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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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08GENEVA727 | GEORGIA CONSIDERS NEXT STEPS IN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 27 meeting, Georgian Deputy PermRep Teimuraz Bakradze told us that Tbilisi was considering using the upcoming Human Rights Council session to criticize Russia over recent events in Georgia, although no decision had yet been taken. It remains unclear whether Russia w [...] | 2008-08-27 16:01:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC GG |
08GENEVA751 | PART TWO OF TWO -- BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-04 15:35:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD PARM PREL BWC CWC CBW TBIO |
08GENEVA752 | PART ONE OF TWO -- BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and should be protected accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. The second annual meeting of BWC Experts for the 2007-2010 Work Program, focusing on biosafety, biosecurity, and professional responsibility in the life sciences, marked progress, register [...] | 2008-09-04 15:35:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD PARM PREL BWC CWC CBW TBIO |
08GENEVA759 | RUSSIA BLASTS GEORGIA IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russia's ambassador used the September 8 opening session of the Human Rights Council to criticize Georgia, which he accused of engaging in genocide. Georgia plans to respond on September 9, but to avoid getting into a retaliatory exchange, including charges and counter-charges, [...] | 2008-09-08 16:49:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNHRC GG RU |
08GENEVA766 | SRI LANKA TRIES TO FOSTER GOOD TIES WITH NEW HIGH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan Government, which had a rocky relationship with former High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour, hopes quickly to forge better ties with Arbour's successor, Navanathem Pillay. Days after Pillay became High Commissioner, Sri Lankan Human Rights Minister Ma [...] | 2008-09-10 13:41:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR CE |
08GENEVA768 | IOM PROTOCOL BREACH [...] (C) Summary: Officials at the International Organization for Migration (IOM) expressed their assurances that IOM staff will not travel to Syria again without prior authorization of the Syrian authorities and were quite surprised at the tough line taken by the Syrian Ambassador in Geneva over t [...] | 2008-09-10 14:48:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL SY IZ |
08GENEVA803 | GEORGIA IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: AFTER A [...] (C) SUMMARY: After an initial burst of activity regarding the Georgia crisis in the early days of the UN Human Rights Council's current session, the Council took up the issue again on September 16-17. The plenary discussions featured harsh words from the Russian delegation and a more measured [...] | 2008-09-23 15:02:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNHRC GG RU |
08GENEVA816 | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL VOTE ON BEIT HANOUN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a departure from their past practice, all seven of the EU's Council members voted "no" on the latest resolution on Israeli actions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) during the recently completed session of the HRC. Several EU ambassadors told Ambassador Tichenor t [...] | 2008-09-30 09:16:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
08GENEVA837 | EU ENVOY MOREL BRIEFS THE AMBASSADOR ON LATEST [...] (C) On October 9. EU Special Representative for the Crisis in Georgia Pierre Morel briefed Ambassador Tichenor on the preparations for the Georgia talks to be held in Geneva October 15. He confirmed the plans for a plenary with two working groups, one on security and stability, the other on I [...] | 2008-10-09 16:50:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA UNSC RS GG |
08GENEVA915 | UK MAY CONSIDER WITHDRAWAL FROM DURBAN REVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UK ambassador in Geneva privately told the Charge on October 31 that HMG might withdraw from the Durban process early in 2009 if that process did not improve and UK redlines were crossed. In that and a previous meeting, the UK delegation said that maintaining EU consensus o [...] | 2008-11-03 16:30:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC UK |
08GENEVA921 | WHO: SECOND SESSION OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL [...] Summary. INB2 met October 20-25, 2008, in Geneva to develop a protocol under the FCTC to combat illicit trade in tobacco products. It was attended by representatives of 133 Parties to the FCTC, as well as 16 State non-Parties (including the United States),two intergovernmental organization [...] | 2008-11-04 15:52:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL PGOV SOCI WHO |
08GENEVA981 | Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Meetings and [...] (U) Summary. A U.S. delegation participated in the fifth round of negotiations on the issue of cluster munitions within the framework of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons ("CCW"),held November 3-7 in Geneva. The delegation also participated in the meetings of States Parties to [...] | 2008-11-18 15:49:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MOPS PARM PGOV PREL UN |
08GENEVA993 | CZECH GENEVA PERMREP ON HUMAN RIGHTS GOALS DURING [...] (C) Summary: During its EU presidency, the Czech Mission will try to hold the EU to hard red lines on Middle East and freedom of expression issues for the Durban Review Conference outcome document. Absent an EU consensus, the Czechs would consider not participating if offensive language re [...] | 2008-11-20 15:50:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EU UNHRC EC |
08GEORGETOWN233 | GUYANA: DEMARCHE ON US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-24 13:19:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL GY |
08GEORGETOWN309 | GUYANA/CARICOM SECURITY ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Guyana Summary: As demonstrated by two mass killings by gangs earlier this year and general homicide rates across the country, Guyana is ill-equipped to address its modern security challenges. Historically, security has been hindered by limited financial and human resources, poor training [...] | 2008-05-23 21:55:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL MASS MOPS XL GY |
08GEORGETOWN364 | DIP NOTE REQUEST FOR USG FORENSIC ASSISTANCE IN [...] (SBU) This is communication of a formal diplomatic request from the Government of Guyana (GoG) to the USG for provision of a forensic pathology team to assist in a criminal investigation. 2. (SBU) Begin text of cover Diplomatic Note: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Guya [...] | 2008-06-24 20:28:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GY PREL PGOV PINS PHUM MOPS |
08GEORGETOWN365 | FORMAL GOG REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REGARDING [...] (SBU) This is communication of a formal request by the Government of Guyana (GoG) for information relating to applications for export licenses. 2. (SBU) Begin text of letter: Ms. Karen Williams Charge d'Affaires Embassy of the United States of America Duke Street Kingston Dear Ms. W [...] | 2008-06-24 21:19:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GY PREL PGOV PINS ETTC |
08GEORGETOWN441 | POST ENDORSES SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL, WITH [...] (S) Post endorses the FY2008 proposal for Section 1206 funding for Guyana that was submitted by SOUTHCOM, with the following caveats: Post endorses the provision of all non-lethal assistance, i.e., all items identified under the categories COMMUNICATIONS, NIGHT VISION, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, AND C [...] | 2008-07-28 20:18:00 | Embassy Georgetown | SECRET | GY MARR MOPS PREL |
08GEORGETOWN449 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON THE [...] (U) Econoff delivered demarche to Marsha Caddett, Americas Desk Officer at the MFA, who acknowledged receipt of the message but provided no substantive response. Williams [...] | 2008-07-31 21:11:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER COL VE EUN AF SNAR PGOV PREL |
08GEORGETOWN451 | GUYANA RESPONSE TO UNGA ATTENDANCE [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel request for information to Marsha Caddett, Americas Desk Officer at the MFA. Ms. Caddett noted that although plans were not yet confirmed, President Jagdeo was not likely to attend UNGA, and that Minister of Foreign Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett would likely lea [...] | 2008-07-31 21:13:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PREL OVIP KSEP UNGA |
08GEORGETOWN486 | GUYANA PRESIDENT TO ATTEND UNGA [...] MFA Director General Elisabeth Harper informed Post that President Jagdeo would attend UNGA. Guyana's delegation now includes the following: A. Attendance of the Head of State --Bharrat Jagdeo, President --Jagdeo will arrive in New York September 20, 2008, speak September 23 [...] | 2008-08-19 21:15:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA |
08GEORGETOWN538 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) On September 10, Poloff delivered reftel demarche points to Lesley Dowridge-Collins, Director of Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Per reftel instructions, Poloff also highlighted the GoG's voting pattern on similar resolutions in previous years, noting that Guyana [...] | 2008-09-18 12:41:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN GY |
08GEORGETOWN550 | JAGDEO HUFFS AND PUFFS, BUT WILL SIGN EU TRADE DEAL [...] (U) Summary: After weeks of sharply criticizing its provisions, President Jagdeo has begrudgingly agreed to sign onto the proposed CARICOM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA),citing the certain imposition of higher tariffs on Guyana's exports if he did not acquiesce. Despite his pledge to [...] | 2008-09-18 20:09:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BTIO EAGR EAID ECON EIND EINV SENV ETRD GY PREL |
08GEORGETOWN555 | CARICOM ATTENDENCE AT HAITI KEY PLAYERS MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-22 19:11:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO PREL UNSC UNGA HA |
08GEORGETOWN593 | CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS CONFERENCE A SUCCESS [...] (U) Interest in security policy by non-government actors has increased in the seven weeks following the August 14 conclusion of the second Embassy-sponsored Civil-Military Relations (CMR) conference. Despite the GoG's decision not to participate, opposition MPs, retired military, the private [...] | 2008-10-10 16:01:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MASS PGOV GY |
08GEORGETOWN698 | USS KEARSARGE VISIT A HUGE SUCCESS [...] (U) Summary. On November 22, the USS KEARSARGE concluded its two-week humanitarian medical and engineering mission to Guyana, the final stop on its six-nation "Continuing Promise 2008" mission. Medical and dental practitioners provided care at three sites in one of Guyana's more remote and und [...] | 2008-12-10 18:11:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GY SOCI PREL MARR |
08GEORGETOWN702 | MEDIA REACTION TO THE USS KEARSARGE VISIT [...] (U) Summary. The November 9-22 humanitarian mission to Guyana of the USS KEARSARGE generated widespread and overwhelmingly favorable coverage in both print and broadcast local media. The media consistently incorporated the KEARSARGE's motto "Continuing Promise" into their reporting, and frequen [...] | 2008-12-11 10:53:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | GY SOCI PREL MARR |
08GRENADA1 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: DECEMBER 30, 2007 - JANUARY [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: A. Minister Blasts Liat At the January 4 opening of Port Louis Marina and Victory Bar and Grill, Minister for To [...] | 2008-01-09 20:09:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAIR ELAB GJ CH |
08GRENADA10 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT JANUARY 13 - 19, 2008 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: A. Kuwait Funds Feeder Road Project The Government of Grenada received the go ahead last week to commence an Agr [...] | 2008-01-22 22:29:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ELAB SOCI GJ |
08GRENADA110 | 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: GRENADA'S ATTENDANCE [...] What is known to date about Grenada's attendance at the UNGA General Debate, provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 6, follows: A. Grenada's Head of State, Governor General Sir Daniel Williams has no plans to attend UNGA. B. Attendance of Head of Government: -- Name and [...] | 2008-08-08 18:10:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA GJ |
08GRENADA115 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF ADDTIONAL IRANIAN [...] Embassy Grenada delivered non-paper provided in reftel via diplomatic note to Grenada Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 19. There was no immediate comment. 2. The Government of Grenada relies on information provided by the United States and others to keep its own list of designated en [...] | 2008-08-20 13:10:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN GJ |
08GRENADA128 | 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: UPDATED INFORMATION ON GRENADA'S [...] (U) Embassy Grenada updates information provided ref A about Government of Grenada officials attending the 63rd UNGA. The GOG finally provided the information to us on September 17. 2. (SBU) A. Grenada's Head of State, Governor General Sir Daniel Williams will not attend UNGA. B. Attend [...] | 2008-09-17 22:50:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA GJ XL |
08GRENADA137 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - OCTOBER 5 - 11, 2008 [...] Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. Begin GWAR text: A. Grenada's Prime Minister Visits Washington Prime Minister Tillman Thomas termed "successful" his whirlwind one-day tour of the [...] | 2008-10-16 21:12:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID SOCI EFIN GJ XL |
08GRENADA139 | REAGAN MONUMENT REDEDICATION HIGHLIGHTS GRENADA INTERVENTION [...] (U) In a moving October 25 ceremony, the Ambassador re-dedicated the Ronald Reagan Monument in St. George's, Grenada honoring U.S. Service members who gave their lives in the 1983 U.S.-Caribbean intervention to restore democracy to Grenada. The Ambassador read a letter of appreciation from form [...] | 2008-10-30 18:47:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS KPAO PGOV XL |
08GRENADA14 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT JANUARY 20-26, 2008 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: A. Mitchell Says If Asked He Would Cede Party Leadership Amid reports of party dissension, Prime Minister Keith M [...] | 2008-01-30 18:20:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SOCI GJ |
08GRENADA140 | GRENADA GRANTS CLEARANCE TO USCGC MOHAWK TO ENTER ITS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-05 12:47:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS SNAR PREL GJ XL |
08GRENADA141 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR OCTOBER 26 - NOVEMBER 1, [...] Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. Begin GWAR text: a. Alleged Plan for Benefits for Former Revolutionaries Local press reported that a coordinated effort is underway to promote the [...] | 2008-11-05 20:54:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB ETRD PREL GJ XL |
08GRENADA150 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 31- DECEMBER 6, [...] Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. Begin GWAR text: a. Grenadians Succumb to Online Scams Grenadians continue to lose money to online scams. Grenada's Financial Intelligence Unit (F [...] | 2008-12-11 20:47:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SOCI KHIV PREL GJ |
08GRENADA20 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FEBRUARY 3 - 9, 2008 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: A. Official Hand-over to GOG of Emergency Operation Centers Ambassador Mary Ourisman on February 6, 2008 official [...] | 2008-02-13 21:17:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR EPET ECPS EFIN GJ |
08GRENADA28 | GRENADA CELEBRATES 34TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador visited Grenada February 6 - 7 to participate in the country's Independence Day activities, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) February 6 reception and the February 7 Military Parade. Members of the Puerto Rican National Guard Color Guard marched in the p [...] | 2008-02-19 19:30:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PNAT PREL MOPS OTRA GJ |
08GRENADA29 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 10 - 16, 2008 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: A. Grenada's Supreme Court Appoints Receiver for Local Bank Grenada's high court issued an order on February 15 a [...] | 2008-02-19 21:43:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN KCRM SENV GJ |
08GRENADA37 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 17 - 23, 2008 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: A. (U) Mitchell waits for CARICOM's input before deciding on ALBA Prime Minister Keith Mitchell announced that Gr [...] | 2008-02-28 21:53:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD PGOV GJ |
08GRENADA40 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 24 - MARCH 1, [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: A. NDC Accuses NNP of Spying Grenada woke February 27 to the news that two Royal Grenadian Police Force (RGPF) o [...] | 2008-03-05 21:31:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EFIN SOCI |
08GRENADA42 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT MARCH 2 - 8, 2008 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: A. International Women's Day Celebrated in Grenada Grenada celebrated International Women's Day with events aroun [...] | 2008-03-14 21:40:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ENRG EFIN KWMN GJ |
08GRENADA47 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT MARCH 9 - 15, 2008 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: A. Acting OECS Chief Justice Retires The Grenada Bar Association (GBA) last week paid tribute to retiring acting [...] | 2008-03-20 21:48:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SOCI GJ |
08GRENADA5 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT JANUARY 6 - 12, 2008 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: A. Parliamentary Elections Office Demands Proof Leader of the Technical Allied Workers Union (TAWU),Senator Che [...] | 2008-01-15 21:51:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI EAIR GJ |
08GRENADA50 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: MARCH 16 - 22, 2008 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: a. Will American Airlines Fly to Grenada Again? Grenada's Director of Tourism, Jocelyn Sylvester-Gairy announced [...] | 2008-03-26 22:15:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAIR SOCI GJ |
08GRENADA52 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: MARCH 23 - 29, 2008 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: a. Southcom Completes Intel Training Southcom trainers conducted a highly successful Intelligence Analyst trainin [...] | 2008-04-02 20:53:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS ECON SOCI GJ |
08GRENADA55 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: MARCH 30 - APRIL 5, 2008 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: A. ISPS Training Officers of the Grenada Port Authority (GPA),Sol Gas, and Chevron participated in a two-day se [...] | 2008-04-09 21:26:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EWWT KCRM SOCI GJ |
08GRENADA57 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: APRIL 6 - 12, 2008 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: a. Grenada Makes Significant Economic Progress Grenada made significant economic progress in 2007, according to [...] | 2008-04-15 22:45:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN ECON SNAR SOCI GJ |
08GRENADA58 | PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP - CHORES IN ACTION IN GRENADA [...] Ambassador Ourisman spent several hours in St. George's on April 14 meeting with American volunteer health workers with the Children's Health Organization for Relief and Educational Services (CHORES) program at the General Hospital. The Ambassador thanked Dr. Beverly Nelson for having the visi [...] | 2008-04-18 19:26:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PREL EAID GJ |
08GRENADA60 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: APRIL 13- 19, 2008 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: a)CHORES back to serve Grenada Ambassador Mary Ourisman visited Grenada briefly on April 14 to meet with the Chil [...] | 2008-04-23 19:33:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI PGOV ECON GJ |
08GRENADA68 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: APRIL 27 - MAY 3, 2008 [...] Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not currently merit longer reporting. 2. Begin GWAR text: a) CapBank to be Reorganized The Government of Grenada (GOG) filed a petition for the reorganization of the financially-stra [...] | 2008-05-06 22:54:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN PHUM GJ |
08GRENADA75 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: MAY 4 - 10, 2008 [...] Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not currently merit longer reporting. 2. Begin GWAR text: (a)Commissioner Submits Final Report on "Briefcase" Affair Sir Richard Cheltenham of Barbados, the sole commissioner on the [...] | 2008-05-14 22:58:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC GJ |
08GRENADA81 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT MAY 11 - 17, 2008 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: a) PM Mitchell Takes Over Chairmanship of RSS Regional Security Coordinator Grantley Watson met Grenada's Prime Minister, [...] | 2008-05-21 19:16:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ENRG EFIN KWMN GJ |
08GRENADA83 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT MAY 18 - 24, 2008 [...] Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. Begin GWAR text: a. Owner of CapBank Arrested, Charged, and now Free on Bail It appears, however, that the financial investigations unit ( [...] | 2008-05-29 21:53:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN KCRM PGOV SOCI GJ |
08GRENADA87 | CLEARANCE FOR R/V CAPE HATTARAS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-27 15:17:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PREL GJ |
08GUADALAJARA49 | DHS/STATE HOSTS REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON SMUGGLING AND [...] Summary: In January, DHS and State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) hosted a seminar within the framework of the Regional Conference on Migration (RCM) in Manzanillo, Mexico. The workshop focused on best practices in the prosecution of human smugglers and traffickers in C [...] | 2008-02-08 17:03:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KCRM MX XM XS |
08GUADALAJARA612 | CHEMICAL CITY: GUADALAJARA, JALISCO, AND THE METH TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: According to 2007 DEA estimates, 80 percent of the methamphetamine used in the United States originates from laboratories operated by Mexican-based syndicates on both sides of the border. Production is especially high in and around the city of Guadalajara due to the confluence [...] | 2008-12-23 15:47:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL EIND KJUS MX |
08GUADALAJARA93 | JALISCO GOVERNMENT WORKING TO KEEP MIGRANTS HOME BY BOOSTING [...] Summary: Since taking office in 2007, Jalisco Governor Emilio Gonzalez Marquez has focused on boosting Jalisco's economy and improving the lives of Jalisco natives living at home and abroad. In line with these efforts, Gonzalez Marquez formed an office dedicated to working with migrant communi [...] | 2008-02-27 21:23:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SMIG ELAB MX XM |
08GUADALAJARA94 | BILATERAL SECURITY AND COUNTERNARCOTICS DEBATED IN [...] Summary: Two days of scholarly discussions in Guadalajara on security issues and counter-narcotics challenges elaborated convergent and divergent points in our bilateral relationship. While we don't share the same world vision, the Merida Initiative may be one concrete action on which the U.S [...] | 2008-02-27 22:35:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SNAR KPAO MX |
08GUANGZHOU148 | Shenzhen Heparin Maker Emphasizes Differences with [...] (U) Summary: Shenzhen Hepalink Pharmaceutical Co. - recently the focus of a Wall Street Journal article - clearly takes product safety very seriously and is anxious to reassure visitors about its quality assurance and supply control procedures. The only heparin producer in China to receive U.S [...] | 2008-03-11 08:56:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND TBIO SOCI ECON PGOV PREL CH |
08GUANGZHOU256 | Guangdong Property Tycoon Sees Opportunities in Taiwan [...] (SBU) Summary: After participating in a delegation of mainland property tycoons who visited Taiwan in late April, Li Sze Lim (Li Silian),a well-placed and successful real estate entrepreneur, is considering investing in the island's hotel sector. Li said his interest was contingent on further [...] | 2008-05-08 09:14:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PREL TW CH |
08GUANGZHOU265 | Enterovirus 71 Outbreak - South China Infections and Death [...] (SBU) Summary: Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) has taken a fourth life in Guangdong Province, and has infected more than 7,100 local children. Provincial health officials are working to determine the incidence rate of EV 71 among HFMD cases. Guangxi has reported two deaths among 636 cases [...] | 2008-05-09 09:20:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC SOCI PREL HHS CH |
08GUANGZHOU269 | Lai Appointment Agitates Taiwan Investors in South China [...] (SBU) Summary: Ma Ying-jeou's appointment of the Taiwan Solidarity Union's (TSU) Lai Shin-yuan as chair of the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) has been as lively a topic of interest, positive and negative, among Taiwan businessmen in the Pearl River Delta as in Taiwan. Close friends are divided [...] | 2008-05-12 08:58:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EINV ECON TW CH |
08GUANGZHOU289 | South China EV 71 Update - HFMD Cases Increase, Though Rate [...] (U) Summary: The number of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) infections in south China continues to rise, though authorities claim that the pace is slowing. In the past two weeks, Guangdong's reported HFMD cases have risen to 23,278, resulting in seven deaths. The current number has far s [...] | 2008-05-22 06:45:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC SOCI PREL HHS CH |
08GUANGZHOU307 | GUANGZHOU GOVERNMENT GRAPPLES WITH "AFRICA TOWN" [...] (SBU) Summary: The local authorities have responded to the growing numbers and high concentrations of Africans in various Guangzhou neighborhoods by quietly funding research into crime rates, religious practices, and tax payments associated with their activities. It is unclear whether this is [...] | 2008-06-03 01:39:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL SOCI XA CH NI ML RW |
08GUANGZHOU408 | Cross Strait Relations: The view from Fujian [...] (SBU) Summary: China is ready to discuss Taiwan's international space, according to officials and academics in Fujian. Negotiations could lead to agreement on Taiwan's accession to the World Health Organization (WHO) as early as next May. In addition, they anticipate that Beijing and Taipei [...] | 2008-07-11 08:15:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAIR EFIN TW CH |
08GUANGZHOU509 | SOUTH CHINA REPORTING OFFICERS CONFERENCE, Guangzhou, [...] (U) Consulate General Guangzhou is pleased to announce that it will host the 2008 South China Reporting Officers Conference September 24-27, 2008. Consulate General Guangzhou welcomes attendance and participation from all addressee posts. Topics of Discussion -------------------- 2. (U) [...] | 2008-08-21 06:31:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PREL ECON PGOV CH |
08GUANGZHOU554 | Taiwan Media Too Hard on Ma According to Fujian [...] (SBU) Summary: Is Ma Ying-jeou getting a bum rap from the Taiwan media? Cross-Strait scholars at Xiamen University in Fujian province say he deserves higher marks, citing good progress on cross-Strait relations, foreign affairs, political and social issues. One researcher blamed disappointing [...] | 2008-09-17 08:57:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV TW CH |
08GUANGZHOU590 | SOUTH CHINA REPORTING OFFICERS CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 24-27, [...] (U) Summary: The September 24-27 2008 South China Reporting Officers Conference - with participation by officers from Embassy Beijing, Consulate General Shanghai, Consulate General Hong Kong, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT),and Consulate General Guangzhou - addressed four main themes: r [...] | 2008-10-09 09:20:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL ECON PGOV CH TW HK |
08GUANGZHOU737 | INFANT CONTRACTS AVIAN INFLUENZA A (H9N2) VIRUS IN [...] Summary: An eleven-week old girl who resides in Shenzhen has reportedly contracted avian influenza A (H9N2) virus. She is being treated in a Hong Kong hospital. Some medical experts have expressed concern that avian influenza A (H9N2) virus - which has only been documented in a low pathogenic [...] | 2008-12-31 08:17:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU CASC SOCI PREL HK CH |
08GUANGZHOU97 | Looking toward ASEAN - Guangxi Hopes to Expand Economic [...] (SBU) Summary: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is eager expand economic relations with Southeast Asia. ASEAN already accounts for 32 percent of its total foreign trade, and the capital, Nanning, hosts the high-profile China-ASEAN Expo, which attracts hundreds of businesses and many heads of s [...] | 2008-02-15 08:37:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL EINV ELTN EWWT EIND ECON ASEAN CH |
08GUATEMALA10 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY LEAVITT'S ATTENDANCE AT [...] Your January 13-14 attendance at the inauguration of President-Elect Alvaro Colom will be an opportunity to highlight our efforts to promote economic development, poverty alleviation, democracy, and rule of law, following the 1996 signing of the Peace Accords, which put an end to the 36-year [...] | 2008-01-04 17:44:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GT |
08GUATEMALA1018 | DEMARCHE ON 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS DRAFT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 18:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD KSUM GT |
08GUATEMALA1031 | GUATEMALAN DELEGATION TO DMA VIII CONFERENCE [...] (C) On August 11, Embassy officer met with Colonel Manuel ALVAREZ Carranza with the MOD's Political Military Affairs Office to discuss the GOG's travel party and agenda for the September 2-6 DMA VIII conference in Alberta, Canada. According to Alvarez, the GOG's delegation will include the fol [...] | 2008-08-12 22:28:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON MARR MOPS PGOV PREL GT |
08GUATEMALA1072 | GUATEMALA, DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-21 20:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN GT |
08GUATEMALA1124 | GUATEMALAN FOREIGN MINISTRY CREATES HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE [...] The Foreign Ministry created an office to coordinate Guatemala's human rights agenda with national institutions, multilateral organizations, and embassies. The "Directorate of Human Rights, Rights of the Indigenous Peoples, Environment, Culture, and International Humanitarian Rights" is headed [...] | 2008-09-04 22:40:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KJUS SOCI UN GT |
08GUATEMALA1162 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE HUMAN [...] (U) Poloff delivered ref A talking points on the upcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Third Committee session to Luis Carranza, Director for Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and solicited GOG support for U.S. priority resolutions. 2. (C) According to Carran [...] | 2008-09-16 17:26:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN GT |
08GUATEMALA1175 | BI-WEEKLY REPORTING CABLE FOR PERIOD ENDING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-17 14:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL GT |
08GUATEMALA1247 | GUATEMALA: DRAFT OF U.S. SPONSORED UNGA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-03 16:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM CDG PREL UNGA GT |
08GUATEMALA1250 | BI-WEEKLY REPORTING CABLE FOR PERIOD ENDING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-06 15:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL GT |
08GUATEMALA1299 | PRIVATE SECTOR LEADERS POSITIVE ON RELATIONSHIP [...] (U) Summary: On October 6, the CACIF (Coordinating Committee of Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial and Financial Associations) board of directors hosted Ambassador McFarland for lunch to describe its priorities and its relationship with the Colom Administration. CACIF directors made clea [...] | 2008-10-17 17:20:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL GT |
08GUATEMALA1311 | BI-WEEKLY REPORTING CABLE FOR PERIOD ENDING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-22 14:45:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL GT |
08GUATEMALA1315 | GOG CELEBRATES 1944 REVOLUTION, LEFTISTS VANDALIZE [...] (U) The Colom Government sponsored a major, public celebration of this year's anniversary of the October 20, 1944 revolution that ousted strongman Jorge Ubico and instituted a reformist, democratic government. Thousands attended. In the past, leftist groups, rather than the GOG, had commemo [...] | 2008-10-22 22:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PREL GT |
08GUATEMALA1337 | STRONG STATE INSTITUTIONS ARE KEY TO GUATEMALA'S [...] (U) Summary: On October 14, the Foundation for the Development of Guatemala (FUNDESA) hosted its fifth annual meeting of the National Encounter of Businessmen (ENADE). Representatives from all sectors, including Colombia's former President Pastrana, emphasized the important role that strong st [...] | 2008-10-28 18:09:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL GT |
08GUATEMALA1339 | BI-WEEKLY REPORTING CABLE FOR PERIOD ENDING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-28 20:28:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL GT |
08GUATEMALA1350 | COLOM CONTEMPLATES INCREASING SIZE OF MILITARY [...] (U) Summary: On September 1, President Alvaro Colom presented a plan to increase the size of the Guatemalan military from an estimated strength of 15,500 to 25,000. He stated that the increase was necessary to reinforce the borders, combat narcotics trafficking, and to respond to the many m [...] | 2008-10-30 17:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PHUM PTER MCAP PREL MOPS GT |
08GUATEMALA1351 | GUATEMALA'S RESPONSE TO E-TRACE AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel and in coordination with ATF-Mexico, PolMil Officer held meetings with Colonel David Napoleon Barrientos, the Director of Guatemala's Arms and Munitions Control Department (DECAM),and members of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to gauge support for Guatemala's p [...] | 2008-10-30 18:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ARM MASS ETTC PE PREL XK GT |
08GUATEMALA1359 | GUATEMALA'S NOMINEE FOR 2009 SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR [...] Embassy is pleased to nominate Norma Cruz, Director of NGO Survivors Foundation, as Guatemala's "Woman of Courage" for the 2009 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage (ref A) in recognition of her exceptional courage, strength, and leadership in advocating for women's rights and [...] | 2008-10-31 01:14:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM KJUS GT |
08GUATEMALA1366 | GUATEMALA DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-31 17:28:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN |
08GUATEMALA1367 | DEMARCHE: U.S. CANDIDACY FOR INTER-AMERICAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-31 17:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | OAS KWMN PGOV PREL GT |
08GUATEMALA1370 | CICIG'S CHALLENGES, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND MANDATE [...] (C) UN and CICIG officials acknowledge that CICIG needs to show more results before consideration is given to extending its mandate. CICIG is confident that it can successfully prosecute some important cases before its mandate ends in September 2009, while others it is investigating would re [...] | 2008-11-03 14:20:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET | KCRM PREL SNAR ASEC PINR GT |
08GUATEMALA1407 | WHA/CEN DIRECTOR FOCUSES ON SECURITY DURING VISIT [...] (C) During an October 22-25 visit to Guatemala, WHA/CEN Director Christopher Webster drew attention to the USG's programs address crucial security concerns in Guatemala. Webster briefed senior GOG leaders on the Merida Initiative, and heard from a variety of interlocutors about Guatemala's det [...] | 2008-11-10 14:30:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR ECON KV GT |
08GUATEMALA1410 | GUATEMALA TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-12 14:30:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | OAS KWMN PGOV PREL GT |
08GUATEMALA1420 | KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION: GUATEMALAN RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-13 17:48:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KV GT |
08GUATEMALA1421 | GUATEMALA'S UNGA VOTING RECORD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-13 17:50:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU GT |
08GUATEMALA1423 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ROBERTO ALEJOS, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador McFarland hosted the President-elect of the Guatemalan Congress, Roberto Alejos, for breakfast on November 6. Alejos, a member of President Colom's National Unity of Hope (UNE) government, noted the difficulty Congress would have funding President Colom's security and [...] | 2008-11-13 20:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN PINR GT |
08GUATEMALA1429 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Per ref A, the Ambassador met with FM Rodas November 11 to urge GOG support for U.S. priority resolutions on Iran, Burma, and the DPRK. Rodas stated that he would review the issues relating to these country resolutions and inform the Ambassador of a decision. Embassy also delivered ref [...] | 2008-11-14 13:09:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL UN GT |
08GUATEMALA1455 | DEMARCHE ON NICARAGUAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS - [...] (C) Pol/Econ Couns delivered reftel demarche Nov. 19 to Carlos Raul Morales, Director General for Bilateral Affairs of the Guatemalan MFA, and North America Desk Officer Sandra Jovel. Morales said the GOG concurs with the USG's assessment of the situation in Nicaragua, and with the urgent ne [...] | 2008-11-20 12:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NU GT |
08GUATEMALA1466 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-25 12:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY GT |
08GUATEMALA1474 | BI-WEEKLY REPORTING CABLE FOR PERIOD ENDING 11/14/08 - [...] (U) SUMMARY: This cable provides a summary of NAS activities in Guatemala covering the period ending November 14, 2008. End Summary. -------------- NARCOTICS -------------- 2. (U) AIRPORT: NAS met with General Perusina, Chief of Guatemala national airport security, to discuss the DGAC [...] | 2008-12-01 07:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL GT |
08GUATEMALA1475 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE TO INCREASE PLENARY SUPPORT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-01 10:30:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL UNGA GT |
08GUATEMALA1478 | UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR COMPARES DHS TO GESTAPO [...] In a November 7 speech in Guatemala City, Jorge Bustamante, UN Special Rapporteur for the Human Rights of Immigrants (and a Mexican national),compared the actions of U.S. officials to deport illegal aliens from the United States with the Gestapo's repressive actions against Jews in Nazi Germa [...] | 2008-12-02 10:50:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UN KHLS PREF PREL GT |
08GUATEMALA149 | GUATEMALA'S TIP PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP FY08 FUNDS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-12 23:27:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KJUS GT |
08GUATEMALA1497 | GUATEMALA: FY 2009 ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROJECT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-04 11:34:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP PHUM KWMN KCRM SMIG PREL PGOV GT |
08GUATEMALA150 | UNE CONGRESSMAN DISCUSSES INTERNAL PARTY DIVISIONS [...] (C) Influential UNE Congressman Manuel Baldizon told the Ambassador that the governing UNE's congressional bench is divided, and that he is the leader of the largest sub-group within the UNE bench. He said many UNE deputies resent President Colom and UNE President of Congress Eduardo Meyer, [...] | 2008-02-13 17:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS GT |
08GUATEMALA1503 | GUATEMALA: UN DEMOCRACY FUND INVITATION FOR GRANT [...] Per reftel, Poloff, in coordination with USAID/Guatemala, will provide information about the UN Democracy Fund to civil society and encourage organizations to submit project proposals via the Fund's website before December 31. 2. Poloff demarched Luis Carranza, Director for Multilateral Pol [...] | 2008-12-04 17:27:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM KWMN UNGA GT |
08GUATEMALA1526 | BI-WEEKLY REPORTING CABLE FOR PERIOD ENDING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-12 09:02:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL GT |
08GUATEMALA1535 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON UNITED NATIONS [...] (SBU) On May 27, Poloff delivered reftel demarche and talking points to Leila Villatoro, Deputy Director of Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Villatoro thanked Poloff for the material but had no immediate comment on the GOG's position on the issue. McFarland [...] | 2008-12-15 13:50:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA GT |
08GUATEMALA1576 | BI-WEEKLY REPORTING CABLE FOR PERIOD ENDING 12/19/08 - [...] (U) SUMMARY: This cable provides a summary of NAS Police Program activities in Guatemala covering the period ending December 19, 2008. End Summary. 2. (U) ACTIVITIES BRIEF TO DIRECTOR GENERAL: NAS presented a brief to the Director General of the National Police (PNC) and her senior staf [...] | 2008-12-23 14:45:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL GT |
08GUATEMALA158 | DAS MADISON DISCUSSES MERIDA INITIATIVE IN [...] (U) Summary. WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Kirsten Madison visited Guatemala January 28 - February 1. During her week-long visit, she met with local and national government officials, civil society representatives, business leaders, Peace Corps Volunteers and recipients of USG-funded progr [...] | 2008-02-15 16:49:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PREL MCAP MARR EAID SNAR KCRM KDEM |
08GUATEMALA1592 | VICE PRESIDENT ESPADA SPEAKS OUT ON WEAKNESS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 17, Vice President Rafael Espada delivered the keynote address at the graduation ceremony for the National Strategic Studies Program. Espada criticized Guatemalan political parties, including his own UNE party, as personal vehicles rather than genuine institutions. [...] | 2008-12-30 11:20:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PINR PREL GT |
08GUATEMALA1593 | PRESIDENT COLOM REPLACES TOP MILITARY LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: On December 21, in a pointed political message to the military, President Alvaro Colom announced the replacement of the Minister of Defense and the four other most senior military leaders. The changes took the military and local media by surprise, but President Colom had informed [...] | 2008-12-30 15:42:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PTER MCAP PREL PINR MOPS GT |
08GUATEMALA160 | GUATEMALAN RESPONSE TO OSLO PROCESS DEMARCHE [...] (C) On February 15, Poloff delivered reftel A demarche to Leila Villatoro, Deputy Director of Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, regarding the upcoming Oslo Process meeting on cluster munitions. Poloff left the military utility and interoperability papers provided in reft [...] | 2008-02-15 17:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN GT |
08GUATEMALA178 | (C) GUATEMALA GIVING SERIOUS CONSIDERATION TO [...] (C) Summary. Acting Foreign Minister Miguel Ibarra told us privately that Guatemala would likely sign a PetroCaribe deal with the GOV to meet a small percentage of Guatemala's energy needs. This initial agreement would allow the GOG to assess Venezuela's ability to meet its needs, while mai [...] | 2008-02-21 17:10:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ECON VZ GT |
08GUATEMALA264 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-03 22:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHCR GT |
08GUATEMALA288 | (C) DETAILS EMERGE ON POSSIBLE GUATEMALA [...] (C) Summary. On February 29, Minister of Energy and Mines Carlos Meany privately passed the Ambassador a memorandum detailing February 11 discussions on PetroCaribe between Gautemala and Venezuela. The memorandum summarizes the current state of play and was given to the Venezuelans to use a [...] | 2008-03-06 22:22:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ECON VZ GT |
08GUATEMALA33 | COLOM ANNOUNCES HIS CABINET [...] (C) President-Elect Alvaro Colom, who will assume office January 14, announced his new cabinet January 8. Many of the nominees are well and favorably known to the Embassy, and we believe we can work well with them. Colom told the Ambassador that, in choosing his cabinet officers, he tried t [...] | 2008-01-11 17:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR GT |
08GUATEMALA355 | CICIG COMMISSIONER DISCUSSES PROGRESS AND [...] (C) Summary: In a March 14 meeting with the Ambassador and Pol/Econ Counselor, CICIG Commissioner Carlos Castresana discussed progress in establishing the CICIG office and beginning its first investigations. He outlined concerns over the extent to which some Guatemalan law enforcement organi [...] | 2008-03-19 13:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KCRM ASEC VZ PREL PHUM KJUS PGOV GT |
08GUATEMALA371 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Luis Carranza, Director of Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, seeking GOG support for DPRK mandate extension and support for the other country-specific mandates that are up for renewal. Carranza said that Guatemala would not oppose [...] | 2008-03-25 22:27:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM PJUS PREL SOCI GT |
08GUATEMALA373 | GUATEMALA STILL CONSIDERING KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-26 22:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU GT |
08GUATEMALA464 | CRIME OVERSHADOWS SOCIAL INITIATIVES DURING [...] (C) The Colom Government's first three months in office have been difficult. High-profile crimes shocked the country and distracted public attention from the government's plans for social investment and reform. Contradictory policy pronouncements and personnel shifts have given the impressio [...] | 2008-04-15 19:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ASEC GT |
08GUATEMALA514 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON US-EU PRISONERS OF [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to Luis Carranza, Director for Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Carranza stated that he will recommend Guatemala's co-sponsorship of the US-EU Prisoners of Conscience Declaration to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. 2. [...] | 2008-04-23 19:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EUN PHUM PREL PGOV GT |
08GUATEMALA529 | COLOM DEFENDS FIRST 100 DAYS [...] (U) On April 23, President Alvaro Colom publicly outlined his government's achievements during its first 100 days. The Vice President, First Lady, Cabinet, Diplomatic Corps, some Members of Congress, press, and others were in attendance. Colom described his government as breaking with the pas [...] | 2008-04-25 14:22:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ASEC GT |
08GUATEMALA531 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON NPT PREPARATORY COMMITTEE [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche, non-paper, and the U.S.-proposed papers to Luis Carranza, Director for Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),in advance of the upcoming Non-Proliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee Meeting in Geneva. 2. Carranza stated that the MFA [...] | 2008-04-25 17:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA GT |
08GUATEMALA559 | GUATEMALA: IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT'S FREEDOM [...] As reported in our Advancing Freedom and Democracy Report (AFDR) and Democracy Strategy Paper, the Embassy reached out to support democracy and human rights activists through activities to implement the President's Freedom Agenda. 2. The Chief of Mission engaged with the President and senior [...] | 2008-04-30 21:08:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS GT |
08GUATEMALA566 | GUATEMALA: FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON NPT PREPARATORY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-02 16:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA GT |
08GUATEMALA590 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-07 22:40:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XW GT |
08GUATEMALA593 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NOBEL LAUREATE MENCHU [...] (C) 1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu told the Ambassador May 8 she did not regret her failed 2007 presidential bid. She said her nascent political movement would compete in future elections, and discussed her many international activities. Menchu said she was unimpressed by th [...] | 2008-05-08 22:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM GT |
08GUATEMALA6 | GOG RESPONSE TO CHAVEZ ASSASSINATION PLOT CLAIMS [...] (U) During a December 26 press conference, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez claimed that Venezuelan Intelligence had uncovered a U.S.-backed plot to assassinate him in Guatemala during the January 14 inauguration of president Alvaro Colom. Chavez offered few specifics on the plot, but his c [...] | 2008-01-03 22:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GT |
08GUATEMALA600 | COLOM SAYS PETROCARIBE NEGOTIATIONS AT "IMPASSE" [...] (U) President Alvaro Colom told press May 8 that the GOG's discussions with the Government of Venezuela about a PetroCaribe deal are at an "impasse." "We do not want to get into the fuels business; that's not a government function," Colom reportedly told journalists. Colom also dismissed the [...] | 2008-05-09 18:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ECON VZ GT |
08GUATEMALA607 | GUATEMALA NOT PREPARED TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO AT THIS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-13 22:27:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PREL UN UNMIK PGOV EU YI GT |
08GUATEMALA614 | GUATEMALA: CO-SPONSORSHIP OF US-EU PRISONERS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-14 22:22:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EUN PHUM PREL PGOV GT |
08GUATEMALA621 | CICIG COMMISSIONER PROVIDES UPDATE [...] (C) At luncheon hosted by Swiss Ambassador on May 14, CICIG Commissioner, Carlos Castresana provided overview to international community ambassadors involved with CICIG on activities to date. Of note were the following comments by Castresana: Relations between CICIG and the GOG - Castresa [...] | 2008-05-16 13:19:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KCRM PREL PHUM KJUS PGOV GT ASEC |
08GUATEMALA633 | FOLLOW-UP FOR MAY 21 DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-20 15:12:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO PHUM PREL SOCI CU GT |
08GUATEMALA654 | GUATEMALA: REVIEW OF CUBA FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE [...] (C) Post's response to reftel regarding the relationship between the Cuban and Guatemalan governments is provided below. -- The GOG has not actively promoted the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba, and has not officially supported activities connected with the May 21 Day of [...] | 2008-05-22 22:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU GT |
08GUATEMALA677 | GUATEMALA TAKES STEPS TO RESOLVE ELECTRICITY CRISIS [...] Summary: During a recent lunch with the Ambassador, Guatemalan Energy and Mines Minister Carlos Meany detailed steps the GOG has taken to mitigate a shortage of electricity that would have resulted in blackouts by April 2009. The Ministry has signed contracts to expand Guatemalan electrical [...] | 2008-05-28 22:43:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV GT |
08GUATEMALA678 | GUATEMALA: CONTACT INFORMATION FOR LEADING [...] (SBU) Post's response to reftel requesting names, titles and contact numbers for leading government and political officials follows below: Country: Republic of Guatemala Date: May 27, 2008 Head of State Last/Family Name: COLOM Caballeros First/Middle Names: Alvaro Conve [...] | 2008-05-28 22:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL GT |
08GUATEMALA684 | EMBASSY GUATEMALA FOLLOW-UP MAY 21 - DAY OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 15:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO PHUM PREL SOCI CU GT |
08GUATEMALA703 | GUATEMALA: 2008 TIP REPORT PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] On June 3, in advance of the public release of the 2008 TIP Report, poloff delivered reftel talking points and provided the text of the TIP Report narrative for Guatemala to Luis Carranza, Director for Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Embassy will place an op-ed in loca [...] | 2008-06-03 20:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KPAO GT |
08GUATEMALA736 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points on U.S. participation in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to Luis Carranza, Director for Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Carranza expressed regret over the U.S. decision to withdraw from observer status in the UNHRC and [...] | 2008-06-10 22:38:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM GT |
08GUATEMALA754 | CICIG'S FIRST PUBLIC CASE [...] (U) On June 9, Guatemalan National Civilian Police (PNC) Director Isabel Mendoza announced the arrests of four senior policemen assigned to Zone 1, Guatemala's city center. Mendoza said the four were involved with a criminal gang known as "the Crazy Mariachi," and had robbed currency couriers [...] | 2008-06-13 18:43:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM PREL ASEC GT |
08GUATEMALA76 | GOG RESPONSE TO HCOC DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-25 18:30:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MTCRE PREL MNUC SKCA ETTC TSPA GT |
08GUATEMALA763 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON IOM DG CANDIDATE AMBASSADOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-17 19:45:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL SMIG AORC XR XM XL CA GT |
08GUATEMALA783 | GUATEMALA CLOSE TO SIGNING ON TO PETROCARIBE [...] Minister of Mines and Energy, Carlos Meany, met with Ambassador on June 20 and discussed in some detail status of negotiation with Venezuela on a Petrocaribe agreement. Bottom line is that both sides are very close to a final agreement. Meany anticipated that President is likely to sign a Pet [...] | 2008-06-23 22:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV GT |
08GUATEMALA793 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT COLOM [...] (SBU) President and Mrs. Colom hosted the Deputy Secretary, Mrs. Negroponte, WHA A/S Shannon, and the Ambassador for drinks and dinner at the National Palace on the evening of June 5. The event, which included music by the Presidential marimba band and a tour of the National Palace, was prim [...] | 2008-06-25 19:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV GT |
08GUATEMALA826 | GUATEMALAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S LETTER TO SECRETARY [...] Embassy received a letter on July 2 from the Minister of Foreign Affairs extending best wishes to Secretary Rice on the occasion of our Independence Day. Below is the unofficial translated text of the letter. BEGIN TEXT Guatemala June 26, 2008 Your Excellency Secretary of State: I [...] | 2008-07-02 17:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM GT |
08GUATEMALA866 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING [...] (U) The Military Group at Embassy Guatemala has identified Vice Admiral Roberto Fernando Campos Sanchez to attend the Panamax 2008 Counter Terrorism Exercise August 13-22, 2008 in Miami, Florida. 2. (C) Embassy conducted its own review and DEA initially submitted derogatory information on [...] | 2008-07-09 22:02:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
08GUATEMALA867 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT COLOM [...] (C) During the Ambassador's July 8 farewell call on President Colom, Colom defended his decision to sign a PetroCaribe deal with Venezuela, asserting that the deal would help to alleviate rising fuel and food prices. Colom expressed confidence in new Minister of Government Jimenez, and reviewed the [...] | 2008-07-09 22:12:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG ECON GT |
08GUATEMALA895 | PRESIDENT COLOM SIGNS PETROCARIBE DEAL WITH [...] On July 13, President Colom signed a PetroCaribe deal (reftel) with Venezuela during the 5th Extraordinary Summit of PetroCaribe member states in Maracaibo, Venezuela to help alleviate Guatemala's increasing fuel and food prices. Under the terms of the deal, which requires congressional approv [...] | 2008-07-14 23:34:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON ETRD PREL PGOV SOCI GT |
08GUATEMALA90 | VFM IBARRA DISCUSSES FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES [...] (C) According to new Vice Foreign Minister Miguel Ibarra, the Colom Government will make a priority of maintaining productive, positive relations with the USG, and advancing toward resolution of the Belize border dispute. The GOG is considering joining Petrocaribe, but the MFA is giving close [...] | 2008-01-29 21:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BE VE CU GT |
08GUATEMALA955 | GUATEMALA: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 63RD UN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-28 17:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA GT |
08GUATEMALA962 | GUATEMALA RATIFIES PROTOCOL ON UN CONVENTION AGAINST [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-28 22:26:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV UN GT |
08GUATEMALA985 | KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON THE FARC: GUATEMALAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-31 22:32:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER SNAR PGOV PREL CO VE GT |
08GUAYAQUIL296 | ECUADORIAN AIRLINE AEROGAL CONTINUES EXPANSION [...] (C) Summary. Ecuador's fast-growing privately-held airline, Aerogal, began direct flights to Miami on December 7. In little over a decade, Aerogal has leapfrogged other domestic carriers to become Ecuador's second largest carrier. However, the Government of Ecuador has taken aim at Aerog [...] | 2008-12-09 21:53:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | CONFIDENTIAL | CO EC PA PGOV PREL |
08HALIFAX25 | SEAL HUNT PROTESTS: THE ANNUAL CONTROVERSY AND ARRESTS [...] Summary: Animal rights activist Paul Watson has seen Canadian authorities tow his vessel the "Farley Mowat" into Sydney, Nova Scotia and his two key officers arrested in connection with his traditional battle to stop Canada's seal hunt. End Summary. 2. The annual seal hunt off Canada's e [...] | 2008-04-14 20:01:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHSA EFIS SENV CASC |
08HALIFAX28 | VIEW FROM THE BORDER: MAINE-NEW BRUNSWICK CROSSINGS [...] SUMMARY: Building on the border reporting in ref (a),conoff and assistant visited the Calais/St. Stephen and Houlton/Woodstock ports of entry on the Maine/New Brunswick border the week of March 31. Meetings with border officials, community representatives and businesspeople confirmed that th [...] | 2008-04-21 12:44:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS PGOV PREL WHTI ASEC ECON CA |
08HALIFAX35 | MAPPING THE BORDER: CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY ON NEW U.S. LAND [...] According to the GSA Regional Office in Boston, the contractor building the new Land Port of Entry (LPOE) for DHS/CBP at Calais, Maine, has completed about 10% of the work. Meanwhile, the Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) contractor building the new international bridge across the St. [...] | 2008-05-16 20:43:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL CPAS ASEC WHTI CA |
08HALIFAX50 | TRIAL DATE SET FOR SEA SHEPHERD SEAL HUNT PROTESTORS [...] SUMMARY: Two officers of a Dutch-registered vessel, owned and operated by the U.S.-based Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, will be back in Canada in April 2009 to face trial over their involvement in a marine protest against Canada's east coast seal hunt. END SUMMARY. 2. Court officials [...] | 2008-07-10 19:26:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS PHSA PREL CASC CA |
08HAMBURG1 | CDU/FDP COALITION LIKELY TO CONTINUE IN LOWER SAXONY [...] (SBU): Barring surprise political developments, the current CDU/FDP government will likely prevail in Lower Saxony's state elections on January 27 due to an apparent desire by Lower Saxony's voters for a continuation of the status quo. Our interlocutors agreed that the minimum wage issue will [...] | 2008-01-23 16:41:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
08HAMBURG14 | PILOT PROJECT HAMBURG: CDU AND GREENS FORM FIRST STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The signing of the first coalition agreement between the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Greens (GAL) on the state level in Hamburg April 17 bridged a wide political divide between these one-time enemy parties. The 65-page agreement displayed unity on several issues, bu [...] | 2008-04-18 14:16:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
08HAMBURG16 | GERMAN COURT FINDS IRAQI "CYBER JIHADIST" GUILTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 19, the Higher Regional Court (OLG) in Celle convicted Iraqi Ibrahim Rashid in 22 cases of promoting membership in and support for the foreign terrorist organizations Al Qaeda and Al Qaeda in Iraq and sentenced him to a three year prison term. The conviction was based [...] | 2008-06-24 13:07:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KJUS PREL ASEC KVPR GM |
08HAMBURG2 | GERMAN AL QAEDA ACCOMPLICE FOUND GUILTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 24, the Schleswig- Holstein Higher Regional Court (OLG) convicted Redouane El-Habhab of founding a foreign terrorist organization and assisting a terrorist organization and sentenced him to a five year and nine month prison term. The verdict is not yet legally bind [...] | 2008-01-28 12:49:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KJUS KHLS PREL ASEC GM |
08HAMBURG3 | CDU'S WULFF AND THE LEFT: CLEAR WINNERS IN LOWER SAXONY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The big surprise in the Lower Saxony January 27 elections was not that Minister President Christian Wulff (CDU) emerged as the big winner, nor that the SPD did poorly, but that the Left achieved 7.1 percent of the vote, thereby entering state parliament. . As expected, the CDU's [...] | 2008-01-28 17:41:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
08HAMBURG41 | TRANSFORMING ROSTOCK: FROM XENOPHOBIC RIOTS TO INTEGRATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: For an Eastern German city that was in the global headlines sixteen years ago for a neo-Nazi attack on asylum-seekers, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's (M-V) largest city Rostock has made extraordinary strides in its integration efforts. The city has taken an organized approach, clearly [...] | 2008-11-10 11:42:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM GM |
08HAMBURG44 | LAST AL QAEDA MEMBER FROM EL-HABHAB CELL CONVICTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 24, the Higher Regional Court (OLG) in Schleswig found Moroccan national Abdelali Miftah guilty of supporting Al Qaeda in Iraq through the recruitment and trafficking of three Islamist fighters during the period between the beginning of June 2006 and July 6, 2006. [...] | 2008-12-05 15:46:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KJUS KVPR KHLS PREL ASEC GM |
08HAMBURG5 | HAMBURG ELECTIONS TOO CLOSE TO CALL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: National and Hesse party leaders are anxiously awaiting Hamburg's February 24 state election results before taking critical decisions that could shape the political climate ahead of the 2009 Bundestag elections (Ref A). Despite the polls, Consulate contacts say that the electi [...] | 2008-02-22 12:10:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
08HAMBURG7 | HAMBURG ELECTIONS: CDU PONDERS COALITION OPTIONS; LEFT PARTY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won decisively in the Hamburg state elections February 24. However, it lost its absolute majority and will now have to form a government with either the Social Democratic Party (SPD) or the Greens. If the CDU and Greens form a coalition govern [...] | 2008-02-25 16:59:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
08HAMBURG8 | JORDANIAN TERRORIST FOUND GUILTY WITH A DE FACTO 13 MONTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 21, the Higher Regional Court (OLG) in Schleswig convicted Jordanian Thaer Alhalah of founding a foreign terrorist organization with Redouane El-Habhab and Abdelali Miftah and sentenced him to a two year prison term (Refs A and C). The conviction was primarily bas [...] | 2008-02-26 19:28:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KJUS KHLS ASEC PREL GM |
08HANOI100 | UNHCR SAYS MONTAGNARD CAMPS MAXED; STATELESS KHMER PLAN [...] (SBU) In a January 23 farewell call with Ambassador Michalak, retiring UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan reviewed the progress UNHCR had made in Vietnam over the last several years. Working cooperatively with the GVN, the USG and the international donor community, Utkan said UNHCR had h [...] | 2008-01-30 00:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KIRF CB VM |
08HANOI1002 | VIETNAM REFUSES TO CONDEMN RUSSIA'S RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA [...] (SBU) On August 28, the Ambassador spoke with Vice FM Pham Binh Minh to urge that Vietnam's PermRep publicly and forcefully condemn Russia's August 26 decision to recognize South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Per reftel, the Ambassador stressed that the Security Council, if it meets in special sessio [...] | 2008-08-28 10:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL CG RS VM |
08HANOI1007 | POLICE DETAIN SEVEN CATHOLICS INVOLVED IN PROTESTS OVER [...] (SBU) Local police on August 28 arrested four individuals in connection with ongoing Catholic land-dispute demonstrations in Hanoi's Thai Ha parish; another three were later taken into custody after they protested the arrests. The state-controlled press has continued a daily drumbeat of critic [...] | 2008-08-29 10:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PREL PHUM PGOV VM |
08HANOI1010 | QSCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-03 09:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ECON ETRD VM |
08HANOI1013 | VIETNAM LIKELY NOT TO &OBSTRUCT8 REQUEST FOR ICJ [...] (C) On September 3, Deputy PolCouns met with MFA IO Section Chief Do Hung Viet to convey U.S. concerns about the prospect of a Serbian-sponsored UNGA resolution requesting an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on the lawfulness of Kosovo's declaration of independence. P [...] | 2008-09-04 03:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV VM |
08HANOI1016 | NORWEIGAN-FLAGGED VESSEL SPOTTED NEAR DISPUTED [...] (C) The Australian military has informed U.S. PACOM of the presence of a Norwegian-flagged 3D/4D seismic survey vessel, the GEO ATLANTIC, in the vicinity of disputed South China Sea Block 5-2, offshore Vietnam. According to the Australian military, the GEO ATLANTIC belongs to Fugro GeoServices [...] | 2008-09-04 09:52:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PBTS PREL VM |
08HANOI1021 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES: VIETNAM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-05 08:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN VM |
08HANOI1039 | (U) Deputy Secretary Negroponte's September 11, 2008 [...] (U) September 11, 2008; 0915; Hanoi, Vietnam. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak DAS Scot Marciel PolCouns Brian Aggeler D Special Assistant Kaye Lee D Special Assistant Ted Wittenstein DPolCouns Mike Goldman (Notetaker) VIETNAM DPM/FM Pha [...] | 2008-09-12 08:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP NEGROPONTE JOHN PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD VM |
08HANOI1040 | (U) Deputy Secretary Negroponte's September 11, 2008 [...] (U) September 11, 2008; 0915; Hanoi, Vietnam. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak DAS Scot Marciel PolCouns Brian Aggeler D Special Assistant Kaye Lee D Special Assistant Ted Wittenstein DPolCouns Mike Goldman (Notetaker) VIETNAM DPM/FM Pha [...] | 2008-09-12 08:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP NEGROPONTE JOHN PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD VM |
08HANOI1041 | (U) DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S SEPTEMBER 11, 2008 [...] (U) September 11, 2008; 1700; Hanoi, Vietnam. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak DAS Scot Marciel PolCouns Brian Aggeler D Special Assistant Kaye Lee D Special Assistant Ted Wittenstein PolOff Christian Marchant (Notetaker) VIETNAM PM Nguy [...] | 2008-09-12 08:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP NEGROPONTE PREL ECON ERTD AMGT VM |
08HANOI1042 | (U) Deputy Secretary Negroponte's September 11, 2008 lunch [...] (U) September 11, 2008; 1200; Hanoi, Vietnam. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak DAS Scot Marciel DCM Virginia Palmer D Special Assistant Kaye Lee D Special Assistant Ted Wittenstein PolCouns Brian Aggeler (Notetaker) VIETNAM VFM Pham Binh [...] | 2008-09-12 08:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP NEGROPONTE JOHN PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SENV AMGT |
08HANOI1043 | (U) Deputy Secretary Negroponte's September 11, 2008 [...] (U) September 11, 2008; 14:00; Hanoi, Vietnam. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel PolCouns Brian Aggeler D Special Asst. Kaye Lee D Special Asst. Ted Wittenstein Jane Bocklage (Embassy Notetaker) Vi [...] | 2008-09-12 08:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP NEGROPONTE JOHN PREL PGOV AMGT CONS MARR CH VM |
08HANOI1044 | (U) Deputy Secretary Negroponte's September 11, 2008 [...] (U) September 11, 2008; 14:00; Hanoi, Vietnam. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel PolCouns Brian Aggeler D Special Asst. Kaye Lee D Special Asst. Ted Wittenstein Jane Bocklage (Embassy Notetaker) Vi [...] | 2008-09-12 08:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP NEGROPONTE JOHN PREL PGOV AMGT CONS MARR CH VM |
08HANOI1045 | (U) DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S SEPTEMBER 11, [...] (U) September 11, 2008; 16:30; Hanoi, Vietnam. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak DAS Scot Marciel PolCouns Brian Aggeler D Special Assistant Kaye Lee D Special Assistant Ted Wittenstein Marine and Naval Attache Major Tim Riesner Poloff James O [...] | 2008-09-12 09:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP NEGROPONTE JOHN MARR MASS PREL CH VM |
08HANOI1049 | DAS MARCIEL AND VIETNAM'S POLICY PLANNING DG DISCUSS KIM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging discussion with visiting EAP DAS Scot Marciel, MFA Director General for Policy Planning Bui Thanh Son offered Vietnam's perspectives on engagement with Burma and the difficulties Vietnam faces in coordinating a more robust ASEAN position on territorial issues [...] | 2008-09-15 00:58:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM VM |
08HANOI1056 | (SBU) Deputy Secretary Negroponte's Dinner with Vietnamese [...] (U) September 11, 2008; 19:00 p.m.; Hanoi, Vietnam. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Amb. Michael Michalak Amb. Scot Marciel, EAP DAS DCM Virginia Palmer D Special Assistant Kaye Lee D Special Assistant Ted Wittenstein Press Officer Angela Aggeler (Embassy Notetaker) [...] | 2008-09-15 08:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP NEGROPONTE JOHN PREL PGOV PHUM OPRC ECON ETRD |
08HANOI1057 | DAS MARCIEL MEETS HANOI ARCHBISHOP, DISCUSSES CHURCH LAND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. EAP DAS Scot Marciel had a very warm meeting with Archbishop Joseph Ngo that focused on Catholic land rights claims in Hanoi. The Archbishop reviewed the Catholic Church's long-running attempts to regain its land and the lack of response from the government. He criticized the [...] | 2008-09-15 08:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM |
08HANOI107 | MISSION WELCOMES OECD INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) The Embassy welcomes the opportunity for enhanced engagement in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) with potential Southeast Asian partners, and looks forward to further information from the Department on this initiative. Vietnam has the goal of becoming an [...] | 2008-01-31 00:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ETRD AORC OECD BR CH ID IN SF XC VM |
08HANOI1071 | FOUR BLOC 8406 DISSIDENTS ARRESTED, SIX MORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Security officials in Hanoi, Haiphong and Thai Binh arrested four well-known dissidents on September 10 and 11. Those arrested - Nguyen Xuan Nghia, Pham Van Troi, Nguyen Van Tuc, and Ngo Quynh - are affiliated with the political movement Bloc 8406 and have sought to use public p [...] | 2008-09-17 04:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM VM |
08HANOI1086 | LARGE PRAYER VIGIL NEAR HANOI CATHEDRAL, AP REPORTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Between 150 and 200 Catholic priests and an equal number of supporters gathered in prayer outside the former residence of the Papal Nuncio to protest ongoing destruction of property claimed by the Church. According to priests, riot police and construction teams arrived in the [...] | 2008-09-19 10:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CASC VM |
08HANOI1088 | THIRD ANNUAL JAC GETS DOWN TO BUSINESS [...] (U) Summary. During the third annual Joint Advisory Committee (JAC) on Agent Orange/dioxin, JAC members reviewed U.S.-Vietnamese cooperation on Agent Orange-related issues over the past year, discussed ongoing remediation and health projects, and provided recommendations for future activities, [...] | 2008-09-22 00:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM |
08HANOI1093 | CATHOLICS PROTEST GVN ACTION, POLICE SEIZE LAND AT THAI HA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The standoff between Catholic parishioners and the Hanoi city government continued to escalate over the weekend, as the Hanoi Archbishop led a special mass at St. Joseph's Cathedral attended by 12,000-15,000 and the state-controlled media continued to attack the Archbishop. Con [...] | 2008-09-22 10:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM |
08HANOI1094 | DESPITE POPULAR RESENTMENT, VIETNAM,S CHINA POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hostility toward China remains a powerful, if latent, force in Vietnamese society, fed by historical animosities and simmering resentment over what is widely viewed as Chinese bullying on South China Sea territorial disputes. Yet despite a pervasive undercurrent of anti-Chinese [...] | 2008-09-23 01:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON CH VM |
08HANOI1096 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ABKHAZ AND SOUTH OSSETIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-23 06:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL CG RS VM |
08HANOI1101 | HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE - LE QUOC QUAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prominent dissident attorney Le Quoc Quan remains under open-ended "administrative detention" and is called in for regular questioning by police. Still, he is generally able to meet others without hindrance and can travel outside Hanoi, although he was prohibited from traveling [...] | 2008-09-24 06:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
08HANOI1102 | VIETNAMESE THINK-TANK PUSHES CHANGE, RANKLES [...] (C) An independent institute bringing together well-connected Vietnamese experts is emerging as an influential voice of reform, calling for political liberalization and increased economic efficiency with a frankness rare in this one-party state. According to the President of the Institute for [...] | 2008-09-24 09:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI VM |
08HANOI1109 | DCM Covers Cooperation, Disputes with Vietnam's MPS [...] (SBU) Summary: DCM and Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Major General To Lam addressed a wide range of issues in their September 23 meeting. Lam noted excellent bilateral cooperation in counterterrorism and nonproliferation, and discussed MPS's requests for assistance. The DCM pressed for pr [...] | 2008-09-25 00:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ECON MOPS PREL VM |
08HANOI111 | GVN RESPONSE TO UPCOMING U.S. ARF INITIATIVES [...] (SBU) On January 31, Poloff met with MFA ASEAN Department Assistant Director General Tran Duc Binh and ASEAN Department Specialist Phan Minh Giang to deliver reftel points and to handover the Counterterrorism Transnational Crime (CTTC) Workplan proposal and U.S. comments to the draft Review of [...] | 2008-01-31 08:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ARF PTER VM |
08HANOI1111 | HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE - PHAM HONG SON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prominent internet dissident Dr. Pham Hong Son believes that the Communist Party is not his enemy but his competitor. Unlike other prominent political activists, he discourages the use of public demonstrations to achieve greater attention to human rights issues. His comparative [...] | 2008-09-25 01:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
08HANOI1118 | HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE - NGUYEN KHAC TOAN RAILS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A fiery and vocal advocate of large-scale demonstrations, author Nguyen Khac Toan remains under house arrest. Unlike other dissidents in "administrative detention" who are relatively free to travel and to meet with visitors, Toan is subject to constant supervision by the police [...] | 2008-09-30 08:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL PGOV VM |
08HANOI1120 | AMBASSADOR, HANOI ARCHBISHOP DISCUSS CHURCH LAND DISPUTES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Meeting the Ambassador September 30, Hanoi Archbishop Joseph Ngo Quang Kiet noted improvements in the Church's ability to recruit seminary students and assign priests, but voiced dismay over ongoing land disputes. The Ambassador assured the Archbishop of active U.S. support for [...] | 2008-09-30 09:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM |
08HANOI1122 | CRA CHAIRMAN COMMENTS ON CATHOLIC LAND ISSUES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During the DCM's September 29 introductory call on Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA) Chairman Nguyen The Doanh, he asserted that the Hanoi People's Committee is taking the lead in responding to the Catholic land disputes, but warned that the Catholics should not stir up "soci [...] | 2008-09-30 09:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PREL PHUM PGOV VM |
08HANOI1125 | SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY MARK KIMMITT AND THE [...] (SBU) Embassy Hanoi looks forward to welcoming you to Vietnam. Your visit for the first-ever U.S.-Vietnam defense dialogue will be an important milestone in the growing U.S.-Vietnam relationship and will highlight a broad area of bilateral defense and security cooperation that has now begun to [...] | 2008-10-01 10:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV OTRA VM |
08HANOI1135 | CPV EXTERNAL RELATIONS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN: HANOI'S [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 30, CPV External Relations Commission (ERC) Chairman Tran Van Hang told the Ambassador that the Party is pleased with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's late June visit to the United States because of the substantive agreements reached. On the DPRK, the Chairman relay [...] | 2008-10-02 09:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM |
08HANOI1138 | DEMARCHE TO VIETNAM ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) On October 3, Pol Counselor delivered reftel demarche to MFA Department of International Organizations Deputy Director General Pham Vinh Quang. Quang had just returned from the UN and said he had heard the Serbian representative's speech on this issue. Serbia has refrained from using fo [...] | 2008-10-03 08:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN UNGA KV VM |
08HANOI1144 | AMBASSADOR MEETS IMPRISONED DISSIDENTS NGUYEN VAN DAI AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with two of Vietnam's most prominent political prisoners, dissident attorneys Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan, on October 2 and 3 respectively. Both appeared healthy and described prison conditions not out of keeping with the norm in Vietnam. Dai was in [...] | 2008-10-06 09:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF VM |
08HANOI1163 | SENSE AND SENSIBILITY IN VIETNAM'S RUSSIA POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Relations with Russia occupy an important, but by no means central place in Vietnam's foreign policy. An influential generation of policymakers continues to hold surprisingly warm feelings toward Russia, and ties have improved steadily since the Yeltsin years. But long gone are [...] | 2008-10-10 07:58:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD RS VM |
08HANOI1164 | VFM HUNG LETTER REGARDING DISSIDENT PHAM HONG SON AND [...] (SBU) In an official letter dated October 6, VFM Doan Xuan Hung denied the Ambassador's request that well-known internet dissident Dr. Pham Hong Son be allowed to travel to the United States. According to Hung, Dr. Son, who was awarded a NED Reagan-Fascell Fellowship, does not qualify for a pas [...] | 2008-10-10 09:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
08HANOI1165 | GVN OPENS PARKS AND LIBRARY ON DISPUTED CATHOLIC LAND AND [...] (SBU) Hanoi city authorities held ribbon cutting ceremonies opening two new parks on land disputed by the Catholic Church on October 3 and 8. The parks were built very quickly using hundreds of public employees at both the Papal Nuncio's residence on Nha Chung Street and at the site adjacent t [...] | 2008-10-10 09:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM |
08HANOI1166 | GVN TO PUT ANTI-CORRUPTION REPORTERS ON TRIAL [...] (C) Summary: The trial of two journalists for their reports on a major corruption scandal is slated to take place in Hanoi on October 14 and 15. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) changed the charges against the two from "abuse of power in performing official duties" to "abusing democratic freed [...] | 2008-10-10 09:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI VM |
08HANOI118 | GVN LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION INTO CATHOLIC CHURCH PROTESTS [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) announced that it is seeking legal action following ongoing Catholic prayer vigils and protests seeking the return of church lands in downtown Hanoi confiscated after the communist takeover in 1954 (reftel). The Church says it intends to take actio [...] | 2008-01-31 09:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV VM |
08HANOI1182 | OLYMPIC-SIZE YAWN MASKS REAL ANXIETIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Olympic fever in Vietnam was decidedly low-grade, with local media providing simple, straightforward coverage focused almost entirely on sports. There was little commentary on the Games in the official press, and most urban residents seemed to greet the events with a shrug. [...] | 2008-10-16 09:31:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM VM |
08HANOI1185 | VIETNAMESE JOURNALISTS WHO EXPOSED CORRUPTION FOUND GUILTY [...] (SBU) Summary: After a day and a half of testimony, the Hanoi People's Court on October 15 found two reporters who exposed a major corruption scandal guilty of "abusing democratic freedoms." The court sentenced Thanh Nien newspaper's Nguyen Viet Chien to two years in prison and sentenced Tuoi [...] | 2008-10-16 10:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM |
08HANOI1187 | A LESSON IN DOUBLE-SPEAK - HANOI AUTHORITIES BRIEF FOREIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 15, the Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Nguyen The Thao summoned senior diplomats to provide the official version of events surrounding the Catholic Church land claims at Thai Ha parish and the former residence of the Papal Nuncio. After a long, technical e [...] | 2008-10-17 09:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM |
08HANOI1188 | GVN DEEMS FIRST DEFENSE DIALOGUE A SUCCESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a variety of sidebar conversations during and following the first-ever U.S. Political Defense Dialogue in Hanoi (reftel),Government of Vietnam (GVN) interlocutors indicated that the talks went very well. While sensitivities on defense issues remain, GVN participants affirmed [...] | 2008-10-17 09:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV OTRA VM |
08HANOI1189 | GVN DEEMS FIRST DEFENSE DIALOGUE A SUCCESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a variety of sidebar conversations during and following the first-ever U.S. Political Defense Dialogue in Hanoi (reftel),Government of Vietnam (GVN) interlocutors indicated that the talks went very well. While sensitivities on defense issues remain, GVN participants affirmed [...] | 2008-10-17 09:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV OTRA VM |
08HANOI119 | GVN TO RELEASE IMPRISONED CYBER DISSIDENT [...] (SBU) Imprisoned journalist Tran Khai Thanh Thuy was tried and sentenced today by the Hanoi People's Court to nine months and 10 days or time served and is expected to be released imminently, according to Thuy's husband, who attended the trial. Foreign diplomats were not allowed to attend the [...] | 2008-01-31 09:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV VM |
08HANOI1193 | VATICAN NAMES TWO NEW BISHOPS, GVN SCHEDULES ORDINATIONS [...] (SBU) On October 15, Pope Benedict XVI named two auxiliary bishops for Vietnam -- one each for the archdioceses of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The new bishop in Hanoi, Father Laurent Chu Van Minh, is viewed as a close ally of Archbishop Joseph Ngo Quang Kiet, and until now has served as recto [...] | 2008-10-20 08:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KIRF VM |
08HANOI120 | GVN LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION INTO CATHOLIC CHURCH PROTESTS [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) announced that it is seeking legal action following ongoing Catholic prayer vigils and protests seeking the return of church lands in downtown Hanoi confiscated after the communist takeover in 1954 (reftel). The Church says it intends to take actio [...] | 2008-01-31 10:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV VM |
08HANOI1205 | POLICE MOVE FORWARD ON CHARGING THAI HA PROTESTORS - PRAYER [...] (SBU) Hanoi police have concluded their investigation into eight individuals who participated in tearing down a small retaining wall around disputed land near the Thai Ha parish in Hanoi, according to online reports and Catholic priests at the parish. The police have recommended to prosecutor [...] | 2008-10-24 01:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KIRF VM |
08HANOI1208 | Vietnam's Marine Police Seeking Equipment, Cooperation [...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 21 meeting in Hai Phong, Rear Admiral Pham Duc Linh, Director General of the Ministry of Defense's Department for the Vietnam Marine Police (VMP),explained the mission of the VMP, expressed their interest in U.S. equipment to build their patrol capabilities, and h [...] | 2008-10-24 08:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EWWT PINS SNAR VM |
08HANOI1210 | SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL WILLARD, COMMANDER, U.S. PACIFIC [...] (SBU) Embassy Hanoi looks forward to welcoming you to Vietnam. Your visit is well timed to follow up on the recent U.S.-Vietnam defense dialogue and to highlight a broad area of bilateral defense and security cooperation that has now begun to gather momentum in the wake of Vietnamese Prime Mini [...] | 2008-10-24 10:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV OTRA VM |
08HANOI1211 | SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-VIETNAM POLICY PLANNING TALKS [...] (C) Dr. Gordon: Your visit to Hanoi for the inaugural round of U.S.-Vietnam Policy Planning Discussions comes at an opportune moment. Our bilateral relationship with Vietnam is arguably at its highest point since relations were normalized in 1995. Propelled by a series of senior bilateral vis [...] | 2008-10-27 06:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OTRA VM |
08HANOI123 | HIGH PRICED IPOS HURTING VIETNAM'S EQUITISATION PROCESS [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET. 2. (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's process of "equitisation," or partial privatization, of large state-owned enterprises began in July, 2007. High initial auction prices have discouraged strategic investors from buying in to Viet [...] | 2008-02-01 09:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON PREL VM |
08HANOI1230 | HANOI FLOODED, GOVERNMENT RESPONSE CRITICIZED [...] (SBU) Major dailies, online news services, and popular blog sites criticized Hanoi city officials for what they described as an inadequate response to the severe flooding that hit much of northern Vietnam October 31 - November 3 (reftel). As the deluge became more serious, news outlets critic [...] | 2008-11-03 09:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL VM |
08HANOI1241 | VIETNAM NEGOTIATES DEAL WITH GAZPROM, BYPASSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: State-run PetroVietnam (PVN) and Russian energy firm Gazprom signed a lease agreement for four blocks in the South China Sea. ExxonMobil (EM) had been in periodic discussions with PVN for more than a year to negotiate a deal for the new acreage before PVN unexpectedly awarded the [...] | 2008-11-06 05:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PBTS PREL VM |
08HANOI1243 | U.S.-VIETNAM POLICY PLANNING TALKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Meeting for the inaugural round of U.S.-Vietnam policy planning discussions, S/P Director David Gordon and the MFA's DG for Policy Planning, Bui Thanh Son, engaged in a candid, cordial, and at times freewheeling exchange of views on the implications of the global financial cri [...] | 2008-11-07 03:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD EFIN VM |
08HANOI1248 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: VIETNAM URGED NOT TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) In a November 7 discussion, the MFA International Organizations officer responsible for UN Third Committee and human rights issues, Phung Thi Lan Huong, said that while Vietnam as a matter of principle remains firmly opposed to country-specific resolutions, she would pass along our stro [...] | 2008-11-07 09:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV VM |
08HANOI1253 | THAI BINH COMMUNES: ONCE DYSFUNCTIONAL, NOW EXEMPLARS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On a recent visit to several villages in Thai Binh Province, Poloff found local officials striving to implement the "Grassroots Democracy Ordinance," which enshrines greater transparency in budgets and allows more villager participation in local decision-making. According to the [...] | 2008-11-10 03:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KCOR ECON KPAO SOCI PREL VM |
08HANOI1258 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT BY OES ASSISTANT SECRETARY MCMURRAY [...] (SBU) Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho and Cat Tien National Park. Your visit will be an important signal to the Vietnamese of the importance of our growing bilateral environmental relationship, especially as we seek to build on the progress made duri [...] | 2008-11-12 10:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TBIO SOCI PREL ECON KFLU KHIV VM |
08HANOI1264 | AMBASSADOR EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT VIETNAM'S DRAFT PRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Minister of Information & Communications (MIC) Le Duan Hop on November 6, 2008. The Ambassador expressed concern about the Government of Vietnam's (GVN) draft press law, urged that private sector companies in Vietnam participate in the upcoming 2008 ICT [...] | 2008-11-14 05:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT ECON TSPL KCOR KPAO SOCI PGOV PHUM PREL TBIO |
08HANOI1266 | VIETNAM RESISTS CALL FOR ASEAN MEMBERS TO PRESSURE BURMA [...] (SBU) In a November 17 conversation with MFA DDG for Asian Affairs Ta Duy Chinh, DPolCouns expressed U.S. indignation at the Burmese regime's recent convictions of lawyers and democracy activists, the continuing house arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi, and the junta's refusal to engage in genuine pol [...] | 2008-11-17 07:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV UNSC BM VM |
08HANOI1276 | Religious Freedom Update - Central Highlands and Danang [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Christians in the Central Highlands' Gia Lai province celebrated 65 years of Protestantism, and over 20,000 faithful thronged to the two-day celebration outside of Pleiku. Evangelical Church of Vietnam South (SECV) President Truong highlighted the warming of relations between Pr [...] | 2008-11-18 09:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM |
08HANOI1285 | RENEWED TENSION AT THAI HA PARISH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After two months of relative quiet, tensions flared again briefly at the Thai Ha Catholic Redemptorist parish in Hanoi. According to parish priests, on November 15, local officials, accompanied by dozens of members of a local "citizen's brigade," demanded to speak with Thai Ha' [...] | 2008-11-20 05:52:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KIRF VM |
08HANOI129 | GVN AND CATHOLIC CHURCH SEEK TO DEFUSE LAND DISPUTE [...] (U) Summary: In a reversal of the GVN's move last week to seek legal action against ongoing Catholic prayer vigils and protests seeking the return of church lands in downtown Hanoi, both the GVN and the Catholic Church have made conciliatory statements and pledged to work together to resolve th [...] | 2008-02-04 09:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV VM |
08HANOI1290 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (SBU) In a November 24 conversation with MFA IO Division Head Pham Hai Anh Deputy PolCouns expressed U.S. concern over the disproportionate number of unhelpful and biased resolutions criticizing Israel under consideration at the UN General Assembly. Per reftel, DPolCouns urged Vietnam, as a me [...] | 2008-11-24 09:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY VM |
08HANOI1291 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PLENARY SUPPORT FOR COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 09:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PREL UNGA VM |
08HANOI1293 | AMBASSADOR REVIEWS BROADER HEALTH COOPERATION WITH VICE [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Michalak and Vice Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien met to discuss their vision for the future of U.S.-Vietnam health cooperation. Tien spoke highly of her recent trip to the United States, during which she met with professionals from U.S. government agencies, u [...] | 2008-11-24 10:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PREL PGOV SOCI KHIV KFLU VM |
08HANOI1315 | VIETNAM'S PERSPECTIVES ON DECEMBER ASEAN SUMMITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Anxieties about political unrest notwithstanding, Vietnam considers the December 15-18 ASEAN summits to be among the most important diplomatic events of the year and will be sending a large delegation. MFA and think tank contacts confirm that the global financial crisis will be [...] | 2008-12-02 07:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV UNSC EFIN ECON BM VM |
08HANOI133 | COVERING THE SPRATLYS; SILENCE IS OFFICIALLY GOLDEN [...] (SBU) Summary: While international media widely covered the visit of Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian to one of the disputed Spratly Islands over the weekend, Vietnamese media were largely silent. The Vietnam News Agency, the Government wire service, carried a story in which the Foreign Mini [...] | 2008-02-05 00:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO OEXC SCUL PHUM PREL PGOV VM |
08HANOI1332 | AGENT ORANGE: DESPITE OBSTACLES, BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: At the first meeting of the Environmental Task Force (ETF),set up under the U.S.-Vietnam Joint Advisory Committee on Agent Orange and its contaminant dioxin (JAC) (Reftel),the United States and Vietnam made substantial progress towards developing a remediation work plan for Da [...] | 2008-12-08 11:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM |
08HANOI1338 | NO JAIL TIME FOR EIGHT THAI HA PROTESTORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a day of testimony December 8, the Dong Da People's Court in Hanoi convicted eight Thai Ha protestors for destruction of public property and disturbing the public order. Seven of the parishioners were given suspended sentences; one was issued a warning. None will serve ja [...] | 2008-12-09 09:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF VM |
08HANOI1339 | HANOI CORE STATEMENT ON HEALTH TOUCHES ON BROADER AID [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) and several development partners have drafted a Statement of Intent (SOI) to improve the Vietnamese health care system, through improving development assistance, coordinating GVN and donor efforts, and increasing transparency and accountability. Th [...] | 2008-12-09 09:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PREL PGOV SOCI KHIV KFLU VM |
08HANOI134 | DEMARCHE ON SUPPORT FOR LEBANON DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-05 04:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM LE VM |
08HANOI1347 | VIETNAM-CUBA: TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) MFA officials and contacts at the MFA-affiliated Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam insist that Vietnam and Cuba continue to enjoy warm "fraternal" relations. Absent fundamental change in either country, there is little prospect that Vietnam will substantially support U.S. priorities for Cuba [...] | 2008-12-11 09:00:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU VM |
08HANOI1348 | BEHIND JAPAN'S SUSPENSION OF ASSISTANCE TO VIETNAM [...] (C) Summary: Japan,s decision to freeze low-interest loans to Vietnam until it takes &meaningful8 steps to eliminate corruption in public works programs, publicly announced by Japan,s ambassador at a major meeting of donors and top Vietnamese officials, was a major embarrassment to Vietnam. W [...] | 2008-12-11 09:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL ECON PGOV VM |
08HANOI1350 | CZECH REPUBLIC DETAILS DIOXIN CLEANUP EFFORTS AT FORMER [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 11 meeting with Emboffs, David Jarkulisch, Commercial and Development officer at the Embassy of the Czech Republic, detailed November meetings between Czech technical and development experts and their Government of Vietnam (GVN) counterparts to negotiate dioxin rem [...] | 2008-12-12 08:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM |
08HANOI1357 | SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR WEBB'S DECEMBER VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Senator Webb: Your December 22-January 2 visit to Vietnam comes at an opportune moment. Our bilateral relationship with Vietnam is arguably at its highest point since relations were normalized in 1995. Propelled by a series of senior bilateral visits, the United States and Vietnam have [...] | 2008-12-15 09:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD MARR VM |
08HANOI1358 | VIETNAM EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR ANNAPOLIS PROCESS UNSCR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-15 09:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PREL UNGA VM |
08HANOI1359 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-15 09:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC PGOV PHSA KCRM SO XA XW VM |
08HANOI1360 | TOUR D'HORIZON WITH MFA VICE MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: In what we hope will be a regular monthly exchange, the Ambassador raised UNSC Security Council Resolutions on Somalia (septel),Vietnamese membership in the Trans Pacific Partnership, human rights, adoption, the Megaports Initiative and our proposed MOU on civilian nuclear pow [...] | 2008-12-15 10:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD TRGY VM |
08HANOI1363 | VIETNAM UNDECIDED ON SOMALI PIRACY RESOLUTION, [...] (C) While not completely satisfied with the current UNSC Resolution on Somali Piracy, Vietnam acknowledges that the version currently "in blue" goes some way to address Vietnam's concerns. In a follow-up to the Ambassador's December 15 conversation with VFM Pham Binh Minh (reftel),in which [...] | 2008-12-16 10:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW VM |
08HANOI1365 | Vietnam's Ruby Industry [...] (U) This cable is in response to State 127059. 2. (SBU) Vietnam has two operational mines that are actively producing rubies. One mine is located in Yen Bai province and the other in Nghe An. Both mines are privately owned and produce approximately 15-20 kilograms of mixed gemstone ore, in [...] | 2008-12-16 10:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL EFIN ETRD VM |
08HANOI1367 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-17 02:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM UNSC LE SY EUN VM |
08HANOI1370 | INTERIOR DELEGATION JOINS ASSISTANT SECRETARY MCMURRAY TO [...] (U) Summary: From November 17-22, a delegation from the U.S. Department of the Interior, led by Deputy Assistant Secretary Timothy Petty, visited Hanoi and the Mekong Delta to promote U.S.-Vietnamese cooperation on responses to climate change. In Hanoi, a member of the delegation signed the ch [...] | 2008-12-17 08:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TBIO SOCI PREL ECON KFLU KHIV VM |
08HANOI1390 | Human Rights and Religious Freedom in Hue [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The DCM marked the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by meeting with the Archbishop of Hue, as well as dissident priests from the banned political movement Bloc 8406 and leaders of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam. The Archbishop stressed the [...] | 2008-12-19 10:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM |
08HANOI1406 | HUE PROVINCIAL LEADERS TALK GREEN DEVELOPMENT, CLEAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hue provincial officials are pushing for clean industry. In discussions with the DCM, Provincial People's Committee Chairman Nguyen Ngoc Thien argued that green development is necessary both to protect Hue's large and growing tourist industry and to differentiate Hue from its l [...] | 2008-12-29 02:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM VM |
08HANOI1408 | SENATOR WEBB'S DECEMBER 23-24 MEETINGS IN HANOI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging set of meetings in Hanoi December 23-24, Senator Jim Webb emphasized the considerable progress made since he first re-engaged with Vietnam as a civilian in 1991. Speaking with officials from the National Assembly (NA),MFA and Ministry of Industry and Trade (M [...] | 2008-12-30 04:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD MARR VM |
08HANOI1409 | VIETNAM EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR SOMALIA PKO, BUT MUST [...] (SBU) On December 30, Deputy PolCouns met with Ngo Thi Xuan Ha of the MFA's International Organizations Division to urge Vietnam to support the U.S.-sponsored resolution authorizing a peacekeeping operation for Somalia. Building on an earlier conversation between the Ambassador and VFM Pham B [...] | 2008-12-30 05:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPKO PHSA SO VM |
08HANOI1412 | REFORMERS DISCUSS ECONOMIC SLUMP, PCI SCANDAL AND [...] (C) Summary: During a December 29 dinner discussion with the Ambassador, three founding members of the reform-minded Institute for Development Studies expressed doubt that a proposed stimulus package of $6 billion would be implemented in full. They argued that small and medium business owners, [...] | 2008-12-30 09:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD ECON SOCI PREL VM |
08HANOI1413 | JAPANESE AMBASSADOR ON CORRUPTION CASE [...] (C) Summary: Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Mitsuo Sakaba shared with Ambassador Michalak his concerns about the PCI corruption case (Ref A) and its possible implications for Vietnam's domestic politics. Although Vietnam was initially reluctant to cooperate in investigating the case, Sakaba sa [...] | 2008-12-30 10:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL VM |
08HANOI1417 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MOD EXTERNAL RELATIONS DEPARTMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Michalak met with Director of the External Relations Department at the Ministry of Defense (MOD),Lieutenant General Pham Thanh Lan, December 18 to discuss MIAs (both U.S. and Vietnamese),U.S. support for demining activities, Agent Orange remediation activities, and [...] | 2008-12-31 07:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD MARR VM |
08HANOI145 | VIETNAM SHRUGS OFF CUBAN AND VENEZUELAN ECONOMIC TIES [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. For official use only, not for dissemination outside USG channels or posting on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Cuba does not appear to be in a rush to learn about Vietnam's successful free market experiments, according to officials from Vietn [...] | 2008-02-05 08:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL VM |
08HANOI147 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH US-VN DIALOGUE GROUP ON AGENT [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 1, Ambassador Michalak met with the U.S.-Vietnam Dialogue Group on Agent Orange-Dioxin (Dialogue Group). Formed by the Aspen Institute, with support from the Ford Foundation, the Dialogue Group made its second visit to Vietnam to observe containment measures at the [...] | 2008-02-12 01:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM |
08HANOI151 | VIETNAM ANTI-TIP PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP FY 2008 FUNDING [...] (SBU) Post recommends the following two anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) project proposals for G/TIP FY 2008 funding: I. APPLICANT: Save the Children U.K. (SCUK) - Vietnam Office REQUESTED FUNDING AMOUNT: US $241,682 (two-hundred forty-one thousand and six-hundred eighty-two dollars) PRO [...] | 2008-02-12 09:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG VM |
08HANOI152 | DEEPENING COOPERATION ON LEGAL REFORM: THE AMBASSADOR MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Judicial Affairs Committee Chairwoman Le Thi Thu Ba discussed with the Ambassador how the USG and GVN can deepen cooperation on judicial and legal reform in Vietnam. Laws on enforcement of civil and criminal court judgments must be revised so th [...] | 2008-02-12 09:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM |
08HANOI159 | IMPLEMENTING GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY: THE VIEW FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Vietnam's (GVN) Ordinance on Grassroots Democracy (OGD),which took effect last April, is a small step towards participatory local government within the context of the GVN's top-down, centrally controlled government structure. In a recent visit to provinces in [...] | 2008-02-14 04:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KCOR ECON KPAO SOCI PREL VM |
08HANOI160 | CATHOLIC CHURCH PROTESTS: DIFFERENT LOCATION, SAME ISSUES [...] (U) Summary: While there has been apparent progress in defusing the dispute over the former Vatican residence in Hanoi, another dispute has arisen at Thai Ha parish in Hanoi where the GVN's approval of construction of a state-owned sewing factory on the disputed property triggered a wave of pro [...] | 2008-02-14 05:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV VM |
08HANOI169 | FBI DIRECTOR MEETS WITH VICE MINISTER OF MINISTRY OF PUBLIC [...] (SBU) Summary: During FBI Director Robert Mueller's January 30 meeting with Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Vice Minister Nguyen Van Huong, the Vietnamese agreed to simplify and intensify information sharing in criminal matters and enthusiastically welcomed prospects for enhanced training pr [...] | 2008-02-14 10:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM PGOV PREL PTER PINS VM |
08HANOI175 | IRI Explores Possibilities in Vietnam [...] (U) Summary: While the conversations were mainly introductory and exploratory, the unprecedented level of interaction by Government of Vietnam (GVN) offices during the International Republican Institute's (IRI's) recent visit was a positive sign the GVN may be more willing to meet with NGOs an [...] | 2008-02-15 10:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWMN PHUM PGOV VM |
08HANOI178 | VIETNAM SUPPORTS CONTINUED DEBATE ON KOSOVO [...] (SBU) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche on February 17 to Mr. Mai Pham Dung, head of the MFA's Security Council Team. Dung responded that the position of GVN is well-founded on principles of collective resolution of conflicts and respect for territorial integrity and international law, which wou [...] | 2008-02-17 08:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL YI VM |
08HANOI184 | HUNDREDS ATTEND FUNERAL FOR VIETNAMESE DISSIDENT LEADER [...] (SBU) Summary: The February 16 funeral for Dr. Hoang Minh Chinh, a former Communist Party ideologue and GVN vice minister turned dissident and democracy activist, drew hundreds of relatives and supporters as well as a heavy police presence. Many dissidents reported that they were prevented fro [...] | 2008-02-19 09:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF VM |
08HANOI203 | UNHCR SAYS GVN TROUBLED BY ONGOING MONTAGNARD EMIGRATION TO [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR Deputy Regional Representative Giuseppe de Vincentis and Vietnam Officer-in-Charge Vu Anh Son met with the Ambassador on February 19 to discuss the need for a timely solution to the growing UNHCR Montagnard camp population in Cambodia. De Vincentis said UNHCR was not in a [...] | 2008-02-21 08:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KIRF CB VM |
08HANOI209 | UPDATE ON JAILED AMCIT DISSIDENT NGUYEN QUOC QUAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Amcit Nguyen Quoc Quan, jailed in November 2007, is still "under investigation" and has yet to be charged. Meanwhile, a prospective defense lawyer has reported receiving threatening messages warning him not to represent Dr. Quan. The Ambassador raised Dr. Quan's case again with [...] | 2008-02-22 10:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL VM |
08HANOI210 | SBV MOVES AGAIN AGAINST EXCESSIVE LIQUIDITY [...] (SBU) The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) announced on February 18 that it will issue VND 20.3tril ($1.2bil) in compulsory promissory notes. This third effort to control inflation follows its earlier actions to raise the reserve ratio and set higher interest rates. Forty-one commercial banks will [...] | 2008-02-22 10:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON PREL VM |
08HANOI22 | CODEL HOYER'S MEETINGS WITH GVN LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 3, a thirteen-member Congressional delegation, led by Majority Leader Representative Steny Hoyer and Minority Whip Representative Roy Blunt, discussed bilateral priorities during meetings with President Nguyen Minh Triet, the Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen P [...] | 2008-01-07 08:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG KIPR OTRA OVIP UNSC ECON VM |
08HANOI225 | SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Ambassador Hill: Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you back to Hanoi. Your visit is well timed to focus Vietnamese leaders on the importance we attach to strengthening and deepening our bilateral relationship in the year ahead, especially after bad weather in China forced the la [...] | 2008-02-26 09:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OTRA ECON VM |
08HANOI23 | CODEL HOYER'S MEETINGS WITH GVN LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 3, a thirteen-member Congressional delegation, led by Majority Leader Representative Steny Hoyer and Minority Whip Representative Roy Blunt, discussed bilateral priorities during meetings with President Nguyen Minh Triet, the Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen P [...] | 2008-01-07 08:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG KIPR OTRA OVIP UNSC ECON VM |
08HANOI273 | EMBASSY REQUESTS PERMISSION TO VISIT FOR SPOUSE OF JAILED [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Dao Viet Trung told visiting Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill in their March 3 meeting (septel) that SIPDIS the ministry is prepared to assist in facilitating a visit by Ms. Huong Mai Ngo to her husband, imprisoned Amcit dissident Nguyen Quoc Quan. Following up on [...] | 2008-03-06 09:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL VM |
08HANOI277 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 2-3 visit to Hanoi, Assistant Secretary for East Asia and Pacific Affairs Christopher R. Hill met with the GVN Ministry of Foreign Affairs (paras 2-12) and National Assembly (paras 13-15),the Communist Party of Vietnam (paras 16-20),religious leaders (paras 21-23),n [...] | 2008-03-07 04:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OTRA ECON ETRD CONS VM |
08HANOI279 | PASTORS GRANTED RARE PERMISSION TO VISIT POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent media reports confirmed that a group of Protestant pastors led by HCMC-based Mennonite pastor and dissident Nguyen Hong Quang were allowed to visit jailed human rights lawyers and high-profile political dissidents Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan, at their respective pr [...] | 2008-03-07 09:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC VM |
08HANOI285 | FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT FOR VIETNAM [...] Pursuant to reftel, the following is an updated Budget Transparency Report for Vietnam, current as of March 11, 2008. Post will also e-mail the text to Andrew Snow and Richard Figueroa in EEB/IFD/OMA as requested. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF REPORT As part of its overall reform efforts, Vietnam is [...] | 2008-03-11 10:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON PREL VM |
08HANOI286 | AMBASSADOR VISITS VIETNAM'S LEADING POLITICAL PRISONER [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 10, the Ambassador met with jailed political activist and Catholic priest Nguyen Van Ly ("Father Ly") at Ba Sao Prison south of Hanoi. The almost 75-minute meeting with Ly took place in the presence of the prison warden and his deputies, who were cordial and cooperative [...] | 2008-03-11 10:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC KIRF VM |
08HANOI288 | VIETNAM'S RAPID INTERNET AND IT GROWTH (C-AL8-00160) [...] (SBU) Summary: The Internet is a growing source of news, entertainment, communication and political expression in Vietnam. Internet usage has grown at a rate of 36 percent per year over the past ten years, resulting in nearly 19 million Internet users in Vietnam today - roughly 22 percent of Vi [...] | 2008-03-12 10:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS PINR EINT TINT ECON TSPL PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI |
08HANOI296 | GVN'S ANTI-CORRUPTION CZAR SAYS HANOI WANTS INCREASED [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 6, the Ambassador met the head of Vietnam's Government Inspectorate (GI) Tran Van Truyen, a key player in the Government of Vietnam's (GVN) fight against corruption and an ally of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. Truyen said he welcomed cooperation with the USG, and adde [...] | 2008-03-13 07:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM |
08HANOI303 | GVN REACTS TO HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Dung delivered the GVN's reaction to the 2007 Human Rights Report on March 13, calling it "regrettable" that the report is based on "false and prejudiced" information but adding that it is "normal" that the USG and GVN have differences on human ri [...] | 2008-03-14 10:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PREL PGOV VM |
08HANOI306 | VIETNAM SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND [...] (U) Your visit is a good opportunity to encourage Vietnam to continue the process of opening to the world and reforming internally. Vietnam's national leadership remains eager to learn from the United States on economic and governance reform, and will be attentive to what you have to say. You [...] | 2008-03-17 02:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ECON ETRD EINV EFIN KIPR PREL PHUM KIRF EAIR |
08HANOI309 | GVN REACTS TO LABOR CASES IN JORDAN, MALAYSIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN is reacting to two recent high-profile labor cases, one involving 176 female garment workers on strike in Jordan and one regarding Vietnamese worker deaths in Malaysia. On March 13, Dao Cong Hai, Deputy Director General, Department of Overseas Labor of the GVN Ministry o [...] | 2008-03-17 04:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV TIP ELAB KWMN KCRM SMIG PREL VM |
08HANOI33 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Deputy Secretary Negroponte: Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Hanoi. Your visit is well timed to focus Vietnamese leaders on the year ahead, which with focused effort should bring a further deepening in the bilateral relationship. While the relationship is broadening and [...] | 2008-01-10 06:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OVIP VM |
08HANOI338 | VIETNAM ON THE UNSC: CONSULTATION PAYS OFF [...] (C) Summary: While Vietnam does not have an immediate stake in the majority of Security Council matters, the GVN takes its engagement with the world community, and particularly its membership on the Security Council, seriously. Although lacking experience in such fora, the GVN wants and expec [...] | 2008-03-25 05:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC VM |
08HANOI356 | MFA ON JORDAN LABOR CASE AND IOM ROLE [...] (SBU) Summary: PolCouns held a detailed one-hour meeting on March 27 with MFA Consular Department Chief of Overseas Consular Affairs Vu Le Ha regarding resolution of the case of over 200 Vietnamese factory workers on strike in Amman, Jordan. PolCouns stressed the benefit of involving the Inter [...] | 2008-03-27 10:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV TIP ELAB KWMN KCRM SMIG PREL VM |
08HANOI37 | FORD FOUNDATION GRANTEES HOST AGENT ORANGE DISABILITY FORUM [...] (U) Summary. On December 18, the Ford Foundation funded a national disabilities workshop focusing on Agent Orange (AO) and its contaminant dioxin. Various speakers highlighted the need for collective Government of Vietnam (GVN) and international support for the disabled suffering from war leg [...] | 2008-01-10 10:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM |
08HANOI385 | VIETNAM FORMALLY AGREES TO HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Vietnam's MFA formally agreed to hold the next round of the bilateral Human Rights Dialogue on May 29, 2008 in Hanoi, Vietnam. In dipnote 158/NG-TCQT, the unofficial translation of which follows below, the MFA also reports that its delegation will be represented by an unspecified Assistan [...] | 2008-04-04 02:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV VM |
08HANOI389 | POSSIBLE DETENTION OF AMCIT VIET TAN MEMBER IN HO CHI MINH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-04 10:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CASC VM |
08HANOI395 | DETAINED VIET TAN MEMBERS RELEASED; NGUYEN QUOC QUAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-07 09:52:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CASC VM |
08HANOI400 | STRIKING OVERSEAS WORKERS RETURN FROM JORDAN; PAID STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 31, the last group of 157 striking overseas Vietnamese garment workers (Refs, A-C) were repatriated from Jordan and 156 arrived at Hanoi's Noi Bai Airport. According to knowledegable third party sources, en route to Hanoi one of the returnees broke off from the group in [...] | 2008-04-08 10:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV TIP ELAB KWMN KCRM SMIG PREL VM |
08HANOI414 | POLITBURO MEMBER SEEKS ANTI-CORRUPTION TRAINING FOR PARTY [...] (SBU) In an April 9 meeting with Ambassador, Politburo member Nguyen Van Chi asked for U.S. help in selecting American institutions with expertise in anti-corruption work which could cooperate with Vietnam to enhance its capacity in that regard. The Ambassador and Chi discussed Hanoi's fight a [...] | 2008-04-10 09:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM |
08HANOI417 | GVN REQUESTS THAT USG TREAT NGUYEN QUOC QUAN [...] (SBU) Summary: A senior MFA official predicts that imprisoned AMCIT Nguyen Quoc Quan will soon be tried, after which his wife will be able to visit him in prison. He further implied that Nguyen Quoc Quan would then be released, but warned that this could not be seen to occur "under U.S. press [...] | 2008-04-11 08:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CASC VM NGUYEN QUAN QUOC |
08HANOI423 | HANOI DOES NOT WANT STRENGTHENED 1540 COMMITTEE RENEWAL TO [...] (SBU) On April 11, Poloff and U.K. Poloff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department Specialist Nguyen Vu Minh to deliver Ref. A points on supporting a strengthened renewal of the UNSC 1540 Committee's mandate. French Poloff was unable to participate. 2. (S [...] | 2008-04-11 10:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP |
08HANOI429 | VIETNAM SIGNS ANTI-TIP COOPERATION MOU WITH THAILAND [...] (SBU) On March 24, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Royal Thai Government (RTG) on strengthening cooperation between the two countries on eliminating trafficking in persons (TIP) and providing assistance to TIP victims. According to Senior Lie [...] | 2008-04-14 08:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV TIP ELAB PREL KWMN KCRM SMIG TH VM |
08HANOI435 | ENGAGING VIETNAM ON TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent high-profile labor dispute involving Vietnamese workers in Jordan threatens to distract attention from the steady and increasing progress Vietnam continues to make on its anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) efforts. Despite the significant efforts the GVN has made particu [...] | 2008-04-14 08:52:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV TIP ELAB KWMN KCRM SMIG PREL VM |
08HANOI446 | RENEWED CATHOLIC CHURCH PROTESTS AT THAI HA PARISH [...] (SBU) Catholic parishioners have been gathering again over the last three weeks at Thai Ha parish in Hanoi to protest construction work on a disputed plot of land adjacent to the church. Large prayer vigils had initially taken place in January and February, before the Tet Lunar New Year holida [...] | 2008-04-17 07:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PREL PHUM PGOV VM |
08HANOI448 | Unexpected Progress on Catholic Church Land Issues [...] (SBU) Summary: In an unexpected move, central Quang Tri Provincial authorities announced a Government of Vietnam (GVN) decision to return the La Vang property to the Catholic Church following meetings in late March and early April between GVN authorities and the Catholic Episcopal Council of [...] | 2008-04-18 04:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
08HANOI450 | PRISON LABOR AND CASHEW NUTS IN VIETNAM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-18 09:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV PINR ASEC ELAB EAGR ILO ECON VM |
08HANOI458 | Anti-Olympics Blogger Arrested [...] (SBU) Summary. Reports from friends and colleagues indicate that Hoang Hai (AKA prominent blogger "Dieu Cay" has been arrested. After reportedly hiding out for about a month, the police located and arrested Hai in central city of Da Lat over the weekend of April 19-20. While the specific reas [...] | 2008-04-22 01:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
08HANOI459 | GVN ON CENTRAL HIGHLANDS UNREST [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security (MPS) officials briefed the DCM about the recent unrest in the Central Highlands and asked for USG assistance in cutting off support for the demonstrations from U.S.-based organizations, in particular the Montagnard Foundation, Inc. In the [...] | 2008-04-22 04:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
08HANOI460 | UPDATE ON JAILED AMCIT NGUYEN QUOC QUAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-22 04:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV PINR ASEC CONS VM |
08HANOI464 | SOME IN GVN APPARENTLY UNWORRIED ABOUT SITUATION [...] (C) Summary. An MFA expert on maritime issues recently described the situation in the South China Sea in 2008 as "stable and quiet." He expressed no concern about the possibility of a reoccurrence of last year's fishing and oil drilling disputes with China. On the other hand, he focused on [...] | 2008-04-22 07:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBGT PHSA VM |
08HANOI471 | VIETNAM TAKES ON OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT BROKERS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN is completing investigation of a recent series of export-labor fraud cases, 80 percent of which involved Vietnamese laborers recruited to work in South Korea. Over 100 individuals, involved in the 2006-2007 labor brokerage fee scam, have been prosecuted for taking advant [...] | 2008-04-23 09:52:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV TIP ELAB KWMN KCRM SMIG PREL VM |
08HANOI478 | VIETNAM NOT READY TO SUBSCRIBE TO HCOC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-25 04:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA VM |
08HANOI482 | EXPANDING HANOI'S JURISDICTION HIGHLIGHTS VIETNAM'S [...] (SBU) The GVN's handling of the expansion of Hanoi municipality underscores the fact that, despite recent talk of decentralization, decision-making in Vietnam remains very much a top-down affair. As Hanoi's explosive growth continues, the Communist Party of Vietnam has initiated a jurisdiction [...] | 2008-04-25 09:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM |
08HANOI484 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER ON POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Michalak discussed possible deliverables for a visit to the United States by Vietnamese Prime Minister Dung with Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh on April 25. The Ambassador noted that we need to make progress on human rights before the visit. The Ambas [...] | 2008-04-25 09:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
08HANOI493 | GVN STRETCHES HISTORICAL RECORD TO ENHANCE CLAIM FOR SOUTH [...] Summary: A recent ceremony to honor past heroes in Vietnam's fight for the Spratly and Paracel Islands received primetime attention on national television, highlighting Vietnam's historical claim to the islands. The ceremony was dedicated to the "tens of thousands" of 19th century Nguyen Dyna [...] | 2008-04-28 08:31:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHSA PBTS SOCI VM |
08HANOI494 | PRO-DEMOCRACY YOUTH GROUP PLANS ANTI-CHINA [...] (C) On April 28, Poloff met with a pro-democracy youth group leader in Hanoi to discuss the group's plans for anti-China protests during the Olympics torch run in HCMC on April 29. Ms. Nguyen Trang Nhung of Viet Youth for Democracy (VYD) said April 29 protests were planned for both HCMC and H [...] | 2008-04-28 09:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV CH VM |
08HANOI499 | Thai Ha Church Land Ownership Dispute Continues [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite numerous calls from Hanoi authorities to cease, Catholic believers continue to gather at a site adjacent to Hanoi's Thai Ha Catholic parish church, in a dispute with the Government of Vietnam (GVN),now in its fourth month (Refs A, B). While the numbers of congregants ga [...] | 2008-04-29 07:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
08HANOI503 | OLYMPIC TORCH IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Olympic torch arrived in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on April 28 in advance of the planned torch relay set to begin at six o'clock p.m. on April 29. Despite anti-China protests planned by activists in both HCMC and Hanoi (Ref A),a heavy police presence will almost certainly ens [...] | 2008-04-29 10:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL CM VM |
08HANOI516 | STILL LUCID AT 97: GENERAL VO NGUYEN GIAP TALKS EDUCATION [...] (SBU) On April 25, the Ambassador and General Vo Nguyen Giap discussed efforts to increase educational exchanges between the United States and Vietnam. After imploring the Ambassador to work to bring the overall relationship to an even higher level, Giap echoed the Ambassador's desire to see m [...] | 2008-05-05 09:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM |
08HANOI517 | DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN PEOPLE - VIETNAM RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Mission Vietnam has considered activities for May 21 - Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People. We will continue to raise our concerns about Cuba discreetly to key players in the GVN. In view of local considerations, however, we have not scheduled any public outreach activities. 2. (S [...] | 2008-05-05 10:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PGOV PREL EUN CU VM |
08HANOI528 | VIETNAM OUTREACH ON ACTIVISTS FOR DEMOCRACY AND DISSIDENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Michalak has named the promotion of human rights as his top priority in Vietnam. In support of the President's freedom agenda, the Ambassador has raised human rights with the highest levels of the Vietnamese government, including both the President and Prime Minister. [...] | 2008-05-06 10:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL VM |
08HANOI531 | GVN URGES DIALOGUE AND COOPERATION IN DEALING WITH [...] (C) On May 7, poloff discussed reftel points about the constitutional referendum in Burma with MFA Asia II Department Section Chief Ta Duy Chinh. Chinh welcomed the opportunity to hear U.S. views on the issue of "achieving reconciliation in Burma." He said the GVN supports genuine dialogue i [...] | 2008-05-07 08:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BM VM |
08HANOI535 | AMBASSADOR EXCHANGES VIEWS ON HUMAN RIGHTS, CHINA WITH [...] (SBU) On May 2, CPV External Relations Commission (ERC) Chairman Tran Van Hang told the Ambassador the ERC welcomes the positive developments in U.S.-Vietnam relations, especially in trade, investment and education. He appealed for Vietnam to be granted GSP and agreed that many recently opened [...] | 2008-05-08 09:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL CM VM |
08HANOI536 | NGUYEN QUOC QUAN: REQUESTS FOR CONSULAR AND SPOUSAL VISITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 7, 2008 ConOff met with Le Ba Dong, Chief of the Foreign Consular Relations Section at MFA, at MFA's request. Dong confirmed to ConOff that the trial of Nguyen Quoc Quan is scheduled for May 13. He then noted that, because of the proximity of the trial and the fact that [...] | 2008-05-08 09:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CASC VM NGUYEN QUAN QUOC |
08HANOI538 | GVN WILL URGE BURMA TO ALLOW RELIEF TEAMS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-08 09:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL BM VM |
08HANOI541 | POLITBURO MEMBER COMMENTS ON AMBASSADOR'S PRIORITIES AND [...] (SBU) On May 5, influential Politburo member and Standing Member of the Secretariat Truong Tan Sang met the Ambassador to discuss U.S.-Vietnam relations, the Ambassador's priorities for his tenure in Vietnam and economic issues. The "consensus" within Vietnam's governing circles is that Hanoi [...] | 2008-05-08 10:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL CM VM |
08HANOI550 | DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES PM'S VISIT, HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On April 29, Deputy Prime Minister and Politburo member Truong Vinh Trong discussed with the Ambassador Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's planned visit to the United States, the cases of political dissidents Le Thi Cong Nhan and Bui Kim Thanh and Government of Vietnam (GVN) efforts against [...] | 2008-05-12 03:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON TBIO PGOV SOCI PREL KCOR KHIV KPPAO |
08HANOI552 | GVN OPPOSES DISCUSSION OF HUMANITARIAN ISSUES AT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-12 09:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM VM |
08HANOI558 | Vietnamese Provinces Work to Get Religious Freedom Right [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the Government of Vietnam's Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA) struggles to implement of the legal framework on religious freedom in some isolated provinces, a growing number of provincial and local authorities are having real success in promoting freedom of religion. [...] | 2008-05-13 07:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
08HANOI569 | VIETNAMESE PRESS AND PUBLIC CONTINUE TO FIRE AWAY ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Widespread criticism continued in the Vietnamese press and blogosphere over the arrest of two journalists for their reporting on the PMU-18 corruption scandal and high-profile figures have offered their support to the journalists. The case is widely seen as reflecting power strug [...] | 2008-05-14 10:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM |
08HANOI572 | MOF AND SBV DISCUSS PLAN TO FIGHT INFLATION [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador met with State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Governor Nguyen Van Giau and Finance Vice Minister Tran Xuan Ha on May 14 to discuss Vietnam's current macro-economic situation, including implementation of the Prime Minister's seven-point plan to fight inflation (Reftels). Se [...] | 2008-05-15 09:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON PREL VM |
08HANOI579 | BP TRANSFERS OPERATORSHIP OF SOUTH CHINA SEA [...] (C) Summary: BP Vietnam has complied with an order by state-run PetroVietnam (PVN) and turned over operatorship of its South China Sea Blocks 5.2 and 5.3 to PetroVietnam Exploration and Production Company (PVEP),a PVN subsidiary. BP is a majority stakeholder with ConocoPhillips (CP) in 5.2/3 [...] | 2008-05-16 08:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PBTS PREL VM |
08HANOI592 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER ON PRIME [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-20 10:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL CM VM |
08HANOI597 | VIETNAM: FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT GPOI TRAINING [...] On May 8, poloff and DATT met with MOD External Relations Department Senior Colonel Nguyen Dinh Huy to reiterate the USG's previous invitation to the GVN to participate in the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI)(Ref A) and to provide a list of possible GPOI training courses (Ref B). Seni [...] | 2008-05-21 09:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO MARR MASS PREL PGOV VM |
08HANOI606 | DPM HUNG SPEAKS ON INFLATION, BANKS AND FISCAL RESTRAINT [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador met with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Nguyen Sinh Hung on May 21 to discuss macro-economic issues and the Government of Vietnam's (GVN) plans to address inflation. Hung acknowledged the challenges, but said there were plans to address State Owned Enterprise (SOE) ex [...] | 2008-05-22 09:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON PREL VM |
08HANOI607 | EXBS EQUIPMENT HANDOVER TO GVN HIGHLIGHTS EXPORT CONTROL [...] Summary: At a May 21 ceremony, the Ambassador presented USD 1.2 million of EXBS-funded, export control-related equipment to the GVN. In his remarks, the Ambassador highlighted our successful cooperation in this area and encouraged the GVN to continue strengthening its export control regime. [...] | 2008-05-23 05:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL VM |
08HANOI611 | GVN ELABORATES ON UPCOMING HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) In a May 23 meeting with Poloffs, the MFA handed over an 18-person list of the GVN delegation to the May 29 United States - Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue (HRD) in Hanoi and elaborated on the agenda sessions that the GVN will lead. Assistant Foreign Minister Doan Xuan Hung, previously a d [...] | 2008-05-23 09:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV VM |
08HANOI614 | SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary Kramer: Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Hanoi. Your visit is well timed to focus Vietnamese leaders on the importance we attach to human rights in strengthening and deepening our bilateral relationship in the year ahead. Overall, the U.S.-Vietnam re [...] | 2008-05-23 10:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OTRA ECON VM |
08HANOI617 | CONTRASTING PERSPECTIVES ON VESAK DAY CELEBRATIONS: THE [...] (SBU) Summary: While the vast majority of Vietnamese Buddhists celebrated Vesak Day with an exuberantly colorful display of Buddhist traditions and full GVN support throughout Southern Vietnam, the outlawed United Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) held private ceremonies at their pagodas. Whi [...] | 2008-05-27 08:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL VM |
08HANOI633 | TORCH RELAY OR TUG OF WAR: GVN AND CHINESE [...] (C) Western media accounts of a peaceful, controlled April 29 Olympic torch rally in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) missed the intense wrangling between Vietnamese and Chinese officials over control of the event. The opening ceremony included an unwelcome intervention by the Chinese ambassador, a GVN [...] | 2008-05-30 09:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH VM |
08HANOI657 | Vietnam Fatherland Front Discusses Religious Freedom [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff and DRL/IRF officer met with Mr. Tran Dinh Phung, Permanent member of the Central Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Presidium and Head of its Board for Ethnicity and Religious Affairs (Vice Minister rank),on May 28 to discuss the VFF role in the promotion of religious freed [...] | 2008-06-04 09:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
08HANOI662 | Updates from Vietnam's Northern Evangelical Church [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 28 meeting with Poloff and visiting DRL/IRF officer, Evangelical Church of Vietnam - North (ECVN) General Secretary Pastor Au Quang Vinh discussed current conditions for the Protestant church in Vietnam. While highlighting a lack of harassment incidents for the first h [...] | 2008-06-05 08:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM |
08HANOI663 | VIETNAM - 2008 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On June 4, Poloff delivered the 2008 TIP Report Country Narrative for Vietnam, as well as reftel talking points, to Mr. Pham Hoang Tung, Chief of the Legal and Consular Affairs Division, Consular Department, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Poloff reviewed with Tung the recommend [...] | 2008-06-05 09:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV TIP ELAB KWMN KCRM SMIG PREL VM |
08HANOI664 | GVN Updates on Religious Freedom [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 30, Poloff and visiting DRF/IRF officer met with Mr. Dang Tai Tinh, Director of the International Cooperation Department of the Government Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA),to discuss the 2008 Human Rights Dialogue and implementation of the legal framework on religion [...] | 2008-06-05 09:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
08HANOI668 | DRL AS KRAMER MEETS WITH FAMILY MEMBERS OF HIGH PROFILE [...] (SBU) In a private meeting in Hanoi with Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor David Kramer and the Ambassador, Mrs. Vu Minh Khanh, the wife of jailed human rights lawyer and Protestant activist Nguyen Van Dai and Mrs. Tran Thi Le, the mother of jailed human rights [...] | 2008-06-06 05:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV ASEC VM |
08HANOI672 | ARRESTED JOURNALISTS PAWNS IN CPV POWER STRUGGLE [...] (C) Summary: While contacts report that state-controlled media outlets have been ordered to cease reporting the story, outrage over the arrest of two journalists who broke a major corruption scandal in 2006 continues. At a Swedish Embassy-organized "Dialogue on Anti-Corruption" attended by sc [...] | 2008-06-06 09:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM |
08HANOI682 | UNITED STATES AND VIETNAM HOLD ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) This year's Human Rights Dialogue was a candid and constructive exchange, with both sides vowing to move the bilateral relationship forward in the one arena where the USG and GVN continue to have serious differences. The USG delegation, lead by DRL Assistant Secretary David Kramer, urged [...] | 2008-06-09 07:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV OTRA VM |
08HANOI688 | VICE FOREIGN MINISTER ON PRIME MINISTER'S UPCOMING U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-09 09:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL CM VM |
08HANOI70 | UPDATE ON POLITICAL PRISONERS NGUYEN VAN DAI AND LE THI [...] (SBU) Summary: Imprisoned human rights lawyers Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan have been moved from a temporary detention facility in Hanoi to separate prison locations away from the city. According to family members, Ms. Nhan is suffering harsh conditions and has had her Bible confiscated [...] | 2008-01-18 08:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC KIRF VM |
08HANOI711 | PETROVIETNAM STILL NEGOTIATING DETAILS OF IRAN INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) On June 10, poloff discussed Ref B points about reports of PetroVietnam's investment in Iran's energy sector with MFA West Asia and Africa Department specialist Nguyen Quynh Phuong. Ms. Phuong said the two sides are still negotiating details of the investment. She characterized the agree [...] | 2008-06-13 08:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EPET ETTC IR PREL VM |
08HANOI715 | GVN WILL SUPPORT ARF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS STATEMENT, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. The GVN will support an ARF Statement on Regional Disaster Preparedness, but cannot take the lead due to resource constraints. Burma was cited as an example of why such preparedness is needed, and also why an ASEAN member should take the lead. End Summary 2. (SBU) On June [...] | 2008-06-13 09:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ARF EAID ASEAN BM VM |
08HANOI717 | DRL A/S KRAMER MEETS WITH DISSIDENTS IN HANOI [...] (C) On the margins of the annual USG - GVN Human Rights Dialogue, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor David Kramer, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with two of Vietnam's leading political dissidents and democracy activists on May 30 in Hanoi. Post informed the Ministry [...] | 2008-06-16 02:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM OVIP PGOV PREL KIRF ASEC VM |
08HANOI72 | IMF Speaks on Vietnam's Macroeconomic Policy [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF Country Director for Vietnam gave a briefing on Vietnam's macroeconomic performance for the second half of 2007. The IMF concluded that economic growth and performance was and will continue to be strong, but that certain macroeconomic policies are contributing to infla [...] | 2008-01-18 09:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON PREL VM |
08HANOI728 | GVN URGED TO CONSIDER PARTICIPATION IN PSI AND GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-18 00:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM VM |
08HANOI730 | POLITICAL ACTIVIST LE THI CONG NHAN WILL NOT BE [...] (C) Summary. The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) has contacted post concerning two persons of concern, Le Thi Cong Nhan and Bui Kim Thanh, both mentioned during our recent Human Rights Dialogue. The U.S. Government has pressed for the release of both individuals. According to an MPS offic [...] | 2008-06-18 09:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL VM |
08HANOI731 | SCENESETTER FOR U.S. VISIT OF VIETNAM PRIME MINISTER DUNG [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's Prime Minister views his June 24 White House meeting as an opportunity to confirm to all -- including those who hate us -- that the United States will remain a big part of Vietnam's future. In particular, he will celebrate our remarkable economic partnership, built on [...] | 2008-06-18 09:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ECON ETRD EINV PREL PHUM KIRF EAIR VM |
08HANOI736 | GVN and the Vatican Discuss Normalization, Property Issues [...] (SBU) Summary: The recent visit of a Vatican delegation for talks with the Government of Vietnam (GVN) did not result in any tangible progress on the issue of normalization of relations, although the issue was discussed. Discussions also addressed practical concerns of the Vietnamese Catholic [...] | 2008-06-20 09:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KIRF PHUM VM |
08HANOI748 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS CASES, CONSULAR [...] (C) Summary. During a June 20 meeting with Ministry of Public Security Vice Minister Nguyen Van Huong, the Ambassador again urged the GVN to take positive action on several human rights cases. The Vice Minister's response was noncommittal. Noting apparent GVN "security concerns" about an ex [...] | 2008-06-25 06:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL VM |
08HANOI749 | GVN Discusses Domestic Violence Prevention [...] (U) SUMMARY: During her June 9-11 meetings with GVN officials in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Andrea Bottner, Senior Coordinator, Office of International Women's Issues, highlighted progress and discussed challenges related to domestic violence in Vietnam. Ms. Bottner praised the passage of le [...] | 2008-06-25 07:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWMN PGOV VM |
08HANOI750 | NGOs, Vietnam Women's Union Address Domestic Violence [...] (U) SUMMARY: During her June 9-11 visit to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Andrea Bottner, Senior Coordinator, Office of International Women's Issues, participated in roundtable discussions with the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) and local and international NGOs, visited to two women's shelters hotli [...] | 2008-06-25 07:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWMN PGOV VM |
08HANOI757 | VIETNAM: DEMARCHE ON RENEWAL OF UNSCR 1267 MONITORING TEAM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-30 00:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC VM |
08HANOI761 | VIETNAM: SHAPING ASSISTANCE IN BURMA DEMARCHE DELIVERED; [...] (SBU) On June 27, poloff discussed reftel points about shaping post-cyclone humanitarian assistance to Burma with MFA Asia II Department Burma Desk Officer Tran Nguyen Thao. Thao mentioned that the GVN has already urged Burmese authorities to allow foreign relief workers to conduct humanitaria [...] | 2008-06-30 09:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID BM VM |
08HANOI762 | VIETNAM: DEMARCHE TO ENCOURAGE SUPPORT FOR UN 1267 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-30 09:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AG EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC VM |
08HANOI777 | GVN RESPONDS ON UNSC RESOLUTION ON ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) On July 2, Poloff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department Officer Ho The Nam and delivered points on the UNSC Chapter VII resolution on Zimbabwe (reftel). Poloff also left a copy of the draft UNSC resolution with Nam. Nam gave no indication as to the [...] | 2008-07-02 10:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI |
08HANOI783 | PROMINENT VIETNAMESE BUSINESS LEADER DISCUSSES [...] (C) In late June, Poloffs met Le Thien Thanh, who like many children of leading Vietnamese communists, is a wealthy businessman and General Director of the Thien Mien Company. Thanh's father, Le Duan, was General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) for close to 30 years and is sa [...] | 2008-07-03 10:00:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM |
08HANOI784 | VIETNAM: DEMARCHE URGING RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-07 04:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV KV VM |
08HANOI793 | UPDATE ON RELEASE OF BUI KIM THANH FOR EVALUATION [...] (SBU) As reported in reftel, IOM will send a psychiatrist from Bangkok during July 15-17 to conduct Ms. Bui Kim Thanh's psychiatric evaluation as the next step in her P-1 processing. Poloff contacted Ministry of Public Security (MPS) official Dao Tam Chau to inform him of the scheduled July 16 [...] | 2008-07-09 09:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV VM |
08HANOI798 | VIETNAM UNDECIDED ON DRAFT ZIMBABWE RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-09 09:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC PHUM ZI VM |
08HANOI802 | VIETNAM WOULD WELCOME FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS ON ARAB GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-10 06:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC VM |
08HANOI808 | SENIOR VIETNAMESE OFFICIAL SAYS ZIMBABWE SITUATION NO [...] (SBU) On July 11, the Ambassador met with Vietnamese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh to deliver Ref. A points on the UNSC resolution on Zimbabwe. Minh said he read the U.S.-sponsored draft resolution "carefully." Hanoi has concluded that the situation in Zimbabwe is not a thre [...] | 2008-07-11 11:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI XA ZU |
08HANOI825 | HANOI: ARF REGIONAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PROPOSAL IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-16 06:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ARF ASEAN KNNP PARM |
08HANOI857 | LEADERSHIP CHANGES AT MFA, HANOI CITY GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has added three vice ministers, although with some of the four current ministers likely to take other positions how many total vice ministers the ministry will have remains to be seen. There is speculation that the changes lay the groundwork for curr [...] | 2008-07-23 08:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM |
08HANOI864 | VIETNAM SEEKS STRONGER U.S. SUPPORT AGAINST CHINESE [...] (SBU) Summary: Citing recent press reports making public China's warning to ExxonMobil to pull out of an offshore oil exploration deal with Vietnam, an MFA official told Pol Counselor in a July 24 meeting that Vietnam will protect the interests of ExxonMobil. He also requested a strong express [...] | 2008-07-24 09:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON CM VM |
08HANOI865 | GVN CLAMPDOWN ON PRESS CLAIMS MORE VICTIMS [...] (SBU) Two popular State-controlled but reformist newspapers based in Ho Chi Minh City that ran stories on corruption replaced editorial leaders and the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) recently interrogated the paper's chief editors. While the dailies portrayed the moves as nothing out of the [...] | 2008-07-24 09:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM |
08HANOI869 | DPRK FOREIGN MINISTER IN HANOI [...] (U) After visiting Singapore for the ASEAN Regional Forum, DPRK Foreign Minister Pak Ui-chun will visit Hanoi July 25 - 27 before travelling on to Iran for a ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement. According to Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Dung, on July 26 Minister Pak will meet Viet [...] | 2008-07-25 09:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM CB KN VM |
08HANOI87 | EAP DAS MARCIEL AND GVN DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS, GOVERNANCE, [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. For official use only, not for posting on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scot Marciel discussed human rights, cooperation in governance reform and law enforcement, and a possible visit by Prime Minister Dung [...] | 2008-01-25 09:52:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ABLD PBTS PHSA PHUM PREL ECON VM |
08HANOI873 | HANOI SAYS "CONSENT OF ALL PARTIES" NECESSARY FOR UNMEE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-29 03:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS ET ER |
08HANOI897 | RUSSIAN CONCERN ABOUT CHINESE PRESSURE ON EXXONMOBIL [...] (SBU) Citing recent press reports making public China's warning to ExxonMobil to pull out of an offshore oil exploration deal with Vietnam (Reftel),Russian Econ/Commercial Counselor Vadim Bublikov shared with Poloffs and Econoff Russia's "deep concern" about the situation and how it could affe [...] | 2008-08-04 00:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON CM VM |
08HANOI905 | DPRK FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS HANOI: NO FIRM PLAN [...] (C) Summary: On July 26, DPRK Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun held official meetings in Hanoi with Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary Nong Duc Manh and Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem. The two Vietnamese leaders reportedly told their North Korean guest that Hanoi [...] | 2008-08-05 07:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | CB KN PGOV PHUM PREL VM |
08HANOI929 | A Mixed Bag for Vietnam's Catholics in the Northwest [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent visits to Catholic congregations in Vietnam's Northwest Highlands highlighted inconsistent implementation of the legal framework on religion at the provincial, district and commune levels. Poloff, accompanied by Pol Specialist and Pol Intern, visited the towns of Moc Chau [...] | 2008-08-08 09:58:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PREL VM |
08HANOI944 | Harassment of Protestants in Vietnam's Thanh Hoa Province [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent months, post has received reports of three separate incidents of harassment by local authorities of two Full Gospel Church congregations in Thanh Hoa Province to the south of Hanoi. While post has yet to independently confirm the reports, the sources are reliable and [...] | 2008-08-14 08:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PREL VM |
08HANOI965 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR STEPHEN [...] (SBU) Embassy Hanoi looks forward to welcoming you to Vietnam. Your visit will be an important contribution to the growing U.S.-Vietnam relationship and will highlight a broad area of bilateral defense and security cooperation that is gathering momentum in the wake of the Vietnamese Prime Minis [...] | 2008-08-18 09:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV OTRA VM |
08HANOI967 | HANOI TO PARTICIPATE IN US-THAILAND ARF STABILIZATION AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-19 03:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ARF MARR KCRS |
08HANOI97 | CATHOLIC CHURCH CHALLENGES GVN OVER LAND DISPUTE [...] (SBU) Summary: A long simmering land dispute between Vietnam's Catholic Church and the GVN has heated up in recent weeks. Church leaders and their followers gather daily to pray in front of the old Vatican Embassy in Hanoi, one of many church properties taken over by the government after 1954 [...] | 2008-01-29 01:00:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV VM |
08HANOI972 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WESTERN SAHARA TALKS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-20 08:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL PBTS MO WI VM |
08HANOI973 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON EO 13382 DESIGNATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-20 08:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PREL EFIN IR GM VM |
08HANOI980 | DJ@ VU ALL OVER AGAIN: HANOI CATHOLICS RENEW PROTESTS OVER [...] (SBU) Catholic demonstrators this week renewed their claims to land near the Thai Ha parish in Hanoi. Predictably, State-controlled press praised local authorities for their reasonable reaction to the demonstrations and accused the Catholics of unlawful acts. A source in the Vietnamese Episco [...] | 2008-08-22 09:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PREL PHUM PGOV VM |
08HANOI982 | CHIEFS OF MISSION DISCUSS PRISONER LISTS, RELIGIOUS/MEDIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Participants at the Ambassador's August 21 luncheon of "like-minded" chiefs of mission agreed that the MFA has lately been more responsive in providing information about prisoners. Guests also concurred with the Ambassador's assessment of religious freedom in the Northwest, not [...] | 2008-08-25 02:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV CASC OTRA VM |
08HANOI987 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-26 05:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC RS VM |
08HARARE1000 | INDUSTRY URGES GOVERNMENT TO ADOPT PRO-MARKET [...] (U) At its recent annual congress held in Harare from October 28 to 29, 2008 and attended by econ specialist, the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI),with a membership of around 400 companies covering all sectors of the economy, condemned the GOZ and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) f [...] | 2008-11-06 11:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE1002 | WELSHMAN NCUBE ON THE STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) According to MDC-Mutambara (MDC-M) secretary general and negotiator Welshman Ncube, Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe and MDC-Tsvangirai (MDC-T) president Morgan Tsvangirai are supposed to meet tomorrow in Harare to discuss resolution of the political impasse. According to Ncube, Tsvangi [...] | 2008-11-06 16:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE1008 | SOME MDC ALLEGATIONS OF INCREASED VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) In recent days, MDC has publicly claimed that ZANU-PF has renewed its campaign of violence against the MDC and its members. In a November 6 press release, the MDC claimed that in Epworth, a high density suburb outside of Harare where ZANU-PF set up pre-election torture and reeducation c [...] | 2008-11-07 11:44:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE1011 | HARARE: CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] Following is the text of a congratulatory message from Robert Mugabe to the President-elect of the United States of America, Mr. Barack Obama. Under the terms of a yet-to-be-implemented power sharing agreement, Mugabe would continue to serve as the President of Zimbabwe. 2. BEGIN TEXT. [...] | 2008-11-10 09:17:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP ZI |
08HARARE1013 | ZIM NOTES 11-7-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - SADC Extraordinary Summit on Deck... - Mugabe Congratulates Obama... - Global Fund "diversion" goes public... - Cholera Outbreak Continues... - Civil Service Corruption Rampant... - WOZA Women Released on Bail... - Visiting American Surgi [...] | 2008-11-10 13:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE1025 | ZIM NOTES 11-14-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - SADC Attempts to Impose Political Solution... - Protesters Beaten by Police, One Miscarried in Custody... - RBZ Returns Global Fund Money... - Diamonds are a Crooked Politician's Best Friend... - Visiting American Surgical Team Moves to Private [...] | 2008-11-17 14:08:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE1029 | MDC DETAINEES REMAIN UNACCOUNTED FOR, US ACTION [...] (U) ACTION REQUESTED, SEE PARAGRAPH 5. 2. (SBU) From October 27 until November 1, Zimbabwean security authorities seized 12 individuals, including a mother and two-year old child, affiliated with the MDC. They include local and national officials. The adults are reportedly being interrog [...] | 2008-11-18 14:51:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE1034 | STATE OF PLAY IN ZIMBABWE--NO END IN SIGHT [...] (C) ZANU-PF has been using the SADC Extraordinary Summit Communique to argue that the MDC-T is the obstacle to implementation of a power-sharing government. The MDC-T has indicated it will not participate in a government until core issues, in addition to control of the Home Affairs Ministry, [...] | 2008-11-19 14:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE1035 | ZIMBABWE DIAMONDS: THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING [...] (C) We spoke about the Chiadzwa diamond fields on November 19 with Greg Sebborn. Sebborn is the former CEO of Zimplats and is currently a consultant to African Consolidated Resources (ACR). He has good connections within the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ). 2. (C) Sebborn said Chiadzwa had [...] | 2008-11-19 14:40:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC ECON EMIN ZI |
08HARARE1037 | NOTES ON TSVANGIRAI, KHAMA [...] (U) The Ambassador attended a meeting November 20 of donor Heads of Mission. The following information was shared: 2. (SBU) MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai was well received in Strasbourg at the European Development Days conference. He met with EC Commissioner Louis Michel and the AU's Je [...] | 2008-11-20 14:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE1040 | ZIM NOTES 11-21-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Still No Political Progress - Health System Collapses - While Cholera Crisis Continues - Over 700 Doctors and Nurses Protest - Biti Still Faces Treason Charges - Tsvangirai's Travels Could Land Him in Jail - Freedom Defenders win awards - Res [...] | 2008-11-24 05:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE1056 | ZIMBABWEAN INSIDERS BRIEF AMBASSADORS MCGEE AND [...] (SBU) MDC-T negotiator and treasurer Elton Mangoma, civil-society leader Lovemore Madhuku, and Harare Mayor Muchadeyi Masunda on November 24 briefed Ambassador McGee and U.S. Ambassador to South Africa Bost on the political and economic crises facing Zimbabwe. Friendly members of the diplomat [...] | 2008-11-26 13:01:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE1057 | ZIM NOTES 11-28-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Negotiators Sign Constitutional Amendment 19... - Treasury Department Designates More Cronies... - Supreme Court Dismisses Danish Suit... - Elders Turned Away... - Frustrated Soldiers Trash Bank... - Mbeki expresses frustration with MDC-T [...] | 2008-12-01 08:06:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE1061 | GONO ATTEMPTS TO DEFUSE PROTESTS OVER CASH LIMITS [...] (SBU) Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono announced in late November that the central bank raised the individual and corporate cash withdrawal limits from Z$500,000 and Z$1 million a day to Z$100 million and Z$50 million respectively once a week. The changes will be effective December 4 and ar [...] | 2008-12-03 05:58:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE1064 | ASSESSING THE DOLLAR STORES: POOR PERFORMANCE SO [...] (SBU) The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) issued foreign currency licenses to Zimbabwean retail stores and manufacturers in September to try to generate the foreign currency required to boost domestic production. Our survey of local retailers and discussions with managers indicate that foreig [...] | 2008-12-03 14:47:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI |
08HARARE1065 | ZIMBABWE AMENDMENT 19 AND THE STATE OF PLAY [...] (SBU) Negotiators from ZANU-PF, MDC-T, and MDC-M agreed on a draft Amendment 19 to the Zimbabwean constitution on November 27. The draft, which essentially incorporates the agreement reached by the parties in September, now awaits approval by party leaders Robert Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangirai, a [...] | 2008-12-03 15:21:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE1066 | EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS DISTURBANCES BY SOLDIERS, [...] (SBU) Harare EAC convened on December 2 to discuss recent incidents involving disgruntled soldiers (reftel) and a planned December 3 demonstration by the Zimbabwe Council of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA). The EAC determined that these developments required [...] | 2008-12-03 15:47:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC PREL ZI |
08HARARE1073 | NELSON CHAMISA ON MDC'S NEXT STEPS [...] (C) MDC spokesperson Nelson Chamisa met with Emboffs and Washington TDYers on December 4 to discuss MDC positions and next steps. According to Chamisa, MDC-T president Morgan Tsvangirai's continued absence from Zimbabwe is creating a leadership vacuum that limits the MDC's effectiveness in n [...] | 2008-12-04 15:35:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE1080 | ZIM NOTES 12/05-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - A Week of Turmoil on HarareQs Streets - Civic Leader Abducted - MDC Denies Reports of a Deal within Days - ZANU-PF Conference Not to Discuss Replacing Mugabe - Odinga and Tutu Speak Out - Cholera Crisis Continues - Minister of Health Candid in [...] | 2008-12-05 11:33:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EFIN ZI |
08HARARE1082 | ZIM NOTES 12-05-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - A Week of Turmoil on Harare's Streets... - Civic Leader Abducted... - MDC Denies Reports of a Deal within Days... - ZANU-PF Conference Not to Discuss Replacing Mugabe... - Odinga and Tutu Speak Out... - Cholera Crisis Continues... - Min [...] | 2008-12-08 06:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE1100 | RASH OF ABDUCTIONS TARGET HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS AND [...] (SBU) Since December 3, five individuals with ties to human rights groups or the MDC have been abducted by armed men wearing plain clothes and driving unmarked vehicles. Additionally, the 14 MDC members (and a baby) seized over a month ago are still missing, as are two MDC members abducted at [...] | 2008-12-09 14:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE1101 | DIRTY POLITICS AT WORK IN TOWN THAT VOTED MDC [...] (SBU) The mayor of Ruwa, Pinias Mushayavanhu, and members of his town council met with us on December 5 to discuss living conditions in Ruwa, a town of 100,000 people located about 12 miles east of Harare. The mayor and his staff are all members of the opposition MDC and displaced the incumbe [...] | 2008-12-09 14:56:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE1115 | PF-ZAPU GOING FORWARD WITH SPLIT FROM ZANU-PF [...] (SBU) On December 10, poloff met with a group of PF-ZAPU officials who explained the rationale for revitalizing the former liberation party and separating from ZANU-PF. They stressed that they had undertaken a clean break from ZANU-PF and blamed the Mugabe regime for Zimbabwe's disastrous dec [...] | 2008-12-12 07:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE1117 | MDC MAPS STRATEGY [...] (C) Polecon chief met separately with MDC negotiators Tendai Biti and Elton Mangoma and talked by phone with Tsvangirai advisor Strive Masiyiwa on December 12 about MDC strategy. The MDC, which held a strategy meeting in Gaborone this week, will continue to engage in negotiations with ZANU-P [...] | 2008-12-12 10:56:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE1119 | DISASTER DECLARATION IN ZIMBABWE FOR CHOLERA [...] This is an action cable (see paragraph 15). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. Beginning in August 2008, cholera outbreaks have spread to affect 9 of the 10 provinces in Zimbabwe. A breakdown in water and sanitation infrastructure has exacerbated Zimbabwe's cholera outbreak, and the nation's c [...] | 2008-12-15 12:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL PHUM PGOV ZI |
08HARARE1121 | HARARE JOURNALIST ABDUCTED, MORE POTENTIALLY TARGETED [...] (SBU) Accredited freelance Zimbabwean journalist Shadrack Andrisson Manyere was abducted from his home in Norton, a suburb of Harare, on the evening of Saturday December 13. Manyere has been a frequent critic of the Zimbabwean government and, unlike some journalists, is fully accredited by the [...] | 2008-12-15 15:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KPAO ZI |
08HARARE1122 | ZIM NOTES 12-12-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - PF-ZAPU Revitalizing Party... - MDC Holds Strategy Meeting... - Manyika's Death an Accident?... - ZANU-PF Conference Delayed... - Mugabe Says Cholera Stopped... - Zimbabwe to be Discussed at UNSC... - EU Adds 11 Names to Sanctions List. [...] | 2008-12-16 08:12:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE1125 | HARARE EAC REVIEWS TRIPWIRES AND CHOLERA OUTBREAK [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post's EAC met on December 15 to review trip wires in relation to the cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe and the collapse of medical services. The EAC agreed that the situation falls within the "Growing Potential for Drawdown" category in which Post has generally operated since March [...] | 2008-12-16 12:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT ASEC PGOV PREL SOCI CASC TBIO ZI |
08HARARE1126 | HARARE: EAC DISCUSSES HOLIDAY PLANS [...] (SBU) Harare EAC convened on 15 December to review the Embassy's Tripwires, specifically, the areas of medical/natural disasters in light of the growing cholera situation (Ref A),holiday security planning and the larger security situation. In evaluating holiday security, the EAC endorsed con [...] | 2008-12-16 13:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC PREL ZI |
08HARARE1127 | MUGABE CONSIDERS ELECTIONS; NO END TO POLITICAL [...] (SBU) President Mugabe and senior ZANU-PF officials have made several recent references to holding new elections to settle the political stalemate in Zimbabwe. ZANU-PF may view elections as an opportunity to retake all the levers of government, while the MDC fears a new wave of pre-election v [...] | 2008-12-16 15:37:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE1128 | ALLEGED SHIRI ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT [...] (U) The GOZ newspaper The Herald reported on December 16 that Air Force Marshal Perrance Shiri survived an assassination attempt on September 13. According to The Herald, Shiri was ambushed while driving to his farm at 8:30 pm and suffered a gunshot wound to his right hand. The paper quoted [...] | 2008-12-17 11:49:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE1129 | ZIMBABWE CHOLERA USAID DART SITUATION REPORT #1 [...] As of December 15, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported a total of 18,413 cholera cases in Zimbabwe since the outbreak began in August, with 978 deaths and a case fatality rate (CFR) of 5.3 percent. Humanitarian organizations consider a CFR over 1 percen [...] | 2008-12-17 12:03:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI |
08HARARE1131 | PF ZAPU ENDS UNITY ACCORD [...] (C) PF ZAPU officially ended the 1987 Unity Accord with ZANU-PF at a conference in Bulawayo on December 13 and 14. Former ZANU-PF Home Affairs Minister and Politburo Minister Dumiso Dabengwa was elected as interim president of the party. PF ZAPU intends to compete in the next elections; for [...] | 2008-12-17 14:43:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE1132 | EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TEAR GASSING: POLICE BREAK UP [...] (SBU) Riot police were busy this week, tear gassing groups of both ZANU-PF and opposition supporters. Police used tear gas to break up back-to-back protests of over 500 marchers in Harare led by the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA). Riot police also used tear gas to break up a fight a [...] | 2008-12-18 15:40:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE1134 | ZIMBABWE CHOLERA USAID DART SITUATION REPORT #2 [...] As of December 18, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported a total of 20,896 cholera cases in Zimbabwe since the outbreak began in August, with 1,123 deaths and a case fatality rate (CFR) of 5.4 percent. According to the U.N. World Health Organization (WHO) [...] | 2008-12-19 10:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI |
08HARARE1136 | ZIM NOTES 12-19-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- This is the last edition of Zim Notes in 2008. We will resume publication on January 2. Topics of the week: - Constitutional Amendment 19 Gazetted... - Allegations of MDC Paramilitary Camps in Botswana Refuted... - PF ZAPU Reemerges... - New Attorney General Ap [...] | 2008-12-19 11:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE1137 | ZIMBABWE CHOLERA USAID DART HEALTH AND WASH ASSESSMENT [...] The current cholera outbreak inZimbabwe began in August 2008. The outbreak resuled from a lack of access to clean water and non-unctional sanitation systems, largely due to the crrent regime's lack of maintenance, allowing forthe rapid spread of cholera through the country nd across borders, c [...] | 2008-12-24 09:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI |
08HARARE1138 | MDC, ZPP DETAINEES TO GET CHRISTMAS EVE COURT [...] (SBU) After weeks of repeated public denials by the GOZ that dozens of MDC and civil society leaders were in state custody, lawyers learned on the afternoon of December 23 that numerous abductees were in police stations around Harare. After hours of searching individual police stations, lawyer [...] | 2008-12-24 12:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE1139 | TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS ON MDC STRATEGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai briefed Embassy Harare representatives in Gabarone on December 18 and December 20 on a 60-day strategic plan he hopes to launch in early January. The plan will include continued negotiations on power sharing, efforts to channel humanitarian assist [...] | 2008-12-30 08:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC EAID ZI |
08HARARE1145 | DETAINEES REMAIN IN CUSTODY, DESPITE COURT ORDERS [...] (C) At least 32 MDC and civil society activists remain in state custody following court hearings regarding their detention and charges facing them. On Christmas eve, eight detainees - including Zimbabwe Peace Project Director Jestina Mukoko - appeared in a magistrate's court for their bail h [...] | 2008-12-30 13:44:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE1146 | MDC CONSIDERING JOINING GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Despite indications it considered the September 15 power-sharing deal dead (Ref B),the MDC appears to be reevaluating its position with an eye toward joining ZANU-PF in a government of national unity. The MDC will meet in South Africa January 5-7 to discuss next steps, including a possi [...] | 2008-12-30 15:06:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE1147 | ZPP LEADERS DETAIL ABDUCTIONS, TORTURE [...] (C) Lawyers have drafted affidavits for nine individuals who have recently been abducted and tortured by Government of Zimbabwe actors. Because lawyers have not had access to all abductees that are in State custody, there may be more who have suffered torture and been coerced into making fals [...] | 2008-12-30 15:17:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE128 | HARARE: EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS ELECTIONS AND CEPA [...] (SBU) The Harare Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on February 8 to discuss the upcoming elections. The EAC concluded that there were no indications to date of electoral violence, but elections were almost two months away and the Mission would need to closely monitor developments. The [...] | 2008-02-13 11:34:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET | ASEC AMGT CASC PREL ZI |
08HARARE130 | THE SIMBA MAKONI FACTOR [...] (C) Simba Makoni's candidacy, first announced on February 5, has shaken up President Robert Mugabe and ZANU-PF. The secrecy surrounding his decision to become a candidate produced surprise; it has also made it difficult for analysts to judge the strength of his support. Most of his presumed [...] | 2008-02-14 15:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC ZI |
08HARARE131 | RBZ GOVERNOR GONO MAKES CASE TO MUGABE FOR [...] (C) Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Senior Advisor Munyaradzi Kereke told econoff in a meeting at the RBZ on February 13 that RBZ Governor Gono had recommended in a letter to President Mugabe that he ensure free and fair elections and open the electoral process up to international observers fr [...] | 2008-02-14 15:29:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ASEC ZI |
08HARARE133 | Zim Notes 2-15-2008 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...] | 2008-02-15 10:54:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE134 | Zim Notes 2-08-2008 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...] | 2008-02-15 10:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE140 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE [...] (C) In a February 18 meeting with Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, the Ambassador emphasized that U.S. policy toward Zimbabwe remained constant, but that the U.S. would look favorably upon opening a dialogue with Mugabe. A positive sign would be assurances of free and fair elections. Mug [...] | 2008-02-20 14:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC ZI |
08HARARE144 | Zim Notes 02-22-2008 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...] | 2008-02-22 09:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE16 | 2008 ELECTIONS: STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) SADC talks are deadlocked over ZANU-PF's insistence on a March election date and refusal to implement a new constitution before elections. With internal divisions, an uneven electoral playing field, and inadequate time to prepare for elections, the MDC is faced with a Hobson's choice: p [...] | 2008-01-11 10:19:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC ZI |
08HARARE163 | Zim Notes 02-29-2008 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...] | 2008-03-03 04:59:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE18 | Zim Notes January 11, 2008 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...] | 2008-01-11 10:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE180 | Voter Registration: A Flawed Process [...] Newspapers and NGOs have reported in the last several weeks serious flaws in the Zimbabwean registration process which ended February 13. Anecdotal evidence corroborates these reports. Problems include absence of names of registered voters on voter rolls, ghost voters appearing on the rolls, [...] | 2008-03-06 15:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC ZI |
08HARARE184 | Zim Notes, March 7, 2008 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...] | 2008-03-07 10:33:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE187 | ZIMBABWE - INPUT FOR CONGRESSIONALLY-MANDATED [...] In Zimbabwe, fiscal transparency and accountability exist in principle but not in practice. There is a range of legislation governing elements of government accounts, including the Finance Act Chapter 23:04, which deals with income tax, duties and license fees, and the Customs and Excise Act C [...] | 2008-03-10 16:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL ZI |
08HARARE197 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES MUGABE EXIT WITH MUGABE [...] (C) The Ambassador on March 10 told Nicholas Goche, a Mugabe confidante who is Minister of Public Service, Labor and Social Welfare, that Zimbabwe was in a transition, and that the U.S. was willing to help Mugabe achieve a smooth exit from office. A supremely confident Goche pushed back, sta [...] | 2008-03-12 14:09:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC ZI |
08HARARE200 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DUMISO DABENGWA [...] (C) According to Dumiso Dabengwa, who met with the Ambassador on March 12, Simba Makoni's candidacy is not about Makoni, but is an effort to rescue the country. Although short on money, Makoni does not want Western support for fear of being tainted in the electoral campaign as the puppet of [...] | 2008-03-13 13:25:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET | PREL PGOV ASEC ZI |
08HARARE204 | Zim Notes - March 14, 2008 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...] | 2008-03-14 10:59:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE206 | ZIMBABWE'S PRE-ELECTION CONDITIONS NOT FREE AND [...] (SBU) Prospects for a free and fair election in Zimbabwe on March 29 are problematic. Voter rolls are suspect and have not been audited. Prospective voters, particularly in urban areas, have reported difficulties in registering. Voter education has been minimal. The number of polling places [...] | 2008-03-14 11:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
08HARARE212 | MUJURU SEEKS MUGABE'S RESIGNATION [...] (C) An advisor to General Solomon Mujuru reports that Mujuru, in a meeting March 10 with President Robert Mugabe, urged Mugabe to step down, Mugabe declined, subsequently telling the press that Mujuru supported him and not presidential candidate Simba Makoni. Mujuru is now attempting to rall [...] | 2008-03-17 15:53:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC ZI |
08HARARE225 | ZIM NOTES MARCH 20, 2008 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...] | 2008-03-20 16:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE227 | ELECTION UPDATE [...] (C) A recent poll conducted by the Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) as well as observations by Embassy pre-election teams from throughout the country indicate strong and growing support for the MDC and its president, Morgan Tsvangirai. This is due in large part to increased antipathy tow [...] | 2008-03-21 11:29:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC ZI |
08HARARE228 | ELECTION UPDATE [...] (C) A recent poll conducted by the Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) as well as observations by Embassy pre-election teams from throughout the country indicate strong and growing support for the MDC and its president, Morgan Tsvangirai. This is due in large part to increased antipathy tow [...] | 2008-03-21 11:29:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC ZI |
08HARARE243 | Zim Notes 03-28-2008 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...] | 2008-03-28 10:01:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE244 | ZIMBABWE: ELECTION EVE UPDATE [...] (C) With less than 15 hours before polls open, our assessments remain essentially the same. The MDC and Morgan Tsvangirai have strong and still-growing support. Rigging SIPDIS remains the primary obstacle to a Tsvangirai victory, either on the first or second ballot. Additionally, Tsvang [...] | 2008-03-28 16:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC ZI |
08HARARE247 | POST-ELECTION UPDATE [...] (SBU) An initial wave of euphoria, prompted by returns from polling stations indicating an MDC landslide, has morphed into concern, as further results are slow in arriving and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has not released any official results. The political opposition is expressing [...] | 2008-03-30 18:38:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC ZI |
08HARARE249 | HARARE CALM, RUNOFF LIKELY [...] (C) Two separate sources have told us that President Robert Mugabe, who appeared ready to have himself declared the victor yesterday, backed off in the face of large support for MDC candidate Morgan Tsvangirai and pressure from the military and within his party. It now appears that the Zimba [...] | 2008-03-31 08:29:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC ZI |
08HARARE252 | POST-ELECTION UPDATE: MDC CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS [...] (U) Embassy Harare lifted its Stand Fast, issued last night, this morning. Harare and the rest of the country are calm as people await the announcement of election results. 2. (U) The MDC held a press conference at 11 am. MDC secretary general Tendai Biti announced that the MDC had SIP [...] | 2008-03-31 12:26:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC ZI |
08HARARE254 | ZANU-PF PLANS VOTE-RIGGED VICTORY OR COUP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two contacts with direct access to the ZANU-PF security apparatus told us the night of March 31 that ZANU-PF is in the process of rigging the election and will have the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) announce that President Robert Mugabe has won reelection with over 51 perc [...] | 2008-04-01 07:19:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC ZI |
08HARARE255 | AMBASSADOR CONFRONTS GONO ON RIGGING [...] (C) The Ambassador has talked with Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono twice within the last 12 hours. He confronted Gono with information (Reftel) that a coterie of ZANU-PF officials was rigging the election for Mugabe. (We inadvertently omitted Gono's name in Reftel). Gono denied the alleg [...] | 2008-04-01 09:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC ZI |
08HARARE256 | THE END GAME [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-01 11:07:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC ZI |
08HARARE259 | SITUATION REPORT: TSVANGIRAI'S STATEMENT ON [...] (U) MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai, making his first public appearance since the March 29 election, addressed diplomats and reporters the evening of April 1. In a statement, Tsvangirai thanked the Zimbabwean people for their efforts in going to the polls, spoke about the hardships they had [...] | 2008-04-02 06:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC ZI |
08HARARE26 | MBEKI SEEKS FINAL AGREEMENT ON SADC TALKS [...] (C) MDC sources have told us that South African president Thabo Mbeki will travel to Harare Thursday to meet with Robert Mugabe and attempt to conclude an agreement between ZANU-PF and the MDC. Mbeki reportedly met personally with ZANU-PF negotiators over the weekend in South Africa. The mo [...] | 2008-01-16 14:18:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC ZI |
08HARARE261 | SITUATION REPORT: MDC POSTPONES ANNOUNCEMENT OF [...] (C) The MDC postponed a planned 10 am announcement of its own election tally until later today. President Morgan Tsvangirai's assistant, who has been coordinating the SIPDIS collection of results, told us the MDC's calculation is that Tsvangirai has won 50.3 percent of the vote. He also s [...] | 2008-04-02 09:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC ZI |
08HARARE267 | SITUATION REPORT: TSVANGIRAI DISCUSSES RUNOFF WITH [...] (C) MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai requested a meeting with the Ambassador after the MDC briefing (Septel) on election results. Tsvangirai explained that yesterday the MDC had negotiated with emissaries of President Robert Mugabe and had reached a tentative deal. Mugabe had agreed to conce [...] | 2008-04-02 17:22:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC ZI |
08HARARE268 | SITUATION REPORT: EAC DISCUSSES ZIMBABWE ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Harare EAC met on April 2 to discuss scenarios that could ensue once election results are announced. DCM chaired the meeting, which was attended by RSO, RPOL, POL, PAS, CONS, AID, DAO, MGT, and CDC. The EAC considered a runoff the most probable outcome at the moment, but ackno [...] | 2008-04-02 17:22:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC AMGT CASC PREL ZI |
08HARARE269 | A CREDIBLE PROCESS? ELECTION OBSERVERS WEIGH IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the days following Zimbabwe,s national election, two independent observation missions -- SADC and the Pan African Parliament (PAP) -- released preliminary evaluations of the election. Despite noting serious irregularities in the pre-electoral environment, both missions deemed t [...] | 2008-04-02 17:22:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL ZI ASEC |
08HARARE279 | SITUATION REPORT: HARARE EAC EVALUATES SITUATION, [...] (U) Embassy Harare EAC met on April 4 to review events of the last 24 hours and determine whether any adjustments are required in Post's security posture or in guidance to American citizens. DCM chaired the meeting. 2. (C) Poloff reviewed the current situation. He told EAC that a Zimbabwe [...] | 2008-04-04 13:05:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC AMGT CASC PREL ZI |
08HARARE281 | Zim Notes 04-04-2008 [...] Zim Notes is a compendium of political & economic news items from Zimbabwe. ZIM NOTES IS NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OUTSIDE THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. This newsletter is produced by the Political/Economic Section of Embassy Harare. It is intended to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. S [...] | 2008-04-04 14:03:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE295 | SITUATION REPORT: STILL NO RESULTS [...] (C) The High Court Judge hearing the MDC's application to force the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to announce electoral results ruled today that the matter was "urgent" and began hearing the merits of the case. A decision is expected as early as tomorrow; attorneys for the MDC are not [...] | 2008-04-08 16:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC ZI |
08HARARE307 | SITUATION REPORT: STILL WAITING IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) A hearing on the MDC's application in the High Court to compel the Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) to release presidential poll results continued today as the judge considered the merits of the case. The attorney for the MDC, Alec Muchadehama, told us he was confident the results ha [...] | 2008-04-09 13:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC CASC ZI |
08HARARE309 | HARARE EAC MEETS ON 4/9 TO REVIEW CURRENT SITUATION [...] (C) The Harare EAC reconvened on April 9, to evaluate the current situation, with particular focus on reports that ZANU-PF is planning a campaign of intimidation in rural areas. Ambassador McGee chaired the meeting; present were the DCM, RSO and representatives from POL, DAO, CONS, USAID, MGT [...] | 2008-04-10 10:35:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC AMGT CASC PREL ZI |
08HARARE310 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH GENERAL SOLOMON MUJURU [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on April 10, General Solomon Mujuru gave no hint of his commonly-known differences with President Robert Mugabe, and little indication that Mugabe would consider stepping down. He acknowledged that sanctions (understood to be targeted and intern [...] | 2008-04-10 11:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI |
08HARARE316 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TANZANIAN AMBASSADOR TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-10 13:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI |
08HARARE323 | ZIM NOTES April 11, 2008 [...] SUMMARY ------------- Topics of the week: - Election Results Still Pending - Regional Engagement On Zimbabwe - Electoral Commission Under Fire - Post-Election Surge In Violence And Intimidation - *Zimbabwe Dollar Dives - Punitive New Income Tax Bands, Higher Rates, And Steep Increase In S [...] | 2008-04-11 11:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE328 | MDC WARNS OF BOYCOTT [...] (C) MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador on April 15 that the MDC leadership is meeting to consider options but, given escalating levels of violence, an election boycott is likely. Tsvangirai advisor and South African businessman Strive Masiyiwa had also told the Ambassador the [...] | 2008-04-15 15:09:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI |
08HARARE329 | TREVOR NCUBE ON THE ZIMBABWEAN CRISIS [...] (C) ZANU-PF had placed itself in a difficult position, newspaper publisher Trevor Ncube, an ally of Simba Makoni, told the Ambassador on April 14. The only way it can win a runoff election is through fear and violence, but a victory under these circumstances will not be accepted by SADC. SAD [...] | 2008-04-15 15:13:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI |
08HARARE330 | TSVANGIRAI TO RETURN TO HARARE; ANNOUNCE ELECTION [...] (C) MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai called the Ambassador on April 16 and said he was traveling to Lusaka today to meet with Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa. He planned to request that SADC replace South African President Thabo Mbeki with another chief mediator. He also intended to raise th [...] | 2008-04-16 11:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI |
08HARARE337 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SIMBA MAKONI [...] (C) In an introductory meeting with the Ambassador on April 15, Simba Makoni floated the idea of a government of national unity (GNU). Makoni believes another election is unworkable. He presented the idea of a GNU to leaders at the Lusaka SADC Summit in the presence of MDC President Morgan [...] | 2008-04-16 13:48:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI |
08HARARE345 | ZIM NOTES April 17, 2008 [...] SUMMARY ------------- Topics of the week: - Still No Election Results, Court Rebuffs Opposition Demand - Post-Election Violence Spreads, One Confirmed Death - Scores of Opposition Arrested - An Analytic Note On Violence - Opposition "Stay-In" a Flop - UN Security Council Deliberates Over Z [...] | 2008-04-17 15:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE359 | STATE-SPONSORED VIOLENCE CONTINUES; VICTIMS [...] (U) Gangs of war veterans and ZANU-PF youth continue a state-sponsored terror campaign in rural areas burning homes, beating opposition supporters in public, and forcing attendance at ZANU-PF rallies. ZANU-PF thugs, and some security forces, are also victimizing and intimidating urban opposit [...] | 2008-04-23 07:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL ASEC ZI |
08HARARE367 | ZIMBABWE STATE OF PLAY--NO LIGHT AT THE END OF THE [...] (C) The exuberance that greeted election returns over three weeks ago has given way to despair and fear among many in the wake of a seemingly interminable delay in announcement of election results and ZANU-PF orchestrated and pervasive violence. While regional and international focus has been [...] | 2008-04-24 12:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI |
08HARARE376 | ZIM NOTES April 25, 2008 [...] SUMMARY ------------- Topics of the week: - Signals or Smoke Screen, State-Media Floats Idea of Government of National Unity - No End To Post-Election Violence - Recount Results Trickle In - UN Human Rights Officials Visit Harare - Chinese Ship With Arms For Zimbabwe On Its Way Home - G [...] | 2008-04-25 13:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE389 | HARARE: EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS POST ELECTION [...] (SBU) Embassy Harare's EAC met on April 30 to review the situation and the mission's security posture. The DCM chaired the meeting; In attendance were representatives from RSO, DAO, CONS, USAID, MGT, R/POL, CDC, GSO, MED, CLO and MSG. 2. (SBU) DCM explained that the Zimbabwe Electoral C [...] | 2008-05-02 09:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC PREL ZI |
08HARARE397 | Zim Notes 5/2/2008 [...] SUMMARY ------------- Topics of the week: - Presidential Election Results Still Pending - MDC Reconciliation - Violence Continues - Winter School Term Begins - Ambassador Warns Perpetrators of Violence - SADC Tribunal Sets Date To Hear White Zimbabwean Farmers' Case - HIFA 2008 Kicks [...] | 2008-05-05 11:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAGR EFIN ZI |
08HARARE40 | Zim Notes January 18, 2008 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...] | 2008-01-22 07:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE408 | AMBASSADOR HOSTS MEETING ON VIOLENCE [...] (C) The Ambassador hosted a meeting with SADC ambassadors and representatives on May 7 to discuss the growing violence in Zimbabwe. He showed a video prepared by the Solidarity Peace Trust, which contains statements of violence victims and graphic images. Members of a USAID team that had tr [...] | 2008-05-07 14:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL ZI |
08HARARE413 | HARARE: EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS TARGETED VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Embassy Harare's EAC met on May 8 to review the political situation and the Mission's security posture. The Ambassador chaired the meeting. In attendance were representatives from RSO, POL/ECON, CONS, USAID, MGT, R/POL, CDC, GSO, IMO, CLO and MSG. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador explained [...] | 2008-05-08 15:01:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC PREL ZI |
08HARARE414 | HARARE: EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS TARGETED VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Embassy Harare's EAC met on May 8 to review the political situation and the Mission's security posture. The Ambassador chaired the meeting. In attendance were representatives from RSO, POL/ECON, CONS, USAID, MGT, R/POL, CDC, GSO, IMO, CLO and MSG. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador explained [...] | 2008-05-08 15:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC PREL ZI |
08HARARE417 | ZIM NOTES May 9, 2008 [...] SUMMARY ------------- Topics of the week: - It's Official, MDC Tops ZANU-PF In Presidential Poll - Recount Of Parliament Vote Confirms Initial Results - MDC Reconciliation - Violence Continues - More Violent Farm Invasions - Ambassador Hosts Meeting On Violence - SADC Investigates Viole [...] | 2008-05-09 10:35:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAGR EFIN ZI |
08HARARE432 | AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) The most significant crisis facing Zimbabwe today is the ongoing ZANU-PF-directed campaign of violence. Over the last week, the Ambassador has publicly highlighted this violence through a visit to a local hospital on May 9 where approximately 40 victims were being treated, a letter to t [...] | 2008-05-15 15:06:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
08HARARE440 | ZIM NOTES 5-16-2008 [...] SUMMARY ------------- Topics of the week: - Moving Toward Presidential Runoff Date - Ambassador Highlights Violence - Police Storm Anglican Church During Communion - Let Me See Your "Movement Permit" - Labor Leaders Still Detained - Zimbabwe Ranks 186th Of 195 Countries In Press Freedo [...] | 2008-05-16 10:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAGR EFIN ZI |
08HARARE447 | GOZ SLAMS TANZANIA OVER VIOLENCE OBSERVATION TRIP [...] (C) Polecon chief spoke May 20 with Theobald Kazora, the number two in the Tanzanian embassy in Harare, who accompanied the Ambassador on his trip May 13 to visit a "torture camp" and hospitals in rural Mashonaland East. 2. (C) Kazora said he elected to accept the Ambassador's invitation [...] | 2008-05-20 12:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE45 | AMBASSADOR TAKES POLITICAL PULSE IN BULAWAYO [...] (C) On his first trip to Bulawayo (Zimbabwe's second largest city),the Ambassador met with leading opposition political figures and civil society leaders to gauge attitudes toward upcoming elections. They uniformly told him that an MDC victory in March was highly unlikely. Paul Themba Nyat [...] | 2008-01-23 13:05:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC ZI |
08HARARE453 | HARARE STATE OF PLAY--UPDATE [...] (C) Stung by its defeat in the March 29 elections and uncertain about the future, ruling party ZANU-PF has evolved a strategy which it believes will allow it to maintain power. The essential elements are a campaign of terror in rural areas to weaken and intimidate the opposition, targeted at [...] | 2008-05-22 11:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE454 | TSVANGIRAI ASKS MWANAWASA FOR SADC ASSISTANCE [...] (C) MDC advisor Strive Masiyiwa told the Ambassador on May 22 that he and MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai had met May 21 in Lusaka with Zambian president Levy Mwanawasa and other high-ranking Zambian officials. Tsvangirai requested that SADC convene an emergency summit to discuss the security [...] | 2008-05-22 12:48:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE457 | HARARE EAC MEETS TO REVIEW TRAVEL AND SECURITY [...] (SBU) Embassy Harare's EAC met on May 22 to review the political situation, including the confirmation of the announcement of the election runoff date of June 27, the current Travel Alert, and the Mission's security posture. The Ambassador chaired the meeting. In attendance were representati [...] | 2008-05-23 07:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC PREL PHUM ZI |
08HARARE46 | MDC'S BITI ON SADC FAILURE, MDC RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Tsvangirai faction secretary general Tendai Biti told Polecon chief on January 21 that South African president Mbeki, after four hours of meetings with President Mugabe and two hours with MDC president organ Tsvangirai on January 17, had failed to brek [...] | 2008-01-23 13:05:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC ZI |
08HARARE462 | ZIM NOTES May 23, 2008 [...] SUMMARY ------------- Topics of the week: - Tsvangirai to Return - ZANU-PF Strategy To Maintain Power And Considerations of a GNU - A Compendium Of Violence - Media Crackdown - Two Union Leaders Released On Bail, Another Arrested - Bishop Kunonga Excommunicated - Police Officer Fined Fo [...] | 2008-05-23 11:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAGR EFIN EMIN ZI |
08HARARE468 | CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Per Ref A request, the following information is provided on Zimbabwe-Chinese relations. China's engagement in Zimbabwe covers economic, commercial, political and military spheres. Economic ties are strongest in the construction, agriculture, and mining sectors, but actual investment has [...] | 2008-05-28 11:14:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAGR EMIN EFIN ETRD EINV MARR CH ZI ASEC |
08HARARE470 | WITH TSVANGIRAI HOME, OPPOSITION RETURNS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 27, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai, who recently returned from a lengthy trip to South Africa focused on regional diplomacy, held a press conference to share his perspective on the current situation in Zimbabwe and outline h [...] | 2008-05-28 14:48:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE473 | TSVANGIRAI, MAKONI DIVIDE ON VIOLENCE, ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 29, opposition presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai and former independent candidate Simba Makoni held separate briefings in which they discussed violence, the June 27 run-off election, and their perspectives on a government of national unity (GNU). Significant differe [...] | 2008-05-29 15:43:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE474 | VIOLENCE BEATING DOWN VOTER OPTIMISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a visit to Mashonaland East, scene of post-election violence, Embassy officers interviewed religious leaders, doctors, and one victim of the post-election violence. While reluctant to speak freely, these Zimbabweans expressed dismay and frustration at the growing violenc [...] | 2008-06-02 12:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE475 | ZIMBABWE - GOZ SUSPENDS CARE ACTIVITIES [...] (U) After months of harassment of the non-governmental organization (NGO) CARE's staff by "war veterans," military and other officials, Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) Minister Nicholas Goche informed CARE on May 28 to immediately suspend its operations. Goche accused CARE staff of meddling in p [...] | 2008-06-02 13:10:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PGOV KHIV PREL ZI |
08HARARE477 | ZIM NOTES 5-30-2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-02 13:13:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECOM ZI |
08HARARE478 | NEW MDC MP FEARS FOR SAFETY, HOPES FOR ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Newly elected MDC MP for Mutasa South, Michek Kagurabadzwa is in hiding, fearing arrest and detention. Press reports indicate that five MDC MPs have been jailed in recent weeks. Despite the ongoing violence in the countryside, including in his own constituency, Kagurabadzwa rem [...] | 2008-06-02 15:49:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE479 | WOZA: THANK YOU MARCH FOR ZAMBIAN SUPPORT LEADS TO [...] (SBU) Between 500 and 600 members of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) and Men of Zimbabwe Arise (MOZA),held a peaceful mid-day march on Wednesday May 29 in downtown Harare, which was broken up by police. According to the WOZA communications officer, the march was to protest the current post-e [...] | 2008-06-02 15:54:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI ZM |
08HARARE482 | TSVANGIRAI OUTLINES GOALS FOR MDC-LED PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 30, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai addressed MDC Members of Parliament (MPs),outlining his initiatives for parliament. Describing his goals as the "Restore Hope Campaign," he laid out a number of ambitious initiatives int [...] | 2008-06-03 17:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE486 | ELECTORAL VIOLENCE HITS HOME: TENS OF THOUSANDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to independent international organizations, as many as 20-30 thousand Zimbabweans have been displaced due to electoral violence since the March 29 elections, with many more likely unreported. A senior official with one humanitarian provider reports that access to areas i [...] | 2008-06-04 11:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE487 | LOCAL ELECTION OBSERVERS READY, WAITING FOR [...] (C) In a meeting with a Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) official on June 3, ZESN appeared confident and prepared to mobilize efforts to deploy observers throughout the country for the June 27 Presidential runoff. On June 2, ZESN submitted their list of about 10,000 proposed observers [...] | 2008-06-04 14:26:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE489 | ZIM VIOLENCE INCREASING AND MORE SEVERE [...] (C) The Zimbabwean director of the Counseling Services Unit (CSU) describes the increasingly severe and numerous injuries inflicted on Zimbabwean citizens as the worst violence Zimbabwe has seen since CSU's opening in 1993. Describing the increased use of weapons and severe beatings, Dr. Franc [...] | 2008-06-06 09:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE490 | ZIM NOTES June 6, 2008 [...] SUMMARY --------------- Topics of the week: - U.S. Diplomats, Staff, Detained and Harassed By Police - Gov Suspends Field Operations of All NGOs - United Opposition Unlikely - Public Unenthusiastic About GNU - Senior MDC Officials Released - Violence Spurs Internal Displacement - Yout [...] | 2008-06-06 11:38:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAGR EFIN EMIN ZI |
08HARARE491 | HARARE EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS DETENTION OF EMBASSY [...] (SBU) The Harare Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on June 6 to review the detention of Embassy employees that occurred on June 5 (SEPTEL) and the need for additional security precautions as a result of the incident. The EAC agreed that the fact-finding and observation missions in the [...] | 2008-06-06 14:41:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC AMGT CASC PREL ZI |
08HARARE492 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH GIDEON GONO [...] (C) Gideon Gono, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ),told the Ambassador on June 4 that President Robert Mugabe has prostate cancer that has metastasized and, according to doctors, will cause his death in three to five years. According to Gono, Mugabe's doctor had recommended he [...] | 2008-06-06 14:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE493 | U.S. DIPLOMATS AND STAFF DETAINED BY ZIM SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 5, five U.S. diplomats and two locally employed staff (LES),accompanied at times by British diplomats, were detained, harassed, and threatened by government security forces, military, police, and "war veterans" during a pre-election assessment trip in Mashonaland Ce [...] | 2008-06-06 16:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE494 | RETALIATION AGAINST MDC ACTIVISTS, CANDIDATES FOR [...] (C) Four women, one man and three children under the age of two were arrested and three homes were raided in Bindura after a visit by American and British diplomats on June 5. About six hours after the June 5 visit, a female MDC Councilor and an MDC activist were arrested at the Councilor's r [...] | 2008-06-06 16:51:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE500 | ZANU-PF AND MDC DISCUSS GNU [...] (C) Welshman Ncube briefed polecon chief June 11 on talks between ZANU-PF and the MDC directed at a government of national unity (GNU). According to Ncube, the talks have the blessing of both Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe and MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai and envisage a "Kenyan" soluti [...] | 2008-06-11 15:24:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE503 | ZIMBABWE SUSPENDS ALL NGO ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) On June 5, Zimbabwe's Minister of Public Service, Labor and Social Welfare (MPSLSW) Nicolas Goche issued a letter addressed to all Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Private Voluntary Organizations (PVOs) advising them to "suspend all field operations until further notice." (See [...] | 2008-06-13 10:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PGOV KHIV PREL ZI |
08HARARE509 | AMBASSADOR PROTESTS FOOD THEFT AND TREATMENT OF U.S. [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 10 Ambassador McGee and USAID Director Karen Freeman called upon Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Joey Bimha. The agenda included three points: 1) to protest the treatment of U.S. diplomats during a recent confrontation with the police in Bindura; 2) to cl [...] | 2008-06-13 12:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PGOV PREL ZI |
08HARARE510 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO MASHONALAND EAST [...] (SBU) On June 12, 2008, Ambassador McGee, the Dutch Charge d'Affaires, two poloffs, RSO, DATT, and three FSNs visited two locations in Mashonaland East Province: a Church of Christ mission hospital in Nhowe and the town of Mutoko, about 120km east of Harare. The trip confirmed significantly [...] | 2008-06-13 14:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE512 | ZIM VIOLENCE AND ARRESTS, IN DETAIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Mugabe regime's political crackdown ahead of the June 27 presidential run-off is increasingly targeting opposition leadership. On June 12, presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai was twice detained by police while attempting to campaign, bringing the total to four deten [...] | 2008-06-16 04:39:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE513 | ZIM VIOLENCE AND ARRESTS, IN DETAIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Mugabe regime's political crackdown ahead of the June 27 presidential run-off is increasingly targeting opposition leadership. On June 12, presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai was twice detained by police while attempting to campaign, bringing the total to four detention [...] | 2008-06-16 04:39:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE515 | RETALIATION CONTINUES. WILL SADC SEE? [...] (C) ZANU-PF MPs and thugs continue to attack MDC supporters and their families in Bindura in retaliation for a U.S. delegation visit on June 5. The brother of the losing MP in Bindura, Philip Mabika, called on poloff on June 17 to report an attack on his elderly parents at their home in Bind [...] | 2008-06-19 13:35:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE517 | HARARE HIT HARD: ELECTORAL VIOLENCE IN THE CAPITAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: With reports of ZANU-PF-led electoral violence escalating near the capital city, on June 18 Ambassador McGee and Emboffs toured the high-density Harare neighborhood of Epworth to investigate abuses, evaluate the presence of security forces, and gauge receptiveness to pre-electio [...] | 2008-06-19 13:35:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE519 | UN ENVOY BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON ZIMBABWE VISIT [...] (C) Haile Menkerios, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, briefed western diplomats, including the Ambassador, June 17 on his mission to Zimbabwe, and specifically on a meeting earlier in the day with President Robert Mugabe. Menkerios said he came away from the [...] | 2008-06-19 13:36:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE520 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SADC OBSERVATION LEADER [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met June 17 with Tanki Mothae, director of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence, and Security Affairs. Mothae is currently heading the SADC observers in Zimbabwe. 2. (C) Mothae said there were currently close to 200 SADC observers in Zimbabwe; SADC had committed to 35 [...] | 2008-06-19 13:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE522 | HIDDEN HUNGER AT HARVEST HOUSE: THOUSANDS OF IDPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two months after the start of a government-led campaign of violence, as many as 2,400 homeless and hungry Zimbabweans, including at least 471 children, many of whom are ill, continue to seek sanctuary at Harvest House, the opposition MDC's Harare headquarters. On June 19, pol [...] | 2008-06-20 09:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE525 | SADC ELECTION BRIEFING [...] (C) Tanki Mothae, Director of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence, and Security Affairs (SADC Organ) and current head of the SADC observer mission briefed Western diplomats June 20 on SADC's perception of the pre-election environment. He believes that Zimbabwe is failing to comply with SADC [...] | 2008-06-20 12:51:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE526 | ZIM NOTES June 20, 2008 [...] SUMMARY --------------- Topics of the week: - Harare Hit by Electoral Violence - Ambassador Meets SADC Observer Leader - Retaliation for Diplomats' Visit - MDC Secretary General Faces Treason Charges - NGOs Still Suspended - Hidden and Hungry at Harvest House - Secretary Rice Talks Zi [...] | 2008-06-20 12:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAGR EFIN EMIN ZI |
08HARARE527 | SCARCITY OF MDC POLLING AGENTS BODES ILL FOR [...] (C) Recently elected Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) MP from Gutu South, Eliphas Mukonoweshuro, called on poloff to request help financing burial arrangements and coffins for six MDC activists who were killed recently in his constituency. He related that SADC and Pan African Parliament [...] | 2008-06-20 13:29:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE530 | MDC PULLS OUT OF ELECTION [...] (C) A day after telling the Ambassador the MDC intended to participate in the June 27 runoff election, MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai on June 22 announced the MDC would boycott the election. Tsvangirai told the press and diplomats at a later briefing that continuing violence against the pop [...] | 2008-06-23 14:26:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE532 | BITI MISTREATED IN JAIL, DENIED BAIL [...] (SBU) The Movement for Democratic Change's (MDC) Secretary General, Tendai Biti, appeared in a Harare court on June 17, 18 and 19 where he was charged with four counts, including treason, which carries the death penalty. Lawyers lodged 11 complaints against the State for his treatment in jai [...] | 2008-06-23 16:32:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE533 | OPPOSITION HEADQUARTERS RAIDED AGAIN [...] (SBU) On June 23, MDC opposition headquarters, located in a downtown Harare building known as Harvest House, was raided by police, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) were seized for the second time since the March 29 national election (reftel). Acting on reports from local sources that [...] | 2008-06-23 16:37:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE535 | HARARE: EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS RUNOFF ELECTION [...] (SBU) The Harare EAC convened on June 23 to review continued ZANU-PF violence within Harare and throughout Zimbabwe. Ambassador McGee led a discussion concerning the current level of violence and what the Embassy anticipates will occur in light of opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai's wit [...] | 2008-06-24 14:39:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET | AMGT ASEC CASC PREL ZI |
08HARARE546 | HARARE: OBSERVERS' PERSPECTIVES CONTRAST SHARPLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Against the backdrop of a unanimous UN Security Council statement noting concern over politically-motivated violence in Zimbabwe and the announcement by opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai that he will not participate in the June 27 presidential run-off, poloffs met separatel [...] | 2008-06-25 15:22:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE548 | TSVANGIRAI CALLS FOR AU, SADC INTERVENTION [...] (SBU) In a press conference at his residence on June 25, MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai called for African Union (AU) and Southern African Development Community (SADC) intervention in establishing a "transition period" in Zimbabwe that will take into account the results of the March 29 elec [...] | 2008-06-26 14:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE552 | "SPIRAL OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE": SADC OBSERVERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the withdrawal by opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai from Zimbabwe's June 27 presidential run-off, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) observer mission held a June 25 press conference to comment on the current electoral environment. SADC Head of Miss [...] | 2008-06-26 15:58:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE553 | ZIM HUMANITARIAN CRISIS GROWS: WITH UN AGENCIES [...] (U) The humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe continues to worsen. Politically motivated violence continues unabated. Humanitarian space continues to shrink. Access to the most vulnerable populations remains restricted. All this, combined with a high level of uncertainty, and exacerbated by the Z [...] | 2008-06-27 14:54:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL ZI |
08HARARE554 | ZIM NOTES June 27, 2008 [...] SUMMARY --------------- Topics of the week: - MDC Pulls Out of Election Run-Off - Tsvangirai Takes Refuge in Dutch Embassy - Fallout from Raid on Opposition IDPs - Biti and Matinenga Released from Jail - As Abductions, Beatings, and Unlawful DetenQQ s@f62Qx - Mining Sector Top Forex Ea [...] | 2008-06-27 15:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAGR EFIN EMIN ZI |
08HARARE555 | HARARE: ELECTION DAY SITREP [...] (SBU) The Embassy sent four observer teams throughout Harare in the morning and three teams in the afternoon, including one led by the Ambassador. We had not sought accreditation, nor did we attempt to observe outside of Harare in light of the MDC's withdrawal from the election. 2. (C) [...] | 2008-06-27 16:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE573 | AU ISSUES WEAK STATEMENT ON ZIM ELECTIONS [...] (C) The African Union (AU) election observer mission issued its preliminary report on Zimbabwe's June 27 run-off election at a press conference on June 30. The statement says the election "fell short of accepted AU standards," but is significantly weaker than reports issued by the Pan Africa [...] | 2008-06-30 14:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM AU ZI |
08HARARE579 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH GIDEON GONO [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono on July 1. The discussion focused on GOZ misappropriation of Global Fund money, President Robert Mugabe's health, and ZANU-PF politics and plans. ---------------------------- Global Fund Misappropriation ----- [...] | 2008-07-01 15:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAID ZI |
08HARARE582 | HARARE: WELSHMAN NCUBE ON SADC NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Welshman Ncube briefed PolEcon chief July 2 on SADC negotiations, Tendai Biti, and the state of violence in Zimbabwe. ---------------- SADC Negotiations ----------------- 2. (C) PolEcon Chief met with Ncube immediately after a meeting he had had with South African negotiators Mufa [...] | 2008-07-02 13:53:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE583 | HARARE: TENDAI BITI ON NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) MDC secretary-general Tendai Biti spoke with PolEcon Chief July 2 on negotiations with ZANU-PF, his views of MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai, the status of the rival MDC faction, and his future. --------------- On Negotiations --------------- 2. (C) Biti said the MDC would negotia [...] | 2008-07-02 13:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE585 | TSVANGIRAI REACTS TO AFRICAN UNION RESOLUTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 2, opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai gave the official party reaction to the African Union's (AU) Resolution on Zimbabwe. He opened by asserting that violence throughout the country continues. Tsvangirai stated that the AU stateme [...] | 2008-07-02 15:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE592 | WOZA ACTIVISTS RELEASED ON BAIL [...] (U) In their July 3 hearing, Women of Zimbabwe Arise! (WOZA) activists Jenni Williams and Magodonga Mahlangu were granted bail after having spent 33 nights in jail. Williams received Secretary Rice's Women of Courage award for Africa in 2007. After the judge exited the courtroom, Williams h [...] | 2008-07-03 16:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE593 | ACTION REQUEST: OCHA ZIMBABWE NEEDS HELP [...] (C) In the wake of the Mugabe regime's continued crackdown on political and humanitarian space, it is increasingly clear that the UN Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Zimbabwe are ill-equipped for the significant challenges prese [...] | 2008-07-03 16:21:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL ZI |
08HARARE598 | EMBASSY HELPS OVER 300 IDPS, MORE IN NEED AS [...] (C) On July 3, 308 displaced Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) supporters came to the U.S. Embassy after being locked out of the MDC headquarters, Harvest House. Through considerable effort, Mission staff transferred about 64 women and 68 children to existing safe houses in Harare that day [...] | 2008-07-07 16:20:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL ZI |
08HARARE600 | HEALTH MINISTER PROMISES NGO RE-AUTHORIZATION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 7 Charge and USAID Director called on Minister of Health Parirenyatwa at his request. Parirenyatwa appealed for USG support for Zimbabwe's Round Eight Global Fund application and denied that he had participated in electoral intimidation following the March 29 election. He [...] | 2008-07-08 07:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID PHUM KHIV ZI |
08HARARE601 | ZIM NOTES 7-3-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Mugabe won... - State of Negotiations... - African Media Experts Slam Media Environment... - Lead Complainants in SADC Tribunal Farm Case Abducted, Beaten... - USAP Students Earn Over US$5 Million in Scholarships... - Inflation Soars... - Supply [...] | 2008-07-08 08:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE602 | UNHCR WANTS TO PLAY A ROLE WITH IDPS WHILE RUWA [...] (C) Charge and poloff met with UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Resident Coordinator Marcellin Hepie on July 8 to discuss the ongoing IDP situation and how the U.S. Embassy had responded to the plight of over 300 IDPs that sought assistance on July 3 (Reftel A). Hepie indicated that U [...] | 2008-07-09 15:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM ZI |
08HARARE605 | STATE OF PLAY: AWAITING NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) The Zimbabwean political scene is quieter than it has been for some time. Despite denials by MDC leaders of current negotiations, preliminary talks are taking place this week in South Africa. Harare awaits the arrival of Jean Ping, Chairman of the African Union (AU) Commission, and Jaka [...] | 2008-07-10 14:56:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE606 | VIOLENCE INCREASINGLY FOCUSED ON MDC TARGETS; [...] (SBU) While violence appears to have subsided since the June 27 election, particulary in Harare and Matabeleland, there are pockets of violence throughout the rest of the country, supported by the continuing presence of ZANU-PF bases used for torture, beatings, and reeducation. In addition t [...] | 2008-07-11 08:48:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE607 | ZANU-PF--MDC PREPARATION FOR NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai briefed diplomats from the U.S., UK, Sweden, and Australia July 12 on the ZANU-PF--MDC negotiation process. He said representatives from his faction (MDC-T),the MDC Mutambara faction (MDC-M) and ZANU-PF had concluded a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for ne [...] | 2008-07-14 10:21:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE611 | ZIM NOTES 7-11-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - ZANU-PF-MDC Preliminary Talks Begin... - Parliament to Convene... - Violence Continues... - Attack on Government IDP Camp... - IDPs Flee to Embassy... - Global Opinion of South Africa Slumps... - Remittance Disbursements Capped for Lack [...] | 2008-07-14 14:47:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE615 | DONORS, UN DISCUSS BEST EFFORTS TO RE-OPEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a donor briefing on July 15 the UN explained its strategy to engage the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) on Zimbabwe's humanitarian crisis and reported on results of field assessments of conditions in areas of return for internally displaced persons (IDPs). Missions found that mov [...] | 2008-07-16 08:06:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PHUM ZI |
08HARARE621 | MDC SEEKS AU ROLE IN NEGOTIATIONS BEFORE SIGNING [...] (C) The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU),which would provide a framework for negotiations between ZANU-PF and the MDC, is on hold awaiting talks today in South Africa between South African president Thabo Mbeki and Jean Ping, chairperson of the African Union commission. The MDC [...] | 2008-07-18 10:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE622 | ZANU-PF TARGETS MDC OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Even though the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) won a majority of seats in the March 29 parliamentary elections, MDC officials continue to battle trumped-up charges, evade bogus arrests, and endure harassment at the hands of the ZANU-PF-run security structures. 10 MDC MPs and two [...] | 2008-07-21 13:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE623 | ZIM NOTES 7-18-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the Week: - MOU on Hold - UN Briefs Donors on Re-Opening NGO Operations, Return of IDPs - Zim Delegation Walks out of SADC Tribunal Hearing - EU to Widen Sanctions - South Africa Continues Deporting Zimbabweans - ZBC Bans Politically Incorrect Programs - [...] | 2008-07-21 15:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE624 | AN MOU, BUT LITTLE REASON FOR OPTIMISM [...] (C) Summary: Significant buzz surrounded the signing of an MOU today in Harare as a framework for negotiations. Previewing the actual negotiations, however, MDC Mutambara (MDC-M) negotiator Welshman Ncube sounded a pessimistic note in a conversation with pol/econ chief on July 18. Echoing M [...] | 2008-07-21 16:18:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE625 | AN MOU, BUT LITTLE REASON FOR OPTIMISM [...] (C) Summary: Significant buzz surrounded the signing of an MOU today in Harare as a framework for negotiations. Previewing the actual negotiations, however, MDC Mutambara (MDC-M) negotiator Welshman Ncube sounded a pessimistic note in a conversation with pol/econ chief on July 18. Echoing M [...] | 2008-07-21 16:19:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE628 | TSVANGIRAI OPTIMISTIC ABOUT SHARING POWER DURING A [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 22 MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai briefed Charge on his July 21 meetings with Mugabe, Mbeki and Mutambara. Tsvangirai said he and Mugabe met one-on-one for 90 minutes, agreeing to a transition of no more than two years during which each would hold a position of equal weight [...] | 2008-07-22 15:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE636 | CIVIL SOCIETY SKEPTICAL OF MOU AND TALKS [...] (C) While leaders of Zimbabwe's vibrant civil society welcome political dialogue, they are deeply skeptical about the prospect of a future under a government of national unity (GNU). In recent months, civil society has backed the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) very openly. However, r [...] | 2008-07-25 12:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE637 | ZIM NOTES 7-25-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - MOU Signed, Talks Started... - Over a Quarter of MDC MPs Targeted... - EU Expands Sanctions List... - SADC Tribunal Rules Against Zimbabwe on Land... - State Media Tone Down Rhetoric... - Zim Journalist Wins CNN Award... - Holding Mugabe Accou [...] | 2008-07-28 06:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE639 | FARM INVASIONS: ZIM DISMISSES SADC TRIBUNAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: State-sponsored land seizure and harassment of white farmers in Zimbabwe continues, in violation of an injunction by the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Tribunal. Despite a July 18 decision by the Tribunal reaffirming the injunction, condemning the government's rec [...] | 2008-07-28 15:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI |
08HARARE640 | YOUTH MILITIA FOUNDER DESCRIBES LEGACY OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 28, Emboffs met with Prosper Izaya, who claimed to be among the founders of Zimbabwe's National Youth Service (NYS),the official name of the government's notoriously violent youth militia. Izaya relayed his involvement in NYS's inception in 2001, the first civilian att [...] | 2008-07-29 14:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE644 | DONORS DEMARCHE ON HUMANITARIAN SPACE [...] (U) Minister of Labour and Social Welfare Goche refused to meet with UN and donor reps to discuss humanitarian space (reftel) because, he said, he was fully occupied as a ZANU-PF negotiator in the South African facilitated power sharing talks with MDC factions. On July 29, Dutch Ambassador Jos [...] | 2008-07-30 15:01:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL EAID ZI |
08HARARE646 | BUSINESS CONGRESS BLASTS GOVERNMENT OVER POLICIES [...] (U) Members of the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce blasted the government's anti-growth economic policies in the public forum of their annual congress. They bemoaned policy inconsistencies and reversals, the usurpation by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) of fiscal policy, price control [...] | 2008-07-31 14:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAGR EFIN EMIN ZI |
08HARARE651 | NEGOTIATIONS STILL ON TRACK [...] (C) MDC negotiator Elton Mangoma told us August 1 that negotiations will resume in Pretoria on August 3. Mangoma was optimistic that sticking points--balance of power between Mugabe and Tsvangirai, and duration of the new government--would be worked out and that a signing ceremony would take [...] | 2008-08-01 11:17:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC ZI |
08HARARE652 | VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN AREAS; ACCESS TO MEDICAL [...] (C) While the prevalence of violence in Zimbabwe has fallen since the June 27 one-man runoff election, violence against MDC members and leaders continues, particularly in some rural areas, and victims continue to experience significant and growing delays accessing medical treatment. Because [...] | 2008-08-01 11:29:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE653 | NOTHING BUT STOP-GAP MEASURES IN LATEST MONETARY POLICY [...] (U) In his Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) delivered on July 30, 2008, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gono announced the removal of ten zeros from notes in circulation, and the introduction of a new currency. He failed, however, to introduce any new policies that would tame inflation [...] | 2008-08-01 11:48:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
08HARARE654 | ZIM NOTES AUGUST 1, 2008 [...] SUMMARY ------------- Topics of the week: - Negotiations to Resume - Violence Continues - U.S. Expands Financial Sanctions - Newspapers Reduce Print Run - Wildlife Poached - Stop-Gap Measures in Latest Monetary Statement - Technical Glitches in Broadcast of Gono's Statement - Busines [...] | 2008-08-01 12:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAGR EFIN EMIN ZI |
08HARARE661 | TSVANGIRAI TELLS AMBASSADOR TALKS ARE ON COURSE [...] (C) MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador August 5, just after arriving from Johannesburg, that ZANU-PF-MDC negotiations are on course. Tsvangirai promised that he will stand firm against an executive role for Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, although he could accept a cerem [...] | 2008-08-05 16:56:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE663 | USAID/OFDA DIRECTOR VISITS ZIMBABWE TO ASSESS HUMANITARIAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: USAID's Director of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA),Ky Luu, visited Harare, Zimbabwe July 29-31, to consult with humanitarian organizations, United Nations (UN) agencies, donor representatives, and Zimbabwean citizens regarding the crisis in the country. T [...] | 2008-08-06 04:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PGOV KHIV PREL ZI |
08HARARE669 | STRIVE MASIYIWA'S TAKE ON ZANU-PF-MDC NEGOTIATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-07 15:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE67 | POLICE SHUTDOWN MARCH, BUT MDC MANAGES TO RALLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 23, a magistrate's court upheld the police ban on a planned Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) protest march, but gave permission for the MDC to hold a rally. Police responded with violence to efforts by MDC supporters to march to the rally location, in defiance of th [...] | 2008-01-23 16:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL ZI ASEC |
08HARARE671 | UNGA HIGH LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND REQUESTS FOR MEETINGS - [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-08 09:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA ZI |
08HARARE673 | LITTLE EVIDENCE OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL USE ON [...] (SBU) Despite media reports that the pesticide paraquat has been used by ZANU-PF militia on political victims, there is no scientific evidence to substantiate the claims. Paraquat, an herbicide used on tobacco plantations in Zimbabwe, has reportedly been used in two ways: forced ingestion or [...] | 2008-08-08 12:17:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE674 | TSVANGIRAI DISCUSSES ENDGAME WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) A confident Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador August 8 that he is unwavering in his position that Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe should not retain executive power as part of a power-sharing agreement between ZANU-PF and the MDC. Tsvangirai expects South African president Thabo Mb [...] | 2008-08-08 12:33:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE675 | ZIM NOTES AUGUST 8, 2008 [...] SUMMARY ------------- Topics of the week: - Negotiations Continuing - OFDA Director Visit - Price Controls Re-Imposed on Tourism - Coins No Remedy for Cash Shortage - Scramble for Alternative Banknote Supplier - "Homegrown Solutions" - the Fuel Couponization of Zimbabwe's Economy - C [...] | 2008-08-08 14:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAGR EFIN EMIN ZI |
08HARARE676 | ZANU-PF--MDC NEGOTIATIONS SITREP [...] (C) Negotiations between ZANU-PF and the MDC took place all day Sunday and ended at 2:00 am Sunday morning after a closed-door session facilitated by South African president Thabo Mbeki with Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe and MDC leaders Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara as the only [...] | 2008-08-11 13:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC ZI |
08HARARE678 | TSVANGIRAI ON COLLAPSED TALKS [...] (C) MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador August 12 that negotiations between ZANU-PF and the MDC had stalled over the issue of power sharing. Specifically, Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe was unwilling to cede executive power to Tsvangirai as prime minister and allow Tsvang [...] | 2008-08-13 12:00:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC ZI |
08HARARE684 | TSVANGIRAI PREVENTED FROM TRAVELING TO SADC SUMMIT [...] (C) Embassy has confirmed press reports that MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai, secretary-general Tendai Biti, and MP elect and shadow foreign minister Eliphas Mukoneweshuro were detained at Harare International Airport this afternoon and prevented from traveling to South Africa for the SADC Su [...] | 2008-08-14 13:18:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE699 | ZIM NOTES 8-15-2008 [...] Topics of the Week: - Talks Break Off... - Tsvangirai's Travel to SADC Summit Interrupted... - French and Swedish Charges Threatened... - Botswana Deports Zimbabwean Journalist... - Soaring Inflation... - Tobacco Deliveries Lagging... - "Zimbabwe - Beyond Tomorrow"... ---- [...] | 2008-08-18 13:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE70 | MDC'S TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON MDC [...] (SBU) At a diplomatic briefing on January 24 attended by the Ambassador, MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai said that March elections were logistically impossible, and had already been sufficiently rigged to assure a ZANU-PF victory. Tsvangirai said the two MDC factions had agreed in principle [...] | 2008-01-24 15:14:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC ZI |
08HARARE703 | STALEMATE [...] (C) Elton Mangoma, an MDC negotiator and advisor to MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai, told polecon chief August 19 that despite pressure from all sides the MDC would sign a deal only if Tsvangirai became head of government. While negotiations will continue, facilitated by South African presid [...] | 2008-08-19 14:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC ZI |
08HARARE709 | MDC/DONORS MEET TO DISCUSS AID PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) On August 15, at the request of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC),MDC leadership met with major donors that support the World Bank's Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) to discuss post-transition economic recovery and development strategies. The meeting was an opportunity for the MDC a [...] | 2008-08-21 13:29:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL ZI |
08HARARE711 | PARLIAMENT AND THE ELECTION OF A SPEAKER [...] (C) President Robert Mugabe announced that members of Parliament will be sworn in August 25. The election of the House Speaker will follow. The official opening of Parliament, presided over by Mugabe, will take place the next day. MDC Tsvangirai (MDC-T) will take part in the swearing in an [...] | 2008-08-21 15:10:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC ZI |
08HARARE715 | ZIM NOTES 8-22-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Negotiations Stall Again... - SADC Communiques... - Parliament to Convene... - Violence Continues... - MDC and Donors Meet... - Magistrate Court Dismisses Case Against MDC MP... - WOZA Arrests... - "Zim's inflation not that bad"... - Exchang [...] | 2008-08-25 13:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE730 | TSVANGIRAI CANDIDATE ELECTED HOUSE SPEAKER [...] (U) Lovemore Moyo of MDC Tsvangirai (MDC-T) was elected speaker of the House of Assembly in a secret ballot today. He defeated Paul Themba Nyathi, nominated by MDC Mutambara (MDC-T),by a vote of 110-98. Nyathi was supported by ZANU-PF, which did not field a candidate. 2. (U) MDC-T has 1 [...] | 2008-08-25 13:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE741 | MDC TAKES LEAD ROLE IN PARLIAMENT, EVEN AS 5 MPS [...] (C) President Robert Mugabe convened Parliament today. The MDC, which had earlier indicated it would not attend in order to avoid recognition of Mugabe, was in attendance. The decision came after a heated discussion. According to Nelson Chamisa, MDC spokesperson, the MDC ultimately concluded [...] | 2008-08-26 15:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE747 | THE ZIMBABWE CRISIS: NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Tendai Biti, MDC Tsvangirai (MDC-T) secretary-general, believes that the MDC-T's gameplan on negotiations and the way forward includes renewed international outreach beyond SADC. Biti said the MDC-T's success in naming a speaker of the Assembly confounded Mbeki and ZANU-PF plans. MDC Mu [...] | 2008-08-28 10:58:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC ZI |
08HARARE754 | ZIMBABWEAN HUMANITARIAN CRISIS WORSENING AS BAN [...] (SBU) The Mugabe government continues to deny nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and private voluntary organizations (PVOs) access to 1.3 million at-risk Zimbabweans to provide food, water, seed, fertilizer, and hygienic support. Currently, less than 300,000 people are receiving assistance [...] | 2008-08-28 15:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC EAID PHUM ZI |
08HARARE756 | PROPOSED ROLE FOR THE PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) The obstacle to a ZANU-PF--MDC deal is agreement on the respective roles of Mugabe as president and Tsvangirai as prime minister. A hard copy of the document reproduced in Paragraph 2, entitled "Role of the Prime Minister," with initials of Mugabe and Mutambara, was provided to us by We [...] | 2008-08-29 08:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE757 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SIMBA MAKONI [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on August 28, Simba Makoni gave his anlysis of the current political situation. While Makoni acknowledged that he is not now a political player, as someone who has been involved in Zimbabwean politics and government over the years, his views are worth noti [...] | 2008-08-29 08:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE758 | ZIM NOTES 8-29-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - MDC Wins House Speakership... - Police Forcefully Disrupt NGO Meeting... - Looming Food Crisis... - Death Toll at 171... - Infrastructure Bombing... - Abuses of Students Come to Light... - Olympic Swimmer Returns Triumphant... - Payment Delay [...] | 2008-08-29 11:06:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE765 | GOZ LIFTS NGO BAN [...] (SBU) On August 29, the Ministry of Public Service, Labor, and Social Welfare finally lifted the ban on non-governmental organizations' (NGOs) and private voluntary organizations' (PVOs') field operations that the GOZ had imposed on June 4, 2008 (ref B). This comes after weeks of efforts by [...] | 2008-09-02 16:27:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
08HARARE767 | PRIVATE SCHOOLS ATTEMPT TO DOLLARIZE TUITION [...] (SBU) Private schools in Zimbabwe began requesting payment last week in US dollars or British pounds in an attempt to retain teachers and meet rising educational costs. Zimbabwean government officials quickly declared the practice illegal and deployed inspectors t investigate schools and threa [...] | 2008-09-03 14:44:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE778 | NGO BAN LIFTED, BUT NOT DEFINITIVELY [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Social Welfare, Public Service, and Labour (MSWPSL) lifted the ban on humanitarian assistance on August 29, and MSWPSL officials explained new reporting requirements for all registered Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Private Voluntary Organizations (PVOs) at a m [...] | 2008-09-05 11:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EAID KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
08HARARE779 | DETAILED ACCOUNTS FROM WENIMBI DAM [...] (C) Two survivors of beatings in Mashonaland East with knowledge of bodies found in Wenimbi Dam near Marondera and one man who witnessed bodies allegedly retrieved from the dam at a local morgue recounted their experiences to poloff (ref A). While their stories are compelling and believable, [...] | 2008-09-05 13:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE78 | Zim Notes November 16, 2007 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...] | 2008-01-28 15:05:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE785 | ZIM NOTES 9-5-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Talks to Continue Monday... - NGO Ban Lifted... - Back to School, if You Can Pay... - MDC MPs Ejected from Swearing-in... - Mugabe and Tsvangirai attend Mwanawasa funeral... - ZBC Television turns to Korea... - Britain Eases Travel Advice... - [...] | 2008-09-08 09:37:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE793 | OUTLINES OF A DEAL [...] (C) An upbeat Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador early this morning that he thought a breakthrough in ZANU-PF--MDC negotiations had been achieved last night. On the contentious issue of allocation of executive authority, Tsvangirai said he had presented a proposal to Zimbabwean president [...] | 2008-09-10 08:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE81 | SADC TALKS DEAD; MDC TO CONSIDER PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) (Mutambara faction) secretary general Welshman Ncube believes Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has effectively killed the SADC talks, and that SADC is afraid to challenge Mugabe's peremptory dismissal of South African president Thabo Mbeki and his me [...] | 2008-01-29 14:49:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC ZI |
08HARARE819 | OPPOSITION PARTY CONTROL OF PARLIAMENT AT RISK [...] (C) The one-seat advantage MDC-Tsvangirai maintains over ZANU-PF in Zimbabwe's House of Assembly is at stake in upcoming by-elections for two vacant parliamentary seats. Matobo North in Matabeleland is likely to be a closely contested campaign, while the Gokwe-Gumunyu seat in Midlands will pro [...] | 2008-09-11 11:20:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE828 | AN IMPERFECT DEAL BUT THE ONLY ONE ON OFFER [...] (C) Summary: On September 11 Mbeki announced a deal was reached in Zimbabwean power-sharing negotiations. On Septeptember 12 Tsvangirai briefed Ambassador and UK Ambassador Pocock on the deal. Tsvangirai was extremely confident that his chairmanship of a newly-created Council of Ministers w [...] | 2008-09-12 10:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE832 | ZIM NOTES 9-12-08 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Mugabe and Tsvangirai Reach Deal... - Last Two MDC MPs Released on Bail... - USG-Funded NGOs Resuming Field Operations... - Canada Imposes Sanctions on Zimbabwe... - Cholera Outbreak in Crowded Township... - Reserve Bank Allows Some Formal Doll [...] | 2008-09-15 14:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE833 | MUGABE SPEECH DAMPENS EXCITEMENT OF SIGNING [...] (SBU) President Mugabe and Prime Minister Tsvangirai delivered contrasting speeches following today's signing of a power-sharing accord between ZANU-PF and the two MDC opposition factions. Tsvangirai stressed the need for governmental unity and immediate food and medical assistance to Zimbabw [...] | 2008-09-15 15:58:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE837 | TSVANGIRAI EXPLAINS NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Ambassador met briefly with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai at Tsvangirai's request on September 17. Though clearly pressed for time, Tsvangirai was relaxed and confident. In response to a question from Ambassador, Tsvangirai said he was confident that Mugabe is committed to making the [...] | 2008-09-17 10:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE840 | BITI PESSIMISTIC, BUT NOT WITHOUT HOPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 17 meeting with Ambassador, MDC Secretary General Tendai Biti said that the Zimbabwean power sharing agreement is a reasonably good document on paper, but will only succeed in creating a better future if ZANU-PF exhibits good will. He is pessimistic on this fro [...] | 2008-09-17 13:35:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE842 | FLAWED DEAL PRESERVES ZANU-PF PRIMACY; [...] (C) President Mugabe came away from Monday's signing of a power-sharing agreement with many of his previous executive authorities intact. He appears to retain control of the military, and potentially other security elements, as well as primacy within the policy-determining Cabinet. Prime Min [...] | 2008-09-17 15:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE843 | POWER SHARING REPORTEDLY SHAKES UP ZANU-PF [...] (S) Summary: A well-connected businessman told Ambassador September 17 that there is significant dissension within ZANU-PF following the signing of a power sharing agreement with the MDC. Those dissatisfied are reported to include members of the CIO, service chiefs and the Mujuru faction. We [...] | 2008-09-17 16:01:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE85 | AMBASSADOR MEETING WITH GOZ MINISTER AND MUGABE [...] (C) The Ambassador met January 28 with Nicholas Goche, the Minister of Public Service, Labor, and Social Welfare. Goche is also one of the ZANU-PF negotiators in the SADC mediation process. He promised the Ambassador he would attempt to facilitate a one-on-one meeting between the Ambassador [...] | 2008-01-31 11:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC ZI |
08HARARE854 | MDC AND ZANU-PF PERCEPTIONS OF THE DEAL DIFFER [...] (C) Public reactions to the power-sharing agreement between ZANU-PF and the MDC on September 15 were generally optimistic in urban pro-MDC areas such as Harare and Mutare. In these regions, Zimbabweans were cautiously hopeful that the deal would lead to tangible quality-of-life benefits. In c [...] | 2008-09-19 12:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE855 | TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON NEGOTIATION [...] (SBU) Ambassador attended a diplomatic corps briefing by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on September 19, in which Tsvangirai discussed the status of the power-sharing agreement and intended next steps. Tsvangirai made clear that the two most significant unresolved issues were responsibility [...] | 2008-09-19 12:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE862 | ZIM NOTES 09-19-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Mugabe and Tsvangirai sign deal - Mugabe Retains Significant Power - Tsvangirai Briefs Diplomats on Challenges - MDC and ZANU-PF Reactions to the Deal Differ Sharply - Students Arrested - Labor Leaders' Case Referred to Supreme Court - [...] | 2008-09-22 07:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE863 | ENVIRONMENT SUFFERING AS POACHING INCREASES [...] (C) Increasing pressures from poaching, deforestation, and Zimbabwe's economic free-fall pose serious threats to Zimbabwe's wildlife. Poaching is on the rise, with at least 38 rhinos killed so far in 2008. While much of this poaching has come from organized groups trafficking ivory, skins, [...] | 2008-09-22 10:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EAGR ECON KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI |
08HARARE867 | ZANU-PF EXPANDING MINISTERIAL DEMANDS [...] (S) A well-connected businessman detailed ZANU-PF's ministerial demands, which effectively amount to 18 of the most significant ministries, instead of the 15 laid out in last week's signed power-sharing agreement. The merger of four separate ministries into two, and the proposed integration [...] | 2008-09-23 06:50:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE874 | ZANU-PF CONCERNED ABOUT LOSS OF MBEKI [...] (SBU) ZANU-PF officials appear concerned about the impact the sudden forced resignation of South African President Thabo Mbeki will have on the implementation of the recently signed Zimbabwean power-sharing agreement, as well as relations with South Africa going forward. They fear the replace [...] | 2008-09-25 11:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI SF |
08HARARE878 | WELSHMAN NCUBE DISCUSSES THE MINISTERIAL IMPASSE [...] (C) MDC-Mutambara faction (MDC-M) Secretary General Welshman Ncube met with poloff on September 25 to discuss a range of issues, including the current status of ministerial negotiations, South Africa's possible role in breaking the deadlock, and local and international criticism of MDC-M leade [...] | 2008-09-25 14:09:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE88 | RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR GONO ON MUGABE, ELECTIONS, [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador at the Reserve Bank on January 30, Governor Gideon Gono told the Ambassador that President Robert Mugabe was old and not well. Nevertheless, Mugabe was reluctant to step down because of internal problems within ZANU-PF and lack of an identifiable successor [...] | 2008-01-31 13:29:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC ZI |
08HARARE881 | ZIM NOTES 9-26-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Mugabe UNGA Speech Hits Familiar Themes - Mbeki Resignation Causing ZANU-PF Concern - Welshman Ncube Discusses Negotiation Impasse - Donors Discuss Re-Engagement - Violence Continues - Teachers Still on Strike, Union Leader Released - Minister [...] | 2008-09-29 09:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE885 | TSVANGIRAI OUTLINES 100 DAY PLAN [...] (C) In a September 29 meeting with the Ambassador, MDC leader and prime minister designate Morgan Tsvangirai outlined a plan for the new government's first 100 days in office. Tsvangirai also described plans for outreach to include "listening tours" around the country and summits on health, [...] | 2008-09-30 14:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE889 | TSVANGIRAI ON AGREEMENT STALEMATE [...] (SBU) MDC leader and prime minister designate Morgan Tsvangirai briefed Western Heads of Mission (HOMS) October 1 on the stalemate in talks directed at concluding an agreement to establish a power-sharing government. Tsvangirai said the talks had stalled over Mugabe's failure to cede the home [...] | 2008-10-01 14:35:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE890 | BITI FRUSTRATED OVER POWER-SHARING AGREEMENT [...] (C) A clearly frustrated Tendai Biti told polecon chief on September 30, that no formal negotiations were taking place to allocate ministries and conclude the agreement between ZANU-PF and the MDC. Biti suspected, however, that negotiations were taking place between Ian and Theresa Makone an [...] | 2008-10-01 14:56:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE894 | UNDP HOSTS FORUM ON ZIMBABWEAN RECOVERY [...] (U) The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) hosted a forum in Harare on October 1 at which they discussed the recently unveiled UNDP Zimbabwean economic recovery plan. The research team that produced the 230 page document entitled, "Comprehensive Economic Recovery in Zimbabwe" was compr [...] | 2008-10-02 13:40:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PGOV PREL ASEC UNDP ZI |
08HARARE895 | STATE OF PLAY - ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe appears eager to conclude a power sharing deal--on his terms. The banner headline in Wednesday's The Herald was "Embrace power deal: Chihuri." Police Commissioner Augustine Chihuri called for Zimbabweans to "forego our minor differences." Today's Hera [...] | 2008-10-02 14:13:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE899 | FOOD SECURITY SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE [...] National assessments show that maize yield from the 2008 harvest is the lowest on record; sorghum yield was only 60 percent of last year's harvest. The Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) must overcome severe forex shortages and generate political will to mobilize resources to meet the county's cere [...] | 2008-10-03 11:07:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI |
08HARARE904 | FY09 RENEWAL OF DISASTER DECLARATION IN ZIMBABWE FOR [...] The humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe is deteriorating at a more accelerated pace than last year. Continued Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) economic mismanagement, counter-productive government policies, and corruption have resulted in a rapidly collapsing economy, and growing impoverishment of [...] | 2008-10-06 14:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI |
08HARARE905 | ZIM NOTES 10-03-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Negotiations Stalled over Ministries... - Food Situation Bleak... - Tsvangirai and UNDP Discuss Plans... - Will State Universities Open?... - Global Fund Audit Begins... - Tsvangirai Still Without Passport... - Former Soccer Star in Barracks.. [...] | 2008-10-06 14:21:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE907 | ZIMBABWE DONOR DIALOGUE - PLANNING FOR RE-ENGAGEMENT, [...] A number of donor meetings have taken place in the last two weeks to plan for re-engagement, stabilization, and recovery in Zimbabwe when political conditions permit. On September 25, heads of assistance agencies met to discuss and come to agreement on a range of issues, including: the nature [...] | 2008-10-07 11:37:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI |
08HARARE915 | BITI BRIEFS ON NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) MDC-Tsvangirai (MDC-T) secretary-general and negotiator Tendai Biti briefed polecon chief October 8 and October 9 on the status of negotiations to complete a power-sharing agreement between ZANU-PF and the MDC. According to Biti, ZANU-PF is refusing to cede any of the outstanding ministri [...] | 2008-10-09 09:44:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE916 | MFA BUNGLES CREDENTIALS CEREMONY, THREATENS ENVOYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese, French, German and Canadian Ambassador-designates were invited to present letters of credence to President Mugabe on October 9. Unfortunately, only the Japanese Ambassador had his letters ready; the other three explained to the Foreign Ministry that they could not get t [...] | 2008-10-10 09:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE918 | ZIM NOTES 10-10-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Tsvangirai Suspends Talks... - Teachers Unions Call for Cancellation of Exams... - Mock Hostage Situation on YouTube... - Inflation Gallops--Even By Official Standards... - Zimbabwe Dollar Depreciates Sharply Despite New Policies... - Dire Paym [...] | 2008-10-14 06:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE919 | CRUMBLING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE RAISES CHOLERA RISKS [...] (SBU) The supply and quality of water throughout Zimbabwe has continued to rapidly deteriorate since last November's assessment by the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) advisor from USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) (reftel). This is a result of a combinatio [...] | 2008-10-14 14:43:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM SOCI ZI |
08HARARE92 | Zim Notes February 1, 2008 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...] | 2008-02-01 08:12:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE924 | ZANU-PF INSIDER'S VIEW OF THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE [...] (C) ZANU-PF deputy minister of water resources Walter Mzembi discussed Zimbabwe's current political situation with polecon chief on October 15. While Mzembi broke no new ground, he confirmed that ZANU-PF is split as to whether to go forward with an agreement with MDC. President Robert Mugab [...] | 2008-10-15 15:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE932 | ZANU-PF--MDC NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE [...] (C) Talks between ZANU-PF and the MDC aimed at resolving outstanding issues from the September 15 ageement, principally the allocation of ministries, came to an impasse late Thursday evening. While discussions, mediated by former South African president Thabo Mbeki, initially focused on two [...] | 2008-10-17 10:51:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE933 | PARLIAMENT'S HANDS TIED AS MPS AWAIT AGREEMENT [...] (C) The speaker of the Zimbabwean House of Assembly, Lovemore Moyo, met with polecon chief and poloff on October 17 to discuss the current state of affairs and legislative agenda in Parliament. Parliament is awaiting the outcome of the ministerial negotiations between ZANU-PF and the two MDC [...] | 2008-10-17 11:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE934 | PROTESTS LEAD TO BEATINGS, ARRESTS [...] (SBU) Two civil society groups led marches of 200 people each this week, drawing attention to the humanitarian crisis and crumbling educational infrastructure. In both instances, police beat protesters to disburse the groups and arrested those leading the marches. Despite the ongoing politic [...] | 2008-10-17 11:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE937 | ZIM NOTES 10-17-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Talks Stall... - Parliament Opens, Talks Continue... - Masvingo Governor Blocks Humanitarian Aid... - 2 Protests; 13 Arrests; over 29 Injured... - Poor Water Management... - Zims Continue to go South... - Check Rate Replaces Transfer Rate And [...] | 2008-10-20 08:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE945 | ZIMBABWE GLOBAL FUND AUDIT [...] (SBU) Late last year, the Global Fund (GF) deposited approximately USD 8 million in the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to fund HIV/AIDS programs through nongovernmental partners in Zimbabwe. Post became aware in the ensuing months that these funds were not being disbursed. In July, RBZ gove [...] | 2008-10-21 10:44:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KHIV KSCA OSCI PGOV PREL TBIO TSPL ZI |
08HARARE946 | ZIMBABWE: REPORT OF PLANNED COUP ATTEMPT [...] (S/NF) Fred Mutanda, a close Embassy contact and prominent Harare businessman, told the Ambassador on October 21 that a group of about five high-ranking military officers were planning a coup against Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe while he is in Kampala this week for a regional economic c [...] | 2008-10-21 13:42:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET | PGOV PREL ASEC MOPS ZI |
08HARARE955 | TSVANGIRAI UPDATES OECD HEADS OF MISSION ON [...] (SBU) MDC leader and prime minister-designate Morgan Tsvangirai updated heads of OECD missions on October 22 and stated that no progress had been made towards concluding negotiations between ZANU-PF and the MDC on a power-sharing government. While disappointed that Mugabe was not negotiating [...] | 2008-10-23 09:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE956 | "QUIET DIPLOMACY" SUSPENDS ELEPHANT HUNTING IN [...] (C) After issuing commercial hunters hundreds of questionable permits for elephant hunting in national parks, the Zimbabwean Parks and Wildlife Authority (Parks) has agreed, under pressure from photographic tour operators, to suspend the hunting. The operation, which only lasted a few weeks, [...] | 2008-10-23 10:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE958 | NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S AWARD FOR [...] The following is Embassy Harare's nomination for the Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage. NAME: Gertrude Hambira TITLE: Secretary General INSTITUTION: General Agriculture and Plantation Workers Union of Zimbabwe (GAPWUZ) DOB: 23-NOV-1961 POB: Zimbabwe Citizenship [...] | 2008-10-23 11:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN PREL KPAO ZW |
08HARARE959 | BITI: AGREEMENT IS DOOMED [...] (C) The MDC will attend the SADC Troika meeting on October 27 in Harare, according to MDC secretary-general and negotiator Tendai Biti. Because the MDC believes mediator Thabo Mbeki has sided with ZANU-PF on critical issues, it will push for full SADC and AU involvement, and ultimately UN as [...] | 2008-10-23 12:07:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE960 | PLANNING FOR FAILURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: While planning for reengagement with a reformist government, the USG should also plan a response to failure of political dialog. Efforts will be needed to force the Mugabe regime to accept internationally supervised elections; regional organizations will be required to show grea [...] | 2008-10-23 15:36:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID PHUM ASEC ZI |
08HARARE963 | ZIM NOTES 10-24-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Deadlocked, But SADC-Hosted Talks to Resume... - No Progress Says Tsvangirai... - Lack of Passport Paper to Blame... - Botswana Calls for New Elections... - Zimbabwean Elephants Get a Reprieve... - Zimbabwean Journalist Wins German Award. [...] | 2008-10-27 08:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HARARE965 | ZIMBABWE: ECONOMIC MINISTER PAINTS HIMSELF AS [...] (C) ZANU-PF Minister of Economic Development Sylvester Nguni in a meeting with emboffs on October 20 saw no evidence of policy shifts in ZANU-PF and suggested that the ruling party would eventually surrender economic policy to MDC in a face-saving move out of desperation. He asked for rapid d [...] | 2008-10-27 15:29:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ASEC ZI |
08HARARE966 | BUSINESS AS USUAL: POLICE TEAR GAS PROTESTERS, [...] (SBU) In the face of ongoing SADC-sponsored negotiations, the GOZ continues to use violence to stifle free expression. At 9:00 am this morning, several civil society groups led two different protests of hundreds of people to the area outside Rainbow Towers, the hotel where the negotiations wer [...] | 2008-10-27 15:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
08HARARE968 | SADC TROIKA FAILS TO BREAK ZIM IMPASSE [...] (SBU) The SADC Troika was unable to mediate an agreement between ZANU-PF and the MDC. The talks stalled primarily over the issue of allocation of ministries, although other issues remain. The Troika recommended that Zimbabwe be the focus of an extraordinary summit of the full SADC membership [...] | 2008-10-28 11:58:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE970 | CIVIL SOCIETY WARNS OF FLAWED CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) In an October 24 conversation with poloff, Lovemore Madhuku, chairman of the National Constitutional Assembly condemned the constitutional drafting and adoption process laid out in the September 15 signed power-sharing agreement. He charged that the intended constitutional process does no [...] | 2008-10-28 13:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE974 | TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON SADC TROIKA [...] (C) In an October 28 meeting with the Ambassador, MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai briefed on the SADC Troika meeting which concluded in Harare in the early morning hours of the 28th. Tsvangirai expressed disappointment that SADC did not understand that the issue is not about allocation of minis [...] | 2008-10-28 16:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE980 | PARLIAMENT ADJOURNS AND AWAITS OUTCOME [...] (SBU) Both houses of Zimbabwe's parliament have now adjourned as they await an agreement between ZANU-PF and the MDC. The more influential House of Assembly will not sit again until November 11, when it will take up a motion to investigate political violence. Meanwhile, the prospect of by-el [...] | 2008-10-29 14:27:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
08HARARE981 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH RBZ BOARD MEMBER [...] (C) The Ambassador met October 29 with Lovemore Chihota, a successful Zimbabwean businessman, war veteran, and current member (and former chairman) of the board of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ). Chihota painted himself as a political moderate, constantly referring to President Mugabe as [...] | 2008-10-29 14:58:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM EAID ZI |
08HARARE985 | ZIM'S HEARTLAND: DOLLARIZATION AND DESPERATION [...] (SBU) Poloff and public affairs officer traveled to Gweru and Masvingo on October 23 and 24 to speak on U.S. elections (septel) and gather information on the situation in the Zimbabwean heartland. Historically, this region has been home to Zimbabwe's legendary cattle and dairy ranches and fe [...] | 2008-10-30 11:35:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM SCUL KDEM ECON ZI |
08HARARE988 | Education in Zimbabwe - A Quiet Implosion [...] SUMMARY: In the wake of ongoing inter-party talks, much attention has been paid to immediate crises such as the collapse of the health care system and starvation facing the rural population. Equally devastating, however, is the precipitous decline of all levels of the country's education secto [...] | 2008-10-31 10:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SCUL SMIG ELAB KPAO ZI |
08HARARE991 | ZIM NOTES 10-31-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - SADC Troika Fails to Break Deadlock... - Parliament adjourns until November 11... - Civil Society Critical of Agreement, Constitutional Reform... - Without Doctors or Nurses, Public Hospitals Stop - Admitting Patients... - Cholera Outbrea [...] | 2008-11-03 08:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
08HAVANA103 | CUBAN HEALTHCARE: “AQUI NADA ES FACIL†[...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable is a follow up to Reftel and provides anecdotal accounts from Cubans about their healthcare, based on USINT FSHP's (Foreign Service Health Practitioner) interactions with them, her unauthorized visits to Cuban hospitals, and her care of USINT American and Cuban personnel. En [...] | 2008-01-31 19:52:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ECON AMED SOCI AMGT CU |
08HAVANA120 | CUBA DISSIDENT GROUP FLAMUR: POLITICAL MOVEMENT OR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dissident group FLAMUR (Latin American Federation of Rural Women) seeks to represent the interests of rural women in Cuba. The group receives guidance and other supplies from support groups in the U.S. During 2007, it drafted a petition calling for the GOC to do away with the [...] | 2008-02-06 14:42:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL PHUM CU |
08HAVANA144 | STATE OF THE CUBAN ECONOMY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOC claimed 7.5% GDP growth during 2007. Although even that figure is most likely exaggerated, it is significantly less growth than was claimed the previous year. While "by how much" the economy grew is debatable, it is undeniable that the Cuban economy is growing. The GO [...] | 2008-02-12 21:22:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU |
08HAVANA158 | HAVANA RESPONSE TO STATE 10743 [...] (C) Following responses to questions posed in Reftel, para 4: -- A. The Pol/Econ Section handles energy matters. -- B. The employees dealing with energy matters are: One Pol/Econ Officer who is responsible for the complete Econ-ESTH portfolio; and one Local Contract National (LCN) ded [...] | 2008-02-15 16:58:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON SENV PINR PREL CU |
08HAVANA159 | IMMINENT RELEASE OF PROMINENT CUBAN POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: The Spanish Ambassador to Cuba has confirmed reports from reliable contacts in Cuban civil society and the media that the government of Cuba has arranged for the release of four political prisoners. Sources say an announcement of their release may happen momentarily and their tr [...] | 2008-02-15 20:12:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA162 | MBR AND PAYA ON PRISONER RELEASES TO SPAIN [...] (C) Summary: Dissidents Martha Beatriz Roque and Oswaldo Paya concur on most key points regarding the release of political prisoners from Cuba to Spain.COM spoke to both late the night of 17 February. MBR had spoken to one of the released (Prenet); Paya to two of the others (Alvarez Ramos a [...] | 2008-02-19 16:47:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CU US |
08HAVANA166 | HOLGUIN BISHOP SAYS SITUATION IN EASTERN CUBA IS [...] (C) Summary: On 18 February, Monsignor Emilio Aranguren, Bishop of Holguin, described the situation in Eastern Cuba as in constant flux. He expressed that unlike in Western Cuba, where a great deal of the opposition is well organized with specific goals, in Eastern Cuba people react to eve [...] | 2008-02-19 21:15:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA168 | CUBAN YOUTH CAUGHT BETWEEN HOPE AND FEAR [...] (C) Summary: In two meetings Cuban youth groups said young people see that they have a historic opportunity to create a change in their country. However, they report widespread fear among the population. They state that Cuban youth want change but are unclear as to what exactly these changes w [...] | 2008-02-20 19:54:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA181 | CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP FEB. 8-22 [...] (C) LEADING DISSIDENT ROBERTO DE MIRANDA CALLED BEFORE STATE SECURITY: Roberto de Miranda (RDM),who was instrumental in creating Cuba's independent library movement, on February 8 was told to appear at an immigration office. The next day, when RDM and his wife went to the office, instead o [...] | 2008-02-22 22:10:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA182 | CUBA: LOOKING AHEAD TO 24 FEBRUARY -- SEEMINGLY [...] (S) FEBRUARY 24 WILL, ON THE SURFACE, BE STRAIGHTFORWARD: SELECTION/CONFIRMATION OF WHO FIDEL AND RAUL WANT AS THE NEW CHIEF OF THE COUNCIL OF STATE, FOLLOWED BY NAMING OF THE CABINET. WHAT IS UNIQUE ON THIS OCCASION IS THAT THERE HAS NEVER BEEN SUCH A SELECTION WITHOUT FIDEL BEING FORMALLY IN [...] | 2008-02-22 22:54:00 | US Interests Section Havana | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINT CU US |
08HAVANA183 | CUBA: RAUL CASTRO TAKES CHARGE IN HIS OWN WAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cuba's National Assembly convened on February 24 to elect the country's ruling Council of State. Raul Castro was voted president and announced plans to streamline GOC institutions and undertake some economic reforms. He also said he intends to consult Fidel Castro on important [...] | 2008-02-25 03:08:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU |
08HAVANA187 | CUBA: REACTIONS FROM RAUL CASTRO'S SPEECH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Average Cubans seem unconvinced that Raul will be able -- or willing -- to improve their daily lives, but most seem to be willing to wait and see if changes materialize. Members of Cuban civil society are decidedly more negative about the future. End Summary. 2. (C) Most w [...] | 2008-02-25 23:36:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU |
08HAVANA201 | CUBA: 2ND UPDATE ON REACTIONS TO RAUL'S SPEECH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post continued to receive reactions to the events of February 24 from members of civil society, the Catholic Church, and average Cubans. For the short term, most Cubans dismiss the likelihood of political changes. Simultaneously, they are increasingly speculating about possible [...] | 2008-02-27 23:39:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL PHUM CU |
08HAVANA206 | CUBA: 3RD AND FINAL UPDATE ON 2/24 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cubans and diplomats tell us Raul seems to be firmly in charge and Fidel's influence appears to be under control. Cubans speculate on the possibility of small economic reforms ahead with no hope for political changes. End Summary. 2. (C) USINT's Refugee Unit elicited reacti [...] | 2008-02-29 22:14:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL PHUM CU |
08HAVANA207 | CUBAN POLICE BEAT UP PRO-DEMOCRACY ADVOCATES FOR [...] (C) Summary: On March 1, police and members of Cuban state security confronted and beat 10 well known pro-democracy activists who were handing out copies of the UN Declaration of Human Rights in Central Havana. Some of the activists receive injuries. Police pushed those involved into cars, [...] | 2008-03-02 21:17:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA213 | HUMAN RIGHTS IN CUBA: SAME REPRESSION WITH [...] (C) Summary: Since Raul Castro assumed control of the Cuban government in July 2006, but especially since his July 26, 2007 speech, there has been a change in regime tactics for suppressing dissent. Focusing on the limited release of some political prisoners and the willingness to air diffe [...] | 2008-03-03 22:32:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA227 | CUBA: RUMORS OF UPCOMING CHANGES PERSIST [...] (U) SUMMARY: Rumors continue to fly in Havana about possible changes the Cuban government may announce in the near future. These may provide insights into the priorities of ordinary Cubans. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Dual Currency: The rumor: "The GOC will announce at least a partial reva [...] | 2008-03-07 18:43:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU |
08HAVANA228 | CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP FEB. 23- MAR. 7 [...] (C) DISSIDENTS STILL NURSING INJURIES: Three of the pro-democracy activists are still recovering from their injuries after plainclothes members of state security beat them on March 1. The activists with seven others were distributing copies of the UN Declaration of Human Rights at the time [...] | 2008-03-07 21:21:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA23 | CUBA: UNDER-THE-TABLE SALARIES TO BE TAXED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Resolution 277, dated December 13, 2007, from the Ministry of Finance and Prices mandates that previously undeclared income from Cuban employees of foreign entities be taxed. While technically the tax will be levied directly on the workers, companies will nonetheless be taxed [...] | 2008-01-09 20:05:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT CU ECON PGOV PINR PREL |
08HAVANA241 | CUBAN YOUTH SEE NOT MUCH HOPE IN EITHER THE [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Poloff ten Cuban young people, none of them a member of any opposition organization, agreed that the greatest problem they face is that there are no incentives for trying to work hard. They feel that no matter how hard they work, there are no prospects that th [...] | 2008-03-12 14:30:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA245 | BERTONE VISIT GENERATES BROAD DISAPPOINTMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The visit to Cuba of Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone was considered a disappointment by everyone USINT has spoken with, though presumably not by the GOC itself. In a subsequent meeting with the COM, the Nuncio seemed especially disappointed. But even normally c [...] | 2008-03-14 18:08:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA246 | CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP MARCH 8 - MAR. 14 [...] (C) JOURNALISTS BLOCKED FROM ATTENDING USINT VIDEOCONFERENCE: The Public Diplomacy section of USINT has been hosting a course for nearly 40 independent journalists through videoconferences with Florida International University. The course is designed to build build professional skills and h [...] | 2008-03-14 20:26:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA256 | LADIES IN WHITE MARK FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF BLACK [...] (U) Summary: The Cuban human rights organization, Ladies in White (Damas de Blanco),marked the fifth anniversary of the 2003 crackdown on dissidents by holding a series of five marches. On March 14, a group of the women marched to the Ministry of Justice and without incident presented a l [...] | 2008-03-21 19:54:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA257 | MILK: A POSSIBLE HARBINGER OF WHAT NEW REFORMS MAY [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During his 26 July speech, Raul cited the example of milk to explain how he wanted the GOC to lead the way toward progress on satisfying the material needs of its people. Measures being taken by the GOC to improve milk production may indicate the nature of other types [...] | 2008-03-21 20:36:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU |
08HAVANA279 | CUBA: TOURISM APARTHEID DEALT A BLOW, MAYBE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOC has lifted its ban on Cubans staying in hotels on the island. The measure will be economically and politically beneficial for the GOC and to a small number of Cubans. However, an economic barrier remains between the average Cuban and a hotel stay. End Summary. 2. [...] | 2008-04-02 20:42:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU |
08HAVANA28 | RAUL CASTRO END-OF-YEAR SPEECH TO NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Even though it was not announced formally in advance, Raul Castro's closing address to the National Assembly was anticipated by many as a venue for him to announce economic changes in response to public complaints emanating from the series of "debates" he launched with his July [...] | 2008-01-10 18:26:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU |
08HAVANA288 | NEW MEASURES: WINDOW DRESSING OR SIGNIFICANT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: A seeming barrage of new economic measures has appeared since mid-March. Most are characterized by easy implementation, quick hard-currency generation and (the regime hopes) high political payoff -- for the GOC. Some seem to be plausibly integrated pieces of a larger and multi [...] | 2008-04-04 21:38:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU |
08HAVANA300 | FOLLOWERS OF ISLAM STRUGGLE FOR RECOGNITION IN CUBA [...] (C) Summary: Orestes Fonseca, one of the leaders of Cuba's Islamic Community, described the problems with practicing his faith in Cuba. He represented to USINT officers that the GOC has been more focused on accommodating Moslems from the diplomatic community and other foreigners residing i [...] | 2008-04-10 13:25:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA305 | CUBAN OPPOSITION SEEKS UNITY [...] (C) Summary: On April 10 twelve leading pro-democracy activists met for six hours to formulate a common agenda. As described by spokesperson Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR),the object was to advance a transition to democracy within an "atmosphere of national reconciliation". At a press confer [...] | 2008-04-11 20:04:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA306 | APPARENT CHANGES IN GOC MANAGEMENT/LOGISTICS [...] (SBU) Summary: USINT has noticed several changes in the way the GOC is handling management/logistics issues that may indicate some changes in policy. End Summary. 2. (SBU) The following is a list of apparent policy changes regarding management/logistical issues between USINT and the GOC: [...] | 2008-04-11 20:26:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT CU PREL |
08HAVANA316 | COLOMBIAN AMBASSADOR ON CUBAN ROLE IN [...] (C) COLOMBIAN AMBASSADOR LONDONO TOLD US 15 APRIL THAT CUBA CONTINUES TO PLAY AN UNUSUALLY DISCREET ROLE IN COLOMBIA'S DISPUTE WITH ECUADOR. THE CUBANS HAVE STUCK TO THEIR ALMOST COMPLETE SILENCE ON THE ISSUE. FM PEREZ ROQUE, IN LONDONO'S VIEW ON DIRECT INSTRUCTIONS FROM RAUL CASTRO, TOLD GR [...] | 2008-04-16 14:40:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CU CO EC VN |
08HAVANA32 | CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP JAN. 1-11 [...] (C) ANTUNEZ DETAINED FOR ATTEMPT TO DISTRIBUTE HUMAN RIGHTS DELARATION: On 10 January several prominent dissidents including Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR),Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez"),Felix Antonio Bonne Carcasses and Idania Yanes Contreras distributed copies of the UN of Human Rights [...] | 2008-01-11 22:12:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA331 | CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP APR. 1- 23 [...] (SBU) POLITICAL PRISONER ATTACKED IN HOSPITAL BED: According to the wife of political prisoner Normando Hernandez Gonzalez, on April 14 Hernandez was attacked in his hospital bed by a fellow prisoner. Hernandez, an independent journalist, was imprisoned during a massive crackdown in 2003. [...] | 2008-04-18 20:28:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA333 | POLICE BREAK UP SIT DOWN STRIKE BY LADIES IN WHITE [...] (C) Summary: Beginning at about 6:30 AM on April 21, ten members of the Cuban human rights organization, Ladies in White (Damas de Blanco),held a sit down protest in a small park close to Havana's Revolution Square. The Damas demanded the unconditional release of the 55 political prisoners w [...] | 2008-04-21 20:13:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA336 | DAMAS DEFIANT AFTER POLICE BREAK UP PROTEST [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with COM today, Laura Pollan, spokesperson for the Cuban organization Ladies in White, stated that her arms and shoulders are still sore after police yesterday roughly broke up a protest by Pollan and nine supporters. However, Pollan and fellow Dama Berta Soler wer [...] | 2008-04-22 20:56:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA337 | LEADING DISSIDENT TELLS US NOT TO UNDERESTIMATE [...] (C) Summary: Prominent pro-democracy advocate, Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR),carefully watched official Cuban news coverage of the 4/21 police action to break up a demonstration by the organization Damas de Blanco ("Ladies in White"). She stated that while the coverage seems clumsy and hastil [...] | 2008-04-23 19:47:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA353 | CUBA INCREASES SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Official media announced on April 27 that starting in May the government will increase pensions and social assistance disbursements by 20%. In addition, the GOC will increase court/district attorney salaries by as much as 55%. According to the GOC statement, salary increases wi [...] | 2008-04-30 20:11:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU |
08HAVANA358 | MEXICAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSSESS RELATIONS WITH CUBA [...] (U) Mexican Ambassador Enrique Gabriel Jimenez Remus gave COM a rundown on the status of bilateral topics over dinner on April 30. 2. (C) High Level Visits: A Calderon visit cannot be set until Cuban FM Felipe Perez Roque visits Mexico DF. At that time, the Cubans will carry a formal [...] | 2008-05-02 21:11:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CU ME |
08HAVANA362 | REMARKS BY CUBAN OPPOSITION LEADER TO POTUS [...] Following is an unofficial translation of remarks made by prominent opposition leader Martha Beatriz Roque Cabello during a video teleconference with President Bush on May 6. Original Spanish version will follow septel. 2. (Begin unofficial translation). First I'd like to thank you on beh [...] | 2008-05-07 13:14:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV KDEM PREL CU |
08HAVANA363 | DISCUSSION WITH DISSIDENTS FOLLOWING POTUS VTC [...] (C) Immediately following the May 6 VTC with POTUS, COM and other USINT officers sat down with Cuban participants Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR),Berta Soler, and Antunez (Jorge Luis Garcia Perez) to discuss with them further the points they had made to the President. With any nervousness genera [...] | 2008-05-07 13:35:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU ECON PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA369 | TEXT OF REMARKS BY OPPOSITION LEADER TO POTUS [...] Following is the Spanish language text of the remarks made by prominent opposition leader Martha Beatriz Roque Cabello during a video teleconference with President Bush on May 6. 2. Begin text: Primero que todo quiero darle las gracias, en nombre de los tres (1),por una sola vez, por p [...] | 2008-05-08 21:11:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV KDEM PREL CU |
08HAVANA373 | CUBA: REQUEST FOR NEW OFAC PROVISION [...] (C) SUMMARY: It has come to USINT's attention that there are some U.S. citizen priests and other religious workers living and practicing in Cuba. They do so by living and working among Cubans; doing, literally, "God's work." Such positive U.S.-Cuban contact is precisely the kind of constru [...] | 2008-05-12 12:27:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CU |
08HAVANA374 | CUBA: REQUEST FOR NEW OFAC PROVISION [...] (C) SUMMARY: It has come to USINT's attention that there are some U.S. citizen priests and other religious workers living and practicing in Cuba. They do so by living and working among Cubans; doing, literally, "God's work." Such positive U.S.-Cuban contact is precisely the kind of constru [...] | 2008-05-12 12:27:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CU |
08HAVANA383 | BRIGADE 2506 ATTRACTS LITTLE INTEREST AMONG CUBAN [...] (C) Summary: Brigade 2506, a Florida-based organization that includes many Bay of Pigs veterans, asked USINT to facilitate a video conference with two Cuban dissidents it selected by Brigade 2506 , as well as a representative of FLAMUR (the Federation of Latin American Rural Women). Brigade [...] | 2008-05-13 16:23:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA389 | MYSTERY OF CUBAN DISSIDENT SWALLOWING TOXIC [...] (C) Summary: Iraida Soledad Rivas Verdecia, member of Ladies in White and wife of prominent Cuban dissident, Roberto de Miranda, on May 8, drank form a glass that may have contained a toxic substance. De Miranda states that he does not know how this happened. He said that the incident is d [...] | 2008-05-16 20:15:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA391 | CUBAN GOVERNMENT HEATS UP PROPAGANDA WAR [...] (C) Summary: On May 19 the Cuban government held a press conference to make accusations that USINT employees are involved in directly distributing funds from private organizations, including some with alleged terrorist ties, to "counter-revolutionaries" in Cuba. Documents obtained clandesti [...] | 2008-05-19 21:30:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA396 | CUBANS APPLAUD BUSH REMARKS [...] (C) Summary: On Wednesday, May 21, ninety-five Cubans watched the live broadcast from the White House commemorating Cuban Solidarity Day at the invitation of USINT. Everyone who spoke to USINT staff had high praise for the President's speech, remarking that it reflected a firm commitment to [...] | 2008-05-21 21:28:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA406 | CUBAN POLICE VIOLENTLY STOP PROTEST [...] (C) Summary: On May 25 former political prisoner Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") led a march in the city of Placetas, province of Santa Clara, that was to culminate in a symbolic funeral for Pedro Luis Boitel, a student leader who died in 1972 as the result of a hunger strike protesting [...] | 2008-05-27 20:42:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA418 | RUMORS OF RICE SHORTAGES SPARK GOC REACTION [...] (C) Over the past week, rumors have spread across the island about a possible shortfall of rice. Other rumors purported that the amount of rice distributed in the ration system would be cut in half and substituted by flour. As a result, some Cubans began buying rice in bulk amounts as a pre [...] | 2008-06-02 14:34:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU |
08HAVANA419 | FIDEL ATTACKS U.S. ELECTION PROCESS [...] (U) In the May 26 editions of Granma and Juventud Rebelde, Fidel Castro dedicated one of his periodic "Reflexiones" pieces to the U.S. election campaign, focusing on Barack Obama's May 23rd speech on Latin America. Entitled "The Cynical Policy of the Empire," the piece gives faint praise to [...] | 2008-06-02 14:38:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PREL |
08HAVANA426 | LETTER TO POTUS FROM CUBAN DISSIDENT MARTHA [...] After a hiatus brought about by GOC attacks on dissident leaders, especially Martha Beatriz Roque, and on USINT, COM met with Roque on June 2 at her apartment. Pol/Econ Counselor and dissident leader Vladimiro Roca also were present. During the encounter, Roque handed COM the letter at para [...] | 2008-06-04 13:29:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU EAID PREL |
08HAVANA434 | GOC TIGHTENS THE SCREWS ON OPPOSITION ACTIVITY [...] (C) In REF A, we commented that we believed that the May 19-21 media campaign centering on USINT's relations with various dissidents was directed primarily at the dissidents. Events in the succeeding days seem to support that thesis as the GOC has ignored our statement that they should make a [...] | 2008-06-06 19:28:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CU |
08HAVANA436 | CUBAN HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND UP MAY 18- JUNE 6 [...] (C) Summary: Many members of the dissident community report a marked increase during the past several weeks of open surveillance by state security. Several opposition figures have tied this to the GOC's recent media campaign against USINT. In addition, pro-democracy activists report an in [...] | 2008-06-09 19:40:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA437 | CUBAN HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND UP MAY 18- JUNE 6 [...] (C) Summary: Many members of the dissident community report a marked increase during the past several weeks of open surveillance by state security. Several opposition figures have tied this to the GOC's recent media campaign against USINT. In addition, pro-democracy activists report an in [...] | 2008-06-09 19:41:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA439 | CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTRY BLASTS TIP REPORT [...] (U) Summary: On June 8 the Cuban Foreign Ministry released a statement about the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report that had been announced by the Secretary on June 4. The statement said that the report made unfounded accusations that there existed internal trafficking of women an [...] | 2008-06-10 19:14:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA440 | GOC ANNOUNCES PLANNED CUBA-VENEZUELA FIBER OPTIC [...] (U) The June 9, edition of Granma dedicated an entire page and a half to an article touting a joint Cuban-Venezuelan project to build a 1,550 km fiber optic cable from Cuba to Venezuela, with an intermediate stop in Jamaica. According to the article, the cable would run from La Guaira in Ven [...] | 2008-06-10 19:16:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU ECON ECPS KCIP PGOV PREL |
08HAVANA453 | NBA VISIT TO CUBA [...] (U) A group of 80 members of the National Bar Association (NBA),an association of black lawyers, judges and legal para-professionals, recently spent a week in Cuba as part of a humanitarian visit. USINT had two events with representatives of this group: a sit-down dinner at the COM residence [...] | 2008-06-13 22:26:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PINR PREL |
08HAVANA460 | VISIT TO CUBA OF BRAZILIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AMORIM [...] (C) Poloff met with Brazilian DCM Vilmar Coutinho (please protect) to discuss the May 30-31 visit to Cuba of Brazilian foreign minister Celso Amorim. Amorim's visit was a follow-up to Brazilian President Lula da Silva's January 2008 visit to Cuba (Reftel). In addition to meeting with his co [...] | 2008-06-17 14:41:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF ETRD CU BR |
08HAVANA461 | FAMILIES OF POLITICAL PRISONERS GRATEFUL FOR [...] (C) Summary: On June 15 to celebrate Father's Day, COM held a day of recreation for over a hundred relatives, children and supporters of Cuba's political prisoners. The families were very grateful because Father's Day is a traditionally important event in Cuba. Many of the family members [...] | 2008-06-17 20:29:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA462 | HUGO CHAVEZ VISITS HAVANA: DEATH WATCH OR PROOF OF [...] (U) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez paid an unannounced (in Cuba) visit to Havana on June 16. His arrival scrambled air traffic at Jose Marti airport, resulting in several arriving USINT personnel being diverted briefly to Varadero. 2. (U) According to press reports, Chavez met for three [...] | 2008-06-17 21:16:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CU VN |
08HAVANA464 | FIDEL APPEARS IN VIDEO AND PRINT MEDIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-18 20:51:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR CU VN |
08HAVANA468 | WORLD FOOD AND ENERGY CRISIS FORCES CUBA TO ADAPT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The steep increase in world food and energy prices is driving the Cuban regime to suppress its spending on investment, a key enabling component of its moderate economic reform strategy. Even tied to Chavez,s umbilical cord, Cuba is nevertheless exposed to the real world economy, [...] | 2008-06-20 23:01:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU |
08HAVANA469 | REACTION IN CUBA TO EU DECISION TO LIFT [...] (C) Civil society members, reaction to the EU decision to drop its already suspended sanctions on Cuba was predictably negative. Though some had continued to hope for a miracle, most had no realistic expectation that the EU would react any other way. Key dissident leaders including Marta Be [...] | 2008-06-21 17:02:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU EU PGOV PREL |
08HAVANA470 | URUGUAYAN PRESIDENT VAZQUEZ MEETS WITH FIDEL CASTRO [...] (U) According to Cuban press reports, visiting Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez met for more than 2 hours with Fidel Castro on June 19. Unlike the visit of Venezuelan President Chavez earlier in the week (reftels),there were no visual images of the meeting made public. 2. (U) Meeting [...] | 2008-06-21 17:03:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CU UR |
08HAVANA483 | VISIT TO USINT BY ISRAELI EMBASSY OFFICIAL FROM [...] (C) Modi Ephraim, Political Counselor from the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires called on P/E Counselor June 23. Ephraim is in Havana for three days looking at a variety issues of interest to the GOI. Since Canada acts as protecting power for Israel in Cuba, Ephraim had arranged the visit wit [...] | 2008-06-23 21:19:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU IS PREL |
08HAVANA488 | SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY OF USINT APPLICANTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post conducted an informal socioeconomic survey of USINT applicants for visa and refugee status during the first five months of 2008. The sample was composed of 1,320 Cubans, one-third of whom completed the survey before the February 24 handover of power to Raul Castro and tw [...] | 2008-06-25 14:06:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU |
08HAVANA493 | CUBAN DISSIDENTS FACE PROSECUTION [...] (C) Summary: Led by Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez"),on June 20 six protesters delivered a letter of protest against the maltreatment of a prisoner to the Provincial Office of the Ministry of the Interior in the city of Matanzas. As they were sitting on a bench, they were accosted by m [...] | 2008-06-25 18:52:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA494 | FIDEL CASTRO LASHES OUT AT EU DECISION ON CUBA [...] (SBU) While opposition members continue to express disappointment with the EU decision on Cuba sanctions, and fear that it presages another crackdown on their activity, former President Fidel Castro appears to be beside himself with anger over the EU decision. 2. (SBU) Fidel wrote at leas [...] | 2008-06-25 20:14:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CU EU |
08HAVANA502 | GOVERNMENT HALTS HAVANA'S FIRST GAY PRIDE MARCH [...] (C) Summary: On June 25 a coalition of homosexual rights groups planned to hold a "Gay Pride" march from a park in Central Havana to the Ministry of Justice. At the Ministry they planned to present a petition demanding an end to discrimination, better treatment of AIDS patients and an end [...] | 2008-06-27 19:29:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA511 | FORMER CUBINT CHIEF, DAGOBERTO RODRIGUEZ BARRERA, [...] (SBU) The Embassy of Switzerland received a diplomatic note dated June 26, 2008 announcing that former Cubint chief,Dagoberto Rodriguez Barrera, has been chosen as the new Vice-Minister of foreign relations of Cuba, replacing Eumelio Caballero Rodriguez who was named Ambassador to Algeria. Ro [...] | 2008-07-02 14:40:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | CU EU PGOV PREL |
08HAVANA515 | MINREX LAUNCHES NEW ATTACK ON USINT ACTIVITY [...] (C) The Communist Party daily Granma ran a full page statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) in its July 2, edition lambasting USINT's activities as being illegal and contrary to accepted practice for diplomatic missions and personnel in Cuba. See full translated text in parag [...] | 2008-07-02 19:21:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CU |
08HAVANA521 | USINT HOSTS SUCCESSFUL 4TH OF JULY EVENT IN SPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In spite of an unprecedented effort to reduce attendance by the GOC, USINT hosted a successful 4th of July reception that attracted 626 guests from civil society, the press, religious organizations and the diplomatic corps. Many civil society members from outside Havana were pre [...] | 2008-07-07 13:20:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CU |
08HAVANA536 | CUBA PROVIDES EVIDENCE TO ASSIST U.S. PROSECUTION [...] (C) Summary: On July 4, 2008, Cuban officials from the Ministry of Interior (MININT) requested to meet with USINT's Coast Guard representative to present a case evidence package in reference to a June 16, 2008, illegal smuggling event which resulted in a collision of two vessels and the death [...] | 2008-07-08 21:56:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR CVIS PHUM PREF CU |
08HAVANA542 | INFORMAL POLL OF REFUGEE APPLICANTS SHOWS WOEFUL [...] (C) SUMMARY: FROM MAY 20 TO JUNE 20, USINT REFUGEE UNIT CONDUCTED AN UNOFFICIAL AND UNSCIENTIFIC SURVEY OF 236 CUBAN ADULTS (OVER AGE 21) WHO WERE PRINCIPAL APPLICANTS FOR REFUGEE STATUS. RESULTS REVEALED THAT OVER HALF OF THOSE SURVEYED COULD NOT IDENTIFY ANY OF SEVEN PROMINENT CUBAN DISSIDENTS/OP [...] | 2008-07-09 20:51:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINS PINR PREF CU |
08HAVANA568 | THE PRODUCTION OF GOODS FOR MANDATORY [...] (U) THE US INTERESTS SECTION (USINT) IN HAVANA CUBA COULD NOT/NOT IDENTIFY ANY FORCED OR CHILD LABOR USED TO PRODUCE ANY SPECIFIC GOODS IN CUBA ACCORDING TO THE DEFINITIONS CONTAINED IN SECSTATE 43120. WILLIAMS WILLIAMS [...] | 2008-07-17 16:20:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA574 | HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP, JULY 5- JULY 18 [...] (SBU) LARGE SCALE DETENTIONS TO STOP COMMEMORATIONS OF TUGBOAT SINKING. Noted dissident leader, Francisco Chavianao, asked for official permission to hold in Havana a demonstration commemorating the sinking on July 13, 1994 of the tugboat 13 de Marzo. (Several individuals had seized the boa [...] | 2008-07-18 20:46:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA592 | RAUL TALKS TOUGH ON THE ECONOMY BUT PROPOSES NO [...] (C) The series of "reforms" that were made public in the spring not only generated expectations that real change could be in the offing, but created an atmosphere of anticipation in Cuba each time that a major public figure speaks or a formal event takes place. So far, however, nothing espec [...] | 2008-07-23 19:30:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAGR ECON CU |
08HAVANA608 | RAUL'S JULY 26TH SPEECH A NON-EVENT THIS YEAR [...] (C) The evening of July 26th, in celebration of the 55th anniversary of the attack on the Moncada barracks in Santiago, which launched the Castro revolution in Cuba, Raul Castro addressed an assembled group of about 10,000 selected supporters gathered at the former barracks, now converted int [...] | 2008-07-30 12:42:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON CU |
08HAVANA614 | HAVANA: INITIAL THOUGHTS ON THE WAY FORWARD [...] (C/NF) Following are some early impressions and requests from the COM's first two weeks on the ground. 2. (C/NF) Connecting with the Cuban people is extremely important, and extremely challenging. --------------------------------------------- --------- - The GOC focuses intensely on isol [...] | 2008-08-01 17:05:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KPAO CU |
08HAVANA66 | COMSEC DISCUSSES FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY WITH CUBAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 14 January Commerce Secretary Gutierrez spoke by video conference with 10 representatives of Cuban youth organizations. The participants discussed their desires for democracy and freedom. They also spoke about the prospects of achieving a democratic transition in Cuba and the i [...] | 2008-01-18 16:13:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA663 | RIGHTS REPORT SHOWS DETENTIONS RISE WHILE NUMBER [...] (C) Summary. On August 12, the Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation (CCHRNR) released its report for the first six months of 2008. This is the most thoroughly researched of any report done within Cuba about the conditions of political prisoners on the island. The r [...] | 2008-08-15 18:31:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA701 | AGENDA PARA LA TRANSICION PRESENTS FORMAL [...] (U) Agenda para la Transicion (APT) leaders Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR) and Vladimiro Roca, flanked by other members of the APT leadership gave a press conference to mostly foreign press at Roca's house on August 26, to announce that they had presented a formal complaint (denuncia) to the Att [...] | 2008-08-27 13:49:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PREL PHUM |
08HAVANA717 | MGJM01: HURRICANE GUSTAV DEVASTATES WESTERN CUBA [...] (U) Through a combination of official news and contacts with individuals in the affected regions, we can report that it appears that Pinar del Rio province suffered severe damage in Hurricane Gustav, and that housing and infrastructure on the Isla de la Juventud was almost totally destroyed. [...] | 2008-09-02 21:44:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU EAID PINR PINS PREL XL XK |
08HAVANA718 | MGJM01: Effects of Hurricane Gustav on Cuba [...] Hurricane Gustav made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in Western Cuba, Pinar del Rio province on August 30 after passing over Isla de Juventud. The eye of the hurricane passed approximately 50 miles from the city of Havana, mitigating the amount of wind and rain received. No serious damag [...] | 2008-09-03 12:32:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR CU XL XK |
08HAVANA730 | MGHH01: USINT HAVANA EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE PREPARES [...] Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met this afternoon to discuss preparations for Hurricane Ike which is currently 400-500 miles east of Cuba. 2. Current projections indicate that winds from Ike will reach the northwest portion of the island early Wednesday morning and will likely rang [...] | 2008-09-05 21:06:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AEMR CASC PREL PINR AMGT CU |
08HAVANA731 | MGHH01: USINT HAVANA EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE - [...] Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met this afternoon to discuss changes to Hurricane Ike's projected path and the potential impact to UNINT operations. 2. As of 2:00 p.m., Saturday, Ike was a Category Three (3) storm approximately 300 miles east of Cuba and scheduled to make landfall [...] | 2008-09-06 21:27:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AEMR AMGT CASC PREL PINR CU |
08HAVANA732 | MGHH01: USINT HAVANA EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE - [...] Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met at noon today to discuss the current status of Hurricane Ike and the impact to UNINT operations. 2. As of 11:00 a.m. Sunday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported no change in the status of Hurricane Ike. It remains a Category Four (4) sto [...] | 2008-09-07 18:55:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AEMR AMGT CASC PREL PINR CU |
08HAVANA739 | CUBAN ECONOMY HURT BY GUSTAV, MAY BE CRUSHED BY IKE [...] (C) Hit by two major hurricanes in eight days, the damage to the Cuban economy is extensive and likely to delay any further economic reforms in the near-term. While Cuba may have escaped significant harm to its main exporting sectors (nickel, medicines, and tobacco),other agricultural secto [...] | 2008-09-08 20:14:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU |
08HAVANA744 | DISASTER DECLARATION FOR CUBA - HURRICANE IKE [...] (U) Hurricane Ike has wreaked havoc across eastern, central, and western Cuba as it traversed virtually the entire island from September 8-9. U.S. Interests Section personnel do not have direct access to these regions of Cuba, but have received reports from Cuban NGOs, international organi [...] | 2008-09-11 19:59:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL CU |
08HAVANA752 | IN THE MIDST OF DESPAIR, A HIKE IN GAS PRICES [...] (U) As eastern Cuba battled hurricane Ike and the western part of the island prepared for its second major hurricane in eight days, the Government of Cuba announced on September 8 a significant increase in prices for gasoline and diesel, effective immediately. The GOC raised the price of regu [...] | 2008-09-12 21:09:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU |
08HAVANA756 | NEXT STEPS IN THE EU-CUBA POLITICAL DIALOGUE [...] (C) EC representative Javier Nino Perez told COM on September 15 that the GOC had accepted the EU request for a political dialogue following the EU's removal of sanctions on Cuba in June. The GOC response reportedly was contained in a diplomatic note filled with verbiage regarding intrusion i [...] | 2008-09-15 20:46:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID PREL EU CU |
08HAVANA761 | GOC ADMITS IT CAN'T HANDLE HURRICANE DAMAGE [...] (C) The Government of Cuba (GOC) admitted in state run media on September 12 that it is impossible to resolve the magnitude of the catastrophe from Tropical Storm Fay, Hurricane Gustav, and Hurricane Ike with available resources. On September 15, the GOC published an official preliminary dam [...] | 2008-09-16 21:43:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU |
08HAVANA77 | BRAZILIAN EMBASSY READOUT OF LULA VISIT TO CUBA [...] (C) PolCouns met with Brazilian Minister Counselor Vilmar Coutinho on January 18 to get a readout of President Lula's visit to Cuba. Coutinho described the visit as very successful, having achieved the goals of both sides. As had been reported in the press, Cuba and Brazil signed 10 bilater [...] | 2008-01-22 21:56:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU EAGR ECON ENRG EPET ETRD PREL |
08HAVANA777 | COURTESY CALL ON NEW RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO HAVANA [...] (C) SUMMARY: COM paid a courtesy call on newly arrived Russian Ambassador to Cuba and discussed economic cooperation between Russia and Cuba, illegal migration of Cubans into Mexico, humanitarian aid for Cuba post-Hurricane Ike as well as discussions on South Ossetia The Russian Ambassador [...] | 2008-09-25 12:49:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PINR PREL |
08HAVANA781 | LIKELIHOOD OF A CUBAN MASS MIGRATION FOLLOWING [...] (C) Summary: Hurricane season 2008 has been especially unkind to the island of Cuba. Four consecutive storms, concluding with the most recent, Hurricane IKE, left much of the island in shambles. Buildings and homes, tobacco and sugar crops, and island-wide infrastructure have all been affe [...] | 2008-09-26 20:18:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV PREL SMIG PHUM CU |
08HAVANA790 | BACKWARD REFORM THROUGH PRICE CONTROLS [...] (C) The Government of Cuba's (GOC) September 29 decision to regulate prices and quantities in private farmers' markets highlights the regime's instinct for control and stability over flexibility and reform. If this new regulation becomes more than a temporary measure, the price controls will [...] | 2008-10-03 20:31:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR PGOV PREL CU |
08HAVANA812 | SWEDEN'S NEW DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE STRATEGY MAY BE [...] (SBU) COM spoke with Swedish Ambassador Caroline Fleetwood on October 15 following her presentation of credentials, and asked about her plans to implement Sweden's new democracy assistance policy. Reftel described the new policy focused on support for civil and political rights, and highlighte [...] | 2008-10-15 21:25:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM CU |
08HAVANA814 | DAMAS TELL FIRST LADY ABOUT HURRICANE DEVASTATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16, seven members of the group Damas de Blanco, an organization of the relatives and supporters of Cuban political prisoners, spoke by video conference with First Lady Laura Bush, and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez. The Damas described the dire situation of som [...] | 2008-10-16 20:57:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA816 | DAMAS TELL FIRST LADY ABOUT HURRICANE DEVASTATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16, seven members of the group Damas de Blanco, an organization of the relatives and supporters of Cuban political prisoners, spoke by video conference with First Lady Laura Bush, and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez. The Damas described the dire situation of som [...] | 2008-10-17 12:29:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA818 | DOES RAUL HAVE A PLAN FOR CUBA? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Raul Castro's July 26 speech gave little promise of change or progress on any front. The real impact of four tropical storms/hurricanes in the intervening two months is now beginning to be felt strongly throughout the island. Whether Raul thought the time was propitious to move [...] | 2008-10-17 19:45:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PINR CU |
08HAVANA835 | MASSIVE CRACKDOWN TARGETS THE AVERAGE CUBAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Many members of civil society from various parts of Cuba have reported widespread arrests for petty economic crimes, such as illegal street vending, possession of building materials, and selling items for more than the official prices in the aftermath of hurricanes Gustav and I [...] | 2008-10-24 20:41:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA84 | COUNTING CUBA'S POLITICAL PRISONERS [...] (C) Summary: The Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation (CCDHRN) released its end of year report on political prisoners in Cuba. The report lists 234 political prisoners, a drop from 246 named in the July 2007 report, and from the 316 political prisoners held in July o [...] | 2008-01-24 21:58:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA852 | U.S. ELECTIONS GENERATE INTENSE INTEREST IN CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: As with many things about the U.S., Cubans were captivated by the U.S. election process this year. Even official media devoted significant time and space to covering the primary and final elections (until the final election itself was over that is). USINT hosted an election nig [...] | 2008-11-06 16:08:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PINR EAID CU |
08HAVANA858 | DISASTER DECLARATION FOR CUBA - HURRICANE PALOMA [...] (U) Hurricane Paloma struck central Cuba on November 8 as a powerful Category 4 storm, the second most powerful November Hurricane on record. Local and international press report significant damage, especially to the town of Santa Cruz del Sur. No casualties have been reported, but the GOC [...] | 2008-11-10 21:30:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL CU |
08HAVANA863 | POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE AT ANNUAL TRADE FAIR [...] (C) Lesk than one week after the Government of CudQ (GOC) made their annual case to the UnqtUd Nations that thQ U.S. embargo w!s#cruhing deir economy,QrheGOs used`lhU :th Hmvyna Inte2vatinal vaQ~t/ mialght&o the@embrd_&mQ "ailfd. `Wtkou,8hiht,or iron,tke O8claia twynwQin commeea, qelxGms&Qe4d# [...] | 2008-11-14 19:13:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR PGOV PINR PREL ECON TBIO CU |
08HAVANA878 | ALL CHINA, ALL THE TIME - AT LEAST THIS WEEK [...] (C) For four straight days, Chinese President Hu Jintao's 36 hour visit has dominated the Cuban press. China and Cuba signed 12 agreements, including renewed contracts for Cuban exports and much needed restructuring of Cuba's debt. Hu arrived in Cuba in between visits by Brazilian President [...] | 2008-11-21 19:40:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU |
08HAVANA879 | CUBA IN 2008: THE YEAR OF CHANGE THAT WASN'T [...] (C) SUMMARY: Beaten by storms and threatened by the world economic slump, Cuba would seem to be in a very bad way--and indeed it is. But increasing repression at home and international support give the GOC reason to feel fairly comfortable at the moment. Nevertheless, what began as a year [...] | 2008-11-21 20:49:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR CU |
08HAVANA88 | DIPS CORPS COMMENTS ON CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: COM and other USINT officers have been making the rounds of the Dip Corps in Havana to gauge third country views and experiences on the situation in Cuba. The following reports meetings with officials in the Russian, Chinese, Romanian, Italian and Indonesian embassies. Meetin [...] | 2008-01-25 16:59:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PINR PREL |
08HAVANA880 | ALL CHINA, ALL THE TIME - AT LEAST THIS WEEK [...] (C) For four straight days, Chinese President Hu Jintao's 36 hour visit has dominated the Cuban press. China and Cuba signed 12 agreements, including renewed contracts for Cuban exports and much needed restructuring of Cuba's debt. Hu arrived in Cuba in between visits by Brazilian President [...] | 2008-11-21 20:49:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU |
08HAVANA894 | 10 NOVEMBER REPATRIATION OF CUBANS AT [...] USINT officer transferred 28 Cubans from the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Ocracoke to Cuban authorities on November 10 without incident. 2. The cutter docked in the Cuban port of Cabanas at approximately 9:30 am local time to transfer the migrants. USINT officer briefed the returnees and provi [...] | 2008-12-02 20:25:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PREF PREL KCRM CU |
08HAVANA922 | 22 NOVEMBER REPATRIATION OF CUBANS AT [...] USINT officer transferred 12 Cubans from the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Ocracoke to Cuban authorities on November 22 without incident. 2. The cutter docked in the Cuban port of Cabanas at approximately 9:30 am local time to transfer the migrants. USINT officer briefed the returnees and provi [...] | 2008-12-15 12:45:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PREF PREL KCRM CU |
08HAVANA956 | RAUL VENTURES OFF THE ISLAND, COMMENTS ATTEMPT TO [...] (C) Summary: From December 13 to December 18, Raul Castro traveled off the island for the first time since taking over for brother Fidel in July of 2006. The first part of the trip was an awkward stop in Caracas. The second part was to attend regional summits in Costa do Sauipe Brazil and [...] | 2008-12-24 16:11:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM CU |
08HAVANA963 | HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND UP DECEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 10, Cuban state security moved to prevent many activists from marking the 60th anniversary of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The police detained at least 80 pro-democracy activists. All were released without charges within 24 hour [...] | 2008-12-29 20:47:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA964 | HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND UP DECEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 10, Cuban state security moved to prevent many activists from marking the 60th anniversary of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The police detained at least 80 pro-democracy activists. All were released without charges within 24 hour [...] | 2008-12-29 20:47:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08HAVANA969 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEETING; RAUL'S SPEECH HOLD NO [...] (C) The Cuban National Assembly concluded its second 48-hour session on December 27 with a speech by President Raul Castro. In spite of the auspicious timing just days before the 50th anniversary of the Cuban revolution on January 1, the National Assembly session and Raul's speech were hardl [...] | 2008-12-30 20:45:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CU |
08HELSINKI1 | FINNISH RESPONSE - BHUTTO ASSASSINATION AND US [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-02 13:05:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SHUM PK FI |
08HELSINKI125 | FINLAND ON TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE OECD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-19 12:25:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON OECD CM TW FI |
08HELSINKI126 | FINLAND BEGINS EDGING TOWARD THE NRF [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Halonen has authorized the GoF to make an official statement of interest in eventual NRF participation. This is a welcome and necessary first step, and we hope the Finns will deliver their official notification to NATO before the Bucharest Summit. However, in practice [...] | 2008-03-19 12:42:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PREL MOPS FI |
08HELSINKI137 | FINNISH VIEWS ON THE MARCH 28-29 GYMNICH [...] (U) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Finnish MFA EU Correspondent Leena-Kaisa Mikkola March 26. Mikkola highlighted the following: 2. (SBU) WESTERN BALKANS: EU leadership is very concerned about Northern Kosovo, and Mikkola said she expected a discussion of recent developments there [...] | 2008-03-28 11:16:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EU FI |
08HELSINKI145 | FINLND: GLOBAL INITIATIVE EPG INAUGURAL MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-02 07:10:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP ARM PINR PINS PREL PTER FI FR |
08HELSINKI151 | FINLAND ON BELARUS [...] (C) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Tuula Yrjola, Director of the Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia April 1. The GoF has made strengthening democracy and urging reform in Belarus the rest of this region a focus of its OSCE Chairmanship-in- Office, so Yrjola appreciated the det [...] | 2008-04-03 11:27:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | BO EU PHUM PREL FI |
08HELSINKI155 | THOUGHTS ON FINLAND AS I DEPART POST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Upon my departure following two years of service as the US Ambassador to Finland, I would like to thank you and President Bush for having afforded me this tremendous opportunity. My team and I have worked hard to nurture and strengthen the US- Finnish bilateral [...] | 2008-04-07 13:38:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV MARR ETRD FI |
08HELSINKI159 | FINLAND: REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Leena Pylvanainen, Regional Manager of the Finnish MFA's Office of Middle East and North Africa, and to Ilkka Rentola, Counsellor, Unit for Human Rights Policy and Irma Lescelius, Unit for Humanitarian Assistance, April 2. Pylvanainen said Finland alloca [...] | 2008-04-09 06:53:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL FI |
08HELSINKI180 | FINNISH COMMENTS ON THE APRIL 28-29 GAERC [...] (U) Poloffs delivered GAERC talking points to Finnish MFA European Correspondent Leena-Kaisa Mikkola April 22. 2. (SBU) WESTERN BALKANS: The GoF agrees that the US and the EU should work collaboratively to urge the UNSG to show leadership in ensuring a smooth transition from UNMIK to a new [...] | 2008-04-24 07:20:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN FI |
08HELSINKI184 | FINLAND: RESPONSE ON ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) PolOffs delivered subject demarche to Antti Vanska, Counsellor, Unit for Russia and Paivi Pihlajamaki, Second Secretary Unit for Europe and Central Asia April 28. The GoF generally agreed with the points. Pihlajamaki noted that Foreign Minister Stubb used the opportunity of his April 25 [...] | 2008-04-29 12:18:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG RS FI |
08HELSINKI186 | FINLAND: STUBB RAISES GEORGIA AND US MISSILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finnish FM Stubb and Russian FM held their first official meeting April 25. Their lengthy discussions focused on bilateral issues, the EU-Russia relationship, and the OSCE. Stubb raised UAV incident in Georgia and the Russian Presidential Instructions on South Ossetia and Abkhaz [...] | 2008-04-30 12:28:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM FI RU |
08HELSINKI197 | RESPECTED FINNISH NGO HOSTS SECOND IRAQ [...] (SBU) The Crisis Management Initiative (CMI),a respected Finnish NGO headed by former President (and UN Special Envoy for Kosovo) Martti Ahtisaari, hosted a second reconciliation seminar in Finland for senior Iraqi political leaders April 24-27. The first occurred in Sept. 2007. Aimed at es [...] | 2008-05-07 12:48:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ FI |
08HELSINKI202 | FINLAND TO OFFER HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO BURMA [...] (U) On May 8, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Ms. Ulla-Maija Finskas, Head of the Unit for Humanitarian Assistance at the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) on the need for assistance in Burma following cyclone Nargis. Finskas shared similar U.S. concerns that humanitarian aid is [...] | 2008-05-09 13:32:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL BM FI |
08HELSINKI223 | FINLAND: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-21 13:08:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ETTC PREL CU FI |
08HELSINKI224 | FINLAND: DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN PEOPLE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-21 13:09:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KDEM PREL EUN KPAO SOCI CU FI |
08HELSINKI226 | FINNISH COMMENTS ON THE MAY 26-27 GAERC [...] (U) PolChief and PolOff delivered the Department's GAERC talking points to Finnish European Correspondent Leena-Kaisa Mikkola May 20. 2. (SBU) IRAN: Mikkola acknowledged that the EU has still been unable to reach consensus on implementation of UNSCR 1803. However, she noted that the EU did [...] | 2008-05-22 13:25:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN FI LE IR GG SY |
08HELSINKI229 | FINLAND: UN SYSTEM OF INTERNAL JUSTICE [...] (U) PolOff delivered the UN System of Internal Justice demarche to Deputy Director General Pekka Oinonen of the MFA's Legal Department and to Director Kai Sauer of the Unit for General Global Affairs on May 20. 2. (U) Oinonen stated that the GoF agrees with most of the points in the US non [...] | 2008-05-27 13:26:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER PREL UNGA FI |
08HELSINKI238 | IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] The following is Embassy Helsinki's response to reftel regarding the impact of rising food/commodity prices in Finland. Post has done no previous reporting on this subject. DEMAND 2. The most important agricultural commodities consumed in Finland are milk, meat and grains, and the most [...] | 2008-05-30 10:37:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL FI |
08HELSINKI247 | FINLAND ON IOM DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (U) PolOff delivered the "Securing Support for U.S. Candidate for IOM Director General" demarche to Counsellor Ilkka Rentola of the MFA,s Unit for Human Rights Policy on Jun 4. 2. (C) Rentola stated that the GoF's current discussion is focused on support for the Canadian candidate Sergio Ma [...] | 2008-06-05 10:34:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF SMIG AORC FI |
08HELSINKI270 | AMBASSADOR BARRETT MEETS WITH FORMER FINNISH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-24 05:25:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OECD UN FI |
08HELSINKI278 | AMBASSADOR BARRETT MEETS WITH FINNISH EMPLOYMENT [...] (SBU) During the Ambassador,s June 19 courtesy call, Minister of Employment Tarja Cronberg indicated she may wish to pursue a meeting or other contact with Secretary Chao after returning from summer vacation. Cronberg complimented the Embassy's city outreach program bringing Embassy employees [...] | 2008-06-25 12:40:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ELAB ETRD EINV ENRG KGHG FI |
08HELSINKI29 | FINNISH RESPONSE - APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-25 06:23:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV EUN FI |
08HELSINKI292 | AMBASSADOR BARRETT MEETS WITH FINNISH STATE [...] (SBU) During Ambassador Barrett's June 13 courtesy call on Risto Volanen, State Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office, Volanen explained his duties as Chief- of-Staff for the Prime Minister. He invited Ambassador Barrett to bring issues to his attention that require emphasis or demand imme [...] | 2008-06-26 15:16:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC KGHG ENRG KIPR ETRD FI |
08HELSINKI3 | FINNISH RESPONSE - SUPPORTING ASPIRATIONS OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-03 12:40:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KMPI NSC SY FI |
08HELSINKI311 | FINNISH GOVERNMENT APPROVES PHARMACEUTICAL [...] Summary: In a disappointing move and despite Embassy and industry efforts, the Finnish cabinet voted unanimously June 25 to approve a reference pricing scheme for pharmaceuticals, a provision of which undermines the value of patent protection for medicines created and manufactured by U.S. and [...] | 2008-07-09 09:35:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD FI PREL |
08HELSINKI323 | FINLAND: SUPPORT FOR IAEA-INDIA AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-15 13:44:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC FI |
08HELSINKI324 | FINNISH COMMENTS ON GAERC JULY 22-23 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-16 07:46:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EUN PGOV FI IR SO SU ZI UP CD |
08HELSINKI34 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT WITH FOREIGN MINISTER KANERVA [...] (SBU) Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva briefed Ambassador Ware on various OSCE-related issues on January 24. He focused mainly on Russia, having just held consultations with visiting Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko earlier in the week. 2. (C) FINLAND'S FIRST MONTH A [...] | 2008-01-28 13:21:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FI RS |
08HELSINKI374 | FINNISH COMMENTS ON AUGUST 13 GEORGIA GAERC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-14 13:47:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GG RU FI |
08HELSINKI375 | FINLAND: KARADZIC FAMILY TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-14 14:03:00 | Embassy Helsinki | SECRET | PREL ETTC KAWC ICTY BK EU FI |
08HELSINKI380 | FINLAND: DEMARCHE SUPPORT OSCE MONITORS GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-16 11:50:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PREL PBTS GG RS FI |
08HELSINKI406 | FINLAND: COMMENTS ON GYMNICH SEPTEMBER 5-6 [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff delivered points from reftels to Markku Lampinen, Deputy Director Deputy European Correspondent, Unit for European Common Foreign and Security Policy on September 3. Lampinen stated that the extraordinary European Council (EC) meeting on Monday (September 1) left less fo [...] | 2008-09-04 13:43:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN PREL PGOV GG PHUM RU FI |
08HELSINKI415 | FINDLAND COMMENTS ON SEPTEMBER 15-16 FOREIGN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-12 14:26:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EUN PGOV FISO SO ZI UP |
08HELSINKI420 | FINLAND: AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] Econ Assistant delivered reftel points to Dr Merja Saarinen, Ministry of Social Affairs' Ministerial Counselor for Health/medical Affairs, primary POC for Avian Influenza, and chairwoman of a pandemic preparation working group at the Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. Points were a [...] | 2008-09-18 09:01:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR EAID KFLU AORC PREL FI |
08HELSINKI424 | 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: FINLAND ADDITIONAL INFO [...] (SBU) Follow up to previous details provided by the Finnish MFA: --------------------------------------------- ------- D. Attendance of other VIPs --------------------------------------------- ------- Mr. Paavo Vayrynen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Arrival: Finnair, Septemb [...] | 2008-09-18 13:31:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA FI |
08HELSINKI427 | FINLAND: GEORGIA CONFLICT SPURS DEBATE ON SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. While the crisis in Georgia appears not to have changed public opinion about Finland's security, it has generated debate and discussion about security policy. The consensus-based coalition government's policy on maintaining the "option" to join NATO remains, though the consensus [...] | 2008-09-19 13:55:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | FI PGOV PREL XZ ZB |
08HELSINKI448 | INTERIM RESPONSE: KOSOVO DEBT RELIEF TRUST [...] Econ Assistant delivered reftel points requesting financial assistance for the World Bank-managed Kosovo Debt Relief Fund, and urging GOF to support IMF and World Bank membership for Kosovo to Mr Martti Eirola, Kosovo Desk Officer at the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on September 2 [...] | 2008-10-02 13:52:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN EINV PREL EU FI |
08HELSINKI45 | FINNISH RESPONSE - CONDEMNING ARREST AND [...] (C) PolChief delivered subject demarche Feb. 5 to Deskoff for Syria and Lebanon Keijo Karjalainen. Karjalainen thanked us for the detailed information on the plight of Raid Seif and the Damascus Delcaration National Council members. He said that the GoF is now following these cases closely wi [...] | 2008-02-05 10:55:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KMPI SY FI |
08HELSINKI451 | GEORGIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Econ Assistant delivered reftel points regarding the upcoming International Georgia Reconstruction Donors Conference in Brussels to Mr Jaakko Lehtovirta, Georgia Desk Officer at the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). The MFA is working to determine how much room there is in Finland's [...] | 2008-10-07 08:22:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN EINV KCRS KMCA EUMEM PREL GG FI |
08HELSINKI456 | AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON IN FINLAND [...] (C) Ambassador Williamson briefed Finnish officials about his recent trip to Georgia on September 15. Williamson urged the Finns to use their chairmanship to push for a more robust OSCE monitoring mission that would have access to South Ossetia and Abkahzia and could document abuses. Finnis [...] | 2008-10-08 13:34:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM OSCE EUN ICJ GG RS FI |
08HELSINKI457 | FINLAND COMMENTS: KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] (C) PolOff and Finland Desk Officer met with Finnish MFA Counselor Tony Paso, Unit for EU Enlargement and West Balkans on October 7. Regarding the Serbian resolution, Paso said that the Government of Finland (GoF) will abstain regardless of the EU position, coinciding with the public position [...] | 2008-10-09 07:41:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA ICJ KV FI |
08HELSINKI462 | FINLAND: NATO TOUR PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Helsinki proposes two NATO Tours for FY09, designed to promote greater understanding of the Alliance in the wake of the conflict in Georgia. The GOF's security policy emphasizes the importance of multilateral cooperation, including with the US, NATO and in particular th [...] | 2008-10-09 13:27:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO OEXC OIIP PREL KPAO FI |
08HELSINKI463 | FINNISH COMMENTS ON OCTOBER 13 GAERC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-10 10:32:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN PHUM PREL PGOV ZI UZ BO GG RS FI |
08HELSINKI469 | FINLAND'S RESPONSE TO SECOND GEORGIA DEMARCHE [...] Econ Officer delivered reftel talking points to Jaakko Lehtovirta, Georgia Desk Officer at the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). The MFA is currently formulating the amount and direction of aid it will provide for Georgia's recovery efforts. 2. The MFA received the Joint Needs As [...] | 2008-10-16 10:49:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN GG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS FI |
08HELSINKI48 | FINNISH RESPONSE - DEMARCHE REQUEST: SUPPORT [...] (C) PolChief delivered subject demarche and Note Verbale Feb. 5 to Deskoff for Syria and Lebanon Keijo Karjalainen. Karjalainen said the GoF fully supports the Arab League's plan for Lebanon, as indicated by the most recent European Council Conclusions. The GoF also supports the EU's efforts [...] | 2008-02-05 12:12:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN EINV KDEM LE SY FI |
08HELSINKI485 | INVITATION TO THE OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-24 14:05:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OSCE FI |
08HELSINKI489 | FINLAND: NOMINATION FOR 2009 SECRETARY'S AWARD [...] (U) Embassy Helsinki submits the following nomination for the 2009 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage: Full legal name of nominee: Miranda Vuolasranta Job title/association: I. Executive Director/Fintiko Romano Forum ry (FRF) National Roma Forum of Finland II. Secre [...] | 2008-10-27 15:04:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM FI |
08HELSINKI500 | FINNISH COMMENTS ON NOV 3 GYMNICH AND NOV 10-11 [...] (U) PolChief met on October 31 with Leena-Kaisa Mikkola, Director of the MFA Unit for European Union Common Foreign and Security Policy, to discuss the upcoming Gymnich and GAERC meetings. 2. (C) Mikkola said the subject of the November 3 Gymnich would be Transatlantic Relations, i.e., as a [...] | 2008-10-31 16:24:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | BK CG EUN FI PGOV PHUM PREL RS |
08HELSINKI52 | SCENESETTER FOR KANERVA-RICE MEETING FEBRUARY 2008 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Kanerva will seek to use his Feb. 11 meeting with S to highlight the GOF,s priorities as 2008 Chairman in Office (CiO) of the OSCE. The Finns share our views on the key challenges currently facing the OSCE. However, they feel a deep historic tie to the organizatio [...] | 2008-02-06 13:01:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR OVIP FI |
08HELSINKI53 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT -- NEGATIVE REPLY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-07 11:00:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EFIN FI |
08HELSINKI541 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO FINLAND, [...] (C) SUMMARY. You will arrive in Finland as the Finns enjoy considerable international acclaim for their efforts in international crisis management, not only as a result of their effective Chairmanship of the OSCE, but also for the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to former President Martti Ahtis [...] | 2008-11-25 15:05:00 | Embassy Helsinki | SECRET | FI MARR PGOV PREL |
08HELSINKI550 | FINNISH COMMENTS ON THE DECEMBER 8-9 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. PolOff met with MFA Unit for the European Union Common Foreign and Security Policy Director Leena-Kaisa Mikkola to discuss GAERC points on December 5. On the question of enlargement, she stated that the Western Balkans will be part of a general discussion and Turkey will be encou [...] | 2008-12-05 15:12:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EUN ZL IS PK CG TU FI |
08HELSINKI56 | FINLAND: INVITING COUNTRIES TO KOSOVO STEERING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finland has signaled its intention to move very quickly to offer bilateral recognition to an independent Kosovo. Although the GoF strongly supports a "common EU platform" in favor of recognition, it recognizes that some member states' opposition makes this unlikely. Finland is e [...] | 2008-02-08 14:15:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE YI FI |
08HELSINKI561 | U/S BURNS MEETS FINNISH FM AND OSCE CIO ALEXANDER [...] (SBU) Summary: U/S Burns met Finnish Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairman in Office (CiO) Alexander Stubb on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting December 4 in Helsinki. Burns provided Stubb an update on Secretary Rice's trip to India, and Stubb replied that was where she needed [...] | 2008-12-11 13:46:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PHUM OSCE FI GG RS IR IS CH IN |
08HELSINKI562 | FINLAND TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to Finnish officials, the revised Afghanistan policy to be presented to the Finnish Parliament in February 2009 will call for increased civilian and military personnel, as well as greater development assistance. Debate within the government (GOF) about increasing suppor [...] | 2008-12-11 14:18:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | FI MARR PGOV PREL |
08HELSINKI6 | FINNISH RESPONSE - GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-07 08:42:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PARM PREL PTER FI |
08HELSINKI60 | NOKIA: FINLAND,S ECONOMIC DYNAMO LOOKS TO THE [...] (U) Summary: The Nokia transformation from a tire and boot company to a telecommunications powerhouse in just 20 short years is legend in both Finland and the industry. Nokia and the support industry it spawned account for nearly 20% of Finland,s economy. At the end of 2007, Nokia sold 1.5 m [...] | 2008-02-12 07:19:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN ECON FI |
08HELSINKI61 | FEBRUARY GAERC: FINNS SUPPORT COMMON PLATFORM FOR [...] (U) PolChief delivered the Department's GAERC talking points to Finnish European Correspondent Leena-Kaisa Mikkola Feb. 12. Not surprisingly, Mikkola said that Kosovo will dominate the ministers' agenda. 2. (C) The EU still hoped to establish a "common platform" for member states' speedy re [...] | 2008-02-12 11:50:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN FI |
08HELSINKI64 | OSCE AMBASSADOR FINLEY MEETS CHAIRMAN KANERVA IN [...] (SBU) Summary: US OSCE Ambassador Julie Finley separately met with Finnish Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairman in Office (CiO) Ilkka Kanerva and MFA State Secretary Teija Tiilikainen in Helsinki January 30. Kanerva expressed gratitude for the US response to Finland's OSCE agenda presented in Vi [...] | 2008-02-14 13:00:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS FI |
08HELSINKI67 | FINNISH RESPONSE - DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 13:14:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG RU FI |
08HELSINKI74 | FINNISH RESPONSE - U.S. DECISION TO RECOGNIZE [...] (C) PolOff spoke with Juha Ottman, Director, Unit for Western Balkans on February 21 regarding reftels. On February 18 GoF declared its intention to recognize Kosovo independence, with formal recognition expected on February 29. GoF's process requires that the cabinet approve the recognitio [...] | 2008-02-21 13:02:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK FI |
08HELSINKI80 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL; FINLAND UNIVERSAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-28 08:29:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL FI |
08HELSINKI91 | FINNISH VIEWS ON POSSIBLE UNSC ACTION ON PIRACY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-05 07:34:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM PBTS UN UNSC IMO SO XA XW FI |
08HELSINKI93 | FINLAND: PRE-GAERC RESPONSE [...] (U) PolChief discussed the GAERC talking points with Finnish MFA EU Correspondent Leena-Kaisa Mikkola March 4. 2. (SBU) WESTERN BALKANS: Mikkola noted that several member states insisted on a "Western Balkans" agenda point, rather than simply a specific Kosovo point. Some agreed that it w [...] | 2008-03-05 13:08:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EUN FI |
08HILLAH1 | KARBALA SECURITY IMPROVING DESPITE SECURITY EQUIPMENT [...] (U) This is a PRT Karbala cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On January 2, PRT Leader and PRT off met with IA Brigadier General Emad Majeed Soumadia'a and Iraqi IP BG Ra'ad, as well as School Superintendent Hamada in Brigadier General Soumadia'a's office in Karbala. The following topics were discussed [...] | 2008-01-08 16:10:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR PREL IZ |
08HILLAH15 | NAJAF GOVERNOR BRIEFS PRT - AYATOLLAH AL-SISTANI EXPLICITLY [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a meeting with the PRT February 7, Najaf Governor Asa'd Abu Gilel briefed about the Iraqi Vice President's meeting with Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani, preparation for the upcoming al-Arbaeen gathering in Karbala city, and the Iraqi VP's meeting with Najaf officials. A key poi [...] | 2008-02-12 09:01:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM PINS IZ |
08HILLAH17 | IRAQ ARMY GENERAL: SECURITY IS STABLE IN DIWANIYAH BUT [...] (S/NF) Summary: Eighth Iraq Army Division (8th IAD) Major-General Farhood Uthman believes the general security situation in south central Iraq is good, although he fears a return of insurgent activity in Diwaniyah is possible. He believes the JAM cease-fire will not hold and said that local [...] | 2008-02-20 12:17:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ |
08HILLAH18 | SAYID AMAR AL-HAKIM AND GOVERNOR AL-TAIE DISCUSS ELECTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 17, Najaf Governor Asad Abu Gelal al-Taie organized a series of meetings to welcome the Ambassador in Najaf that included a meeting with Amar al-Hakim (son and heir apparent of Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq leader Abd al-Aziz Hakim),a luncheon with 30 Najaf notable [...] | 2008-02-20 19:08:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
08HILLAH19 | NAJAF ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL TOURISM CONFERENCE, CALLS FOR [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf Cable. 2. (U) Summary. In a February 7 meeting with PRT Najaf, the Najaf Provincial Council (PC) Tourism Committee announced that it decided to hold the three-day tourism conference April 5 - 7, in conjunction with Iraqi Tourism Week, which will begin on April 1 with [...] | 2008-02-26 18:17:00 | REO Hillah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECIN ECON KPAO SOCI SCUL IZ |
08HILLAH2 | IT IS NOW 2008: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR US LATELY? MEETING [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Governor Asaad Abu Gulal al-Tae and various advisors met with PRT Leader and PRToff at former Camp Endeavor, on January 2. Recommending airport security and design companies, planning the upcoming tourism conference, visiting Kufa University [...] | 2008-01-08 16:15:00 | REO Hillah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR PREL IZ |
08HILLAH20 | DIWANIYAH COR MEMBER LAMENTS EXCESSIVE MINISTERIAL POWER; [...] (C ) Summary: On February 25, Hussein Al-Shalan, a Council of Representative member from Diwaniyah Province, discussed with PRT Offs his concerns about the negative impact levied on Iraq by "murderous centralization" and an extreme, partisan focus by the ministries in the performance of thei [...] | 2008-03-01 15:58:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
08HILLAH24 | KARBAL HUMAN RIGHTS ORGINIZATION MEETS PRT KARBALA RULE OF [...] (U) This is a PRT Karbala Reporting Cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: On Thursday, March 13, 2008, Karbala PRT Rule of Law (ROL) Coordinator, met with Mr. Ahmed Sadiq Al-Mosewy (Karbala Human Rights Organization Coordinator/Justice Network for Iraq Prisoners),Mr. Nabeel Mohammed Hassan (Deputy Chie [...] | 2008-03-23 18:51:00 | REO Hillah | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR PGOV PHUM PREL IZ |
08HILLAH26 | SOLID REPRESENTATION AT PRT KARBALA FIRST MEDIA CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PRT Karbala hosted March 19 a media conference that was attended by 25 representatives from private and public television, radio, and newspaper outlets. The objectives of the conference included introducing Team Leader and PRToffs to the local media; expressing PRT support for [...] | 2008-03-26 19:05:00 | REO Hillah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KPAO IZ |
08HILLAH34 | KARBALA BOMBING SENERIOS [...] (U) This is a PRT Karbala reporting cable. 2. (S) Summary: At 1745 hours on 17 March 2008, a bomb exploded at a small cafi in Karbala City. The initial attack killed 45 civilians and wounded 65. Since the initial attack, there has been considerable confusion, and much speculation, about [...] | 2008-03-31 16:21:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PINR PREL IZ |
08HILLAH37 | REGIONAL TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES LEAD TO NAJAF TOURISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Najaf Provincial Council Tourism Committee, chaired by Sheikh Fayed al-Shimerti, reluctantly decided to postpone the April 5-6 Najaf Tourism Conference (reftel) for exactly one month in the wake of country-wide disruptions from the recent Basrah offensive. The conference i [...] | 2008-04-02 13:13:00 | REO Hillah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECIN ECON KPAO SOCI SCUL IZ |
08HILLAH39 | SECURITY SITUATION IN KARBALA: MALIKI - 1 SADR - 0 [...] (U) This is a PRT Karbala reporting cable 2. (C) SUMMARY: Maliki and his supporters in the provincial government were the clear winners in the latest clashes between insurgents and the government in Karbala. Government forces continued effective operations against JAM that had started [...] | 2008-04-06 20:40:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV IZ |
08HILLAH40 | KARBALA PRDC PROCESS OVERVIEW AND ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Governor of Karbala Province has asked the PRT for greater Iraqi control over the PRDC process by which most U.S. funded projects in the Province are executed. The PRT sees substantial benefits to the overall U.S. mission that could be obtained from increased Iraqi control [...] | 2008-04-07 09:15:00 | REO Hillah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EINV IZ |
08HILLAH46 | TOP MOQTADA LIEUTENANT RIYAD AL-NURI ASSASSINATED IN NAJAF; [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf reporting cable. 2. (C) On April 10, Najaf Governor Asad called PRT to inform us that unknown gunmen had assassinated Riyad al-Nuri, a relative of Moqtada al-Sadr's by marriage and and senior operations aide in Najaf. Asad called Team Leader (TL) promptly after he [...] | 2008-04-13 08:55:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR IZ |
08HILLAH5 | NAJAF GOVERNOR ON OUTREACH, BANKING, AIRPORT, IRANIAN [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY: In a January 8 meeting with Najaf PRT Team Leader, the Governor Najaf outlined provincial diplomatic and economic activities. The Governor also described ongoing efforts to improve the banking sector in Najaf, and he reiterated his vision of t [...] | 2008-01-11 15:08:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON VT IZ |
08HILLAH52 | NAJAF'S KUFA UNIVERSITY - MUCH TO BOAST BUT "WORDS" OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kufa University staff has made impressive progress since PRT Najaf's introductory meeting November last year. With some PRT assistance, the influential university president Dr. Razak Al-Essa has accomplished much that was on his "wish list." (ref) In March, Kufa University becam [...] | 2008-05-05 15:15:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SCUL SOCI IZ |
08HILLAH54 | BG CARDON AND TL ENGAGE NAJAF GOVERNOR ON SECURITY [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf Cable. 2. (S) Summary: On the margins of meeting with Najaf authorities on May 10 to discuss the airport (see septel),BG Cardon and TL met with Governor Asad to discuss the security situation in Najaf. The Governor noted that he had not yet heard back about [...] | 2008-05-11 14:17:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SCUL SOCI IZ |
08HILLAH63 | MEA SHEIKHS: FEED THE MOUTH, OWN THE MIND [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Three of the key Mid-Euphrates Awakening (MEA) sheikhs stressed that they have been loyal friends of the U.S. and the Coalition and said the time had come for recognition and compensation of their role in a June 10 meeting with the PRT. For [...] | 2008-06-15 14:11:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ IR PGOV PINR PREL |
08HOCHIMINHCITY1002 | AMIDST MUDDLED POLICIES, STAFFDEL ATKINS FINDS SOLID SCIENCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Bureaucratic mismanagement, insufficient and misdirected funding, and lack of university autonomy have stymied both scientific research and science education in Vietnam, according to government officials, non-government organizations and private sector experts. Nevertheless, Hou [...] | 2008-11-07 10:44:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY1005 | LAND RIGHTS ISSUES EMPHASIZE NEED FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: While few land rights organizers may want to admit it, the GVN is paying close attention to the land use issues that have resulted in demonstrations by provincial farmers throughout Vietnam over the past few years. Conversations with current and former GVN officials and economic [...] | 2008-11-10 09:04:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY1035 | MENNONITES HOLD FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN HCMC [...] Summary (SBU) On November 15, the Vietnam Mennonite Church (VMC) became the latest Protestant denomination to celebrate their first General Assembly since achieving national-level registration in September 2007. Mennonite leaders from around the world, including the United States, attended the [...] | 2008-11-25 06:38:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KIRF PHUM VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY105 | CODEL HOYER MEETING WITH FAMILY MEMBERS OF DISSIDENTS [...] (SBU) HCMC Bar Association lawyers and family members of imprisoned dissidents relayed stories of courage and conviction during their January 4 meeting with Representative Hoyer and members of his delegation. Speaking eloquently about the need for greater legal reform in Vietnam, the lawyers ca [...] | 2008-01-24 06:57:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY1054 | TRA VINH PROTESTANTS AND OFFICIALS EXCHANGE VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 18 visit to Tra Vinh, PolOffs raised a number of issues reported by both recognized and unrecognized Protestant congregations over the past year with provincial officials. These incidents of religious freedom violations represent a small number of the worst typ [...] | 2008-12-04 11:45:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF PHUM VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY1055 | SOUTHERN LEGISLATOR ON PUBLIC FEARS ABOUT THE ECONOMY AS [...] (C) Vietnam's National Assembly is bracing for the impact of the global financial meltdown, according to National Assembly delegate and chairman of Vietnam's largest retailer Saigon Coop, Nguyen Thanh Hoa. On break from the current National Assembly session in Hanoi, Hoa explained that "most [...] | 2008-12-04 14:20:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EIND PGOV PREL SOCI VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY1056 | OFFICIALS AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS PORTRAY POSITIVE PICTURE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Ben Tre and Soc Trang authorities attribute the positive religious freedom situation in their respective provinces in part to their sponsorship of annual training on 2004 and 2005 central government regulations on religion. Ben Tre officials cautioned, however, that religious be [...] | 2008-12-05 03:54:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF PREL VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY1070 | CHOICE OF DEFENSE ATTACHE HIGHLIGHTS VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS' [...] (C) SUMMARY: The decision to appoint an American of Vietnamese origin as Defense Attache at the Embassy in Hanoi touched off a round of soul-searching at senior levels in the GVN and CPV by forcing leaders to explicitly declare why they did, or did not, object to the issuance of a visa for the [...] | 2008-12-12 05:37:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR SOCI VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY1092 | CODEL BAUCUS SCORES POINTS WITH HCMC AND CAN THO LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary. Political, business and civil society leaders in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC),Can Tho City and Long An Province all warmly welcomed Senator Max Baucus during his December 18-20 visit to promote bilateral relations, advance U.S. trade policy and increase educational cooperation. Ho [...] | 2008-12-24 07:43:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD EFIN SOCI PGOV PREL OTRA OVIP VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY1093 | 6TH HUMANITARIAN RESETTLEMENT PROCESS JOINT WORKING GROUP [...] (U) Summary: During the sixth and final Humanitarian Resettlement process (HR) Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting on November 14, the USG and GVN evaluated the HR process, its impact, and modalities for bringing it to conclusion. The GVN stated that exemplary bilateral cooperation on the proc [...] | 2008-12-24 08:01:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY1096 | VIETNAMESE FISH INDUSTRY COURTS CODEL BOSWELL [...] (SBU) Summary: During CODEL Boswell's visit to the Mekong Delta on December 18, GVN officials and business executives appealed for greater U.S.-Vietnamese cooperation on trade issues and emphasized the concerted efforts Vietnam has made toward improving food safety standards for its aquaculture [...] | 2008-12-29 10:40:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD EFIN SOCI PGOV PREL OTRA OVIP VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY1099 | U.S.-VIETNAM RELATIONS EXPAND TO WILDLIFE PROTECTION AND [...] (SBU) Summary. Wildlife trafficking, the fate of Vietnam's premier national park and sustainable development comprised the agenda of Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans, Environment and Science (OES) Claudia A. McMurray's November 18-22 visit to southern Vietnam. Officials responsible for [...] | 2008-12-30 05:32:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR EIND SENV SOCI PGOV PREL VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY134 | TENS OF THOUSANDS ATTEND RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY EVENTS THROUGHOUT [...] (SBU) 2007 Christmas celebrations held by Protestant and Catholic congregations throughout Southern Vietnam were an exuberant affirmation of Vietnam's progress on religious freedom in recent years. While some celebrations were a first, like the soccer stadium rally of fifteen Protestant house c [...] | 2008-01-31 14:10:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VT VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY136 | TWO DISSIDENTS SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON, POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) Political dissidents Truong Quoc Huy and Hang Tan Phat were both sentenced to six years in prison and three years probation for "propagandizing against the Government" on January 29, 2008. Huy, a member of Bloc 8406, has been in custody since his August 2006 arrest during the height of t [...] | 2008-02-01 06:52:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY235 | PATRIOTS AND PUNDITS SOUND OFF VIA BLOGS [...] (SBU) Summary: As the number of Vietnamese with access to the Internet skyrockets, personal weblogs (blogs) have rapidly become an increasingly widespread alternative public news source. Blogs go well beyond even the feistiest print and electronic media, airing unprecedented criticism of the [...] | 2008-03-05 11:58:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PREL PHUM VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY30 | 5TH HUMANITARIAN RESETTLEMENT PROCESS JOINT WORKING GROUP [...] (U) Summary: During the fifth Humanitarian Resettlement (HR) Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting on December 13, discussion centered on plans to conclude the process and was generally productive. The two sides agreed on a final round of Public Information Outreach (PIO) throughout southern Vie [...] | 2008-01-07 05:30:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAO VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY333 | GVN CONSERVATIVES LIVID OVER CONGENOFF STOP AT NUNS [...] (SBU) Summary: The External Relations Office (ERO) in HCMC summoned A/CG and HRS Chief to protest HRS Chief's brief interaction on March 17 with a group of nuns holding a vigil in front of a disputed building site. We responded that the visit, made to follow-up a report that a nun had been r [...] | 2008-03-28 10:59:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY360 | FORMER PM KIET URGES USG-GVN TO MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME [...] (SBU) Former Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet believes the US and Vietnam "wasted too many years" before re-establishing relations after the war, and now both sides must hurry to make up lost time. Kiet was especially keen on jump-starting stalled BIT talks. On human rights, Kiet told Ambassador Mi [...] | 2008-04-09 10:35:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY414 | CENTRAL HIGHLANDS LEADERS ROLL OUT WELCOME MAT IN DAK LAK [...] (SBU) During the Ambassador's two-day trip to Dak Lak March 17-18, Central Highlands officials spoke positively about their recent Voluntary Visitor (VolVis) trip to the United States, reiterating their desire to promote more two-way exchanges. While skeptical about the perceived credibility of [...] | 2008-04-23 04:12:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF SOCI ECON EAGR VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY443 | POLICE PRESSURE MOUNTS AS OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY NEARS [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Dung's public comments that the GVN will not tolerate disruptions of the April 29 Olympic torch relay in Ho Chi Minh City have been followed by what appears to be a very well-orchestrated police crack down against persons deemed likely to incite anti-China protest [...] | 2008-04-24 12:38:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY447 | DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, ARRESTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Demonstrations continued in the Central Highlands this week, with reports of clashes between ethnic minority groups and GVN authorities in Gia Lai, Dak Lak and Kon Tum provinces. Discontent over land expropriation and zoning policies and encouragement from "hostile foreign elem [...] | 2008-04-25 10:38:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL PREF VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY451 | GVN SENTENCES THREE MORE HCMC POLITICAL ACTIVISTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Three democracy activists from the Bach Dang Giang (BDG) group have been sentenced to two to five year jail terms in HCMC. The three were found guilty by the HCMC People's Court on April 25 of violating Article 88 of the GVN criminal code by "propagandizing against the state." [...] | 2008-04-28 10:43:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY452 | SOME ACTIVISTS PREVENTED FROM CELEBRATING DEATH ANNIVERSARY [...] (SBU) Summary: In late March, Vietnamese police prevented democracy and land rights activists from attending a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City to commemorate the death of Hanoi-based dissident and former General Secretary of the outlawed Democratic Party of Vietnam (DPV),Hoang Minh Chinh. Chinh [...] | 2008-04-28 10:58:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY459 | HCMC OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY GOES FORWARD AS PLANNED [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite heavy traffic snarls and reports of potential protests, the Olympic torch relay wound through HCMC on the advertised route without diversion on April 29. According to observers, the police presence was notable but not as heavy as at other international locations. Youth [...] | 2008-05-02 10:04:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL CM VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY479 | VIET TAN TRIAL RESULTS IN RELEASES; AMCIT TO BE DEPORTED [...] (SBU) Summary: Amid heavy security, Viet Tan activists Nguyen Quoc Quan, Nguyen The Vu and Nguyen Quoc Hai were tried by the HCMC People's Court on May 13 and sentenced under Article 84 of the Vietnamese Penal Code, which deals with crimes directly related to terrorism. American citizen Nguyen [...] | 2008-05-15 05:07:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PHUM PREL PGOV VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY480 | CENTRAL HIGHLANDS DEMONSTRATIONS DWINDLING [...] (SBU) Summary: Reports of civil unrest in the Central Highlands are dwindling, but tensions between ethnic minorities, Kinh majority residents and local authorities remain. One contact estimates 20-30 "instigators" remain in custody in Gia Lai. Post is following up on reports of fatalities i [...] | 2008-05-15 09:00:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL PGOV SOCI VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY503 | CARDINAL MAN TALKS ABOUT LAND AND OTHER CATHOLIC CONCERNS [...] (SBU) At dinner with the Consul General on May 14, HCMC Cardinal Pham Minh Man was upbeat regarding the recent return of land at La Vang, an important pilgrimage site in Hue province. Despite this positive development, the Cardinal stressed the Church still has many outstanding property issues [...] | 2008-05-22 05:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY510 | FROM ANTI-AMERICAN WARRIORS TO PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS: THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The "Democracy Writers" of Dalat, a small group of former Viet Cong fighters and war time propaganda writers who have become outspoken pro-democracy advocates, state that conditions for political dissidents in Vietnam have improved somewhat over the past few years but remain far fr [...] | 2008-05-23 04:07:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY606 | TIM SAKHORN'S RELEASE CONFIRMED; CURRENT WHEREABOUTS [...] (SBU) Summary: A reliable Consulate contact has confirmed that former Khmer Krom monk Tim Sakhorn was released from prison after completing his 12-month term for "undermining national unity" (reftels) but reports conflict as to his actual date of release and current whereabouts. Post has requ [...] | 2008-07-07 10:55:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF CB VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY608 | BUDDHISTS MOURN PASSING OF UBCV PATRIARCH THICH HUYEN QUANG [...] (SBU) Summary: Thich Huyen Quang, the 4th most Venerable Patriarch of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV),died on July 5 in Binh Dinh province after a long battle with heart, lung and liver problems. While state-run media are reporting the event via the officially-sanction [...] | 2008-07-08 09:26:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY61 | HUMANITARIAN RESETTLEMENT PROCESS DISTILLED [...] (U) Summary: Roughly eighteen months into the two year Humanitarian Resettlement (HR) process application period, the pool of potential viable applicants appears to be almost exhausted, as shown by an overall approval rate (ratio of total applications to approved cases) of only two percent. T [...] | 2008-01-14 03:31:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM CVIS PREL VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY619 | FUNERAL FOR UBCV PATRIARCH MOVING FORWARD, SOME PROVINCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Post's Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) contacts in Binh Dinh province affirmed today that the late Venerable Thich Huang Quang's funeral will be held on July 11 at Nguyen Thieu monastery, amid heavy police security (Ref A). Senior monks of the banned UBCV organization [...] | 2008-07-10 09:07:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY625 | UBCV PATRIARCH'S FUNERAL HELD SUCCESSFULLY [...] (SBU) Summary. July 11 funeral observances organized by the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) for their deceased patriarch, Thich Huyen Quang, proceeded without incident, albeit amid tight security. The funeral was attended by representatives of both the UBCV and the government [...] | 2008-07-11 08:28:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY651 | INVESTIGATING PASTOR NGUYEN CONG CHINH'S ALLEGATIONS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Pastor Nguyen Cong Chinh, a Mennonite Pastor from Kon Tum province who now lives in Gia Lai province, is the founder of the Vietnamese People's Evangelical Fellowship (VPEF),an umbrella organization claiming to represent more than 60 Protestant denominations and all 54 ethnic gr [...] | 2008-07-16 12:05:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY686 | TIEN GIANG POLICE PROTEST RECENT FRAUD UNIT VISIT TO THEIR [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 23, the Ho Chi Minh City External Relations Office (ERO) Deputy Director Nguyen Vu Tu asked to meet with the CG and other consulate staff to discuss a recent fraud investigation undertaken by the Consular Section's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU). According to the ERO, Minist [...] | 2008-07-25 10:41:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD PGOV PREL VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY689 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COSTELLO [...] (SBU) Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Ho Chi Minh City. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's June visit to Washington exemplifies a U.S.-Vietnam relationship that continues to broaden and mature, in the process spurring economic, social and technological development that has ease [...] | 2008-07-28 10:07:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAIR ELTN VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY692 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COSTELLO [...] (SBU) Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Ho Chi Minh City. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's June visit to Washington exemplifies a U.S.-Vietnam relationship that continues to broaden and mature, in the process spurring economic, social and technological development that has ease [...] | 2008-07-29 09:09:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PREL ECON EAIR ELTN VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY693 | CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO ARREST MONTAGNARD [...] (SBU) Summary: Six ethnic minority "instigators" of mass demonstrations were arrested by authorities in Gia Lai province this month, according to a recent government news report. Post contacts confirmed the arrests, but say only two now remain in custody. While official reports call the deta [...] | 2008-07-29 09:09:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL PGOV SOCI VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY700 | EDITOR SACKED FOR PUBLICLY CRITICIZING ARRESTS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-01 07:29:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY705 | BATTLES LINES DRAWN OVER AN INDEPENDENT BAR ASSOCIATION -- [...] (C) Summary: HCMC Bar Association President and two-term member of Vietnam's National Assembly Nguyen Dang Trung said that the opportunities for meaningful democratic change in Vietnam are currently "greater than they ever have been before" but cautions that change will come only gradually an [...] | 2008-08-04 09:35:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI PREL VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY712 | FORMER HCMC MAYOR THANH ADDRESSES PROSPECTS FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a periodic dinner with the CG, Vo Viet Thanh, Central Committee Member, former Mayor of Ho Chi Minh City and former Deputy Minister of Security, said that some local and provincial officials -- particularly those in the MPS -- remain deeply suspicious of "the West" and either re [...] | 2008-08-06 07:53:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY714 | PASSING OUT THE PATRONAGE: MANAGING VIETNAM'S LARGEST SOE'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to some private business leaders in HCMC, Prime Minister Dung has used his direct authority over Vietnam's 22 largest State-owned conglomerates to both gain some level of control of these unwieldy giants and to construct a political patronage system under which every majo [...] | 2008-08-08 04:54:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM PREL VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY735 | VIETNAM'S MEDIA CRACKDOWN: NO END IN SIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: Four more chief editors of popular newspapers in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi are expected to soon join the ranks of nine other press brethren who have been removed from their positions as a result of their reporting on corruption. Reliable Mission media contacts also lament that [...] | 2008-08-14 10:08:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY739 | MEDIA CRACKDOWN CONTINUES WITH NO END IN SIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: Four more chief editors of popular newspapers in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi are expected to soon join the ranks of nine other press brethren who have been removed from their positions as a result of their reporting on corruption. Reliable Mission media contacts also lament that [...] | 2008-08-15 10:08:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY750 | CATHOLIC HIV/AIDS CENTERS STUCK IN LEGAL LIMBO [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 4, Father Toai of Mai Tam AIDS Orphanage and Drop-in Center discussed with ConOffs the tenuous position of Catholic charities providing care to people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). While the HCMC Archdiocese's Pastoral Care Committee for PLWHA has been able to extend i [...] | 2008-08-20 08:34:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL CASC VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY756 | SLOW AND STEADY PROGRESS COMBATING TIP IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary: The GVN made positive strides in combating trafficking-in-persons (TIP) during the first half of 2008, with provincial police busting four trafficking rings in Tay Ninh and HCMC police conducted their biggest raid yet against an illegal marriage brokering agency catering to Korean [...] | 2008-08-22 06:21:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP PREL PGOV SOCI VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY801 | HCMC TRANSPORTATION OFFICIAL AT THE HEART OF NEW PMU [...] (C) Summary: Two recent corruption cases share one thing in common--an influential HCMC official with sterling ties to the Politburo who allegedly demanded bribes to clear the way for two major infrastructure projects. The official at the heart of these cases is Huynh Ngoc Sy, Deputy Director [...] | 2008-09-03 09:07:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI PHUM VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY815 | BLOGGER DIEU CAY CONVICTED FOR TAX EVASION [...] (C) Blogger "Dieu Cay" (whose real name is Nguyen Van Dai) and his wife were tried today in HCMC on tax evasion charges in a HCMC district court. Cay was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison and fined $48,000, or twice the amount prosecutors claimed he owed in back taxes. His wife received a one [...] | 2008-09-11 09:48:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY821 | (U) DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S SEPTEMBER 12-13 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the Deputy Secretary's visit to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on September 12-13, HCMC government officials, business leaders and legal professionals outlined the many challenges and opportunities that will set the course for the future development of the city and the path Viet [...] | 2008-09-15 10:05:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP NEGROPONTE PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KIRF |
08HOCHIMINHCITY878 | LABOR PROBLEMS PERSIST, WORRYING INVESTORS [...] (SBU) Vietnam's deficit of human resources is now the most frequently cited challenge facing companies in southern Vietnam. This issue is shifting leverage from factory managers to workers, leading to more strikes in the first half of 2008 than in all of 2007, as well as contributing to 18 per [...] | 2008-09-30 06:03:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EINV PREL SOCI VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY887 | THE AMBASSADOR TALKS EDUCATION, NGOS AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Ambassador's September 19 trip to Kontum, he highlighted the contributions the USG and international NGOs are making in the province, including the recent opening of a USAID-funded ethnic minority boarding school. Kontum leaders were open to the idea of further US coo [...] | 2008-10-01 08:37:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY889 | TIGHTENED RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVEL BY OFFICERS AT CONGEN HCMC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of highly unusual moves that directly violate the "rules of the road" for travel by Consulate employees established by the GVN, External Relations Office (ERO) in HCMC informed the CG that the MFA had forbidden the Consulate's PolOff from completing a planned trip to Da [...] | 2008-10-01 10:28:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CMGT VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY9 | AMBASSADOR MICHALAK'S MEETING WITH HCMC BAR ASSOCIATION [...] (SBU) At Ambassador Michalak's December 3 meeting with key members of the HCMC Bar Association, member lawyers gave a frank assessment of Vietnam's current legal system and advocated for further reform. The lawyers were hopeful that the establishment of regional courts will increase transparen [...] | 2008-01-03 08:45:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY915 | VIETNAMESE EXPORTERS WELCOME CPSC SAFETY STANDARDS MESSAGE [...] (SBU) Consumer product exports have been a central pillar of Vietnam's economic development success story -- in 2007 Vietnam was the 31st largest source of imports to the United States and the surprising leader in some products, candles for instance. So when Consumer Product Safety Commission C [...] | 2008-10-03 09:47:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL SOCI VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY917 | PRESBYTERIANS CELEBRATE FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY SINCE [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 19, the Vietnam Presbyterian Church celebrated its first General Assembly since it received national recognition in 2007. Deputy Director of the National Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA) Nguyen Thanh Xuan welcomed the Consul General and other foreign officials [...] | 2008-10-06 09:46:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF PHUM VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY920 | DCM DISCUSSES HCMC-HANOI DYNAMICS WITH PEOPLE'S COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 2, the DCM engaged HCMC People's Council Chairwoman Pham Phuong Thao in a lively exchange on the challenges of running a large metropolitan city in a booming economy constrained by inadequate infrastructure and public resources. While noting recent efforts HCMC has m [...] | 2008-10-09 09:44:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KIRF VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY958 | CENTRAL HIGHLANDS SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS BEHIND UNREST [...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Highlands region of Vietnam is in the midst of an economic transformation. While only twenty years ago much of the Central Highlands was forested and cultivated by ethnic minorities using swidden (roving slash-and-burn) agricultural techniques, today the jungle is c [...] | 2008-10-23 09:45:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY967 | SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS CELEBRATE FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (U) Summary: Religious leaders and officials gathered at the Seventh Day Adventist's main HCMC church on October 23 to celebrate the denomination's first General Assembly since it became nationally registered in December 2006. Government leaders praised the church's moral and humanitarian mes [...] | 2008-10-27 11:32:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF PHUM VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY972 | VIETNAM'S EXPORTERS EXPECT TO GROW IN 2009, BUT MORE SLOWLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Most Vietnam watchers believe that the economy is largely shielded from the direct effects of global financial turmoil, but would be hurt by any significant decline in overseas consumer demand for Vietnamese exports. Orders for most "value" products like low-cost apparel remain [...] | 2008-10-28 12:01:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EIND SOCI PREL VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY988 | IN HCMC, TWO RISING STARS FOLLOW TWO DIFFERENT PATHS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The career paths of two prominent political leaders in Ho Chi Minh City reflect fundamental divisions with the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV). Contacts tell us that conservative elements within the CPV leadership are promoting the career of the Deputy Secretary [...] | 2008-11-03 09:44:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | SECRET | PGOV SOCI PREL VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY998 | THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN HCMC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over two hundred professors, students, reporters, business leaders, and local officials gathered in a ballroom festooned with red white and blue balloons and featuring jumbo-sized televisions for the first large-scale election event to be held in post-war HCMC. While we did not [...] | 2008-11-07 04:32:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI KPAO VM |
08HONGKONG1041 | OUR MACAU AGENDA: EXPANDING RAPIDLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past year, we have greatly expanded our commitment of time and resources to Macau. In November 2006, we established a "Team Macau" as a platform for interagency coordination. All of the 13 USG agencies represented at post participate in this effort, which was driven i [...] | 2008-06-11 09:31:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON EINV SOCI CH HK MC |
08HONGKONG1108 | COORDINATION KEY TO HONG KONG LEGCO ELECTION IN [...] (C) Summary: On September 7, Hong Kong will hold its fourth legislative election since the 1997 handover. The various pan-democratic parties will need to coordinate candidate selections and election strategies to maintain their current number of seats (26 of 60) in the Legislative Council (L [...] | 2008-06-19 04:20:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR CH HK MC |
08HONGKONG1148 | MACAU TIP: NEW LAW AND SEMINAR BOOST COMMITMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Legislative Assembly (LA) in Macau unanimously passed a new, comprehensive anti-human trafficking law on June 12 that broadens the definition of trafficking crimes, increases punishments for convicted traffickers, and guarantees protections for victims. The new law was gaz [...] | 2008-06-24 09:57:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KFRD KWMN PREL PHUM SOCI SMIG CH HK MC |
08HONGKONG1368 | REPORTED THEFT OF CESIUM-137 FROM HONG KONG [...] (C/NF) On Monday, July 21, 2008, the Assistant Regional Security Officer (ARSO) and a NFATC Crisis Management Team Leader paid a liaison visit to the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Headquarters in advance of two crisis management exercises at the U.S. Consulate [...] | 2008-07-25 09:23:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP MNUC PARM KCRM PTER PREL ASEC HK |
08HONGKONG1727 | HK OFFICIALS TELL DEPUTY SECRETARY OF CONTINUED [...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Secretary visited Hong Kong,s container port and discussed the Container Security Initiative (CSI) and Secure Freight Initiative (SFI) programs with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) representatives, HKG officials and a major container port terminal operator on S [...] | 2008-09-18 02:48:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ECON EWWT PREL ETRD HK |
08HONGKONG1729 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Secretary and Hong Kong legislators from the pan-democratic and pro-Beijing camps discussed the future of universal suffrage in Hong Kong, priority legislative agenda items, and Hong Kong-China relations. Pan-democratic legislators stressed constitutional reform as the [...] | 2008-09-18 04:14:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OVIP HK CH |
08HONGKONG1763 | EXPORT CONTROL REGIME DENIAL INFORMATION: SHARING [...] (S) Summary: Since 1999, the USG has undertaken to share with the Hong Kong government (HKG) consolidated information regarding U.S. denials of trade of sensitive proliferation-linked technologies. This has contributed to a useful two-way exchange of information with an effective licensing a [...] | 2008-09-23 11:53:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET | PARM ETTC MTCRE PREL HK CH |
08HONGKONG1819 | HONG KONG'S JETPOWER SUPPLYING VARIETY OF METALS [...] (S) Econ Unit Chief met with Hong Kong Trade and Industry Principal Trade Officer Billy K.S. Au to deliver reftel demarche on Jetpower, adding that Jetpower's offices are located in the same building as two other companies on the Department of Commerce's Unverified List: Free Components and V [...] | 2008-09-30 08:08:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC HK CH |
08HONGKONG1832 | CONSUL GENERAL DONOVAN'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON [...] (C) Summary: During an introductory call on Secretary of Security Ambrose Lee September 30, Consul General Joe Donovan stressed the importance the USG attaches to its deep and broad cooperation with Hong Kong across a wide range of law enforcement, legal and security matters. Secretary Lee con [...] | 2008-10-02 09:47:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS HK |
08HONGKONG1933 | "BORING" HONG KONG POLICY ADDRESS DODGES [...] (C) Summary: Consensus among Hong Kong's public and politicians was that Chief Executive Donald Tsang's October 15 Policy Address was dull. Pundits had long anticipated virtually all of Tsang's main points. The only proposal arousing heated debate was his suggestion that an increase in a gr [...] | 2008-10-20 09:31:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM HK |
08HONGKONG2002 | HONG KONG COURTS TAIWAN BUSINESSES, TRAVELERS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang announced several initiatives to strengthen relations and foster cooperation with Taiwan in his October 15 Policy Address. This year's speech marks the first time Taiwan has been mentioned in the Policy Address and is widely viewe [...] | 2008-10-30 08:43:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL HK TW CH |
08HONGKONG2021 | HKMA PROPOSES REVOKING DELTA ASIA CREDIT'S BANKING [...] (U) Summary: The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced October 24 that it had revoked the appointment of the government-installed manager of Delta Asia Credit (DAC) and was proposing revocation of DAC's authorization as a deposit-taking company. DAC now returns to control of its sha [...] | 2008-11-03 09:59:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL |
08HONGKONG2027 | HKG FEARS FINANCIAL CENTER AMBITIONS AT RISK FROM [...] (C) Summary: The Hong Kong Legislative Council (Legco) is expected to decide November 12 whether to launch an investigation of bank misconduct in the sale of Lehman Bros.-issued minibonds. Local press has been filled for weeks with tragic stories of elderly investors who lost their life-sav [...] | 2008-11-04 09:16:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL HK |
08HONGKONG213 | HONG KONG: CHINA'S FIRST DEMOCRACY? [...] (C) Summary: The December 29 National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) decision setting the timetable for implementation of universal suffrage has refocused the political debate in Hong Kong, deftly defusing the issue. The Hong Kong Government (HKG) appears confident that it has s [...] | 2008-02-01 05:43:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI HK CH |
08HONGKONG2213 | FORMER LEGCO PRESIDENT DISCUSSES HONG KONG'S [...] (C) Summary: Former Hong Kong Legislative Council (LegCo) President Rita Fan sees Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang's reluctance to accept LegCo's legitimate role in Hong Kong's governance as the main cause of the deteriorating legislative-executive relationship. Fan argues it is a politicia [...] | 2008-12-09 05:47:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HK CH |
08HONGKONG2216 | HONG KONG'S NPC AND CPPCC DEPUTIES: MORE THAN A [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong's delegates to the National People's Congress (NPC),and to a lesser extent, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC),have seen a gradual shift both in Beijing's and the Hong Kong people's expectations of their role and influence. Until a few years [...] | 2008-12-09 09:48:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL HK CH |
08HONGKONG2277 | HONG KONG RELUCTANT TO EXTEND SFI PILOT [...] (C) Summary: In negotiations with the Department of Homeland Security's Secure Freight Initiative (SFI) team, Hong Kong officials said they are not interested in extending the SFI pilot program beyond its agreed April 30, 2009 term. Hong Kong officials cited minimal evidence of trade facilita [...] | 2008-12-22 00:52:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HK |
08HONGKONG2289 | FOLLOW-UP ON HONG KONG'S JETPOWER SUPPLYING [...] (S) Econ unit chief met with Hong Kong Trade and Industry Department (HK TID) Principal Trade Officer Billy Au December 22 to advise the Hong Kong government that we have no additional information to share on Jetpower shipments to Iran, aside from what was provided in our September 2009 demar [...] | 2008-12-22 09:42:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC HK CH |
08HONGKONG248 | CHING CHEONG PAROLED, ARRIVES IN HONG KONG [...] (SBU) The PRC judiciary paroled on February 5 Ching Cheong, a Hong Kong-based journalist for The Straits Times in Singapore, after he completed about half of a five-year sentence for selling "state secrets" to Taiwan. Ching arrived back in Hong Kong the same day. (Note: Ching was first detai [...] | 2008-02-06 09:51:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL CH HK |
08HONGKONG254 | CHING CHEONG PAROLED, ARRIVES IN HONG KONG [...] (SBU) The PRC judiciary paroled on February 5 Ching Cheong, a Hong Kong-based journalist for The Straits Times in Singapore, after he completed about half of a five-year sentence for selling "state secrets" to Taiwan. Ching arrived back in Hong Kong the same day. (Note: Ching was first detai [...] | 2008-02-11 01:59:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL CH HK |
08HONGKONG3118 | MIXED REACTION TO NPCSC DECISION ON HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong's pan-democratic parties reacted with disappointment and frustration to the December 29 PRC National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) decision to defer universal suffrage for the Hong Kong Chief Executive (CE) until 2017, and for the Legislative Council (Leg [...] | 2008-01-01 23:30:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM CH HK |
08HONGKONG378 | ELECTORAL REFORM TASK GROUP CONVENES, DEMOCRATS' [...] (C) Summary: The February 28 initial session of Hong Kong's newly created "Task Group on Constitutional Development" did not produce any tangible results. Tasked with development of proposals for limited reform of the 2012 Chief Executive (CE) and Legislative Council (Legco) elections, the 3 [...] | 2008-02-29 08:56:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM CH HK |
08HONGKONG459 | BDA - MACAU'S DISGRACED BANK LACKS COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) Summary: In the course of a March 3-7 Government Accountability Office (GAO) visit, Hong Kong and Macau government officials and private sector players criticized section 311 of the Patriot Act as a blunt and unwieldy tool and the U.S. handling of the Banco Delta Asia (BDA) case as non-t [...] | 2008-03-12 09:28:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET | ECON EFIN PREL KJUS MC |
08HONGKONG510 | MACAU: BEIJING'S STEPPING STONE TO LUSOPHONES, [...] (C) Summary: Professor Ivo Carneiro, Vice-Rector for Research and International Relations at Macau's Inter-University Institute, recently told us that Beijing's goals for Macau include: (1) closer integration with the Pearl River Delta, especially Zhuhai; (2) expanding trade links with overse [...] | 2008-03-18 08:24:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG CH MC HK |
08HONGKONG53 | INTERNAL DISSENT HAMPERS HONG KONG DEMOCRATIC PARTY [...] (C) Summary: "Reformist" members of the Hong Kong Democratic Party (DP) recently sent an internal memorandum to the party's leaders, expressing deep concern over the party's poor showing in the November 18 district council election (ref a) as well as its overall strategic and policy direction [...] | 2008-01-10 03:29:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI CH HK MC |
08HONGKONG564 | IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FINANCIAL PROVISIONS OF [...] (C) Post delivered reftel A talking points to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Executive Director for Banking Supervision, Arthur Yuen, on March 27. Yuen confirmed Hong Kong's commitment to supporting the requirements of all United Nations Security Council resolutions on Iran. He not [...] | 2008-03-27 23:28:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PARM ETTC KNNP PREL CH |
08HONGKONG573 | VETERAN HONG KONG DEMOCRAT MARTIN LEE WILL NOT [...] (C) Summary: Legislator and Democratic Party founder Martin Lee, Hong Kong's most senior pro-democracy leader, unexpectedly announced on March 27 that he would not seek another four-year term in the Legislative Council (Legco) in the September election. Lee, age 69, has been the most visible [...] | 2008-03-28 09:29:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR CH HK |
08HONGKONG575 | HONG KONG TID ON SPECIALTY STEEL TO NK AND [...] (S) Econ Unit Chief met March 27 with Billy Au, Trade Officer at Hong Kong Trade and Industry Department (HK TID) to hear an update on Hong Kong investigations of B & F International (suspected of shipping Ti-DSS to North Korea (ref A)) and Hong Kong Most Group (suspected of selling aluminum p [...] | 2008-03-28 09:58:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL KN HK IR CH MTCRE |
08HONGKONG706 | HONG KONG JOURNALIST DESCRIBES PRC-SPONSORED [...] (C) Summary: According to a Hong Kong journalist who participated in the PRC Government-sponsored media visit to Tibet in late March, the primary cause of the riots was ethnic resentment against the Han Chinese by the Tibetans, rather than political differences. The timing of the riots was du [...] | 2008-04-18 04:24:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL CH HK |
08HONGKONG880 | LABOR NGO CONCERNED ABOUT SECURITY OF PRC-BASED [...] (C) On May 7, Han Dongfang (strictly protect) and Robin Munro (strictly protect) of the Hong Kong-based China Labour Bulletin (CLB, strictly protect) discussed ways to strengthen USG outreach and monitoring of CLB projects (funded by the USG) on the mainland with visiting Embassy Beijing laboff [...] | 2008-05-15 08:16:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR CH HK MC |
08HONGKONG894 | MFA COMMISSIONER IN MACAU RESPONDS ON U.S. [...] (C) PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs Commissioner to Macau Wan Yongxiang told Consul General Cunningham in a meeting in Macau on May 15 that the notion of a "consular agent" was still new to China, and would require further deliberation and study by Beijing. China was not yet ready to agree to [...] | 2008-05-16 10:16:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | CMGT CVIS AMGT AFIN APER PREL HK MC CH |
08INSHASA1164 | CNDP CLAIMSFARDC IN DISENGAGEMENT ZONE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-29 15:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
08IRANRPODUBAI11 | THE POLITICS OF IRANIAN NATURAL GAS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-12 13:05:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON ENGR EPET PREL IR |
08IRANRPODUBAI12 | IRAN: ELECTION EVE OBSERVATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-13 16:50:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | IR PGOV PREL |
08IRANRPODUBAI13 | ASSESSMENT OF FIRST DAY RESULTS OF IRANIAN MAJLES ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-15 18:56:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR PGOV PREL PHUM |
08IRANRPODUBAI14 | IRANIAN MAJLES ELECTIONS--PARTIAL RESULTS IN, BUT RUNOFFS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-16 13:55:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR PGOV PREL |
08IRANRPODUBAI15 | IRANIAN MAJLES--POST ELECTIONS ANALYSIS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-19 15:37:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | IR PGOV PREL |
08IRANRPODUBAI16 | QALIBAF -- A CHALLENGER FOR THE IRANIAN PRESIDENCY IN 2009? [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-30 13:19:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PREL |
08IRANRPODUBAI19 | NED FELLOWS CAUGHT IN MEDIA CROSSFIRE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-10 12:37:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IR |
08IRANRPODUBAI2 | AHMADINEJAD AND OIL MINISTER TAKE THE HIT FOR GAS SHORTAGES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-22 12:09:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL IR |
08IRANRPODUBAI23 | IRAN: REAL ESTATE MARKET CCONTINUES TO THRIVE (C-NE7-01996) [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-24 10:25:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL SOCI IR |
08IRANRPODUBAI24 | IRAN: HOUSING PRICES IN TEHRAN AND OTHER MAIN CITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-24 11:33:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL SOCI IR |
08IRANRPODUBAI27 | US-BASED IRANIAN POLITICAL ACTIVIST DISCUSSES IRGC, SUPREME [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-13 13:41:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | IR PGOV PREL PHUM |
08IRANRPODUBAI28 | READOUT OF JAPANESE DFM SASAE'S TRIP TO IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-27 13:39:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | PGOV PREL KNNP IR JA |
08IRANRPODUBAI30 | AHMADINEJAD ASSOCIATE ARRESTED AFTER ACCUSING CLERICS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-12 14:46:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IR |
08ISLAMABAD1 | MGPK02: SITREP 7: CALM RETURNS; CONFUSION OVER [...] (C) Summary: Calm returned across Pakistan on New Year's Day. The Election Commission met and decided to consult with the political parties January 2 before making a final decision to postpone the elections. Various political parties have differing view on whether to delay. Bhutto widower Za [...] | 2008-01-01 11:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO MARR |
08ISLAMABAD1015 | RESTORING THE JUDICIARY [...] (C) Summary. Whether or how to restore the judges ousted by President Musharraf under the November 3 Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) is a key issue in coalition negotiations between Asif Zardari's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party [...] | 2008-03-06 10:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD1032 | PAKISTAN AND OIC SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER'S REQUEST [...] (U) On March 7 Poloff informed MFA Americas Division Director Mansoor Khan of Special Envoy Cumber's interest in a meeting with the Pakistani delegation at the OIC summit in Dakar. We also provided contact information per reftel. Khan said the best POC for arranging a meeting with FM Inam ul [...] | 2008-03-07 15:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC OIC PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1033 | PAKISTAN AGREES TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE UNSCR ACTION [...] (C) In a March 5 meeting with MFA Assistant Director Farhat Ayesha, Poloff drew on reftel points regarding concerns about piracy on Somalia's coast. Assistant Director Ayesha noted that Pakistan shared our concerns and welcomed a multilateral approach on the issue. Ayesha thanked Poloff for [...] | 2008-03-07 15:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PBTS PREL UNSC UN SO PK |
08ISLAMABAD1034 | ZARDARI DROPS FAHEEM AS PM CANDIDATE [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Amin Faheem told Ambassador March 7 that Asif Zardari does not want him to be Prime Minister because the party needs a Punjabi to counter the influence of Nawaz Sharif. Zardari offered Faheem the post of Speaker of the National Assembly or any other minist [...] | 2008-03-07 16:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD1035 | PAKISTAN'S FISCAL DEFICIT PUTTING ECONOMIC STABILITY AT [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF expects the fiscal deficit for the current fiscal year to be as high as 6.5 percent of GDP, far exceeding the 4 percent target. A nearly $1 billion shortfall in tax collection, larger than budgeted expenditures, below target privatization receipts, and the projectizat [...] | 2008-03-08 03:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD105 | PAKISTAN: REFOCUSING SECURITY ASSISTANCE [...] (U) This is an action request - see Paras 3 and 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Over the past year, militant extremists in Pakistan have sharply increased attacks, both in tribal areas along the Pak-Afghan border and into settled areas. While these attacks do not represent a medium-term threat to Pakis [...] | 2008-01-08 09:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD1070 | FATA IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE FOR 03/07/08 [...] (U) Summary: Following below is a summary of US Mission Islamabad's activities in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) along its northwest border with Afghanistan during the week ending March 7, 2008. ODRP FATA Programs ------------------ 2. (C) Senior ODRP officers met [...] | 2008-03-10 12:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID MASS PK |
08ISLAMABAD1071 | COALITION "DECLARATION": FEDERAL PARTICIPATION [...] (C) Summary: Late March 9, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) announced the details for the formation of Pakistan's next coalition government. In exchange for the PPP's commitment to pass a resolution ostensibly returning deposed judges to the bench, th [...] | 2008-03-10 13:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1072 | ZARDARI'S VIEWS ON AGREEMENT WITH NAWAZ [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari told Ambassador March 10 that yesterday's agreement with Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif was less than it seemed regarding the restoration of the judges (Ref A). Zardari reiterated his desire to work with Mush [...] | 2008-03-10 15:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1073 | IMET: RECAPTURING PAKISTAN'S LOST GENERATION [...] (U) This is an action request, please see Paras 2 and 9. 2. (U) SUMMARY. Post welcomes Department's proposal to expand IMET funding for Pakistan (reftel) and intends to focus additional funding on those Pakistani military officers, now at mid and senior ranks, who were unable to participat [...] | 2008-03-10 15:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS MARR PK |
08ISLAMABAD1097 | TARIQ AZIZ NOT ALARMED BY ZARDARI'S DEAL WITH NAWAZ [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-12 08:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD11 | Post-Conflict Assistance in Swat [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable outlines options Post is considering to assist the GOP in providing post-conflict assistance to citizens in Swat (Northwest Frontier Province) who have suffered during the military's recent anti-terrorist campaign. We have reviewed existing Mission assistance programs [...] | 2008-01-02 15:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK PTER |
08ISLAMABAD1101 | PTA ON THE YOUTUBE BLOCKING INCIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to an informal request from the Department, EconCouns and Econoff met with Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) Chairman Shahzad Alam Malik March 5 to discuss the February 22 blockage of YouTube. Malik explained that the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority ( [...] | 2008-03-12 12:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ECPS EINT KPAO PK |
08ISLAMABAD1114 | POTENTIAL PUNJAB CHIEF MINISTER SHAHBAZ SHARIF [...] (C) Summary: This is one of several profiles on Pakistani politicians who will have a significant role in shaping the new government. 2. (C) Shahbaz Sharif, brother of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, is a PML-N heavyweight who intends to be Punjab's next Chief Minister. Although he cur [...] | 2008-03-13 03:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1131 | PAKISTAN CONSIDERING SUPPORT FOR OIC COMMUNIQUE ON [...] (C) In a March 6 discussion with MFA Director Afzaal Mahmood, Poloff drew on Ref A points encouraging Pakistan to support language in the OIC Summit communique welcoming Kosovo's independence. Mahmood noted Pakistan was considering such support, but had not yet made a decision. Mahmood once a [...] | 2008-03-14 02:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNMIK KV PK |
08ISLAMABAD1148 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH POTENTIAL NEW MINISTER OF FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: In a March 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, whose name has been cited as a potential PML-N Minister of Finance, discussed his relationship with Benazir Bhutto and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP),and emphasized that [...] | 2008-03-14 12:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1181 | FATA IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE FOR 03/14/08 [...] (U) Summary: Below is a summary of US Mission Islamabad's activities in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) along its northwest border with Afghanistan during the week ending March 14, 2008. FATA Briefings -------------- 2. (U) In Peshawar on March 11, DCM briefed the N [...] | 2008-03-17 11:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PK PREL MASS |
08ISLAMABAD1192 | PAKISTAN'S NEW NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONVENES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-17 13:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1212 | AITZAZ AHSAN GIVES PARLIAMENT 30 DAYS TO RESTORE [...] (C) Summary. Supreme Court Bar Association President Aitzaz Ahsan told Ambassador March 18 that former Chief Justice Chaudhry "will not storm the Supreme Court" upon his release (expected as soon as a new government is in place). Instead, Ahsan is giving the new parliament 30 days to find a [...] | 2008-03-19 08:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD1219 | CABINET NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-19 13:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1220 | PAKISTAN ELECTS A WOMAN AS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: On March 19, the National Assembly voted to elect Pakistan's first female Speaker of the National Assembly. Dr. Fahmida Mirza is a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) parliamentarian from Sindh and a respected women's rights advocate. The PPP's choice for Deputy Speaker, Faisal Kareem [...] | 2008-03-19 14:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1269 | CSF AND THE POTENTIAL FOR CIVIL-MILITARY TENSION [...] (C) Summary: Coalition Support Fund (CSF) reimbursements are a major political and economic factor in our bilateral relations with Pakistan. On the military side, the recent publicity about CSF claims, largely resulting from congressional hearings, has prompted concern that reimbursements wi [...] | 2008-03-24 11:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MASS MARR PK |
08ISLAMABAD1271 | YOUSEF GILLANI ELECTED PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Vice Chairman Yousef Gillani was elected as Pakistan's new Prime Minister on March 24 by a resounding two-thirds majority of the National Assembly; he will be sworn in by President Musharraf on March 25. With the real political leaders (Asif Zardari [...] | 2008-03-24 13:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1272 | CJCS MULLEN'S MEETING WITH COAS GENERAL KAYANI [...] (C) Summary: CJCS Mullen met with Pakistan's Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Kayani twice March 3-4. At a private dinner on March 3, they engaged in a discussion of Pakistan's new political landscape in the aftermath of the February 18 parliamentary elections. During talks on March [...] | 2008-03-24 13:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MASS PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1273 | ADMIRAL MULLEN'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARAFF [...] (C) Summary: In a March 4 meeting with CJCS Admiral Mullen, Musharraf commented on perceptions of India's growing role in Afghanistan and cautioned his visitors with regard to overly optimistic assessments of the peace jirga process. He also gave his view of the post-election political situati [...] | 2008-03-24 14:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD129 | ODRP CHIEF ENGAGES PAKISTAN'S MILITARY LEADERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Major General Helmly, Chief of Office of the Defense Representative - Pakistan (ODRP),met with senior Pakistan military leadership to reinforce our commitment to the U.S.-Pakistan security relationship. The officials expressed concerns about the effect "conditionality" on U.S. [...] | 2008-01-09 10:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD1295 | DETAINED JUDGES ARE RELEASED [...] (U) Summary. On March 24, former Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, seven other deposed Supreme Court justices, and three provincial high court judges were released from five months of house arrest by police. This announcement to release the deposed judges was the first a [...] | 2008-03-25 14:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD13 | PROPOSALS FOR EXPEDITED DEVELOPMENT IN PAKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: As instructed by Principals December 28, this cable outlines proposals to enhance and expedite military and development projects for Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and adjacent Pakistan-Afghan border areas. These include projects with the Pakistan military, [...] | 2008-01-02 16:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL ECON EAID PREF |
08ISLAMABAD1330 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH ASIF ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary. In a wide-ranging discussion March 25, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari told the Deputy Secretary that the National Assembly would give newly elected Prime Minister Gillani a vote of confidence on March 29. This would give the new government six months to beg [...] | 2008-03-27 07:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD1331 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH NAWAZ SHARIF [...] (C) Summary. During a March 25 meeting with the Deputy Secretary, Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Nawaz Sharif SIPDIS repeatedly complained about President Musharraf but agreed that "we must win, no matter how" in the battle against extremism. The Deputy Secretary suggested that "we agre [...] | 2008-03-27 07:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD1332 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. In a March 25 meeting, Foreign Secretary Khan told the Deputy Secretary it might be possible to schedule the next round of the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue in Washington in June, depending on approval of the incoming Foreign Minister. Khan said there was a chance of progre [...] | 2008-03-27 07:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD1333 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. In a March 25 meeting, the Deputy Secretary congratulated Fahimida Mirza on becoming Pakistan's SIPDIS first female National Assembly Speaker and welcomed her proposed visit to Washington. Mirza described her plans to strengthen the institution of parliament. End Summary. [...] | 2008-03-27 07:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD1334 | DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETS PM GILLANI [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with newly elected Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gillani on March 26. Gillani expressed appreciation for the President's congratulatory call, asked for the support of the United States, and expressed desire to expand cooperation with the U.S. in counte [...] | 2008-03-27 07:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD134 | GOP APPROVES SIGNING OF IRAN-PAKISTAN PIPELINE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para five. Pakistan approves signing of Iran-Pakistan pipeline --------------------------------------------- ------ 2. (SBU) The GOP approved the gas sale purchase agreement with Iran on January 8, which paves the way for signing the Iran-Pak [...] | 2008-01-09 14:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EFIN EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1351 | CODEL TIERNEY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF [...] (C) In a March 27 meeting with Codel Tierney, President Musharraf praised newly elected Prime Minister Gillani, urged the new government to make the transition from politics to governance, and discussed efforts to combat extremism. End Summary. 2. (C) Codel Tierney (Representatives John [...] | 2008-03-28 17:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD1355 | NEW PAKISTAN CABINET [...] (U) Summary. Pakistan's newly elected Prime Minister Yousef Gillani March 29 received a unanimous vote of confidence from the Parliament; this gives the new government six months to move forward and tackle significant economic and terrorism challenges. Gillani then outlined the coalition gov [...] | 2008-03-29 10:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1368 | PROFILE: PPP CO-CHAIR ASIF ZARDARI [...] (U) This profile of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari is one of a series on Pakistan's new political leadership. Political Plans --------------- 2. (C) On March 22, Zardari announced the nomination of Yousef Gillani as the PPP candidate for Prime Minster and [...] | 2008-03-31 07:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD137 | GOP APPROVES SIGNING OF IRAN-PAKISTAN PIPELINE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para five. Pakistan approves signing of Iran-Pakistan pipeline --------------------------------------------- ------ 2. (SBU) The GOP approved the gas sale purchase agreement with Iran on January 8, which paves the way for signing the Iran-Pakis [...] | 2008-01-10 01:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EFIN EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1376 | MUSHARRAF SWEARS IN 24 MINISTERS; PRIME MINISTER [...] (U) Summary. On March 29, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gillani announced his "100 Day Plan" to the National Assembly. Within his plan, he looks to assist the lagging economy, continue to fight terror, strengthen Pakistan's ties with its neighbors and the West, restore the judiciary, and [...] | 2008-03-31 12:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1381 | PAKISTAN SUPPORTS NEW UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-01 07:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL AF UNGA |
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