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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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09SEOUL120 | ROKG VIEWS ON CONPLAN 5029, SMA, AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) Summary. ROK National Security Advisor Kim Sung-hwan discussed the ROKG's positions on Conceptual Plan (CONPLAN) 5029, the new Special Measures Agreement (SMA),and Afghanistan during a cordial and wide-ranging 30-minute meeting at the Blue House on January 15 with United States Forces [...] | 2009-01-23 00:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | MARR PREL MOPS PGOV KS AF |
09SEOUL1200 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-30 05:34:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1203 | ROK FISHING BOAT SEIZED IN DPRK WATERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A South Korean fishing boat was seized by the DPRK on July 30. A senior MOU official confirmed to us later in the day that the boat was seven miles north of Northern Limit Line (NLL) when it was seized. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On July 30, a South Korean fishing boat with four [...] | 2009-07-30 08:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIS MARR PGOV PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL1210 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 31, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-31 06:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1218 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 03, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-03 06:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1223 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-04 04:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1224 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 04, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-04 05:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1233 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-05 05:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1235 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 05, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-05 06:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1236 | ROK-IRAN RELATIONS OVERVIEW: PAST, PRESENT AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: Diplomatic and economic relations between the Republic of Korea and the Islamic Republic of Iran date from 1962, but the relationship is not robust, with total ROK investment in Iran still under USD 34 million. The two countries have cooperated on multiple business projects sinc [...] | 2009-08-05 07:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PARM PREL ECON ETRD KS IR |
09SEOUL1241 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BERMAN'S VISIT TO KOREA [...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Berman, welcome to Korea. The alliance between the U.S. and the Republic of Korea (ROK) is strong, enduring, and strategically important. Your visit follows the successful June 16 U.S.-ROK Presidential Summit and adoption of the Joint Vision Statement. The Joint Vision Statem [...] | 2009-08-06 06:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL1243 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-06 22:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1252 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 07, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-07 06:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1254 | SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - JUNE-JULY 2009 [...] In conjunction with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's summit with President Obama in Washington DC in mid-June, Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Korean Minister of Knowledge Economy (MKE) Lee Yoon-ho signed a Statement of Intent on June 16 to begin cooperation on research and development in [...] | 2009-08-10 03:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ELTN ENRG PREL TBIO TPHY TRGY KGHG KFLU KS |
09SEOUL1255 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-10 04:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL126 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 23, 2009 [...] Report Urged U.S. to Center on Japan and China (JoongAng Ilbo, January 23, 2009, Page 4) 2 2. U.S. Ambassador Urges the ROK to Give Washington Some Time Regarding FTA (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 23, 2009, Page 2) Top Headlines Chosun Ilbo Fears of "Negative Growth:" ROK Economy Shrank [...] | 2009-01-23 05:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL1264 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-11 06:34:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1273 | ROKG HAS BEGUN DISBURSING PLEDGED SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) In response to reftel request to urge the host government to provide previously pledged funds for Somalia, Song Hye-ryoung, MOFAT Humanitarian Assistance Division, on August 11 said the Republic of Korea (ROKG) has already begun disbursing funds from the USD 1,500,000 pledged at the Donors [...] | 2009-08-12 03:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER SO EAID KPKO KS |
09SEOUL1277 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-12 06:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1284 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-13 06:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1285 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-13 06:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1288 | EXPERTS FRUSTRATED WITH LEE'S NORTH KOREA POLICY; [...] (C) Summary: In August 10 meetings with poloff, two leading experts, each of whom is close to the Lee Myung-bak Administration, were sharply critical of Lee's North Korea policy. They also agreed that the succession of Kim Jong-un to his father's place as leader of North Korea is not yet cl [...] | 2009-08-13 08:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL129 | FUTURE ROLE FOR NORTH KOREAN DEFECTORS [...] (C) Summary: As the total number of North Korean defectors in South Korea crossed the 15,000 threshold in 2008, some scholars, NGOs, and defectors themselves asked whether the former North Korean residents could play a useful role promoting change of the North Korean regime and facilitating e [...] | 2009-01-23 07:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SREF PGOV PROP PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL1292 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 04:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1293 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 04:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1294 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 04:30:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1295 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 04:30:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1306 | PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE WORKSHOP IN [...] (U) This cable is sensitive, but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is cable is an action request. See para 19. 3. (U) Summary. The Government of the Republic of Korea (ROKG) on July 21-22 hosted a USG delegation at a workshop in Seoul to discuss the Prolifera [...] | 2009-08-14 06:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KS IR |
09SEOUL1308 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 07:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1310 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON 64TH UNGA HIGH-LEVEL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-16 22:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA CVIS OTRA OVIP KSEP KS |
09SEOUL1311 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-16 22:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNESCO KS |
09SEOUL1316 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-17 23:52:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1318 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-18 08:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL132 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-28 06:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
09SEOUL1326 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-19 08:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1336 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-20 07:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1344 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-21 08:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1348 | GICNT MESSAGE DELIVERED - FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Post requests guidance on the questions below received from ROKG. 2. (U) On August 19, per reftel, PolMiloff informed Director Koo Hyun-mo of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) that the United [...] | 2009-08-21 08:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KS |
09SEOUL135 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 28, 2009 [...] "Goodbye Guantanamo" (JoongAng Ilbo, January 24, 2009, Page 22) 2. "Obama Takes a Stand against Torture" (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 24, 2009, Page 23) 3. Relocation on Shaky Ground (JoongAng Ilbo, January 28, 2009, Page 30) 4. Kim Jong-il's Growing Interest in Progress at Six-Party Talks [...] | 2009-01-28 07:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL1352 | DELIVERY OF KWANGSON BANKING CORPORATION DEMARCHE [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) EMIN met with Koo, Hyunmo, Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) on August 20 to deliver reftel demarche. EMIN t [...] | 2009-08-24 03:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KNNP PARM PREL KS |
09SEOUL1357 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-24 07:59:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1358 | FM YU TELLS ALBRIGHT DENUCLEARIZATION IS TOP [...] (SBU) At a breakfast for the U.S. Presidential Delegation to the funeral of former ROK President Kim Dae-jung, FM Yu Myung-hwan told former Secretary Albright that Seoul's message to the North Korean funeral delegation had been simple: without progress on denuclearization, improvement in Nort [...] | 2009-08-24 08:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD PINR KN KS CH |
09SEOUL1363 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-25 08:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1364 | AMBASSADOR BOSWORTH'S AUGUST 23 MEETING WITH ROK [...] (C) In a brief August 23 meeting, ROK National Security Advisor Kim Sung-hwan reported to Special Representative for North Korea Policy Bosworth that President Lee had told a DPRK delegation that, until the nuclear issue was resolved, there would be limits on ROK economic cooperation with the [...] | 2009-08-26 00:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KNUC KS KN |
09SEOUL1371 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-26 07:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1373 | DESPITE NORTH-SOUTH THAW, BLUE HOUSE TO MAINTAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two trusted Ministry of Unification (MOU) interlocutors told us August 26 that the prevailing sentiment within the ministry is that the visit of the DPRK funeral delegation represented a "breakthrough" in inter-Korean relations. MOU expects positive results from the inter-Korean [...] | 2009-08-26 09:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KN KS |
09SEOUL1377 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-27 07:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1379 | HYUNDAI CHAIRWOMAN ON KJI'S HEALTH AND FAMILY [...] (C) Summary: During an August 25 breakfast with the Ambassador that focused primarily on Hyundai Asan's business in North Korea (septel),Hyundai Chairwoman Hyun Jong-eun said Kim Jong-il (KJI) appeared to be "in control of everything," was very charismatic and, ignoring advice from his docto [...] | 2009-08-27 08:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KS KN |
09SEOUL1380 | WI SAYS DENUCLEARIZATION IS STILL ROKG'S TOP [...] (C) During an August 24 meeting, ROK Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Wi Sung-lac emphasized to Ambassador Philip Goldberg that the ROKG's top priority is still denuclearization. Wi noted that UNSCR 1874 was forcing the North Koreans to find creative ways [...] | 2009-08-27 23:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EFIN KN KS CH |
09SEOUL1383 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-28 07:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1384 | DEMOCRATIC PARTY SUPPORTS DPRK SANCTIONS WHILE [...] (C) Summary: On August 23, members of the U.S. Presidential Delegation to former President Kim Dae-jung's funeral met with leaders of the opposition, left-of-center Democratic Party (DP). The Korean lawmakers were frankly critical of U.S. and South Korean policy toward the North. Nevertheles [...] | 2009-08-28 07:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL1385 | CODEL BERMAN'S AUGUST 18 MEETING WITH ROK [...] (U) Summary: During an August 18 meeting, ROK President Lee Myung-bak stressed his satisfaction with the close cooperation between Washington and Seoul on the DPRK nuclear issue and speculated that the leadership succession in North Korea was unlikely to be smooth. The U.S. delegation emph [...] | 2009-08-28 07:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL PGOV KS |
09SEOUL1386 | HYUNDAI CHAIRWOMAN ON DPRK TRIP, KIM JONG-IL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 25 breakfast with the Ambassador, Hyundai Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun said DPRK leader Kim Jong-il (KJI) claimed a lack of trust between the two Koreas was the main reason for "difficulties" in inter-Korean relations. KJI groused that the Ministry of Unification (M [...] | 2009-08-28 08:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI PINR KS KN |
09SEOUL1387 | DPRK PLOTTED CAPTURE OF U.S. JOURNALISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The DPRK's arrest of U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee in March 2009 was an orchestrated part of Pyongyang's broader pattern of belligerent behavior in the first half of 2009, according to "Aquariums of Pyongyang" author and DPRK gulag survivor Kang Chol-hwan. Kang, citin [...] | 2009-08-28 09:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KS KN |
09SEOUL1388 | CGPCS MESSAGE DELIVERED - FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Post requests guidance on the questions below received from ROKG. 2. (U) On Agust 25, per reftel, PolOff informed Kim Yo-sup, International Security Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),of USG views regarding participation [...] | 2009-08-31 06:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PREL KS |
09SEOUL1390 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-31 08:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1391 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 31, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-31 08:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1393 | KOREA'S GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTION SCENARIOS SPARK [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and is not/not intended for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: On August 4, the Korean government announced three "scenarios" for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions. The scenarios range from an eight percent increase over the 2005 em [...] | 2009-08-31 09:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG PREL KGHG KS |
09SEOUL1399 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 1, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-01 07:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1400 | INTER-KOREAN RED CROSS TALKS ON FAMILY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The North Korean delegation to the August 26-28 inter-Korean Red Cross talks showed up armed with instructions from Kim Jong-il (KJI) to agree immediately to family reunions by Chusok (Korean Thanksgiving, October 2-3),but was not prepared to negotiate additional reunions. Ministry of [...] | 2009-09-01 09:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON KN KS |
09SEOUL1404 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-02 05:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1408 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 2, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-02 07:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1413 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 3, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-03 05:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1418 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 4, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-04 05:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1421 | NK DEFECTORS MOCK CURRENT DPRK CAMPAIGN AS [...] (C) Summary: Three trusted interlocutors told us that North Korea's "150-Day Battle" campaign has devolved into a state-sponsored shakedown of small-scale North Korean traders who have managed to stash away foreign currency and/or accumulate consumer goods by doing business successfully in t [...] | 2009-09-04 09:30:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV SOCI ECON KN KS |
09SEOUL1434 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-08 07:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1435 | ROK RELATIONS WITH UZBEKISTAN: BLOOD, GAS, GOLD [...] (C) Uzbek Embassy DCM Alisher Okhunjonov gave us an upbeat assessment of bilateral ties with South Korea, which is now Uzbekistan's number one East Asian investor and one of its top trade partners. Using Uzbekistan's large ethnic Korean community as a bridge, the Korea Gas Corporation, the Kor [...] | 2009-09-08 07:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PINR PGOV ECON EINV KS UZ |
09SEOUL1436 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 8, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-08 07:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1441 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-09 06:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1442 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 9, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-09 06:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1450 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 07:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1453 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-11 07:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1455 | ROKG PRIORITIES FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SESSION [...] (U) We delivered reftel points on U.S. priorities for the UN Human Rights Council's 12th Session to Chun Hye-ran, Deputy Director of MOFAT's Human Rights and Social Affairs Division. With regard to the USG goal of getting a more balanced resolution on freedom of expression, Chun said the R [...] | 2009-09-11 08:30:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN UNHRC |
09SEOUL146 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 29, 2009 [...] Clean Energy Race Could Leave Korea Behind (Chosun Ilbo, January 29, 2009, Page 27) Features 2. Secretary Clinton: "The Six-Party Talks Are Essential... We Will Also Pursue Direct Contact with North Korea" (JoongAng Ilbo, January 29, 2009, Page 17) 3. O'Connor: "Political Leaders Shou [...] | 2009-01-29 08:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL1463 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-14 07:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1464 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-14 07:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1468 | DPRK NOT STARVING BUT CONTROLS ERODING, SAYS [...] (C) Summary: During a recent meeting with poloffs, Kookmin University professor and longtime DPRK-watcher Andrei Lankov ridiculed NGO assertions that North Korea is facing another major famine but did say the regime's internal political controls are weakening. Lankov asserted that up to 80 p [...] | 2009-09-14 08:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS CH |
09SEOUL1469 | SEOUL ESTH UPDATE -AUGUST 2009 [...] On August 4, Korea proposed three options to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, saying it will determine the final implementation plan by the end of this year. The Presidential Committee on Green Growth (PCGG) unveiled three scenarios that seek to reduce emissions from 21 to 30 percent [...] | 2009-09-15 01:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ELTN ENRG PREL TBIO TPHY TRGY KGHG KFLU KS |
09SEOUL1470 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 05:34:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1471 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 05:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1474 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-16 06:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1484 | SUBJECT: IRAN -- ROKG POSITIVE ABOUT JOINING THE [...] (SBU) POL M/C delivered reftel demarche on 9/16 to Shin Dong-ik, Director-General of MOFAT's International Organizations Bureau, calling on the ROKG to join the international effort to urge Iran to respond constructively to the P5 1 offer and to fulfill its international responsibilities. POL [...] | 2009-09-17 01:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC |
09SEOUL1488 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 17, 2009 [...] Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg will reportedly visit East Asia, including the ROK, China and Japan, later this month to discuss U.S.-North Korea bilateral talks and ways to resume the Six-Party Talks, among others. (JoongAng, Hankook) INTERNATIONAL NEWS ------------------ [...] | 2009-09-17 06:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1495 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-18 07:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1496 | ROK PRESIDENT LEE TO ATTEND THE 9/24 FRIENDS OF [...] (U) In response to reftel demarche requesting information on attendees to the Friend of Democratic Pakistan summit on September 24 in New York, MOFAT Deputy Director for Southwest Asia Choi Hee-deok confirmed the following ROKG participants: --Lee Myung-bak, President to the Republic of Korea [...] | 2009-09-18 09:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL PK |
09SEOUL1497 | POTUS EUROPEAN-BASED MISSILE DEFENSE DECISION [...] (U) On September 18, PolOff delivered reftel talking points concerning the U.S. proposed policy regarding missile defense in Europe to Kim Sung-eun, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Kim's only response was to question whether the U.S. and Russi [...] | 2009-09-20 23:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR EZ KS |
09SEOUL150 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 30, 2009 [...] U.S., North Korea Should Return to "September 19 Six-Party Statement" (JoongAng Ilbo, January 30, 2009, Page 27) 2. Candlelight Comeback (JoongAng Daily, January 30, 2009, Page 10) Features 3. The WEST Program Is Criticized for Wasting Money (Dong-a Ilbo, January 30, 2009, Page 12) [...] | 2009-01-30 07:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL1501 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-21 08:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1502 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-21 08:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1503 | ROKG RESPONSE TO UNGA WALKOUT REDLINES [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on 9/21 to Park Sahng-hoon, Director of United Nations Division of MOFAT,s International Organizations Bureau, calling on the ROKG to support the USG in a possible UNGA walkout and to instruct their missions in New York and their delegations for UNGA acco [...] | 2009-09-21 08:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA |
09SEOUL1507 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-22 07:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1512 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-23 06:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1513 | SENIOR ROK DIPLOMAT ON IRAN, DPRK HUMANITARIAN AID [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Young-joon told the DCM on 9/21 that while the ROK would be as helpful as possible on Iran issues in the coming weeks, Seoul's position would be shaped by what Tokyo does. Lee argued the ROKG position on humanitarian assistance to North Korea is clear and cons [...] | 2009-09-23 07:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON KS KN JN IR |
09SEOUL1527 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-24 07:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1528 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-24 07:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1529 | SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Mr. Deputy Secretary, all of us at Embassy Seoul warmly welcome you back to Korea. Your visit comes as we are in a sweet spot in the relationship, with a strongly pro-American president who has largely recovered from last year,s debacle on the importation of American beef and is committed [...] | 2009-09-24 08:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | OVIP PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KN KS |
09SEOUL1531 | MOFAT Previews FM Yu's Upcoming Visit to Tokyo [...] (C) In a preview of Foreign Minister Yu's upcoming visit to Japan, MOFAT DG for Northeast Asia Cho Tai-young noted the potential for negative fallout from next year's 100th anniversary of Japan's annexation of Korea. He said a pending Japanese decision on textbook guidelines relating to the L [...] | 2009-09-24 08:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SOCI KS JN |
09SEOUL1539 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-25 07:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1541 | ROK SUPPORTS BALANCED RESOLUTION ON GOLDSTONE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on 9/25 to Cho Tae-ick, Director of MOFAT's Human Rights and Social Affairs Division, calling on the ROKG to support an unbiased resolution on the Goldstone Report. Cho, noting that the ROK had discussed the issue in detail with the Israelis, said Seoul wo [...] | 2009-09-25 08:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS KS |
09SEOUL1554 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-28 08:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1555 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-28 08:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1556 | CHINESE DCM ON DPRK DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Chinese Embassy DCM Xing Haiming, one of the PRC's most experienced DPRK-watchers, told DCM Tokola that the PRC hoped for a quick, positive decision by Washington on bilateral talks with Pyongyang. An upside to holding discussions in North Korea, he said, was that the DPRK inte [...] | 2009-09-28 09:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS |
09SEOUL1559 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-29 07:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL156 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 2, 2009 [...] The North's Provocations (JoongAng Ilbo, January 31, 2009, Page 26) 2. Inter-Korean Relations Cannot Be Resolved with a Strategy of Waiting (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 31, 2009, Page 23) 3. N. Korea Must Stop Its Pointless Threats (Chosun Ilbo, January 31, 2009, Page 27) 4. It Would be Di [...] | 2009-02-02 08:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL1566 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-30 06:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1570 | IRAN - ROKG RESPONSE TO URANIUM ENRICHMENT [...] (S) POL M/C delivered reftel demarche on September 30 to Shin Dong-ik, Director-General of MOFAT's International Organizations Bureau, informing the ROKG of Iran,s covert uranium enrichment facility in Qom and updating them on the October 7 meeting of Like-minded States on Iran to be held in W [...] | 2009-09-30 08:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR UNSC KN KS ETTC |
09SEOUL1572 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 1, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-01 03:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1574 | ROK TO FOLLOW EU LEAD ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered EAP/K-Embassy Seoul e-mail message on 10/1 to Cho Tae-ick, Director of MOFAT's Human Rights and Social Affairs Division, calling on the ROK to back the USG effort to get an unbiased resolution on the Goldstone Report. Cho underscored that the ROK would likely follow the [...] | 2009-10-01 05:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KS KN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KISL KPAL IS |
09SEOUL1582 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 5, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-05 05:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1586 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 6, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-06 07:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1591 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 7, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-07 08:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1592 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-07 08:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1598 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 8, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-08 06:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL160 | ROK DEFENSE MINISTER ON WORSENING NORTH-SOUTH [...] (C) At a January 30 dinner at the Ambassador's Residence in honor of the ROK Minister of National Defense (MND) Lee Sang-hee and other senior ROK security officials, contrasting views were presented on how the ROKG should respond to that day's statement by the DPRK that it would no longer reco [...] | 2009-02-03 06:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR AF KS KN CH JA |
09SEOUL1604 | GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO DPRK ON SUCCESSION, 150-DAY [...] (C) During a recent meeting with Ambassador Stephens, Germany's ambassador in Pyongyang, Thomas Schaefer, asserted that military hardliners had seized the initiative while Kim Jong-il (KJI) was recovering from his stroke and are now ascendant in the DPRK government. According to Schaefer, con [...] | 2009-10-08 08:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI ECON PHUM KN GM |
09SEOUL1605 | KEY NATIONAL ASSEMBLY STAFFERS ON IRAN, AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Three key National Assembly (NA) foreign policy staffers told us that the South Korean business community has been pressing the Blue House and key lawmakers to expand the ROK's economic ties with Iran, and other countries in the Middle East, and to be more aggressive in helping secure bi [...] | 2009-10-08 08:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ECON ETRD KS IR AF |
09SEOUL161 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-03 06:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
09SEOUL1610 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 9, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-09 06:20:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1612 | RURAL NORTH KOREANS THANKFUL FOR U.S. MEDICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The CEO of an American NGO that provides humanitarian assistance to North Korea, Robert Springs, told the Ambassador on October 7 that medical equipment and generators provided to rural hospitals were being used as intended and appeared to be well maintained. Springs noted tha [...] | 2009-10-09 08:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SOCI ECON KN KS |
09SEOUL1613 | ROK URGES FRENCH ENVOY TO GO SLOW ON DPRK [...] (C) Summary: ROKG officials urged French Special Envoy for DPRK Issues Jack Lang to exercise caution in moving ahead with North Korea, according to our contacts involved in Lang's visit. MOFAT, French Embassy and EU Mission contacts all characterized the visit to South Korea as a mission foc [...] | 2009-10-09 08:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ECON KS KN FR |
09SEOUL1615 | TALKING POINTS DELIVERED: MALAYSIA-BASED IRANIAN [...] (S) On October 9, PolOff delivered reftel talking points concerning the Malaysia-based company suspected to be an Iranian front company looking to purchase U.S.-origin equipment from Korea-based Far Eastern Trading Company to Kim Sung-eun, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of [...] | 2009-10-13 05:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL MTCR MNUC KS |
09SEOUL1617 | RARE DPRK APOLOGY MAY SIGNAL START OF NORTH-SOUTH [...] (C) During October 14 inter-Korean talks on flood prevention, the DPRK expressed regret for the deaths of six South Koreans caused by the unannounced release on September 6 of a huge amount of water from a dam just north of the DMZ. The Blue House moved quickly to characterize the North's con [...] | 2009-10-14 09:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SOCI KN KS |
09SEOUL1618 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-15 02:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL162 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 3, 2009 [...] No to U.S Return to Protectionism (Dong-a Ilbo, February 3, 2009, Page 27) 2. The World Must Not Repeat Protectionist Mistakes (Chosun Ilbo, February 3, 2009, Page 31) 3. Obama Administration's Protectionist Barriers Are Unsettling (Seoul Shinmun, February 3, 2009, Page 31) Top Headline [...] | 2009-02-03 07:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL1620 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-15 02:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1628 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-15 05:59:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1631 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, all of us at Embassy Seoul warmly welcome you back to Korea for the 41st Security Consultative Meeting 21-22 October. Your visit comes at time when our bilateral relationship is the best it has been in a number of years, with a strongly pro-American president who has largely [...] | 2009-10-15 07:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PREL PARM MARR KS |
09SEOUL1632 | ROK PROPOSES TO HOST GICNT PLENARY IN 2011-2012 [...] (U) This is an action request. Post requests guidance on the questions below received from ROKG. 2. (U) On October 13, PolOff met with Park Eun-jin, Disarmament and Nonproliferation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, to deliver reftel joint demarche with Nikolay Fokin, 1st Secretar [...] | 2009-10-15 07:59:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGICKS |
09SEOUL1634 | ROKG RESPONSE TO GOLDSTON REPORT [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on 10/15 to Chun Hye-ran of MOFAT,s Human Rights and Social Affairs Division reiterating the U.S. position on the Goldstone Report and requesting ROK support at the October 15-16 Human Rights Council Special Session. Chun had no substantive comment but p [...] | 2009-10-15 09:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KS KN PGOV PHUM PREL IS KPAL |
09SEOUL1637 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-16 05:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1644 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-19 07:59:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1651 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-20 07:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1653 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR IRAN SANCTIONS ACT: [...] (C) On October 20, the DCM delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Lee Yong-joon. The DCM told Deputy Minister Lee the reported USD 1.4 billion energy deal signed by Iran with the South Korean firm GS Engineering and Construction (GS E & C) raised concerns under the Ir [...] | 2009-10-20 08:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ENGR EPET ETTC IR PREL KS |
09SEOUL1657 | IS ANOTHER "NO GUN RI" CONTROVERSY ON THE HORIZON? [...] (C) Summary: MOFAT ROK-U.S. Security Cooperation Division Deputy Director Park Joon-byoung told us October 14 that Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) has investigated and confirmed eight Korean War incidents in which U.S. military aircraft killed ROK civilians. Recalling the 2 [...] | 2009-10-20 09:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KN KS |
09SEOUL1664 | ROK DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER READOUT ON IRAN VISIT [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Young-joon, MOFAT's point man on Iran issues, told the DCM on October 20 that post-election protests in Iran represented conflict between "hardliners and other hardliners" and not between the government and the people. Lee dismissed the protests a "tempest in a [...] | 2009-10-21 06:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR MNUC SOCI KS IR |
09SEOUL1667 | ROK CONSIDERING MORE FOOD AID TO THE DPRK -- IF [...] (C) A senior Ministry of Unification (MOU) official told us that the October 16 inter-Korean Red Cross talks went unexpectedly badly. The North's delegation rejected South Korea's proposal to hold another round of family reunions and asked for a significant amount of food aid. Our contact re [...] | 2009-10-21 07:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI ECON KN KS |
09SEOUL1668 | U.S. COAST GUARD DISCUSSES COOPERATION WITH ASIAN [...] (U) This message is from the American Presence Post (APP) in Busan, Republic of Korea. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The Vice Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard met with his counterparts from Canada, Japan, China, South Korea, and Russia at the annual North Pacific Coast Guard Forum. Through these mee [...] | 2009-10-21 07:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PHSA EWWT MCAP XB |
09SEOUL1670 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-21 08:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1672 | UK AMBASSADOR SAYS CHINESE AID KEEPING DPRK "ON [...] (C) During a 10/19 breakfast with Ambassador Stephens, UK Ambassador to Pyongyang Peter Hughes asserted that Chinese economic aid was keeping the DPRK economy from collapsing. He said most factories were not functioning and the regime's "150-Day Battle" campaign appeared to be more about keepi [...] | 2009-10-21 09:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON SOCI KN CH |
09SEOUL1676 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-22 06:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1680 | PROMINENT DPRK DEFECTOR ON REPORTED CLASHES [...] (C) Summary: Prominent North Korean defector Kang Cheol-hwan asserted on 10/21 that the DPRK's latest labor mobilization campaign has damaged this year's food crop harvest. Mandatory ideological busywork has kept workers out of back alley black markets and forced farmers to neglect their pri [...] | 2009-10-22 08:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON KN |
09SEOUL1687 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-23 07:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1689 | UNSCR 1874 DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INFORMATION RELATED [...] (S) On October 23, Pol-Mil Unit Chief Dorothy Delahanty met with Koo Hyun-mo, Director, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, to deliver reftel demarche concerning information related to the DPRK cargo seized from the MSC Rachele. Koo said he had al [...] | 2009-10-23 08:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC KS |
09SEOUL1696 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-26 07:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1697 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-26 07:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1698 | HYUNDAI ASAN HOPING TO BENEFIT FROM NORTH-SOUTH [...] (C) Hyundai Asan is preparing to move quickly to resume tourism to Kaesong city and Mount Kumgang in the event of a breakthrough in North-South relations, according to company executive vice president Jang Hwan-bin. Jang claimed that word-of-mouth reports about the Kaesong Industrial Complex's [...] | 2009-10-26 08:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON KN KS |
09SEOUL1699 | ROK EXPERT CLAIMS CHINA WON'T OBSTRUCT DPRK ENDGAME [...] (C) The intellectual godfather of the ROK's current DPRK policy, Professor Nam Joo-hong, told us that in the event of a DPRK collapse China would not stand in the way of the ROK's efforts to unify the Korean Peninsula. Nam claims senior PRC intelligence officials have told him that Chinese in [...] | 2009-10-26 09:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON KN KS CH |
09SEOUL1701 | MOFAT ON ROK VOTING DURING UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on 10/26 to Cho Tae-ick, Director of MOFAT's Human Rights and Social Affairs Division, seeking ROKG support for human rights resolutions on Iran, Burma, and the DPRK, the biennial U.S. elections resolution, and ROK opposition to "defamation of religions" [...] | 2009-10-27 01:41:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KS KN PGOV PHUM PREL UN |
09SEOUL1705 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-27 07:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1711 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-28 07:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1712 | NO ROK DECISION YET ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-28 08:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KS KN AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09SEOUL1723 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-29 07:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1727 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 05:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1734 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UK DECISION TO BAN THE PROVISION OF INSURANCE TO IRISL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 08:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KNNP IR PREL KS XG UK |
09SEOUL1739 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 2, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-02 08:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1745 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 3, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-03 06:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL175 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 4, 2009 [...] Will North Korea Again Test-fire Missiles? (Hankook Ilbo, February 4, 2009, Page 39) 2. Seoul, Washington Must Stand Shoulder to Shoulder (Chosun Ilbo, February 4, 2009, Page 27) Features 3. Lee, Obama Pledge Cooperation on N. Korea (Chosun Ilbo, February 4, 2009, Front Page) 4. Is [...] | 2009-02-04 08:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL1750 | THE HAGUE CONVENTION: A WORD FROM THE PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post urges inclusion of Korean Accession to the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction in President Obama,s agenda for Seoul. This issue was previously raised with the ROK on numerous occasions, both in Seoul and Washington, over the past year, including by the Secret [...] | 2009-11-03 08:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PREL KOCI KITA KS |
09SEOUL1760 | KOREA TO FOLLOW EU LEAD ON GOLDSTONE REPORT UNGA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on 11/4 to Cho Tae-ick, Director of MOFAT's Human Rights and Social Affairs Division, urging the ROK to vote against any resolution on the Goldstone Report that included counterproductive elements. Director Cho thanked us for the update on the USG positi [...] | 2009-11-04 08:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KS KN PGOV PHUM PREL IS KPAL PTER |
09SEOUL1761 | KOREA TO FOLLOW EU LEAD ON GOLDSTONE REPORT UNGA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on 11/4 to Cho Tae-ick, Director of MOFAT's Human Rights and Social Affairs Division, urging the ROK to vote against any resolution on the Goldstone Report that included counterproductive elements. Director Cho thanked us for the update on the USG positi [...] | 2009-11-04 08:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KS KN PGOV PHUM PREL IS KPAL PTER |
09SEOUL1762 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 4, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-04 09:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1768 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 5, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 07:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1771 | SEVERE FOOD SHORTAGES WON'T COLLAPSE DPRK, SAYS [...] (C) During a November 2 meeting with poloffs, prominent North Korean defector Cho Myung-cheol emphasized that the DPRK's poor harvest and severe food shortages are "nothing new." The major difference between now and the famine of the late 1990s, said Cho, is that non-elite North Koreans have [...] | 2009-11-05 08:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS CH |
09SEOUL1772 | SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO KOREA, [...] (SBU) Mr. President, all of us at Embassy Seoul warmly welcome your first official visit to Korea. The U.S.-ROK alliance is in arguably its best shape ever, and it is growing in scope. We have a historic opportunity to expand cooperation with an ally that sees its national interests as coinc [...] | 2009-11-05 10:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KN KS |
09SEOUL1775 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 6, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-06 04:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1784 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 9, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-09 09:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1785 | SENIOR UNIFICATION MINISTRY OFFICIAL ON DPRK FOOD [...] (C) One of the Ministry of Unification's top DPRK experts, Yang Cheong-seok, told us that North Korea's grain harvest was down about 10 percent from 2008, a shortfall that would be "manageable" for the regime. The DPRK's food shortages would worsen next spring and summer because the ROK had no [...] | 2009-11-09 09:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SOCI ECON KN KS CH |
09SEOUL1786 | ROK SENDS LETTER TO NATO SIGNALING INTENT TO JOIN [...] (C) PolMil Chief delivered reftel points to Republic of Korea (ROK) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) ROK-US Security Cooperation Director Hyoung-chan Choe on November 9, 2009. Choe stated that Foreign Minister Yu sent a letter on November 6 to NATO Secretary General Rasmussen re [...] | 2009-11-09 22:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR MOPS AF KS NATO |
09SEOUL1787 | ROK LETTER TO NATO SIGNALING INTENT TO JOIN ISAF [...] (C) PolMil Chief delivered reftel points to Republic of Korea (ROK) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) ROK-US Security Cooperation Director Hyoung-chan Choe on November 9, 2009. Choe stated that Foreign Minister Yu sent a letter on November 6 to NATO Secretary General Rasmussen re [...] | 2009-11-09 22:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR MOPS AF KS NATO |
09SEOUL179 | AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO HANAWON AND HANGYERAE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador's January 29 visit to Hanawon Resettlement Center and Hangyerae Middle and High School revealed clean and modern facilities that show effective ROKG support for North Korean defectors on arrival in the ROK. During 2008, Hanawon's main campus for female defectors [...] | 2009-02-05 05:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SREF PGOV PROP PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL1794 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-10 08:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1795 | AMBASSADOR WI SUNG-LAC ON WEST SEA NAVAL INCIDENT [...] (C) Ambassador Wi Sung-lac, the ROKG's point person on North Korean issues, gave Ambassador Stephens a readout on the November 10 naval skirmish in the West Sea. Wi said there were no ROK casualties; he could not confirm reports that at least one North Korean was killed and several others wou [...] | 2009-11-10 09:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PINR PGOV KN KS |
09SEOUL18 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 5, 2009 [...] Global Response to Gaza (JoongAng Ilbo, January 5, 2009, Page 26) 2. If ROK-U.S. Alliance is Strong, We Do Not Need to Be Afraid of Pyongyang's Strategy of Engaging with the U.S. and Sidelining ROK (Chosun Ilbo, January 3, 2009, Page 27) 3. ROK and U.S. Fail to Round off Bush's Tenure with S [...] | 2009-01-05 07:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL1800 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-12 08:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1801 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-12 08:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1802 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-13 06:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1804 | ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON TROIKA VISIT TO NORTH KOREA [...] (C) During the EU Troika's October 26-30 visit to North Korea, interlocutors had consistently stressed that Pyongyang was ready to discuss "anything" with Washington, without preconditions, according to EU Commission DCM Uwe Wissenbach. The 2009 harvest appeared to have been only slightly wors [...] | 2009-11-13 08:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SOCI ECON KN |
09SEOUL1806 | ROK WILL BACK BURMA AND DPRK RESOLUTIONS, BUT NOT [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on 11/13 to Cho Tae-ick, Director of MOFAT's Human Rights and Social Affairs Division, expressing the USG's gratitude for the ROK's principled opposition to non-action motions and support on the DPRK and Burma resolutions. PolOff also urged the ROKG to s [...] | 2009-11-13 08:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV UN KS KN UNGA |
09SEOUL1807 | ROKG'S TOP PRIORITY FOR POTUS VISIT: HIGHLIGHTING [...] (C) Ambassador Wi Sung-lac, the ROKG's point person on North Korea issues, told Ambassador Stephens on 11/13 that the ROKG's top priority for the POTUS visit is to highlight the strength of the ROK-U.S. relationship. Wi asked that POTUS specifically praise the excellent coordination between W [...] | 2009-11-13 08:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MNUC KN KS JA |
09SEOUL1808 | NO TRACTION FOR ANTI-PRT DEMOS DURING POTUS VISIT [...] (C) People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD),one of the largest leftist NGOs in Korea, announced on November 2 plans for demonstrations -- coinciding with President Obama's November 18-19 visit to Seoul -- against the ROK's decision to lead a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) [...] | 2009-11-16 02:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MOPS KS AF |
09SEOUL1811 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-16 08:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1813 | ROK Agriculture Minister Presses for High-level [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met Agriculture Minister Chang Tae-pyong on November 4. Chang expressed his desire for a high-level consultation process on agricultural issues. Chang pressed for [...] | 2009-11-16 08:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PREL KS |
09SEOUL1814 | 2+2 MEETING TO MARK 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF KOREAN WAR [...] (C) Kurt/Jeff: As a deliverable for the POTUS visit, the Blue House has proposed announcing a one-off "2 plus 2" ministerial in 2010 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War. I strongly believe this is a proposal worth considering. A high-profile event featuring [...] | 2009-11-16 09:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KDEM KN KS |
09SEOUL1818 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 06:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1819 | ROK TEST FLIGHT OF UAV HAESONG-II SCHEDULE FOR [...] (S) On November 16, Post received notification from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) that the ROK planned to test the Haesong-II UAV on November 19, 2009. The text of the notification is below: 2. (S) "In accordance with the ROK's New Missile Guidelines adopted on January [...] | 2009-11-18 01:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PREL PGOV PARM PINR KS |
09SEOUL182 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-05 05:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
09SEOUL1832 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-18 07:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1835 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 07:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1836 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-20 08:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1839 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-23 05:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1843 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUBSIDIARY BODIES AT THE 2010 [...] (C) On November 20, Poloff delivered reftel demarche concerning the U.S. rationale for a third Subsidiary Body (SB) to Park Young Hyo, Deputy Director, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Park stated that Deputy Minister Oh had already been inform [...] | 2009-11-23 08:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP CDG PARM PGOV PREL UNGA NPT KS |
09SEOUL1846 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-24 06:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL185 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 5, 2009 [...] Obama Should Change His Dangerous View of Economy (JoongAang Ilbo, February 5, 2009, Page 26) Features 2. Department Stores to Sell U.S. Beef Next Month (Hankook Ilbo, February 5, 2009, Page 20) 3. Obama Administration's First Move on North Korea was to Impose Sanctions (Chosun Ilbo, [...] | 2009-02-05 08:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL186 | HEATED DPRK RHETORIC GETS COOL ROK REACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent DPRK statements "nullifying" past inter-Korean agreements appear aimed at ratcheting up tensions, but the ROKG is not tense, based on our soundings of Blue House, Foreign Affairs, Defense and Unification officials. Those officials, as well as several academics, regarded i [...] | 2009-02-05 08:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL1862 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 05:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1863 | MOFAT NORTHEAST ASIA DG ON ROK TIES WITH CHINA, [...] (C) During a November 12 lunch with the DCM, MOFAT Northeast Asia Division Director General Cho Tai-young stressed that the ROK's trade and people-to-people ties with the PRC continue to expand rapidly. Cho cautioned, however, that the expanding relationship with Beijing had begun to "set off [...] | 2009-11-25 06:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON KN KS JA CH MG |
09SEOUL1865 | "GLOBAL KOREA" TAKES OFF IN SOUTHEAST ASIA [...] (C) Summary: President Lee Myung-bak's vision of a "Global Korea" has been on prominent display in Southeast Asia during 2009. A key part of that vision is the New Asia Initiative, premised on the idea that Korea can play a "bridging role" between the developed and developing world. Central [...] | 2009-11-25 08:30:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ECIN ASEAN KS VM CB TH XC |
09SEOUL1867 | TOP JAPANESE PYONGYANG-WATCHER ON SINO-DPRK TIES [...] (C) Fresh from detailed discussions with longtime Chinese and North Korean contacts in Beijing, noted Japanese DPRK-watcher Professor Hajime Izumi told us that Premier Wen's October trip to Pyongyang had restored China's influence with the DPRK and put Beijing's relationship with the North bac [...] | 2009-11-25 09:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV ECON SOCI KN CH KS JP |
09SEOUL1869 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-27 07:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL187 | KOREA RAMPS UP ITS G20 EFFORTS; SEEKS TO [...] (C) Summary: Korea has ramped up its efforts on the G20 process, and ideally hopes to see the G20 become the main forum for global economic and financial coordination in the future. Former Finance Minister Sakong Il, Korea's new coordinator on G20 issues (as well as senior advisor to Preside [...] | 2009-02-05 10:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV PREL KS |
09SEOUL1875 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-30 07:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1880 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 1, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-01 04:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1882 | ROK TO ISSUE STRONG STATEMENT OF SUPPORT ON [...] (SBU) In advance of the President's speech, Ambassador discussed U.S. policy on Afghanistan in detail with ROK National Security Advisor Kim Sung-hwan. Kim stressed that Seoul would issue a "supportive statement" following President Obama's speech. 2. (SBU) The DCM followed up with the ROK [...] | 2009-12-01 08:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AF PK KS |
09SEOUL1888 | MOFAT MIDDLE EAST DG ON IRAN, SYRIA AND NORTH [...] (C) MOFAT Middle East Bureau Director General Kim Jin-soo told the DCM that the ROK was deeply concerned about Iran's defiant reaction to the November 27 IAEA Board of Governor's resolution. The DG, noting the ROK had voted with the U.S. on the resolution, emphasized that Seoul would follow W [...] | 2009-12-02 05:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MNUC SOCI ECON ETRD KS IR SY |
09SEOUL1893 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-02 07:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1894 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 2, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-02 07:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1900 | DFM LEE SAYS ROK WELCOMES NEW U.S. APPROACH ON [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel points on December 1 to Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Young-joon, asking the ROK to urge the Burmese government to engage in serious dialogue with the opposition and allow ASSK to meet with the National League for Democracy's entire leadership council. DFM Lee said the [...] | 2009-12-03 05:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI BM KS KN |
09SEOUL1901 | DFM LEE SAYS ROK WELCOMES NEW U.S. APPROACH ON [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel points on December 1 to Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Young-joon, asking the ROK to urge the Burmese government to engage in serious dialogue with the opposition and allow ASSK to meet with the National League for Democracy's entire leadership council. DFM Lee said the [...] | 2009-12-03 05:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI BM KS KN |
09SEOUL1902 | PDAS DONOVAN'S NORTH KOREA MEETINGS AT MOFAT [...] (C) ROK Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Wi Sung-lac told EAP PDAS Joe Dononvan during a 12/2 meeting that Korea appreciated Ambassador Bosworth agreeing to stop in Seoul immediately before and after his upcoming trip to Pyongyang. Wi was concerned by the [...] | 2009-12-03 06:34:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS |
09SEOUL1903 | PDAS DONOVAN'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY NSA KIM TAE-HYO [...] (C) During a December 2 meeting at the Blue House with EAP PDAS Joe Dononvan, ROK Deputy National Security Advisor Kim Tae-hyo characterized Ambassador Bosworth's upcoming trip as a "chance to check out the views" of the DPRK leadership. Kim warned that the North Koreans would attempt to provok [...] | 2009-12-03 06:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS AF IR |
09SEOUL1904 | PDAS DONOVAN'S MEETING WITH ROK DFM LEE YONG-JOON [...] (C) In a December 2 meeting with visiting EAP PDAS Joe Donovan, ROK Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Yong-joon requested an appointment with SRAP Holbrooke in Washington later this month to discuss preparations for establishment of a ROK PRT in Parwan, Afghanistan and urged that the United States [...] | 2009-12-03 07:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ABLD MARR KS KN AF IR BM |
09SEOUL1905 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 3, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-03 08:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1906 | PDAS DONOVAN'S MEETING WITH DPRK REFUGEE COMMUNITY [...] (C) During a wide-ranging discussion over dinner on December 2, five prominent leaders from the North Korean refugee community told EAP PDAS Joe Donovan that ordinary people in the DPRK are listening to and reading "illegal" media from the South. Donovan's interlocutors cited a range of diffi [...] | 2009-12-03 08:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KPAO MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS |
09SEOUL1907 | PDAS DONOVAN'S DECEMBER 2 MEETING WITH MOFAT DG [...] (C) MOFAT DG for North American Affairs Chang Ho-jin on December 2 told EAP PDAS Joe Donovan the ROK was very pleased with the results of the recent POTUS visit. Chang noted the ROK had identified three potential windows for the agreed upon 2 2 ministerials to commemorate the 60th anniversary [...] | 2009-12-03 09:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD KS |
09SEOUL1910 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 4, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-04 05:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL192 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-06 06:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
09SEOUL1921 | DPRK CURRENCY FIASCO MAY SOON CAUSE MAJOR FOOD [...] (C) British diplomats in Pyongyang have reported that shops and markets remain closed in the wake of the sudden DPRK government decision to replace its currency. There are rumors that the revaluation of goods in state stores and unofficial markets would take at least another week, which would [...] | 2009-12-04 09:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI ECON EFIN KN KS |
09SEOUL1925 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 7, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-07 07:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1926 | ROKG THINKING BIG FOR NOVEMBER G20 SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Over lunch with the Ambassador and visiting EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Joseph Donovan, ROK G20 Coordinator Sakong Il described ROKG efforts to establish the primacy of the G20 and ensure the success of the Seoul summit in November 2010. The ROKG is negotiating aggre [...] | 2009-12-07 08:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL KS |
09SEOUL1928 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 8, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-08 07:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1929 | A VIEW FROM BUSAN HARBOR ON "UNOFFICIAL" [...] (C) A Busan-based freight company executive recently told us that the Dan Gyol Bong, a DPRK cargo ship, docks in Busan 2-4 times a month to offload seafood, agricultural products and clothing and take on fabrics, processed foods and used cars -- which usually get sold in China and Russia. Our [...] | 2009-12-08 08:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD PINR KN KS |
09SEOUL1932 | CHINESE DCM ON BOSWORTH VISIT, DPRK CURRENCY CHAOS [...] (C) Chinese Embassy DCM Xing Haiming predicted on December 8 that Ambassador Bosworth would be successful in persuading the DPRK to return to the Six-Party Talks (6PT),though the North Koreans would likely demand at least one more bilateral meeting with the United States ahead of a possible pl [...] | 2009-12-09 08:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS CH |
09SEOUL1933 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 9, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-11 00:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1935 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-11 00:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1936 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-11 00:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1941 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-14 01:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1942 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-14 01:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1945 | ROK MND DEPUTY MINISTER FOR POLICY SEEKS US [...] (S) OSD DASD Michael Schiffer met with newly appointed Deputy Minister of National Defense for Policy LTC Gwang Il Chang on December 11, 2009. Deputy Minister LTG Chang expressed his gratitude to Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs (APSA) Gregson for his Dec [...] | 2009-12-14 07:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS KS AF |
09SEOUL1946 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-14 23:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1953 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-15 07:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1956 | AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 14 LUNCH WITH UNIFICATION [...] (C) Unification Minister Hyun In-taek confirmed to the Ambassador on December 14 that the ROK will soon provide 500,000 doses of antiviral drugs to the DPRK to help it handle an H1N1 outbreak. Hyun said the Ministry of Unification (MOU) plans to increase the budget for DPRK-related activities [...] | 2009-12-15 07:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN SOCI KN KS CH |
09SEOUL1964 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-18 02:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1965 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-18 02:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1971 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-18 05:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1972 | MINISTER OF KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY ON G20, FTA, NUCLEAR [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a December 15 introductory call, the Ambassador and the ROK's new Minister of Knowledge Economy Choi Kyung-whan discussed renewable and sustainable energy, the KORUS FTA, and [...] | 2009-12-18 08:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL KS |
09SEOUL1979 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-21 07:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1980 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-21 07:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1987 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-22 05:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1994 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-23 04:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1996 | ROKG CO-SPONSORSHIP FOR UPCOMING UNSCR 1267 [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on December 23 to Park Chi-young of MOFAT's International Security Affairs Division, notifying the ROKG that the U.S. intends to request the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee to add Yemen-headquartered al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and two of its lead [...] | 2009-12-23 08:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN PTER PINR PREL SA YM UN KS KN |
09SEOUL1999 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-24 02:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL200 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 6, 2009 [...] A Future for Iraq (JoongAng Ilbo, February 6, 2009, Page 27) 2. Financial Protectionism Could Bring Second Crisis (Chosun Ilbo, February 6, 2009, Page 27) 3. Even Though 'Buy America' Provisions Have Softened (Hankook Ilbo, February 6, 2009, Page 36) Features 4. N. Korea "Could Fire [...] | 2009-02-06 08:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL2001 | U.S.-ROK BILATERAL COUNTERTERRORISM MEETING HELD [...] (SBU) Summary: In the second round of U.S.-ROK bilateral counterterrorism consultations, the ROK expressed growing concern over terrorist attacks on Korean nationals abroad. Outlining its increasing international and domestic counterterrorism efforts, the ROK reiterated the desire to work clo [...] | 2009-12-24 03:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PGOV KS |
09SEOUL2002 | CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO ROK ON SIX-PARTY TALKS, DPRK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-24 03:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV ECON SOCI KN CH KS |
09SEOUL2007 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-28 05:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL2010 | AMB VERVEER FINDS PARTNERS IN KOREA TO ADVANCE [...] (C) Summary: During her December 8-9 visit to Seoul, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer met with government officials and civil society representatives to discuss Korea's progress on women's rights and plans for closing the gender equality gap. National Assembly Me [...] | 2009-12-28 08:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KWNM PREL KPAO PHUM KR KS KN KTIP |
09SEOUL2012 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-29 07:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL2013 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-29 07:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL2016 | KOREA'S "AFRICA GREEN GROWTH PARTNERSHIP" RAMPS UP [...] (C) The "Africa Green Growth Partnership," launched by President Lee in November, will double ROK Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Africa by 2012. A key facet of the initiative, which is part of a broader program to expand the ROK's development assistance programming, will be the dis [...] | 2009-12-30 02:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EINV ETRD SENV XA KS |
09SEOUL2018 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 07:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL2021 | ROK FOREIGN MINISTER ON AFGHANISTAN, FTA AND NORTH [...] (C) Summary: In a one-on-one breakfast with the Ambassador December 30, Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan reaffirmed Seoul's commitment to establishing a PRT in Afghanistan, saying the Administration expects the National Assembly to pass the necessary legislation in February. Yu expressed con [...] | 2009-12-30 09:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MOPS MARR ECON YM PK AF CH |
09SEOUL2027 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 31, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-31 04:59:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL203 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 9, 2009 [...] Let's Not Let Assessments Hinder Denuclearization (Hankyoreh Shinmun, February 9, 2009, Page 23) Features 2. U.S. Experts Recount Visit to Korea (Chosun Ilbo, February 9, 2009, Page 6) 2 3. Washington's First Diplomatic Homework is Afghanistan... What Kind of Homework Will It Become f [...] | 2009-02-09 07:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL211 | ROKG INTERESTED IN GICNT MODEL GUIDELINES DOCUMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-10 06:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KS |
09SEOUL212 | ROK NPT DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche on February 6 to Lee Jangkeun, Director of Disarmament & Nonproliferation Division within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). The Deputy Director in Lee,s office will arrive th [...] | 2009-02-10 07:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PREL IAEA NPT KS |
09SEOUL213 | FORMER DPRK INTERNAL POLICE OFFICIAL ON KIM JONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former DPRK People's Safety Agency (PSA) official Kwak Myung-il described domestic surveillance activities in North Korea, security measures for Kim Jong Il train travel, and growing public discontent with the DPRK regime during a recent meeting with poloff. Kwak and his nephew h [...] | 2009-02-10 07:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL215 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 10, 2009 [...] Messages We Should Deliver to Secretary Clinton (Dong-a Ilbo, February 10, 2009, Page 31) 2. What Clinton Has Packed for a Visit to Seoul (Chosun Ilbo, February 10, 2009, Page 31) Top Headlines Chosun Ilbo, Hankook Ilbo, Hankyoreh Shinmun, Segye Ilbo, Seoul Shinmun, All TVs, All Intern [...] | 2009-02-10 08:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL216 | ROKG DEMARCHED ABOUT INTELLIGENCE LEAKS [...] (S/NF) On February 9, the DCM delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Yong-joon, conveying strong USG concern about recent ROKG leaks of intelligence drawn from satellite imagery of the North Korean missile program, especially because this was not the first time the ROKG had [...] | 2009-02-10 08:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET//NOFORN | PINS PREL KS KN JA |
09SEOUL22 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-06 04:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
09SEOUL222 | ROKG UNDERTAKING INVESTIGATION OF INTELLIGENCE LEAK [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The ROKG took USG concerns about the leak of intelligence pertaining to North Korean missile movements "very seriously," ROK Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Yong-joon told the DCM on February 11, and was initiating an investigation to find its source. The leakage was not the resul [...] | 2009-02-11 07:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET//NOFORN | PINS PINR PREL KS KN JA |
09SEOUL225 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 12, 2009 [...] North Korea Has Nothing to Gain with a Missile Launch (Hankook Ilbo, February 12, 2009, Page 39) 2. ROK's Preemptive Afghanistan Aid Diplomacy (JoongAng Ilbo, February 12, 2009, Page 26) 3. Noticing the North (JoongAng Ilbo, February 12, 2009, Page 26) 4. N. Korea Should Heed U.S. Warnings [...] | 2009-02-12 07:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL228 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO KOREA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-12 09:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON OVIP KS |
09SEOUL232 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 04:59:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
09SEOUL235 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 13, 2009 [...] Lessons of 'Buy-American' Policy (Hankook Ilb, February 13, 2009, Page 39) 2. National Security Worries (JoongAng Ilbo, February 13, 2009, Page 26) 3. North Korea Should Not Miscalculate Things with a Missile Launch (Hankook Ilbo, February 13, 2009, Page 39) Top Headlines Chosun Il [...] | 2009-02-13 07:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL240 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 17, 2009 [...] Welcoming Clinton (JoongAng Ilbo, February 16, 2009, Page 31) 2. "Hillary! Hillary!..." (Chosun Ilbo, February 17, 2009, Page 30) 3. Leader Parties While His People Starve (Dong-a Ilbo, February 17, 2009, Page 31) 4. Even Two Years after Feb. 13 Agreement, Pyongyang Still Engages in Trick [...] | 2009-02-17 08:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL242 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-17 08:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
09SEOUL246 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-18 05:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
09SEOUL249 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 18, 2009 [...] Agenda for Clinton visit (JoongAng Ilbo, February 18, 2009, Page 30) Features 2. "North Korea Is Operating a Plant to Enrich Uranium at Yongbyon" (Dong-a Ilbo, February 18, 2009, Page 6) 3. Campbell Will Be in Overall Charge of U.S. Negotiations with N. Korea (JoongAng Ilbo, Februa [...] | 2009-02-18 07:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL250 | ROKG DEMARCHED ON PROPOSED GICNT WORKSHOP [...] This is an action request. See para 3. 2. Poloff delivered reftel information on February 13 to Park Eun-Jin of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Park will review the information along with her counterpart within the M [...] | 2009-02-19 01:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL PTER KGIC KS |
09SEOUL256 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 05:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
09SEOUL258 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 19, 2009 [...] Don't Even Think About Dispatching Troops to Afghanistan (Hankyoreh Shinmun, February 19, 2009, Page 23) 2. Secretary of State Clinton's Visit to Seoul Should Serve to Enhance ROK-U.S. Cooperation (Hankook Ilbo, February 19, 2009, Page 39) Features 3. Korea Hopes for Clear Message fro [...] | 2009-02-19 07:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL26 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 6, 2009 [...] "International Community Should Speak with One Voice about Gaza Situation" (Seoul Shinmun, January 6, 2009, Page 31) 2. Obama Diplomacy and Goldilocks' Rule (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 6, 2009, Page 30) Features 3. Delayed Relocation of the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division (Dong-a Ilbo, Ja [...] | 2009-01-06 07:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL269 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 23, 2009 [...] Alliance Reaffirmed (JoongAng Ilbo, February 21, 2009, Page 26) 2. Effects of Sino-U.S. Relations (JoongAng Ilbo, February 23, 2009, Page 30) 3. Clinton Says, "The U.S. and the ROK Agree on North Korean Issue" (Chosun Ilbo, February 21, 2009, Page 27) 4. Pyongyang Should Not Dare to Igno [...] | 2009-02-23 09:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL270 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-23 09:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
09SEOUL276 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 24, 2009 [...] 'Hillary's Kiss' and the Korean Peninsula (Hankook Ilbo, February 24, 2009, Page 38) Features 2. NK Raised No. of Special Forces by 60,000: Report (Dong-a Ilbo, February 24, 2009, Page 6) 3. Money Is the Biggest Problem; WEST Participants Should Pay a Lump Sum of $8,500 (Dong-a Ilbo, [...] | 2009-02-24 07:59:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL282 | HYUNDAI GROUP SUGGESTS PATIENCE AND GENEROSITY [...] (C) Summary: Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun shared her views with the Ambassador on the current state of inter-Korean relations over lunch on February 13. Hyun said North Korea wanted to improve relations with South Korea, but the South's halting of fertilizer and rice deliveries whi [...] | 2009-02-26 01:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD MARR PGOV KS KN |
09SEOUL283 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 25, 2009 [...] After All, the U.S. Is the Problem (JoongAng Ilbo, February 25, 2009, Page 26) 2. How Clinton Stole Korean Hearts (Chosun Ilbo, February 25, 2009, Page 27) 3. N. Korea Will Have to Pay for Missile Test (Chosun Ilbo, February 25, 2009, Page 27) 4. Breaking the Cycle of Brinkmanship (Hankyo [...] | 2009-02-26 02:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL284 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-26 02:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
09SEOUL289 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 26, 2009 [...] True Character of Clinton's Diplomacy (Segye Ilbo, February 26, 2009, Page 31) 2. Will 'Clinton Effect' Continue? (JoongAng Ilbo, February 26, 2009, Page 27) Features 3. Obama's Address to Joint Session of Congress Enviable (Hankook Ilbo, February 26, 2009, Page 39) 4. Foreign Minis [...] | 2009-02-26 08:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL29 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 7, 2009 [...] ROK-U.S. Response in 2009 to North Korea's Nuclear Issue (Chosun Ilbo, January 7, 2009, Page 31) Top Headlines Chosun Ilbo 93 Public Welfare Bills, including Bills on Easing Criminal Penalties, are stalled by National Assembly standoff; (as a result) Low-Income People (who are unable to [...] | 2009-01-07 07:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL290 | SECRETARY'S VISIT TO SEOUL A HUGE SUCCESS [...] (C) Summary: As the Secretary's plane was preparing for departure from Seoul on February 20, Ambassador-designate Han Duck-soo, a man of great reserve, beamed and said "all anti-Americanism will be gone" after the Secretary's visit. The February 19-20 visit of Secretary Clinton made an enormo [...] | 2009-02-26 08:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KN KS |
09SEOUL291 | IRAQI PRESIDENT TALABANI SECURES ROKG COMMITMENT [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and ROK President Lee Myung-bak signed a comprehensive cooperation MOU in Seoul on February 24 agreeing to explore opportunities for economic cooperation. Contrary to a Blue House press release, the MOU did not commit either side to specific delive [...] | 2009-02-26 09:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN EAIR IZ KS |
09SEOUL294 | ROK RESPONSE TO GICNT/EPG DEMARCHE LANGUAGE [...] This is an action request. (See para 2.) 2. The ROKG requests that the following changes be made to the GICNT Workshop/EPG Meeting announcement contained in reftel, para 6. -- In the first paragraph, change the title of the GICNT workshop to "Current Progress in Detecting and Respond [...] | 2009-02-27 01:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL PTER KGIC KS |
09SEOUL295 | ROK DETAILED RESPONSE TO NONPROLIFERATION TREATY [...] (U) Lee Jangkeun, Director of the Disarmament & Nonproliferation Division within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on February 24 provided detailed responses to reftel A and an expansion of reftel B. Won Jong-mun, the ROKG point of contact on NPT issues, also attended the meeting. [...] | 2009-02-27 02:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PREL IAEA NPT KS |
09SEOUL3 | PRESS BULLETIN - December 31, 2008 [...] The Israel-Palestine Issue Will Be Resolved Only When the U.S. Is Fair (Dong-a Ilbo, December 31, 2008, Page 27) Features 2. N. Korea to Prepare for Post-Kim Jong-il Era Next Year (Dong-a Ilbo, December 31, 2008, Front Page) 2 3. ROK Looking at Ways to Support U.S. in Afghanistan (Chos [...] | 2009-01-01 23:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL30 | POLIFESSORS: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONFLICT SUBVERTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 6, poloffs met with prominent political science professors Kim Hyung-joon of Myongji University and Hahm Sung-deuk of Korea University to discuss the current political situation and implications of the recent clashes in the National Assembly. Kim said that the Nationa [...] | 2009-01-07 07:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
09SEOUL307 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 27, 2009 [...] The Only Way Out (JoongAng Ilbo, February 27, 2009, Page 27) 2. A Part-Time Envoy for a Full-Time Task (Chosun Ilbo, February 27, 2009, Page 26) 3. Ratification of the KORUS FTA Is Urgent (Hankook Ilbo, February 27, 2009, Page 39) Features 4. Even If the U.S. Successfully Intercepts [...] | 2009-02-27 07:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL309 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 07:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
09SEOUL311 | ROK EXPERTS SAY PRESIDENT LEE'S NORTH KOREA POLICY [...] (C) Summary: South Korean experts on the DPRK agree that the North's recent escalation of tensions with the South marks a qualitative change in South-North relations and that President Lee Myung-bak's policy of "benign neglect" toward the North is largely responsible for the change. Kim Jong [...] | 2009-02-27 08:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KS KN |
09SEOUL312 | ROKG QUESTIONS ON AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) After poloff delivered reftel demarche on February 24, Kim Hyon-Du and Kim Kwang-Woo of the ROK-U.S. Security Cooperation Division asked questions in para 3 about the current Afghanistan/Pakistan policy review. Even though their superi [...] | 2009-02-27 08:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KS |
09SEOUL313 | PROGRESS ON KEY LEGISLATION IN DOUBT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The current special session of the National Assembly ends on March 3. The ruling Grand National Party (GNP) had pledged to push through several controversial bills in addition to economic reforms after failing to make progress in previous sessions. After the main opposition De [...] | 2009-02-27 08:52:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
09SEOUL324 | PRESS BULLETIN - March 3, 2009 [...] Regrets about Secretary Clinton's Visit to Seoul (Hankyoreh Shinmun, March 2, 2009, Page 26) 2. Critical Moment for the Six-Party Process (Hankyoreh Shinmun, February 28, 2009, Page 23) Features 3. Does the U.S. Put More Emphasis on Direct Talks with N. Korea Than on the Six-Party Tal [...] | 2009-03-02 07:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL331 | PRESS BULLETIN - March 3, 2009 [...] What Obama's Reforms Suggest to Us (Hankook Ilbo, March 3, 2009, Page 39) Features 2. N. Korea, UN Command Hold 1st Talks in 6 Years (Dong-a Ilbo, March 3, 2009, Page 6) 3. "The U.S.-North Korea Talks Can Be Viewed Positively If They Are Helpful To the Six-Party Talks" (Hankook Ilbo, [...] | 2009-03-03 08:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL339 | PRESS BULLETIN - March 4, 2009 [...] The USTR, in a report delivered to Congress last week, said that the Bush Administration left a legacy of numerous pending free trade agreements and negotiations and that the Obama Administration will conduct extensive outreach and discourse with the public on whether these agreements appropria [...] | 2009-03-04 08:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL34 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-08 05:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
09SEOUL342 | KAESONG INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX NEEDS WORKERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In November 2008, when North Korea threatened to "restrict and cut off" South Koreans' border access, including to the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) north of Seoul, it seemed that hostile inter-Korean politics might lead to the closure of what has been the centerpiece of econo [...] | 2009-03-05 00:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KS KN |
09SEOUL35 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 8, 2009 [...] "Israel's Indiscriminate Massacre and Its American Accomplice" (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 8, 2009, Page 27) Features 2. WEST Program Costs an Applicant 20 Million Won; Is It a "Measure for Youth Employment"? (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 8, 2009, Page 2) Top Headlines Chosun Ilbo [...] | 2009-01-08 06:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL350 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 5, 2009 [...] President Lee Myung-bak, in a March 4 interview with The Australian, an Australian newspaper, said that North Korea might enjoy short-term benefits from escalating tension by preparing for a suspected missile launch but that such a provocation would play against the North in the long run. Presi [...] | 2009-03-05 08:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL353 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 6, 2009 [...] The leaders of the ROK and Australia, during their March 5 summit in Canberra, adopted a nine-point joint declaration to strengthen cooperation on security issues in the region and around the globe. In a related development, Blue House Spokesman Lee Dong-kwan told reporters that the joint decla [...] | 2009-03-06 06:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL354 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 6, 2009 [...] The leaders of the ROK and Australia, during their March 5 summit in Canberra, adopted a nine-point joint declaration to strengthen cooperation on security issues in the region and around the globe. In a related development, Blue House Spokesman Lee Dong-kwan told reporters that the joint decla [...] | 2009-03-06 07:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL359 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 9, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-09 08:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL360 | ROKG AWAITS RESULTS OF AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY [...] (U) Post delivered points in reftel A, para 7; and USG officials (DOD and Post) have solicited ROKG feedback (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ministry of National Defense, and the Blue House) on the Afghanistan/Pakistan Policy Review. 2. (C) The ROKG did not have any input on the [...] | 2009-03-09 08:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KS AF PK |
09SEOUL362 | ROK NAVAL VESSEL DEPLOYING TO SOMALI WATERS [...] (U) Summary. The ROK is deploying a destroyer to the Gulf of Aden to participate in U.S.-led counterpiracy efforts. The primary mission for the destroyer, which needs National Assembly approval to extend beyond its December 31 mandate, is to escort Korean commercial vessels through a trans [...] | 2009-03-10 06:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PREL MARR MCAP KS |
09SEOUL363 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-10 08:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL364 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-10 08:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL371 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-11 07:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL38 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO ROKG: PUBLIC RELEASE OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-08 08:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL |
09SEOUL381 | DPRK'S NORTH-SOUTH MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS CUTOFF [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Pyongyang promptly restored the inter-Korean movement of goods and personnel in the two transportation corridors after closing them for 24 hours on March 9, ROK Government and private contacts see an unforced error on the part of DPRK authorities, who seem not to have realized [...] | 2009-03-11 08:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KS KN |
09SEOUL386 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-12 07:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL390 | ROKG INTENDS TO HOLD JUNE CGPCS MEETING IN SEOUL [...] (SBU) On March 12, poloff delivered to Oh Youjin, International Security Affairs Division within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),the information in reftel para 3 regarding the June session of the Contact Group for Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS). 2. (SBU) Oh conv [...] | 2009-03-13 06:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KCRM PREL KS MOPS PHSA |
09SEOUL393 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-13 08:20:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL395 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-13 08:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL398 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-16 06:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL399 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-16 06:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL405 | ROK RESPONSE ON ADB SAFEGUARD REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-17 05:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ETRD ECON PREL PGOV ADB KS |
09SEOUL408 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-17 07:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL409 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-17 07:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL410 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-18 07:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL413 | PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE: ROK RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Subsequent to the joint demarche with the Japanese detailed in Ref A, POL M/C met with MOFAT Director General for South Asian and Pacific Affairs, Choi Jong-moon, to emphasize the importance the U.S. placed on the upcoming Pakistan Donors Conference to be held on April 17, 2009, in Toky [...] | 2009-03-18 08:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IMF KS PK PREL IBRD |
09SEOUL428 | G-20: ROKG SHERPA AND FINANCE COORDINATOR ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: ROKG G-20 Sherpa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Deputy Minister Ahn Ho-young told EMin on March 18 that the ROKG shares U.S. views and appreciated U.S. leadership at both the Sherpa meeting and the Finance Ministers' meeting in London earlier this month. The ROKG supports [...] | 2009-03-19 07:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL KS |
09SEOUL429 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-19 07:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL431 | AUTOMOBILE SUBSIDY PROGRAMS RESPONSE [...] (U) The ROKG does not currently have a plan of targeted financial support for the auto industry. In order to sustain the auto market in the face of shrinking domestic sales (which fell by 24 percent in December 2008 compared to December a year earlier),the ROKG announced on January 6, 2009 [...] | 2009-03-19 07:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL WTO KS |
09SEOUL432 | HCOC "INREACH": ROK RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-19 07:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KSCA MNUC MTCRE PREL TSPA |
09SEOUL442 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-20 07:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL444 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-20 07:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL445 | DASD SEDNEY'S MARCH 1-3 SECURITY POLICY MEETINGS [...] (C) Close coordination on North Korea, significant progress in three areas of the U.S.-ROK alliance, and a push for a major ROK contribution in Afghanistan characterized DASD David Sedney's March 1-3 meetings in Seoul. -- (C) Sunday March 1, DASD Sedney reached agreement with MOFAT DDG Lee o [...] | 2009-03-20 07:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PHSA PINS PREL PTER MARR MASS AF KN KS |
09SEOUL446 | 21ST SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE MEETING [...] (C) Summary. The 21st session of the Security Policy Initiative (SPI) opened on March 2, at the ROK Ministry of National Defense in Seoul. The meeting covered a wide range of topics concerning the U.S.-ROK security alliance, including: the North Korea (DPRK) missile situation, an update on [...] | 2009-03-20 08:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | MARR MCAP MOPS PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL447 | KIC ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: DPRK'S INEXPLICABLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite what ROK observers believed was the DPRK's deliberately provocative decision to restrict Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) access for the second time in a week on March 13, the South Korean government and businesses communities are not yet ready to give up on the six-year-o [...] | 2009-03-20 09:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ECON KS KN |
09SEOUL45 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ROK NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: During a cordial lunch at the Residence on January 7, the Ambassador and ROK National Security Advisor Kim Sung-hwan reviewed recent bilateral and regional developments. NSA Kim said President Lee Myung-bak looks forward to establishing a cooperative relationship with President [...] | 2009-01-09 05:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL454 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-23 07:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL455 | IRAN CALLS FOR "BOLD STEPS" FROM OBAMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Head of Judiciary Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi visited Seoul with several senior Iranian legal and diplomatic officials March 16-18 at the invitation of ROK Chief Justice Lee Yong-hoon. Shahroudi, his Senior Advisor for International Affairs Mohammad Javad [...] | 2009-03-23 07:59:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EAID PINR PREF PREL KS IR AF IZ PK |
09SEOUL456 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-23 08:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL467 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-24 05:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL47 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 9, 2009 [...] U.S. Could Step up Import Regulations on Korea (Chosun Ilbo, January 9, 2009, Page B1) Top Headlines Chosun Ilbo A Civic Group Seeks Measures to Root Out "Lawmaker Violence," Including a System to Impeach Lawmakers who Resort to Violence JoongAng Ilbo, Hankook Ilbo Online Commentato [...] | 2009-01-09 05:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL470 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ECONOMIC ISSUES WITH BLUE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador discussed key ROKG economic priorities with Blue House Senior Secretary Yoon Jin-sik when they met on March 20. Yoon told the Ambassador that President Lee Myung-bak strongly supports a coordinated fiscal stimulus on the part of G-20 members. Yoon also confirmed t [...] | 2009-03-24 08:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL KS |
09SEOUL477 | SEOUL UNDERSCORES CONTINUED OPPOSITION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-25 04:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS KS |
09SEOUL48 | A/S DESUTTER'S PARTICIPATION AT THE 7TH UN-ROK [...] (U) Summary. Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation (VCI) Paula DeSutter participated as speaker and Session IV chair at the 7th UN-ROK Joint Conference on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Issues, held at Jeju, Republic of Korea from November 24-Novem [...] | 2009-01-09 06:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KN KS |
09SEOUL480 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-25 06:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL485 | SOUTH KOREANS CALM ABOUT NORTH KOREAN THREATS [...] (C) Summary: The South Korean public has reacted calmly to North Korea's increasingly hostile rhetoric and actions over the last six months. Even in the shadow of the North's impending missile launch, polls show only a slight up tick in public concern about the North Korean threat, and debate [...] | 2009-03-25 08:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
09SEOUL490 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-26 08:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL491 | ROKG AID EFFORTS DISAPPOINT AFGHAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary. During a lunch meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia David Sedney on March 1 in Seoul, Afghan Ambassador to the ROK, Mohammad Karim Rahimi, discussed the upcoming elections in Afghanistan, the current USG Afghanistan/Pakistan policy review, and the RO [...] | 2009-03-27 01:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF KS |
09SEOUL492 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-27 07:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL495 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-27 07:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL498 | BIG NAMES IMPLICATED IN UNFOLDING BIPARTISAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Korea's latest political corruption scandal, slowly growing for months, picked up speed this week with the arrest of Democratic Party (DP) lawmaker Lee Kwang-jae and summonses issued for a number of politicians including Grand National Party (GNP) lawmaker Park Jin. The allegatio [...] | 2009-03-29 22:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
09SEOUL50 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONFLICT LIKELY TO CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The National Assembly's December extraordinary session, which ended on January 8, was fraught with strife. The session opened on December 10 and the next day the minor opposition Democratic Labor Party (DLP) quarreled with National Assembly security guards outside the Judiciary [...] | 2009-01-09 07:34:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
09SEOUL502 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-30 07:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL504 | (S) ROK CONCERNED BY TURKISH INTERMEDIARY EFFORTS [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (S) Poloff on March 26 delivered reftel A demarche to Kim Jae-woo of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division. Kim said the following. -- The ROKG was unaware of the information (in reftel A),but would refer the case to the appropr [...] | 2009-03-31 00:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PARM PREL MTCRE IR TU KS |
09SEOUL513 | ROKG REVIEWING CONCLUSIONS OF AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN [...] (C) The Ambassador called on ROK National Security Advisor Kim Sung-hwan on March 30 and conveyed reftel points. Kim, limiting his remarks to Afghanistan, said that the United States had done a thorough review of the on-going challenges in Afghanistan and that ROK Foreign Minister looked for [...] | 2009-03-31 07:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS AF PK KS |
09SEOUL514 | CONSIDERABLE PUBLIC DEBATE, BUT ROK PLANS TO JOIN [...] (C) The Republic of Korea plans to endorse the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement of Interdiction Principles, becoming a full participant in PSI soon after the planned DPRK launch of a Taepodong2. The Foreign Minister stated that to reporters on March 20 in an effort to condit [...] | 2009-03-31 07:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PHSA PINS PTER PREL KN KS |
09SEOUL515 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 07:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL516 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 31, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 08:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL525 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 1, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-01 07:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL526 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-01 07:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL527 | ALLIANCE COORDINATION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post has conveyed reftel A points on alliance coordination of public diplomacy following a Taepodong2 launch by the DPRK to MOFAT and Blue House National Security Advisor. The Ambassador has underlined to National Security Advisor Kim that Seoul and Washington should be closely [...] | 2009-04-01 07:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO MARR PREL PARM |
09SEOUL528 | ROKG ON BURMA TRIPARTITE CORE GROUP AND BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ROKG is not well informed about the Tripartite Core Group but is willing to raise the issue with Burmese authorities and in the UN. MOFAT believes ASEAN's quiet diplomacy is the key to influencing Burma. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) In response to reftel points urging the ROKG t [...] | 2009-04-02 00:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | BU KS PREL |
09SEOUL530 | NIS DEPUTY DIRECTOR KIM SOOK ON DPRK LAUNCH AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and the Special Advisor discussed DPRK launch assessments, the state of the Six-Party Talks, the status of the South Korean detained in Kaesong, and ROK policy toward North Korea with ROK National Intelligence Service (NIS) First Deputy Director Kim Sook over lunc [...] | 2009-04-02 06:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL532 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 2, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-02 08:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL533 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-02 08:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL534 | ROKG DETAILS POST-LAUNCH RESPONSE SEQUENCE [...] SUMMARY (C) ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) North Korean Nuclear Affairs Bureau Director General Hwang Joon-kook briefed POL M/C April 2 on the sequence of events that Seoul would follow immediately after North Korea's TD-2 launch. The Blue House would first announce the lau [...] | 2009-04-02 08:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL535 | ACCESSION TO THE TREATY OF AMITY AND COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 06:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEAN KTIA KS |
09SEOUL540 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 3, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 07:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL541 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 07:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL542 | AMBASSADOR PARTICIPATES IN WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY [...] Summary: On March 24, Ambassador joined with Korean Health Minister Jeon Jae-hee in Korea's main World TB Day event to commend the work done over the years by the Korea National Tuberculosis Association (KNTA). The Ambassador was the only foreign dignitary to participate in the commemorati [...] | 2009-04-03 07:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PREL KS |
09SEOUL543 | ROK SUPPORTS U.S. UNHRC MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Human Rights and Social Affairs Division Second Secretary Jung Jin-ho told Poloff that the ROKG looked favorably upon U.S. candidacy for membership in the UN Human Rights Council. As New Zealand had dropped out of the running, Jung noted, [...] | 2009-04-03 07:34:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KS |
09SEOUL545 | ROK FM YU: STRONG UNSC RESPONSE KEY TO 6PT [...] (C) SUMMARY: ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan told the Ambassador during a meeting April 5 shortly after the North Korean Taepo-Dong-2 (TD-2) launch that a strong, unified UN Security Council response to the launch was key to eventual resumption of the Six-Party Talks. A "lukewarm, mild att [...] | 2009-04-05 07:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KS KN CH RS UNSC |
09SEOUL55 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 12, 2009 [...] Pyongyang Wants Envoy at Obama's Inauguration (JoongAng Ilbo, January 12, 2009, Front Page) 2. Ambassador Stephens: "Obama Will Take a Package Approach toward North Korea's Nuclear Dismantlement and the Establishment of Diplomatic Ties" (Dong-a Ilbo, January 10, 2009, Page 8) Top Headlin [...] | 2009-01-12 06:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL551 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-06 07:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL552 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 6, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-06 07:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL559 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-07 07:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL560 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 6, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-07 07:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL562 | GRANTING OVERSEAS KOREANS VOTING RIGHTS RAISES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 5, the National Assembly passed legislation granting voting rights to Koreans residing overseas. Starting with the 2012 National Assembly elections, overseas Koreans will be able to vote in person at Korean Embassies and Consulates. How to enfranchise these voters [...] | 2009-04-08 03:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
09SEOUL568 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 8, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-08 07:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL569 | ROKG WANTS UNSC RESOLUTION, NOT STATEMENT; [...] (C) SUMMARY: ROK chief Six-Party Talks negotiator Wi Sunglac emphasized to the Ambassador April 8 that the ROKG wanted nothing short of a UNSC resolution in response to North Korea's April 5 launch of a Taepo-Dong 2. Substituting a strongly worded Presidential Statement for even a relatively [...] | 2009-04-08 07:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KS KN CH RS UNSC |
09SEOUL57 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FIGHTS: OPPOSITION DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) Summary: The surprise winner of the latest round of fighting in the National Assembly was the opposition Democratic Party, which saw its approval rating double in two months. The main loser is President Lee Myung-bak, closely followed by the GNP leadership. Both were shown to be weak, [...] | 2009-01-12 07:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
09SEOUL570 | ROKG LIKELY TO OFFER SOFT LOAN AT PAKISTAN DONORS [...] (C) POLMC on April 8 delivered reftel demarche to Choi Jongmoon, Director-General for South Asian and Pacific Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Choi said that he expected the ROKG to make a pledge at the conference because Pakistan, like the ROK, is an Asian country so t [...] | 2009-04-08 07:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON EFIN KS PK |
09SEOUL576 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HIALEAH WITH AN EAGER BUSAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Busan Mayor Hur Nam-sik called on Ambassador Stephens on April 2 to thank her for progress on the Joint Assessment Environmental Procedure affecting the return of Camp Hialeah. The Ambassador and Mayor agreed that a quick and smooth return is in both countries' interests. For [...] | 2009-04-09 06:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR EINV KS |
09SEOUL581 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 9, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-09 07:30:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL588 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-10 07:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL59 | ROK’S FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD THE NEIGHBORS: NORTH [...] (C) Summary: As a presidential candidate, Lee Myoung-bak called for a "creative reconstruction" of Korea's foreign policy. In his February 2008 inaugural address, Lee criticized his two predecessors, saying, "At times over the last ten years, we found ourselves faltering and confused." He vowed to [...] | 2009-01-12 09:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL590 | CHUNG ANNOUNCES INDEPENDENT BID IN PROBABLE POWER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former liberal presidential candidate Chung Dong-young announced on April 10 at the Democratic Party (DP) headquarters in Seoul that he would run as an independent in the April 29 by-election in Jeolla Province. Chung had announced his intention last month to run on the DP ticket, [...] | 2009-04-10 07:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
09SEOUL591 | ROKG RESPONSES TO SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (S) Summary. The responses from Director-General Choi Jongmoon (South Asian and Pacific Affairs) and First Secretary Kim Hyon-du (ROK-U.S. Security Cooperation Division) indicated that the ROKG: had yet to make a decision on contributions [...] | 2009-04-10 07:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF KS |
09SEOUL594 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-13 07:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL595 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-13 07:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL600 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-14 07:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL602 | FORMER BLUE HOUSE INTER-KOREAN AFFAIRS CHIEF ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The current standoff between North and South Korea will continue for several months, according to former Blue House Senior Secretary for Inter-Korean Affairs Um Jong-sik, but the North's serious food and fertilizer situation might lead to South-North dialogue later in the year. [...] | 2009-04-14 07:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL607 | SRAP HOLBROOKE'S VISIT TO KOREA [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Holbrooke, welcome to Seoul. Although your stay in Seoul is barely three hours, you are seeing the three key Koreans shaping ROK foreign policy: President Lee, FM Yu and NSA Kim. President Lee and his advisors are eager to hear directly your sense of the way forward i [...] | 2009-04-14 09:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MARR AF PK KS |
09SEOUL608 | ROKG PLANS TO SUPPORT KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK [...] (C) Dep Econ Couns on April 8 discussed ROKG support for Kosovo's IMF and World Bank membership bids with Lee Kang-ho, Ministry of Strategy and Finance Director for International Financial Institutions, and Seo Sang-pyo, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Director for Economic Organizations. [...] | 2009-04-14 09:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KV KS |
09SEOUL61 | ROKG WELCOMES NEWS OF KHAN NETWORK SANCTIONS [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, poloff on January 13 notified ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division Deputy Director Lee Sang-soo of the decision to impose sanctions on individuals and companies associated with the former A. Q. Khan network. Dep [...] | 2009-01-13 07:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC GM PREL PARM EFIN KS KN |
09SEOUL615 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-15 23:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL617 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-15 23:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL62 | NORTH-SOUTH RHETORIC: A YEAR OF CHILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The rapid deterioration in inter-Korean relations since conservative Lee Myung-bak was elected as ROK President just over a year ago was probably inevitable given LMB's commitment to change the ground rules of inter-Korean relations which had been painstakingly established over th [...] | 2009-01-13 08:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL625 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-16 06:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL626 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-16 06:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL627 | ROKG REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR U.S. UN HRC MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel diplomatic note and human rights pledge to the ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Human Rights and Social Affairs Division on April 16. Second Secretary Jung Jin-ho reaffirmed the ROKG's "unconditional support" for U.S. membership in the UN Human Ri [...] | 2009-04-16 07:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KS |
09SEOUL629 | CONSTITUTIONAL COURT PRESIDENT DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 13 the Ambassador visited the Constitutional Court of Korea for a cordial courtesy call on President Lee Kang-kook, a tour of the "green" building (including its rooftop garden),and a roundtable discussion. President Lee said he looked forward to his May 13 visit to t [...] | 2009-04-17 01:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KS KN |
09SEOUL63 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 13, 2009 [...] President Lee Myung-bak and Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso agreed during yesterday's summit meeting in Seoul to put aside historical disputes and enhance bilateral cooperation to deal with the global economic crisis. The two leaders also stressed the importance of maintaining the Six-Party fr [...] | 2009-01-13 08:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL633 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 07:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL634 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 07:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL636 | BY-ELECTION BECOMES DP, GNP INTRA-PARTY FIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Candidate registration closed on April 15 for the five seats that are up for grabs in the April 29 by-election. Since the general election last year, five lawmakers -- two from the ruling Grand National Party (GNP),one from the Democratic Party (DP),and two independents -- lo [...] | 2009-04-17 08:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
09SEOUL640 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-20 07:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL641 | ROK IN SUPPORT OF U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UN HRC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-20 07:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN KS |
09SEOUL642 | PRESIDENT LEE/ADVISORS TALK ROK ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP),met on April 16 in Seoul with ROK President Lee Myung-bak, NSA Kim Sung-hwan, and FM Yu Myung-hwan. SRAP Holbrooke explained the Obama Administration's new strategy for Afghanistan and Pak [...] | 2009-04-20 08:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR MASS EAID AF PK KS |
09SEOUL645 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-21 06:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL646 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-21 06:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL647 | ROK NSA AND 6PT ENVOY DISCUSS NEXT STEPS WITH [...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor (NSA) Kim Sung-hwan and Six-Party Talks Envoy Wi Sung-lac separately told Staffdel Jannuzi on April 17 that the timing of reengaging North Korea would be important and Seoul and Washington should not appear "anxious." Wi suggested a dialogue should be o [...] | 2009-04-21 07:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM KNNP OREP EWWT KS KN |
09SEOUL648 | ROK "SUPPORTS" PSI "PURPOSE AND PRINCIPLES" [...] (C) Summary: In a November 13 meeting, Blue House National Security Advisor Park Sun-won conveyed the ROKG's final position on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),which states that the ROKG "supports the purpose and principles of the initiative but will implement it in accordance with [...] | 2009-04-21 07:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP KS |
09SEOUL653 | KOREA'S NEXT DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGE: [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 18th National Assembly, plagued by bickering since its inception, has proved its inefficiency time and again and is faced with widespread public pessimism about the legislature's functionality. The inter-party conflict that has so frequently ground proceedings to a halt is, [...] | 2009-04-22 07:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
09SEOUL654 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-22 07:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL655 | APRIL 21 SOUTH-NORTH MEETING AT KAESONG: NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: South Korean officials went to the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) on April 21 at the North's request for the first civilian inter-Korean meeting since President Lee Myung-bak's February 2008 inauguration hoping to discuss several urgent issues: the welfare of a South Korean en [...] | 2009-04-22 10:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM KS KN |
09SEOUL657 | ROKG TO ATTEND GICNT 2009 PLENARY MEETING [...] This is an action request. See para 3. 2. Poloff on April 21 with Anna Luwerna (Deputy Head of Mission - The Netherlands) and Dmitry V. Darchenkov (First Secretary - Russia) delivered reftel to Lee Jangkeun, Director of the Disarmament & Nonproliferation Division. Lee said that the ROK [...] | 2009-04-23 01:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM PREL PTER MNUC KS |
09SEOUL660 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-23 07:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL661 | UK, SWEDISH DIPLOMATS IN PYONGYANG: OFFERING [...] (C) SUMMARY: UK and Swedish Embassy Pyongyang Deputy Heads of Mission Paul Scullion and Johan Eidman, visiting Seoul on April 22, described service in Pyongyang as professionally limited because of narrow access to DPRK officials and almost no contact with ordinary North Koreans; that said, t [...] | 2009-04-23 07:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KN UK SW |
09SEOUL664 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-24 04:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL673 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-27 07:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL674 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-27 07:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL676 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-28 05:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL677 | ROKG CANNOT PREVENT TURKISH FIRM FROM ACQUIRING [...] (C) Summary: Kim Jae-woo of the Disarmament & Nonproliferation Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on April 24 reported to poloff the results of the ROKG's investigation of Ak Makina's attempt to purchase computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine tools from Hyundai-Kia [...] | 2009-04-28 06:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MTCRE IR TU KS |
09SEOUL678 | KAESONG NEGOTIATIONS HINGE ON DORMITORIES, SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: An important reason behind the DPRK's hostile attitude toward the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) is the ROKG refusal to build dormitories for additional workers. The USG should encourage the ROKG to build the dormitories and allow the KIC to expand to over 100,000 workers, bec [...] | 2009-04-28 08:30:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KN KS |
09SEOUL68 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 14, 2009 [...] Why Is U.S. Attacking ROK Cars Only? (JoongAng Ilbo, January 14, 2009, Page 30) Features 2. U.S. Replaces Apache Helicopters Not with A-10 Aircrafts But with F-16 Fighter Jets, Leaving a Possible Military Vacuum (Dong-a Ilbo, January 14, 2009, Page 10) 3. North Korea's Double-faced St [...] | 2009-01-14 08:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL683 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-29 07:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL694 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-30 07:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL697 | ROKG SUPPORTS U.S. ON ADB GENERAL CAPITAL INCREASE [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not rpt not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Dep Econ Couns on April 27 spoke with Seo Sang-pyo, Director of MOFAT's Economic Organization Division. Seo said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade would work with the Ministry [...] | 2009-05-01 04:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON ETRD PREL ADB KS |
09SEOUL7 | PRESS BULLETIN - December 31, 2008 [...] The Israel-Palestine Issue Will Be Resolved Only When the U.S. Is Fair (Dong-a Ilbo, December 31, 2008, Page 27) Features 2. N. Korea to Prepare for Post-Kim Jong-il Era Next Year (Dong-a Ilbo, December 31, 2008, Front Page) 2 3. ROK Looking at Ways to Support U.S. in Afghanistan (Chos [...] | 2009-01-02 05:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL70 | ROK NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONGRATULATES [...] Summary: On January 13, 2009, the ROK National Assembly adopted a resolution congratulating President-elect Barack Obama on his impending inauguration. This is the first time that the ROK National Assembly has adopted such a resolution. Members from all parties of the Foreign Affairs, Trade a [...] | 2009-01-14 08:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
09SEOUL704 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-04 05:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL706 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 04, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-04 07:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL708 | REVISING HISTORY: NEW ROK HISTORY TEXTBOOK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Starting from this spring, South Korean high school students will learn their history from a revised text of their familiar "A Modern and Contemporary History of Korea." The movement to revise the history text kicked off soon after the inauguration of President Lee Myung-bak, s [...] | 2009-05-04 09:52:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL71 | MORE ON LEE-ASO SUMMIT: JOINT AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The January 11-12 summit between Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso and ROK President Lee Myung-bak was a quiet affair, just as the two principals had hoped for; no protests on history, territory or the Aso family's past use of forced Korean labor in its mining business. This was th [...] | 2009-01-14 09:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JA KS KN |
09SEOUL715 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-06 07:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL716 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 6, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-06 07:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL720 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 7, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-07 06:41:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL729 | MGSF01: PUBLIC OUTREACH AND SURVEILLANCE RESULT IN [...] Summary: South Korea has confirmed three cases of H1N1 influenza during the recent outbreaks. The first case was a nun who had recently returned from a visit to Mexico. The second case was a nun at the same convent who had close contact with the first. The third case was a woman who was o [...] | 2009-05-08 07:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09SEOUL732 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 8, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-08 07:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL745 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-11 07:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL746 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-11 07:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL753 | ROKG, KOREAN COMPANIES REACHING OUT TO CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: ROK President Lee Myung-bak will be visiting Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan May 10-14. His meeting with Uzbek President Islam Karimov will be his third in 15 months, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Eurasia Division Director Lim Soo-suk told Poloffs on May 7. Seoul is in [...] | 2009-05-12 01:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAID EAIR EINV ENRG EPET KS UZ KZ |
09SEOUL758 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-12 06:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL762 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-13 07:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL767 | ROKG STEERING CLEAR OF BURMA POLITICAL [...] (C) In response to the reftel demarche, ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Southeast Asia Director Kim Young-chae said on May 11 that he would convey to his superiors that the U.S. was urging international pressure on the Burmese government to end the house arrest of Aung San Su [...] | 2009-05-14 02:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KS BM |
09SEOUL771 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-14 06:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL772 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-14 06:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL778 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-15 04:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL790 | PRESIDENT LEE'S POPULARITY FLUCTUATES; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The April 29 by-elections, in which the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) failed to win any of the five seats up for grabs (reftel),only served to put further strain on factional divides within the party. The elections were actually a test of the fractures within both the ruling [...] | 2009-05-18 07:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
09SEOUL791 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-18 23:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL792 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-18 23:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL797 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-19 05:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL798 | ROKG SUPPORTS KOSOVO WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Dep Econ Couns discussed reftel demarche with Suh Sang-pyo, Director of the Economic Organization Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and with Jang Yun-jeong, Deputy Direc [...] | 2009-05-19 09:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL KV KS |
09SEOUL8 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-02 05:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
09SEOUL806 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-20 06:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL808 | ROK'S KAESONG MANAGER: DPRK TRYING TO SHAKE ROK [...] (C) SUMMARY: North Korea is trying to change the ROK's "political geography" through its hostile actions, including those targeted at the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC),according to President of the Kaesong Industrial Management Committee (KIDMAC) Moon Moo-hong. Moon, an Assistant Ministe [...] | 2009-05-20 06:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KN KS |
09SEOUL81 | ROK NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER PRESENTS [...] (SBU) On January 15, in front of tens of reporters, a smiling National Assembly Speaker Kim Hyung-o presented the Ambassador with the text of the resolution congratulating President-elect Obama that was passed January 13 (reftel). Kim emphasized that the resolution was endorsed unanimously by [...] | 2009-01-15 08:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL813 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-21 07:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL815 | GROWING FRUSTRATION BY KIC COMPANIES, BUT NO SIGNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 19, Representative Kwon Young-seh (GNP) hosted a forum at the National Assembly to discuss the current situation at the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC). Speakers and discussants included MOU Director General for KIC Project Bureau Kim Young-tak, former head of the Korea [...] | 2009-05-21 08:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON KS KN |
09SEOUL818 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-22 06:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL82 | U.S.-ROK SMA AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] (SBU) In accordance with reftel, Ambassador Kathleen Stephens and Foreign Minster Yu Myung-hwan signed the U.S.-ROK 2009-2013 Special Measures Agreement (SMA) on Thursday, January 15. Both parties made brief remarks following the ceremony underlining the significance of the Agreement as a tan [...] | 2009-01-15 08:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL PGOV KS |
09SEOUL822 | ROKG REACTION TO 2ND DPRK NUCLEAR TEST: SUPPORT [...] (S) SUMMARY: ROKG Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security and Six-Party Talks Wi Sung-lac told the Ambassador in a May 25 afternoon meeting that the ROKG agreed with the USG that the test was an "outright challenge" to the international community and required a firm response. H [...] | 2009-05-25 09:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PREL KN KS |
09SEOUL826 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-26 07:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL827 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-26 07:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL828 | PRESIDENT LEE TO RAISE AUNG SAN SUU KYI DETENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-26 08:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KS BM |
09SEOUL83 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 15, 2009 [...] ROK-U.S. FTA on Shaky Ground (Dong-a Ilbo, January 15, 2009, Page 27) 2. North Korea's Moves Ahead of the Launch of the Obama Administration (Hankook Ilbo, January 15, 2009, Page 39) 3. Expectations for U.S. Diplomacy in the Obama Era (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 15, 2009, Page 27) 4. N. [...] | 2009-01-15 22:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL830 | ROKG JOINS PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: On May 26 at 10:00 AM (Seoul Time),the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade announced the ROKG's official endorsement of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),an immediate response to the North Korean testing of a nuclear device the previous day (reftel B). Still, the M [...] | 2009-05-26 09:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PHSA PINS PTER PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL839 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-27 07:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL840 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-27 07:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL843 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-28 10:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL85 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 16, 2009 [...] FTA Floundering (JoongAng Ilbo, January 16, 2009, Page 26) Features 2. Obama Ally Calls Korea-U.S. FTA "Unfinished Business" (Dong-a Ilbo, January 16, 2009, Page 3) 3. U.S. Embassy Provides Online Information on Visa-free U.S. Travel (Kookmin Ilbo, January 16, 2009, Page 5) 4. ROK's [...] | 2009-01-16 05:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL853 | ANGER OVER ROH'S DEATH SPARKS CALL FOR PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary: On May 29, about 2,000 people gathered at Gyeongbokgung Place for the funeral of former President Roh Moo-Hyun, who committed suicide on May 23 (reftels). Meanwhile, tens of thousands of mourners converged on the Seoul City Hall Plaza, about one-quarter of a mile south of the pal [...] | 2009-05-29 07:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
09SEOUL854 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-29 07:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL855 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-29 07:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL865 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETI; June 1, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-01 07:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL872 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 2, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-02 07:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL877 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 3, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-03 06:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL878 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-03 06:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL88 | ROK UN PEACEKEEPING: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE [...] (U) Sensitive, but unclassifed. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. The ROK has participated in seven UN-sanctioned peacekeeping operations (UN PKO) in the past. The ROK currently participates in eight UN PKOs, with its 367 troop contingent in Lebanon being the most signi [...] | 2009-01-16 08:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL KS |
09SEOUL881 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 4, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-04 06:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL893 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 5, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-05 06:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL895 | SUICIDE IN KOREA: ROH'S DEATH IN CONTEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The May 23 suicide of former President Roh Moo-hyun sparked a public outpouring of grief seemingly disproportionate to the man's popularity -- he left office in February 2008 with approval ratings of only 28 percent. Roh, who touted himself as a corruption-free politician, shock [...] | 2009-06-05 07:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
09SEOUL90 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-20 07:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
09SEOUL905 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 8, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-08 07:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL906 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-08 07:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL907 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 9, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-09 06:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL91 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 20, 2009 [...] ROK-U.S. Cooperation Is Leverage in Resolving North Korean Nuclear Issue (Dong-a Ilbo, January 19, 2009, Page 31) 2. KORUS FTA and Hillary Clinton's True Intentions (Chosun Ilbo, January 20, 2009, Page 27) 3. Obama's Train of Hope (Dong-a Ilbo, January 20, 2009, Page 30) 4. The Incoming O [...] | 2009-01-20 08:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL910 | U.S.-ROK-JAPAN POLICY PLANNING TALKS [...] (C) Summary: During a June 2-3, 2009 visit to Seoul for U.S.-ROK-Japan Trilateral Policy Planning Talks, Policy Planning (S/P) Director Anne-Marie Slaughter was told by Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan that China was changing its views on what to do about North Korea, "but too slowly, and too [...] | 2009-06-10 02:52:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KS JA KN |
09SEOUL923 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-11 07:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL924 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-11 07:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL930 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-12 07:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL931 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-12 07:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL937 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-15 06:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL939 | ROK ADVOCATES REGIONAL APPROACHES AGAINST PIRACY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-15 06:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MARR PHSA PHUM PREL KS |
09SEOUL941 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-15 07:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL951 | SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - MAY 2009 [...] The third biennial summit of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, held in Seoul from May 18-21, reviewed progress that cities have made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and assessed future challenges. At the summit, mayors and officials from the world's 40 biggest cities plus 17 affil [...] | 2009-06-16 06:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG PREL TBIO TPHY TRGY TSPA KGHG KFLU KS |
09SEOUL952 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-16 07:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL953 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-16 07:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL954 | ROK-IRAN TRANSPORTATION MOU IN PROVISIONAL STAGE; [...] (S) Summary: On June 16, MOFAT shared with us the draft text of the MOU the Iranian Ministry of Road and Transport has proposed to the Korean Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs on "Cooperation in the Construction of Transport Infrastructures." The ROKG first informed us on June [...] | 2009-06-16 10:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ELTN ETRD IR KS |
09SEOUL963 | SEOUL HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON PIRACY OFF THE COAST [...] Summary: On June 9-10, the ROKG hosted the Seoul High Level Meeting on Piracy Off the Coast of Somalia. The introductory remarks advocated coordination of international efforts and stabilization of Somalia as key to effectively combating piracy. Meeting participants agreed that internation [...] | 2009-06-17 06:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR PHSA PHUM PREL KS |
09SEOUL964 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 07:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL965 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 07:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL973 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-18 07:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL974 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-18 07:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL976 | UNIFICATION MINISTRY RESTRUCTURING: LEANER AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the early days of the Lee Myung-bak Administration, when the Ministry of Unification (MOU) was slated to disappear, the MOU has been steadily weakened. Earlier this month, the ROKG announced a restructuring of the Ministry of Unification that: -- raises the profile of u [...] | 2009-06-18 07:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PREF KS KN |
09SEOUL982 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-19 05:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL99 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 21, 2009 [...] Good luck, President Obama (JoongAng Ilbo, January 21, 2009, Page 30) 2. ROK-U.S. Alliance Needs Constant Care (Chosun Ilbo, January 21, 2009, Page 30) 3. High Expectations for Obama's Era (Hankook Ilbo, January 21, 2009, Page 39) 4. A New Beginning for America (Chosun Ilbo, January 21, [...] | 2009-01-21 05:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL992 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-22 05:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL997 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-23 06:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SHANGHAI104 | ANHUI FACING SOBERING ECONOMIC REALITY [...] (SBU) During the Deputy Principal Officer's February 24-27 visit to Anhui Province, provincial and local government officials said that despite initial optimism in the 4th quarter of 2008 that Anhui might avoid the worst of the economic downturn, conventional wisdom now holds that the province [...] | 2009-03-04 09:26:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD ELAB PREL CH |
09SHANGHAI110 | BREAD AND ROSES: CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY IN [...] (SBU) Shanghai women enjoy a higher social status than in most other parts of China, according to attendees at a Consulate lunch in honor of International Women's Day. The guests talked freely about their own struggles as women in male-dominated fields such as film, law, and engineering, and e [...] | 2009-03-09 02:55:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PHUM ECON PGOV PREL OIIP KPAO CH |
09SHANGHAI115 | UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN SHANGHAI POSITIVE ABOUT SECRETARY'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary Clinton's visit to China in February and her comment that "we are in the same boat" left many university students in Shanghai with a positive impression, hopeful of future bilateral cooperation on the economic crisis and climate change. Students in several roundtable [...] | 2009-03-11 07:57:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD PHUM CH TW |
09SHANGHAI119 | (SBU) SHANGHAI FINANCIAL SECTOR SEES CHINESE INVESTMENT AS [...] (SBU) Summary. China 's stimulus program emphasizes capital investment, particularly in railways, subways, roads, and airports, say a variety of Shanghai financial sector professionals. Shanghai has been quick to seek support for previously rejected World Expo and other projects. At the sam [...] | 2009-03-13 10:11:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN PGOV PREL |
09SHANGHAI120 | (SBU) SHANGHAI UNSURE OF NEXT STEPS IN THE WAKE OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign banks have largely been able to regain access to the renminbi interbank market after Chinese banks pulled credit lines this past fall in the wake of the Lehman Brothers collapse, Shanghai interlocutors told a Treasury delegation on February 19-20. The financial sector [...] | 2009-03-13 10:53:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN PGOV PREL |
09SHANGHAI122 | SHANGHAI AUTHORITIES ON TRANSPORTATION SECURITY, IPR AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During a February 15-18 visit to Shanghai, a delegation of 11 U.S. Senate Finance Committee staff members and 4 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials engaged representatives from Shanghai Customs, Shanghai Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau (CIQ),China Shi [...] | 2009-03-17 07:58:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CH CVIS ELTN ETRD EWWT KIPR PREL |
09SHANGHAI128 | UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN SHANGHAI SEE ROUGH ROAD AHEAD FOR [...] (C) Summary: During a series of roundtable discussions, university students in Shanghai said they see a rough road ahead for China over the next several years but believe the economic downturn will help China in the long run if it leads to economic restructuring. Although many students were s [...] | 2009-03-18 09:10:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ELAB SOCI PHUM CH |
09SHANGHAI132 | ANHUI OPENS THE DOOR TO COOPERATION ON IPR [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 10, Anhui Province opened the door to cooperation on intellectual property rights (IPR) with the United State by holding a roundtable at the Consulate's request. The meeting was a breakthrough for the Consulate, representing the first engagement on IP issues with t [...] | 2009-03-20 08:41:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR PREL CH |
09SHANGHAI135 | (C) SHANGHAI SCHOLARS SAY CHINA CANNOT STOP NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars believe North Korea will launch its missile (or satellite) as a means to influence U.S. policy and drive a wedge between the United States and its regional allies. Political normalization with the United States is of paramount importance to North Korea, which pr [...] | 2009-03-23 06:49:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM CH KN KS JA |
09SHANGHAI160 | CHINA AND AFRICA: SHANGHAI VIEWS ON EXPANDING TRADE AND [...] (C) Summary: During March 2009 meetings with four Shanghai-based Africa scholars, the largest Chinese investor in Africa, and officials from the Egyptian and South African Consulates General in Shanghai, Congenoffs examined the evolving state of China-Africa relations. The upcoming Forum on China-A [...] | 2009-04-10 01:32:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EINV CH XA TW |
09SHANGHAI170 | CHINA'S GROWING TRADE AND INVESTMENT TIES WITH LATIN [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars said China's interest in Latin America remains primarily economic - securing natural resources and diversifying export markets amid the global economic downturn. China recognizes that it is facing an image problem in Latin America and is taking steps to address negati [...] | 2009-04-15 03:25:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD EFIN CH XM XL XR |
09SHANGHAI195 | (SBU) EAST CHINA ANXIOUS OVER CHINA'S DOLLAR HOLDINGS [...] (SBU) Summary. East China reporters and academics interacting with visiting Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard W. Fisher repeatedly raised the possibility of a link between current U.S. monetary and fiscal policy expansion and future U.S. inflation. One of the most vocal academic [...] | 2009-04-28 11:37:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI |
09SHANGHAI200 | CROSS-STRAIT TALKS IN NANJING PRODUCE EXPECTED RESULTS: [...] (C) Summary: East China interlocutors said there were no surprises from the third round of cross-Strait SEF-ARATS talks held in Nanjing April 25-26. The three agreements on direct flights, financial cooperation, and anti-crime cooperation mark the continuation of gradual improvement in cross-S [...] | 2009-04-30 08:48:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EAIR EFIN CH TW |
09SHANGHAI202 | RESUBMISSION - CROSS-STRAIT TALKS IN NANJING PRODUCE [...] (C) Summary: East China interlocutors said there were no surprises from the third round of cross-Strait SEF-ARATS talks held in Nanjing April 25-26. The three agreements on direct flights, financial cooperation, and anti-crime cooperation mark the continuation of gradual improvement in cross-S [...] | 2009-05-04 01:21:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EAIR EFIN CH TW |
09SHANGHAI206 | TAIWAN BUSINESS LEADER IN NANJING SEES PROGRESS IN [...] (C) Summary: The recent SEF-ARATS talks in Nanjing are part of the process of "normalizing" cross-Strait economic relations, said a key Taiwan business leader in Nanjing. Though the three agreements are generally "useful" and may yield concrete economic benefits in the long-run, the talks were [...] | 2009-05-05 06:35:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EAIR EFIN CH TW |
09SHANGHAI21 | MUSLIMS IN SHANGHAI [...] (C) Summary: There are over 200,000 Muslims in Shanghai, according to one estimate, most of them migrants from Western China. The Muslim population in Shanghai has recently leveled off, though the number of Muslim students at Shanghai universities has increased. Muslims face no restrictions [...] | 2009-01-09 08:52:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER SOCI CH |
09SHANGHAI226 | SCENESETTER FOR SPEAKER PELOSI'S VISIT TO SHANGHAI [...] (SBU) Madame Speaker, your visit to Shanghai will advance U.S.-China business relations, support energy and environment cooperation, and promote religious freedom. You will arrive in Shanghai one year prior to the opening of the Shanghai 2010 World Expo, the largest World Expo in history, but [...] | 2009-05-20 06:55:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON CH |
09SHANGHAI229 | CODEL PELOSI MEETING WITH SHANGHAI PEOPLE'S CONGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Welcoming Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and a delegation of five additional House members on May 24, Shanghai Municipal People's Congress (MPC) Standing Committee Chairman Liu Yungeng characterized the Speaker's visit to Shanghai as good both for Ch [...] | 2009-05-25 09:09:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL BEXP OVIP PELOSI NANCY CH |
09SHANGHAI232 | CODEL PELOSI, SHANGHAI MAYOR DISCUSS CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: CODEL Pelosi met with Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng and other Shanghai and Chinese officials on May 25 at Shanghai's City Hall. The CODEL discussed Shanghai's efforts to promote greater energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions due to the importance of addressing the glob [...] | 2009-05-26 00:32:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV ENRG PGOV OVIP PELOSI NANCY CH |
09SHANGHAI233 | CODEL PELOSI ENGAGES U.S. BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN SHANGHAI [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 25 breakfast meeting hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai (AmCham) and U.S.-China Business Council (USCBC),over 70 U.S. business representatives discussed energy/environment-related business opportunities in China, U.S. competitiveness, intellectual [...] | 2009-05-26 00:39:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG PREL PHUM KIPR OVIP PELOSI NANCY CH |
09SHANGHAI237 | (SBU) SHANGHAI UPBEAT ON OPENING TO TAIWAN FINANCIAL FIRMS [...] (SBU) Summary. At a recent financial forum, Chinese officials and financial sector professionals offered an upbeat assessment of the potential for Taiwan financial firms to enter the mainland market. The panelists cited opportunities offered by the current financial crisis, as some Western f [...] | 2009-05-27 07:48:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TW |
09SHANGHAI246 | S/P DIRECTOR SLAUGHTER DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA, G2, INTERNET, [...] (C) Summary: During her visit to Shanghai May 28-31, Director of Policy Planning (S/P) Dr. Anne-Marie Slaughter met with Shanghai academics, the local business community, and Shanghai Expo Bureau officials. The scholars said China is upset by recent North Korean provocations and will likely [...] | 2009-06-03 02:05:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EIND EINT CH KN KS JA PK |
09SHANGHAI248 | (SBU) SHANGHAI EMPHASIZES ECONOMIC GROWTH TO KIRK, LARSEN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a May 27-28 visit by U.S. Representatives Larsen and Kirk, a variety of interlocutors painted a picture of Shanghai responding to a sharp downturn in the local economy, but optimistic that the elements of longer-term growth are in place. AmCham Shanghai noted that mul [...] | 2009-06-04 03:44:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN KIPR PGOV PREL SENV |
09SHANGHAI257 | (C) CHINA UNLIKELY TO FULLY IMPLEMENT UN SANCTIONS ON NORTH [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars believe North Korea, for domestic political reasons, will not bow to international pressure in the near term over its recent provocative actions. Tension on the Korean peninsula is nearing a "climax," after which a "cooling down period" will be necessary to bring [...] | 2009-06-12 02:04:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM CH KN KS JA TW |
09SHANGHAI258 | NEW NANJING MASSACRE FILM DOES LITTLE TO CHANGE CHINESE [...] (C) Summary: The recent Chinese movie "Nanjing! Nanjing!" has stirred much domestic debate over the Nanjing Massacre and its implications for current Sino-Japan relations but has done little to alter public sentiments toward Japan. Comments on Chinese blogs are sharply divided between those w [...] | 2009-06-12 02:36:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI SCUL CH JA |
09SHANGHAI259 | SHANGHAI FOREIGN AFFAIRS OFFICE HOLDS "UNPRECEDENTED" [...] (SBU) The Shanghai Municipal Foreign Affairs Office (FAO) convoked Consular Corps representatives on June 9 for an "unprecedented" meeting on improving Shanghai's service environment for foreigners. With the Shanghai 2010 World Expo approaching, relevant municipal government authorities must a [...] | 2009-06-12 03:42:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CASC PGOV ECON TBIO KFLU ASEC AMGT CVIS |
09SHANGHAI26 | TAIWAN BANK KEEN TO START BUSINESS IN MAINLAND [...] (C) Summary: The chief representative of a Taiwan bank in the Mainland expects SEF and ARATS to sign a financial MOU in March 2009, which would allow his bank to begin operations in the Mainland by the end of 2009. Lack of RMB/NTD convertibility and restrictions on RMB lending cast a shadow o [...] | 2009-01-14 02:53:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ETRD ECON CH TW |
09SHANGHAI277 | NANJING MASSACRE MEMORIAL HALL DIRECTOR SEEKS CHANNEL TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Non-Chinese, including some Japanese, accounted for about 10 percent of the 5.4 million visitors in 2008 to Nanjing's memorial hall commemorating the Chinese victims of the city's occupation by Japanese forces in 1937. Zhu Chengshan, the director of the memorial, which contains [...] | 2009-06-26 05:53:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH JA PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI |
09SHANGHAI282 | NANJING TAIWAN EXPERT COMMENTS ON TAIPEI POLITICS, MAINLAND [...] (C) Summary: U.S.-China relations have become more stable and "mature" in the view of the head of Nanjing University's Taiwan Research Institute. This fact allows for more "space" to address problems than in the past. The decision of Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou to become KMT Chairman was [...] | 2009-06-29 08:20:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PGOV PREL TW |
09SHANGHAI315 | A ROUNDUP OF IPR PROTECTION IN SHANGHAI [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai is one of the bright spots in intellectual property rights (IPR) protection in East China and is squarely focused on putting it best foot forward for the 2010 World Expo. In 2008, the city beefed up its IP strategy in keeping with the June 2008 National IP Strategy; i [...] | 2009-07-16 09:59:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL ECIN CH |
09SHANGHAI320 | CELEBRATING U.S. INDEPENDENCE DAY IN NANJING [...] Summary: High level enthusiastic attendance at Consulate General Shanghai's first ever Independence Day reception in Nanjing July 8 provided the capstone to our intensive outreach efforts over the past ten months. Senior leaders of both Jiangsu Province and Nanjing Municipality participate [...] | 2009-07-17 10:45:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SOCI BEXP KPAO ECON CH |
09SHANGHAI321 | (C) AUSTRALIAN CONSUL GENERAL'S BRIEFING ON THE RIO TINTO [...] (C) Summary. Australian diplomats in Shanghai have not passed judgment on whether the detention of four Rio Tinto employees here (refs A-B) is retaliation for the failed Chinalco acquisition of Rio Tinto (refs C-D) or for reasons relating to an impasse in iron ore contract negotiations. The [...] | 2009-07-19 10:49:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON EINV CH AS |
09SHANGHAI329 | SHANGHAI SCHOLARS COMMENT ON JUNE SHANGHAI COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. Shanghai scholars regard the June 15-16 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Yekaterinburg as an important step in the development of the SCO as an influential regional organization and one that is broadening its engagement with the international community. Russia' [...] | 2009-07-22 05:16:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ENRG MARR CH XD ZK RS IR |
09SHANGHAI33 | ZHEJIANG VICE GOVERNOR PROMOTED TO COMMERCE VICE MINISTER [...] (SBU) China's State Council recently appointed Zhejiang Vice Governor Zhong Shan to move to the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) as Vice Minister. Zhong has served in Zhejiang's provincial government since 2003 during a period of rapid economic growth and the expansion of trade and investment tie [...] | 2009-01-16 07:06:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV PREL EINV ECON PINR CH |
09SHANGHAI335 | CHINA'S PORT OF NINGBO SEEKS CLOSER TIES WITH THE U.S., [...] (U) Summary: During a July 13-14 visit to Ningbo, the Consul General (CG) toured the massive Port of Ningbo, second only to Shanghai in container throughput. Officials of the Ningbo Port Company Ltd. (NPCL) gave an overview of the port's features while explaining how the port has fared durin [...] | 2009-07-27 08:19:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | CH ECON EIND ETRD EWWT PREL |
09SHANGHAI340 | EXPO FEVER AND THE CULT OF HAIBAO: SHANGHAI GOES ALL OUT [...] (U) Summary: Feverish preparations for Shanghai's World Expo 2010, due to begin next May 1, have taken over every corner of this city of 20 million people. The authorities have mobilized government, media, community, cultural, environmental and engineering resources to ensure a successful and [...] | 2009-07-31 06:20:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV BEXP SENV KPAO CH |
09SHANGHAI341 | (C) SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ASSESS DPRK'S RECENT PROVOCATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars said in early July they believe North Korea was reacting to both international pressures and domestic needs with their series of recent provocations. Scholars noted a strong connection between Kim Jong Il's declining health, his potential successor, and the nucl [...] | 2009-07-31 08:26:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM CH KN KS |
09SHANGHAI359 | SHANGHAI PERSPECTIVES ON FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON'S [...] (C) Summary: Meetings with Shanghai scholars and commentaries in local papers suggest many in East China believe the nuclear issue was the main topic of discussion during former President Bill Clinton's August 4-5 trip to North Korea. Shanghai scholars expressed hope that the visit would kick [...] | 2009-08-13 07:33:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH KN KS PARM PGOV PREL |
09SHANGHAI360 | SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON NORTH KOREAN POLICY GOALS AND [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai foreign affairs experts believe North Korea seeks to be recognized as a nuclear weapons state, and Kim Jong-il has moved close to the views of the North Korean military in order to maintain stability during the transfer of power to his successor. The scholars all conclude [...] | 2009-08-17 03:24:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM CH KN KS |
09SHANGHAI362 | STIMULUS BOOSTING GROWTH, SHANGHAI ANALYST TELLS CODEL BOEHNER [...] (SBU) Summary: China's economy is likely to achieve the Central Government's 8 percent growth target this year, a Shanghai-based investment bank analyst told CODEL Boehner on August 11. However, much of the growth is a result of Beijing's economic stimulus measures, which are non-transparent [...] | 2009-08-19 04:05:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG PREL OVIP CH JOHN BOEHNER |
09SHANGHAI38 | (SBU) SHANGHAI OFFICIAL PRESSES CARTER ON EXPO 2010 [...] (SBU) Summary: While in Shanghai January 15-16 to commemorate 30 years of U.S.-China diplomatic relations, former President Jimmy Carter heard a strong official plea to encourage U.S. participation in the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. Carter promised to pass along the request to President Obama [...] | 2009-01-20 06:47:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD BEXP PREL SCUL SENV OIIP KPAO CH |
09SHANGHAI380 | BOOSTING CHINESE DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION PROBLEMATIC, SAY EAST [...] (SBU) Summary: China's decentralized investment approval process aids the entry of foreign businesses into the China market, in the view of ConGen contacts in Shanghai's financial sector. However, problems with official approval of investment projects and the varying quality of government ca [...] | 2009-09-04 11:16:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH |
09SHANGHAI397 | EAST CHINA TIRE MAKER "DISAPPOINTED" WITH U.S. SAFEGUARDS [...] (SBU) Summary: An East China-based tire manufacturer expressed disappointment in the "421" safeguards case for Chinese passenger car and light truck tires during a September 17 meeting. He complained that in spite of the imposition of new tariffs on Chinese tires, U.S. tire manufacturers would [...] | 2009-09-18 09:04:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD ETTC CH PREL |
09SHANGHAI399 | SHANGHAI WTO CENTER CALLS U.S. "IRRESPONSIBLE" FOR IMPOSING [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting with the Consul General September 18, the head of Shanghai's WTO Center labeled the U.S. decision to impose safeguard tariffs on tire imports from China politically motivated and "irresponsible" in the current global economic climate but at the same time expressed unders [...] | 2009-09-21 08:24:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD EFIN PREL CH |
09SHANGHAI404 | SHANGHAI WOMEN'S FEDERATION CHAIRWOMAN ON PLENUM OUTCOMES [...] (SBU) The Chairwoman of the Shanghai Women's Federation discussed her views on the recently concluded CPC Central Committee Plenary Session and challenges facing NGOs with the Consul General on the margins of the 7th Shanghai International Forum for Children. During the forum's opening ceremon [...] | 2009-09-25 06:42:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PHUM ECON PREL OIIP KPAO CH |
09SHANGHAI41 | EXPECTATIONS FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE FUTURE OF [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars view U.S.-China relations the past eight years in a positive light and do not expect big changes under President Obama, though they admit they know little about the new President. They emphasize the need for bilateral cooperation on the global financial crisis b [...] | 2009-01-21 02:24:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD CH PHUM PINR TW |
09SHANGHAI410 | SHANGHAI DEFINING ITS ROLE AS AN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai received a large rhetorical boost this past spring in its quest to build a modern financial sector that might eventually rival New York and London. The State Council, after months of delay, issued an endorsement of Shanghai's goal to become China's international finan [...] | 2009-09-30 05:21:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH |
09SHANGHAI418 | SHANGHAI MAYOR DICUSSES EXPO, POTUS VISIT WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai Mayor HAN Zheng welcomed the upcoming visit by President Obama to Shanghai during an October 14 call by Ambassador Huntsman. The Ambassador outlined the Obama Administration's goal of a "positive, collaborative, and comprehensive" relationship with China and stressed [...] | 2009-10-16 05:45:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SCUL BEXP PINR CH |
09SHANGHAI436 | ANHUI'S 2009 ECONOMIC ROLLER COASTER RIDE [...] (SBU) Anhui Province boasted robust economic growth through the first three quarters of 2009 despite concern earlier in the year of a slowdown. Much of the province's growth is due to the Central Government's economic stimulus measures, including investment in infrastructure. Most of Anhui's [...] | 2009-10-28 02:32:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD ELAB PREL CH |
09SHANGHAI444 | JIANGSU PURSUES INVESTMENT-FUELED GROWTH DESPITE CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary: With little regard for Central Government concerns about investment bubbles or overcapacity, Jiangsu -- East China's largest province -- is tapping a locally funded government stimulus program and lending to large firms to rack up impressive growth figures even as net exports r [...] | 2009-11-02 10:41:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH |
09SHANGHAI451 | ODD NUMBERS: EXPLAINING JIANGSU'S PROVINCIAL ECONOMIC DATA [...] (SBU) Summary: Jiangsu Province economic growth figures do not add up -- provincial GDP growth is well above national average, while key indicators such as exports and electricity production have declined. Jiangsu's reported figures also outshine the province's neighbors Shanghai and Zhejian [...] | 2009-11-09 09:54:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH |
09SHANGHAI46 | WENZHOU - A CANARY IN CHINA'S ECONOMIC MINESHAFT [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Deputy Principal Officer's January 21-22 visit to Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, local officials said Wenzhou was one of the first cities in China to feel the impact of the global slowdown because of its largely private sector economy and heavy reliance on exports. Th [...] | 2009-01-23 07:35:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD ELAB PREL KIPR CH |
09SHANGHAI462 | SHANGHAI HOUSE CHURCH CLOSED, PASTOR TEMPORARILY DETAINED [...] (C) Local authorities closed a Shanghai house church and detained the pastor earlier this month, a move that coincided with the closure of a popular house church in Beijing (Refs A and B). Consulate contacts expressed concern that U.S. Government pressure on the Shanghai Municipal Government t [...] | 2009-11-24 07:34:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH |
09SHANGHAI471 | PRELIMINARY FIELD INVESTIGATION OF SHANGHAI MD-11 CRASH [...] (SBU) The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has indicated its desire to complete within six months its investigation into the November 28 crash of a Zimbabwean-registered MD-11 cargo charter aircraft at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, according to National Transportation Saf [...] | 2009-12-07 08:55:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR CASC PREL CH |
09SHANGHAI475 | POSITIVE VIBES FROM PRESIDENT'S VISIT; SHANGHAI SCHOLARS [...] (SBU) Shanghai-based scholars generally expressed positive views on President Obama's November visit to China during a panel discussion on December 7 but noted areas of friction and disagreement that remain unresolved. They appeared optimistic that U.S.-China relations are headed in the right [...] | 2009-12-10 08:04:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PHUM CH |
09SHANGHAI477 | AMBASSADOR'S JIANGSU TRIP BUILDS TIES WITH RISING LOCAL [...] (SBU) Ambassador Huntsman's three-city swing through Jiangsu province December 2-4 offered the opportunity to meet a crop of rising provincial leaders, introduce Consulate Shanghai's new officer for Nanjing Affairs, discuss the local business climate, promote intellectual property rights protec [...] | 2009-12-11 06:16:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EINV PREL KIPR CH ETRD SCUL |
09SHANGHAI485 | SHANGHAI AIRLINES TO RESUME SAIPAN SERVICE DECEMBER 18 [...] (SBU) Shanghai Airlines (SAL) representatives met with Shanghai Consulate Officers December 14 to resolve lingering confusion following a November 28 Department of Homeland Security directive permitting visa-free travel to the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) by Chinese [...] | 2009-12-16 02:02:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL CVIS CH CQ |
09SHANGHAI57 | ZHEJIANG ECONOMIC ENGINE STILL MOVING, BUT TRADE SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Zhejiang provincial officials remain upbeat on their largely private sector economy but acknowledged the growth rate is slowing. The province's 2008 GDP grew roughly 10 percent over 2007, and total exports and imports for 2008 were up 19.4 percent. When introducing economic t [...] | 2009-02-02 03:48:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD ELAB PREL KIPR CH |
09SHANGHAI64 | (SBU) GOVERNMENT HOUSING STIMULUS PLANS FOCUSED ON [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese government plans to expand subsidized housing have been designed to limit the benefits to property developers, according to a new contact who works with one of China's main real estate market indexes -- in fact, the government is not opposed to housing prices falling fa [...] | 2009-02-04 04:35:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL |
09SHANGHAI65 | (SBU) NEW TAXES HIT FOREIGN FINANCIAL FIRMS [...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign banks based in China could see their cost of foreign funding rise by 15 percent this year as a result of recent Chinese tax changes, said a partner in a leading tax accountancy firm's Shanghai office. Foreign banks have lobbied for exemptions, but so far have not been [...] | 2009-02-05 01:55:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN KTIA PREL |
09SHANGHAI70 | BAO STEEL GLOOMY ON QUICK ECONOMIC RECOVERY [...] (SBU) Summary: China's largest steel producer, Bao Steel, is pessimistic about China's economic prospects through 2009. In a February 3 meeting with Bao Steel, Vice President Dai Zhihao said that demand in China's steel market remains lackluster with no sign of recovery. Although excess stoc [...] | 2009-02-06 09:42:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EIND EINV ELAB PREL CH |
09SHANGHAI72 | EAST CHINA CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY ON U.S. TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: During a February 4 courtesy call on East China Regional Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) Director General Xia Xinghua, the Consul General (CG) raised several industry issues, including Polar Air Cargo's request for an additional slot at Pudong Airport and UPS' [...] | 2009-02-06 11:21:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EFIN PREL EINV CH |
09SHANGHAI73 | SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON NORTH KOREA: PROVOCATIONS TO DRAW OBAMA [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars explained North Korea's recent provocative actions as attempts to draw the Obama Administration's attention and pressure South Korea to continue aid to North Korea. They offered little insight on the succession issue but said recent rumors about Kim Jong-il's t [...] | 2009-02-09 09:04:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH KN KS JA |
09SHANGHAI80 | SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, CLIMATE CHANGE, [...] (C) Summary. Chinese officials and academics will closely watch the Secretary's imminent visit to Beijing for signs of the Obama Administration's strategy toward China, according to Shanghai-based scholars. Establishment of a personal relationship between Presidents Obama and Hu, an early su [...] | 2009-02-13 12:38:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN PHUM MCAP SENV CH TW KN IR |
09SHANGHAI85 | TAIWAN BUSINESSES IN NANJING HURT BY ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan entrepreneurs in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province said securing bank loans remains one of the biggest challenges for Taiwan firms in the Mainland but are hopeful the next SEF-ARATS talks will address this issue. The interlocutors complained about their inability to layoff workers [...] | 2009-02-19 07:15:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ELAB EFIN CH TW |
09SHANGHAI86 | CORRECTED COPY: SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, [...] (C) Summary. Chinese officials and academics will closely watch the Secretary's imminent visit to Beijing for signs of the Obama Administration's strategy toward China, according to Shanghai-based scholars. Establishment of a personal relationship between Presidents Obama and Hu, an early su [...] | 2009-02-19 08:15:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH EFIN IR KN PHUM PREL SENV TW MCAP |
09SHANGHAI87 | EAST CHINA SCHOLARS ON TAIWAN'S WHA PROSPECTS, ARMS SALES [...] (C) Summary: East China scholars believe China is trying to help Taiwan's ailing economy but criticize Taiwan for treating mainlanders like "third-class citizens." The scholars are optimistic that Taiwan will gain observer status in May's World Health Assembly but express reservations about gi [...] | 2009-02-20 04:34:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM ETRD ECON EFIN CH TW |
09SHANGHAI97 | LINCOLN TOUCHES A CHINESE NERVE - CHARTER 08 A SENSITIVE [...] (C) Official sensitivity to human rights issues, particularly the Charter 08 pro-democracy manifesto, revealed itself in heavy-handed interference in a Consulate reception February 11 commemorating the 200th birthday of Abraham Lincoln. Local officials notified universities and other instituti [...] | 2009-02-27 01:40:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL ELAB CH UN |
09SHENYANG119 | DPRK REFUGEES: MORE DIVERSE, ELITE, AND RELIANT UPON BROKERS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-08 04:46:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON KN KS PGOV PREF PREL RS |
09SHENYANG127 | XI JINPING'S JOURNEY TO THE EAST [...] (C) Summary. On July 8-10 Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping paid a stealthy and unusual visit to Dalian and Yingkou, two key areas of strength and support for First Vice Premier Li Keqiang. The visits were characterized by witnesses as "unfriendly." We also learned that two major Liaoning [...] | 2009-07-17 03:57:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON PGOV PREF PREL RS |
09SHENYANG134 | DANDONG VANADIUM SEIZURE PART OF "CONTINUING [...] (S) Summary. Reports of a July 24 seizure of 70 kilograms of vanadium at the China-North Korea border at Dandong were confirmed by Customs Officials, who portrayed the event as business as usual. A key government contact, however, took pains to tell us that in fact things have tightened up [...] | 2009-07-29 04:10:00 | Consulate Shenyang | SECRET | CH ECON KN KS PGOV PREF PREL RS |
09SHENYANG141 | PRC-DPRK BORDER: DPRK ECONOMY ROBUST, UNSC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sources agree that the North Korean economy appears to be the strongest it has been in recent memory. Chinese officials may be enforcing UNSC 1874 (Ref A, B) and financial sanctions through stepped-up inspections at the PRC-DPRK border, but there is local skepticism about the abil [...] | 2009-08-13 04:02:00 | Consulate Shenyang | SECRET | CH ECON KN KS PREL RS |
09SHENYANG142 | PRC-DPRK BORDER: HARDLY ANY NEW REFUGEES AT ALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts in the PRC-DPRK borderlands indicate that as of August 2009, there are virtually no new DPRK refugees crossing the Tumen River with the goal of settling in China (Ref A) but that the area is home to many refugees from the late 1990s, not a few of whom have integrated into [...] | 2009-08-13 04:06:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON KN KS PGOV PREF PREL RS |
09SHENYANG143 | PRC-DPRK BORDER: RASON, PUST, PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rason is the most open and liberalized place in North Korea, but minor improvements in relations with DPRK officials there should not be read as evidence of further engagement or liberalization, according to two key NGO contacts. Meanwhile, the Pyongyang University of Science and [...] | 2009-08-14 01:35:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON KN KS PGOV PREL RS |
09SHENYANG148 | PRC EXPERT FORESEES NO INSTABILITY IN DPRK POWER [...] (C) Summary: Jilin Province's foremost Korean Peninsula scholar does not foresee instability during the transfer of power to DPRK leader Kim Jong-il's successor, but predicated longer-term stability on an improved economic situation. After his reshuffle of the military in early 2009, Kim has [...] | 2009-08-21 03:10:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM ECON KN KS CH |
09SHENYANG161 | DPRK CHARM IN NE CHINA: WE THINK WE WANT TO TRUST [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Shenyang-based DPRK diplomat sought out a Korean-speaking Shenyang ConGenOff at social events on the margins of two Chinese-sponsored trade fairs to make three points: 1) the "political winds" in Pyongyang are changing, and DPRK leader Kim Jong-il desires close ties and friend [...] | 2009-09-04 04:24:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON KN KS PGOV PREL |
09SHENYANG163 | DPRK: PYONGYANG UNIVERSITY CEREMONY "TUG OF WAR" [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DPRK has apparently retracted invitations to Western media to cover the opening ceremony of the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST) while welcoming PUST's supporters, including South Korean citizens and the ROK media. The ROKG, however, has reportedly barred [...] | 2009-09-15 02:53:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON KN KS PREL SCUL |
09SHENYANG164 | DPRK BUSINESS LEANS FORWARD IN NE CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DPRK seems to be taking a more active approach to business in Northeast China when compared to 2008 (reftel),bringing a large government and business delegation to this region's major trade fair. A senior- level DPRK official used a public forum to make political statements [...] | 2009-09-16 04:01:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON KN KS PREL RS |
09SHENYANG167 | JILIN TRADE FAIRS: CHINESE SELF-ADULATION, LOCAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Trade fairs in Northeast China are becoming larger productions, with aims beyond mere regional cooperation. The Chinese seem to be moving away from the UNDP Greater Tumen Initiative (GTI) begun in the early 1990s to new China-only regional projects. Northeast China's main trade [...] | 2009-09-17 21:02:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECIN ELTN ETRD KN KS PREL RS |
09SHENYANG170 | DPRK CONFIDENT BUT ANXIOUS; PRC ENVOYS; INFORMAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new consulate contact who has extensive experience in North Korea believes the DPRK's "charm offensive" is the result of newfound confidence stemming from its missile launch and nuclear test. North Korea feels economically and politically dominated by China, so it is anxious [...] | 2009-09-25 01:50:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON EFIN EMIN ETRD KN KS PARM PREL |
09SHENYANG173 | PRC SCHOLAR: DPRK SUCCESSION UNRESOLVED AND WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a working-level Shenyang-based scholar, most Chinese scholars on Korean Peninsula affairs say that the issue of succession in North Korea is still unresolved. They believe that this uncertainty may undermine any DPRK forwardness in its multilateral or bilateral discu [...] | 2009-09-30 03:36:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH EAID ECON KN KS PGOV PREL |
09SHENYANG183 | YANBIAN PRC ACADEMIC ON DPRK: NO WAY OUT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a well-connected Chinese expert on DPRK issues, the international community missed its opportunity to negotiate away the North Korean nuclear program in 2006. He questioned the U.S. "exit strategy" and inquired if the United States could stomach a nuclear and prolife [...] | 2009-10-19 04:00:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH EAID ECON EFIN KN KS PARM PGOV PREL |
09SHENYANG185 | YANBIAN SINO-KOREAN HARMONY: THIS IS HOW WE DO IT [...] (C) SUMMARY: China is hard at work on its ethnic minority policy in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture bordering Russia and North Korea. In exchange for political allegiance, the Chinese seem to allow the local Sino-Koreans considerable sovereignty in governing most issues, from refugee [...] | 2009-10-20 03:24:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH EAGR ECON KN KS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
09SHENYANG194 | IN THE ZONE: COMPANIES TELL US THEIR DALIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 26 ) 27 visit of officers from the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) to various development zones in the port city of Dalian, Liaoning Province, provided an opportunity to visit several U.S.-invested and Chinese companies, including Intel, Epoch Internation [...] | 2009-11-05 23:28:00 | Consulate Shenyang | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON CH ETRD WEET PGOV PREL |
09SHENYANG195 | ZONE DEFENSE: DALIAN ADMINISTRATORS TELL USITC [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) officers visited various development zones and companies (chiefly foreign-invested) in the port city of Dalian, Liaoning Province with the purpose of discerning the differences between the various zones and the benefits they provide to [...] | 2009-11-05 23:28:00 | Consulate Shenyang | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON CH ETRD WEET PGOV PREL |
09SHENYANG204 | MEETINGS WITH A-POWER ON WIND FARM DEAL [...] (SBU) Summary. A-Power, a Shenyang-based NASDAQ-listed firm, explained its plans for a 600-megawatt (MW) wind farm in Midland, Texas, including production facilities and its relationship to GE and other suppliers. According to company executives, the project will not rely on U.S. stimulus bill [...] | 2009-11-17 01:24:00 | Consulate Shenyang | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WEET PGOV PREL CH |
09SHENYANG216 | PRC-DPRK BORDER: BIG PLANS FOR 2ND BRIDGE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Premier Wen Jiabao's October 4-6 meetings in Pyongyang produced a joint PRC-DPRK agreement to build a second bridge across the Yalu River. During ConGenOffs' recent trips to Dandong, officials openly discussed their development plan to include the to-be-built bridge, estimating a M [...] | 2009-12-04 02:32:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH EAID ECON EIND ETRD EWWT KN KS PBTS PREL |
09SHENYANG219 | CHINESE INVESTMENT IN NORTH KOREA: VIEWS FROM THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese investment in North Korea appears to be a largely state-directed affair, supporting government objectives to engage in resource diplomacy. Chinese businesses consider business in North Korea to be unprofitable, are wary of entering the market, and will only do so with Chi [...] | 2009-12-21 23:33:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON EFIN EIND EMIN ETRD KN KS PGOV PREL RS |
09SHENYANG220 | PRC-DPRK BORDER: BRIBES SOFTEN LAWS ON REFUGEES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new consulate contact with family ties to one of South Korea's more conservative and recognized DPRK defector NGOs reports that Chinese government and security officials are willing to turn a blind eye to their operations to shelter-in-place undocumented North Koreans who want t [...] | 2009-12-21 23:36:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH KN KS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL RS SOCI |
09SHENYANG221 | PRC-DPRK BORDER: TRADERS DISCUSS CURRENCY REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts in Northeast China along the PRC- DPRK border say that North Korea's latest currency reform will not have any short-term implications for social stability. Sources agreed that this was a move by the DPRK government to wrest back control of income streams from those who h [...] | 2009-12-21 23:38:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON EFIN KN KS PGOV PINS PREL RS SOCI |
09SHENYANG222 | Consular Section Outreach on SAO Procedures [...] Summary: U.S. Consulate Shenyang's SAO officer met with students, professors, and company executives at various institutions and enterprises in Northeast China in an effort to help them prepare adequately for the visa interview. The institutions and enterprises were chosen for their large nu [...] | 2009-12-22 02:34:00 | Consulate Shenyang | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS PREL CH SCUL |
09SHENYANG31 | LIFE IN CHINA'S NORTH: SNAPSHOTS FROM HARBIN TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leaders in Heilongjiang Province displayed a well-informed interest and concern about the global economic slowdown while remaining upbeat on prospects for development, particularly in the transportation and environmental areas. Sector-specific industries related to exports and Ru [...] | 2009-02-27 03:18:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ENRG ETRD KN KS PREL RS SENV |
09SHENYANG39 | STRAINED YANJI ECONOMY, YUST/PUST OPERATIONS; DPRK [...] (C) SUMMARY: While 2008 was a banner year for trade in Jilin Province as a whole, a recent visit to the China-DPRK- Russia border region showed that the global slowdown has sharply reduced South Korean and Russian trade. This is in stark contrast to the past, when generous capital inflows fro [...] | 2009-03-05 23:08:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KN KS PREL RS |
09SHENYANG76 | PRC-DPRK BORDER: CHINESE TENSE, NORTH KOREANS BUSY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In light of the DPRK's detainment of two American journalists, Chinese officials have taken measures to tighten access by foreigners to border areas. Even areas previously open to tourists and foreigners are now restricted. Meetings with government, Public Security Bureau (PSB),[...] | 2009-04-24 04:03:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON KN KS PGOV PREL RS |
09SHENYANG90 | PRC-DPRK BORDER: QUIET REFUGEE FRONT, LOCAL AID [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of the DPRK's detainment of two American journalists, China's increased security posture along the border (Ref A) does not seem to have translated into increased pressure on illegal border-crossers from the DPRK. Amcits working for non-U.S. projects in Rason and o [...] | 2009-05-21 02:00:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON KN KS PGOV PREF PREL RS |
09SHENYANG92 | PRC-DPRK BORDER ECONOMY: SOME EXASPERATION ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese businessmen and government officials may be experiencing "North Korea fatigue" and, against the backdrop of the DPRK's April 5 missile launch, may in the future become less enthusiastic about undertaking investment opportunities in the DPRK. Trade at Dandong, which account [...] | 2009-05-21 05:02:00 | Consulate Shenyang | SECRET | CH ECON KN KS PGOV PREL RS |
09SIFIEDABUJA1673 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-11 12:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL NI PHUM UN UNHRC |
09SINGAPORE1010 | SINGAPORE COOPERATES ON EXTRADITION OF TAMIL TIGER [...] (C) Singapore citizen Balraj Naidu Ragavan is under U.S. indictment for violating the Arms Export Control Act and committing other crimes in connection with attempts to broker weapons sales to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in 2006. The United States formally requested Naidu's extradi [...] | 2009-10-20 02:14:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM SN |
09SINGAPORE1021 | BURMA DEMARCHE: SINGAPORE PREFERS PRIVATE [...] (C) Political Chief delivered reftel dermarche to Southeast Asia Deputy Director Raymond Chow October 21, urging Singapore to reinforce to the Burmese leadership at the upcoming ASEAN Summit that a window of opportunity exists for the GOB to improve its international standing by initiating a c [...] | 2009-10-21 08:46:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SN |
09SINGAPORE1023 | GLOBAL NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT: SINGAPORE TO [...] (SBU) Singapore will send a two-person delegation to attend the November 4-5 Sous-Sherpa/Experts meeting in Washington D.C. MFA International Organizations Deputy Director Chin Siew Fei will lead the Singapore delegation. The GOS has not yet decided who will be the second member of the deleg [...] | 2009-10-21 09:13:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG PTER TRGY AORC IAEA SN |
09SINGAPORE1057 | SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO SINGAPORE [...] (C) Mr. President, Singapore is abuzz over your return to Asia. Your visit, in the wake of your historic changing-of-the-generations meeting in Washington with Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, has the potential to change fundamentally perceptions of the United States in the region. Your presen [...] | 2009-10-30 07:06:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON MARR OVIP POTUS SN ASEAN |
09SINGAPORE1060 | NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT: SINGAPORE DESIGNATES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 08:55:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG PREL PTER TRGY IAEA SN |
09SINGAPORE1062 | 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] (U) Per reftel instructions, Post submits its draft 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Drugs and Chemical Control Section, Volume 1. 2. (SBU) Begin text. I. Summary The Government of Singapore (GOS) enforces stringent counter-narcotics policies through strict [...] | 2009-11-02 04:38:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM SNAR ECON ETRD PREL SN |
09SINGAPORE1063 | SINGAPORE WILL FOLLOW CASE-BY-CASE APPROACH TO [...] (C) Embassy officers previewed the expected Third Committee resolutions as outlined in reftel and made a preliminary request for Singapore's support to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organisations Directorate Deputy Director Daryl Sng on October 27. Though Singapore is familiar wi [...] | 2009-11-02 09:26:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN SN |
09SINGAPORE1073 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S SINGAPORE VISIT [...] (C) Madam Secretary, the message you delivered in Thailand in July that "the United States is back in Southeast Asia" is resonating here in Singapore. Your upcoming visit presents a precious opportunity to consolidate and build upon the gains that your early and intense focus on Asia as Secr [...] | 2009-11-04 06:25:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON MARR OVIP CLINTON HILLARY SN ASEAN |
09SINGAPORE1074 | SINGAPORE STILL FORMULATING ITS POSITION ON THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-04 06:29:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS SN |
09SINGAPORE1092 | DAS MARCIEL DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES, BURMA, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-10 14:03:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SN |
09SINGAPORE110 | EMBASSY SINGAPORE POC FOR ASEAN RELATED ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-06 06:42:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEAN EAID PREL ECIN SN |
09SINGAPORE1123 | SINGAPORE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON U.S. POSTURE ON [...] (C) Singapore's bilateral relations with Iran remain positive, but Singapore has made it known to Iran that while all nations have the inalienable right to peaceful nuclear energy, that right comes with obligations and Iran must work with the international community to restore confidence in it [...] | 2009-11-24 08:41:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL IAEA AORC SN |
09SINGAPORE1138 | PRESIDENT HU - SINGAPORE VISIT [...] (C) Summary: During the State Visit to Singapore by Chinese President Hu Jintao, China and Singapore reached four agreements: the "loan" of two pandas, a tie-up between Singapore University of Technology and Design and Zhejiang University, the formalization of civil leadership exchanges, and t [...] | 2009-12-01 08:49:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV APEC CN SN |
09SINGAPORE1149 | SINGAPORE REAFFIRMS SUPPORT ON AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (C) MFA Deputy Secretary Chua Siew San told the CDA that Singapore will continue to support strongly the U.S. approach in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Chua said she personally expects that Singapore will be able to make a clear, public statement of support for the President's announcement in his [...] | 2009-12-02 09:09:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SN AF PK |
09SINGAPORE1154 | AFGHANISTAN: SINGAPORE PUBLICLY WELCOMES PRESIDENT [...] (U) The Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued the following press statement late on December 2. (Note: President Obama's West Point speech took place on the morning of December 2 Singapore time. End note.) BEGIN TEXT OF MFA STATEMENT Singapore welcomes the United States' continu [...] | 2009-12-03 08:06:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SN AF PK |
09SINGAPORE1159 | SINGAPORE RESPONSE: IRAN'S USE OF EDBI TO EXPAND [...] (S) There are no branches of Iranian banks in Singapore and the Government of Singapore (GOS) is not aware of any efforts by the Economic Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) to establish financial ties or institutions in Singapore, Valerie Tay, the Head and Deputy Director of Financial Services C [...] | 2009-12-04 09:53:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | EFIN ETTC ETRD PREL SN |
09SINGAPORE1168 | SINGAPORE HOSTS EU-ASEAN MEETING REGARDING CHEMICAL, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The European Union (EU) hosted a one-day conference in Singapore on November 23 regarding its outreach to Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to address potential chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats and an EU proposal to establish a CBRN Cen [...] | 2009-12-08 08:04:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM AORC PREL PTER SN |
09SINGAPORE1169 | SINGAPORE SUPPORTIVE OF EXPORT LICENSING TRANSPARENCY [...] Embassy officers from Japan, South Korea and Chinese Taipei delivered reftel points December 7 regarding a joint proposal on transparency in export licensing. (Note: Due to Chinese Taipei's participation, Econoff declined to join the demarche.) According to Shinnosuke Kameyama of the Japane [...] | 2009-12-08 08:53:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD PREL ECON WTRO SN |
09SINGAPORE1185 | DAS MARCIEL MEETS SINGAPORE MFA ASEAN DIRECTOR [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) and Ambassador to ASEAN Scot Marciel discussed U.S.-ASEAN relations with MFA ASEAN Director Kwok Fook Seng during a visit to Singapore December 9. Singapore will support U.S. efforts to include businesses in the 2010 ASEAN trade ministers visit to [...] | 2009-12-10 09:38:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SN |
09SINGAPORE1217 | SINGAPORE VIEW OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT WITH IRAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Singapore maintains positive economic relations with Iran and would be open to expanded economic ties, though Singapore is mindful of proliferation issues and international sanctions, Government of Singapore (GOS) officials told Emboffs. Singapore has engaged Iran in the contex [...] | 2009-12-20 23:42:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | ETRD EINV ENRG ECON PREL KNNP IR SN |
09SINGAPORE1234 | SINGAPORE LAMENTS COPENHAGEN "TRENCH FIGHTING" BUT [...] (U) Summary: As the United Nations Conference on Climate Change wound down in Copenhagen, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong criticized the event's "sound and fury" and "trench fighting" in remarks to Singaporean journalists. Participants did not adopt the right frame of mind, he said. [...] | 2009-12-23 04:55:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV KGHG SN |
09SINGAPORE1239 | SINGAPORE DIPLOMATS OFFER READOUT ON RECENT TRIP [...] (C) Summary: North Korea has begun paying more attention to economic issues and is keen to improve relations with the United States, MFA Northeast Asia Deputy Director Loh Tuck Wai told Econ/PolCouns in a readout of a Singapore delegation's late November visit to Pyongyang. Led by MFA Secon [...] | 2009-12-23 09:20:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KN SN |
09SINGAPORE1243 | FOO KOK JWEE OFFERS DEPUTY NIO HIS PERSONAL VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: "The next 100 days are critical for Indonesia," MFA Deputy Director for Indonesia, FOO Kok Jwee conveyed in a December 14 meeting with Deputy NIO for East Asia, Dr. Terrence Markin. Citing the KPK and Bank Century corruption scandals that are dogging Indonesia's government, Foo [...] | 2009-12-27 23:44:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | ID PGOV PINR PREL SN |
09SINGAPORE1254 | ROBERT MUGABE REPORTEDLY IN SINGAPORE FOR MEDICAL [...] (SBU) A reputable private-sector source told CDA that he saw Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe arrive in the office of a radiation oncologist at Gleneagles, a major hospital in Singapore, on December 29. The source, an American resident in Singapore who is a patient of the radiation oncologi [...] | 2009-12-29 09:25:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR SN ZI |
09SINGAPORE152 | SINGAPORE MUSLIMS HAVE HOPE BUT WANT CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary. Singapore's Muslims welcome the Obama presidency as "a new era of hope," but are waiting to see what new steps the United States will take, Hajji Mohammad Alami Musa, President of the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS),told the Charge d' Affaires (CDA) on February 12 [...] | 2009-02-19 09:54:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO SOCI SN |
09SINGAPORE158 | SINGAPORE APPLAUDS SECRETARY'S "STRONG SIGNAL" TO [...] (C) Summary. MFA Second Permanent Secretary Bilahari Kausikan and Ambassador-at-Large Tommy Koh provided EAP/DAS Scot Marciel and the Charge d'Affaires glowing reactions to the Secretary's recent visit to Indonesia during separate meetings February 20. Kausikan said the Secretary's first vi [...] | 2009-02-24 01:30:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SN |
09SINGAPORE159 | SINGAPORE ACKNOWLEDGES LACKING INSIGHT ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 01:55:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EAID SN AF |
09SINGAPORE19 | SINGAPORE EYES NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN LATIN AMERICA [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore's Prime Minister and other top officials took advantage of attendance at APEC meetings in Peru to strengthen and broaden relationships in Latin America. After years of mostly indifference to the region, Singapore is making a push to expand trade and investment in Lat [...] | 2009-01-07 00:31:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ETRD SN |
09SINGAPORE237 | SINGAPORE LOWERS HOPES FOR ASEAN HUMAN RIGHTS BODY [...] (C) Summary: The planned Human Rights Body (HRB) of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will remain a "work in progress" for several years, Singapore's MFA and two former ASEAN Secretaries-General said March 11. ASEAN has not publicly released the draft terms of reference (TOR [...] | 2009-03-17 10:17:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV SN |
09SINGAPORE265 | SINGAPORE STANDING BY FOR FINAL DECISIONS ON MANAS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-20 09:11:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR SN AF |
09SINGAPORE266 | AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE: SINGAPORE HAS NOT YET [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-20 09:13:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SN AF |
09SINGAPORE271 | SINGAPORE WELCOMES MTCR OUTREACH MISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: In the context of a regional outreach effort, Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) representatives met Singapore officials March 20 and exchanged briefings concerning the MTCR and Singapore's strategic goods control regime. GOS officials stressed the importance of working [...] | 2009-03-24 00:34:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSTC ETTC PREL SN |
09SINGAPORE274 | SINGAPORE SUPPORTS MAINTAINING THE TCG'S AUTHORITY [...] (C) Poloff urged the Government of Singapore to weigh in with the Government of Burma to maintain the Tripartite Core Group's (TCG) existing authority and to discourage the GOB from imposing any further conditions on the activities and travel of international NGOs or diplomatic personnel in the [...] | 2009-03-24 11:12:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PHUM PREL SN BM |
09SINGAPORE288 | SINGAPORE-INDIA: STRATEGIC SYMBIOSIS [...] (C) Summary: Singapore is working systematically with India to strengthen India's bilateral and regional engagement in East Asia, Ambassador-at-Large Tommy Koh, Indian High Commissioner S. Jaishankar, and other contacts told CDA and Embassy officers. Symbolic of this was Foreign Minister Geor [...] | 2009-03-27 10:46:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON MOPS SN IN |
09SINGAPORE301 | SINGAPORE - 2009 NARRATIVE ON BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) In response to ref A request for information regarding the transparency of Singapore's budget, we provide the draft narrative below. The narrative is an update of the text from last year's congressionally-mandated report on fiscal transparency in countries receiving USG assistance (Ref B [...] | 2009-03-31 09:30:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL SN |
09SINGAPORE314 | SINGAPORE DOES NOT PLAN TO RECOGNIZE ABKHAZIA OR [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Europe Director Lawrence Anderson. Anderson noted that Georgia is a long way from Singapore and said Singapore has no plans to recognize Abkhazia or South Ossetia as independent states. Anderson noted that Singapore's ambassa [...] | 2009-04-03 10:33:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS SN |
09SINGAPORE315 | SINGAPORE WILL SUPPORT U.S. BID FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) In response to reftel points, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organisations Directorate informed PolOff April 3 that Singapore will support the United States in its candidacy for membership of the Human Rights Council. Samuel Myat San of the United Nations and Legal Issues Br [...] | 2009-04-03 10:34:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SN |
09SINGAPORE321 | DPRK LAUNCH DEMARCHE: SINGAPORE URGES RESTRAINT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points concerning the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea's (DPRK) launch of a TAEPO-DONG 2 missile to MFA Northeast Asia Assistant Director Tan Eng Tat, April 6. Tan agreed that the DPRK's decision to launch a missile was regrettable, and noted that the [...] | 2009-04-06 10:00:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL PARM SN |
09SINGAPORE325 | SINGAPORE OPENS DOOR TO CHINESE TO MAINTAIN ETHNIC [...] (C) Summary: Faced with a chronically low fertility rate and high emigration, Singapore has used a selective but relatively open immigration policy to increase its population, fuel its normally strong economic growth, and maintain a politically delicate balance among its Chinese, Malay and In [...] | 2009-04-07 06:52:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEAN PINR ELAB SN CH |
09SINGAPORE331 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EconPol Counselor conducted a joint demarche April 7 with representatives from the Russian Federation, Japanese and Australian missions to urge the GOS to endorse the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT). The GOS assembled a group representing six different a [...] | 2009-04-08 08:25:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP ETTC PREL SN |
09SINGAPORE356 | (S) SINGAPORE AGREES TO HELP ON DPRK [...] (S) MFA Second Permanent Secretary Bilahari Kausikan told the CDA April 15 that Singapore will help with regard to a possible upcoming proliferation-related transaction involving the DPRK at Singapore's Changi airport (see reftel). Kausikan complained, however, that the USG had not been full [...] | 2009-04-16 01:29:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KNNP IR PREL PARM XF LE KN SN |
09SINGAPORE366 | SINGAPORE REMAINS COMMITTED TO HELPING IN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points on the conclusions of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Strategic Review and on Afghanistan's continuing needs to MFA Americas Deputy Director Loh Tuck Keat and MFA Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia Assistant Director Stephen Lim April 15. He called attentio [...] | 2009-04-16 08:20:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR NATO SN AF |
09SINGAPORE416 | SINGAPORE STILL UNDECIDED ON KOSOVO VOTE FOR IMF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-04 09:03:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KV SN |
09SINGAPORE441 | TERRORIST MAS SELAMAT CAUGHT: SECURITY TRIUMPH OR [...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysian authorities recaptured fugitive Jemaah Islamiah (JI) terrorist Mas Selamat Kastari across the border from Singapore on April 1. Singapore media first reported the news on May 8, following up with days of extensive coverage praising Singapore-Malaysia cooperation and [...] | 2009-05-11 11:13:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL SN |
09SINGAPORE461 | SINGAPORE EXPRESSES DISMAY AT NEW AUNG SAN SUU KYI [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-15 10:50:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SN BM |
09SINGAPORE47 | SINGAPORE SUPPORTS EXTENSION OF TRIPARTITE CORE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-15 08:19:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD PHUM PGOV SN BM |
09SINGAPORE473 | SINGAPORE CONSIDERS CONTRIBUTING TO PAKISTAN IDP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-19 09:43:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREF PREL PGOV SN PK |
09SINGAPORE476 | UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK ENTITIES [...] (S) Singapore welcomed the April 24 designation by the UNSCR 1718 Sanctions Committee of the three Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) entities, Sharon SEAH Li-Lian, MFA Assistant Director for the Counter-proliferation and International Security Branch, told Econoff May 18. The desi [...] | 2009-05-20 07:52:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM SN |
09SINGAPORE493 | SINGAPORE UNLIKELY TO VOTE ON KOSOVO WB MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-27 08:56:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KV SN |
09SINGAPORE523 | SINGAPORE STILL MULLING CONTRIBUTION TO PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Political Unit Chief delivered Ref A demarche June 2 to MFA South Asia Assistant Director Chen Kien Pin, again urging Singapore to contribute to relief efforts for Pakistan's Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Chen said the GOS is still deciding whether it will make a contribution to [...] | 2009-06-03 08:16:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL PK SN |
09SINGAPORE529 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG’S MAY 30, 2009 [...] (SBU) May 30, 2009; 6:30 p.m.; The Presidential Palace; Singapore. 2. (SBU) Participants: United States ------------- The Deputy Secretary Glyn T. Davies, EAP Acting Assistant Secretary Daniel L. Shields, CDA (Notetaker) SINGAPORE --------- Minister Mentor (MM) Lee Kuan Yew Chee Hong Tat, Princi [...] | 2009-06-04 09:08:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | OVIP STEINBERG JAMES B. PREL MNUC ECON SN CH |
09SINGAPORE532 | SINGAPORE SLOWLY WADING DEEPER INTO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Singapore announced in the Straits Times newspaper June 4 that it will deploy to Afghanistan a battlefield radar system and supporting personnel that can detect enemy artillery, rocket and mortar launches and help direct counter-battery fire. The radar requires a four-man team to operate [...] | 2009-06-05 08:31:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS ASEC PTER MARR AF SN |
09SINGAPORE547 | SINGAPORE UNWILLING TO BE DRAWN INTO INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-10 06:59:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL PTER SN |
09SINGAPORE559 | SINGAPORE MUSLIMS IMPRESSED BY CAIRO SPEECH, BUT [...] (U) Summary: President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo generated a lot of attention and discussion in Singapore's Muslim community. Singapore's Muslims appreciated President Obama's Cairo speech, but they want to see what actions he will take, especially with regard to the Israeli-Palestinian [...] | 2009-06-12 10:22:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAO SCUL SOCI SN |
09SINGAPORE566 | SINGAPORE SENIOR MINISTER HIGHLIGHTS IMPLICATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Singapore Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong pointed out to Burma Senior General Than Shwe during a June 8-11 visit to Burma that there would be negative foreign policy implications should Burma convict Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),according to a Singapore MFA briefing. Goh, noting his "p [...] | 2009-06-16 10:03:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BM SN |
09SINGAPORE586 | URGING ASEAN IMPLEMENTATION OF UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: Singapore will fully implement UNSCR 1874 and will ensure transparency in its limited transactions with North Korea, MFA Second Permanent Secretary Bilahari Kausikan said in response to CDA's June 22 delivery of reftel points. Kausikan asked that the USG provide detailed, credibl [...] | 2009-06-22 11:13:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC KN SN |
09SINGAPORE589 | SINGAPORE WILL NOT COMMIT TO G8 AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-23 09:21:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID PREL |
09SINGAPORE59 | (S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-16 09:33:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PINR PREL PK SN |
09SINGAPORE590 | DEMARCHE OF ISAF ALLIES TO RELEASE STATEMENTS IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-23 10:25:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | PREL PGOV AF SN |
09SINGAPORE594 | UNSCR 1874: UPDATE FROM MFA SECOND PERMSEC [...] (C) Singapore MFA Second Permanent Secretary Bilahari Kausikan told CDA on June 24 that, at China's suggestion, Chinese and ASEAN officials discussed the U.S. demarche (reftels) regarding North Korea and UNSCR 1874, in the course of the 15th China-ASEAN Senior Officials Consultations held in [...] | 2009-06-24 09:25:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC KN SN |
09SINGAPORE60 | (S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-16 09:34:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | EFIN ETTC PINR PREL PTER IR SN |
09SINGAPORE61 | JOURNALISTS FRUSTRATED BY PRESS CONTROLS [...] (C) Summary: Singapore journalists say they are increasingly frustrated with GOS-imposed limits on their domestic reporting. Political leaders put pressure on the Straits Times (ST) staff to ensure that the paper's domestic coverage follows the government line. Reporters say they are eager [...] | 2009-01-16 09:57:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PREL SN |
09SINGAPORE611 | SEMINAR READOUT: CHINA'S POLICY TOWARDS BURMA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two visiting Chinese academics described China's policy toward Burma as creating strategic opportunities for China, but also supposedly promoting stability in Burma. The scholars, speaking at a seminar in Singapore, focused on Burma's strategic importance to China's energy secu [...] | 2009-06-29 06:12:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON CH BM SN |
09SINGAPORE612 | SINGAPORE DOWNPLAYS ITS ECONOMIC RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Singapore is one of Burma's largest investors and trading partners, but the GOS downplays the bilateral economic relationship and asserts the economic relationship offers little leverage to engage Burma on non-economic issues. The GOS does not actively promote investment in Burm [...] | 2009-06-29 06:30:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ETRD ECON PREL BM SN |
09SINGAPORE614 | UNSCR 1874 DEMARCHE REQUEST [...] (C) In response to reftel instructions, CDA delivered the points for ASEAN governments to Singapore MFA Second Permanent Secretary Bilahari Kausikan. CDA and Kausikan had two discussions on June 29, one in the morning, the other in the afternoon. In the afternoon discussion, Kausikan said he [...] | 2009-06-29 08:44:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM KN SN |
09SINGAPORE630 | SINGAPORE CONSIDERING FINANCIAL CHANGES FOR UNSCR 1874 [...] (SBU) Singapore financial authorities are considering how best to implement UNSCR 1874 and the new financial measures it brings against North Korea. Grace Yan, Assistant Director of Financial Services Relations in the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS),told Econoff July 1 in response to r [...] | 2009-07-02 09:02:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP SN |
09SINGAPORE656 | SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA: WAITING FOR THE ODD [...] (C) Summary: In recent high-level exchanges, Singaporean and Malaysian officials signaled a desire to improve bilateral relations and overcome legacy disputes. Malaysia's new Prime Minister Najib Razak made overtures perceived as sincere in Singapore, and the two countries began talks to im [...] | 2009-07-10 06:00:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SN MY |
09SINGAPORE665 | MFA PONDERS WHETHER NEW AGREEMENT ON MANAS MEANS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-13 07:53:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF |
09SINGAPORE672 | SINGAPORE MFA COMMENTS ON U.S. - RUSSIA RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-15 03:05:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS SN |
09SINGAPORE677 | UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK ENTITIES [...] (S) In response to Ref A demarche, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) confirmed that Deutsche Bank and United Overseas Bank (UOB) no longer maintain correspondent banking relationships in Singapore with DPRK-based Tanchon Commercial Bank. An MAS contact indicated that Deutsche Bank and [...] | 2009-07-15 06:43:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM SN |
09SINGAPORE687 | MFA SUGGESTS COOPERATION WITH USG ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-20 07:43:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS MARR PGOV AF SG |
09SINGAPORE718 | SINGAPORE WOULD CONSIDER ARMED MERCHANT MARINE [...] (SBU) MFA Special Projects Deputy Director Iris Chen sent the below response in reply to reftel demarche seeking information on Singapore's laws concerning armed security teams aboard U.S. merchant vessels. In a follow-up conversation with Poloff, Chen acknowledged that the response does not [...] | 2009-07-30 09:03:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT MARR PHSA PARM KOMC PREL ECON ETRD SN |
09SINGAPORE753 | ASSK VERDICT: SINGAPORE TEMPERS DISAPPOINTMENT [...] (C) Economic-Political (EP) Counselor urged Singapore to publicly express deep concern over Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) conviction and to press the Burmese government to release ASSK without conditions (Ref A),during a meeting August 12 with MFA Southeast Asia Director Peter Tan. Tan immediatel [...] | 2009-08-12 11:07:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL BM SN |
09SINGAPORE759 | VIETNAMESE AMBASSADOR IN SINGAPORE WELCOMES [...] (C) Summary: Vietnamese Ambassador to Singapore Thanh expressed to Charge his appreciation for increased American engagement in Southeast Asia and described as excellent the prospects for enhanced U.S.-Vietnam ties, in areas including defense cooperation. While Vietnam looks to continued eng [...] | 2009-08-13 06:57:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SN BM ASEAN |
09SINGAPORE760 | UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: SINGAPORE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-13 09:02:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PREL PTER UNSC SN |
09SINGAPORE761 | SINGAPORE'S HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 64TH UN [...] Singapore plans to send three ministerial-level delegations to the 64th UN General Assembly in New York. One will be led by Minister for Foreign Affairs George Yeo, who will be present for the General Debate. The others will be led by Senior Minister S. Jayakumar and Minister for the Enviro [...] | 2009-08-13 09:10:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP CVIS UNGA SN |
09SINGAPORE765 | SINGAPORE TO PROVIDE GOOD GOVERNANCE TRAINING TO [...] (C) Singapore will host twenty-five (all Under-Secretary level) Sri-Lankan officials from several ministries for two weeks of good-governance and leadership training beginning October 25, MFA South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa Director S. Premjith told EP Counselor in an August 13 meeting. Prem [...] | 2009-08-14 07:21:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV PHUM MOPS SL AF SN |
09SINGAPORE773 | SENATOR BILL NELSON'S MEETING WITH MINISTER MENTOR [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Minister Mentor (MM) Lee Kuan Yew, Senator Bill Nelson stressed the importance of cooperation between Singapore's Internal Security Department (ISD) and U.S. counterpart organizations to address common threats in areas such as terrorism and proliferation. MM Lee [...] | 2009-08-17 09:47:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR SN IN CN MN |
09SINGAPORE779 | READOUT OF SOUTHEAST ASIA ISSUES DISCUSSED AT TWELFTH [...] (U) The 12th annual meetings of the Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) convened July 5 through 10 in Brisbane, Australia. The APG highlighted challenges in Southeast Asia in anti-money laundering (AML) and combating financing of terrorism (CFT) and identified many acute training need [...] | 2009-08-18 10:12:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL ID MY SN TH VM |
09SINGAPORE817 | AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG AND GOS DISCUSS IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Philip Goldberg, U.S. Coordinator for Implementation of UNSCR 1874, led a five-person delegation to Singapore to meet with GOS officials, bank compliance officers, and media, to urge complete and transparent implementation of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 187 [...] | 2009-08-27 06:01:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KNNP PARM PREL SN KN |
09SINGAPORE818 | SINGAPORE HAS QUESTIONS CONCERNING NEW [...] (C) Summary: Singapore has several concerns about the new U.S. proposal (reftel) to move beyond the concept of membership to one of participation in the Contact Group for Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS),MFA Special Projects Deputy Director Iris Chen told Poloff August 27. Chen said S [...] | 2009-08-27 07:53:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL SN |
09SINGAPORE852 | SINGAPORE MFA'S TOMMY KOH TALKS CHINA, SE ASIA [...] (C) Summary: Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador-at-Large Tommy Koh offered Staffdel Luse his views on Southeast Asian countries' relations with China, the United States, and each other in an August 17 meeting. According to Koh, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) mem [...] | 2009-09-04 04:24:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SN |
09SINGAPORE853 | CHINA-SINGAPORE DEEPENING OF RELATIONS CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary: According to a September 2 Singapore MFA readout, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan, accompanied by 150 officials including two Ministers and 21 Vice Ministers, visited Singapore August 23-26 to participate in the Sixth Annual China-Singapore Joint Council (JCBC) for Bilateral Co [...] | 2009-09-04 04:36:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CN SN |
09SINGAPORE862 | SINGAPORE IS UNSUITABLE FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Post has contacted the United Nations and Legal Issues Branch of the International Organisations Directorate in Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to determine whether Singapore would consider running for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights [...] | 2009-09-08 10:06:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IR |
09SINGAPORE863 | RULING PARTY YOUTH WING COZIES UP TO CHINESE, [...] (C) Summary. The youth wing of Singapore's ruling party, Young PAP (YP),is pursuing closer ties with the Chinese Communist Youth League, two YP executive committee members told PolOffs on August 27. Recent YP "study visits" to China have focused on political education and recruitment. In [...] | 2009-09-09 03:41:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SN |
09SINGAPORE869 | EMBASSY SINGAPORE: NO EXPERIENCE ENGAGING [...] Post does not know of any community of Singaporeans living abroad that would qualify as a "diaspora" using the criteria set forth in reftel paragraph 4. Given that there are no known diaspora communities of Singaporeans, Post is unable to provide meaningful responses to the questions posed i [...] | 2009-09-10 01:28:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL |
09SINGAPORE876 | NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Singapore is supportive of the United States' global counterproliferation agenda and promotes a targeted, risk-based approach to trade and cargo security initiatives. Singapore is a trade and financial services hub and has a key role to play in monitoring and preventing the f [...] | 2009-09-11 00:06:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ENRG PARM PREL PGOV UNGA IAEA SN |
09SINGAPORE884 | SINGAPORE PUSHING R&D AND POACHING TALENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Singapore (GOS) aims to grow research and development (R&D) spending to three percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) by 2010. GOS agencies advocate a results-driven and integrative approach to R&D in order to expand the local economy and involve foreign [...] | 2009-09-14 08:33:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND EINV TSPL TBIO PGOV PREL SN |
09SINGAPORE887 | IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-14 09:00:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP AORC PARM PREL IAEA SN |
09SINGAPORE898 | KOSOVO RECOGNITION IN ADVANCE OF UNGA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche points urging Singapore to meet with Kososvo's UN delegation on the margins of the UNGA and urged Singapore to formally recognize Kosovo during a meeting with MFA United Nations and Legal Issue Branch Desk Officer Jeremy Rabani on September 14. Rabani ackno [...] | 2009-09-15 09:10:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA AORC KV SN |
09SINGAPORE901 | EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN [...] (C) In response to reftel instructions, CDA met with MFA Second Permanent Secretary Bilahari Kausikan on September 15 and called on Singapore to sound the alarm to Iran on sanctions. CDA used the general and the Singapore-specific points from reftel to urge that Singapore find opportunities [...] | 2009-09-16 07:20:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP PARM IAEA PREL AORC SN IR |
09SINGAPORE907 | GLOBAL NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT - SINGAPORE POINTS [...] (SBU) MFA 2nd Permanent Secretary Bilahari Kauskian confirmed to the Charge that Singapore had received President Obama's invitation to the Global Security Summit and that Singapore is still in the process of naming a "Sherpa" to represent Singapore during Summit preparations. 2. (SBU) MFA [...] | 2009-09-17 10:16:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM AORC PREL PGOV IAEA MNUC SN |
09SINGAPORE926 | SINGAPORE INKS DEFENSE COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH [...] (U) Singapore and Vietnam signed a Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) during a September 7-10 visit to Vietnam by Singapore Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Teo Chee Hean. The DCA will formalize existing mil-mil interactions, which have focused mainly on exchanges and study visi [...] | 2009-09-23 09:42:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SN |
09SINGAPORE953 | SINGAPORE SUPPORTIVE OF NEW U.S. BURMA POLICY, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Burma has made several nuanced, conciliatory gestures towards the West, and Singapore believes the timing is right to engage Burma and nudge it along the road towards democracy, according to the Singapore Foreign Ministry. Singapore supports the new U.S. "carrot and stick" policy [...] | 2009-09-29 08:45:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SN |
09SINGAPORE964 | Post Speaker Program - Nan Aron [...] (U) SUMMARY. U.S. Speaker Nan Aron, President of the Alliance for Justice, visited Singapore on August 24-26 to discuss non-governmental organization (NGO) management and fundraising. Aron met with university students interested in NGO work, law students, activists and the staff of Malay-Musl [...] | 2009-10-02 09:05:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO SN |
09SINGAPORE977 | SINGAPORE OFFERS DISASTER RELIEF TO INDONESIA AND [...] (U) Summary: GOS has offered humanitarian assistance and disaster relief aid to Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Cambodia, and Laos in the wake of the Padang Earthquake and Typhoon Ketsana. Assistance offers range from military aircraft assistance and deployment of elite Singapore Civil Def [...] | 2009-10-05 09:45:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ID MOPS PREL SENV SN |
09SINGAPORE978 | SINGAPORE, CHINA PLAN DIALOGUE TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore and China will hold a joint economic dialogue in early 2010 to discuss recent experiences dealing with the financial crisis and economic slowdown, and plans to reorient their economies post-recession. Singapore officials are still developing plans for the hastily prop [...] | 2009-10-06 23:50:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PREL CN SN |
09SINGAPORE982 | SINGAPORE'S COUNTER-RADICALIZATION PROGRAM CLAIMS [...] (S) Summary: Singapore claims its integrative approach to counter-radicalization is effective at reducing extremism, and that there has been zero recidivism among the 41 terrorists that have been released into the community on a restricted basis. However, some independent observers are skepti [...] | 2009-10-07 03:43:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL ASEC SN |
09SKOPJE109 | MACEDONIA: MAYORAL AND MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS NOT [...] (C) As Macedonia holds its first combined presidential and local elections in March/April (first round March 22, second round April 5),key local races are as much in the spotlight as the presidential race. In some cases, better-known political names will be found on mayoral ballots than in [...] | 2009-03-09 14:38:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK |
09SKOPJE117 | MACEDONIA: CAN THE DENAR AVOID DEVALUATION? [...] (SBU) Summary. Macedonia's current account deficit widened dramatically in 2008. The central bank's currency reserves have dropped at an alarming rate in 2009, raising concern about the country's ability to maintain the pegged value of the denar at roughly 61 to the euro, a fundamental elem [...] | 2009-03-16 06:33:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL MK |
09SKOPJE124 | MACEDONIA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN GENERALLY POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Summary. The campaign for presidential and municipal elections has proceeded far better than parliamentary elections last year. Should the trend continue, we assess that the conduct of these elections should advance Macedonia's Euro-Atlantic aspirations. There are some municipalities of [...] | 2009-03-19 16:26:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MK |
09SKOPJE13 | Macedonia Suffers Minimal Effects from Russian Gas Cutoff [...] (SBU) Summary: As a minor consumer of natural gas, Macedonia has been affected only minimally by the cutoff of natural gas from Russia through Ukraine. Residential heating quickly transitioned to fuel oil and the greatest impact to date has been felt by two industrial users -- a steel produc [...] | 2009-01-13 06:39:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PGOV PREL UP RS MK |
09SKOPJE136 | MACEDONIA: ELECTIONS PEACEFUL AND WELL-RUN, VMRO TAKES [...] (SBU) Summary: Macedonia held peaceful presidential and municipal elections March 22 with few irregularities. Ruling VMRO presidential candidate George Ivanov looks set to cruise to an easy victory in the second round, to be held April 5. VMRO and its ethnic-Albanian coalition partner DUI mad [...] | 2009-03-27 12:25:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MK |
09SKOPJE146 | MACEDONIA ELECTIONS ROUND TWO: ON TRACK BUT TENSIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-02 15:51:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MK |
09SKOPJE153 | MACEDONIA: MIXED SIGNALS AS BUDGET REALITIES MEET ELECTION [...] (SBU) The Macedonian Government seems to be underestimating the likely effects of the global economic crisis on the Macedonian economy, especially on the domestic currency. Not only has revenue collection in the first two months of 2009 fallen short of the projections on which the state budget [...] | 2009-04-07 15:34:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL EAID MK |
09SKOPJE156 | MACEDONIAN ELECTIONS: GRUEVSKI IN NEAR-COMPLETE [...] (SBU) In a second round of presidential and municipal elections assessed as generally meeting international standards, ruling VMRO-DPMNE,s Gjorge Ivanov won by almost a two-to-one margin over SDSM opponent Ljubomir Frckoski. Macedonia,s ethnic Albanian population essentially boycotted the pre [...] | 2009-04-08 15:17:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MK |
09SKOPJE16 | MACEDONIA: CODEL POE HEARS GOVERNMENT, OPPOSITION, [...] (SBU) In meetings on December 17 and 18, local and national political leaders briefed Representative Ted Poe (R-TX) on their views of the name dispute with Greece and challenges to its resolution. Speaker of the Parliament Veljanovski and leading opposition MP Sekerinska concurred that Mace [...] | 2009-01-14 12:57:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
09SKOPJE170 | MACEDONIA ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-15 09:04:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN MK |
09SKOPJE177 | MACEDONIA: GRUEVSKI RECEPTIVE TO ADVICE ON NAME, [...] (C) Summary: PM Gruevski was receptive to the Ambassador's advice on the name issue and continued engagement with NATO in the course of a wide-ranging conversation April 15. Ambassador pressed for retention of CHOD LTG Stojanovski, a positive public tone and negotiating stance toward Greece on [...] | 2009-04-17 15:52:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KV GR MK |
09SKOPJE188 | MACEDONIA: ETHNIC ALBANIAN POLITICS IN FERMENT [...] (C) Summary: Ethnic Albanian politicians increasingly believe PM Gruevski's government is not committed to their top goal: Euro-Atlantic integration. Largest e-Albanian party and coalition partner DUI is struggling with how to push Gruevski to solve the name issue (thus opening the door to NA [...] | 2009-04-22 16:37:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MK |
09SKOPJE201 | REFLECTING ON BRANKO CRVENKOVSKI'S PRESIDENCY [...] (C) Summary: As his five-year Presidential term comes to an end May 12, Branko Crvenkovski prepares himself for yet another political transition --this time returning to resurrect his opposition Social Democrats (SDSM),in shambles following devastating losses in 2008 parliamentary and 2009 [...] | 2009-05-06 11:19:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MK |
09SKOPJE214 | SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO MACEDONIA [...] (SBU) Your visit presents an opportune moment to underscore to Macedonians that the Obama Administration is not "pro-Greek," that the United States is prepared to engage in active behind-the-scenes support for developing a reasonable solution to the name dispute -- working with BOTH sides -- [...] | 2009-05-12 18:23:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS GR KV MK |
09SKOPJE269 | MACEDONIA: SWEDISH DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLITICAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-09 11:56:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MK GR KV SR SW |
09SKOPJE275 | MACEDONIA: MOI ON ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN [...] This is an action request. See para 4. 2. Per reftel, Charge met with Minister of Interior Gordana Jankuloska. In response to our question about donation, lease, or sale of any of Macedonia's four MoI Mi-171 helicopters (a variant of Mi-17) for use in Pakistan, Jankuloska thought the GoM [...] | 2009-06-12 09:00:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SMIG PARM PK AF MK |
09SKOPJE278 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS U.S. VIEWS ON EUROPEAN SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-16 16:56:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PREL EU NATO PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON GR MK |
09SKOPJE293 | MACEDONIA: INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING [...] (U) In response to the request for information on Macedonia's commitment to human rights and fundamental freedoms for the OSCE's annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (reftel),Post offers the following summary of concerns and progress in areas of democratic development and human rig [...] | 2009-06-23 09:11:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE KDEM |
09SKOPJE294 | MACEDONIA: PARLIAMENT APPROVES REBALANCED BUDGET [...] (SBU) On Monday, June 8, Macedonia's parliament approved the Government's rebalanced budget. Although it had been evident to many observers that the GoM budget was wildly out of synch with economic realities, the GoM had resisted an adjustment until after local and presidential elections were [...] | 2009-06-23 09:17:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL EAID MK |
09SKOPJE332 | MACEDONIA: DANGEROUS DRIFT? [...] (C) PM Gruevski's government continues a very mixed performance. He and his closest cronies continue to engage in highly questionable practices on government tenders and in squeezing EVN, the Austrian-owned electricity distributor. Substantial judicial reform lags, but Gruevski has directed t [...] | 2009-07-10 13:50:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MK |
09SKOPJE35 | MACEDONIA: S/WCI GROUP FINDS ICTY CASES HIGHLY [...] (C) Summary: Members of the State Department,s S/WCI team discovered an ethnically divided, highly politicized environment surrounding the four war crimes cases returned to Macedonia by the ICTY. GOM officials admitted that political pressure was guiding these cases. The e-Albanian leadershi [...] | 2009-01-23 08:10:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MK |
09SKOPJE366 | More H1N1 Cases Confirmed in Macedonia [...] On July 4, Macedonian Health authorities announced the first confirmed case of Influenza A H1N1 in the country (ref b). The results were confirmed by a reference lab in London. Since then, a total of 14 cases have been confirmed and hospitalized at the State Clinics for Infectious diseases. [...] | 2009-07-27 13:54:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR PREL CASC PINR AMGT MK |
09SKOPJE369 | MACEDONIA: LESSONS LEARNED FROM NATO ADVISORY TEAM [...] (C) Summary: The assignment of Bulgarians to both the commander and deputy positions of the NATO Advisory Team for Macedonia is not in U.S. interests. End summary. 2. (C) We learned off-line in early June that Bulgaria was the only Ally who volunteered to fill the "Chief NAT" position in S [...] | 2009-07-29 07:06:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS NATO MK BU NL |
09SKOPJE377 | MACEDONIA: NEW DEBATE ON USE OF LANGUAGE HEATING UP [...] (C) Summary: New Democracy (ND) leader Imer Selmani's request for more complete implementation in parliament of the law that outlines the use of minority languages has escalated to a wider debate in Parliament. An unlikely alliance between ND and governing coalition partner DUI is now seeking [...] | 2009-08-04 10:19:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MK |
09SKOPJE38 | MACEDONIA: AMBASSADOR WARNS FOREIGN MINISTER ON [...] (C) Summary: We have been engaging at all levels of the GoM regarding Macedonia,s decision to name a stadium, highway, and new cargo airport for Alexander the Great and Philip of Macedon and its plans to erect yet more Alexander statues in Skopje and elsewhere. In a Jan. 16 meeting with FonMi [...] | 2009-01-26 13:08:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MK |
09SKOPJE382 | IMPEDIMENTS TO MACEDONIA'S DEPLOYMENT TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) I request senior-level intervention to resolve bureaucratic impediments to the long-planned deployment of 79 Macedonian soldiers to Afghanistan. This deployment will allow the Vermont National Guard to double its reconnaissance and police mentor teams, from 4 to 8 of each. Obtaining pra [...] | 2009-08-05 17:10:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS NATO AF MK |
09SKOPJE383 | MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on July 31 to Sanja Zografska-Krteska, MFA Deputy Head for Multilateral Affairs, and Nikolina Staleska, MFA Counselor for OSCE and Council of Europe. Zografska-Krteska thanked PolOff for sharing USG views on progress/concerns in areas of human rights a [...] | 2009-08-07 11:41:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE MK |
09SKOPJE39 | MACEDONIA: ETHNIC ALBANIANS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT [...] Summary: (C) Recent soundings of ethnic Albanian (e-Albanian) contacts have revealed a pessimistic outlook towards the current state of interethnic relations in Macedonia. They have expressed a high level of dissatisfaction with the e-Macedonian governing party, VMRO-DPMNE, and its cooperatio [...] | 2009-01-26 15:26:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MK |
09SKOPJE398 | MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING UNODC AS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-17 10:10:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC MK |
09SKOPJE411 | MACEDONIA: AHMETI RATES STATE OF AFFAIRS A "FOUR [...] (C) Summary: Following the commemoration of the 8th Anniversary of the signing of the Ohrid Framework Agreement, Ambassador Reeker joined DUI leader Ali Ahmeti at his family sheep station deep in the mountains of western Macedonia on August 16. Ahmeti was critical of Prime Minister Nikola Gru [...] | 2009-08-21 13:20:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MK |
09SKOPJE414 | MACEDONIA:GUARANTORS OF FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: On the 8th Anniversary of the signing of the Ohrid Framework Agreement (OFA) the principal officers of the four international entities that signed the OFA presented an assessment of its implementation to date to Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. The Principals cited education, de [...] | 2009-08-21 16:16:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM MK |
09SKOPJE418 | MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-26 13:42:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AORC KPER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA |
09SKOPJE452 | MACEDONIA: UNGA GOALS AND OBJECTIVES DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Director for Multilateral Affairs Svetlana Geleva and Deputy Director for Multilateral Affairs Sanja Zografska-Krteska on September 10. Geleva reported that due to budget shortfalls, she, as a MFA's main UNGA subject matter expert, would not be att [...] | 2009-09-11 16:23:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNGA XA XB XD XF XG XS XM XL MK |
09SKOPJE457 | POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS OF CLOSING AIRSCAN IN [...] (C) We have learned that a decision memo has been forwarded to SACEUR recommending, among other options, that the Airscan operation based at the Skopje airport cease entirely. NATO has used Airscan since 2003 to provide aerial surveillance for KFOR. (For operational reasons, Airscan was base [...] | 2009-09-16 17:12:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PREL KFOR KV MK |
09SKOPJE469 | MACEDONIA-U.S. MOU ON ASSISTANCE CEMENTS GOM COMMITMENT [...] (U) On September 15, Ambassador Reeker and Deputy Prime Minister for Euro-integration Vasko Naumovski signed a groundbreaking bilateral Memorandum of Understanding "Concerning Training and Related Assistance." The MOU ensures proper selection of Government of Macedonia employees who will recei [...] | 2009-09-28 13:33:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PGOV MK |
09SKOPJE477 | MACEDONIA: ENCYCLOPEDIA STIRS UP INTER-ETHNIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The release of the first ever Macedonian National Encyclopedia by the government-funded, nearly ethnically homogeneous Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts has caused uproar in the ethnic-Albanian community and provoked reactions from Macedonia's neighbors. The encyclopedia a [...] | 2009-09-30 13:42:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MK KV AL BU |
09SKOPJE48 | MACEDONIA'S 2009 BUDGET: SEEKING FISCAL STIMULUS VIA HIGHER [...] (SBU) On December 29, the Macedonian Parliament passed the country's largest budget since independence, projecting a general government deficit of 2.8 percent of GDP. With this budget, the GoM continues to implement a fiscal program characterized by low and flat tax rates with increased public [...] | 2009-02-04 10:26:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL EAID MK |
09SKOPJE49 | MACEDONIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: A SCENESETTER [...] (C) Summary: The ruling VMRO choice for president, Georgi Ivanov, will likely win and further consolidate PM Gruevski's hold on power. SDSM's candidate, Ljubomir Frckoski, is unlikely to win and may not even come in second. Former Interior Minister Ljube Boskovski could threaten VMRO's party [...] | 2009-02-04 17:17:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL GR MK |
09SKOPJE5 | MACEDONIA: Muted reaction to the Middle East [...] (SBU) Summary: Though Macedonia has a significant Muslim population, the response to the conflict between Israel and Hamas has been very quiet thus far. Coverage of the events in the Middle East has been limited to reprinting wire stories and standard video feed, and there has been no commenta [...] | 2009-01-08 12:41:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IS XF MK |
09SKOPJE510 | MACEDONIA: SUPPORT FOR U.S. PRIORITIES IN UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-22 16:12:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL UN MK |
09SKOPJE515 | MACEDONIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 13:21:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09SKOPJE528 | MACEDONIA WILL NOT SUPPORT UNGA RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-04 13:53:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL MK |
09SKOPJE538 | MACEDONIA: DUI LEADER AHMETI OPPOSES NAME ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: During meetings on October 26 and November 1, ethnic-Albanian coalition party leader Ali Ahmeti and Ambassador Reeker discussed PM Nikola Gruevski's recent trip to Brussels and his meeting with new Greek PM Papandreou. Ahmeti noted that the PM seemed to have a renewed openness to [...] | 2009-11-09 18:32:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL GR MK |
09SKOPJE540 | MACEDONIA'S DIASPORA GROUPS [...] (SBU) Summary: Diaspora groups from Macedonia, most active in the U.S., Canada, and Australia, are divided along the ethnic lines of the country,s two largest groups-- ethnic Macedonians and ethnic Albanians. The ethnic separation of diaspora interests -- coupled with use of the term "Mace [...] | 2009-11-10 12:21:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BEXP BTIO EAID OIIP PHUM PREL SCUL SMIG |
09SKOPJE569 | MACEDONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 16:09:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF |
09SKOPJE582 | MACEDONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ISAF [...] (C) On November 28 Ambassador Reeker raised with PM Gruevski the request for further assistance in Afghanistan and public support following the upcoming announcement of U.S. policy towards Afghanistan and Pakistan. Gruevski said he would issue a public statement of support following the Presi [...] | 2009-11-30 16:09:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF |
09SKOPJE584 | MACEDONIA: U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-01 13:02:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR KNNP IAEA MK |
09SKOPJE587 | MACEDONIA PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] This is an action request - please see para. 4. 2. In response to President Obama's speech on the way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan, President Ivanov wrote a letter addressed to the President (shared with the media here) in which he commended President Obama for his leadership in this [...] | 2009-12-04 17:30:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS NATO AF MK |
09SKOPJE589 | MACEDONIA: NEW TIP COMBATING AND PREVENTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Macedonia has continued to refine its victim protection and TIP prevention activities and is attending to the shortcomings identified in its established TIP infrastructure. Partnering with the international community, the government has begun expansive training projects focused [...] | 2009-12-07 09:17:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS SMIG SOCI ELAB TI KS SR |
09SKOPJE621 | MACEDONIA: NEW NATIONAL ACTION PLAN AIMS AT [...] (SBU) Summary: Ten years after the influx of nearly 350,000 refugees to Macedonia during the Kosovo crisis, the Government of Macedonia, together with UNHCR Skopje, is working to create durable solutions for the remaining approximately 1,600 refugees and asylum seekers, nearly all of whom a [...] | 2009-12-23 16:13:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL MK |
09SKOPJE64 | MACEDONIA: MFA INFORMED BUT NO COMMITMENT ON PARTICIPATION [...] On February 6, we delivered ref A and ref B talking points to Marko Spirovski of the Macedonia MFA Department for Collective Security Systems. Spirovski thanked us for the information, and asked whether USG funding was available to support Macedonia's participation in the April 20-22 workshop [...] | 2009-02-13 11:32:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KGIC MK |
09SKOPJE66 | MACEDONIA: ETHNIC-ALBANIANS SENDING MIXED MESSAGES [...] (C) Summary: The ethnic-Albanian (e-Albanian) political leaders in Macedonia have given positive indications that they understand how critical fair and democratic municipal and presidential elections are to Macedonia,s future. They have repeatedly reassured us that their own parties will not [...] | 2009-02-13 14:28:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MK |
09SKOPJE74 | MACEDONIA: PRIMER ON PROCEDURAL ASPECTS OF [...] (SBU) Just nine months after holding parliamentary elections marked by violence, intimidation and serious irregularities, Macedonia will hold its first-ever concurrent presidential and mayoral/municipal elections, with the first round on March 22 and second on April 5. With Euro-Atlantic i [...] | 2009-02-18 08:24:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MK |
09SKOPJE87 | MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE ON UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 15:54:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09SOFIA1 | BULGARIA: TOTAL CUT IN GAS SUPPLY SPARKS CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: The dispute between Russia and Ukraine over natural gas hit Bulgaria broadside on January 6, when the country discovered that 100 percent of its gas supplies had been suspended indefinitely. PM Stanishev has reached out to his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts to demand an im [...] | 2009-01-06 15:39:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV |
09SOFIA10 | BULGARIA GAS CRISIS DAY 4: SITUATION IMPROVING [...] (SBU) Despite severe cold and snow, the situation improved on day four of a complete gas cut-off. As more district heating plants successfully switched from gas to other forms of fuel, heat to many apartments around the country was resumed. Nationwide, sixty-eight schools remain closed and [...] | 2009-01-09 13:09:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA101 | BULGARIA: F-16 ENDGAME [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Bulgaria is in the final sprint of a ten-year marathon to acquire new fighters. A successful deal on F-16s will lock in a NATO-reinforcing U.S.-Bulgaria defense relationship for at least a generation. Without it, we will have a hole in NATO's southern tier: Bulgaria wil [...] | 2009-03-12 11:57:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR BU |
09SOFIA104 | BULGARIA: CENTER-RIGHT'S DESPERATE MARRIAGE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: After an acrimonious five hour debate, Bulgaria's small center-right UDF party (Union of Democratic Forces) agreed to form a pre-election coalition with its bitter breakaway center-right rival DSB (Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria). Although a positive step that will likely ena [...] | 2009-03-13 15:23:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BU |
09SOFIA109 | BULGARIA: DAS BRYZA AND ENERGY COORDINATOR MANN [...] (C) Summary: In the course of extensive consultations with the Bulgarian President, Prime Minister, and Foreign and Energy Ministers, EUR DAS Matt Bryza and Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Steve Mann endorsed Bulgarian plans to hold a summit on Eurasian gas security issues April 2 [...] | 2009-03-17 11:36:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA11 | BULGARIA: RECENT VIOLENCE IN KOSOVO A SERBIAN [...] (C) Bulgaria views the recent outbreak of violence between Kosovar Serbs and Kosovar Albanians in Mitrovica as a Serbian test of EULEX. According to MFA Head of Western Balkans Krasimir Tulechki, the recent events are another example of "Belgrade provoking Pristina." Tulechki noted that al [...] | 2009-01-09 14:23:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SR KV BU |
09SOFIA120 | BULGARIA SUPPORTS MAINTAINING KFOR AT CURRENT [...] (C) The Government of Bulgaria strongly supports the points include in reftel and will continue to resist any move to reduce the size or scope of KFOR. In a recent briefing in Sofia, Foreign Minister Kalfin said that Kosovo continues to require NATO's commitment and KFOR must preserve an ade [...] | 2009-03-20 14:05:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR BU |
09SOFIA127 | BULGARIA: THE ECONOMY'S MUDDLING THROUGH, BUT THE [...] (C) Summary: Bulgaria is finally feeling the effects of the global financial crisis. After years of impressive growth, major indicators are down and the real economy is taking a hit. But years of fiscal conservatism have left Bulgaria with sufficient buffers to avoid the financial turbulen [...] | 2009-03-25 07:43:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA138 | BULGARIA'S FISCAL TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) Per reftel, the following is post's assessment of Bulgaria's fiscal transparency. Bulgaria's budget reporting standards conform to EU and international standards. Relevant budget documents can be found on the websites of the Ministry of Finance and Parliament (the Finance and Budget C [...] | 2009-03-31 10:34:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA139 | BULGARIA UNLIKELY TO SUBMIT BRIEF TO ICJ ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 12:00:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ICJ KV SR BU |
09SOFIA140 | AF/PAK: BULGARIA WILLING TO DO MORE, BUT ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: While expressing appreciation for Bulgaria's current troop deployments to Afghanistan, Kosovo and Bosnia, DCM Karagiannis stressed the importance of new Bulgarian contributions in Afghanistan. Looking to President Parvanov's first meeting with our President, the DCM urged Bulga [...] | 2009-03-31 12:06:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR BU |
09SOFIA15 | BULGARIA: DIGGING OUT OF THE ENERGY HOLE [...] (C) Summary: The total gas cut-off, now in its seventh day, has exposed the vulnerabilities and short-sightedness of Bulgaria's Russia-centric energy policy. Nearly 100 percent dependent on Russia for its gas, oil and nuclear fuel, Bulgaria is clearly under Moscow's thumb. We are urging s [...] | 2009-01-12 15:11:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA154 | SOFIA'S MEAN STREETS [...] (C) Summary: Sofia's streets are a showcase for potholes and uncollected garbage. Lined by decaying soviet style blocks and uncompleted new construction (mixed with some glitzy modern buildings),they are ugly. While the ordinary crime rate is low, organized crime violence is a recurrent [...] | 2009-04-02 14:03:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BU |
09SOFIA158 | BULGARIA: POSITIVE BUT CAUTIOUS ON NEW ISAF [...] (C) CDA a.i. Karagiannis delivered Reftel A to the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff and Foreign Policy Advisor stressing the need for all allies to contribute more at the upcoming NATO Summit. Foreign Policy Advisor Chukov said the issue was already under consideration and would be discussed [...] | 2009-04-03 13:45:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL MARR BU AF |
09SOFIA159 | BULGARIAN FM KALFIN'S WASHINGTON MEETING WITH THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Kalfin arrives just after his sprint to Ashgabat and the NATO and U.S.-EU Summits and just two weeks before Bulgaria's April 24-25 Energy Summit on natural gas. Anxious for a successful summit, Bulgaria is struggling to confirm high-level attendance and thread the needle tha [...] | 2009-04-03 15:30:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ENGY BU |
09SOFIA16 | BULGARIA NONCOMMITTAL ON DELAYING THE APPROVAL OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-13 14:15:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EU SY BU |
09SOFIA162 | BULGARIAN FM KALFIN'S WASHINTON MEETING WITH THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Kalfin arrives just after his sprint to Ashgabat and the NATO and U.S.-EU Summits and just two weeks before Bulgaria's April 24-25 Energy Summit on natural gas. Anxious for a successful summit, Bulgaria is struggling to confirm high-level attendance and thread the needle tha [...] | 2009-04-03 17:05:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENGY BU |
09SOFIA169 | FM KALFIN PREVIEWS HIS APRIL 8 WASHINGTON VISIT [...] (C) Summary. FM Kalfin previewed his Washington visit with the Charge for 90 minutes on April 6. He asked for a strong public statement by the Secretary commending the substantially strengthened bilateral partnership over the past five years, underscoring that it will establish the foundation for t [...] | 2009-04-06 17:08:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG BU |
09SOFIA180 | BULGARIA'S ENERGY DEBUT: GETTING WHAT WE WANT AT SOFIA'S NATURAL GAS SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: The April 24-25 Sofia Energy Summit is many things to many people. Bulgaria's ostensible goal is to improve Europe's outreach and relationship with Central Asian and Caspian producers, while at the same time putting Sofia on the energy map. Russia will use it as a way to highlight and [...] | 2009-04-14 06:24:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA188 | WITH NO TIES TO BURMA, BULGARIA STILL ACTIVELY [...] (C) On April 15, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Desk Officer for Laos, Cambodia, the Philipines, Thailand, and Burma, Ivan Velikov. Though the Government of Bulgaria (GOB) does not have an embassy in Burma or official diplomatic relations with th [...] | 2009-04-17 08:47:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD BM BU |
09SOFIA19 | BULGARIA: ADVANCING U.S. INTERESTS IN MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Ivalyo Kalfin has made a strong case for a meeting with Secretary-designate Clinton following her confirmation. Bulgaria is struggling to deal with the energy crisis and to reverse Moscow's long-standing energy dominance - Kalfin wants the United States to be p [...] | 2009-01-14 14:21:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR BU |
09SOFIA2 | BULGARIA OUT IN THE COLD: DAY TWO OF GAS CUT-OFF [...] (C) Summary: Bulgaria endured a second day without gas January 7. Thousands of homes and many schools report significantly reduced - or no - heating, although the country did not experience any major power interruptions. Several large industrial firms are shutting down and laying off emplo [...] | 2009-01-07 11:45:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV |
09SOFIA20 | BULGARIA 2008: PERSPECTIVE ON A TOUGH YEAR [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Bulgaria begins 2009 with a bad hangover. Pervasive disgust over the problems of recent months and the even grimmer prospects of the coming year has led many here to sink into an already deep hole of apathy and cynicism. Tangible improvements in family income and overall [...] | 2009-01-15 05:28:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON BU |
09SOFIA205 | BULGARIANS TOUT A SUCCESSFUL ENERGY SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Overcoming intense Russian pressure and European skepticism, the April 24-25 Sofia Energy Summit focused on the key principles and policies of energy security rather than on individual projects. The event's deliverable, a declaration endorsed by the 30 participating delegations, [...] | 2009-04-30 14:56:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA208 | BULGARIA: RUSSIANS INTENSIFY PRESSURE ON SOUTH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-07 13:10:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA221 | BULGARIA: PM RATIONALIZES RUSSIAN PRESSURE ON [...] (C) Summary: In a move that prompted scathing ridicule by local media, Bulgarian Prime Minister Stanishev rushed to Moscow less than 24 hours after the April 24-25 regional energy summit in Sofia (which Putin refused to attend). While in Moscow, Stanishev signed yet another "secret" agreement [...] | 2009-05-12 12:02:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV BG |
09SOFIA222 | BULGARIA TO SUPPORT KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-13 08:04:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL KV BU |
09SOFIA225 | TWO YEARS IN, BULGARIA STRUGGLES TO FIND VOICE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two years after accession, Bulgaria still struggles to find its voice within the EU. Preoccupied with domestic political in-fighting, shamed by the withholding of EU funds, and sensitive to its status as a "quasi member state" subject to a rule-of-law-related special monitoring [...] | 2009-05-14 14:48:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA226 | NUTS AND BOLTS OF BULGARIA'S JUNE EUROPEAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the second time since EU accession, Bulgarians go to the polls June 7 to elect 17 members of the European Parliament (MEPs). Generating little public interest on their own, the MEP elections are viewed more as dress rehearsal for national parliamentary elections on July 5. [...] | 2009-05-14 14:51:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BU |
09SOFIA234 | CUBAN-BULGARIAN RELATIONS [...] (C) The Government of Bulgaria (GOB) maintains friendly, yet minimal relations with Cuba. Political contact and economic ties are minimal. The GOB has made no recent statements on democracy or human rights issues in Cuba, and can generally be expected to follow the European Union position o [...] | 2009-05-19 14:53:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ERTD ETTC PREL CU BU |
09SOFIA235 | BULGARIA: UPDATED HOST GOVERNMENT PRACTICES - [...] (U) This cable provides an unclassified update on Bulgarian Government practices on information collection, screening, and sharing since the classified November 2007 baseline cable (See REF A). Responses correspond to questions listed in REF B. 2. (SBU) In December 2007, the Bulgarian [...] | 2009-05-19 15:00:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV ASEC KHLS BU |
09SOFIA236 | BULGARIAN BROKER FACILITATING UKRAINIAN-CUBA ARMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is an action request, please see paragraph 6. Bulgarian arms broker, "Assa Engineering, Ltd.," has applied for Bulgarian Government approval to broker a deal between Ukrainian state owned enterprise, "GXVIF" (company name transliterated from Cyrillic) and the Cuban Minist [...] | 2009-05-20 05:41:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR BU |
09SOFIA243 | BULGARIA: EMBASSY EVENT SHOWCASES U.S. RENEWABLE [...] (U) Summary: U.S. renewable and energy efficiency technology took center stage May 19 at an Embassy and AmCham-sponsored conference featuring cutting edge U.S. solutions to Bulgaria's energy security and environmental challenges. Titled "Renewable and Efficient Energy: Pathways to a Better [...] | 2009-05-21 09:41:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV BG |
09SOFIA252 | BULGARIA: THE CASE FOR A PERMANENT DEA OFFICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A permanent DEA presence in Sofia makes strategic, policy and budgetary sense. Heroin from Afghanistan transits Bulgaria and other Balkan/Black Sea countries and poses a major policy and law enforcement concern to the United States and our European partners. Heroin traffickin [...] | 2009-05-26 09:43:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRCM BU |
09SOFIA259 | SCENESETTER FOR CONGRESSMAN POE'S MAY 30-JUNE 1 VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representative Poe, Embassy Sofia warmly welcomes you and looks forward to a very successful May 30 - June 1 visit. Your visit comes at an important time - just one week before European Parliamentary Elections and five weeks before Bulgaria's national elections. The current S [...] | 2009-05-28 12:11:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRCM BU |
09SOFIA263 | BULGARIA SUPPORTS KOSOVO INCLUSION IN REGIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-01 14:17:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MD KV BU |
09SOFIA265 | BULGARIAN ENERGY AMBASSADOR ON NABUCCO ISA [...] (C) In response to reftel points on the Nabucco Inter-State Agreement (ISA),Bulgarian Energy Envoy Peter Poptchev told us June 1 that as a result of negotiations between project partners May 28-29, the ISA will not reference any specific state in its definition of "initial entry points." He [...] | 2009-06-03 11:05:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PGOV PREL BU |
09SOFIA266 | MI-17 HELOS AVAILABLE BUT MOST REQUIRE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bulgarian Armed Forces currently possess 12 MI-17 helicopters, only three of which are in flying condition. The remaining nine require approximately USD 10 million (per airframe) of repair and upgrades to be fully mission capable. Since early 2008, Bulgaria has been in d [...] | 2009-06-03 14:00:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MARR SMIG PK BU |
09SOFIA268 | BULGARIA APPROVES MANPADS TRANSFER TO SWEDEN [...] (S) The Government of Bulgaria approves the transfer of 20 Bulgarian manufactured SA-7 MANPADS currently in USG possession to the Government of Sweden for countermeasures testing. In a diplomatic note dated June 1, 2009, the GOB approved the transfer of said MANPADS in response to USG's req [...] | 2009-06-05 11:51:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET | MARR PARM PREL PTER BU |
09SOFIA270 | BRINGING TRANSPARENCY TO EURASIAN GAS TRANSIT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Eurasian gas transit sector is notoriously murky, with poorly-understood, Gazprom-owned and affiliated intermediaries managing operations, taking cuts, and complicating or preventing legal recourse during gas supply interruptions. For most countries in the region, bringi [...] | 2009-06-05 13:17:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA271 | BULGARIA'S LOOMING DEMOGRAPHIC SQUEEZE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria is shrinking. Low birth rates, short life expectancy and persistent net outward migration have produced negative population growth, which, if not stemmed, will cause Bulgaria's current 7.2 million population to decline by nearly one-third by the year 2060. The Gove [...] | 2009-06-05 13:27:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KPAO AINT BU |
09SOFIA28 | BULGARIA: WILL ATTEND THE FIFTH GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-20 15:20:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER BU |
09SOFIA283 | BULGARIA WILL CONSIDER U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE UN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-10 14:36:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09SOFIA289 | BULGARIA CONFIRMS 2009 GICNT PLENARY ATTENDANCE [...] (U) The Government of Bulgaria will send a delegation of three to the June 16-17, 2009 GICNT Plenary Meeting. The delegation will be headed by the Bulgarian ambassador to the Hague, Mr. Zlatin Trapkov. Nuclear Regulatory Agency contacts noted that had GICNT funding been available they woul [...] | 2009-06-12 09:50:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC BU |
09SOFIA29 | BULGARIAN POLICE PROTEST, DEMAND REFORMS [...] (SBU) Summary: For the third time in a little over a month, Bulgarian police officers protested on January 17 over low wages and poor work conditions. Despite conflicts between police and student protesters earlier in the week, students on January 17 supported the police protest and joined c [...] | 2009-01-21 14:33:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRCM BU |
09SOFIA292 | BULGARIAN ECONOMY WORSENS; IMF PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: With spending up, revenues down, and the economy officially in recession, the Bulgarian Government's handling of its finances is increasingly in question. Running on its up-to-now steady handling of economic issues in the midst of global financial turmoil, the Socialist-led coal [...] | 2009-06-12 12:44:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA300 | BULGARIA SUPPORTS U.S. APPROACH TO CORFU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria agrees fully with the United States on the opportunities and pitfalls presented by the Corfu Ministerial. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly supports reftel points and took the unusually proactive step of presenting the Embassy with a formal position paper ide [...] | 2009-06-17 13:23:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR BU |
09SOFIA301 | BULGARIA: FROM PRISON TO PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Corrupt, compromised and even recently incarcerated candidates appear poised to enter parliament in this summer's national elections. In the latest negative development, a June 16 court decision freed the notorious Galevi brothers on bail, pending their trial on racketeering [...] | 2009-06-18 08:01:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL BU |
09SOFIA302 | BULGARIA; RESPONSE ON FINANCIAL CRISIS' EFFECT ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Global Financial Crisis is beginning to affect Bulgaria, but not yet to the extent of other EU nations. Few migrants work in the country and therefore increased negativity or violence against immigrants is nonexistent. Relatively few Bulgarian migrants have returned to [...] | 2009-06-18 12:43:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR ECON PGOV PREL BU |
09SOFIA304 | BULGARIAN MEDIA: LACKING MONEY AND MORALS [...] (C) Summary: Bulgarian media is highly manipulated and increasingly concentrated in fewer hands. Reporters and editors accept bribes to cover stories, to print propaganda articles as though they were news, and to not print information that sponsors do not approve. The media's cooption obv [...] | 2009-06-18 14:16:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRCM BU |
09SOFIA312 | BULGARIA: AID'S POST-GRADUATION PARTNERSHIP: [...] Summary: When AID formally closed its mission to Bulgaria in 2008 after 17 years of operation and 650 million dollars of aid, many Bulgarians assumed that the assistance relationship had come to an end. However, the continuing need for engagement to help address domestic priorities and to p [...] | 2009-06-22 12:54:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID BU EU |
09SOFIA313 | BULGARIA: DECISION NOT TO INVITE IRAN TO JULY 4 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-22 14:38:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ODIP PREL IR |
09SOFIA318 | BULGARIA: SPECIAL 301 IPR ACTION PLAN DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-24 08:20:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KIPR BU |
09SOFIA323 | BULGARIA: FORMER KOSOVAR PM RELEASED, WILL REMAIN [...] (C) A Bulgarian court decided on June 25 to release, Agim Ceku, former Kosovar Prime Minister, despite an Interpol Red Notice that had been lodged by Serbia. Though Ceku is free to leave Bulgaria, he has opted to remain in country for three additional days, as this is the timeframe normally [...] | 2009-06-26 12:45:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BU SR KV |
09SOFIA325 | BULGARIA/EC MONITORING TEAM: "HOW DO YOU MAKE [...] (C) SUMMARY: XXXXXXXXXXXX (please strictly protect) confided that the July report on Bulgaria's anti-crime and corruption efforts would be negative, but the EU political level would "water down" the tone of the final version. The report's release might be delayed until September because of the [...] | 2009-06-26 15:43:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON BU |
09SOFIA343 | BULGARIA: GERB FINANCIAL EXPERT HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Simeon Dyankov, a World Bank economist and financial advisor to Boyko Borissov's Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria (GERB),recently presented highlights from GERB's economic plan to a group of foreign diplomats. The platform contains immediate anti-crisis steps [...] | 2009-07-02 10:03:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA358 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: BULGARIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-06 11:22:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET | BU ETTC PARM PREL |
09SOFIA36 | BULGARIAN VIEWS ON JAN 26-27 GAERC ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to reftel points, MFA Director for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Sergey Tassev noted that the upcoming GAERC would focus on the Gaza conflict and energy security issues; Western Balkans and Afghanistan would not be discussed at all. Bulgaria supports EU po [...] | 2009-01-23 15:17:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR BU |
09SOFIA362 | BULGARIA: NEW CHOD, OLD MINDSET [...] (C) SUMMARY: The nomination of Simeon Simeonov as Chief of Defense (CHOD) is a testament to the lack of appetite for serious reform. In his previous position as Commander of the Air Force, Air Force modernization lagged far behind the other services. A classic, myopic bureaucrat, he stifle [...] | 2009-07-07 08:56:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR BU |
09SOFIA363 | BULGARIA: BELENE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT: MORE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's highest profile energy project -- the Belene Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) is dogged by cost overruns, financing woes, construction delays, and now serious safety and quality assurance concerns. Belene may end up costing Bulgaria more than money in the long run. Despite [...] | 2009-07-07 08:56:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET | ENRG IAEA PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA377 | BULGARIA: BORISSOV SWALLOWS HARD, ASSUMES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The big winner of Bulgaria's July 5 national elections, Sofia Mayor Boyko Borissov, has always been more interested in power than responsibility. His landslide victory (48 percent of parliamentary seats) and the implosion of the Socialist party have now made his ascent to Prim [...] | 2009-07-10 11:58:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BU |
09SOFIA378 | BULGARIA: POTUS LETTER TO NEW PRIME MINSTER [...] (SBU) Post recommends a letter of congratulations from President Obama to current Sofia mayor Boyko Borissov, expected to become Prime Minister shortly. French President Nicolas Sarkozy has already sent a letter and European Commission President Manuel Barosso and other leaders have issued c [...] | 2009-07-10 12:18:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BU |
09SOFIA391 | BULGARIA: BOYKO TAKES THE HELM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Boyko Borissov -- a former bodyguard with a black belt in karate and an equally flamboyant personality -- was given the mandate to form Bulgaria's next government on July 16. A self-described political outsider and man-of-the-street, Borissov swept to power in July 5 elections [...] | 2009-07-16 12:06:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BU |
09SOFIA397 | BULGARIA: MFA DESCRIBES "NEGATIVE" RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-17 10:58:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS BU |
09SOFIA404 | BULGARIA: OUTGOING PM GAMING FOR FIGHT [...] (C) Summary. On the last day of his four-year administration, outgoing PM Stanishev expressed deep bitterness over his electoral defeat, asserting that he was brought down by dirty politics, as well as his own coalition partners and opponents within his own party. Meeting with the Ambassad [...] | 2009-07-24 12:17:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BU |
09SOFIA405 | BULGARIA/EU: FINAL NAIL IN COFFIN OF OUTGOING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The European Commission released its annual Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) report on Bulgaria's progress in Justice and Home Affairs on July 22, the same day Parliament accepted the resignation of the government of PM Stanishev. As expected, the report blasts the [...] | 2009-07-24 12:46:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA408 | BULGARIA'S NATO COMMITMENTS ON TRACK IN NEW [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points to incoming Defense Minister Nikolai Mladenov, who stressed the new Bulgarian administration will honor NATO commitments made by the previous government and look for new ways to expand participation. Ambassador McEldowney emphasized the importance of Afghani [...] | 2009-07-27 11:11:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BU |
09SOFIA410 | BULGARIA: PRESIDENT STRESSES CONTINUITY [...] (C) Summary: In a farewell call with the Ambassador, President Parvanov assured that Bulgaria's new government would keep the country on a Trans-Atlantic trajectory. Bulgaria will uphold its commitments in Afghanistan, while the President himself will increase outreach to Central Asian energ [...] | 2009-07-27 15:01:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA416 | BULGARIA: NEW PM DOWNBEAT ON ECONOMY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-30 14:51:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | BU ECON PGOV PREL |
09SOFIA419 | BULGARIA: NEW PM DOWNBEAT ON ECONOMY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-31 07:04:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL BU |
09SOFIA420 | NEW HOPE IN BULGARIA'S FIGHT AGAINST ORGANIZED [...] (S) SUMMARY. In his first days in office, new Minister of Interior Tsvetan Tsvetanov, asked to see DCM Sutton and representatives of law enforcement agencies at post to seek our advice and stress his determination to make organized crime and corruption his top priority. Aware that he inheri [...] | 2009-07-31 11:52:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET | PGOV PREL BU |
09SOFIA422 | BULGARIA: NEW FOREIGN MINISTER SETS NEW COURSE; [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 5. 2. (C) New Foreign Minister Rumiana Zheleva invited DCM and POLEC Chief as her first official visitors to the ministry on 7/28, her first full day on the job. During the brief meeting, she emphasized her desire to show the world that B [...] | 2009-07-31 14:53:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA423 | PROVISIONAL INFORMATION ON BULGARIAN ATTENDANCE FOR 64TH [...] (SBU) POLEC officers delivered REFTEL points to Antonia Aleksieva at the MFA concerning the upcoming 64th UNGA (United Nations General Assembly) General Debate and requested information regarding Bulgarian participation. Aleksieva regretted that a final list of attendees and the details of th [...] | 2009-08-03 11:39:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP OTRA OVIP PREL UNGA |
09SOFIA43 | BULGARIA: PRESIDENT PARVANOV BACKS SOUTH STREAM [...] (C) Summary: President Parvanov sharply jabbed the government in his annual security address for its lack of a new strategic policy, failure to develop an energy policy, and lack of a clear defense reform package. Parvanov strongly supported both South Stream and Nabucco and called for imm [...] | 2009-01-28 08:08:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL |
09SOFIA430 | BULGARIA: OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Post delivered REFTEL points to Rakovski Lashev, Head of Human Rights Unit at the MFA concerning the September 28 to October 9 OSCE Human Dimension Meeting to be held in Warsaw, Poland. Due to the recent change of government, Lashev was unable to confirm who would head the Bulgarian del [...] | 2009-08-05 08:27:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BU KDEM OSCE PHUM PREL |
09SOFIA439 | BULGARIA: POSITIVE RESPONSE TO MTCR REQUEST [...] (C) We delivered reftel to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),urging Bulgarian support, including a presentation, at the upcoming Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Plenary in Rio de Janero, November 9-13th, 2009. Bulgarian MFA Senior Expert for NATO and International Security Directo [...] | 2009-08-10 08:59:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA BU |
09SOFIA44 | BULGARIA: NEXT STEPS IN THE DEFENSE PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Tsonev's principal message for his Feb 5 meeting with Secretary Gates is that Bulgaria's strategic future lies in a deepened partnership with the United States and he wants to implement programs now that will ensure that future. In concrete terms, he will talk [...] | 2009-01-30 10:30:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR BU |
09SOFIA447 | BULGARIA: UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL ELECTION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-13 15:26:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | BU UNESCO PREL |
09SOFIA448 | UPDATE ON BULGARIAN ATTENDANCE FOR 64TH UN GENERAL [...] (SBU) On August 13 the MFA confirmed that Foreign Minister Rumiana Jeleva will lead the Bulgarian delegation at the 64th UN General Assembly. President Parvanov will not be in attendance. Jeleva is tentatively scheduled to arrive in NYC on September 20th and will depart September 29th. O [...] | 2009-08-14 11:30:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP OTRA OVIP PREL UNGA |
09SOFIA449 | BULGARIA: NEW SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT SETS [...] (C) Summary: In an introductory call with interim Charge, new Speaker of Parliament Tsetska Tsacheva presented an ambitious agenda focused on strengthening rule of law and improving the economic climate. In its first several months in office, Tsacheva's center-right parliamentary minority [...] | 2009-08-14 12:58:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA45 | BULGARIA: PUSHING TRANSPARENCY AT THE SOFIA [...] (C) Summary: The unprecedented, two-week gas cutoff put a crack in Bulgaria's faith in its Russia-focused energy strategy. The Bulgarians now have a window to tackle issues that have plagued them for years: highly secretive and non-transparent gas supply and transit deals with Gazprom and [...] | 2009-01-30 10:58:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA450 | BULGARIA: PM FOCUSED RULE OF LAW; U.S. PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Borissov stressed the importance of U.S. support on rule of law reform in his first meeting with new Charge d,Affaires Ordway, and urged Washington to send top-level law enforcement officials to Bulgaria to help advance his reform agenda. Buoyed by very positive [...] | 2009-08-14 14:49:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BU |
09SOFIA457 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S CONVICTION [...] (SBU) On August 17, EmbOffs delivered reftel talking points on the Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) conviction to Ivan Velikov of the Asia, Australia, and Oceania Directorate at the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Velikov agreed with the U.S. position and stated that Bulgaria fully supports th [...] | 2009-08-17 15:13:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BM EU HU PGOV PHUM PREL BU |
09SOFIA46 | BULGARIA: INTENSIFIED COUNTER-WMD COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Astride traditional smuggling routes linking the Western Balkans, Black Sea, Turkey and Russia, Bulgaria occupies a strategic position on Europe's frontier. The ratification of three major agreements in 2008 (the WMD Agreement, the Second Line of Defense Agreement and the Nu [...] | 2009-01-30 12:09:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BU |
09SOFIA469 | BULGARIA SUPPORTS U.S. APPROACH AT IAEA GENERAL [...] (C) On 18 August, EmbOffs delivered reftel demarche to Elizabeth Konstantinova and Mariya Dellevska of the Security Policy Directorate at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Konstantinova said Bulgaria supports the U.S. position and believes a new IAEA consensus resolution on the Middle Eas [...] | 2009-08-20 11:40:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PARM PREL IAEA KNNP IS EG BU |
09SOFIA483 | BULGARIA: MLADENOV BRINGS STRATEGIC VISION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The new government is serious about military reform and cleaning up the MOD. Prime Minister Borisov picked 37-year old Nikolay Mladenov to carry out this task. Mladenov is widely respected for his talent, political savvy and work ethic. His lack of military experience may b [...] | 2009-08-26 14:46:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA499 | BULGARIA: THE FUTURE IS NOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: A month in office, PM Borissov and his team are showing the political will and determination needed to attack endemic corruption, restore public confidence, and conduct a U.S.-friendly foreign and security policy. Not one to let either a good crisis or a good scandal go to waste, [...] | 2009-09-03 13:19:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG ECON BU |
09SOFIA5 | BULGARIA: IN DAY THREE OF ENERGY CRISIS, [...] (C) Summary: Bulgaria is stumbling through day three of a complete gas cut-off without major interruptions of critical services. City dwellers continue to experience reduced heat while two small towns remain completely in the cold. Manufacturing plants continue to shut operations due lack [...] | 2009-01-08 12:03:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV |
09SOFIA505 | BULGARIA: WILL PRESENT ORAL STATEMENT ON KOSOVO AT [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche MFA spokesperson Ivan Jordanov told us September 4 that Bulgaria will formally register to make an oral statement on Kosovo at the ICJ hearing in December. Bulgaria seeks U.S. and British assistance in preparing the statement. Jordanov requested past U.S. w [...] | 2009-09-10 15:05:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA506 | U.S. FORCE REDUCTIONS IN EUROPE: VIEW FROM BULGARIA [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Bulgaria would see a major reduction in U.S. forces in Europe as a sign of U.S. disengagement from European security during a period of growing concern over stability in the Western Balkans, Caucasus and Black Sea region. Partnership with the United States has been the bedr [...] | 2009-09-10 16:18:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA507 | BULGARIA: USG ENGAGEMENT NEEDED AS GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Driven by mounting budget deficits and a desire to step back from the previous government's cozy energy relationship with Russia, PM Boyko Borissov's new government is re-evaulating Bulgaria's participation in all Russia-led energy projects. On the possible chopping block are t [...] | 2009-09-11 10:27:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET | ENRG IAEA PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA511 | BULGARIA: DESPITE MIXED SIGNALS, POLICY TOWARD [...] (U) This cable was coordinated with Embassy Skopje. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's policy toward Macedonia remains unchanged despite recent confusing signals sent by the appointment of a provocative Minster Without Portfolio in Charge of Diaspora Affairs and a controversial Bulgarian-Macedon [...] | 2009-09-14 09:04:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BU |
09SOFIA513 | BULGARIA SUPPORTS UNODC AS OFFICIAL OBSERVER TO [...] (SBU) The Embassy, with Andrey Shabanov, Counselor of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Bulgaria, notified Desislava Taneva, Mariya Yaneva, and Mariya Delevska of the MFA Security Policy Directorate that, per reftel, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is now an offici [...] | 2009-09-14 12:30:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC |
09SOFIA515 | SCENESETTER FOR BULGARIAN DEPUTY PM'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov will be in Washington from September 23 to 29 for rule of law discussions with senior U.S. officials and experts. Tsvetanov will be accompanied by the Justice Minister, Chief Prosecutor, head of the Anti-Organized Cri [...] | 2009-09-14 15:10:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA525 | BULGARIA SUPPORTS USG POSITION ON IRAN, BUT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-17 14:49:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP MNUC IAEA IR PREL AORC |
09SOFIA528 | BULGARIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE PLAN [...] (C) Post delivered reftel on September 17, 2009 to Georgi Panayotov, Chief of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs NATO and International Security Cooperation Office. Mr. Panayotov said the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs accepts the U.S. decision on European-based missile defense, but requ [...] | 2009-09-18 08:46:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR BU |
09SOFIA537 | BIO NOTES FOR NEW BULGARIAN UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (SBU) Bulgarian media have responded generally positively to reports of Irina Georgieva Bokova's September 22 election as the Director-General of UNESCO (reftel). A career diplomat and politician, Bokova was born on July 12, 1952. She comes from a family with long ties to the former Bulga [...] | 2009-09-24 14:56:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA538 | BULGARIA: PM BORISSOV SEEKING WHITE HOUSE [...] (S) SUMMARY: A letter from Prime Minister Boyko Borissov to President Obama dated September 24, 2009, was hand-delivered to the Embassy the same day with an urgent request to transmit it to the White House. In the letter, the PM asks for advice on strategic decisions in the energy sector to [...] | 2009-09-24 14:57:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET | ENRG IAEA PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA548 | BULGARIA LAUNCHES PLAN TO REFORM JUDICIARY [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 9, the Bulgarian government publicly released a 57-point action plan to address the 21 European Commission (EC) recommendations to improve rule of law. The action plan calls for increasing coordination and transparency in government, creating an anti-organized crime [...] | 2009-09-29 09:52:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BU |
09SOFIA561 | BULGARIA: IN PURSUIT OF ENERGY DIVERSIFICATION, [...] (C) Summary/Introduction: PM Borissov met with representatives of three U.S. energy corporations September 29 to discuss diversification alternatives. As a result, the government is engaging in negotiations to use U.S. technology to diversify its nuclear fuel supply and create a spent nuclea [...] | 2009-10-05 08:01:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PREL BU |
09SOFIA577 | BULGARIA: DEFENSE MINISTER ASKS FOR STRUCTURED [...] (C) Summary: The Bulgarian government has expressed strong public support for the new U.S. direction on European-based missile defense. Privately, Defense Minister Mladenov requested that the United States and Bulgaria begin "structured talks" on Bulgaria's future role in the regional missile [...] | 2009-10-09 15:20:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR BU |
09SOFIA584 | BULGARIA H1N1 UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Health announced Bulgaria's first A/H1N1 death on September 30. A total of 78 Bulgarians have contracted the virus thus far. Bulgaria will join the European Union's initiative to buy vaccines and inoculate risk groups free of charge. Last updated in March 200 [...] | 2009-10-14 13:58:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KFLU AEMR CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09SOFIA585 | BULGARIA: GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-14 14:28:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL BU |
09SOFIA59 | BULGARIAN LEADERSHIP SHRUGS OFF CALLS FOR IMF [...] (C) Summary: The ruling Socialists and the Bulgarian National Bank continue to brush aside suggestions that Bulgaria pursue a precautionary agreement with the IMF to protect the currency board and prevent a devaluation of the lev. They argue that the long-standing policy of fiscal conservat [...] | 2009-02-10 11:19:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BU |
09SOFIA591 | BULGARIA: SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT TREASURY [...] (C) Summary. Embassy Sofia welcomes you and looks forward to a successful visit. The new center-right GERB government has made fighting corruption and organized crime its top priority, but faces significant challenges. Bulgarian criminals have developed sophisticated means to launder money [...] | 2009-10-16 11:40:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BU |
09SOFIA593 | BULGARIA SUPPORTS NEW U.S. SEDM POLICY, WILL [...] (U) Deputy Minister of Defense Anyu Angelov welcomed reftel points and said Bulgaria enthusiastically supports the new U.S. policy toward SEDM enlargement. As hosts of this years SEDM, Angelov said Bulgaria will immediately begin work to coordinate the necessary steps to complete Serbia and [...] | 2009-10-16 12:27:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA60 | BULGARIA: INCREMENTAL SHIFTS IN ENERGY POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Traditionally Moscow's most ardent supporter, President Parvanov showed hints of a new attitude in his long planned visit to Moscow February 4-6. While there he presented Putin and Medvedev with a list of energy-related demands. When these were rebuffed, the President pushed [...] | 2009-02-11 11:28:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA600 | BULGARIA ROLLING OUT AMBITIOUS NEW MISSIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: The Bulgarian Ministry of Defense is preparing to ramp up its contributions in Afghanistan. A new plan would consolidate nearly all of its forces in Afghanistan at Kandahar Airfield by April 2010 in order to take over complete responsibility for internal security of this criti [...] | 2009-10-20 14:15:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA601 | BULGARIA ON UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-22 15:08:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN BU |
09SOFIA629 | BULGARIA AGREES TO REJECT POTENTIAL LME TRANSFER [...] (S) Per reftel instructions, we delivered talking points to the head of the Internationally Controlled Trade and Security Directorate, Ivelina Bahchevanova, on November 3, 2009. The same day, the Bulgarian Export Trade Commission convened and agreed to deny authorization to transfer 60 anti- [...] | 2009-11-04 12:01:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET | ETTC MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL PTER SY MASS BU |
09SOFIA630 | BULGARIA: GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Rakovski Lashev, Head of the Human Rights Unit at the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 4. Reaffirming our strong bilateral and NATO relations, Lashev said he would immediately pass along our request to his superiors and to the Bulgarian del [...] | 2009-11-04 12:35:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL BU |
09SOFIA632 | BULGARIA WILL VOTE FOR AMCIT AT UNGA ICSC ELECTION [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, we delivered demarche talking points to Anna Ruski, State Expert at UN and Global Affairs Directorate on October 27. Ruski commented that Bulgaria was in the process of reaching agreements with two of the candidate countries, in order to ensure mutual support for c [...] | 2009-11-05 14:52:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09SOFIA635 | BULGARIA TO DECLARE NON-SPECIFIC FLU EPIDEMIC [...] (SBU) Bulgaria is expected to announce a national flu epidemic on November 6. According to the National Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Plan, a national epidemic is declared once the rate of illness across the country reaches 200 in 10,000 persons. Currently, there are 15 regions and munici [...] | 2009-11-06 14:52:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KFLU AEMR CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09SOFIA636 | BULGARIA: RESPONSE TO BELARUS SANCTIONS DEMARCHE [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Valentin Modev, Belarus Desk Officer at the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 5. Modev said Bulgaria favors a tough, but flexible approach to Belarus. On one hand, he said Bulgaria supports maintaining sanctions for another six months. On [...] | 2009-11-06 15:49:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | BO BU EUN PHUM PREL |
09SOFIA651 | SCENESETTER FOR BULGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Rumiana Zheleva seeks to put a new face on Bulgaria when she visits Washington November 23. Conducting the most high-profile U.S. visit of PM Borissov's government so far, Zheleva will be single-minded about convincing you that the government she represents is [...] | 2009-11-16 16:34:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG BU |
09SOFIA652 | BULGARIA: SOFIA ELECTS FIRST WOMAN MAYOR [...] (SBU) The ruling Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) party consolidated its power with the election of current Education Minister Yordanka Fandakova as mayor of Sofia. Sofia held mayor by-elections on November 15 to replace former mayor, Boyko Borissov, who became Prime Minis [...] | 2009-11-16 16:34:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA653 | U.S.-BULGARIA SECURITY DIALOGUE TO BE REVAMPED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United States has maintained only an informal and irregular bilateral security dialogue with Bulgaria since its entrance into NATO in 2004. The two sides have held "joint staff talks" and "security policy talks" (sometimes referred to as "OSD talks") on separate tracks and [...] | 2009-11-16 16:34:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA661 | SUMMARY OF A/S COHEN'S VISIT TO BULGARIA [...] (C) Summary: Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes David Cohen visited Sofia on October 23, 2009 to discuss Bulgaria's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist finance (AML/CFT) regime. A/S Cohen pushed the Bulgarians to take bold steps to reestablish i [...] | 2009-11-19 08:20:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BU |
09SOFIA662 | BULGARIA TO SUPPORT ITALIAN FOR IDLO DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points on the upcoming election for Director General of the International Development Law Organization to Dimitri Pampoulov, Head of International Law Department at the MFA on November 18. Pampoulov informed us that Bulgaria will vote for Italian candidate, Antonio [...] | 2009-11-19 08:20:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL IT BU |
09SOFIA669 | BULGARIA'S 2010 NOMINATION FOR THE WOMEN OF [...] (U) Post nominates Lidia Pavlova for the 2010 Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage (IWOC) for her extreme bravery and professionalism in exposing a powerful organized crime group and rampant political corruption in Dupnitsa, a town of 40,000 in Southwestern Bulgaria. [...] | 2009-11-24 14:05:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PREL PHUM KPAO BG |
09SOFIA672 | BULGARIA SUPPORTS U.S. DIRECTION ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) In response to reftel points, Acting Foreign Minister Krassimir Kostov told the Charge that Bulgaria would definitely support the upcoming U.S. decision on Afghanistan and would prepare to express its support publicly. He noted that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is following press repo [...] | 2009-11-25 08:03:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET | PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA673 | BULGARIA: ENERGY UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Since taking power in July, PM Borissov has shaken up the energy sector by calling into question the Russian-backed energy projects pursued by the previous government and emphasizing the need for greater transparency and diversification. While Bulgaria may continue going through [...] | 2009-11-25 14:30:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA674 | SCENESETTER FOR SPE MORNINGSTAR'S DECEMBER 4 VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Bulgaria has experienced a profound change in leadership and outlook since your visit in April. July national elections ushered in a reformist center-right government focused on fighting organized crime and corruption and putting the country's fiscal house in order. On energy, [...] | 2009-11-25 14:30:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PREL BU |
09SOFIA683 | BULGARIA: 2009-2010 INCSR, PART I [...] Per reftel instructions, Post submits the following text for the 2009-2010 INCSR, Part 1. BEGIN TEXT Bulgaria I. Summary Bulgaria is a transit country for heroin and cocaine, as well as a producer of illicit narcotics. Astride Balkan transit routes, Bulgaria is vulnerable to illeg [...] | 2009-12-02 15:53:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SNAR BU |
09SOFIA685 | BULGARIA AND THE GLOBAL MUSLIM ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Post welcomes inclusion in the Global Muslim Engagement Initiative as outlined in ref A. We recommend tailoring post participation to fit Bulgaria's unique circumstances and look forward to working with S/P as suggested in reftel A to determine the most effective ways to proceed. Bulga [...] | 2009-12-02 16:21:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PREL SOCI BU |
09SOFIA69 | BULGARIA'S BELENE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT - BUYERS [...] (C) Summary: Despite its status as Bulgaria's highest priority energy project, the Belene Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) is foundering. Marred by cost over-runs, financing problems, infighting between strategic partners, rumors of corruption, and serious delays, the project is looking increasingly lik [...] | 2009-02-17 14:14:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PREL BU |
09SOFIA690 | BULGARIA RESPONDS POSITIVELY ON GUANTANAMO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Tsvetan Tsvetanov told Special Envoy Dan Fried on December 3, 2009 that the Government of Bulgaria would likely accept one or two Guantanamo detainees, though he did not make an absolute commitment. Fried passed the files of nine d [...] | 2009-12-07 15:43:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA691 | BULGARIA RESPONDS POSITIVELY ON GUANTANAMO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Tsvetan Tsvetanov told Special Envoy Dan Fried on December 3, 2009 that the Government of Bulgaria would likely accept one or two Guantanamo detainees, though he did not make an absolute commitment. Fried passed the files of nine d [...] | 2009-12-07 15:43:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA694 | BULGARIA: GOVERNMENT TAKES ON ROADS [...] (C) Summary: One of the most visible results of years of weak governance and corruption in Bulgaria is the condition of the road network. Roads are in poor repair, congested, and among the most dangerous in the EU. Not one highway has been completed in the past several decades despite promis [...] | 2009-12-08 14:39:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA696 | BULGARIA PREPARES TO ANSWER RUSSIA ON ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: The Prime Minister, President and Energy Minister briefed SPE Morningstar December 4 on changes in the Bulgarian energy sector and preparations for the next round of Bulgarian-Russian intergovernmental economic committee meetings. The Russian delegation, led by Energy Minister [...] | 2009-12-09 15:20:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV BU |
09SOFIA698 | BULGARIA TARGETS EUROZONE ENTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Having succeeded in unfreezing millions in EU funds, passing a balanced budget, and seeing signs of green shoots in the economy, Bulgaria's new government is now revving up for a renewed push to secure ERM-II membership in 2010. According to Deputy Prime Minister and Finance [...] | 2009-12-11 05:20:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BU |
09SOFIA7 | BULGARIA SUPPORTS EU POSITION ON GAZA CRISIS [...] (SBU) Bulgaria supports the European Union's (EU) position on the Gaza Crisis and calls for an immediate and permanent cease-fire, humanitarian aid, and the stepping up of the peace process. According to MFA contacts, Bulgaria's deep concern over the crisis was highlighted by the MFA's Dece [...] | 2009-01-09 07:54:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG BU |
09SOFIA70 | BULGARIA: MINISTER OF ENERGY ON POST-GAS CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Economy and Energy Petar Dimitrov used a February 13 meeting with the Ambassador to lay out Bulgaria's post-gas crisis energy strategy. Heavy on diversification projects, the as-yet unwritten plan seeks to distance Bulgaria from Russian energy sources. In the two- [...] | 2009-02-18 08:11:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV |
09SOFIA703 | DAS QUANRUD'S DECEMBER 11 VISIT TO SOFIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In December 11 meetings with DAS Quanrud, Bulgarian Defense Minister Mladenov described his plans for new deployments to Afghanistan and asked for U.S. support to establish a NATO training hub, possibly for OMLTs, at our joint military facilities in Bulgaria. Noting Bulgaria's [...] | 2009-12-15 09:37:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG ECON BU |
09SOFIA706 | BULGARIA: RECALIBRATING MACEDONIA POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bulgaria added a new wrinkle to its long-standing policy of support for Macedonia's EU/NATO accession when, in November, PM Borissov proposed to his Macedonian counterpart that the two countries sign an update to a 1999 joint agreement on bilateral relations. Our contacts insist [...] | 2009-12-17 15:49:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BU |
09SOFIA711 | BULGARIA: WAIVERING ON BELENE NPP [...] (C) Summary: In energy meetings with the Russians on December 10-11, the Bulgarians held their red-lines on the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline, proceeded with South Stream, and waivered on the Belene Nuclear Power Plant. While Russian Energy Minister Schmatko appeared to us to have retu [...] | 2009-12-21 10:57:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV BG |
09SOFIA715 | BULGARIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Bulgaria remains a staunch ally in the fight against terrorism, and the USG enjoys strong cooperation from the Government of Bulgaria. No significant acts of terrorism occurred in Bulgaria in 2009. Bulgaria is not a sponsor of terrorism and does not provide a safe haven to terrorist o [...] | 2009-12-21 12:09:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR |
09SOFIA716 | BULGARIA: WHAT IF THE GAS IS CUT AGAIN? [...] (C) If a Russia-Ukraine dispute results in a 2010 gas cut-off similar to one experienced in January 2009, Bulgaria will be better prepared. Gas storage supplies are full, agreements with Greece and Turkey to reverse gas flows have been established, and district heating plants are prepared to [...] | 2009-12-22 11:47:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV ECON BU |
09SOFIA89 | BULGARIA: NEXT STEPS ON AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recognizing the strategic challenge that Afghanistan presents - for the Alliance and for the region Q the Bulgarian government is looking to increase its commitments on troop levels and civilian support. As one of the principal transit routes for Afghan heroine, the Bulgarians [...] | 2009-02-27 16:32:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR BU |
09SOFIA90 | BULGARIA: NEXT STEPS ON AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recognizing the strategic challenge that Afghanistan presents - for the Alliance and for the region ) the Bulgarian government is looking to increase its commitments on troop levels and civilian support. As one of the principal transit routes for Afghan heroine, the Bulgarians [...] | 2009-02-27 17:05:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR BU |
09SOFIA91 | BULGARIA TO SUPPORT AMCIT CANDIDATE TO UN APPEALS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 17:05:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS PREL UNGA |
09STATE100087 | AGREEMENT WITH PANAMA ON STATUS OF FORCES FOR A [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPHS 2, 5 and 6. 2. DOD HAS ASKED THE DEPARTMENT TO SECURE STATUS PROTECTIONS FOR U.S. DOD PERSONNEL WHO WILL BE PRESENT IN PANAMA, OCTOBER 17 ) NOVEMBER 7, 2009, IN CONJUNCTION WITH A MOBILE TRAINING TEAM EXERCISE. TRAINING WILL FOCUS ON COUNTER NARCOT [...] | 2009-09-25 16:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US |
09STATE100145 | UNAMA: GUIDANCE FOR SEPTEMBER 29 SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (U) This is an action request. USUN is instructed to draw from the points in paragraph 3 below during consultations following the quarterly UN Security Council briefing on the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) scheduled for September 29, 2009. 2. (U) Objectives: -- Acknowledg [...] | 2009-09-25 18:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNSC AF |
09STATE100148 | UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ARMS EMBARGO [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send a letter to the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo ("the DRC Sanctions Committee" - www.un.org/sc/committees/1533/index.shtml) with the info [...] | 2009-09-25 18:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC |
09STATE100156 | SELECTION OF UNITED STATES CO-CHAIR TO THE [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Brussels. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: The United States and the European Union co-chair the International Technical Working Group on Nuclear Smuggling (ITWG). The G8 established the ITWG in response to a raft of nuclear smuggling [...] | 2009-09-25 18:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PTER PINR PREL ASEC KCRM BE XG XT |
09STATE100175 | COTE D'IVOIRE: PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT [...] (U) USUN is authorized to join consensus on issuance of a Presidential Statement on September 29, expressing concern at delays in preparations for the November 29 presidential and parliamentary elections in Cote d'Ivoire, and urging the Ivorian parties to respect their commitment to the elector [...] | 2009-09-25 19:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO IC |
09STATE100197 | SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE'S SEPTEMBER 24, [...] (SBU) Participants: U.S. SCA A/S Blake SCA Special Assistant Matthew Lowe Anthony Renzulli (SCA Notetaker) Sri Lanka Defense Secretary Rajapaksa Ambassador to the United States Jaliya Wickramasuriya 2. (C) SUMMARY. In a September 24 meeting with Defense Secretary Gotobhaya Rajapa [...] | 2009-09-25 19:19:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | CE PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER |
09STATE100275 | WHALING: US COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT GROUP TALKS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 4-5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) Post is requested to approach appropriate Government of Japan officials regarding the Future of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) Support Group meeting in Santiago, Chile, October 5-1 [...] | 2009-09-25 22:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IWC PREL EFIS JA SENV |
09STATE100312 | GUANTANAMO CLOSING S/E FRIED SEPTEMBER 21 MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 21 meeting at the Kuwaiti Permanent Mission in New York, S/E for the Closure of Guantanamo, Dan Fried told the Kuwaiti PM that the way forward to resolve the Kuwaiti detainee issue is to finalize the draft diplomatic note outlining proposed GOK security measures. R [...] | 2009-09-26 00:26:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KDRG KU |
09STATE100682 | EXTRADITION: COLOMBIA: FARC MEMBERS JULIO ENRIQUE [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. THIS CABLE CONTAINS SENSITIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT INFORMATION. PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. THIS INFORMATION SHOULD BE RELEASED TO THE HOST GOVERNMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW. THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. 2. (SBU) At the request of the United States [...] | 2009-09-28 14:32:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CJAN CVIS CO |
09STATE100692 | SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE'S SEPTEMBER 24, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-28 14:53:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | NP PGOV PREF PREL |
09STATE100749 | FAYYAD PRESENTS INSTITUTION-BUILDING PLAN AT AHLC [...] (U) Summary: Representatives of the United States and more than 20 donor countries joined Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) for a September 22 meeting of the Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) at United Nations headquarters in New York. Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Stoere, who chaire [...] | 2009-09-28 15:45:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KPAL PREL PGOV WBG EU IS |
09STATE10088 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON GEORGIA [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the February 5, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States has noted with concern press reports that Russia plans to open three military bases in the Abkhaz reg [...] | 2009-02-04 14:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE RU GG |
09STATE100928 | UZBEKISTAN: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN [...] This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Uzbekistan to help strengthe [...] | 2009-09-28 19:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG KTIP UZ |
09STATE100957 | SEPTEMBER 22 MEETING CONVENED BY OAS SG INSULZA [...] Classified by WHA A/S Thomas A. Shannon. Reason: 1.4 (b, d) 2. (U) September 22, 2009; 16:00; New York, USA. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon USUN Special Advisor Ron Godard Barbara Rocha (Notetaker) Other OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insul [...] | 2009-09-28 19:44:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BR HO OAS CR |
09STATE100988 | U/S OTERO,S SEPTEMBER 23 MEETING WITH BOLIVIA [...] Classified by U/S Maria Otero (G). Reason: 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) September 23, 2009; 11:00; New York, USA. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. U/S Maria Otero WHA A/S Thomas Shannon Laura Pena Barbara Rocha (Notetaker) Bolivia Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca UN Charge Pablo Solon 4. [...] | 2009-09-28 20:56:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR BL |
09STATE101042 | GUIDANCE: ADOPTION OF UNSC RESOLUTION ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT [...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council Resolution on Sexual Violence in Conflict to be adopted on September 30 (para 2). USUN should also seek out co-sponsors for the resolution. USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the Resolution to the Department p [...] | 2009-09-28 23:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO PHUM PREL CG KWMN |
09STATE101142 | SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE'S SEPTEMBER 25, [...] (SBU) Participants: U.S. Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr. Don Camp, UNGA Senior Area Advisor Matthew Lowe, SCA Special Assistant Elena Soderblom, Bureau Notetaker Bhutan Foreign Minister Ugyen Tshering Counsellor Tshewang Dorji Bhutanese Mission Notetaker Tobgay 2. (C) SU [...] | 2009-09-29 13:00:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | IN PGOV PREF PREL |
09STATE101146 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON THE WITHDRAWAL OF [...] (SBU) The Administration has decided to withdraw Ms. Anne Slaughter Andrew as the candidate for U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica. Post is requested to inform the Government of Jamaica of this decision via diplomatic note (text at para 2). On September 25, Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon notifie [...] | 2009-09-29 13:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER PREL JA |
09STATE101182 | AF A/S CARSON,S MEETING WITH KENYA PM ODINGA, [...] Classified by Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson. Reason: 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (C) September 24, 2009; 8:00 a.m.; New York, NY. 3. (C) Participants: U.S. AF Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson DRL Assistant Secretary Michael Posner Special Advisor to the Great Lakes Region Harold Wolp [...] | 2009-09-29 14:31:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREF PREL PTER SO KE |
09STATE10122 | AGREEMENT WITH BAHAMAS ON STATUS OF FORCES FOR [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. DOD has asked the Department to secure status protections for U.S. military personnel who will be present in the Bahamas from March 4, 2009 through March 18, 2009 in conjunction with Exercise Tradewinds. Post is requested to immediately propo [...] | 2009-02-04 14:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US |
09STATE101238 | (C/NF) EASTERN CARIBBEAN LEADERSHIP (C-AL9-01941) [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE PAST REPORTING ON LEADERSHIP STYLES AND GOVERNANCE IN THE CARIBBEAN. IN RECENT MONTHS, EASTERN CARIBBEAN LEADERS HAVE BEEN MORE OUTSPOKEN--AND SOME UNUSUALLY CRITICAL OF THE UNITED STATES WHEN PRAISING VENEZUELA--AND IT APPEARS THAT VENEZUELA'S FINANCIAL [...] | 2009-09-29 15:30:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV PREL SCUL AC BB DO GJ SC ST VC VE |
09STATE101367 | (U) ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON,S SEPARATE [...] (U) September 23, 2009; various times; New York, USA. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In separate meetings with Italian Secretary of State Ezno Scotti, Guatemalan Foreign Minister Haroldo Rodas, and Paraguayan FM Hector Lacognata, Assistant Secretary Shannon described the current state of affairs in H [...] | 2009-09-29 18:23:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR HO VT IT PA XK GT |
09STATE101469 | (SBU) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON LEADERSHIP AND [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS CONTINUE TO BE INTERESTED IN PRIME MINISTER JADRANKA KOSOR AND THE UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN 2010. WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY INFORMATION POST CAN PROVIDE ON PRIME MINISTER KOSOR AND ON ACTIVITIES WITHIN POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE RUNUP TO THE 2011 PARLIAMENTARY E [...] | 2009-09-29 20:59:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PREL HR |
09STATE101610 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON,S PARTICIPATION IN THE [...] (U) September 23, 2009; 3:00 p.m.; New York, NY. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. AF Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson AF Deputy Assistant Secretary Karl Wycoff Acting Assistant Administrator at USAID Earl Gast Somalia Desk Officer Matthew Walsh (Notetaker) CONTACT GROUP COUNTRIES AND O [...] | 2009-09-30 12:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID KPKO SO |
09STATE101631 | A/S SHANNON,S SEPTEMBER 22 MEETING WITH HONDURAN [...] Classified by WHA A/S Thomas A. Shannon. Reason: 1.4 (b, d) 2. (U) September 22, 2009; 15:00; New York, USA. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon USUN Special Advisor Ron Godard Barbara Rocha (Notetaker) Honduras Foreign Minister Patricia Rodas Vic [...] | 2009-09-30 13:20:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP SHANNON THOMAS PREL PGOV HO OAS |
09STATE101875 | MALDIVES: A/S BLAKE'S MEETING WITH FM SHAHEED [...] (C) Summary: In a September 25 meeting with SCA A/S Blake on the margins of UNGA in New York, Maldives Foreign Minister Shaheed related that Maldives would try to qualify for a Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) program despite MCC's focus on larger countries. Shaheed reported that in h [...] | 2009-09-30 19:20:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAID EFIN ECON MARR SENV KGHG ETRD IN IS |
09STATE101998 | FUNDING OF NEW CONTRACTS AND GRANTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DEPARTMENT IS REVIEWING REQUESTS BY EMBASSY ISLAMABAD FOR FUNDING OF ONGOING OR NEW CONTRACTS AND GRANTS. DEPARTMENT CONCURS WITH PROCUREMENT ACTIONS FOR FIVE ACTIVITIES: (1) POLIO ERADICATION (UNICEF),(2) FATA ENABLING PROGRESSIVE MEDIA VOICES IN PAKISTAN (INTERNEWS),(3) [...] | 2009-09-30 22:19:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PK PREL |
09STATE102030 | SRI LANKA/NEPAL: SCA A/S BLAKE'S SEPTEMBER 29, [...] (U) September 29, 2009; 12:00 p.m.; New York. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. SCA A/S Blake Donald Camp, Senior Area Adviser, USUN Douglas Mercado, Adviser, Humanitarian Affairs, USUN Anthony Renzulli (SCA Notetaker) UN U/SYG for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe U/SYG for Humanitarian Af [...] | 2009-09-30 23:58:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER EAID ICRC UN IN CE NP |
09STATE102073 | MULTILATERAL "COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM [...] Action Request - See Para 9. 2. (SBU) The Secretary's Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism is pleased to announce a three-day "Multinational Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Planners Workshop" from Wednesday, November 4-Friday, November 6, 2009 in Washington, D.C. This workshop wil [...] | 2009-10-01 01:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV KHLS UK SP GM FR IT AS |
09STATE102322 | UNSC SUDAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: GUIDANCE FOR [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to share the draft resolution in para 2 with other members of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan, which would extend the mandate of the Committee's Panel of Experts for one year. ---------------- DR [...] | 2009-10-01 17:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL XW UNSC |
09STATE102362 | CAR: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN (2009-2010) [...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of the Central African [...] | 2009-10-01 18:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG CT |
09STATE102518 | ADRIATIC CHARTER FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEET [...] Classified by EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Stuart Jones for Reasons: 1.4 (b and d) 2. (U) September 23, 2009; 5:00-6:00 p.m.; New York, New York. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Stuart Jones EUR/SCE - Cathy Westley (note taker) Adriatic Charter Al [...] | 2009-10-01 20:50:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN NATO CR AL BK SR MK MW |
09STATE102542 | RESPONSE TO ISRAEL REQUEST FOR GREATER BMENA ROLE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Background: On September 8, MFA Maghreb Director Eynat Shlein-Michael (reftel) requested a greater Israeli role in the BMENA process for the fall 2009 workshops and the November Forum for the Future ministerial in Morocco. Unfo [...] | 2009-10-01 21:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KDEM KMPI PREL IS |
09STATE102580 | (S) MULTI FLATBED TRUCK CONVOY ENROUTE FROM IRAN [...] (U) This is an action request to Embassy Ankara. Please deliver the points in paragraph 4 immediately. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S/NF) We have information that a multi flatbed truck convoy carrying industrial manufacturing components likely intended for the production of explosively [...] | 2009-10-02 00:40:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL PTER MASS TU |
09STATE10260 | BLUE LANTERN: DISCUSSIONS WITH CENTCOM AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Compliance Specialists from the Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) met October 21-22 in Cairo with USG officials to discuss the Blue Lantern end-use monitoring program and related defense trade and compliance issues. Topics included third-party t [...] | 2009-02-04 19:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EG ETTC KOMC OTRA PARM PREL |
09STATE102729 | COTE D,IVOIRE: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN [...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Cote d,Ivoire to h [...] | 2009-10-02 14:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG IV |
09STATE102732 | GHANA: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN [...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Ghana to help stre [...] | 2009-10-02 14:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG GH |
09STATE102805 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S SPONSORED TRAINING [...] (U) The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for these individuals be filed with as m [...] | 2009-10-02 15:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL POLM |
09STATE102887 | COUNTERTERRORISM FINANCE: OPPORTUNITY FOR FINANCIAL [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 6-8. 2. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) will hold a Counterterrorism Financial Regulatory training course at the FDIC Training Facilities in Arlington, Virginia. This training is funded by INL and S/CT, which co-chair the [...] | 2009-10-02 17:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ECON EFIN KCRM KTFN PREL |
09STATE102923 | (C/NF) AFTERMATH OF PRESIDENT ZELAYA'S RETURN TO [...] (S) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE COVERAGE OF THE ONGOING CRISIS RELATED TO PRESIDENT ZELAYA'S RETURN TO HONDURAS. WE ARE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE PROSPECTS OF VIOLENCE OCCURRING BETWEEN ZELAYA SUPPORTERS AND HONDURAN SECURITY FORCES. AS TIME AND RESOURCES ALLOW, WE WOULD WELCOME POST [...] | 2009-10-02 18:18:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PGOV PINS PREL BR CS HO VE |
09STATE102956 | (S/NF) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON IRANIAN INFLUENCE [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WELCOMED EMBASSY SANAA'S DETAILED REPORT ON IRANIAN INVOLVEMENT WITH THE HUTHI. WE WERE PARTICULARLY PLEASED WITH THE COMPREHENSIVENESS OF THE REPORTING, ASSESSMENTS OF IRANIAN STRATEGIC INTERESTS IN YEMEN, AND IMPACT OF FIGHTING ON BILATERAL RELATIONS BETWEEN YEM [...] | 2009-10-02 18:42:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR ECON PGOV PREL IR YM |
09STATE102973 | FORMAL REQUEST FOR A BRIEFING FROM THE GOU ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Kyiv please see para 5. 2. (C) In April 2009, Ukraine circulated to the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Partners notification of the GOU's intention to transfer MTCR Category I and Category II items to Saudi Arabia. The notification state [...] | 2009-10-02 19:01:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC UP SA |
09STATE103113 | U/S BURNS' SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 CONVERSATION WITH [...] (U) September 25, 2009; 4:00 p.m.; New York City, NY, USA. 2. (U) Participants: UNITED STATES U/S Willian J. Burns DAS Christopher J. McMullen Sara Mangiaracina (WHA Notetaker) PERU FM Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde Luis Valdivieso, Peruvian Ambassador to the United States Luis Chavez [...] | 2009-10-02 20:43:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | BR CU HO NU OVIP PE PINS PM PREL SNAR VE OAS |
09STATE103127 | COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras 2, 7-9. 2. (C) Summary: Consideration of the stalled Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) is expected to resume during upcoming UN Sixth Committee meetings in October. USUN should maintain USG redlines in ensuring that [...] | 2009-10-02 21:26:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | CT PREL PTER UNSC |
09STATE103130 | SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Susan Burk, Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation, met with key interlocutors on preparations for the 2010 Review Conference (RevCon) of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in Japan from August 25-30 on the mar [...] | 2009-10-02 21:37:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG CH ENRG FR KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL RS UK |
09STATE103137 | WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY - GUIDANCE FOR U.S. INTERVENTION DURING OCTOBER 5 SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATE [...] (U) This is an action request: USUN is instructed to draw from the points below during the UN Security Council thematic debate on Women, peace and security scheduled for October 5, 2009. 2. (U) Begin points: Thank you Mr. President. My delegation would like to welcome you to the Counci [...] | 2009-10-02 21:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO PHUM PREL CG KWMN |
09STATE103147 | EUR PDAS MCELDOWNEY AND S/EEE AMB. MORNINGSTAR,S [...] (C) Summary. On the margins of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA),EUR Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Nancy McEldowney and Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar met with Bulgarian FM Rumiana Zheleva. The meeting focused on European energy policy, Russia,s role in [...] | 2009-10-02 21:55:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL UNGA BU |
09STATE103314 | VOTING INSTRUCTION - WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY RESOLUTION [...] (U) This is an action request: The Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of the following UN Security Council resolution regarding Women, peace and security on October 5, 2009. USUN is authorized to provide U.S. co-sponsorship of the resolution. Post should seek additional guidance fro [...] | 2009-10-05 12:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO PHUM PREL CG KWMN |
09STATE103351 | MGEAP1: EAP NATURAL DISASTER MONITORING GROUP [...] (SBU) The Secretary of Defense authorized seven million dollars for relief operations in Indonesia. The USS McCampbell and the USNS Richard E. Byrd will join the USS Denver in logistics support operations. (MGEAP1/PACOM e-mail) 2. (SBU) President Yudhoyono's Chief of Staff expressed g [...] | 2009-10-05 13:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD |
09STATE103356 | MGEAP1: EAP NATURAL DISASTER MONITORING GROUP [...] (SBU) The Secretary of Defense authorized seven million dollars for relief operations in Indonesia. The USS McCampbell and the USNS Richard E. Byrd will join the USS Denver in logistics support operations. (MGEAP1/PACOM e-mail) 2. (SBU) President Yudhoyono's Chief of Staff expressed g [...] | 2009-10-05 13:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD |
09STATE103558 | WHA ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON'S SEPTEMBER 29, [...] (SBU) September 29, 2009; 2:30 p.m.; New York, NY, USA. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon Anthony Miranda (WHA Notetaker) Nicaragua Foreign Minister Samuel Santos Lopez Ambassador Jaime Hermida Castillo, Deputy UN PermRep Roberto Leal Ocampo, Dir [...] | 2009-10-05 18:45:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD HO NU OVIP PGOV PREL SNAR |
09STATE103560 | (U) ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE'S SEPTEMBER 28, [...] (U) Participants: U.S. Robert O. Blake, SCA Assistant Secretary Matthew Lowe, Special Assistant Elena Soderblom, Bureau Notetaker BANGLADESH Dipu Moni, Foreign Minister Mohamed Mijarul Quayes, Foreign Secretary 2. (U) SUMMARY. In a meeting on the margins of UNGA with South and Ce [...] | 2009-10-05 18:47:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | BG PGOV PHUM PREL |
09STATE103561 | UNDER SECRETARY BURN'S SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 [...] (U) September 25, 2009; 18:00; New York, USA. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs William Burns WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon Bert Kraaimoore (Notetaker) EL SALVADOR Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez UN PermRep Carmen Maria Gallardo Chief of Cabin [...] | 2009-10-05 18:48:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN SMIG SNAR ES HO |
09STATE103636 | INTRODUCING THE COORDINATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] SUMMARY. As part of the Administration's energy policy, the Secretary recently appointed me as the Department's Coordinator for International Energy Affairs S/CIEA. In this position, I will help to ensure that energy security is integrated into the core mission of the Department and to elevat [...] | 2009-10-05 20:45:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON EPET ETRD PREL SENV PGOV |
09STATE103658 | A/S CAMPBELL,S SEPTEMBER 29, 2009 CONVERSATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 29 EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell and Timorese Foreign Minister Zacarias da Costa met in New York to discuss ideas for increasing U.S. engagement in Southeast Asia. Da Costa welcomed a strong U.S. role in Southeast Asia, particularly in security and educati [...] | 2009-10-05 21:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TT |
09STATE103661 | SECRETARY BURNS MEETS FM BOGOLLAGAMA [...] (SBU) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Bill Burns Assistant Secretary Robert Blake Special Assistant Matthew Lowe Elena Soderblom (Notetaker) SRI LANKA Foreign Minister Bogollagama Notetaker 2. (C) SUMMARY: On September 25, Under Secretary Burns told Foreign Minister Bogollagam [...] | 2009-10-05 22:08:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER CE |
09STATE103663 | CLARIFYING THE UFC POSITION ON UNSC REFORM: A/S [...] SUMMARY. A/S Brimmer met with Italian Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs Vincenzo Scotti on September 23 on the margins of the 64th UN General Assembly (UNGA). The discussion focused entirely on Italy's positions on UN Security Council (UNSC) expansion. END SUMMARY. 2. At a meeting with [...] | 2009-10-05 23:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PREL |
09STATE103664 | UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: ARMS EMBARGO [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send a letter to the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia ("the Somalia Sanctions Committee" - www.un.org/sc/committees/751/index.shtml) with the information found in para 3 bel [...] | 2009-10-05 23:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC |
09STATE103665 | SUDAN ELECTIONS: UNSC DRAFT PRESS STATEMENT [...] Action Request: Department requests that USUN seek a UN Security Council Press Statement regarding preparations for elections in Sudan at the earliest opportunity. USUN should refer any substantive changes to the draft press statement in paragraph two to the Department prior to adoption. [...] | 2009-10-05 23:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM SU XA XW |
09STATE103668 | PROPOSED U.S.-UKRAINE BILATERAL ENERGY SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: This is an action request. Post is requested to contact the Government of Ukraine, both MFA interlocutors and other GOU agencies with direct authority over energy issues, concerning the modalities and timing for the first meeting of the U.S.-Ukraine Bilateral Energy Security Wor [...] | 2009-10-05 23:48:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON ENRG EPET KNNP PGOV PREL UP |
09STATE103681 | MGEAP1: EAP NATURAL DISASTER MONITORING GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-06 01:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD |
09STATE103697 | MGEAP1: EAP NATURAL DISASTER MONITORING GROUP [...] (SBU) The United Nations is readying a Flash Appeal for donations, as soon as it completes a needs assessment. (MGEAP1/Embassy Jakarta telcon) 2. (SBU) A Humanitarian Assistance Rapid Response Team (HARRT) field hospital, sent by the U.S. Pacific Command, arrived at Padang's airport. [...] | 2009-10-06 03:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD |
09STATE103767 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) -- U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) BACKGROUND/ACTION REQUEST: Request Embassy Paris provide the four separate interagency-cleared proposals in paragraphs 3-6 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) for distribution [...] | 2009-10-06 13:27:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL FR |
09STATE10381 | POST CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ASEAN RELATED ISSUES [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for all addressees. See para 4. 2. (SBU) The role of regional and multilateral institutions in Asia continues to evolve and incrementally increase in importance. USG interaction with ASEAN on both policy and programs has expanded notably over the past several [...] | 2009-02-04 21:10:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECIN PREL ASEAN |
09STATE10394 | (S) INFORMING SUDAN OF U.S. CONCERNS REGARDING [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Khartoum, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background/Purpose/Objective: The United States has information that in 2008, Sudan was negotiating a weapons deal with the North Korean government that included purchasing North Korean medium-range ballisti [...] | 2009-02-04 21:39:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL KN SU |
09STATE103976 | (C) WHA ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON'S SEPTEMBER [...] Classified by WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon. Reason: 1.4 (b, d) 2. (U) September 24, 2009; 10:00; New York, USA. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon Jenna Ben-Yehuda (Notetaker) SPAIN Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Juan [...] | 2009-10-06 15:15:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ES HO |
09STATE103983 | SUDAN ELECTIONS: DRAFT UNSC PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT [...] Action Request: Department requests that USUN seek a UN Security Council Presidential Statement (PRST) regarding preparations for elections in Sudan at the earliest opportunity. USUN should refer any substantive changes to the draft PRST in paragraph two to the Department prior to adoption. [...] | 2009-10-06 15:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM SU XA XW |
09STATE104146 | OSCE/FSC: AUTHORIZATION TO JOIN CONSENSUS ON [...] (U) This is an action message. 2. (U) USDEL is authorized to join consensus on the FSC draft decision on the agenda and modalities of the twentieth annual implementation assessment meeting (FSC.DD/9/09). CLINTON [...] | 2009-10-06 19:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PARM PREL |
09STATE104147 | OSCE/FSC: AUTHORIZATION TO JOIN CONSENSUS ON [...] (U) This is an action message. 2. (U) USDEL is authorized to join consensus on the FSC draft decision on the best practice guide for implementation of the Vienna Document 1999, Chapter IV on 'Contacts' (FSC.AIAM/8/09/Rev.3). CLINTON [...] | 2009-10-06 19:42:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PARM PREL |
09STATE104192 | RESPONSE TO COLOMBIAN OFFER OF ASSISTANCE FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please pass to NAS/Bogota. Please see paragraph three. 2. (U) Reftel requested instructions from Department on responding to an offer of assistance from the Colombian National Police (CNP) to help train the Counternarcotics Police of Afghanistan's Narcotics In [...] | 2009-10-06 20:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR AF CO |
09STATE10420 | SIERRA LEONE: TALKING POINTS FOR FEBRUARY 9 UNSC [...] USUN may draw from the talking points in para 2 for the February 9 UN Security Council debate on Sierra Leone. It is separately requested that USUN meet with the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone(UNIPSIL) Executive Representative Michael von Schulenberg (who will [...] | 2009-02-04 22:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM SL XA XY |
09STATE104212 | A/S BRIMMER'S SEPTEMBER 29 MEETING WITH ISRAELI [...] SUMMARY. A/S Brimmer met with Israeli Permanent Representative to the United Nations Gabriela Shalev on September 29 on the margins of the 64th UN General Assembly (UNGA). Shalev was accompanied by Deputy Permanent Representative Daniel Carmon, Mr. Amir Weissbrod, and Mrs. Keren Shahar Ben-Am [...] | 2009-10-06 21:15:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA |
09STATE104226 | MGEAP1: EAP NATURAL DISASTER MONITORING GROUP [...] (SBU) The DART has begun assessing needs in Pariaman and surrounding areas. The first of three U.S. Navy ships arrive October 8, with helicopters and other logistical support. (MGEAP1/Embassy Jakarta telcon) 2. (SBU) On October 5, a U.S. Air Force team reopened the Tabing Airfield to acco [...] | 2009-10-07 00:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD |
09STATE104297 | MGEAP1: EAP NATURAL DISASTER MONITORING GROUP [...] (SBU) The humanitarian situation in Padang is stabilizing and coordination among relief organizations, local authorities, and international donors has been effective. The United Nations set up groups coordinating education, food and nutrition, health, logistics, shelter, telecommunications, [...] | 2009-10-07 11:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD |
09STATE10431 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO REPORT BY HOM [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the February 5, 2009 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States joins other delegations in welcoming the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Almhofer. As yo [...] | 2009-02-04 23:36:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL KV |
09STATE104334 | MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR PEACEBUILDING [...] Mission clearance is requested for S/CRS Deputy Coordinator Jon Benton, S/CRS/Strategic Communications Director Michael Greenwald, and Strategic Communications Officers Richard Ponzio and Sarah Pierson, as well as IO/PSC Foreign Affairs Officer Tanaz Khambatta. See specific requests below. [...] | 2009-10-07 13:16:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KPKO |
09STATE104391 | STATEMENT FOR SIXTH COMMITTEE ON UN [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. SUMMARY: The Sixth Committee will address the CCIT on October 6, 7 and 23. Negotiations on the CCIT have foundered for nine years on two issues: (1) the scope of an exemption for military activities and (2) exemption of national libe [...] | 2009-10-07 14:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER CT UNSC |
09STATE104467 | MALAYSIAN-BASED FRONT COMPANY FOR IRANIAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Seoul please see para 3. 2. (S) Background and objective: The United States has information that in June 2009, the Malaysia-based procurement entity Skylife Worldwide Sdn Bhd expressed interest in purchasing U.S.-origin measuring equipment from th [...] | 2009-10-07 15:49:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC KS MY IR |
09STATE104549 | MGEAP1: EAP NATURAL DISASTER MONITORING GROUP [...] (SBU) The humanitarian situation in Padang is stabilizing and coordination among relief organizations, local authorities, and international donors has been effective. The United Nations set up groups coordinating education, food and nutrition, health, logistics, shelter, telecommunications, [...] | 2009-10-07 17:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD |
09STATE104663 | DJIBOUTI: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN [...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Djibouti to help s [...] | 2009-10-07 19:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG DJ |
09STATE104673 | DRC: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN (2009-2010) [...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of the Democratic Rep [...] | 2009-10-07 19:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG CG |
09STATE104679 | YEMEN: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN [...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Yemen to help stre [...] | 2009-10-07 20:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG YM |
09STATE104684 | TUNISIA: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN [...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Tunisia to help st [...] | 2009-10-07 20:10:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG TS |
09STATE104723 | BRAZIL'S UNGA PRIORITIES: A/S BRIMMER'S SEPTEMBER [...] SUMMARY. IO Assistant Secretary Esther Brimmer met with Brazilian Director-General for International Organizations Carlos Duarte on September 24 to discuss a wide range of multilateral issues, including peacekeeping, human rights, the Alliance of Civilizations, Brazil's non-permanent seat on t [...] | 2009-10-07 21:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PREL |
09STATE104726 | MEXICO ON UNSC REFORM AND HUMAN RIGHTS: A/S [...] SUMMARY. A/S Brimmer met with Mexican Under Secretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights Juan Manuel Gomez Robledo on September 24 on the margins of the 64th UN General Assembly (UNGA). The discussion focused primarily on UN Security Council (UNSC) reform and human rights. END SUMMARY. [...] | 2009-10-07 21:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PREL |
09STATE104737 | SOMALIA: BUILDING BLOCKS FOR OCTOBER 8 BRIEFING [...] Action Request: USUN should draw from the building blocks in paragraph 2 below in drafting the statement for the UN Security Council briefing on Somalia on October 8, 2009. End action. 2. Begin building blocks: Thank you, Mr. President. I would like to begin by thanking Spec [...] | 2009-10-07 22:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
09STATE104740 | VOTING INSTRUCTION: ISAF RENEWAL RESOLUTION [...] (U) This is an action request: The Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of the UN Security Council resolution in paragraph 2 regarding the International Assistance Force in Afghanistan on October 8, 2009. USUN is authorized to provide U.S. co-sponsorship of the resolution. Post should [...] | 2009-10-07 23:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL NATO AF |
09STATE104741 | SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS: COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (U) The Security Council will hold consultations on Cote d'Ivoire on October 13. The Presidential Statement issued on September 29 (reftel) expressed the Council's concern about delays in preparations for the November 29 Ivorian elections, and stated the Council's intention to review the situa [...] | 2009-10-07 23:32:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO IC |
09STATE105334 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE RESPONSE ON PALOMARES [...] The Department requests that Post deliver the following diplomatic note to the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. Text of Diplomatic Note: (Insert complimentary opening) The Department of State has the honor to acknowledge receipt of the Embassy of Spain's Note Verbale No. 27 date [...] | 2009-10-08 21:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KGCN KPAO PARM PGOV PREL SENV SP |
09STATE105341 | EGYPT'S UNGA PRIORITIES: A/S ESTHER BRIMMER'S [...] SUMMARY. A/S Brimmer met with Egyptian UN Director Naela Gabr on September 22 on the margins of the 64th UN General Assembly (UNGA). The discussion focused on gender issues,the Middle East Safeguards resolution,food security,human rights, UNESCO Director-General election and the UNESCO. END S [...] | 2009-10-08 21:45:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PREL |
09STATE105342 | AGREEMENT WITH PANAMA ON STATUS OF FORCES FOR [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPHS 2, 5, AND 6. 2. DOD HAS ASKED THE DEPARTMENT TO SECURE STATUS PROTECTIONS FOR U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO WILL BE PRESENT IN PANAMA, FROM OCTOBER 1, 2009 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2010, IN CONJUNCTION WITH COUNTERNARCOTICS RELATED TRAINING EXERCISES (MILIT [...] | 2009-10-08 21:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US |
09STATE105354 | CCIT TOPS INDIA'S UNGA PRIORITY LIST: A/S [...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. SUMMARY. A/S Brimmer met with Indian Joint Secretary for UN Political Affairs Asith Kumar Bhattacharjee on September 23 on the margins of the 64th UN General Assembly (UNGA). The discussion focused on India's UN priorities for the coming yea [...] | 2009-10-09 00:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PREL |
09STATE105357 | VOTING INSTRUCTIONS - UN CONVENTION AGAINST [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-09 00:54:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL |
09STATE105413 | IRAQ: ADDRESSING AMERICAN VICTIMS' CLAIMS [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph eight. 2. (C) Summary: On July 16 -17, 2009 PM Maliki,s top legal and political advisers and representatives from State Justice, DOD and Treasury reached preliminary agreement on a draft state-to-state claims settlement text for resolvin [...] | 2009-10-09 12:12:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL PHUM KJUS PGOV PINS IZ |
09STATE105467 | UNIFIL: BUCKING UP THE ITALIANS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs three through six. Summary ------- 2. (C/NF) Summary. We want to prevent a significant drawdown of Italy's contribution to the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL),a linchpin of the post-2006 ceasefire between Israel and Hizballah. Due t [...] | 2009-10-09 13:40:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS KPKO IT LE IS |
09STATE105554 | GUIDANCE: FOURTH COMMITTEE: UNIVERSITY FOR PEACE [...] USUN may join consensus on the Costa Rican-sponsored resolution entitled "University for Peace", which will be discussed under agenda item 27 of the Fourth Committee of the 64th session of the UN General Assembly. An explanation of vote is not required. Resolution text follows. 2. Begin [...] | 2009-10-09 16:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNGA |
09STATE105586 | GUIDANCE: FOURTH COMMITTEE: UNIVERSITY FOR PEACE [...] USUN may join consensus on the Costa Rican-sponsored resolution entitled "University for Peace", which will be discussed under agenda item 27 of the Fourth Committee of the 64th session of the UN General Assembly. An explanation of vote is not required. Resolution text follows. 2. Begin [...] | 2009-10-09 16:36:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNGA |
09STATE105599 | GUIDELINES ON CONTACTS WITH TAIWAN [...] SUMMARY: EXECUTIVE BRANCH CONTACTS WITH TAIWAN REPRESENTATIVES ABROAD SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GUIDELINES LAID OUT IN PARA 3 BELOW. THE GUIDELINES APPLY TO ALL OCCASIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND ESPECIALLY IN THE WEEKS PRIOR TO THE OCTOBER 10 ("DOUBLE TEN") ANNIVERSARY OF T [...] | 2009-10-09 16:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT PREL TW |
09STATE105628 | NAMIBIA: RESPONSE TO ROSSING REQUEST FOR [...] (U) Action request, please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Background: In response to the latest theft of uranium oxide from Rio Tinto's Rossing Uranium facility, Managing Director Mike Leech reached out to Ambassador Mathieu to request USG assistance for technical assistance on its security progr [...] | 2009-10-09 17:34:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM ENRG EMIN ETTC PREL IR WA |
09STATE105698 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (PODGORICA 201) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the EXBS-organized, DHS/ICE-delivered Regional Advanced Undercover Investigations and Controlled Deliveries Training, October 12-15, 2009, in Bar, Montenegro 2. (U) [...] | 2009-10-09 18:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PHUM PREL MW |
09STATE105725 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (PODGORICA 192) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidate nominated to attend FBI sponsored Task Force Study Group trip to Budapest, Hungary from October 5-9, 2009. 2. (U) The Department of State has vetted the individual listed in reftel and [...] | 2009-10-09 19:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PHUM PREL MW |
09STATE105758 | MGEAP1: EAP NATURAL DISASTER MONITORING GROUP [...] At 1600 EDT on 10/09/09, the Executive Secretary disbanded the EAP Natural Disaster Monitoring Group. 2. Public inquiries regarding American Citizen Services issues may be referred to the Office of Overseas Citizens Services 888-407-4747, or from overseas at 1- 202-501-4444. Inquiries fr [...] | 2009-10-09 20:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT |
09STATE105809 | CAR: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN (2009-2010) [...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of the Central African [...] | 2009-10-09 22:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG CT |
09STATE105819 | CWC: GUIDANCE FOR THE 58th SESSION OF THE OPCW [...] (U) This document provides guidance for the U.S. delegation to the Fifty-eighth Session of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Executive Council (EC). The three significant political items on the agenda are: Appointment of a new Director-General, the Draft Program [...] | 2009-10-10 00:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW |
09STATE105820 | UNSC SUDAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: VOTING [...] This is an action request. USUN is authorized to vote in favor of the draft resolution, text included in para 3 below, renewing the UNSC Sudan Sanctions Committee's Panel of Experts' mandate for one year. If there are additional substantive changes to this text, please consult Washington for [...] | 2009-10-10 00:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL XW UNSC |
09STATE105941 | UN SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENSION OF MINUSTAH [...] This is an action request. USUN should vote in favor of the resolution below, extending the mandate of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) until October 15, 2010. Begin text. The Security Council, Reaffirming its previous resolutions on Haiti, in particular its resolution [...] | 2009-10-11 21:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KPKO HA |
09STATE106226 | EGYPT LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE - 382 AND 99204 THRU [...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Egyptian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of inform [...] | 2009-10-13 19:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EG EWWT PREL |
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