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10CARACAS179 | Venevision Seeks "Balance" in News Coverage [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Duddy met with representatives of Venezuela's largest non-subscription media group, the Cisneros Group (Venevision),on February 10 to discuss the current status of freedom of expression in the country. The media conglomerate, owned by Gustavo Cisneros, claims its [...] | 2010-02-12 16:02:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
10CARACAS181 | Rumored Sale of Globovision [...] Summary. On February 10, opposition-oriented cable television station Globovision issued a press release denying rumors that it had been sold or had changed management. However, Director Ravell confirmed that he had been asked to resign. End Summary. Rumors of Government Pressur [...] | 2010-02-12 16:47:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE KDEM |
10CARACAS185 | Unofficial Emissary Suggests Possibility for Improved [...] (C) Summary. Rene Arreaza, who is closely tied to senior Chavista officials, told the Ambassador on February 3 that, despite President Chavez' hostile rhetoric, the GBRV was willing to have a dialogue with the United States. Arreaza noted two initiatives promoting dialogue, one bilater [...] | 2010-02-12 19:23:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
10CARACAS187 | Increased Harassment of Approved Cuban Medical Parolees [...] (C) Summary: Harassment of Cuban Medical parolees has increased significantly since December 2009. Recent media coverage has exacerbated difficulties experienced by parolees attempting to exit Venezuela. These Cuban medical professionals who staff President Chavez's flagship medical service program [...] | 2010-02-12 20:20:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM CU VE |
10CARACAS197 | Expections for Chavez' Electoral Strategy [...] (C) Summary: Based on Chavez' past practices, most observers expect him to employ the following electoral strategies in the September 26 elections for National Assembly (AN) Deputies in order to achieve his goal of retaining at least a two thirds majority: using his political machine to get [...] | 2010-02-13 00:40:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM VE PREL |
10CARACAS209 | S/GWI Project Proposal - Venezuela [...] Please find below a project proposal for the "Shelter for Victims of Gender-Based Violence" for the S/GWI small grants initiative, as announced in reftel. FundaSucre, a public foundation of the Sucre municipality of Caracas, would be the recipient organization, and this project would support [...] | 2010-02-19 22:52:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREF PHUM PREL KDEM SNAR VE |
10CARACAS21 | Vice Foreign Minister Expresses Interest in "Normalizing" Bilateral Contacts [...] (C) Summary. On January 8, six months after his return to post, Ambassador Duddy had his first meeting with a senior Venezuelan government (GBRV) official, Vice Foreign Minister Francisco Arias Cardenas. Arias told the Ambassador he was interested in opening a dialogue both on policy as well as ope [...] | 2010-01-08 22:02:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ENRG VE |
10CARACAS219 | Globovision Owners Acknowledge Defeat; El Nacional On the Ropes? [...] (S) Summary: In separate meetings with the Ambassador between February 17-19, several of Venezuela's major private media XXXXXXXXXXXX acknowledged that relentless Venezuelan Government (GBRV) pressure against their television and print outlets has threatened to put them out of business. XX [...] | 2010-02-23 18:15:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET | PGOV PREL VE PHUM KDEM |
10CARACAS23 | Vice Foreign Minister Expresses Interest in "Normalizing" [...] (C) Summary. On January 8, six months after his return to post, Ambassador Duddy had his first meeting with a senior Venezuelan government (GBRV) official, Vice Foreign Minister Francisco Arias Cardenas. Arias told the Ambassador he was interested in opening a dialogue both on policy a [...] | 2010-01-08 22:08:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ENRG VE |
10CARACAS239 | Chavez Blasts IACHR Human Rights Report as "Pure Garbage" [...] (C) Summary: On February 25, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez strongly rejected the special report issued by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) of the Organization of American States (OAS),calling it "pure garbage" that reflected the continued "demonization" of Venez [...] | 2010-02-26 20:57:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV VE OAS |
10CARACAS29 | Foreign Minister Maduro Protests Alleged Overflights, [...] (C) Summary. On January 11, Foreign Minister Nicholas Maduro called in Charge Caulfield to deliver a diplomatic note protesting an alleged violation of Venezuelan airspace by a U.S. military aircraft on January 8. Maduro expressed concern that the alleged overflight occurred on the v [...] | 2010-01-11 23:52:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VE |
10CARACAS3 | Venezuela Criticizes Peruvian President Garcia; Continues to [...] (SBU) The Venezuelan government (GBRV) quickly responded to Peruvian President Alan Garcia's January 2 statement that Bolivian President Evo Morales is criticizing Peru based on orders from Venezuela. A Ministry of Foreign Affairs January 4 press release "emphatically rejected" the "insolent" [...] | 2010-01-05 21:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM VE |
10CARACAS33 | VENEZUELA MAKES ADDITIONAL CLAIMS OVER ALLEDGED AIRSPACE [...] (C) Summary. In a nationally televised briefing the evening of January 11, Venezuelan Vice President and Defense Minister Ramon CarrizC!lez, flanked by two generals, provided different information about the alleged January 8 U.S. incursion into Venezuelan airspace than that provided jus [...] | 2010-01-12 20:15:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL CO VE OAS |
10CARACAS47 | TFHA01: Venezuela Sends Aid, Minimizes Coordination with [...] (SBU) Summary: As of January 19, the Venezuelan government (GBRV) has completed five airlifts and launched three sealifts to provide disaster relief to Haiti. The arrival of two Russian operated cargo planes, if fully employed, could significantly increase Venezuela's relief contribu [...] | 2010-01-19 22:30:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL VE OAS PREF EAID HA KPKO |
10CARACAS49 | EU-Venezuela Counternarcotics Agreement: More Optics Than [...] Summary. The 3.3 million euro EU-Venezuela counternarcotics cooperation agreement, signed on December 29, was largely a political gesture toward the European Union, according to the EU's cooperation director Marc Fiedrich. Because the agreement was pending signature for a year, it will [...] | 2010-01-19 23:03:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PHUM KDEM PREL PGOV VE |
10CARACAS51 | TFHA01 Chavez: "U.S. is taking advantage of the earthquake [...] (C) Summary: On January 17, President Chavez accused the United States of "taking advantage of the aftermath of the earthquake to occupy Haiti," saying "they are armed as if they were going to war." He called on the U.S. to send more doctors and rescue workers instead of soldiers. Chavez' st [...] | 2010-01-19 23:14:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VE |
10CARACAS53 | FBI Fugutive Caught, Faces Return to U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Salomon "Big Daddy" Camacho Mora, an FBI fugitive since 2002, was captured January 13 in the Venezuelan state of Carabobo by the Bolivarian Intelligence Service, (SEBIN, formerly DISIP). Camacho is expected to be returned to the United States on January 26. This case il [...] | 2010-01-20 19:15:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET | PREL SNAR CO VE KCRM |
10CARACAS55 | TFHA01: Venezuela Plans Two Flights For January 21; Ignores [...] (SBU) Summary: Defense AttachC) spoke on January 20 with Dr. Luis Diaz Curbelo, National Director of Civil Defense. Diaz confirmed prior sea and air shipments to Haiti. Diaz added that Venezuelan ships were bound for the Dominican Republic instead of Haiti. The GBRV will contact the U [...] | 2010-01-20 22:37:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID MOPS PREL PREF KPKO OAS HA VE |
10CARACAS57 | TFHA01: Venezuela Continues Attacks on U.S. Haiti Relief; [...] (C) Summary: In a January 19 resolution, the Venezuelan National Assembly characterized U.S. assistance to Haiti as a "military occupation," which it rejected as a threat to both Haiti and Venezuela. The GBRV Ministry of Communication and Information Vive website altered its January 18 articl [...] | 2010-01-20 22:44:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PHUM PREL KDEM SNAR VE |
10CARACAS64 | EMBASSY STAFF OPENS DIALOG WITH NEWLY APPOINTED MFA PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy representatives met with newly appointed MFA Protocol and Immunities and Privileges personnel to clarify procedures for expediting Embassy requirements in the areas of approval of Venezuelan visas for TDY and permanently assigned staff, importation of vehicles, c [...] | 2010-01-26 22:15:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ADPM APER ADCO AMGT CMGT PREL VE |
10CARACAS67 | TFHA01: One Relief Flight Departs Venezuela [...] (SBU) Summary: A C-130, Venezuela's fifth relief flight, departed January 21 reportedly carrying 12 tons of supplies and 48 personnel . Local press reported that a Russian IL-76 carrying Venezuelan relief supplies to Haiti was unable to obtain landing authorization. In fact, the aircr [...] | 2010-01-21 22:58:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID MOPS PREL PREF KPKO OAS HA VE |
10CARACAS75 | RE: RCTV Closed; Protests Erupt [...] (C) In a press conference the evening of January 23, Diosdado Cabello, the Minister of Housing and Public Works and the director of the broadcasting regulatory agency Conatel, announced that he had instructed cable TV operators to remove RCTV and five other cable networks from their progr [...] | 2010-01-25 20:40:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE |
10CARACAS77 | CHAVEZ "WANTS TO TALK WITH U.S."; DECLARES HIMSELF A MARXIST [...] (C) Summary: During his January 15 annual address to the National Assembly (AN) and in subsequent public remarks, President Chavez formally declared himself a "Marxist," criticized President Obama for "serving the interests of the Empire," and affirmed that the Venezuelan government (GBRV [...] | 2010-01-25 21:20:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE MOPS ECON SOCI |
10CARACAS87 | TFHA01: GBRV Continues Disinformation Regarding U.S. Aid To [...] (SBU) Summary: During his January 24 television and radio broadcast, President Hugo Chavez claimed the "Yankees" aboard the hospital ship, USNS Comfort, were not treating patients because, "they will not work in the rubble, they will not go into the poor neighborhoods." Chavez also pr [...] | 2010-01-26 17:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID MOPS PREL PREF KPKO OAS HA VE |
10CARACAS91 | A Trio of Cabinet Resignations Sparks Speculation [...] (C) Summary. On January 25, the Venezuelan government (GBRV) confirmed the resignation of Vice President and Defense Minister Ramon CarrizC!lez, his wife and Environment Minister Yubiri Ortega, and Minister of Public Banking and President of the Bank of Venezuela Eugenio Vasquez Orrellana. The unex [...] | 2010-01-26 23:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CO VE |
10CARACAS93 | Cargill Takes a Hit to Protect Larger Interests [...] (C) SUMMARY: After its expropriation in March 2009, Cargill decided to accept a deal for its rice plant that did not fully reflect its value in order to protect its larger investments in Venezuela. Cargill is now, however, considering pursuing legal action due to the Government of the Boliva [...] | 2010-01-27 16:33:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAGR VE |
10CARACAS99 | Chavez Appoints New Vice President, Defense Minister, and [...] (C) On January 26, President Chavez announced the appointment of Elias Jaua Milano, currently Minister of Agriculture and Lands, as Vice President to replace Ramon CarrizC!lez, who resigned as Vice President and Defense Minister effective January 25. Jaua will retain his agriculture po [...] | 2010-01-27 22:33:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET | PGOV PREL CO VE PINR |
10CASABLANCA24 | OIL CONTINUES TO GREASE MOROCCO-IRAN RELATIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although Rabat broke diplomatic relations with Tehran in March 2009, commercial links between the two countries remain important, led by Iran's provision of more than one quarter of Morocco's crude oil imports in 2009, worth nearly USD 1 billion. At the same time, Morocco export [...] | 2010-02-19 11:26:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ENRG KISL MO IR |
10CASABLANCA6 | MOROCCO'S SKILL SHORTAGE THREATENS ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco's leading CEOs agree that the country's education system has failed to produce graduates fit for the work place. The skill shortage, specifically in the technical and engineering field, threatens the Kingdom's economic growth and competitiveness, the CEO's warned. Publi [...] | 2010-01-13 16:20:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV MO |
10CASABLANCA7 | MOROCCO: EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (U) This cable responds to Ref A request for information on UN efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) and sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) involving UN peacekeeping mission personnel in the Western Sahara and Moroccan peacekeepers in Cote d'Ivoire the Democratic Republic of the Cong [...] | 2010-01-13 17:05:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KPKO CG IV WI MO |
10CASABLANCA9 | DUBAI WOES REVERBERATE IN MOROCCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The net value of United Arab Emirates (UAE) foreign direct investment in Morocco reached USD 606 million in 2008, a staggering increase from the USD 15 million invested in 2002. To fuel this expansion, the UAE employed a calculated strategy, which entailed pursuing long-term inv [...] | 2010-01-21 13:26:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EFIN ECON PGOV PREL AE MO |
10CDGENEVA15 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) CONVERSION OR ELIMINATION WORKING GROUP [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-003. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 1, 2010 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Conversion or Elimination (CorE) Working Group meeting co-chaired b [...] | 2010-02-08 17:58:00 | US Mission CD Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10CDGENEVA17 | START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-VII): B-1B and [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-123. 2. (U) Meeting Date: December 10, 2009 Time: 3:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. Place: United States Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) Dr. Warner and Col Ilin met to discuss Russian responses to U.S.-propo [...] | 2010-02-08 17:58:00 | US Mission CD Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10CDGENEVA21 | START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-VII): (U) [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-144. 2. (U) Meeting Date: December 15, 2009 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The Inspection Protocol Working Group (IPWG),co-chaired by Secreta [...] | 2010-02-08 18:00:00 | US Mission CD Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10CDGENEVA23 | START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-VII): (U) [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-145. 2. (U) Meeting Date: December 14, 2009 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 5:45 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Working Group (WG) chairs, Mr. [...] | 2010-02-08 18:02:00 | US Mission CD Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10CDGENEVA27 | START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-VII):(U) [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-138. 2. (U) Meeting Dates: December 14, 2009 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva Time: 3:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY [...] | 2010-02-09 08:58:00 | US Mission CD Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10CDGENEVA31 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) TELEMETRY WORKING GROUP MEETING, FEBRUARY [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-017. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 4, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 5:10 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Telemetry Working Group meeting co-chaired by Mr. Siemon and General [...] | 2010-02-12 17:14:00 | US Mission CD Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10CDGENEVA33 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE - 001 (TELEMETRY), [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-041. ------------------------------ SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUESTED ------------------------------ 2. (S) The Russian Side has emphatically stated its position on the exchange of telemetric information in the START Follow-On Treaty, emphasizing that [...] | 2010-02-12 17:31:00 | US Mission CD Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10CDGENEVA67 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) EXPANDED AD HOC WORKING GROUP MEETING, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-020. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 5, 2010 Time: 12:00 P.M. - 12:40 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The Ad Hoc Working Group met in expanded format (with experts) to discu [...] | 2010-02-15 10:14:00 | US Mission CD Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10CDGENEVA73 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) INSPECTION PROTOCOL WORKING GROUP, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-015. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 3, 2010 Time: 03:30 P.M. - 05:45 P.M. Place: US Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the combined Inspection Protocol (IP) Working Group and Conversion or Eli [...] | 2010-02-15 13:03:00 | US Mission CD Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10CDGENEVA75 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) INSPECTION PROTOCOL WORKING GROUP, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-025. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 8, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Inspection Protocol Working Group (IPWG) meeting co-chaired by Dr. Wa [...] | 2010-02-15 13:03:00 | US Mission CD Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10CDGENEVA77 | (U) GOTTEMOELLER-NYKONENKO LUNCH, FEBRUARY 3, 2010 [...] (S) At a U.S.-hosted lunch on February 3 on the margins of the START Follow-on negotiations in Geneva, Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller met with the Ukrainian Director of Arms Control and Military and Technical Cooperation, Ambassador Aleksandr Nykonenko. Nykonenko inquired as to the progress [...] | 2010-02-15 13:33:00 | US Mission CD Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US UP |
10CDGENEVA79 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) OFFICIAL TRANSLATION, RUSSIAN-PROPOSED [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-031. 2. (S) The text at paragraph 3 is the official translation of Russian-proposed joint draft text of the Protocol, Part IV, Notifications, received by the U.S. side on December 31, 2009. 3. (S) Begin text: OFFICIAL TRANSLATION 2 Feb 2010 PART FOUR [...] | 2010-02-15 15:04:00 | US Mission CD Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10CDGENEVA81 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE - 3, ELIMINATION [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-051. ------------------------------ SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUESTED ------------------------------ 2. (S) Summary: The U.S. and Russian sides came away from the Mullen-Makarov meeting in Moscow with sharply differing impressions of the deal reached [...] | 2010-02-15 18:03:00 | US Mission CD Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10CDGENEVA83 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) AGREED STATEMENTS AND TREATY ARTICLE VIII [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-009 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 02, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. Place: U. S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The first meeting on agreed statements of the eighth round of the START Follow-o [...] | 2010-02-16 14:24:00 | US Mission CD Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10CDGENEVA85 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WORKING GROUP [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-011. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 3, 2010 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 12:45 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Working Group (WG) met on Fe [...] | 2010-02-16 14:30:00 | US Mission CD Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10CDGENEVA87 | SFO-GVA-VII: LIST OF REPORTING CABLES [...] This is SFO-GVA-VII-164. 2. Following is the listing of Geneva cables for SFO-GVA-VII reporting activity during the period November 9 - December 18, 2009. SFO-GVA-VII-001 (GENEVA 1014) SFO-GVA-VII: HEADS OF DELEGATION COFFEE, NOVEMBER 9, 2009 SFO-GVA-VII-002 (GENEVA 1 [...] | 2010-02-16 15:28:00 | US Mission CD Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10CDGENEVA89 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) TELEMETRY WORKING GROUP MEETING, FEBRUARY [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-050. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 15, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Telemetry Working Group meeting co-chaired by Mr. Siemon and General [...] | 2010-02-16 19:33:00 | US Mission CD Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10CHENGDU30 | YUNNAN CHRISTIANITY GROWING, GOVERNMENT ATTITUDE IMPROVING [...] (SBU) Summary: The number of Christians in Yunnan Province continues to grow, both among government-approved congregations and illegal "house churches," the Pastor of a large church in Kunming told us recently. 80 percent of adherents in Yunnan belong to ethnic minorities, though Christianity [...] | 2010-02-04 10:24:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PINR SOCI CH |
10CHENGDU31 | NEPAL'S LHASA CG ON PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. The unspoken quid pro quo during the December 26-31 visit of Nepal's Prime Minister to Lhasa and Beijing appears to have been a public statement by Nepal that it would no [...] | 2010-02-04 11:20:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EINV ENRG SENV CH NP IN |
10CHENGDU46 | YUNNAN'S BORDER TRADE: HEKOU AND MOHAN GEAR UP FOR INCREASED [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (U) Summary: Yunnan's main land ports with Vietnam and Laos -- Hekou and Mohan -- are both preparing for significant increases in trade and travel flows with the January 1, 2010 entry- [...] | 2010-02-26 08:08:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL KTIP CH VM LA BM |
10CHENGDU6 | WIFE OF SICHUAN DISSIDENT HUANG QI DISCUSSES HIS CASE [...] (C) Summary: Zeng Li, wife of imprisoned Sichuan dissident Huang Qi, told Consul General January 4th that she has not been allowed to see her husband since he was sentenced on November 23, 2009 to three years imprisonment for possession of state secrets. Zeng fears for Huang's health -- she is [...] | 2010-01-06 09:43:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL CH |
10CHENNAI10 | VIEWS ON GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE AMONG SOUTH INDIA'S CIVIL [...] Summary. Civil society leaders report that ignorance about climate change pervades South India, with politicians, government officials, and business leaders focused on development at all costs. Despite widespread ignorance about the issue, civil society leaders still look to the government t [...] | 2010-01-20 11:09:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG EAID EAGR PREL TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN |
10CHIANGMAI16 | KAREN STATE UPDATE [...] (C) According to the Karen National Union (KNU),which continues its armed struggle against Burma's military regime, it has agreed on the terms of a defensive military alliance with two other armed groups - the Kachin Independence Army (KIA-a ceasefire group) and Chin National Army. Talks aim [...] | 2010-02-19 08:03:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF MOPS MARR BM TH |
10CHIANGMAI18 | "CREATIVE THAILAND" -- STRENGTHENING THE IT SECTOR AND [...] (SBU) In a February 18 meeting in Chiang Mai, the Ambassador gathered executives from U.S. information technology (IT) firms and officials from Thai government and public agencies for an informal discussion on opportunities and challenges for U.S. IT firms in Thailand. All of the firms clearl [...] | 2010-02-24 13:47:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EINT KIPR PREL TH |
10CHIANGMAI3 | NORTH KOREAN REFUGEE PIPELINE CONTINUES TO RUN THROUGH [...] (C) During a late 2009 trip to Thailand's northern province of Chiang Rai, contacts told us that: North Korean asylum seekers continue to enter the province at a rate of 350-400 per year, mostly in the March-May and October-November timeframes; field-level cooperation to intercept would-be arr [...] | 2010-01-11 09:06:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM SMIG CH KN KS TH |
10CHIANGMAI8 | ROUND-UP: PAD CANCELS RALLY; RED-SHIRTS SPLINTERING? [...] (SBU) On January 9, the generally pro-government Peoples' Alliance for Democracy cancelled a rally it planned to hold in Chiang Mai on January 16 in order to avoid violent clashes with anti- government red-shirts. Meanwhile, the localized reconciliation effort brokered by academics and priva [...] | 2010-01-15 14:09:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI ECON TH |
10CHISINAU23 | PROSECUTOR FINES MENORAH-PROTESTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 12 meeting with the Charge, Prosecutor General Valeriu Zubco argued that Moldovan law gave him no choice but to fine, rather than charge with a crime, the Orthodox priest who desecrated the Jewish menorah on December 13 (reftel). However, based on a previously unco [...] | 2010-01-15 13:10:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF PINR KDEM MD |
10CHISINAU32 | DEMARCHE REPLY ON HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-20 11:48:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF MD |
10CHISINAU52 | Romanian President Basescu's Visit Underlines Shift in [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 27-28 visit to Moldova, Romanian President Traian Basescu offered 100 Million Euros of assistance for the country's infrastructure and promised to provide support for the energy sector. Several agreements were signed, including a joint declaration of cooperation be [...] | 2010-01-29 15:34:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON PINR RO MD |
10CHISINAU64 | DEMARCHE REPLY: MOBILIZING PRESSURE TO [...] (C) Ambassador Chaudhry delivered reftel demarche to Moldovan Foreign Minister Iurie Leanca on February 2. Foreign Minister Leanca promised to tell the Prime Minister to send clear instructions to the Moldovan Customs Service that controls/sanctions on Iran be properly implemented and strict [...] | 2010-02-04 14:22:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IR UNSC MD |
10CHISINAU80 | ACTING PRESIDENT PREFERS NEW [...] (C) Summary: In a February 3 meeting, Acting President Ghimpu told the Ambassador that he hoped to address Moldova's difficulties in electing a President through constitutional reform. Ghimpu said there were serious disagreements within the governing alliance over holding repeat parliamenta [...] | 2010-02-12 12:51:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MD |
10CHISINAU81 | REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON SECURITY [...] The United States and Moldova conduct Bilateral Defense Consultations every two years with the location traditionally rotating between the United States and Moldova. As part of the U.S. Department of Defense's bilateral relationship with Moldova, these consultations are designed to review th [...] | 2010-02-12 13:18:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PM MD |
10CIUDADJUAREZ64 | S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL - CIUDAD JUAREZ [...] US Consulate General Ciudad Juarez proposes a partnership with Chihuahua's leading private sector foundation, FECHAC (Fundacion del Empresariado Chihuahuense, A.C.) to expand an after-school program targeting at-risk girls and boys of working mothers in Ciudad Juarez. The USD 99,749 program w [...] | 2010-02-19 19:41:00 | Consulate Ciudad Juarez | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO PHUM KWMN MX |
10COLOMBO105 | SRI LANKA: FONSEKA DETAINED, GOVERNMENT PLANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 8, former opposition presidential candidate Fonseka was taken into custody by military police. Several key joint opposition leaders were at the office when the detention occurred and said the military personnel had man-handled Fonseka and dragged him across the floor as [...] | 2010-02-09 13:44:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO108 | SRI LANKA HOT TOPICS: FONSEKA, BUDDHIST CRITICISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 10, Charge met with the Foreign Secretary, who said that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) had acted with complete transparency when detaining Sarath Fonseka and that the U.S. statement of "concern" by the State Department spokesman was premature. He left the door open [...] | 2010-02-10 12:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO109 | SRI LANKA: UPDATE ON CHILD SOLDIERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to UNICEF, new cases of child recruitment in 2009 numbered 17 by the TMVP and 402 by the LTTE. All of these children were released. There were now five outstanding cases of TMVP children recruited before 2009 who were under 18, and 54 outstanding cases who had turned 18 [...] | 2010-02-11 09:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO11 | SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO.5 [...] (C) TNA Leader R. Sampanthan announced late afternoon on January 6 that the TNA would support Fonseka in the presidential election. A written statement by Sampanthan outlining the decision focused almost exclusively on President Rajapaksa, ending by saying it was important to defeat him, and [...] | 2010-01-07 14:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO110 | Northern Province Health Infrastructure Assessment [...] SUMMARY. During the week of January 18-22, the embassy's Civil-Military Support Element (CMSE),together with Sri Lankan Ministry of Healthcare and Nutrition (MOH) officials and Medical Teams International (a primarily U.S. Government-funded non-governmental organization),planned and conducte [...] | 2010-02-12 07:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL CE PTER PHUM EAID PREF |
10COLOMBO111 | FM BOGOLLAGAMA SUMMONS CHARGE FOR FOLLOW-UP ON [...] (C) On February 12, Foreign Minister Bogollagama summoned Charge to provide more information regarding her question at a February 11 briefing for the diplomatic corps regarding General Fonseka's medical care. At the February 11 briefing the FM enumerated the legal provisions that govern the p [...] | 2010-02-12 11:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO121 | 2007 IWOC AWARDEE FIGHTS UPHILL BATTLE ON JUDICIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena, 2007 Sri Lankan recipient of the Secretary's International Women of Courage Award, related frustration with the presidential election, the Rajapaksa family, and a weak Sri Lankan civil society. She also discussed her recent report on post-war justice, wh [...] | 2010-02-17 12:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO125 | SRI LANKA: FOCUS ON FONSEKA FAMILY CONTINUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sarath Fonseka lodged an election petition with the Supreme Court, alleging many violations of elections law and asking the court to overturn Rajapaksa's victory, and declare Fonseka the winner. The government issued an arrest warrant for Fonseka's son-in-law, Danuna Tillakaratne [...] | 2010-02-19 05:58:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO126 | S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR SRI LANKA AND THE MALDIVES [...] (U) Summary. Post carefully reviewed 59 proposals for S/GWI funding, and after discussing country priorities, the committee selected the strongest five proposals: four are for Sri Lanka, and one is for the Maldives. The proposed projects cover key issues such as gender based violence, econom [...] | 2010-02-22 03:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY CE MV |
10COLOMBO129 | 2009/2010 EXBS PROGRAM FOR SRI LANKA [...] (SBU) Post generally supports the proposed program for 2009/2010 Interagency Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) program. Post believes that pending activities such as training for port officials on identification of weapons of mass destruction devices, training of customs insp [...] | 2010-02-23 08:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KSPR KTSC MTCRE PARM PREL CE |
10COLOMBO132 | FONSEKA CATCH-22: SUPREME COURT RULES NO RELEASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a Fundamental Rights hearing on February 23, the Supreme Court denied General Fonseka release as interim relief because his claim that there was no reason to detain him could not be verified until the investigation was completed and, presumably, charges were filed. At the same [...] | 2010-02-24 01:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO136 | MALDIVIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES DONOR CONFERENCE, [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-24 10:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS ECON EFIN |
10COLOMBO137 | MALDIVIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES DONOR CONFERENCE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 19 meeting in Colombo, the Ambassador and Maldivian Foreign Minister Ahmed Shaheed discussed several issues, including the upcoming Maldives donor conference March 28-29 and an Asian Climate Change initiative led by Maldives and East Timor within the framework of th [...] | 2010-02-24 12:17:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS ECON EFIN |
10COLOMBO140 | FONSEKA ARREST PROMPTS BUDDHIST CLERGY CONCERNS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Fonseka arrest has led to a rift between the Rajapaksa leadership and the four mahanayakas (chief monks) of the largest Buddhist sects. The arrest sparked the monks to raise broader issues of democratic governance and to call a Sangha Sabha (council of clergy) to discuss the [...] | 2010-02-26 01:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM CE |
10COLOMBO142 | ANGLICAN BISHOP OFFERS ADVICE AND HOPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 25, Ambassador called on Anglican Bishop Duleep Kamil De Chickera, a well-respected and influential Sri Lankan cleric. The bishop saw a role for the international community in Sri Lanka but cautioned against a didactic approach. While there were two national interfait [...] | 2010-02-26 07:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO143 | COLOMBO CHIEFS OF MISSION RECOMMEND WAYS FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting called by Ambassador to discuss reftel demarche to capitals, chiefs of missions (COMs) in Colombo agreed with the U.S. assessment that the political situation in Sri Lanka had deteriorated after the presidential elections in terms of the Fonseka arrest, intimidation o [...] | 2010-02-26 08:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO17 | FATEFUL STEP: MAIN TAMIL PARTY ANNOUNCES SUPPORT [...] (C) On January 6, leader of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) R. Sampanthan formally announced the TNA's support for common opposition candidate General Fonseka. Addressing a packed news conference at parliament, Sampanthan said the TNA had consulted both candidates over the last several weeks [...] | 2010-01-11 04:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO20 | JOURNALIST TISSAINAYAGAM RELEASED ON BAIL [...] (C) On January 11, Sri Lankan journalist Jayaprakash Sittampalam Tissainayagam -- who last August was convicted by a Sri Lankan high court under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) for publishing articles critical of the Sri Lankan Government's (GSL) war effort, conspiring with others to pub [...] | 2010-01-11 12:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO21 | SRI LANKA - ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 6 [...] (C) Presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka released his campaign "manifesto" on January 7, a full-color 22-page brochure, which contained a strong condemnation of President Rajapaksa, largely on grounds of corruption and family patronage. Post contacts have said the manifesto would be publish [...] | 2010-01-11 12:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO26 | MALDIVES ASSISTANCE OVERVIEW: U.S. AND OTHER DONORS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The United States and Maldives have enjoyed a friendly and expanding relationship. U.S. efforts were instrumental in the successful conclusion of negotiations between Maldives and IMF, with the IMF approving in December 2009 a stand-by arrangement and related program worth a combin [...] | 2010-01-13 05:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS ECON EFIN |
10COLOMBO27 | SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO 7 [...] (C)(Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) Local media and the elections monitoring group CMEV reported that a bus carrying supporters of presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka in Tangalle, in the southern Hambantota District, was attacked by two gunmen on a motorcycle on January 12. A 58-year-old woman [...] | 2010-01-13 12:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO30 | TISSAINAYAGAM OUT OF PRISON [...] (C) Imprisoned journalist J.S. Tissainayagam, who was granted bail on January 11, was released from prison today after processing of his court documents. (NOTE: The non-computerized Sri Lankan court system is notoriously slow, and the two-day delay in Tissainayagam's release was not out of th [...] | 2010-01-15 05:57:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO32 | SRI LANKA WAR-CRIMES ACCOUNTABILITY: THE TAMIL [...] (S) SUMMARY: There have been a few tentative steps on accountability for crimes allegedly committed by Sri Lankan troops and civilian officials during the war with the LTTE. President Rajapaksa named a committee to make recommendations to him on the U.S. incidents report by April, and candidate Fon [...] | 2010-01-15 12:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO34 | THE MALDIVES HAS GREATLY IMPROVED ITS BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary. Maldivian President Nasheed has made improving budget transparency a goal for the Maldives. The Government of the Maldives (GOM) has taken action by adopting a public accounting system and using the IMF's Government Financial Statistics (GFS) budgetary format. The GOM has [...] | 2010-01-19 10:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AID EAID ECON EFIN KMCA MV PREL |
10COLOMBO35 | SRI LANKA PLEDGES ITS SUPPORT FOR HAITI [...] (U) On January 19, PolOff delivered reftel points thanking Sri Lanka for their humanitarian assistance to Haiti to Sri Lankan MFA U.N. and Multilateral Affairs Director General (DG) Ambassador Aruni Wijewardene. Wijewardene informed us that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) had pledged $25,000 [...] | 2010-01-19 11:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO36 | SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 8 [...] (C)(Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) Election-related violence has caused three additional deaths since the last elections update cable from Post (Ref. A). On January 16, a group of unidentified persons opened fire on a van carrying supporters of President Rajapaksa, killing one person and injurin [...] | 2010-01-19 13:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO40 | SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 9 [...] (C)(Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) Two persons were reported shot and seriously injured the night of January 18 while returning home from a Fonseka campaign rally in a small town near Hambantota. Numerous Post contacts have expressed concern about increasing violence in the remaining days befor [...] | 2010-01-20 14:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO46 | ELECTION DEVELOPMENTS IN EASTERN SRI LANKA [...] (C) A contact who works on human rights issues in Eastern Sri Lanka and serves on Chief Minister Pillayan's staff, provided an international group with her perspective on elections in the East. OPPORTUNITIES FOR FRAUD ----------------------- 2. (C) Transfer of ballot boxes from polling s [...] | 2010-01-21 13:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO47 | RAJAPAKSA POLLSTER SAYS RACE IS NECK AND NECK [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa's chief opinion pollster told us their figures and those of the opposition all showed the presidential election to be very close. Undecided voters were at an unprecedented 17 percent (six or seven percent this close to the election date was more the norm),with [...] | 2010-01-22 07:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO48 | ELECTIONS IN AMPARA: INTIMIDATION AND WEAK [...] (SBU) Ambassador and USAID Mission Director met with about ten business representatives from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the Ampara District in eastern Sri Lanka and made a separate call on the Ampara Government Agent (GA),Mr. Sunil Kannangara. Ampara has fewer Tamils than its eas [...] | 2010-01-22 07:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO5 | LETTER TO SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON FROM MALDIVES [...] (SBU) Post received from the Maldivian MFA a scanned copy of a letter from the Maldives Minister of Foreign Affairs to Secretary Clinton regarding the Copenhagen conference. The following is the text: BEGIN TEXT OF LETTER Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of Maldives 30 December 20 [...] | 2010-01-05 04:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS ECON EFIN |
10COLOMBO50 | SRI LANKA: ASSESSING PROGRESS ON KEY ISSUES REF: A. 09 COLOMBO 1176 B. COLOMBO 32 C. COLOMBO 8 COLOMBO 00000050 001.8 OF 004 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-22 09:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO53 | LEFTIST JVP EXPLAINS SUPPORT FOR FONSEKA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 15 meeting with Ambassador, neo-Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party chief Somawansa Amarasinghe and JVP MP Sunil Hanunnetti discussed the JVP's vision of a united, multiethnic, multi-lingual Sri Lanka; their support for Sarath Fonseka's presidential bid; the [...] | 2010-01-25 10:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO54 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 11:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO55 | AMBASSADOR SUMMONED BY FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. The Foreign Minister called in the Ambassador this afternoon to express his concerns about her televised interview which aired on all three MTV news broadcasts the evening of January 14. Foreign Minister Bogollagama also raised the Ambassador's weekend call to the Inspector Gene [...] | 2010-01-25 13:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO56 | SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 11 [...] (C) (Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) On the eve of an historic presidential election in Sri Lanka, the leading candidates appear to be neck-and-neck, with no one able to predict how events will unfold. Scenarios -- often offered by the same observer -- range from a peaceful handover of power to [...] | 2010-01-26 01:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO57 | SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 11 [...] (C) (Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) On the eve of an historic presidential election in Sri Lanka, the leading candidates appear to be neck-and-neck, with no one able to predict how events will unfold. Scenarios -- often offered by the same observer -- range from a peaceful handover of power to [...] | 2010-01-26 01:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO59 | SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 12 - MORNING [...] (C) (Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) As of 12:00 PM local time on election day in Sri Lanka, the balloting so far had been generally peaceful. There were some limited reports of violence, outlined in the paragraph below, but by and large voting was occurring without major incident. Mission offi [...] | 2010-01-26 07:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO61 | SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 13 - POLLS CLOSED [...] (C) (Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) After the close of polls at 4:00 PM local, elections monitoring group PAFFREL reported an estimated turnout of 74 percent for all of Sri Lanka except Jaffna, where it reported 18-20 percent turnout. Figures on turnout for Jaffna are difficult to interpret, as [...] | 2010-01-26 12:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO62 | SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 14 - ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (C) (Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) Ballot counting has been slow overnight. Postal ballots were not completed until around 2:30 AM local time, and by 9:00 AM local time, only about 20 per cent of the total ballots had been counted, when in past elections over 50 per cent would be complete at th [...] | 2010-01-27 04:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO65 | SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 15 [...] (C) (Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) Despite earlier confusion, Elections Commissioner Dissanayake confirmed in a meeting with PolOff on January 28 that he had indeed certified President Rajapaksa's victory in the January 26 presidential election. He said the official gazette notification was be [...] | 2010-01-28 12:44:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO7 | SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO.4 [...] (C) As reported by Post in an O/I item on December 24, the TNA is expected to announce shortly that it will support Fonseka in the presidential election, with widespread local media coverage already discussing the move. TNA leader Sampanthan is scheduled to meet with Ambassador Wednesday or T [...] | 2010-01-05 12:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO75 | AMBASSADOR RAISES POST-ELECTION CONCERNS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following on Assistant Secretary Blake's January 29 meeting with the Sri Lankan charge d'affaires in Washington (reftel),Ambassador Butenis requested and held a meeting on January 31 with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Bogollagama to raise U.S. concerns regarding Government of Sri L [...] | 2010-02-01 12:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO76 | AMBASSADOR RAISES POST-ELECTION CONCERNS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following on Assistant Secretary Blake's January 29 meeting with the Sri Lankan charge d'affaires in Washington (reftel),Ambassador Butenis requested and held a meeting on January 31 with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Bogollagama to raise U.S. concerns regarding Government of Sri L [...] | 2010-02-01 12:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO78 | POST-ELECTION UPDATE: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS, [...] (C) (Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) After broaching the idea on January 28, President Rajapaksa's plan appears to be to dissolve Parliament on or about February 5, with a general election most likely towards the end of March or early April. Analysts suggest the president is hoping to capitalize [...] | 2010-02-01 12:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO8 | CAMPAIGN STRATEGIST SAYS FONSEKA WANTS TRUTH AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador, chief opposition campaign strategist and one-time Rajapaksa confidante Mangala Samaraweera said he was "pleasantly surprised" that General Fonseka believed accountability was important for Sri Lanka, that he agreed with Samaraweera that the country ne [...] | 2010-01-06 11:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO81 | SRI LANKA: PURGES IN THE MILITARY, POLICE - AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following President Rajapaksa's January 26 re-election, the leadership has undertaken purges of military and police officials believed to be loyal to Fonseka or perceived to be overly eager to uphold election laws against Rajapaksa campaign abuses. Contacts indicated that two sen [...] | 2010-02-02 13:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO82 | POST ELECTION: NEW THREATS TO MEDIA FREEDOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka's presidential election has brought a new wave of official and unofficial pressure on media outlets and attacks against journalists. MTV (Sirisa),a popular private television and radio conglomerate, has received official warning that it must cease airing anti-governme [...] | 2010-02-02 13:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO83 | DEFENSE SECRETARY ON FONSEKA AND POST-ELECTION [...] (S) SUMMARY: On February 2, Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa summoned DATT to a hasty meeting under the pretext of discussing an upcoming engagement activity with the U.S. military. As expected, Rajapaksa also wanted to explain the government's position on the treatment of General Fonseka [...] | 2010-02-02 13:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO85 | DEFENSE SECRETARY ON FONSEKA AND POST-ELECTION [...] (S) SUMMARY: On February 2, Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa summoned DATT to a hasty meeting under the pretext of discussing an upcoming engagement activity with the U.S. military. As expected, Rajapaksa also wanted to explain the government's position on the treatment of General Fonseka [...] | 2010-02-03 06:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO88 | IWOC: PROPOSED REVISIONS TO ANNOUNCEMENT OF 2010 [...] (U) This is an action request for Department. See Paragraph 2. 2. (C) Post is delighted with the selection of Sri Lankan nominee Jensila Kubais as a recipient of the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Post recommends that the Department revise the citation narrative liste [...] | 2010-02-03 10:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO CE |
10COLOMBO89 | SRI LANKA WILL "STUDY" U.S. DEMARCHE REQUEST ON [...] (C) On February 2, PolOff delivered reftel points on Sri Lankan engagement with Iran to resolve diplomatically the international community's concerns about Iran's nuclear program to Sri Lankan MFA UN and Multilateral Affairs Additional Director General (DG) Chandra Wijeratne. Wijeratne informe [...] | 2010-02-03 10:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER PARM MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO90 | FORMER MALDIVIAN PRESIDENT MAUMOOM ABDUL GAYOOM'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a press conference on January 25, Abdul Maumoom Gayoom, former Maldivian president and leader of the main opposition Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP),announced his retirement from politics ahead of the party's national congress, stating that it was time for the "younger genera [...] | 2010-02-03 10:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS ECON EFIN |
10COLOMBO91 | POST-ELECTION UPDATE: SC SECOND-TERM RULING, [...] (C) On February 2, a full bench of seven Supreme Court judges, including the chief justice, ruled that President Rajapaksa's second term of office would begin on November 19, 2010, the five-year anniversary of his taking office. The president's lawyers had argued the second term should not be [...] | 2010-02-03 12:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10COLOMBO94 | PRESIDENT SPEAKS OF UNITY, EMERGENCY REGULATIONS [...] (C) In his Sri Lankan National Day speech in Kandy on February 4, President Rajapaksa promised to turn Sri Lanka into the "Pride of Asia" through economic development and national unity. The themes were quite similar to those used in his op-ed article in the February 4 edition of the Wall Str [...] | 2010-02-05 08:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
10CONAKRY102 | PM DORE APPOINTS A NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nearly one month after his appointment as Prime Minister, Jean Marie Dore announced a new 34 person government on February 15 at 2000 hours. The government is comprised of ten political party representatives, ten representatives from civil society, ten from the CNDD, and four fro [...] | 2010-02-16 15:47:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
10CONAKRY105 | KONATE APPOINTS NEW PRESIDENTIAL CABINET [...] (U) A new presidential cabinet was announced last night, February 16, at 2000 hours. The twenty-three person cabinet consists of eleven members of Dadis Camara's CNDD government and twelve other individuals. 2. (U) In an announcement earlier in the day, Interim President Sekouba Konate s [...] | 2010-02-17 11:59:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM GV |
10CONAKRY110 | WORLD BANK HOPES TO RESTART PROGRAMMING [...] (C) World Bank (WB) representative Siaka Bakayoko is generally pleased with Dore's transition government, particularly with the appointment of Minister of Finance Kerfalla Yansane. The WB is apparently eager to restart programming in Guinea, but is logistically unable to do so, as Guinea curr [...] | 2010-02-19 11:48:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON GV |
10CONAKRY117 | ICG MEETING FOCUSES ON ELECTIONS [...] (U) The 11th International Contact Group (ICG-G) meeting was held in Conakry on February 22, 2010. The meeting, co-chaired by outgoing and incoming ECOWAS presidents Ibn Chambas and Ibrahima Fall, was the first ICG-G to be held in Conakry since September, 2009. The conference saw presentation [...] | 2010-02-23 16:05:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
10CONAKRY118 | ICC TO BEGIN SECOND PHASE OF INVESTIGATION; FORCES [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a press conference on February 19, Fatou Ben Souda, Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC),announced that Crimes Against Humanity were likely committed in Guinea (reftel A). After three days in country, Ben Souda announced that the ICC would officially st [...] | 2010-02-24 10:32:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GV |
10CONAKRY125 | MINING COMPANIES CONCERNED ABOUT GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/PolChief met with representatives of several mining companies over the past week to discuss how the transition is impacting Guinea's most lucrative industry. While the representatives seemed optimistic about Guinea's political future, they were universally disappointed by the r [...] | 2010-02-25 17:19:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
10CONAKRY72 | FRANCOIS FALL NOMINATED AS NEW FORCES VIVES [...] (U) After three hours of debate, the Forces Vives nominated former PM and President of the FUDEC political party Francois Fall as their new spokesperson. Over 100 members of the Forces Vives, as well as former spokesperson and current PM Jean Marie Dore, attended the meeting held at FUDEC hea [...] | 2010-01-28 17:02:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
10CONAKRY77 | FRANCOIS FALL SKEPTICAL OF DORE'S INTENTIONS [...] (C) On February 1, Ambassador Moller met with former PM, and newly appointed spokesperson for the Forces Vives (reftel A),Francois Lonceny Fall. Fall told the Ambassador that Guinea, for the first time, has a window of opportunity for democracy. However, he noted that there are problems withi [...] | 2010-02-01 16:51:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
10CONAKRY79 | NATIONAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY RELEASES RESULTS [...] (U) At noon on February 2, the Guinean National Commission of Inquiry presented their findings in front of a half filled Palais du Peuple. The audience consisted mostly of Guinean government officials and African diplomats. No members of the Forces Vives attended the event, nor did PM Jean Ma [...] | 2010-02-02 15:35:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM GV |
10CONAKRY81 | SIDYA TOURE PREPARING FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Moller and A/PolChief met with former PM and President of Union of Republican Forces (UFR) Sidya Toure on Feb 2 to discuss the formation of the transition government. Seeming more Presidential candidate than member of the Forces Vives, Toure focused primarily on reforms [...] | 2010-02-02 17:16:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
10CONAKRY84 | PM OFFICE ILL EQUIPED TO HANDLE NEW RESPONSIBILITES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador Moller, RSO, and A/PolChief on February 3, Minister of Security and First Vice President General Mamadou "Toto" Camara reiterated that no one in the CNDD or the military, including himself and Interim President Sekouba Konate, was interested in keeping [...] | 2010-02-03 15:56:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM GV |
10CONAKRY88 | UN-ECOWAS SSR TEAM BEGINS TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: A joint UN-ECOWAS SSR team arrived in Conakry on Monday, February 1. On Thursday, February 4, EmbOffs discussed the UN-ECOWAS Mission with members of its team in order to determine the mandate and scope of their visit. According to its team members, the SSR team is planning to pu [...] | 2010-02-08 14:36:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
10CONAKRY90 | CLASHES IN N'ZEREKORE KILL 2, WOUND 38 [...] (U) SUMMARY: During two days of ethno-religious clashes in N'Zerekore, the capital of Guinea's Forest Region, two people were reportedly killed, 38 people were wounded, and two are missing. A government delegation that was sent to the region on February 7 has at least temporarily quelled the [...] | 2010-02-08 16:10:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
10CONAKRY91 | UNION LEADER APPOINTED HEAD OF CNT [...] (U) In the first appointment under the Premiership of Jean Marie Dore, union leader Hadja Rabiatou Diallo was named President of the National Transition Council (CNT). Rabiatou has publicly lobbied for the position since Jean Marie Dore was appointed the sole Prime Minister of the transition [...] | 2010-02-09 15:11:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
10CONAKRY96 | HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS SAYS HR SITUATION IMPROVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with A/PolChief human rights activist Mamadi Kaba said that the human rights situation in Guinea has improved since Interim President Sekouba Konate spoke to troops about supporting the transition government on January 12 (reftel). The military, while still very power [...] | 2010-02-11 09:20:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
10CONAKRY97 | DORE PROMISES ELECTIONS IN SIX MONTHS [...] (U) In a meeting with Ambassador Moller, Prime Minister Jean Marie Dore promised to work toward elections in six months and to publicly appoint his government by this evening. Dore said that his main focus during the transition would be to prepare for elections and significantly reduce corrup [...] | 2010-02-11 16:35:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
10COPENHAGEN10 | CUBA: DANISH OFFICIALS CAN'T GET VISAS DUE TO [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Denmark covers Cuba from Mexico City, and has been unable to get visas for officials to visit Cuba due to its insistence on engaging with civil society as well as the GOC. It assesses that Spain has backed off some on abolishi [...] | 2010-01-07 08:25:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SOCI CU DA |
10COPENHAGEN102 | (C) MIDEAST PEACE: DANISH MFA FLOATS A LOW-KEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA briefed the Embassy on an initiative it is exploring - pending approval from FM Moeller - to promote low-key cooperation among Israel and its neighbors. Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, and Qatar responded favorably during an exploratory visit in January. Palestinian interest [...] | 2010-02-22 11:06:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL XF |
10COPENHAGEN103 | EUR DAS QUANRUD'S FEBRUARY 10-11 VISIT: FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with visiting EUR DAS Quanrud, Danish officials indicated solid support for new UNSC sanctions against Iran; described Danish-Chinese relations as barely recovered from "a major bilateral crisis" after a fall meeting between the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister [...] | 2010-02-22 11:51:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ETTC ASEC KWMN CH RU IR GL DA |
10COPENHAGEN104 | MAJOR CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen announced his new Cabinet February 23. The most extensive reshuffle in recent Danish history, it sets his stamp decisively on the Government, nearly 11 months after he took office without an election when his predecessor became NATO Secreta [...] | 2010-02-23 12:26:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL DA |
10COPENHAGEN107 | GOLDSTONE REPORT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Allan Jacobsen, Head of MFA's Human Rights Department, told A/DCM February 22 that Denmark agrees the UN Human Rights Council is the first place that should deal with any follow-up to the Goldstone Report, as it is the body that commissioned the Report. He added that there might in futur [...] | 2010-02-25 16:54:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM IO UNGA PREL KPAL IS DA |
10COPENHAGEN23 | PRT CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE: SPECIAL ENVOY DAMSGAARD [...] ACTION REQUEST - please see paragraph 3. 2. Ambassador Carsten Damsgaard, Denmark's Special Afghanistan-Pakistan Representative, will attend the January 25-27 PRT conference in Prague, MFA Afghanistan Unit Head Stephan Schoenemann told Pol-EconCouns January 14. Damsgaard will be accompan [...] | 2010-01-14 15:53:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO AF DA |
10COPENHAGEN31 | CLIMATE CHANGE: DENMARK TO ENDORSE COPENHAGEN [...] (SBU) Denmark's chosen means for associating itself with the Copenhagen Accord, which it "strongly supports," is to work within the EU for a common position, in order to preclude backsliding by certain EU members. Denmark is confident an EU common position will be reached before end January [...] | 2010-01-15 13:18:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV ENRG PREL DA |
10COPENHAGEN34 | AFGHANISTAN: DENMARK FULLY AGREES ON TRANSITION [...] (C) In response to reftel, MFA Afghanistan Unit Head (and acting Stabilization Department Head) Stephan Schoenemann told A/DCM January 15 that Denmark fully agrees with the USG perspective and approach. He added that Denmark is currently working on its annual plan for engagement (both milit [...] | 2010-01-15 16:23:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MARR MOPS NATO PREL DA |
10COPENHAGEN36 | TFHA01: DENMARK USING OCHA'S FTS, GIVING NEARLY [...] In response to reftels, MFA Team Leader for Latin America Kit Clausen told Pol-EconCouns January 19 that Denmark is already using UN OCHA's Financial Tracking System (FTS). Clausen provided an update (emailed to Stacy Williams, Melissa Rosser and Maura O'Neill as per ref A) on Danish aid tota [...] | 2010-01-20 07:32:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL PREF HA DA |
10COPENHAGEN41 | IRAQ: ATTEMPTS TO BAR CANDIDATES FROM [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST - please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Denmark shares USG concern about attempts to bar candidates from upcoming Iraqi parliamentary elections, according to MFA Mideast Department Section Heads Stig Paolo Piras and Kristian Rasmussen. In response to reftel demarche, they t [...] | 2010-01-25 15:02:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ DA |
10COPENHAGEN43 | JAN. 25 FAC DEMARCHE: DANISH RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 15:44:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC IR YM BK SO UP YI DA |
10COPENHAGEN49 | (C) NEW TURKISH AMBASSADOR ASKS FOR CONTINUED USG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's new Ambassador to Denmark Ahmet Dibek requested continued USG assistance in getting Denmark to engage on Turkish concerns about Roj-TV. He also spoke of Turkish - Danish cooperation to facilitate integration of Turkish immigrants to Denmark, and how these issues relate [...] | 2010-01-28 13:23:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR TU DA |
10COPENHAGEN50 | TFHA01: DANISH RESPONSE HAS BROAD BACKING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Danish Government is determined to allocate as much as needed for Haiti relief efforts. Contributions totaled approximately USD 23 million by January 26; distribution is being coordinated closely with the UN. Extensive and successful private fundraising activities continue; [...] | 2010-01-28 15:47:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PGOV DA HA |
10COPENHAGEN53 | AFGHANISTAN LONDON CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Denmark intends to speak constructively at the London conference on Afghanistan, is supportive of the Afghan reintegration program and will consider seeking funding to support the new Trust Fund, and is preparing an analytical paper on how to proceed in a regional context to pr [...] | 2010-01-29 08:41:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF DA |
10COPENHAGEN57 | TFHA01 DEMARCHE RESPONSE: U.S. HUMANITARIAN [...] In response to REF A, MFA Team Leader for Latin American Affairs, Kit Clausen told POLOFF on January 28 that Denmark understands and supports the American efforts in Haiti, and emphasized Denmark's own role with relief efforts there. She underscored that Denmark was committed to the coordinatio [...] | 2010-01-29 13:50:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF EAID ECON |
10COPENHAGEN64 | (C) IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM: DENMARK "FULLY [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, MFA Mideast Department Head Michael Lund Jeppesen told Acting DCM February 2 that Denmark "fully supports" sanctions against Iran, and they should be UNSC sanctions. He recalled that Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller has been clear for a long time that th [...] | 2010-02-04 11:05:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL UNSC IR DA |
10COPENHAGEN69 | (SBU) DENMARK: GOVERNMENT WEATHERS COP-15 AFTERMATH [...] (SBU) Summary: Unrealistic public expectations for the outcome of COP-15 and initial confusion over how to interpret the Copenhagen Accord led to intense media and opposition questioning of Denmark's role as host of the conference, in particular focused on PM Lars Loekke Rasmussen's performanc [...] | 2010-02-05 07:03:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG PGOV PREL DA |
10COPENHAGEN77 | IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS: DANES TRYING TO GET ON [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-11 09:40:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL IR DA |
10COPENHAGEN79 | IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS: DANES TRYING TO GET ON [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-11 10:01:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL IR DA |
10COPENHAGEN80 | HR VETTING FOR SOVEREIGN CHALLENGE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-11 10:06:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL DA |
10COPENHAGEN93 | (C) TFHA01: DENMARK CONSIDERING FURTHER AID [...] (C) Denmark intends to support debt-relief for Haiti and is in a "very preliminary" stage of considering donating another USD six to ten million specifically to help children and women, pending the needs assessment that is due to begin February 22, according to Kit Clausen, MFA Section Head f [...] | 2010-02-17 13:14:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MARR HA DA |
10COPENHAGEN95 | (C) FAC AND CHINA ARMS EMBARGO DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 11:18:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PHUM KNUC ETTC EAID CH IR UP HA |
10COPENHAGEN97 | DENMARK SUPPORTS EUROPE-WIDE APPROACH TO ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Danish Energy Agency (DEA) Deputy Director General Anne Hoejer Simonsen told EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Pamela Quanrud in a February 10 meeting that Denmark continues to pursue energy security as a top national priority, and that greater EU energy interconnection is in Denm [...] | 2010-02-19 09:05:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG ECIN EPET PREL DA RS XG |
10COPENHAGEN99 | AFGHANISTAN: ISAF TRAINERS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-19 14:31:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL NATO DA AF |
10COTONOU31 | BENIN: NGOS CRITICIZE GOVERNMENT ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORT [...] SUMMARY: The Government of Benin (GOB) is drawing increasingly strident criticism for the dragging pace of its anti-corruption campaign; much of this criticism is aimed at President Yayi, who made the fight against corruption a centerpiece of his Presidential campaign. FONAC, a consortium o [...] | 2010-01-21 14:19:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCOR BN |
10COTONOU53 | BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI's STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS [...] SUMMARY: In his annual year-end State of the Nation address, President Yayi emphasized that the Government of Benin (GOB)has made steady progress towards prosperity and stronger democracy, despite the international economic crisis and regional threats to peace and security. Yayi underscored [...] | 2010-01-29 11:54:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN PHUM KMCA BN |
10COTONOU73 | S/GWI Project Proposal for Benin. [...] SUMMARY OF PROPOSED PROGRAM: This S/GWI project proposal for Benin consists of equipping and renovating Benin's existing DNA laboratory in order to give it the capacity to perform DNA comparison analysis in criminal cases and to thereby furnish the courts with the valuable forensic evidence th [...] | 2010-02-09 17:11:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO BN |
10COTONOU88 | BENIN: AF A/S CARSON AND FOREIGN MINISTER STRESS BILATERAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 5, 2010, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Johnnie Carson met Benin's Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Marie Ehouzou in Cotonou. The meeting was very cordial, and focused on shared values and shared commitment to democracy and development. A/S Carson announced [...] | 2010-02-16 14:07:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID KDEM KMCA HA BN |
10COTONOU90 | BENIN: AF A/S CARSON MEETS PRESIDENT YAYI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A/S Carson's meeting with Benin's President Yayi strongly buttressed Yayi's determination to pursue close collaboration with the USG. Yayi stressed his government's concern for Haiti and its reconstruction after the January earthquake; the importance of USG support for Benin's [...] | 2010-02-16 14:18:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID KDEM KMCA HA BN |
10DAKAR127 | Ambassador Discusses Corruption with Senegalese President [...] (U) Summary: After nearly two hours of a mostly one-on-one discussion that included lighter and more tense exchanges, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade took the suggestion to demonstrate tangible steps of fighting corruption. Wade relied on his standard defense of the fact there have been no [...] | 2010-02-18 17:31:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KMCA ECON SG |
10DAKAR224 | SUBJECT: Senegal: lenient sentence for ruling party arsonist [...] SUMMARY: On February 3, the Regional Court of Thies condemned Mouhamadou Lamine Massaly, a ruling party youth leader, to six-month in prison. Massaly had confessed to a journalist and a Police chief in Thies that he was the instigator of arson during a Socialist Party (PS) rally on January 17, [...] | 2010-02-11 17:55:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR SG |
10DAKAR228 | Possible Senegalese Additions to MINUSTAH [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-12 13:16:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EFIN MARR MCAP PGOV PREL SOCI SNAR HA XL KJUS |
10DAKAR286 | SENEGAL'S ROLE AS MEDIATOR IN NIGER [...] (SBU) PolCouns met with Mamadour Ndiaye, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as Ambassador Mamadou Sow, senior adviser to the Foreign Minister, and Mouhamadou Sarr, head of the MFA's America and Oceania Division, to discuss Senegal's role as a mediator in Niger. Ndiaye [...] | 2010-02-22 09:26:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SG XY NG ECOWAS |
10DAKAR32 | Senegal: Looming Electoral Crisis [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In early December, the Ministry of Interior hosted a series of meetings with members of the ruling Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) and opposition parties to discuss revisions to the Electoral Code. Two days after the talks began the opposition Benno coalition walked out, outra [...] | 2010-01-08 12:49:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SG |
10DAKAR76 | Senegal: The Return of Political Violence [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 17, two arsonists, allegedly belonging to the ruling Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) set ablaze the stand where Ousmane Tanor Dieng, the leader of the Socialist Party (PS) was sitting during a political rally in Thies. Dieng and key leaders of the PS, including the [...] | 2010-01-21 15:13:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
10DAKAR80 | Senegal: Wade seeks to undermine local governments [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 18, President Abdoulaye Wade characterized Senegal's decentralization process as a failure after which he outlined a slew of reforms among which he wants to eliminate the positions of Governors and create local legislative assemblies with clearly delineated jurisdictio [...] | 2010-01-21 16:42:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
10DAMASCUS10 | ERDOGAN VISIT TO DAMASCUS WAS FLAWLESS, SAYS [...] (C) Summary: Both the substance and the atmospherics of the December 22-23 visit that brought Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan and a large cabinet-level delegation to Damascus were outstanding, according to diplomatic contacts. The visit saw the first meeting of the High-Level Strategic Cooperat [...] | 2010-01-04 10:29:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY TU |
10DAMASCUS100 | WORRIED AT THE IRANIAN EMBASSY? DIPLOMATS REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Syria-based diplomats report that the Iranian Embassy in Damascus is concerned about the SARG's increased engagement with the United States and moderate regional states like Saudi Arabia and Turkey. After three American delegations met with President Bashar al-Asad and visiting A [...] | 2010-02-03 09:35:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV SY IR |
10DAMASCUS103 | OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL: LOCAL LEADERS DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: The Charge met a range of political, religious, and business leaders during a January 26-27 visit to Homs. In addition to a long discussion with Homs Governor Iyad Ghazal (ref B),the Charge met Melkite Catholic Archbishop Isidore Battikha, Greek Patriarchate Deputy Patriarch Fat [...] | 2010-02-03 14:45:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EIND EINV ETRD CASC CVIS KISL |
10DAMASCUS105 | VICE FM DEFENDS SYRIA'S "PEACEFUL OBJECTIVES" [...] (SBU) Vice Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad convened representatives of Western Hemisphere and African diplomatic missions February 4 to review and echo FM Muallim's comments to the press the day before concerning Syria's view of Israeli rhetorical "threats." Muallim separately briefed Arab and [...] | 2010-02-04 15:09:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL SY IS |
10DAMASCUS143 | EMBASSY DAMASCUS PROPOSALS FOR SMALL GRANTS [...] (C) Embassy Damascus requests S/GWI support and funding for three proposals: "Grassroots Diplomacy," "Gender Research," and "Empowering Young, Deaf Women." These programs represent our first, substantive engagement with independent, grassroots NGOs in almost five years. With full funding we [...] | 2010-02-18 16:19:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO OEXC KWMN PGOV PREL SY |
10DAMASCUS151 | PALESTINIAN REFUGEES: COMMISSIONER-GENERAL LATEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi and Deputy Commissioner-General Margot Ellis said February 21 UNRWA's operations assisting Palestinian refugees in Syria were "in serious trouble" and that "dramatic" changes are possible if the ag [...] | 2010-02-22 06:36:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPAL PHUM PREF PREL SOCI SY |
10DAMASCUS158 | WHEN CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST: SYRIA'S PROXY [...] (S/NF) Summary: Lawyer and Syrian Human Rights Organization-SWASIAH activist Catherine al-Tali (strictly protect) updated us on SWASIAH's ongoing investigation into what happened during the Seidnaya prison riots in July and December 2008, and January 2009 (refs A, B, D and E). SWASIAH's invest [...] | 2010-02-24 11:33:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PGOV PINR PINS PTER KISL KTSD MASS |
10DAMASCUS159 | SYRIAN INTELLIGENCE CHIEF ATTENDS CT DIALOGUE WITH [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a surprise appearance, Syrian General Intelligence Director (GID) General Ali Mamlouk attended a February 18 meeting between Vice Foreign Minister Faisal al-Miqdad and a U.S. delegation led by S/CT Coordinator Daniel Benjamin. Miqdad explained Mamlouk had joined the meeting at th [...] | 2010-02-24 14:08:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV SY |
10DAMASCUS16 | SYRIAN NGO REACHES OUT TO EMBASSY DAMASCUS [...] (C) BASMA, the Children with Cancer Support Association, requested Embassy staff assistance in overcoming sanctions that prohibited the organization's ability to import badly needed equipment. Their proactive efforts marked a significant departure from Syrian NGOs' hesitancy to interact with [...] | 2010-01-06 10:36:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON KPAO PREL SOCI SY |
10DAMASCUS168 | V/FM MIQDAD DENIES SUPPLYING BALLISTIC MISSILES TO [...] (S) Summary: Responding to Ref A demarche, Syrian Vice Foreign Minister (V/FM) Miqdad expressed surprise the U.S. was sharing such a strong message in the wake of Under Secretary (U/S) William Burns' positive February 17 visit. He argued Israel represented the major threat to stability in the regio [...] | 2010-02-25 13:43:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PTER PREF PREL IS LE SY |
10DAMASCUS170 | "WE ARE READY": IRAQI DIPLOMATS AND ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following weeks of discussions with SARG ministries, the Iraqi Embassy and the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) reported they would be ready to facilitate voting by Iraqi refugees in Syria in the Iraqi legislative elections on March 5-7. However, confusion over [...] | 2010-02-25 14:05:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPAL PHUM PREF PREL SOCI SY IZ |
10DAMASCUS172 | SYRIA - 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) The following is Post's submission of the annual trafficking in persons report. The Embassy's point of contact is Anthony A. Deaton. Office telephone: ( 963) (11) 3391-3207. Fax ( 963) (11) 3391-4687. Mr. Deaton (FS-03) spent 30 hours in preparation of the report, which is structured t [...] | 2010-02-28 11:52:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PGOV PREL ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA |
10DAMASCUS174 | REFUGEE VOTING: IRAQI ELECTORAL COMMISSION RUSHES [...] (C) SUMMARY: With five days remaining before Iraqi refugees in Syria begin voting, officials at the Damascus office of the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) told us February 28 they were rushing to train election staff and get the word out in advance of the March 5-7 voting. [...] | 2010-02-28 14:34:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PREF PREL SOCI SY IZ |
10DAMASCUS18 | SAUDI FM'S DAMASCUS VISIT SHOWCASES CLOSER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal met President Bashar al-Asad during a brief surprise visit to Damascus on January 5. Discussions focused on instability in Yemen, the prospects for Palestinian reconciliation, Iraqi elections, and the peace process. Arab diplomats and [...] | 2010-01-07 11:59:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV SY |
10DAMASCUS19 | CONGRESSMAN HASTINGS' JANUARY 7 MEETING WITH [...] (S) Summary: Congressman Alcee Hastings met President Bashar al-Asad on January 7 for a cordial one-hour discussion on how the U.S. and Syria might improve regional stability. During the meeting, the congressman told the president he would advocate for Syria to be granted observer status with [...] | 2010-01-10 03:52:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL PREF PGOV PHUM IR LE IZ TU SY |
10DAMASCUS23 | NEW YEAR BRINGS NEW CHALLENGES FOR IRAQI REFUGEES [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-10 14:41:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM SOCI PREL PREF PHUM SY |
10DAMASCUS26 | REPORT ON UNDOF EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL [...] In response to reftel, this report addresses the United Nations' Disengagement and Observer Force's effort to combat sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and trafficking-in-persons (TIP) in its Golan peacekeeping mission. ------------------- Preventive Measures ------------------- 2. Ac [...] | 2010-01-11 11:32:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO KTIP SY IS |
10DAMASCUS28 | SYRIANS REACT NEGATIVELY TO ENHANCED TSA SCREENING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Syrians of all stripes have reacted negatively to enhanced airport screening requirements for travelers from 14 countries, including Syria, recently instituted by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Government officials, students, journalists, businesspeople, and ot [...] | 2010-01-11 13:53:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM SOCI PREL PTER PHUM SY |
10DAMASCUS32 | IRAQI PALESTINIAN REFUGEES LIVE PRECARIOUSLY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Palestinians have been among the most vulnerable of Iraqi refugees in Syria. Over 2,600 of these essentially stateless people have been stranded in three desolate camps at or near the Syrian-Iraqi border. UNHCR is closing one of the camps, al-Tanf, this month and a second [...] | 2010-01-12 08:58:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM SOCI PREL PREF PHUM KPAL SY |
10DAMASCUS33 | SARG PROTESTS NEW TSA SCREENING REQUIREMENTS; [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-12 12:57:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM SOCI PREL PTER PHUM |
10DAMASCUS36 | SYRIA PASSES FIRST TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS LAW [...] This report contains an action request. See paragraph 13. 2. (U) Summary: President Asad endorsed Syria's first trafficking-in-persons (TIP) legislation -- Legislative Decree No. 3 -- on January 10, and Syrian newspapers published it on January 11, thereby officially bringing the decree i [...] | 2010-01-12 13:49:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL ELAB KTIP KWMN SCUL SOCI |
10DAMASCUS41 | IRANIAN FM'S DAMASCUS VISIT MEANT TO SERVE AS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki visited Damascus on January 11, the latest in a string of visitors from Tehran during the last six weeks. Arab diplomats told us the Iranian visits reflected growing insecurity in Tehran over (1) whether Syria's warmer relations with Tu [...] | 2010-01-13 13:05:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV SY |
10DAMASCUS42 | FOREIGN NGOS IN SYRIA: SYRIAN ARAB RED CRESCENT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-13 13:23:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM SY |
10DAMASCUS45 | SARG CONFIRMS RAISING AMCIT HIKERS WITH IRANIAN FM [...] (C) Hussam A'ala, chief of staff to Vice Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad, called DCA to the MFA on January 14 to confirm that the SARG had raised the case of Joshua Fattal, Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd, the three American hikers detained in Iran since July 31, with Iranian Foreign Minister Manou [...] | 2010-01-14 09:19:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC IR MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PROP SY |
10DAMASCUS50 | UNRWA'S SYRIA CHIEF FRETS ABOUT FINANCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: United Nations Relief and Works Agency's (UNRWA) Syria Country Representative Roger Hearn told Staffdel Marcus January 9 that his organization's "surreal" financial situation is so dire, due mostly to donor fatigue, that it requires immediate attention and may entail "a complete r [...] | 2010-01-14 13:59:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPAL SOCI PREL PREF PHUM SY |
10DAMASCUS52 | ASAD'S VISIT TO KSA: INITIAL REACTION IN DAMASCUS [...] (SBU) President Asad's January 13 trip to Riyadh, his second trip to Saudi Arabia since September, cemented opinion in Damascus that Syria and Saudi Arabia had solidified the "normalization" of bilateral relations both sides said they hoped for after King Abdullah's landmark visit to Damascus o [...] | 2010-01-14 14:11:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV SY |
10DAMASCUS56 | DAMASCUS' YOUNG ELITE BACK IMPROVED TIES WITH U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Syrian Young Entrepreneurs' Association (SYEA) celebrated its sixth anniversary with a gala dinner in Damascus on January 14. The group's founders said the organization, which seeks to strengthen the entrepreneurial capabilities of Syrian young people, has evolved beyond youn [...] | 2010-01-18 08:11:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL SOCI SY |
10DAMASCUS57 | SYRIA-IRAQ UPDATE: DAMASCUS FORESEES LITTLE CHANGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: SARG officials and Iraqi diplomats agreed Iraqi-Syrian relations would likely not improve until at least after Iraqi parliamentary elections slated for March. There has been no sign of a thaw in the frostiness between Damascus and Baghdad since the withdrawal of the countries' res [...] | 2010-01-18 08:47:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM PTER SY IZ |
10DAMASCUS66 | IRAQI REFUGEES: SARG BACKS UNHCR REGIONAL APPEAL, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Syrian Vice Foreign Minister Faisal al-Miqdad used a UNHCR conference in Damascus to burnish the SARG's credentials in helping Iraqi refugees and to call on others, including the U.S. and Iraq, to do more. UN officials, though uncertain of the donor response to their ambitious [...] | 2010-01-19 10:04:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM SOCI PREL PREF PHUM SY IZ |
10DAMASCUS68 | ONE NEW FACE IN ASAD'S CHOICES FOR STATE PLANNING [...] (C) In a move to rapidly fill a gap at the State Planning Commission (SPC) following the ouster of SPC Head Dr. Taysir Raddawi (reftel),President Bashar al-Asad appointed on January 18 the current Minister of Economy and Trade, Amer Hosni Lutfi, as head of the SPC. Asad also selected Syria's [...] | 2010-01-20 03:28:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI SY |
10DAMASCUS70 | DROUGHT UPDATE: WFP RENEWS SYRIA AID APPEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN World Food Program (WFP) Country Representative Muhannad Hadi requested on January 13 that the United States donate food aid valued at $10 million to the drought appeal for northeast Syria. WFP seeks to begin food distribution in February but thus far has received only a fract [...] | 2010-01-21 13:16:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID ECON FAS PREL SOCI SY WFP |
10DAMASCUS72 | SYRIAN YOUNG MEN COMPLAIN ABOUT MANDATORY MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Young Syrian men often complain about their country's mandatory 21-month military service, which has been reduced by the SARG twice in the last four years given popular discontent with the law. The most commonly heard complaint about mandatory conscription is the uneven way in wh [...] | 2010-01-24 09:37:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL PGOV PREL SOCI SY |
10DAMASCUS75 | THE VIEW OUTSIDE DAMASCUS: SYRIAN BUSINESSMEN IN [...] (C) During Econoff's recent tour of northwest Syria, Syrian businessmen argued that U.S. sanctions have had a minimal impact on most Syrian businesses. Major companies in the region appeared to be not only surviving but prospering in spite of the sanctions regime. Businessmen told Emboff the [...] | 2010-01-25 10:10:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EIND EINV PGOV PREL SY |
10DAMASCUS77 | SYRIA-IRAQ TENSION: IRAQI EMBASSY PROTESTS SARG [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iraqi embassy told us January 25 the GOI was offended by comments regarding Iraq's alleged neglect of Iraqi refugees made by Syrian Vice Foreign Minister Faisal al-Miqdad at a UNHCR conference in Damascus last week. Miqdad's comments reportedly angered Baghdad and heightened G [...] | 2010-01-25 14:46:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM PTER IZ SY |
10DAMASCUS8 | CODEL GREGG'S DECEMBER 30 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (S) Summary: In a frank one-hour meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad, Senators Gregg, Bayh, Specter, Enzi, Cornyn, and Klobuchar affirmed Washington's interest in better U.S.-Syrian relations and pushed Asad to take positive steps as well. The senators urged Syria to move forward on [...] | 2010-01-04 09:32:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL IR LE IZ SY |
10DAMASCUS89 | WHEN YOUR FATHER GETS FIRED BY PRESIDENT ASAD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Suleman al-Raddawi, the 24-year-old son of former State Planning Commission (SPC) head Tayseer al-Raddawi, told us on January 26 his father is "doing fine" following his very public ouster from the SPC earlier this month. Complaining that Damascus' chattering classes had focused [...] | 2010-01-31 08:09:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SOCI SY |
10DAMASCUS92 | "MA FEE SHABAB": SYRIAN YOUNG MEN FRUSTRATED BY [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-01 07:34:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL PGOV PREL SOCI SY |
10DAMASCUS93 | GOVERNOR IYAD GHAZAL OUTLINES HIS "DREAM OF HOMS" [...] (C) Summary: Homs Governor Iyad Ghazal waxed poetic on his vision of economic/social/political revival that he romantically called the "Dream of Homs" during a January 26 meeting with the Charg in Homs. Two key elements stood at the "dream's" center: (1) the development of an industrial park [...] | 2010-02-01 07:42:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECIN ECON EIND EINT EINV EPET ETRD |
10DAMASCUS95 | MFA PROVIDES DETAILS ON PLANE IT WANTS FOR [...] (C) Ever hopeful that a way can be found to obtain a "Syrian Air Force One" for President al-Asad, Foreign Minister Muallim's chief of staff, Bassam Sabbagh, took advantage of a January 31 meeting with CDA (reported septel) to provide details about the airplane the Emir of Qatar offered Asad l [...] | 2010-02-01 08:08:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PGOV PREL PTER IR SY |
10DAMASCUS97 | SARG SHEDS LIGHT ON ITS DROUGHT CONCERNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: SARG officials discussed the drought afflicting northeast Syria with surprising transparency during a January 27 public forum that drew comparisons to those held during the pre-2001 "Damascus Spring." During the same week, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Abdullah al-D [...] | 2010-02-01 13:29:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID ECON FAS PGOV PREL SOCI SY WFP |
10DARESSALAAM100 | GUIDE TO THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY [...] BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY: The East African Community (EAC) is the regional intergovernmental organization of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. Headquartered in Arusha, Tanzania, the EAC's goals, reaffirmed in a November 2009 Summit, are to realize a common Customs Union (supposedly in [...] | 2010-02-03 07:02:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR PREL ECON XW ZF TZ |
10DARESSALAAM102 | EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY SEC-GEN ON USG-EAC COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-03 12:05:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR PREL ECON EAID XW ZF TZ |
10DARESSALAAM105 | EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY SEC-GEN ON USG-EAC [...] SUMMARY: On January 20, I visited East African Community (EAC) Secretary-General Juma V. Mwapachu (Tanzania) to discuss the three-D's: "Defense, Diplomacy and Development." The U.S. and the EAC share common goals. We have undertaken several projects together in the areas of defense, aviation [...] | 2010-02-03 14:32:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR PREL ECON EAID XW ZF TZ |
10DARESSALAAM106 | EAST AFRICAN LEGISLATURE COULD BE VEHICLE FOR U.S. [...] SUMMARY: On January 20, Ambassador Lenhardt paid a courtesy call on Speaker Abdirahin Abdi (Kenya) of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). Abdi said the EALA had a legislative mandate through the treaty that bonded the member states. Bills passed by the EALA had the force of law among [...] | 2010-02-03 14:35:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR PREL ECON XW ZF TZ |
10DARESSALAAM114 | THE TPDF PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE: FROM THE OPTIC [...] (C) Summary. Over the past two years, the Tanzanian Peoples Defense Force has taken a significantly more active role in regional and international issues while simultaneously implementing broad structural changes within its own organization. End summary. Tanzanian Military Activities in the [...] | 2010-02-04 11:57:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MCAP PGOV PREL TZ |
10DARESSALAAM138 | CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN TANZANIA [...] The deep and long-standing Tanzanian-Chinese relationship continues to be characterized by significant trade, diplomatic exchanges and Chinese assistance and investment in Tanzania. Tanzania remains one of China's principal African trading partners and assistance recipients. Ministerial visit [...] | 2010-02-12 07:15:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID CN TZ MCC |
10DARESSALAAM139 | TANZANIA: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL [...] SUMMARY: Mission requests funding in the amount of USD 65,500 to support two projects. Both projects seek to empower women economically while building their self confidence and understanding of their rights. First, Post seeks USD 47,000 to support Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation [...] | 2010-02-12 10:07:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID TZ |
10DARESSALAAM149 | RWANDAN HIGH COMMISSIONER ON RAILS, EAC, ICTR [...] SUMMARY: In an introductory meeting February 10, newly arrived Rwandan High Commissioner Fatuma Ndangiza told Ambassador Lenhardt of Rwanda's priority of linking to the port of Dar es Salaam by rail. She described progress and challenges of East African Community (EAC) integration and lamente [...] | 2010-02-18 06:17:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PGOV ICTR KAWC KJUS TZ RW |
10DARESSALAAM159 | FM MEMBE ON ZANZIBAR, POLITICS, AU, AND PIRACY [...] SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Membe convened the diplomatic corps on February 19 for a general briefing on Tanzanian domestic and foreign affairs. Membe reported GOT endorsement of a Zanzibar coalition government; welcomed international monitoring of the October general election; boasted of Tanzan [...] | 2010-02-22 13:45:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM SENV AU TZ SO |
10DARESSALAAM179 | TANZANIA: SHARES CONCERN ABOUT IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 15:21:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM IR GM PREL EFIN ETTC TZ |
10DARESSALAAM181 | LETTER OF APPRECIATION FROM MIZENGO PETER PINDA, [...] The Embassy received the following Diplomatic Note (AB 85/710/01/156) and attached letter from Prime Minister Mizengo Peter Pinda from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation: 2. Begin text: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation of the Uni [...] | 2010-02-24 13:17:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL TZ |
10DARESSALAAM46 | TANZANIA ATTENDANCE AT AU SUMMIT [...] President Jakaya Kikwete will lead Tanzania's delegation to the Jan-Feb 2010 AU Summit in Addis Ababa. He will be accompanied by Foreign Minister Bernard Membe, MFA Africa Director Amb. Frances Malambugi, and others to be named later. Travel dates and contact information are not currently av [...] | 2010-01-22 07:36:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC TZ |
10DARESSALAAM57 | FM MEMBE ON AU SUMMIT (LIBYA, FRANCE, AND SOMALIA) [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Bernard Membe previewed for Ambassador Lenhardt his expectations of the upcoming African Union Summit January 25. Membe expressed concern about a Libyan move to retain the AU Chair, which Tanzania would oppose. He criticized the French role in Madagascar and el [...] | 2010-01-26 10:35:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TZ SO LY FR MA |
10DARESSALAAM88 | EAST AFRICAN LEGISLATURE COULD BE VEHICLE FOR U.S. REGIONAL [...] SUMMARY: On January 20, Ambassador Lenhardt paid a courtesy call on Speaker Abdirahin Abdi (Kenya) of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). Abdi said the EALA had a legislative mandate through the treaty that bonded the member states. Bills passed by the EALA had the force of law among [...] | 2010-02-02 07:54:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR PREL ECON XW ZF TZ |
10DARESSALAAM89 | GUIDE TO THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-02 07:55:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR PREL ECON XW ZF TZ |
10DHAHRAN14 | CALM PREVAILS IN THE EASTERN PROVINCE AS SHIA COMMEMORATE [...] (S/NF) An atmosphere of calm prevailed during the Islamic New Year as Shia of the Eastern Province celebrated Ashura. Moderate leaders such as Sheikh Hassan al-Saffar drew large audiences to their lectures during the run-up to Ashura, with a particularly strong showing by youth. Contacts note [...] | 2010-01-23 08:41:00 | Consulate Dhahran | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL INR SA YM BA |
10DHAKA1 | JAMAAT-E-ISLAMI: THE TORTOISE NOT THE HARE [...] (C) Bangladesh's largest religious party, Jamaat-e-Islami held its closed-door Majlish-e-Shura December 7-9 and decided not to change course, despite extraordinary losses in the December 2008 elections and efforts by the current Awami League government to marginalize Jamaat. Ali Ahsan Mohamm [...] | 2010-01-03 02:50:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM BG |
10DHAKA107 | LEAHY VETTING FOR PANDEMIC INFLUENZA SENIOR LEADERS [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Pandemic Influenza Senior Leaders Workshop in USA, which will begin on February 24, 2010. Post vetting was completed on February 04, 2010. Post requests that vetting be complete [...] | 2010-02-04 08:05:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
10DHAKA109 | BANGLADESH ON THE ROAD TO WOO POWER INVESTORS [...] (SBU) Six power projects valued at $5.5 billion are the core of a Government of Bangladesh (GOB) plan to add close to 4,000 megawatts (MW) of power to Bangladesh's grid. GOB officials unveiled these plans at a series of investment roadshows in London, Singapore and New York in December and Ja [...] | 2010-02-04 08:32:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV ETRD EAID ECON PREL BG |
10DHAKA113 | LEAHY VETTING FOR MANEUVER CAPTAINS CAREER COURSE IN USA, [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Maneuver Captains Career Course in USA, which will begin on March 15, 2010. Post vetting was completed on February 08, 2010. Post requests that vetting be completed by February 2 [...] | 2010-02-08 08:56:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
10DHAKA114 | LEAHY VETTING FOR APPLICATION OF INTERAGENCY BIOLOGICAL [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Application of Interagency Biological Restoration Demonstration (IBRD) in Germany, which will begin on March 29, 2010. Post vetting was completed on February 08, 2010. Post requ [...] | 2010-02-08 08:59:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
10DHAKA1145 | JAMAAT-E-ISLAMI: THE TORTOISE NOT THE HARE [...] (C) Bangladesh's largest religious party, Jamaat-e-Islami held its closed-door Majlish-e-Shura December 7-9 and decided not to change course, despite extraordinary losses in the December 2008 elections and efforts by the current Awami League government to marginalize Jamaat. Ali Ahsan Mohamm [...] | 2010-01-03 02:50:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM BG |
10DHAKA1146 | JAMAAT-E-ISLAMI: THE TORTOISE NOT THE HARE [...] (C) Bangladesh's largest religious party, Jamaat-e-Islami held its closed-door Majlish-e-Shura December 7-9 and decided not to change course, despite extraordinary losses in the December 2008 elections and efforts by the current Awami League government to marginalize Jamaat. Ali Ahsan Mohamm [...] | 2010-01-03 02:50:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM BG |
10DHAKA1147 | LEAHY VETTING FOR AVIATION LEADERSHIP PROGRAM (ALP) IN USA, [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Aviation Leadership Program (ALP) in USA, which has begun on November 12, 2009. The course will last for approximately one year and the participant will begin as soon as possible [...] | 2010-01-03 07:08:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
10DHAKA1148 | LEAHY VETTING FOR APCSS COMPREHENSIVE CRISIS MANAGEMENT [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the APCSS Comprehensive Crisis Management (CCM) Course in USA, which will begin on 18 February, 2010. Post vetting was completed on December 29, 2009. Post requests that vetting be [...] | 2010-01-03 08:11:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
10DHAKA1149 | LEAHY VETTING FOR UNLOG IN BANGLADESH, 10 - 21 JANUARY, [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in United Nations Logistic Officers Course (UNLOG) in Bangladesh, which will begin on January 10, 2010. Post vetting was completed on January 3, 2010. Post requests that vetting be c [...] | 2010-01-03 08:16:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
10DHAKA115 | FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS IN DIPLOMATIC CORPS AFTER [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Dr. Dipu Moni called in the Ambassador and other COMs January 28 to request assistance in apprehending the absconding killers of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, founder of Bangladesh and father to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. In a hastily-arranged meeting the day after the exe [...] | 2010-02-08 09:18:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM BG |
10DHAKA1150 | LEAHY VETTING FOR SURVIVOR SUPPORT AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Survivor Support and Human Trafficking Laws for Police Officials and Public Prosecutors Course in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will begin on January 29, 2010. Post vetting was comp [...] | 2010-01-03 08:52:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
10DHAKA120 | THE ROAD TO AWAMI LEAGUE RE-ELECTION: BANGLADESH [...] (C) Bangladesh's Communications Minister, who is responsible for the nation's bridges, roads and rail, told the Ambassador February 3 that completing major infrastructure projects in southwest, southeast and northern Bangladesh was critical to the Awami League's re-election chances in four yea [...] | 2010-02-10 03:41:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EAID ELTN BEXP PREL BG |
10DHAKA121 | AMERICA WEEK 2009 - TELLING AMERICA'S STORY ON THE ROAD IN [...] (SBU) Mission Dhaka made a splash in northwest Bangladesh with America Week Rajshahi, highlighting the U.S.-Bangladesh partnership and making key contacts outside the capital in this densely populated Muslim-majority country. The three-day Mission-wide outreach program included a cricket match [...] | 2010-02-10 10:44:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID SCUL KPAO SOCI BG |
10DHAKA130 | BANGLADESH PM ASKS U/S MCHALE FOR MORE [...] (C) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told visiting Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale that she welcomed increased U.S. Government educational programs in Bangladesh, including the return of the Peace Corps. The Prime Minister also requested U.S. support [...] | 2010-02-16 01:47:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP SOCI SCUL EAID EAGR BG |
10DHAKA131 | MESSAGE FROM FOREIGN MINISTER MONI TO SECRETARY [...] Post received a diplomatic note from Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Please deliver the following message from the Foreign Minister to Secretary Clinton. There will be no signed original. The diplomatic note is repeated below. 2. Begin text: Dear Secretary Clinton, Greatly re [...] | 2010-02-16 02:29:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL BG |
10DHAKA132 | JAMAAT PLEADS ITS CASE BEFORE AMBASSADOR [...] (C) On February 10, 2010, the Ambassador and Jamaat-e-Islami Assistant Secretary General Razzaq discussed the recent upsurge in student violence, the possible repeal of the 5th amendment, and the looming war-crimes trials. One of Bangladesh,s leading barristers, Razzaq repeatedly stressed Ja [...] | 2010-02-16 03:13:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KUIR PINR BG |
10DHAKA137 | A MEETING OF MINDS: U/S MCHALE AND FOREIGN [...] (C) Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale and Foreign Minister Dipu Moni discussed opportunities for closer multilateral cooperation, Indo-Bangladesh relations, climate change, and expanded bilateral exchange programs when they met on February 7. Both agreed [...] | 2010-02-17 09:50:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO PHUM KDEM SENV BG IN |
10DHAKA141 | BANGLADESH S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] (U) Mission Dhaka received more than 20 submissions from Bangladesh organizations for the S/GWI small grants program. The proposals addressed the full range of women's issues, including projects to advance political rights, human rights, food security and entrepreneurship for women. A commit [...] | 2010-02-18 04:48:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PREL EAID ECON PHUM SOCI BG |
10DHAKA145 | LEAHY VETTING FOR STABILITY, SECURITY, TRANSITION AND [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Stability, Security, Transition and Reconstruction (SSTAR) Course in Germany, which will begin on March 16, 2010. Post vetting was completed on February 18, 2010. Post requests [...] | 2010-02-22 03:34:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
10DHAKA146 | LEAHY VETTING FOR MILITARY OPERATION AND LAW CONFERENCE [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Military Operation and Law Conference (MILOPS) Course in Hawaii, which will begin on March 28, 2010. Post vetting was completed on February 18, 2010. Post requests that vetting [...] | 2010-02-22 03:35:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
10DHAKA152 | BANGLADESH SEEKS MEMBERSHIP OF COUNCIL OF [...] Post received two diplomatic notes from Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There will be no signed original. The diplomatic notes are repeated below. The attachment CV mentioned will be sent by email to SCA/INSB. 2. Begin text: No. UN-EL-8004 (ITU)/09/235. The Ministry of Foreign A [...] | 2010-02-24 04:08:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL BG |
10DHAKA153 | LEAHY VETTING FOR SSENIOR EXECUTIVE SEMINAR IN NESA CENTER [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Senior Executive Seminar in NESA Center for Strategic Studies, USA, which will begin on March 29, 2010. Post vetting was completed on February 25, 2010. Post requests that vetti [...] | 2010-02-25 03:12:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
10DHAKA159 | LEAHY VETTING FOR TIGER SHARK 2, 11 APRIL-15 MAY [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following Unit has been selected for participation in the Tiger Shark 2 in Chittagong, Bangladesh, which will begin on April 11, 2010. Post vetting was completed on February 28, 2010. Post requests that vetting be completed by March 18 to pr [...] | 2010-02-28 07:49:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
10DHAKA160 | LEAHY VETTING FOR TIGER SHARK 4, 15-30 SEPTEMBER 2010 [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following Unit has been selected for participation in the Tiger Shark 4 conducted throughout Bangladesh, which will begin on September 15, 2010. Post vetting was completed on February 28, 2010. Post requests that vetting be completed by Mar [...] | 2010-02-28 07:51:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
10DHAKA161 | LEAHY VETTING FOR AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE COURSE IN [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Air Command & Staff College Course in USA, which will begin on April 30, 2010. Post vetting was completed on February 28, 2010. Post requests that vetting be completed by March 1 [...] | 2010-02-28 08:29:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
10DHAKA166 | LEAHY VETTING FOR PASOLS PLANNING GROUP (PPG) MEETING, [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Pasols Planning Group (PPG),Australia, which will begin on April 19, 2010. Post vetting was completed on February 28, 2010. Post requests that vetting be completed by March 14, [...] | 2010-02-28 10:17:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
10DHAKA2 | JAMAAT-E-ISLAMI: THE TORTOISE NOT THE HARE [...] (C) Bangladesh's largest religious party, Jamaat-e-Islami held its closed-door Majlish-e-Shura December 7-9 and decided not to change course, despite extraordinary losses in the December 2008 elections and efforts by the current Awami League government to marginalize Jamaat. Ali Ahsan Mohamm [...] | 2010-01-03 02:50:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM BG |
10DHAKA20 | LEAHY VETTING FOR SIGNAL CAPTAINS CAREER COURSE IN USA, [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Signal Captains Career Course in USA, which will begin on February 03, 2010. Post vetting was completed on January 05, 2010. Post requests that vetting be completed by January 20 [...] | 2010-01-10 00:15:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
10DHAKA21 | LEAHY VETTING FOR SEMINAR ON TRANSATLANTIC CIVIL SECURITY [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Seminar on Transatlantic Civil Security (STACS) in Germany, which will begin on February 02, 2010. Post vetting was completed on January 05, 2010. Post requests that vetting be [...] | 2010-01-10 00:15:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
10DHAKA23 | LEAHY VETTING FOR FBINAA ASIA PACIFIC CHAPTER Retainer [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for FBINAA ASIA PACIFIC CHAPTER Retainer Conference to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 19-24 July, 2010. Post requests that vetting be completed by 02/01/2010 to provide sufficient time for process [...] | 2010-01-10 08:18:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
10DHAKA24 | LEAHY VETTING FOR SYMPOSIUM ON EAST ASIA SECURITY (SEAS [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Symposium on East Asia Security (SEAS 2010) in USA, which will begin on March 01, 2010. Post vetting was completed on January 10, 2010. Post requests that vetting be completed [...] | 2010-01-10 08:22:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
10DHAKA25 | LEAHY VETTING FOR PANDEMIC INFLUENZA SENIOR LEADERS [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Pandemic Influenza Senior Leaders Workshop in USA, which will begin on February 24, 2010. Post vetting was completed on January 10, 2010. Post requests that vetting be completed [...] | 2010-01-10 08:30:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
10DHAKA26 | BANGLADESH MISSION FOOD SECURITY DIPLOMACY AND DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Bangladesh and the U.S. diplomatic-development team at Embassy Dhaka (Mission Dhaka) are well-positioned to maximize the opportunities presented by the USG's Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative. Mission Dhaka will capitalize on the political will of Bangladesh's leaders and our wh [...] | 2010-01-10 09:14:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EAID PREL PGOV SOCI KPAO KWMN BG |
10DHAKA27 | BANGLADESH'S PRIME MINISTER PREPARES FOR ""TRANSFORMATIONAL"" VISIT TO INDIA [...] (C) Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed will arrive in New Delhi January 10 to begin her most important foreign visit since assuming office in early 2009. Recognizing the inertia within Bangladesh's bureaucracy, the Prime Minister entrusted her own office with preparations for the visit [...] | 2010-01-10 09:16:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ETRD PTER KDEM BG IN |
10DHAKA3 | LEAHY VETTING FOR AVIATION LEADERSHIP PROGRAM (ALP) IN USA, [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Aviation Leadership Program (ALP) in USA, which has begun on November 12, 2009. The course will last for approximately one year and the participant will begin as soon as possible [...] | 2010-01-03 07:08:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
10DHAKA31 | EXECUTION OR CLEMENCY: WHAT LIES AHEAD FOR SHEIKH [...] (SBU) On January 3, 2010, a Dhaka court issued death warrants against five former army officers convicted in the August 1975 assassination of then-President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and members of his family. While those convicted can still request a final judicial review and appeal for clemenc [...] | 2010-01-11 04:14:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM BG |
10DHAKA32 | LEAHY VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE MANAGEMENT COURSE [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the International Defense Management Course in USA, which will begin on February 06, 2010. Post vetting was completed on January 10, 2010. Post requests that vetting be completed b [...] | 2010-01-11 09:56:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
10DHAKA4 | LEAHY VETTING FOR APCSS COMPREHENSIVE CRISIS MANAGEMENT [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the APCSS Comprehensive Crisis Management (CCM) Course in USA, which will begin on 18 February, 2010. Post vetting was completed on December 29, 2009. Post requests that vetting be [...] | 2010-01-03 08:11:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
10DHAKA41 | BANGLADESH CELEBRATES FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF [...] (C) After sweeping into power in a landslide victory in December 2008, Bangladesh's Awami League Government overcame a number of challenges during its first year in office, most critically the February 2009 Bangladesh Rifles Mutiny. Public opinion polls show the Government retains much of its [...] | 2010-01-13 06:57:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR KDEM PTER BG |
10DHAKA46 | EU INTERESTED IN A REGIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) The European Union (EU) is interested in supporting the United Nations Counterterrorism Committee Executive Directorate (UN CTED) proposal to establish a regional counterterrorism training center in Bangladesh. The EU will send a scoping mission to Bangladesh in January to discuss establ [...] | 2010-01-14 04:19:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PGOV PTER XD XG AS BG |
10DHAKA5 | LEAHY VETTING FOR UNLOG IN BANGLADESH, 10 - 21 JANUARY, [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in United Nations Logistic Officers Course (UNLOG) in Bangladesh, which will begin on January 10, 2010. Post vetting was completed on January 3, 2010. Post requests that vetting be c [...] | 2010-01-03 08:16:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
10DHAKA51 | NO CHANGE IN PLANS: BILATERAL TALKS BETWEEN [...] (C) During Foreign Secretary-level talks in Dhaka, the Government of Burma agreed in principle to the voluntary return as soon as possible, of over 6,300 registered Rohingya refugees the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) considers Burmese citizens. The individuals targeted for repatriation we [...] | 2010-01-14 10:51:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL BG BM |
10DHAKA55 | LEAHY VETTING FOR SURVIVOR SUPPORT AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Survivor Support and Human Trafficking Laws for Police Officials and Public Prosecutors Course in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will begin on February 26, 2010. Post vetting was com [...] | 2010-01-18 06:32:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
10DHAKA56 | LEAHY VETTING FOR SURVIVOR SUPPORT AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Survivor Support and Human Trafficking Laws for Police Officials and Public Prosecutors Course in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will begin on February 12, 2010. Post vetting was com [...] | 2010-01-18 06:56:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
10DHAKA6 | LEAHY VETTING FOR SURVIVOR SUPPORT AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Survivor Support and Human Trafficking Laws for Police Officials and Public Prosecutors Course in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will begin on January 29, 2010. Post vetting was comp [...] | 2010-01-03 08:52:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
10DHAKA61 | GOVERNMENT TRUMPETS ACHIEVEMENTS OF PRIME [...] (C) Since her return from a state visit to India on January 13, 2010, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Government have trumpeted the trip as an unbridled success which will produce tangible benefits for both Bangladesh and the region. For her part, opposition leader Khaleda Zia has charac [...] | 2010-01-19 09:41:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM IN BG |
10DHAKA62 | STAFFDEL AHUJA DISCUSSES ENVIRONMENT AND INDIA, [...] (SBU) Professional Staff Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Jasmeet Ahuja's January 12 - 14 visit to Bangladesh highlighted the importance of cooperation between the U.S. and Bangladesh to combat terrorism and climate change. Ahuja also pressed Bangladesh to lift its trade boyco [...] | 2010-01-19 09:52:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM IS BG |
10DHAKA64 | GOVERNMENT OF BANGLADESH OFFERS TO SEND A MEDICAL [...] (SBU) In a meeting with the Defense Attach on January 18, the Principal Staff Officer of the Armed Forces Division declared that the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) wished to send a medical team of 30 to assist in relief efforts in Haiti. It will be led by an Army Colonel and comprised of 10 [...] | 2010-01-19 10:40:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA BG |
10DHAKA65 | EMBASSY DHAKA SUPPORT FOR EDA LANDING SHIP, TANK [...] (SBU) Bangladesh's senior navy and civilian leadership, including the Prime Minister's national security advisor, have repeatedly expressed interest in acquiring Excess Defense Articles (EDA) ships from the United States to help upgrade and modernize Bangladesh's Navy. Approving the transfer [...] | 2010-01-19 10:42:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET//NOFORN | MASS MCAP PINS PREL KPKO BG |
10DHAKA71 | PACIFIC COMMAND SUPPORT FOR BANGLADESH SHOWCASED [...] (C) A January 12-13 visit to Bangladesh by Professional Staff Members from the Senate Armed Services Committee highlighted the integration of U.S. Pacific Command programs with U.S. Mission Dhaka's efforts to support development, deny space to terrorists and extremists, and enhance democracy. [...] | 2010-01-21 06:33:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS EAID PTER PHUM MASS MCAP SNAR BG |
10DHAKA74 | LEAHY VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE MANAGEMENT COURSE [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the International Defense Management Course in USA, which will begin on February 06, 2010. Post vetting was completed on January 24, 2010. Post requests that vetting be completed b [...] | 2010-01-24 08:07:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
10DHAKA75 | LEAHY VETTING FOR BASIC INSTRUCTOR COURSE AND INSTRUCTIONAL [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Basic Instructor Course and Instructional System Designer Course in USA, which will begin on February 26, 2010. Post vetting was completed on January 24, 2010. Post requests tha [...] | 2010-01-24 08:10:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
10DHAKA76 | LEAHY VETTING FOR UNITED NATIONS STAFF OFFICERS COURSE [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the United Nations Staff Officers Course (UNSOC) In Malaysia, which will begin on March 01, 2010. Post vetting was completed on January 24, 2010. Post requests that vetting be compl [...] | 2010-01-24 08:11:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
10DHAKA77 | LEAHY VETTING FOR CIVIL MILITARY LIAISON OFFICERS (CMLO) [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in Civil Military Liaison Officer (CMLO) Course in Bangladesh, which will begin on February 7, 2010. Post vetting was completed on January 24, 2010. Post requests that vetting be com [...] | 2010-01-24 08:18:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
10DHAKA78 | LEAHY VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the International Peacekeeping Operations Contingent Commander Course (PKOCCC) in USA, which will begin on February 15, 2010. Post vetting was completed on January 24, 2010. Post [...] | 2010-01-24 08:20:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
10DHAKA82 | BNP CHAIR ZIA SLAMS AWAMI LEAGUE, PROMOTES [...] (C) Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chair Begum Khaleda Zia alleged Awami League abuses and slights toward her party to visiting PDAS Moon and the Ambassador on January 21, decrying the AL's denial of a proper role in Parliament for the BNP as the lead opposition party. She reiterated the [...] | 2010-01-27 01:16:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINS PINR ECON SOCI KDEM BG |
10DHAKA83 | LEAHY VETTING FOR ATA - IDENTIFYING AND DEVELOPING [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the ATA - Identifying and Developing Investigative Information from February 21 to March 4, 2010, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Post vetting was completed on 01/27/2010. Post requests tha [...] | 2010-01-27 07:48:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
10DHAKA85 | NEW INDIAN ENVOY UPBEAT ON BANGLADESH TIES [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-27 08:24:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM IN BG |
10DHAKA86 | BANGLADESH: AN IDEAL FEED THE FUTURE FOCUS COUNTRY [...] Bangladesh is an ideal candidate to serve as the Asian focus country for the USG's Feed the Future (FTF) Initiative. This Muslim majority nation of more than 150 million people, where poverty and malnutrition rates remain high, places a very high priority on ensuring food security. The effec [...] | 2010-01-27 08:40:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EAID PREL PGOV SOCI KPAO BG |
10DHAKA88 | BANGLADESH SCENESETTER FOR U/S MCHALE [...] (C) Undersecretary McHale, we look forward to welcoming you to Bangladesh, a secular democracy with a moderate Muslim-majority population of nearly 160 million people that is friendly to the United States. U.S. engagement with Bangladesh to help develop its democracy and economy and countert [...] | 2010-01-27 10:08:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KPAO ECON PINR PINS KDEM PTER BG |
10DHAKA89 | LEAHY VETTING FOR MCIP IN THAILAND, 15 - 19 FEBRUARY 2010 [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Multinational Communications Interoperability Program (MCIP) in Thailand, which will begin on 15 February, 2010. Post vetting was completed on January 28, 2010. Post requests th [...] | 2010-01-28 08:50:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
10DHAKA90 | 2010 BFIF REQUEST FROM BANGLADESH [...] Mission Dhaka requests funding from the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) for training of economic-commercial staff and consultations with the Foreign Commercial Service (FCS) office in Kolkata. In the last three years, our commercial workload has increased dramatically, and our sma [...] | 2010-01-28 10:12:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ECON PREL BG |
10DHAKA91 | TRIBAL LEADER ATTACKED IN CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS [...] (C) On January 27, tribal leaders favoring the 1997 Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord came under attack on their way to a meeting of the CHT Land Commission in Khagrachhari district headquarters. CHT Regional Council Chairman Shantu Larma and a few others sustained minor injury in the [...] | 2010-01-31 06:10:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ASEC PREL PHUM KDEM BG |
10DHAKA92 | ON THE RIGHT TRACK: PDAS MOON VISIT HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) In January 21 meetings at the Foreign Ministry, SCA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Moon and the Ambassador underscored opportunities for closer U.S.- Bangladesh cooperation on a wide range of issues including regional integration, refugees, and multilateral issues. The Foreign Mi [...] | 2010-01-31 08:54:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN KVIR PINR BM KN BG |
10DHAKA99 | BANGLADESH: OPEN TO DIALOGUE BUT NON-COMMITTAL, ON [...] (C) During a visit by DRL Senior Advisor Ambassador Michael Kozak, the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) expressed its openness to alternatives to a United Nations resolution banning defamation of religions. Interlocutors stressed Bangladesh,s commitment to religious tolerance and fundamental [...] | 2010-02-03 02:15:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN KVIR PINR BG |
10DILI17 | TFHA01: TIMOR-LESTE TO DONATE USD 500,000 TO HAITI [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 08:16:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PGOV PREL PREF TT |
10DILI19 | PM GUSMAO SEEKS TO VISIT WASHINGTON IN 2010 [...] In a discussion with the Ambassador on January 26, 2010, Timor-Leste Foreign Minister da Costa reported that Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao would like to visit Washington at some point during 2010. The Prime Minister hopes to meet with appropriate USG counterparts, including at the White House [...] | 2010-01-28 09:00:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL TT |
10DILI38 | TIMOR-LESTE PLANNING TO ASSOCIATE WITH THE COPENHAGEN [...] (SBU) National Director for Bilateral and Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Isilio Coelho responded favorably to the reftel demarche points conveyed by the DCM on February 9. According to Coelho, the GOTL is inclined towards associating with the Copenhagen Accord. A fin [...] | 2010-02-18 05:53:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KINR TT |
10DILI42 | TIMOR-LESTE: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Dili submits the following two proposals for consideration for the 2010 Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues (S/GWI) small grants initiative. Our first choice is the Caukus Feto Iha Politika (Women's Political Caucus),an organization founded to promote women's p [...] | 2010-02-19 08:32:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TSRY TT |
10DILI43 | TIMOR-LESTE: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Dili submits the following two proposals for consideration for the 2010 Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues (S/GWI) small grants initiative. Our first choice is the Caukus Feto Iha Politika (Women's Political Caucus),an organization founded to promote women's p [...] | 2010-02-22 06:58:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PREL PHUM AID CDC COM TSRY TT |
10DILI44 | TIMOR-LESTE: PRESIDENT RAMOS-HORTA CONDEMNS IRANIAN HUMAN [...] (SBU) On February 8, DCM met with Jose Turquel, Foreign Policy Advisor to President Ramos-Horta, and, per ref instructions, urged the GOTL to issue a public statement condemning the ongoing human rights violations in Iran. On February 9, DCM conveyed the same message to Isilio Coelho, Nationa [...] | 2010-02-22 07:00:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM TT |
10DILI49 | USS REUBEN JAMES VISITS TIMOR-LESTE [...] (SBU) Summary: The USS Reuben James visited Timor-Leste February 21-24 and completed highly successful military-to-military engagements, humanitarian engineering projects, and community relations activities. Led by the Chief of the Timorese Defense Forces (F-FDTL),the F-FDTL engaged with the [...] | 2010-02-25 08:23:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MCAP PGOV TT |
10DILI9 | NEW UN REP ARRIVES AS DRAWDOWN ASSESSMENT STARTS [...] SUMMARY: Ms. Ameerah Haq, the new Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to Timor-Leste (SRSG),took up her post on January 6, 2010. One of her first tasks is to assist the UN Technical Assessment Mission that is in Dili from January 11-18 to make recommendations on drawing down th [...] | 2010-01-13 09:01:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD TT ASEC |
10DJIBOUTI100 | DJIBOUTI: MISHANDLED SOMALI REFUGEE RETURN STRAINS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In mid-November, 43 Somalis rescued in international waters by a Dutch military ship and off-loaded in Djibouti were repatriated by the Government of Djibouti (GODJ) to Mogadishu (Ref A). UNHCR claimed that this constituted refoulement. The GODJ maintained that UNHCR was awar [...] | 2010-02-07 10:35:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF DJ SO UNHCR PREL SMIG |
10DJIBOUTI113 | DJIBOUTI SUPPORTS COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] (U) EconOff discussed reftel points with Director of Environment Dini Omar Abdallah January 26. Abdallah reports to Minister of Housing and Environment Elmi Obsieh Waiss, and travelled to Copenhagen as part of Djibouti's Conference of the Parties delegation (headed by Prime Minister Dile [...] | 2010-01-27 12:52:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KGHG SENV ENRG DJ |
10DJIBOUTI125 | DJIBOUTI - FRENCH PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S JAN 19 VISIT [...] (S/NF) Summary: During a brief stop-over in Djibouti January 19, French President Nicholas Sarkozy met with Djiboutian President Ismael Omar Guelleh for a wide-ranging discussion that included China's role in Africa, climate change, Eritrea's role in the region, the African Union, Frenc [...] | 2010-02-02 09:53:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR DJ FR ER CH AU |
10DJIBOUTI127 | DJIBOUTI: ASD VERSHBOW AND GODJ DISCUSS STRONG BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. During separate January 24 meetings, visiting Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for International Security Affairs Alexander Vershbow discussed Yemen, Somalia, and Eritrea with Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh, Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Minister of Defense [...] | 2010-02-02 12:05:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS KPKO KPIR DJ YM ER SO |
10DJIBOUTI165 | DJIBOUTI: FOREIGN MINISTER UPDATE ON SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a February 10 meeting with visiting Director of the National Defense University's Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) Ambassador William Bellamy, Djiboutian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf assessed the current situation in Somalia with pragmatism, concern, and [...] | 2010-02-10 15:59:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SO SU YM DJ ET KE |
10DJIBOUTI181 | CHINA IN DJIBOUTI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. China cemented diplomatic ties with Djibouti one year after independence in 1977, and for thirty years has provided bilateral gift aid and loans, mostly in the form of popular standalone infrastructure and building projects. In 2009, China's involvement in Djibouti continued to [...] | 2010-02-11 15:44:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON DJ CH |
10DJIBOUTI187 | DJIBOUTI ASSOCIATES WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] EconOff delivered ref A points on association with the Copenhagen Accord to Director of Environment Dini Omar Abdallah January 26 (ref B). 2. Djibouti formally associated with the Copenhagen Accord on February 2. In his official letter associating with the Accord to the Exe [...] | 2010-02-17 08:23:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KGHG SENV ENRG DJ |
10DJIBOUTI199 | DJIBOUTI: S/CT AMBASSADOR BENJAMIN AND GODJ NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Djibouti's key security concerns include Eritrean sponsorship of al-Shabaab fighters as well as ethnic-Afar rebels, al-Qa'ida forces allying with al-Houthi rebels in neighboring Yemen, and maintaining the loyalty of Somali TFG forces combating Islamic extremists, according to Djib [...] | 2010-02-22 05:34:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINS PREL EAID MASS DJ SO ER YM |
10DJIBOUTI203 | DJIBOUTI/FRANCE - Public Spat over GOF Reliability as Ally [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-22 08:44:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINS MASS PBTS DJ ER FR |
10DJIBOUTI28 | DJIBOUTI: FISCAL TRANSPARENCY [...] In FY10, the GODJ receives--and is expected to continue to receive--U.S. foreign assistance as defined in ref A. 2. The GODJ makes budget information publicly available on a regular basis. Citizens may access budget information in a variety of ways: --Through budget legislation published [...] | 2010-01-11 13:15:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EINV EFIN PREL DJ |
10DJIBOUTI3 | DJIBOUTI: AT RISK "BETWEEN YEMEN AND SOMALIA," GODJ ASKS FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-04 18:33:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL ASEC MASS DJ SO YM |
10DJIBOUTI31 | DJIBOUTI: FONMIN REPORTS MORE ERITREAN PLOTTING [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-13 16:21:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS DJ ER |
10DJIBOUTI37 | DJIBOUTI: SCENESETTER ON SECURITY ISSUES FOR ASD VERSHBOW [...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Djibouti warmly welcomes Assistant Secretary of Defense Vershbow and his party to Djibouti. A stable, moderate Muslim ally, Djibouti not only hosts Camp Lemonnier -- the only U.S. military base in Africa -- but also key USG broadcasting facilities used by Arabic-language R [...] | 2010-01-19 12:00:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MASS PREL PHSA DJ SO AU YM ER IR |
10DJIBOUTI5 | VISITING SOMALILAND FOREIGN MINISTER ON SECURITY, ASWJ, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a January 4 meeting with Ambassador, visiting Somaliland Foreign Minister Abdillahi Mohamed Duale stressed Somaliland's ongoing focus on security threats, including potentially heightened targeting from al-Shabaab during upcoming elections. Duale said that Somaliland was in [...] | 2010-01-05 07:04:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EWWT ETRD SO DJ ET |
10DJIBOUTI52 | DJIBOUTI PLANNING FOR AMISOM CONTINGENT [...] SUMMARY. From January 11-15, Djibouti National Armed Forces (FAD) senior staff planners joined U.S. Africa Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) planners to conduct a Peace Support Operations (PSO) Training Strategy Conference. The purpose of the conference was to develop Dj [...] | 2010-01-19 12:04:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS MASS KPKO DJ SO |
10DJIBOUTI54 | DJIBOUTI PLANNING FOR AMISOM CONTINGENT [...] SUMMARY. From January 11-15, Djibouti National Armed Forces (FAD) senior staff planners joined U.S. Africa Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) planners to conduct a Peace Support Operations (PSO) Training Strategy Conference. The purpose of the conference was to develop Dj [...] | 2010-01-19 14:02:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS MASS KPKO DJ SO |
10DJIBOUTI7 | DJIBOUTI: FONMIN AND CHOD ON IMPACT OF SANCTIONS ON ERITREA [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-07 16:23:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS DJ ER UNSC |
10DJIBOUTI77 | AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT - DJIBOUTIAN PRESIDENT GUELLEH [...] (SBU) On January 24, Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf informed Ambassador that President Ismail Omar Guelleh will lead Djibouti's delegation to the 2010 African Union Summit in Addis Ababa. 2. (SBU) Arrival and departure times are currently unknown. Contact information: Presumably [...] | 2010-01-24 14:28:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP AORC DJ AU |
10DJIBOUTI95 | DJIBOUTI: U.S. HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO HAITI DEMARCHE [...] PolOff delivered reftel points and non-paper January 25 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Multilateral Relations Mariam Ahmed Goumaneh. 2. Goumaneh said that the GODJ's main interaction with Haiti had historically been through the International Organization of Francophonie; Dji [...] | 2010-01-25 14:31:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF EAID ECON HA DJ |
10DOHA23 | JANUARY 18 DARFUR TALKS IN DOHA: OFFICIAL [...] Below is the English-language communique provided to Embassy Doha by Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the outcome of January 18 consultations on Darfur. 2. Begin Communique: In the framework of the ongoing efforts by the international community to find a solution to the Darfur confl [...] | 2010-01-20 13:13:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SU QA |
10DOHA24 | Engaging Al Jazeera on Haiti [...] (SBU) On Sunday, January 17, Al Jazeera's English (AJE) news channel, headquartered in Doha, began running inaccurate coverage of U.S. and international relief efforts in Haiti. At times, the coverage used inflammatory language, such as accusing the U.S. military of setting up a "mini-Green Zo [...] | 2010-01-20 13:50:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO KDEM QA HA |
10DOHA25 | PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR GIVES EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF [...] (C) At a January 14 meeting with Ambassador, Palestinian Ambassador Mounir Abdullah Ghanim offered a firsthand account of Imam Yousef Al-Qaradawi's January 8 sermon in which he called for the death of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The remarks were delivered during Friday prayers at Doh [...] | 2010-01-21 08:46:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL WBG QA |
10DOHA26 | PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR GIVES READOUT ON ABBAS-AMIR [...] (C) At a January 14 meeting with Ambassador, Palestinian Ambassador Mounir Abdullah Ghanim recounted the conversation that took place between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Amir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani during Abbas's January 5 visit to Doha. The conversation focused on elections in [...] | 2010-01-21 08:47:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL WBG EG IS QA |
10DOHA27 | ENERGY DEPSEC RECEIVES OVERVIEW OF QATAR'S ENERGY [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister (also Minister of Energy and head of Qatar Petroleum) Abdullah Al-Attiyah welcomed Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman December 10, saying that he welcomed the renewed contact with the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) under Secretary Chu. Al-Attiyah said before meeting S [...] | 2010-01-21 10:08:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL TRGY EPET QA |
10DOHA39 | EGYPTIAN DCM: CAIRO TO THWART ANY QATARI [...] (C/NF) Adham Naguib, Egypt's DCM at its Embassy in Qatar (strictly protect),told P/E Chief Rice January 26 that the Egyptian Government is determined to thwart any initiative that Qatar proposes during its current term as president of the Arab League, just for the sake of thwarting it. Nagui [...] | 2010-01-28 11:47:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KWBG KPAL EG SU QA |
10DOHA40 | FRENCH ENVOY EXPRESSES OPTIMISM, FRUSTRATION WITH [...] (C) In a January 26 conversation with Poloff Caudill, French Special Envoy for Sudan Issa Mauraut expressed his frustration at the slow pace of the Darfur peace talks. He said that representatives of factions in Darfur come to Doha and drag out the process, as if wanting to lengthen their sta [...] | 2010-01-28 13:15:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU SU FR QA |
10DOHA42 | IRANIAN AMBASSADOR ANNOUNCES DEAL ON MARITIME [...] (SBU) At a January 6 press conference widely reported in local English and Arabic news outlets, Iranian Ambassador to Qatar Abdulla Sohrabi announced that Iran and Qatar had reached an "initial agreement" on the demarcation of their maritime border. He noted that Iran recently reached a simil [...] | 2010-02-01 13:24:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS IR YE QA |
10DOHA43 | U.S.-ISLAMIC FORUM: SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS TO [...] (U) As you prepare for the U.S.-Islamic World Forum in Doha, please find below some suggested talking points from Embassy Doha for you to use while here. They are designed to help promote the President's Muslim engagement agenda as outlined in his June 2009 address in Cairo. But first, our t [...] | 2010-02-02 10:31:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP OREP OTRA QA |
10DOHA52 | SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR KERRY'S VISIT TO QATAR [...] (C) Mr. Chairman, Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have requested host-country meetings for you with the Amir and Prime Minister on the margins of the U.S.-Islamic Forum. You would be the first Congressional visitor to meet in Doha with Qatari officials since Speaker Pelosi in M [...] | 2010-02-08 09:50:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL OVIP OREP KWBG KPAL QA |
10DOHA53 | FRENCH EMBASSY READOUT OF SARKOZY'S DISCUSSION [...] (S) French Political Counselor Brigitte Curmi shared with P/E Chief Rice February 7 the readout that the French Embassy in Doha received of President Sarkozy's February 4 discussion in Paris with Qatar's Heir Apparent Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on the latter's just concluded visit to Tehran. Acc [...] | 2010-02-08 09:50:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL IR FR QA |
10DOHA64 | IRANIAN NAVAL VISIT TO QATAR COINCIDES WITH ANNUAL [...] (U) An Iranian missile Corvette and a logistical support vessel arrived February 13 at the Port of Doha. The vessels' arrival coincided with the opening of the annual U.S.-Islamic Forum, hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and organized by Brookings. The ships are scheduled to leave Doh [...] | 2010-02-16 13:38:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IR QA |
10DOHA69 | QATARI MFA OFFICIAL'S PERSPECTIVE OF HEIR [...] (C) MFA Director for Asian and African Affairs Zayed Al-Naemi told P/E Chief Rice February 21 that the February 3 visit by Heir Apparent Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to Tehran, which had been planned for several months, should be seen through the prism of Qatar's need of "dealing with Iran as a ne [...] | 2010-02-23 07:06:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR QA |
10DOHA70 | SENATOR KERRY'S MEETING WITH QATAR'S AMIR [...] (C) Senator Joh Kerry (D-MA),the Chairman of the Senate Foreig Relations Committee(SFRC),joined by Ambassador,P/E Chief, and SFRC staff member Dr. Jonah Blank met February 14 with the Amir of Qatar, Hamad bn Khalifa Al Thani. The meeting took place at Waba Palace, the residence of the Amir [...] | 2010-02-23 10:47:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL IR QA |
10DOHA71 | SENATOR KERRY'S MEETING WITH QATAR'S PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) The Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC),Senator John Kerry (D-MA),accompanied by Ambassador, P/E Chief and SFRC staff Frank Lowenstein and Fatema Sumar, met February 13 with Prime Minister (and Foreign Minister) of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ). HBJ [...] | 2010-02-24 09:44:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL IR QA |
10DOHA74 | LEADERS SIGN DARFUR DEAL IN DOHA [...] (SBU) At a ceremony held in Doha February 23, the Government of Sudan and representatives of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) signed a ceasefire and 12-point framework agreement which when fully implemented will give JEM a share of power in the Sudanese government. Present were Amir Ha [...] | 2010-02-24 13:52:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SU QA |
10DOHA8 | SCENESETTER FOR U.S.- QATAR MILITARY CONSULTATIVE [...] (C) The eleventh meeting of the U.S. - Qatar Military Consultative Committee (MCC) is scheduled for 11-15 January 2010 in Washington DC. The last MCC between Qatar and the U.S. took place in March 2007. Brigadier General Abdulla Juma'an, Chief of International Relations, (referred to as "Gen [...] | 2010-01-07 14:13:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | MARR MASS PREL QA |
10DUBAI1 | RAK Airport Sleepy, but with Residual Russian Connection [...] (C) Summary: The Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) Airport is attempting to reinvent itself as a cargo transit point for the RAK Free Zone in the wake of RAK Airways suspension of regular commercial flights in late 2008. The airport is also working to distance itself from its reputation as a transport facilitat [...] | 2010-01-07 07:41:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PGOV PREL AE |
10DUBAI11 | UAE HOSTS PAKISTAN INVESMENT FORUM [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Foreign Ministers of the UAE and Pakistan co-hosted on January 26 a Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FoDP) conference to promote public-private partnership (PPP) in Pakistan. The conference sought to encourage regional and international interest in investment opportunities in P [...] | 2010-02-04 13:24:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE PK |
10DUBAI13 | UAE's RAS AL KHAIMAH: OPEN FOR BUSINESS, BUT STRUGGLING TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ras Al-Khaimah's (RAK) effort to grow its economy by offering incentives to international investors has attracted primarily small-scale traders, including from Iran, and thereby drawn scrutiny from UAE federal authorities concerned about illicit Iranian activity in the country. O [...] | 2010-02-07 10:44:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE |
10DUBAI19 | UAE RELEASES DETAILS OF HAMAS ASSASSINATION SUSPECTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dubai police have publicly released details of their investigation into the January 19 assassination of senior Hamas commander Mahmoud al Mabhouh. Lieutenant General Dahi Khalfan Tamim, Chief of Dubai Police, held a press conference on February 15 in which he shared informa [...] | 2010-02-17 13:24:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | PREL ASEC PTER IS AE |
10DUBAI25 | RAK and Sharjah Customs Authorities Seek Capacity Building [...] (C) Summary: In early February, Emboffs met with Customs and Port Officials in the Northern Emirates of Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) Sharjah to discuss EXBS training programs for customs officers. ISN officer and regional EXBS officer provided an overview of the EXBS program, provided background inform [...] | 2010-02-21 06:56:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL PGOV AE |
10DUBAI27 | Iranian Gas Deliveries to Sharjah Remain on Hold [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sharjah-based Crescent Petroleum executives tell Consul General that the company's project to purchase unprocessed sour gas from Iran's Salman gas field remains suspended pending Iranian completion of export facilities to deliver the gas. But they believe progress is underway, due [...] | 2010-02-25 09:55:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL ETTC IR IZ AE |
10DUBAI29 | U.S. Credit Cards linked to Mabhouh Assassination [...] (C//NF) Summary: The Dubai Police released new details of their investigation into the killing of Hamas leader Mahmoud al Mabhouh February 24, including the names of an additional 15 suspects (bringing the total to 26) and the numbers of 14 credit cards issued by a U.S. bank allegedly used by t [...] | 2010-02-25 10:51:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ASEC PTER IS AE |
10DUBLIN12 | THE IRISH GOVERNMENT'S VIEW ON THE NORTHERN [...] (C) Summary: On January 13, the Ambassador spoke with an official in the Irish Prime Minister's office about the January 12 meeting between Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin and UK Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward. The Ambassador also spoke to Woodward himself. In addition, Econ [...] | 2010-01-14 17:34:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UK EI |
10DUBLIN13 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH WEAPONS DECOMMISSIONERS [...] C) SUMMARY: The group charged with overseeing the decommissioning of paramilitary weapons in Ireland told us that weapons decommissioning has been accomplished to a great extent, but not completely. Completing devolution of policing and justice remains crucial to the peace process; failure t [...] | 2010-01-15 08:13:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UK CVIS EI |
10DUBLIN69 | TIT FOR TAT IN DUBLIN: MINISTER SARGENT RESIGNS [...] (C) Summary: On February 23, former Minister for Food and Horticulture Trevor Sargent (Green Party -- GP) resigned after a letter he wrote in 2008 was leaked to the press. Sargent admitted that the letter, written to Garda (Irish police) on behalf of a constituent, "could be considered unlawf [...] | 2010-02-24 14:00:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EI |
10DUSHANBE107 | UZBEK-TAJIK TRANSPORT -- OFF THE RAILS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A tit-for-tat over rail shipments highlights the Tajik rail system's dependence on Uzbekistan for its international transport. After Uzbekistan delayed Tajik railcars carrying construction materials for hydroelectric projects, Tajikistan responded by holding up Uzbek trains. Tas [...] | 2010-01-25 11:55:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | ELTN PREL ETRD UZ TI |
10DUSHANBE113 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LONDON CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Dushanbe delivered points in reftel on January 22 to Farhod Salim, Director of the North America and Europe Department at Tajikistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Salim said the MFA had no immediate comment on the U.S. goals at the London Conference on Afghanistan, but he had ma [...] | 2010-01-27 03:22:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF TI |
10DUSHANBE143 | EXBS: TAJIKISTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JANUARY [...] Site Assessments a) On January 20 the EXBS Staff and the ODC Counter Narcotics Program Manager visited Nizniy-Pyanj border crossing to meet the new Customs Port Director. The EXBS Staff examined the EXBS funded Rapiscan luggage x-ray scanner at the passenger processing terminal and the [...] | 2010-02-02 11:59:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP SNAR TI |
10DUSHANBE149 | INTERIOR MINISTER - THAT'S NOT MY ANTI-AMERICAN SCREED [...] (C) Summary: Following the issuance of a pamphlet claiming that the United States Government intentionally supported the narcotics industry in Afghanistan during the 1980s to destroy the Soviet Union, the Minister of Internal Affairs (MVD) told Ambassador that the pamphlet was unauthorized and [...] | 2010-02-03 11:49:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PGOV PTER ASEC TI |
10DUSHANBE172 | TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SRAP HOLBROOKE [...] (C) Summary: U.S. interests in Tajikistan are a stable state on Afghanistan's northern border, support for our military efforts in Afghanistan, and for Tajikistan to be a stabilizing influence and contributor to economic development in the region. Tajikistan gives unrestricted over flight righ [...] | 2010-02-12 10:10:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ECON EINV TI |
10DUSHANBE173 | CORRECTED COPY - TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SRAP [...] (C) Summary: U.S. interests in Tajikistan are a stable state on Afghanistan's northern border, support for our military efforts in Afghanistan, and for Tajikistan to be a stabilizing influence and contributor to economic development in the region. Tajikistan gives unrestricted over flight rights, [...] | 2010-02-16 13:41:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ECON EINV TI |
10DUSHANBE207 | S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS FROM DUSHANBE [...] (U) Summary: Post nominates four projects, in order of priority, to be considered for funding under the Women's Issues Small Grant Initiative. From highest to lowest priority are the following projects: Tradecraft Training for Girls (NGO New Generation); Guaranteeing Women's Land Rights (NGO B [...] | 2010-02-19 12:06:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV ECON TI KWMN PREL KPAO |
10DUSHANBE215 | DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER TALKS RELIGION AND ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) Deputy Foreign Minister Abdullo Yuldashev summoned Ambassador Gross on February 25 to discuss a range of religious, economic, and political issues. On May 18-20, Tajikistan will host an Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) Foreign Ministers summit in Dushanbe and will invite U.S. Spec [...] | 2010-02-25 11:41:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KISL TI |
10DUSHANBE223 | SRAP HOLBROOKE'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT RAHMON [...] (C) Summary: In a one hour forty five minute meeting on February 20, President Rahmon reiterated his commitment to supporting U.S.-led efforts in Afghanistan and complained at length about Uzbek efforts to obstruct regional cooperation. Ambassador Holbrooke urged Rahmon to work with President [...] | 2010-02-26 08:43:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ETRD EINV AF PK UZ TI |
10DUSHANBE229 | NEWSPAPERS STAND FIRM IN COURT, EMBASSY ISSUES STATEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In preliminary court hearings in Dushanbe, editors in chief of four independent newspapers called libel lawsuits filed against them by government officials "groundless". On February 23, representatives of Asia-Plus, Farazh, Ozodagon and an attorney, Solijon Juraev, appeared in [...] | 2010-02-26 11:49:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KISL TI |
10DUSHANBE37 | AHMADINEJAD IN TAJIKISTAN, CALLS TIES "STRATEGIC" [...] (SBU) Summary: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad paid a 24-hour state visit to Dushanbe. He signed economic and social agreements with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, few of which were new or substantive. The Iranians committed to provide $6 million to complete the long-delayed Istiqlol [...] | 2010-01-07 11:00:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ENRG ECON TI IR |
10DUSHANBE44 | EXBS: TAJIKISTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORT DECEMBER 2009 [...] Site Assessments a) On December 15 the Lead EXBS Program Management Assistant and the EXBS Program Management Assistant visited the construction site of the Nuclear Radiation Safety Agency (NRSA) laboratory. The Lead EXBS Program Management Assistant and the EXBS Program Management Ass [...] | 2010-01-08 12:37:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP SNAR TI |
10DUSHANBE82 | MAYOR MEETS AMBASSADOR, CONFIRMS EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE [...] (C) Summary: In a platitude-ridden meeting, Dushanbe Mayor Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloev said upcoming elections would be free and fair, that contributions to the Roghun Dam were voluntary, and that the losses suffered by the United States in Afghanistan were felt by Tajiks as their own. Ubaidulloev [...] | 2010-01-15 11:18:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TI |
10DUSHANBE93 | BUDGET TRANSPARENCY IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Following are post's responses to reftel regarding transparency of the government of Tajikistan's central budget. -- Is the central government expected to receive funding under the FY 2010 SFOAA? 2. (SBU) Yes. The U.S. government is expected to provide assistance to the central gover [...] | 2010-01-20 08:32:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AID EAID ECON EFIN PREL TI |
10DUSSELDORF4 | FEARS OF AFGHANISTAN DEBATE EMERGE MONTHS BEFORE NRW STATE [...] (U) Summary: North Rhine-Westphalia Party leaders for the governing Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) coalition fear the issue of sending more troops to Afghanistan could hurt their chances in the May 2010 state elections if the opposition or the Left Party makes [...] | 2010-01-26 16:20:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GM AF |
10EFTOBANDARSERIBEGAWAN24 | RAYTHEON'S RECENT VISIT AND RUMBLINGS FROM THE [...] (SBU/NF) The Raytheon team recently briefed the Ambassador about a recent turn of events where Deputy Minister of Defense Pehin Yasmin revived a pet project, developing and building Brunei's National Modeling and Simulation Center, that a subordinate of his, Ministry of Defense Permanent Secre [...] | 2010-01-29 08:26:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV USTR KIPR KINR ECON BX |
10EFTOKABUL597 | AWCC BETS ON DRAMATIC MARKET EXPANSION [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC),one of the Afghanistan's largest cellular providers, plans to invest millions of dollars in dramatic infrastructure expansion in 2010. The company will build nearly 400 new towers, mostly utilizing its own capital, but 40 will [...] | 2010-02-17 13:03:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EAID PGOV PREL AF |
10EFTOLONDON16 | UK TO SEND EMBASSY REPRESENTATIVE TO GICNT EPG [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-05 12:33:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC UK |
10EFTOLONDON223 | UK COMMITTED TO DISTINGUISHING NUCLEAR SECURITY [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Judith Gough, Head of Security Policy Group at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),and Rhydian Phillips, Deputy Head of CBRN Security at the FCO, on January 21. In a follow-up meeting on January 29, Phillips said that the UK shared the U.S. con [...] | 2010-01-29 15:36:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PARM PREL EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG |
10EFTOLONDON224 | UK TO SEND FIVE REPRESENTATIVES TO NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel joint demarche to Rhydian Phillips, Deputy Head of CBRN Security at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),on January 29, along with Political Counselor Birgitta Tazelaar of the Embassy of the Netherlands. Phillips thanked the U.S. and the Netherlands for the [...] | 2010-01-29 15:37:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG |
10FRANKFURT120 | FDP "THREE KINGS DAY": CHIEF WESTERWELLE DEFENDS TAX-CUTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister and Free Democratic Party (FDP) national chair Guido Westerwelle defended the party's tax policy and downplayed problems in the national coalition at the FDP's annual leadership gathering in Stuttgart January 5-6, "Three Kings Day". The event's highlight was the [...] | 2010-01-12 15:00:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GM |
10FRANKFURT283 | The Future Viability of Germany's Export Driven Economy [...] (SBU) Summary: At the recent annual "Topics of the Year" financial event on January 14 in Frankfurt, the chief economists of Deutsche Bank and the KfW Group, Thomas Mayer and Norbert Irsch, called into question the future viability of Germany's export driven-growth model. While both posited th [...] | 2010-01-28 11:56:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL GM |
10FRANKFURT548 | State Secretary Julia Kloeckner to Challenge Kurt Beck in [...] (SBU)SUMMARY: The Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P) Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has chosen Julia Kloeckner, Member of the Bundestag and State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Agriculture and Consumer Protection, as lead candidate for the 2011 state election, improving chances for the party to br [...] | 2010-02-11 09:42:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GM |
10FRANKFURT564 | A Polarizing Conservative Takes Charge in Southwest Germany: [...] (SBU)SUMMARY: On February 10, the Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) state parliament elected Christian Democrat Union (CDU) caucus chief Stefan Mappus as Germany's youngest Minister President. Mappus succeeds Guenther Oettinger, who was elected EU Commissioner for Energy Affairs on February 9. With M [...] | 2010-02-11 12:43:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM PREL |
10FREETOWN35 | DELEGATION TO AU SUMMIT FROM SIERRA LEONE, [...] Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided the Embassy with a list of the following delegates to the annual African Union: President Ernest Bai Koroma: Hon. Haja Zainab H. Bangura - Minister of Foreign Affairs and Int. Cooperation Hon. Alhaja Ibrahim B. Kargbo - Minister of Information & Communi [...] | 2010-01-25 13:36:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP AORC SL |
10FREETOWN36 | SIERRA LEONE GIVES 100,000 DOLLARS FOR HAITI [...] (U) Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura discussed President Koroma's offer of 100,000 dollars in cash for Haitian earthquake relief during a courtesy call with CDA January 21, saying the money was to "pay back" the international community for all it had done for Sierra Leone. She added that Sie [...] | 2010-01-25 17:11:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV SL |
10FREETOWN50 | SIERRA LEONE: CHINESE ENGAGEMENT [...] This message responds to reftel request for information on Chinese engagement in Sierra Leone and potential areas for cooperation. Post opted for a front channel cable as well as an email in light of the significant interest in the level of Chinese engagement in Sierra Leone. 2. China wa [...] | 2010-02-05 09:27:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ECON SL CN |
10FREETOWN56 | SIERRA LEONE: "BIGGEST IRON MINE IN AFRICA" [...] (U) Summary: President Koroma formally commissioned what he called "the biggest iron ore mine in Africa" January 22 in the hills east of the newly-finished Bumbuna dam. African Minerals Ltd. claims it will be able to rebuild the iron-ore port at Pepel and the railway from Lunsar, build a new [...] | 2010-02-08 15:45:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN PREL SL |
10FREETOWN67 | SIERRA LEONE: ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY [...] Summary: The four minor incidents of inter-religious violence over the past five years are the first such occurrences in Sierra Leone. As Christianity becomes less orthodox and Islam more so, such incidents are likely to recur or worsen, but Sierra Leoneans, both Muslim and Christian, are p [...] | 2010-02-17 10:04:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SL |
10FREETOWN8 | SIERRA LEONE STABILITY IV: CONCLUSIONS [...] (C) As reftels have shown Sierra Leone is faced with challenges and threats to short- and long-term stability. Perhaps the greatest hallmark of Sierra Leonean governance at the moment is that it is driven and supported by individuals, rather than institutions or ideologies. Reminiscent of the [...] | 2010-01-06 18:35:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL PINS PINR SL |
10GABORONE110 | BOTS-ZIM TENSIONS RISE OVER ARRESTED GOB OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Botswana said it would recall its Defense and Intelligence Attaches from Harare by the end of February and expects that Zimbabwe will similarly recall its Attaches from Gaborone to protest the GOZ's January 19 arrest and continued detention of three GOB wildlife [...] | 2010-02-05 14:24:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS ZI BC |
10GABORONE139 | WELCOME TO BOTSWANA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL [...] (SBU) Embassy Gaborone warmly welcomes Codel Meeks-Watt to Botswana. Your visit comes as the Government of Botswana, which announced its proposed FY 10/11 budget last week, attempts to maintain its social welfare and infrastructure development programs despite the global economic slowdown. Bo [...] | 2010-02-12 10:21:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BC |
10GABORONE173 | ACCREDITATION OF SAME-SEX DOMESTIC PARTNERS [...] (C) Per instructions in Ref A, Ambassador raised the issue of accreditation of same-sex domestic partners of U.S. government personnel with a senior aide to President Khama. The aide said Botswana remains a very traditional society and homosexuality is an extremely sensitive subject. She noted that [...] | 2010-02-25 14:11:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | APER AMGT PREL BC |
10GABORONE177 | GOB RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON IRGC DESIGNATIONS [...] This is a response to an action request contained in State 15554. 2. PolOff met with the Assistant Director of the Department of Europe and Americas in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Lebogang Diteko on February 25. PolOff passed information contained in ref [...] | 2010-02-26 09:09:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN BC |
10GENEVA101 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) CONFORMING GROUP MEETINGS IN MOSCOW, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-001. 2. (U) Meeting Dates: January 18-22, 2010 Place: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moscow ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The U.S. and Russian members of the New START Treaty Conforming Group met in Moscow January 18-22, [...] | 2010-02-18 18:09:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA107 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) CONVERSION OR ELIMINATION WORKING GROUP [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-035 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 10, 2010 Time: 12:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A small group meeting of the Conversion or Elimination Working Group, [...] | 2010-02-23 17:33:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA109 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) COMBINED INSPECTION PROTOCOL AND [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-008. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 2, 2010 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the combined Inspection Protocol (IP) Working Group and Conversi [...] | 2010-02-23 17:33:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA110 | Guidance Request for Draft Declaration on Human Rights [...] This is an action request. See para 4. 2. The 13th Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC),beginning March 1st, will hold a High Level (Ministerial) discussion on the Right to Human Rights Education and Training and subsequently almost certainly pass a resolution establishing a mec [...] | 2010-02-05 09:55:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL |
10GENEVA113 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) DEFINITIONS WORKING GROUP MEETING, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-039. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 11, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 5:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Definitions Working Group meeting co-chaired by Mr. Siemon and Adm ( [...] | 2010-02-23 17:33:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA115 | SFO-GVA VIII: (U) NOTIFICATIONS WORKING GROUP MEETING, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-033. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 10, 2010 Time: 10:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) During a meeting of the Notifications Working Group held at the U.S [...] | 2010-02-23 17:33:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA119 | SFO-GVA-III: (U) NOTIFICATIONS WORKING GROUP MEETING, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-046. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 13, 2010 Time: 11:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) During a meeting of the Notifications Working Group held at the U.S. [...] | 2010-02-23 17:47:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA121 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) NOTIFICATIONS WORKING GROUP MEETING, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-046. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 13, 2010 Time: 11:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) During a meeting of the Notifications Working Group held at the U.S. [...] | 2010-02-25 10:02:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA123 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE 005, MOBILE ICBM BASE [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-079. ------------------------------ SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUESTED ------------------------------ 2. (S) In Ref A, paragraph 11, Washington instructed the delegation to secure Russian agreement to limit the size of mobile ICBM bases and the individu [...] | 2010-02-25 12:27:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA129 | SFO-GVA-VIII: AGREED STATEMENTS, FEBRUARY 05, 2010 [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-019. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 05, 2010 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) Mr. Elliott and Col Ilin met on February 5 to discuss the propose [...] | 2010-02-26 10:02:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA131 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) DEFINITIONS WORKING GROUP MEETING, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-054. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 16, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 5:20 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Definitions Working Group meeting chaired by Mr. Siemon and Adm (Ret [...] | 2010-02-26 10:07:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA133 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) RUSSIAN AND U.S. DELEGATION RECEPTIONS, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-018. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 4, 2010 Time: 6:30 P.M. - 8:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva Meeting Date: February 16, 2010 Time: 6:30 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. Place: [...] | 2010-02-26 10:16:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA135 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) AGREED STATEMENTS MEETING, FEBRUARY 09, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-027. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 09, 2010 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A meeting, co-chaired by Mr. Elliott and Col Ilin, on proposed agree [...] | 2010-02-26 10:30:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA137 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) ARTICLE VIII MEETING, FEBRUARY, 15, 2010 [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-048. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 15, 2010 Time: 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 A.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) Amb Ries led a meeting with the Russian side to discuss joint draft [...] | 2010-02-26 11:11:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA139 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) AGREED STATEMENTS, FEBRUARY 15, 2010 [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-049. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 15, 2010 Time: 11:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) Mr. Elliott and Col Ilin co-chaired a meeting to discuss proposed agr [...] | 2010-02-26 11:17:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA14 | UNHCR Highlights Displaced Persons in Urban Settings [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, convened "The High Commissioner's Dialogue on Persons of Concerns (POCs) in Urban Setting" on December 9 and 10, 2009. A variety of actors (including mayors, police, parliamentarians, host government representatives, donors, [...] | 2010-01-08 13:31:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM |
10GENEVA141 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) AGREED STATEMENTS, FEBRUARY 17, 2010 [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-058. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 17, 2010 Time: 11:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) Mr. Elliott and Col Ilin co-chaired a meeting to discuss proposed agr [...] | 2010-02-26 13:04:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA143 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) TELEMETRY WORKING GROUP MEETING, FEBRUARY [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-065. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 18, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 5:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Telemetry Working Group meeting co-chaired by Mr. Siemon and General [...] | 2010-02-26 13:26:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA145 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) TELEMETRY WORKING GROUP MEETING. FEBRUARY [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-072. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 22, 2010 Time: 5:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Telemetry Working Group meeting co-chaired by Mr. Siemon and General [...] | 2010-02-26 13:38:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA147 | GENEVA SFO-GVA-VIII: AGREED STATEMENTS, FEBRUARY 11, 2010 [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-037. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 11, 2010 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 11:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A meeting co-chaired by Mr. Elliott and Col Ilin on proposed Agre [...] | 2010-02-26 14:07:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA149 | GENEVA SFO-GVA-VIII: MEETING OF THE EXPANDED AD-HOC GROUP, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-038. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 11, 2010 Time: 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) During an Expanded Ad Hoc Group meeting held at the Russian Miss [...] | 2010-02-26 14:09:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA151 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) INSPECTION PROTOCOL WORKING GROUP, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-045. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 13, 2010 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At a small group meeting of the Inspection Protocol Working Group (IPWG) [...] | 2010-02-26 14:13:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA153 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) INSPECTION PROTOCOL WORKING GROUP, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-034. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 10, 2010 Time: 3:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Inspection Protocol Working Group (IPWG) meeting chaired by Dr. Warn [...] | 2010-02-26 14:48:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA155 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) INSPECTION PROTOCOL WORKING GROUP, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-043. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 12, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 6:10 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Inspection Protocol Working Group (IPWG) meeting on February 12 c [...] | 2010-02-26 15:30:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA157 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) NOTIFICATIONS WORKING GROUP MEETING, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-060. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 17, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Notifications Working Group meeting chaired by Mr. Siemon and Mr. [...] | 2010-02-26 16:42:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA159 | SFO-GVA-VIII: ARTICLE VIII MEETING, FEBRUARY 16, 2010 [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-052. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 16, 2010 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 12:45 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva 3. (S) Amb Ries led a working group discussion of Article VIII to try to resolve the issue of releasability of t [...] | 2010-02-26 17:15:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA161 | GENEVA SFO-GVA-VIII: MOU WORKING GROUP MEETING, FEBRUARY 16, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-056. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 16, 2010 Time: 3:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) During the Memorandum of Understanding Working Group (MOUWG) meeting, [...] | 2010-02-26 17:27:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA163 | SFO-GVA-VIII: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE-006 (SSBN SCRAPPING), [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-097 - REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE. ------------------------------ SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUESTED ------------------------------ 2. (S) Guidance received on January 30 (Ref A) directed the delegation to continue to press for Russian Federation agreement on [...] | 2010-02-26 18:24:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA165 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WORKING GROUP [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-029. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 9, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) During a meeting of the Memorandum of Understanding Working Group (M [...] | 2010-02-26 18:36:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA167 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WORKING GROUP [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-040. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 11, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) During the Memorandum of Understanding Working Group (MOUWG) meeting o [...] | 2010-02-26 18:54:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA169 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) AGREED STATEMENTS, FEBRUARY 22, 2010 [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-071. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 22, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) Mr. Elliott and Col Ilin chaired a meeting to discuss proposed Agreed [...] | 2010-02-27 11:54:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA171 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) MEETING ON PROVISIONAL APPLICATION, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-078. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 23, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 5:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A meeting to discuss Part VIII of the Protocol-Provisional Applicat [...] | 2010-02-27 12:01:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA173 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) WORKING [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-063. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 18, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) During a meeting of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Working Grou [...] | 2010-02-27 12:39:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA175 | SFO-GVA-VIII: MEETING OF THE EXPANDED AD-HOC GROUP, FEBRUARY [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-038. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 11, 2010 Time: 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) During an Expanded Ad Hoc Group meeting held at the Russian Miss [...] | 2010-02-27 12:49:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA177 | SFO-GVA-VIII: AGREED STATEMENTS, FEBRUARY 11, 2010 -- [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-037. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 11, 2010 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 11:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A meeting co-chaired by Mr. Elliott and Col Ilin on proposed Agre [...] | 2010-02-27 12:57:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA179 | SFO-GVA-VIII: MOU WORKING GROUP MEETING, FEBRUARY 16, 2010 [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-056. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 16, 2010 Time: 3:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) During the Memorandum of Understanding Working Group (MOUWG) meeting, [...] | 2010-02-27 13:12:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA181 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WORKING GROUP [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-040. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 11, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) During the Memorandum of Understanding Working Group (MOUWG) meeting o [...] | 2010-02-27 13:38:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA183 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE-006 (SSBN SCRAPPING), [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-097 - REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE. ------------------------------ SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUESTED ------------------------------ 2. (S) Guidance received on January 30 (Ref A) directed the delegation to continue to press for Russian Federation agreement on [...] | 2010-02-27 13:49:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA185 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) NOTIFICATIONS WORKING GROUP MEETING, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-073. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 22, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) During a meeting of the Notifications Working Group held at the U.S. [...] | 2010-02-27 13:49:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA187 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) INSPECTION PROTOCOL WORKING GROUP, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-043. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 12, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 6:10 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Inspection Protocol Working Group (IPWG) meeting on February 12 c [...] | 2010-02-27 14:01:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA189 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) EXPANDED AD HOC GROUP MEETING, FEBRUARY [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-084. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 25, 2010 Time: 11:00 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) During the Expanded Ad Hoc Group meeting held at the Russian [...] | 2010-02-27 14:42:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA191 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) DEFINITIONS WORKING GROUP MEETING, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-075. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 23, 2010 Time: 4:00 P.M. - 5:15 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Definitions Working Group meeting co-chaired by Mr. Siemon and ADM ( [...] | 2010-02-27 16:55:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA193 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WORKING GROUP [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-090. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 26, 2010 Time: 10:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) During a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Working Group meeting [...] | 2010-02-27 17:51:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA195 | (SFO-GVA-VIII): (U) Inspection Protocol Working Group [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-055 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 16, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 17:15 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Inspection Protocol Working Group (IPWG) meeting, chaired by Dr. [...] | 2010-02-27 17:52:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA197 | (SFO-GVA-VIII): (U) Inspection Protocol Working Group [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-085 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 25, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Inspection Protocol Working Group (IPWG) meeting chaired by Dr. Warne [...] | 2010-02-27 17:54:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA199 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) INSPECTION PROTOCOL WORKING GROUP MEETING, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-059. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 17, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Inspection Protocol Working Group (IPWG) meeting co-chaired by Dr. W [...] | 2010-02-28 09:20:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA201 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) Meeting of the Expanded Ad-Hoc Group, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-074. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 23, 2010 Time: 10:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) During the Expanded Ad-Hoc Group meeting held at the Russian Miss [...] | 2010-02-28 13:00:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA223 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) NOTIFICATIONS WORKING GROUP MEETING, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-082. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 24, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Notifications Working Group meeting chaired by Mr. Siemon and Col Ry [...] | 2010-02-28 16:26:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA225 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) NOTIFICATIONS WORKING GROUP MEETING, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-087. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 25, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. to 4:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) During a meeting of the Notifications Working Group held at the Ru [...] | 2010-02-28 16:46:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA227 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) Inspection Protocol Working Group Meeting, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-062. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 18, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Inspection Protocol Working Group (IPWG) meeting chaired by Dr. W [...] | 2010-02-28 16:55:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA229 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) JOINT DRAFT TREATY TEXT, FEBRUARY 27, 2010 [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-099. 2. (U) The text at paragraph 3 is the joint draft text of the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms dated February 27, 2010. 3. (S) B [...] | 2010-02-28 17:18:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA231 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) TELEMETRY WORKING GROUP MEETING, FEBRUARY [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-088. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 25, 2010 Time: 4:30 P.M. - 6:10 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Telemetry Working Group meeting co-chaired by Mr. Siemon and Gene [...] | 2010-02-28 17:20:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA233 | (SFO-GVA-VIII): (U) INSPECTION PROTOCOL WORK MEETING, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-091. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 26, 2010 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 12:15 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the final meeting of the Inspection Protocol Working Group (IPWG) for Negotiating Session VIII [...] | 2010-02-28 17:20:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA235 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) INSPECTION PROTOCOL WORKING GROUP MEETING, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-076. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 23, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 5:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Inspection Protocol Working Group (IPWG) meeting on February 23 [...] | 2010-02-28 17:23:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA237 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) AGREED STATEMENTS MEETING, FEBRUARY 26, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-094. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 26, 2010 Time: 12:00 P.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) Mr. Elliott met with Col Ilin to discuss the status of the agreed stateme [...] | 2010-02-28 17:32:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA239 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) INSPECTION PROTOCOL WORKING GROUP MEETING, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-069. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 19, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 18:10 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Inspection Protocol Working Group (IPWG) meeting on February 19 [...] | 2010-02-28 17:33:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA241 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WORKING GROUP [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-077. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 23, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) During a meeting of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Working G [...] | 2010-02-28 17:35:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA243 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) DEFINITIONS WORKING GROUP MEETING, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-068. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 19, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 4:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Definitions Working Group meeting chaired by Mr. Siemon and Adm ( [...] | 2010-02-28 17:38:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA245 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WORKING GROUP [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-080. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 24, 2010 Time: 10:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) During a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Working Group meeting hel [...] | 2010-02-28 17:44:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA247 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WORKING GROUP [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-086. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 25, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 6:15 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) During a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Working Group meeting he [...] | 2010-02-28 17:51:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA249 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) TELEMETRY WORKING GROUP MEETING, FEBRUARY [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-093. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 26, 2010 Time: 10:00 P.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Telemetry Working Group meeting chaired by Mr. Siemon and General [...] | 2010-02-28 17:53:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA43 | Palestinian Ambassador on Goldstone, 4GC, HRC [...] (C) In a February 16 meeting with DRL A/S Mike Posner, Palestinian Ambassador Ibrahim Khraishi stressed the following points: -- The PA is angered that the OHCHR asked Hamas to submit a report on Goldstone follow-up, which implicitly recognized Hamas as a governing entity; the Palestin [...] | 2010-02-16 16:30:00 | Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
10GENEVA45 | GENEVA DISCUSSIONS ON GEORGIA: ROUND IX [...] (C) SUMMARY: The de facto authorities in Abkhazia and South Ossetia continued to clamor for "bilateral" non-use of force agreements with Georgia. The Georgians continued to insist Russia be part of such agreements and to link them with international security arrangements. While the Abkhazia [...] | 2010-02-17 09:40:00 | Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV PHUM GG RS |
10GENEVA47 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) CONVERSION OR ELIMINATION WORKING GROUP [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-003. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 1, 2010 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Conversion or Elimination (CorE) Working Group meeting co-chaired b [...] | 2010-02-17 10:33:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA48 | LINKING MIGRATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS: PREPARING FOR EXPANDED [...] (SBU) Summary: The nexus of human rights and migration is set to be the focus of discussion in a number of separate fora, both governmental and non-governmental, during 2010. The U.S. often finds itself on the defensive in many of these bodies, especially the Human Rights Council. U.S. poli [...] | 2010-01-21 14:22:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL SMIG |
10GENEVA49 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) MEETING OF THE NOTIFICATIONS PROTOCOL [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-022. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 05, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) During a meeting of the Notifications Working Group (WG) held at t [...] | 2010-02-17 15:22:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA55 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) TELEMETRY WORKING GROUP MEETING, FEBRUARY [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-030. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 9, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 5:50 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Telemetry Working Group meeting co-chaired by Mr. Siemon and General [...] | 2010-02-17 16:23:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA57 | (U) GOTTEMOELLER-NYKONENKO LUNCH, FEBRUARY 3, 2010 -- [...] (S) At a U.S.-hosted lunch on February 3 on the margins of the START Follow-on negotiations in Geneva, Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller met with the Ukrainian Director of Arms Control and Military and Technical Cooperation, Ambassador Aleksandr Nykonenko. Nykonenko inquired as to the progress [...] | 2010-02-18 13:46:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US UP |
10GENEVA59 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) INSPECTION PROTOCOL WORKING GROUP, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-004. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 1, 2010 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 11:15 A.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The first meeting of the Inspection Protocol Working Group (IPWG),ch [...] | 2010-02-18 13:59:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA61 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WORKING GROUP [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-005. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 1, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Working Group met with their R [...] | 2010-02-18 14:03:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA63 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) TELEMETRY MEETING, FEBRUARY 1, 2010 -- [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-006. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 1, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) This was the first meeting to discuss telemetry provisions for the STA [...] | 2010-02-18 14:06:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA67 | SFO-GVA-VII: (U) NOTIFICATIONS WORKING GROUP MEETING, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-156. 2. (U) Meeting Date: December 17, 2009 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) During the last meeting of the Notifications Working Group for Sessio [...] | 2010-02-18 14:15:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA71 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) NOTIFICATIONS WORKING GROUP MEETING, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-010. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 2, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Notifications Working Group meeting co-chaired by Mr. Siemon and C [...] | 2010-02-18 14:39:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA73 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WORKING GROUP [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-011. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 3, 2010 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 12:45 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Working Group (WG) met on Fe [...] | 2010-02-18 15:53:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA75 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) DEFINITIONS SUBGROUP MEETING, FEBRUARY 3, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-014. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 3, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At a meeting of the Definitions Subgroup co-chaired by Mr. Siemon and Adm [...] | 2010-02-18 15:59:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA77 | RECALL 10 GENEVA 77 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 16:04:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA79 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) INSPECTION PROTOCOL WORKING GROUP, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-015. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 3, 2010 Time: 03:30 P.M. - 05:45 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the combined Inspection Protocol (IP) Working Group and Conversion or E [...] | 2010-02-18 16:08:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA81 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) TELEMETRY WORKING GROUP MEETING, FEBRUARY [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-017. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 4, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 5:10 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Telemetry Working Group meeting co-chaired by Mr. Siemon and General [...] | 2010-02-18 16:17:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA83 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) EXPANDED AD HOC WORKING GROUP MEETING, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-020. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 5, 2010 Time: 12:00 P.M. - 12:40 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The Ad Hoc Working Group met in expanded format (with experts) to discu [...] | 2010-02-18 16:25:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA85 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) INSPECTION PROTOCOL WORKING GROUP MEETING, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-025. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 8, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Inspection Protocol Working Group (IPWG) meeting co-chaired by Dr. Wa [...] | 2010-02-18 16:37:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA87 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) EXPANDED AD HOC WORKING GROUP MEETING, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-028. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 9, 2010 Time: 12:15 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The Ad Hoc Working Group met in expanded format (with experts) to discuss t [...] | 2010-02-18 16:39:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA89 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) TELEMETRY WORKING GROUP MEETING, FEBRUARY [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-030. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 9, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 5:50 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Telemetry Working Group meeting co-chaired by Mr. Siemon and General [...] | 2010-02-18 16:41:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA91 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE-001 (TELEMETRY), [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-041. ------------------------------ SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUESTED ------------------------------ 2. (S) The Russian Side has emphatically stated its position on the exchange of telemetric information in the START Follow-On Treaty, emphasizing that [...] | 2010-02-18 16:45:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA93 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) TELEMETRY WORKING GROUP MEETING, FEBRUARY [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-050. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 15, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Telemetry Working Group meeting co-chaired by Mr. Siemon and General [...] | 2010-02-18 16:52:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA94 | Preview of March 2010 Human Rights Council Session [...] (U) The 13th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) will take place in Geneva from March 1 - 26, 2010. The longest of the three yearly meetings, the March session opens with the High Level Segment. This cable outlines key issues Mission Geneva expects will be raised at the 13th Session, p [...] | 2010-02-02 11:39:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
10GENEVA95 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE-003, ELIMINATION [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-051. ------------------------------ SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUESTED ------------------------------ 2. (S) Summary: The U.S. and Russian sides came away from the Mullen-Makarov meeting in Moscow with sharply differing impressions of the deal reached [...] | 2010-02-18 16:57:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA97 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WORKING GROUP [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-021. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 5, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) During a meeting of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Working Group [...] | 2010-02-18 17:58:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GENEVA99 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE-004, MOBILE ICBM BASE [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-066. ------------------------------ SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUESTED ------------------------------ 2. (S) In Ref A, paragraph 11, Washington instructed the delegation to secure Russian agreement to four provisions related to mobile ICBMs and their ba [...] | 2010-02-18 18:02:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
10GEORGETOWN1 | Pol/Econ Round-up December 25- January 11 [...] (U) This "round-up" reporting cable covers the period from December 25, 2009 to January 11, 2010. Search for next PPP Presidential Candidate Begins 2. (C) The People's Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary Donald Ramotar publicly stated on December 30 that the PPP has st [...] | 2010-01-11 20:42:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON XL CH GY |
10GEORGETOWN15 | Jagdeo Visits Iran [...] (C) Summary. President Bharrat Jagdeo returned from his visit to the Middle East, including Iran January 20-21, announcing that the GoG had signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with Iran. Besides announcing these two MoUs, President Jagdeo said Iran would send a team of specialists to [...] | 2010-02-04 19:52:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ENRG IR XL GY |
10GEORGETOWN19 | Pol/Econ Roundup January 28-February 16 [...] (U) This periodic reporting cable highlights developments in Guyana's politics and economy affecting Department strategic objectives in country and throughout the Caribbean basin. Local Government Elections - STATUS UPDATE 2. (C) Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (G [...] | 2010-02-16 20:16:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EMIN ECON XL GY |
10GEORGETOWN3 | Pol/Econ Round-up January 11-January 28 [...] (U) This periodic reporting cable highlights developments in Guyana's politics and economy affecting Department strategic objectives in country and throughout the Caribbean basin. JAGDEO'S FIRST VISIT TO IRAN January 20-21 2. (C) Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affair [...] | 2010-01-28 21:38:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ENRG ECON IR GY |
10GEORGETOWN86 | Guyana: S/GWI Project Proposal [...] (U) Per reftel, local NGO Help & Shelter's program proposal is provided below: 2. Project Title: Support in Combating Gender-Based Violence (GBV) with proposed project duration of 18 months. Amount requested is USD99,970 (see paragraph 7). 3. Help & Shelter Background: [...] | 2010-02-19 19:59:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWMN KPAO PHUM AID CDC GY |
10GUANGZHOU13 | "Fe" vs. Climate Change: China's BYD Bets on Batteries in [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The answer to climate change may be as simple as the chemical formula of a lithium iron phosphate battery, according to one ambitious south China company. Referred to simply as "Fe" and already the key component of the world's first mass produced plug-in hybrid elec [...] | 2010-01-07 09:11:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV PREL ETRD KIPR PGOV CH HK |
10GUANGZHOU23 | Climate Change Network Fills Void in South China [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Wasting no time -- government, business, and NGO leaders gathered in Guangzhou to celebrate the launch of the South China Climate Change Network (SCCCN) on the first workday following the conclusion of the COP-15 Climate Change Conference. Inspired by a British Con [...] | 2010-01-14 07:37:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG PGOV PREL CH HK |
10GUANGZHOU24 | Xiamen-Based Taiwan Watchers Say Cross-Strait Relations [...] (C) SUMMARY: Beijing's policies toward Taiwan likely will remain unchanged in the near term, according to Xiamen-based officials, academics and business leaders. One Taiwan business leader said that the cross-Strait relationship could weather a 2012 win by Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party [...] | 2010-01-15 08:41:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ETRD EINV PREL CH TW |
10GUANGZHOU34 | (C) South China Sea - Hainan-Based Think Tank Probes DATT [...] (U) Classified by Economic/Political Section Chief Steve Lang for reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a visit to the National Institute for South China Sea Studies (NISCS),Defense Attach (DATT) Rear Admiral Gehrke was treated to more than a generic overview of the institute's history an [...] | 2010-01-21 09:07:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHSA PGOV CH |
10GUANGZHOU49 | Ambassador Attends Symposium Comparing U.S., Chinese [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Huntsman addressed representatives from the Counselor's Office of the State Council of China and the Kissinger Institute at a January 20-22 symposium on similarities and differences between U.S. and Chinese government systems. Speakers from both sides gave comparative v [...] | 2010-01-29 07:46:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI PREL CH |
10GUANGZHOU74 | U.S. AND CHINA HOLD FIRST PROBABILISTIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Officials and nuclear energy experts from the United States and China convened in Shenzhen, Guangdong January 20-23 to share information and best practices for improving safety in the operation of nuclear power plants (NPPS). The workshop was a key cooperative activity that the U.S. Depa [...] | 2010-02-10 00:21:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY SENV PREL PGOV CH |
10GUANGZHOU75 | NGOs, EDUCATION, AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING: BUILDING CIVIL [...] (U) Summary: The Consul General's February 1-3 visits to Guilin and Liuzhou focused on developing civil society through strengthening NGOs and forming educational partnerships. The CG visited Guangxi Normal University officials and librarians, as well as administrators of the Liuzhou Minority H [...] | 2010-02-10 05:38:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO ECON PGOV ELAB SOCI SCUL PREL OPRC CH |
10GUANGZHOU77 | South China Economic Analysts Predict Continued Reliance on [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Although China is making gradual progress towards greater economic diversification, cheap exports will continue to drive growth in the near term, according to comments made by local economic analysts during a conversation with the Consul General, visiting Deputy Direc [...] | 2010-02-10 08:35:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND ELAB PGOV PREL SENV ECON CH HK |
10GUANGZHOU85 | POSITIVE MEDIA REACTION IN GUILIN AND LIUZHOU [...] (SBU) Summary: Consul General Goldbeck's February 1-3 visit to Guilin and Liuzhou garnered unprecedented media coverage for a Consulate Guangzhou event outside of Guangzhou city. The positive media coverage from over 100 outlets reached over 700 million people in and outside of China (ref A). [...] | 2010-02-18 00:08:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL PGOV SOCI SCUL OPRC ECON CH TW |
10GUANGZHOU88 | New Indian CG's Major Complaint - Lack of Access [...] (SBU) During a brief introductory call, Indian Consul General Indra Mani Pandey expressed surprise and dismay over the lack of access to senior local government and communist party leadership. Shortly after arriving on January 20, he placed requests to meet Guangdong Party Secretary Wang Yang a [...] | 2010-02-22 09:25:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD SOCI CH IN |
10GUANGZHOU95 | CHINA: CA PDAS Kirby's Visit to Guangzhou [...] (SBU) Summary: CA PDAS Michael Kirby, accompanied by MCCA Linda Donahue (Beijing),visited Guangzhou on February 23-24 for an update on Consulate General Guangzhou's consular operation, particularly the growing demand for consular services in the "workshop of the world," the Pearl River Delta [...] | 2010-02-26 08:00:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT CVIS PREL ETRD BEXP CH |
10GUATEMALA146 | Guatemala Response: Host Government Humanitarian Assistance [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-20 21:44:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA GT |
10GUATEMALA148 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 135 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-21 16:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM PREL SNAR GT |
10GUATEMALA15 | DCM RAISES MISSING USDA PROGRAM FUNDS WITH AG MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Agriculture Minister Mario Aldana admitted to DCM January 12 that his ministry had mistakenly overlooked deadlines in the execution of USDA's Food for Progress program funds approximating $4.1 million. He committed to providing Ambassador McFarland a letter and plan of action [...] | 2010-01-15 20:48:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PREL GT |
10GUATEMALA162 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 136 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 16:56:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA164 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 137 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 16:56:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA166 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 138 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 16:56:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA19 | GOG to Recognize Lobo's GOH [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-20 21:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HO GT |
10GUATEMALA212 | VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR JANUARY 2010 [...] VISAS VIPER 2. POST: Guatemala City MEETING DATE: 3 February 2010 CHAIR: DCM Todd Robinson COORDINATOR: CG Kay Anske ATTENDEES: Consular, Regional Affairs, Military Group, RSO, DEA, NAS, DAO, DHS/ICE, POL/ECON, NGA PREVIOUS SUBMISSIONS: None [...] | 2010-02-03 15:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PREL GT |
10GUATEMALA214 | EAC GUATEMALA REVIEWS TERRORISM ISSUES INCLUDING VISAS VIPER [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post's EAC (AMB, DCM, CONS, RSO, AID, NAS, DEA, DHS/ICE, MILGP, DAO, PAS, ADMIN, CLO, ORA, CDC, POL/ECON, DHS/ICE, and Peace Corps) convened January 13. The DCM (EAC chairperson) and Consul General (CG) emphasized the importance of the Visas Viper process, and stressed the r [...] | 2010-02-03 17:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PTER ASEC PINR PREL CASC GT |
10GUATEMALA224 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 141 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-04 19:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA226 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 142 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-04 19:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA228 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 140 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-04 19:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA268 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 143 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-10 21:29:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA27 | Former President Portillo Captured, Refuses Extradition [...] (C) Summary. Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo, indicted in the U.S. on money laundering charges and a fugitive from justice, was captured Jan. 26 as he was about to flee to Belize. The capture was the result of a joint operation involving CICIG, the Attorney General's Office, th [...] | 2010-01-27 00:12:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM ASEC SNAR PREL PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA296 | Conviction of Publisher Raul Figueroa Overturned [...] (U) Summary: On February 5, the Second Court of Penal Appeals annulled a lower court conviction of Guatemalan publisher Raul Figueroa Sarti on charges of copyright infringement. Figueroa's conviction six months earlier by the Seventh Penal Court had generated substantial interest in the Washi [...] | 2010-02-16 16:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL GT |
10GUATEMALA300 | Guatemalan Response for Force Generation Issues to Reinforce [...] In response to reftel, post received the following information from the Guatemalan Chief of the National Defense Staff General Juan Jose Ruiz Morales. Responses are keyed to reftel questions. a. Firmness: What is the status of each country's offer? The Government of Guatemal [...] | 2010-02-17 00:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HA SOCI MCAP MARR SNAR ASEC EFIN KJUS KPKO |
10GUATEMALA318 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 144 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 16:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA320 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 145 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 16:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA322 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 146 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 16:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA324 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 149 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 16:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA326 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 147 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 16:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA328 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 148 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 16:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA330 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 150 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 16:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA332 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 151 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 16:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA336 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 152 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 22:16:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA38 | VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR DECEMBER 2009 [...] VISAS VIPER 2. POST: Guatemala City MEETING DATE: 6 January 2010 CHAIR: DCM Todd Robinson COORDINATOR: CG Kay Anske ATTENDEES: Consular, Regional Affairs, Military Group, RSO, DEA, NAS, DAO, DHS/ICE, POL/ECON PREVIOUS SUBMISSIONS: None [...] | 2010-01-06 23:56:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PREL GT |
10GUATEMALA45 | 2009 in Review; What to Watch for in 2010 [...] (C) President Colom's tenure during 2009 was characterized by a number of successes in the social field, and growing challenges in others, especially security. Preparing for a presidential run in 2011, controversial First Lady Sandra de Colom continued to lead the government's efforts to alleviate [...] | 2010-02-17 20:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI PREL PINR ASEC EAID GT |
10GUATEMALA47 | Your Meeting with Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom [...] (C) Summary: During your February 18 meeting with Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom you will have the opportunity to address several key issues including poverty alleviation, general and food security, rule of law, transparency, and taxes. Your meeting comes in the wake of his January exone [...] | 2010-02-17 22:09:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON SOCI EAID GT |
10GUATEMALA52 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 133 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-12 17:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA72 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 134 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-13 17:35:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA82 | Guatemala - Diplomacy and Development Plan for the Global [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Guatemala welcomes the opportunity to continue its engagement with the Government of Guatemala (GoG) and others on food security (Ref A and B). Guatemala is highly vulnerable to food crises and progress on this issue is integral to economic development. At present, the G [...] | 2010-01-13 23:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL PGOV GT |
10HAMBURG3 | MEGAPORTS INITIATIVE: DOE SEEKS GERMANY'S PARTICIPATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: A DoE team visited Germany December 8-11 to promote the inclusion of the ports of Bremerhaven and Hamburg in their Megaports Initiative. The Initiative aims at providing equipment, training, and technical support to international partners to enhance their ability to deter, dete [...] | 2010-01-13 16:55:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EWWT TNGD PGOV PREL ECIN ECON ETRD GM |
10HAMBURG6 | HAMBURG POLITICIANS UNDERSCORE SPD DILEMMA ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Two senior Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Hamburg Landtag representatives discussed the London Conference and the German-Afghanistan debate with Hamburg P/E staff on January 28. While the SPD is struggling with internal party calls to limit [...] | 2010-02-17 12:15:00 | Consulate Hamburg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF GM |
10HAMBURG8 | DISMANTLING THE IRON CURTAIN -- A REMEMBRANCE [...] (U) On February 19, 2010, Consul General Karen Johnson attended the 654th St. Matthew's Banquet at the Hamburg Rathaus, an event hosted by the city government since 1356. This year's event, attended by 400 guests, commemorated the 1989 Peaceful Revolution. Speakers included Hamburg's First M [...] | 2010-02-26 15:35:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM HU |
10HAMILTON14 | BERMUDA DIRECTS BERMUDA FIRMS TO CEASE DOING BUSINESS WITH [...] (U) The Government of Bermuda (GOB) has taken expeditious and concrete steps to comply with international sanctions against Iran with the passage of new legislation and directives that strengthen Bermuda's Anti-Money Laundering/Anti-Terrorist Financing (AML/ATF) regime. On January 15, 20 [...] | 2010-01-19 19:19:00 | Consulate Hamilton | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN KCRM PGOV PREL BD |
10HAMILTON16 | BERMUDA: FBI GANG TRAINING A SUCCESS [...] (SBU) The FBI and the Government of Bermuda (GOB) have begun a partnership to address the spike in gang-related violent crime in Bermuda, which has seen five shooting deaths in under twelve months. FBI personnel conducted two days of gang training on January 5-6 for sixty police and pros [...] | 2010-01-22 20:53:00 | Consulate Hamilton | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM CASC PREL SOCI BD |
10HAMILTON18 | BERMUDA POLICE SERVICE RELEASES FAR-REACHING 2010 POLICING [...] (SBU) On January 21, Police Commissioner Michael DeSilva publicly released the Bermuda Police Service's (BPS) Policing Plan for 2010. It is an ambitious strategy aimed at making Bermuda a safer place to live, work and visit. The plan takes a four-pronged approach to policing, which Desil [...] | 2010-01-22 21:02:00 | Consulate Hamilton | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PREL SOCI BD |
10HAMILTON7 | HAMILTON EAC REVIEW OF VISAS VIPER PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Consul General convened post's EAC on January 12, 2010, to review post's visa viper process, per Ref B. The committee determined that post is fully compliant with latest instructions in ref A. All mission elements cooperate fully in the visas viper process 2. (U) [...] | 2010-01-13 20:10:00 | Consulate Hamilton | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PTER ASEC PINR PREL |
10HANOI1 | Violent Demolition of Crucifix Overshadows Progress on [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-12 10:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM |
10HANOI106 | Joint Demarche Delivered on Preparations for Third Sherpa [...] (SBU) On January 27, PolOff, together with the Dutch Charge Collett, met with MFA International Organizations Assistant Director General Do Hung Viet to deliver reftel A demarche regarding the Third Sherpa Meeting in the Hague on February 9-11. PolOff and Collett highlighted the importance of t [...] | 2010-01-29 03:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM EAID TBIO IAEA AORC CDG ENRG MNUC PGOV PREL VM |
10HANOI11 | How much influence does China have over Vietnam's internal [...] (C) SUMMARY: Animosity toward China, heartfelt and pervasive in the most routine of times, appears to have taken on an added urgency in the wake of sensitive border negotiations, protracted controversy over Chinese investment in bauxite mining projects in the Central Highlands, and China's imp [...] | 2010-01-27 02:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SENV MARR CH VM |
10HANOI112 | Another Dissident Convicted for "Anti-State Propaganda" [...] (SBU) Following a half-day trial in Haiphong January 29, Ms. Pham Thanh Nghien was sentenced to four years imprisonment followed by three years administrative probation for "conducting propaganda against the State." Nghien -- the 15th dissident convicted since October 2009 -- was arrested in S [...] | 2010-01-29 10:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL HURI VM |
10HANOI114 | RECALL 10 HANOI 114 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-29 10:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL HA VM |
10HANOI116 | Prime Minister Approves USD 50,000 for Haiti [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-29 10:52:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL HA VM |
10HANOI124 | Codel Faleomavaega Touts Engagement during January 4-5 Visit [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-02 03:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
10HANOI164 | Prominent Dissident Writer Tran Khai Thanh Thuy Convicted of [...] (SBU) Summary: Prominent political dissident and writer Tran Khai Thanh Thuy was sentenced to 42 months in jail on February 5 for assault. Thuy's husband received a two-year suspended sentence. Thuy argued she was being persecuted for her outspoken views and for attempting to attend dissiden [...] | 2010-02-09 09:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
10HANOI17 | Vietnam's Impressions of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Retreat [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first major ASEAN meeting of Vietnam's chairmanship, an informal foreign ministers retreat, focused primarily on internal efforts to implement ASEAN's new charter and on aspirations to build an ASEAN Community by 2015, according to officials from the MFA's ASEAN Department. A [...] | 2010-02-04 04:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON MARR ASEAN BM VM |
10HANOI18 | SETTING THE SCENE FOR CODEL BOND VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S.-Vietnamese relations have advanced significantly over the past three years and are arguably at their most productive since relations were reestablished in 1995. We are Vietnam's largest export market, its third- largest trading partner, and one of its largest fore [...] | 2010-01-06 10:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV PHUM MARR ECON SENV VM |
10HANOI196 | Vietnam's Nomination for S/GWI Project Proposal 2010 [...] (SBU) Summary: Mission Vietnam is pleased to submit two distinct project proposals for consideration by S/GWI as part of the 2010 Small Grants Initiative (ref A). Domestic violence is a serious problem in Vietnam - one that is of growing concern to the Vietnamese government and public. The 2 [...] | 2010-02-12 09:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN VM |
10HANOI200 | Information on the Nuclear Security Summit [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-12 09:52:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM EAID TBIO IAEA AORC CDG ENRG MNUC PGOV PREL VM |
10HANOI214 | Is Vietnam Blocking BBC.com? [...] (SBU) There is mounting, though inconclusive, evidence that access to the BBC's Vietnamese-language internet news site is becoming more difficult in Vietnam. According to a UK Political Officer, the British Embassy began to receive reports during last week's Tet Holiday suggesting that the BB [...] | 2010-02-23 10:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
10HANOI218 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT BY OES ASSISTANT SECRETARY JONES TO [...] (SBU) Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Hanoi. Your visit will be an important signal to the Vietnamese of continued U.S. engagement on health and environmental issues. Your meetings with the Government of Vietnam (GVN),the United Nations (UN),and the European Union will allo [...] | 2010-02-24 10:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TBIO SOCI PREL ECON KGHG KHIV VM |
10HANOI23 | EAP DAS Marciel and MFA DG for the Americas Exchange Views [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-10 06:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PGOV AMGT APER ECON KNNP MNUC CH VM AF BM |
10HANOI25 | DAS MARCIEL REBUTS ALLEGATIONS OF U.S. DISENGAGEMENT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an at times contentious discussion with EAP DAS Marciel, Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Vice Minister General Nguyen Van Huong criticized the "lack of U.S. engagement" in Southeast Asia in contrast to China's rising power and influence. Gen. Huong said China was focused [...] | 2010-02-11 06:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEAN VM |
10HANOI27 | DAS MARCIEL DISCUSSES REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE WITH GVN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam continues to push for a U.S. Presidential visit in 2010 and, less forcefully, for the United States to join the East Asia Summit (EAS). In separate conversations with EAP DAS Marciel, Vietnam's Senior Official for ASEAN and the influential Vice President of Vietnam's Dipl [...] | 2010-02-11 07:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEAN MARR MOPS CH RS VM |
10HANOI29 | CDA Encourages Vietnam to Step Up Participation in GPOI [...] (C) Summary: MFA DG for IO Affairs Le Hoai Trung told Charge February 12 that after reviewing its tenure as a UNSC member, Vietnam was likely to be more active in multilateral fora addressing global issues such as counter-terrorism, piracy, non-proliferation, and climate change. Charge encoura [...] | 2010-02-12 10:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPKO PGOV MARR VM |
10HANOI3 | Ambassador cautions Vice Foreign Minister that deteriorating [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador used his January 13 working lunch with VFM Pham Binh Minh to discuss managing the overall relationship this year in the context of deteriorating human rights situation, the 15th anniversary of re-normalization of bilateral relations, and the lead-up to the Party Cong [...] | 2010-01-15 09:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV AMGT APER ABLD |
10HANOI31 | Tour D' Horizon with Vice Minister of Public Security [...] (C) Summary: Over dinner with the Ambassador February 8, powerful vice Minister of Public Security Nguyen Van Huong expressed serious concern about the success of China's "soft power" campaign to increase its influence in the region and challenged the U.S. commitment to Asia, saying ASEAN nati [...] | 2010-02-12 12:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEAN |
10HANOI33 | Father Ly Health and Possibility of Medical Parole Update [...] (C) Father Nguyen Van Ly's health is not improving, according to his sister, who last visited the prominent political dissident in Nam Ha prison February 7. She informed us that although he recovered well from his fist stroke in July 2009 (Ref A & B),his second stroke in November 2009 has le [...] | 2010-02-25 09:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV VM |
10HANOI4 | Setting the Scene for CODEL Bond Visit to Vietnam [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S.-Vietnamese relations have advanced significantly over the past three years and are arguably at their most productive since relations were reestablished in 1995. We are Vietnam's largest export market, its third-largest trading partner, and one of its largest foreign invest [...] | 2010-01-05 10:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV PHUM MARR ECON SENV VM |
10HANOI5 | Bat Nha Wrap-up: VN government makes its case while Lang Mai [...] (C) Summary: For months, Lang Mai followers in Lam Dong province have been cajoled, harried, and harassed into dispersing to their home provinces throughout Vietnam. The last of the Lang Mai adherents -- a group of nine nuns -- left Phuoc Hue pagoda on December 29 in advance of the GVN-impos [...] | 2010-01-15 10:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL TH VM |
10HANOI54 | Vietnam Considers Aid to Haiti [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-20 03:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM PGOV EAID UN HA VM |
10HANOI64 | Mission Urges Vietnam to Contribute to Haiti [...] (SBU) A/DCM telephoned MFA/Americas Deputy Director Le Huy Hoang January 22 to urge Vietnam again to contribute assistance to Haiti, and to convey ref A points on developments in Haiti. A/DCM noted that many other nations in Southeast Asia already had contributed assistance and encouraged Viet [...] | 2010-01-22 09:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM EAID ECON PREF OIIP KPAO HA VM |
10HANOI68 | Vietnamese Border Guards' role in Combating Human [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 7 meeting, the Deputy Chief of the Ministry of Defense's Border Guards Division, Bui Quang An, stated criminal activity, including human trafficking, was on the rise. The northern border provinces of Lang Son, Lao Cai and An Giang registered the largest number of TI [...] | 2010-01-22 10:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KTIP KCRM PHUM PREL ELAB VM |
10HANOI7 | Vietnam Religious Freedom Update - The Case Against CPC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam's poor handling of the situations at the Plum Village Community at the Bat Nha Pagoda and the Dong Chiem Catholic parish last week "” particularly the excessive use of violence "” is troublesome and indicative of a larger GVN crackdown on human rights in the run-up to the J [...] | 2010-01-20 09:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF HURI PREL VM |
10HANOI70 | Vietnam's plans for the Mekong Initiative against [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff and USAID project manager met with the Regional Project Manager for the UN's Interagency Project on Human Trafficking (UNIAP) on January 5 to obtain a briefing on progress under UNIAP's USAID-funded grant and discuss Vietnam's participation in the Coordinated Mekong Minis [...] | 2010-01-22 10:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KTIP KCRM PHUM PREL ELAB VM |
10HARARE100 | ZIM NOTES 02-05-2010 [...] SUMMARY ----------- IMF to Restore Voting Rights-Biti... Circular Arguments... ACR Reports Offices Raided... Dozens Arrested While Discussing the Constitution... Zimbabwe Named to AU's Security Council... MDC-M Spokesman Defects... MDC Councilors Accused of Killing a ZA [...] | 2010-02-08 07:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
10HARARE105 | Zimbabwe: Doing Business Zimbabwe-style [...] (SBU) A recent conversation with businessman Kumbirai Katsande illuminated the difficulties of doing business in Zimbabwe. Katsande is the past president of the Zimbabwe Business Council and the current head of the Confederation of Zimbabwean Industries. He is the Managing Director of Ariston [...] | 2010-02-16 13:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON PREL PGOV ZI |
10HARARE107 | Zimbabwe: Measuring Progress [...] (C) The coalition government is now one year old. As the U.S. examines further engagement with Zimbabwe, post would like to suggest the Hague Principles agreed to in late 2007 as benchmarks for examining progress, and we offer our evaluation of progress from that time until the present. The [...] | 2010-02-19 08:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ZI |
10HARARE110 | STRIKE IN ZIMBABWE HITS EDUCATION HARDEST [...] (SBU) Some government employees, including teachers, began a labor action on February 5 in demand of higher wages, improved working conditions, and price cuts at government-controlled essential utilities. The greatest impact of the strike has been felt in the education sector, as teacher ab [...] | 2010-02-11 06:38:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV SOCI PREL PHUM ASEC ZI |
10HARARE116 | Zimbabwe Sets Racial Quota for Business Ownership [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) minister from President Mugabe's ZANU-PF party has issued regulations meant to force "indigenization" of businesses. The new rules, published on February 5, say that any business worth US$500,000 or more must explain how it will "cede a controlling [...] | 2010-02-12 10:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL ZI |
10HARARE118 | CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN ZIMBABWE [...] (U) Although statistics are not readily available, anecdotal evidence shows increasing Chinese involvement in Zimbabwe's economy. The trend became pronounced with the Government of Zimbabwe's (GOZ) "Look East Policy" in 2003, through which it sought to emphasize new ties with China in place o [...] | 2010-02-12 11:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EAID CN ZI |
10HARARE12 | ZIM NOTES 01-08-2010 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Vacations Delay Negotiations... Diamond Sale Announced Then Cancelled... MDC-T Investigating Corrupt Ministers... Zim Ambassador Invades Malaysian-Owned Farm... Teachers and Mine Workers Threaten Strikes... Michael Jackson's Ghost Sighted in Zimbabwe... Counterfeit US [...] | 2010-01-11 06:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
10HARARE132 | ZIMNOTES 2/12/2010 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Civil Service Strike Hits Education Sector... Commissioners to ZEC and HRC Selected... No Progress on Talks... MDC-T Expels 23 Councilors... Diamond Firm Directors Arrested... Newspaper Staff Charged... No Birthday Cake for the Government... "Indi [...] | 2010-02-16 07:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
10HARARE150 | ZIMBABWE: CHANGES TO RECIPROCITY SCHEDULE [...] (U) Post recommends two changes to the Zimbabwe reciprocity schedule as outlined below. The intent of the changes is to streamline visa processing for Zimbabwean government officials not subject to Presidential Proclamation 7524, which restricts travel of certain individuals to the U.S., and [...] | 2010-02-22 12:58:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CMGT PREL ZI |
10HARARE152 | ZIM NOTES 02-19-2010 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Mugabe Welcomes Codel Meeks/Watt... Journalist thrown out of Mugabe/Codel meeting... Diamond Drama Continues... Zim Agrees to KP Monitor... Court Orders Mining at Chiadzwa to Stop... EU Extends Targeted Sanctions on Zimbabwe... ZANU-PF Hijacks Civil [...] | 2010-02-23 08:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
10HARARE156 | Zimbabwe: Goods Produced With Forced or Exploitive Child [...] This cable provides information relevant to the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) of 2005, as described reftel, by providing details on goods produced in Zimbabwe with forced labor and exploitive child labor and government efforts to investigate and eliminate forced and [...] | 2010-02-23 10:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PREL PREF PHUM KTIP ZI |
10HARARE158 | Zimbabwe: Tenth Annual Trafficking in Persons Report [...] (U) The following is Embassy Harare's response to questions posed to Post in ref B. --------------------------------- Zimbabwe's TIP Situation --------------------------------- -- 25 A. (SBU) There are no reliable statistics on the trafficking problem in Zimbabwe. Most informa [...] | 2010-02-23 20:01:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP PGOV PREL PREF ELAB SMIG ASEC KMCA KWMN |
10HARARE168 | Zimbabwean Labor Leader Interrogated, Office Raided [...] (SBU) On February 19, the Secretary General of the General Agriculture and Plantation Workers' Union of Zimbabwe (GAPWUZ),Gertrude Hambira, was interrogated by a group of 17 security officials for her part in producing a film documenting abuse suffered by farm workers in Zimbabwe. During the [...] | 2010-02-24 15:27:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL PREF ASEC ZI |
10HARARE170 | ZANU-PF Peacefully Protests Sanctions In Front Of U.S. [...] (U) A ZANU-PF organized group protested peacefully in downtown Harare and in front of the U.S. Embassy on February 24. The protesters, who were allegedly bused in from outside Harare, shouted anti-sanctions slogans and appeared to have been paid at ZANU-PF headquarters after the march ended. [...] | 2010-02-24 15:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI |
10HARARE19 | AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL WITH INDIAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) In a meeting on January 13, Indian ambassador to Zimbabwe Ashok Venkatesan told the Ambassador that India has had a relationship with Robert Mugabe and ZANU-PF that dates to the independence struggle, and Mugabe had a personal relationship with Indira Gandhi. The GOI takes a neutral sta [...] | 2010-01-14 12:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI IN |
10HARARE22 | ZIMBABWE INCHES TOWARDS A NEW CONSTITUTION [...] (SBU) On January 11, Minister of Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs Eric Matinenga presided over the launch of the public outreach portion of Zimbabwe's effort to draft a new constitution. In sharp contrast with last July's chaotic All Stakeholders Conference, the approximate 1,000 del [...] | 2010-01-15 10:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM ASEC ZI |
10HARARE23 | ZIM NOTES 01-15-2010 [...] SUMMARY ----------- SADC Meets in Maputo... Constitutional Process to Resume after Long Delay... MDC-T Ministers Named in Corruption Probe... Rash of Farm Invasions in Rusape... AG Tomana Impeaches Own Witness... Hitschmann's Lawyer Mahlangu Acquitted... Students Arrested While Protestin [...] | 2010-01-19 07:04:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
10HARARE32 | ZIMBABWE'S FISCAL TRANSPARENCY [...] The USG provides no direct funding to Zimbabwe's central government. But USG funding does support provision of assistance to specific elements of the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ). This includes substantial assistance under the PEPFAR program to government-led efforts combating HIV/AIDS, assis [...] | 2010-01-20 15:38:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AID EAID ECON EFIN PREL ZI |
10HARARE33 | IATA MEETING WITH SEC NAPOLITANO [...] (SBU) Air Zimbabwe CEO Dr. Peter Chikumba requested a meeting with conoff on January 20 to relay his agenda in advance of a planned meeting at the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) offices in Geneva on January 22 with DHS Secretary Napolitano. Chikumba, an aircraft engineer with [...] | 2010-01-21 06:07:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ATRN ECON PTER PREL ASEC ZI |
10HARARE35 | INSIDER'S VIEW OF MDC-T [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-21 10:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
10HARARE36 | FISHMONGERS UPDATED ON DIAMONDS IN ZIM [...] (SBU) On January 14, Andrew Cranswick, CEO of African Consolidated Resources (ACR),and Greg Sebborn, an ACR special projects consultant, briefed the Fishmongers heads of mission group on current activities regarding their claims dispute with the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) over diamond fiel [...] | 2010-01-21 10:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EMIN ASEC ZI MZ |
10HARARE42 | FOLLOWU-UP TO FISHMONGERS' UPDATE ON DIAMONDS [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ chief spoke separately on January 21 to African Consolidated Resources (ACR) advisor Greg Sebborn and ZANU-PF chair of the Parliamentary committee on mines and energy Edward Chindori-Chininga as a follow-up to the briefing of the Fishmonger Heads of Mission (Ref) on recent deve [...] | 2010-01-22 10:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
10HARARE46 | ZIM NOTES 01-25-2010 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Official Constitutional Outreach Suspended... ... While ZANU-PF Launches Its Own Menacing Campaign... WOZA Protest Disrupted, Three Arrested... Journalist Flees After Death Threats from Cop... Wheels of Justice Too Slow for Bennett... Religious Group Faces Arrest Ove [...] | 2010-01-26 06:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
10HARARE48 | ZIM NOTES 01-25-2010 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Official Constitutional Outreach Suspended... ... While ZANU-PF Launches Its Own Menacing Campaign... WOZA Protest Disrupted, Three Arrested... Journalist Flees After Death Threats from Cop... Wheels of Justice Too Slow for Bennett... Religious Group Faces Arrest Ove [...] | 2010-01-26 06:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
10HARARE50 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ZIMBABWE MINISTER OF [...] (C) During a courtesy call by the Ambassador, Zimbabwe Minister of Agriculture Joseph Made stated that the Global Political Agreement was deadlocked and there would be no movement by ZANU-PF unless sanctions were lifted. Hewing to the ZANU-PF party line, Made touted land reform, denied there [...] | 2010-01-26 12:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PREL PGOV PINR ZI |
10HARARE58 | ZIM NOTES 01-29-2010 [...] SUMMARY ----------- ZANU-PF Says No More Concessions... High Court Dismisses SADC Land Ruling... Four More Farmers Harassed, Evicted, Arrested... Constitutional Outreach Clears One Hurdle... Civil Society Launches Constitutional Monitoring Effort... WOZA Members Beaten, Arrested, Released [...] | 2010-02-01 07:07:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
10HARARE63 | DEMARCHE TO GOZ ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] Ambassador presented Demarche (Ref) and talking points to Zimbabwe Minister of Environment Frances Nhema on January 29. 2. Nhema responded that in his opinion the Copenhagen Accord was not a formal agreement to which the Government of Zimbabwe could associate; further he did not know what [...] | 2010-02-01 15:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KGHG SENV ENRG ZI |
10HARARE64 | DEMARCHE TO GOZ ON CITES COP 15 [...] The Ambassador delivered the Demarche (Ref) and talking points to Zimbabwe Minister of Environment Frances Nhema on January 29. 2. Nhema responded that in principle he had no objections to any of the U.S. proposals. He said that customarily, with regard to CITES, the GOZ canvasses the Af [...] | 2010-02-01 15:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP ZI |
10HARARE66 | AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON ZIMBABWE MINISTER OF [...] (U) The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister of Environment Frances Nhema on January 29 and delivered demarches on the Copenhagen Accord and CITES (Refs). Other discussion focused on land conservancies and indigenization, conservation of rhinos, and the political situation in Zimbabwe [...] | 2010-02-02 07:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV CITES KGHG ZI |
10HARARE67 | AN MDC SENATORS'S VIEW OF TSVANGIRAI AND THE MDC [...] (C) MDC Senator Obert Gutu shared his views January 30 on Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, the MDC-T, and the current political situation. Gutu knows Tsvangirai, Minister of Finance Tendai Biti, and other top MDC-T officials well, but he is not an MDC-T insider. He is from Masvingo. His [...] | 2010-02-02 09:49:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
10HARARE68 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH WFP REPRESENTATIVE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The WFP experienced a decline in the number of people receiving food aid in Zimbabwe in 2009, but expects to see an increase in 2010 because of drought conditions. The WFP Director also worries about post-World Cup conditions when xenophobic actions against Zimbabweans in South A [...] | 2010-02-02 09:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM PREL ZI |
10HARARE7 | SURVIVING IN TODAY,S ZDF -- VIEWS OF TWO SERVING [...] (C) The most senior ranks of the Zimbabwean military are so entwined with ZANU-PF as to be practically indistinguishable from the party. This is particularly frustrating for many officers who want to concentrate on building a professional military that can serve as a national army and play a [...] | 2010-01-09 10:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ZI |
10HARARE75 | MEETING WITH ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR TO ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the newly arrived Algerian Ambassador to Zimbabwe, the country is currently in the midst of three transitions: the internal transformation of ZANU-PF, the transitional coalition government, and an economic transition. If these transitions, especially the overall po [...] | 2010-02-03 12:10:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EAGR ASEC ZI AG |
10HARARE8 | AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON NIGERIAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since Mugabe pulled Zimbabwe out of the British Commonwealth in December 2003 relations between Nigeria and Zimbabwe, while not hostile, have been decidedly cool. Mugabe blames Nigeria for plans to expel Zimbabwe, and believes the current Nigerian president is 'misinformed' abo [...] | 2010-01-09 10:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI NI |
10HARARE82 | WAITING FOR THE 2010 WORLD CUP TO BE OVER [...] (U) SUMMARY: In spite of the Zimbabwean government's attempt to hype the 2010 World Cup's ability to bring in a large influx of tourists, businesses in Victoria Falls are projecting a significant decrease in business. With the exception of the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA),business interl [...] | 2010-02-04 10:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PHUM PREL SCUL SMIG ELAB KPAO ZI |
10HARARE83 | Conversations with MDC-T Minister-in-Waiting Roy Bennett [...] (C) MDC-T Finance Chairman Roy Bennett told the Ambassador that while the MDC is good at campaigning, it lacks a cadre of people who know how to run a government. While much of U.S. and other Western support has focused on the party, there is a compelling need for institution building. Apar [...] | 2010-02-04 14:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
10HARARE85 | Ambassador's Call on Zim Minister of Women's Affairs, [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met on February 5 with ZANU-PF's Olivia Muchena, Zimbabwe's Minister of Women's Affairs, Gender and Community Development. Muchena described the objectives of her ministry and briefly commented on the Global Political Agreement. 2. (SBU) With regard to women, Much [...] | 2010-02-08 15:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI SOCI PHUM KWMN KTIP PINR |
10HARARE87 | Ambassador's meeting with Zim Minister of Youth, [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe's Minister of Youth, Indigenization and Empowerment Saviour Kasukuwere suggested to the Ambassador that all donor and NGO support for youth be channeled through the Zimbabwe Youth Council. He defended indigenization as necessary to protect Zimbabwe's resources, and said the pol [...] | 2010-02-08 15:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI ECON EINV |
10HARARE9 | RECOMMENDATION ON RESPONDING TO ZIMBABWE FINANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Tendai Biti sent me a letter requesting that three banks be removed from Treasury's sanctions list. I recommend that we honor Biti's request. The information available to me indicates that these three banks no longer have any role in supporting Mugabe. This woul [...] | 2010-01-09 10:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ETTC ZI |
10HARARE91 | Welcome (back) to Zimbabwe - CODEL MEEKS/WATT Scenesetter [...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Zimbabwe welcomes CODEL Meeks/Watt and their delegation. Your return visit comes at an important period in Zimbabwe's history, at the one-year anniversary of the entry into government of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) factions in February 2009 and the formation w [...] | 2010-02-09 14:33:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV ZI |
10HARARE93 | XXXXXXXXXXXX’s observations on the political landscape and [...] (SBU) Pol/econ chief met February 9 with XXXXXXXXXXXX offered his observations on various topics including the state of ZANU-PF, indigenization, and elections. 2. (C) ZANU-PF. XXXXXXXXXXXX described the party as badly fractured. It was like a stick of TNT, susceptible to ignition and disintegratio [...] | 2010-02-10 13:00:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
10HARARE95 | Ambassador Meets with Zim Home Affairs Co-Ministers [...] (SBU The Ambassador met February 8 with Khembo Mohadi (ZANU-PF) and Giles Mutsekwa (MDC-T),the co-ministers of Home Affairs, at their office. The meeting was friendly, especially when contrasted with Ambassador McGee's meeting with the two ministers in April 2009 (Ref). 2. (SBU) Moh [...] | 2010-02-10 13:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KTIP ASEC PINR ZI |
10HARARE98 | Status and Concerns: Establishment of P-MDTF in Zimbabwe [...] (SBU) The donor community in Harare has been in consultations with the World Bank (WB) since April 2009 regarding the establishment of a Programmatic Multi-Donor Trust Fund (P-MDTF) for the purpose of implementing recovery projects in support of the transitional government. There is collectiv [...] | 2010-02-05 09:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PHUM PREL ZI |
10HAVANA107 | CUBA BUTTONED DOWN FOLLOWING DEATH OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The situation in Cuba is quiet following the February 23 death of political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo from a prolonged hunger strike. Several sources reported that up to 50 Zapata supporters had either been detained or prevented from leaving their homes, all in central and [...] | 2010-02-24 18:57:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV ECON EAID CU |
10HAVANA11 | CLIMATE CHANGE PROVIDES GOC WITH MUCH NEEDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Cuba (GOC) used the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen to distract attention from problems within Cuba and ferociously vent against the United States and, in particular, President Obama. While some elements within the GOC are legitimately concerned about the e [...] | 2010-01-07 18:48:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV PGOV ECON PREL CU |
10HAVANA110 | CUBAN OPPOSITION SHOCKED AND ENERGIZED BY DEATH OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. The February 23 death of political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo has both shocked and energized the Cuban opposition, but has not provoked large scale political unrest in Cuba or resonated deeply within Cuban society at large. State security forces have been active, resorting to [...] | 2010-02-26 19:37:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV EAID CU |
10HAVANA26 | CUBA STILL IN THE DARK ABOUT PASSENGER SCREENING, [...] (SBU) Chief of Mission and Pol-Econ Chief met on January 11 with Cuban Foreign Ministry officials to deliver points per Reftel A on the new regulations on passenger screening. The officials, including North America Division Director Josefina Vidal, said that this was the first official informa [...] | 2010-01-11 19:29:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAIR PGOV CU |
10HAVANA42 | CUBAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI POST EARTHQUAKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Cuban assistance to Haiti after the earthquake consists primarily of mobilizing doctors and nurses already in country, supplemented by teams of Cuban doctors who specialize in emergency medical assistance. Cuba is also transporting Haitian doctors who studied in Cuba and Hait [...] | 2010-01-20 12:02:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID PREL CU HA |
10HAVANA72 | 28 JANUARY REPATRIATION OF CUBANS AT [...] USINT officer transferred 16 Cubans from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Key Biscayne to Cuban authorities on January 28 without incident. 2. The cutter docked in the Cuban port of Cabanas at approximately 10:00 am local time to transfer the migrants. USINT officer briefed the returnees and p [...] | 2010-02-03 14:05:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PREF PREL KCRM CU |
10HAVANA8 | CUBA AGHAST ABOUT LANDING IN FLIGHT SCREENING LIST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Cuba (GOC) complained about reports that it had been included on the list of countries whose nationals would require additional screening before flying to the United States. Moreover, the GOC said that it was in the dark about the extent and application of th [...] | 2010-01-06 17:27:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAIR PGOV CU |
10HAVANA84 | KEY TRADING PARTNERS SEE NO BIG ECONOMIC REFORMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is little prospect of economic reform in 2010 despite an economic crisis that is expected to get even worse for Cuba in the next few years, according to key commercial specialists, economic officers and Cuba-watchers in Havana. Promised structural reforms remain on hold while the [...] | 2010-02-09 18:49:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV CU |
10HAVANA85 | GOC REJECTS OFFICIAL EXCHANGES;SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a January 15, 2010 meeting with USINT representatives, Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs Representatives emphatically declined to support USG-funded exchange programs. USINT subsequently learned that students and professors were being threatened by University of Havan [...] | 2010-02-10 16:47:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CU PHUM PREL |
10HAVANA9 | U.S.- CUBA CHILL EXAGGERATED, BUT OLD WAYS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Over the course of the last month the tone coming out of Havana seems a regression to the hostile language that kept U.S. - Cuba relations on ice for much of the last 50 years. The U.S. press is playing it that way, and both U.S. and Cuban observers are publicly throwing their [...] | 2010-01-06 20:20:00 | US Interests Section Havana | SECRET | PREL PHUM PGOV SMIG CU |
10HELSINKI21 | GOF CONSIDERING MODEST INCREASES IN AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 16:24:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | AF FI MOPS PREL |
10HELSINKI27 | FINLAND PREFERS COMMON E.U. ENGAGEMENT WITH CUBA [...] (SBU) Pol/Econoff spoke with Ingmar Strom, Counsellor in the MFA's Unit for Latin America and the Caribbean affairs, regarding reftel talking points. Strom noted that the GOF prefers to engage Cuba through a common EU position but that this has been made more difficult by a few EU members whic [...] | 2010-01-20 17:25:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SOCI CU |
10HELSINKI35 | FINLAND'S VIEWS ON JAN 25 FAC TOPICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 22 meeting with PolEconOff, Finnish Acting Deputy European Correspondent Juha Mustonen received U.S. points on FAC agenda items contained in ref A and provided the following responses, previously reported in ref B email. In general Finland supported almost all U.S. p [...] | 2010-01-25 14:06:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | BK EU FI HA IR MAS PHUM PK PREL SO YM |
10HELSINKI36 | FINLAND TO ANNOUNCE INCREASED AFGHANISTAN SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the London Conference Finland will announce its plans to increase its contributions to Afghanistan. On January 22 President Halonen and the Government decided to increase its military and civilian presence and to direct additional development assistance to the northern provi [...] | 2010-01-25 16:11:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | AF ECON EFIN FI MARR PGOV PREL |
10HELSINKI37 | HAITI ENGAGEMENT - REPORT FROM HELSINKI [...] PAS has engaged with Finnish government and media on Haiti relief operations and is pleased to report that their treatment of the earthquake and its aftermath has been fair, balanced and forward-leaning in terms of their own support and understanding. We have seen no need to flag highly-biase [...] | 2010-01-26 15:59:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KDEM OIIP HA FI |
10HELSINKI49 | FM STUBB CALLS FOR REVIEW AND RENEWAL OF U.S.-EU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an address delivered 27 January at Chatham House, just prior to the London Conference on Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Stubb prescribed a bit of marriage counseling for the EU-U.S. axis of the transatlantic relationship. Describing the relationship as akin to "a grumpy old c [...] | 2010-02-03 14:11:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EU FI PREL |
10HELSINKI51 | FINLAND AFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR PRESSURE ON IRAN [...] (C) In a February 4 meeting, DCM presented reftel points to MFA Undersecretary for Political Affairs Markus Lyra. Lyra responded that "we agree with your views," and that Finland believed both talk and pressure would be necessary to convince Iran to comply with international norms in its nucle [...] | 2010-02-04 15:57:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | FI IR PARM PREL |
10HELSINKI57 | FINLAND SUPPORTING BUT NOT ADDING TO JOINT U.S.-EU [...] (U) Pol/Econoff delivered remarks from instruction email to Janne Jokinen, First Secretary in the Unit for Human Rights Policy at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Jokinen stated that Finland will join the EU statement but will not be issuing a separate statement or taking any other action r [...] | 2010-02-10 16:37:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | IR PHUM PREL |
10HELSINKI71 | AFGHANISTAN: FEW DETAILS ON FINLAND'S INCREASES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The details and exact duties of Finland's additional military and civilian personnel promised for Afghanistan (details reported in reftel B) are not yet available. MFA Afghanistan Envoy Kalkku responded to Charge's delivery of reftel A points by reiterating the GOF plan to fill i [...] | 2010-02-22 15:38:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | AF FI MARR MASS MOPS PREL |
10HELSINKI73 | AFGHANISTAN: MOD ON RC-NORTH CHANGES, POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: MOD Policy Director Jarvenpaa discussed potential realignment of RC-North, the new Turkish PRT there, and political support for Finland's activities in Afghanistan with P-E Chief in a February 23 meeting. Post requests additional releasable information regarding increased U.S. [...] | 2010-02-26 07:01:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | AF FI MARR MOPS PREL SW |
10HOCHIMINHCITY33 | SHOW TRIAL OF DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS SHOWCASES CHALLENGES TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The trial of four pro-democracy advocates, including prominent lawyer/Fulbright scholar Le Cong Dinh and activist and blogger Nguyen Tien Trung, opened and closed in HCMC on January 20. All four were convicted for "attempting to overthrow the state" and given sentences ranging f [...] | 2010-01-21 11:29:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
10HOCHIMINHCITY37 | STATE MEDIA SPINS FICTITIOUS ACCOUNTS OF JAN 20 DISSIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: News reports on the January 20 trial of four democracy advocates (ref A) carried in Vietnam's tightly controlled media -- particularly the more reliably vitriolic papers connected to the armed forces and MPS -- clearly demonstrated why the GVN banned foreign observers and media f [...] | 2010-01-29 02:49:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PINS PROP PREL VM |
10HOCHIMINHCITY38 | CHRISTIANS HOLD WIDESPREAD CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: Christians in HCMC, Hanoi and other locations held several large-scale Christmas celebrations with record- breaking turnout and without incident. In HCMC, Protestant house churches staged their largest Christmas gatherings to date -- two separate events involving 40,000 and 12,000 [...] | 2010-01-29 09:42:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI SCUL VM |
10HOCHIMINHCITY50 | FOUR CG TOUR OF THE DELTA HIGHLIGHTS ECONOMIC GROWTH AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A joint trip undertaken by the Consuls General of Australia, India, Kuwait and the USA to the Mekong Delta provinces of Can Tho, Hau Giang and An Giang provided a host of opportunities to share experiences, gain insights from colleagues, forge new connections and reinforce key sh [...] | 2010-02-12 06:37:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTIP KIRF PREL PGOV SOCI VM |
10HOCHIMINHCITY51 | NEW YEAR'S UPDATE WITH FORMER MAYOR VO VIET THANH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vo Viet Thanh, former HCMC Mayor and current advisor to both PM Dung and President Triet, remains deeply troubled by what he views as China's increasingly belligerent stance towards not only Vietnam but the rest of Asia. His message for the USG was that whether we are dealing with [...] | 2010-02-12 07:11:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CH VM |
10HOCHIMINHCITY52 | NGUYEN TIEN TRUNG'S PARENTS ASK USG TO REQUEST AMNESTY [...] Summary: (C) During their February 8 meeting with visiting EAP DAS Marciel, the parents of jailed democracy activist Nguyen Tien Trung asked the USG to press the GVN to grant their son amnesty. Trung's parents said they are allowed monthly visits, can give Trung a small stipend, and that Trung [...] | 2010-02-12 09:11:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
10HOCHIMINHCITY53 | CHURCH LEADERS SHARE SOUTHERN VIEW ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM WITH [...] (C) Summary: During DAS Marciel's meetings with Cardinal Pham Minh Man and Pastor Le Quoc Huy of the Grace Baptist Church on February 7 and 8, respectively, both religious leaders affirmed Vietnam has made significant progress on ensuring the majority of Vietnam's Christians can practice their [...] | 2010-02-12 10:31:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
10HOCHIMINHCITY56 | THE HOA HAO TODAY [...] (SBU) Summary: The religious freedom situation facing the more than one million mainstream Hoa Hao continues to improve since GVN recognition in 1999, as evidenced by the open religious gathering in An Giang province attended by 50,000-70,000 followers in January. The vast majority of Hoa Hao [...] | 2010-02-24 10:27:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
10HONGKONG111 | HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI: HONG KONG AND [...] To date, Hong Kong and Macau SAR governments have not offered any direct humanitarian support to Haiti relief efforts. Instead, the Hong Kong government has encouraged local NGOs to apply for grants from the government's Disaster Relief Fund. 2. Several Hong Kong-based charities and NGOs [...] | 2010-01-20 10:29:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | CM EAID ECON HA HK PGOV PREF PREL |
10HONGKONG19 | HONG KONG TO BEIJING: WE WANT A ROLE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Hong Kong government (HKG) has embarked on all-out effort to be included in China's 12th Five-Year Plan (FYP),due to start in 2011. Spurred by fears of being marginalized and buoyed by overwhelming public support, Chief Executive Donald Tsang in his October Policy [...] | 2010-01-05 08:26:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH HK |
10HONGKONG267 | HONG KONG SHIP OWNERS WELCOME PLA TROOPS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy forces currently deployed in the waters off East Africa to counter Somali maritime pirate attacks have reportedly offered troops to merchant ships from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The Hong Kong Ship Owners Associat [...] | 2010-02-12 07:46:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHSA ATRN EWWT PREL KPIR KCRM IMO DA UK BA |
10HONGKONG290 | REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE: HK VIEWS APEC AS "DEFINING [...] (C) Summary and Comment: A senior Hong Kong official welcomed Secretary Clinton's January 12 speech on U.S. views toward Asia Pacific Regional Architecture and applauded clear administration statements on the importance of U.S. commitments in Asia. Despite its status as a Special Administrat [...] | 2010-02-19 03:53:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN PREL APECO ECON HK |
10HONGKONG292 | SOMALI PIRACY: HONG KONG SHIP OWNERS TO LOBBY [...] (SBU) On February 18, Hong Kong Ship Owners Association (HKSOA) Managing Director Arthur Bowring informed Post that the HKSOA would approach China's Foreign Ministry Commissioner in Hong Kong to raise the industry's concerns over a rumored United Nations ban on ransom payments to pirates. Res [...] | 2010-02-19 09:20:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHSA ATRN EWWT PREL KPIR KCRM IMO DA UK BA |
10HONGKONG326 | HONG KONG AND MACAU NOTIFIED: FEBRUARY 10 [...] (SBU) On February 24, Post notified appropriate government officials in Hong Kong and Macau of the February 10 designation under Executive Order (E.O.) 13382 of an individual and four companies affiliated with Iran's Revolutionary Guard (IRGC),per reftel. 2. (SBU) Banking regulators from H [...] | 2010-02-25 09:32:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR GM MC HK |
10HONGKONG69 | HONG KONG ANALYSTS' VIEWS ON CHINESE LEADERSHIP, [...] (C) Summary: China analysts in Hong Kong saw the PRC's provincial leadership reshuffle announced November 30 as a possible preview of the two top contenders for China's sixth generation leadership. They contended Hu Chunhua and Sun Zhengcai, both 46, have a good chance of joining the Politbur [...] | 2010-01-13 09:14:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH HK |
10HYDERABAD2 | TELANGANA - A BANDH AND A ROAR STIR A UNITED RESPONSE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Two "bandhs" (strikes) and a rally over the past week brought different regions of Andhra Pradesh (AP) to a standstill. Facing down significant government opposition, the "Vidyarthi Garjana" (Student's Roar) rally organizers pulled off a well attended and peaceful protest in Hyder [...] | 2010-01-05 13:01:00 | American Consulate Hyderabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PINR KDEM IN |
10ISLAMABAD10 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 04, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-05 03:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD102 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 15, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 12:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD11 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 05, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-05 10:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD115 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 16-19, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-19 10:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD137 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: January 20, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-20 10:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD143 | H1N1 IN PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan has 148 officially confirmed cases of H1N1, but the country's extremely limited disease surveillance capacity leads top Pakistani public health officials to believe that infection is dramatically under-reported. Pakistan's National Institute of Health (PNIH) and the U. [...] | 2010-01-21 07:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI TBIO ECON PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD144 | SUBJECT: PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 21, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-21 11:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD148 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: January 22, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-22 09:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD152 | SRAP HOLBROOKE'S JANUARY 13 MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Foreign Minister Qureshi opened the January 13 meeting with SRAP Holbrooke by stressing the need to pay more attention to the bilateral relationship. He stated that the situation in Afghanistan needed to improve and that Pakistan could assist in these efforts by actively participating in [...] | 2010-01-23 08:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID PK |
10ISLAMABAD175 | FATA CLEARING OPERATIONS CONTINUE, DISPLACED [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Pakistani military is continuing its counterinsurgency efforts along the main corridors of South Waziristan and the northern and central FATA with low level search and clear operations. Frontier Corps operations in Bajaur remain on hold, awaiting additional forces. Meanwhil [...] | 2010-01-25 09:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER MARR MASS PK |
10ISLAMABAD176 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 23-25, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 12:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD178 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, JANUARY 6, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 05:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD184 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 26, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 10:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD189 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, JANUARY 20, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 12:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD190 | PAKISTANI, AFGHAN, AND IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani Foreign Minister Qureshi hosted his Afghan and Iranian counterparts for a meeting in Islamabad on January 16. This was the third high-level gathering of the three countries in the past year -- which included a trilateral heads-of-state summit in May 2009 in Tehran. Th [...] | 2010-01-26 14:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ECON SNAR PK AF IR |
10ISLAMABAD191 | PAKISTANIS CRITICIZE ENHANCED PASSENGER SCREENING, OFFICIALS THREATEN TO CANCEL U.S. TRAVEL IF SUBJECT TO IT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 14:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
10ISLAMABAD20 | LABOR MINISTRY ACTIONS TO COMBAT BONDED LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Federal Ministry of Labor, in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation and other stakeholders, hosted two conferences on bonded labor. Government officials, employers, donors and civil society came together at a December 15-16 conference in Lahore to discuss [...] | 2010-01-06 10:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER ELAB KTIP PK |
10ISLAMABAD206 | TARIN'S CONTINUING BUDGET WOES [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting to clarify the status of U.S. assistance to Pakistan, Minister of Finance Shaukat Tarin told the Ambassador January 20 that he needs a total of $2.174 billion from the U.S. ($1.3 billion in Coalition Support Funds and a total of $874 million in civilian assistance) in [...] | 2010-01-27 07:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD208 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 27, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-27 11:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD21 | LABOR MINISTRY ACTIONS TO COMBAT BONDED LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Federal Ministry of Labor, in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation and other stakeholders, hosted two conferences on bonded labor. Government officials, employers, donors and civil society came together at a December 15-16 conference in Lahore to discuss [...] | 2010-01-06 10:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER ELAB KTIP PK |
10ISLAMABAD222 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 28, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-28 11:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD223 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 29, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-29 10:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD227 | PAKISTANI REACTION TO COPENHAGEN CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistani reaction to December's Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change ranges from disappointment with the outcome to outright disapproval of the steps taken to formulate the Copenhagen Accord. Climate change think tanks and a government research organization seem to have reta [...] | 2010-02-01 06:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI TBIO ECON PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD23 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 06, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-06 11:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD232 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 01, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-01 12:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD252 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 02, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-02 10:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD265 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 03, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-03 10:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD268 | PRO-WOMEN AMENDMENT TO PAKISTAN CRIMINAL LAW [...] (U) Summary: On January 29, President Asif Ali Zardari signed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2009 into effect. The legislation amends the Pakistan Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure to include provisions for making workplace harassment against women punishable. This legislation is [...] | 2010-02-03 14:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER ELAB KTIP PK |
10ISLAMABAD269 | PAKISTAN RESPONSE: MOBILIZING PRESSURE TO PERSUADE IRAN'S ENGAGEMENT ON ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-03 14:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PGOV PK PREL PTER |
10ISLAMABAD282 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 04, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-04 10:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD289 | PAKISTAN RESPONSE TO CITES COP-15 DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On 4 February EconOff delivered reftel demarche to Secretary of Environment Kamran Lashari and Umeed Khalid, Ministry of Environment Wildlife Conservator. Khalid anticipated that Pakistan would be able to "generally" support USG submissions at CITES COP-15, but acknowledged that the GOP [...] | 2010-02-05 05:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI TBIO ECON PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD290 | MOE ON COPENHAGEN ACCORD, LEADERSHIP CHANGES [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel demarche to Secretary of Environment Kamran Lashari on 4 February, emphasizing the importance of the Copenhagen Accord as a vital first step toward addressing the issue of climate change. The Secretary revealed that responsibility for Pakistan's position on the A [...] | 2010-02-05 05:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI TBIO ECON PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD294 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 05, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-05 14:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD298 | COMBATING BONDED LABOR ABUSES IN AGRICULTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: In Pakistan debt labor in agriculture stems from culturally accepted money lending traditions and a socio-economic disparity that contributes to maintaining the poverty gripping the country's rural areas, especially in the Sindh province. There is a spectrum of abuse that arise [...] | 2010-02-05 15:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI ELAB PREL PGOV PTER |
10ISLAMABAD301 | CODEL LYNCH'S MEETING WITH PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: On January 29, a congressional delegation led by Representative Stephen Lynch met with Imran Khan, a former professional cricket player who heads the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ("Law and Justice") party, at Khan's residence in the hills overlooking Rawal Lake on the outskirts of Isl [...] | 2010-02-06 11:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK AF |
10ISLAMABAD307 | PROGRESS ON INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS FOR SOUTH [...] (C) In a January 28 meeting with U.S. Economic and Development Assistance Coordinator Raphel, Army Director General of Staff Duties Lt. General Zubair and Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) Secretariat Director General of Projects Fakre Alam reported on the progress toward implementatio [...] | 2010-02-08 06:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MOPS PGOV PK PREL |
10ISLAMABAD308 | CODEL LYNCH'S JANUARY 29 MEETING WITH SBP GOVERNOR RAZA, [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-08 06:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL |
10ISLAMABAD309 | INTER-AGENCY HUMAN TRAFFICKING - BONDED LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Interior hosted an inter-agency conference on human trafficking and bonded labor on February 3. Officials from all four provinces attended. Participants included the provincial Inspector Generals of Police, the Ministry of Labor, provincial Departments of Labou [...] | 2010-02-08 07:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER ELAB KTIP PK |
10ISLAMABAD310 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 08, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-08 11:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD313 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 09, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-09 11:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD316 | PAKISTAN APPEARS LIKELY TO ACCEPT INDIA'S OFFER OF [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director General for South Asia Afrasiab Mehdi Hashim told Deputy PolCouns on February 9 that Pakistan has not yet accepted India's offer of a bilateral foreign secretary-level meeting, but expected it would do so. Though the Indians have said they are open to discussion of a [...] | 2010-02-10 13:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN PK |
10ISLAMABAD319 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 10, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-11 02:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD326 | SCENE SETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY [...] Summary: (C) Deputy Secretary Wolin's visit to Pakistan comes at a time when Pakistan's long term stability depends more and more upon the government's willingness to confront difficult economic policy choices it has long sought to avoid. Pakistan must begin to address a breadth of economic [...] | 2010-02-11 09:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PTER CH PK |
10ISLAMABAD330 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 11, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-11 11:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD332 | U.S.-PAKISTAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: A POTENTIAL GAME CHANGER [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: President Zardari, Prime Minister Gilani and Finance Minister Tarin, like many Pakistanis before them, have pleaded with the USG for "trade, not aid." A Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Pakistan holds substantial opportunity for the Pakistani economy, with small, [...] | 2010-02-11 14:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PK PREL |
10ISLAMABAD339 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 12, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-12 10:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD34 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 08, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-08 10:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD345 | WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION OF DR. AAFIA SIDDIQUI,S [...] (U) Summary: The guilty verdict against Dr. Aafia Siddiqui in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of NY sparked protests and public condemnation across Pakistan on February 4 and 5. The reaction to the Siddiqui verdict was front-page news in all the major newspapers. A number of press art [...] | 2010-02-12 13:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID PK |
10ISLAMABAD362 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 16, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-16 10:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD371 | POTUS LETTER ON THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-17 05:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP PREL PGOV PTER PK |
10ISLAMABAD380 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 17, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-17 09:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD382 | MFA PROVIDES DETAILS ON UPCOMING FOREIGN [...] (C/REL UK) Summary: MFA Director General for South Asia Afrasiab Mehdi Hashim told Deputy PolCouns that Pakistan and India will be free to raise all issues at the foreign secretaries' meeting scheduled for February 25 in New Delhi. He claimed that the Pakistanis will focus on trying to persua [...] | 2010-02-17 11:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN PK |
10ISLAMABAD387 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 18, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 10:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD39 | ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH MONTHLY - DEC [...] (U) Summary: Environment, Science, Technology and Health Monthly Update for December 2009, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Islamabad, Pakistan. Topics covered: -- Low HPV Prevalence among Karachi Women -- AIDS Therapy Centers in Pakistan -- Pakistan to Formally Enter Antar [...] | 2010-01-11 04:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD398 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 19, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-19 10:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD399 | CODEL KERRY’S MEETING WITH PM GILANI [...] (C) Summary: On February 16 Senator John Kerry met with Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani and spoke about the state of Indo-Pakistani relations. Gilani said that Pakistan was willing to resume talks with India but indicated that in order to gain Pakistan's trust India would need to decrease its footprin [...] | 2010-02-19 10:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD406 | LAUNCH OF 2010 PAKISTAN HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 9, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator, joined by federal and provincial Pakistan government representatives, the head of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),and a local NGO representative, launched the Pakistan Humanitarian Response Plan [...] | 2010-02-20 06:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID IO PGOV PREF PREL ECON PINR PK |
10ISLAMABAD409 | ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH MONTHLY - JAN [...] (U) Summary: Environment, Science, Technology and Health Monthly Update for January 2010, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Islamabad, Pakistan. Topics covered: -- Nationwide Drought Deepens -- Islamabad to Harvest Rain Water -- Promoting Business, Community and Ecology with Pine Nuts -- Worr [...] | 2010-02-22 04:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD41 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 11, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-11 11:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD410 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, FEBRUARY 3, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-22 04:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD414 | SUBJECT: PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 22, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-22 11:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD416 | SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER’S FEBRUARY 24 [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Islamabad warmly welcomes your February 24 visit to Pakistan. You will participate in a trilateral cooperation meeting with Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik and Afghan Interior Minister Hanif Atmar, followed by bilateral meetings with senior Pakistani officials, includi [...] | 2010-02-22 14:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
10ISLAMABAD426 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 23, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 07:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD428 | SENATOR KERRY MEETS WITH PAKISTANI PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: In a February 16 meeting with President Zardari, Senator Kerry said that India was ""very open"" to constructive talks with Pakistan, and urged Pakistan to reach an agreement with India on counter terrorism. Zardari said with U.S. support, talks could move forward. He said he doubted [...] | 2010-02-23 11:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD IN PK |
10ISLAMABAD431 | SRAP HOLBROOKE'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZARDARI [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a February 18 meeting, Ambassador Holbrooke thanked President Zardari for GOP cooperation in fighting Taliban militants, especially the recent capture of Afghan Taliban military leader Mullah Beradar. Zardari agreed that the United States and Pakistan had weakened the Tali [...] | 2010-02-23 12:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER ECON EAID PK |
10ISLAMABAD432 | PROGRESS CONTINUES ON SOUTH WAZIRISTAN PROJECTS [...] (C) On February 20, U.S. Economic and Development Assistance Coordinator Robin Raphel (AssistCoord) met with Army Director General of Staff Duties Major General Zubair and Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Habibullah Khan and their team to discuss South [...] | 2010-02-23 14:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID MOPS PK |
10ISLAMABAD437 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, FEBRUARY 17, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-24 07:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD441 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 24, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-24 09:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD444 | TARIN OUT, SHAHAB-UD-DIN -- AND NASIM BEG? -- IN [...] (C) Summary: On February 23, Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani accepted the resignation of Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin, and his successor remains unknown. According to conversations on February 24 with Treasury Attache and Embassy EconOff, it is not entirely certain which of the two leading candidate [...] | 2010-02-25 02:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAID EFIN PK |
10ISLAMABAD446 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 25, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 10:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD452 | PAKISTAN'S RESPONSE: PREPARING FOR SYRIA AT MARCH [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche on preparing for Syria at the March International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors meeting to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director for Disarmament Mohammad Kamran Akhtar and Deputy Director Abbas Qureshi, on February 25. 2. (C) Akhtar [...] | 2010-02-26 07:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL SY IAEA |
10ISLAMABAD453 | FRIENDS OF DEMOCRATIC PAKISTAN TO TACKLE ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: In the first meeting of the Steering Committee on February 10, co-chairs Water and Power Secretary Shahid Rafi and Asian Development Bank Country Director Rune Stroem outlined the goals, membership and work plan for the Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FoDP) Energy Sector Task F [...] | 2010-02-26 07:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ENRG PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD461 | GOP DENIES AGREEMENT TO TRANSFER BERADAR TO [...] (C) Summary: On February 26, the Lahore High Court reportedly barred the Government of Pakistan (GOP) from extraditing Mullah Beradar and four other Afghan Taliban leaders, pending a hearing on March 15 to which both the federal government and concerned provincial governments have been summoned. Th [...] | 2010-02-26 16:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK AF |
10ISLAMABAD54 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 12, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-12 12:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISLAMABAD94 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 14, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-14 12:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
10ISTANBUL11 | ARMENIAN PATRIARCHATE: AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE [...] (C) Summary. Armenian Patriarch Mutafyan Mesrob II has been suffering from dementia since late 2007, and in 2008 Archbishop Aram Atesyan took over the administrative responsibilities of the patriarchy as acting patriarch. On December 3, the Patriarchate petitioned the Ministry of Interior f [...] | 2010-01-08 12:23:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL PINR TU AR |
10ISTANBUL12 | IRAN/REFUGEES: EBRAHIM SHARIFI'S U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Ebrahim Sharifi, an Iranian opposition supporter whose testimony to Iran's parliament that security forces raped him in prison (and subsequent interviews with international media outlets) made him a target for regime death threats, and who had been a refugee in Turkey since Sept [...] | 2010-01-08 13:26:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL PINS PGOV UNHCR TU IR |
10ISTANBUL14 | IRAN'S PRESS TV: HUNKERED DOWN AND RATIONALIZING [...] (C) Summary: The Istanbul correspondent for Iran's "Press TV" news channel (protect) told us that several pro-opposition reporters and staffers at the news channel have quit their jobs and left Iran, but a majority of the "Green Movement" supporters on the staff are still working there. The [...] | 2010-01-11 13:11:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINS TU IR |
10ISTANBUL19 | "ALEVI OPENING" MEETS WITH ALEVI SKEPTICISM [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOT announced plans to discuss at its final Alevi workshop Alevi concerns related to the recognition of their cem houses as places of worship, ending compulsory religious instruction, and opening a special institute to train Alevi clerics. The Alevi population does not agr [...] | 2010-01-14 05:16:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
10ISTANBUL20 | IRANIAN POLITICS: A TURKISH EXPERT SAYS "KEEP AN [...] (C) Summary: A Turkish contact who claims business connections to Iranian regime insiders told us regime leaders are planning on a scenario that would replace President Ahmadinejad with Tehran Mayor Qalibaf in 2012. He said Qalibaf advisors asked his help to secure Turkish funding for sever [...] | 2010-01-15 10:30:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ECON ETRD ENRG IR TU |
10ISTANBUL21 | IRAN'S BAR ASSOCIATION: TRYING TO STAY [...] (C) Summary: An American Bar Association (ABA) representative briefed us recently on ABA's effort to make contact with Iran Bar Associations Union (IBAU),with the goal of offering legal workshops and capacity building to strengthen the IBAU's and regional Iranian bar associations' technical [...] | 2010-01-15 10:42:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL KDEM IR TU |
10ISTANBUL23 | ISTANBUL CONTACTS ON ELECTION PROSPECTS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 13:13:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
10ISTANBUL30 | ISTANBUL AKP REPRESENTATIVES ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Istanbul,s Justice and Development Party (AKP) representatives echo the Prime Minister,s public insistence that there will not be early elections, and agree that the state of the economy and unemployment will have the greatest impact on the election results. AKP,s organizationa [...] | 2010-01-21 11:50:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
10ISTANBUL31 | IRANIAN POLITICS: MOUSAVI'S LAWYER REQUESTS USG [...] (S) Summary: We met January 20 with Dr. Ardashir Arjomand, a legal advisor to Iranian opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi, who fled Iran after being detained in the post-June crackdown against reformists. Ardashir entered Turkey illegally but he holds a valid French residency permit. He [...] | 2010-01-21 16:09:00 | Consulate Istanbul | SECRET | PREF PREL PGIV PINS PHUM TU IR |
10ISTANBUL34 | LEADING TURKISH BUSINESS COUNCIL ELECTS NEW CHAIRWOMAN [...] (SBU) (Summary). To no one's surprise, on January 19 leading Turkish NGO TUSIAD (Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association) elected Umit Boyner as its new Chair, replacing outgoing Chairwoman Arzuhan Dogan Yalcindag. A new board of directors was also elected. The election took pl [...] | 2010-01-26 12:19:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINT ETRD PHUM PREL TU |
10ISTANBUL37 | LEADING TURKISH BUSINESS COUNCIL ELECTS NEW [...] (SBU) (Summary) To no one's surprise, on January 19 leading Turkish NGO TUSIAD (Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association) elected Umit Boyner as its new Chair, replacing outgoing Chairwoman Arzuhan Dogan Yalcindag. A new board of directors was also elected. The election took p [...] | 2010-01-27 05:33:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINT ETRD PHUM PREL TU |
10ISTANBUL40 | IRAN/POLITICS: TEN DAYS OF DAWN, THE OPPOSITION'S [...] (C) Summary: Several contacts (in Istanbul, Paris, and Tehran) who are close to Iran's "Green Movement" have cautioned that the opposition intends to use the "Ten Days of Dawn" commemoration (February 1-11) to muster the largest demonstrations yet against the regime. A journalist with many o [...] | 2010-01-29 15:02:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL PGOV PHUM TU IR |
10ISTANBUL43 | TURKEY-IRAN TRADE WOES; RAFSANJANI FAMILY AND [...] (C) Summary: A Turkish business executive who deals with Iran's transportation and tourism sectors told us his pro-Rafsanjani partners are under great pressure from the regime. Two Iranian company CEOs told him their company books were audited for ties to Rafsanjani and state banks are denyi [...] | 2010-02-02 09:26:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ECON ETRD IR TU |
10ISTANBUL44 | INSIDE MAYOR SARIGUL'S CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary. A member of the Turkey Change Movement's (TDH) leadership board described TDH's recent rally in Izmir as a "turning point," and explained Sarigul's team is gaining momentum and drawing support from both the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Republican People's Party (CHP [...] | 2010-02-02 09:26:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
10ISTANBUL46 | STOCK EXCHANGE CHIEF EAGER TO MAKE ISTANBUL AN [...] (U) Summary. During a January 27 meeting with Ambassador Jeffrey, Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) Chief Huseyin Erkan offered his views on how Istanbul can become a major financial center for Turkey and the region. Erkan emphasized that commercial banking alone, even with an offshore compon [...] | 2010-02-05 08:21:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EFIN EINT ETRD PREL TU |
10ISTANBUL47 | FORD OTOSAN,S SUCCESSFUL U.S. - TURKISH TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador,s recent visit to a Ford Otosan plant near Istanbul showcased the Ford-Koc joint-venture,s production of the Transit Connect, a U.S. market export that was recently named &2010 Truck of the Year8. Otosan is Turkey,s largest industrial exporter and one of its bi [...] | 2010-02-05 12:12:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL TU |
10ISTANBUL49 | KARADENIZ HOLDINGS INTRODUCES MOBILE SHIP-BASED [...] (C) Summary. Istanbul-based Karadeniz Holdings, through its subsidiary Karkey, has signed agreements with the Governments of Iraq and Pakistan to provide electricity generation from mobile ship-based power plants. Karkey is constructing six of the so-called "powerships" in an Istanbul shipyard [...] | 2010-02-09 13:48:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG SENV ECON PREL PGOV KGHG TU |
10ISTANBUL50 | ISTANBUL'S LANDFILL GAS UTILIZATION PROJECTS [...] (C) Summary. Landfill gas utilization, a growing alternative energy technology with compelling environmental benefits, is in its early stages in Turkey. Ortadogu Enerji won a tender from the Istanbul Municipality to implement and run Istanbul's two landfill energy projects for 23 years, and el [...] | 2010-02-11 06:11:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG SENV ECON PREL PGOV KGHG TU |
10ISTANBUL53 | ECHR RECOMMENDS AGAINST RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION ON [...] (U) Summary. On February 2, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that Turkey violated freedom of conscience and religion by including religious affiliation on national identification cards. The ECHR concluded that removing the religion box from the cards would be an appropriate s [...] | 2010-02-12 11:52:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL GR TU OSCE |
10ISTANBUL54 | DINK TRIAL: JUSTICE DELAYED... [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 8, poloff attended the chaotic 12th hearing of the Hrant Dink murder trial at Besiktas Heavy Penal Court. A "secret witness" was scheduled to provide testimony during the hearing but was either "forgotten" at home by the police or unable to testify due to the lack of [...] | 2010-02-12 13:13:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE AR |
10ISTANBUL55 | SENTENCING OF TURKEY,S 2ND RICHEST MAN AND MEDIA [...] (U) On February 10 Mehmet Emin Karamehmet, President of Cukurova Holding, was sentenced to 11 years and eight months of jail for embezzlement by Istanbul's Heavy Penal Court. Known as Turkey's second richest man, Karamehmet was convicted of embezzling funds from Pamukbank, a bank he owned bef [...] | 2010-02-12 13:26:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
10ISTANBUL6 | IRAN/HUMAN RIGHTS: BAHAI LEADERSHIP TRIAL AND [...] (C) Summary: The Secretary General of Turkey's Bahai Community told us January 5 that the trial date for the Iranian Bahai leadership has been re-scheduled to January 12. He asked for USG support in raising the issue with Turkey, in the hopes Turkey would press Iran to close the case or at l [...] | 2010-01-06 15:21:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINS TU IR |
10ISTANBUL60 | EURASIA ECONOMIC SUMMIT ORGANIZERS REQUEST [...] Istanbul Consul General (CG) met recently with Akkan Suver, President of the Marmara Foundation which organizes the annual Eurasia Economic Summit in Istanbul. Suver invited the CG to attend this year's summit, which is scheduled for May 5-6, and asked if the U.S. government would be willing t [...] | 2010-02-18 12:47:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL TU |
10ISTANBUL62 | FINDING ROOM FOR THE SYRIAC ORTHODOX IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Summary. The Syriac Orthodox Metropolitan for Istanbul and Ankara Yusuf Cetin February 7 discussed the need for more Syriac Orthodox churches and clergy in Istanbul following the boom in the community's population in the 1990s. Cetin also noted that while some families are returning to [...] | 2010-02-19 08:11:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU IZ |
10ISTANBUL65 | DEMOCRATIC PARTY: NEW ISTANBUL CHAIRMAN, SAME OLD [...] (SBU) Summary. Newly-elected Istanbul Democratic Party (DP) Chairman H. Tekin Enerem described his party, which has recently emerged from its merger with ANAP and completed its provincial congress, as poised to take a leading role in government following upcoming general elections, scheduled to [...] | 2010-02-20 10:37:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU |
10ISTANBUL67 | NEW TUSIAD BOARD UNVEILS AGENDA, DIVES INTO [...] (C) Summary. The Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD)'s recently elected board of directors kicked off its new term with a "new approach" laid out in the board's recently released activity plan for the upcoming year. TUSIAD board members predict that the new term will [...] | 2010-02-23 12:02:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL TU |
10ISTANBUL7 | KURDISH INTELLECTUALS ON DTP CLOSURE, YOUTH [...] (C) Summary. In meetings following closure of the Democratic Society Party (DTP),Istanbul-based Kurdish intellectuals railed against the Turkish Constitutional Court's decision to close the DTP. They predicted most DTP members would migrate to the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and the party [...] | 2010-01-07 08:54:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
10ISTANBUL8 | RELIGIOUS MINORITIES ANXIOUS ABOUT PROGRESS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 23, on the occasion of Universal Human Rights Month and as an opportunity to look at the year in review for minority religious freedom, the Consul General hosted a luncheon with five leaders representing the Baha'i, Jewish, Alevi, Greek, and Protestant minority rel [...] | 2010-01-07 08:54:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL GR TU |
10JAKARTA10 | INDONESIAN VIEWS ON ASIA-PACIFIC REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia has long played a key role in the development of Asia-Pacific regional institutions and will remain an important partner for the United States as these institutions evolve. While they do not seek to balance China in a zero-sum manner, Indonesian leaders do worry that [...] | 2010-01-06 10:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XB ID |
10JAKARTA102 | LONDON AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE--ENGAGING INDONESIA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the January 28 London Conference on Afghanistan to Hikmat Moeljawan, Deputy Director for South and Central Asian Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs on January 25. Poloff underscored the importance of strong international support for the Afgha [...] | 2010-01-25 10:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS ID AF |
10JAKARTA103 | FM Natalegawa Wants to Discuss President's Visit with [...] (SBU) Indonesian Foreign Minister Natalegawa wants to meet Secretary Clinton on the margins of the January 28 Afghanistan Ministerial Conference in London to discuss how to make President Obama's March visit to Indonesia a success. Natalegawa told visiting NSC Senior Director for Global Engage [...] | 2010-01-25 11:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP PHUM ID |
10JAKARTA109 | POTENTIAL MEETING FOR THE SECRETARY WITH FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian Foreign Minister Natalegawa wants to use his January 28 bilateral meeting with Secretary Clinton at the Afghanistan Ministerial Conference to discuss how to resolve key issues prior to the March Presidential visit to Indonesia. Mission recommends that the Secretary u [...] | 2010-01-26 06:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ID AF |
10JAKARTA115 | CHARM INOFFENSIVE: CHINA'S STATE COUNCILOR DAI REASSURES [...] (SBU) Summary: During the first-ever visit to the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) by a high-ranking Chinese official, Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo delivered a message of Asian brotherhood and inclusiveness to a packed house of some 200 diplomats, ASEC staff, and representatives of Jakarta's Chi [...] | 2010-01-26 10:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD PINR PHSA ASEAN XC CH ID |
10JAKARTA117 | ENGAGING WITH KOPASSUS UNIT 81 [...] (C) President Yudhoyono (SBY) and other senior Indonesian officials have made it clear to us that SBY views the issue of Army Special Forces (KOPASSUS) training as a litmus test of the bilateral relationship and that he believes the March visit of President Obama will not be successful unless [...] | 2010-01-26 11:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR ID |
10JAKARTA121 | PAPUA -- DCM HIGHLIGHTS SECURITY AND COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM highlighted security and cooperation in education, the environment and health during a January 20-22 visit to Jayapura, the capital of Papua Province, and Timika and Tembagapura, towns near U.S. company Freeport-McMoRan's Grasberg copper and gold mine. The DCM underscor [...] | 2010-01-27 09:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PNAT EAID CACS ID |
10JAKARTA126 | ACTION REQUEST: A MULTILATERAL CLIMATE CENTER IN INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Action Request: Post requests Washington concurrence to discuss with foreign missions resident in Jakarta and the GOI the possibility of multilateral participation in the proposed Jakarta component of the Asian Regional Center for Climate Change initiative. The scheduled February 20-23 a [...] | 2010-01-29 00:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID KGHG SENV PREL ID |
10JAKARTA129 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF COMMANDER USPACOM ADM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Admiral Willard, Embassy Jakarta warmly welcomes your visit. Your visit comes shortly before President Obama,s late March visit to Indonesia and will help address key security issues while helping to set the stage for a successful Presidential visit. The U.S.-Indonesian militar [...] | 2010-01-29 06:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PTER ID |
10JAKARTA131 | Indonesia - US Interfaith Dialogue: A Cairo Initiative [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The January 25-27 Indonesia-U.S. Interfaith Dialogue, the first of its kind under President Obama's Cairo vision, concluded with the issuance of a joint statement that calls on the U.S. and Indo [...] | 2010-01-29 07:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI KISL EAID KPAO ID XF |
10JAKARTA132 | NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT AND THIRD SHERPA MEETING [...] (U) Poloff delivered points from ref a demarche concerning the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) and, together with Dutch Political Counselor Paul Ymkers, from ref b demarche on the Third NSS Sherpa Meeting at a January 29 meeting with Andy Rachmianto, Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Deputy [...] | 2010-01-29 08:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC NPT IAEA CTBT ID |
10JAKARTA134 | POTUS Indonesia Climate Initiative: from Science to [...] (SBU) Embassy Jakarta suggests the framework below as a way to carry a POTUS message on climate change and environment during his upcoming visit to Indonesia. SOLUSI is the Indonesian word for "solution" and could be the name of an Obama climate and environment initiative. SOLUSI -- Science, [...] | 2010-01-29 10:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID KGHG SENV KMCA MCC PREL ID |
10JAKARTA135 | AMBASSADOR HUME MEETS WITH DEPLU ON POTUS [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request. Please see paragraph 14. 2. (SBU) On January 29, Ambassador Hume and Deputy Chief of Mission Ted Osius met with Director General for Europe and the Americas Retno Marsudi at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) to review U.S. and GOI priori [...] | 2010-01-29 15:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ID |
10JAKARTA136 | INDONESIAN FIU FEARS FATF SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 21, Embassy RLA met with representatives of the Indonesian Financial Intelligence Unit (PPATK) to discuss concerns about a recent FATF review of the GOI anti-money laundering/counter terrorist financing (AML/CFT) regime. The PPATK interlocutors expressed concern that t [...] | 2010-02-01 06:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM KJUS KTFN EFIN SNAR PHUM ASEC |
10JAKARTA140 | INDONESIA REQUESTS SUPPORT IN ADVANCE OF FATF [...] (C) In a meeting January 29, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for Multilateral Affairs Ambassador Rezlan Jenie told the DCM that Indonesia fully understands the need to improve its anti-money laundering/countering terrorist financing (AML/CFT) efforts. MFA staff reported that the [...] | 2010-02-02 05:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KTFN KCRM KJUS PTER EFIN SNAR PHUM |
10JAKARTA144 | EXPANDED IRAN SANCTIONS: IMPACT ON US EXPORTS TO INDONESIA [...] The Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009 (HR2194 and S2799),if it becomes law in its current form, would have potentially disastrous effects on our ability to export U.S. goods to Indonesia. The proposed Act stipulates that any entity that provides substantial support to the Iranian p [...] | 2010-02-02 10:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAIR MCC PGOV PREL BEXP PARM ETTC ID |
10JAKARTA152 | IRAN -- MOBILIZING PRESSURE ON THE NUCLEAR ISSUE [...] (C) Poloff on February 3 delivered reftel message regarding Iran's nuclear program to Andy Rachmianto, Deputy Director for International Security and Disarmament Affairs, at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),and an officer from DEPLU's Directorate of South and Central Asian Affairs. H [...] | 2010-02-03 10:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP ID IR |
10JAKARTA159 | ENGAGING INDONESIAN YOUTH - NSC RAMAMURTHY [...] (SBU) Summary: NSC Senior Director for Global Engagement Pradeep Ramamurthy met with a wide cross-section of Indonesian youth, in addition to meetings with government officials and civil society and business interlocutors during his January 24-29 visit to Indonesia. Ramamurthy shared with audi [...] | 2010-02-04 07:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI KISL OEXC OIIP KPAO SCUL EAID ID XF |
10JAKARTA171 | S/CT AMB BENJAMIN BILATERAL MEETINGS WITH GOI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Secretary's Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT),Ambassador Daniel Benjamin, conducted meetings with Indonesian officials on counterterrorism issues and cooperation in Jakarta on December 16. Ambassador Benjamin's interlocutors said the proposed GOI interagency Counterter [...] | 2010-02-09 07:21:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PINS ASEC ID |
10JAKARTA173 | SUCCESS STORIES: INDONESIA STEPS UP ITS EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government is improving its operational effectiveness in combating trafficking in persons. Although much remains to be done, a recent TIP conference (see septel) in Surabaya highlighted several success stories. Police are successfully adapting their tactics to pursu [...] | 2010-02-09 10:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM KJUS KTFN EFIN SNAR PHUM ASEC |
10JAKARTA182 | Health Cooperation-No Agreement to Launch [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: After three days of intense discussions, U.S. and Indonesian negotiators could not reach agreement on the creation of the Indonesia- United States Center for Biomedical and Public Health Researc [...] | 2010-02-11 09:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TSPL TBIO EAID KGHG ID |
10JAKARTA188 | INDONESIA - PRESSURING IRAN ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This message is Sensitive but Unclassified, please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On February 10, Poloff delivered reftel demarche regarding Iran's continued human rights violations in the aftermath of the June 12 election to Hikmat Moeljawan, Deputy Director for Afghanistan/Iran Affairs, a [...] | 2010-02-12 08:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM IR ID |
10JAKARTA199 | NGOs PRAISE COOPERATION BUT WANT MORE PROSECUTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In conjunction with a DOJ TIP conference (see septels) Embassy DOJ/OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) met on February 2 with two anti-trafficking non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Surabaya, East Java, to discuss the ability of local law enforcement to address trafficking [...] | 2010-02-16 05:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM KJUS KTFN EFIN SNAR PHUM ASEC |
10JAKARTA200 | GOI CAUTIOUS ON US PARTICIPATION IN EAST ASIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 12 meeting with EAP DAS Scot Marciel, Indonesian Foreign Ministry (KEMLU) Secretary General Imron Cotan conveyed the Indonesian government's (GOI) hesitancy to endorse U.S. participation in the East Asia Summit (EAS) at this time, because of the likelihood that this [...] | 2010-02-16 09:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR AMGT ASEAN XC ID |
10JAKARTA201 | Health Cooperation-Closing Down NAMRU [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) This message contains an Action Request. Please see paragraph 6. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: Following our failure to reach an agreement to establish the Indonesia-United States Center for Biomedical and Publi [...] | 2010-02-16 10:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TSPL TBIO EAID KGHG ID |
10JAKARTA206 | FOREIGN MINISTER OUTLINES PRIORITIES, INCLUDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a speech on February 16, Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa outlined a range of priorities based on the "democratization of Indonesia's foreign policy." In addition to promoting international peace and security, Indonesian diplomacy would focus on supporting economic developm [...] | 2010-02-17 09:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ID XE AF |
10JAKARTA207 | PARLIAMENT LEADER SEEKS SUPPORT FOR FIRST MAJOR [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-17 10:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM ID |
10JAKARTA215 | Multilateral Climate Initiative for POTUS in Indonesia [...] (SBU) In advance of the President's visit, the United States should seek to harness a major cooperative international effort to help Indonesia achieve reduced emissions by preserving its forests and preparing it for forest carbon markets. Countries with substantial (current and planned) forest [...] | 2010-02-18 10:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID KGHG SENV PREL ID |
10JAKARTA216 | CPR ASSERTS ITS ROLE IN ASEAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The newly-installed ASEAN Committee of Permanent Representatives (CPR) in Jakarta is working to define a policy and programmatic role that satisfies member-states' capitals desire for oversight of the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) while increasing ASEAN efficiency by concentrating more [...] | 2010-02-18 10:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR AMGT ASEAN XC ID |
10JAKARTA221 | IRAN -- INDONESIA TO URGE FOR RELEASE OF DETAINED [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-19 10:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KDEM ID IR |
10JAKARTA227 | VISIT OF DRL A/S POSNER TO JAKARTA -- NOTIONAL [...] (SBU) Embassy Jakarta welcomes the proposed February 23-26 visit of DRL Assistant Secretary Posner and EAP/MTS Director Joe Yun and proposes the following notional schedule for consideration: Tuesday, February 23 ----------------- -- Internal meetings at the Embassy, including: -- A [...] | 2010-02-19 11:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL MARR ID |
10JAKARTA23 | WEST ACEH'S TIGHT PANTS LAW LOOSENED UP [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. This message was coordinated with Embassy Jakarta. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A local Shariah edict in West Aceh District banning women from wearing pants which will go into effect in February has been softened due to commu [...] | 2010-01-08 08:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI ID |
10JAKARTA237 | BUREAUCRATIC CHANGE INDONESIAN STYLE--DEPARTMENTS [...] (U) In late 2009 President Yudhoyono signed Presidential Regulation No 47 that formally transformed GOI Cabinet departments into ministries. Ministries have begun slowly implementing the new regulation since the start of 2010. Under the new regulation the Department of Foreign Affairs has be [...] | 2010-02-22 10:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ID |
10JAKARTA239 | S/CT AMBASSADOR BENJAMIN ROUNDTABLE WITH REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Daniel Benjamin met with Deputy Chiefs of Mission from the Southeast Asia Regional Strategic Initiative (RSI) Embassies on December 17, 2009 in Jakarta. The day was split between an internal discussion of regional counterterrorism issue [...] | 2010-02-23 06:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PINS ASEC ID |
10JAKARTA246 | ENGAGING INDONESIA ON THE CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Roy Soemirat, Deputy Director for International Security and Disarmament Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (KEMLU) on February 22. Poloff underscored the need to moving forward with the Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT) at the Conference o [...] | 2010-02-23 10:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP ID |
10JAKARTA251 | INDONESIAN RESPONSE TO TEHRAN RESEARCH REACTOR [...] (SBU) At a February 23 meeting with Rolliansyah (Roy) Soemirat of the Foreign Ministry's Directorate of International Security and Disarmament, Poloff delivered reftel demarche regarding U.S. policy toward the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR). 2. (C) Soemirat said the issue was one of inter [...] | 2010-02-24 09:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR ID |
10JAKARTA254 | ACEH POLICE ACTION NETS FOUR MILITANTS, ESTIMATED 50 AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On February 22, Aceh police carried out an operation to break up a suspected Islamic militant training camp in the remote jungles of Aceh Besar District, arresting four militants and seizing guns and jihadi books and videos. Police continue to search for an estimated 50 militan [...] | 2010-02-25 01:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PINS ASEC ID |
10JAKARTA255 | INDONESIA - GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] This message is Sensitive but Unclassified, please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On February 23, Poloff and DRL Senior Policy Advisor Susan O'Sullivan met with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Directorates of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs and Multilateral Affairs. We [...] | 2010-02-25 10:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM IR ID |
10JAKARTA256 | INTERNAL POWER STRUGGLE SLOWS PROGRESS ON REFORM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono's reform efforts are slowing as he grapples with elements of his own government who seek to preserve Suharto-era patronage norms. Golkar and a cluster of other parties seek to undermine Yudhoyono's reforms by pinning responsibility for a controversial 2008 b [...] | 2010-02-25 10:21:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM ID |
10JAKARTA27 | NOAA Administrator's Indonesia Visit Drives Climate, [...] (SBU) Summary: NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco's first visit to Indonesia advanced Administration priorities on climate change, science and technology, food security, and ocean policy. She emphasized President Obama's commitment to a deeper partnership with Indonesia, and previewed Scienc [...] | 2010-01-11 07:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG EFIS TSPL PREL ID |
10JAKARTA35 | AMBASSADOR ENGAGES SENIOR GOI OFFICIAL ON BURMA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Hume urged Indonesia to press the Burmese government to engage in a dialogue with the democratic opposition, and particularly to allow Aung San Suu Kyi to meet the leadership of her party, during a January 11 meeting with Department of Foreign Affairs Director General [...] | 2010-01-12 09:38:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM ID BM IR XF AF |
10JAKARTA48 | INDONESIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON [...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) The following is the draft text of the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism for Indonesia. Please treat as Sensitive until the report is finalized for submission to Congress. Begin text: - GENERAL AS [...] | 2010-01-14 04:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PINS ASEC ID |
10JAKARTA56 | DCM TACKLES TOUGH PARTNERSHIP ISSUES WITH [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia's new parliamentary commission leaders expressed concerns about our bilateral health cooperation and asked for more U.S. investment in a January 13 meeting with the DCM. The DCM a [...] | 2010-01-15 07:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TSPL TBIO EAID KGHG ECON KDEM KMCA |
10JAKARTA57 | DIPNOTE FROM PERMANENT MISSION OF THE PHILIPPINES [...] (U) The Permanent Mission of the Philippines to ASEAN delivered this dipnote regarding the ASEAN-US Working Group Meeting. 2. (U) The text of the dipnote follows: Begin text: Note no. 07-2010 The Permanent Mission of the Philippines to ASEAN presents its compliments to the Embassy [...] | 2010-01-15 07:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ASEAN ID XC |
10JAKARTA59 | INDONESIAN REACTION TO THE SECRETARY'S SPEECH ON [...] (SBU) As requested reftels, poloff delivered points on Asia-Pacific multilateralism and Secretary Clinton's January 12 speech at a January 15 meeting with Arto Suryodipuro, Deputy Director for APEC of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Directorate of Intra-Regional Cooperation in Asia [...] | 2010-01-15 08:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECIN ASEAN APEC ARF ID |
10JAKARTA6 | SCENSETTER FOR CODEL BOND'S VISIT TO JAKARTA [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Senator Bond, Embassy Jakarta warmly welcomes your visit. Ten years of political and economic reform have made Indonesia democratic, stable, and increasingly confident about its leadership role [...] | 2010-01-05 08:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON MASS OREP ID |
10JAKARTA63 | ENGAGING HEALTH MINISTER ENDANG IN GENEVA ON [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) This is an action message. The GOI extended visas for NAMRU-2 personnel through March 15, 2010 to allow negotiations to form a joint center for research, the Indonesian-United States Center for Biomedical [...] | 2010-01-15 10:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TSPL TBIO EAID KGHG ID |
10JAKARTA64 | THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH HEALTH MINISTER ENDANG ON [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) This message contains an ACTION REQUEST. Please see paragraph 10. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 14 meeting, Ambassador Hume told Health Minister Endang that the USG wanted to send a negotiating team [...] | 2010-01-15 10:02:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TSPL TBIO EAID KGHG ID |
10JAKARTA68 | LOOKING AHEAD TO ELECTIONS, INDONESIA'S POLITICAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Moderate Islamic-oriented National Mandate Party (PAN) boosted President Yudhoyono's clout when it tapped his close ally as party chair--Coordinating Minister for the Economy Hatta Rajasa. Rajasa and other leaders emerging from Indonesia's current series of national party congre [...] | 2010-01-19 09:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM ID |
10JAKARTA74 | INDONESIA-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive, but Unclassified - Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) The following is the draft text of the 2009-2010 Indonesia International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR) Part 1, Drugs and Chemical Control for Indonesia. Please treat as Sensitive, but Uncla [...] | 2010-01-19 10:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR KMCA MCC ASEC ID |
10JAKARTA79 | Health Cooperation-The Need for a Consistent USG Message [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: This is an action message. By mid- February, the USG will need to make a critical decision about our continued health cooperation with Indonesia. In the lead-up to that decision, Mission stron [...] | 2010-01-20 02:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TSPL TBIO EAID KGHG SENV ID |
10JAKARTA81 | RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DISCUSSION TOUCHES HOT ISSUES [...] (U) SUMMARY. ConGen Medan hosted 20 prominent Muslim, Protestant, Catholic, Hindu, Buddhist and other North Sumatra civil society leaders at his residence on January 15 in joint commemoration of Religious Freedom Day and Martin Luther King Day, to compare religious freedom and inter-ethnic to [...] | 2010-01-20 06:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI ID |
10JAKARTA86 | INDONESIA - CAIRO IS HERE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The President's vision of a "New Beginning" with the Muslim world is alive and well in Indonesia. This new era of global engagement has allowed us to make significant advances to our Comprehensive Partnership with Indonesi [...] | 2010-01-21 04:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI KISL EAID KPAO ID XF |
10JAKARTA90 | ENGAGING KOPASSUS ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: As instructed reftel, poloff met with officials of the Indonesian Department of Defense and the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs on January 14 to raise reftel questions concerning accountability for past gross human rights violations by Army Spe [...] | 2010-01-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHUM ID |
10JEDDAH10 | CATCHING UP WITH "THE FIRST WORLD": MECCA GOVERNOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In December 27 meeting with Ambassador, Governor of Mecca Region, HRH Prince Khalid Al Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (ref A),expressed his satisfaction with Hajj 2009 (ref B),which was not disrupted by the feared outbreak of H1N1 or significantly affected by the November 25 flash [...] | 2010-01-08 10:30:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KFLU KISL KWBG SA |
10JEDDAH14 | JEDDAH GOVERNOR PRINCE MISHAAL BIN MAJID'S [...] (C) Summary. In December 29 introductory meeting with Ambassador, Prince Mishaal bin Majid bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Jeddah (ref A),warned that Yemen could become like Somalia in the absence of development projects funded by the GCC, U.S., and Europe. Skeptical that Israel wants peace given [...] | 2010-01-10 06:37:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC KISL KWBG PREL SA YM IR IS |
10JEDDAH4 | JEDDAH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: A GATEWAY THROUGH [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Smith's December 28 visit to the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) revealed an active organization on the front line of social change in Saudi Arabia. Ambassador met with Deputy Chair Dr. Lama Sulaiman, the first woman to be elected to this position (r [...] | 2010-01-04 09:26:00 | Consulate Jeddah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO ECON PREL EMIN EFIN EIND EINV SA |
10JEDDAH50 | GACA COMMENTS ON US-SAUDI OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary and comment. On February 3, Captain Mohammed Ali Jamjoom, Vice President Safety and Economic Regulation at the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA),discussed issues needing to be resolved for the U.S. and Saudi Arabia to sign an Open Skies agreement (reftels). Jamjo [...] | 2010-02-27 13:05:00 | Consulate Jeddah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON KTIA PREL SA |
10JERUSALEM102 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/19): President Abbas continues [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-19 10:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM11 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/05): Potential US peace plan [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-05 07:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM112 | WEST BANK CROSSINGS REMAIN FOCUS OF FRUSTRATION; [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian private sector contacts emphasize that moving goods between the West Bank and Israel remains a complicated and time-consuming process. The continued use of a "back-to-back" process, which requires goods to be transferred from Palestinian to Israeli trucks, plus a l [...] | 2010-01-19 17:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAID PREL KWBG KPAL IS |
10JERUSALEM115 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/20): Israeli authorities level [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-20 07:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM130 | CLOSURE ORDERS FOR EAST JERUSALEM PALESTINIAN [...] (C) On January 19, Ishaq Budeiri, General Manager of the Arab Studies Society at Orient House, told Post he had received no indication that the GOI is considering allowing the current closure order on Orient House to lapse when it expires in February 2010. Budeiri said that in the past, ren [...] | 2010-01-20 15:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS |
10JERUSALEM132 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/21): Local press report that [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-21 07:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM137 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/22): Palestinian media ask [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-22 09:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM139 | PRESIDENT ABBAS DEMONSTRATES SUPPORT FOR FAYYAD, [...] (C) Summary. The Fatah Revolutionary Council (FRC, Fatah's quasi-parliamentary body) held its second assembly January 15-19 in Ramallah, during which members of the FRC discussed the ongoing stalemate in negotiations with Israel and reconciliation with Hamas; reviewed reports and financial r [...] | 2010-01-22 19:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS |
10JERUSALEM141 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/25): Local press report that [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 08:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM155 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/26): Palestinian press report [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 07:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM156 | GAZA BRANCHES OF PALESTINIAN BANKS TURN AWAY [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian bank branches in Gaza have been turning away large Israeli Shekel (NIS)-denominated deposits, according to the Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA),Gazan merchants, and Palestinian bankers. Contacts in the gas sector in Gaza voiced concerns that they may not have eno [...] | 2010-01-26 07:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID ENRG KWBG PREL KPAL IS |
10JERUSALEM16 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/06): New settlement [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-06 10:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM161 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/27): President Abbas under [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-27 15:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM165 | DE FACTO SOCIOECONOMIC SEPARATION PERSISTS BETWEEN [...] (C) Contacts ranging from ultra-nationalist Israeli hard-liners to anti-settlement peace activists and Arab community leaders agree that a de facto separation persists between Israeli-majority West Jerusalem and Arab-majority East Jerusalem. East Jerusalem's rapidly-growing Arab population [...] | 2010-01-27 17:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS |
10JERUSALEM166 | PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE [...] (C) Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) issued a January 25 decree forming a committee to examine allegations against Palestinians in the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (the Goldstone report). PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told the Consu [...] | 2010-01-27 18:07:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL PHUM KAWC IS |
10JERUSALEM168 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/28): Palestinian press report [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-28 09:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM175 | HATEM ABDEL QADER ON FATAH, ELECTIONS, AND [...] (C) In a January 22 meeting with Post, Fatah activist and former Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister for Jerusalem Affairs Hatem Abdel Qader said that with local government elections on the horizon, Fatah needed to "build confidence between the party and the people" by focusing on social iss [...] | 2010-01-29 08:43:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS KDEM |
10JERUSALEM180 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/29): Clashes continue between [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-29 11:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM188 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/01): Settlement-related [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-01 09:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM193 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/02): President Abbas said he [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-02 12:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM2 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/04): The new year starts with [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-04 07:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM202 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/03): Prime Minister Fayyad [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-03 08:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM214 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/04): PA and Hamas officials [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-04 07:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM215 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/05): Fatah and Hamas leaders [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-05 09:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM224 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S VIST TO [...] (SBU) Mr. Secretary: Your meetings will give you a chance to see USG assistance efforts first hand; hear from Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on progress in implementing his state-building plan; and learn from private sector and key economic policy makers what is needed to create the conditions f [...] | 2010-02-05 22:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV KWBG IS |
10JERUSALEM226 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/08): President Abbas meets [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-08 10:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM231 | JERUSALEM MAYOR WRESTLES WITH "LOCAL" POLITICS ON [...] (C) Assessing the performance of Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat in his first year in office, Barkat's aides, allies, and opponents point to the difficulty the "apolitical" Barkat (a former software executive) has had in managing a broad coalition containing a diversity of religious-nationalist, s [...] | 2010-02-08 18:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS |
10JERUSALEM232 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/09):Palestinian official says [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-09 07:43:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM233 | ISRAELI TRAVEL BAN AGAINST PROMINENT EAST [...] (C) On February 9, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad contacted the Consul General to express strong concern about the Israeli government's imposition of a six-month overseas travel ban on Khalil Tufakji, an Arab resident of East Jerusalem and prominent cartographer, as report [...] | 2010-02-09 17:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS |
10JERUSALEM234 | FORMER PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SPEAKER [...] (S) Former Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Speaker (and prominent Gazan) Rawhi Fattouh described three generational groupings inside Hamas today, and characterized each as more radical than its predecessor. The oldest generation consists mainly of religious leaders with little influen [...] | 2010-02-09 18:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER KISL KWBG KPAL IS |
10JERUSALEM236 | PALESTINIAN CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS DISCUSS [...] (SBU) NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Tamara Cofman Wittes discussed efforts for Middle East peace, the growing distance between Palestinian and Israeli societies, and the role of women with Palestinian Authority (PA) officials and Palestinian civil society activists. Participants lamented de [...] | 2010-02-09 18:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KMPI KDEM KPAL KWBG KWMN IS |
10JERUSALEM238 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/10): President Abbas asks the [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-10 07:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM258 | PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY SECURITY OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) Summary. In a series of February 7 meetings in Ramallah, Palestinian Authority (PA) security officials emphasized that nonviolence was the only viable strategy for the Palestinian pro-peace camp, and said they were committed to interdicting violent actors in the West Bank, regardless of [...] | 2010-02-10 16:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS |
10JERUSALEM26 | PERMITS FOR 24 NEW HOUSING UNITS ON MOUNT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 5 vote, the Jerusalem Municipal Planning Board approved construction permits for 24 apartments in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of at-Tur on the Mount of Olives. NGO sources and press reports suggest the developer of the project is backed by settler organizati [...] | 2010-01-06 16:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS |
10JERUSALEM261 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/11): IDF soldier killed at [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-11 08:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM266 | PALESTINIAN POLICE OFFICER KILLS IDF SOLDIER [...] (C) SUMMARY. A plain-clothes Palestinian Authority (PA) Civil Police Captain stabbed an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Sergeant near Nablus on February 10. The IDF Sergeant subsequently died of his injuries. PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad issued a statement later that day condemning the actio [...] | 2010-02-11 16:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS |
10JERUSALEM269 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/12): Israeli air raids on the [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-12 09:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM27 | SEVEN ARCHES HOTEL TARGETED BY ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary: In the midst of debate over the approval of 24 new Israeli residential units on the Mount of Olives (reftel),press reports that the nearby Seven Arches Hotel had been sold to Israeli owners generated further controversy. The hotel's Jordanian management described the reports [...] | 2010-01-06 17:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS JO |
10JERUSALEM281 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/16): Palestinian press report [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-16 11:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM286 | PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY SECURITY OFFICIALS ON COORDINATION WITH ISRAEL [...] (S) In recent meetings with Post, Palestinian Authority (PA) security officials reiterated their commitment to continued Israeli-Palestinian security coordination. They expressed frustration with what they termed a one-sided Israeli approach, and highlighted the importance of keeping coordination o [...] | 2010-02-16 16:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINS KWBG KPAL IS |
10JERUSALEM288 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/17): President Abbas says [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-17 11:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM29 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/07): Israel plans for more new [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-07 12:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM291 | "POPULAR RESISTANCE": FIVE YEARS ON [...] (SBU) February 19 marks the fifth anniversary of weekly "popular resistance" protests against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bil'in. Since demonstrations against the barrier began, they have attracted a wide range of anti-settlement NGOs and international activists. [...] | 2010-02-17 12:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAL KWBG IS |
10JERUSALEM292 | PALESTINIAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS SET FOR JULY 17 [...] (C) On February 9, the Palestinian Authority (PA) Cabinet announced that municipal elections would be held on July 17 throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and called on the Central Elections Committee (CEC) to proceed with making arrangements. CEC Chairman Hanna Naser said efforts are un [...] | 2010-02-17 13:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG KDEM |
10JERUSALEM296 | JERUSALEM MAYOR BRIEFS ON UPDATED BUSTAN [...] (C) Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat updated the Consul General on the municipality's plan for the East Jerusalem Arab neighborhood of al-Bustan (just southeast of the Old City). The plan calls for the demolition of 20 homes and the renovation of 80 others, as part of the construction of tourist fa [...] | 2010-02-18 05:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KPAL IS |
10JERUSALEM299 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/18): The investigation into [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 07:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM301 | ARAB RESIDENTS OF EAST JERUSALEM'S AL-BUSTAN [...] (SBU) In recent conversations, Arab residents of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of al-Bustan, and the lawyers and city planners they have retained to represent them, expressed strong opposition to Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat's proposal that al-Bustan (immediately south-east of al-Aqsa Mosque) [...] | 2010-02-18 16:24:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS |
10JERUSALEM303 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/19): Dubai police believe [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-19 09:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM307 | PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY MINISTER DELIVERS TELEVISED [...] (U) Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs Mahmoud Habash delivered a Friday sermon on February 19, entitled, "Islam is a Religion of Tolerance and Mercy." Palestinian television broadcast the sermon live. The same topic was the official weekly theme for the appro [...] | 2010-02-19 19:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL KISL IS |
10JERUSALEM315 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/22): Deputy Secretary Jacob [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-22 08:52:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM32 | JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY ISSUES STATISTICS ON 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary. The Municipality of Jerusalem released statistics for home demolitions in 2009, showing that the number of demolitions in (predominately Arab) East Jerusalem decreased slightly compared to previous years. Anti-demolition advocates do not dispute these statistics. They credit US [...] | 2010-01-07 18:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KPAL IS |
10JERUSALEM321 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/23): The Europeans start to [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 06:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM329 | DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S MEETING WITH PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Summary. In a February 21 meeting with Deputy Secretary Jacob J. Lew, Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad stressed the importance of Israel ending Area A incursions and creating conditions for the Palestinian private sector to generate sustainable economic growth. He s [...] | 2010-02-23 16:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KWBG KPAL PINS EAID IS |
10JERUSALEM33 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/08): President Abbas says he [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-08 09:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM331 | OFFICIAL PALESTINIAN PROTESTS, SKIRMISHES IN WEST [...] (SBU) Summary. The February 21 Israeli cabinet decision to include Hebron's Tomb of the Patriarchs/Ibrahimi Mosque and Rachel's Tomb (near Bethlehem) as "national heritage sites" prompted a flurry of strong official criticism from senior Palestinian officials, as well as demonstrations in bot [...] | 2010-02-23 17:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS |
10JERUSALEM344 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/25): More demolition orders [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 08:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM351 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/26): Palestinian press report [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 09:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM357 | PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY REQUEST FOR WTO OBSERVER [...] (SBU) Representatives of the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) met with Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestinian private sector representatives to discuss the PA's pending request for World Trade Organization (WTO) observer status. PA Prime Minister Fayyad and Minister [...] | 2010-02-26 17:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD USTR WTRO ECON KWBG IS |
10JERUSALEM42 | MUHAMMAD DAHLAN ON FATAH REFORM, ISRAEL, [...] (C) Summary. The new Fatah Central Committee (FCC) is reaching out to the Fatah grassroots in ways the former FCC never did, according to FCC and Palestinian Legislative Council member Muhammad Dahlan. Fatah anniversary celebrations in January; upcoming union, syndicate, and journalist elec [...] | 2010-01-08 17:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER KPAL KDEM KWBG IS |
10JERUSALEM43 | PM FAYYAD AND SECURITY CHIEFS ARGUE FOR INCREASED [...] (C/NF) Summary: In January 7 conversations with Post, senior Palestinian Authority (PA) officials offered sober assessments of the December 24 shooting of an Israeli settler in the West Bank and the subsequent Israel Defense Forces (IDF) raid that led to the death of three Palestinian suspe [...] | 2010-01-08 18:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS |
10JERUSALEM45 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/11): Israelis and Palestinians [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-11 09:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM52 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/12): Special Envoy Mitchell [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-12 08:39:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM60 | IDF DEMOLISHES HOMES IN WEST BANK VILLAGE OUTSIDE [...] (C) Summary: Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers entered the village of Khirbat Tana in the northern West Bank early on January 10 and demolished some of the residents' homes and animal shelters. Post contacts confirmed that 21 houses and 12 non-residential structures were demolished, displa [...] | 2010-01-12 19:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
10JERUSALEM61 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/13): Palestinian Authority [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-13 07:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM69 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/14): Senior US administration [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-14 07:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10JERUSALEM77 | HAMAS CALLS PUBLICLY FOR A HALT TO GAZA ROCKET FIRE [...] (U) On January 12, Hamas "Prime Minister" Ismail Haniyeh publicly called on all armed factions in the Gaza Strip to observe the de facto cease-fire in place since Israeli combat operations in Gaza ceased in January 2009. In his statement, Haniyeh urged other factions to "reinforce the nation [...] | 2010-01-14 17:39:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL GZ IS |
10JERUSALEM84 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/15): General Jones reaffirms [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 08:07:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
10KABUL10 | 2010 ELECTIONS: IEC ANNOUNCEMENT, INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Details about the 2010 elections came slightly more into focus on January 2 as the Independent Election Committee (IEC) announced the date and UNAMA convened international stakeholders. The IEC announced at a press conference the May 22 date for the Parliamentary elections and ex [...] | 2010-01-03 07:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
10KABUL104 | AFGHAN MOMENTUM ON REINTEGRATION PLANNING [...] (S/Rel UK) At President Karzai,s direction, the Afghan Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) has taken on the task of interagency coordination of reintegration planning, forming an Interagency Policy Working Group (IPWG) which produced a draft &National Reconciliation Policy and Reintegrat [...] | 2010-01-12 18:24:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINS MARR AF |
10KABUL113 | SECURITY MINISTERS PRESS FOR ARMY/POLICE GROWTH TO [...] (C/REL ISAF) During a January 6 meeting with CODEL McCain, Afghanistan's Defense and Interior Ministers pressed for continued growth in the army (ANA) and police (ANP) to a combined total of 400,000 personnel. Interior Minister Mohammed Hanif Atmar also noted his Ministry's progress in figh [...] | 2010-01-13 12:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS AF |
10KABUL115 | KARZAI VISIT TO HELMAND [...] (SBU) Summary: During a January 2 visit to Helmand Province, President Karzai engaged warmly with Helmandis, demonstrating leadership as a wartime President. In the provincial capital Lashkar Gah, regional government officials gave the Afghan President, accompanied by ISAF Commander General M [...] | 2010-01-13 13:18:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK AF |
10KABUL12 | MILITIAS IN KUNDUZ; A TALE OF TWO DISTRICTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since Kunduz authorities helped stand up pro-GIRoA militia forces in early Fall 2009, the forces have evolved in very different directions. In Qala-e-Zal district, a well-disciplined force has brought about a marked improvement in security, while the picture in the Aqtash areas of Khan [...] | 2010-01-03 07:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MOPS AF |
10KABUL120 | ROLLING BACK THE INSURGENCY--POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tagab District, Kapisa Province, remains unstable with continued attacks on coalition forces. Several remote valleys in the district are insurgent sanctuaries. However, a series of recent incidents have combined to provide real opportunities to turn the tide. Most promising are [...] | 2010-01-14 11:14:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS FR AF |
10KABUL125 | CHIEF AFGHAN FINANCIAL REGULATOR: "GOOD PEOPLE UNDER ATTACK" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Central Bank Governor Abdul Qadeer Fitrat met with Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne to discuss the Afghan Central Bank's efforts to promote macroeconomic stability and expand key projects. The Governor stated he has not met with President Karzai in more than two months and is uncertain [...] | 2010-01-15 13:22:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL AF |
10KABUL126 | BMTF/DHS meeting with Finance Minister Zakhilwal [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 20, 2009 meeting, Border Management Task Force Director Ortiz met with Finance Minister Zakhilwal and Deputy Minister Sabit to provide an overview of the current mission set and incoming DHS elements and to discuss the Minister's vision to take the Customs Departmen [...] | 2010-01-16 05:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EAID ECON PREL AF |
10KABUL127 | AFGHAN CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR REITERATES SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 7, Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs (CDDEA) E. Anthony Wayne and Treasury Attache met with Da Afghanistan Bank Governor Abdul Qadeer Fitrat to discuss the M-Paisa pilot project, which uses mobile banking technology to pay Afghan National Polic [...] | 2010-01-16 05:13:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON PGOV PREL AF |
10KABUL13 | 2010 ELECTIONS: IEC ANNOUNCEMENT, INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Details about the 2010 elections came slightly more into focus on January 2 as the Independent Election Committee (IEC) announced the date and UNAMA convened international stakeholders. The IEC announced at a press conference the May 22 date for the Parliamentary elections and ex [...] | 2010-01-03 08:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
10KABUL130 | INDIAN, PAKISTANI DIPLOMATS FORECAST LIMITED ROLE [...] (C) Summary: India and Pakistan reportedly intend to play a limited role in Afghanistan's 2010 parliamentary elections, both in advising Afghanistan on a preferred election date and in providing support for the elections themselves, according to Kabul-based diplomats of those nations. Acco [...] | 2010-01-16 14:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF |
10KABUL131 | SEVEN MORE MINISTERS APPROVED -- TEN REJECTED [...] (S) Summary: The Afghan Lower House (Wolesi Jirga - WJ) has voted to accept 7 of 17 Cabinet nominees presented in President Karzai's second tranche of candidates. The Parliament has not yet decided if it will recess until mid-February, or continue until the new Cabinet is complete. Presidential Pal [...] | 2010-01-16 15:15:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL AF |
10KABUL138 | PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: DONORS LIKELY TO FUND BUT [...] (C) Summary: While Kabul-based donor nation representatives have not reached consensus on the level of support the international community (IC) should provide for the upcoming Parliamentary elections, some donors had already committed funds to UNDP's Enhancing Legal and Electoral Capacity fo [...] | 2010-01-18 09:51:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL AF |
10KABUL143 | SPOT REPORT: MULTIPLE ATTACKS IN KABUL CITY [...] (U) Summary: Multiple suicide bomber explosions shook downtown Kabul on January 18 in a complex, coordinated attack in the vicinity of major Afghan government centers, including the Presidential Palace, Central Bank, and Ministries of Justice, Foreign Affairs, Education, Economy, and Interior [...] | 2010-01-18 13:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | FBI PREL PTER |
10KABUL170 | SRAP MEETING WITH KARZAI: MOVING REINTEGRATION [...] (S) Summary: President Karzai told S/SRAP Holbrooke January 16 that he wants to announce a reintegration policy before London but save the details of the plan for a rollout at the Kabul conference in late spring. Karzai is still conflicted about finalizing the policy, according to several observers [...] | 2010-01-19 05:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL AF |
10KABUL187 | AFGHAN MPS PUSH FOR ELECTORAL REFORMS, POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary: Immediately before going on recess until February 20, the Afghan Lower House (Wolesi Jirga - WJ) voted to approve a list of necessary conditions for 2010 Parliamentary elections. The MPs designated WJ Speaker Yunus Qanooni to represent the legislative branch and meet with the E [...] | 2010-01-19 12:29:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
10KABUL189 | IDLG LEADS SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNANCE STRATEGY; WILL GET ITS [...] (C) Summary: Director General of the Independent Directorate for Local Governance (IDLG) Jelani Popal is spear-heading the Afghan Government's renewed sub-national governance efforts, with the first test of this initiative to come in Helmand's Nad-Ali District in February. The new sub-national [...] | 2010-01-19 13:13:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL MOPS UK AF |
10KABUL20 | DUBAI PROCESS: SLOW AND STEADY COOPERATION BETWEEN [...] (SBU) Summary: The sixth round of the Canadian-led Dubai Process meeting brought together Afghan and Pakistani technical level delegates to discuss cooperation on counter narcotics, law enforcement, customs and movement of people. Discussions focused mostly on updates and fine-tuning of exist [...] | 2010-01-03 13:14:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ELTN PREL EAID AF |
10KABUL200 | EXBS ADVISOR DECEMBER 14, 2009 to January 13, 2010 MONTH [...] (U) EXBS staff worked daily with a systems engineer to install a licensing system at the Afghan Ministry of Commerce and Industry in Kabul. The installation and configuration of this phase of the project will be completed by February 3, 2010. The Licensing Department will be linked with the A [...] | 2010-01-20 05:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL KG AF |
10KABUL201 | EXBS ADVISOR DECEMBER 14, 2009 to January 13, 2010 MONTH [...] (U) EXBS staff worked daily with a systems engineer to install a licensing system at the Afghan Ministry of Commerce and Industry in Kabul. The installation and configuration of this phase of the project will be completed by February 3, 2010. The Licensing Department will be linked with the A [...] | 2010-01-20 07:46:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL KG AF |
10KABUL202 | SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNANCE AND NATIONAL POLITICS: [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Eikenberry and Jelani Popal, head of the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG),met with the integrated command element of Brigade Combat Team Task Force Mountain Warrior in Jalalabad on January 14 before lunch with Governor Gul Agha Sherzai and a walking [...] | 2010-01-20 08:56:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | KDEM PGOV PREL AF |
10KABUL21 | PARLIAMENT REJECTS MOST OF KARZAI'S CABINET [...] (S) Summary: On January 2, the Afghan Lower House (Wolesi Jirga) voted to accept seven of President Karzai's 24 Cabinet nominees and to reject 17 others. Two nominees were not voted on as their ministries are newly proposed by the President and not yet approved by Parliament. Karzai will lik [...] | 2010-01-03 16:47:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
10KABUL211 | JANUARY 19 UNAMA MEETING: LONDON CONFERENCE, [...] (SBU) Summary: At the UNAMA meeting on January 19 SRSG Eide led a discussion on the JCMB, the London Conference, and the Parliamentary elections. The British do not yet have a formal agenda or speakers list for the London Conference and will work to circulate a draft communiqu in advance of t [...] | 2010-01-21 12:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL PGOV AF TU IR UK |
10KABUL213 | U.S. - ITALIAN COOPERATION IN AFGHANISTAN'S HERAT PROVINCE [...] SUMMARY Italian Ambassador to Afghanistan Claudio Glaentzer told Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs (CDDEA) Ambassador Wayne January 19 that Italy was prepared to support funding of the 330 km "east-west" road, specifically the Chesti Sharif to Chagcharan portion. Gla [...] | 2010-01-21 13:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ECIN EMIN ETRD EAID IT AF |
10KABUL214 | UN STAFFING SHORTAGES HINDER SUPPORT AS AFGHAN [...] (C) Summary: At the onset of Afghanistan's 2010 parliamentary elections season, the UNDP election support program in Afghanistan is crippled by significant staffing shortages, including in key leadership positions. These shortages, coupled with UN headquarters' lengthy hiring process, has l [...] | 2010-01-22 14:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL AF |
10KABUL215 | UN STAFFING SHORTAGES HINDER SUPPORT AS AFGHAN [...] (C) Summary: At the onset of Afghanistan's 2010 parliamentary elections season, the UNDP election support program in Afghanistan is crippled by significant staffing shortages, including in key leadership positions. These shortages, coupled with UN headquarters' lengthy hiring process, has l [...] | 2010-01-22 14:37:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL AF |
10KABUL216 | FEBRUARY 16 CIV-MIL ROC DRILL IN DOHA: PURPOSE AND [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In preparation for the February 16 CENTCOM/SRAP/ISAF/Embassy Rehearsal of Concept (ROC) civ-mil planning exercise in Doha, post has consulted extensively with ISAF over format, content, participation, and logistics. Post [...] | 2010-01-22 18:26:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID ECON NATO AF |
10KABUL217 | Hajigak Iron Mine Tender Likely to be Canceled [...] (C) Summary: The World Bank's Mining Advisor Craig Andrews (strictly protect) reports Mining Minister Shahrani is planning to contact the short-listed bidders for the massive Hajigak iron ore mining project (ref A) to inform them not to send in bids due February 15. The Hajigak tender package [...] | 2010-01-23 04:46:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN EINV ENRG PREL SENV AF |
10KABUL22 | AFGHANISTAN: "TEN MILLION DOLLARS A DAY" LEAVING [...] (C) Summary: On December 26, the U.S. Treasury Attache and a representative of the Border Management Task Force participated in an impromptu meeting between Afghan Minister of Finance Zakhilwal and Central Bank Governor Fitrat. The Minister and Governor discussed Minister Zakhilwal,s recent p [...] | 2010-01-04 05:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID PGOV PREL AF |
10KABUL228 | AFGHANISTAN: FY 2010 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVTS. [...] (SBU) Summary: Since 2005, Afghanistan has made steady progress in fulfilling its commitment to fiscal transparency, reinforced by the passage of a Public Expenditure and Financial Management Law (PEFML - 2005),a Procurement Law (2005),the publication of a Medium-Term Fiscal Framework (MTFF [...] | 2010-01-24 07:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL PGOV AF |
10KABUL229 | BORDER ACTIVITY UPDATE: CUSTOMS, BORDER STRUCTURES, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Effective control of its borders is critical to Afghanistan's security and economic prosperity. The Embassy's Border Management Task Force (BMTF) plays a significant role in building Afghan capacity to manage its borders, creating institutions for coordinating border plans; harmo [...] | 2010-01-24 09:24:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS EAID ETRD PREL EFIN EAIR AF |
10KABUL237 | KARZAI LINKS SECURITY TO AGRICULTURAL SUCCESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 10 meeting, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Ambassador Eikenberry discussed U.S. and Afghan goals and objectives in the agricultural sector with President Karzai and Agriculture Minister Asif Rahimi. President Karzai called agriculture one of the top two de [...] | 2010-01-25 05:17:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EAID PREL PGOV AF |
10KABUL245 | IEC POSTPONES PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) announced on January 24 that the Parliamentary elections would be postponed until September 18 due to lack of funding, security, and logistic support. On January 23 the President held a meeting at the Palace with Ambassador Eikenberry and [...] | 2010-01-25 14:45:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
10KABUL25 | COMMERCE OFFICIAL ON CABINET DEAL-MAKING IN PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 1 meeting, Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) Chief Negotiator (and former Commerce Deputy Minister) Adib Farhadi expressed serious concerns about the Afghan Ministerial confirmation process to Coordinating Director for Development and Economic A [...] | 2010-01-04 11:54:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID PGOV PREL AF |
10KABUL328 | AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In the Ambassador's meeting with new Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmay Rassoul on January 23, they concurred that the London Conference will serve as a symbol of a new start for Afghanistan and deliberated how to further emphasize reintegration and reconciliation. Rassoul confirm [...] | 2010-01-26 11:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD AF EG AE XF |
10KABUL332 | GIROA TO RELEASE 4 GTMO DETAINEES [...] (S) SUMMARY: Afghan government officials told us January 19 they plan to release four Afghan detainees whom DoD had transferred from Guantanamo as soon as possible.,, GIRoA has been holding these detainees in the Afghan National Detention Facility (ANDF) since December 20, asking that t [...] | 2010-01-26 14:19:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PREL PGOV AF |
10KABUL335 | Analysis of UNAMA's Proposed New Donor Coordination [...] (U) Summary: In preparation for the London and Kabul Conferences, outgoing United Nations SRSG Kai Eide recently submitted a proposal to the Afghan Government (GIRoA) and international community partners to improve consultation and coordination of assistance in institution building and economic [...] | 2010-01-26 16:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV AF |
10KABUL337 | REGIONAL COMMAND EAST: NANGARHAR PROVINCE TRIBAL [...] (S/REL USA/NATO) On January 21 approximately 170 Shinwari tribal elders convened to endorse a robust anti-Taliban and anti-corruption collective defense agreement in Nangarhar Province, a key focus of the Regional Command-East (RC(E)). These tribal areas span critical terrain in southeastern [...] | 2010-01-26 16:47:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS PK AF |
10KABUL343 | Ambassador Meets Minister of Mines Shahrani [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Eikenberry, Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs Ambassador Wayne, and USAID Mission Director Frej met with recently-confirmed Minister of Mines Shahrani on January 24 to underscore Mission support for the Ministry and the Mining sector. Ministe [...] | 2010-01-27 10:57:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN EINV ENRG PREL SENV AF |
10KABUL361 | AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON MINISTER OF HAJI AND [...] (C) Summary: In the Ambassador's January 26 meeting with the new Afghan Minister of Haji and Islamic Affairs (MHIA),Dr. Mohammad Yousef Niazi, they discussed ways the Ministry could promote respect for fundamental human rights, peace, justice, and national unity through Afghanistan's netwo [...] | 2010-01-30 12:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF EAIR AP |
10KABUL376 | Embassy Kabul Clarifications to Sweden's Interim Reply on [...] (SBU) This is an Action Request. Embassy Kabul recommends that Department instruct Embassy Stockholm to deliver the following points in response to Stockholm 796 and reftels: -- The U.S. Government is pleased that your Government welcomes the expansion of USG civilian presence in the Swedis [...] | 2010-01-31 13:26:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MARR PREL EAID AF SW |
10KABUL377 | 2010 ELECTIONS: IEC AND ISAF PRELIMINARY PLANS [...] (S/REL) Summary: In recent conversations, Independent Election Commission (IEC) officials speculated that they were behind on 2010 election preparations and expressed doubt that the IEC could operate without international assistance. Meanwhile, ISAF contacts confirmed that ISAF is beginning p [...] | 2010-01-31 16:34:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | KDEM PGOV PREL AF |
10KABUL407 | REGIONAL COMMAND EAST--BAMYAN AND BAGHLAN [...] (SBU) Bamyan Provincial Governor Sarabi and Baghlan Provincial Governor Barakzai recently co-hosted a jirga of approximately 50 community leaders from the border region of their two provinces to resolve a range of issues contributing to increasing violence there. Community leaders on both sid [...] | 2010-02-03 04:19:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
10KABUL408 | SPIN BOLDAK POWERBROKER ENCOURAGES MODERNIZATION [...] (C) Summary: Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) for the South Frank Ruggiero discussed border control and development issues on January 28 with Colonel Abdul Razzik, a controversial commander of the Afghan Border Police (ABP) and the de facto political and security chief of Spin Boldak. Ra [...] | 2010-02-03 05:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM PREL AF |
10KABUL433 | AVIPA PLUS PROGRESS IN RC-SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary. The visibility of the USAID-funded Afghanistan Vouchers for Increased Production in Agriculture Plus (AVIPA Plus) program is growing in Regional Command-South (RC-South),and we are seeing progress in seven key districts in Helmand and Kandahar provinces. AVIPA Plus is a key s [...] | 2010-02-03 09:46:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAGR PREL AF |
10KABUL436 | AFGHANISTAN’S OUTLOOK ON IRAN: A KARZAI INSIDER’S [...] (S) Summary: President Karzai's Chief of Staff and former Ambassador to Iran, Omar Daudzai, offered the Palace's outlook on Iran's role in Afghanistan. Daudzai suggested that Karzai could provide "an open door" for the United States to engage Iran, at such time as the U.S. may judge this useful. Da [...] | 2010-02-03 13:58:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PREL IR AF |
10KABUL437 | Engaging Allies to Conclude MOUs on Life Support [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraphs 5 and 6. Background: ----------- 2. (SBU) Embassy Kabul is in the process of significantly increasing the number of USG civilians at Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) and other field locations, particularly District Support Teams (DST [...] | 2010-02-03 15:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MARR PREL EAID PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
10KABUL439 | POLITICAL PARTY DEVELOPMENT IN AFGHANISTAN: KEY TO [...] (U) Summary: Functioning political parties may be critical to Afghanistan's long-term democratic development and stability but they are generally unpopular and misunderstood, prompting most Afghan politicians to avoid affiliation. The USG provides some technical assistance to political parti [...] | 2010-02-04 06:58:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
10KABUL441 | REINTEGRATION AND RECONCILIATION - AFGHAN [...] (S/REL UK) Summary: Now that President Karzai has launched his broad Peace and Integration policy themes, his government's next political task, even as it must devise a program to advance the policy, is to develop nation-wide acceptance of the policy. An inclusive and transparent approach co [...] | 2010-02-04 10:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
10KABUL442 | Trans-boundary Water Issues: Slow but Sure Progress [...] (C) Summary: Afghanistan's Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW) in concert with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is leading an effort to address trans-boundary water rights. While Afghanistan remains reluctant to engage fully with its neighbors on this issue, USG-supported training is imp [...] | 2010-02-04 12:34:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG SENV EINV EAID PREL AF |
10KABUL443 | Trans-boundary Water Issues: Slow but Sure Progress [...] (C) Summary: Afghanistan's Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW) in concert with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is leading an effort to address trans-boundary water rights. While Afghanistan remains reluctant to engage fully with its neighbors on this issue, USG-supported training is imp [...] | 2010-02-04 12:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG SENV EINV EAID PREL AF |
10KABUL454 | AFGHAN BORDER AND TRIBAL AFFAIRS: MINISTER IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Acting Minister for Border and Tribal Affairs, Arsala Jamal, says he is attempting to transform a demoralized and weak ministry into one that will play an important and creative role both in developing the poorer border regions and in encouraging reconciliation and reintegra [...] | 2010-02-06 10:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PCON PBTS PGOV PINR PK AF |
10KABUL459 | INDONESIAN AMBASSADOR ENVISIONS INCREASED ROLE IN [...] (C) Summary: Indonesia can play a more significant role in Afghanistan, especially in negotiating with the Taliban, Indonesian Ambassador Erman Hidayat told Deputy Ambassador Ricciardone on January 28. Hidayat said he hoped that Indonesia's religious leaders could play a part in bringing Tali [...] | 2010-02-07 03:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF IN |
10KABUL46 | KEY AMBASSADORS IN KABUL DISCUSS REVIEW OF COMMAND [...] (C/Rel US, ISAF, NATO) Begin Summary. In a New Year's Day briefing by Generals McChrystal and Rodriguez for the embassies most active in the South and Southwest of Afghanistan ) Australia, Canada, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States ) the Generals outlined the co [...] | 2010-01-05 12:56:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK CAN IT NL AS AF |
10KABUL463 | BEDLAM AND CORRUPTION PERMEATE CUSTOMS PROCESS AT [...] (C) Summary. On January 28, the Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) for Regional Command ) South (RC-S) met with Deputy Customs Director Sardar Ashraf Weesa, the lead customs officer for Spin Boldak and brother of Kandahar Governor Weesa. Weesa candidly reported a sorry state of affairs and [...] | 2010-02-07 06:04:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM PREL AF |
10KABUL466 | NAD ALI/MARJAH OPERATION: STABILIZATION PLANNING [...] (C) Summary: Planning for the stabilization effort that will follow upcoming military operations in Helmand's Nad Ali District is entering the final phase. The PRT is nearing completion of plans to expand the existing GIRoA footprint in Nad Ali North (U.K. area of operations) and in Nad Ali So [...] | 2010-02-07 11:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK AF |
10KABUL467 | POWERBROKER AND GOVERNANCE ISSUES IN SPIN BOLDAK [...] (SBU) Summary: Spin Boldak District in Kandahar Province and its major border crossing point to Pakistan at Weech-Chaman have become the focus of a number of high profile coalition efforts given the upcoming military operations in Regional Command-South (RC-S). Although there is a high potential [...] | 2010-02-07 12:34:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR KCRM PREL AF |
10KABUL468 | The Places In Between: Afghanistan Dreams of an East-West [...] (U) Summary: Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Works (MPW) recently presented donors a formal proposal for an east-west highway, one of the most ambitious and expensive infrastructure projects proposed in the post-Taliban era. The road would create a trade and development corridor stretching fr [...] | 2010-02-07 12:55:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN EMIN EAID EFIN PGOV PREL AF |
10KABUL47 | ROUND TWO FOR CABINET SWEEPSTAKES UNDERWAY [...] (C) Summary: After meeting with his cabinet, advisors and MPs on January 4, President Karzai issued a Presidential decree late in the day calling an extraordinary session of Parliament to finish the task of cabinet confirmation. Parliament Speaker Qanooni presided January 5 over a contentiou [...] | 2010-01-05 14:47:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL AF |
10KABUL475 | WHITHER BALKH PROVINCE GOVERNOR ATTA? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Balkh Governor Usted Mohammad Noor Atta told us that the decision as to whether he stays on as Governor of Balkh or moves on to some opposition role lies with him, as well as President Karzai. Atta named Junbesh Party Chairman Sayed Noorullah as his most likely replacement, shoul [...] | 2010-02-08 04:51:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID AF |
10KABUL478 | UN SRSG: ELECTIONS PREPARATIONS BEHIND [...] (C) Summary: Recently returned from the London Conference, SRSG Eide led an upbeat meeting of ambassadors of major JCMBou arned, however, that both the UN and GIRoA were "much further along" at this stage in preparations in 2009 and that their relative progress this time is lagging significant [...] | 2010-02-08 06:26:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PREL UN |
10KABUL482 | AFGHAN PUBLIC PROTECTION FORCE ENROLLS [...] (C/REL) On 21 December the Afghan government placed a charismatic former mujahideen commander, Ghulam Mohammed Hotak, in charge of the Ministry of Interior,s Afghan Public Protection Program (AP3) in Wardak province, resulting in an influx of volunteers. 2. (C/REL) Ghulam Mohammed and hi [...] | 2010-02-08 14:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MCAP AF |
10KABUL500 | KARZAI DELIGHTED AT SAUDI ARABIA VISIT [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai is "very happy" with his recent trip to Saudi Arabia, according to Karzai Chief of Staff Daudzai and reconciliation advisor Masoom Stanekazai, each of whom described the high-level attention Karzai received from Saudi leaders as a boost for Karzai and GIRoA's sta [...] | 2010-02-09 09:49:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PREL AF SA |
10KABUL502 | IDLG DIRECTOR POPAL MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR: MOVING [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-09 10:48:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
10KABUL503 | MULLAH ZAEEF: PEACE NOW A NECESSITY [...] (S) Summary: Former Taliban Ambassador to Pakistan Abdul Salam Zaeef advocates peace as "the only option now" for Afghanistan. While encouraged by the latest attention to achieving peace in Afghanistan, he believes action and sincerity, not talk and good intentions, are required to make progress. H [...] | 2010-02-09 10:54:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL AF |
10KABUL504 | KARZAI COS: NO NATIONALIZATION OF ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai's Chief of Staff Daudzai claimed there is no presidential decree in the works to nationalize the Electoral Complaints Committee (ECC) and that the law remains as it stands to allow for international observers to remain on the ECC. However, we have learned that nat [...] | 2010-02-09 10:57:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AF PREL |
10KABUL538 | Afghan Government Requests Intervention in Contract Dispute [...] (SBU) This is an action request for U.S. Mission to ICAO, U.S. Mission to NATO and FAA. See paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Transportation and Civil Aviation (MOTCA) is increasingly agitated by the performance of contractors working for the International Civil Aviation Organi [...] | 2010-02-11 12:48:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EAID PGOV PREL AF |
10KABUL539 | GUESS WHO'S NOT COMING TO DINNER? [...] (C) Summary: We have learned that President Karzai has decided to leave unfilled the Upper House's 34 seats allocated to District Council members in the next legislative session, which will convene on 20 February. Because District Council elections have never been held, the 34 MPs reserved [...] | 2010-02-11 13:34:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF |
10KABUL540 | 2009 AFGHAN PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Parliament struggled to find relevance in 2009 to both serve as a springboard for legislative activity and as a counterweight to the Palace. Chronic absenteeism among Lower House MPs during the latter half of the year further limited Parliament's legislative effectiveness. Sim [...] | 2010-02-11 14:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF |
10KABUL541 | 2007 AMNESTY BILL EXITS THE TWILIGHT ZONE, DRAWS [...] (C) Summary: The controversial Amnesty Law, passed by Afghan Parliament in early 2007, resurfaced in late January after three years of uncertain legal status. The law grants "general amnesty" to anyone involved in hostile conflict before the interim administration and to current armed oppon [...] | 2010-02-11 14:23:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AF |
10KABUL542 | REGIONAL COMMAND EAST -- TALIBAN REINTEGRATION IN [...] (C/REL NATO) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: With the express purpose of establishing acceptable dispute mechanisms and connecting the Seyadabad District government to the people of the extremely volatile Tangi Valley in Wardak Province, acting District Sub-Governor (DSG) Hajji Niematullah convened a s [...] | 2010-02-13 07:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS UK AF |
10KABUL543 | FULL SUPPORT BY LOCAL SHURA FOR OPERATION MOSHTARAK [...] (C) Summary. On February 11, Helmand Governor Mangal and Minister of Interior Atmar hosted a well-attended shura, consisting of tribal elders from Nad Ali district and neighboring villages, to discuss the upcoming military operations in Marjah (Operation Moshtarak). The elders showed strong [...] | 2010-02-13 09:15:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK AF |
10KABUL554 | OPERATION MOSHTARAK - SITUATIONAL UPDATE FOR FEBRUARY 13, [...] (SBU) Summary. Following the blessing by President Karzai on the evening of 12 February, the operations in Nad Ali (Operation Moshtarak) started at 0200 on the morning of 13 February. Most of the day's activity took place in the northern half of the district, and although not yet secure, Marja [...] | 2010-02-14 08:52:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM MOPS PGOV EAID AF |
10KABUL567 | OPERATION MOSHTARAK - SITUATIONAL UPDATE FOR FEBRUARY 14, [...] (SBU) Summary. Operations continued on February 14, with the heaviest activity taking place in northern Marjah, but media reports have remained extremely positive about the current status of Operation Moshtarak. Governor Mangal convened a budget conference in Lashkar Gah to develop line-item o [...] | 2010-02-15 09:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS PGOV EAID AF |
10KABUL570 | CORRECTED COPY: IDLG DIRECTOR POPAL MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: In the course of a February 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Independent Director of Local Governance (IDLG) Jelani Popal previewed his upcoming visit to Helmand to help finalize preparations for the rollout there of the District Delivery Program (DDP). He indicated he can work [...] | 2010-02-15 10:03:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
10KABUL571 | NEW CIV-MIL EFFORT TO INFLUENCE BEHAVIOR OF CRIMINAL AND [...] (C//REL ISAF) Summary: The first Nexus-Corruption Leadership Board, co-chaired by Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs, Ambassador Wayne, and ISAF J2 (Intel),Major General Flynn, met on February 4 to consider possible courses of action ("COAs") that U.S. military and Embassy [...] | 2010-02-15 10:50:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR PREL EAID AF |
10KABUL572 | INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ALARMED DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Convening a meeting of key ambassadors on February 11, UN SRSG Kai Eide sought counsel on how to avoid a potential stand-off with President Karzai on the issue of appointing international observers to the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC),in light of rumors that Karzai int [...] | 2010-02-15 10:50:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL AF |
10KABUL576 | INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HOPEFUL FOR SOLUTION TO [...] (C) Summary: After his cabinet approved on a decree that would strip the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) of all foreign observers, President Karzai is considering UN SRSG's request to allow for two international observers (septel) to be appointed to the ECC, UN SRSG reported to a gatherin [...] | 2010-02-15 16:13:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PREL |
10KABUL577 | GIROA APPEARS TO RETREAT ON ELECTORAL REFORM [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai's Cabinet of Ministers has voted to approve an electoral decree that would "nationalize" the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) by removing the ECC's three international commissioners. If Karzai signs the decree, it will almost certainly hinder fraud preven [...] | 2010-02-15 16:47:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
10KABUL582 | OPERATION MOSHTARAK - SITUATIONAL REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 15, [...] (SBU) Summary. Operation Moshtarak continued on February 15 in Nad Ali district; however, reports throughout the operational area indicate that the situation was relatively quiet. ISAF Commander, along with Ministers of Defense and Interior, visited the northern Nad Ali area of Showal where t [...] | 2010-02-16 09:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS PGOV EAID AF |
10KABUL584 | ABDULLAH REFLECTS ON HIS COALITION, NATIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Former presidential candidate Dr. Abdullah Abdullah recently shared with the Ambassador his perspectives on the need for independent electoral bodies, the security situation, and the mixed messages the Afghan people are receiving on reconciliation and reintegration. While Abdu [...] | 2010-02-16 10:34:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF |
10KABUL589 | KANDAHAR: CORRUPTION REFORMS BY THE MASTER OF SPIN? [...] (S) Summary: On February 9, Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) Frank Ruggiero and Regional Command-South (RC-S) Commander Major General Nick Carter (UK) met with Colonel Abdul Razziq, 4th Afghan Border Police (ABP) Director and a well-known powerbroker based in the border town of Spin Bolda [...] | 2010-02-17 05:16:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV KDEM KCOR KCRM PREL AF |
10KABUL590 | OPERATION MOSHTARAK - SITUATIONAL REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 16, [...] (SBU) Summary. Operations in Nad Ali District continued on February 16, as ISAF continued to find high numbers of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the operational area. Governor Mangal attended a security shura today to look at Nad Ali security, and he traveled to Camp Bastion to visit [...] | 2010-02-17 06:52:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS PGOV EAID AF |
10KABUL596 | REFORMING USG TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE OFFICE OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mission is developing a new, coordinated approach for providing salary support and technical assistance to key Ministries and offices of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA). We are designing programs to reduce ministerial stove-piping and enhance th [...] | 2010-02-17 12:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON PREL AF |
10KABUL601 | OPERATION MOSHTARAK - SITUATIONAL REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 17, [...] (SBU) Summary. Operations in Nad Ali District continued on February 17 and Governor Mangal paid his first visit to Marjah with ISAF military leadership. High numbers of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) challenge progress in the operational area but the District Stabilization Team (DST) hop [...] | 2010-02-18 09:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS PGOV EAID AF |
10KABUL606 | KARZAI AMENABLE TO ECC CHANGE, FOCUSED ON CAPACITY [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai expressed confidence in the ongoing Marja operation in a meeting with General McChrystal and me on February 16. Speaking privately with me afterward, Karzai was receptive to the suggestion that the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) include two international m [...] | 2010-02-18 10:37:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV AF PREL |
10KABUL62 | A TALE OF TWO KABUL MAYORS [...] Summary: (C) President Karzai has appointed a new mayor of Kabul, Engineer Mohammad Yunos Novandish. This follows the December 7, 2009 'mismanagement of authority' conviction and the December 8, 2009 release pending appeal of former Kabul Mayor Abdul Ahad Sahebi (Reftel.) The Novandish appointme [...] | 2010-01-07 13:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | FBI JUS PGOV PINR PREL |
10KABUL621 | KARZAI AMENABLE TO ECC CHANGE, FOCUSED ON CAPACITY [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai expressed confidence in the ongoing Marja operation in a meeting with General McChrystal and me on February 16. Speaking privately with me afterward, Karzai was receptive to the suggestion that the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) include two international m [...] | 2010-02-18 13:26:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV AF PREL |
10KABUL628 | MINISTER OF INTERIOR REVIEWS POLICE TRAINING, CN POLICING [...] (C) Summary: In a February 2 meeting, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) R. Gil Kerlikowske joined by Ambassador Wayne, discussed a range of current issues with Afghan Minister of Interior Hanif Atmar. Atmar expressed satisfaction with the steady developm [...] | 2010-02-18 16:57:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV PREL PINS PK RU AF |
10KABUL635 | ASSISTING AFGHANS WITH CULTURAL RESTORATION AND REVIVING [...] Summary: Embassy met a key benchmark in support for Turquoise Mountain Trust (TMT) with the February 16 graduation of 30 students from a three-year program sponsored by the Turquoise Mountain Institute for Afghan Arts and Architecture, the premier institution of its kind in the country. The e [...] | 2010-02-21 06:03:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL SCUL ECON AF |
10KABUL636 | INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN'S MATURING [...] (SBU) Afghanistan's long-moribund Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) has shown new vitality over the last three months by first reorganizing itself, and then by choreographing GIRoA's interagency response to the threat posed by Ammonium Nitrate-based explosives (reftel A). Under [...] | 2010-02-21 06:59:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MASS AF |
10KABUL637 | CHILD SOLDIERS PREVENTION ACT DEMARCHE POINTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following the request (Ref B) to inform our host government of the provisions of the Child Soldier Prevention Act (CSPA) and its impending implementation, Embassy Kabul delivered demarche points to the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and the Ministry of Defense (MOD) to review the prog [...] | 2010-02-21 07:37:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SOCI KTIP |
10KABUL645 | "EMERGENCY" PRESIDENTIAL DECREE AMENDS ELECTORAL [...] (C) On February 17 President Karzai signed a Presidential decree enacting sweeping reforms to the 2005 electoral law. It was sent to the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) on February 18 for review and gazetting. The exact text of the reforms was only available to Karzai's Cabinet and members of Parlia [...] | 2010-02-21 15:08:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PGOV AF |
10KABUL648 | AFGHAN OFFICIAL REPORTS PAKISTAN SEEKS TO LIMIT GOODS [...] (SBU) Afghan Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) Director of International Trade told us February 20 that the Government of Pakistan's Revenue Division has invoked a clause of its 1969 Customs Act which allows it to restrict the transit of 22 categories of goods destined to Afghanistan thr [...] | 2010-02-22 09:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL AF PK |
10KABUL67 | MP'S BELIEVE CABINET LIST MAY BE DELAYED, SOME [...] (C) As of January 8 MPs considered it an open question as to whether Karzai will present a complete list of cabinet choices to the National Assembly (NA) on the agreed-upon January 9 date, despite Karzai's call for an extraordinary NA session (reftel). Pro-Karzai MP Khalid Pashtun (Pashtun, [...] | 2010-01-08 08:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF |
10KABUL672 | ELECTIONS, KANDAHAR AND KARZAI [...] (C) Begin Summary. In a frank discussion, Canadian Ambassador Crosbie explained to Ambassador Eikenberry that getting the electoral process right is a bottom-line position for Canada, and said we must be prepared for confrontation with Karzai on this issue, or risk losing credibility among our [...] | 2010-02-23 13:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR PREL MOPS CAN AF PK |
10KABUL673 | KANDAHAR'S POWERBROKER: GUL AGHA SHIRZAI: TEEING [...] (S) Summary. Kandahar uber-powerbrokers Gul Agha Shirzai and Ahmed Wali Karzai (AWK) teamed up February 16-17 for an unprecedented show of political togetherness in Kandahar City (KC) to showcase plans for a southern Afghanistan regional peace and reconciliation jirga. Shirzai told the Kandaha [...] | 2010-02-23 13:49:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM MOPS CAN AF PK |
10KABUL674 | KARZAI ADDRESSES PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Karzai addressed a joint session of Parliament on February 20, on the occasion of the opening of the final session of Parliament. Karzai spoke for 40 minutes to a poorly-attended, subdued joint session of Parliament that also included members of the Supreme Court and [...] | 2010-02-23 14:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF |
10KABUL675 | NEW AFGHAN COUNTERNARCOTICS MINISTER ZARAR OUTLINES HIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 1, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) R. Gil Kerlikowske, joined by Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs (CDDEA) Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne, met with Afghanistan's new Minister of Counternarcotics, Zarar Ahmad Moqbel. [...] | 2010-02-24 03:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV PREL AF |
10KABUL688 | PROPOSED AFGHANISTAN DETAINEE MONITORING STRATEGY [...] (U) This cable includes an action request; please see paragraph 10. 2. (S/REL ISAF) SUMMARY: In response to the President's executive order banning torture, the Washington interagency Task Force on Interrogation and Transfer Policies recommended that Embassy Kabul develop a plan to [...] | 2010-02-24 12:33:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS AF |
10KABUL692 | NEW AFGHAN ELECTION LAW DECREE: AREAS OF CONCERN [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai signed a legislative decree on February 17 with sweeping amendments to the 2005 Electoral Law, using his authority under Article 79 of the Constitution to issue legislative decrees during Parliamentary recess "in case of an immediate need." While some of the decre [...] | 2010-02-24 18:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
10KABUL693 | AHMED WALI KARZAI: SEEKING TO DEFINE HIMSLEF AS U.S. PARTNER? [...] (S//Rel NATO, ISAF) Begin Summary. Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) Frank Ruggiero met one-on-one with Ahmed Wali Karzai (AWK) on February 23. SCR informed AWK that coalition attention will turn to Kandahar in the next phase of Operation Moshtarak (Together) and the United States will play a fa [...] | 2010-02-25 04:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV KCOR KCRM PREL AF |
10KABUL694 | INTERIOR MINISTER ATMAR DISCUSSES POLICE TRAINING; [...] (C/NF) In a February 17 meeting, Interior Minister Mohammed Hanif Atmar told Ambassador Holbrooke, Ambassador Eikenberry, and General Caldwell that: -- he wants to train 2,000-3,000 police officer candidates outside of Afghanistan, each year for the next five years. Atmar is looking at Jordan [...] | 2010-02-25 05:58:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR MASS AF |
10KABUL695 | OPERATION MOSHTARAK MOVING TO GOVERNANCE PHASE [...] (C//Rel NATO, ISAF) Summary: Afghan and Coalition Forces carrying out Operation Moshtarak ("Together" in Dari) in Helmand Province are facing stiff challenges, but are on track to bring the "clearance" phase to closure. The Operation's success, however, will be measured in the coming "hold" [...] | 2010-02-25 07:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV KDEM KCOR KCRM MOPS PREL PINS UK CAN AF |
10KABUL696 | AMBASSADORS CONCEDE ELECTORAL CHANGES, UN PUSHING [...] 1. (C) Summary: While the decree recently signed by President Karzai to amend the electoral law (ref. A) was roundly decried by ambassadors at the weekly UNAMA meeting in Kabul on February 22, they concurred that the international community would not at this point make public statements con [...] | 2010-02-25 07:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AF PREL |
10KABUL698 | WOMEN ACTIVISTS PUSH FOR INCLUSION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from the Afghan Women's Network met February 23 with Masoom Stanekzai, the Afghan government's current lead on reintegration efforts, at his invitation, to voice their concerns over GIRoA's reintegration and reconciliation plans. Stanekzai opened the meeting by [...] | 2010-02-26 10:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AF |
10KABUL699 | PRESSING KARZAI FOR ELECTORAL REFORM [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Eikenberry and Deputy Ambassador Ricciardone demarched President Karzai and his inner circle on the problems of the final version of the electoral decree February 24-25, stressing the need for an independent Electoral Complaints Commission with international commissioners, p [...] | 2010-02-26 11:38:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL AF |
10KABUL700 | GIROA STRONGLY CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACK ON KABUL [...] The Afghan government swung into action to publicly and strongly condemn Taliban suicide and car bomb attacks in central Kabul the morning of February 26 that killed at least 13 people and wounded approximately thirty-two. Demonstrating an unprecedented degree of intergovernmental cooperation [...] | 2010-02-26 14:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | FBI PREL PTER AF |
10KABUL701 | ELECTORAL REFORM: DON'T COUNT ON QANOONI [...] (C) Summary: I met with Lower House Speaker Qanooni to learn what Parliament's legislative priorities will be in the next session, to understand Speaker Qanooni's views on President Karzai's Presidential Decree on the Electoral Law, and to ask what his views were on how we could jointly str [...] | 2010-02-26 18:34:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
10KABUL702 | GHANI SAYS STABILITY OBTAINED WITH BALLOTS, NOT BOMBS [...] Summary: Ambassador Eikenberry met with former Finance Minister and presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani on February 23, 2010 to discuss his views on the military operation in Marjah, the plans for the Peace Jirga and the Kabul Conference, and other issues. Ghani expressed skepticism that the c [...] | 2010-02-27 14:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR PREL EAID AF |
10KABUL705 | Assistance for Afghanistan's Provincial Airports [...] (U) Summary: Antiquated and overcrowded, Afghanistan's provincial airports are struggling to handle existing passenger traffic and unable to handle increasing demand for international and domestic flights. Embassy Kabul is upgrading three provincial runways in cooperation with the Asian Develo [...] | 2010-02-28 06:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EAID PGOV PREL AF |
10KABUL726 | CRIMINAL ALLEGATIONS SURROUNDING MARJAH [...] (S/REL ISAF, NATO) Summary. As Operation Moshtarak within Nad Ali district began in mid-February, rumors of criminal allegations surrounding the Marjah Sub-District Governor Haji Zahir and his time in Germany began to surface. Upon hearing these allegations, Regional Platform)South (RP-S) and [...] | 2010-02-28 15:04:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV KDEM KCRM MOPS PREL AF |
10KABUL85 | KARZAI AND CODEL MCCAIN ON PROGRESS, ELECTIONS, [...] (S) Summary: In a positive and free-ranging discussion, President Karzai and visiting CODEL McCain agreed that more should be done to tell Afghans and Americans about the progress in Afghanistan since 2002 and the positive role of the international community. On the timing of parliamentary election [...] | 2010-01-10 09:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL AF |
10KABUL96 | NEW AFGHAN CABINET NOMINEES [...] (C) Summary: The Afghan Lower House (Wolesi Jirga, WJ) received President Karzai's list of 16 cabinet nominations on January 9; there were no repeated names from the last list with a slate primarily comprised of political unknowns. This new list appears to be Karzai's attempt to balance prag [...] | 2010-01-11 13:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF |
10KAMPALA1 | UGANDA: THE LIMITS OF UGANDA'S AMISOM COMMITMENT [...] (C) Summary: Uganda plans to add a fourth battalion to its contribution to the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) in February 2010, bringing the total number of Ugandan troops in Somalia to 3,500. While President Museveni would like to expand AMISOM's capability and mandate, Uganda's [...] | 2010-01-04 10:56:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV MCAP MARR UG SO |
10KAMPALA13 | UGANDA: USG SUPPORTED ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTIVIST THREATENED [...] (C) Summary: The Director of the Anti-Corruption Coalition Uganda (ACCU),Jasper Tumuhimbise, went into hiding in late December after publishing a "Fame and Shame" booklet on government corruption. Funded by the Millennium Challenge Corporation's (MCC) anti-corruption threshold program, ACCU's [...] | 2010-01-07 11:36:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM UG |
10KAMPALA182 | UGANDA: UPDATE ON IMPACT OF LRA ON CIVILIAN POPULATIONS [...] (U) Summary: This report provides recent statistics on the impact of Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) activities on civilian populations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),Central African Republic (CAR),and Sudan keyed to reftel questions. These statistics are compiled from multiple [...] | 2010-01-21 11:39:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS CG UG SU CT |
10KAMPALA19 | UGANDA: SECURITY REPORT DETAILS OIL SECTOR CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: A December 17 report by the External Security Organization (ESO),which XXXXXXXXXXXX allegedly forwarded to President Museveni, says Security Minister Amama Mbabazi is "eyeing" a $200 million commission for securing a deal between Heritage Oil and the Italian firm ENI. On January 7, a [...] | 2010-01-13 10:47:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET KCOR UG |
10KAMPALA21 | UGANDA: UK CONSIDERING CORRUPTION TRAVEL BANS [...] (C) Summary: The U.K. is considering visa restrictions for senior Ugandan officials guilty of misusing $27 million allocated to the November 2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kampala. The British say their primary target is Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa, that recent visa ba [...] | 2010-01-13 14:02:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR KCOR KCRM UG |
10KAMPALA23 | UGANDA: CONTINUED U.S. SUPPORT FOR ANTI-LRA EFFORTS CRITICAL [...] (S) Summary: U.S. logistical assistance for Ugandan military operations against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) will end in late-January, jeopardizing Uganda's increasingly successful 800 mile pursuit of the LRA through the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),the Central African Republic (CAR [...] | 2010-01-14 10:55:00 | Embassy Kampala | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINS MOPS MCAP MASS UG |
10KAMPALA35 | UGANDA: AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT - A/S MEETING REQUEST [...] (U) President Yoweri Museveni, Defense Minister Crispus Kyonga and Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa will be attending the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa. The Ugandan Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not provided exact travel dates for the President or Ministers but has indicated that [...] | 2010-01-22 10:09:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP AORC XA UG |
10KAMPALA388 | UGANDA: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] The U.S. Mission to Uganda submits the following two project proposals for consideration for the Office of Global Women's Issues (SGWI) Small Grants Initiative. The two projects are listed in priority order for funding. Definition of the Problem: 2. Women and girls in Uganda are m [...] | 2010-02-19 07:44:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KWMN KPAO AID UG |
10KAMPALA45 | UGANDA: AMBASSADOR CREDENTIALED; GETS EARFUL ON [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-28 05:10:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV UG |
10KAMPALA47 | UGANDA: FOREIGN MINISTER ON DEMOCRACY, HOMOSEXUALITY, AND [...] (C) Summary: On January 21, Ambassador Lanier discussed the congressional reporting requirement for Uganda's presidential elections, the draft anti-homosexuality bill, and allegations of corruption in Uganda's nascent oil sector with Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa. Kutesa inquired about Congressio [...] | 2010-01-28 11:00:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR EPET UG |
10KAMPALA5 | UGANDA'S ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT CORRUPTION BUFFET [...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda's failure to prosecute corrupt government officials is rapidly eroding donor confidence and local support for President Museveni. New evidence of worsening government corruption appears almost daily in local media, and in broader assessments like the Millennium Challeng [...] | 2010-01-05 09:11:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM UG |
10KAMPALA51 | Ugandan Response on Mobilizing Pressure on Iran [...] (C) Deputy Chief of Mission delivered reftel demarche on January 29 to Ugandan State Minister of Foreign Affairs Henry Okello Oryem. Oryem responded by saying Uganda has been firm in insisting that Iran should only use nuclear power for peaceful purposes, and indicated an openness to additional [...] | 2010-02-03 08:29:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IR UNSC UG |
10KAMPALA55 | UNDER SECRETARY OTERO'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero raised U.S. concerns over Uganda's preparations for the 2011 elections and the draft anti-homosexuality bill with the State Minister for International Affairs Henry Okello Oryem on January 29. Oryem rebuffed perceptions [...] | 2010-02-04 14:34:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KGHG SENV ENRG UG |
10KAMPALA67 | UGANDA: BY-ELECTION GOES FROM SUCCESS TO SUSPECT [...] (C) Summary: A January 25 by-election in central Uganda underscored concerns about the voter registry and the transparency of polling results in advance of the February 2011 presidential election. Local media and observers described turn out as low, and the Electoral Commission uncovered one in [...] | 2010-02-11 13:22:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UG |
10KAMPALA69 | UGANDA: REPORT ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE 2011 ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable responds to the Congressional requirement to monitor preparations for Uganda's 2011 elections and actively promote the independence of the Electoral Commission, an accurate and verifiable voter registry, the announcement and posting of results at polling stations, free [...] | 2010-02-11 14:27:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM UG |
10KAMPALA73 | UNDER SECRETARY OTERO'S MEETING WITH HUMAN RIGHTS AND GLBT ACTIVISTS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-16 06:54:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM UG |
10KAMPALA77 | CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN UGANDA [...] (SBU) Summary: China's economic ties to Uganda continue to accelerate on all fronts making it one of the country's top foreign investors. Already heavily involved in infrastructure projects, China is now attempting to become an even larger player in Uganda's newly discovered oil deposits. Th [...] | 2010-02-17 11:00:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EINT UG CH |
10KAMPALA81 | UGANDA: PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT OLARA OTUNNU'S STRATEGY FOR [...] (C) Summary: On February 16, presidential hopeful and former UN Under Secretary Olara Otunnu characterized his December 21 auto accident with the Presidential Guard Brigade as an assassination attempt, and said the U.S. congressional reporting requirement for Uganda's election is a core compone [...] | 2010-02-23 12:34:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM UG |
10KAMPALA83 | UGANDA: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON KING OF BUGANDA [...] (C) Summary: The leader of Uganda's largest and most powerful ethnic group told the Ambassador on February 18 that Uganda is slipping toward instability. Buganda King Ronald Mutebi II said he is apprehensive about the February 2011 election, and accused President Museveni of trying to dismantle [...] | 2010-02-23 13:38:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM UG |
10KAMPALA85 | UGANDA: PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT OLARA OTUNNU'S STRATEGY FOR [...] (C) Summary: On February 16, presidential hopeful and former UN Under Secretary Olara Otunnu characterized his December 21 auto accident with the Presidential Guard Brigade as an assassination attempt, and said the U.S. congressional reporting requirement for Uganda's election is a core compone [...] | 2010-02-23 19:30:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM UG |
10KAMPALA91 | UGANDA: PHENYLACETIC ACID DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 13:26:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC SNAR UG |
10KAMPALA93 | UGANDA - IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARD DEMARCHE RESPSONE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 13:34:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP MNUC IR PARM EFIN |
10KAMPALA95 | UGANDA: ELECTORAL COMMISSION FALLS FLAT, AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: The opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party narrowly defeated the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) in a February 15 by-election marred by mismanagement, rain, and a shoot-out involving the Minister of Housing's bodyguard. The FDC attributed its victory to superi [...] | 2010-02-25 14:26:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM |
10KARACHI46 | S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL - KARACHI SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) ConGen Karachi submits seven project proposals for the S/GWI small grants initiative for women's political, economic and social advancement. The programs detailed below address themes of Education, Climate Change, Gender-based Violence, Economic Opportunity and Political Empowerment in t [...] | 2010-02-20 05:10:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY PK |
10KATHMANDU132 | NEPAL: IAEA TANZANIA CONFERENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Post delivered reftel points and letter to Nepal Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary of the UN, International Organizations, and International Law Division Ramesh P. Khanal on February 11. Khanal thanked the Embassy for the information, but did not provide any substantive response. [...] | 2010-02-11 13:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | IAEA PARM PREL KNNP KTIA NP |
10KATHMANDU142 | EMBASSY KATHMANDU'S S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] Reconciliation: Voices and Experiences of Conflict-Affected Women (Himalayan Human Rights Monitors - HimRights) ---------- Background ---------- The signing of the Comprehensive Peace Accord in November 2006 brought a formal end to the decade-long armed conflict between Maoist rebels and [...] | 2010-02-18 11:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM NP |
10KATHMANDU144 | NEPAL: CHINA PRESSURE BUT NEPALIS SAY REFUGEE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nepal's commitment to protecting Tibetan refugees remains firm, despite Chinese pressure to increase security on the China-Nepal border. During the Home Minister's recent visit to China, Chinese officials pressed the Minister to improve border communication and create a new bila [...] | 2010-02-18 12:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF CH NP |
10KATHMANDU147 | NEPAL: ADVOCATING EXTENSION OF OFFICE OF THE HIGH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Heads of mission from Denmark, Germany, Britain, France, Finland, and the United States met Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Koirala February 18, 2010, to advocate for extension of the mandate of OHCHR beyond its current expiry in June 2010. Koirala suggested that t [...] | 2010-02-19 06:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NO NP |
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