S Valenzuela's remark that the American business community in Argentina had [...] | 2009-12-31 13:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP ECON KPAO |
09BUENOSAIRES1314 | MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 1 PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ADDRESS ON [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All local dailies carry wire service stories and opinion pieces on President Obama's West Point speech. Press reaction was cautiously positive, praising Obama's determination to put an end to the war, but questioning the feasibility of the strategy. The general tone was [...] | 2009-12-03 13:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1316 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS CLIMATE CHANGE TALKING POINTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador delivered climate change talking points (ref A and B) on December 1 to Argentina's Environment Secretary Homero Bibiloni and Climate Change Lead Negotiator Silvia Merega. She stressed the importance of reaching a politically binding agreement in Copenhagen and hi [...] | 2009-12-04 13:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG KGHG SENV PGOV PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1328 | MEDIA REACTION: WEEK OF DECEMBER 1 - 7; 12/07/09; BUENOS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT International opinion pieces are mostly related to President Obama's Afghanistan address; expectations about the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit; the situation in Honduras; and the outcome of yesterday's elections in Honduras. 2. AFGHANISTAN ADDRESS - " [...] | 2009-12-07 20:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL |
09BUENOSAIRES1338 | Argentina: Well-Received Visits by Shimon Peres and Mahmoud [...] (SBU) Summary: President Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) received separate visits from Israeli President Shimon Peres (November 16-18) and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (November 23-24),and joined top GOA officials, and a wide range of Argentines, in offering both very warm recepti [...] | 2009-12-10 15:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES134 | ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT'S G-20 PRIORITY: IFI REFORM [...] (C) The GoA is focused intensely on G-20 meetings and preparations, and will continue its push for reform of the international financial institutions (IFIs),Economy Minister Carlos Fernandez told Ambassador February 4. Fernandez said the GoA will promote "reasonable, serious, and prudent ref [...] | 2009-02-09 10:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV AR BR MX |
09BUENOSAIRES1356 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE ADDRESS; [...] SUMMARY Most local newspapers (leading "Clarin," daily-of-record "La Nacion," business-financial "El Cronista," conservative "La Prensa," liberal, English-language "Buenos Aires Herald") carry front-page headlines highlighting President Obama's acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize. Column [...] | 2009-12-11 21:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL |
09BUENOSAIRES1366 | MEDIA REACTION: 12/8/09 - 12/14/09; CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT; [...] SUMMARY Most newspapers reported the massive world demonstrations against climate change in 130 cities, with veiled criticism of the lack of cooperation among developed countries to reach an agreement. English-language "Buenos Aires Herald" carries an opinion piece that stresses Presiden [...] | 2009-12-15 12:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL |
09BUENOSAIRES137 | (C) ARGENTINA: SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE SAYS [...] (C) Summary: With his customary candor, Senate President Pro Tempore Jose Pampuro, a moderate Peronist, told Ambassador Wayne February 4 that "the biggest problem" facing President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's (CFK) administration is its inability to engage in dialogue with the opposition [...] | 2009-02-09 19:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1378 | MEDIA REACTION: A/S VALENZUELA VISIT TO ARGENTINA; 12/18/09; [...] SUMMARY December 17 newspapers reported on Assistant Secretary Valenzuela's remarks during his December 15-16 visit to Argentina about the views of U.S. investors regarding legal insecurity and excessive state intervention, which he contrasted with the more positive mood during a 1996 vi [...] | 2009-12-18 15:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL |
09BUENOSAIRES139 | ARGENTINA: GOA REQUESTS FAA SECURITY REASSESSMENT DELAY [...] (SBU) Econoff and Defense Attache delivered reftel demarche to Brigadier (two stars) Marcelo Adolfo Ayerdi, the new head of the Comando Regiones Aereas (CRA),February 6. On February 9, Post received a letter response from Ayerdi requesting that the proposed formal reassessment be delayed "no [...] | 2009-02-10 17:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1414 | Scenesetter for Codel Engel Visit to Argentina, January 5-7 [...] (SBU) Mr. Chairman, on behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome you and your delegation to Argentina. I will have been in the country for about four months when you arrive, and I am honored to have you among my first Congressional visitors. The Government of Argentina is interested in [...] | 2009-12-29 19:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OREP PGOV ECON ETRD ELAB PHUM PTER KTIP |
09BUENOSAIRES1418 | Argentina: 2009 Country Report on Terrorism [...] (U) Buenos Aires Country Report on Terrorism submission for 2009 follows. Contact is Pol-Mil Officer Ted Craig, at craigtj@state.gov. 2. (SBU) Begin text: Argentina and the United States cooperated well in analyzing possible terrorist threat information. During 2009, Argentina [...] | 2009-12-31 15:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL ASEC PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES142 | (C) ARGENTINA: CFK'S STREAM-OF-CONSCIOUSNESS ON PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] (C) Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) has made a series of positive comments about President Obama dating from last August. CFK's words signal that she hopes to turn a new page in bilateral relations and reflect genuine admiration for our new president and the process t [...] | 2009-02-11 18:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PGOV PHUM PINR PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES144 | ARGENTINA: PERONIST DISSIDENT DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: In his first substantive meeting with Ambassador Wayne February 5, National Deputy and Peronist dissident Felipe Sola of the Peronist Union bloc discussed his 2011 presidential aspirations, this year's midterm elections, and the merits of a single ballot system. Sola is in the A [...] | 2009-02-11 20:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PINR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES151 | ARGENTINA, SPAIN CONTAIN AEROLINEAS DISPUTE, CARRY [...] (U) This cable was coordinated with Embassy Madrid. 2. (SBU) Summary: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) survived a potentially conflictive state visit to Spain and received good press locally on her two days of events. Both she and her Spanish counterpart, President Jose Luis R [...] | 2009-02-12 20:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV EFIN SP AR |
09BUENOSAIRES153 | ARGENTINA: FOREIGN MINISTER PREVIEWS ARGENTINA [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wayne met with Foreign Minister Taiana and Vice Foreign Minister Taccetti to exchange views on how the USG and Argentina can work collaboratively in the coming months as President Obama's administration defines its priorities in the hemisphere. They noted that there we [...] | 2009-02-13 10:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AR |
09BUENOSAIRES156 | Argentina: Airport Landing Fee Decrease and User Fee [...] (SBU) After announcing cuts in aircraft landing fees and linked increases in airport passenger user fees in late February, the GoA has rescinded the move, reportedly at the behest of former President Nestor Kirchner. International carriers had been promised the landing fee cuts in December 200 [...] | 2009-02-13 14:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES168 | Argentina: Finance Secretary on GoA Crisis Response and [...] (SBU) GoA Finance Secretary Hernan Lorenzino told a visiting Senate staffdel February 16 that Argentina's lack of access to international capital markets has insulated it from the impact of the global financial crisis, with Argentina thus far avoiding much of the "social fallout" evident in mor [...] | 2009-02-18 12:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PREL KSUM PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES169 | ARGENTINA SHARES U.S. DURBAN CONCERNS [...] (U) Acting Polcouns raised on February 18 with MFA Director General for Human Rights Silvia Fernandez reftel points on USG participation in the intergovernmental working group (IWG) of the Durban Review Conference. Fernandez welcomed USG participation in the IWG, saying that U.S. participatio [...] | 2009-02-18 20:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHRC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES174 | EX-PRESIDENT DUHALDE HANDICAPS THE NEW GENERATION [...] (C) Summary: Former Argentine president Eduardo Duhalde predicted during a meeting with the CDA that President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) will complete her term, but that the Kirchners were fast being eclipsed by new faces and new ideas in Argentine politics. After venting his spleen a [...] | 2009-02-20 09:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON SNAR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES176 | Summit of the Americas Private Sector Forum Invitation to [...] (U) Post has received the following invitation from Ernesto Gutierrez, Argentina-based President of the Private Sector of the Americas, for President Obama to participate in the April 15-16 Private Sector Forum that immediately precedes the April 17-19 Summit. Scanned copies of the signed invit [...] | 2009-02-20 17:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KSUM BEXP ECON PREL PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES177 | Summit of the Americas Private Sector Forum Invitation to [...] (U) Post has received the following invitation from Ernesto Gutierrez, Argentina-based President of the Private Sector of the Americas, for Secretary Clinton to participate in the April 15-16 Private Sector Forum that immediately precedes the April 17-19 Summit. Scanned copies of the signed inv [...] | 2009-02-20 17:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KSUM BEXP ECON PREL PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES196 | ARGENTINA: MENDOZA GOVERNOR PRAISES BILATERAL COLLABORATION ON PUBLIC SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Mendoza Governor and Peronist party member Celso Jaque praised bilateral collaboration on improving security and combating drug trafficking during a February 12 meeting with Ambassador Wayne. Jaque cited crime reduction as his top priority and regarded a focus on prevention as a [...] | 2009-02-25 18:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PINR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES200 | ARGENTINE PARTICIPATION AT SHARM AL-SHEIKH [...] (U) Poloff discussed February 25 the upcoming Sharm al-Sheikh conference per instructions (reftel) with Argentine Foreign Ministry Counselor Guillermo Nicolas, in the Office of North Africa and the Middle East. Nicolas reported that Argentina's delegation would be led by Ambassador Gabriel Fu [...] | 2009-02-26 16:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EFIN KPAL KWBG PHUM PTER EAID AR |
09BUENOSAIRES210 | ARGENTINA: CANDIDACIES FOR INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF [...] (SBU) Poloff met February 25 with Secretary Christian Hotton of the Argentina Ministry of Foreign Relations' Directorate for International Organizations to discuss Argentine judge Ines Weinberg de Roca (per ref A),a candidate for the UN Appeals Tribunal, and U.S.-endorsed candidate Judge Mark [...] | 2009-02-27 19:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC UNGA KUNR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES215 | ARGENTINA: KIRCHNERS' POLITICAL SAILS GO SLACK, [...] (C) Summary: Embassy officers and visiting Staffdel Lewis encountered nearly universal opinions among Argentine analysts February 16-18 that th political good luck of former President Nestor Kirchner and his wife, current President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK),is running out. These o [...] | 2009-03-02 14:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL KCOR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES219 | ARGENTINA: PRESIDENT OPENS CONGRESS PREDICTING A [...] (C) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) opened the ordinary session of Congress March 1, focusing largely on the economy, predicting that 2009 would be the most difficult one of the last 100 years, and asserting that Argentina was ready to face the economic crisi [...] | 2009-03-03 18:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES22 | Argentina: Message from Argentine Foreign Minister to [...] Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge E. Taiana sent a message of congratulations to the Secretary of State-designate. Embassy is pouching the signed original to the desk and e-mailing a scanned copy. Embassy's informal translation of the letter follows in para 2. ---------------------------- [...] | 2009-01-06 19:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP OPDC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES229 | ARGENTINA: GOVERNMENT TELLS STAFFDEL LEWIS IT WELCOMES THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina MFA Chief of Staff D'Alotto and Sub-Secretary for Latin American Relations Colombo Sierra told visiting U.S. Congressional Staffdel Lewis on February 16 that it welcomed a perceived opportunity to deepen and improve bilateral ties at the outset of the Obama Administrati [...] | 2009-03-04 18:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON SNAR KTIP AR |
09BUENOSAIRES230 | Argentina G-20 Update: President Previews GoA G-20 [...] (SBU) President Kirchner, in March 1 remarks to Argentina's parliament on the upcoming G-20 meeting, confirmed that she will call for the wholesale reform of Bretton Woods institutions, including the conversion of IFIs into no-conditionality lending sources to emerging markets. She said she wi [...] | 2009-03-04 19:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR PREL KSUM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES235 | ARGENTINA WELCOMES USG BACK TOTHE UNHRC [...] (SBU) Poloff raised with MFA Director General for Human Rights Silvia Fernandez ref A points on the USG's return to the UN Human Rights Council. Fernandez welcomed the news and joked "Now you can suffer with the rest of us." She suggested using her upcoming March 23 meeting in Washington wit [...] | 2009-03-05 17:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHRC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES241 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ENERGY SECRETARY CAMERON [...] Ambassador Wayne met on March 2 with Planning Ministry Energy Secretary Daniel Cameron to highlight the USG focus on alternative and renewable energy at the upcoming Summit of the Americas (SOA) and to inquire about the GOA's priority areas for cooperation. Cameron outlined these priorities as [...] | 2009-03-06 17:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES247 | ARGENTINE JUDGE ORDERS ATTACHMENT OF ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) As anticipated in ref A, Argentine Special Prosecutor Alberto Nisman obtained from federal judge Rodolfo Canicoba-Corral an order for the attachment of real estate property in Buenos Aires province allegedly belonging to former Iranian Embassy Cultural Attache in Argentina Mohsen Rabbani [...] | 2009-03-06 22:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KJUS FBI AR IR |
09BUENOSAIRES254 | Ambassador Visits Argentina's Chief Coastal City with Press [...] (SBU) During his February 26-27 visit to the resort city of Mar del Plata, the Ambassador met with the acting mayor, toured a renovated historical hotel, visited a coast guard base in Argentina's largest fishing port, and delivered an address on the new administration's agenda to an influential [...] | 2009-03-10 13:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES256 | (C) ARGENTINE BUSINESSMAN ON WORRIES ABOUT [...] (C) A very well-connected Argentine businessman told the Ambassador March 5 that senior GoA ministers are privately very concerned about the eventual effects of the world economic crisis on Argentina. This businessman has regular access to a wide range of GoA ministers and has been used for [...] | 2009-03-10 14:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAGR ECON EFIN AR |
09BUENOSAIRES259 | ARGENTINA: CONTINUING THE DIALOGUE WITH CHINESE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wayne met with Chinese Ambassador to Argentina Zeng Gang to review the results of Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu's February 8-12 official visit to Argentina and to take the temperature of the overall status of China's bilateral relationship with Argentina. Zeng was f [...] | 2009-03-10 18:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD SENV PREL CH AR |
09BUENOSAIRES285 | ARGENTINE PRESIDENT PROPOSES MOVING UP LEGISLATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) announced March 13 that she will ask Congress to change the date of this year's national legislative elections from October 25 to June 28. To do so, Congress needs to change the election law by March 28. CFK argued that [...] | 2009-03-13 21:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES287 | ARGENTINA: ICE EXPERTS DELIVER TIP TRAINING [...] Summary. In an effort to strengthen the Argentine government's anti-trafficking efforts, Post,s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Attache Office in coordination with the political section brought down two ICE experts to address three conferences on trafficking in persons (TIP). The f [...] | 2009-03-13 21:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP PHUM PREL KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB KWMN |
09BUENOSAIRES295 | ARGENTINE GENDARMERIE COMMANDING GENERAL WELCOMES [...] (C) Summary: Argentine Gendarmeria (Border Patrol) Commanding General Hector Schenone called on the Ambassador March 4 at his request to introduce a new staff officer and to review cooperation with the USG on key issues. Schenone described the Gendarmeria's efforts to address increasing [...] | 2009-03-16 21:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR MARR MASS KTIP ASEC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES303 | Argentina: Mission's Black History Month Celebration [...] SUMMARY. Embassy Buenos Aires hosted over 150 Argentine and embassy guests in a day-long celebration of Black History Month on March 13, 2009. The day included a traditional African-American lunch, a program including a live performance of a hit song ("International Love") by a popular Afro- [...] | 2009-03-18 13:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OEXC OIIP SCUL KPAO AR PGOV |
09BUENOSAIRES313 | ARGENTINE TAX AMNESTY LAW LOOKS ACCEPTABLE ON [...] (C) The local controversy over Argentina's new tax amnesty law continues, in part due to the uproar that followed mention of the law in the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) on money laundering in Argentina (reported Reftel). The GoA dismisses concerns that the new law w [...] | 2009-03-19 16:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL PARM MNUC KNNP AR |
09BUENOSAIRES315 | ARGENTINE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES APPROVES NEW DATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina's Lower House approved President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's (CFK) proposal to move up the date of this year's national legislative elections from October 25 to June 28. With a vote of 136 in favor, 109 against, and eight abstentions, the ruling Victory Front al [...] | 2009-03-19 17:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES317 | ARGENTINA: EMBASSY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY EVENT [...] Summary. Embassy Buenos Aires celebrated International Women's Day the week of March 8th with a variety of events and two op-eds centered around the UN theme of "women and men united to end violence against women and girls." On March 10, the Ambassador, accompanied by Buenos Aires Provincial [...] | 2009-03-19 21:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KPAO PHUM PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES325 | Argentina: Deloitte on GoA and Economic Prospects [...] (SBU) Argentine executives of Big Four auditor Deloitte called the Kirchner administration politically canny but out of touch with the Argentina's economic reality, neither seeking nor listening to advice from the business community. While domestic consumption and production is falling fast, D [...] | 2009-03-20 15:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES332 | ARGENTINA: EMBASSY REQUEST FOR DOD ASSISTANCE IN GOA SEARCH [...] Summary. Embassy requests that DOD and Southern Command consider training-related activities that might assist Argentine authorities in their ongoing search for the wreckage of a Douglas C-54 Air Force plane lost on November 3, 1965, during a training flight from Howard AFB Panama to San Salva [...] | 2009-03-22 17:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS MARR OPRC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES333 | ARGENTINA: NATIONAL DEPUTIES PLAN TRAVEL TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met March 19 with congressional deputy Ruperto Godoy, chairman of the Argentine Lower House's Foreign Relations Committee, to discuss plans to lead a multipartisan delegation of seven national deputies to Washington in May. Godoy stressed that they are committed [...] | 2009-03-23 12:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PINR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES334 | ARGENTINA VIEWS SUMMIT OF AMERICAS AS CRUCIAL TO [...] (C) Summary: U.S. SOA Coordinator Ambassador Hector Morales received GOA assurances March 5 that Argentina was committed to a positive outcome in Trinidad and Tobago and would work closely with the USG to that end. Argentina's Summit Coordinator, Vice Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti, empha [...] | 2009-03-23 13:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KSUM EFIN ENRG ECON PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES337 | ARGENTINA RECEPTIVE TO U.S. PROGRAMS ON SMALL ARMS [...] Summary: Argentina Minister of Justice Fernandez wrote Ambassador March 2 in response to reftel demarche to describe current GOA programs to address illicit traffic in small and light weapons and to request specific collaboration with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF). Minister [...] | 2009-03-23 17:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ARM MASS ETTC OAS AR |
09BUENOSAIRES347 | ARGENTINA: ELECTING LEGISLATORS, ARGENTINE STYLE [...] (C) Summary: Argentina's political class is increasingly focused on the mid-term national congressional elections, which had been scheduled for October 25 but which the GOA is seeking to move up to June 28 (reftels A and B). Immediately at stake will be one-half of the 256 seats in the Chambe [...] | 2009-03-26 15:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES35 | ARGENTINA'S 2008 EPHEDRINE BUBBLE MAY BE POPPED, [...] (SBU) Summary: The legal entry into Argentina of ephedrine bound for illicit uses appears to have slowed substantially by late 2008 following government decrees to sharply limit permitted trade in the chemical, though law enforcement continues to pursue up to eight metric tons of excess ephed [...] | 2009-01-09 14:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN AR |
09BUENOSAIRES360 | ARGENTINE CONGRESSIONAL MIDTERMS NOW SET FOR JUNE [...] (C) Summary: Argentina's Senate approved (42-26-4) President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's (CFK) proposal to move up the date of this year's national legislative elections by four months to June 28. Theruling Victory Front alliance (FpV) obtained a comfortable majority, with five more vot [...] | 2009-03-27 17:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES365 | IAEA DG RACE: ARGENTINA WILLING TO CONSIDER [...] (C) Summary: According to senior Argentina MFA advisor Rafael Grossi, Argentina will consider endorsing Argentine citizen Rogelio Pfirter as a compromise candidate for Director General of the IAEA if it receives high-level requests from the United States and a couple of other European or P5 go [...] | 2009-03-27 20:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IAEA PARM KNNP AR |
09BUENOSAIRES370 | ARGENTINES PLEASED WITH VPOTUS-CFK MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Argentine media gave highly positive coverage to President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's (CFK) March 27 bilateral with Vice President Biden, and Argentine Ambassador to the United States Hector Timerman confirmed to the Ambassador that the GOA was very pleased with the meeting [...] | 2009-03-30 22:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES375 | ARGENTINA: DEFENSE MINISTRY REQUESTS THAT U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine daily finance and business paper "Ambito Financiero" released a relatively accurate story March 31 that the Ministry of Defense had requested the U.S. Military Group vacate its offices in the Argentine MOD headquarters, "Edificio Libertador," within 45 days. That requ [...] | 2009-03-31 21:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES376 | NEW GOVERNMENT PLAN REFLECTS GROWING IMPORTANCE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: President Fernandez de Kirchner announced a new public security plan on March 27 to respond to rising public concerns about crime. The plan is focused on the provinces of Buenos Aires and Mendoza and includes promises of 4,000 new police to patrol the streets, a redeployment of [...] | 2009-03-31 22:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR ASEC PREL MASS EAID AR |
09BUENOSAIRES378 | ARGENTINA: HUD SECRETARY DONOVAN DISCUSSES HOUSING SECTOR [...] (SBU) HUD Secretary Donovan on March 27 learned about GoA housing initiatives for low- and middle-income families with Planning Minister Julio De Vido. The Minister called access to affordable shelter and the reactivation of the domestic housing construction industry a success of the two Kirchn [...] | 2009-04-01 14:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EFIN PREL PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES381 | ARGENTINE JUSTICES TO VISIT U.S. IN MAY, HOST RULE OF LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Argentine Supreme Court is organizing a regional conference on rule of law issues in early September, bringing together Supreme Court justices from throughout the Americas, Chief Justice Ricardo Lorenzetti and Associate Justice Juan Carlos Maqueda told Ambassador Wayne in a [...] | 2009-04-01 19:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM KPAO AR |
09BUENOSAIRES391 | ARGENTINA PASSES NEW LAW TO PROTECT WOMEN FROM VIOLENCE [...] Summary. The Argentine Congress recently passed a law to prevent, punish, and eradicate violence against women. The new legislation replaces a national law on domestic violence that considered violence against women a misdemeanor and only penalized crimes against sexual integrity. The new law [...] | 2009-04-03 14:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KPAO PHUM PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES396 | ARGENTINA WELCOMES USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 19:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHRC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES398 | ARGENTINA TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER USG CANDIDATE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 19:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL OAS XM CA IAHRC |
09BUENOSAIRES401 | THE SECRETARY'S APRIL 7 MEETING WITH ARGENTINE FM [...] (C) Your April 7 meeting with Argentine FM Jorge Taiana is an opportunity to encourage his continued support in keeping the overall tone of relations positive, even in the face of occasional disagreements. As populist and liberal democratic models vie in South America, Argentina is a swing sta [...] | 2009-04-03 22:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES404 | ARGENTINA PROTESTS INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (C) Foreign Minster Jorge Taiana sent a letter to Ambassador Wayne the evening of April 3 strongly protesting our 2009 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) posted on April 2. The sharply worded message was apparently drafted by Taiana and President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) late Apr [...] | 2009-04-04 19:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PGOV PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES409 | ARGENTINA: HUD SECRETARY DONOVAN MEETS WITH BUENOS AIRES [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Shaun Donovan and Ambassador Wayne met with Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri, Vice-Mayor Gabriela Michetti, and urban planning officials on March 26 and 27. Macri and Michetti presented an ambitious plan to tackle the city's gr [...] | 2009-04-07 10:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EFIN PREL PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES411 | Argentina: Reply from the Radical Civic Union (UCR) to [...] President of the Radical Civic Union (UCR) National Convention Hipolito Solari-Yrigoyen hand-delivered a letter to the Embassy on April 6 in response to President Obama's April 2 letter (ref A) expressing condolences over the death of former Argentine President and UCR member Raul Alfonsin (re [...] | 2009-04-07 15:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES414 | ARGENTINA: HEALTH MINISTER REQUESTS U.S. ASSISTANCE IN [...] The Ambassador met with Health Minister Gabriela Ocana on April 7 at her request to discuss ways that the USG could assist with the outbreak of dengue fever in Argentina over the past couple of months. According to Ministry of Health figures, there are now 7,415 locally contracted cases of de [...] | 2009-04-07 19:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES416 | HUD SECRETARY DONOVAN MEETS WITH LEADING ARGENTINE HOUSING [...] (SBU) A lunch hosted by the Ambassador in honor of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan was attended by a range of notable Argentines representing the development, architectural, financial, business, and government sectors, as well as by the DCM. After prior meetings with [...] | 2009-04-08 17:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EFIN PREL PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES422 | ARGENTINA: HEALTH MINISTER THANKS AMBASSADOR FOR SPEEDY [...] Following Health Minister Gabriela Ocana's urgent request to Ambassador on April 7 for USG assistance (reftel),post undertook to locate the two large-scale fumigation machines (thermal foggers) that the Health Ministry needed to combat the spread of dengue. FCS contacted a U.S. supplier of t [...] | 2009-04-09 16:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES423 | ARGENTINE DELEGATION FOR THE SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-09 16:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC ECON ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES428 | Argentina: Playing the Judicial Blame Game [...] (SBU) Summary: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) set off a political firestorm between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches on who is to blame for Argentina's increasingly dysfunctional judicial system. The courts have long been plagued by an overwhelming demand for [...] | 2009-04-09 21:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM ASEC SNAR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES429 | ARGENTINA: TOP CANDIDATES IN KEY LEGISLATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Former president Nestor Kirchner has once again upset the political apple cart, this time by floating the idea that he and the current governor of Buenos Aires province, Daniel Scioli, will head the Victory Front (FpV) slate of candidates for national deputies from the province o [...] | 2009-04-09 22:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES430 | AMBASSADOR BREAKS THE ICE IN NORTHERN PROVINCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the first U.S. ambassadorial visit to the northern province of Santiago del Estero in 22 years on April 6, Ambassador Wayne sent a message that Argentina matters to the United States. Pragmatic Governor Gerardo Zamora seized the opportunity to mobilize key private and public [...] | 2009-04-11 14:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SCUL SNAR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES432 | Argentina: Budget Transparency [...] (U) The following responds to Reftel questions on budget transparency ("FY09 Prohibition on assistance to central governments whose budgets are not transparent"). 2. (SBU) The Government of Argentina (GoA) is scheduled to receive FY 09 U.S. foreign assistance funds for IMET, INCLE, and NADR [...] | 2009-04-13 16:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES436 | Argentine Central Bank Joins Government in Objecting to [...] (SBU) In an April 6 letter to the Ambassador, Argentine Central Bank (BCRA) President Martin Redrado objected to Post's characterization in the latest Investment Climate Statement of BCRA policies' contribution to rising inflation (text provided below). During a subsequent telephone conversatio [...] | 2009-04-14 14:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES441 | ARGENTINA WILL FILE ICJ BRIEF SUPPORTIVE OF [...] (SBU) Argentine MFA Director for Policy Coordination Rafael Grossi confirmed April 14 to Poloff that Argentina will submit a legal brief to the ICJ that is generally supportive of the Serbian challenge to Kosovo's independence declaration. Grossi was not able to share details of the Argentine [...] | 2009-04-15 13:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC ICJ AR KV |
09BUENOSAIRES443 | ARGENTINA: DIM ELECTORAL PROSPECTS FOR KIRCHNERS [...] (C) Summary: Argentina's ruling (Kirchner-allied) Victory Front (FpV) faces bleak prospects in the June 28 midterms in the second-tier electoral districts of Cordoba, Santa Fe, and Mendoza provinces (ref A). In Cordoba and Santa Fe, the second and third most populous provinces, the Kirchners [...] | 2009-04-15 17:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES452 | ARGENTINA: RECENT POLLS GIVE KIRCHNERS EDGE IN [...] (SBU) Argentina's ruling (Kirchner-allied) Victory Front (FpV) received a boost in some polls after former President and First Gentleman Nestor Kirchner (NK) proposed last week that Buenos Aires Governor Daniel Scioli join him in leading the FpV slate for the June 28 Congressional elections (re [...] | 2009-04-17 19:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES461 | ARGENTINA: MEDIA PRAISE FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA'S [...] (C) Summary: Argentine press reacted extremely favorably to President Obama's participation in the Fifth Summit of the Americas (SOA),describing the meetings as a new, positive beginning for U.S.-Latin American relations. In a press conference following the April 18 meeting between President [...] | 2009-04-21 14:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KSUM EFIN ENRG ECON PGOV CU AR |
09BUENOSAIRES470 | ARGENTINA ELECTIONS: RADICALS INVITE PRODIGAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Building on the positive public sentiments generated by the memorializing of the late President Raul Alfonsin (ref A),Argentina's once-dominant Radical Party (UCR) continued its gradual return to relevance with a successful national convention April 17-18 in Mar del Plata. The [...] | 2009-04-23 18:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES490 | ARGENTINA: FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met April 23 with U.S.-trained economist and conservative politician Ricardo Lopez-Murphy, who predicted the Kirchners would suffer a defeat in the mid-terms, losing 15 to 20 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, resulting in the end of their working majority. He bemoa [...] | 2009-04-27 21:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PINR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES494 | ARGENTINA: PRESIDENT'S POPULARITY DECLINING AHEAD [...] (SBU) President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) has experienced a steady decline in her approval rating and personal image since late 2007, and has experienced another dip recently. After enjoying a 56% approval rating in December 2007 upon her inauguration, the President's approval sunk [...] | 2009-04-29 14:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES498 | ARGENTINE FM TAIANA ON MOD EVICTION AND OTHER [...] (C) Summary: In response to the Ambassador's April 22 letter asking Argentine FM Taiana to intervene with the MOD to help find suitable office space for the Military Group in advance of its eviction from MOD headquarters (ref A),Taiana said he had spoken with MOD Nilda Garre and suggested the [...] | 2009-04-30 13:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR ASEC KSUM PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES499 | Argentina: International Donor Community [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador hosted a roundtable coffee with the international donor community to discuss the impact of the global economic crisis on international assistance to Argentina. The roundtable was co-organized with the Argentine Network for International Cooperation (RACI) and the [...] | 2009-04-30 21:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON SOCI PHUM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES5 | ARGENTINA: MAYOR OF LA PLATA SEEKS CLOSER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Mayor of Buenos Aires province's capital city of La Plata, Pablo Bruera, told Ambassador Wayne on December 15 that he hoped to improve public services to attract greater foreign investment. He applauded the arrival of U.S.-based software development company Accenture, which [...] | 2009-01-02 15:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EINV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES500 | ARGENTINA: "SALTENOS" WELCOME AMBASSADOR'S APRIL [...] (SBU) Ambassador Wayne made his third visit to Argentina's northwestern province of Salta on April 28. The province is gearing up for national congressional mid-term elections on June 28, with three of its seven deputy seats in play; the province's shifting coalitions partially reflect major n [...] | 2009-04-30 21:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SNAR KTIP AR |
09BUENOSAIRES501 | ARGENTINA HOSTS OAS TIP CONFERENCE; [...] (U) Summary. The Argentine government recently hosted the Organization of American States (OAS) Second Meeting of National Authorities on Trafficking in Persons (TIP),which included representatives from governments, international organizations and civil society organizations. As head of t [...] | 2009-04-30 21:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KTIP PHUM PREL KCRM SMIG AR |
09BUENOSAIRES509 | Argentina Hosts Lugo and Morales for Signing of Final Act [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina hosted Paraguayan President Lugo and Bolivian President Morales for an April 27 ceremony to deliver the Final Record of the border commission in execution of the 1938 Peace Treaty between the two countries. The Ambassador attended as representative of one of the six g [...] | 2009-05-04 17:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS PA BL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES513 | ARGENTINE MOD GARRE OFFERS TEMPORARY SOLUTION FOR [...] (C) Following up on Argentine FM Taiana's suggestion (reftel),the Ambassador called MOD Garre, who indicated she had just signed a response to the Ambassador's March 31 letter regarding the MOD eviction of the Military Group from MOD headquarters and two other facilities. 2. (C) Garre said [...] | 2009-05-04 21:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PGOV ASEC AMGT PHUM KPAO AR |
09BUENOSAIRES514 | ARGENTINA: ANTI-KIRCHNER BRIEFING DELIVERED TO [...] (C) Jorge O'Reilly (PROTECT),a top advisor to Argentina's Cabinet Chief Sergio Massa, offered a blunt critique of Argentina's economy and GoA policies during an April 21 meeting with foreign institutional investors. Speaking in the Casa Rosada, he predicted a sharp recession in 2009, with co [...] | 2009-05-04 21:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES515 | ARGENTINA: ALLIANCES ANNOUNCED, CAMPAIGN SEASON [...] (C) Summary: Argentine political parties have registered their alliances (but not yet their candidate slates) for the June 28 mid-term congressional elections. Although a total of 16 electoral alliances have registered in the country's top two key electoral battlegrounds, Buenos Aires province [...] | 2009-05-04 21:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES523 | ARGENTINA LEANS TOWARDS VOTING TO ABSTAIN ON [...] (C) Summary. Econoff joined German, French, and UK colleagues April 29 in delivering Ref A points on Kosovo's IMF and World Bank membership to Jose Mina, Director of the Argentine MFA's Central and Eastern Europe Office. Mina strongly argued against Kosovo's membership in the IFIs, but agree [...] | 2009-05-05 18:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL AR KV |
09BUENOSAIRES526 | ARGENTINA'S PIQUETEROS: THE KIRCHNERS' KEY PROTEST ARM Classified By: CDA Tom Kelly for reasons 1.4 (b) & (d). [...] (SBU) Summary/Introduction: After being largely co-opted by the government of former President Nestor Kirchner (NK),some Argentine social protest groups, the ""piqueteros,"" have begun to distance themselves from current President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's (CFK) government. They remain a [...] | 2009-05-05 21:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES530 | ARGENTINA: GOA SUPPORTIVE OF AUSTRALIAN PROPOSAL ON IMO [...] (SBU) Counselor Javier Figueroa of the Argentine MFA's Office of the Legal Advisor expressed support for the Australian proposal on ship recycling in the International Maritime Organization (IMO),following the delivery of reftel demarche presented jointly by Econoff and Nick McCaffrey, First S [...] | 2009-05-06 18:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIDN ETRD EWWT IMO KTIA PREL SENV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES532 | ARGENTINA: "VALIJAGATE" JUDGE DENIES DEFENDANT'S [...] (SBU) Investigating Judge Daniel Petrone ruled May 5 against an appeal by lawyers for former Argentine government official Claudio Uberti to dismiss evidence from the Miami trial of Franklin Duran. The local investigation into the infamous suitcase carried by Venezuelan-American Guido Antonin [...] | 2009-05-06 20:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCOR SNAR CJAN KFRD AR |
09BUENOSAIRES538 | ARGENTINA ELECTIONS: NO KIRCHNER COATTAILS IN [...] (C) Summary: Argentina's northern province of Salta, a picturesque, agriculturally productive regional center bordering Bolivia, offers another demonstration of Argentina's confusion of competing Peronists and temporary alliances in the run-up to national mid-terms on June 28. With only three [...] | 2009-05-07 16:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SNAR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES549 | UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE INDEPENDENCE OF [...] (SBU) Action Request: The Ambassador received from Leandro Despouy, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers a May 4 letter (in English) requesting the USG support the candidacy of Amcit Reed Brody to replace him. Text of letter follows in para 2. Embassy requests [...] | 2009-05-07 21:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES553 | TFFLU01: H1N1 Influenza Outbreak and Argentina: SITREP #2 [...] (U) Summary: The first confirmed case of Influenza A (H1N1) in Argentina - a traveler who had returned from Mexico on April 25 - was confirmed by health authorities on May 7. The Ministry of Health (MOH) has installed thermal scanners at all international airports. The GoA's suspension of di [...] | 2009-05-08 23:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT |
09BUENOSAIRES557 | Argentina: Logistical Challenges in Convening [...] (C) Summary/Introduction: The GOA's decision in mid- March to move up the legislative elections by four months (ref A) has raised concerns among local observers that some organizational requirements, such as voter registration and the identification and manning of polling places, may not be sa [...] | 2009-05-11 19:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES558 | Argentina Elections: VP Cobos Still Popular in [...] (C) Summary: Argentine Vice President Cobos's presidential aspirations are riding on the fate of the slate of candidates he is backing in the June 28 congressional mid-term elections. Currently, his slate for Mendoza's five national deputy slots and three Senate seats is favored to win 40% o [...] | 2009-05-11 19:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES56 | Argentina: Supreme Court gradually reasserts itself [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although Argentina's overall court system is still perceived as inordinately slow and ineffective, the Supreme Court gained considerable ground in 2008. By rendering politically-sensitive judgments in leading cases or mandating executive branch action in some areas, Argentina's [...] | 2009-01-16 20:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KJUS ELAB SENV PHUM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES561 | Argentina: Candidates Announced; Former President [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Former president Nestor Kirchner (NK) and his former vice president Daniel Scioli will head the ruling coalition's (FpV) ticket for congressional seats representing the electoral plum of Buenos Aires province, where the Kirchners have set their hopes on winning e [...] | 2009-05-12 14:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES578 | ARGENTINA AND CLAIM TO ANTARCTIC CONTINENTAL SHELF: [...] (SBU) On May 14, ESTHCouns met with Ricardo Larriera, Chief of Staff of Argentina's Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to deliver talking points in reftel and request that the GOA submit a revised note to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS). Larriera was the MFA off [...] | 2009-05-15 21:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TPHY AR |
09BUENOSAIRES592 | ARGENTINA: AMIA SPECIAL PROSECUTOR READY TO [...] (C) Special Prosecutor Alberto Nisman called on the Ambassador May 19 to notify us that the following day he would ask Judge Rodolfo Canicoba-Corral to indict a new suspect in the 1994 bombing of the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association (AMIA). Nisman described his painstaking effort to establ [...] | 2009-05-19 22:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC MASS PHUM SNAR KJUS IR LE AR |
09BUENOSAIRES593 | ARGENTINA: CRISTINA HOSTS HUGO CHAVEZ, BUT BEGS TO [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Hugo Chavez paid a visit to Argentina May 15-16 to kick off a bilateral consultative process, sign some agreements, and see some sights near the Kirchners' home in El Calafate, Santa Cruz. During a 100-minute joint press conference, CFK denied she plans to sell [...] | 2009-05-19 23:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON VZ AR |
09BUENOSAIRES597 | ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON VISIT [...] (U) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your May 28-30 visit to Argentina, which occurs one week before I leave post for my next assignment, in which I will oversee U.S. non-military assistance to Afghanistan. We propose to schedule meetings for you with Argentina's Minister o [...] | 2009-05-21 13:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM OREP ECON PTER MASS ASEC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES598 | (C) ANTONINI-WILSON BANKRUPTCY CASE NAMES [...] (C) President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, former President Nestor Kirchner and Planning Minister Julio De Vido were named as "interested parties" in an April 15 voluntary personal Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing in Florida of "Suitcase scandal" principal Alejandro Antonini-Wilson (A-W). A sup [...] | 2009-05-21 13:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR KCOR KJUS PGOV CJAN KFRD VZ AR |
09BUENOSAIRES599 | ARGENTINA: 15 ARRESTED FOR ANTI-SEMITIC VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine police have arrested 15 persons for their involvement in a violent attack on a Buenos Aires city celebration May 17 marking the 61st anniversary of the founding of Israel. The attack left five persons injured, including two federal police officers. On May 18, two sy [...] | 2009-05-21 13:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PREL ASEC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES600 | ARGENTINA: POLLS SHOW KIRCHNER-ALLIED FPV SLIGHTLY [...] (SBU) With six weeks before the June 28 congressional midterms, the Kirchner-allied ruling Victory Front (FpV) continues to enjoy a slim advantage in the key electoral district of Buenos Aires province, but possibly not enough to maintain its majority in the Lower House, according to recent po [...] | 2009-05-21 13:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES602 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR THANKS MOJ FOR LAW [...] (C) Summary. On May 20, the Ambassador paid a farewell call on Minister of Justice Anibal Fernandez and thanked him for the Ministry of Justice's (MoJ) collaboration in promoting human rights and addressing international crime, including drug trafficking, trafficking in persons (TIP),m [...] | 2009-05-21 22:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KTIP SNAR PTER EFIN KCRM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES603 | ARGENTINA: A USEFUL PARTNER ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] Summary: With its reliance on agricultural exports and hydro-electric power generation, Argentina is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. As such, the country's plans tend to focus on adaptation rather than mitigation. Argentina was an early participant in the negotiations lea [...] | 2009-05-22 11:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KGHG ENRG PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES613 | ARGENTINA: CFK EUPHORIC ABOUT PRESIDENT OBAMA'S [...] (U) The Argentine presidency released to the press the text of President Obama's national day message for the May 25 holiday (ref A),and President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) said ""it is something more than a gesture of greeting for all Argentines. The text speaks of democracies tha [...] | 2009-05-26 19:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPDC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES614 | ARGENTINA: INFORMATION FOR COUNTRY REVIEW [...] (SBU) Post responses to questions in para 5 of ref A follow: 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? Answer: No. The GOA has not taken public or private actions in the past year to promote the advancement of [...] | 2009-05-26 20:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC CU AR |
09BUENOSAIRES626 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR THANKS SUPREME COURT CHIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador paid a farewell call, May 26, on Supreme Court Chief Justice Ricardo Lorenzetti, commending the Court for its efforts to strengthen the judicial system and to improve its functioning and access for the country's most vulnerable sectors. The Chief Justice had rec [...] | 2009-05-28 21:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KJUS SNAR PHUM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES628 | IAEA DG RACE: JAPANESE REQUEST APPROACHING CFK VIA [...] (C) The head of the Japanese Embassy's political section in Buenos Aires, First Secretary Kenya Uno, called on polcouns May 26 and said Ambassador Yukiya Amano, Japanese candidate for Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, had visited Buenos Aires and met with Argentine FM [...] | 2009-05-28 21:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP AORC IAEA PARM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES631 | ARGENTINA: SUPREME COURT OPENS THE DOOR FOR AMIA [...] (SBU) On May 27, Argentina's Supreme Court ordered the reopening of the investigation into the so-called "local connection" involved in the 1994 bombing of the Argentine-Jewish Mutual Association (AMIA). The court ruled 4 to 2 that Carlos Telleldin, who was previously acquitted, should be tri [...] | 2009-05-29 15:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC MASS PHUM SNAR KJUS IR LE AR |
09BUENOSAIRES632 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON CFK [...] (C) Summary and introduction: During his one-on-one May 27 farewell call on Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK),the Ambassador orally delivered a message from the President of appreciation for Argentine cooperation at the recent summits (para 5). CFK thanked the Ambassad [...] | 2009-05-29 17:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES634 | (C) ARGENTINE PLANS TO WORK TOWARD COMPROMISE ON [...] (C) During the Ambassador's May 28 farewell call on Argentine FM Jorge Taiana (septel),Taiana characterized the Cuba issue as "the big challenge" at the June 1-3 OAS General Assembly. Taiana noted there were three groups within the OAS: "Bolivarian bloc" hardliners pushing for Cuba's re-admi [...] | 2009-05-29 19:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OAS CU AR |
09BUENOSAIRES641 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR’S FAREWELL CALL ON FM TAIANA [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Argentine FM Jorge Taiana told the Ambassador, during the latter's May 28 farewell call, that the GOA had no intention of following Venezuela's lead on expropriations. Taiana expressed concern about the visit of a team from the FAA and the prospect (which has since rec [...] | 2009-06-02 14:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAIR MASS SENV AMGT VZ AR |
09BUENOSAIRES643 | ARGENTINA: BUENOS AIRES GOVERNOR'S OFFICE THANKS [...] (C) Summary: Secretary General to the Buenos Aires Governor's Office Jose Scioli (JS) visited Ambassador Wayne May 29 to extend the appreciation of his brother, Buenos Aires Governor Daniel Scioli, for the Embassy's close collaboration. JS is a chief adviser to Governor Scioli, Argentina's fo [...] | 2009-06-02 17:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES653 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL ON VP COBOS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador engaged with Vice President Julio Cobos during a June 1 farewell call at his Senate President office on improvements in bilateral cooperation over the past three years, Argentina's upcoming congressional elections, and the importance of a strong education system. Co [...] | 2009-06-04 17:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES655 | ARGENTINA: CAMPAIGNING K STYLE [...] (SBU) Summary: With congressional midterm elections less than a month away, campaign season is in full swing throughout Argentina. In Buenos Aires province, the key electoral district in the June 28 race, principal candidates of the three main electoral forces -- the Kirchner-allied ruling Vi [...] | 2009-06-04 20:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES657 | ARGENTINA: CFK PRAISES U.S. ROLE IN OAS RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary and introduction: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) praised the USG's role in the the OAS decision to lift the ban on Cuba's participation, which she called "historic" and a portent of "new winds" blowing in the hemisphere. Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana took credit f [...] | 2009-06-04 20:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETRD OAS CU AR |
09BUENOSAIRES658 | ARGENTINA: CODEL Thompson Advances Bilateral Homeland [...] (U) Summary: The May 28-30 visit of CODEL Bennie Thompson to Argentina helped to advance bilateral cooperation on port and other infrastructure security issues, as well as positively demonstrate broad USG interest in bilateral cooperation with Argentina. Representatives Thompson (Chairman, Home [...] | 2009-06-04 20:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV PTER SNAR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES668 | ARGENTINA ON IAEA FUEL BANK DISCUSSIONS AND IAEA [...] (SBU) Political Officer spoke June 5 with the Argentine Foreign Ministry's Director for International Security, Nuclear and Space Affairs (DIGAN),Gustavo Ainchil, to deliver Refs A and B demarches. 2. (SBU) Addressing the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) budget, Ainchil said that [...] | 2009-06-09 13:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP IAEA AR |
09BUENOSAIRES67 | CANADIAN AMBASSADOR ON ARGENTINE SUMMITRY, NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) A January 14 discussion between Ambassador Wayne and Canadian Ambassador Tim Martin covered Argentina's poor preparation for regional summits and the G-20, as well as Canada's nuclear energy and mining agenda with Argentina. 2. (SBU) Brazil's regional agenda and the Summit of the Amer [...] | 2009-01-21 20:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN KSUM PREL CA AR |
09BUENOSAIRES679 | Staffdel Winters in Argentina - Piracy and Television [...] (U) This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels or in any public forum without the written concurrence of the originator. It should not be posted on the Internet. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Staffdel Winters visited Argentina [...] | 2009-06-10 20:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON PGOV PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES693 | ARGENTINA: CFK ANNOUNCES CUBA HAS AUTHORIZED [...] (SBU) Argentine media are reporting that President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) announced June 12 that Cuban authorities issued a passport to dissident neurosurgeon Hilda Molina and are allowing her to leave the island. For 15 years, Molina had been seeking permission to travel to Arg [...] | 2009-06-12 22:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU AR |
09BUENOSAIRES694 | ARGENTINA: DEMARCHES ON IAEA FUEL BANK DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) Political Officer spoke June 12 with Dr. Carlos Cherniak in the Argentine Foreign Ministry's Directorate for International Security, Nuclear and Space Affairs (DIGAN),to deliver Ref A demarche. Cherniak was familiar with the Director General's latest reports on Iran and Syria and said th [...] | 2009-06-12 22:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IAEA PARM KNNP AR |
09BUENOSAIRES695 | ARGENTINA: H1N1: HEALTH MINISTRY HAS BEEN WORKING AT ALERT [...] On June 11, ESTCouns called Sebastian Tobar, Director of International Health Relations at the Ministry of Health (MOH),to discuss the recent WHO announcement that it had raised the alert level for Influenza A H1N1 from level five to level six. Tobar commented that the Argentina MOH had been [...] | 2009-06-13 19:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES70 | ARGENTINE REACTION TO PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-22 16:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES704 | ARGENTINE JUDGE INDICTS DOZEN INVOLVED IN MAY 17 [...] (SBU) Summary: An Argentine judge has indicted a dozen persons for their involvement in a violent attack (reftel) on a Buenos Aires city celebration May 17 marking the 61st anniversary of the founding of Israel. The Israeli Ambassador and the head of the Jewish community's political advocacy [...] | 2009-06-17 20:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM ASEC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES706 | SUBJECT: (C) ARGENTINA: FOREIGN MINISTER "VERY [...] (C) Summary. On the instructions of Argentine FM Jorge Taiana, MFA Chief of Staff Alberto D'Alotto called CDA June 17 to express the GOA's irritation with the State Department's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report which placed Argentina on the Tier 2 Watch List. D'Alotto said Taiana was "ver [...] | 2009-06-17 22:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KTIP KCRM ELAB PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC |
09BUENOSAIRES71 | Buenos Aires Inaugural Reception Attracts Argentine Elite, [...] SUMMARY: An Inauguration Reception held at Ambassador Wayne's residence in Buenos Aires on January 20 brought substantial praise from both participants and the Argentine press. The over 200 key Argentine contacts attending the event in the midst of summer holidays; thus were treated to a Pow [...] | 2009-01-22 17:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OEXC OIIP SCUL KPAO PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES721 | ARGENTINA: H1N1 DEATH TOLL CLIMBS TO SIX [...] Summary: H1N1 cases in Argentina continue to increase. In response, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has begun to focus on defined risk groups. Reacting to an increased pattern of local transmission rather than contagion from outside the country, the MOH has moved from a strategy of containment [...] | 2009-06-19 21:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES722 | ARGENTINA: PRO UNION'S MULTIMILLION DOLLAR CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: With less than one week remaining before the June 28 congressional elections, most polls continue to show the Kirchner-allied Victory Front (FpV) and the Peronist dissident slate, PRO Union, in a statistical dead heat in this race's key electoral district, Buenos Aires province. T [...] | 2009-06-22 16:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES729 | ARGENTINE MID-TERMS: RADICALS AND CIVIC COALITION [...] (C) Summary: Argentina's center-left alliance of the opposition Civic Coalition (CC),Radical Civic Union (UCR),and Socialist parties is likely to gain congressional seats nationwide in June 28 elections. Their campaign, however, has not caught hold in either Buenos Aires city or province, w [...] | 2009-06-23 12:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES734 | ARGENTINA SEEKS U.S PARTICIPATION AT FIFTH HEMISPHERIC [...] (SBU) This is an action request for WHA/PDA and USDOC/USFCS/OIO/WH. Please see para 5 for request. 2. (SBU) CDA Kelly attended a June 22 MFA briefing for all Western Hemisphere missions on the Fifth Hemispheric Summit of Mayors and Local Officials to be held, September 2-4 in Mar del Plata, [...] | 2009-06-24 14:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM KSUM EAID KPAO BEXP AR |
09BUENOSAIRES742 | ARGENTINA'S JUNE 28 CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS: THE [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Argentina's ruling Victory Front alliance (FpV) appears headed for a nationwide defeat in the June 28 mid-term congressional elections and will likely lose its majority in the Chamber of Deputies and possibly in the Senate. The election is unlikely to clarify ful [...] | 2009-06-25 21:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR PHUM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES747 | Argentina: Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri [...] Post received a June 22 letter from Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri to President Obama applauding the President's efforts to promote the Middle East Peace process and pledging to do his part to promote peace between Argentina's large Jewish and Muslim communities. Macri, a businessman [...] | 2009-06-26 18:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC KPAO PTER PBTS XF AR |
09BUENOSAIRES748 | (C) ARGENTINA: H1N1 DEATHS SURGING [...] (C) Summary: Argentina's Ministry of Health (MOH) puts the number of confirmed H1N1 cases at 1486, 335 of whom are currently hospitalized. Officially, 23 patients have died, but several sources claim that there have been at least 15 additional deaths and a broader incidence of cases. Eighty [...] | 2009-06-26 20:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AR AMED |
09BUENOSAIRES750 | Argentine Mid-Terms: Kirchners Suffer a Major Setback [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina's ruling party and allies suffered a major setback in the June 28 congressional mid-term elections, winning only about 30% of the vote nationwide and likely losing its majority in both chambers of Congress. In the key race of Buenos Aires province, the ticket headed b [...] | 2009-06-29 17:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES752 | ARGENTINE HEALTH MINISTER RESIGNS JOB MID-PANDEMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine Minister of Health Graciela Ocana has resigned the day after the GOA lost big in mid-term legislative elections. Ocana reportedly resigned due to her belief that she was not getting the support she needed to combat an ongoing dengue crisis that has been partly eclips [...] | 2009-06-29 20:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AMED ELAB AR |
09BUENOSAIRES756 | ARGENTINE PRESIDENT CFK CALMLY SPINS ADVERSE [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) addressed the nation June 29 via live television to put the previous day's election results in perspective. She sought to put the best possible face on the electoral results, noting it was not unusual for [...] | 2009-06-30 21:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES757 | ARGENTINE PRESIDENT CFK PLANNING TO ESCORT ZELAYA [...] (SBU) Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) announced during a June 29 press conference regarding the previous day's legislative elections (septel) that she had spoken June 28 with Honduran President Zelaya, Chilean President Bachelet, and Ecuadorian President Correa regardin [...] | 2009-06-30 21:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM OAS HO AR |
09BUENOSAIRES759 | ARGENTINA NOT MOVING YET ON IAEA DG RACE, BUT [...] (C) Argentina continues to largely accept the U.S. analysis of the July 2nd IAEA vote and is clearly considering the U.S. case for voting in favor of Japanese candidate Amano. Charge d'Affaires spoke with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Cabinet Chief D'Alotto on Friday, June 26, to elicit his fee [...] | 2009-07-01 14:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IAEA PARM KNNP AR |
09BUENOSAIRES762 | (C) ARGENTINA OFFERS ABSTENTION ON FIFTH ROUND IN [...] (C) Following up on Charge d'Affaires' June 26 outreach (ref B),Argentina Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Alberto D'Alotto phoned CDA July 1 to inform him that Argentina had reconsidered its position on the IAEA DG race. D'Alotto said that Foreign Minister Taiana had determined tha [...] | 2009-07-01 20:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP IAEA AR |
09BUENOSAIRES77 | Argentina: Message from Argentine Foreign Minister to [...] Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge E. Taiana sent January 22 a new message of congratulations to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on taking office, following up on the (ref A) letter he sent on her nomination. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed the Embassy that it sent to Washington the [...] | 2009-01-23 18:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP OPDC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES772 | ARGENTINA ACCEPTS OBLIGATIONS UNDER UNSCR 1874 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-02 13:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN AR |
09BUENOSAIRES775 | (C) ARGENTINA: EMBASSY RECOMMENDS THANKING FM [...] (U) Action Request for Department in paragraph three. 2. (C) Following the decision by the GOA on July 1 (ref B) to offer an abstention in the fifth round of voting for IAEA DG candidate Amano, Political Counselor received a call July 2 from Japanese Embassy First Secretary Kenya Uno to expr [...] | 2009-07-02 20:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP IAEA AR |
09BUENOSAIRES778 | H1N1: ARGENTINA DECLINES TO DECLARE H1N1 EMERGENCY--FOR [...] SUMMARY: The death toll in Argentina attributed to H1N1 influenza has reached 55. In the midst of this crisis, the Government of Argentina (GOA) has appointed a new Minister with extensive public health experience (reftel). Although the new Minister declined to declare a national health eme [...] | 2009-07-06 11:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AMED ELAB AR |
09BUENOSAIRES787 | ARGENTINE PRESIDENT CFK RETURNS EMPTY-HANDED FROM [...] (C) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) returned to Buenos Aires July 6 from a 60-hour trip that took her to Washington and El Salvador in a failed attempt to restore Manuel Zelaya to the presidency of Honduras. In El Salvador, CFK argued that she was on a missi [...] | 2009-07-06 21:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM OAS HO AR |
09BUENOSAIRES789 | ARGENTINA ACCEPTS INVITATION TO ILEA TIP TRAINING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-07 10:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ASEC KCRM KJUS OTRA PREL SMIG ELAB EAID |
09BUENOSAIRES794 | ARGENTINA: PROFILING KEY KIRCHNER-ALLIED PIQUETERO LEADERS REF: (A) BUENOS AIRES 0526 (B) 08 BUENOS AIRES 1550 AND PREVIOUS (C) 08 BUENOS AIRES 1715 (D) BUENOS AIRES 0315 (E) BUENOS AIRES 0750 AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite sharing the same goals -- job creation, social inclusion, and state intervention in the economy -- the leaders of Argentina's social activist movements, known as ""piqueteros,"" differ on how to achieve those objectives. Indeed, former President Nestor Kirchner's efforts t [...] | 2009-07-07 21:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM SOCI ASEC PTER AR |
09BUENOSAIRES796 | ARGENTINA WILL PARTICIPATE IN ITSO ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-07 22:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EFIN AORC ECON INTELSAT KTIA PREL TSPA AR |
09BUENOSAIRES799 | ARGENTINA PONDERS A POST-KIRCHNER WORLD [...] (C) Summary and introduction: As Argentines continue to sort through the implications of the June 28 congressional mid-term elections, it is still too early to determine whether president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) and her husband Nestor (NK) suffered a mortal blow or merely a tempo [...] | 2009-07-08 19:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES8 | ARGENTINA: DEPUTIES ENGAGE WITH CODEL MEEKS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine Members of Congress meeting with CODEL Meeks December 17 saw the beginning of a new U.S. administration as a "window of opportunity" to strengthen bilateral relations while bemoaning what they characterized as the USG's past focus on confronting "problem" countries ins [...] | 2009-01-02 18:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OREP PGOV ECON SNAR PTER AR |
09BUENOSAIRES801 | ARGENTINA: POWERFUL KIRCHNER ALLY ON [...] (C) Summary: CDA and Buenos Aires Province Vice-Governor Alberto Balestrini discussed July 7 Argentina's political panorama following former President Nestor Kirchner (NK) and his Victory Front (FpV) slate's second-place finish in the June 28 election in Buenos Aires province. A powerful insider an [...] | 2009-07-08 20:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES802 | ARGENTINA: CABINET SHUFFLE UNLIKELY TO AUGUR MAJOR [...] (C) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) shuffled her Cabinet on July 7 a week after her party's defeat in a mid-term vote, but the personnel moves do not bring much new blood to the administration. CFK named feisty Minister of Justice Anibal Fernandez as her new [...] | 2009-07-08 20:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON SNAR MASS AR |
09BUENOSAIRES805 | Argentine Economy Minister Shuffle Augurs No Economic [...] (SBU) As predicted in Ref A (para 14),the GoA appointed Amado Boudou, previously the head of the GoA's social security administration, as the new Minister of Economy on July 7. Boudou, with a classical background in economics and a reputation as a mercenary, is seen as someone who will not in [...] | 2009-07-08 21:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL PINR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES806 | ARGENTINA: H1N1 EPICENTER OF THE WORLD [...] SUMMARY: A Mexican H1N1 expert believes that Argentina is now the epicenter of the worldwide H1N1 pandemic. To aggressively counteract the disease's spread, a consortium of Argentine health experts and officials agree to standardize treatment with oseltamivir. In preparation, hundreds of th [...] | 2009-07-08 22:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AMED ELAB AR |
09BUENOSAIRES811 | ARGENTINA: FIRST AND SECOND QUARTER INL REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina experienced increased drug trafficking pressure during the first six months of 2009, with the apparently expanding use of small aircraft to traffic cocaine and marijuana across the country's northern borders. Cargoes are quickly offloaded at clandestine strips and dist [...] | 2009-07-13 11:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL AFIN KCRM PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES817 | ARGENTINE CANDIDATE FOR UNESCO SEEKS SUPPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Daniel Filmus, Argentina's former Minister of Education, Science, and Technology, is now running for President of UNESCO 35th Conference. He seeks U.S. support for his candidacy. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The Argentine MFA hosted a meeting for chiefs of mission on July 8 to pro [...] | 2009-07-13 21:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SCUL AORC UNESCO AR |
09BUENOSAIRES82 | ARGENTINA BACKS OFF BOTNIA PROTEST [...] (SBU) Summary: After allowing protesters to block the main bridge between Argentina and Uruguay for over two years, the Government of Argentina has reversed course and begun to express opposition to the protest. The Kirchner-allied governor of Entre Rios in December made headlines by concedin [...] | 2009-01-23 20:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV PBTS ASEC CASC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES827 | NOW WHAT? THE KIRCHNERS' OPTIONS IN POST-ELECTION [...] (C) Summary/Introduction. More than two weeks have passed since Argentina's ruling first couple lost badly in mid-term congressional elections. It has taken President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) and her husband Nestor time to process the meaning of the debacle and respond. Though the GOA h [...] | 2009-07-15 18:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES839 | ARGENTINA: KIRCHNERS AND LABOR LEADER MOYANO RENEW [...] (C) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) and her husband, former President Nestor Kirchner, are solicitously rewarding General Workers Confederation (CGT) leader Hugo Moyano in order to ensure his support at a time when many others seem to be defecting from govern [...] | 2009-07-16 21:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ELAB AR |
09BUENOSAIRES841 | ARGENTINE PROPOSAL ON COOPERATION FOR CONSERVATION OF THE [...] (SBU) Charge received on July 15 a non-paper from Ambassador Antonio Trombetta, the Argentine MFA's Director of North American Affairs, and Marcelo Santos, National Director of Fishing Coordination at the Secretariat of Agriculture. The non-paper is a proposed MOU between the GoA and the USG i [...] | 2009-07-17 17:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS PREL ECON PBTS AR UK |
09BUENOSAIRES844 | ARGENTINA: SECOND LARGEST NUMBER OF H1N1- [...] (U) SUMMARY: With 2,485 confirmed cases and 137 deaths, Argentina is now second only to the United States in the number of fatalities attributed to the H1N1 influenza outbreak. A USG donation of 120,000 treatment units of Tamiflu to Argentina was well-received, with the new Health Minister s [...] | 2009-07-17 20:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AMED ELAB CASC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES846 | 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] (SBU) The United States Government is aware of sixteen (16) claims against the Government of Argentina (GOA),one of which was resolved during 2007 but whose award has not been implemented by the GOA yet (Claimant C),and two others that were resolved during 2008 and 2009 (Claimant I and Claim [...] | 2009-07-20 18:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV KIDE ECON PGOV PREL OPIC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES849 | ARGENTINA: NEW JUSTICE MINISTER PLEDGES TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Summary. Argentina's newly-appointed Minister of Justice Julio Cesar Alak pledged to continue bilateral law enforcement cooperation in a productive courtesy call meeting with CDA on July 21. During the meeting, the CDA briefed Alak [...] | 2009-07-21 22:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KTIP SNAR PTER EFIN KCRM MASS AR |
09BUENOSAIRES851 | ARGENTINA: DATA COLLECTION OF GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS RE [...] Through contacts with Argentine officials and healthcare professionals, Post developed the following timeline of public health interventions, as requested in reftel: -- First cases: The first case of H1N1 in Argentina was detected on May 7, 2009, in Buenos Aires and the second on May 22 in [...] | 2009-07-22 14:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AMED ELB CASC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES86 | Argentina - Scenesetter for Codel Costello [...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina January 30 - February 1. We have arranged meetings for your Transportation Committee delegation with U.S. private sector civil aviation representatives and have requested meetings with senior Government of Argent [...] | 2009-01-26 20:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP CODEL ECON PREL BEXP AR |
09BUENOSAIRES868 | ARGENTINA SUGGESTS SOLUTION TO CONTROVERSY OVER ITS CLAIM [...] (SBU) ADCM and ESTCouns met on July 22 at the Argentine MFA with Rafael Grossi, Director General for Political Coordination and a close advisor to Foreign Minister (FM) Jorge Taiana, regarding the issue of Argentina's submission of its claim to the Antarctic continental platform. Grossi reiter [...] | 2009-07-24 17:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTBS PHSA AR |
09BUENOSAIRES869 | ARGENTINA: JEWISH COMMUNITY STILL SEEKS JUSTICE 15 [...] (C) Summary: The Argentine Jewish community commemorated the fifteenth anniversary of the terrorist attack on the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association (AMIA) with a small, informal gathering on July 18. The CDA attended the gathering, as did Chief Cabinet Minister Anibal Fernandez, who afterwa [...] | 2009-07-24 22:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PREL PGOV KJUS KTIP SNAR KCRM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES876 | ARGENTINA: ISRAELI FM VISITS ARGENTINA AND [...] (C) Summary: In what the Israeli Foreign Ministry called an effort to counter "Iran's heightened activity in South America," Israeli FM Avigdor Lieberman visited Argentina July 23-26 during the first trip to South America by an Israeli FM in over two decades. Argentina was the second stop on [...] | 2009-07-29 21:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS IR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES886 | RESPONSE TO ARGENTINA'S PROPOSAL FOR AN MOU ON PATAGONIAN [...] (SBU) ESTCouns met on July 31 with Ambassador Antonio Trombetta, the Argentine MFA's Director of North American Affairs, to request clarifications (per ref A) on Argentina's proposal for an MOU on Patagonian toothfish (ref B). Trombetta confirmed that the GOA's reasons for proposing an MOU wer [...] | 2009-08-03 12:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIS PTBS PREL SENV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES908 | ARGENTINA: UPDATE ON H1N1 INFLUENZA [...] As of August 5, Argentina had confirmed 337 deaths due to H1N1 influenza. According to the press, over half these fatalities were in otherwise healthy patients who had no pre-existing chronic conditions or ailments. Tests to determine the cause of an additional 400 deaths are still pending. [...] | 2009-08-06 16:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI PREL AMED ELAB CASC KIPR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES91 | ARGENTINE PRESIDENT'S VENEZUELA VISIT GIVES THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's (CFK) January 21-23 visit to Caracas following her stop in Cuba (reftel A) sustained local interest in -- and criticism of -- her trip to Cuba and Venezuela. The visit prompted questions about the GOA's judgment on timing (as [...] | 2009-01-28 12:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES911 | ARGENTINA: URIBE VISIT POSITIVE BUT CANNOT HEAD [...] (U) Summary: Despite a relatively cordial exchange between visiting Colombian President Uribe and Argentine President Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK),Argentine Government sources told the press both before and after the meeting that Argentina opposed the Colombia-U.S. agreement allowing USG force [...] | 2009-08-07 18:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MASS SNAR PARM PGOV CO AR |
09BUENOSAIRES92 | ARGENTINA: ARGENTINES PLAY UP AMBASSADOR-INTERIOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOA heavily advertised the January 22 meeting of Ambassador Wayne and Interior Minister Randazzo, billing it as a GOA "gesture" to the USG which was widely interpreted as an effort to balance President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's trip to Cuba and Venezuela (reftels) an [...] | 2009-01-28 17:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES920 | ARGENTINA AGREES TO PROPOSAL TO RESOLVE DISAGREEMENT OVER [...] (SBU) ADCM and ESTCouns delivered ref A points to the Argentine MFA's Director General for Political Coordination, Rafael Grossi, a close advisor to FM Jorge Taiana. Grossi was pleased with the USG proposal regarding Argentina's submission of its claim to the Antarctic continental platform (re [...] | 2009-08-11 19:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTBS PHSA AR |
09BUENOSAIRES927 | (C) ARGENTINA: TAIANA TRIES TO EXPLAIN CFK'S [...] (C) Summary: The GOA confirmed August 12 President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's (CFK) August 10 invitation to South American heads of government to an August 28 UNASUR meeting on the Colombia-U.S. negotiations of a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA). CFK made the invitation during UNASUR [...] | 2009-08-13 22:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS SNAR PTER PARM PGOV CO AR |
09BUENOSAIRES934 | ARGENTINA: CRISTINA GOES TO CARACAS TO GRAB COLOMBIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met August 11 in Caracas to discuss bilateral trade issues and sign 22 commercial accords valued at an announced US$1.1 billion. These trade agreements followed Chavez's recently annou [...] | 2009-08-14 14:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL AR VE |
09BUENOSAIRES938 | ARGENTINA STILL UNDECIDED ON UNESCO [...] (SBU) Acting PolCouns raised reftel points with Argentine MFA International Organizations Directorate Christian Hotton and asked if Argentina had decided which candidate it would support in the September elections for UNESCO Director-General. Hotton indicated that Argentina had not yet decid [...] | 2009-08-14 20:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES939 | ARGENTINA: SECOND DIPNOTE ON TRANSIT OF MAKIN [...] (U) Action Request for Department, see para 5. 2. (SBU) Embassy Buenos Aires received a second diplomatic note from the GOA dated August 13 regarding the transit of the Amphibious Assault Ship Makin Island LHD8 through the Strait of Magellan. An Embassy translation of the note follows: [...] | 2009-08-14 21:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS PHSA MARR PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES952 | ARGENTINA: H1N1 INFLUENZA BEGINNING TO WANE [...] As of August 20, Argentina had confirmed 441 deaths due to H1N1 influenza. Official estimates indicated that more than 800,000 people had contracted the virus to date. According to Dr. Horacio Lopez, Head of Infectious Diseases at the School of Medicine and Medical Advisor to the City of Bue [...] | 2009-08-21 16:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI PREL AMED ELAB CASC KIPR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES96 | Argentina's Minister of Health - Crusader against [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Wayne and Health Minister Maria Graciela Ocana discussed her Ministry's efforts to fight corruption within Argentina's public health system, the importance of drug rehabilitation programs, and prospects for future collaboration on health issues during a meeting on Janu [...] | 2009-01-29 19:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI TBIO ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES964 | ARGENTINA ENTHUSIASTIC AND RESPONSIVE ON [...] (C) Summary: A delegation led by White House Special Assistant and WMD Coordinator Gary Samore visited Argentina for consultations on August 10, generating significant goodwill and enthusiasm among Argentine interlocutors to continue bilateral consultations and cooperation on key nuclear arms [...] | 2009-08-24 20:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER ENRG ETTC TRGY SENV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES966 | ARGENTINA: GOVERNMENT JOINS JEWISH COMMUNITY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Argentina on August 21 condemned Iranian President Ahmadinejad's August 19 nomination of Ahmad Vahidi as Minister of Defense, labeling the selection an "insult to Argentine justice and to the victims of the brutal terrorists attack against the Argentine Jewish [...] | 2009-08-25 14:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM ETTC ENRG IR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES976 | ARGENTINE MINISTER OF ECONOMY SAYS GOA IS READY TO [...] (C) Summary: CDA met August 24 with Minister of Economy and Public Finances Amado Boudou and discussed the upcoming G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh, Argentina's re-engagement with the IMF, an agreement with Paris Club debtors and bond holdouts, as well as Argentina's fiscal and economic outlook. [...] | 2009-08-26 16:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN ENIV ETRD KSUM PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES977 | ARGENTINA: PROSECUTOR GENERAL SEEKS TO DEEPEN LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a productive meeting with CDA on August 20, Argentine Prosecutor General Esteban Righi expressed interest in expanding and deepening bilateral law enforcement cooperation on a wide range of areas including extradition, human trafficking, money laundering, terrorism finance and [...] | 2009-08-26 16:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KTIP SNAR PTER EFIN KCRM KFRD ASEC ELAB |
09BUENOSAIRES982 | ARGENTINA: SUPREME COURT RULES FOR LIMITED [...] (U) Summary: As anticipated for many months (reftel),the Argentine Supreme Court ruled August 25 against criminal penalties for the personal possession of marijuana in a case involving five young adults arrested with marijuana cigarettes in 2006. The court ruling appears to open the door to d [...] | 2009-08-28 18:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL KCRIM PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES984 | DAS MCMULLEN BRIEFS ARGENTINE OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) Summary: WHA DAS Christopher McMullen visited Buenos Aires August 26-27 to brief Argentine authorities on the USG's Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with Colombia ahead of the August 28 UNASUR conference hosted by Argentina in Bariloche. He had excellent meetings with Cabinet Chief Min [...] | 2009-08-28 22:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS SNAR PTER PARM PGOV CO AR |
09BUENOSAIRES988 | ARGENTINA'S CORDOBA GOVERNOR ON THE KIRCHNERS, [...] (C) Summary: Cordoba province Governor and Peronist dissident Juan Schiaretti engaged with the CDA on Argentina's First Couple, 2011 presidential candidates, and the province's budgetary woes. Schiaretti said that former President and First Spouse Nestor Kirchner (NK) sees a divided opposition as g [...] | 2009-08-31 23:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAGR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES999 | TALES FROM BARILOCHE: ARGENTINA HOSTS A SUCCESSFUL [...] (C) Summary and introduction: The August 28 summit meeting in Bariloche of South American Union (UNASUR) leaders is getting puzzled, mixed reviews. After seven hours of a rambling, inconclusive discussion (on live television) of the U.S.-Colombian Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) and other [...] | 2009-09-02 21:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR MASS AR |
09BUJUMBURA162 | BURUNDI SUPPORTS U.S. GEORGIA POLICY [...] (C) In a March 19 meeting with EmbOff to discuss U.S. policy towards Georgia (reftel),Ministry of External Affairs' Director of the Department of International Organizations Adolphe Nahayo said that Burundi, as a small country surrounded by larger states, empathized with Georgia's plight and [...] | 2009-03-27 11:32:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PBTS BY GG |
09BUJUMBURA17 | GOB NOTIFIED OF AQ KHAN SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) PolOff told Director of International Organizations in the Ministry of External Relations Adolphe Nahayo January 13 that the USG has imposed sanctions on thirteen people and three private companies for engaging in activities related to the global A.Q. Khan proliferation network. PolOff [...] | 2009-01-13 09:54:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC GM PREL PARM EFIN |
09BUJUMBURA181 | PENAL CODE: HOMOSEXUAL ACTS, TORTURE, AND TIP ARE [...] (C) Summary: The Burundian National Assembly passed a draft law revising the Burundian Penal Code March 26, rejecting a Senate amendment that would have removed a provision criminalizing homosexual activity. UN Representative for Human Rights in Burundi Jean Luc Marx told PolOff March 25 tha [...] | 2009-04-07 16:05:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | CONFIDENTIAL | BY KDEM PHUM PREL |
09BUJUMBURA196 | INCLINED TOWARDS KOSOVO IMF/WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP, [...] (SBU) In a meeting with the DCM April 17, Ministry of External Relations Chef de Cabinet Gaudence Sindayigaya said Burundi is favorably disposed towards IMF and World Bank membership, particularly since the IMF Executive Board has approved Kosovo's membership application, and because Burundi [...] | 2009-04-17 11:57:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PHUM KV BY |
09BUJUMBURA223 | BURUNDI SAYS WILL VOTE WITH AU RE: KOSOVO'S IMF [...] (SBU) As initially reported ref B, Post contacts in the Ministry of External Relations reaffirmed that Burundi will vote "in accordance with the African Union" regarding Kosovo's bid for membership in the IMF and World Bank. MOLLER [...] | 2009-05-06 15:03:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KVIR BY |
09BUJUMBURA269 | BURUNDI UNDECIDED ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] Director of International Organizations in the Ministry of External Relations Adolphe Nahayo informed PolOffs June 1 that the GoB had not yet discussed the candidates for the UN International Civil Service Commission election. Nahayo stated that he must discuss the matter with the Minister of [...] | 2009-06-11 13:45:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA BY |
09BUJUMBURA301 | BURUNDI -- VIEWS OF A DEPARTING AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: After three years as Ambassador to Burundi, I am convinced that this small, poverty-stricken, conflict-ridden nation has the potential to fulfill its promise as a durable African success story. Despite the just-resolved 15-year civil conflict, lack of infrastructure, deep-roote [...] | 2009-06-30 15:28:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | CONFIDENTIAL | BY CH LY MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL RW SU |
09BUJUMBURA302 | NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT/PORTAL DETECTION AT BUJUMBURA REF: STATE 030541 Classified By: CDA JoAnne Wagner for reasons 1.4 (b) (d). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-02 12:28:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | SECRET | ASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PINR PREL PTER |
09BUJUMBURA324 | ATTACK ON NGO VEHICLE IN BURUNDI; NO AMCITS [...] Post has learned of an attack in Burundi on the morning of 13 July 2009 which did not directly involve American citizens, but did involve employees of an American NGO operating in Burundi, Village Health Works (VHW). One employee was killed, presumably by gunfire, while three others sustaine [...] | 2009-07-14 04:50:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL |
09BUJUMBURA334 | RESPONDING TO REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN [...] (S/NF) Post concurs with reftel conclusion that the purported nuclear material in Bujumbura is likely a hoax. Despite this, due diligence demands the material be tested, and Post believes this is a good opportunity for cooperation with the Burundian government. Note that Post wishes to work w [...] | 2009-07-16 09:23:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | SECRET | KCRM KNNP ASEC PARM PINR PREL PTER |
09BUJUMBURA342 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON [...] (S/NF) Post is responding to follow-up question per ref A. There are no marking or etchings visible on the container now that the baseket has been removed, per photographic evidence. Due to safety precautions, Post has not been in physical proximity to the container since first contact was mad [...] | 2009-07-20 14:47:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC KCRM KNNP PARM PINR PREL PTER BY XAAF |
09BUJUMBURA378 | NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT/PORTAL DETECTION AT BUJUMBURA REF: A. STATE 75013 B. BUJUMBURA 00302 Classified By: CDA Charles Twining for reasons 1.4 (b) (d). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-07 14:19:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | SECRET | ASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PINR PREL PTER |
09BUJUMBURA414 | CONSULTATIONS ON TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE UNDERWAY; [...] (C) Summary: Burundi has started broad based popular consultations for a Transitional Justice mechanism to deal with the events of years of conflict. While consultations are will be completed at year's end, we are detecting concerns about launching a Truth and Reconciliation Commission or si [...] | 2009-08-18 17:12:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | CONFIDENTIAL | BY KAWC PHUM PREL |
09BUJUMBURA484 | UNGA 64 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE [...] DCM discussed the US goals and objectives for the 64th UNGA in September 9 meeting with the Foreign Ministry's Director General of International Organizations, Ambassador Adolfe Nahayo, leaving an Aide Memoire of the main points. Throughout the demarche, Nahayo appeared to be engaged and suppo [...] | 2009-09-10 14:44:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA BY |
09BUJUMBURA531 | THE ICGLR TAKES STOCK, AND SEEKS ITS NICHE [...] (SBU) (Summary) The International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) is preparing a November 5-6 Roundtable and Summit in Bujumbura, to be preceded by a November 4 "Friends of ICGLR" for donor countries. At an October 3 preparatory meeting, ICGLR Ambassador Liberata Mulamula said t [...] | 2009-10-06 06:18:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL BY CG KE RW TZ UG ZA |
09BUJUMBURA584 | BURUNDI RECEPTIVE TO U.S. UNGA OBJECTIVES [...] (U) Acting Director of the Department for International Organizations at the Ministry of External Relations, Roseline Uwimana, told Emboff in an October 27 meeting that the Government of Burundi would carefully consider U.S. objectives as outlined reftel. Given that the Director himself was [...] | 2009-10-27 15:05:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL BY |
09BUJUMBURA587 | BURUNDI INFORMED OF POTENTIAL USG SECURITY [...] (U) Emboff discussed reftel talking points and delivered French-language copy of same to Acting Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of External Relations, Rosaline Uwimana, who appeared receptive and said she would encourage Burundi's CEACC delegates to follow up accordingl [...] | 2009-10-28 04:58:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO EAID PREL BY |
09BUJUMBURA60 | BURUNDI: UN FIELD COVERAGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN's Human Rights operation in Burundi consists of two administratively separate but operationally integrated missions: the Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) and United Nations Integrated Bureau in Burundi (BINUB). Forty UN human rights employees are he [...] | 2009-02-03 09:35:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM USUN BY |
09BUJUMBURA83 | BURUNDI LAWMAKERS VOTE OVERWHELMINGLY FOR [...] (U) The Burundian Senate and National Assembly confirmed February 13 President Nkurunziza's nomination of five individuals to the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI),voting 41-5 and 108-4 in favor, respectively. The confirmed CENI members represent a compromise between Presiden [...] | 2009-02-18 15:01:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BY |
09BUSSELS1666 | SCENESETTER FOR BELGIAN DEFENSE MINISTER PIETER DE [...] (C) Summary: Belgian Defense Minister Pieter De Crem has been in office since March 2008 and is one of the United States' strongest friends in the Belgian government. Under his leadership, Belgium has returned its focus to NATO as the orienting factor in its defense policy. Now, Belgium is p [...] | 2009-12-11 15:40:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR MNUC BE AF |
09CAIRO1 | EGYPT: GAZA ROUND-UP: DECEMBER 31 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-01 02:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KPAL IS EG |
09CAIRO1012 | SPLM'S CAIRO OFFICE HEAD ADDRESSES ISSUES IN EGYPT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-03 10:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF SU EG |
09CAIRO1013 | FORMER SUDANESE PM AL-SADIQ AL-MAHDI PRESENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-03 12:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU CD EG |
09CAIRO102 | EGYPT: REQUESTING GOE SEIZURE OF M/V MONCHEGORSK [...] (S/NF) Summary: Ambassador met with Chief of the Foreign Minister's Cabinet Ambassador Wafaa Bassim on January 21 to request the GoE's assistance in preventing the passage through Egyptian waters of the M/V Monchegorsk, a Cypriot-flagged merchant vessel which is carrying ammunition, explosive [...] | 2009-01-21 12:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER MOPS EG |
09CAIRO1023 | RESPONSE IN EGYPT TO THE PRESIDENT'S JUNE 4 ADDRESS TO THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Egyptian audiences were deeply affected by the charisma and sincerity of the President, as well as his deep knowledge of Islam. The persistent theme was the desire to see action as a next step. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) President Obama's speech to the Muslim world, "A New Beginning [...] | 2009-06-05 12:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO EG |
09CAIRO104 | GAZA EVACUEES DESCRIBE "ORDEAL," ASSERT WAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Three Palestinian-American familes evacuated from Gaza into Egypt on January 19 described for us their "horrifying ordeal" trying to survive Israeli attacks. They recounted the emotional trauma both they and their children experienced in the face of "primitive" living condition [...] | 2009-01-21 15:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PGOV PTER KPAL CASC IS EG XF |
09CAIRO1046 | H1N1 OUTBREAK SHUTS DOWN AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-09 14:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV KSCA EAGR CASC PREL EG |
09CAIRO1051 | LETTER FROM ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL AMRE [...] Below letter was passed by Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa to Undersecretary Burns on June 7. Original letter will be sent via pouch. 2. Begin text: 7 June 2009 Excellency, I am writing to express my deep appreciation for the message of President Barack Obama to the Mus [...] | 2009-06-10 11:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC ODIP OVIP PREL EG |
09CAIRO1053 | EGYPT: BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-10 12:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETTC MASS PARM EG |
09CAIRO1058 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED: SUDAN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-11 11:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UN SU EG |
09CAIRO1059 | PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS MINISTER ON CT AND PLACES OF WORSHIP LAWS REF: A. CAIRO 858 B. CAIRO 814 Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey for reason 1.4 (b). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-11 12:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KIRF KDEM EG |
09CAIRO1061 | REACTION TO THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH FROM RELIGIOUS LEADERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Reaction from the religious leadership in Egypt to the President's June 4 speech has been positive and reflects comments from various sectors of Egyptian society regarding their wish to see tangible outcomes. END SUMMARY 2. (U) The Islamic Research Council (IRC) of the Al-Azhar [...] | 2009-06-11 13:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KISL KIRF EG |
09CAIRO107 | NORTH SINAI REACTION TO GAZA CONFLICT [...] (SBU) Summary: During a trip to the North Sinai Governorate on January 19-20, we met with local leaders and discussed the recent fighting in Gaza, and its effect on the neighboring communities in Egypt. All the leaders, with whom we met, noted that the local population--which is a mixture of [...] | 2009-01-22 14:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL PREF EAID PHUM KISL ECON IS EG |
09CAIRO108 | JANUARY 18 SHARM AL SHAYKH: THE ANTI-DOHA [...] (C) Summary: Egypt convened on less than 24 hours notice, six European leaders, King Abdullah of Jordan, President Gul of Turkey, Palestinian President Abbas, and the SYGs of the UN and Arab League for a meeting in Sharm Al Shaykh January 18. The purpose of the meeting was the meeting itse [...] | 2009-01-22 14:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG |
09CAIRO1089 | UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' JUNE 7 MEETING WITH ARAB LG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-15 12:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL SY LE IZ IR SU IS EG |
09CAIRO1094 | IO DELEGATION'S POSITIVE MULTILATERAL HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-15 14:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KISL UN EG |
09CAIRO1114 | EGYPT RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO END-USE TRAINING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 10:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MASS ETTC EG |
09CAIRO1129 | FM ABOUL GHEIT ON ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-18 16:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | KPAL PREL PGOV EAID IS EG |
09CAIRO1139 | MFA OFFICIALS STRIKE A POSITIVE TONE MFA OFFICIALS STRIKE A POSITIVE TONE WITH A/S BRIMMER REF: A. CAIRO 680 B. CAIRO 572 C. CAIRO 484 D. CAIRO 397 E. CAIRO 217 F. 08 CAIRO 2584 Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-21 13:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KWMN KPAL KPKO SCUL IS SU EG |
09CAIRO1143 | ARAB LEAGUE SYG MOUSSA ON JUNE 24 MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-22 07:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG |
09CAIRO1148 | AMENDMENT ON WOMEN'S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-22 10:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN PHUM SOCI EG |
09CAIRO1158 | EGYPT - FOLLOW-UP TO THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH PART I- WAY [...] (SBU) Key Points: -- The President's historic June 4speech in Cairo converges with efforts at post and initial discussions with the government of Egypt to refocus Economic Support Fund priorities toward poverty eradication, with special emphasis on improving education and access to opportunity [...] | 2009-06-22 13:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KISL KIRF EG |
09CAIRO1176 | Contract Signed for Egypt's First Nuclear Plant [...] (SBU) Key Points -- On June 18, 2009, the GoE signed an agreement with the Australian firm WorleyParsons to provide consultancy to help develop Egypt's first nuclear power plant. -- Bechtel had been engaged in months of negotiations with the GOE, but ultimately Bechtel's tender offer to pr [...] | 2009-06-23 12:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV PREL EG AS |
09CAIRO1177 | EGYPTIAN MFA ON ARAB LG MINISTERIAL; LEBANON; YEMEN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-23 12:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YE LE EG |
09CAIRO118 | ASSESSMENT OF EGYPT'S REGIONAL ROLE IN THE WAKE OF [...] (S/NF) The serious intra-Arab rifts exposed by the Gaza crisis also highlighted both the extent and limitations of Egypt's role in leading the moderate Arab position. The Gaza crisis was only the most recent, and significant, event to expose the polarization of Egypt and Saudi Arabia at one en [...] | 2009-01-23 15:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG |
09CAIRO1180 | EGYPTIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON AN INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT REF: STATE 58579 Classified By: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs William R. Stewart for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-23 13:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA PGOV PHUM EWWT MARR KCRM SO EG |
09CAIRO1185 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO EGYPT [...] Key Points: -- (S/NF) Since your last visit in December 2008, President Obama's well-received Cairo speech has reinvigorated the tenor of our bilateral relationship. -- (S/NF) However, a sense of renewal in our bilateral relationship has not yet resulted in tangible improvements in our m [...] | 2009-06-24 08:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MASS MOPS IR IS KPAL PHUM KDEM |
09CAIRO119 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL'S JANUARY 26 VISIT TO CAIRO REF: CAIRO 118 (ASSESSMENT POST-GAZA) Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey Reasons: 1.4 (B) and (D) [...] (S/NF) Summary and Introduction: Senator Mitchell, welcome to Egypt. Your visit will be, we hope, the first in a regular process of dialogue and consultation with senior Egyptians on what they consider to be the primary regional political issue -- the Arab-Israeli conflict, particularly the Palesti [...] | 2009-01-23 19:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG |
09CAIRO1194 | MFA ON HIZBALLAH CELL, SMUGGLING, CT COOPERATION [...] (C) On June 23, MFA Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Deputy Assistant Minister Ashraf Mohsin told visiting S/CT officer Patrick Worman that the MFA believes Hizballah should be part of the political process in Lebanon. Mohsin said the GOE views Hizballah's terrorist operation in Egypt as [...] | 2009-06-25 14:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CT UN IR LE EG |
09CAIRO1195 | SUDANESE DUP LEADER MIRGHANI ADVOCATES FOR [...] (C) Summary: -- Muhammad Osman Al Mirghani, leader of the Sudanese Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and the Khatmiyya Sufi sect visited Egypt to ask the Government of Egypt's assistance in the implementation of the June 2005 Cairo Agreement. He suggested a conference to recommit signatories [...] | 2009-06-25 14:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU EG |
09CAIRO1196 | EGYPTIAN BLOGGERS FIXATED ON IRANIAN UNREST [...] KEY POINTS -- (U) Egyptian bloggers remain fixated on the unrest in Iran, even as the story drops from the front pages of local newspapers. -- (U) Bloggers have reported on developments, using traditional and "new" media sources, and posting photos and videos of the protests and killings. [...] | 2009-06-25 15:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IR EG |
09CAIRO1200 | Update on banking sector reforms in Egypt [...] (SBU) Key points: -- Egypt's banking sector continues to weather the storm better than most; -- The U.S.-backed financial sector MOU has contributed to the financial sector's improvements; -- The next round of audits is unlikely to show that GOE has met the MOU's target of 62.5% o [...] | 2009-06-28 08:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EAID PGOV PREL EG |
09CAIRO1208 | EGYPT'S ECONOMY: JUNE 29 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ------------------------------------------- Egypt, Russia Agree to Expand Economic Ties ------------------------------------------- 2. (U) As part of an Egypt-Russia strategic pact [...] | 2009-06-29 09:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL EG RS |
09CAIRO1215 | INFUENZA CONFERENCE REVIEWS VIRUS SITUATION IN EGYPT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-29 13:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG |
09CAIRO1216 | H1N1 Country Update [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-29 13:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG |
09CAIRO1220 | U.S.-EGYPT STRATEGIC DIALOGUE OF JUNE 7 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-30 03:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER SCUL PHUM SU SO IR AF PK SY |
09CAIRO1227 | EGYPT'S NEW AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ: SHARIF SHAHIN [...] (C) Ambassador met newly named Egyptian ambassador to Iraq, Sharif Shahin, on June 25. Shahin recently completed his first ambassadorial tour to Zambia and appeared enthusiastic about his appointment to Baghdad. His previous tours of duty included Lebanon (during the last years of the civil war and [...] | 2009-06-30 13:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EG IZ |
09CAIRO1229 | INTERIOR MINISTRY EAGER TO CONTINUE POLICE TRAINING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-01 07:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR EG |
09CAIRO123 | EGYPT: COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE [...] (SBU) Description. REF A is the GOE request to procure twenty-four (24) F-16 Block 50/52 aircraft to support their national defense mission. The GOE long-term plan is to procure a total of forty-five (45) F-16 Block 50/52 aircraft with twenty-four (24) of those being procured at this time an [...] | 2009-01-25 11:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS MARR EG |
09CAIRO124 | EGYPT: COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROCUREMENT [...] (SBU) Description. In REF A, The GOE submitted a request to procure six (6) reduced price CH-47D Helicopters utilizing the U.S. Army Cargo Helicopter Alternative Procurement Strategy (CHAPS). These aircraft will perform a myriad of Security and Humanitarian Assistance missions for the EAF, as [...] | 2009-01-25 11:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS MARR EG |
09CAIRO125 | EGYPT: COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROCUREMENT [...] (SBU) Description. In REF A, The GOE submitted a request to procure twelve (12) AH-64D Helicopters (BLK II) with the Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation System (MTADS),the required infrastructure/facility upgrades, logistical and technical support requirements. This case will inclu [...] | 2009-01-25 11:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS MARR EG |
09CAIRO1258 | ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARIAT SEEKS FOLLOW-UP ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-02 13:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PREL KISL EG |
09CAIRO1259 | EGYPT WELCOMES PM VISIT TO DISCUSS END USE ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-02 13:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MASS ETTC EG |
09CAIRO1260 | DISCUSSION WITH EGYPTIAN MONEY LAUNDERING UNIT [...] (C) Per reftel A instructions, we have informed the relevant Egyptian government authorities of UNSCR 1874, shared with them the associated non-paper, and urged the necessary actions be taken. Dr. Samir el Shehad, the Director of the Egyptian Money Laundering Combating Unit (EMLCU),told us h [...] | 2009-07-02 13:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | ECON EFIN ETTC KN KNNP PARM PREL EG |
09CAIRO1263 | GOE HOLDS PROMINENT BLOGGER AT AIRPORT, SEIZES HIS [...] (C) Blogger Wael Abbas told us GOE passport and customs officials held him at Cairo International Airport for 13 hours on June 30 upon his return from a conference in Sweden. Abbas said the officials did not ask him any questions, but searched him very thoroughly in what amounted "almost to a [...] | 2009-07-02 14:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
09CAIRO1265 | READ-OUT OF MUBARAK-KING ABDULLAH MEETING IN SHARM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-02 14:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PGOV PREL EG SA |
09CAIRO1266 | RUMORS OF THE DISSOLUTION OF EGYPT'S PARLIAMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-06 05:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EG |
09CAIRO1275 | EGYPT'S ECONOMY: JULY 6 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: -------------------------------------- GDP Growth Accelerates in Q3 2008/2009 -------------------------------------- 2. (U) The Egyptian Ministry of Finance released official statis [...] | 2009-07-06 14:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG EPET EAGR PGOV PREL EG |
09CAIRO129 | EGYPT PROMOTING PEACE AND STABILITY IN SUDAN, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-25 15:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM SU SO EG |
09CAIRO1301 | ARAB LEAGUE ON SUDAN AND SOMALIA [...] (C) Key Points: -- Zeid Al Sabban, African Affairs advisor to Arab League (AL) SYG Amre Moussa said that the recent meeting with A/S Carter and S/E Gration at the AU Summit was "very good." Moussa was upset by the allegation that Qatar was supporting the Somali Al Shibaab through funds given [...] | 2009-07-09 06:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SO SU ER QA CD EG |
09CAIRO1306 | SUDANESE UMMA PARTY ENGAGING WITH OTHER OPPOSITION [...] (S) Key Points: -- According to Former Sudanese PM and Umma Party leader, Imam Al Sadiq Al Mahdi, the Umma Party is reaching out to other opposition parties such as the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM),the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) [...] | 2009-07-09 12:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL SU CD EG |
09CAIRO1311 | Minister of Investment Talks Economic Reform, Privatization [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS - Investment Minister Mahmoud Mohieddin told the Ambassador that successes in the Egyptian economic reform program have helped mitigate the impact of the global economic crisis. - The Ministry of Investment looks to the USG for continued support and technical assistance. [...] | 2009-07-13 09:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAID PGOV PREL EG |
09CAIRO1333 | EGYPT'S SPEAKER OF THE PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-13 12:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN PHUM SOCI EG |
09CAIRO134 | IMPRISONED QURANIST BLOGGER RELEASED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-26 14:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KISL EG |
09CAIRO1341 | EGYPTIAN IDEAS ON SOMALIA [...] (S/NF) Key Points: -- Assistant Minister for African Affairs Mona Omar told the Ambassador that the Government of Egypt (GoE) considers the current situation in Somalia to be the most important on the African continent, and it has put together a plan to try to prevent Al Shibaab from succeed [...] | 2009-07-13 14:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER KTFN ER SO QA EG |
09CAIRO1349 | GENERAL PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH EGIS CHIEF SOLIMAN [...] Key Points: -- (S/NF) During a June 29 meeting with CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus, Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS) Chief Omar Soliman shared his views on Iraq, Iran, and ongoing efforts on Palestinian reconciliation. -- (S/NF) On Iraq, Soliman assessed that Arab leaders [...] | 2009-07-14 11:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MASS IR IZ KPAL IS EG |
09CAIRO1350 | GENERAL PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER [...] Key Points: -- (S/NF) During a June 29 meeting with CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus, Minister of Defense Tantawi discussed bilateral military cooperation, counter smuggling, and Iraq. -- (S/NF) Tantawi thanked General Petraeus for opposing Congressional conditioning of U.S. assistance to Egypt a [...] | 2009-07-14 11:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MASS IR IZ KPAL IS EG |
09CAIRO1351 | GENERAL PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUBARAK [...] Key Points: -- (S/NF) During a June 29 meeting with CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus, President Mubarak shared his views on Iraq, Afghanistan/Pakistan, Iran, Palestinian reconciliation, and counter smuggling. -- (S/NF) On Iraq, General Petraeus thanked Mubarak for naming a new Egyptian [...] | 2009-07-14 11:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MASS IR IZ KPAL IS AF PK EG |
09CAIRO1352 | SUDAN: SLA-MINAWI ADVOCATES FOR CONTINUING U.S. ROLE IN DARFUR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-14 12:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU CD EG |
09CAIRO1354 | MUBARAK-BASHIR MEETING; EGYPTIAN EFFORTS WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-14 14:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU EG |
09CAIRO1363 | EGYPTIAN RESPONSE TO PROPOSED UNSCR 1267 [...] (S/NF) Key Points - Econoff delivered reftel points and list of people and entities that may be de-listed from the UNSCR 1267 consolidated list. - Ashraf Mohsen, the MFA Coordinator for Counter Terrorism, told us the GOE had issues with only three proposed de-listings. - Mohsen express [...] | 2009-07-15 12:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC EG UK |
09CAIRO1366 | EGYPT: PROPOSED EXAPANSION OF JUDICIAL BODY BRINGS [...] Key Points: -- (C) The proposed expansion by presidential decree of the constitutionally-mandated Supreme Judicial Council (SJC),the judiciary's governing body, has drawn fire from judges who accuse Minister of Justice Mamdouh Marei of seeking to exploit the changes to the SJC to increase the numb [...] | 2009-07-15 14:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM EG |
09CAIRO1370 | MFA READOUT ON IRAQI FM ZEBARI VISIT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-16 05:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ EG |
09CAIRO1371 | UPDATE ON U.S.-EGYPT AIR MARSHALS AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS --Over the past year, the USG has worked with GOE interlocutors to conclude an Inflight Security Officers agreement with Egypt. The agreement, once finalized, will allow armed U.S. Federal Air Marshals to travel on board U.S. flights to and from Egypt. --The Egyptian Min [...] | 2009-07-16 08:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL PTER ASEC EG |
09CAIRO1372 | U.S. COAST GUARD VISITS PORT OF ALEXANDRIA [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS --A U.S. Coast Guard International Port Security team (PST) visited Egypt June 19-26 to conduct its first ever assessment of Egypt's compliance with the International Ship and Port Security standards code (ISPS). The team met with GOE port security officials and assessed the [...] | 2009-07-16 08:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ECON PGOV PREL MCAP EG |
09CAIRO1377 | COUNTER SMUGGLING UPDATE: EGYPT INCREASES EFFORTS [...] Key Points: -- (S/NF) Egypt has increased efforts to combat arms smuggling to Gaza, with a focus on stopping arms from entering Egypt from Sudan and the Red Sea. The Egyptians also report success at interdicting illicit funds destined for Gaza. -- (S/NF) The Egyptian military has increased its pres [...] | 2009-07-16 14:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MASS IS KPAL EG |
09CAIRO1395 | EGYPT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON BIOMETRICS [...] (C) On July 19, we delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister and Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ashraf Mohsen. Mohsen was not familiar with the Regional Biometrics Partnership Conference and said the MFA had not received a conference invitation. He suggested that the invitati [...] | 2009-07-20 13:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL EG JO |
09CAIRO1408 | EGYPT ON NILE RIGHTS AND THE NILE BASIN INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-21 14:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAGR ECON SU ET KE UG EG |
09CAIRO1410 | ARAB LEAGUE COS FOLLOW-UP ON US-ARAB COOPERATION; [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-22 10:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL SCUL EG |
09CAIRO1411 | EGYPT: COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR A CLASSIFIED BRIEFING [...] (SBU) Description. In ref (a),the Government of Egypt (GOE) submitted a Letter of Request (LOR) for a classified briefing for the MK 54 Lightweight Torpedo (LWT). The primary mission of the MK 54 LWT is ship and force self defense against submarines. This torpedo would eventually replace th [...] | 2009-07-22 10:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS MARR EG |
09CAIRO1412 | NAM SUMMIT IN SHARM EL SHEIKH FOCUSES ON RICH-POOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-22 11:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PORG PARM EG |
09CAIRO1415 | EGYPT: FOLLOW-UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH [...] (U) Even before Air Force One departed on June 4, Embassy Cairo began wide-ranging consultations with Egyptian civil-society, private sector, and government leaders focused on implementing President Obama's ideas. Egyptians are proud and excited that the President chose Cairo as the speech ven [...] | 2009-07-22 14:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KISL KIRF EG |
09CAIRO142 | AYMAN NOUR LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-27 10:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM EG |
09CAIRO1428 | EGYPT PROVIDES INFORMATION IN OPPOSITION TO [...] (S/NF) Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Assistant Minister and Co-ordinator for Counterterrorism Ashraf Mohsen, in a July 19 meeting, restated Egypt's opposition to the proposed removal of Egyptian citizen Hani al-Sabai from the UNSCR 1267 consolidated list (refs A and B). Mohsen [...] | 2009-07-26 12:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN PREL PTER KTFN UNSC EG UK |
09CAIRO1429 | U.S. BROKERS IRENA HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS --The United States signed the Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) during a ceremony at the second Preparatory Commission in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on Monday, June 29. By the end of the conference, 136 States had joined the Preparatory Commission of [...] | 2009-07-26 12:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV PGOV PREL EG GM AU TC |
09CAIRO1431 | U.S. BROKERS IRENA HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS --The United States signed the Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) during a ceremony at the second Preparatory Commission in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on Monday, June 29. By the end of the conference, 136 States had joined the Preparatory Commission of [...] | 2009-07-26 13:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV PGOV PREL EG GM AU TC |
09CAIRO145 | SENIOR EGYPTIAN OFFICIAL WELCOMES RECENT POTUS [...] (SBU) The Egyptian leadership is taking notice of, and welcoming, President Obama's recent outreach to Egypt, and focus on the Middle East peace process. Safwat El Sherif, the powerful secretary-general of the ruling National Democratic Party and speaker of the Shura Council (Egypt's upper ho [...] | 2009-01-27 14:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EG |
09CAIRO1456 | GARBAGE CITY: AFTERMATH OF THE GOE PIG CULLING PLAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-29 14:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG |
09CAIRO1457 | EGYPT'S SHI'A CRACKDOWN [...] Key Points -- (C) According to Mohamed al-Darini (ref A),a leader of the Egyptian Shi'a Supreme Council of the Descendants of the Prophet, Egyptian security forces have arrested approximately 300 Shi'a since mid-April. The Council's headquarters has been shut down by authorities. -- ( [...] | 2009-07-30 04:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KIRF KISL PTER EG IR |
09CAIRO1463 | EGYPT: COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT OF THE EGYPTIAN ACQUISITION [...] (SBU) Description: The Government of Egypt (GOE) has requested the release of depot level repair capability for the Avenger vehicle-mounted short-range air defense system. This depot level repair capability would consist of electronic test equipment, technical data and training for component [...] | 2009-07-30 09:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS MARR EG |
09CAIRO1465 | GOE YET TO TAKE POSITION ON JORDANIAN RED SEA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-30 13:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SENV KWBG JO IS EG |
09CAIRO1467 | RAMPING UP PRESSURE ON THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD IN [...] Key Points: -- (C) High profile arrests of members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) have continued to pick up speed since May. Most recently, three MB-affiliated bloggers critical of government tactics against the MB, including the wave of arrests, have been detained themselves. -- (C) MB attempts [...] | 2009-07-30 14:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM KTER KJUS EG |
09CAIRO1468 | NDP INSIDER: MILITARY WILL ENSURE TRANSFER OF POWER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-30 14:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
09CAIRO1493 | MB PARLIAMENTARY LEADER ON INCREASED GOE [...] KEY POINTS -- (S) Muslim Brotherhood (MB) MP and leader of the MB bloc in the People's Assembly (PA) Dr. Mohammed Saad Katatni said pressure on the MB has increased in the lead-up to the 2010 parliamentary elections, and is greater than before the 2005 and 2008 elections. He called the rece [...] | 2009-08-03 13:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
09CAIRO1495 | EGYPT'S BAHA'I FRUSTRATED WITH LACK OF PROGRESS ON [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) During a July 28 meeting, leaders of Egypt's Baha'i community reported no progress in obtaining government identification documents. -- (C) According to the Baha'i, following the April 15 issuance by the MoI of a decree establishing procedures for members of "unrecognized" religio [...] | 2009-08-03 13:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF EG |
09CAIRO1503 | FM ABOUL GHEIT ON MUBARAK VISIT, MB, STRATEGIC [...] (C) Key Points: -- FM Aboul Gheit said Egypt's main goal for the upcoming Washington visit was to build "rapport" between the two presidents, emphasizing Egypt's "strategic" relationship with the U.S. and continuing discussion of key regional issues. -- The Muslim Brotherhood remains a "challenge" [...] | 2009-08-04 10:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF EG |
09CAIRO1506 | NO AGREEMENT ON WATER SHARING AT NILE COM MEETINGS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-04 15:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PGOV PREL EG |
09CAIRO1521 | EGYPT RESPONDS TO REQUEST FOR FURTHER EVIDENCE [...] (S/NF) In an August 2 meeting, Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Assistant Minister and Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism Ashraf Mohsen responded to the requests for more information contained in reftel A by providing forty pages of documents, in Arabic, which he said are the records [...] | 2009-08-06 14:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | KTFN EFIN PREL PTER UNSC EG UK |
09CAIRO1525 | NCP AND SPLM CAIRO OFFICE HEADS DISCUSS U.S. AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-09 06:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU EG |
09CAIRO155 | PROSECUTION ACTS ON CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST SAAD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-29 13:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM EAID EG |
09CAIRO1552 | GOE INFLUENZA PLANNING WELL UNDER WAY FOR ANNUAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-10 07:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG |
09CAIRO1556 | EGYPT ISSUES ID CARDS TO BAHA'IS [...] (SBU) On August 9, Egypt's Ministry of Interior (MoI) issued national identification cards to two Baha'is, teenage brother and sister Nancy and Imad Hindy. The identity cards include a dash in the field that normally reflects the bearer's religion (with the GoE recognized religions of Islam [...] | 2009-08-10 14:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF EG |
09CAIRO1559 | PDAS COUNTRYMAN MEETS WITH MOD OFFICIALS TO [...] Key Points: -- (C) On August 2, PM PDAS Tom Countryman led an interagency visit to Cairo to discuss recent potential violations of the Government of Egypt,s (GOE) end-use, retransfer, and security obligations involving U.S.-provided defense articles and defense services with the Ministry of [...] | 2009-08-11 11:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS ETTC PARM EG |
09CAIRO1571 | PM PDAS COUNTRYMAN TALKS PIRACY WITH EGYPTIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-12 09:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EWWT KCRM SO EG |
09CAIRO1576 | MFA ON FATAH CONGRESS ELECTIONS, PALESTINIAN [...] (C) On August 11, Poloff met with new MFA Director of Palestinian Affairs, Hesham Seif al-Din and MFA Cabinet Advisor for Israeli-Palestinian Affairs, Ahmed Hamshari. Seif Al-Din said he was adopting a "wait and see" attitude towards the Fatah elections, but doubted that the elections would result [...] | 2009-08-13 11:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS EG |
09CAIRO1609 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 2009 G-8 BMENA FORUM FOR THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-19 12:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMPI KDEM EG |
09CAIRO1615 | NEXT STEPS ON THENILE BASIN INITIATIVE REF: CAIRO 1506 Classified By: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs Donald A. Blome for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-20 11:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TSPL BY CG ET KE RW SU TZ UG EG |
09CAIRO1616 | ARAB LEAGUE ASSISTANCE TO SOMALIA AND SUDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-20 11:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO SU IZ EG |
09CAIRO1617 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: AFGHANISTAN - MANAGING THE [...] (S/REL GBR) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Afghanistan and Pakistan Desk Officer Ahmed Berkly. Poloff shared U.S. concerns on the potential for violence following the elections and urged Egypt to publicly and privately stress the need for calm while the electoral authorities work though an [...] | 2009-08-20 13:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV AF EG |
09CAIRO1618 | EGYPTIAN MFA ADDRESSES PIRACY AND SOMALIA [...] He said the fisherman had "nothing to lose" because the GoE refused to pay a ransom to the pirates, and had discouraged the ship owners from doing the same. Marzouk had met personally with the families of the men to explain the GoE position and assured them that the MFA and Egyptian intelligence we [...] | 2009-08-20 14:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS MARR EWWT KCRM SO EG |
09CAIRO1625 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-23 13:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC APER KAWC KUNR UNGA EG |
09CAIRO1639 | GARBAGE CITY: AFTERMATH OF THE GOE PIG CULLING PLAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-26 12:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG |
09CAIRO1679 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: EGYPTIAN INVITATION TO ERITREA [...] (C) On August 24, OMC officers delivered reftel points to MG Ahmed Moataz, Chief of the U.S. Liaison Branch at the Ministry of Defense. Moataz confirmed that Egypt had already delivered an invitation to Eritrea to participate in the Bright Star military exercise as an observer, but noted that Eritr [...] | 2009-08-27 14:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS PTER ER EG |
09CAIRO1690 | S/E GRATION PARTICIPATES IN FOUR-PARTY TALKS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-30 13:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LY SU EG |
09CAIRO17 | EGYPT: GAZA ROUND-UP: JANUARY 5 [...] (S) On January 5, Egyptian military officials briefed defense attaches on the situation in Gaza. The Egyptian military reports that the Egyptian-Gaza border remains stable, with no breaches since December 28. Egyptian border guards successfully prevented subsequent attempts to breach the bor [...] | 2009-01-05 14:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | KPAL PGOV PREL PHUM EG IS |
09CAIRO1705 | S/E GRATION MEETS WITH ARAB SYG MOUSSA ON SUDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-02 06:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU EG |
09CAIRO1709 | UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On September 1, we delivered reftel demarche and provided the names of individuals currently under review to Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister and Coordinator for Counter Terrorism Ashraf Mohsen. 2. (C) Mohsen commented on a number of individuals under review. On Sayf al-Adl (QI.S [...] | 2009-09-02 13:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PREL PTER UNSC EG |
09CAIRO171 | CONGRATULATORY LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA FROM [...] (U) The Speaker of the Egyptian People's Assembly, Dr. Ahmed Fathi Sorour, sent the following congratulatory message to President Obama, a copy of which was sent to post and dated January 21, 2009. The original letter was sent to the White House. 2. (U) Text of Sorour's letter to President [...] | 2009-02-01 11:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP PGOV EG |
09CAIRO1714 | EGYPT: NEXT STEPS ON SUDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-03 08:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU EG |
09CAIRO1723 | EGYPTIAN ISLAMIST MEETS WITH STAFFDEL HOGREFE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-03 14:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL EG |
09CAIRO1725 | GOE PROPOSES NEW MODEL FOR ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Key Points: -- The GOE sees the current U.S. administration's desire to transform the bilateral relationship as an opportunity to revive proposals for USG economic assistance deemed unworkable in the past. -- The GOE's newest proposal closely mirrors its unacceptable November 2007 endowment/deb [...] | 2009-09-03 15:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL PGOV EG |
09CAIRO1727 | REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON GOE ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-03 16:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL PGOV EFIN EG |
09CAIRO1742 | EGYPTIAN SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) On September 6, Deputy Foreign Minister Wafaa Bassim briefed Ambassador on initial results of a set of Egyptian interagency consultations undertaken in response to S/RAP Holbrooke's July visit to Cairo seeking additional regional s [...] | 2009-09-09 15:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PTER AF EG |
09CAIRO1743 | EGYPTIAN VIEWS ON IAEA GC NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Key Egyptian interlocutors say Egypt has worked in good faith to achieve consensus in Vienna, including showing substantial flexibility on the GC President's initiative. They are willing to continue to work toward this goal via the now-circulated MES text. In the Egyptian view, Israe [...] | 2009-09-09 15:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM IAEA IS IR EG |
09CAIRO1759 | EGIS CHIEF SOLIMAN AND U.S. AFRICA COMMAND DISCUSS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 14:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU SO EG |
09CAIRO1760 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 15:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN UNHRC EG |
09CAIRO1761 | CHALLENGES OF SINAI ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Key Points: -- Although security restrictions and other factors associated with working in the Sinai will continue to make it more difficult to implement our programs there, progress is being made. -- In May 2009, the Governor of North Sinai agreed to help facilitate access, and USAI [...] | 2009-09-10 16:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL PGOV EG |
09CAIRO1767 | AMBASSADOR HOSTS EGYPTIAN RELIGIOUS INTELLECTUALS [...] (U) Summary: On August 12, the Ambassador hosted a lunch for intellectual leaders from Egypt,s Muslim community, as follow-up to President Obama,s June 2009 Cairo speech. Spirited discussion took place on how to facilitate continued dialogue. Guests stressed the need to engage the American [...] | 2009-09-13 13:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KISL KPAO EG |
09CAIRO1778 | MFA DIPNOTE AGREEING TO CONTINUE POLICE TRAINING [...] This is an action request; please see para 4. 2. On September 14, we received a diplomatic note from the MFA agreeing to continue USG-funded police training consistent with the terms of our April 21 dipnote (refs C, D). 3. Begin text of MFA dipnote (informal MFA and embassy translation) [...] | 2009-09-14 16:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR EG |
09CAIRO1787 | EGIS CHIEF SOLIMAN AND U.S. AFRICA COMMAND DISCUSS SUDAN AND SOMALIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 10:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU SO EG |
09CAIRO1788 | ARAB LEAGUE SPOKESMAN BRIEFS ON SEPTEMBER MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 10:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS IZ WEU GZ SY SU EG |
09CAIRO1790 | EGYPTIAN MFA AND AFRICOM DELEGATION DISCUSS [...] MFA officials said there is a lack of evidence against the suspected pirates, and it is unclear whether the events occurred in Somali waters or on the high seas bringing into question the issue of Egyptian jurisdiction. End Key Points. 2.(C) A U.S. Africa Command (Africom) delegation including Dep [...] | 2009-09-15 10:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU SO EG |
09CAIRO1793 | TRADE MINISTER INTENT ON EXPANDING US-EGYPT TRADE TIES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 14:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV EG |
09CAIRO1800 | EGYPT: COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE PRICING AND [...] (SBU) Description. REF A is the GOE request for pricing and availability of 161 Night Vision Goggles (NVG) sets and the modification of 137 F-16 aircraft to an NVG compatible configuration to support their national defense mission. 2. (SBU) Reason the purchaser desires the articles or servi [...] | 2009-09-16 13:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS MARR EG |
09CAIRO1802 | H1N1'S IMPACT ON EGYPT'S SCHOOL SYSTEM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-16 15:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG |
09CAIRO1804 | FM ABOUL GHEIT ON UNESCO, NONPROLIFERATION, IRAN , [...] Key Points: -- (C) FM Aboul Gheit said the USG "campaign" against UNESCO candidate Farouk Hosni stemmed from a misunderstanding of his record. Egypt continues to work with the USG on the range of bilateral and multilateral issues. However, citing mounting press criticism, the FM said the basis for [...] | 2009-09-16 15:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL IAEA KNNP PARM IR IS KPAL EG |
09CAIRO1806 | EGYPT TO EXTRADITE "PIRATES" [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-17 06:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL KCRM EWWT MARR MOPS SO EG |
09CAIRO1817 | PRESIDENT MUBARAK ON AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-17 14:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL MOPS PTER AF EG |
09CAIRO1834 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONSTRUCTIVE OUTCOME FROM THE GOLDSTONE REPORT REF: STATE 98567 Classified By: Economic-Political Minister-Counselor Donald A. Blome for reason 1.4 (b). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-23 14:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER UN KISL KPAL IS EG |
09CAIRO184 | ARAB LEAGUE AGREES TO JOIN PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-02 14:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA PREL MOPS AL |
09CAIRO1842 | EGYPT AND THE IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE [...] (C) Embassy Cairo commends the efforts of US Mission Vienna to engage Egypt and Israel on the Middle East Safeguards (MES) text at the IAEA GC meetings in Vienna, described in ref a and b, and the positive outcome achieved on that resolution. We believe it represents in part a new approach from the [...] | 2009-09-24 12:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM EG |
09CAIRO1844 | DEMARCHE GIVEN: PRE-INVITATION TO AFRICA REGIONAL WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-24 13:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KPAO PREL PTER UNSC XA KE EG |
09CAIRO1848 | EMBASSY RAISES HAASSMENT OF EGYPTIAN CONVERTS WTH MFA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-24 14:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF EG |
09CAIRO1850 | NDP INSIDER ON UPCOMING ELECTIONS AND LEGISLATION [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) On September 17, ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) Shura Council Member Hossam Badrawi told visiting NEA/ELA desk officer and poloff that high turnout in the 2010 parliamentary elections would benefit the NDP over the Muslim Brotherhood. -- (C) He called for a numbe [...] | 2009-09-24 14:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF EG |
09CAIRO1851 | AFRICAN AFFAIRS DISCUSSIONS AT THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-24 14:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU SO MR EG |
09CAIRO1857 | ENGAGING AYMAN NOUR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-27 14:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EG |
09CAIRO1858 | EGYPT ELECTIONS WORKING GROUP, STEP ONE REACHING [...] (C) Key Issues: -- Egypt's 2010 parliamentary and 2011 presidential elections come at a time of increased scrutiny following other high-profile and flawed elections in the region. -- In order to ensure comprehensive engagement on upcoming elections in Egypt, Embassy Cairo has initiated an Elections [...] | 2009-09-27 14:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
09CAIRO1888 | SUDAN: CAIRO-BASED FUR LEADER ON DARFUR PEACE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-01 14:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU EG |
09CAIRO189 | NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) CONTACTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-03 06:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09CAIRO1893 | REPORTS OF DIVISIONS WITHIN THE MB FOLLOWING THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-01 16:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KISL EG |
09CAIRO1897 | EGYPTIAN WATER MINISTER ON THE NILE BASIN INITIATIVE REF: CAIRO 1506 Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-04 07:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU TZ ET CG EG |
09CAIRO1912 | CORRECTED COPY - UNESCO VOTE INCITES PRESS, GOE READY TO MOVE ON REF: A. PARIS 1301 B. CAIRO 1804 CAIRO 00001912 001.3 OF 002 Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-05 14:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNESCO SCUL EG |
09CAIRO1924 | PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES ESF, ELECTIONS, SINAI DEVELOPMENT, AND POST SAID EXPANSION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-08 15:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL PGOV EWWT ETRD EG |
09CAIRO1925 | UPDATE: PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS MINISTER ON [...] (C) Key Points: -- Minister of State for Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Moufid Shehab confirmed that the new counter-terrorism law would be submitted to parliament by March 2010 in order to go into effect before the Emergency Law expires in May 2010. However, internal disagreements r [...] | 2009-10-08 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PRGOV PTER KIRF KDEM EG |
09CAIRO1926 | TRADE MINISTER ASSESSES BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Following a discussion of general trade and economic issues (Cairo 1793),Minister of Trade Rachid asked for a few minutes alone with the Ambassador. He asked her assessment of the bilateral relationship. She noted that it had obviously improved, if for no other reason than that our two Preside [...] | 2009-10-08 16:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR BMGT EAGR EAID ECON PREL |
09CAIRO1927 | GOE MINISTERS SAY EGYPT REMAINS COMMITTED TO ECONOMIC REFORM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-08 16:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN EINV EG ETRD PGOV PREL |
09CAIRO1932 | RACHID REVIEWS TRADE TIES, UPCOMING TRIP TO U.S. REF: A. CAIRO 1793 B. CAIRO 1550 C. CAIRO 1522 Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-08 17:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL EFIN EAID EG |
09CAIRO1947 | DEMARCHE ON END-USE MONITORING [...] Key Points: -- On October 10, Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to Minister of Defense Tantawi, stressing that despite the lifting of holds on a proposed F-16 sale to Egypt, the Administration and Congress both share deep concerns about a pattern of end-use violations. -- Ambassador also emphasiz [...] | 2009-10-13 15:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC MASS EG |
09CAIRO1948 | INDEPENDENT NGO COALITION FOR UPR REPORT SPLINTERS [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) The coalition of independent NGOs formed to submit a September report for the February 2010 UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review (UPR) splintered following disagreements over using legal versus "political" language in the introduction. -- (C) The Egyptian Or [...] | 2009-10-13 15:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM UN EG |
09CAIRO1959 | Al-AZHAR VP WELCOMES COOPERATION WITH KABUL UNIVERSITY [...] PAO met with Dr. Abdullah El-Hossieny Helal, Vice President for Educational and Students Affairs, Al-Azhar University, on October 8, to discuss possible cooperation and exchanges with Kabul University. Dr. Helal said that Kabul University should send proposals to him. He added that Al-Azhar is [...] | 2009-10-14 14:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC PGOV EAID PREL SCUL AF |
09CAIRO196 | ARAB LEAGUE COS ON "BLEAK" REGIONAL DYNAMICS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-04 10:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG |
09CAIRO1960 | AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA WITH MFA [...] (C) Key Points: -- During an October 4 meeting with Ambassador Goldberg, Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister for Disarmament Khalid Shamma said Egypt supports the implementation of UNSCR 1874 and Six-Party talks aimed at denuclearizing North Korea. -- He noted that MFA shares information on [...] | 2009-10-14 14:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PTER EFIN ECON PARM KN IR EG |
09CAIRO1962 | BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT CHECK ON LICENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-14 14:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS ETTC EG |
09CAIRO1967 | EGYPT TRAINS POLICE ON PROTECTING TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) On October 11, Poloff attended the opening ceremony of an International Organization for Migration (IOM) training program for Egyptian law enforcement officials on "Protecting Victims of Trafficking and Investigating Traffickers." The two-week program, conducted under the auspices of Egypt's [...] | 2009-10-15 08:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIP PHUM PREL PGOV EG |
09CAIRO1977 | EGYPT: POLITICAL ACTIVISTS SUGGEST CHANGE [...] (C) Key Points -- Political activists at an Ambassador-hosted lunch were pessimistic that the upcoming elections would offer opportunities for real change. -- Most agreed that voter apathy and low voter turnout in previous elections can be explained by the absence of a "political culture," pressu [...] | 2009-10-19 08:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EG |
09CAIRO199 | CONGRATULATORY LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA FROM [...] (U) The President of Jewish Community Cairo, Carmen Weinstein, sent the following congratulatory message to President Obama, which was received by post on January 28, 2009. The original letter will be pouched to S/ES-CR. 2. (U) Text of Weinstein's letter to President Obama: BEGIN TEXT: [...] | 2009-02-04 13:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP PGOV EG |
09CAIRO1992 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S CARSON'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...] However, the GoE decided in September to return the pirates to Puntland for prosecution, contending the suspects were not involved in the original hijacking of the ships but had been hired by the pirates to guard the fishing vessels. Egypt questions whether individual nations have jurisdiction to p [...] | 2009-10-20 13:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL SU SO ER ET EG |
09CAIRO1993 | UNHCR CAIRO DISCUSSES REFUGEE CHALLENGES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-20 13:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF SU IZ SO ER IS EG |
09CAIRO1997 | ACTIVISTS' ANGER OVER U.S. POSITION ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-20 15:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL UN IS EG |
09CAIRO2 | EGYPT: GAZA ROUND-UP: DECEMBER 31 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Arab League ministerial went into closed session at 1:00pm local time and as of 6:00 pm local time we have not gotten any comment on the status of the talks, either from the Egyptians or other delegations. Egypt closed and evacuated the Rafah terminal several times overn [...] | 2009-01-01 02:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KPAL IS EG |
09CAIRO2011 | UPDATE ON REPORTS OF DIVISIONS WITHIN THE MUSLIM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-21 15:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
09CAIRO202 | SALAFISM ON THE RISE IN EGYPT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-04 14:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PTER KIRF SOCI SCUL PGOV EG |
09CAIRO2031 | POLICE HARASSMENT AT NOUR EVENT [...] (C) Key Points: -- (C) Ayman Nour confirmed reports of police harassment at an event for artists and poets held on the evening of October 21 in support of his campaign against succession. Items seized by police were returned except a laptop used to store information about the campaign. Nou [...] | 2009-10-22 16:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EG KDEM |
09CAIRO204 | EGYPTIAN BORDER SECURITY REQUEST: NEXT STEPS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (S/NF) Post appreciates the Department's efforts to quickly respond to Egypt's request for four Z portal multiview cargo and vehicle screening systems to improve their capacity to combat arms smuggling into Gaza (reftel). We are continui [...] | 2009-02-04 15:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MASS KPAL IS EG |
09CAIRO2044 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE PRIORITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-26 16:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN EG |
09CAIRO205 | LESSONS LEARNED FROM EMBASSY CAIRO'S EVACUATION OF AMERICAN [...] Summary: Embassy Cairo evacuated four families with American citizens and family members entitled to immigrant visas, and assisted in the evacuation of over 100 foreign nationals on January 19, 2009. The evacuation went smoothly and lessons learned follow. End Summary. 2. On January 19, 2 [...] | 2009-02-04 15:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PREL PTER ASEC KPAL EG |
09CAIRO2058 | EGYPT: INAUGURAL ARAB WORLD FORUM SEEKS SENIOR USG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-29 13:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KISL KIRF EG |
09CAIRO2065 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - UN INERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION - SUPPORTINGAMCIT NOMINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-29 17:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC AER UNGA EG |
09CAIRO2066 | AYMAN NOUR HARASSED IN HURGHADA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-29 17:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
09CAIRO2072 | NAVCENT DISCUSSES SUEZ CANAL TRANSIT PROCEDURES [...] (C) Key Points -- During a September 29 meeting, NAVCENT Deputy Commander Rear Admiral Cropper and Assistant Minister of Defense Major General al-Assar discussed Suez Canal transit procedures for U.S. naval vessels as part of an ongoing dialogue following the March 2008 Global Patriot incident. -- [...] | 2009-11-01 15:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS MARR EWWT EG |
09CAIRO208 | THE ARAB LEAGUE ON AFRICAN AFFAIRS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-04 15:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UN MR SO SU EG |
09CAIRO2083 | EGYPT PROSECUTES FACILITATORS OF UNDER-AGE [...] Key Points: -- (SBU) On October 19, an Egyptian court in Al Gharbeya Governorate (in the Nile Delta region) sentenced a marriage registrar, or "ma'zoun," to two years in prison, under the provisions of the 2008 amendment to Egypt's child law, for registering the marriages of 144 girls under the age [...] | 2009-11-03 09:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIP PHUM PREL PGOV EG |
09CAIRO2084 | EGYPTIAN SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-03 12:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PTER MASS MOPS AF EG |
09CAIRO209 | POWER TRIP: RESTRUCTURING THE PETROLEUM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-05 13:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL EG |
09CAIRO2102 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COMPLEMENTARY STANDARDS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 14:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UN EG |
09CAIRO2103 | EGYPT: MINISTRY OF HEALTH REVIEWS CURRENT INFLUENZA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 15:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG |
09CAIRO2111 | CIVIL SOCIETY'S EXPECTATIONS FOR ELECTIONS LOW, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 15:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM ELAB EG |
09CAIRO2112 | NOUR TRAVEL PERMISSION DENIED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 16:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EG |
09CAIRO2129 | A/S CARSON AND EGIS CHIEF SOLIMAN'S OCTOBER 27 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-12 09:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO SU ER ET EG |
09CAIRO2130 | A/S CARSON'S OCTOBER 27 DISCUSSION OF AFRICAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-12 09:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO SU ER CG EG |
09CAIRO2133 | ASD VERSHBOW'S NOV 3 MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-15 12:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS PTER PARM SU IR EG |
09CAIRO2137 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-16 14:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNGA EG |
09CAIRO2157 | POPULATION MINISTER FOCUSING ON FAMILY PLANNING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 13:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KWMN KIRF ELAB EG |
09CAIRO2158 | SUDAN: SPLM SPOKESMAN ADVOCATES PRESSURE ON NCP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 14:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU EG |
09CAIRO2164 | ACTIVISTS BELIEVE POLICE BRUTALITY CONTINUES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 15:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KIRF EG |
09CAIRO2165 | EGYPT AND THE ARAB LEAGUE ON THE NEW U.S. SUDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 15:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU EG |
09CAIRO2166 | EGYPT: NDP READY TO RUN ON A "FOR YOU" PLATFORM REF: 2008 CAIRO 2310 Classified By: Minister-Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs Donald A. Blome [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 15:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
09CAIRO2168 | UPDATE: EGYPTIAN COUNTER SMUGGLING EFFORTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-18 08:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PARM MASS MOPS IR KPAL EG |
09CAIRO217 | GOE RESUMES PRESS FOR HOSNY UNESCO CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-05 14:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNESCO SCUL EG |
09CAIRO2172 | SCENESETTER FOR U/S HORMATS MEETING WITH MINISTER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 08:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID ETRD PGOV PREL EG |
09CAIRO218 | EGYPTIAN VIEWS ON COUNTER PIRACY, SOMALIA AND SUDAN REF: A. KHARTOUM 51 B. KHARTOUM 75 Classified By: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs William R. Stewart for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-05 15:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KCRM EWWT SO SU EG |
09CAIRO2180 | AL MAHDI DISCUSSES SUDAN POLITICAL DYNAMICS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 15:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU EG |
09CAIRO2183 | EGYPT: MB LEADERS RELEASED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 16:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KJUS PTER EG |
09CAIRO2195 | EGYPTIAN MFA ADVISOR ON SUDAN, NILE BASIN REF: 08 CAIRO 1963 Classified By: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs Donald A. Blome for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-24 06:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU BY TZ UG EG |
09CAIRO2209 | MUBARAK'S ANNUAL SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT OFFERS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 15:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KJUS ECON EG |
09CAIRO2210 | GAMAL MUBARAK CHAMPIONS HEALTH CARE REFORM AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 15:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ECON EG |
09CAIRO2214 | EGYPT: NOMINEES FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL SUMMIT ON [...] In response to reftel, Post offers the following twelve names to attend the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship in Washington: -- Basil El Baz, Founder and Chairman, Egypt Basic Industries Corporation. The first Egyptian company created solely from international finance, EBIC received su [...] | 2009-11-30 14:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PREL SOCI EG |
09CAIRO2223 | POST NOMINATION FOR THE 2010 SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR [...] KEY POINTS -- (U) Nehad Aboul Komsan, Embassy Cairo's nominee for the Secretary's International Women of Courage Award, deserves USG commendation for her tireless campaigning on behalf of women's rights in Egypt. -- (U) Aboul Komsan's efforts as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Egyp [...] | 2009-12-01 15:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO EG |
09CAIRO2247 | EGYPTIAN TOURISM INDUSTRY REFLECTS ON DIFFICULT YEAR AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-06 14:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL EG |
09CAIRO2250 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with registered broker Hamdy el-Seroury at the offices of Best Engineering. El-Seroury confirmed that he was authorized by the Egyptian Ministry of Defense to conduct brokering activities in Egypt. The firm provides consulting services only f [...] | 2009-12-07 10:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC MASS EG |
09CAIRO2251 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with registered broker Abdel Fattah Khalifa at the offices of the United Consultant Group. Khalifa confirmed that he was authorized by the Egyptian Ministry of Defense to conduct brokering activities in Egypt. The firm provides mostly consult [...] | 2009-12-07 10:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC MASS EG |
09CAIRO2252 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER SAID [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with registered broker Said Abdel Hamid Galal at the offices of ASTC Matrix International for Import and Export. Galal confirmed that he was authorized by the Egyptian Ministry of Defense to conduct brokering activities in Egypt. The firm onl [...] | 2009-12-07 10:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC MASS EG |
09CAIRO2253 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with registered broker Helal Hussein at the offices of Egyptian Tech and Commercial Services Associates (ETSA). Hussein confirmed that he was authorized by the Egyptian Ministry of Defense to conduct brokering activities in Egypt. The firm on [...] | 2009-12-07 10:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC MASS EG |
09CAIRO2254 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with Tawfik el-Rashidy at the offices of the Kemet Corporation. El-Rashidy confirmed that he was authorized by the Egyptian Ministry of Defense to conduct brokering activities in Egypt. Kemet Corporation primarily deals with commercial design [...] | 2009-12-07 10:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC MASS EG |
09CAIRO2255 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with Mohamed H.G. El-Din at the offices of El-Hassan Trading Establishment. El-Din confirmed that he was authorized by the Egyptian Ministry of Defense to conduct brokering activities in Egypt. El-Hassan Trading provides consulting services a [...] | 2009-12-07 10:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC MASS EG |
09CAIRO2256 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with Habib Debs, President and General Manager of Sigma International. Pol Off was unable to meet with the individual listed as the broker, Kamal Asad. Debs said he himself was the principal officer. Debs said that most of his business was d [...] | 2009-12-07 10:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC MASS EG |
09CAIRO2257 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with registered broker El Sayed Safwat Saleh at the offices of the Arab Trading International Company. The firm's General Manager, Osama Fathy, was also present. Saleh confirmed that he was authorized by the Egyptian Ministry of Defense to co [...] | 2009-12-07 10:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC MASS EG |
09CAIRO2268 | MIXED CIVIL SOCIETY REACTION TO UN ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-08 12:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UN EG |
09CAIRO2277 | GOE UPR HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT FOCUSES ON COMMITMENTS, BUT IS SHORT ON DETAILS REF: A. CAIRO 2164 B. CAIRO 1948 C. CAIRO 1925 D. CAIRO 1836 E. CAIRO 1433 F. CAIRO 814 Classified By: Economic-Political Minister-Counselor Donald A. Blome for reason 1.4 (b). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-10 12:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KIRF KTIP CT UN EG |
09CAIRO2279 | EGYPT: EL BARADEI'S "CONDITIONED" PRESIDENTIAL RUN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-10 13:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
09CAIRO2297 | EGYPT'S "INVISIBLE" REFUGEES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-15 12:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL SO ET EG |
09CAIRO2298 | EGYPT: MB INTERNAL CLASHES CONTINUE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-15 14:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KJUS PTER EG |
09CAIRO230 | EGYPTIANS SEEK USG SUPPORT FOR G20 AND G8 MEETINGS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-09 15:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN OVIP PREL PGOV ECON IT UK EG |
09CAIRO2308 | EGYPT: CAN KIFAYA REGAIN LOST MOMENTUM? [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-17 12:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EG |
09CAIRO231 | SCENESETTER FOR REQUESTED EGYPTIAN FM ABOUL GHEIT [...] (S/NF) Madame Secretary, Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit has been looking forward to meeting you since your nomination was first announced. The Egyptian leadership, including President Mubarak, are encouraged by the Administration's immediate attention to the Middle East and your and the Preside [...] | 2009-02-09 16:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KPAL EG IS QA IR SY |
09CAIRO2312 | ISRAELIS NOT UPBEAT ON PROSPECTS FOR BILATERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-17 14:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV PREL EG IS |
09CAIRO2315 | EGYPT: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Egypt is an ally on counter-terrorism issues. The Egyptian and U.S. governments maintained a robust dialogue on a broad range of counter-terrorism and law enforcement issues in 2009 and exchanged information on a variety of terrorism, security, and law enforcement matters during the course of [...] | 2009-12-17 15:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR EG |
09CAIRO2320 | THE MYSTERIES OF EGYPT'S HEALTH CARE REFORM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-17 15:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ECON SOCI EG |
09CAIRO2325 | EGYPT: COUNTER SMUGGLING UPDATE [...] Key Points: -- (S/NF) Egypt increased its efforts to combat smuggling over the last several months, including beginning installation of a subterranean steel wall and resuming installation of an FMF-funded tunnel activity detection system. -- (S/NF) Installation of the tunnel detection system has re [...] | 2009-12-20 05:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM PTER MASS KPAL EG |
09CAIRO2331 | DNI MEETS WITH DEFENSE MINISTER TANTAWI [...] Key Points: -- (S/NF) During a December 10 meeting, Defense Minister Tantawi provided Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Blair with an overview of Egyptian security concerns, including potential instability in Sudan and Iranian interference in the region. -- (S/NF) DNI Blair stressed the impor [...] | 2009-12-21 11:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MASS PTER IR PK AF EG |
09CAIRO2340 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with registered broker Mohamed Nabil. He confirmed that he was authorized by the Egyptian Ministry of Defense to conduct brokering activities in Egypt. Nabil operates out of a one-man office without any partners or employees. He provides cons [...] | 2009-12-22 08:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC MASS EG |
09CAIRO2341 | BLUE LANTERN: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with Mohamed Fathallah of the Fathallah Arms Company at his Cairo retail store on December 16. Fathallah confirmed that he received all of the weapons listed on the licenses 050073373 and 050120640 from RSR Group of Winterpark, Florida. Fathal [...] | 2009-12-22 08:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC MASS EG |
09CAIRO2347 | EGYPT: DECEMBER 2009 INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-22 13:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG |
09CAIRO2348 | EGYPT'S NUCLEAR POWER PLANT PLANS SUBJECT TO DELAYS [...] (C/NF) Main Points: -- Egypt's first commercial scale reactor is officially slated to come on line in 2020, with three more to be in operation by 2025. The GOE is expected to announce in January 2010 that El Daba on the Mediterranean Coast will be the site of the first plant. -- Nuclear Power Plant [...] | 2009-12-22 13:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AORC EG IAEA KNNP PREL TRGY UN |
09CAIRO2350 | EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS NPT REVIEW WITH UNDER [...] (C) Key Points: -- During a December 3 meeting, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher and Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit discussed preparations for the May 2010 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference. -- Tauscher stressed that a successful review confere [...] | 2009-12-22 13:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KNNP PARM IS IR SY EG |
09CAIRO2351 | Egypt's 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-22 15:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SNAR ECON EG |
09CAIRO2355 | EGYPT UNSUCCESSFUL IN SWAYING UPSTREAM NILE BASIN COUNTRIES REF: A. CAIRO 1897 B. CAIRO 1506 C. CAIRO 1615 Classified By: Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs Stephen P. O'Dowd for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-23 10:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID TZ KE ET SU EG |
09CAIRO2356 | EGYPTIAN MFA DISCUSSES SUDAN AND SOMALIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-23 10:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU SO EG |
09CAIRO2361 | EGYPT'S NUCLEAR REGULATORY LAW TO BE ENACTED BUT [...] (C/NF) Main points: -- Egypt's draft law on regulation of civil nuclear power and safety is expected to pass into law shortly after the New Year. -- Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA) Chairman Mohamed El Kolaly told us December 15 that under the new law his agency will be succeeded by an indep [...] | 2009-12-23 14:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AORC EG IAEA KNNP PREL TRGY |
09CAIRO2373 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with registered broker Mohamed Dabbur. He confirmed that he was authorized by the Egyptian Ministry of Defense to conduct brokering activities in Egypt. Dabbur operates out of a one-man office without any partners or employees. He provides co [...] | 2009-12-27 15:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC MASS EG |
09CAIRO2384 | SPLM DELEGATION DISCUSSES SUDAN ISSUES WITH EGIS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-29 10:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU EG |
09CAIRO2388 | ARAB LG COS ON ARAB DEVELOPMENT, IRAQ, IRAN, YEMEN, AND MOUSSA'S FUTURE PLANS Classified By: MINISTER-COUNSELOR DONALD A. BLOME REASONS: 1.4 (B) and (D) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-29 14:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YE IR IZ EG |
09CAIRO2395 | EGYPT: POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRATIONS SPARK CONSTITUTIONAL DEBATE REF: CAIRO 2279 Classified By: Economic-Political Minister-Counselor Donald A. Blome for reason 1.4 (d). [...] Key Points: -- (SBU) Former IEEA Chairman Mohamed El Baradei's December 4 statement (ref A) outlining needed constitutional reforms for him to consider a presidential bid has fueled critical public discussion of Egypt's Constitution, particularly the articles dealing with presidential eligibility, [...] | 2009-12-30 14:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
09CAIRO2396 | 100 GAZA MARCHERS EN ROUTE RAFAH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 14:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC ASEC EG |
09CAIRO2397 | STEEL WALL CRITICISM AND GAZA MARCHERS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 15:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV CASC ASEC EG |
09CAIRO2400 | ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT, EMBASSY CAIRO OUTREACH [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy Cairo's interagency entrepreneurship team has organized a series of activities to engage local partners in entrepreneurship and build momentum for the White House Summit next year. ------------------------ Roundtables and Outreach ------------------------ 2. (S [...] | 2009-12-30 15:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL PGOV SOCI EG |
09CAIRO2401 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Poloff met with registered broker Sherif El Said, President of TETCO. His brother Hassouna El Said (Vice President) and son Mahmoud El Said (Program Manager) also attended the meeting. He confirmed that he was authorized by the Egyptian Ministry of Defens [...] | 2009-12-30 15:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC MASS EG |
09CAIRO2402 | SCENE SETTER FOR SCIENCE ENVOY ZEWAIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 15:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO OVIP EG |
09CAIRO2404 | EGYPT-U.S. JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON NUCLEAR [...] (C) Main Points: -- During upcoming JSCNEC meetings in Cairo GOE wants a tight focus, both in agenda and in delegation composition, on technical issues related to Egypt's expanding civil nuclear power development. -- GOE flagged several civil nuclear issues as already the subject of GOE consultatio [...] | 2009-12-30 15:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EG EU IAEA KNNP PREL RS TRGY UN |
09CAIRO242 | STATE SECURITY RESPONDS TO DRAFT LETTER ON POLICE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-10 15:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EG |
09CAIRO246 | AYMAN NOUR-RELATED DEVELOPMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-11 10:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
09CAIRO254 | EGYPTIAN MFA ON DONORS CONF, CEASEFIRE AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-11 14:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG |
09CAIRO255 | GOE RELEASES EGYPTIAN-GERMAN BLOGGER, CRACKS DOWN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-11 14:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GE EG |
09CAIRO258 | Egypt: Tepid Responses to Growing Labor Woes [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Egypt is suffering from a chronic labor mismatch between market supply and demand. Despite several years of high economic growth, unemployment remains a problem, and there is a scarcity of skilled workers and managers. Each year, Egypt produces 750,000 new college graduates, many of [...] | 2009-02-12 07:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV PREL EG |
09CAIRO26 | EGYPT: GAZA ROUND-UP: JANUARY 6 [...] (S/NF) The Egyptian military reports Egyptian security forces are controlling the Egypt/Gaza border. Egypt delivered humanitarian aid through the Rafah and al-Aouja crossing points. 18 Palestinian casualties entered Egypt yesterday for medical treatment. IDF ground forces are reportedly ope [...] | 2009-01-06 14:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | KPAL PGOV PREL PHUM EG IS |
09CAIRO265 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LIEBERMAN'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] (SBU) Senator Lieberman, welcome to Egypt. Your visit comes at a pivotal time for Egypt and the region. A ceasefire is almost in place between Israel and Hamas, which the Egyptians are seeking to cement. The U.S., European countries, and regional governments are searching for ways to put in p [...] | 2009-02-12 14:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV OREP KPAL EG IS |
09CAIRO267 | UNHCR UPDATES ON REFUGEE SITUATION IN CAIRO [...] (C) Summary: We attended the Cairo Office of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees' (UNHCR) multilateral meeting on February 4 to discuss refugee developments and UNHCR's plans for 2009. UNHCR partners, NGO's, and western embassies also participated. Following the meeting, UNHCR Re [...] | 2009-02-12 15:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM PGOV ECON ELAB SU ER ET SO |
09CAIRO283 | MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S PARTY PLATFORM INDEFINITELY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-17 14:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KDEM EG |
09CAIRO290 | SMUGGLING TUNNEL DETECTED AND DESTROYED, SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: On January 28, Egypt re-started the implementation of a $23 million FMF-funded tunnel detection program along the Egypt-Gaza border, put on hold during Israel's incursion into Gaza. A new 24-man Tunnel Detection Unit (TDU) completed training on January 26 and is working alongside the U [...] | 2009-02-18 09:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MASS MOPS PTER ASEC KPAL IS EG |
09CAIRO3 | EGYPT: GAZA ROUND-UP: JANUARY 2 [...] (SBU) As of 1500 hrs. local on January 2, we have received no reports of demonstrations, attacks, or other problems at the Rafah border crossing into Gaza; however, local USG staff report clashes on January 2 between police and demonstrators in Al-Arish in North Sinai, about 20 miles from the G [...] | 2009-01-02 14:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAL PGOV PREL PHUM EG IS |
09CAIRO300 | AYMAN NOUR'S RELEASE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 09:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
09CAIRO321 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING SUPPORT FOR DURBAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-22 15:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC EG |
09CAIRO323 | PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER ON UPCOMING LEGISLATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-23 12:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL IR EG |
09CAIRO326 | SENATOR LIEBERMAN’S FEBRUARY 17 MEETING WITH GAMAL MUBARAK [...] (C) During an hour-long meeting on February 17, Gamal Mubarak discussed with Senator Joseph Lieberman the problems with Gaza and Palestinian reconciliation, as well as the broader political split within the Arab world. Senator Lieberman sought Gamal's advice on ways for the U.S. to engage Iran; Gam [...] | 2009-02-23 13:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL KPAL ECON IR SY IZ EG IS QA |
09CAIRO327 | LT GENERAL NORTH DISCUSSES GAZA, PIRACY, AND [...] (C) On January 26, AFCENT Commander Lieutenant General North met with MOD Chief of Staff General Sami Enan to discuss Gaza, piracy, and increased bilateral military cooperation. Enan looked forward to an increased U.S. focus on the Middle East under the Obama administration and enhanced bilateral m [...] | 2009-02-23 13:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS PARM KPAL IS IR EG XF |
09CAIRO328 | DINNER WITH PARLIAMENT'S FOREIGN RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: On February 22, the DCM hosted a dinner for several members of the Foreign Relations Committee of the People's Assembly. The attendees included two National Democratic Party (NDP) MP's, one independent, and two Muslim Brotherhood (MB) parliamentarians, including the head of the M [...] | 2009-02-23 13:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL PTER EAID KPAL PA IS EG |
09CAIRO33 | CONTROVERSY GROWS OVER EGYPTIAN GAS EXPORTS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 6, the Lower Administrative Court of Cairo asked the GOE to urgently comply with its November 2008 ruling that gas exports to Israel be stopped (ref A). The November verdict is on hold pending review by the Higher Administrative Court and Court of Urgent Cases, whic [...] | 2009-01-08 13:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL ECON PGOV IS EG |
09CAIRO330 | ACTIVISTS DISCUSS WAY FORWARD ON REFORM WITH [...] (C) Summary: On February 18, civil society activists and an opposition party leader discussed democratic reform in Egypt with Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT),the Ambassador and the DCM. President of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights Hisham Kassem said that over the next 15 years Egy [...] | 2009-02-23 16:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KPAL IS EG |
09CAIRO339 | DARFUR LEADER MINNI MINAWI'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] (C) Summary: We met with Minni Minawi, SLA leader and Chairman of the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority on February 19, and his foreign affairs advisor on February 12. During his three-day visit to Cairo, Minawi met with President Mubarak, EGIS Chief Soliman, Field Marshall Tantawi, and F [...] | 2009-02-24 16:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID SU EG |
09CAIRO347 | SCENESETTER FOR THE MARCH 2 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUBARAK [...] (C) Madame Secretary, welcome to Egypt and the March 2nd Gaza Reconstruction Conference in Sharm El-Sheik. President Mubarak is very pleased you are coming and will meet you at 8:30 a.m. on March 2, prior to the start of the conference. He may also host you and the other conference participant [...] | 2009-02-25 17:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KPAL EAID MASS QA IR SY EG IS XF |
09CAIRO349 | EGYPTIANS SIGNALLING WILLINGNESS TO RESOLVE ESF [...] (C) Summary: Ministers of Finance and International Cooperation both indicated unofficially to the Ambassador recently that they believed the GOE would agree to the FY2009 level of $200 million for ESF if the U.S. could acknowledge that the process of setting the amount had been unilateral [...] | 2009-02-26 09:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL EG |
09CAIRO353 | A NEW APPROACH TO EGYPT´S ESF [...] (S) Summary and Key points: --A robust economic assistance program for Egypt serves long-term U.S. interests: it balances a relationship otherwise defined solely on security grounds, it demonstrates U.S. interest in the welfare of average Egyptians, and it creates a bridge to assure access to futu [...] | 2009-02-26 12:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | EAID PREL KDEM EG |
09CAIRO358 | WHAT DOES EGYPT WANT OUT OF THE GAZA [...] (C) Summary: The Egyptians see the March 2 Gaza Reconstruction Conference as validation of their role as the regional leader in forging peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Their goals for the conference are straightforward: they want to be seen as helping the Palestinian people [...] | 2009-02-26 19:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPAL EG IS XF |
09CAIRO36 | EMBASSY MEETS WITH ERITREAN COMMUNITY LEADERS IN [...] Summary: The Embassy met with Eritrean community leaders in Cairo on January 4 to discuss the increased flow of Eritrean migrants, the plight of Eritreans in Egypt, and the recent Egyptian refoulement of Eritrean migrants. Eritrean leaders estimate there are 10,000 Eritreans living in Cairo. [...] | 2009-01-08 15:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PHUM PGOV PREF ER EG |
09CAIRO37 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR GOE [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following security officials from the Egyptian Central Security Force and Special Operations Force, who have been selected to participate in COESPU training courses in Vicenza, Italy January 12 [...] | 2009-01-09 12:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV MASS EG |
09CAIRO378 | GOVERNMENT OF EGYPT'S UPDATE ON REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary: Egyptian MFA Refugee Office Director Tarek Maaty told us on February 9 that the disagreement over the UN High Commissioner for Refugees' call to open the Gaza borders had passed (reftel). He said that a senior UNHCR official will come to Cairo to work on a combined vision for refu [...] | 2009-03-03 11:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PHUM PREL ER SO SU EG |
09CAIRO380 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) On March 3, we demarched MFA Deputy Director for Human Rights Omar Shalaby regarding the U.S. decisions on resuming participation as an observer at the UN Human Rights Council, and on the Durban Review Conference (ref A). We also delivered the Cairo-specific points per ref A. On Durban, [...] | 2009-03-03 14:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC EG |
09CAIRO393 | AYMAN NOUR DISCUSSES HIS RELEASE, FUTURE [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) On February 26, poloff met with former presidential candidate and opposition party leader Ayman Nour, who was released from an Egyptian prison on February 18, and his wife, Gameela Ismail. -- (C) Before Nour arrived, Ismail told poloff that on the day of his release, [...] | 2009-03-05 14:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
09CAIRO397 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNHRC FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION [...] (C) On March 5, we demarched MFA Deputy Director for Human Rights Omar Shalaby on Egyptian plans to sponsor a freedom of expression resolution at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) March session, urging Egypt not to pre-empt Canada (ref A). Shalaby responded that Egypt's position is that the [...] | 2009-03-05 14:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN EG |
09CAIRO401 | EGYPT: COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF FOUR [...] (SBU) Description. In ref (a),the Government of Egypt (GOE) submitted a Letter of Request (LOR) for 4 C-130J transport aircraft. The primary mission of the C-130 is inter and intra theatre transport of people, cargo and equipment. These aircraft would supplement the current Egyptian Air For [...] | 2009-03-08 13:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS MARR EG |
09CAIRO404 | EMBASSY CAIRO DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON GOVERNMENT OF [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche on the Government of Sudan's (GOS) decision to expel NGOs to Hisham Youssef, Chief of Staff of the Arab League, and to Ahmed Abu Zeid, Egyptian MFA Cabinet Advisor on African Affairs on March 8. Youssef told us that the Arab League (AL) shares our concerns ab [...] | 2009-03-08 15:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SU EG |
09CAIRO415 | EGYPT DISTRESSED BY BASHIR ARREST WARRANT [...] Key Points -- (C) The Government of Egypt (GOE) is "very disturbed" about the ICC arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir, and concerned that the warrant will have an negative effect on the situation in Darfur and CPA implementation. -- (C) FM Aboul Gheit sent a note verbale to the P- [...] | 2009-03-11 11:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU EG |
09CAIRO416 | ARAB LEAGUE CONCERNED ARREST WARRANT THREATENS [...] Key Points -- (C) The Arab League (AL) believes that the ICC arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir threatens the peace and stability of Sudan, but the AL advisor on African Affairs to SYG Moussa told us that the Doha peace talks were still possible because the genocide charge was dism [...] | 2009-03-11 11:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SU EG |
09CAIRO417 | Housing in Egypt- Construction Everywhere but No Place to [...] (U) Key Points -- The housing market in Egypt is marked by extreme contradiction. In recent years, the country has witnessed an unparalleled building boom alongside an extreme housing shortage for the poor and the middle class. -- Prices for high end housing for the wealthiest fiv [...] | 2009-03-11 14:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL EG |
09CAIRO418 | RACHID REVIEWS UPCOMING TRIP TO WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) KEY ISSUES: -- Minister of Trade Rachid will spend March 22-25 in Washington with the goals of restarting a bilateral economic and trade dialogue and re-engaging with U.S. business. -- Rachid believes the Washington trip may be an occasion for a public roll-out of the recently agre [...] | 2009-03-11 14:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PREL EG |
09CAIRO428 | MAHALLA ONE YEAR AFTER THE STRIKE [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) On March 10, we visited Misr Spinning & Weaving Company in the Egyptian Nile Delta city of Mahalla, the largest manufacturing company in Egypt and a hotbed of labor activism. The factory's workers staged a wildcat strike in April 2008, sparking violent riots in Mahalla ( [...] | 2009-03-12 13:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
09CAIRO444 | EGYPT: TRADE MINISTER IN WASHINGTON NEXT WEEK [...] (SBU) Egyptian Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid Rachid will visit Washington March 22-25. He plans meetings with Administration officials, representatives from business organizations, and members of Congress. He will not be traveling with a business delegation. Rachid is a key reformer [...] | 2009-03-16 09:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR EFIN PREL EG |
09CAIRO447 | EGYPT: G-20 SUMMIT PARTICIPATION [...] (C) Key points: -- In a March 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit asked the U.S. to encourage the British to issue a "last minute" invitation to Egyptian President Mubarak to attend the G-20 summit in London, hinting that Egypt would be prepared to deliver on some [...] | 2009-03-16 10:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL EG |
09CAIRO448 | EGYPTIAN COUNTER SMUGGLING EFFORTS [...] Key Points -- (S) Egypt continues to improve efforts to combat arms smuggling into Gaza, but a decision by Field Marshal Tantawi to delay a counter tunneling project threatens progress. -- (S) During a March 10 meeting, Tantawi informed the Ambassador that the GOE is unwilling to allow the [...] | 2009-03-16 10:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL MASS PARM KPAL IS EG |
09CAIRO45 | RISING ANGER OVER GAZA [...] (C) Summary and comment: Egyptians are seething over Israeli military operations in Gaza. The January 9 "Day of Anger and Solidarity with Gaza," supported by a range of Egyptian opposition forces, most prominently the Muslim Brotherhood (MB),featured the largest protests since the crisis bega [...] | 2009-01-12 09:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL KPAL IS PA EG |
09CAIRO453 | EGYPT'S BAHA'I WIN LEGAL BATTLE [...] KEY POINTS - (SBU) On March 16, Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court dismissed a legal challenge filed by an Islamist lawyer that had heretofore blocked the implementation of a January 2008 court decision directing the Ministry of Interior (MoI) to issue identification documents to members [...] | 2009-03-16 15:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KDEM EG |
09CAIRO458 | END-USE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (S/NF) On March 15, OMC Chief delivered ref A points on one violation and one potential violation of Egypt's end-use obligations to Major General Al-Assar, Senior Advisor to the Minister of Defense. He informed al-Assar that the State Department would notify Congress of the December 2008 gun [...] | 2009-03-17 11:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL MASS PARM EG |
09CAIRO463 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOREIGN MINISTER ON FREEDOM OF [...] (C) On March 14, the Ambassador spoke to Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit regarding Egypt's tabling of a freedom of expression resolution at the current session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). She urged Egypt to withdraw its text to allow Canada to a run a resolution at the June session of [...] | 2009-03-17 15:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN EU UK EG |
09CAIRO468 | "APRIL 6" LEADER PESSIMISTIC ABOUT STRIKE; [...] (S) KEY POINTS -- (S) "April 6 Movement" leader Ahmed Saleh is pessimistic the group will be able to organize an effective strike on April 6 to protest political and economic conditions. He cited an Egyptian public distracted by other problems and probable State Security (SSIS) interference [...] | 2009-03-18 15:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KISL EG |
09CAIRO47 | EGYPT: FOOD SUBSIDY REFORM UNLIKELY [...] (U) Subsidy reform in Egypt is politically charged. Most attempts to change decades-old programs have been met with fierce public opposition and occasional demonstrations. The GOE has been largely unsuccessful at targeting subsidy programs, and repeated studies have shown that only a fractio [...] | 2009-01-12 10:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL EG |
09CAIRO470 | DARFURI LEADERS IN CAIRO SUPPORT ICC ARREST [...] Key Points -- (C) We met with Cairo office representatives from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM),Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA)-Minni Minawi, SLA-Unity, The Sons of the Fur (who have strong ties to SLA-Abdel Wahid al-Nur),and the Darfuri Arab Democratic Popular Front (DPF) on March [...] | 2009-03-18 15:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PREF KPKO PHUM KICR KISL EAID QA LY ER |
09CAIRO478 | END-USE ISSUES IN EGYPT [...] Key Points: -- (S/NF) Since 2006, the Department has reported to Congress five separate potential violations of Egypt's end-use, re-transfer, and security obligations. -- (S/NF) Three of those cases - the Medical Center, Metrology Lab Case, and Synchrolift - involved potential end use vi [...] | 2009-03-19 15:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM ETTC MASS EG |
09CAIRO483 | EGYPT RECEIVES INFORMATION ON IRANIAN ARMS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-22 14:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL ETTC MASS EG IS SU SY |
09CAIRO484 | PRESSING THE GOE ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION [...] (C) On March 22, Economic-Political Minister-Counselor underscored the U.S. position on the 2009 UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Freedom of Expression Resolution to MFA Deputy Assistant Minister for North American Affairs Amin Meleika. Mincouns emphasized that the U.S. strongly believes Canad [...] | 2009-03-22 15:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UN KDEM EG |
09CAIRO485 | RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DISCUSSION WITH EGYPT'S MFA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-22 15:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF EG |
09CAIRO504 | UPDATE ON POLICE BRUTALITY CASES [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) In recent weeks we have followed up with human rights attorneys on several police brutality cases. Lawyers are working to file suits against the police for the torture of a Cairo woman who complained about police abuse of her husband, and for the torture of XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"Apr [...] | 2009-03-24 15:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI EG |
09CAIRO515 | EGYPT: ESF DISCUSSION WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) Key points: -- In a March 23 meeting, Minister of International cooperation Aboulnaga told the Ambassador that Egypt is "very pleased" with the approach taken by the new Administration but is concerned that any proposed ESF for FY 2010 should demonstrate USG commitment to compensate Eg [...] | 2009-03-25 11:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PREL PARM EG |
09CAIRO520 | AMBASSADOR'S DEMARCHE TO FM ABOUL GHEIT ON SUDAN [...] (C) The Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Ghayt at opening of business Wednesday, March 25, conveying reftel points regarding the visit of Sudanese President Bashir to Egypt. She stressed that the U.S. could not accept any justification for denying humanitarian assistance to [...] | 2009-03-25 14:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL SU EG |
09CAIRO532 | EGYPT SEEKS ENGAGEMENT WITH U.S. ON SUDAN [...] (C) Key Points --The Government of Egypt (GOE) views stability in Sudan as essential to its national security because of concern over its access to Nile waters and increased Sudanese refugee flow into Egypt. --Egypt disapproves of the GOS' expulsion of NGOs from Darfur, and is focused fin [...] | 2009-03-26 15:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO PHUM QA SU EG |
09CAIRO549 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL SCHWARTZ [...] Key Points -- (SBU) U.S.- Egypt military relationship is strong, but should change to reflect new regional and transnational threats. -- (SBU) More focus is needed on combating emerging threats, including border security, counter terrorism, civil defense, and peacekeeping. -- (S/NF) Egypt continues [...] | 2009-03-31 14:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL MASS PARM MOPS KPAL IS EG |
09CAIRO550 | FORMER SUDANESE PM AL MAHDI SPELLS OUT PLAN FOR [...] (C) Key Points -- Former Sudanese PM Sadiq Al Mahdi said a "catastrophic scenario" is unfolding in Sudan that threatens the humanitarian situation in Darfur, the future peace talks and the unity of the country. -- Al Mahdi is proposing a "National Forum" composed of eight political partie [...] | 2009-03-31 15:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PHUM PREF UN QA CD SU EG |
09CAIRO557 | EGYPT: MFA DISCUSSES SOMALIA, PIRACY AND ERITREA [...] (C) Key Points -- Despite disagreements over prosecution of suspected pirates and the role of the Contact Group on Piracy of the Coast of Somali (CGPCS) in funding the development of Somalia, the Government of Egypt (GOE) was pleased with the Contact Group meetings and the debate on the issu [...] | 2009-04-02 06:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EWWT KCRM PTER ER SO EG |
09CAIRO56 | EGYPT RECEIVES REQUEST FOR VIGILANCE OF SUDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-12 15:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MASS EG IS SU |
09CAIRO561 | FOREIGN WORKERS IN EGYPT [...] (C) KEY POINTS - As part of our ongoing monitoring of labor conditions in Egypt, particularly in the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs),we discussed the issue of foreign workers with diplomats from a number of Southeast Asian embassies. - Diplomats from Southeast Asian countries estimate [...] | 2009-04-02 09:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL EG BG IN |
09CAIRO567 | INFLUENTIAL SUDANESE BUSINESSMEN ADVOCATE "NO [...] (C) Key Points -- Two influential North Sudanese businessmen in Cairo, Kamal Ibrahim Ahmed (protect),Chairman of TransExport Trading Company and Muhammad Abdel Moneim (protect),Chairman of Wadi El Nil Flour Mills urged the USG not to compromise with the Government of Sudan (GOS),warning t [...] | 2009-04-02 15:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF SU EG |
09CAIRO570 | EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT ON ERITREAN AND SUDANESE [...] (C) Key Points -- There are 118 Eritreans in Aswan in detention, who will be accepted for resettlement by Canada if they pass the required consular and medical examinations (reftels A-C). However the Government of Egypt (GOE) refuses to make them available for processing in Cairo. This cou [...] | 2009-04-02 16:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV ER SU EG |
09CAIRO571 | MFA SENIOR ADVISOR ON PALESTINIAN NEGOTIATIONS, [...] (S/NF) Key points -- MFA Senior Cabinet Advisor and Spokesman Hossam Zaki told DCM April 2 that Egyptian-sponsored negotiations on Palestinian government formation that resumed April 1 are "going nowhere." He did not articulate a contingency plan, and argued that the USG should not insist o [...] | 2009-04-02 16:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IS SY SU QA CD SA EG |
09CAIRO572 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN [...] (C) On April 2, DCM informed MFA Spokesman and Senior Advisor to the Foreign Minister Hossam Zaki that the U.S. is seeking election to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC),and requested the GOE's vote in May (reftel). DCM underscored that the U.S. believes it can do more to advance human right [...] | 2009-04-02 18:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN EG |
09CAIRO575 | NEW MINISTER ON FAMILY PLANNING, GIRLS' EDUCATION [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) On March 29, New Minister for Families and Population Moushira Khattab told the Ambassador and the USAID Mission Director that significant economic development in Egypt will not be possible without limiting population growth. -- (C) Minister Khattab said that girls' educa [...] | 2009-04-05 08:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KISL KWMN SOCI EG |
09CAIRO595 | ARAB LEAGUE COS BRIEFS ON MARCH 30-31 AL SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Key points: -- Arab League (AL) Chief of Staff Hisham Yousef told local diplomats April 2 that said that some progress had been made on Arab reconciliation at the Arab League Doha summit of March 30-31, but that much more needs to be done. -- Yousef strongly criticized the incoming I [...] | 2009-04-07 14:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ SY SU LE IS IR LY EG |
09CAIRO598 | MFA ON MULTILATERAL HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES, [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) In an April 6 meeting with MFA Deputy Assistant Minister for Human Rights Wael Aboulmagd, we reiterated our request for Egyptian support for a U.S. seat on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC),and emphasized that the U.S. wants to improve cooperation on multilateral human r [...] | 2009-04-07 15:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM UN SOCI EG |
09CAIRO602 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL LOWEY [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Representative Lowey, welcome to Egypt. Your visit comes as Egypt continues its efforts to mediate a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, to facilitate intra-Palestinian negotiations to form a new, interim government, and to stop the smuggling of arms into Gaza. The U. [...] | 2009-04-08 13:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID KPAL EG |
09CAIRO604 | CODEL MCCONNELL'S APRIL 5 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Key Points -- President Mubarak told CODEL McConnell he feared that the new Israeli government would be "very difficult to work with," in particular Foreign Minister Lieberman, whose public statements have already had a very negative impact on Arab public opinion. -- On Palestinian re [...] | 2009-04-08 15:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PHUM KDEM PTER PARM PGOV SOCI SY |
09CAIRO611 | FOLLOWING UP WITH EGYPT ON SUSPECTED IRANIAN ARMS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-09 12:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC PARM PREL EG SU IR |
09CAIRO613 | EGYPT: AMBASSADOR PRESENTS USG ESF OFFER [...] (S) Key points: -- Prime Minister Nazif and Ambassador discussed way forward on ESF on April 9. His bottom line up front: "the relationship is more important than ESF." --Nazif also expressed appreciation for the Administration's approach to Egypt and appreciated that the Secretary had [...] | 2009-04-09 18:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | EAID ECON PREL EG |
09CAIRO614 | CODEL MCCONNELL'S APRIL 6 MEETING WITH GAMAL MUBARAK [...] (C) Key Points -- Gamal Mubarak told CODEL McConnell that Egypt remained committed to economic reform despite the global financial crisis. -- Egypt wants increased trade with the U.S.; however, it is looking elsewhere for trade opportunities as well, including the EU, Russia, and China. [...] | 2009-04-12 10:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PGOV ETRD IZ EG IS IR |
09CAIRO615 | CODEL TAUSCHER'S APRIL 9 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Key Points -- Iran: President Mubarak told CODEL Tauscher that using diplomacy and economic sanctions with Iran is far better than using force. Using force to solve the problems with Iran will led to instability in the region and an increase in terrorism. Mubarak has no plans to resto [...] | 2009-04-12 10:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS IR EG SY |
09CAIRO618 | CODEL TAUSCHER"S APRIL 9 MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Key Points: -- Israel: Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit said that Egypt has a long-standing relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and can work with him, in contrast to new Israeli Foreign Minister Leiberman, whom Aboul Gheit labeled a "problem." --Aboul Gheit does not see [...] | 2009-04-12 15:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KPAL KNNP IS IR EG QA |
09CAIRO624 | SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (SBU) The Egyptians and I warmly welcome you to Cairo. Our partnership in law enforcement and security cooperation remains solid. Your visit provides the opportunity to review and reinforce our law enforcement cooperation with the State Security Investigative Service (SSIS),which is under the aus [...] | 2009-04-13 08:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KJUS EG |
09CAIRO626 | SOUTH SUDAN LIAISON OFFICE ON ICC AND CPA [...] (C) Key Points -- According to Government of South Sudan (GOSS) officials, the GOSS expected an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir and has encouraged him to work with the ICC and not ignore the warrant. -- Bashir has turned the ICC arrest warrant into a fight with the West. The [...] | 2009-04-13 09:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV KISL SU EG |
09CAIRO63 | EGYPT: GAZA ROUND-UP: JANUARY 13 [...] (S) According to Ministry of Defense sources, on January 12, an unexploded Israeli bomb landed in an open field on the Egyptian side of the border. No injuries were reported. The Egyptians informed the Israelis, who offered to send a team to safely dismantle the bomb and noted that it was "U [...] | 2009-01-13 13:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | KPAL PGOV PREL PHUM CASC EG IS |
09CAIRO634 | DARFURI ARAB LEADERS IN CAIRO CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) Key Points -- Osama El Hassan, Secretary General of the Sudanese Democratic Popular Front (DPF) and Siddique Ander, Chairman of the DPF, told us on April 1 that Darfuri Arabs are fearful of being targeted by the Darfuri Rebel groups as retribution for "past crimes," even though most Darf [...] | 2009-04-14 05:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PTER SU CD IR EG |
09CAIRO639 | DARFURI WOMEN REFUGEE LEADERS DESCRIBE [...] (C) Key Points -- We met with two Darfuri women chosen to represent the views of Darfuri refugee women to the U.S. Embassy. They told us that they held protests at UNHCR's Cairo office demanding better housing allowances, medical care, and resettlement options. -- Both women said they we [...] | 2009-04-14 11:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL SOCI KWMN SU EG |
09CAIRO64 | AYMAN NOUR'S WIFE ON LATEST TRAVAILS [...] (C) Summary: In a January 11 meeting, Gameela Ismail, wife of imprisoned Ghad party leader Ayman Nour, told us that Nour has been baselessly accused of assaulting a prison guard, and now faces solitary confinement as punishment. She said that Nour is "terrified" of solitary confinement, as the [...] | 2009-01-13 14:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
09CAIRO65 | CODEL DORGAN VISIT TO EGYPT DECEMBER 13-14 REF: A. CAIRO 2542 B. CAIRO 2435 C. CAIRO 2502 D. CAIRO 2505 Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senators Byron Dorgan (ND),Thad Cochran (MS),Kent Conrad (ND) and Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) visited Cairo on December 13-14. All of their GOE interlocutors asked them to convey to the incoming Obama Administration that the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and Palestinian statehood [...] | 2009-01-14 09:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PGOV PTER PREL EWWT MEPP IR IZ SO EG |
09CAIRO656 | MEETING WITH HEAD OF THE SUDANESE NATIONAL [...] (C) Key Points: -- Kamal al-Din Hassan Ail, the Director of the Sudanese National Congress Party's (NCP) office in Cairo told us April 1 that the ICC arrest warrant sent the wrong message to rebel groups. He said the Sudanese people are united behind Bashir, and Bashir's trip to Egypt was a [...] | 2009-04-15 13:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPKO EAID PGOV SU EG |
09CAIRO657 | EGYPT-GAZA BORDER OPERATIONS IMPACTING NORTH SINAI [...] (C) Key Points -- The Government of Egypt (GOE) is using aggressive security measures to control the North Sinai population as a result of counter-smuggling operations at Egypt-Gaza border. -- The local North Sinai population understands the national security concerns, but is getting frust [...] | 2009-04-15 14:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PGOV PREL SOCI PTER ECON KCRM KPAL KWBG IS EG |
09CAIRO659 | CODEL TAUSCHER APRIL 9 MEETING WITH THE EGYPTIAN [...] (SBU) Key Points: -- Egypt's leading thinkers on non-proliferation urged the U.S. to support the concept of a nuclear-free Middle East zone, as a way to get past the Israel-Iran stalemate. -- Egyptian Council on Foreign Affairs proposes adding a seat for an Arab representative to the 5 plu [...] | 2009-04-16 06:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL IS IR EG |
09CAIRO664 | EGYPTIAN NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT EFFORTS TO [...] (C) Key Points: -- Dr. Osama al-Ghazali Harb, chairman of the Egyptian National Democratic Front Party (NDF),and NDF deputy chairman, Dr. Ibrahim Nawar, told us on April 2 that their party sponsored a forum on March 24-26, in Cairo, to unite Sudanese political parties because of Sudan's "st [...] | 2009-04-16 11:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU EG |
09CAIRO666 | CODEL MCCONNELL'S MEETING WITH MINDEF TANTAWI [...] Key Points - (S/NF) During an April 6 meeting, Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi told CODEL McConnell that Egypt was "doing its best" to combat arms smuggling into Gaza. - (S/NF) Senior Advisor to the Minister of Defense MG al-Assar categorized the smuggling problem as "a threat [...] | 2009-04-16 14:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MASS MOPS KPAL IS IR EG |
09CAIRO667 | CODEL TAUSCHER'S MEETING WITH MINDEF TANTAWI [...] Key Points - (S/NF) During a April 9 meeting, Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi told CODEL Tauscher that the US-Egypt bilateral security relationship was strong. - (S/NF) Senior Advisor to the Minister of Defense MG al-Assar described Egyptian logistical support for the US milit [...] | 2009-04-16 14:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MASS MOPS KPAL IS IR EG |
09CAIRO668 | EGYPT'S INTERIOR MINISTRY APPROVES ISSUANCE OF [...] KEY POINTS -- (SBU) On April 14, Egypt's Ministry of the Interior (MOI) published a decree in Egypt's Official Gazette authorizing members of "non-recognized religions" (all other than Islam, Christianity and Judaism) to obtain identification cards with a dash in the mandatory religious [...] | 2009-04-16 15:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KDEM EG |
09CAIRO68 | EGYPT: GAZA ROUND-UP: JANUARY 14 [...] (S) According to MoD sources, the Rafah border area has been relatively quiet today, with no collateral damage on the Egyptian side, and no reports of Palestinian firing on Egyptian Border Guard Forces. -------------- Demonstrations -------------- 2. (SBU) Contacts reported that on Janu [...] | 2009-01-14 13:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | KPAL PGOV PREL PHUM CASC EG IS |
09CAIRO680 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION DIPNOTE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-21 12:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN EG |
09CAIRO69 | EGYPT HOSTS SOMALI LEADER SHAYKH SHARIF SHAYKH [...] (C) Abdelhameed Marzouk, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East and South Africa, told us on January 14 that Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) leader Shaykh Sharif Shaykh Ahmed came to Cairo at the invitation of Egyptian General Intelligence Chief Omar Sulayman. Shaykh Sharif met w [...] | 2009-01-14 15:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO ET EG |
09CAIRO693 | FOLLOWING UP WITH EGYPT ON SUSPECTED IRANIAN ARMS [...] (S/NF) On April 23, Ambassador raised ref A points on suspected Iranian arms overflights with Egyptian military Chief of Staff LTG Sami Anan during the visit of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mullen. Anan said replied that MOD, along with the relevant GOE authorities, would "i [...] | 2009-04-23 15:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL ETTC PARM EG SU IR KPAL |
09CAIRO694 | POLICE PROGRAM DIPNOTE DELIVERED TO THE MFA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-23 15:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR EG |
09CAIRO7 | EGYPT: GAZA ROUND-UP: JANUARY 4 [...] (S) As of 1500 hrs. local on January 4, Egyptian military contacts said Egypt closed the Rafah border crossing on January 4 after the Israelis gave advanced warning of their ground invasion and additional air strikes on the smuggling tunnels along the Gaza-Rafah border. According to the Egypt [...] | 2009-01-04 13:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | KPAL PGOV PREL PHUM EG IS |
09CAIRO706 | GENERAL SCHWARTZ'S MEETING WITH COS ANAN [...] Key Points: - (S/NF) During a April 6 meeting, Egyptian military Chief of Staff Sami Anan discussed regional security and bilateral military issues with US Air Force Chief of Staff General Schwartz. - (S/NF) Anan said Egypt is "sparing no efforts" to find a durable cease fire in Gaza an [...] | 2009-04-26 14:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MASS MOPS KPAL IS EG |
09CAIRO713 | QURANIST BARRED FROM TRAVEL TO U.S. [...] KEY POINTS: -- (SBU) On April 24, Egyptian security officials prevented Abdel Latif Mohamed Saied from boarding a flight to the United States. Saied, a member of the heterodox Islamic Quranist movement, intended to travel to Washington to participate in the Center for the Study of Islam [...] | 2009-04-27 12:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KISL EG |
09CAIRO722 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR ROSS' VISIT TO EGYPT [...] KEY POINTS: -- (S) President Mubarak sees Iran's attempts to exert influence throughout the region as Egypt's primary strategic threat. However, Mubarak's focus on the Iranian threat differs somewhat from ours. While he will readily admit that the Iranian nuclear program is a strategic and ex [...] | 2009-04-28 15:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM KPAL IS LE SU IR EG |
09CAIRO737 | VISIT OF SOMALI PRESIDENT SHAYKH SHARIF TO EGYPT [...] (C) Key Points: -- Ismail Hussein, DCM at the Somali Embassy in Cairo, told us on April 23 that he was pleased with substantive discussions on Egyptian support for the Somali Government and how to fight piracy during the April 22 meeting between Somali President Shaykh Sharif Shaykh Ahmed an [...] | 2009-04-29 13:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KCRM EWWT MOPS MARR KJUS SO EG |
09CAIRO746 | ADMIRAL MULLEN’S MEETING WITH EGIS CHIEF SOLIMAN [...] Key Points: - (S/NF) During an April 21 meeting with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen, Egyptian General Intelligence Service Chief Omar Soliman explained that his overarching regional goal was combating radicalism, especially in Gaza, Iran, and Sudan. - (S/NF) On Gaza, S [...] | 2009-04-30 15:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MASS MOPS PARM KPAL IS IR SO EG SU |
09CAIRO747 | ADMIRAL MULLEN'S MEETINGS WITH FIELD MARSHAL [...] Key Points: - (S/NF) During an April 21 meeting with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen, Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi noted the strong Egypt-U.S. military relationship and looked forward to increased cooperation with the new U.S. Africa Command. - ( [...] | 2009-04-30 15:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MASS MOPS PARM KPAL IS IR SO EG PTER |
09CAIRO748 | GOE REMINDS PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS NGO THAT IT [...] KEY POINTS: -- (SBU) A prominent independent human rights NGO, the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) received a letter April 27 from The Ministry of Social Solidarity (MOSS) reminding it that MOSS is authorized to dissolve EOHR for receiving unauthorized foreign funding. EOHR is [...] | 2009-04-30 16:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
09CAIRO77 | Egypt's Tourism Hurt by the Global Financial Crisis [...] (U) SUMMARY: Signs of a slowdown in the Egyptian tourism sector are beginning to emerge as a result of the global economic crisis and may have a significant impact on revenues, employment and growth in 2009. Tourism in Egypt is the top foreign exchange earner and made up 19% of forex revenu [...] | 2009-01-15 14:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL EG |
09CAIRO772 | EGYPTIAN MFA ON VISIT OF SHAYKH SHARIF, PIRACY [...] (C) Key Points: -- The Egyptian MFA said that Somali President Shaykh Sharif Shaykh Ahmed asked for Egyptian support for his government and the Somali joint forces. Egypt agreed to supply uniforms for the forces and is ready to provide training for troops and trainers. -- The Government [...] | 2009-05-06 11:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM MARR MOPS EWWT SO EG |
09CAIRO773 | EGYPTIAN MFA UPDATE ON PALESTINIAN RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Key Points: -- The fourth round of the Cairo Dialogue on Palestinian reconciliation yielded no results. Egypt has temporarily shelved its proposal to create a Palestinian committee to oversee reconstruction, security reform, and the January 2010 elections. -- The Government of Egypt ( [...] | 2009-05-06 12:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS PA EG |
09CAIRO81 | EGYPT: GAZA ROUND-UP: JANUARY 15 [...] (SBU) Gilad visits; leaves disappointed. Demonstrations in support of Gaza continue throughout Egypt. Public opinion is strongly pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli; Israeli pilgrims are barred from a holy site. Embassy consular officers prepare for a potential evacuation of American citizens an [...] | 2009-01-15 15:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | KPAL PGOV PREL PHUM CASC EAID MOPS EG IS |
09CAIRO822 | S/E GRATION MEETS WITH EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS ON SUDAN [...] (C) Key Points -- U.S. Special Envoy (S/E) for Sudan General Gration met in separate meetings on April 30 with Egyptian General Intelligence Services (EGIS) Chief Soliman and Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit to explain his vision for Sudan and enlist Egypt's support and cooperation in r [...] | 2009-05-14 05:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF SU CD EG |
09CAIRO823 | S/E GRATION MEETS FORMER SUDANESE PM AL MAHDI [...] (S) Key Points -- U.S. Special Envoy (S/E) for Sudan, General J. Scott Gration told former Sudanese PM Imam Sadiq al-Mahdi on April 29 that he was working on an interim ceasefire in Darfur so that humanitarian efforts could be improved. Al Mahdi said the effort to obtain a ceasefire was adm [...] | 2009-05-14 05:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PHUM SU CD EG |
09CAIRO824 | S/E GRATION MEETS WITH ARAB LEAGUE SYG MOUSSA [...] (C) Key Points -- Special Envoy (S/E) for Sudan, J. Scott Gration, explained to with Arab League (AL) SYG, Amre Moussa the USG's immediate focus to obtain a ceasefire in Darfur to provide humanitarian assistance, an environment for a peace talks that will lead to a political solution to Dar [...] | 2009-05-14 05:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SU CD EG |
09CAIRO826 | EGYPTIAN MFA REACTS TO VISIT OF S/E GRATION [...] (C) Key Points: -- Egyptian MFA Cabinet Advisor for African Affairs told us on May 4 that the visit of S/E for Sudan, General J. Scott Gration, was a very good opportunity for Government of Egypt (GOE) and the USG to exchange views on Sudan (reftel). -- Abu Zeid agreed with S/E Gration's c [...] | 2009-05-14 08:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU QA EG |
09CAIRO827 | MEETING WITH SLA UNITY DEPUTY HARIR [...] Key Points: -- SLA Unity Deputy Chairman and Foreign Affairs Representative Sharif Abdalla Harir (protect) said that SLA Unity members that signed the Tripoli, Libya Agreement, in April, were not authorized to do so by the 51-man council, or Chairman Abdallah Yahya. -- Harir met with Just [...] | 2009-05-14 08:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU CD QA EG |
09CAIRO829 | EGYPT TO HOST FIFTH ROUND OF INTRA-PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Key points: -- The Egyptians will host the fifth round of negotiations between the Palestinian factions beginning May 16 in Cairo. MFA Director for Palestinian Affairs Yasser Osman told us May 13 that he was not optimistic an agreement will be reached on a consensus PA government or majo [...] | 2009-05-14 10:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG |
09CAIRO843 | PROFILE OF MRS. SUZANNE MUBARAK [...] (U) Summary and introduction: First Lady Suzanne Mubarak will accompany President Mubarak during his May 24-26 visit to Washington. This will be her first visit to the U.S. since 2004, when she accompanied her husband on a six-day state visit. Suzanne Mubarak is an active and very visible firs [...] | 2009-05-14 15:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON OVIP EG |
09CAIRO849 | QUINT DIALOGUE - EGYPTIAN RESPONSE POSITIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-17 09:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EG |
09CAIRO851 | EGYPT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) On May 14, Poloffs urged MFA Disarmament Affairs official Heba Negm to support the candidacy of Yukiya Amano of Japan as IAEA Director General (reftel). Negm replied that Egypt supported Abdul Minty of South Africa during the first round along with the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) group, b [...] | 2009-05-17 12:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM EG |
09CAIRO858 | FIRST VISIT OF A UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR TO EGYPT [...] KEY POINTS: -- (C) UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Martin Scheinin, visited Egypt from April 17-21. This was the first visit of a UN Special Rapporteur the GOE has allowed. The MFA said the GOE will i [...] | 2009-05-17 14:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CT UN EG |
09CAIRO86 | DRAFT LETTER ON POLICE PROGRAM GIVEN TO EGYPTIANS [...] (C) In a January 14 meeting, DCM passed to General Ali Hegazy, Director of the International Relations Department of the State Security Investigations Service (SSIS),a copy of the draft letter to the GOE regarding the continuation of a USG-funded community policing training program for the Eg [...] | 2009-01-19 14:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG |
09CAIRO862 | EGYPT EXCLUDES BECHTEL'S TENDER OFFER TO HELP [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS: --Bechtel's tender offer to provide consultancy in developing Egypt's first nuclear power plant has been excluded by the Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MoEE). --The Ambassador met with Bechtel and Minister of Electricity and Energy Hassan Younes to voice our concerns [...] | 2009-05-18 08:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON ETRD PREL EG |
09CAIRO868 | UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY DISCUSSES TERRORIST FINANCE [...] Key Points -- (S) Egyptian interlocutors confirmed to U/S Levey their concern about Iran and their desire to keep financial pressure on Iran. -- (S) Central Bank Deputy Governor indicated that he would discuss with the Governor and others the possibility of a formal policy directive prohi [...] | 2009-05-19 09:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | EFIN EG IR IS KDEM KPAL NP PGOV PREL PTER |
09CAIRO873 | ARAB LEAGUE ON ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT AND [...] (C) Key points: -- In a May 11 meeting, Arab League (AL) Chief of Staff Hisham Yousef told us that AL SYG Moussa was very encouraged by the Administration's early position on Middle East peace. He said that the AL had agreed to resume Israeli-Palestinian negotiations only if Israel satisfact [...] | 2009-05-19 12:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG |
09CAIRO874 | SCENESETTER: PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S VISIT TO [...] (S/NF) Introduction: President Mubarak last visited Washington in April 2004, breaking a twenty year tradition of annual visits to the White House. Egyptians view President Mubarak's upcoming meeting with the President as a new beginning to the U.S.-Egyptian relationship that will restore a [...] | 2009-05-19 12:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM ECON EG IS IR IZ |
09CAIRO876 | $14 MILLION IN ADDED COSTS TO TANK CO-PRODUCTION [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 2 for action requested. 2. (S/NF) Action request: Delays in USG approval of Egypt's outstanding LOR for M1A1 co-production have forced a slowdown of Increment 10's production rate and added approximately $14 million to total costs. All future delay [...] | 2009-05-19 16:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL MASS MOPS ETTC EG |
09CAIRO88 | EGYPT: GAZA ROUND-UP: JANUARY 18 [...] (SBU) Humanitarian Assistance: On January 18, 140 tons of medical aid from the Red Crescent, Qatar, Bahrain, and Morocco were delivered through Rafah, along with 42 casualties. The Red Crescent delivered 90 tons of flour and rice through Kerem Shalom and 400 tons of food aid entered through A [...] | 2009-01-19 15:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | KPAL PGOV PREL PHUM CASC EAID MOPS EG IS |
09CAIRO887 | EGYPT ISSUES DOCUMENTS TO BAHA'IS [...] Key Points -- (SBU) On May 20, the GoE issued birth certificates, containing dashes in the religion field, to two of the three Baha'is who sued the GoE seeking such documents. (ref B) -- (SBU) The third plaintiff, who is seeking a national identification card, has not yet received the [...] | 2009-05-20 15:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF EG |
09CAIRO888 | MFA ON SYRIA, LEBANON AND YEMEM [...] (C) Key points: -- SYRIA: MFA Cabinet Advisor Mahmoud Afifi told us May 18 that the tenor of Egyptian-Syrian relations has improved recently, and that Damascus appears to be taking a less obstreperous posture toward Egyptians efforts at Palestinian reconciliation. -- LEBANON: Afifi said t [...] | 2009-05-20 15:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY YE LE EG |
09CAIRO89 | Global Financial Slowdown Hits Egypt [...] SUMMARY: During the fourth quarter of 2008, Egypt experienced a substantial downturn in its three main sources of revenue and foreign exchange: tourism, worker remittances and Suez Canal fees. Though the extent of the slowdown is yet unknown, the GOE suggests that Egypt could see a $5-6 billio [...] | 2009-01-20 09:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL EG |
09CAIRO892 | AMBASSADOR RAISES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, BLOGGERS AND [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) In a May 20 meeting with Interior Minister Habib Al-Adly, the Ambassador raised identity documents for Baha'is, and urged the release of a Coptic priest jailed for performing the wedding of a Christian convert who allegedly held forged identity documents. -- (C) The Ambassador u [...] | 2009-05-21 12:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF CASC EG |
09CAIRO928 | APPEALS COURT OVERTURNS SAAD EDDIN IBRAHIM PRISON [...] (U) On May 25, a Cairo appeals court reversed an August 2008 court ruling against Saad Eddin Ibrahim (SEI) in a civil lawsuit by an NDP activist for "tarnishing Egypt's image abroad," and overturned the two-year prison sentence and LE 10,000 (1,886 USD) fine imposed against him (ref B). The a [...] | 2009-05-25 14:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM EAID EG |
09CAIRO934 | AYMAN NOUR INJURED BY UNIDENTIFIED ASSAILANT [...] Key Points: -- (U) On May 23, an unidentified assailant attacked opposition politician Ayman Nour, released from prison in February (ref A and B),with flames from an ignited aerosol can. -- (U) Nour, who on May 21 announced his intention to run for president in 2011, suffered first [...] | 2009-05-26 09:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EG |
09CAIRO936 | EGYPT NOT AFFECTED BY SAUDI RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO [...] (C) Key Points: -- The Government of Egypt (GOE) was not influenced by the Saudi decision to recognize Kosovo. The Saudi decision will have more impact on Gulf countries. -- Egypt and other Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) countries oppose Albania's OIC resolution to recognize [...] | 2009-05-26 09:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KO AL EG |
09CAIRO937 | SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO VISIT [...] (SBU) Mission Cairo welcomes your visit, the first by a U.S. president to Cairo since President Clinton's in 1990. The Egyptian Government will also warmly welcome you, as will the Egyptian people, who are proud that the U.S. has recognized what they view as Egypt's central role in the Arab [...] | 2009-05-26 09:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL KIRF EG |
09CAIRO939 | REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR IRAQ/VIABILITY OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-26 09:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PGOV PREL TBIO IZ EG |
09CAIRO940 | EGYPT: FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS NO TO AMANO FOR IAEA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-26 10:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP IAEA PARM EG |
09CAIRO946 | EGYPT'S QIZ: NO AGREEMENT ON REDUCTION IN ISRAELI [...] (C) Key issues: --At the May 25 QIZ meeting, the Israeli and Egyptian delegations disagreed over results of a one-on-one meeting May 11 between trade ministers in Sharm El Sheikh, with the Egyptian side insisting a reduction in Israeli content to 8% had been agreed, and the Israelis insisting it ha [...] | 2009-05-27 15:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL IS EG |
09CAIRO958 | ARAB LEAGUE SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. POLICIES ON SUDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-28 08:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU CD EG |
09CAIRO974 | CUBA-EGYPT ACTIVITY AND REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-28 12:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU EG |
09CAIRO975 | UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY DISCUSSES IRAN [...] Key Points -- (S) Egyptian interlocutors confirmed to U/S Levey their concern about Iran and their desire to keep financial pressure on Iran. -- (S) Central Bank Deputy Governor suggested that it would not be difficult to issue a formal policy directive prohibiting Egyptian banks from opening or [...] | 2009-05-28 12:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | EFIN EG IR IS KDEM KPAL NP PGOV PREL PTER |
09CAIRO98 | GAZA: REVERBERATIONS WITHIN EGYPT [...] (C) Summary: The Gaza crisis has inflamed a visceral hatred of Israel among Egyptians, and deepened disaffection for the Mubarak regime, furthering negative views of Mubarak as a "Western puppet." While GOE efforts to counter the negative propaganda may soften current hard feelings, the immed [...] | 2009-01-20 15:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL PA IS EG |
09CAIRO983 | EMBASSY CAIRO RESPONSE TO FY 2009 JULIA TAFT [...] (U) Embassy Cairo is pleased to propose the following three projects, for funding by the FY 2009 Julia Taft Refugee Fund, to assist the refugee communitites in Cairo. The total amount of funding for the three projects is USD 19,350. The delivery of refugee assistance in Cairo's urban setting i [...] | 2009-05-31 08:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL EG |
09CAIRO986 | CAIRO REFUGEE UPDATE: QUESTIONS OF PROTECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-31 12:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KWBG KPAL SU ER EG |
09CAIRO993 | DEMARCHE REGARDING NORTH KOREAN ENTITIES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-01 12:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KN KNNP PARM PREL XE ZO |
09CAIRO999 | ARAB DARFUR LEADERS IN CAIRO ADVOCATE FOR DARFUR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-02 12:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SU CD QA SA EG |
09CANBERRA1001 | UN 1267 SANCTIONS: AUSTRALIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO [...] Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Counter Terrorism Policy Section said on November 9 that, having consulted all relevant Australian government agencies, they have no derogatory information on 29 names the United States is considering sponsoring or co-sponsoring for d [...] | 2009-11-13 01:26:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC AS |
09CANBERRA1005 | AUSTRALIA DECIDING ON VOTE FOR DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] We provided to Australia the information on candidate Thomas McInerney for the office of Director General of International Development Law Organization per reftel. According to Ben Milton, Director of the International Law Section at Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, his se [...] | 2009-11-13 06:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL |
09CANBERRA1006 | AUSTRALIA SEARCHES FOR ASYLUM SEEKER SOLUTION [...] (S/NF) Summary: Australia has asked Sri Lanka to do more to stop the flood of Tamil asylum seekers, as the standoff with 78 of them on board an Australian Customs vessel approaches resolution. The government is offering faster resettlement if they agree to disembark in Indonesia, and it app [...] | 2009-11-13 06:57:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON ELAB PREF PREL SMIG AS |
09CANBERRA1008 | RUDD OPTIMISTIC ON COPENHAGEN AFTER LEADERS [...] (S/NF) PM Rudd was happy with the climate change breakfast for APEC leaders in Singapore and believes that engagement by leaders will be necessary to get a positive result at Copenhagen. The PM, who had returned from Malaysia earlier in the morning, told Charge at a national prayer breakfast [...] | 2009-11-16 07:39:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL SENV PGOV AS |
09CANBERRA1011 | ASYLUM-SEEKER STAND-OFF SOLVED BUT RUDD UNDER [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The remaining 56 Tamil asylum seekers on board an Australian Customs vessel have agreed to disembark in Indonesia today following a stand-off which lasted over a month (Refs A and C). Like their 22 counterparts who left on Friday, they have been enticed to leave by guarantees of [...] | 2009-11-18 06:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ELAB PREF SMIG AS |
09CANBERRA1012 | VISITS SIGNAL WARMING RELATIONS WITH CHINA [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: A pair of recent visits by high-level Chinese officials signals that China is willing to move past recent tensions with Australia. PLA Chief of Staff General Chen Bingde and Vice Premier Li Keqiang both met with Prime Minister Rudd and other senior officials during their visit [...] | 2009-11-18 07:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | AS CH PGOV PREL |
09CANBERRA1016 | AUSTRALIAN MESSAGES TO KARZAI WILL MIRROR THOSE OF [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australia agrees with the U.S. approach to engaging Afghanistan. Australia is already in the process of finalizing its own message, which is very similar to that laid out in the referenced cable. Pushing for merit-based appointments is a particular concern. Australian offic [...] | 2009-11-19 05:57:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL AF AS |
09CANBERRA1017 | AND THE LIST GOES ON, U.S. SECURITY DIALOGUES WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United States has a wide range of ongoing security dialogues with Australia that date back decades. There are several large, formalized dialogues that take place throughout the year and a virtually endless number of smaller working groups and direct military to military ta [...] | 2009-11-19 06:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PM AS |
09CANBERRA1021 | AUSTRALIA WILL VOTE AGAINST MOST ANTI-ISRAELI UNGA [...] (C/NF) Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Middle East Division Head, Deborah Stokes, told Pol/Econ Counselor November 19 that Australia has traditionally voted with the United States against most of the 21 resolutions heavily biased against Israel including all three of the [...] | 2009-11-20 05:12:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE AS |
09CANBERRA1022 | AUSTRALIA IS ACCEPTING BHUTANESE REFUGEES [...] (U) Australia is committed to the work of the Core Group. Approximately 220 Bhutanese refugees were granted visas between July 2006 and June 2008. In September 2008, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Chris Evans, announced that Australia would accept 5,000 Bhutanese refugees ove [...] | 2009-11-20 05:15:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | BT IN NP PGOV PREF PREL AS |
09CANBERRA1023 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: USG 2009 DENIAL RENEWALS UPDATED [...] (SBU) Gerry McGuire, Director of the Counter-Proliferation Section of the Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch of Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has reviewed the 26 U.S. denial notifications pending expiration, as listed by Australia in its 2009 Denials Audit. T [...] | 2009-11-20 05:16:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | AS ETTC PREL CBW |
09CANBERRA1041 | AUSTRALIA ON LIBERTAD ACT AND FOREIGN MINISTER'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Australia wants to enhance engagement with Latin America and the Caribbean and sees improving its relationship with Cuba as a part of that strategy. In addition to signing a Memorandum of Understanding, which "will provide the future basis for cooperation and exchanges" between [...] | 2009-11-25 06:52:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | CU ETRD ETTC PREL AS |
09CANBERRA1042 | AUSTRALIA EXPLORING OPTIONS FOR ADDITIONAL [...] (S) Summary: DCM delivered on November 25 reftel points to Prime Minister Rudd's Special Envoy for Afghanistan Ric Smith and Deputy National Security Adviser Angus Campbell. Both Smith and Campbell had been previously briefed on an unclassified version of reftel points during a regularly-sch [...] | 2009-11-25 09:25:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PARM PREL MARR MOPS AS |
09CANBERRA1043 | AUSTRALIA AGREES WITH U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S [...] (C) Summary: Australia is in complete agreement with the P5 1 two track approach to Iran's nuclear program. It has lobbied for this approach at APEC and the East Asian Summit and has made its views clear to Iran. When there is a need for further sanctions because of Iranian refusal of IAEA [...] | 2009-11-25 09:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR AS |
09CANBERRA105 | "BUY AMERICA" PROVISION RAISES CONCERNS IN [...] (C) Summary. The "Buy America" provisions on the purchase of US steel for infrastructure projects in the recently-passed House economic stimulus bill have raised considerable concern in Australian, provoking negative headlines and commentary in the Australian media as well as from key contact [...] | 2009-01-30 06:49:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL AS |
09CANBERRA1054 | AMBASSADOR BLEICH MEETS TREASURER SWAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Treasurer Wayne Swan welcomed Ambassador Bleich during an introductory meeting on November 27 and expressed optimism about Australia's economic outlook. Swan was pessimistic about the fate of the emissions bill being hotly debated in Parliament, as well as that of Opposition lea [...] | 2009-11-27 06:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL AS |
09CANBERRA1070 | RUDD'S EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME DEFEATED IN SENATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Rudd government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) was defeated in the Senate after the Opposition changed leadership and subsequently rejected the scheme. The government will re-introduce the bill on February 2, but consensus is that the current deal is dead. In [...] | 2009-12-02 07:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG PREL AS |
09CANBERRA1071 | AUSTRALIA WELCOMES THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON [...] (C/NF) Australia welcomes the President's announcement of the way forward in Afghanistan and is committed to providing support, Foreign Minister Smith told Ambassador Bleich December 2. Ambassador Bleich delivered reftel message prior to the President's speech. In addition to the discussion [...] | 2009-12-02 07:25:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL AS |
09CANBERRA1073 | AUSTRALIA: LNG LTD. AND IRAN SANCTIONS ACT [...] (SBU) Econoff spoke with Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (LNG Ltd.) Managing Director and CEO Maurice Brand on December 2. Our former Consul General in Perth last spoke with Brand regarding the Iran Sanctions Act on March 16, 2007 (reftel B). Responses to reftel A follow below. 2. (C) Accor [...] | 2009-12-03 05:19:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET ETTC PREL AS |
09CANBERRA1085 | OPPOSITION PARTY ANNOUNCED FRONT BENCH [...] (SBU) Summary: Opposition Liberal Party Leader Tony Abbott announced December 8 a new shadow cabinet that highlights a shift toward a more aggressive and conservative approach toward the Government. The new lineup favors those who backed Abbott's overthrow of Malcolm Turnbull as Liberal lea [...] | 2009-12-08 06:40:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL AS |
09CANBERRA1089 | AUSTRALIA RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CHINA'S [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia's still evolving ideas for an Asia Pacific regional organization that can help manage China's rise, complaints about PRC assertiveness and planning for the U.S.-Australia Ministerial (AUSMIN) dominated a meeting between EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Joe Don [...] | 2009-12-11 00:05:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL CH FJ AS |
09CANBERRA109 | NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): CONTACT [...] In the Government of Australia, primary points of contact for all NPT matters are: -- John Sullivan, Assistant Secretary, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, International Security Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; and -- Chris King, Acting Director, Arms Control [...] | 2009-02-02 08:35:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT AS |
09CANBERRA1090 | ASIA PACIFIC COMMUNITY CONFERENCE: MEETING IS THE [...] (C/NF) Summary: The December 3-5 track 1.5 conference on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's proposed Asia Pacific community (APc) concept achieved the limited goal of further discussion on regional institutions. Though ostensibly co-sponsored by the Lowy Institute (an Australian think tank) and the [...] | 2009-12-11 00:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL AS |
09CANBERRA1094 | AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITIONS ON NPT, FINAL [...] SUMMARY: (C/NF) Australia supports the U.S. views on the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) ahead of next year's review conference, but has not finalized its own policy. Australia will review its nuclear stance early next year, although a major policy shift is not expected. Officials stressed th [...] | 2009-12-11 05:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KNNP PARM ENRG IAEA NPT MNUC KTBT AS |
09CANBERRA1099 | RUDD STEPS UP RHETORIC ON WHALING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia is growing increasingly frustrated with lack of progress on whaling with Japan as the Japanese whaling fleet is about to start its annual hunt in Antarctic waters. PM Rudd will raise whaling with Japanese PM Hatoyama in response to perceived Japanese escalation of t [...] | 2009-12-14 07:24:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV EFIS PREL AS |
09CANBERRA1100 | AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCES MINOR MODIFICATIONS ON FOREIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Treasurer Wayne Swan announced minor changes to the review framework for foreign investment proposals, in response to findings from a Senate inquiry and confusion among foreign investors, particularly from China. From 2010, major companies will be required to retain local share [...] | 2009-12-15 22:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL AS |
09CANBERRA1103 | SPECIAL ENVOY: CIVILIANS TO AFGHANISTAN STILL A [...] (C/NF) Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ric Smith told us that the Australian government has yet to agree upon specific numbers for the recently announced expansion of its civilian effort in Afghanistan. Smith, who seemed less enthusiastic and engaged than in past meetings, said tha [...] | 2009-12-16 06:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINS AF AS |
09CANBERRA1119 | AS POLICE PLAN THEIR "SURGE" IN AFGHANISTAN, UNION [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Australian Federal Police (AFP) union has been loudly critical of Prime Minister Rudd,s plans to increase Australia,s police presence in Afghanistan, and has vowed to fight any "significant" expansion of the AFP commitment. Officials predicted that between 10 and 20 new [...] | 2009-12-23 03:46:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINS AS AF |
09CANBERRA1124 | AUSTRALIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The text of the report follows. The stakeholders at post, RSO, Legatt, and DEA have cleared the text. The embassy point of contact is Virgil Strohmeyer, strohmeyervb@state.gov. Australia Australia continued to play a leadership role in the fight against terrorism through multilater [...] | 2009-12-23 21:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR AS |
09CANBERRA120 | AUSTRALIAN AND DUTCH FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Netherlands Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen and Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith shared views on future engagement in Afghanistan in meetings January 18-21 in Australia. Both Ministers shared the view that more than one year after significant meetings in Bucharest [...] | 2009-02-04 06:28:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL AS |
09CANBERRA121 | AUSTRALIAN QUESTION ON IRAQI WMD SCIENTIST [...] (U) This is an action request for ISN/CTR. Please see para 5 below. 2. (S) Gerry McGuire, Director for Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, called in Deputy POLCOUNS on February 4 to discuss Dr. Ali Abdulrahman Abdullah Al-Za'ag, the former biological weapon scie [...] | 2009-02-04 06:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PTER PINR PINS PARM PREL AS IZ |
09CANBERRA127 | SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT PLANS VISIT TO AUSTRALIA [...] (C/NF) Summary: DFAT North Asia Division North East Asia Branch Assistant Secretary Daniel Sloper told Poloff on February 5 that ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan,s meetings in Perth and Sydney January 22-24 were to finalize arrangements for President Lee Myung-Bak,s visit to Australia dur [...] | 2009-02-06 03:49:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS ETRD KS PREL |
09CANBERRA13 | AUSTRALIAN PM SPEAKS OUT ON GAZA [...] (U) In his first public comment on the Israeli strike on Gaza, vacationing Prime Minister Rudd expressed concern over the continued violence in Gaza and Southern Israel. In a January 5 press interview, Rudd said Australia recognizes Israel's right to self-defense but called on "all parties to [...] | 2009-01-05 21:16:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AS |
09CANBERRA138 | PRIME MINISTER REIGNS OVER FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Since becoming Prime Minister in December 2007, Kevin Rudd has appropriated control of foreign-policy formulation and decision-making, leaving his Foreign Minister to perform mundane, ceremonial duties and relegating the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to a backw [...] | 2009-02-11 07:28:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV AS |
09CANBERRA142 | SEA SHEPHERD BACKS OFF, AUSTRALIA PESSIMISTIC ON [...] (C) Summary: The aggressive actions by both the Sea Shepherd group and the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean during the week of February 2-6 have resulted in the Sea Shepherd's calling off of their harassment campaign for this season. The Australian government is taking a low-key a [...] | 2009-02-12 06:21:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV EFIS PREL AS |
09CANBERRA156 | AUSTRALIA: PM'S ADVISOR ON AFHANISTAN-PAKISTAN [...] (C) In response to the U.S. invitation to contribute ideas to the Afghanistan-Pakistan strategic policy review, Prime Minister Rudd's senior international adviser said Australia has been hard at work on its own review and believes the U.S. and Australian efforts can complement one another. On [...] | 2009-02-17 07:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EFIN MARR AS |
09CANBERRA162 | FOREIGN MINISTER SMITH'S OFFER OF ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade First Assistant Secretary for South and East Asia, the Middle East and Africa Deborah Stokes told Polcouns on February 18 that Foreign Minister Stephen Smith's offer of assistance to Pakistan in its struggle against Taliban insurgents i [...] | 2009-02-18 05:47:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF EAID MARR PK PREL |
09CANBERRA163 | AUSTRALIAN MILITARY RECRUITMENT FLAT DESPITE POOR [...] (C/NF) Contrary to recent media reports of recruiting increases linked to potentially poor domestic economic performance from the global financial crisis, there has been no change in actual recruiting levels. Systemic personnel issues limit Australian Defence Force (ADF) staffing flexibility, [...] | 2009-02-18 06:31:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MCAP PREL AS |
09CANBERRA164 | DUTCH PRESS FOR MORE AUSTRALIAN AID IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C/NF) In meetings January 18-21 with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Foreign Minister Stephen Smith, Netherlands Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen requested Australia to provide a civilian political advisor in Tarin Kowt, and to increase assistance to Oruzgan Province, including send [...] | 2009-02-18 06:58:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL AS |
09CANBERRA165 | AUSTRALIA TO BACK U.S. AT DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-18 07:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL AS |
09CANBERRA166 | AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN POLICY REVIEW: AUSTRALIA ON BOARD [...] (C) Following his February 17 call on PM Senior Advisor Quinlan to solicit input into the U.S. Afghanistan-Pakistan policy review (reftels),Charge delivered the same demarche February 18 to National Security Adviser (NSA) Duncan Lewis, who is coordinating the GOA's own policy review. Lewis w [...] | 2009-02-18 07:05:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR AS |
09CANBERRA168 | CANBERRA POC FOR ASEAN RELATED ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-18 07:21:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECIN PREL ASEAN |
09CANBERRA171 | 2008 Sydney Biennale Report and Refining Future Support [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 06:36:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL OEXC SCUL AS |
09CANBERRA178 | AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN POLICY REVIEW: AUSTRALIAN NSA [...] (C) At the direction of Prime Minister Rudd, National Security Adviser Duncan Lewis plans to visit Washington the week of March 2 with instructions to personally deliver Australia's submission to the Afghanistan-Pakistan review by weeks's end, as indicated in Ref A. Embassy recommends Departm [...] | 2009-02-20 06:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR AS |
09CANBERRA179 | AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT VIEWS ON NUCLEAR [...] In response to our January 30 demarche (reftel),John Sullivan, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),provided the following responses to our specific questions, drawn from a GOA interagency review. We have not yet rece [...] | 2009-02-20 06:43:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MNUC KTIA PREL AS |
09CANBERRA18 | POINTS DELIVERED TO AUSTRALIA ON PHASE II REPORT [...] Poloff delivered points in reftel to Wendy Walsh, Acting Director, and Tim Bryson, Executive Officer, Arms Control Section, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Bureau, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on January 7. 2. Walsh and Bryson expressed appreciation for the advance noti [...] | 2009-01-07 06:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL AS |
09CANBERRA181 | CORRECTED COPY: AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT VIEWS ON [...] In response to our January 30 demarche (reftel),John Sullivan, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),provided the following responses to our specific questions, drawn from a GOA interagency review. We have not yet rece [...] | 2009-02-23 04:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MNUC KTIA PREL AS |
09CANBERRA206 | AUSTRALIA WELCOMES U.S. UNHRC PARTICIPATION; NO [...] Although Ref A arrived too late on Friday, February 27, to pass the points before the U.S. public announcement March 1, we delivered the message at opening of business on Monday, March 2, to Craig Maclachlan, Assistant Secretary for International Organisations, Department of Foreign Affairs a [...] | 2009-03-02 05:42:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL AS |
09CANBERRA213 | FITZGIBBON AND DEFENCE UNDER FIRE OVER SAS PAY [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon and senior Defence officials have come under intense pressure over bungled handling of salary payments to Special Air Service (SAS) troops, the elite special forces who are doing the bulk of Australia's fighting in Afghanistan. In Parliament la [...] | 2009-03-03 05:41:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR AS |
09CANBERRA221 | 2008 Sydney Biennale Report and Refining Future Support [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-04 22:28:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL OEXC SCUL AS |
09CANBERRA231 | 12TH AUSTRALIA-CHINA HR DIALOGUE: SOME PROGRESS, [...] (C) Australia saw some incremental progress in its latest Australia-China Human Rights Dialogue, particularly in China's agreement to admit more NGOs into meetings, including for the first time Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists; in the range of topics it was pr [...] | 2009-03-06 06:16:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL CH AS |
09CANBERRA254 | AUSTRALIA SUPPORTIVE ON ADB SAFEGUARD REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-16 03:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ADB AS |
09CANBERRA256 | AUSTRALIAN FM SMITH TO ATTEND AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Stephen Smith's staff have confirmed he will participate in the Netherlands-hosted International Conference on Afghanistan in The Hague on March 31. 2. (C/NF) According to the Dutch Embassy, however, as late as Friday afternoon, March 13, FM Smith was considering tur [...] | 2009-03-16 08:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS EAID AS |
09CANBERRA262 | HCOC: AUSTRALIA ON ANNUAL DECLARATION "INREACH", [...] (SBU) We approached Gerry McGuire, Director, Counter-Proliferation Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on March 16 to solicit Australia's help in encouraging timely submission of annual declarations from Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferaton (HCOC) subscrib [...] | 2009-03-17 06:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC TSPA PREL ETTC KSCA AS |
09CANBERRA264 | AUSTRALIAN REPLY TO RUSSIAN BASING PLANS IN [...] (C) On March 16, Poloff delivered US talking points to Barbara Cooper and Simon Moore, Director and Executive Officer respectively for the Northern, Central and Eastern Europe Section at the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) informing the Government of Australia (GOA) o [...] | 2009-03-18 04:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS AS |
09CANBERRA267 | PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C/NF) Econcouns delivered reftel demarche jointly March 18 with Pakistani Deputy High Commissioner Tawasar Khan to DFAT First Assistant Secretary for South and West Asia, the Middle East and Africa Deborah Stokes. The Japanese Embassy had already approached the Australians last week and did n [...] | 2009-03-18 06:15:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID ECON EFIN PREL AS |
09CANBERRA278 | CANDIDATE FOR AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION EMERGES [...] (SBU) Abdul Khaliq Fazal advised Embassy of his plan to run in Afghanistan's August Presidential election. Mr. Fazal has a heart condition and is currently awaiting his doctor's permission to travel to Afghanistan to contest the election. 2. (SBU) According to his curriculum vitae, Mr. Faz [...] | 2009-03-20 06:17:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AF AS |
09CANBERRA283 | CONTENTIOUS PAST FOR AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) Additional information has emerged regarding Abdul Khaliq Fazal, an Afghan Presidential candidate from Melbourne, Australia that may raise questions about his viability. In a 2002 interview with Fazal, then the Minister of Public Works for Afghanistan, a reporter from the Australian Br [...] | 2009-03-23 06:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL AS |
09CANBERRA286 | GICNT: AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO SEOUL GI WORKSHOP, [...] Embassy Poloff and Republic of Korea Embassy Political Counsellor Youngsik Park met with Australian Assistant Secretary for Counter-Terrorism Paul Foley, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),on March 18 to hear Australia's response to reftel invitations to Global Initiative to Comb [...] | 2009-03-23 09:07:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KGIC MNUC PARM PREL PTER KS AS |
09CANBERRA29 | GOA DOWNPLAYS MEDIA SPECULATION ON AUSTRALIAN ROLE [...] (C/NF) Lee Kerr, Director, United Nations and Commonwealth Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, advised that media reports on redeployment of an Australian warship to the Horn of Africa for anti-piracy work were completely unfounded. She said the Department of Defence (ADOD) has [...] | 2009-01-09 03:18:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL AS |
09CANBERRA293 | AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC SUPPORT WANES ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) In a Newspoll conducted March 20-22, 2009, 65 percent of Australians do not support sending more Australian troops if asked by the U.S. Current results show a steady decline in support for Australian troops in Afghanistan from a high of 66 percent of voters in favor of sending troops in t [...] | 2009-03-24 04:17:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR AS |
09CANBERRA298 | SUBJECT: PAPER SCORE'S PM'S "SECRET" MEETING WITH [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: "The Australian" newspaper has criticized Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's "secret" talks with Chinese Communist Party propaganda chief Li Changcum, on March 21. Officials in the Office of Prime Minister and Cabinet have told the Embassy that Rudd and Li discussed the need for coor [...] | 2009-03-24 06:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS CS PREL |
09CANBERRA306 | AUSTRALIA WILL SIGN DECLARATION ON RIGHTS OF [...] Despite the previous government's misgivings that the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples would elevate customary law above Western law and conflict with aspects of government policy, the Rudd government has adopted a policy to support the declaration and will follow through on [...] | 2009-03-26 06:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV AS |
09CANBERRA317 | UPDATE - AUSTRALIA WILL SIGN DECLARATION ON RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-27 04:30:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV AS |
09CANBERRA32 | PACIFIC WORKING GROUP DECEMBER MEETING [...] (U) The Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) Pacific Island Working Group (PWG) meeting was hosted by Australia on December 1 in Canberra. Australian delegation: Richard Rowe, First Assistant Secretary, Pacific Division Ravi Kewalram, Assistant Secretary, Pacific Regional and New Zealand [...] | 2009-01-09 06:31:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | AS EAID FJ JA PREL |
09CANBERRA320 | REPORTING ON INTERNATIONAL REACTION TO, AND VIEWS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-30 05:49:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | AS PINR PREL ZR |
09CANBERRA321 | GICNT: AUSTRALIAN PARTICIPATION AT SEOUL; PLANNING [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 4 below. 2. (SBU) Further to information in Ref A regarding GOA participation in two Seoul-hosted events under the auspices of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) furnis [...] | 2009-03-30 06:41:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGIC MNUC PARM PREL PTER AS |
09CANBERRA322 | TORRES STRAIT: U.S. AGREEMENT TO REVISED MARINE [...] (C/NF) ECONCOUNS delivered ref A message to DFAT International Legal Division Assistant Secretary Adam McCarthy March 30. McCarthy, joined by Director of the DFAT Sea Law Section Damien White, welcomed the prompt U.S. response as well as the substantive agreement with Australia's willingness [...] | 2009-03-30 07:24:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EWWT PHSA PREL AS |
09CANBERRA325 | CORRECTED COPY: GICNT: AUSTRALIAN PARTICIPATION AT [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 4 below. 2. (SBU) Further to information in Ref A regarding GOA participation in two Seoul-hosted events under the auspices of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) furnis [...] | 2009-03-31 02:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGIC MNUC PARM PREL PTER AS |
09CANBERRA326 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE: URGING IRAN TO RELEASE DETAINED AMERICAN, MS SABERI [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 06:26:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL AS EZ IN IR NO NZ TU VT EUN PHUM |
09CANBERRA327 | AUSTRALIA BLOCKS CHINESE INVESTMENT ON SECURITY [...] (C) Treasurer Wayne Swan announced March 27 that the Australian Government would block the A$2.6 billion (USD 1.7 billion) bid by Chinese state-owned Minmetals Non-Ferrous Metals to purchase OZ Minerals, Australia's third-largest mining firm, on national security grounds. This is the first [...] | 2009-03-31 06:54:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PREL CH AS |
09CANBERRA330 | AUSTRALIA APPROVES CHINESE INVESTMENT IN IRON ORE MINER [...] (SBU) Treasurer Wayne Swan signed off March 31 on the recommendation of Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board to approve Chinese steelmaker Hunan Valin Iron and Steel Group's application to purchase up to 17.55% of iron-ore producer Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) (ref A). The A$645 millio [...] | 2009-04-01 07:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS CH ECON EFIN PREL |
09CANBERRA334 | AUSTRALIAN DEMARCHE TO IRANIANS URGING THE RELEASE OF DETAINED AMERICAN, MS SABERI [...] (S/NF) Further to Ref B, April 2, Hugh Jeffry, Director of Iran Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade told Poloff that, in response to Ref A request, the GOA had delivered a message to the Iranian ambassador, Mahmoud Movahhedi, in Canberra requesting the freeing of the American ci [...] | 2009-04-02 06:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL AS EZ IN IR NO NZ TU VT EUN PHUM |
09CANBERRA336 | AUSTRALIAN DEPSEC DENIES DSD INVESTIGATED DEFENSE [...] (C/NF) In a message he wanted to pass to the the USG, particularly the U.S. intelligence community, the Australian Deputy Secretary of Defense responsible for intelligence and security summoned emboffs to his office March 31 to emphatically deny recent press reports suggesting that the Defence [...] | 2009-04-03 03:30:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PINS MARR PGOV PREL AS |
09CANBERRA34 | GAZA: AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE MAKES ISRAELI [...] (C/NF) Israeli Ambassador Yuval Rotem is very satisfied with the Australian response to the fighting in Gaza. Australian Government statements, including vacationing PM Kevin Rudd's January 5 remarks, have emphasized the need for an end to HAMAS rocket attacks on Israel and halting arms shipm [...] | 2009-01-09 08:03:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IS AS |
09CANBERRA340 | AUSTRALIA'S STATEMENT ON SUPPORT FOR UN [...] Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Jenny Macklin made a public statement April 3 on behalf of the GOA announcing that Australia had changed its position on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and has issued a statement of support. The [...] | 2009-04-03 07:21:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV AS |
09CANBERRA342 | FURTHER INFORMATION ON AUSTRALIA'S ACCESSION TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Australian director of ASEAN relations at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) presented the USG with further information and materials on the Australian process of accession to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC) in 2005. These included [...] | 2009-04-06 05:16:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KTIA PREL AS |
09CANBERRA346 | FOREIGN OPERATING RIGHTS REQUEST: AUSTRALIAN POC [...] (SBU) Embassy Canberra Assistant Air Attache LTC Michael Kram, who is Embassy Canberra's POC on reftel foreign operating rights request, contacted the Australian Department of Defence (ADOD) Australian Defence Space Coordination Office (DSCO) to engage in preliminary discussions on the planned [...] | 2009-04-06 07:35:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA AA |
09CANBERRA348 | NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCH: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO [...] (U) We delivered reftel talking points and the President's April 5 statement, and drew from the "if asked" points, in an April 6 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation John Sullivan and Director for Counter-Proliferation Gerry McGuire of the Department of F [...] | 2009-04-06 07:36:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN AS |
09CANBERRA35 | REQUEST FOR PM ATTENDANCE AT SYDNEY MEETING [...] (U) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy requests PM/RSAT participation in the March 16-17 meeting of the Australia - U.S. Ministerial (AUSMIN) Defence Acquisition Committee/Acquisition, Technology and Development Working Group (ADAC/ATDWG) in Sydney. End Summary and Action Request. 2. (U [...] | 2009-01-12 05:47:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL AS |
09CANBERRA354 | AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON NORTH KOREAN [...] In a televised interview on April 7, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith called the April 5 North Korean launch of a Taepo-dong 2 missile "deeply and gravely concerning" and charged North Korea with being in breach of UN Security Council Resolution 1718. He said he had spoken with South Korean For [...] | 2009-04-07 07:23:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC AS |
09CANBERRA359 | AUSTRALIAN ATTENDEES AT ARF DISASTER RELIEF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-08 04:21:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID MARR MOPS ASEAN ARF RP AS |
09CANBERRA360 | FOREIGN OPERATING RIGHTS REQUEST: PROJECT CROK [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 3 below. 2. (SBU) Further to Ref A, our Australian Department of Defence interlocutors mentioned to us the GOA had received a letter from a senior USG official relating to Project Crok that included a request to deploy teams to Australia in s [...] | 2009-04-08 07:18:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA MARR AS |
09CANBERRA365 | AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR IN TEHRAN DEMARCHES IRANIAN [...] (S/NF) The Australian ambassador in Tehran demarched Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Akhmondzadeh on April 7 on behalf of Ms Saberi. Akhomdzadeh, just back from The Hague, expressed surprise to learn that Saberi had not yet been released. The Australian Embassy believes that the GOI indictmen [...] | 2009-04-09 06:43:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL CASC EZ IN IR NO NZ TU VT |
09CANBERRA373 | AUSTRALIA "LEANING" TO US POSITION ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-14 00:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KVPR AS |
09CANBERRA376 | DFAT READOUT OF FM SMITH'S DISCUSSIONS IN CHINA [...] (C/NF) Summary: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) North Asia First Assistant Secretary Graham Fletcher told Polcouns on April 8 that Foreign Minister Stephen Smith's talks with Chinese officials on his recent trip to that country went well. He noted that the March 24-27 visit [...] | 2009-04-14 03:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS CH JA KN PK PREL |
09CANBERRA377 | TRADE MINISTER CREAN ANXIOUS FOR RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australian Trade Minister Simon Crean wants to sustain effort on Doha. He is anxious to play a role and will do what he can to enjoy a close relationship with Amb. Kirk. Rumors surround his political future that reinforce his desire for strong US ties. End summary. 2. ( [...] | 2009-04-14 04:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD ECON PREL AS |
09CANBERRA381 | USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-14 07:57:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | AS PHUM PREL |
09CANBERRA382 | GICNT: RUSSIA DELIVERS DEMARCHE TO AUSTRALIA ON [...] (SBU) Roman Voloshchenao, a Russian Embassy political officer who apparently had received reftel demarche instructions before the four-day Easter holiday, notified us by telephone on April 14 he had arranged to deliver reftel points to James Nachipo, head of the Department of Foreign Affairs a [...] | 2009-04-14 08:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PTER MNUC KNNP PREL AS |
09CANBERRA384 | AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-15 03:29:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL AS |
09CANBERRA387 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO CONDITIONS PLACED ON TCG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-15 07:32:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EAID PHUM BM AS |
09CANBERRA389 | GICNT: AUSTRALIA CONFIRMS PARTICIPATION IN 2009 [...] (SBU) Following up April 15 on the Russian demarche delivered a day earlier (REF A),poloff heard confirmation from DFAT Director for Counter-Terrorism Coordination James Nachipo that Australia would attend the 2009 Plenary in The Hague. 2. (U) Nachipo also confirmed Australia would be prep [...] | 2009-04-15 08:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PTER MNUC KNNP PREL AS |
09CANBERRA394 | ASYLUM SEEKER DEATHS HIGHLIGHT BORDER SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The deaths of three Afghans in a recent boat explosion off Australia's northwest coast highlight a larger debate over the effects of Prime Minister Rudd's policies on treatment of asylum seekers. Border protection is becoming a higher profile political issue due to a rise in [...] | 2009-04-17 09:59:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL AF AS |
09CANBERRA398 | BORDER PROTECTION CONTINUES TO DOMINATE POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Border protection is dominating the political debate this week as investigations into last Thursday's boat explosion continue (Ref A). The Opposition maintains there is a link between the government's immigration policies and the increased flow of asylum seekers, while the gove [...] | 2009-04-21 06:19:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AS PHUM PREF PREL |
09CANBERRA402 | SCENE SETTER-CDR GEN D. MCNABB VISIT TO AUSTRALIA [...] (C/NF) Australia is the closest of our five treaty allies in the Asia-Pacific region and has deployed forces with the United States in every major military engagement since World War I, including most recently in Afghanistan and Iraq. Relations intensified dramatically in the wake of the 9/11 [...] | 2009-04-22 01:57:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PREL OTRA AS |
09CANBERRA404 | TORRES STRAIT: AUSTRALIANS AGREE TO MODIFY MARINE [...] (C/NF) Though surprised at U.S. expressions of concern about the text of the Marine Notice updating Australia's Torres Strait pilotage regime issued on April 17, Australia agrees to remove both the opening clause and the closing sentence saying that details about applicable legislation, appli [...] | 2009-04-23 07:24:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EWWT PHSA PREL AS |
09CANBERRA407 | AUSTRALIAN PM RUDD "VERY HAPPY" WITH G20 MEETING [...] (S/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is "very happy" with the outcome of the G-20 meeting in London. He sees U.S. action on toxic banking assets as a major step forward and appreciates U.S. efforts to ensure a positive outcome in London. Rudd praised the President for offering to host [...] | 2009-04-24 01:51:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL AS |
09CANBERRA413 | U/S BURNS' AUSTRALIAN BILATERAL, APRIL 21, 2009 [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Burns held a bilateral meeting with Michael L'Estrange, Secretary of Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on the margins of the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue Senior Officials Meeting (TSD SOM),in Canberra on April 21, 2009. They discussed the str [...] | 2009-04-28 00:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MARR PARM PGOV EAID AS |
09CANBERRA414 | U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH JAPANESE DEPUTY FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: During a bilateral meeting on the margins of the U.S.-Australia-Japan Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) Senior Officials Meeting in Canberra on April 21, Under Secretary Bill Burns and Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae agreed that the United States and Japan woul [...] | 2009-04-28 00:17:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC KNNP MOPS PARM PHUM PREF PREL PTER AS JP |
09CANBERRA415 | AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP 28 APRIL 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is a SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: The GOA is actively monitoring the spread of H1N1 globally, and activated a National Incident Room command post, led by the Department of Health and Ageing (DOHA),on April 26 [...] | 2009-04-28 07:39:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09CANBERRA416 | SECRETARY CLINTON'S ANZAC DAY MESSAGE RECEIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: A special ANZAC Day message from Secretary Clinton has been warmly received in Australia. The statement generated widespread media coverage and expressions of gratitude from the Prime Minister's office and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and other government officials [...] | 2009-04-28 08:26:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL AS |
09CANBERRA418 | TSD SENIOR OFFICIALS MEETING, APRIL 21 [...] (S/REL AUS/JA) Under Secretary Bill Burns joined Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Kenchiro Sasae and Australian Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Michael L'Estrange at the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in Canberra on April 21. The of [...] | 2009-04-29 01:58:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PARM PREL MOPS KNNP ECON EFIN SENV JA AS |
09CANBERRA419 | MGSF01 AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP APRIL 29 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: The GOA increased its pandemic response phase to DELAY under the Australian Health Management Plan for Pandemic Influenza (AHMPPI - available at www.flupandemic.gov.au) [...] | 2009-04-29 07:27:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09CANBERRA421 | PRIME MINISTER RUDD ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced in a press conference April 29 that Australia would boost its troop contribution in Afghanistan from 1,100 to 1,550 troops, mostly for training and capacity building and to support the Afghan elections in August 2009, and that it wo [...] | 2009-04-29 07:51:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PTER PREL AS |
09CANBERRA423 | MGSF01 AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP APRIL 30 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: Following a determination by the Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer, Health Minister Roxon ordered thermal scanning equipment placed at eight airports in Australia to g [...] | 2009-04-30 07:42:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09CANBERRA428 | AUSTRALIA LIKELY TO BACK KOSOVO FOR IMF/WORLD BANK [...] (C) Summary: Australia likely will vote in favor of Kosovo's membership in the IMF/World Bank. In order to avoid the curtailment of the vote by the lack of a quorum, Australia will urge the 13 other nations in its IMF constituency to vote; however, they do not feel that advocacy on behalf of K [...] | 2009-05-01 00:12:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL KV AS |
09CANBERRA43 | AUSTRALIA NOTIFIED OF NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS: [...] (SBU) Poloff provided sanctions information against Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan and associated individuals and companies contained in reftel to Peter Scott, Director for Transnational Crimes and Sanctions, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on January 13. 2. (SBU) Scott thanked the U.S. for [...] | 2009-01-13 06:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM EFIN PREL AS |
09CANBERRA440 | VWP:AUSTRALIA INFORMED CONCERNING CBP POLICY UPDATE [...] (U) April 30, Consular Officer delivered the U.S. Customs and Border Protection announcement contained in reftel to Richard J. Jameson, Executive Officer, Passport Systems and Technology Section (PST),Passport Business Improvement and Technology Branch (PSB),Australian Passport Office, Depar [...] | 2009-05-05 06:40:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT KPAO PBTS PREL |
09CANBERRA445 | AUSTRALIA ON IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION [...] (C) Australia remains solidly behind Japanese Ambassador Yukiya Amano for IAEA director general, according to Acting Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Wendy Walsh. During a May 8 call by poloff to thank Australia for its support and outline U.S. strategy going int [...] | 2009-05-08 08:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP IAEA PREL AS |
09CANBERRA448 | TFFLU01 AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP MAY 11, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: The Department of Health and Ageing confirmed a single case of H1N1 infection in Queensland on May 9. This is Australia's first confirmed case, but was classified as a [...] | 2009-05-11 05:51:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09CANBERRA450 | AUSTRALIA BACKS KOSOVO FOR WORLD BANK BUR WON'T [...] (C) Summary: Australia will vote in favor of Kosovo's membership in the World Bank. In order to assure a quorum, Australia's Executive Director is urging all 13 nations in their World Bank constituency to vote; however, the GOA will not lobby others to vote in favor of Kosovo's inclusion. End [...] | 2009-05-13 06:48:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL KVPR AS |
09CANBERRA454 | DEBATE OVER DEFENSE WHITE PAPER [...] (S/NF) Summary: While public reaction to the government's long-awaited Defense White Paper's release on May 2 has been relatively muted, the opposition, media and academics have been debating the degree to which the perception of China's potential security threat influenced the document. Th [...] | 2009-05-13 08:22:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | MCAP PREL AS CH |
09CANBERRA457 | AUSTRALIAN SANCTIONS IN PLACE ON UNSC 1718 [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered non-paper and points contained in reftel to Gerald Thomson, Director for Korea, and Wendy Walsh, Director for Arms Control, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on May 14. Thomson undertook to pass the paper to other interested GOA offices, including DFAT's Sa [...] | 2009-05-14 08:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KNNP PARM PREL XE ZO KN AS |
09CANBERRA459 | AUSTRALIA THANKED FOR SABERI INTERVENTION [...] (SUB) On May 15, post forwarded a letter to the Foreign Minister, Stephen Smith, signed by the Charg d'Affaires,Daniel A. Clune, thanking the Australian government for its help in the Saberi case and seeking additional assistance in the cases of AMCITS Robert Levinson and Esha Momeni. 2. [...] | 2009-05-15 07:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IR AS JA PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER CASC |
09CANBERRA460 | AUSTRALIA FULLY SUPPORTS THE US-PHILIPPINES ARF [...] (U) Summary: Australia will attend and participate in US-Philippines ARF Workshop on Biological Threat Protection. End summary 2. (U) On May 15, Henry Fox, Director of the Strategic Policy Section, Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),told poloff that he had received [...] | 2009-05-15 07:20:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | AS PARM PREL TBIO ARF |
09CANBERRA47 | LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW - AUSTRALIA [...] (U) Cuba is not a front-burner issue in Australia. It is far from Australia and there are few political, economic, or cultural ties. 2. (C) Following is keyed to reftel questions. - Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights i [...] | 2009-01-15 06:12:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL AS |
09CANBERRA474 | READOUT OF AUSTRALIA'S DEFENCE WHITE PAPER [...] (S/NF) Summary: Australian Defence Deputy Secretary Michael Pezzullo invited emboffs to hear a readout of Beijing's reaction to his April 27 briefing on Australia's Defence White Paper in advance of its May 2 public release. He said he used the opportunity specifically to disavow recent Aust [...] | 2009-05-19 06:40:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS CH AS |
09CANBERRA487 | TFFLU01 AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP MAY 22, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: Australia has experienced a spike in confirmed cases over the last 48 hours. Following a period of nearly two weeks with only one confirmed case, the Department of Hea [...] | 2009-05-22 02:39:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09CANBERRA491 | AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP MAY 26, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: Australia confirmed more than 20 new cases of H1N1 over the Memorial Day weekend, and raised its response level from Delay to Contain late on May 22. According to the [...] | 2009-05-26 06:44:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09CANBERRA503 | GICNT: AUSTRALIAN QUERIES ON OUTREACH, PLENARY AND [...] (U) This is an action request for ISN/WMDT -- please see para 8 below. 2. (SBU) James Nachipo, Director for Counter-Terrorism Coordination, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),invited poloff to DFAT on May 29 to convey some questions and seek assistance on GICNT issues. Mohan [...] | 2009-05-29 07:15:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PTER MNUC KNNP PREL AS |
09CANBERRA510 | NO MI-17 HELICOPTERS IN AUSTRALIA'S ARSENAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-01 06:32:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS PARM SMIG AS PK |
09CANBERRA513 | AUSTRALIA WELCOMES FISSILE MATERIAL CUT-OFF TREATY [...] Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Stephen Smith issued a strong public statement of support for the recent agreement to begin negotiations on a Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT) on June 1. Smith cited the growing international consensus on the need to act against the spread of nuc [...] | 2009-06-02 07:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM PREL AS |
09CANBERRA517 | AUSTRALIA ON UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE [...] This is an action request. Please see para 4 below. 2. PolOff met with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade United Nations and Commonwealth Section Director Lee Kerr on June 3 to request Australian support of UN International Civil Service Commission U.S. candidate Lucretia Myers, per [...] | 2009-06-03 06:32:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KUNR PREL UNGA AS |
09CANBERRA518 | AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP JUNE 3, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: The Australian Federal government's response level remains unchanged since May 22. However, the state of Victoria upped its pandemic influenza response level to "sustai [...] | 2009-06-03 06:57:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09CANBERRA520 | CORRECTED COPY: AUSTRALIA - IRAN RELATED NSG [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Martin Carrick, Assistant Director, Nuclear Programs, Transnational and Scientific Intelligence Branch, Defence Intelligence Organisation, Australian Department of Defence, will be presenting "Iranian Procurement Activities: Modes of Operation and Possible Future [...] | 2009-06-03 22:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL ETTC IR AS |
09CANBERRA524 | AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE MINISTER FITZGIBBON RESIGNS [...] (C/NF) Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon resigned June 4 over an apparent conflict of interest involving his brother's private health insurance company. The embattled minister had been under pressure following earlier revelations of undeclared gifts from a Chinese businesswoman and free accomm [...] | 2009-06-04 07:27:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINS PINR AS |
09CANBERRA526 | DEFENSE WHITE PAPER AND MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Australian Defense Department Michael Pezzullo told Charge, DATT and Polcouns that the language on missile defense (MD) in the GOA's Defense White Paper includes a nod to the governing Australia Labor Party's (ALP) left wing, but in reality will allow the GOA to continue its [...] | 2009-06-04 07:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | AS MCAP PGOV PREL |
09CANBERRA529 | CORRECTED COPY - DEFENSE WHITE PAPER AND MISSILE [...] (S/NF) CORRECTED COPY - Changed Text in para 1 line 1 and para 2 line 1. Summary: Australian Defense Department Deputy Secretary Michael Pezzullo told Charge, DATT and Polcouns that the language on missile defense (MD) in the GOA's Defense White Paper includes a nod to the governing Austra [...] | 2009-06-05 03:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | AS MCAP PGOV PREL |
09CANBERRA53 | TERRORISM FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel prenotification January 16 to Peter Scott, Director for Sanctions and Transnational Crimes, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Scott thanked us for the advance word and per usual, said he would contact embassy if Australia had any information on the four ind [...] | 2009-01-16 04:25:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | EFIN ETTC PINR PREL PTER IR AS |
09CANBERRA530 | AUSTRALIA WHALING PREP FOR IWC61 [...] (SBU) Summary: Australia does not plan to seek a resolution at the International Whaling Commission meetings in Madeira June 22-26 outside of consensus. While generally concerned about the format and leadership of a future Small Working Group arrangement, the GOA has not yet reached an inter [...] | 2009-06-05 07:07:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA EFIS PREL SENV AS |
09CANBERRA535 | PM RUDD NAMES JOHN FAULKNER NEW DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C/NF) Prime Minister Rudd named Special Minister of State and Cabinet Secretary Senator John Faulkner as Defence Minister on June 5, replacing Joel Fitzgibbon, who had stepped down the previous day (reftel.) Faulkner, 55, is known for his toughness, integrity and attention to detail. Althou [...] | 2009-06-05 08:26:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR PGOV PINS PINR AS |
09CANBERRA536 | IAEA: AUSTRALIA OPEN TO WELL-JUSTIFIED BUDGET [...] (SBU) Australia is open to considering an increase in the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) budget providing the IAEA Secretariat is able to adequately justify the increase. The GOA requested clarification whether the U.S. budget proposal was for an across-the-board increase or appl [...] | 2009-06-05 10:18:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG IAEA PREL KNNP AS |
09CANBERRA541 | AUSTRALIAN CIVILIANS DEPLOYED BY AUSAID IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Currently, AusAID has six long-term civilian experts in Afghanistan, who are working on a range of educational, health, agricultural, and institutional development activities. Besides these there are seven Australians regularly in the country on short-term assignments. AusAID is [...] | 2009-06-09 06:51:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM AS IZ AG PREL |
09CANBERRA55 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON EXTENSION OF [...] (SBU) On January 16, Poloff delivered U.S. talking points on the extension of the Mandate of the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) to Jeannie Henderson, Director for Burma at the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and to Jillian Ray, filling in for Sue Nelson, her equivalent at Aus [...] | 2009-01-16 04:40:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EAID PHUM BM AS |
09CANBERRA559 | FOOD SECURITY: PM RUDD PLANNING TO ATTEND L'AQUILA [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 4. 2. (U) Per instructions in reftel, Econoff and Ag Counselor discussed information in reftel with AusAID and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry on June 12. We subsequently passed a copy of the points in reftel to the Ameri [...] | 2009-06-15 05:35:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PREL AS |
09CANBERRA564 | AUSTRALIA HAS RECEIVED ITS PORTION OF THE 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-16 07:20:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG AU |
09CANBERRA565 | AUSTRALIA ASKS IRANIAN MINISTRIES ABOUT AMCIT [...] (SBU) In reply to the Charge's letter of thanks, reftel, to Foreign Minister Smith for Australia's help in the release of AMCIT Roxana Saberi, Smith's Chief of Staff, Frances Adamson, wrote on June 9: Start text Thank you for your letter dated 15 May 2009 thanking the Government for its assi [...] | 2009-06-16 07:20:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | IR AS JA PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER CASC |
09CANBERRA568 | GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA-INFORMATION COLLECTION, [...] (U) The Australian government is forward leaning in both maintaining border security and providing assistance to partners in the fight against terrorism. To that end, robust and dynamic protocols are in place to ensure that the movement of suspected and known terrorists are monitored and thwar [...] | 2009-06-17 23:10:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CVIS KVPR PGOV PREL PTER |
09CANBERRA57 | SCENE SETTER FOR CDR USN SEVENTH FLEET VADM J. [...] (C/NF) Australia is the closest of our five treaty allies in the Asia-Pacific region and has deployed forces with the United States in every major military engagement since World War I, including most recently in Afghanistan and Iraq. Relations intensified dramatically in the wake of the 9/11 [...] | 2009-01-16 05:25:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OTRA AS |
09CANBERRA570 | AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP JUNE 18, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: On June 17th, the GOA announced a new pandemic response phase - PROTECT - and all jurisdictions are moving to PROTECT level. Key changes include: - Recognizing the [...] | 2009-06-18 07:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09CANBERRA571 | NEW NEGOTIATOR UPDATES ON FTA TALKS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australia's lead negotiator is optimistic about the prospects for rapid progress on an FTA with the ROK following the completion of the first round of discussions in May. Agriculture will be the biggest sticking point, but each country's agreement with the United States provid [...] | 2009-06-18 07:55:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD ECON PREL CH KS JP AS |
09CANBERRA576 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE OF RELEASE [...] (C) Poloffs met with Neil Hawkins, Assistant Secretary, Afghanistan and Iraq Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on June 19 to convey reftel request for a public statement intended to stress impartiality in regards to the Afghan elections. 2. (C) Hawkins stated that Austral [...] | 2009-06-19 07:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AF AS |
09CANBERRA579 | DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON ASEAN IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (C) Poloff met with Greg French, Assistant Secretary for International Legal Affairs, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on June 22 to follow-up the Deputy Secretary's June 19 conversation with Ambassador Richardson in soliciting Australia's help in urging ASEAN members to fully implemen [...] | 2009-06-22 07:25:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM MNUC KNNP PREL MTCRE AS |
09CANBERRA582 | AUSTRALIAN REACTION TO USG POSITION ON UN [...] June 17, poloff delivered the talking points in reftel a. to Peter Scott, Director Sanctions and Transnational Crime Section, International Legal Branch of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Mr. Scott replied that Australia was in basic agreement with the U.S. positions; h [...] | 2009-06-23 06:26:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER |
09CANBERRA587 | FOREIGN MINISTRY READOUT OF REPORTS FROM EHERAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) officials told poloff on June 24 that the Australian Embassy in Tehran is reporting that any possibility of a compromise government has been removed by the hard stances of both Moussavi and Khamenei. The embassy also has reporte [...] | 2009-06-25 04:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | AS IR PGOV PREL |
09CANBERRA588 | CORRECTED COPY: AUSTRALIAN IMMIGRATION LAWS CONTINUE TO BE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Australian government has restricted the ability of the Immigration Minister and his department to cancel visas on character grounds, continuing the Rudd government's softening of immigration laws. This has been welcomed by human rights advocates, particularly in the context [...] | 2009-06-25 06:52:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM AS |
09CANBERRA590 | DEMARCHE ON GICNT UPDATED MODEL DOCUMENT DELIVERED [...] (U) On June 25, poloff met with Mohan Matthews, Executive Officer, Counter Terrorism Branch, International Security Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to deliver information on the GICNT Model Document (reftel). 2. (U) Matthews thanked poloff for the information, noting he [...] | 2009-06-26 00:15:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER AS |
09CANBERRA593 | AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP JUNE 26, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: Australia remains in its "Protect" posture (ref F) despite continued growth in case numbers. The first confirmed deaths in Australia are all still considered to be in h [...] | 2009-06-26 07:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09CANBERRA594 | DEFENSE MINISTER ON AFGHANISTAN, DPRK AND [...] (S/NF) Summary: Recently appointed Defense Minister John Faulkner told Charge on June 25 that during his discussions with the RC South Ministers and NATO Defense Ministers in Netherlands and Belgium earlier this month, he urged that the issue of command in Oruzgan Province be resolved befor [...] | 2009-06-26 07:51:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | AS PREL |
09CANBERRA600 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO CABLE RE:PIRACY OFF COAST [...] (U) Andrei Seeto, Executive Officer, United Nations and Commonwealth Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade received reftels on June 30. Seeto had attended the May 29 conference, but appreciated the USG read-out and our points on the growth of the group. Seeto will respond to both [...] | 2009-06-30 06:19:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL AS |
09CANBERRA601 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: REPORT DELIVERED TO GOA [...] (U) On June 30, Gerry McGuire, Director, Counter-Proliferation Section, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade thanked poloff for the report, and said he would provide a response shortly. 2. (C) McGuire expressed reservations concerning th [...] | 2009-06-30 06:20:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC AS |
09CANBERRA61 | SCENE SETTER FOR CDR USN SEVENTH FLEET VADM J. [...] (C/NF) Australia is the closest of our five treaty allies in the Asia-Pacific region and has deployed forces with the United States in every major military engagement since World War I, including most recently in Afghanistan and Iraq. Relations intensified dramatically in the wake of the 9/11 [...] | 2009-01-19 23:23:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PREL OTRA AS |
09CANBERRA613 | MESSAGE RE: IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S AU ATTENDANCE [...] (U) On July 1, Jenny Bloomfield, Director of Middle East Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Michael Opie, Iran section officer, DFAT, discussed with us U.S. intended actions should Ahmadinejad speak in Tripoli at the African Union Summit (reftel). They assured us they would [...] | 2009-07-01 06:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EUREM IR ET CA IS AS |
09CANBERRA615 | AUSTRALIAN CONFERENCE ON PAPUA NEW GUINEA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Australian Papua New Guinea watchers are cautiously optimistic about the PNG economy but concerned about the longer term management of potential revenue windfalls from major resource projects, particularly the ExxonMobil LNG project that could double GDP by 2014. However, Austral [...] | 2009-07-01 21:53:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL PP AS |
09CANBERRA626 | SECRETARY'S CONDOLENCES DELIVERED TO FM SMITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-08 05:15:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL AS |
09CANBERRA628 | LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW - AUSTRALIA [...] (U) Cuba is not a front-burner issue in Australia. It is far from Australia and there are few political, economic, or cultural ties. 2. (C) Following is keyed to reftel questions. - Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights i [...] | 2009-07-08 06:18:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL AS |
09CANBERRA636 | 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ATTENDEE LIST REQUESTED [...] (U) Lee Kerr, Director of the United Nations and Commonwealth Section, International Organisations Branch, International Legal Division of Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade told Embassy on July 9 that the makeup of Australia's attendees list to the 64th UNGA is not yet avai [...] | 2009-07-10 01:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP PREL OTRA OVIP CVIS UNGA |
09CANBERRA637 | GOA OFFICIAL ON CAIRNS PIF GOALS [...] (C) Summary: DFAT Pacific Division, First Assistant Secretary Richard Rowe, told Polcouns on July 9 that the GOA, New Zealand and most PIF members do not want the Fiji issue to dominate the August forum. Rowe said that Prime Minister Rudd is strongly emphasizing a "pragmatic, forward thinki [...] | 2009-07-10 02:28:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | AS BP FJ FM KR NE NH NR NZ PP PREL PS RM |
09CANBERRA639 | AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP JULY 10, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: The GOA has not altered their response posture since 17 June, but confirms that all jurisdictions are now compliant with the PROTECT phase of the Australian national pa [...] | 2009-07-10 04:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09CANBERRA64 | AUTOMOBILE SUBSIDY PROGRAMS - AUSTRALIA [...] On November 10, 2008, the GOA announced its "New Car Plan for a Greener Future". Totalling A$7.7 billion (US$5.1 at current exchange rates),it focuses on encouraging the manufacture of low-emissions vehicles (Toyota has already received money under this provision),a fund to encourage consol [...] | 2009-01-20 04:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND EFIN ETRD PREL WTO AS |
09CANBERRA640 | AUSTRALIA INFORMED OF THE FUTURE OF MANAS [...] (U) On July 10, embassy informed Damien Miller, Director of the Afghanistan Section in the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) of the agreement to continue using Manas airbase to supply ISAF troops in Afghanistan. 2. (U) Mr. Miller stated that the GOA is very pleased th [...] | 2009-07-10 06:53:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF AS |
09CANBERRA641 | AUSTRALIANS HAVE PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] (U) Gerry McGuire, Director, Counter-Proliferation Section, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) received USG talking points on invitations to the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) on July 10, and stated that they would be useful i [...] | 2009-07-10 06:56:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP XB XV XC XD AS |
09CANBERRA642 | AUSTRALIANS HAVE RESULTS OF U.S.-RUSSIA [...] (U) Barbara Cooper and Simon Moore, director and executive officer respectively for the Northern, Central and Eastern Europe Section at the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade told us on July 10 that they would share the results of the U.S.-Russia Presidential Summit with the re [...] | 2009-07-10 07:07:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PGOV PREL AS |
09CANBERRA643 | MESSAGE DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1874 FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Econcouns delivered reftel demarche to Australian Treasury Department Deputy Secretary Mike Callaghan on July  [...] | 2009-07-10 08:00:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP ECON EFIN PARM PREL |
09CANBERRA650 | AUSTRALIANS RESPOND TO US READ-OUT ON US-RUSSIA [...] (SBU) In response to our earlier demarche (ref A) on the outcome of the U.S.-Russia Presidential Summit, Michael O'Bryne, Executive Officer, Northern, Central and Eastern Europe Section told the Embassy on July 14 that the GOA's overall response is positive. O'Bryne expressed pleasure that th [...] | 2009-07-15 02:57:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PGOV PREL AS |
09CANBERRA652 | TERRORISM FINANCE: UN AND U.S. DOMESTIC [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche July 15 to Avryl Lattin of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Sanctions and Transnational Crime Section. Lattin expressed appreciation for the information and said she would notify us of any official reaction. CLUNE [...] | 2009-07-15 07:43:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN PREL PTER AS |
09CANBERRA659 | DATA COLLECTION OF HOST GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS [...] (SBU) Australia has only undertaken a limited number of the interventions listed in reftel (as reported by Post sitreps since April - ref B). We have listed below the steps Australia has taken and dates they were reported. 2. (SBU) Interventions: 4/28/09 Making influenza a notifiab [...] | 2009-07-17 05:18:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PROG PREL AS |
09CANBERRA663 | 2009 AUSTRALIA-CHINA REVIEW [...] (SBU) The Australia-China relationship is currently under stress over the pricing of contracted iron ore exports to China, the detention of Rio Tinto's iron ore manager in Shanghai as well as resentment in China over the Rudd government's seemingly unwelcoming approach to Chinese investment. N [...] | 2009-07-17 07:36:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ETRD AS CH |
09CANBERRA668 | AUSTRALIAN PLANS FOR POST FORUM DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Australian PM Kevin Rudd will personally chair the Post Forum Dialogue (PFD) August 7 that will follow the August 5-6 meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in Cairns (reftels). Recognizing that previous PFDs have been too heavy on scripted interventions and short on substance, Rud [...] | 2009-07-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID AS |
09CANBERRA674 | ASSISTING AFGHANISTAN BEYOND THE ELECTION - [...] (C/NF) Summary: Foreign Ministry and AusAID officials have expressed support for the new U.S. whole-of-government strategy for Afghanistan. They noted that, under current planning, DFAT is dispatching two diplomats to Khandahar and Tarin Khowt for localized coordination and is requesting U. [...] | 2009-07-22 06:48:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS MARR MOPS PREL |
09CANBERRA675 | TEXT OF MOUS BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND IRAQ [...] (C/NF) START SUMMARY: On July 17, Lloyd Brodrick (protect),Director of the Iraq Section at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade provided to the Embassy the texts of six MOUs signed by Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard, during her visit to Baghdad on June 27. The texts were signed i [...] | 2009-07-22 06:58:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PREL MARR IZ AS |
09CANBERRA678 | AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP JULY 24, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 pandemic. 2. (SBU) Government Response: The Government of Australia, and all jurisdictions, remain in PROTECT phase of the Australia Management Plan for Pandemic Influenza. Concern over vulnerability in remo [...] | 2009-07-24 06:13:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09CANBERRA695 | AUSAID RESPONSE TO POST-ELECTION ASSISTANCE IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: AUSAID officials have provided further comment in response to points raised on July 20 regarding assisting Afghanistan following the August presidential election. They have also supplied additional information detailing their approach to development assistance in Afghanistan. End [...] | 2009-07-30 05:52:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | AF AS EAID MARR MOPS PREL |
09CANBERRA70 | AUSTRALIA LIKELY TO OPPOSE POSTPONING PIF [...] (C/NF) Australia is disappointed but not surprised that Fiji interim PM Bainimarama has opted not attend the January 27 Pacific Island Forum (PIF) Special Leaders Meeting in Port Moresby. The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet is expected to endorse a Department of Foreign Affairs an [...] | 2009-01-21 03:40:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV PREL AS FJ |
09CANBERRA700 | WHALING: AUSTRALIA LOOKS TO OCTOBER MEETING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia was generally pleased with the outcomes at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meetings in Madeira. The GOA has suspended temporarily efforts to pressure Japan in order to avoid legal action. PM Rudd's cabinet will consider legal action in mid-November, afte [...] | 2009-07-31 07:41:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV EFIS PREL AS |
09CANBERRA709 | SUBJECT: RUDD RULES AT LABOR NATIONAL CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY The ruling Australian Labor Party's (ALP) National Conference displayed unprecedented cohesion and provided further evidence of Prime Minister Rudd's authority over the party. Although journalists derided it as boring, party officials believe the conference gave the public what [...] | 2009-08-04 06:07:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS PGOV PREL |
09CANBERRA71 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO VISA WAIVER PROGRAM LETTER [...] (U) January 8, Pol Off presented Beverly Mercer, Director of the U.S. Political and Strategic Section, and Alanna Mckay, Executive Officer of the U.S. Branch, of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade the talking points contained in paragraph 6 (reftel) concerning the Visa W [...] | 2009-01-21 05:05:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT PBTS PREL KPAO |
09CANBERRA712 | SECRETARY'S LETTER DELIVERED TO AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN [...] (SBU) August 3, Foreign Minister Smith received the Secretary of State's letter in support of the Palestinian Authority. CLUNE [...] | 2009-08-04 07:10:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAID KWBG PGOV OPDC PREL IS AS |
09CANBERRA720 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL [...] (C/NF) August 4, John Quinn, Assistant Secretary for Strategic Issues and Intelligence Branch of the International Security Division, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) readily agreed to pass on the request to add one further presentation, which was previously given in B [...] | 2009-08-06 02:18:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA AS |
09CANBERRA721 | AUSTRALIA'S UNGA ATTENDANCE [...] (U) Andrei Seito, Executive Officer of the United Nations and Commonwealth Section of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade told us on August 4 that they had no list of attendees available as yet, but that he will pass on Australia's list as soon as it is confirmed. CLUNE [...] | 2009-08-06 04:05:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP CVIS UNGA KSEP |
09CANBERRA742 | AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP AUGUST 12, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: Australian pandemic response posture has not changed since June 17. Australia reached 100 deaths related to H1N1 infection on August 12. Media reports claimed on 11 A [...] | 2009-08-12 07:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09CANBERRA752 | AUSTRALIA RETHINKING ITS FIJI POLICY [...] (C/NF) EconCouns paid a courtesy call on GOA Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs Duncan Kerr on August 12 to review Australia's views on the recent Pacific Islands Forum meeting. Kerr discussed GOA aid to the Pacific and Fiji. Kerr said that while Australia remains extremely p [...] | 2009-08-14 03:44:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID PGOV PREL AS FJ PP BP |
09CANBERRA754 | AUSTRALIA'S DEFENSE WHITE PAPER: IS IT AFFORDABLE? [...] (SBU) Australia,s 2009 Defense White Paper, released in May 2009, envisions the nation,s largest military buildup since World War II. How Australia will pay for this buildup is less clear. Recovery from the recession and a return to fiscal surplus will require budgetary sacrifices. The mili [...] | 2009-08-14 06:39:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MCAP AS |
09CANBERRA770 | AUSTRALIAN ATTENDEES TO ARF DISASTER RELIEF [...] (U) Darren Hansen, South-East Asia and Regional Issues Branch, South-East Asia Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has provided the following list of Australian participants for the September 16-18 ARF Disaster Relief Dialogue. 2. (U) Darren Hansen, Executive Officer, S [...] | 2009-08-19 22:32:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR ARF EAID AS |
09CANBERRA779 | AUSTRALIAN DEFENSE CHIEF'S CONCERNS OVER [...] (C/NF) Chief of Australian Defense Force Air Chief Marshall Angus Houston told Charge on August 20 that he planned to call Admiral Mullen, General Petraeus and General McChrystal in the next few days to explain that it will be important that General McChrystal,s upcoming assessment on the si [...] | 2009-08-21 06:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF MCAP MOPS PREL |
09CANBERRA785 | AUSTRALIAN REPONSE TO SEARCH FOR CONSENSUS ON [...] (C) On August 24, Jane Hardy, Director of Arms Control Section, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) told poloff the GOA agreed that a single consensus resolution was a good tack to take concerning the contentious issues of the Middle Ea [...] | 2009-08-26 06:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS AS |
09CANBERRA792 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: FIVE TECHNICAL NON-PAPERS GIVEN [...] (U) Gerry McGuire, Director of the Counter-Proliferation Section of the Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch of Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has received all of the included non-papers from the five cables to the Australia Group (reftel). 2. (U) These include [...] | 2009-08-27 06:25:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL AS |
09CANBERRA793 | GICNT: GOA INFORMED THAT UNODC IS OBSERVER [...] (U) The embassy has informed Mohan Mathews, Counter-Terrorism Branch, International Security Division, Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) that the United Nations' Office on Drugs and Crime has joined three other international organizations (IAEA, EU and INTERPOL) as off [...] | 2009-08-27 06:27:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC AS |
09CANBERRA802 | RESPONSE TO REPORTING REQUEST - NPT REVIEW [...] (SBU) Australia is a strong partner with the U.S. and the multilateral community in working to prevent nuclear proliferation. As an NPT signatory, the GOA takes a multi-dimensional approach to nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament. The GOA is a major supporter of the Nuclear Non-Prolifer [...] | 2009-08-31 21:59:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09CANBERRA812 | AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP SEPTEMBER 4, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. Australian government response remains unchanged since June 17. Most deaths in Australia continue to occur in patients with underlying medical conditions. New South Wales Health reported that the ma [...] | 2009-09-04 07:39:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09CANBERRA828 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO US VIEWS ON IAEA REPORTS ON [...] (S) On September 8, Jane Hardy, Director of Arms Control Section, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) told poloff that the GOA agreed that the IAEA's report on Iran's and Syria's nuclear programs did not give either country a clean bill [...] | 2009-09-10 04:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY PREL AS |
09CANBERRA829 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO US VIEWS ON IAEA REPORTS ON [...] (S) On September 8, Jane Hardy, Director of Arms Control Section, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) told poloff that the GOA agreed that the IAEA's report on Iran's and Syria's nuclear programs did not give either country a clean bill [...] | 2009-09-10 04:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY PREL AS |
09CANBERRA830 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO US VIEWS ON IAEA REPORTS ON [...] (S) On September 8, Jane Hardy, Director of Arms Control Section, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) told poloff that the GOA agreed that the IAEA's report on Iran's and Syria's nuclear programs did not give either country a clean bill [...] | 2009-09-10 04:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY PREL AS |
09CANBERRA831 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO US VIEWS ON IAEA REPORTS ON [...] (S) On September 8, Jane Hardy, Director of Arms Control Section, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) told poloff that the GOA agreed that the IAEA's report on Iran's and Syria's nuclear programs did not give either country a clean bill [...] | 2009-09-10 04:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY PREL AS |
09CANBERRA832 | SECRETARY CLINTON LETTER DELIVERED TO FM SMITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 05:25:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL IS |
09CANBERRA833 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SRI LANKAN IDPS [...] (C) Pol/Econcouns delivered on September 8 reftel points on freedom of movement for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sri Lanka to Gary Cowan, Director of the India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives section in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and raised the issue sep [...] | 2009-09-10 05:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID EUN CE |
09CANBERRA834 | AUSTRALIA MULLING HOW TO INCREASE AID IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C/NF) Following his late August/early September visit to Washington, Australia's Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance Bob McMullan told us the GOA is interested in increasing its aid contribution in Afghanistan. Overcoming logistical roadblocks to getting Australia [...] | 2009-09-10 23:26:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID PREL PGOV AF AS |
09CANBERRA835 | UNGA GOALS AND OBJECTIVES DELIVERED TO GOA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-11 06:44:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA XA XB XD XF XG XS XM XL |
09CANBERRA837 | UNGA GOALS AND OBJECTIVES DELIVERED TO GOA [...] (C/NF) PM Rudd wants to ensure the institutionalization of the G-20 leaders meeting and plans to reinforce that message at his UNGA meetings prior to the Pittsburgh Summit. Maclachlan stated that Australia would like to be a "voice" for those who are not members of the G-20 and that Rudd and [...] | 2009-09-13 23:31:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNGA XA XB XD XF XG XS XM XL |
09CANBERRA839 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE MIDDLE [...] (C/NF) On September 14, Poloff presented points in reftel to Wendy Walsh, Executive Officer Arms Control Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Walsh told poloff that neither the GOA nor New Zealand believe that the New Zealand General Conference President's attempt to creat [...] | 2009-09-14 07:29:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP AORC PARM PREL IAEA |
09CANBERRA845 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON EXPANDING THE [...] (C) On September 14, Poloff delivered reftel talking points concerning a common position towards Iran at the IAEA and the UNGA to Wendy Walsh, Executive Officer, Arms Control Section, and Jenny Bloomfield, Director of the Middle East Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). [...] | 2009-09-16 06:55:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA PREL AORC AS |
09CANBERRA847 | AUSTRALIA CAUTIOUSLY SUPPORTIVE OF MTCR PLENARY [...] (C/NF) ) Australia agrees in principle with the four U.S. proposals (reftel) for the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) plenary, but has unsure about implementation. Australia is concerned that the Reinforced Point of Contact Meetings (RPOC) are under strain and appears reluctant to add [...] | 2009-09-16 08:58:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PREL KSCA |
09CANBERRA852 | PRIME MINISTER RUDD TO LEAD AUSTRALIAN FODP DELEGATION [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Jane Lambert, Director of the Pakistan, Bangladesh and Central Asia branch at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) requested additional information on the Border Trust Fund. She noted that the GOA remains unclear on the Trust's scope and sought clarification [...] | 2009-09-17 07:55:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PK |
09CANBERRA855 | AUSTRALIA-ROK-INDONESIA TRILATERAL DISCUSSION [...] (C/NF) An inaugural trilateral held in Canberra on September 9 between Australia, the ROK and Indonesia resulted in a vehicle still in search of an idea. While the concept has strong support from the heads of government, the trilateral discussion was wide ranging and did not produce substantiv [...] | 2009-09-18 07:36:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KS ID AS |
09CANBERRA861 | AUSTRALIAN PRIORITIES FOR UNGA [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY Australia's UNGA priorities are promoting its bid for a 2013-2014 Security Council seat, climate change, nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, as well as UN financial and budgetary issues. Australia is delighted with the U.S. initiative to have a UNSC discussion on dis [...] | 2009-09-18 08:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNGA AS |
09CANBERRA864 | TALKING POINTS DELIVERED ON MISSILE DEFENSE DECISION [...] (C) On September 18, the Australian government received the talking points from State 96550, the President's European-based missile defense decision. The non-paper was delivered to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, specifically: Jennifer Rawson, First Assistant Secretary, Internatio [...] | 2009-09-18 08:21:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | MARR PREL |
09CANBERRA869 | AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS UNGA WALKOUT REDLINES [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Acting Secretary Gillian Bird told Charge September 21 that she would send reftel points to Prime Minister Rudd and Foreign Minister Smith in New York, but that the walkout redlines are largely in line with standing instructions given to Australian o [...] | 2009-09-21 08:12:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA AS |
09CANBERRA881 | AUSTRALIA REPORTS MOHAMMED LARIJANI OPTIMISTIC [...] (C/NF) Summary: Mohammed Javad Larijani, Secretary General of Iran's Supreme Council of Human Rights and the Head of the Office of International Affairs of the Judiciary, told Australian Ambassador to Iran Marc Innes-Brown September 16 that he was optimistic that the three American hikers held [...] | 2009-09-23 07:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINR CASC IR AS |
09CANBERRA884 | AUSTRALIA'S PANDEMIC VACCINE CONTRIBUTION [...] (SBU) Australia is not planning on making H1N1 vaccine available to developing countries in the region until November at the earliest. Econoff spoke with Department of Health and Ageing Assistant Secretary Simon Cotterell on September 25 to get more details on Australia's pledge to contribute [...] | 2009-09-25 06:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AORC PREL AS |
09CANBERRA891 | AUSTRALIA RECEIVES GICNT UPDATE [...] (U) On September 29, the embassy informed Mohan Mathews, Counter-Terrorism Branch, International Security Division, Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) that the Nov 2009 Exercise Planning Group of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),to be held in B [...] | 2009-09-29 07:30:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC AS |
09CANBERRA892 | AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS NEW BURMA APPROACH [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia supports the Burma Policy Review Conclusions and is conducting its own review of Burma policy. Brendon Hammer, First Assistant Secretary for Southeast Asia at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, reacted very positively to the Burma Policy Review Conclusions ( [...] | 2009-09-29 07:47:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM AS |
09CANBERRA901 | AUSTRALIA WILL ATTEND LIKEMINDED MEETING ON IRAN [...] (S/NF) Deborah Stokes, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) First Assistant Secretary for South Asia, Middle East and Africa will head the Australian delegation, which will include experts from a variety of departments. Stokes told Poleconcouns that Australia is grateful to be include [...] | 2009-09-30 07:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | MNUC PARM PREL ETTC KNNP AS |
09CANBERRA906 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO PACIFIC NATURAL DISASTERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to Samoa's request for help following the devastating earthquake and tsunami, Australia is sending medical personnel and urgently needed disaster relief supplies. This response is part of a A$2 million initial package of support, which includes disaster relief items [...] | 2009-10-01 09:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SENV ASEC PREL AS |
09CANBERRA907 | START OF NATIONWIDE SWINE FLU VACCINATION PROGRAM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Australia began the biggest inoculation roll-out in its history, offering the H1N1 vaccine to almost every person in the country and at no cost. A total of 5.5 million doses of the vaccine have been delivered around Australia for the start of this program. In addition, the Rudd G [...] | 2009-10-01 10:12:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AORC PREL AS |
09CANBERRA919 | AUSTRALIA'S FIJI FRUSTRATIONS FESTER [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia remains deeply frustrated with Fijian strongman Frank Bainimarama's unwillingness to engage the international community and remains committed to policy of isolating the Fijian regime, while accepting that this will take a long time to show results. According to Depart [...] | 2009-10-09 05:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV PREL FJ AS |
09CANBERRA926 | AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON GOLDSTONE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australia will support the U.S. position on the Goldstone Report (State 106423) and will instruct its UN Missions in New York and Geneva to coordinate with their U.S. counterparts. DFAT Security Council Task Force Head Bassim Blazey, who is acting First Assistant Secretary for [...] | 2009-10-14 06:52:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL |
09CANBERRA951 | SECRETARY CLINTON LETTER TO FOREIGN MINISTER SMITH [...] (C/NF) Econoff delivered the Secretary's letter on whale conservation to Foreign Minister Smith's Deputy Chief of Staff, Andrew Dempster, on October 23. Dempster said that the government is reviewing the proposed changes to international whale conservation efforts and will consider Australia [...] | 2009-10-23 06:16:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV OPDC PREL AS |
09CANBERRA965 | AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON THE BANGKOK UNFCCC MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary. Australia is generally positive about the outcomes of the recent Bangkok UNFCCC meetings. The assessment that the negotiations will be tough has not changed, but there is a strong sense that key issues like adaptation, legal form of an agreement, and REDD can be moved ahead at [...] | 2009-10-28 06:57:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG PREL AS |
09CANBERRA972 | AUSTRALIA WORKING TO UPGRADE RELATIONS WITH INDIA [...] (C/NF) Summary: Foreign Minister Stephen Smith visited India on October 19-23 in a continuing effort to upgrade bilateral relations and manage the fallout from violence against Indian students in Australia. Smith met with the Indian Foreign Minister, Finance Minister, Home Minister and Nation [...] | 2009-10-29 07:57:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL IN CH AS |
09CANBERRA974 | AUSTRALIA ON BOARD WITH U.S. UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Australia supports U.S. priorities for the 64th UNGA Third Committee session. Sandra Vegting, a Director in the International Organizations Branch of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, confirmed that Australia shares our views on both the country specific and thematic resolut [...] | 2009-10-30 03:35:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN |
09CANBERRA976 | ENVIRO MINISTER GARRETT UNHAPPY ABOUT U.S. WHALING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Environment Minister Garrett, who led the Australian delegation to the Santiago Support Group (SG) IWC meetings, has been undermined by the U.S. decision to launch a new initiative without coordinating with Australia prior to those meetings. Garrett also sees the subsequent le [...] | 2009-10-30 06:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV PREL OPDC AS |
09CANBERRA980 | PM RUDD REVAMPS DISASTER RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Summary: PM Rudd has ordered a comprehensive review of Australia's humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HA/DR) policies, procedures, and capabilities. The PM's announcement of the formation of a $50 million civilian response corps at the East Asian Summit is one element intend [...] | 2009-11-02 09:30:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL AS |
09CANBERRA981 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (SBU) Australia generally shares the U.S. position on the Goldstone report. Pol/Econ Couns delivered reftel demarche regarding the UNGA debate on the Goldstone report to Acting First Assistant Secretary Bassim Blazey of the International Legal Department. Blazey said that Australia is still [...] | 2009-11-04 07:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | AS IS KPAL PHUM PREL PTER |
09CANBERRA993 | AUSTRALIA GRATEFUL FOR U.S. SUPPORT ON FIJI [...] (C/NF) Summary: Deeply frustrated with Fijian strongman Frank Bainimarama, Australia is determined to maintain its policy of isolating Fiji while trying to avoid overreacting. Bainimarama's recent expulsion of the Australian and New Zealand High Commissioners further confirms Australia's convi [...] | 2009-11-08 22:07:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM FJ AS |
09CAPETOWN110 | WESTERN CAPE HOUSING MINISTER DISCUSSES THE WAY [...] (U) On May 14, Poloff and CG attended a dinner in honor of newly elected Western Cape Housing Minister, Bongi Madikizela. Madikizela, a member of the Democratic Alliance (DA) is the only black member of the all male Western Cape Cabinet and is also the nephew of Winnie Mandela. Although he [...] | 2009-05-15 15:09:00 | Consulate Cape Town | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL SF |
09CAPETOWN111 | WHY THE ANC LOST THE WESTERN CAPE [...] (C) Summary. On May 14, Poloff met with Chris Nissen, who spearheaded the ANC,s political campaign in the Western Cape. Nissen discussed the ANC,s failure to win the Western Cape in the recent April 22 elections as well as the ANC,s plans for the future in both the City of Cape Town and the [...] | 2009-05-15 15:10:00 | Consulate Cape Town | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM SF |
09CAPETOWN29 | PRESIDENT MOTLANTHE'S STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS [...] (U) President Kgalema Motlanthe, the unelected "caretaker" president of South Africa, delivered his first and only State of the Nation Address at the opening of parliament on 6 February 2009. Motlanthe found himself in a unique situation as, not only is he essentially holding office for ANC Pre [...] | 2009-02-06 16:48:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SF |
09CAPETOWN42 | CANDIDATES FOR WESTERN CAPE PREMIER [...] (U) Summary. The race for the Western Cape has gained momentum as political parties announced their candidates for the Premiership of the province. The Democratic Alliance's (DA) candidate is Helen Zille, currently the mayor of Cape Town and the leader of the DA. The Independent Democrats (ID) [...] | 2009-03-04 13:26:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM SF |
09CAPETOWN43 | UPDATES ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL DEFENSE FORCE [...] (C) On February 19, Poloff met with Dr. Gerard Koornhof an ANC Member of Parliament serving on the Portfolio Committee on Defense. Koornhof told Poloff that the current spending on defense is 1.2 percent of South Africa,s gross domestic product (GDP),noting that South Africa,s defense spendin [...] | 2009-03-05 13:11:00 | Consulate Cape Town | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM SF MARR MOPS |
09CAPETOWN55 | UPDATES ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL DEFENSE FORCE [...] (C) On February 19, Poloff met with Dr. Gerard Koornhof an ANC Member of Parliament serving on the Portfolio Committee on Defense. Koornhof told Poloff that the current spending on defense is 1.2 percent of South Africa,s gross domestic product (GDP),noting that South Africa,s defense spendin [...] | 2009-03-10 14:34:00 | Consulate Cape Town | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM SF MARR MOPS |
09CAPETOWN79 | ANC INSIDERS DISCUSS THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS [...] (C) On March 6, Poloff met with Mr. Mynami Booi, the Chief Whip of the African National Congress (ANC),and number 69 on the party list, to discuss the upcoming elections. Mr. Booi said that he is likely to remain the Chief Whip after the new government is formed in April, but said he was not [...] | 2009-03-30 12:04:00 | Consulate Cape Town | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM SF |
09CAPETOWN83 | DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE (DA) WINS BIG IN TWO LOCAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-01 08:40:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PDEM SF |
09CARACAS1000 | WHY CHAVEZ FEELS THREATENED BY THE COUP IN HONDURAS [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez's public statements and actions indicate that he feels threatened by the June 28 military ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya. While initially leading the international response to the coup, Chavez is now side-lined by the mediation process led by Preside [...] | 2009-07-31 16:03:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR VE |
09CARACAS1011 | PRO-GOVERNMENT MILITANTS ATTACK TV STATION GLOBOVISION [...] (SBU) An estimated 35 armed militants attacked the opposition-leaning television station Globovision in the early afternoon of August 3, 2009, led by the well-known pro-Chavez activist Lina Ron. Brandishing weapons, the attackers breached the perimeter wall of the station's headquarters. After thro [...] | 2009-08-03 21:33:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAO PREL VE |
09CARACAS1013 | 34 RADIO/TV STATIONS SILENCED, MEDIA CRIME LAW [...] (C) Summary: During the weekend of August 1-2, the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) shuttered 32 independent and/or opposition radio stations and two TV stations across the country. One day prior to the closings the GBRV released the names of 35 largely pro-Governme [...] | 2009-08-03 22:52:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE |
09CARACAS1018 | CHAVEZ CONTINUES SHRILL RHETORIC AGAINST THE U.S. [...] (U) In an August 4 speech in Caracas commemorating the 72nd anniversary of Venezuela's National Guard, President Hugo Chavez again accused the US, "despite its ambiguity," of supporting the Honduras coup. He charged that the "Yankee Empire," through its proposed military agreement with Colomb [...] | 2009-08-05 21:39:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM VE |
09CARACAS1019 | CONATEL THREATENS TO SEIZE RADIO STATION [...] (SBU) On July 31, Minister of Public Works and Housing, Diosdado Cabello, named Puerto La Cruz-based radio station Orbita Radio 107.5 as one of 34 radio and television stations to be closed by the media regulatory agency Conatel. Following weekend shutdowns of numerous stations across Venezu [...] | 2009-08-05 21:48:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE |
09CARACAS103 | ECONOMIC TIES WITH IRAN GROWING SLOWLY [...] (C) Summary. Emboffs met with a local businessman to discuss his possible involvement in the establishment of a Venezuelan-Iranian Chamber of Commerce. In the private sector, expatriate Iranians cautiously build enterprises within Venezuela, ever wary of the political and economic pitfalls of doing [...] | 2009-01-26 21:44:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE |
09CARACAS1043 | VENEZUELA: CHAVEZ STEPS UP CRITICISM OF U.S. AND [...] (SBU) During his address to the UNASUR summit on August 10, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said that "the winds of war were beginning to blow" in Latin America, and charged that the proposed US-Colombia defense agreement could cause a war in the region. In an interview earlier in the day wit [...] | 2009-08-10 20:54:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM VE CO |
09CARACAS1051 | VENEZUELA: UN MEETING PRESENTS COUNTERNARCOTICS [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See Paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) From September 28-October 2, 2009, the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) will host the 19th meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies, Latin America and the Caribbean (HONLEA),for the United [...] | 2009-08-12 20:43:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR VE |
09CARACAS1059 | VENEZUELA'S AGENDA FOR THE AFRICA - SOUTH AMERICA SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Venezuela is hosting an Africa - South America heads of state summit on Margarita Island in September 2009. A chaotic July 20-23 coordination meeting in Caracas for South American and African representatives suggests Venezuela is planning to use its position as host to ram through a co [...] | 2009-08-13 15:55:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
09CARACAS1073 | GBRV RESPONDS TO CRITICAL GAO REPORT ON NARCOTICS [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan Minister of Interior and Justice (MIJ) Tarek El-Aissami and Director of the National Anti-Drug Office (ONA),Colonel Nestor Reverol, addressed the Venezuelan National Assembly (AN) on July 21 following the release of the GAO report on declining U.S. - Venezuelan counte [...] | 2009-08-14 17:04:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SNAR VE |
09CARACAS1080 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES EDUCATION LAW, [...] (C) Summary: The National Assembly approved the Education Law late August 13, amidst well-founded accusations of procedural irregularities, just eight days after the proposed text was made public on August 5. Opposition leaders, educators, and parents have declared that the text of the law i [...] | 2009-08-15 15:39:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO VE |
09CARACAS1086 | EDUCATION LAW PROMULGATED, OPPOSITION CALLS FOR A [...] (C) Summary: The Education Law was passed by the National Assembly late August 13, promulgated by President Chavez at a televised rally on August 15, and published in an extraordinary issue of the Official Gazette on August 15. Opposition politicians, leading educators, and the Catholic Churc [...] | 2009-08-17 21:13:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM VE |
09CARACAS1090 | CANADIAN-VENEZUELAN RELATIONS AT A LOW POINT [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Duddy August 18, Canadian Ambassador to Venezuela Perry Calderwood said that Canada's bilateral relations with Venezuela were as bad as they had ever been. In addition to disrupting Canada's Diplomatic pouches, not issuing license plates, and making i [...] | 2009-08-19 18:56:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE |
09CARACAS1132 | GBRV POLICE TARGET USAID/OTI-FUNDED DEMOCRACY [...] (S) Summary: Action request in para 7 below. On August 26, police officers from the Scientific, Penal and Criminal Investigations Corps (CICPC) presented citations requiring XXXXXXXXXXXX to appear on September 1 before the police. XXXXXXXXXXXX is a contractor for USAID/OTI in Caracas. XXXXXXXXXXXX [...] | 2009-08-27 23:10:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL CASC VE |
09CARACAS1137 | CHAVEZ SENDS TOUGH MESSAGE ON COLOMBIA PRIOR TO [...] (C) Summary. During an August 25 televised address, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ordered Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro to start preparations for a rupture with Colombia. This latest episode of brinkmanship appears targeted at multiple audiences -- his domestic constituency, Colombia, [...] | 2009-08-28 17:10:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CO VE |
09CARACAS1144 | CHAVEZ CLAIMS VICTORY AND SPINS UNASUR AGAINST [...] (C) Summary. President Hugo Chavez stressed three themes in his August 30 "Alo Presidente" broadcast, which were reinforced on the government television station (VTV) throughout the weekend. First, although the Summit did not censure Colombia for its Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with [...] | 2009-09-01 22:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL VE |
09CARACAS1147 | CHAVEZ GIVES OBAMA AFRICAN PRIDE ADVICE [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, on a September 1 state visit to Libya to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Qadhafi's revolution, urged President Obama to "rise to the height of his African blood," adding that although he may have good ideas, his hands are tied by the "North A [...] | 2009-09-02 20:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL VE |
09CARACAS1168 | CHAVEZ UPS THE ANTE: THE CRIMINALIZATION OF [...] (C) Summary: With the number of protests on the rise across Venezuela, the Venezuelan government (GBRV) is increasingly using the threat of investigation, arrest and incarceration as a political strategy to discourage demonstrators and intimidate the political opposition. Intimidation and h [...] | 2009-09-04 21:20:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE |
09CARACAS117 | CHAVEZ MAINTAINS MANEUVERING ROOM REGARDING OBAMA [...] (SBU) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has softened his comments towards President Obama in recent days. Backing away from his previous attacks, Chavez declared on January 24 that he was "pleased" with Obama's decree to close the Guantanamo detention center and that the new American presiden [...] | 2009-01-29 15:14:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
09CARACAS1187 | 29 MORE RADIO STATIONS THREATENED; THE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Venezuelan government announced on September 7 its intention to close another 29 radio stations for alleged administrative and tax irregularities, bringing to 61 the number of radio stations targeted and/or closed since July 31. The timing of the closures and the names of [...] | 2009-09-10 16:09:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE |
09CARACAS1201 | GLOBOVISION TV PLAYS WITH FIRE; BURNED A 6TH TIME [...] (C) Summary: On September 7, CONATEL, the Venezuelan government's telecommunications regulatory commission, opened a sixth administrative proceeding against Globovision Television, this time for its September 3 broadcast of text messages from viewers warning of a coup and calling for people to resi [...] | 2009-09-15 17:27:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE |
09CARACAS1207 | CHAVEZ DEMANDS OBAMA EXPLAIN DCA TO UNASUR [...] (SBU) Speaking in Madrid on September 11, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez repeated the suggestion, first raised by Brazilian President Da Silva at the August 28 UNASUR summit in Argentina, that President Obama publicly explain the purpose of the Defense Cooperation Agreement with Colombia. [...] | 2009-09-15 21:13:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL VE CO |
09CARACAS1209 | NO SHORT TERM DELIVERIES FROM CHAVEZ'S RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced September 13 that he had agreed to purchase USD 2.2 billion worth of weapons from Russia. Russia reportedly is providing financing for this purchase. The weapons would include main battle tanks (MBTs),components of an integrated air d [...] | 2009-09-16 15:15:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PREL VE CO RU |
09CARACAS1224 | ANOTHER OPPOSITION POLITICIAN SEEKS ASYLUM IN PERU [...] (C) Summary: Local papers report that Oscar Perez, a close ally of opposition Mayor of Greater Caracas Antonio Ledezma, presented his petition to the Peruvian Government September 17 for political asylum. Perez has been in hiding for nearly three weeks after an arrest warrant was issued for [...] | 2009-09-18 19:31:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF PGOV KDEM VE |
09CARACAS1225 | OPPOSITON MAYOR GUNNED DOWN BY UNKNOWN KILLERS [...] (SBU) On September 12, opposition Mayor Lluvane Alvarez was shot dead in front of his house in Coloncito, a ranching town in northern Tachira state. Mayor Alvarez was a member of COPEI, Venezuela's Christian Democratic party and a strong supporter of Tachira's COPEI Governor Cesar Perez Vivas [...] | 2009-09-18 19:39:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER VE CO |
09CARACAS1226 | VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT USES DCA TO JUSTIFY ARMS [...] (SBU) Following the fractious September 15 UNASUR Summit in Quito, President Chavez declared victory, claiming on a September 17 television broadcast that Colombia had been "completely isolated." He said it was "embarrassing" that the Colombians could not even show the Defense Cooperation A [...] | 2009-09-18 19:47:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER VE CO |
09CARACAS1230 | STILL NO AGREEMENT ON DRAFT DECLARATION FOR [...] (C) Summary: South African Ambassador Bhekizzizwe Gila told Ambassador Duddy on September 18 that South African President Zuma would attend the September 26-27 UNASUR -African Union Summit taking place on Venezuela's Margarita Island. Gila said the heads of state of Brazil, Libya, Algeria, and poss [...] | 2009-09-18 20:36:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
09CARACAS1231 | CARABOBO GOVERNOR CALLS VENEZUELA A DICTATORSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his meeting with the Ambassador on September 16, opposition Governor of Carabobo State, Henrique Salas Feo, highlighted the deterioration of Carabobo's economy and problems following the nationalization of Venezuela's main port, Puerto Cabello. He observed that disagreement [...] | 2009-09-18 20:59:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ELAB PREL KDEM VE |
09CARACAS1233 | RESPONSE TO MAJORS DESIGNATION NEGATIVE [...] (SBU) During a September 17 press conference, Venezuelan Minister of Interior and Justice Tarek El Aissami gave the Venezuelan government (GBRV) response to the Presidential Determination for Major Drug-Transit and Major Illicit Drug-Producing Countries (the Majors). El Aissami described the [...] | 2009-09-18 21:10:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER VE CO |
09CARACAS126 | VENEZUELA: SEEKING IMPROVED TIES WITH COLUMBIA [...] (C) Summary. In response to the worldwide economic crisis, on January 24, Presidents Uribe and Chavez agreed to create an economic commission focused on binational issues, including a binational fund for microfinance projects. Documented trade between the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (B [...] | 2009-01-29 21:31:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE |
09CARACAS1262 | HR DEFENDERS WARN OF AUTHORITARIANISM, ARBITRARY [...] (C) Summary: During a September 24 breakfast hosted by Embassy Caracas' human rights officer, Venezuelan human rights defenders expressed profound concern to 22 Caracas based diplomats about the increasingly limited democratic space within the country. They expressed concern about the disc [...] | 2009-09-29 15:45:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL VE |
09CARACAS1269 | STUDENT-LED HUNGER STRIKE BROADENS APPEAL; FOCUSES [...] (C) Summary: As of September 29, a student-led hunger strike entered its 7th day, expanding from an initial group of 33 protesters in front of the headquarters of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Caracas to upwards of 160 students, unionists, journalists, and prisoners in severa [...] | 2009-09-30 21:39:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE |
09CARACAS1271 | SCHOOLS ON ALERT, NO IMPLEMENTATION YET OF [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan schools and universities reopened on September 15 with little fanfare, despite earlier concerns about potential unrest as a result of the controversial new Education Law that was passed during the summer school recess (ref A). The Venezuelan government (GBRV) has not y [...] | 2009-10-01 14:51:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM VE |
09CARACAS1279 | STUDENTS END HUNGER STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: The 7 day student-led hunger strike, initially launched on September 24 as a protest against the arrest of student activist Julio Rivas, ended late the evening of September 30. The students called off the protest and claimed victory, stating that their demands had been fully [...] | 2009-10-02 17:45:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE |
09CARACAS1284 | AFRICA-SOUTH AMERICA SUMMIT SHORT ON SUBSTANCE, LONG ON HEADACHES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-05 20:00:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE UNCHC EAID |
09CARACAS1287 | GOVERNMENT FURTHER REDUCES SPACE FOR INDEPENDENT [...] (C) Summary: The Venezuelan government has announced that radio stations will be required to broadcast 3.5 hours/day of government-selected programs and another 2 hours/day of nationally-produced programming. The new rules would also essentially end syndicated radio programming. The gover [...] | 2009-10-05 20:23:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE |
09CARACAS1292 | STUDENT HUNGER STRIKES ENDED, BUT APPEALS FOR OAS [...] (SBU) Summary: Student protests calling for a visit by the Commission on Human Rights (CIDH) of the Organization of American States (OAS) continue. However, an October 3 march was poorly attended and ended with students "mooning" National Guard troops. On October 5, 15 students in the bor [...] | 2009-10-06 21:09:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE |
09CARACAS1321 | GBRV "SURPRISED" ABOUT THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE [...] (SBU) The Venezuelan government (GBRV) reacted immediately and strongly to the October 9 news that President Obama had won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. Venezuela's Public Defender Gabriela Ramirez said early that morning on the government-owned VTV the award "made a mockery of human rights," [...] | 2009-10-14 20:42:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM VE |
09CARACAS1325 | GBRV INCREASINGLY ISOLATING ITSELF ON AVIATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The International Air Transport Association (IATA),reports that all international airlines continue to experience prolonged delays in receiving dollars from the Venezuelan Commission for Foreign Exchange Administration (CADIVI). According to IATA statistics in early October [...] | 2009-10-15 15:38:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC CVIS EAIR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL PTER SNAR |
09CARACAS1335 | C-AL9-02049: CHAVEZ PLEASED THAT ZELAYA IS BACK [...] (C) Summary: In answer to questions posed in ref A, President Chavez appeared delighted with President Zelaya's physical return to Honduras on September 21. He continues to accuse the U.S. of instigating and definitely supporting the ouster of Zelaya in June, and includes the events in Hondu [...] | 2009-10-16 15:23:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR PINS HO VE |
09CARACAS1344 | RUSSIA HAS NO PLANS TO BUILD NUCLEAR REACTORS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 15 initial courtesy call with Ambassador Duddy, Russian Ambassador Zaemsky denied reports that Russia would help Venezuela build nuclear reactors, saying that its nuclear cooperation with Venezuela was limited to the medical field and food controls. With respect [...] | 2009-10-19 12:14:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET KNNP PREL RU VE |
09CARACAS135 | CARACAS SYNAGOGUE ATTACKED, CHAVEZ BLAMES [...] (C) Summary. A group of unidentified armed gunmen vandalized a prominent Caracas synagogue during the late night-early morning hours of January 30-31. The intruders appeared to have planned the attack well, defeating the synagogue's security system and subduing two contract guards. They not [...] | 2009-02-02 21:35:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL ASEC VE IS |
09CARACAS1351 | VIEW FROM THE BARRIOS: CARITAS EXPLAINS CHAVEZ [...] (C) Summary: Yaneth Marquez (protect),the Andean regional director of the Catholic charity Caritas, described to PolCouns on October 15 the political perspective of people in Venezuela's poorest areas where Caritas works. Marquez said the standard of living of Venezuela's poor had increased [...] | 2009-10-20 16:53:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE |
09CARACAS1355 | AA ASKED TO HEAD NEW US-VENEZUELA BUSINESS GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: American Airlines Senior Vice President for Latin American Peter Dolara informed the Ambassador that he had been approached by the Venezuelan Ambassador to the U.S. concerning a proposal to help form a new bilateral business organization to promote a positive image of Venezuela. [...] | 2009-10-21 19:38:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC CVIS EAIR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL PTER SNAR |
09CARACAS1376 | GBRV BLAMES PARAMILITARIES FOR DEATHS OF 10 KIDNAP [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan media reported that the bodies of 10 kidnap victims were discovered on October 24 in Tachira state along the border with Colombia. The deceased included a Venezuelan, a Peruvian, and eight Colombians who were kidnapped in Venezuela on October 11. The opposition-led [...] | 2009-10-27 18:40:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER VE CO |
09CARACAS138 | VENEZUELAN REACTION ON PORTS MUTED, NO CLOSER TO A [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-03 13:36:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET | ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EWWT EPET VE |
09CARACAS1386 | US AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH GOVERNMENT ORCHESTRATED [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador was greeted with government orchestrated resistance and/or protests during trips to the western states of Zulia, Falcon, Merida and Trujillo. During October 4-8 visits to Zulia, a pro-Government media blog criticized the Ambassador's trip to the opposition control [...] | 2009-10-29 21:45:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CO VE |
09CARACAS1391 | VENEZUELAN REACTION TO THE 2009 IRF REPORT [...] (C) Summary: Reaction to the 2009 International Religious Freedom (IRF) report has been muted in Venezuela, despite initial press headlines implying that the report grouped Venezuela and Cuba together. A short October 28 article in the government paper Diario Vea said "all religions enjoy t [...] | 2009-10-30 20:09:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM PGOV KIRF VE |
09CARACAS1401 | VENEZUELA'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEES "DARK HORIZON" [...] (C) Summary: In an October 28 breakfast meeting with the Confederacion de Asociaciones Israelitas Venezolanas (CAIV) Board of Directors, XXXXXXXXXXXX, said he privately encouraged Brazilian senators to allow Venezuela to join MERCOSUR. At the same time, Jewish community leaders told PolCouns th [...] | 2009-11-02 21:11:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE |
09CARACAS1406 | POLITICAL NOTES ON AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO ANDEAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador traveled to two cities in Western Venezuela, Merida and Valera, from October 24-28, making additional stops in Carabobo, Portuguesa and the Andean highlands of the country. Among the highlights of the trip were the inauguration of the new round of the 2009/10 v [...] | 2009-11-03 16:45:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
09CARACAS1426 | GBRV LAYS BLAME FOR BORDER VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: During the weeks of October 24-November 6, Venezuelan-Colombian border tensions rose sharply as a result of the killing of 10 kidnap victims (reftel) and two Venezuelan National Guardsmen, the arrest of three alleged Colombian DAS (Administrative Department of Security) agents b [...] | 2009-11-06 17:44:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER VE CO |
09CARACAS1430 | FM MADURO: DCA IS MOST SHAMEFUL ACCORD IN HISTORY [...] (SBU) Summary: One week after the U.S. - Colombian Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) signing on October 30, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro announced increased military intelligence and other activities so the country "would never be touched by even one single U.S. soldier." Usi [...] | 2009-11-06 20:56:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR VE |
09CARACAS1443 | CHAVEZ LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR CONFRONTATION [...] (SE) Summary: On November 8, President Chavez called on Venezuelans to "prepare for war" due to the threat posed by Colombia and the United States. Chavez again hammered the Colombian government for "shamelessly delivering its sovereignty to the U.S." through the recently signed U.S.-Colombia [...] | 2009-11-10 11:11:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET | PREL PINS MARR MCAP MOPS VZ |
09CARACAS1444 | GBRV STRATEGY ON COLOMBIA-DCA DISPUTE BECOMING [...] (SE) Summary: Following President Chavez's November 8 urging that the Venezuelan public "prepare for war" to defend the country against anticipated Colombian-U.S. cross-border aggression (Ref A),the Venezuelan government (GBRV) and its local allies issued a series of supportive and similarly [...] | 2009-11-10 20:46:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET | PREL PINS MARR MCAP MOPS VE |
09CARACAS1459 | ANTI-OBAMA MURAL ON DISPLAY IN CARACAS [...] (U) Users with access to SMART Cable system, please open attachment to see three photos of anti-Obama mural. 2. (U) A prominently displayed, high-quality painted mural denigrating President Obama is currently on public display in central Caracas. The mural, which is painted on a co [...] | 2009-11-17 13:46:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE |
09CARACAS1461 | VENEZUELAN AIRLINE NO LONGER AUTHORIZED TO MAKE UNSCHEDULED [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a senior executive of Venezuelan cargo carrier Vensecar, the Government of Colombia (GOC) has retaliated against a September 10 decision by the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) that it would no longer authorize unscheduled flights by Colombia [...] | 2009-11-17 14:32:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD PREL SNAR VE CO BEXP EINT ETTC |
09CARACAS1483 | VENEZUELA DESTROY BORDER BRIDGES; ACCUSES COLOMBIA OF [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan Army troops on November 19 demolished two locally constructed foot bridges joining villages in Colombia and Venezuela. General Aguero of the 2ND Infantry Division, at a press conference later that day, claimed the structures were "pedestrian crossings used by dr [...] | 2009-11-20 19:59:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL SNAR CO VE OAS |
09CARACAS1485 | Colombian Guerrillas Reportedly Met with GRBV Officials in [...] (S) Investigative journalist Nelson Bocaranda (strictly protect) told the Ambassador on November 16 that a reliable source had told him that Colombian guerrilla leaders had been in Caracas the previous week to meet with senior Venezuelan government officials to plan a possible provocati [...] | 2009-11-20 20:43:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER VE CO |
09CARACAS1487 | VENEZUELA: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-20 20:51:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | CU ECON EINV EPET ETRD ETTC HURI PREL VE |
09CARACAS1489 | Students Occupy Embassies; Plan Second Hunger Strike [...] (C) On November 19 student activist Julio Rivas told Polcouns and Human Rights Officer that students would convene a demonstration in Caracas on November 21 in which they would announce their initiation of a second round of political actions, to include a hunger strike by about 50 student [...] | 2009-11-20 20:59:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM VE |
09CARACAS1493 | FM Maduro Rails Against U.S. and DCA in Meeting of [...] (SBU) Summary: Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro inaugurated the first "International Meeting of Leftist Parties" in Caracas on November 19 with a televised diatribe against the United States. Calling the coup in Honduras a "coup against ALBA," and the Defense Cooperation Agreem [...] | 2009-11-20 22:03:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VE CO |
09CARACAS1495 | Foreign Ministry Communique on U.S. "Offer to Mediate" [...] On November 17, 2009, the Foreign Ministry released the communiquC) contained in para 3 below. An informal English version is contained in para 2 below. This communiquC) was apparently in response to the remarks of the Department Spokesman on November 13, in which he said in answering a ques [...] | 2009-11-20 23:05:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CO VE |
09CARACAS1499 | FM MADURO TO PROVIDE UNASUR PROOF OF COLOMBIAN PLANS TO [...] (U) In a November 24 press release, Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro announced that Venezuela would provide proof of Colombian "paramilitary incursions and intent to destabilize" Venezuela at the November 27 UNASUR meeting in Quito, Ecuador. He said the November 19 capture of Magaly Ju [...] | 2009-11-25 20:47:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR VE |
09CARACAS1501 | Chavez Focuses Meeting of International Leftist Parties on [...] (C) Summary: At the November 19-20 Meeting of International Leftist Parties, President Chavez called on the parties to unite against the United States and said the Defense Cooperation Agreement between the U.S. and Colombia (DCA) threatened the entire hemisphere. He also called convicte [...] | 2009-11-25 21:08:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM VE |
09CARACAS1507 | CHAVEZ GIVES IRANIAN LEADER WARM WELCOME; SIGNS MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: President Hugo Chavez provided a warm welcome to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during his November 24-26 visit to Venezuela, declaring he and his Iranian counterpart were , "together to the end." The Iranian's visit attracted small protests from student, Venezu [...] | 2009-11-27 21:36:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL IR VE KISL |
09CARACAS151 | CHAVEZ DECLARES SUDDEN HOLIDAY TO HONOR HIMSELF [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez declared on February 1 that February 2 would be a holiday to celebrate his ten years in power. The Venezuelan president's surprise was late, and the vague announcement of this last minute holiday created considerable confusion at businesses, schools, and other i [...] | 2009-02-04 21:45:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ELAB VE |
09CARACAS1517 | Ambassadors Discuss Expulsion of Colombian Miners/Colombian [...] (C) Summary: On December 1, Ambassador met with Colombian Ambassador to Venezuela Maria Luisa Chiappe at the residence of Mexican Embassy Political Counselor Maria Elena Alcaraz, at the former's request. Ambassador Chiappe confirmed reports that late last week approximately 500 miners - m [...] | 2009-12-02 18:09:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF CO VE |
09CARACAS1519 | Opposition Officials Attacked During Protest Of Budget Cuts [...] (C) Summary: Leading opposition officials held a march in downtown Caracas on December 1 in protest of proposed cuts of the 2010 allocation of funds from the central government to the states. In an unusually strong show of opposition unity, Miranda Governor Henrique Capriles Rodonski was jo [...] | 2009-12-02 18:29:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EFIN VE |
09CARACAS1521 | VENEZUELA EXPECTED TO TAKE HARD LINE IN COPENHAGEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV)'s steadfast view that developed countries have caused climate change is expected to dominate its official position at the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference. Though the GBRV has not publicized an official s [...] | 2009-12-03 14:06:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EAID ECON ENRG PGOV PREL UN VE KGHG |
09CARACAS1523 | RE: Second Student Led Hunger Strike at Risk of Fizzling Out [...] (C) Summary: Two weeks after the November 21 announcement by student activist Julio Rivas of a second student-led hunger strike to demand a visit by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH),the number of students participating in the hunger strike has dropped from its pea [...] | 2009-12-03 22:11:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM VE |
09CARACAS1525 | VENEZUELA: IRAN SANCTIONS ACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a public speech on November 25, President Chavez touted the implementation of 129 joint projects with Iranian cooperation and called the Government of Iran (GOI) a "strategic ally." The same day, the Venezuelan Government (GBRV) signed an additional 45 agreements with Iran to [...] | 2009-12-04 13:39:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EPET VE |
09CARACAS1529 | COLOMBIANS IN VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Summary: Forty years of civil war in Colombia have created a unique situation where four generations of refugees, totaling an estimated 6 million people, call Venezuela home. Colombian expatriates are integrated at every level of Venezuelan society, from casual day laborers to pro [...] | 2009-12-04 22:11:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV PTER CO VE IOM |
09CARACAS1543 | Sucre Municipality Opposition Mayor Focuses On Barrios [...] (C) Summary: Carlos Ocariz, the opposition mayor of the Municipality of Sucre in Greater Caracas, has focused on governing, rather than politicking since assuming office in November 2008. His approval ratings have increased since taking office, and his work on social programs, public services, and [...] | 2009-12-10 15:27:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR VE |
09CARACAS1545 | OAS Visit Ends Student Hunger Strike; Student Confrontation [...] (SBU) Summary: Student activist Julio Rivas claimed victory and ended his 18-day hunger strike on December 8 after a visit to Caracas by an OAS team that listened to the students' concerns and announced a January 2010 visit to Venezuela by OAS Secretary General Insulza. In a separate i [...] | 2009-12-10 23:31:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM VE |
09CARACAS155 | VENEZUELAN AUTOMOTIVE POLICY HAD "DISASTEROUS" [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Venezuelan government's automotive policy, in effect since January 1, 2008, fell far short of meeting its goal of increasing domestic car production. Car sales dropped by 45 percent in 2008 while spiraling prices due to lack of supply now have some in the government calling f [...] | 2009-02-05 16:49:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV VE |
09CARACAS1559 | C-AL9-02397 GBRV TIGHTENS THE NOOSE ON COLOMBIAN IMPORTS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 8, the Executive President of the Venezuelan-Colombian Economic Integration Board (CAVECOL),Luis Alberto Russian, told EconOffs that while custom offices remain open on the Colombian border the Venezuelan Government (GBRV) has erected a series of administrative barrier [...] | 2009-12-16 13:05:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAGR PINR PREL VE CO |
09CARACAS1561 | VENEZUELA: NEW PORT AUTHORITIES CHARACTERIZED BY DECLINING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shipping company representatives report that port conditions improved immediately after the nationalization of Venezuelan port operations in June 2009 when the government retrieved thousands of containers that had been left in the ports. This improvement, though, was short-lived as [...] | 2009-12-16 13:13:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINT EWWT VE MARR PGOV PREL ETRD |
09CARACAS1565 | TRIBAL DEATHS HIGHLIGHT GOVERNMENT LAND TRANSFER PROGRAM IN [...] (C) Summary: The October 13 killing of three members of the Yukpa tribe in the border state of Zulia highlighted the tension surrounding the Venezuelan government's (GBRV's) land transfer program. The killings, supposedly by other Yukpa members, followed the alleged theft of 124 cattle two d [...] | 2009-12-17 16:30:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PHUM PREL KDEM SNAR VE |
09CARACAS1569 | Sorting Out the Cedeno Story [...] (C) Summary. The December 10 release of imprisoned banker Eligio Cedeno and the immediate detention of Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni, who ordered his release, have merged two issues: corruption by Chavez insiders and the politicization of Venezuela's judicial system. Embassy recommends a principled po [...] | 2009-12-17 23:56:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE |
09CARACAS157 | VENEZUELA: LABOR UNREST TURNS DEADLY [...] (C) Summary. On January 29, police in Anzoategui state, enforcing a judicial order obtained by Mitsubishi, entered the Mitsubishi automotive factory, which had been taken over by union workers on January 12. A melee ensued, leaving two workers dead and several workers and two police officers [...] | 2009-02-05 17:56:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ELAB EINV PGOV PREL VE |
09CARACAS1581 | Venezuela Hosts New FARC-Affiliated Organization [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting in Caracas on December 7-9, about 1,000 delegates from 24 countries established the Continental Bolivarian Movement (MCB),named FARC leader Alfonso Cano its honorary president, and expressed support for the FARC and for President Chavez's fight against "U.S. imperia [...] | 2009-12-21 21:02:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR VE |
09CARACAS1587 | CHAVEZ VOWS TO SHOOT DOWN "SPY" PLANES [...] (SBU) In his nationally-televised weekly Alo Presidente show on December 20, President Chavez accused Colombian President Uribe of having "handed over Colombia to the yankees" and having allowed them to send unmanned aircraft into Venezuelan airspace near the Colombian border. Chavez said tha [...] | 2009-12-22 20:22:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR VE |
09CARACAS1589 | Chavez Calls for Cedeno's Extradition and 35-Year Sentence for the Judge [...] (C) During a December 21 broadcast, President Chavez announced that fugitive banker Eligio Cedeno had been detained in the United States and asked the relevant government ministries to quickly put together the necessary documentation for an extradition request to the United States (see reftel for b [...] | 2009-12-22 21:27:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV VE |
09CARACAS1597 | Dueling Expectations regarding Cedeno's Return [...] (U) During a December 22 press conference to discuss the results of Copenhagen-15, Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said that all the documentation required under the U.S.-Venezuela Extradition Treaty to request fugitive banker Eligio Cedeno's return had been provided to the United States so that Ce [...] | 2009-12-23 20:17:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV VE |
09CARACAS160 | STATE TV AIRS TELCON WITH POLOFF - ALLEGES PLOT [...] (U) Action message -- See Para 6. 2. (SBU) Venezolana de Television (VTV),the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (GBRV's) free-to-air state TV station, aired on January 27 a January 9 telephone conversation between the secretary of opposition activist Enrique Mendoza and [...] | 2009-02-06 18:11:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC VE |
09CARACAS1607 | CHAVEZ CLAIMS VENEZUELA HAS "GEOPOLITICAL IMPORTANCE" [...] (SBU) President Chavez and the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry made statements during the week of December 28 regarding the Spanish criticism of Venezuela's role at the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen and U.S. policy toward Iran. Both statements are suggestive of President Chavez's [...] | 2009-12-31 19:08:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VE SENV SP KGHG IR |
09CARACAS182 | AUSTRIANS REQUEST INFORMATION ON VENEZUELA-FARC [...] (U) This is an Action Request - See Para. 4. 2. (C) During a February 5 courtesy call on the Charge, Austrian Ambassador to Venezuela Thomas Schuller-Gotzburg said the Venezuelan National Guard is seeking to purchase weapons from Austria. Schuller-Gotzburg inquired whether we had informa [...] | 2009-02-10 20:17:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MCAP VE CO |
09CARACAS184 | GBRV DETAINS 11 PERSONS FOR ATTACK ON SYNAGOGUE [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan authorities arrested eleven persons over the February 7-8 weekend in response to the January 31 Caracas synagogue attack (Ref A). Five officers and a sub-inspector in the Caracas Metropolitan Police Force, as well as a detective from Venezuela's national criminal po [...] | 2009-02-10 22:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC VE IS |
09CARACAS200 | REFERENDUM: CHAVEZ'S ELECTION TO WIN OR LOSE [...] (C) Summary. The February 15 referendum on eliminating term limits is accentuating political polarization and virtually splitting Venezuela's electorate in two. Both the "Yes" and "No" camps are focused on motivating and mobilizing their core supporters to overcome voter fatigue and abstenti [...] | 2009-02-12 20:51:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
09CARACAS213 | RECYCLE AND REUSE: VENEZUELAN TOILET PAPER SHORTAGE [...] (U) The following message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. In the ramp up to the February 15 referendum, toilet paper is the latest consumer product shortage. The Government of the Bolivarian Republic (GBRV),through its consumer protection age [...] | 2009-02-17 11:26:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV PREL VE |
09CARACAS216 | VENEZUELANS APPROVE ELIMINATION OF TERM LIMITS, [...] (C) Summary. The National Electoral Council (CNE) announced February 15 that Venezuelan voters approved a proposed constitutional amendment to eliminate term limits, 54.85 percent to 45.15 percent. The result, coming on the heels of the "Yes" camp's state-funded and sometimes violent campaig [...] | 2009-02-17 13:25:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM VE |
09CARACAS218 | VENEZUELA WILL NOT ATTEND MEETING ON BIOSAFETY [...] (C) As requested in reftel A, the Agriculture Attache approached university professor and biotech expert Dr. Claret Michelangeli de Clavio (strictly protect throughout) to determine Venezuelan participation at the Mexico City biosafety meeting. Michelangeli, who represented the Venezuelan gov [...] | 2009-02-17 18:00:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAGR VE |
09CARACAS222 | GBRV EXPELS EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARIAN OVER CRITICAL [...] (C) Summary. The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) forcibly expelled European Parliament member Luis Herrero February 13 after Herrero criticized both President Chavez and the Venezuelan electoral system. National Electoral Council (CNE) President Tibisay Lucena called [...] | 2009-02-17 21:49:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP VE |
09CARACAS252 | VENEZUELAN DENIAL OF VISAS TO KEY MISSION PERSONNEL [...] (S) Venezuela's continued reluctance to issue visas to new personnel assigned to Caracas will, if not resolved, bring us to a mission critical situation. We are facing an almost complete turnover of the country team in summer 2009 with no certainty that their replacements will be granted vi [...] | 2009-02-26 16:30:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET | PREL AMGT APER VE |
09CARACAS257 | THE BOLIVARIAN REVOLUTION ADVANCES: WHAT'S NEXT? [...] (C) Summary. After winning public approval for the elimination of term limits, President Chavez publicly declared his intention to accelerate his Bolivarian Revolution which will almost certainly concentrate even more power in his hands. Chavez has not yet revealed how he intends to do so, b [...] | 2009-02-27 18:39:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
09CARACAS258 | CHAVEZ STRONGLY REJECTS HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez, Foreign Minister Maduro, and other senior Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) leaders strongly criticized the Human Rights Report February 26-27. Chavez phoned a late night pro-government political talk show to denounce the report as hypo [...] | 2009-02-27 21:51:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV VE |
09CARACAS26 | VENEZUELAN SCIENTISTS SAY NUCLEAR ENERGY PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: In late 2008, Chavez once again made statements regarding his plans to develop a nuclear power program in Venezuela and went so far as to sign an agreement with Russia's Rosatom on nuclear energy cooperation. Several local nuclear physicists are skeptical arguing that nothing came [...] | 2009-01-08 20:24:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO PGOV PREL ETRD ECON PARM |
09CARACAS264 | CHAVEZ TO PRESIDENT OBAMA: GO (EXPLETIVE) YOURSELF [...] (C) Summary: In two mandatory "en cadena" TV broadcasts February 28 and March 1, President Chavez verbally assailed President Obama in response to the recent public release of the U.S. Human Rights Report and the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). More specifically, Ch [...] | 2009-03-02 19:22:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR VE |
09CARACAS265 | CHAVEZ TO PRESIDENT OBAMA: GO (EXPLETIVE) YOURSELF [...] (C) Summary: In two mandatory "en cadena" TV broadcasts February 28 and March 1, President Chavez verbally assailed President Obama in response to the recent public release of the U.S. Human Rights Report and the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). More specifically, Ch [...] | 2009-03-02 19:38:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR VE |
09CARACAS269 | VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT IGNORES USG OVERTURES ON AVIATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Venezuelan private sector organization advocated strongly for the Venezuelan civil aviation authority (INAC) to support the issuance of visas for F AA inspectors and to meet with the Embassy to discuss visa matters. The Venezuelan govemment (GBRV) has not acceded to either request. [...] | 2009-03-03 15:45:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAIR VE |
09CARACAS279 | VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT THREATENS TO "EXPROPRIATE" A [...] (C) On March 4, Chavez directed the Minister to "begin the process of expropriating Cargill." The President of Cargill Venezuela Roberto Moro (protect) told Post this morning that he was on his way to a meeting with the Minister of Agriculture Elias Jaua. Moro reported tha he believes thus f [...] | 2009-03-05 16:54:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAGR VE |
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