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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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09BRATISLAVA85 | SLOVAKIA 2009 ANNUAL REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] SLOVAKIA'S TIP SITUATION A. SOURCES OF INFORMATION The MOI, local police, NGOs, and IOM are the best sources of information regarding the number and kinds of TIP victims. Though the numbers vary from source to source, they are generally reliable. IOM estimates between 150 to 200 individua [...] | 2009-02-18 07:40:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP PGOV KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC |
09BRAZZAVILLE12 | ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) CRIME AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-14 14:05:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT APER |
09BRAZZAVILLE180 | FRAUD SUMMARY - BRAZZAVILLE [...] Embassy Brazzaville is an unclassified post. 2. Full scale NIV and ACS consular services are now available at Embassy Brazzaville. On 18 February, the Consular Section issued its first NIV. This was the first NIV issued in the Republic of the Congo in 12 years. Prior to the opening of the [...] | 2009-06-12 12:45:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC CF |
09BRAZZAVILLE181 | FRAUD SUMMARY - BRAZZAVILLE [...] Full scale NIV and ACS consular services are now available at Embassy Brazzaville. On 18 February, the Consular Section issued its first NIV. This was the first NIV issued in the Republic of the Congo in 12 years. Prior to the opening of the New Embassy Compound on 20 January, consular service [...] | 2009-06-12 13:34:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC CF |
09BRAZZAVILLE275 | FRAUD SUMMARY - BRAZZAVILLE [...] Embassy Brazzaville is an unclassified post. 2. For the first time in 12 years, full scale NIV, IV and ACS consular services are now available at Embassy Brazzaville. NIV and ACS operations went live with the opening of the New Embassy Compound in February 2009. IV operations resumed in la [...] | 2009-09-28 18:09:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CF |
09BRAZZAVILLE336 | CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE VISAS VIPER FOR NOVEMBER 2009 [...] (SBU) Post's Visas Viper Coordinator (CONS) convened a Visas Viper meeting on 25 November 2009 to discuss activity for the month of November 2009. Viper Committee is comprised of Ambassador Eastham, DCM, ROS, CONS, and ECON/PD (Back-up CONS). There were no actionable viper issues during the re [...] | 2009-11-27 07:10:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | CF CVIS CMGT PTER PINR ASEC KVPR |
09BRIDGETOWN109 | TIP SUBMISSION - ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES [...] (U) As requested reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Vincent and the Grenadines for the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. ------------------------------------- PARA 23 - THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A [...] | 2009-02-13 19:11:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP XL PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF VC |
09BRIDGETOWN116 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT - EASTERN CARIBBEAN [...] (s/nf) According to the definitional criteria in reftel, the countries of the eastern Caribbean (Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines) have little that qualify as CI/KR assets from a U.S. national security perspective [...] | 2009-02-23 17:09:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER PREL ETTC XL |
09BRIDGETOWN119 | TIP SUBMISSION - ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA [...] (U) Below are Post's responses to questions regarding Antigua and Barbuda for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------------------------- Para 23 - THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ------------------------------------- 2 (SBU) A. What is (are) the source(s) of available [...] | 2009-02-24 21:41:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM ELAB KFRD ASEC KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BB |
09BRIDGETOWN122 | TIP SUBMISSION - ST. KITTS AND NEVIS [...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Kitts and Nevis for the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. ------------------------------------- PARA 23 - THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A. What is [...] | 2009-02-25 14:16:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP XL PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF VC |
09BRIDGETOWN125 | TIP SUBMISSION - Barbados [...] (U) Below are Post's responses to questions regarding Barbados for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------------------------- Para 23 - THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ------------------------------------- 2 (SBU) A. What is (are) the source(s) of available informatio [...] | 2009-02-25 19:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM ELAB KFRD ASEC KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BB |
09BRIDGETOWN126 | TIP SUBMISSION - DOMINICA [...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding Dominica for the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. ------------------------------------- PARA 23 - THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A. What is (are) the [...] | 2009-02-25 20:06:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF DO XL |
09BRIDGETOWN143 | TIP SUBMISSION - SAINT LUCIA [...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Lucia for the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. ------------------------------------- PARA 23 - THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A. What is (are) th [...] | 2009-03-04 19:41:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP PHUM KWMN ELAD SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF DO XL |
09BRUSSELS1053 | BELGIUM: SMALL IRANIAN PROTESTS REQUESTING U.S. [...] (U) Poloff met with three small groups of Iranians in front of the U.S. Embassy in Brussels on July 28, 29 and 31. Members of each group had immediate family inside Camp Ashraf and left Poloff with literature, which has been sent to the NEA/I desk. Their requests were for the U.S. to intervene [...] | 2009-07-31 15:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER PGOV IZ IR BE ASEC |
09BRUSSELS1104 | BELGIUM ESTIMATES 900 NEW CASES OF H1N1; VACCINE TESTS [...] (U) Belgian health authorities announced on August 7 an estimated 900 new cases of H1N1 in Belgium for the first week of August. The weekly estimate indicates the virus is spreading at predicted levels. Belgian media report that tests of H1N1 vaccines have begun on volunteers at several Belg [...] | 2009-08-10 15:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09BRUSSELS1136 | BELGIUM: 746 NEW H1N1 CASES ESTIMATED FOR AUGUST 9-15 [...] (U) Belgian health authorities announced on August 16 an estimated 746 new cases of H1N1 in Belgium for the week of August 9-15. Authorities estimate 2353 persons have been infected since the outbreak began in Belgium at the end of April, with one death linked to H1N1 (reftel). EASON [...] | 2009-08-17 10:32:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09BRUSSELS1170 | BELGIUM: 746 NEW H1N1 CASES ESTIMATED FOR AUGUST 16-20 [...] (U) Belgian health authorities announced on August 20 an estimated 1100 new cases of H1N1 in Belgium, based on extrapolations of cases of 6633 patients who had visited the 180 doctors who comprise the country's H1N1 network that is the basis for the extrapolation. Authorities estimate 3453 pe [...] | 2009-08-24 09:44:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09BRUSSELS1347 | BELGIUM: SECOND BELGIUM DEATH FROM A/H1N1 PANDEMIC FLU [...] (U) On October 1, the Government of Belgium's Interministerial Influenza Commission announced that a 44-year woman from Hainaut province (in the southern region of Wallonia) died that day following an infection from the A/H1N1 pandemic virus, and thus became the second patient in Belgium to di [...] | 2009-10-06 06:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09BRUSSELS1400 | BELGIUM: THREE MORE H1N1-RELATED DEATHS REPORTED [...] Three more Belgians have died in mid-October from the A/H1N1 virus, bringing the total of deaths related to the pandemic to five. Belgian health authorities announced on October 18 the death of a 43-year old man on October 15; his death closely followed that of a 5-year old boy on October 14, [...] | 2009-10-20 13:55:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO |
09BRUSSELS1454 | BELGIUM: GOB ESTIMATES 15,671 NEW H1N1 CASES OCTOBER 12 TO [...] On October 22, the Government of Belgium's Interministerial Influenza Commission (IIC) announced an estimated 15,671 new cases of the H1N1 virus in Belgium for the week of October 12 to 18, continuing an increasing trend over the last three weeks. The total estimated number of cases in Belgium [...] | 2009-10-27 15:36:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09BRUSSELS1509 | BELGIUM: H1N1 VACCINATION CAMPAIGN BEGINS ON [...] In a press conference held November 6, Laurette Onkelinx, Minister of Public Health, announced the debut of the Belgian vaccination campaign against H1N1. Beginning November 7, H1N1 vaccie doses will be available to all pharmacists wh have ordered them. Belgian general practitiners will be a [...] | 2009-11-10 13:23:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO |
09BRUSSELS1526 | BELGIUM: H1N1 REPORT: NUMBER OF ESTIMATED CASES FALLS [...] On November 12, the Government of Belgium's Interministerial Influenza Commission (IIC) announced a significant drop in estimated H1N1 cases, with 29,744 estimated cases from November 2 to 8 (week 45),compared to 47,448 for the week of October 26 to November 1 (week 44). Three deaths were rep [...] | 2009-11-13 17:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09BRUSSELS1576 | BELGIUM: H1N1 REPORT FOR NOV 9-15: NUMBER OF ESTIMATED [...] For the second week in a row, the number of estimated H1N1 cases in Belgium fell significantly, to 17,850 from November 9 to 15 (week 46),from 33,584 the previous week, according to a November 19 press release by the Government of Belgium's Interministerial Influenza Commission (IIC). One dea [...] | 2009-11-24 12:43:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09BRUSSELS1708 | BELGIUM: COUNTRY TERRORISM REPORT 2009 [...] Embassy point of contact for this report is Political Economic Officer Aaron Jensen. Email: JensenAW@state.gov 2. Begin text of report: The Belgian government recognizes that terrorism is a serious threat. Belgian agencies identify possible terrorist threats, respond to those threats, a [...] | 2009-12-21 15:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC BE |
09BRUSSELS237 | BELGIUM:2009 TIP REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 16:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
09BRUSSELS244 | BELGIUM: 2009 TIP REPORT -- CORRECTED COPY [...] (U) POC for Brussels is Political Officer Aaron Jensen. Email: JensenAW@state.gov; Office:33-2-508-2483. 2. (U) Hours spent by Embassy Brussels preparing this report by employee: Charge Wayne Bush (FE-MC):3 hours; Political-Economic Counselor Richard Eason (FO-01): 8 hours; Political Office [...] | 2009-02-20 15:55:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
09BRUSSELS426 | EU RESPONSE: ZIMBABWE ILLICIT DIAMOND ACTIVITY [...] (SBU) USEU provided Reftel points to European Commission and Council Secretariat officials charged with Kimberley Process implementation and Zimbabwe policy. Stephane Chardon, Commission External Relations Administrator for Crisis Management and Conflict Prevention confirmed on March 12 that [...] | 2009-03-25 15:17:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL ETRD ECON PHUM ASEC ZI EUN |
09BRUSSELS454 | BELGIUM: CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (S/NF) Post concurs with the items on Belgium's 2008 Critical Infrastructure/Key Resources list. 2. (S/NF) Port of Antwerp: The Port of Antwerp, despite the global economic downturn, remains a critical transit point for shipping to and from the United States, including at times U.S. mil [...] | 2009-03-30 14:27:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP BE |
09BRUSSELS578 | BELGIUM: FEDERAL POLICE DIAMOND OFFICERS SAY DUBAI [...] (C) Federal Judicial Police working on diamond-related cases in Belgium's diamond center, Antwerp, told econoff April 8 that the lack of law enforcement cooperation from Dubai officials to Belgian police information requests seriously hampers their ability to successfully prosecute in Belgiu [...] | 2009-04-17 17:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EFIN ASEC ZI BE |
09BRUSSELS609 | MGSF01: BELGIUM: SWINE FLU: INITIAL SEVEN [...] (U) Belgian authorities reported April 28 that seven suspected cases of swine flu (H1N1) in Belgium tested negative. Belgium is advising travelers to avoid visiting areas in Mexico and the United States that have been affected by H1N1. Travelers arriving at Brussels' Zaventem International [...] | 2009-04-28 16:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09BRUSSELS627 | MGSF01: BELGIUM: H1N1 FLU: MORE POSSIBLE CASES [...] (U) Belgium's Interministerial Influenza Commission (IIC) in a statement posted late April 29 to its website, www.influenza.be, announced that four of seven additional suspected cases of H1N1 from April 28 had tested negative, with results pending for the other three, while an additional fou [...] | 2009-04-30 16:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09BRUSSELS694 | MGSF01: BELGIUM: TWO POSITIVE CASES OF H1N1 IN [...] Belgium has two confirmed cases of H1N1, the Government announcing a first case on May 13 and a second on May 14. Both individuals were males from the region of Flanders who had returned separately from the United States. Both men are being treated at Brussels' Saint Pierre University Hospita [...] | 2009-05-15 15:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR KFLU ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09BRUSSELS700 | MGSF01: BELGIUM: THREE MORE POSITIVE TESTS BRING [...] Belgium now has five confirmed cases of H1N1, with Belgian health authorities announcing cases three and four late on Friday, May 15, and a fifth case on May 16. All three individuals had had close contact with a male who had recently returned to Belgium from New York. Health authorities ha [...] | 2009-05-18 15:44:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR KFLU ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09BRUSSELS728 | BELGIUM: H1N1: SIXTH, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH [...] Belgian health authorities announced via a May 26 press release that an eighth positive case of H1N1 in Belgium has occurred, involving a young man from Brussels who had returned to Belgium on May 24 from a New York-Paris flight, taking the TGV high-speed train from Paris to Brussels. The ma [...] | 2009-05-27 12:46:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO |
09BRUSSELS748 | BELGIUM: H1N1: NINTH AND TENTH CASES REPORTED; [...] Belgian health authorities announced via a May 29 press release that two new cases of H1N1 had been confirmed in Belgium, bringing the country's total number of positive cases to ten. The ninth case involves a 10-year old boy from Tervuren, a town close to Brussels, who had returned on Sunda [...] | 2009-05-29 15:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09BRUSSELS776 | BELGIUM: H1N1: THREE NEW CASES REPORTED, BRINGING [...] (U) Belgium has now reported 13 confirmed cases of H1N1, with two new cases reported May 30 and another, on June 1, involving the son of one of the May 30 cases. Health authorities consider all three cases mild. Belgium has tested approximately 190 persons for H1N1 as of June 3. CASE ELE [...] | 2009-06-04 13:33:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO |
09BRUSSELS804 | BELGIUM: H1N1: FOURTEENTH CASE REPORTED [...] Belgian health authorities announced via a press release late on June 5 that a fourteenth positive case of H1N1 had occurred in the Kingdom: a young man from the Flemish Brabant region who had fallen ill sometime during the night of June 2 to June 3, following his return that day from a trip t [...] | 2009-06-09 15:35:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO |
09BRUSSELS831 | BELGIUM: H1N1: SIX NEW CASES BRING TOTAL TO 20 [...] (U) Belgian health authorities announced five more positive cases of H1N1 over the weekend of June 13-14, and then indicated on June 16 that a probable 20th case had occurred. All cases are considered mild, and all patients have received antiviral treatment. End summary. CASE FIFTEEN [...] | 2009-06-17 15:24:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09BUCHAREST164 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT -- ROMANIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-11 14:37:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP RO |
09BUCHAREST265 | VISAS VIPER SUBJECT: ABU ELBA, HUSSAM [...] (S) The Romanian Internal Intelligence Service (SRI) notified post that Hussam Abu Elba (DOB: 27-Jun-1975, POB: Jabalia, the West Bank (Israel),Passport number 1194591, email addresses XXXXXXXXXXXX@yahoo.com, XXXXXXXXXXXX@yahoo.com) recently applied for a visa and has direct connections to indivi [...] | 2009-04-21 08:14:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC RO |
09BUDAPEST100 | STATE-DOD MOU ON SECURITY - ANNUAL REVIEW FOR [...] Post conducted an annual review of the Hungary-specific MOA regarding security responsibility for DoD personnel in country. There is one change to Annex A covering personnel under COM authority (C-12 mechanic) and one change to Annex B covering personnel under COCOM (CDRUSEUCOM) authority (U. [...] | 2009-02-03 16:34:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | AODE AMGT ASEC KMRS HU |
09BUDAPEST141 | ANNUAL CRIME EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE [...] (U) Crime Mobility into Emboff Neighborhoods (c/d): Criminals continue to focus on the soft/easy targets, including affluent neighborhoods and neighborhoods where emboffs reside. Since February 2008, there have been three home intrusions at emboff residences. The majority of crime in e [...] | 2009-02-25 10:28:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER |
09BUDAPEST143 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, post is unable to identify any critical infrastructure or key resources in Hungary that, if destroyed, disrupted, or exploited, would have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States. Foley [...] | 2009-02-26 14:53:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP HU |
09BUDAPEST148 | HUNGARY: 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] Despite the successful implementation of the National Strategy Against Trafficking in Human Beings on April 10, 2008, the GOH was unable to sustain the same level of commitment to anti-TIP activities as it had done in previous years. During the year, the GOH eliminated financial and programm [...] | 2009-02-27 13:18:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP KWMN ELAB KCRM KFRD PREF SMIG ASEC |
09BUDAPEST32 | ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) CRIME AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-12 09:09:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER ASEC HU |
09BUDAPEST322 | MGSF01: HUNGARY OFFERS VACCINE PRODUCTION [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 7. 2. (SBU) Begin Summary: On April 27, Hungarian officials contacted Charge and ESTH Hub Officer to bring to their attention Hungarian vaccine production capabilities. Hungary has the technical expertise and the infrastructure to produce large qu [...] | 2009-04-28 12:13:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09BUDAPEST373 | EAC Meeting [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-18 15:54:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL HU |
09BUDAPEST607 | HUNGARY H1N1 UPDATE: CLINICAL TRIALS OF VACCINE BEGIN; [...] The Hungarian Pharmaceutical company Omninvest has announced that clinical trials of its H1N1 vaccine have begun. In an August 14 press interview, Omninvest's Director, Ferenc Zimonyi, said the tests, taking place at clinics in the towns of Veszprem and Pilisvorosvar, had begun that day. The [...] | 2009-08-19 14:32:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO PREL ASEC HU |
09BUDAPEST793 | CHARGE REQUESTS PERMISSION TO BE AWAY FROM POST [...] Charge Jeffrey D. Levine requests permission to be away from post November 25 through November 29, 2009 for personal leave. 2. POL/ECON Counselor Paul C. O'Friel will be Charge d'Affaires a.i. during the Charge's absence from post. LEVINE [...] | 2009-11-03 07:53:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA APER LEVINE JEFFREY HU ASEC |
09BUDAPEST836 | H1N1 OFFICIALLY AN EPIDEMIC IN HUNGARY, [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 18, with over 20,000 new reported cases of H1N1 infections in the past week, GOH health authorities officially declared an epidemic. Ample supplies of locally produced vaccine Fluval P are available, and approximately 11 percent of the population (about 1 million) h [...] | 2009-11-20 14:49:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO PREL ASEC HU |
09BUDAPEST884 | BUDAPEST EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING: [...] (U) The CDA chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on December 10 to review the main steps that post's Pandemic Influenza Action Committee had taken on pandemic influenza preparedness since the issuance of ref A instructions. After discussing the tripwires and steps already [...] | 2009-12-14 11:43:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AMED CASC TBIO ASEC KFLU KSAF KFLO KSEO |
09BUDAPEST887 | HUNGARY: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Hungary remained a consistent and reliable counterterrorism partner in 2009. In addition to the continued leadership of a Provincial Reconstruction Team, Hungary sent 28 troops to Afghanistan as part of a new joint Operational, Mentoring, and Liaison team (OMLT). The OMLT, which is comma [...] | 2009-12-14 13:19:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC HU |
09BUENOSAIRES102 | ARGENTINA: MINISTER OF JUSTICE READY TO COOPERATE [...] (U) Action request for State and DEA HQ Washington, para 18. 2. (SBU) Summary: Minister of Justice Anibal Fernandez received the Ambassador January 28 in his office and answered "yes" to virtually every offer of collaboration and assistance, including new anti-terrorism training, an enhan [...] | 2009-01-30 20:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR PTER EFIN KCRM ASEC KTIP AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1103 | ARGENTINA: TRAINING WORKSHOP BUILDS LOCAL CAPACITY TO [...] (U) Summary. A one-week USG-funded workshop on trafficking-in-persons (TIP) helped mobilize Argentine federal judges and prosecutors to address procedural shortcomings in Argentine TIP investigations. G/TIP Ambassador Luis CdeBaca and Department of Justice Federal Prosecutor James Felte kick [...] | 2009-10-05 14:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1113 | FRAUD SUMMARY - ARGENTINA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-07 17:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1147 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR ENCOUNTERS PROTESTERS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: During her first trip outside of Buenos Aires, Ambassador Martinez was forced to change the location of a speech at the National University of Cuyo due to disorderly protests by far-left groups on October 15. Public reaction has been mostly sympathetic to the Ambassador and critical [...] | 2009-10-21 14:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAO ASEC PHUM SOCI KDEM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1148 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR ENCOUNTERS PROTESTERS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: During her first trip outside of Buenos Aires, Ambassador Martinez was forced to change the location of a speech at the National University of Cuyo due to disorderly protests by far-left groups on October 15. Public reaction has been mostly sympathetic to the Ambassador and cri [...] | 2009-10-21 15:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAO ASEC PHUM SOCI KDEM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1160 | ARGENTINA: MINISTER OF JUSTICE WELCOMES LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) Argentine Minister of Justice, Security and Human Rights Julio Alak invited the Embassy Law Enforcement Working Group (LEWG) to brief him October 16 on the range of USG activities in the law enforcement area and to make suggestions regarding challenges he should address as minister. His [...] | 2009-10-26 00:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR ASEC PTER KCRM PGOV EFIN AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1202 | DOMINICANS WITH FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS USE BUENOS AIRES AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At least ten Dominican nationals carrying fraudulent U.S. visas tried to use Argentina's Ezeiza International Airport to enter the United States in October 2009. Two others with fraudulent third-country passports were intercepted as well. END SUMMARY. ---------------------- [...] | 2009-11-06 11:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS ASEC SMIG PE AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1203 | DOMINICANS WITH FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS USE BUENOS AIRES AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At least ten Dominican nationals carrying fraudulent U.S. visas tried to use Argentina's Ezeiza International Airport to enter the United States in October 2009. Two others with fraudulent third-country passports were intercepted as well. END SUMMARY. ---------------------- [...] | 2009-11-06 13:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS ASEC SMIG PE AR |
09BUENOSAIRES121 | ARGENTINA: GOA CONDEMNS ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Argentine Jewish community continues to express concerns over the lack of official condemnation of recent anti-Israel protests featuring anti-Semitic imagery (reftel) led by pro-Kirchner "piquetero" social activist leader Luis D'Elia. In response to these concerns, the GOA [...] | 2009-02-05 11:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ASEC PTER AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1222 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR MEETS BUENOS AIRES MAYOR [...] (C) Summary: Buenos Aires city mayor Mauricio Macri let slip to the Ambassador that he intends to run for president in 2011. He criticized the Kirchners for the failure of their economic model, for the country's growing crime problems, and for alienating the United States. He also reiterated past c [...] | 2009-11-12 20:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC AMGT AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1223 | AMBASSADOR RAISES PRESS FREEDOM, TIP ISSUES WITH [...] (C) Summary and introduction: In a very warm, 70-minute meeting November 11, Argentine Vice Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti welcomed the Ambassador and said he was pleased by news of the U.S. Senate's confirmation of WHA A/S Arturo Valenzuela's nomination. The Ambassador raised trafficking [...] | 2009-11-12 21:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ASEC KREC AMGT PTER ELAB KTIP AR |
09BUENOSAIRES126 | ARGENTINA: FUGITIVE HACKER RETURNS TO ARGENTINA [...] (U) Fugitive Argentine government employee or contractor Pablo Carpintero returned to Buenos Aires on February 3 and is in the custody of the Argentine Coast Guard (Prefectura). Carpintero and his fellow indictee, Ivan Velazquez, sought political asylum in Uruguay in May 2008 claiming to be the [...] | 2009-02-05 19:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET | PTER SNAR ASEC KCOR KFRD UY AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1288 | ARGENTINA: INTERNET TRAVEL AGENCY SCAM IN BUENOS AIRES [...] SUMMARY: Between February and November 2009, Post received eight NIV applications from Argentines who won low-fare travel packages with Vacations724.com and related companies, who were later charged undefined fees once the applicants provided the companies with their credit card numbers. Whi [...] | 2009-11-25 16:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD ASEC SMIG PE AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1418 | Argentina: 2009 Country Report on Terrorism [...] (U) Buenos Aires Country Report on Terrorism submission for 2009 follows. Contact is Pol-Mil Officer Ted Craig, at craigtj@state.gov. 2. (SBU) Begin text: Argentina and the United States cooperated well in analyzing possible terrorist threat information. During 2009, Argentina [...] | 2009-12-31 15:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL ASEC PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES149 | ARGENTINA: STAFFDEL LEWIS, FEBRUARY 16-18, 2008 [...] We warmly welcome Ms. Jessica Lewis, Senior Foreign Policy Advisor from the Senate Office of the Democratic Leader (SLDR),and staff. Ambassador Wayne will be on official travel during the visit, but Deputy Chief of Mission Tom Kelly will participate in the staffdel's schedule. The purpose o [...] | 2009-02-12 19:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AR |
09BUENOSAIRES173 | ARGENTINA: SMALL AMOUNT OF CESIUM 137 IS STOLEN [...] (SBU) In the early hours of February 19, two armed individuals robbed a lead container holding the equivalent of 2.5 curies of cesium 137 from the warehouse of Baker Atlas, a U.S. company involved in oil exploration in Neuquen, in the South of Argentina. The assailants entered the scene shortl [...] | 2009-02-19 20:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG IAEA KNNP KCSA TRGY ASEC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES183 | ARGENTINA: UPDATES ON THEFT OF CESIUM 137 [...] (SBU) GOA officials report that the Argentine Federal Police (PFA) have now taken the lead in the investigation of yesterday's theft of nuclear material in Neuquen, Argentina. The GOA's Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEA),Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ARN),Neuquen provincial police, and the Gendar [...] | 2009-02-20 20:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG IAEA KNNP KCSA TRGY ASEC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES184 | ARGENTINE FEDERAL POLICE RECOVERS CESIUM 137 [...] (SBU) In the evening of February 20, Argentine Federal Police recovered the stolen container of cesium 137 unopened and made an arrest in connection with the case (reftels). A very senior police official reported to RSO that the tracking of an extortion call made earlier in the day had allowed [...] | 2009-02-21 13:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG IAEA KNNP KCSA TRGY ASEC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES197 | ARGENTINA: ANSWERS TO FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS ON [...] (SBU) Following are Post's answers to questions raised, keyed to Ref A: A) The NRA confirms that it used equipment donated by DOE as part of the upgrade of their nuclear emergency response center. Two types of equipment were used: 1) a "SPARC", which was calibrated for CS-137 with a similar [...] | 2009-02-26 10:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG IAEA KNNP KCSA ASEC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES287 | ARGENTINA: ICE EXPERTS DELIVER TIP TRAINING [...] Summary. In an effort to strengthen the Argentine government's anti-trafficking efforts, Post,s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Attache Office in coordination with the political section brought down two ICE experts to address three conferences on trafficking in persons (TIP). The f [...] | 2009-03-13 21:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP PHUM PREL KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB KWMN |
09BUENOSAIRES295 | ARGENTINE GENDARMERIE COMMANDING GENERAL WELCOMES [...] (C) Summary: Argentine Gendarmeria (Border Patrol) Commanding General Hector Schenone called on the Ambassador March 4 at his request to introduce a new staff officer and to review cooperation with the USG on key issues. Schenone described the Gendarmeria's efforts to address increasing [...] | 2009-03-16 21:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR MARR MASS KTIP ASEC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES376 | NEW GOVERNMENT PLAN REFLECTS GROWING IMPORTANCE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: President Fernandez de Kirchner announced a new public security plan on March 27 to respond to rising public concerns about crime. The plan is focused on the provinces of Buenos Aires and Mendoza and includes promises of 4,000 new police to patrol the streets, a redeployment of [...] | 2009-03-31 22:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR ASEC PREL MASS EAID AR |
09BUENOSAIRES427 | Argentina: Education and Law Enforcement Cooperation with [...] (SBU) Ambassador Wayne's March 18 visit to the city of Cordoba emphasized U.S.-Argentine cooperation on issues critical to ordinary Argentines - education and personal security. On the education side, the Ambassador announced new scholarships for students to study English and signed an updated [...] | 2009-04-09 21:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS ASEC ECON PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES428 | Argentina: Playing the Judicial Blame Game [...] (SBU) Summary: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) set off a political firestorm between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches on who is to blame for Argentina's increasingly dysfunctional judicial system. The courts have long been plagued by an overwhelming demand for [...] | 2009-04-09 21:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM ASEC SNAR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES498 | ARGENTINE FM TAIANA ON MOD EVICTION AND OTHER [...] (C) Summary: In response to the Ambassador's April 22 letter asking Argentine FM Taiana to intervene with the MOD to help find suitable office space for the Military Group in advance of its eviction from MOD headquarters (ref A),Taiana said he had spoken with MOD Nilda Garre and suggested the [...] | 2009-04-30 13:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR ASEC KSUM PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES513 | ARGENTINE MOD GARRE OFFERS TEMPORARY SOLUTION FOR [...] (C) Following up on Argentine FM Taiana's suggestion (reftel),the Ambassador called MOD Garre, who indicated she had just signed a response to the Ambassador's March 31 letter regarding the MOD eviction of the Military Group from MOD headquarters and two other facilities. 2. (C) Garre said [...] | 2009-05-04 21:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PGOV ASEC AMGT PHUM KPAO AR |
09BUENOSAIRES534 | (C) ARGENTINA: RECENT UNSETTLING DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Recent moves by the Government of Argentina (GoA) undermine the independence and efficacy of Argentine agencies with jurisdiction over corruption cases. In early March, Manuel Garrido, Argentina's chief prosecutor for corrupton cases resigned, claiming frustration over perc [...] | 2009-05-06 21:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM PHUM KFRD SNAR ASEC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES553 | TFFLU01: H1N1 Influenza Outbreak and Argentina: SITREP #2 [...] (U) Summary: The first confirmed case of Influenza A (H1N1) in Argentina - a traveler who had returned from Mexico on April 25 - was confirmed by health authorities on May 7. The Ministry of Health (MOH) has installed thermal scanners at all international airports. The GoA's suspension of di [...] | 2009-05-08 23:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT |
09BUENOSAIRES592 | ARGENTINA: AMIA SPECIAL PROSECUTOR READY TO [...] (C) Special Prosecutor Alberto Nisman called on the Ambassador May 19 to notify us that the following day he would ask Judge Rodolfo Canicoba-Corral to indict a new suspect in the 1994 bombing of the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association (AMIA). Nisman described his painstaking effort to establ [...] | 2009-05-19 22:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC MASS PHUM SNAR KJUS IR LE AR |
09BUENOSAIRES597 | ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON VISIT [...] (U) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your May 28-30 visit to Argentina, which occurs one week before I leave post for my next assignment, in which I will oversee U.S. non-military assistance to Afghanistan. We propose to schedule meetings for you with Argentina's Minister o [...] | 2009-05-21 13:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM OREP ECON PTER MASS ASEC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES599 | ARGENTINA: 15 ARRESTED FOR ANTI-SEMITIC VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine police have arrested 15 persons for their involvement in a violent attack on a Buenos Aires city celebration May 17 marking the 61st anniversary of the founding of Israel. The attack left five persons injured, including two federal police officers. On May 18, two sy [...] | 2009-05-21 13:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PREL ASEC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES622 | ARGENTINA: CODEL THOMPSON, MAY 28-30, 2009 [...] The Ambassador warmly welcomes Representative Bennie G. Thompson and the congressional delegation he is leading to Argentina. The purpose of the trip is to examine counterterrorism cooperation, emerging threats, maritime security, and Department of Homeland Security operations. See ref B for [...] | 2009-05-28 11:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AR |
09BUENOSAIRES631 | ARGENTINA: SUPREME COURT OPENS THE DOOR FOR AMIA [...] (SBU) On May 27, Argentina's Supreme Court ordered the reopening of the investigation into the so-called "local connection" involved in the 1994 bombing of the Argentine-Jewish Mutual Association (AMIA). The court ruled 4 to 2 that Carlos Telleldin, who was previously acquitted, should be tri [...] | 2009-05-29 15:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC MASS PHUM SNAR KJUS IR LE AR |
09BUENOSAIRES65 | ARGENTINA: ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY [...] (SBU) Overall Crime and Safety Situation. A. Crime Threat Levels. Crime is a serious problem in Argentina, but one that can be managed with common sense precautions. Street crime has become common and increasingly more violent, and often is perpetrated with a firearm or other deadly wea [...] | 2009-01-21 15:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AR CASC |
09BUENOSAIRES704 | ARGENTINE JUDGE INDICTS DOZEN INVOLVED IN MAY 17 [...] (SBU) Summary: An Argentine judge has indicted a dozen persons for their involvement in a violent attack (reftel) on a Buenos Aires city celebration May 17 marking the 61st anniversary of the founding of Israel. The Israeli Ambassador and the head of the Jewish community's political advocacy [...] | 2009-06-17 20:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM ASEC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES706 | SUBJECT: (C) ARGENTINA: FOREIGN MINISTER "VERY [...] (C) Summary. On the instructions of Argentine FM Jorge Taiana, MFA Chief of Staff Alberto D'Alotto called CDA June 17 to express the GOA's irritation with the State Department's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report which placed Argentina on the Tier 2 Watch List. D'Alotto said Taiana was "ver [...] | 2009-06-17 22:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KTIP KCRM ELAB PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC |
09BUENOSAIRES789 | ARGENTINA ACCEPTS INVITATION TO ILEA TIP TRAINING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-07 10:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ASEC KCRM KJUS OTRA PREL SMIG ELAB EAID |
09BUENOSAIRES794 | ARGENTINA: PROFILING KEY KIRCHNER-ALLIED PIQUETERO LEADERS REF: (A) BUENOS AIRES 0526 (B) 08 BUENOS AIRES 1550 AND PREVIOUS (C) 08 BUENOS AIRES 1715 (D) BUENOS AIRES 0315 (E) BUENOS AIRES 0750 AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite sharing the same goals -- job creation, social inclusion, and state intervention in the economy -- the leaders of Argentina's social activist movements, known as ""piqueteros,"" differ on how to achieve those objectives. Indeed, former President Nestor Kirchner's efforts t [...] | 2009-07-07 21:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM SOCI ASEC PTER AR |
09BUENOSAIRES82 | ARGENTINA BACKS OFF BOTNIA PROTEST [...] (SBU) Summary: After allowing protesters to block the main bridge between Argentina and Uruguay for over two years, the Government of Argentina has reversed course and begun to express opposition to the protest. The Kirchner-allied governor of Entre Rios in December made headlines by concedin [...] | 2009-01-23 20:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV PBTS ASEC CASC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES831 | (C/NF) ARGENTINA: INTELLIGENCE CHIEF IN SANTA CRUZ [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Local press recently linked Wilfredo Roque, the chief of the Santa Cruz provincial office of Argentina's intelligence agency, SIDE, to a trafficking in persons (TIP) ring led by Alejandro Guerrero and his wife "Yani." A local TV show aired footage showing Roque's right hand m [...] | 2009-07-16 13:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV SNAR ASEC ELAB AR |
09BUENOSAIRES975 | ARGENTINA: CODEL GRANGER, AUGUST 30-SEPTEMBER 2 [...] The Charge d'Affaires, Tom Kelly, warmly welcomes Representative Kay Granger and the delegation she is leading to Argentina August 30 - September 2. Per reftel, the purpose of the trip is to examine Department of Justice office operations in Buenos Aires and consult with the Government of Arg [...] | 2009-08-26 15:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN SNAR PTER KTIP AR |
09BUENOSAIRES977 | ARGENTINA: PROSECUTOR GENERAL SEEKS TO DEEPEN LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a productive meeting with CDA on August 20, Argentine Prosecutor General Esteban Righi expressed interest in expanding and deepening bilateral law enforcement cooperation on a wide range of areas including extradition, human trafficking, money laundering, terrorism finance and [...] | 2009-08-26 16:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KTIP SNAR PTER EFIN KCRM KFRD ASEC ELAB |
09BUJUMBURA103 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 05:03:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER BY |
09BUJUMBURA222 | FBI INVESTIGATES MANIRUMVA MURDER [...] (S) SUMMARY: In response to the Ambassador,s formal offer of FBI support, Burundi,s First Vice President, with the full concurrence of the President, invited the Bureau to assist in the investigation of the brutal April 8 murder of leading anti-corruption investigator Ernest Manirumva. While [...] | 2009-05-06 13:49:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | SECRET | ASEC PGOV BY |
09BUJUMBURA302 | NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT/PORTAL DETECTION AT BUJUMBURA REF: STATE 030541 Classified By: CDA JoAnne Wagner for reasons 1.4 (b) (d). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-02 12:28:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | SECRET | ASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PINR PREL PTER |
09BUJUMBURA324 | ATTACK ON NGO VEHICLE IN BURUNDI; NO AMCITS [...] Post has learned of an attack in Burundi on the morning of 13 July 2009 which did not directly involve American citizens, but did involve employees of an American NGO operating in Burundi, Village Health Works (VHW). One employee was killed, presumably by gunfire, while three others sustaine [...] | 2009-07-14 04:50:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL |
09BUJUMBURA334 | RESPONDING TO REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN [...] (S/NF) Post concurs with reftel conclusion that the purported nuclear material in Bujumbura is likely a hoax. Despite this, due diligence demands the material be tested, and Post believes this is a good opportunity for cooperation with the Burundian government. Note that Post wishes to work w [...] | 2009-07-16 09:23:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | SECRET | KCRM KNNP ASEC PARM PINR PREL PTER |
09BUJUMBURA342 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON [...] (S/NF) Post is responding to follow-up question per ref A. There are no marking or etchings visible on the container now that the baseket has been removed, per photographic evidence. Due to safety precautions, Post has not been in physical proximity to the container since first contact was mad [...] | 2009-07-20 14:47:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC KCRM KNNP PARM PINR PREL PTER BY XAAF |
09BUJUMBURA378 | NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT/PORTAL DETECTION AT BUJUMBURA REF: A. STATE 75013 B. BUJUMBURA 00302 Classified By: CDA Charles Twining for reasons 1.4 (b) (d). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-07 14:19:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | SECRET | ASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PINR PREL PTER |
09BUJUMBURA419 | FNL: OUT OF THE BUSH, BUT BANDITRY BLOOMS [...] SUMMARY. There is an overwhelming consensus among political and security observers in Burundi that the Forces Nationales de Liberation's (FNL) days of fighting in the bush are truly over. Further, observers in Burundi find no evidence of an organized FNL splinter group existing that is ready [...] | 2009-08-20 15:41:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM ASEC PGOV PINS BY |
09BUJUMBURA689 | NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT/PORTAL DETECTION AT [...] (SBU) Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reference A that it has received a report indicating a potential incident of illicit trafficking in nuclear and/or radiological materials. The report was generated by the Defense Attache (DATT) after a walk-in, Nawab Chakaa [...] | 2009-12-17 10:43:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC BY KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PINR PTER |
09BUJUMBURA79 | ASSESSMENT OF BURUNDIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Burundi (GOB) faces significant challenges in reforming its security sector, including a lack for training for mid-level officers within the Burundian National Police (PNB) and a pervasive culture of impunity. The GOB is willing to partner with international [...] | 2009-02-17 13:25:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI KCRM ASEC FR BE NL BY |
09CAIRO1054 | CA/FPP AND CAIRO FPU IDENTIFY TWO COPTIC PRIESTS AS [...] (SBU) Summary: CA/FPP and the Cairo Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) have been reviewing visa and PIERS records in an effort to identify additional cases of the baby trafficking network described in reftels. Through an analysis of PIERS records, a Fraud Prevention Officer (FPO) at CA/FPP linked and [...] | 2009-06-10 14:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CMGT CASC KOCI ASEC PHUM SMIG EG |
09CAIRO1371 | UPDATE ON U.S.-EGYPT AIR MARSHALS AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS --Over the past year, the USG has worked with GOE interlocutors to conclude an Inflight Security Officers agreement with Egypt. The agreement, once finalized, will allow armed U.S. Federal Air Marshals to travel on board U.S. flights to and from Egypt. --The Egyptian Min [...] | 2009-07-16 08:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL PTER ASEC EG |
09CAIRO1395 | EGYPT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON BIOMETRICS [...] (C) On July 19, we delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister and Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ashraf Mohsen. Mohsen was not familiar with the Regional Biometrics Partnership Conference and said the MFA had not received a conference invitation. He suggested that the invitati [...] | 2009-07-20 13:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL EG JO |
09CAIRO1766 | FRAUD SUMMARY - CAIRO [...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Widespread poverty and a lack of perceived economic prospects drive a significant number of Egyptians to look for opportunity outside of their homeland. Boatloads of Egyptians have been intercepted traveling north across the Mediterranean towards Europe. Such economic migran [...] | 2009-09-13 13:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EG |
09CAIRO1828 | FPU REVIEW OF DIVERSITY VISA CASES REVEALS ANOTHER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Cairo Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) reviewed Diversity Visas (DVs) issued by post to identify additional cases of the baby trafficking network described in reftels. A number of cases were found that raised the possibility that some DV lottery winners applied with newborns that [...] | 2009-09-23 11:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CMGT CASC KOCI ASEC PHUM SMIG EG |
09CAIRO1945 | Cooperation and Coordination Busts Fraud Ring [...] (SBU) Summary: The Cairo Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU),the Egyptian State Security Investigative Services (SSIS) and the Greek Embassy in Cairo worked together to identify a major fraud ring involved in obtaining Schengen visas for mala fide travelers. The ring used fake US visas and bogus suppo [...] | 2009-10-13 14:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC SMIG EG |
09CAIRO205 | LESSONS LEARNED FROM EMBASSY CAIRO'S EVACUATION OF AMERICAN [...] Summary: Embassy Cairo evacuated four families with American citizens and family members entitled to immigrant visas, and assisted in the evacuation of over 100 foreign nationals on January 19, 2009. The evacuation went smoothly and lessons learned follow. End Summary. 2. On January 19, 2 [...] | 2009-02-04 15:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PREL PTER ASEC KPAL EG |
09CAIRO207 | FRAUD TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES CONTINUE TO DISMANTLE NETWORK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable highlights the effective fraud tools and techniques that have uncovered the network of fraudulent birth registrations reported in refs (A) and (B). The Fraud Prevention Manager (FPM) and A/RSO-I continue to use a wide variety of fraud resources to not only identify ad [...] | 2009-02-04 15:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CMGT CASC KOCI ASEC PHUM SMIG EG |
09CAIRO2115 | CAIRO - A2 VISA VALIDATION STUDY [...] In response to concerns raised by other agencies regarding the possible overstay and/or abuse of A2 visas by Egyptian Ministry of Defense (MOD)personnel, the Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU)conducted a validation study. The FPU reviewed all issued A2 visas for the Egyptian MOD from 01 Jan 2008 to 3 [...] | 2009-11-08 15:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS ASEC EG |
09CAIRO2178 | COPTIC CHOIR BOYS UNCOVERED AS INTENDING IMMIGRANTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Cairo Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) uncovered a scheme to have young men pose as Coptic choir boys in order to be issued visas for travel to the United States. The applicants used bogus letters from churches in Egypt and the United States to facilitate the fraud. Egyptian State [...] | 2009-11-19 11:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD KIRF CVIS CMGT KOCI ASEC PHUM SMIG EG |
09CAIRO2190 | ADVERSE INFORMATION FOUND FOR ASYLUM REQUESTS [...] (SBU) As per ref A, A/RSO-I is providing the following adverse information for the asylum requests of Saleh, Samouel Ishak Koryakos (D/POB: 13-Sep-1986, Menia, Egypt),Botros, Antonious Thrwat Shouky (D/POB: 11-Sep-1986, Menia, Egypt),Dief, Kerolos Adly Roshdy (D/POB: 01-Jan-1991, Menia, Egypt). [...] | 2009-11-23 12:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KFRD CVIS KIRF PHUM SMIG EG |
09CAIRO2205 | BLIND COPTIC GIRLS' CHOIR USED FOR ALIEN SMUGGLING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Cairo Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) has identified seven individuals who were successfully smuggled to the United States through their inclusion with a church group of blind Coptic girl singers. The church group was organized and sponsored by an Egyptian-American man in the Uni [...] | 2009-11-25 14:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD KIRF CVIS CMGT KOCI ASEC PHUM SMIG EG |
09CAIRO2291 | Baby Traffickers Resurface in Alexandria [...] (SBU) Summary: An American Citizen couple attempted to register a newborn as their biological child during a scheduled consular outreach visit held at the American Center in Alexandria. The couple fit the profile developed by the Cairo Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) in reftels and the case was re [...] | 2009-12-13 14:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CMGT CASC KOCI ASEC PHUM SMIG EG |
09CAIRO2315 | EGYPT: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Egypt is an ally on counter-terrorism issues. The Egyptian and U.S. governments maintained a robust dialogue on a broad range of counter-terrorism and law enforcement issues in 2009 and exchanged information on a variety of terrorism, security, and law enforcement matters during the course of [...] | 2009-12-17 15:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR EG |
09CAIRO2396 | 100 GAZA MARCHERS EN ROUTE RAFAH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 14:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC ASEC EG |
09CAIRO2397 | STEEL WALL CRITICISM AND GAZA MARCHERS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 15:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV CASC ASEC EG |
09CAIRO269 | CALL IN TO EMBASSY REPORTS POSSIBLE SUICIDE BOMBER REF: RSO CAIRO SPOT REPORT 02/16/2009 Classified By: BILL A. MILLER, RSO, REASONS: 1.4 (B)(C)(D) [...] (S) On 2/16/09 at approximately XXXXXXXXXXXX local time, the RSO Office received a telephone threat from a caller identified as XXXXXXXXXXXX. Speaking in Arabic, the caller reported that he was worried about his friend XXXXXXXXXXXX as he has been befriended by Pakistanis who have convinced him to c [...] | 2009-02-16 14:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | ASEC PTER |
09CAIRO290 | SMUGGLING TUNNEL DETECTED AND DESTROYED, SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: On January 28, Egypt re-started the implementation of a $23 million FMF-funded tunnel detection program along the Egypt-Gaza border, put on hold during Israel's incursion into Gaza. A new 24-man Tunnel Detection Unit (TDU) completed training on January 26 and is working alongside the U [...] | 2009-02-18 09:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MASS MOPS PTER ASEC KPAL IS EG |
09CAIRO334 | FEBRUARY 22 EXPLOSION AT KHAN EL-KHALILI MARKET [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 14:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | KWBG AEMR ASEC CASC OTRA OVIP PTER EG |
09CAIRO335 | FEBRUARY 22 EXPLOSION AT KHAN EL-KHALILI MARKET [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 14:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | KWBG AEMR ASEC CASC OTRA OVIP PTER EG |
09CAIRO336 | FEBRUARY 22 EXPLOSION AT KHAN EL-KHALILI MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 22, at approximately 7:00 p.m. local time, an explosion went off near the Khan el-Khalili market in Cairo,s old city, close to the El Hussain Mosque. Although the market is normally a heavily trafficked tourist area, many shops are closed on Sundays and there were re [...] | 2009-02-24 14:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | KWBG AEMR ASEC CASC OTRA OVIP PTER |
09CAIRO426 | FRAUD SUMMARY - CAIRO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-12 11:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EG |
09CAIRO451 | INTERIOR MINISTER ON KHAN BOMBING, GAZA SMUGGLING [...] (S) KEY POINTS -- (S) On March 12, Interior Minister Habib Al-Adly told the Ambassador that evidence indicates "one or two" individuals were responsible for the February 22 Khan Al-Khalili market bombing. He said the MOI believes the individuals were not linked to any organized group, but r [...] | 2009-03-16 11:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM KPAL ASEC SU EG |
09CAIRO600 | UPDATE ON CASE OF FRAUDULENT BIRTH REGISTRATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Working with the Canadian Embassy in Cairo, the Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) has identified at least five cases from the Canadians that fit the profile of the confirmed baby trafficking cases described in reftels. In addition, the FPU has uncovered one additional case from the no [...] | 2009-04-08 07:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CMGT CVIS EG KFRD KOCI PHUM SMIG |
09CAIRO872 | FULL EAC MEETING, MAY 18, 2009 [...] (C/NF) The acting DCM convened a full Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting in response to ref A, to review potential security implications for USG interests in Egypt resulting from the possible release of photographs of detainees, and to discuss the impending release of Egyptian wage revi [...] | 2009-05-19 12:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC CASC KWBG PTER EG |
09CAIRO886 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-20 14:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC EG PTER |
09CANBERRA1124 | AUSTRALIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The text of the report follows. The stakeholders at post, RSO, Legatt, and DEA have cleared the text. The embassy point of contact is Virgil Strohmeyer, strohmeyervb@state.gov. Australia Australia continued to play a leadership role in the fight against terrorism through multilater [...] | 2009-12-23 21:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR AS |
09CANBERRA204 | CANBERRA - SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE [...] (U) This response has been coordinated and cleared by the EAC. The following responses are keyed to the questions listed in the reftel and cover all constituent posts in Australia. POLITICAL VIOLENCE I.(SBU) Demonstrations A. Yes. There are significant Greek, Malaysian, Lebanese, Ser [...] | 2009-03-02 00:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER |
09CANBERRA248 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT - AUSTRALIA [...] (S/NF) Based on criteria in reftel A, Post has identified undersea cables landing in Australia, and civilian/commercial owned and operated terrestrial cables, as critical infrastructure/key resources in Australia whose loss would immediately affect the security of the United States. 2. (S/N [...] | 2009-03-13 04:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP AS |
09CANBERRA265 | AUSTRALIA PROSCRIBES SIX TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS [...] (U) On March 18 the Australian Attorney General's Office announced the relisting of six groups as terrorist organizations under the criminal code because of information provided by Australia's security agencies. The relisting insures that it remains an offense to associate with, train with, pr [...] | 2009-03-18 05:59:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER AS KVPR CVIS PINR ASEC AF IZ PK YM IN |
09CANBERRA41 | AUSTRALIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The text of the report follows. The embassy POC is Virgil Strohmeyer, strohmeyervb@state.gov. Australia continues to maintain a regional leadership position in the fight against terrorism. Australia's trilateral cooperation with Japan and the United States addressed terrorist threats in [...] | 2009-01-13 06:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC |
09CANBERRA415 | AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP 28 APRIL 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is a SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: The GOA is actively monitoring the spread of H1N1 globally, and activated a National Incident Room command post, led by the Department of Health and Ageing (DOHA),on April 26 [...] | 2009-04-28 07:39:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09CANBERRA419 | MGSF01 AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP APRIL 29 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: The GOA increased its pandemic response phase to DELAY under the Australian Health Management Plan for Pandemic Influenza (AHMPPI - available at www.flupandemic.gov.au) [...] | 2009-04-29 07:27:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09CANBERRA423 | MGSF01 AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP APRIL 30 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: Following a determination by the Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer, Health Minister Roxon ordered thermal scanning equipment placed at eight airports in Australia to g [...] | 2009-04-30 07:42:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09CANBERRA448 | TFFLU01 AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP MAY 11, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: The Department of Health and Ageing confirmed a single case of H1N1 infection in Queensland on May 9. This is Australia's first confirmed case, but was classified as a [...] | 2009-05-11 05:51:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09CANBERRA487 | TFFLU01 AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP MAY 22, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: Australia has experienced a spike in confirmed cases over the last 48 hours. Following a period of nearly two weeks with only one confirmed case, the Department of Hea [...] | 2009-05-22 02:39:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09CANBERRA491 | AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP MAY 26, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: Australia confirmed more than 20 new cases of H1N1 over the Memorial Day weekend, and raised its response level from Delay to Contain late on May 22. According to the [...] | 2009-05-26 06:44:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09CANBERRA518 | AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP JUNE 3, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: The Australian Federal government's response level remains unchanged since May 22. However, the state of Victoria upped its pandemic influenza response level to "sustai [...] | 2009-06-03 06:57:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09CANBERRA568 | GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA-INFORMATION COLLECTION, [...] (U) The Australian government is forward leaning in both maintaining border security and providing assistance to partners in the fight against terrorism. To that end, robust and dynamic protocols are in place to ensure that the movement of suspected and known terrorists are monitored and thwar [...] | 2009-06-17 23:10:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CVIS KVPR PGOV PREL PTER |
09CANBERRA570 | AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP JUNE 18, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: On June 17th, the GOA announced a new pandemic response phase - PROTECT - and all jurisdictions are moving to PROTECT level. Key changes include: - Recognizing the [...] | 2009-06-18 07:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09CANBERRA593 | AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP JUNE 26, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: Australia remains in its "Protect" posture (ref F) despite continued growth in case numbers. The first confirmed deaths in Australia are all still considered to be in h [...] | 2009-06-26 07:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09CANBERRA639 | AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP JULY 10, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: The GOA has not altered their response posture since 17 June, but confirms that all jurisdictions are now compliant with the PROTECT phase of the Australian national pa [...] | 2009-07-10 04:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09CANBERRA678 | AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP JULY 24, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 pandemic. 2. (SBU) Government Response: The Government of Australia, and all jurisdictions, remain in PROTECT phase of the Australia Management Plan for Pandemic Influenza. Concern over vulnerability in remo [...] | 2009-07-24 06:13:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09CANBERRA742 | AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP AUGUST 12, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: Australian pandemic response posture has not changed since June 17. Australia reached 100 deaths related to H1N1 infection on August 12. Media reports claimed on 11 A [...] | 2009-08-12 07:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09CANBERRA812 | AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP SEPTEMBER 4, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. Australian government response remains unchanged since June 17. Most deaths in Australia continue to occur in patients with underlying medical conditions. New South Wales Health reported that the ma [...] | 2009-09-04 07:39:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09CANBERRA90 | PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION AT CONSULATE PERTH [...] On Thursday, January 22, 2009, at 12:30 PM, there was a demonstration described as peaceful but angry by the Pro-Palestine community in Australia at the Consulate Perth. The group, calling itself the "Friends of Palestine WA," consisted of about 55 people and was a mixture of all ages of men, [...] | 2009-01-23 05:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC |
09CANBERRA906 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO PACIFIC NATURAL DISASTERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to Samoa's request for help following the devastating earthquake and tsunami, Australia is sending medical personnel and urgently needed disaster relief supplies. This response is part of a A$2 million initial package of support, which includes disaster relief items [...] | 2009-10-01 09:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SENV ASEC PREL AS |
09CAPETOWN106 | SNAPSHOT OF CRIME IN CAPE TOWN [...] (U) SUMMARY: A recent spike in criminal activity around Cape Town has culminated in increased crime deterrence operations by the South African Police Service. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) On April 29, 2009, a South African Police Service (SAPS) contact informed the RSO that several individuals had [...] | 2009-05-12 14:53:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC |
09CARACAS1065 | VISAS VIPER JULY 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The DCM chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on July 28, 2009. Post law enforcement agencies had no new Visas Viper names to submit to the Consular Section for July 2009. 2. Conoff requested that participants continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the CLASS dat [...] | 2009-08-13 21:38:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE |
09CARACAS1167 | VISAS VIPER AUGUST 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The DCM chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on August 25, 2009. Committee members submitted one name for the Visas Viper program. 2. Committee members agree that Qureshi, Muhammad Zubair Ali meets the Visas Viper criteria. His information is as follows: Name: Qureshi, Muh [...] | 2009-09-04 19:18:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE |
09CARACAS128 | TENSIONS MOUNTING WITH TWO WEEKS TO GO TO [...] (C) Summary: With just over two weeks to go before President Chavez's February 15 referendum to remove term limits, tensions are high with near daily confrontations between student protesters and the police. Chavez continues to foment political polarization and is warning that if the amend [...] | 2009-01-30 18:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM CASC ASEC VE |
09CARACAS1312 | VISAS VIPER SEP 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The DCM chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on September 29, 2009. Post law enforcement agencies had no new Visas Viper names to submit to the Consular Section for September 2009. 2. Conoff requested that participants continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the [...] | 2009-10-13 13:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE |
09CARACAS135 | CARACAS SYNAGOGUE ATTACKED, CHAVEZ BLAMES [...] (C) Summary. A group of unidentified armed gunmen vandalized a prominent Caracas synagogue during the late night-early morning hours of January 30-31. The intruders appeared to have planned the attack well, defeating the synagogue's security system and subduing two contract guards. They not [...] | 2009-02-02 21:35:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL ASEC VE IS |
09CARACAS1413 | VISAS VIPER OCT 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The CG chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on October 27, 2009. Post law enforcement agencies had no new Visas Viper names to submit to the Consular Section for October 2009. 2. Conoff requested that participants continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the CLAS [...] | 2009-11-04 19:04:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE |
09CARACAS145 | VISAS VIPER JANUARY 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The Acting DCM chaired the Caracas VISA VIPER Committee meeting on January 26, 2009. Post law enforcement agencies had no new VISAS VIPER names to submit to the Consular Section for January 2009. 2. Conoff reminded participants to continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the C [...] | 2009-02-04 12:46:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE |
09CARACAS160 | STATE TV AIRS TELCON WITH POLOFF - ALLEGES PLOT [...] (U) Action message -- See Para 6. 2. (SBU) Venezolana de Television (VTV),the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (GBRV's) free-to-air state TV station, aired on January 27 a January 9 telephone conversation between the secretary of opposition activist Enrique Mendoza and [...] | 2009-02-06 18:11:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC VE |
09CARACAS184 | GBRV DETAINS 11 PERSONS FOR ATTACK ON SYNAGOGUE [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan authorities arrested eleven persons over the February 7-8 weekend in response to the January 31 Caracas synagogue attack (Ref A). Five officers and a sub-inspector in the Caracas Metropolitan Police Force, as well as a detective from Venezuela's national criminal po [...] | 2009-02-10 22:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC VE IS |
09CARACAS204 | REFERENDUM CAMPAIGNS WRAP-UP, WITH "YES" LEADING [...] (C) Summary: As the February 13 deadline for campaigning approaches, both the YES and the No camps are wrapping up their activities. The GBRV refused to approve student activists' request to hold a final march in central Caracas on February 12 while Chavez announced his own "Yes" march for [...] | 2009-02-13 14:02:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ASEC VE |
09CARACAS212 | VENEZUELA'S 2009 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post submits the following information for inclusion in the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Venezuela. Political Officer Douglas Fisk is Embassy's point of contact. Telephone: 58-212-907-8052; fax 58-212-907-8033; Email: FiskDA@state.gov Forty hours were de [...] | 2009-02-13 21:33:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN |
09CARACAS311 | VISAS VIPER FEBRUARY 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The Acting DCM chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on February 25, 2009. Committee members submitted two names for the Visas Viper program. 2. Committee members agree that Lina Ron meets the Visas Viper criteria. Her information is as follows: Name: Ron Pereira, Lina Nine [...] | 2009-03-13 13:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE |
09CARACAS446 | VISAS VIPER MARCH 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The Acting DCM chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on March 30, 2009. Post law enforcement agencies had no new Visas Viper names to submit to the Consular Section for March 2009. 2. Conoff requested that participants continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the [...] | 2009-04-08 12:25:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE |
09CARACAS615 | VENEZUELAN AIRLINE WITH POSSIBLE DRUG TIES TO FLY [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Post requests information on whether or not Venezuelan carrier Aeropostal is cleared to commence flights to the United States and any information, derogatory or otherwise, on U.S.-based company Aircraft Parts and Pieces, Inc. 2. (C) SUMMARY: President of Venezuelan air [...] | 2009-05-18 17:30:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAIR CASC CVIS ASEC |
09CARACAS673 | VENEZUELA REPORTS THREE CONFIRMED H1N1 CASES [...] On May 28, via a press release on its website (www.mpps.gob.ve),the Venezuelan Ministry of Health (MoH) confirmed the first case of H1N1 in Venezuela. According to the press release, the individual, a male of 22 years, returned May 25 from a five day trip to Panama and subsequently checked [...] | 2009-06-01 19:51:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED ASEC CASC KPAO KSAF TBIO KFLU KSEAO KSTH |
09CARACAS691 | VISAS VIPER APRIL 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The RSO chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on April 28. Post law enforcement agencies had no new Visas Viper names to submit to the Consular Section for April 2009. 2. Conoff requested that participants continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the CLASS databas [...] | 2009-06-05 14:31:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE |
09CARACAS70 | CHAVEZ BREAKS RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL/JEWISH [...] (C) Summary. The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) officially broke diplomatic relations with Israel on January 14. Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro announced the rupture in diplomatic relations via a communique disseminated via state media that simultaneously condemne [...] | 2009-01-16 21:43:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC VE IS |
09CARACAS715 | VISAS VIPER MAY 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The Acting DCM chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on May 26, 2009. Post law enforcement agencies had no new Visas Viper names to submit to the Consular Section for May 2009. 2. Conoff requested that participants continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the CLAS [...] | 2009-06-09 21:42:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE |
09CARACAS800 | VENEZUELA: 180 CONFIRMED CASES OF H1N1 [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 25, official Venezuelan news agency ABN announced the number of confirmed H1N1 cases in the country had risen to one hundred and eighty. One Consular Section Locally Engaged Staff is suspected to have had H1N1 but test results were inconclusive. Post has sufficient s [...] | 2009-06-26 21:21:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED ASEC CASC KPAO KSAF TBIO KFIU KSTH VE |
09CARACAS85 | ATTACKS ON OPPOSITION BY PRO-GOVERNMENT GROUPS [...] (C) Summary. Pro-government gangs in Caracas threw tear gas canisters at the home of a prominent media director, the Holy See Mission, and student groups, as well as firebombed the car of a university student leader during the January 18-19 weekend. In addition, Chavista thugs carrying police [...] | 2009-01-21 21:39:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC VE |
09CARACAS864 | MIXED SIGNALS AT RETURN OF AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary. US Ambassador Patrick Duddy returned to Venezuela July 1, following a nearly ten month expulsion and the 2008 recall of Hugo Chavez's Ambassador in Washington. On July 2, Ambassador Duddy hosted the annual Independence Day celebrations at the US Embassy in Caracas. Despite off [...] | 2009-07-09 18:54:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC PGOV ASEC VE |
09CARACAS890 | VISAS VIPER JUNE 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The CG chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on June 30, 2009. Post law enforcement agencies had no new Visas Viper names to submit to the Consular Section for June 2009. 2. Conoff requested that participants continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the CLASS data [...] | 2009-07-14 13:36:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE |
09CARACAS932 | VENEZUELA: FIRST H1N1 DEATH [...] (SBU) On July 19 Health Minister Jesus Mantilla announced that an 11-month-old baby girl had died from complications associated with the H1N1 virus, including viral pneumonia and dehydration. The official cause of death was multiple organ failure, according to the Ministry of Health. A postmo [...] | 2009-07-20 19:15:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED ASEC CASC KPAO KSAF TBIO KFLU KSEAO KSTH |
09CASABLANCA112 | VISAS VIPER FOR MAY 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met June 8, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with A/DCM, CG, CONS, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee would like to submit the following names o [...] | 2009-06-08 17:15:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA131 | VISAS VIPER FOR JUNE 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met July 6, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with A/DCM, ACG/CONS, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee discussed the arrest of five members of a [...] | 2009-07-08 09:41:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA140 | VISAS VIPER FOR JUNE 2009 REPORTING PERIOD (UPDATE) [...] As reported previously (Casablanca 0131),members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met July 6, 2000 and discussed the arrest of members of the terrorist cell Salafiya Jihadia. 2. Legatt office provided the following submissions. All are Moro [...] | 2009-07-15 15:42:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA159 | VISAS VIPER FOR JULY 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met August 3, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with A/DCM/PD, CG, CONS, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, RAO, POL, ECON, and USAID in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee had nothing to report for Jul [...] | 2009-08-07 09:24:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA177 | VISAS VIPER FOR AUGUST 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met September 8, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Acting DCM/PD with ACG/CONS, LEGATT, DHS, RAO, DAO, RSO, ECON and USAID in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee does not have anything to report at [...] | 2009-09-08 16:05:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA188 | SEPTEMBER 2009 FRAUD SUMMARY - CASABLANCA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-25 11:46:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA19 | VISAS VIPER FOR JANUARY 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met February 2, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with A/DCM, RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON, FCS, and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee did not have any submissions for [...] | 2009-02-05 14:22:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA193 | VISAS VIPER FOR SEPTEMBER 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met October 7, 2009. The meeting was chaired by DCM with CG, CONS, LEGATT, DHS, RAO, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON, PD and USAID in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee discussed the September arrest of 24 [...] | 2009-10-08 12:05:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA197 | VISAS VIPER FOR SEPTEMBER 2009 REPORTING PERIOD UPDATE [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met October 7, 2009. The meeting was chaired by DCM with CG, CONS, LEGATT, DHS, RAO, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON, PD and USAID in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee would like to submit the following na [...] | 2009-10-20 16:56:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA2 | VISAS VIPER FOR DECEMBER 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met January 5, 2009. The meeting was chaired by DCM with RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON, FCS, and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee approved the following cases submitted by [...] | 2009-01-05 16:51:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA21 | MEETING WITH CASABLANCA POLICE PREFECT [...] (U) On February 5th, 2009 Consul General and RSO Casablanca met with Police Prefect Mustapha Mazouni at Casablanca's Prefecture to discuss the security situation in Casablanca. Prefect Mazouni, who requested the meeting, began by outlining his view of the current security climate in Casablan [...] | 2009-02-06 17:00:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAGR KIRF MO PGOV SNAR |
09CASABLANCA224 | VISAS VIPER FOR NOVEMBER 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met December 7, 2009. The meeting was chaired by DCM with CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, USAID and PD in attendance. 2. There are no submissions for the November 2009 reporting period. [...] | 2009-12-08 09:19:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA40 | VISAS VIPER FOR FEBRUARY 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met March 2, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with A/DCM, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, and ECON. 2. The Visas Viper Committee did not have any submissions for the month of February 2009. [...] | 2009-03-10 13:43:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA42 | PDAS KIRBY ADDRESSES FRUSTRATIONS OF MOROCCO'S BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Moroccan-American Chamber of Commerce in Morocco (AmCham) hosted a business lunch March 2 for PDAS Michael Kirby of the Bureau of Consular Affairs. The event was attended by 56 business men and women representing numerous industry sectors. AmCham Board Members, the Consul G [...] | 2009-03-12 13:01:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CMGT ASEC EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV MO |
09CASABLANCA66 | VISAS VIPER FOR MARCH 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met April 6, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, PD and FCS. 2. The Visas Viper Committee did not have any submissions for the month of March 2009. [...] | 2009-04-07 17:35:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA85 | VISAS VIPER FOR APRIL 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met May 5, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with A/DCM, CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee did not have any submissions for the m [...] | 2009-05-05 11:26:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CHENGDU223 | FRAUD SUMMARY - CHENGDU (APRIL TO SEPTEMBER 2009) [...] The Chengdu consular district covers Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou Provinces, the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR),and the Chongqing Municipality. The majority of the Consulate's NIV applicants hail from Chengdu, Chongqing and Kunming, followed by Guiyang and smaller cities and towns throughout th [...] | 2009-10-09 04:55:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CH |
09CHENGDU266 | CHENGDU B1/B2 VALIDATION STUDY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Consulate Chengdu's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) conducted a validation study of all private Chinese passport holders who were issued B1/B2 visas in CY2008. Based on a review and analysis of 800 randomly-selected visa issuances, the illegal overstay rate was found to be 2.0 perc [...] | 2009-11-19 09:09:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CH |
09CHENGDU69 | YUNNAN'S ROCKY INTERNATIONAL ROADS HAMPER ACCESS TO SE [...] (C) Summary: Road links from Southwest China's Sichuan province through Yunnan Province to Southeast Asia have not yet developed to the point where motorists can count on these highways for safe and reliable passage south. Problems of highway finance in Yunnan Province, corruption, poor work [...] | 2009-04-21 06:23:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ASEC PGOV |
09CHENNAI151 | TAMIL NADU QUIET AFTER PRABHAKARAN'S DEATH [...] (SBU) Summary. Mixed but moderate responses in Tamil Nadu followed the news of the death of Velupillai Prabhakaran, leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),from relief to indifference to occasional outright denial. Despite the efforts of political parties to turn concern over [...] | 2009-05-22 05:22:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL IN ASEC CE |
09CHENNAI157 | Over Half of Tibetan Visitors from India Overstay Visas [...] (SBU) Summary. Mission India recently conducted a validation study of the 496 B1/B2 tourist visas granted in CY-2007 and CY-2008 to stateless individuals carrying Indian-issued identity papers. All butQ of those applicants was Tibetan. Over half of these travelers appear to be potential overs [...] | 2009-05-26 23:17:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS ASEC PHUM PREL PREF IN |
09CHENNAI158 | Mission India FY08 Visa Referral Validation Study [...] (SBU) Summary. Mission India recently conducted a validation study of all 1,408 approved non-immigrant visa applicants who utilized the visa referral program in FY2008 in New Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata. The study showed that 99.4 percent of the visa recipients have entered and depart [...] | 2009-05-27 02:12:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC IN |
09CHENNAI161 | ANDHRA POLICE KILL KEY MAOIST LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Police in Andhra Pradesh (AP) killed two top members of a violent Maoist group ("Naxalite") in an encounter on May 24. They also recovered several firearms. The police link one of those killed to several high-profile terrorist attacks, including assassination attempts against [...] | 2009-05-28 06:37:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC PHUM IN |
09CHENNAI173 | Chennai P-3 Performers: Well Scrutinized and Well Behaved [...] SUMMARY. Consulate General Chennai adjudicated 577 P-3 cultural performance non-immigrant visas in FY08. Despite this relatively low number, to rule out concerns about possible alien smuggling and misuse of P-3 visas, ConGen Chennai instituted a vetting system to screen for potential fraud ind [...] | 2009-06-05 00:46:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC IN |
09CHENNAI174 | Applying in Chennai: No English? No problem. [...] Summary. Consulate Chennai conducted a validation study for the first three months of calendar year 2008 of its non-English speaking B1/B2 applicants and found the visa holders had a 97.6 percent compliance rate. Post adjudicated approximately 84,000 visas during this time, including 11,253 n [...] | 2009-06-05 02:51:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC IN |
09CHENNAI22 | SUSPECT ARRESTED IN BANGALORE AND GUJARAT BOMBINGS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-22 07:58:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL ASEC IN |
09CHENNAI306 | India Biannual Fraud Update [...] India-wide consular operations are among the busiest in the world. In FY-2008, Mission India processed more than 756,000 non-immigrant visa applications and 27,000 immigrant visa applications. While the majority of applicants from India are bona fide travelers and migrants, the volume of frau [...] | 2009-10-13 01:10:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IN |
09CHENNAI77 | India Semi-Annual Fraud Update [...] India-wide consular operations are among the busiest in the world. In FY-2008, Mission India processed more than 756,000 non-immigrant visa applications and 27,000 immigrant visa applications. The majority of applicants from India are bona fide travelers and migrants. Despite a relatively lo [...] | 2009-03-13 07:37:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IN |
09CHIANGMAI106 | REDSHIRTS PROTEST AT CONSULATE [...] (SBU) On July 20, representatives of a local anti-government redshirt group displayed placards peacefully expressing their disapproval of Thailand's current governing coalition and its chairmanship of the on-going ASEAN/ASEAN Regional Forum meetings in front of the Consulate. They also hand- [...] | 2009-07-20 10:33:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL TH |
09CHIANGMAI172 | RED-SHIRTS CALL FOR U.S. TO BOYCOTT RTG [...] (SBU) Capitalizing on the on-going visit to Chiang Mai of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, over 50 members of red-shirt groups protested in front of Consulate Chiang Mai on November 16, strongly criticizing the current Royal Thai Government (RTG),and asking the U.S. to "boycott and not sup [...] | 2009-11-16 09:50:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC TH |
09CHIANGMAI178 | PM'S PLANNED NOV. 29 VISIT GALVANIZES RED-SHIRTS TO ACT IN [...] (C) In the wake of anti-government red-shirt rhetoric tantamount to death threats against Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, red-shirts and supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin are gearing up for a potential showdown with security forces in Chiang Mai during Prime Minister Abhisit's plan [...] | 2009-11-25 11:10:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI PHUM CASC ASEC TH |
09CHIANGMAI24 | BY-ELECTIONS, REDS AND MIGRANTS TAKE CENTER STAGE [...] (SBU) The past few days have seen a flurry of political activity in Chiang Mai, kicking off with a protest by pro-Thaksin redshirts on February 8. Separately, the Election Commission certified the results of January by-elections in two Northern provinces, and election officials here told us m [...] | 2009-02-13 07:43:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM SMIG ELAB ASEC TH BM |
09CHISINAU108 | MOLDOVA: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-18 06:55:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KTIP KWMN MD PGOV PHUM SMIG |
09CHISINAU264 | Fraud Summary - Chisinau: September 2008 -February 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-01 07:59:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KTIP MD |
09CHISINAU378 | EAC Meeting Notes -- No Impact from Detainee Photographs [...] (SBU) Following reftel instructions, Embassy Chisinau's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to assess the impact on mission and AMCIT security of media attention to the issue of unreleased detainee photographs. 2. (SBU) EAC members noted that the issue had not been raised in Moldovan media [...] | 2009-05-21 06:46:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC MD |
09CHISINAU620 | FY2009 Project Proposals for INL Law Enforcement [...] Summary: Post believes the best use of FSA/INL funds for law enforcement in Moldova will combine technical and training assistance to strengthen institutional as well as individual capacities. This cable outlines a program for using FY2009 funds to provide an array of projects for the Go [...] | 2009-08-07 07:15:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID MD |
09CHISINAU721 | MOLDOVA ELDERLY TRAVELERS B1/B2 VALIDATION STUDY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-21 14:02:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD CMGT ASEC MD |
09CHISINAU769 | Fraud Summary - Chisinau: March 2009 - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-06 09:42:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KTIP MD |
09CHISINAU989 | CHISINAU: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Moldova is not a safe haven for terrorists or terrorist groups. No acts of international terrorism of major significance have occurred in Moldova. One significant act of possible politically motivated domestic terrorism, however, did occur. Moldova is not designated as a state sponsor of terr [...] | 2009-12-24 09:06:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR MD |
09CIUDADJUAREZ22 | 2008 - THE YEAR IN NUMBERS [...] (SBU) Summary: The incidence of violent crime in Ciudad Juarez this past year was high by any standard. There were 1,633 murders in and around Juarez, a figure that represented more than one quarter of all homicides registered in Mexico during 2008, and five times the number recorded in the [...] | 2009-01-23 01:24:00 | Consulate Ciudad Juarez | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV CASC SNAR MX |
09CIUDADJUAREZ27 | 2009 CIUDAD JUAREZ OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT [...] Remain on constant alert for street crime (i.e. armed robbery, pocket-picking, purse-snatching, ATM robbery, etc.). 2. Maintain a low profile. Dress casually and keep valuables out of sight. Do not draw attention to yourself. 3. Vary your routine. Be unpredictable in your movements. V [...] | 2009-01-27 22:58:00 | Consulate Ciudad Juarez | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC MX |
09CIUDADJUAREZ516 | FRAUD SUMMARY - CIUDAD JUAREZ - MARCH THROUGH AUGUST 2009 [...] (U) Ciudad Juarez, located in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, forms the larger half of the Ciudad Juarez/El Paso metropolitan area with the largest population center on any international border in the world. The Ciudad Juarez/El Paso area is one contiguous community separated by a visible lin [...] | 2009-10-01 15:15:00 | Consulate Ciudad Juarez | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MX |
09COLOMBO1001 | FROM AMBASSADOR PATRICIA A. BUTENIS TO UNDERSECRETARY OF [...] We appreciate your willingness to reconsider the decision not to purchase the former British High Commission property for a New Embassy Compound (NEC) in Colombo. We know a re-examination of the decision will entail lots of work, and we will accept your final decision. 2. OBO has approve [...] | 2009-10-30 12:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ABLD ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO1003 | FROM AMBASSADOR PATRICIA A. BUTENIS TO UNDERSECRETARY OF [...] We appreciate your willingness to reconsider the decision not to purchase the former British High Commission property for a New Embassy Compound (NEC) in Colombo. We know a re-examination of the decision will entail lots of work, and we will accept your final decision. 2. OBO has approve [...] | 2009-11-02 02:03:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ABLD ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO1045 | FRAUD SUMMARY - SRI LANKA [...] Political insecurity and socioeconomic conditions put pressure on Sri Lankans of all ages and societal classes to migrate legally and illegally to the United States. In May 2009, the Sri Lankan government announced victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),an armed insurgent g [...] | 2009-11-18 07:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO118 | EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 02/02/2009 RE SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on February 2, 2009. The EAC discussed post's security posture and guidance to the expatriate American community in light of the upcoming Sri Lankan Independence Day celebrations and the possibility [...] | 2009-02-03 03:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER |
09COLOMBO166 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 14: ICRC to Ship Food Aid into [...] (SBU) On Monday, the ICRC evacuated by sea 400 wounded persons, who are now receiving medical treatment in Trincomalee. This brings the total number of medical evacuations by sea to 1145. ICRC Country Director Paul Castella told Ambassador that an ICRC-flagged ship carrying 30 tons of food pl [...] | 2009-02-17 12:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO173 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 15: Heavy Fighting Continues; UN [...] (SBU) Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa informed Ambassador and DATT on February 17 that the military has now occupied almost all the former safe zone and is now engaged in house to house combat with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Puthukkuduyiruppu (PTK) town. LTTE continue [...] | 2009-02-18 12:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO180 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 16 [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes began his visit to Sri Lanka, which will likely bring renewed international attention to the Sri Lankan conflict. Ambassador stressed to Holmes and Foreign Minister Bogollagama that Sri Lankan forces would likely con [...] | 2009-02-19 13:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO186 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 17 [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 20, the Defense Secretary told the Ambassador that the army expects to push the remaining LTTE back to the safe zone within the next week (February 21-27). He assured the Ambassador that the Government would at that point enter "passive mode" to permit civilians to f [...] | 2009-02-20 10:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO200 | SRI LANKA: AIR TIGERS RAID COLOMBO; SUSPECTED LTTE [...] (SBU) On February 20 at about 21:45 local time, two LTTE aircraft attacked Colombo. The government of Sri Lanka reacted quickly to activate the air defense system in Colombo, cutting electric power while high-intensity spotlights searched the sky. Shortly thereafter, the security forces act [...] | 2009-02-23 12:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV CE |
09COLOMBO201 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 18 [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 20, Sri Lankan Air Defenses shot down two light planes sent by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on suicide missions to attack targets in the Colombo area. The planes narrowly missed their targets. The visit by UN U/SYG John Holmes made clear to both the [...] | 2009-02-23 12:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO265 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 28 [...] (SBU) Summary: Both government and pro-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) sources reported heavy fighting and high casualties after counterattacks by the remaining LTTE forces in and near Puthukkudiyiruppu (PTK) and Chalai. One source said the LTTE pushed back the Sri Lankan army about [...] | 2009-03-09 11:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO27 | EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING JANUARY 8, 2009 [...] (C) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on January 8, 2009. The EAC discussed post's security posture in light of the recent attacks by Israel in Gaza and the possible U.S. veto of a one sided, Libyan-proposed resolution to the United Nations Securit [...] | 2009-01-08 12:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC PTER PREL |
09COLOMBO277 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 29 [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN reports heavy shelling within the safe zone on March 10, resulting in many civilian casualties. A medical team arrived from India to establish and run a field hospital in Pulmoddai that will treat medical evacuees from the safe zone. Despite Government pledges to cease u [...] | 2009-03-11 12:14:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO279 | SRI LANKA: SUICIDE BOMBING AT SOUTHERN MOSQUE KILLS 14; ONE [...] A presumed LTTE suicide bomb attack killed at least 14 and injured 36 at celebrations for the birthday of the Prophet Mohammed on March 10 at 10:15 am. The explosion at the Godapitiya Mosque in Akuressa, 15 km inland from the principal southern coastal town of Matara and about 160 km south of [...] | 2009-03-11 12:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV ASEC MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO283 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 30 [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 12 meeting Ambassador pressed Defense Secretary to minimize civilian casualties. The U.N. reports 2,683 killed and 7,241 injured in fighting from January 20-March 7. UN Resident Representative Buhne informed Ambassador that 72 persons were killed and 91 injured as t [...] | 2009-03-12 12:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO287 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 31 [...] (U) SUMMARY: WFP will complete delivery of 500 MT of food aid to the no-fire zone today. The ICRC is planning an evacuation of 400 wounded from the no-fire zone as soon as March 14. Indian DCM reported that the Indian-supplied field hospital will begin operating today in Pulmoddai. End Summ [...] | 2009-03-13 07:55:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO294 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 32 [...] (U) Summary: The March 13 statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights attesting that 2,800 civilians have died in fighting in the north since January 20 and that the Sri Lankan Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) may have committed "war crimes" met with angry [...] | 2009-03-16 12:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO299 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 33 [...] (U) Summary: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reports basic medical supplies are still urgently needed in the safe zone; this plea is repeated by health administrators in the safe zone. The UN accuses the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) of forcibly recruiting a loc [...] | 2009-03-17 11:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO304 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 34 [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador pressed Foreign Minister to allow in medical supplies and to stop shelling near civilian concentrations. ICRC reports that some medicine "may" be loaded onto a passenger ferry departing this evening (March 18) from Trincomalee for the safe zone. Unconfirmed reports we [...] | 2009-03-18 12:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO310 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 35 [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Resident Coordinator informed Ambassador of reports of planes dropping bombs in the Government-designated "safe zone" on March 18. Multiple accounts substantiate reports of civilian retaliation against the LTTE on March 18. Larger numbers of civilians are fleeing into G [...] | 2009-03-19 11:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO316 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 36 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government claims sufficient medicine has been sent to civilians trapped in the conflict zone; however, ICRC reconfirms that there have been no recent medical shipments. According to UN local staff, LTTE fighters have become reluctant to challenge or fire on large groups of [...] | 2009-03-20 10:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO320 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 37 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government provided a 2-ton shipment of medical supplies for civilians in the conflict area on March 22, the first in a month. Following on the death of a local CARE worker in the conflict area, the Government accused both CARE and the deceased of supporting the LTTE. The [...] | 2009-03-23 12:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO321 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 38 [...] (SBU) Summary: Local contacts report LTTE abuses against civilians trapped in the conflict zone. World Food Programme plans next shipment to conflict zone will depart the weekend of March 28-29. The Government's delivery of medical supplies on March 22 lacked some supplies necessary to trea [...] | 2009-03-24 11:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO329 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 39 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sri Lankan Air Force confirms that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) fired shoulder-mounted missiles from the safe zone on March 25. The Government publicly assails humanitarian agencies, free media, and civil rights activists, among others. UNHCR reports access [...] | 2009-03-25 12:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO342 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 40 [...] (U) Summary: The Foreign Minister summoned the UN Resident Coordinator to defend the UN's much publicized civilian casualty figures; the UN continues to stand by its estimate of 2,683 dead and over 7,000 injured from January 20-March 5. On March 30, the UN World Food Program (WFP) will load [...] | 2009-03-26 11:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO351 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 41 [...] (SBU) Summary: Contrary to various reports that the LTTE retains control over just one square kilometer of land in addition to the "safe zone", the Sri Lankan army continues to face heavy fighting a few kilometers west of the "safe zone". The Ministry of Resettlement has instructed two inter [...] | 2009-03-27 10:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO357 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 42 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Foreign Minister announced the GSL would suspend attacks against the LTTE for a short period of time. He did not indicate when the suspension would begin. 1000MT of food and non-food items are set to be delivered to the safe zone on March 31. Basil Rajapaksa outlined steps [...] | 2009-03-30 11:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO359 | FRAUD SUMMARY - SRI LANKA [...] Political insecurity, economic and population pressures, and the lure of earning hard currency put pressure on Sri Lankans of all ages and classes of society to migrate legally and illegally to the United States. The violent civil conflict between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation [...] | 2009-03-30 11:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO368 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 43 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Walter Kaelin, UN Special Rapporteur for IDPs will visit Sri Lanka April 2-6. ICRC President Kellenberger has tentative plans to visit Sri Lanka starting April 9. India is sending additional equipment and personnel to support the GOI's field hospital in Pulmoddai. Last week's [...] | 2009-03-31 11:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO374 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 44 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.N. now reports 3937 civilians killed and more than 9000 injured since January 20. 78% of those killed were in the safe zone. The U.N. has received reports that the Army has fired on escaping civilians. The planned food aid shipment to the safe zone has been delayed. UNH [...] | 2009-04-01 12:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO383 | EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 04/01/2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on April 1, 2009. The EAC discussed post's residential security policy and the provision of static guards at residences, as well as a newly-drafted armored vehicle policy. The EAC concurred that no specific [...] | 2009-04-02 10:57:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER |
09COLOMBO384 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 45 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan Army reports it has surrounded hundreds of LTTE cadres in the eastern sections of PTK. The military reports the LTTE is moving portions of the civilian population to the southern section of the safe zone. 1,030MT of food aid and non-food items have arrived off th [...] | 2009-04-02 11:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO393 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 46 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.N. satellite imagery documented clear indications of damage from sustained shelling and air strikes in the safe zone. Ambassador hosted a briefing for Co-Chair Heads of Mission by U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of IDPs Walter Kaelin. Norwegian Minister for Intern [...] | 2009-04-03 07:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO396 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 47 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Army Commander Fonseka reported to Ambassador that the LTTE controls only 3 square kilometers outside the safe zone. Fonseka also estimated that the LTTE only had 600-700 hard core cadres and 300 Sea Tigers left. Defense Secretary Rajapaksa told Reuters that the military was i [...] | 2009-04-06 11:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO397 | SRI LANKA: POLICE ACADEMY SUPERINTENDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: H. L. Jamaldeen the Superintendent of Police (SP) of the Kalmunai police division was shot and killed on April 5 outside of a mosque in Kalmunai, Ampara District. Jamaldeen was also the Director of Kalladi Police Training College and USAID's main point of contact for a DoD-fund [...] | 2009-04-06 12:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO402 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 48 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the UN, 14,166 civilians have been killed or wounded in fighting between January 20 and April 6. The majority of those casualties have occurred in GSL-declared safe zones. The military announced the launch of an operation to free thousands of civilians. UNSR Kalin [...] | 2009-04-07 11:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO411 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 49 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador intervened with Army Commander Fonseka to urge an end to heavy shelling of the GSL-designated safe zone on April 8. The Red Cross reported a disappointing result of ICRC President Kellenberger's visit to Sri Lanka, including the denial of access to IDP screening point [...] | 2009-04-08 11:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO412 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 50 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GSL officials reported that military operations are ongoing to create corridors through which civilians could escape the safe zone. UNSYG Ban Ki Moon and President Rajapaksa discussed by phone a "humanitarian pause" in the fighting. Subsequently, UN Resident Representative Buh [...] | 2009-04-10 08:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO413 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 51 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The government of Sri Lanka announced a 48-hour period of restraint, during which the armed forces would confine themselves to defensive operations. International observers noted that shelling of the "safe zone" had diminished on April 11 and 12, and that no firing was now bei [...] | 2009-04-13 10:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO415 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 52 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Just a few hours before the government-declared period of restraint ends at midnight local time on April 14, the pause appeared generally to be holding. The UN, ICRC and Sri Lankan health and military authorities were all reporting relatively low numbers of wounded, mostly from [...] | 2009-04-14 10:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO418 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 53 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador pressed Defense Secretary Rajapaksa to exercise restraint to ensure civilian casualties are minimized in the safe zone. Rajapaksa repeated the GSL offer of amnesty to all LTTE fighters, except LTTE leader Prabakharan and Intelligence Chief Pottu Amman. The governmen [...] | 2009-04-15 10:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO425 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 54 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNSYG CoS Vijay Nambiar met Ambassador and noted that the UN should play a "continuous," rather than "one-off", role in promoting an end to hostilities. Ambassador met Minister for Resettlement Bathiudeen and urged progress on benchmarks for the treatment of the IDP population. [...] | 2009-04-16 11:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO432 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 55 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The visit of the UN Secretary General's Chief of Staff Vijay Nambiar brought limited progress, with some prospect of a working-level UN mission to try to negotiate the release of greater numbers of civilians from the LTTE-controlled "safe zone." The UN resident coordinator in Col [...] | 2009-04-17 11:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO435 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 56 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The situation in the "safe zone" has taken a dramatic turn today, with a strong push by the Sri Lankan military. Reports indicate that early this morning Sri Lankan troops attacked LTTE positions near and in Putumattalan. High numbers of civilians appear to have crossed over i [...] | 2009-04-20 12:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO448 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 57 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Events continued to move rapidly on April 21 in and around the No-Fire Zone (NFZ). Government forces reported splitting the NFZ in two, reaching the beach near Putumattalan. Civilian evacuees on April 20 totaled 35,000-40,000 according to Government statements, with an additiona [...] | 2009-04-21 11:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO454 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 58 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan military continued operations in the NFZ area on April 22. The northern half of the NFZ was reportedly under control of the military, and heavy shelling in the upper portion of the southern half of the NFZ was reported early in the morning of April 22. Sources in [...] | 2009-04-22 11:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO456 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 59 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Conditions continue to worsen for civilians caught inside the NFZ, as the GSL presses on in its pursuit of remaining LTTE cadres and leadership. The UN estimates between 50,000 and 80,000 civilians may remain inside the NFZ, while between 100,000 and 110,000 appear to have escap [...] | 2009-04-23 10:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO459 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 60 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge called the Foreign Minister to support the UN Secretary General's request to allow a working-level UN team access into the "no-fire zone" (NFZ) to negotiate an LTTE surrender. The Minister was non-committal. The Sri Lankan military pressed on in its pursuit of remaining [...] | 2009-04-24 12:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO464 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 61 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 27, the Government continued to reject calls for a ceasefire, but declared an end to combat operations. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) promptly accused Government forces of continuing to bomb civilians. UN Undersecretary for Humanitarian Affairs John Holme [...] | 2009-04-27 11:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO469 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 62 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 27, the Government announced it would end use of heavy weapons in the conflict zone given the threat to civilians. However, according to several still unconfirmed reports, shelling into the "safe zone" continued on April 28. The Government did not approve UN Undersecr [...] | 2009-04-28 11:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO470 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 63 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite the Government's April 27 promise to end use of heavy weapons in the conflict, post continues to receive reports from multiple reliable Embassy sources with access to first-hand information of firing causing civilian deaths and injuries in the Government-designated "safe [...] | 2009-04-29 11:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO471 | PEACEFUL ANTI-US DEMONSTRATION AT AMEMBASSY COLOMBO [...] On Wednesday April 29, 2009, at approximately 1030 hr., a group of five men, dressed as Buddhist monks and claiming to represent the "Jana Setha Pandanama" (People's Service Foundation),came to U.S. Embassy Colombo to deliver documents and requested that the Embassy pass the documents to Pres [...] | 2009-04-29 12:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER |
09COLOMBO477 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 64 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband conducted a one-day visit to Sri Lanka on April 29. They urged the Government to end hostilities in the North; however President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa rebu [...] | 2009-04-30 12:10:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO484 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 65 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa has invited co-Chairs Ambassadors to a meeting on May 5; post requests guidance from Washington. The Government of Sri Lanka continued to refute reports of shelling in the civilian safe zone, and accused the UN of "spying" following the leak of a UNOSAT repor [...] | 2009-05-04 10:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO492 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 66 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge attended a meeting of Co-Chair Ambassadors with President Mahinda Rajapaksa on May 5. The UN appealed for 50 million USD in urgent humanitarian needs. The Sri Lankan Army advanced further south within the Government-designated safe zone. ICRC reports delay in food shipment [...] | 2009-05-05 12:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO501 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 67 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 5, President Mahinda Rajapaksa invited UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to visit the country. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) expects the "Green Ocean" ferry to depart Trincomalee on the evening of May 6 and offload food in the conflict zone on May 7. [...] | 2009-05-06 12:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO506 | EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING MAY 6, 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on May 6, 2009. The EAC discussed post's security posture in light of the recent outbreaks around the world of the H1N1 influenza and post's Pandemic Influenza tripwires. The EAC discussed the H1N1's current [...] | 2009-05-07 11:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC AMGT |
09COLOMBO507 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 68 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Mahinda Rajapaksa briefed the diplomatic corps on May 7 regarding the conclusion of the war with the LTTE and the Government's intentions of responding to humanitarian and development needs in the North. An ICRC ferry successfully reached the conflict zone on May 7 to [...] | 2009-05-07 12:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO514 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 69 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Heavy shelling in the conflict zone on May 9 and 10 resulted in the deaths of at least several hundred civilians. Each side of the conflict blamed the other. Foreign Minister Bogollagama disputed accusations against Government forces in a May 11 meeting with Charge. The Govern [...] | 2009-05-11 12:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO519 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 70 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Army is now advancing on LTTE positions from the south as well as the north of the conflict zone. Post received reports of continued shelling and heavy fire in the conflict zone through the morning of May 12. Senior Government officials continued to refute reports of any re [...] | 2009-05-12 11:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO52 | ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) [...] (U) The following information constitutes RSO Colombo's Annual OSAC Crime and Safety Report for 2008. All responses are keyed to the format as detailed reftel. 2. (U) I. Overall Crime and Safety Situation: While Sri Lanka has a high crime rate, relatively little common crime has been [...] | 2009-01-15 12:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT APER |
09COLOMBO522 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 71 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite indications from within the safe zone that the trapped civilian population might attempt to escape on May 12-13, a large-scale exodus had not materialized as of 4 pm local time on May 13. Charge and Defense Attache liaised with Government officials and with contacts in [...] | 2009-05-13 11:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO529 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 72 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge pressed Government officials to permit UN access to the conflict zone as soon as possible, and to facilitate a visit this month by UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. At least 1,200 civilians escaped on May 14, and perhaps thousands of others are following, according to mi [...] | 2009-05-14 11:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO533 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 73 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) headquarters in Geneva raised the alarm concerning an "unimaginable humanitarian disaster" unfolding in the conflict zone, and called on the Government and the LTTE to enable assistance to reach trapped civilians. Roughly 4,00 [...] | 2009-05-15 10:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO535 | NORTHERN SRI LANKA SITREP 74 [...] (C) SUMMARY: May 16-17 marked a watershed day in Sri Lanka's conflict with the LTTE, as an estimated 72,000 civilians escaped the safe zone. Remnants of the LTTE continued to mount resistance in an area of less than one square kilometer in the government's unilaterally declared "no fire zon [...] | 2009-05-17 11:55:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO539 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 75 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan Military has announced that the war with the LTTE is over. Numerous sources reported that LTTE leader Prabhakaran was dead, but there had been no official announcement as 1630 local. There were reports that LTTE leaders Pullidevan and Nadesan wanted to surrender [...] | 2009-05-18 11:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE ECON |
09COLOMBO543 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 76 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa gave a victory speech to Parliament on the morning of May 19. While he discussed redevelopment of the North and political reform in broad terms, the speech was far from the olive branch to the Tamil people many had hoped it would be. It was defensively bell [...] | 2009-05-19 10:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE ECON |
09COLOMBO548 | EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING MAY 20, 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on May 20, 2009. The EAC discussed post's security posture in light of the recent unreleased detainee photographs. The EAC discussed the impact of this on the mission, the AMCIT community, and if there was [...] | 2009-05-20 09:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER |
09COLOMBO549 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 77 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa declared May 20 a national holiday to celebrate the victory over the Tamil Tigers (LTTE). In Ambassador's farewell call on him, the President acknowledged the importance of reconciliation with Sri Lankan Tamils and with the Tamil Diaspora to ensure that Tami [...] | 2009-05-20 10:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE ECON |
09COLOMBO557 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 78 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa told Ambassador late on May 20 that the GSL was firm in its decision to restrict access by UN agencies and others to IDP camps. He criticized the UN and ICRC and said that they had to decide whether to remain in Sri Lanka to help IDPs. He s [...] | 2009-05-21 11:44:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE ECON |
09COLOMBO559 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 79 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN staff on the ground were preparing for Secretary General Ban Ki Moon's visit on May 23, but it was unclear if his schedule would allow a meeting with the Co-Chair Ambassadors. UN envoy Vijay Nambiar held a press conference where he described his flight over the desolation of [...] | 2009-05-22 12:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE ECON |
09COLOMBO571 | SRI LANKA: NEED FOR RAPID PROGRESS IN RESOLVING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-28 14:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE ECON |
09COLOMBO573 | SRI LANKA: NEED FOR RAPID PROGRESS IN RESOLVING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USAID/OFDA and PRM officers' monitoring of Vavuniya area sites for internally-displaced persons (IDPs) on May 18-22 revealed the post-May 15 outflow of civilians from the conflict severely stretched the Government's capacity to respond. While US-funded UN agencies and INGOs are [...] | 2009-06-01 03:03:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE ECON |
09COLOMBO577 | USAID/OFDA Humanitarian Assistance to Sri Lanka in FY 2009 [...] (U) SUMMARY: USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) has provided more than USD 6 million to U.N. and non-governmental organization (NGO) partners in Sri Lanka for emergency relief assistance to date in Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 primarily in northern Sri Lanka. The funding [...] | 2009-06-01 12:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO598 | GAPS IN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AT IDP CAMPS IN SRI LANKA [...] Summary. On May 29, the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) briefed the media on needs, achievements, gaps, and challenges in camps for recently-displaced persons in Sri Lanka. Gaps remain in the shelter and settlements, protection, nutrition, agriculture, emergency edu [...] | 2009-06-08 11:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO625 | EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING JUNE 17, 2009 REF [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on June 17, 2009. The EAC discussed post's Official Travel Policy and the necessity to update the Country Specific Information and the Travel Warning in light of the current security situation in Sri Lanka a [...] | 2009-06-19 04:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER |
09COLOMBO644 | America House in Sri Lanka: A Platform for Reconciliation [...] SUMMARY: The Government of Sri Lanka's military defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has brought an end to the island's 26-year conflict. However, winning the peace and overcoming deep mistrust that exists between communities will be a major challenge. A critical element of [...] | 2009-06-25 10:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV KIRC ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO753 | Report Number One on Interagency Policy Committee (IPC) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is the first of three monthly reports on the Government of Sri Lanka's progress in meeting benchmarks for as outlined in Ref (b). CAMP MANAGEMENT AND ACCESS: Acute humanitarian needs are being met in internally displaced persons camps (IDP) camps, although all sectors ar [...] | 2009-07-31 07:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PREF PGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO775 | Addendum on Food: Report Number One on Interagency Policy [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is an addendum to the July Interagency Policy Committee Benchmarks Report for Sri Lanka, adding information about humanitarian food supplies to the IDP camps. 2. (SBU) Benchmark: Acute humanitarian needs are met with dignity. Key areas are food, water/sanitation, healt [...] | 2009-08-05 11:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PREF PGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO818 | IMPACT OF RAINFALL ON SRI LANKA'S MANIK FARM IDP CAMPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent rainfall in Sri Lanka's northern district of Vavuniya, the location of the Manik Farm IDP camps, was a wake-up call for the Government of Sri Lanka and international organizations conducting humanitarian operations. Major improvements appear necessary to avert disaster pr [...] | 2009-08-19 11:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PREF PGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO854 | REPORT NUMBER TWO ON INTERAGENCY POLICY COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is the second of three monthly reports on the Government of Sri Lanka's progress in meeting benchmarks as outlined in Ref B. The start of pre-monsoonal rains this month has created a heightened urgency among all humanitarian actors, in terms of accelerating the release of p [...] | 2009-08-31 10:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PREF PGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO884 | EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 09/16/2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on September 16, 2009. The EAC discussed post's security posture in light of an impending Congressionally mandated report regarding allegations of war crimes during the waning months of the Government of Sri [...] | 2009-09-16 10:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER |
09COLOMBO931 | REPORT NUMBER THREE ON INTERAGENCY POLICY COMMITTEE (IPC) [...] (SBU) This is the third of three monthly reports on the Government of Sri Lanka's progress in meeting benchmarks, as outlined in Ref B. With a policy dialogue more focused on freedom of movement and issues associated with closed IDP camps, this report is shorter than its predecessors and focu [...] | 2009-10-05 09:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PREF PGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO956 | EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING OCTOBER 16 [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on October 16, 2009. The EAC discussed post's security posture in light of the anticipated release of the Department of State's Congressionally-mandated report regarding incidents involving possible violation [...] | 2009-10-19 11:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER |
09COLOMBO990 | EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 10/28/2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on October 28, 2009. The sole agenda item was a proposal to amend post's current Travel Warning, in light of the prevailing security environment in Sri Lanka. The EAC concurred with the proposed revisions and [...] | 2009-10-28 08:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER |
09CONAKRY1 | UNION LEADER SAYS CONSITUTION FIRST, THEN ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Now that the long anticipated coup has taken place, union leader Rabiatou is looking to create an effective civilian coalition that can check the military junta's power until elections can be organized. However, Rabiatou appears to be in no hurry to get to elections, arguing th [...] | 2009-01-02 12:36:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL SOCI ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY10 | ECOWAS AND UN MEETINGS ON GUINEA'S POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Charge attended two meetings over the weekend, one with a visiting ECOWAS delegation, and one with the UN regional representative out of Dakar. Diplomats highlighted key concerns, which included questions as to how the new Guinean Government will be structured, who will ultimat [...] | 2009-01-06 07:04:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY100 | MEETING WITH DADIS DISAPPOINTS CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a nationally broadcast meeting with civil and political leaders, CNDD President Dadis was aggressive, vague, and noncommittal. Despite the CNDD's February 7 announcement that elections will take place in late 2009, Dadis danced around the subject and refused to be pinn [...] | 2009-02-12 15:24:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY101 | YOUTH LEADER CLAIMS CIVIL SOCIETY NOT CREDIBLE [...] (S) SUMMARY. During a February 11 meeting with Poloff, prominent youth leader Thierno Balde shared his perspective on recent political events in Guinea. He found the CNDD's increased intimidation of the media and the close relationship between the Minister of Justice and Claude Pivi troublin [...] | 2009-02-12 16:15:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL SOCI ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY102 | CONAKRY RESPONSE - ASSESSING THE NEED FOR [...] (U) In response to reftel request, Post submits the following information regarding assessed needs for increased law enforcement and judicial training in Guinea. Post notes that the USG has suspended aid to Guinea, with the exception of humanitarian and democracy assistance, in response to th [...] | 2009-02-13 09:14:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KCRM SNAR ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY11 | ECOWAS AND UN MEETINGS ON GUINEA'S POLITICAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-06 07:04:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY114 | CNDD OUTLINES VAGUE ELECTION TIMELINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Recent meetings between the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD) and the Forces Vives, a group of civil and political actors, have focused on identifying an election date and defining a transition timeline. The Forces Vives recently sent a letter to the Presid [...] | 2009-02-19 16:41:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY131 | GUINEA - NARCO-TRAFFICKING CRACKDOWN BONANZA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Agents of the Ministry of High Crimes and Anti-Drugs recently moved to arrest several suspected narcotics traffickers, including kingpin Mamady Kallo, Ousmane Conte, the eldest son of former Guinean President Lansana Conte and four high-ranking police officers. The Red Beret [...] | 2009-02-27 14:47:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PGOV PREL SNAR PHUM GV |
09CONAKRY133 | CNDD LIFTS BAN ON POLITICAL AND UNION ACTIVITIES [...] (U) On February 28 over national television, the CNDD publicly lifted the ban on political and union activities in Guinea. The military junta had instituted the ban within hours of seizing power on December 23. Local press reports indicate that the announcement was positively received by a [...] | 2009-03-02 15:43:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI ELAB PHUM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY135 | CNDD LEADER'S ERRATIC BEHAVIOR SUGGESTS SUBSTANCE [...] (S) SUMMARY. Sensitive reporting indicates that military junta leader, Moussa Dadis Camara, is drinking heavily and may be abusing drugs. Dadis' recently exhibited erratic behavior and sudden outbursts during recent meetings with the International Contact Group on Guinea suggest that he may b [...] | 2009-03-02 16:41:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV PREL SNAR ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY138 | MINISTER OF JUSTICE TALKS ABOUT PROSECUTIONS AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-04 16:02:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR PHUM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY145 | CNDD HIRES PUBLIC RELATIONS FIRM TO IMPROVE [...] (SBU) A member of the Associated Press based in Dakar, Rukmini Callimachi, called Pol/Econ Chief on March 6 wanting to schedule a background interview for a piece on Guinea. Shortly into the conversation, she revealed that the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD) and its pres [...] | 2009-03-06 13:24:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY146 | GUINEA POST-COUP: A POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR 18 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Politics in Guinea continue to be fluid since the coup d'etat on 23 December 2008. Given these circumstances, Post will periodically transmit roundups of significant political and economic events not covered in other reporting. This roundup covers the period between 18 Febru [...] | 2009-03-06 13:26:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM SNAR ELAB GV |
09CONAKRY15 | LIBYAN LEADER MEETS WITH GUINEAN PRESIDENT [...] (U) On a trip that included several stops in neighboring West African countries, Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi spent approximately three hours in the VIP lounge of the Conakry airport on January 3 where he met with President Moussa Dadis Camara and Prime Minister Kabine Komara. Press reports [...] | 2009-01-06 14:12:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PREL PGOV ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY155 | CNDD'S PUBLIC RELATIONS STRATEGY - A LESSON ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After receiving an invitation from the CNDD's new public relations firm to come to Conakry for an exclusive interview with CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara, a Dakar-based member of the Associated Press spent nearly four days waiting for the interview to materialize. It eventu [...] | 2009-03-11 16:40:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY156 | MILITARY JUNTA OPERATES UNDER CHAOS AND DYSFUNCTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. The chaotic and dysfunctional nature of President Moussa Dadis' government appears to be deepening. Military Camp Alpha Yaya is apparently the President's preferred base of operations where he feels secure surrounded by trusted officers and friends. Most presidential business is [...] | 2009-03-12 10:53:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY157 | LES FORCES VIVES NOW REPORTEDLY PUSHING FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a March 5 meeting with Charge, opposition political leader Jean-Marie Dore said that he had been selected by his peers as the spokesperson for Les Forces Vives. Critical of recent CENI activities, including the proposal of an election timeline to the CNDD, Dore said Les [...] | 2009-03-12 13:32:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY163 | CONTROLLING THE MONEY FLOW - THE BUCK STOPS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. A discussion with a senior official at Guinea's Central Bank revealed that CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara is controlling the country's finances with an iron fist. All non-salary expenditures must be authorized directly by Dadis, which given what we know about how the govern [...] | 2009-03-13 13:30:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY167 | GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS MEETS COUP D'ETAT - [...] (C) SUMMARY. Local business owners are deeply concerned about the state of the Guinean economy. With overall commercial activity down by at least 50%, vendors are beginning to feel the painful pinch of what some are calling "one of the worst slow-downs" in years. Imports are down and comme [...] | 2009-03-17 17:47:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY169 | LES FORCES VIVES FINALIZE TRANSITION PROPOSAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Les Forces Vives are close to finalizing a concrete election proposal, which they plan to present to the CNDD soon. The latest proposal specifies dates for legislative and presidential elections in 2009, and calls for the immediate establishment of a transitional council (CNT) [...] | 2009-03-18 16:31:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY170 | WORLD BANK/IMF TO CONDUCT "DAMAGE ASSESSMENT" VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The World Bank's Resrep in Guinea is preparing for what he calls a "damage assessment" WB/IMF team visit, which is scheduled to arrive this weekend. Even if the World Bank program remains active, the Bank's plan is to stall any additional funding until elections take place. The [...] | 2009-03-19 16:58:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY171 | SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONTACT GROUP MEETING ON [...] ( C) SUMMARY. The International Contact Group on Guinea (ICG-G) met for the second time in Conakry on March 16. The Forces Vives proposed a more defined and cohesive schedule for voter registration, a Constitutional Referendum, Legislative and Presidential elections, but the proposed elec [...] | 2009-03-19 16:58:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY183 | CNDD LEADER IS A "SIMPLE SOLDIER IN WAY OVER HIS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following his private meeting with CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara and 2nd Vice President Sekouba Konate, opposition leader Sidya Toure described an inseparable leadership duo caught in the middle of a political and economic mess from which they have no idea how to extricate [...] | 2009-03-26 12:07:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PMIL KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY184 | HOT TOPICS WITHIN THE CNDD - NATIONAL TRANSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY. A youth leader close to the CNDD claims that CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara is planning to create a National Transition Council, which will serve as an interim legislative body, tasked with not only constitutional and electoral form, but possibly a broader legislative agenda. [...] | 2009-03-26 12:08:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY185 | GUINEA POST-COUP: A POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR 6 MARCH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Politics in Guinea continue to be fluid since the coup d'etat on 23 December 2008. Given these circumstances, Post will periodically transmit roundups of significant political and economic events not covered in other reporting. This roundup covers the period between 6 March [...] | 2009-03-26 12:09:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EMIN PREL KDEM ASEC PHUM GV |
09CONAKRY186 | A CASE OF RITUAL CHILD MURDER IN GUINEA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 16 a young child related to an Embassy LES was abducted and brutally killed in what is believed to be a ritual murder. The child's throat was cut, his eyes removed and his abdomen slit open in a manner consistent with ritualistic ceremonies involving human sacrifice. [...] | 2009-03-26 13:28:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY187 | REVISITING GUINEA'S POWER GENERATION CAPACITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A March 25 FMS visit to Conakry's central power station revealed that nothing has changed over the past year with respect to the country's looming electricity crisis. Only a quarter of the generators are even operational, but EDG (Guinean Electric Company) only runs them at n [...] | 2009-03-26 15:55:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PGOV ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY193 | CNDD ANNOUNCES ACCEPTANCE OF 2009 ELECTION TIMELINE [...] (U) A GoG press office official read a statement over national television on March 28, announcing that the CNDD had accepted the election timeline developed by Les Forces Vives during the International Contact Group visit earlier this month (reftel). This timeline calls for legislative elect [...] | 2009-03-30 15:31:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY195 | YOUTH RALLY IN SUPPORT OF DADIS AND THE CNDD [...] (C) SUMMARY. A stadium packed with youths publicly demonstrated the country's alleged support for the military junta and its president, Moussa Dadis Camara, on March 29. The event was peaceful, but security was heavy. During the speeches, youth representatives demanded that Dadis stay in of [...] | 2009-03-30 16:16:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY196 | IMF/WORLD BANK DELEGATION SENDS CLEAR MESSAGE [...] SUMMARY. A visiting delegation from the IMF and the World Bank spent a week evaluating the GoG's budgetary situation, confirming growing concerns about Guinea's economic situation. Dramatically reduced revenues, mounting debt, and a huge projected budget shortfall in 2009 suggest that the c [...] | 2009-03-31 15:46:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY197 | IMF/WORLD BANK DELEGATION SENDS CLEAR MESSAGE [...] SUMMARY. A visiting delegation from the IMF and the World Bank spent a week evaluating the GoG's budgetary situation, confirming growing concerns about Guinea's economic situation. Dramatically reduced revenues, mounting debt, and a huge projected budget shortfall in 2009 suggest that the c [...] | 2009-03-31 15:46:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY198 | FOREIGNER POSES AS U.S.MARINE, TRIES TO DUPE CNDD [...] (C) On 30 March 2009 a possible U.S. citizen in a U.S. military uniform claiming to be a Marine 1st Lieutenant representing the Pentagon met with President Dadis at Camp Alpha Yaya and offered to provide U.S.training and scholarships to the Gendarmerie in exchange for 300,000 Euros ($400,000 U [...] | 2009-04-01 17:04:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY2 | MILITARY SEARCHES OPPOSITION LEADER'S RESIDENCE [...] (U) According to press reports, two groups of armed military personnel (approximately 15 to 20) invaded the private residence of opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo, a former prime minister and head of the Union of Guinean Democratic Forces (UFDG) political party, on January 1. One group [...] | 2009-01-02 13:20:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC KDEM PHUM PREL GV |
09CONAKRY201 | GUINEA'S AUDIT COMMISSION - A LOOK BEHIND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. A frank discussion with a senior member of Guinea's Audit Commission provides a clearer picture of how at least one organ of CNDD President Dadis' fiscal control and funds recovery program is functioning. The Audit Commission has reportedly recuperated some $1.25 million since [...] | 2009-04-02 16:40:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY202 | A SLAP ON THE HAND AND A PAYMENT PLAN FOR ARRESTED [...] (U) Three of the four former Ministers of Mines, Ousman Sylla, Louceny Nabe, and former Prime Minister Ahmed Tidaine Souare, who had been arrested for alleged mismanagement of government money from the Mining Fund, were released April 1st. Former Minister of Mines Ahmed Kante, who steadfastly [...] | 2009-04-02 16:40:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY204 | CNDD PRESIDENT SACKS AND ARRESTS LEAD AUDITOR [...] (SBU) Just a few days after meeting with Pol/Econ Chief to discuss the inner workings of the CNDD's Audit Commission (reftel),Amadou Mouctar Balde finds himself without a job and behind bars. CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara signed an official decree over the weekend, claiming that Balde w [...] | 2009-04-06 16:12:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY206 | FORMER PM FRANCOIS FALL ENTERS THE POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. After resigning from a UN post in Bangui, former Prime Minister Francois Fall has returned to Guinea to enter the political arena. Visibly energized and ready to get to work, Fall described a strategy focused not only on elections, but also on mobilizing a grassroots youth movem [...] | 2009-04-07 16:34:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY207 | COMINGS AND GOINGS AT CONAKRY'S CENTRAL PRISON [...] (C) SUMMARY. PolOff met with prison NGO contact who provided an official list of prisoners -- all members of the Guinean armed forces -- who were reportedly freed from Conakry's central jail by CNDD members immediately following the coup. Contact confirmed that ex-Minister of Mines, Ahmed Ka [...] | 2009-04-08 13:49:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY210 | POLITICAL PARTY LEADER PEDDLES UTOPIAN VISION FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. An emerging Guinean politician, Amcit Abe Sylla, is peddling a utopian vision of economic progress for the country. He claims that he can turn Guinea around in five years, and have it sitting at the table with the G7 in twenty as a donor nation. Although his economic reasoning [...] | 2009-04-09 16:29:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY213 | CNDD PRESIDENT SAYS HE MAY RUN FOR OFFICE [...] (U) During another public rally on April 15 organized by Conakry Governor Mohmamed Diop (see reftel for details on first rally),CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara indicated that he is considering presenting himself as a candidate in Guinea's upcoming presidential elections. He warned that if [...] | 2009-04-16 10:51:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY218 | NEWS ROUND-UP: FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS, [...] (U) SUMMARY. Over the course of the weekend, the CNDD banned all foreign currency transactions, promoted the controversial Claude Pivi to the rank of Captain, and began cleaning the Presidential Palace in preparation for the arrival of its anticipated occupant, CNDD President Moussa Dadis Ca [...] | 2009-04-21 16:49:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY219 | THE CALL FROM KALOUM: A NEW RALLYING CRY FOR DADIS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-21 16:49:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY221 | SHOPPING FOR A VERDICT - THE CNDD'S EXTRAJUDICIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Guineans who don't like a judge's decision now have another option in the CNDD's extrajudicial "Bureau of Conflicts." Set up shortly after the coup, the Bureau has reportedly handled more than 3000 cases, which are heard by military and police personnel. Lawyers have no part in [...] | 2009-04-21 16:49:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY225 | MILITARY ARRESTS AND RUMORS OF COUNTER-COUP ATTEMPT [...] (C) Multiple sources have confirmed incidents of military unrest late in the evening of April 22. While there are several variations to the story, the common thread is that a young military officer, Saa Alphonse Toure, arrived at Camp Alpha Yaya at approximately 2130 and began shooting into t [...] | 2009-04-23 12:16:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY226 | DADIS CANCELS VISIT TO LIBYA [...] (U) On April 22, Dadis was planning to leave Guinea for the first time since he seized power on December 23. Significant numbers of military personnel provided security at Conakry International Airport where Dadis was expected to board a private Libyan aircraft reportedly provided for him to [...] | 2009-04-23 12:31:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC LY GV |
09CONAKRY227 | BURKINABE PRESIDENT VISITS GUINEA [...] (SBU) Burkinabe President Blaise Campaore flew into Conakry on April 21 for a brief visit with CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara. Members of the diplomatic corps were encouraged to send representation to the airport to receive President Campaore. Embassy did not, however, send anyone so as [...] | 2009-04-23 12:33:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY228 | PARTY LINE BEGINS TO EMERGE FROM GOG [...] (C) SUMMARY. Over the past few weeks, Embassy officers have been hearing what appears to be an emerging "party line" from the Government of Guinea. CNDD loyalists and career civil servants alike are maintaining that the CNDD represents Guinea's best solution for the near-term, and that Dadis [...] | 2009-04-23 15:59:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY232 | MINISTER OF LABOR ON SALARIES AND LABOR DISPUTES [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to Guinea's Minister of Labor, the GoG does not anticipate any problems paying salaries to its career civil servants. He confirmed recent delays in issuing salary payments, but claimed that the problem is primarily administrative, and is on its way to being resolved. T [...] | 2009-04-27 16:34:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ELAB ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY238 | DCM MEETS WITH MINISTER OF ECONOMIC CONTROL [...] (U) In response to an invitation from the Minister of Economic Control, Al-Hassan Onipogui, DCM Kent Brokenshire met with the Minister on April 28. Accompanied by Pol/Econ Chief, the DCM was courteously received by a senior ministry official and then escorted immediately in to see the Ministe [...] | 2009-04-29 16:10:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY239 | (C) U.S. COMPANY LOOKS TO MARKET VOTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. LaserCard, a company that claims to have significant U.S. content, is requesting commercial advocacy services from the Embassy for issues related to the import of U.S. products. New to Guinea, the company does not yet have any contracts in place, but is hoping to land a contract [...] | 2009-04-29 16:35:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY24 | MOST POLITICAL PARTIES CALL FOR LEGISLATIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY. Most of Guinea's major political parties are pushing to hold legislative elections by the end of June. Sidya Toure's UFR party appears to be the main exception, arguing for presidential elections within the next twelve months. Other than the actual timeframe, however, the oppo [...] | 2009-01-09 14:34:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY240 | IN GUINEA'S FOREST REGION, CITIZENS SUPPORT DADIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A recent trip to Guinea's Forest Region, CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara's natal home, suggests that there is significant popular support for the military junta. Forest residents generally viewed the CNDD's activities since the coup in a favorable light. Many of them also [...] | 2009-04-30 16:15:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY242 | CNDD ESTABLISHES NATIONAL TRANSITION COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The CNDD formally established a National Transition Council (CNT) over the weekend, but members of Les Forces Vives are largely disappointed over the CNT's lack of independence and authority. They will continue to negotiate the composition and structure with the CNDD. However [...] | 2009-05-04 16:20:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY25 | TECHNICAL PARTNERS SAY ELECTIONS LIKELY TO TAKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Technical experts who have been working with the Guinean Government to organize elections since June of 2007 maintain that it will take at least another eight to nine months before elections will be feasible, provided that all goes perfectly between now and then. They cited a [...] | 2009-01-09 14:45:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM PGOV SOCI ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY259 | CONAKRY EAC MEETING - MAY 7, 2009 [...] (U) Charge Raspolic convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on May 7, 2009. Expanded EAC members present included CDA, DCM, RSO, CONS, CLO, DAO, FMS, FMO, IMO, MGT, MSG, PAO, POL/ECON, RAO, PEACE CORPS and USAID. 2. (U) The EAC reviewed the current security situation in Guinea due t [...] | 2009-05-07 17:02:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY262 | CNDD RECALLS 30 AMBASSADORS FROM KEY DIPLOMATIC [...] (U) On May 6, the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD) officially recalled 30 Ambassadors from key diplomatic posts. To date, the CNDD has not named any replacement nominations. 2. (C) The former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amadou Lamarana Bah, told DCM in a private mee [...] | 2009-05-08 14:27:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY263 | MILITARY ROB MARKET BUSINESSES, PROTEST ENSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Two stores in Conakry's Medina Market were reportedly robbed of safes and merchandise by men in uniform early Saturday morning. The following morning vendors refused to open the market. Protests ensued targeting the local gendarmerie and guard force who failed to protect the bu [...] | 2009-05-13 11:04:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY265 | CBG MINING COMPANY PREPARES FOR THE WORST [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Guinean Bauxite Company (CBG) is in serious trouble with the worst of the effects of the global economic crisis yet to come. Based on current projections, the company expects to generate $12 million in revenues for the Guinean Government in 2010, as opposed to $137 million i [...] | 2009-05-13 12:35:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY266 | VOTER REGISTRATION COMES TO A TEMPORARY HALT, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Guinea's National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) has temporarily suspended the voter registration process in order to take stock of progress to date and address continued funding challenges. Approximately 70% of voters have been registered so far. The CENI President [...] | 2009-05-13 12:35:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY267 | GLOBAL ALUMINA MINE PROJECT ON HOLD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A May 7 visit to the Global Alumina mine site in Boke confirmed that the company has put its $4.7 billion investment on temporary hold. The construction contractor Bechtel was expecting to receive an official notice to proceed in early 2009, but has now downsized operations un [...] | 2009-05-13 16:18:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ELAB PGOV ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY268 | CNDD REPORTEDLY SEALS $13 MILLION HELICOPTER DEAL [...] (SBU) According to Embassy sources, Guinea's ruling military junta signed a deal with a British company based in both the UK and Ireland for the purchase of an Italian made presidential helicopter. The deal was reportedly brokered by a Belgian and a Lebanese arms importer in Guinea. Embassy [...] | 2009-05-14 12:43:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PMIL PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY269 | SENEGALESE AMBASSADOR SYMPATHETIC TO THE CNDD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Senegal's new Ambassador to Guinea appears to be sympathetic to the CNDD. In a courtesy call on the Charge, she claimed that elections should be held towards the end of 2010 instead of 2009 in order to allow time for much needed military reform. Citing concerns about regional [...] | 2009-05-15 11:52:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY273 | ANONYMOUS SOURCE PROVIDES DETAILED BUDGET INFO FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Close-held data from an anonymous source provides valuable insights into the GoG's expenditures over the first quarter of 2009. Military/CNDD spending comprised 42% of the approximately $118 million in expenditures. Many government ministries were severely underfunded and some [...] | 2009-05-15 15:43:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY274 | FORMER SECURITY MINISTER DISCUSSES RECENT MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a meeting with RSO LES, a former Minister of Security claimed that Dadis wants to develop a strategy to convince the National Independent Electoral Commissions to delay elections for at least one year. In addition, Dadis reportedly said that he does not trust the members [...] | 2009-05-15 15:44:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY280 | POLITICAL LEADER RECEIVES DEATH THREAT, SAYS CNDD [...] (C) SUMMARY. A young political party leader, Mouctar Diallo, received a death threat on May 11 when an anonymous caller warned him to stop speaking out against the CNDD. Diallo was one of the first to criticize the military junta and has continued to do so publicly on a weekly basis. During [...] | 2009-05-19 16:03:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY287 | GUINEAN LAWYERS THREATENS LABOR STRIKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Guinea's equivalent of the National Bar Association is threatening to go on strike as early as May 21 to protest the CNDD's perpetuation of extra-judicial legal procedures and a parallel justice system. At a minimum, the Bar is demanding that the CNDD immediately eliminate two [...] | 2009-05-21 13:59:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY289 | FORMER SECURITY MINISTER CONCERNED DADIS PLANS TO [...] (C) Summary: Former Minister of Security Madifing Diane told Embassy Officers May 19 that Junta leader Dadis is considering a national referendum to extend his tenure as head of state. Dadis had reportedly asked the former minister to determine the feasibility of such a referendum and is curre [...] | 2009-05-22 13:06:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL GV |
09CONAKRY290 | GOG TO PAY $17.28 MILLION IN DEBT SERVICE IN JUNE [...] SUMMARY. June is a big month in terms of debt service payments owed by the GoG. According to the World Bank Country Director, Siaka Bakayoko, the GoG must pay the WB $8.24 million by June 30 in order to avoid an automatic suspension of the WB program. Similarly, the GoG reportedly owes $9. [...] | 2009-05-22 13:27:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY292 | TAXI DRIVERS ORGANIZE "SPONTANEOUS STRIKE" [...] (SBU) Beginning the morning of May 26, Conakry's taxi drivers parked their vehicles and launched a labor "strike" in protest of recent government decisions affecting the transportation sector. Guinea's transportation union (OUSA-CNTG) did not organize the strike and described the movement as [...] | 2009-05-26 12:11:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ASEC PGOV GV |
09CONAKRY296 | HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER PROVIDES DIFFERENT VIEW ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Comments from one of the country's leading lawyers and human rights advocates, Maitre Mounir, indicate that he is increasingly demoralized by the political situation in Guinea. He described a heated and unproductive meeting between the Bar Association and Dadis, which he believ [...] | 2009-05-26 16:27:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ELAB PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY299 | THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONTACT GROUP MEETING ON GUINEA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The International Contact Group on Guinea (ICG-G) met for the third time in Conakry on May 4 & 5. The continued gap in electoral financial assistance was discussed in detail as was the creation of the National Transition Council (CNT) which occurred only three days before the I [...] | 2009-05-27 13:27:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY300 | TAXI DRIVERS RETURN TO WORK [...] (U) SUMMARY. Taxi drivers ended a one-day strike on May 27 and returned to work this morning. An agreement was negotiated last night with CNDD President Dadis that significantly lowered a road tax and adjusted passenger load restrictions. Dadis' handling of the strike sets a troubling precede [...] | 2009-05-28 08:04:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY31 | FORMER PM CELLOU DIALLO ON ELECTIONS, ETHNICITY, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Former Prime Minister and opposition political leader Cellou Diallo maintains that the CNDD's primary focus should be to organize legislative elections within the next six months. He expressed concern over the ethnic composition of the government to date, but noted that any p [...] | 2009-01-12 16:49:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY310 | CONTINUED RUMBLINGS OF DISCONTENT AMONG UNIONISTS [...] (SBU) According to labor union contacts, certain sectors of Guinean workers are increasingly unhappy with the CNDD's failure to address recurrent issues. Taxi drivers banded together in a one-day strike last week, which was condoned by the transportation union even though it was illegal and h [...] | 2009-06-02 15:53:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY311 | RIO TINTO DOWNSIZES IRON ORE PROJECT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Mining giant Rio Tinto has all but halted its multi-billion dollar iron ore mining project in Simandou. According to the company's local project manager, Rio Tinto based its decision on Guinea's continued lack of political stability. After cutting staff by more than 50% and hal [...] | 2009-06-02 16:11:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY316 | MINISTER ENCOURAGES VIGILANTE JUSTICE, CALLS FOR [...] (U) The Minister of State at the Presidency in Charge of High Crimes and Banditry, Captain Tiegboro Camara, met with city governors and community leaders on June 4 to discuss the security situation in the capital. During the meeting, he claimed to be speaking on behalf of CNDD President Mouss [...] | 2009-06-05 14:28:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY317 | CNDD PLANS TO FIX FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATE, OVERVALUE [...] (SBU) According to several independent sources, the CNDD-led Government of Guinea is planning to fix the exchange rate of the Guinean franc (GNF) to 3500 to the dollar. The current exchange rate has been hovering between 4900 to 4975 since the December coup. The President of the Guinean Bure [...] | 2009-06-05 14:30:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY318 | CNDD PLANS TO FIX FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATE, OVERVALUE [...] (SBU) According to several independent sources, the CNDD-led Government of Guinea is planning to fix the exchange rate of the Guinean franc (GNF) to 3500 to the dollar. The current exchange rate has been hovering between 4900 to 4975 since the December coup. The President of the Guinean Bure [...] | 2009-06-06 10:44:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY319 | LOCAL DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITARY INFURIATED OVER ICG-G [...] ( C) SUMMARY -Charge attended a two-hour meeting on June 5, which was called by local contact group members to discuss a series of delegations soon to arrive in Conakry, including who invited the groups and the purpose of the visits. Local ECOWAS Ambassador explained that Dr. Mohamed Ibn Cham [...] | 2009-06-08 12:42:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY32 | ANNUAL CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT - CONAKRY 2009 [...] Overall Crime and Safety Situation American citizens are well received in Guinea. Americans and foreign visitors are not regular criminal targets, however criminals, thieves, prostitutes, beggars, as well as corrupt officials, perceive U.S. and foreign visitors as lucrative targets. Criminal [...] | 2009-01-12 16:53:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC APER |
09CONAKRY327 | CNDD PRESIDENT DEMANDS "DONATIONS" FROM BUSINESSES [...] (U) Summary: CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara held a mandatory meeting for all large businesses operating in Guinea at the Palais du People on Saturday, June 6, to solicit "donations" for Guinea,s water and electricity sector. The President gave businesses 72 hours to commit direct funding [...] | 2009-06-10 16:12:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY328 | CNDD PRESIDENT PUBLICLY FIRES HEAD OF CUSTOMS, [...] (U) Summary: CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara held a televised meeting on June 8 to discuss the economic and financial situation in Guinea and dissuade labor unions from striking. Several ministers detailed the budgetary restraints of the government and stressed the importance of revenue co [...] | 2009-06-10 16:14:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY330 | LAWYERS HOLD TO STRIKE DESPITE THREATS [...] (U) Members of the Guinean Bar Association, along with many individuals employed in the judicial sector, including judges, officially launched a labor strike on Monday, June 8. Unlike other strikes in Guinea, which generally involve economic demands, the legal sector is demanding that the CND [...] | 2009-06-10 17:30:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY333 | DONORS TELL CNDD THAT THEY WILL ONLY SUPPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A particularly heated exchange between the German Ambassador and the Minister of Finance on June 4 indicates that the international donor community is moving towards a tougher policy stance in Guinea. In response to the Minister's pleas for assistance for long-term projects, [...] | 2009-06-11 15:29:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY335 | FRAUD SUMMARY FOR CONAKRY GUINEA [...] Following is Post's fraud summary for the period September 2008 through March 2009; responses are keyed to Reftel. ------------------ COUNTRY CONDITIONS ------------------ 2. In December 2008, the long-time President of Guinea died and within hours a Captain in the military proclaimed [...] | 2009-06-15 08:24:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY337 | BUSINESSES AND BANKS FEAR CURRENCY REVALUATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Many economic actors are nervous over a possible revaluation of the Guinean Franc (GNF) (reftel) and large business transactions have come to a virtual halt in anticipation of the rate change. Meetings with banking officials, members of the Foreign Exchange Commission, and Guin [...] | 2009-06-15 14:11:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY340 | GUINEA POST-COUP: AN ANALYSIS AND POLICY [...] (S) As we approach the six-month anniversary of the December 23 coup d'etat, it is a good time to step back and assess Guinea's evolution under the leadership of CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara, and to discuss where the country might be headed over the coming year. The below analysis refl [...] | 2009-06-15 16:22:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PREL PGOV PMIL KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY341 | GUINEA POST-COUP: AN ANALYSIS AND POLICY [...] (S) In assessing Guinea's post-coup environment (septel),Embassy's reporting team has also been looking at the potential longer term implications of our current bilateral foreign policy towards Guinea. Embassy fully supports the condemnation of the December 23 coup and the subsequent suspen [...] | 2009-06-15 16:29:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PREL PGOV PMIL EAID KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY342 | GUINEAN LAWYERS END LABOR STRIKE [...] (U) After just three days, Guinea's Bar Association called a halt to the labor strike launched on June 8 to protest the CNDD's continued support of the Bureau of Conflicts, which is in effect, a parallel justice system (reftels). CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara initially reacted to the st [...] | 2009-06-15 16:29:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PGOV ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY345 | POLITICAL PARTIES MULTIPLY IN UNCERTAIN POLITICAL [...] (U) According to contacts, there are now approximately 75 political parties officially registered with the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Political Affairs. Before the coup, there were 47 official parties in Guinea although some sources indicate that there were a few more "unoffic [...] | 2009-06-17 11:50:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY348 | CNDD HARASSMENT OF BANKING SECTOR IMPEDES [...] (C) Summary: A meeting with Jerome Dagnaud, the Director General of an international commercial bank operating in Guinea, revealed significant harassment of the banking sector by the CNDD during the last two months. Individuals working in the banking sector are frequently summoned by the CNDD [...] | 2009-06-17 17:23:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY357 | POVERTY DRIVES EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN IN [...] (U) SUMMARY. Embassy officers visited a community artisanal mine close to the Guinea-Mali border where poverty forces hundreds of children to work in exploitative situations. The Upper Guinea region is highly dependent on the artisanal mine sector and children provide an unprotected source of [...] | 2009-06-23 09:49:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC EINV EMIN ECON KCOR GV |
09CONAKRY36 | CIVIL SOCIETY LEADER CRITICIZES USG POLICY, CALLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A prominent civil society leader and former minister of social affairs privately criticized the USG's decision to suspend non-humanitarian aid during a January 7 meeting with Poloff. She blamed the international community for Guinea's current situation and called for greater [...] | 2009-01-13 13:28:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY366 | COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS SUBJECT TO REVOCATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Aboubacar Koly Kourouma, Secretary General of the Ministry of Mines and Energy, told Econoff that all current commercial contracts with the Government of Guinea (GOG) are under review and are subject to retraction and revision. Kourouma argued that contracts made between private [...] | 2009-06-23 17:14:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY368 | FORCES VIVES BOYCOTT LATEST DADIS SHOW [...] (U) SUMMARY. In an uncharacteristic display of resolve, the majority of Guinea's Forces Vives refused to meet with CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara following his convocation to a June 23 meeting. Reportedly outraged after being stood up, Dadis attended the meeting which was packed with his [...] | 2009-06-25 16:14:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY372 | GUINEA SECURITY FORCES PART I: AN EXAMINATION OF [...] (S) Six months ago, a coup d,tat brought a military junta to power under the auspices of the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD). Led by President Moussa Dadis Camara, the CNDD embarked on a campaign to reframe and restructure the military and civilian security forces. The [...] | 2009-06-26 14:41:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PREL PGOV PMIL KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY373 | GUINEA SECURITY FORCES PART II: A DISCUSSION OF [...] (S) In examining the current state of Guinea,s military and civilian security forces (septel),it becomes apparent that there is a compelling need to discuss the shape and direction of future USG engagement. To facilitate free, fair, and transparent elections, all but humanitarian and elec [...] | 2009-06-26 14:41:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PREL PGOV PMIL KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY379 | SIRTE COMMUNIQUE ON GUINEA REFLECTS LOCAL CONTACT [...] (C) Summary: The final communique from the International Contact Group on Guinea meeting in Sirte, Libya, is an almost verbatim version of the communique circulated by the Conakry-based local contact group on June 19, possibly indicating a more robust approach by the Chambas-led organization. [...] | 2009-06-30 12:25:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC KDEM EFIN GV |
09CONAKRY386 | CENI PRESIDENT'S VIEWS ON CNDD AND ELECTORAL [...] Summary: The President of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) discussed election process challenges, the role of the international community, and the CNDD in the context of proposed 2009 elections. CENI President suggested that elections are being deliberately delayed by the [...] | 2009-07-01 15:01:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY387 | CNDD RELEASES ELECTION FUNDING TO CENI [...] (U) SUMMARY. Responding to increasing pressure, CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara announced the release of the equivalent of USD 3.2 million to the CENI for the electoral process. The contribution comes just two days after the release of the International Contact Group on Guinea's communiqu f [...] | 2009-07-01 16:08:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY39 | CONTE'S PARTY STILL IN THE PICTURE, "SATISFIED" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Guinea's ruling party for the past 25 years, the PUP, is "satisfied" with the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD) and is willing to work with the military regime to organize legislative elections within the next six months. A PUP contact said that the party i [...] | 2009-01-13 16:50:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY392 | HUMAN RIGHTS WORKING GROUP DISCUSSES CURRENT [...] SUMMARY. At the most recent Embassy-hosted Human Rights Working Group, discussion among representatives from human rights organizations and civil society groups examined human rights abuses in Guinea since the coup d'etat. Speakers included a Human Rights Watch representative and two well-kn [...] | 2009-07-06 15:21:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY395 | DADIS ORDERS POST-MORTEM AUDIT [...] (SBU) Summary: The CNDD released a communiqu on July 5 detailing plans to begin a comprehensive audit of the last 25 years of governance in Guinea. Habib Hann, Vice President of the Strategy Bureau in the Office of the President, helped launch the project in order to investigate past corrupt p [...] | 2009-07-08 16:06:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ECON EINV GV |
09CONAKRY399 | MINISTERS ON THE ROAD FOR DADIS [...] (U) SUMMARY. In an effort to stem his plunging popularity and increase CNDD visibility, CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara has directed his ministers to get out of their offices and confront the problems facing common people, namely the lack of electricity and water. Two ministers worked the F [...] | 2009-07-09 17:11:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY400 | REPORTED INCREASE IN MILITARY TENSION NOT VISIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to information obtained by Embassy's DAO, some elements of the military appear to be solidifying alliances with either Captain Jean Claude Pivi or the Minister of Defense Sekouba Konate. Military sources agree that tensions within the army are very high, though there is [...] | 2009-07-10 14:26:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY424 | NPR - THE CNDD'S NEW POLITICAL PARTY [...] (U) SUMMARY. Last week the latest addition of Guinea's 81 political parties was announced, with CNDD Minister Boubacar Barry touted as its possible head. The NPR party has not yet been officially registered and following generalized negative reactions in Conakry, it appears that NPR promoters [...] | 2009-07-22 12:24:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY426 | GUINEAN GOVERNMENT MAKES REPATED ATTEMPTS TO RAISE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-22 13:15:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | ASEC GV PGOV PHUM PREL |
09CONAKRY430 | CORRECTED COPY - SEIZURE OF DRUG LAB PROVIDES PR [...] (SBU) Summary: The discovery of a cache of reported narco chemicals sparked a flurry of CNDD activity. The Embassy was invited by the Prime Minister to examine the cache that reputedly belonged to a Guinea narcotrafficking kingpin. The following day CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara held a [...] | 2009-07-23 16:49:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | ASEC GV PGOV PREL |
09CONAKRY433 | VICE PRESIDENT TOTO CAMARA ATTACKED BY [...] SUMMARY. On January 21, in the late evening, sources indicate that First Vice President Toto Camara was attacked by the Presidential Guard as he attempted to inspect a container that held police equipment and supplies. He was reportedly physically injured, but did not require medical attention [...] | 2009-07-27 07:09:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY440 | LAWLESS SOLDIERS UNCHECKED BY MILITARY JUNTA [...] SUMMARY. The security situation in Guinea continues to deteriorate. The recent beating of the country's second highest political and military figure at the hands of enlisted men, points to a broader problem with the army in general and the Presidential Guard, or red berets in particular. Soldi [...] | 2009-07-30 16:03:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY447 | INCHING TOWARDS A NATIONAL TRANSITION COUNCIL [...] (C) SUMMARY. As the weeks steadily march on, Guinea's Forces Vives continue to debate the need for and composition of a National Transition Council (CNT). The CNDD is responsible for some of the delay, but the Forces Vives deserve blame as well. Dadis signed a decree on July 27 authorizing [...] | 2009-08-04 16:23:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY450 | MIILTARY PRISONERS MOVED TO KASSA ISLAND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Over the August 1-2 weekend, a group of military officers who were reportedly being held without charges at Camp Alpha Yaya since early January, were transferred to the military prison on Kassa Island. Family members and local media confirmed the transfer. The move is most likely [...] | 2009-08-05 16:42:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY456 | EU OFFICIALLY SUSPENDS DEVELOPMENT AID [...] (C) Summary: After three months of consultations with the GOG, the European Union announced that they will officially suspend many of their aid programs, linking resumption of cooperation with progress toward elections. The news apparently shocked many within the GOG bureaucracy even though it [...] | 2009-08-07 10:08:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC ECON PGOV EAID GV |
09CONAKRY458 | YOUTHS INCREASINGLY FRUSTRATED WITH LES FORCES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Members of Les Forces Vives continue to disagree over key transition issues including whether to hold presidential or legislative elections first, and how to handle constitutional reforms. While older, more seasoned members are frustrated with the transition process (SEPTELS),[...] | 2009-08-07 13:25:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY462 | POLITICAL LEADER SIDYA TOURE SAYS GUINEANS ARE [...] (C) Opposition leader Sidya Toure, head of the Union of Republican Forces (UFR),told A/DCM on August 3 that he has the impression "we (Guineans) are just playing." He said the CNDD is not serious about elections and the electoral timeline is generally being ignored. However, he seemed to f [...] | 2009-08-10 14:47:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY463 | FORCES VIVES LEADER WORRIED ABOUT DADIS RUNNING [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting with A/DCM, Forces Vives spokesman Jean-Marie Dore claimed that CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara is planning to present himself as a candidate in Guinea's upcoming election. Dore was visibly agitated at the prospect, claiming that such an announcement would bring [...] | 2009-08-10 16:17:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY464 | (S) YOUTH DISCUSS PLANS FOR "CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE" [...] (S) SUMMARY. A prominent youth leader and activist claims that Conakry youth are planning a campaign of "civil disobedience" against the CNDD in the weeks ahead, characterized by tire burning and the forcible closure of key traffic circles in Conakry. Keyed into a national network of politi [...] | 2009-08-11 14:54:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY465 | CIVILIAN LEADERS COMMENT ON GROWING MILITARY [...] (S) SUMMARY. According to key civilian leaders, growing factionalism within the military is cause for concern. Younger contacts seem to think that an implosion is imminent while older contacts were less urgent, but worried. Comments suggest that there are several factions within the military [...] | 2009-08-11 15:00:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV ASEC PREL KDEM GV |
09CONAKRY466 | ASSAULT OF GHANA'S AMBASSADOR TO GUINEA [...] (C) On August 8, 2009, Ghana,s Ambassador to Guinea was reportedly briefly kidnapped, robbed, and beaten by three men wearing Guinean Armed Forces (GAF) uniforms. A victim of what appears to be a well planned crime, Ambassador Dominic Aboayje was released by his captors after being beaten an [...] | 2009-08-12 13:16:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PMIL KDEM GV |
09CONAKRY47 | MOBILIZING CIVIL SOCIETY TO ADVANCE A COMMON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Three weeks after the December 23 coup d'etat, Guinean civil society has yet to emerge with strong leadership and a common strategic vision. Although they agree that a democratic election installing a civilian government is the end objective, they disagree as to what needs to [...] | 2009-01-16 08:52:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY471 | MILITARY HARRASSEMENT OF US SECURITY COMPANY [...] (C) Summary: Intercon, a U.S. based security company, recently reported several instances of harassment by armed men in military uniform to the Embassy. A senior level military officer reportedly sought to foment dissention among Intercon workers and extort payments from Intercon,s Country Dir [...] | 2009-08-14 09:58:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON ASEC PGOV PREL GV |
09CONAKRY473 | YOUTH LEADER DISCUSSES OPTIONS TO FORCE THE CNDD [...] (C) SUMMARY. In sharing his perspective on Guinea's political situation, a prominent youth leader discussed waning support for Dadis, talk of a national action plan, and options for pressuring the CNDD out of power if the transition process fails. Although he is still focused on the civilia [...] | 2009-08-14 12:13:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY474 | NEW PNR POLITICAL PARTY HIGHLIGHTS CNDD'S SUCCESSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following up on rumors of a new pro-CNDD political party (reftel),A/DCM met with representatives of the recently created PNR. Although the party seemed to be careful about identifying itself too closely with the CNDD, representatives' generally positive view of the CNDD's ac [...] | 2009-08-14 12:15:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY475 | DADIS ESTABLISHES NATIONAL TRANSITION COUNCIL [...] (U) On August 13, the long awaited presidential decree formally establishing the National Transition Council (CNT) was signed by CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara. The final membership of the committee has now ballooned to 240 with specific groups ranging from political parties, armed forces [...] | 2009-08-14 12:16:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY476 | CNDD LAYING GROUNDWORK FOR PRESIDENTIAL BID [...] (C) Embassy has been picking up numerous indications that CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara is laying the groundwork for a potential announcement of his candidacy for president in the upcoming elections, despite previous public pledges that he would not do so. From mobilization of government [...] | 2009-08-14 12:33:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY480 | ANOTHER AWARD FOR DADIS AND ANOTHER VISIT FROM [...] (U) On August 8, CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara received another high-profile award in a public ceremony broadcast over national television. A few months ago, Dadis received an award from UNESCO for his efforts to combat drug trafficking, an award that was later determined to be complete [...] | 2009-08-17 16:39:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY487 | AD HOC COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS POSTPONING ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 17, an Ad Hoc Committee formally recommended that Guinea postpone its elections to early 2010, stating that "it is impossible to hold elections in 2009." Although members of Les Forces Vives were dissatisfied with the decision and the way the recommendations were presen [...] | 2009-08-19 16:02:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY489 | YOUTH FIRED UP OVER POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. If an August 19 Embassy reception is any indication, key youth leaders in Guinea are fired up about the announced delay in elections and the possibility of Dadis as a presidential candidate. Contacts were unanimously agreed that Dadis plans to run for office and that if he does [...] | 2009-08-20 14:13:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY493 | USG PRESS RELEASE SPARKS BACKLASH FROM GOG, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. An August 20 USG press release regarding Guinea's transition process has the military junta led GoG in an uproar. The Guinean Minister of Foreign Affairs privately criticized the USG's position in an unprofessional tirade aimed at the A/DCM and A/PAO, which was quickly followed [...] | 2009-08-24 15:12:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY494 | KAMSAR YOUTH PROTEST SHORTAGES OF ELECTRICITY [...] (U) A violent protest reportedly led by youths over the lack of electricity occurred in Kamsar this morning, a mining town located approximately three hours from Conakry. According to sources, two people were killed, but the cause of the deaths are undetermined. Military forces reportedly fire [...] | 2009-08-24 15:42:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EMIN PHUM PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY498 | CONAKRY - ARREST OF EL HADJ MOUSSA CONTE FOR [...] (U) The Ministry of Special Services, Anti-Drugs, and Organized Crimes (Ministry of High Crimes),led by Minister Moussa Tiegboro Camara, announced the arrest of Elhadj Moussa Conte on August 20, 2009. Conte, a son of former Guinean President Lansana Conte, is charged with possession of toxi [...] | 2009-08-25 16:54:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KDEM PGOV PMIL SNAR GV |
09CONAKRY500 | MEDIA RESPONSE TO USG PRESS RELEASE AND SUBSEQUENT [...] (U) Summary: Following the August 20 USG press release on Guinean elections and the subsequent GOG response (REFTEL),journalists told PAS staff that the USG is playing an appropriate role by reminding the CNDD of the commitments it made upon taking power. The USG press release and GOG res [...] | 2009-08-26 13:59:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY501 | MACENTA - KONATE LOBBIES FOR DADIS, YOUTH PROTEST [...] (U) Youth rioted on August 25 in the city of Macenta, which is located in the Forest region approximately 14 hours from Conakry. The protest was sparked by the Mayor's failure to deliver to the Macenta youth a hundred million Guinean francs (GNF)(approximately $20,000 USD) that Minister of Def [...] | 2009-08-26 14:13:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY502 | SUSPECTED FORMER GOG NARCO-TRAFFICKERS POSSIBLY NO [...] (C) A Ministry of Security source reveals the CNDD,s decision to release and/or not prosecute for narcotics trafficking former ranking leaders of the Ministry of Security under Lansana Conte,s regime. The CNDD does, however, intend to prosecute for narcotics offenses a former founding membe [...] | 2009-08-26 14:28:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | ASEC PGOV PMIL KDEM SNAR GV |
09CONAKRY503 | JUNTA BLOCKS TEXT MESSAGES [...] Several text messages asking Guinea's youth to unite against CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara have been circulating in the capital since the Aug 20 USG press release, and subsequent GOG statement, on elections and Dadis as a potential candidate (reftel). One message received by A/DCM contain [...] | 2009-08-26 14:38:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECPS PHUM PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY506 | FORCES VIVES REPORTEDLY UNITED AGAINST DADIS [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to political leader Francois Fall, Guinea's Forces Vives are determined to prevent CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara from running in the upcoming presidential elections. Coalition members are reportedly discussing strategies for next steps while the country's youth a [...] | 2009-08-26 16:46:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY51 | YOUTH LEADER "DISAPPOINTED" WITH MILITARY JUNTA [...] (S) SUMMARY. A key youth leader who has been working with the military junta since the coup was in the early planning stages says he is "disappointed" with the result. He commented at length about the new cabinet (septel),asserting that cabinet members are closely tied to CNDD president Mo [...] | 2009-01-16 13:11:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY510 | TECHNICAL DISCUSSION ON ELECTIONS SUGGESTS FURTHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A recent discussion of technical issues indicates that Guinea's elections may end up getting delayed once again. A decision to add twelve new voter registration sites abroad, which appears to be a unilateral directive from the GoG, poses immediate technical and logistical prob [...] | 2009-08-27 16:33:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID KDEM PHUM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY512 | PRO-DADIS MOVEMENT PLANS PROTEST IN FRONT OF U.S. [...] (U) The MDDR, Movement for Dadis to Stay, issued a communique on August 26 announcing the group's intent to stage a protest in front of the U.S. Embassy on Sunday, August 30, beginning 10:00 AM. The protest is in response to the USG's August 20 press release, which commented on Guinea's elec [...] | 2009-08-28 12:30:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM GV |
09CONAKRY513 | MILITARY PAYS VISIT TO YOUTH LEADERS [...] (U) Beginning August 25, local press reported that men in military uniform had attempted to arrest Mouctar Diallo, a prominent youth leader and head of the NFD political party (New Democratic Forces). Diallo is well known for his public criticisms of the CNDD, which he routinely airs through [...] | 2009-08-28 12:31:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY514 | FORCES VIVES PLAN TO BOYCOTT AUGUST 31 MEETING [...] (U) CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara issued a communique on August 26 calling for an "important meeting" to be held on August 31 at the People's Palace to discuss Guinea's transition process. A wide range of groups were invited to send representatives, including Les Forces Vives, political [...] | 2009-08-28 12:31:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY518 | TRANSITION MEETING TURNS INTO PRO-DADIS POLITICAL [...] (SBU) CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara's meeting on Guinea's transition went forward today as planned at the People's Palace, although it started more than two hours late due to Dadis' habitual tardiness. Members of Les Forces Vives did not participate, in accordance with the group's state [...] | 2009-08-31 15:33:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY519 | PEACEFUL PROTESTS IN CONAKRY OVER THE WEEKEND, [...] (SBU) Tensions in Guinea remain high over the question of Dadis' presenting himself as a candidate in the country's upcoming presidential elections. Following spontaneous demonstrations on August 27, both pro and anti CNDD groups organized peaceful protests on Sunday, August 30 in front of t [...] | 2009-08-31 15:33:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY528 | NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL LIMITS MEDIA [...] (U) On August 31, 2009, the National Communications Council (CNC) issued a decree prohibiting discussion of political topics on all interactive programs in all languages until further notice. In response, on September 1, the Union of Free Radio and Television of Guinea (URTELGUI) issued a c [...] | 2009-09-03 13:57:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY529 | DEMORALIZED YOUTH LEADERS AFRAID THAT JUNTA IS [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to youth contacts, Dadis and the CNDD are successfully attracting scores of political supporters, and using "billions of francs" to do so. At the same time, the CNDD is using fear, among other tactics, to paralyze the opposition. Demoralized, the youth leaders see fe [...] | 2009-09-03 14:54:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY532 | NEW VOICE EMERGING WITHIN LES FORCES VIVES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The leader of one of Guinea's newest political parties, Aboubacar Syllah, may be playing an increasingly important role within Les Forces Vives. A journalist by trade, Syllah has been working closely with former Prime Minister Francois Fall, and has been behind some strongly wo [...] | 2009-09-03 16:42:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY533 | BUSINESS OWNERS TARGETED BY MILITARY [...] (C) Long-time Embassy contact Hadja Binta Balde, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) director in Guinea, told Econoff that she has recently become the target of extensive military harassment. According to Balde, several unnamed persons began threatening her immediately after Embassy [...] | 2009-09-03 17:03:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ASEC PGOV ECON SOCI PREL GV |
09CONAKRY537 | CONAKRY SECURITY SUMMARY - SEPTEMBER 4, 2009 [...] (U) The security situation in Guinea is calm but tense. The last two weeks ushered in violent protests upcountry, anti-CNDD demonstrations in Conakry, and an unremarkable Presidential rally at the People,s Palace. The following serves as summary of significant security-related events during [...] | 2009-09-04 13:24:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC KDEM PGOV PREL PMIL GV |
09CONAKRY538 | GUINEA'S JUNTA LEADER ANNOUNCES PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: The leader of Guinea's military junta, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, told the ICG-G September 3 that he would present himself as a candidate in Guinea's presidential elections expected in January 2010. The surprise announcement came after Dadis compelled the Contact Group to atten [...] | 2009-09-04 17:07:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY545 | HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. A leading human rights activist is concerned about rising political tensions in Guinea, and fears that the country is on the verge of a potentially violent conflict. Commenting extensively on the CNDD's efforts to bolster support, Contact highlighted polarizing tactics focused [...] | 2009-09-10 15:30:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY549 | CNC LIFTS BAN ON RADIO POLITICAL DEBATES [...] (U) On August 31, Guinea's media regulatory body, the National Communications Council (CNC),suspended all political programs and call-in shows in all languages on privately-owned radio stations in the country (reftel A). The Minister of Communication to the Presidency and to the Ministry of N [...] | 2009-09-11 13:27:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY550 | REPORTERS CHALLENGE DADIS AT AUDIT PRESS CONFERENCE [...] (U) On September 9, CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara held a press conference at the national radio and television center (RTG) with national and international press to discuss restarting the audits that will examine the entire 24-year period of the Conte regime. First Vice President and Mini [...] | 2009-09-11 13:32:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY551 | FULANI YOUTHS DISCUSS ANTI-DADIS MOVEMENT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. A group of Fulani youth leaders who identified themselves as the organizers of recent anti-Dadis demonstrations in Conakry told A/DCM of their plans to organize more such demonstrations in the weeks ahead. They cited ongoing concerns about security and claimed that the CNDD is [...] | 2009-09-11 13:46:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY556 | CROWDS OF SUPPORTERS WELCOME HOME OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Much of Conakry came to a virtual standstill for several hours on September 13 as crowds of supporters marched in the streets to welcome political leader Cellou Dalein Diallo (UFDG) back to Conakry. Main traffic arteries were closed for hours as supporters marched from the airport, thr [...] | 2009-09-14 16:16:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY557 | STRONG REACTIONS TO VISITING HEADS OF STATES' [...] (C) SUMMARY. Many Embassy contacts are infuriated over remarks made by Senegalese President Wade during a public meeting with Dadis on September 12. Liberian President Sirleaf-Johnson was also present. In typical fashion, the CNDD orchestrated a major demonstration of popular support for D [...] | 2009-09-14 16:24:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY572 | RECYCLED BUREAUCRATS AND NEW OFFICES EXPAND CNDD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Recent additions to the Dadis government include two bureaucrats who served in the Conte regime, a new Ministry for Guineans Abroad, and a new Secretariat in Charge of Mines and Energy. The changes will likely create redundant layers of bureaucracy while helping Dadis consolidate h [...] | 2009-09-16 15:36:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY578 | FOREIGN MINISTER APOLOGIZES FOR AUGUST 22 MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Guinean Minister of Foreign Affairs formally apologized to A/DCM for the strained meeting of August 22 (reftel). He reiterated the GoG's position, emphasizing that the issue of Dadis' candidacy will be a sovereign decision. A/DCM explained the USG's policy position, noting [...] | 2009-09-18 14:46:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY581 | CONAKRY SECURITY SUMMARY - SEPTEMBER 21, 2009 [...] (S) The security situation in Guinea remains calm. The last two weeks witnessed a visit of two Heads of State, the threat of a counter-coup and mass protests, and the conclusion of Ramadan. The following serves as a summary of significant security-related events from September 4 - 20, 200 [...] | 2009-09-21 16:05:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | ASEC KDEM PGOV PREL PMIL GV |
09CONAKRY582 | WOMEN OF LES FORCES VIVES FORM COALITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Worried about what they see as an increasing potential for violence, the women of Les Forces Vives appear to be forming their own coalition in order to better focus their efforts to effect change. The women discussed a detailed plan of action, but clearly lacked financial res [...] | 2009-09-23 16:19:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY583 | FOREIGN MINISTRY RESPONDS TO CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In response to diplomats' growing concerns about the security situation in Conakry, the Minister of Foreign Affairs organized a meeting on September 18. He outlined a number of actions the GoG plans to take to address these concerns, but the audience seemed largely unconvinc [...] | 2009-09-23 16:24:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY587 | CNDD ORDERS STADIUM CLOSED TO PREVENT OPPOSITION [...] (U) On September 23, Minister of Youth Isto Keira announced that the country's largest National Stadium would be closed until Ocotober 5 for all cultural and political events prior to the Guinea-Burkina Faso soccer match scheduled for October 11. Claiming that some nefarious Guineans, paid by [...] | 2009-09-24 14:59:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY590 | CIVIL DEMONSTRATIONS UP COUNTRY, PEOPLE WORRIED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Protests/demonstrations took place in three distinctly different parts of the country on September 24, all of them connected to CNDD efforts to organize pro-Dadis political rallies. In Labe, thousands of people peacefully took to the streets to protest CNDD efforts to rally s [...] | 2009-09-25 13:53:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY591 | BUSINESSES FEAR LOOTING BY RIOTERS [...] (U) On September 19, Dadis met with several reporters from the Ivory Coast to discuss his views on Guinea. During the meeting, one of the journalists asked Dadis what he expects to do in case of wide-scale protests or rioting. Dadis announced that, should riots occur, he would not/not send gen [...] | 2009-09-25 13:53:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ECON PREL PGOV GV |
09CONAKRY592 | CONAKRY EAC MEETING - SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 [...] (U) Charge Brokenshire convened a Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on September 25, 2009 to discuss the current security situation in Guinea. Core EAC members present included CDA, A/DCM, MGT, MSG, RSO, DAO, PAO, RAO, CONS, and AID. 2. (U) The EAC reviewed the current security situati [...] | 2009-09-25 14:37:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY594 | MILITARY FIRES ON DEMONSTRATORS DURING LARGE [...] Demonstrations organized by the Forces Vives on September 28 in opposition to Dadis' candidacy (REFTEL) turned violent when soldiers, including those wearing red berets, entered the stadium where the protestors gathered and fired into the crowd. While the number of casualties is still unknown [...] | 2009-09-28 15:20:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY595 | DETAINED POLITICAL LEADERS RELEASED [...] (SBU) Mouctar Diallo, the young leader of the New Democratic Forces (NFD) party and one of the political leaders beaten and arrested by security forces during the violence on September 28, called A/DCM at 0130 local time to report that all of the detained political leaders had just been relea [...] | 2009-09-29 08:50:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY596 | POLITICAL LEADER PAINTS GRIM PICTURE OF SEPTEMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY. One of the detained political leaders, Mouctar Diallo, describe what he saw of the horrific violence at the stadium yesterday, during a telephone call with A/DCM early this morning. His report corroborated much of the information Embassy received in bits and pieces yesterday. H [...] | 2009-09-29 11:46:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC |
09CONAKRY599 | CONAKRY RELATIVELY CALM, UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF [...] (SBU) After yesterday's violence, Conakry has been relatively quiet throughout the morning. Traffic has been circulating, but with noticeably fewer vehicles. Businesses are generally shuttered and there is a large presence of security forces evident at major traffic junctions. 2. (SBU) [...] | 2009-09-29 13:49:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL GV |
09CONAKRY6 | CHARGE MEETS WITH GUINEA'S NEW PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After describing how he unexpectedly landed the position of prime minister, Kabine Komara assured Charge that he expects to have "complete autonomy" as Guinea's new head of government. He said that he will be free to appoint his own cabinet, although he expects to appoint two [...] | 2009-01-05 14:55:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY600 | UFDG SUPPORTERS SEEKING TO MEDEVAC CELLOU DIALLO [...] (SBU) UFDG party supporters report that former Prime Minister turned political party leader, Cellou Dalein Diallo, is in a weakened state of health due to the severe beating he endured at the stadium yesterday (reftel). According to contacts, Diallo has several broken ribs along with numerous [...] | 2009-09-29 13:56:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY601 | CITIZENS ANGRY OVER MISSING CORPSES, INDICATIONS [...] (SBU) Conakry residents are increasingly angry over the military's seizure of the bodies of victims killed by Red Berets during yesterday's violence at the stadium. According to multiple sources, the military transferred most of the corpses to Camp Alpha Yaya yesterday afternoon. One source [...] | 2009-09-29 14:52:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY602 | RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS COMMENT ON PROTESTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Employees from the Catholic Relief Service (CRS) and Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) painted a brutal picture of the September 28 protests in Guinea. Although neither organization was able to estimate the final death toll, they corroborated wide-spread rumors of public rapes and [...] | 2009-09-29 16:56:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY603 | CONAKRY RELATIVELY CALM AS CITIZENS FOCUS ON [...] (SBU) Conakry remains relatively calm as of 1300 on September 30, although there have been sporadic reports of violence. There was a small demonstration in Taouyah with youths throwing rocks, but police intervened and peacefully dispersed the crowd. There are currently reports of gunfire in [...] | 2009-09-30 13:56:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY604 | DADIS VISITS THE WOUNDED, DECLARES TWO DAYS OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The ruling CNDD military junta is placing the blame for Monday's violence squarely on Guinea's political actors, noting that the demonstration was illegal and security forces had no choice but to react to the violent behavior of the demonstrators. Over a national television b [...] | 2009-09-30 14:04:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY605 | BUSINESS ROUNDUP AFTER SEPTEMBER 28 EVENTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Commerce in Conakry, Faranah, Labe, Mamou, and several other of Guinea's larger cities, has come to an almost complete halt this week. Gas stations throughout the country have been closed since Monday morning, and the major roads between Guinea,s farmlands and its capital city re [...] | 2009-09-30 16:36:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ASEC PHUM PGOV EINV GV |
09CONAKRY609 | DADIS SUGGESTS NATIONAL UNITY, FORCES VIVES REJECT [...] (U) On September 30 at 1600, the CNDD issued a radio communique detailing their response to Monday's events. According to the communique, the CNDD plans to appoint a "wise African president" to serve as a mediator between members of the Forces Vives and the CNDD. The communique said that the u [...] | 2009-10-01 12:22:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC PHUM PREL GV |
09CONAKRY610 | CELLOU DIALLO BLOCKED FROM TRAVEL [...] (C) Cellou Dalein Diallo, an opposition leader who was injured during Monday's violence, called the Embassy last evening to ask for personal protection. An aid for Cellou called PAS Press Assistant at 2145 to tell him that Cellou's passport had just been confiscated by the Beret Rouge. Accordi [...] | 2009-10-01 12:32:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY611 | PROTESTS ANTICIPATED TOMORROW IN CONAKRY [...] (U) As of 1300, the situation in Conakry is outwardly calm with only small disturbances in the neighborhoods of Cosa, Hamdallaye, and Bambeto where there is sporadic gunfire and small-scale demonstrations. Most of the interior also remains quiet, though there is low-level agitation in the north [...] | 2009-10-01 14:53:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ECON PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI GV |
09CONAKRY614 | FORCES VIVES SAYS DADIS SHOULD STEP DOWN AND BE [...] (U) On October 1, the Forces Vives issued a strong statement condemning the CNDD for their actions on September 28. In their communique, they accused the CNDD of ordering the military to kill, rape, and humiliate anti-Dadis demonstrators. They directly implicated CNDD president Moussa Dadis C [...] | 2009-10-02 12:14:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY615 | CNDD PLANS TO RELEASE 58 BODIES TO GRAND MOSQUE [...] (U) At least 58 bodies of victims of the September 28 violence will be returned today, according to government press releases and religious leaders. The government, which maintains that only 58 people were killed in the violence, will be releasing the bodies to Conakry's Grand Mosque at 1030 t [...] | 2009-10-02 12:21:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ASEC PREL PGOV SOCI GV |
09CONAKRY617 | CONAKRY PROTESTS OVER MISSING BODIES [...] (U) Summary. Today marks 51 years since Guinea declared independence from France. It also marks the fourth day since nearly 200 Guineans lost their lives during violent confrontations with the military. Their bodies have yet to be recovered by families. The CNDD's commemoration of Independence [...] | 2009-10-02 17:53:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PHUM PGOV PREL GV |
09CONAKRY619 | A CALM WEEKEND IN CONAKRY, SMALL-SCALE PROTESTS [...] (U) Guinea was calm over the weekend, with no reports of disturbances in Conakry or the interior. Many people in Conakry took advantage of the relative calm to restock on food items and other necessary goods, though economic and social activity was more subdued than usual. ------------- G [...] | 2009-10-05 11:21:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ECON SOCI GV |
09CONAKRY624 | (C) USG ASKS DADIS TO RESIGN [...] (C) Summary: In a heated meeting with the president of the junta yesterday, DAS of African Affairs, William Fitzgerald, recommended that Dadis relinquish power and allow for the formation of a transition government. Dadis initially seemed shocked by the message and argued that his presidency is [...] | 2009-10-06 13:50:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI GV |
09CONAKRY627 | CONAKRY REMAINS TENSE, BUT RETURNS TO NORMAL LEVEL [...] (U) After three days of general calm, Conakry appears to have returned to a normal level of activity. The political atmosphere remains tense, but shops are open, gas is available, and traffic is circulating at normal levels. The American school remains closed, largely in accordance with the [...] | 2009-10-06 16:38:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY631 | CONAKRY CALM, REPORTED DISTURBANCES IN CAMP ALPHA [...] (U) Conakry continues to be outwardly calm, though tensions among the Guinean populace remain high. Recent statements by the US and French governments were seemingly well received, though the general population has yet to publically react. Embassy is not aware of any demonstrations planned for [...] | 2009-10-07 17:38:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY632 | FORCES VIVES DESCRIBE EXPERIENCES, MAINTAIN THAT [...] (SBU) Summary: Key members of Les Forces Vives met with DAS Fitzgerald on October 5 to discuss Guinea's political impasse. Clearly shocked and angered by the September 28 violence, they were eager to describe their experiences at the stadium, many of them either victims of beatings or witness [...] | 2009-10-07 17:39:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY634 | WOMEN RECOUNT HORRIFIC EXPERIENCES OF RAPE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Seven female victims of the September 28 massacre recounted horrific stories of the rape and violence they suffered at the hands of the military and what they claimed were militia units. One woman could not walk unassisted while the others all showed physical evidence of abuse. [...] | 2009-10-08 14:48:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY635 | EYEWITNESS REPORTS ENCOUNTER WITH CIVILIAN MILITIA [...] (SBU) A long-time Embassy contact (a Peuhl) told A/DCM on October 7 that he had personally seen a group of 40 civilian militias exit from Camp Alpha Yaya on September 28 at approximately 1300. According to source, these civilians were naked from the waist up, sported tattoos on their bodies, [...] | 2009-10-08 16:03:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY637 | (C) INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES WANT CNDD TO GO [...] (C) Summary: DAS William Fitzgerald met with a group of foreign investors on September 7 to discuss the current political and economic landscape in Guinea. The group agreed that the security situation has limited their ability to plan for future investments. They also expressed their belief tha [...] | 2009-10-08 16:17:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG ECPS ASEC PGOV PREL GV |
09CONAKRY645 | PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF POST-SEPTEMBER 28 ATTACKS [...] (S) A close Embassy contact visited EconOff at her house October 8 to discuss what he described as ethnically-based violence that took place on Tuesday, September 29 in Conakry. Source also provided photographic evidence of the violence, and Embassy is in possession of these photographs. Source [...] | 2009-10-09 12:14:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY649 | LABOR UNIONS CALL FOR TWO DAYS OF "COMPASSION AND [...] (U) Guinea's labor unions have formally declared their intent to observe two days of "compassion and reflection" on October 12 and 13. Referring to September 28 as "Black Monday" because of the extensive violence suffered at the hands of the Red Berets, the unions stated that Guineans must j [...] | 2009-10-09 14:51:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY65 | YOUTH LEADER WITHDRAWS SUPPORT FOR DADIS AND THE [...] SUMMARY. An important youth leader, Dansa Kourouma, claims to have backed Moussa Dadis Camara even before President Conte's death, and to have helped Dadis and others plot the coup that overthrew the government. However, Dansa told Poloff on January 22 that he is disappointed with the CNDD' [...] | 2009-01-27 14:12:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV SOCI PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY650 | POLITICAL DETAINEE ALLEGES TORTURE AND ONGOING [...] (C) SUMMARY. A victim of the September 28 violence at the stadium was detained for more than 24 hours by Red Berets, during which time he claims to have been tortured for more than two hours. Contact was held with eleven other detainees who he stated are still being held in a military camp. [...] | 2009-10-09 16:11:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY651 | SIXTEEN YEAR OLD RAPE VICTIM DESCRIBES EXPERIENCE [...] (C) On October 9, EconOff met with two young sisters who were attacked on September 28 at the stadium. One girl, barely sixteen years old, was raped by multiple soldiers and severely beaten and stabbed. The other, who was about eighteen years old, narrowly escaped rape, but was beaten and cut [...] | 2009-10-09 16:17:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ASEC PREL PGOV SOCI GV |
09CONAKRY654 | CNDD SUPPORTS TWO DAYS OF GENERAL STRIKE [...] (U) Guineans are continuing to observe a "ville morte" throughout the country (reftel),including in the Forest region where the CNDD finds the bulk of its support. On October 11 and 12, the CNDD repeatedly played a statement announcing their support for the national strike, saying that all Gu [...] | 2009-10-13 10:56:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ECON GV |
09CONAKRY661 | GUINEANS WATCHING INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CLOSELY [...] (C) Summary: As quiet continues, Guinea's socio-political leaders consider options in the face of CNDD determination to stay in power. International pressure from the AU, ECOWAS, EU and the US is a major factor in determining what steps local actors are prepared to take in opposing the military [...] | 2009-10-15 15:48:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ECON GV |
09CONAKRY665 | GUINEA ROUNDUP: OCTOBER 16 [...] (U) Late last night, the CNDD issued a communique ending the ban on political demonstrations in Guinea. The statement encouraged Guineans to strictly comply with current anti-riot laws and to give priority to "national unity and social tranquillity" over political messaging. The statement claim [...] | 2009-10-16 15:44:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY680 | FORCES VIVES WORK TOWARD TRANSITION, REFUSE TO LET UP ON [...] (SBU) Leaders of the Forces Vives met October 22 at Jean Marie Dore's (UPG) residence to discuss recent developments related to Guinea's troubled transition. Participants were satisfied with the strong positions adopted by the African Union and ECOWAS, especially since both organizations had [...] | 2009-10-26 13:43:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY7 | ECOWAS AND UN MEETINGS ON GUINEA'S POLITICAL [...] SUMMARY. Charge attended two meetings over the weekend, one with a visiting ECOWAS delegation, and one with the UN regional representative out of Dakar. Diplomats highlighted key concerns, which included questions as to how the new Guinean Government will be structured, who will ultimately h [...] | 2009-01-05 15:45:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY703 | FORCES VIVES PRESENT UNIFIED FRONT IN MEDIATION [...] SUMMARY: As negotiations proceed in Ouagadougou, Conakry is abuzz with reports and rumors, and conjectures surrounding the latest developments. The following cable is based on what we are picking up in Conakry from better-informed press reports, as well as contacts within the Forces Vives. H [...] | 2009-11-05 14:43:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ECON EFIN GV PGOV PREL |
09CONAKRY708 | CNDD SHAKES UP COMMUNICATION SECTOR TO IMPROVE PUBLIC [...] (U) On November 8, CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara announced several new governmental nominations. The appointments include: --General Advisor to Ministry of Information, Issa Conde. Conde was a former Minister of Information in the previous government. --Director General of Merchant Ma [...] | 2009-11-09 17:06:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR ECON EFIN ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY713 | FORCES VIVES SPOKESMAN OUTLINES TRANSITION [...] On November 9, CONoff met with the chief communication officer for the Forces Vives, Aboubacar Sylla, who also recently launched his own political party, to discuss the Forces Vives' position in ongoing transition negotiations. Sylla was asked about proposals set forth by Forces Vives members [...] | 2009-11-10 16:46:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY716 | GUINEA IN THE AFTERMATH OF VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) This comprehensive look at Guinea three weeks after the September 28 killings in the stadium reflects accurately the situation in Conakry at that time. Drafted by then Acting DCM Cazeau who subsequently left post under ordered departure, this piece retains its value. Since the message wa [...] | 2009-11-13 13:29:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY725 | FORCES VIVES EXCLUDES YOUTH LEADER FROM TALKS [...] Delegations for the CNDD and the Forces Vives will depart for Ouagadougou the evening of November 18 for a second round of talks mediated by Burkinabe President Blaise Compaore. Both delegations are scheduled to bring 12 members each, and will travel aboard the same aircraft. While the CNDD h [...] | 2009-11-18 16:50:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC ECON EFIN GV |
09CONAKRY736 | FORCES VIVES REJECT PROPOSAL FOR TRANSITIONAL GOV'T [...] (U) SUMMARY. Guineans have recieved reports of the talks in Ouagadougou between Burkinabe President and mediator Blaise Compaore, the Forces Vives, and the CNDD with a mixture of concern, outrage, and resignation. After Compaore delivered his "non-paper" on November 20 outlining a proposed t [...] | 2009-11-23 16:23:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY742 | FORCES VIVES DISCUSS STRATEGY FOR OUSTING CNDD [...] On November 24, DCM hosted a meeting with several members of the Forces Vives whose political organizations are currently involved in discussions in Ouagadougou. Key points discussed included: -- The current condition of the Forces Vives as a unified group. -- Plans for if the CNDD refuses to l [...] | 2009-11-25 13:43:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY75 | CNDD ARRESTS ONE OF ITS OWN [...] (U) After appointing Colonel Aboubacar Sidiki Camara, commonly called "Idi Amin" because of his imposing stature, as the Permanent Minister Secretary General of the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD),members of the military junta arrested Idi Amin just a few hours after he [...] | 2009-01-28 16:31:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY762 | PRESIDENT OF GUINEA SHOT, EVACUATED FROM COUNTRY [...] (C) Summary: President Dadis Camara was shot and wounded yesterday allegedly by his personal security chief Diakite "Toumba," who later fled. Dadis reportedly received a bullet wound to the head. His condition has not been disclosed but the Government has evacuated him to a nearby country, rep [...] | 2009-12-04 13:46:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PREL PGOV ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY766 | GUINEA IN THE AFTERMATH [...] Rumors continue to circulate as to the condition of CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara after he was shot by his aide-de-camp, Aboubacar "Toumba" Diakite. Toumba's whereabouts remain unknown, but it is believed he is still in Guinea. Local reporting is listing the attack as a failed coup atte [...] | 2009-12-07 16:13:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY769 | AMBASSADOR MOLLER URGES KONATE TO MOVE TOWARD A [...] (C) In a brief meeting December 8 with Guinea's acting of Head of State, Ambassador Patricia Moller urged General Sekouba Konate to move the country towards a real democratic transition. In her first meeting with Konate since arriving in Conakry November 1, Ambassador Moller noted the historic [...] | 2009-12-08 14:08:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY779 | PRIME MINISTER - GUINEA WILL PARTICIPATE IN [...] (U) Summary: During a December 10 meeting between the local Contact Group and Guinea's Prime Minister, the PM stated that Guinea would attend the next International Contact Group (ICG-G) meeting in Ouagadougou. His statement contradicts recent remarks by Minister of Communication, revealing in [...] | 2009-12-10 15:41:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY78 | CNDD PRESIDENT PUBLICLY INTERROGATES ACCUSED [...] (U) SUMMARY. The President of the CNDD presided over two public "hearings" on national television on January 25. He personally interrogated the participants in what was described as an aggressive and frightening manner. Embassy and other members of the international community continue to u [...] | 2009-01-29 16:33:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY780 | GUINEA AT A GLANCE - DEC 10 [...] On December 9, CNDD Interim President Sekouba Konate toured several military bases in Conakry and spoke to crowds of troops in Camp Alpha Yaya and the Guinean Air Force base. Konate was accompanied by all the chiefs of staff of the Guinean military, as well as Secretary General of the Presiden [...] | 2009-12-10 16:20:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY79 | DADIS EXPLAINS REASONS FOR IDI AMIN'S ARREST [...] (U) Moussa Dadis Camara, President of the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD),appeared on national television the evening of January 28 to explain his decision to fire Aboubacar Sidiki Camara, aka Idi Amin (reftel). Idi Amin was present throughout the broadcast. According [...] | 2009-01-29 16:33:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY797 | GUINEA: AFTER THE TOUMBA DIAKITE RADIO INTERVIEW, [...] (C) Summary: The December 16 radio interview with President Moussa Dadis Camara ex-confidant Lieutenant Abubakar &Toumba8 Diakite, who tried to kill Camara and then escaped, the National Committee of Inquiry,s release the same day of its report on the September 28 massacre that blames rogue el [...] | 2009-12-22 15:54:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY808 | CONAKRY REVERSE TRIPWIRES [...] This cable serves as final publication of previously reviewed and submitted reverse tripwires. These tripwires have also been recorded in post's classified CEPA application. 2. Conakry reverse tripwires are listed below as follows: Applicable to all subheadings listed in Conakry EAP Sect [...] | 2009-12-24 12:54:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | ASEC GV PGOV PREL |
09CONAKRY81 | CONAKRY EAC MEETING - JANUARY 29, 2009 [...] (U) Charge Raspolic convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on January 29, 2009 at 1130 in reference to the scheduled youth rally/march in support of CNDD for January 30, 2009. The youth are planning to march on various foreign government missions to include the U.S. Embassy. EAC member [...] | 2009-01-29 16:40:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY822 | UNION LEADER SAYS CONSITUTION FIRST, THEN ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Now that the long anticipated coup has taken place, union leader Rabiatou is looking to create an effective civilian coalition that can check the military junta's power until elections can be organized. However, Rabiatou appears to be in no hurry to get to elections, arguing th [...] | 2009-01-02 12:36:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL SOCI ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY823 | MILITARY SEARCHES OPPOSITION LEADER'S RESIDENCE [...] (U) According to press reports, two groups of armed military personnel (approximately 15 to 20) invaded the private residence of opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo, a former prime minister and head of the Union of Guinean Democratic Forces (UFDG) political party, on January 1. One group [...] | 2009-01-02 13:20:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC KDEM PHUM PREL GV |
09CONAKRY829 | CHARGE MEETS WITH GUINEA'S NEW PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After describing how he unexpectedly landed the position of prime minister, Kabine Komara assured Charge that he expects to have "complete autonomy" as Guinea's new head of government. He said that he will be free to appoint his own cabinet, although he expects to appoint two [...] | 2009-01-05 14:55:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY830 | ECOWAS AND UN MEETINGS ON GUINEA'S POLITICAL [...] SUMMARY. Charge attended two meetings over the weekend, one with a visiting ECOWAS delegation, and one with the UN regional representative out of Dakar. Diplomats highlighted key concerns, which included questions as to how the new Guinean Government will be structured, who will ultimately h [...] | 2009-01-05 15:45:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY832 | CHARGE MEETS WITH GUINEA'S NEW PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After describing how he unexpectedly landed the position of prime minister, Kabine Komara assured Charge that he expects to have "complete autonomy" as Guinea's new head of government. He said that he will be free to appoint his own cabinet, although he expects to appoint two [...] | 2009-01-06 07:04:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY833 | ECOWAS AND UN MEETINGS ON GUINEA'S POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Charge attended two meetings over the weekend, one with a visiting ECOWAS delegation, and one with the UN regional representative out of Dakar. Diplomats highlighted key concerns, which included questions as to how the new Guinean Government will be structured, who will ultimat [...] | 2009-01-06 07:04:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY834 | ECOWAS AND UN MEETINGS ON GUINEA'S POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Charge attended two meetings over the weekend, one with a visiting ECOWAS delegation, and one with the UN regional representative out of Dakar. Diplomats highlighted key concerns, which included questions as to how the new Guinean Government will be structured, who will ultima [...] | 2009-01-06 07:04:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY837 | LIBYAN LEADER MEETS WITH GUINEAN PRESIDENT [...] (U) On a trip that included several stops in neighboring West African countries, Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi spent approximately three hours in the VIP lounge of the Conakry airport on January 3 where he met with President Moussa Dadis Camara and Prime Minister Kabine Komara. Press reports indica [...] | 2009-01-06 14:12:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PREL PGOV ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY84 | CONTE'S PARTY BEGINS TO SHOW SIGNS OF DIVISION [...] (U) The Executive Bureau of the late President Conte's Party for Unity and Progress (PUP) issued a statement on January 22 officially expelling six party leaders from their ranks, including Soriba Sorel Camara who was appointed Governor of Conakry by former Prime Minister Souare about two mon [...] | 2009-01-30 12:42:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY85 | CENI OUTLINES TENTATIVE ELECTION TIMELINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Based on an analysis of the status of electoral preparations to date and anticipated timelines, the CENI internally agreed that Guinea could organize one election in September or October, and a second in November or December. The CENI agreed that the presidential and legislat [...] | 2009-01-30 12:47:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY87 | TROUBLING ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Moussa Dadis Camara, President of the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD),has been highly visible on national television and radio over the past few days. On February 3, Dadis issued a blanket authority to security personnel to shoot anyone caught committin [...] | 2009-02-03 16:13:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY9 | CHARGE MEETS WITH GUINEA'S NEW PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After describing how he unexpectedly landed the position of prime minister, Kabine Komara assured Charge that he expects to have "complete autonomy" as Guinea's new head of government. He said that he will be free to appoint his own cabinet, although he expects to appoint two [...] | 2009-01-06 07:04:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY94 | DADIS CAMARA "SUSPENDS" MINFIN [...] (U) On 7 February, Moussa Dadis Camara, President of the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD),announced during a state television broadcast that he was suspending the Minister of Finance, Captain Mamadou Sande. Dadis Camara did not state a reason for issuing the suspension. [...] | 2009-02-09 14:27:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY96 | CIVIL SOCIETY AND POLITICAL PARTIES PUBLICLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Guinea's civilian and political leaders may be starting to coalesce and find a common voice. Both groups independently issued public declarations the week of February 2, which were highly critical of Dadis and the CNDD. In addition, civil society articulated a clear set of d [...] | 2009-02-09 15:08:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ELAB PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY97 | CNDD ANNOUNCES INTENT TO HOLD ELECTIONS IN LAST [...] SUMMARY. During a meeting with Charge, the CENI President was confident that Guinea could organize both presidential and legislative elections by the end of the year. The CENI planned to present CNDD President Dadis with a specific proposal, including a timeline, action plan, and budget by [...] | 2009-02-09 15:58:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY98 | HIGH-CRIMES MINISTER OUTLINES HIS MISSION [...] (S) On 7 February, RSO met with Captain Moussa Diakoro Camara, the State Secretary of the Ministry of High Crimes and Anti-Drug Enforcement. Moussa Dadis Camara, the President of the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD),recently created the ministry by splitting several depa [...] | 2009-02-11 09:24:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | ASEC PGOV PREL GV |
09COPENHAGEN205 | MGSF01: First Case in Denmark linked to NYC [...] (U) Danish authorities confirmed to the press on May 1 Denmark's first confirmed case of the New York strain of the H1N1 virus. The case has been reported to WHO. 2. (U) The individual had recently returned from a visit to New York on April 21-28, arriving back in Copenhagen on the mornin [...] | 2009-05-01 15:14:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
09COPENHAGEN209 | MGSF01: COPENHAGEN EAC UPDATE [...] In the wake of discovery of Denmark's first confirmed case of H1N1 virus (Reftel),the CDA led an EAC meeting on May 4 to take stock of the flu situation in Denmark and Embassy responses to it. There have been no further cases confirmed by Danish health authorities. 2. DHS on May 2 suppli [...] | 2009-05-05 09:42:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
09COPENHAGEN522 | DHS SECRETARY MOVES AIR MARSHAL ISSUE FORWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano visited Denmark November 2-3 for meetings with the Danish Ministers of Justice and Transportation and for a public event on trafficking in persons (TIP). Ambassador Fulton accompanied her throughout the visit. Th [...] | 2009-11-19 15:38:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINS EAIR ASEC KHLS KTIP PTER KCRM DA |
09COPENHAGEN81 | DENMARK'S 2009 OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT [...] (U) Overall Crime and Safety Situation Denmark remains a relatively safe country. However, serious crime is on the rise and has been so for the last few years. The number of homicides nationwide rose to 53 in 2008 (compared to 24 in 2006 and 42 in 2007) The primary sources for all statist [...] | 2009-02-12 12:10:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC |
09COTONOU104 | BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI'S CONDOLENCE MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT [...] This is an action message. Please see para 4. 2. Late evening on March 23, 2009, Post received a condolence message from President Boni Yayi to President Obama on the March 12 murder of Ms. Catherine Puzey, Peace Corps Volunteer, in the village of Badjoude. Yayi pledged to take all availa [...] | 2009-03-25 06:02:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL PHUM ASEC BN |
09COTONOU127 | BENIN: GOB SETS UP INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE TO LOOK INTO [...] (U). The Beninese Ministry of National Defense sent Post a copy of the Management Notice it had issued to set up an investigative committee to look into Puzey's March 11 murder. 2. (U). Post is transmitting the unofficial English translation of the Management Notice. 3. (U). BEGIN TRANSL [...] | 2009-04-03 11:18:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BN ASEC PINR |
09COTONOU163 | BENIN: TRANSLATION OF GOB REPORT ON ITS EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] On April 16, the Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Integration, Francophonie and the Beninese Diapora with a brief report on the GOB's efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor in Benin and requesting Post to forward the report to the Off [...] | 2009-04-22 14:14:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN KTIP BN |
09COTONOU185 | BENIN: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ON [...] (C) Summary: In a May 5, 2009 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Ehouzou, acknowledging USG demarches, said that President Yayi will not visit Iran as planned and approved by the Council of Ministers; urged an end to the embargo against Cuba; welcomed dialogue on the Middle East; ga [...] | 2009-05-11 11:01:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC CU IR XF BN |
09COTONOU19 | 2009 Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) Crime and [...] Overall Crime and Safety Situation: The overall crime rate remained high in Benin during 2008. Petty crime is common in all parts of the country, and violent crime such as armed robberies, murder, and car-jacking are common as well. All of these types of crime occur at a high rate nationwide. [...] | 2009-01-12 14:30:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT APER BN |
09COTONOU261 | BENIN: FIRST FEMALE POLICE COMMISSIONER TAKES OFFICE [...] On June 17, 2009 Ms. Gislaine Sewanoude Bocovo was sworn in as the first female Police Commissioner (roughly equivalent to the Police Captain's position in the U.S.) who has ever held such a position in the history of Benin. High ranking officials, including Ministry officials, Police Officers, [...] | 2009-06-23 11:48:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC BN |
09COTONOU41 | BENIN SUBMISSION FOR 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) The Government of Benin (GoB) continued to make steady progress towards combating child trafficking. The police, gendarmes and judges described their efforts to suppress the practice through the investigation and the prosecution of traffickers during 2008. However, they were unable to pro [...] | 2009-02-10 06:34:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN KTIP BN |
09COTONOU587 | BENIN: GOB RELEASES CHILD LABOR SURVEY [...] On November 24, the Minister in Charge of Institutional Relations Zakari Baba Bodi, the Director of the National Institute for Statistics and Economic Analysis Cosme Vodounou, and International Labor Organization representatives officially released a National Survey on Child Labor during a pub [...] | 2009-12-10 15:04:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SMIG ASEC PREL ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN KTIP BN |
09COTONOU91 | BENIN: INPUT TO CI/KR LIST [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-13 07:12:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP BN |
09DAKAR1238 | SEMI-ANNUAL FRAUD SUMMARY - DAKAR [...] The following is Embassy Dakar's semi-annual fraud reporting cable covering the period of March 1, 2009 to August 31, 2009. Responses are keyed to Ref A. 2. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Senegal is a secular republic with a strong presidency, weak legislature, a compliant judiciary, and multiple [...] | 2009-09-30 11:39:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC SG |
09DAKAR220 | SENEGAL FEBRUARY 2009 SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senegal is preparing to hold local elections amid an atmosphere of slowly building social unrest due to ongoing economic difficulties, poor management of the country's public finances, and disillusionment with Senegal's overall governance. The Senegalese are known for and proud [...] | 2009-02-23 13:03:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS ASEC SOCI PHUM PINR KDEM KISL ECON |
09DAKAR261 | EAC MEETING ON SECURITY ISSUES CONCERNING THE [...] The EAC was convened by the Ambassador. In attendance were the DCM, RAO, OSC, LEGAT, POL, POL Guinea Bissau Watcher, PAO, CON, AND RSO. 2. The CON, RSO, POL and POL Guinea Bissau Watcher briefed the EAC on the latest developments concerning the assassination of the President and the kil [...] | 2009-03-02 14:59:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT ASEC CASC KMSG |
09DAKAR35 | 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism: Senegal [...] The following narrative is Posts submission for the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism (CRT): Senegal The Government of Senegal cooperated with the Untied States in identifying terrorist groups operating in Senegal. More work remained to be done, however, to develop first responder services, [...] | 2009-01-13 18:43:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KHLS AEMR SG KDMR |
09DAKAR388 | FRAUD SUMMARY - DAKAR [...] The following is Embassy Dakar's semi-annual fraud reporting cable covering September 2008 to March 2009. Responses are keyed to Reftel. 2. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Senegal is a secular republic with a strong presidency, weak legislature, a compliant judiciary, and multiple weak political p [...] | 2009-03-26 17:19:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC SG |
09DAKAR409 | SENEGAL: RIOT VICTIM NOT KILLED BY SECURITY [...] (SBU) In ref A Post reported that 21-year-old Mamdaou Sinna Sidibe had been shot dead by military personnel during a violent demonstration in the city of Kedougou in southeastern Senegal. During a follow-up visit to the city by Poloff and FSN Pol Assistant, Post determined that the youth was [...] | 2009-03-31 08:37:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ASEC SOCI PHUM PINR ECON SG |
09DAKAR945 | GUINEA-BISSAU: SECURITY SECTOR REFORM AND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 14 and 15, PolCouns held meetings in Bissau with several African diplomats and other representatives from the international community resident in Guinea-Bissau to discuss the upcoming second round OF presidential elections on July 26, ongoing Security Sector Reform (SSR),[...] | 2009-07-24 07:50:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV |
09DAMASCUS11 | PROTESTERS HARASSING EGYPTIAN EMBASSY IN DAMASCUS, [...] (C) Summary: Charge called on Egyptian Ambassador Shawky Ismail December 31 to compare notes and express solidarity. Ismail reviewed his Embassy's security problems, accused Syria of coordinating with Tehran and Hizballah to exploit the Gaza crisis, and explained Egypt's proposal for moving t [...] | 2009-01-05 13:30:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS ASEC KPAL EG SY |
09DAMASCUS139 | SYRIA: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) The following is Post's submission of the annual trafficking in persons report. The Embassy's point of contact is Anthony A. Deaton. Office telephone: (963) (11) 3391-3207. Fax: (963) (11) 3391-3999. The officer spent 35 hours in preparation of the report, which is structured to answer [...] | 2009-02-17 15:24:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN KTIP PREF SMIG |
09DAMASCUS168 | SARG DIRECTOR OF THE POLITICAL SECURITY DEPARTMENT [...] (S/NF) A European diplomat reported to us on March 2 that Major General Mohammad Mansurah, Director of the Political Security Department (PSD) and close associate of President Asad, was summarily fired in mid-January. This action is reportedly linked to the discovery of a smuggling ring being [...] | 2009-03-03 12:07:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL ASEC SY |
09DAMASCUS192 | FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MARCH 7 DISCUSSIONS WITH SYRIAN FM [...] (S/NF) Acting NEA A/S Jeffrey Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Near and Near Africa Dan Shapiro met Syrian FM Muallim on March 7 and urged him to help normalize operations for the U.S. Embassy in Damascus and the Syrian Embassy in Washington. In particular, they pressed Muallim to fac [...] | 2009-03-15 04:19:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ASEC CASC ETRD ETTC SY |
09DAMASCUS202 | NEW LEBANESE EMBASSY PERCHED ABOVE OUR COMPOUND [...] (SBU) The March 15 placement of a sign embossed with a cedar tree and Arabic lettering denoting the "Embassy of the Republic of Lebanon" paved the way for the official opening of Lebanon's "temporary" embassy on Monday, March 16. RSO locally employed staff (LES) learned the Lebanese Charg d,A [...] | 2009-03-16 09:20:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC LE SY |
09DAMASCUS206 | SYRIAN MFA FOLLOW UP ON FELTMAN-SHAPIRO DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 17 meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affair's Chef du Cabinet Bassam Sabagh to follow up on Acting NEA A/S Feltman and NSC/NENA Senior Director Shapiro's March 7 session with FM Muallim, Charge reviewed pending U.S. official visa requests, briefly discussed the Mu [...] | 2009-03-17 15:22:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC ABLD ASEC SY |
09DAMASCUS49 | SYRIA CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT 2009 [...] (U) Embassy Damascus Crime and Safety Report follows (corrected to remove SENSITIVE caption): OVERVIEW -------- Syria is the only country designated by the United States Government as a state sponsor of terrorism to also maintain full diplomatic relations with the United States. Syria r [...] | 2009-01-15 05:44:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER SY |
09DAMASCUS550 | AGGRESSIVE AND UNUSUAL SARG SURVEILLANCE OF EMBOFF [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On 08/04/09, an Embassy Political Officer and a visiting State Department officer from NEA/PI experienced aggressive static and mobile surveillance during and after their meeting with a new human rights contact at a cafe. Both officers returned to the Embassy to report the [...] | 2009-08-06 07:10:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | ASEC |
09DAMASCUS551 | AGGRESSIVE AND UNUSUAL SARG SURVEILLANCE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On 08/04/09, an Embassy Political Officer and a visiting State Department officer from NEA/PI experienced aggressive static and mobile surveillance during and after their meeting with a new human rights contact at a cafe. Both officers returned to the Embassy to report the [...] | 2009-08-06 08:36:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | ASEC |
09DAMASCUS838 | BUS EXPLOSION IN HEART OF SHI,A DISTRICT OF [...] (C) Summary: At approximately 1020 local, media and other Embassy contacts reported an explosion on or near a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims in the Sayida al-Zainab district of Damascus. Sources at the scene indicated there were roughly a dozen casualties. Press accounts suggested several [...] | 2009-12-03 12:33:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV PREL IR SY |
09DAMASCUS871 | SYRIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Junaid Munir is the Embassy POC. Unclassified e-mail: MunirJM@state.gov. Tel: (963) 11-3391-3785. 2. (SBU) Designated in 1979 as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, Syria in 2009 continued political support to Palestinian terrorist groups. It also provided political and material support [...] | 2009-12-20 10:13:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC SY |
09DARESSALAAM268 | US EMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM EAP MEETING ON SWINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Swine Flu Emergency Action Plan subcommittee of the Emergency Action Committee for U.S. Mission Tanzania was formed and convened in order to discuss courses of action in light of current worldwide health developments. Tripwires from the Avian Influenza Program are being adapted t [...] | 2009-04-27 15:13:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMED AMGT ASEC CASC KPAO KSAF TBIO TZ |
09DARESSALAAM327 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ISAKSON AND CORKER [...] (SBU) Your visit to Tanzania comes at a time when the country is gearing up for national elections in 2010, attempting to mitigate the effects of the global economic downturn, and continuing to deepen its relationship with development partners, particularly the United States. The 2010 election [...] | 2009-05-21 03:10:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP ASEC AMGT AFIN PREL PGOV TZ KE RW SU IT XA |
09DARESSALAAM429 | USG IMPROVING TANZANIA'S SECURITY READINESS [...] Summary: Increased engagement with the Tanzanian security forces through counterterrorism and overall readiness training funded by the Anti-Terrorism Assistance program has been highly praised by GOT officials. Not only has the USG helped increase capacity, but our efforts have yielded concret [...] | 2009-07-06 13:50:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PTER TZ |
09DARESSALAAM83 | TANZANIA NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] This cable is in response to guidance in reftels. Sources of Available Information -------------------------------- 2. Reliable sources of information for TIP include Government of Tanzania (GOT) Ministry of Home Affairs, which is the lead agency on TIP issues; Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...] | 2009-02-10 04:01:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB USAID |
09DARESSALAAM843 | TWO BOMBINGS AT LOCAL CLUBS IN ZANZIBAR TOWN, [...] (U) On Sunday, November 29, 2009 between 2200 and 2215, explosions occurred at two nightclubs near the Stone Town area of Zanzibar Town, Unguja Island, Tanzania. The attacks were the first targeting nighclubs in Tanzania, but were likely isolated incidents. The blasts were thirteen minutes [...] | 2009-12-07 12:57:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC TZ |
09DHAKA1025 | MEDIA OVERSTATES TERRORIST THREAT TO EMBASSY DHAKA [...] (S) Local press and wire services gave widespread coverage to the November 6 arrest of three alleged members of the international terrorist group Lashkar-e-Teiyeba who were reportedly planning to attack Embassy Dhaka. More sensationalist reports suggested the suspects had planned to hijack a [...] | 2009-11-09 08:45:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER PROV PREL PINR PINS PHUM BG |
09DHAKA1032 | PRIME MINISTER CONSIDERS ENGAGEMENT WITH RANGOON [...] (S/NF) Bangladesh's worries about possible Burmese aggression appear to have subsided, and the Prime Minister is now considering possible engagement with Rangoon. As tensions flared in October, Bangladesh's civilian leadership asserted control over Burma policy, with the Foreign Minister lea [...] | 2009-11-11 02:45:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR PINS MARR ASEC PGOV BG BM |
09DHAKA1073 | BANGLADESH DETAINS SUSPECTED LET TERRORIST; SHARES [...] (S/NF) Police arrested Abu Motaleb, a suspected LeT member, on November 21 as part of the Government of Bangladesh's (GOB) continuing effort to deny space to terrorists. In addition to this most recent arrest, the GOB in early November arrested five foreign nationals with suspected LeT ties: t [...] | 2009-11-25 08:11:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC PINS PGOV PINR IN PK BG |
09DHAKA1087 | EMBASSY DHAKA RESPONSE TO 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] This cable serves as a response to an interim assessment of progress made by the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) from March to November 2009 to combat trafficking. Paragraph four begins text. Embassy point of contact is David Arulanantham, Political Officer, telephone: 880-2-885-5500 x2148, IVG [...] | 2009-12-03 09:45:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG |
09DHAKA1133 | BANGLADESH: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) In compliance with reftel, Mission Dhaka submits its 2009 Country Report on terrorism. Text of report follows: Immediately after taking office in January 2009, the Awami League-led government began a crackdown on domestic and transnational terrorist groups. As a result, Bangladesh a [...] | 2009-12-20 07:54:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINS PGOV PREL ASEC BG |
09DHAKA177 | EMBASSY DHAKA INPUT TO NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] This report covers anti-trafficking efforts by the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) from April 2008 to February 2009. Paragraph three begins text. Embassy point of contact is David Arulanantham, Political Officer, telephone: 880-2-885-5500 x2148, IVG post-code: 583, fax number: 880-2-882-3744, e [...] | 2009-02-22 00:57:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG |
09DHAKA184 | WEEKEND ARRESTS IN BANGLADESH RAISE QUESTIONS [...] (C) Weekend arrests of 14 suspected members of Bangladesh's leading domestic terrorist group grabbed headlines when one captive detonated a live grenade during a news conference announcing his capture. While the incident embarrassed the police, the arrests raised broader questions about the po [...] | 2009-02-23 10:48:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC BG |
09DHAKA196 | MUTINY IN BANGLADESH BORDER FORCE, SITUATION IN [...] (SBU) A confrontation between officers and enlisted men in the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR),a paramilitary force charged with securing Bangladesh's borders, flared into a violent clash Wednesday morning, February 25, at BDR headquarters in Dhaka. The confrontation, allegedly over grievances reg [...] | 2009-02-25 12:53:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC CASC PINS ETRD BG |
09DHAKA204 | MUTINY OF BANGLADESH BORDER FORCE SPREADS OUTSIDE [...] (C) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's two-month-old government struggled to quell a spreading insurgency among paramilitary border guards that entered its second day on 2/26. In a nationally televised address, a sombre-looking Hasina told rebels of the Bangladesh Rifles she would order an attack [...] | 2009-02-26 12:50:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC CASC PINS ETRD BG |
09DHAKA207 | BANGLADESH GOVERNMENT PRAISED FOR PEACEFUL [...] (C) On 2/27, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government basked in praise for peacefully ending a two-day insurgency among paramilitary border guards. Hasina and the Chief of Army Staff were among visitors to the Bangladesh Rifles Headquarters in central Dhaka, where search teams reportedly unco [...] | 2009-02-27 12:07:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC CASC PINS ETRD BG |
09DHAKA210 | BANGLADESH'S CIVILIAN AND MILITARY LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Bangladesh's civilian and military leadership are working together to defuse tension within the Bangladesh Army following the February 25 - 26 Bangladesh Rifles Mutiny. During a late-night meeting February 27, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Army Chief General Moeen agreed to establish a [...] | 2009-02-28 10:15:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PINS MARR CASC ASEC KDEM BG |
09DHAKA213 | PRIME MINISTER MEETS ARMY OFFICERS IN BID TO QUELL [...] (C) In a tense meeting with seething military personnel on 3/1, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina defended her Government's handling of the border-guard rebellion that left scores of army officers massacred. Initial reports suggested emotions ran high among soldiers who felt the Government should ha [...] | 2009-03-01 11:37:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PINS ASEC KDEM BG |
09DHAKA218 | BANGLADESH FORMALLY REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE WITH [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) The Foreign Minister told the Ambassador Bangladesh appreciated the strong support the USG had rendered during the Bangladesh Rifles Mutiny and aftermath, and requested assistance in conducting the investigation into the mutiny and identifying remai [...] | 2009-03-02 08:51:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PINS KDEM ASEC BG |
09DHAKA222 | ARMY LAUNCHES SWEEP FOR MUTINEERS; CONSPIRACY [...] (C) Dhaka remained calm March 2. The government ordered the army to begin a nation-wide sweep aimed at rounding up mutineers suspected of committing murder and arson during the border guard mutiny that left dozens of army officers massacred (reftels). In parliament, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasin [...] | 2009-03-02 11:22:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KDEM PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER BG |
09DHAKA237 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES KHALEDA ZIA ON NEED FOR [...] (C) The Ambassador encouraged Leader of the Opposition Khaleda Zia to continue to reach out to the Government in the wake of the Bangladesh Rifles Mutiny. For her part, Zia complained that the Government repeatedly refused to provide space to the opposition, and she threatened to "go to the p [...] | 2009-03-05 07:13:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PINS KDEM PTER ASEC BG |
09DHAKA241 | BANGLADESH MUTINY AFTERMATH: TIME FOR USG [...] (C) One week after the bloody border guard mutiny, Bangladesh's immediate crisis appears to have passed, but the resulting political situation remains perilous. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina herself warns of more attacks to undermine democracy. Three competing Government of Bangladesh investiga [...] | 2009-03-05 10:41:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER ASEC KDEM BG |
09DHAKA254 | MUTINY INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUE, FBI ARRIVES, [...] (C) Investigations into the February 25-26 mutiny in the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) continue, and though no credible evidence of an external conspiracy has yet surfaced, allegations persist, fostered in part by Bangladesh's top leaders. A two-person FBI team from Embassy New Delhi arrived to co [...] | 2009-03-09 10:56:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM ASEC BG |
09DHAKA259 | AWAMI LEAGUE ALLIANCE PARTNER STILL ON BOARD...FOR [...] (C) Former Bangladesh President and leader of the Jatiya Party H.M. Ershad said March 9 he still supported Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, even as he criticized her handling of the recent mutiny in the Bangladesh Rifles. Ershad backed away from earlier statements that India had played a role in [...] | 2009-03-12 09:04:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC PINR KDEM BG |
09DHAKA276 | DHAKA EAC 03/19/09 [...] (SBU) On March 19, 2009, the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to review a March 18 town hall meeting held by the new Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner with representatives of Dhaka schools in which he passed along threat related information. The DCM chaired the EAC and attendees incl [...] | 2009-03-19 13:41:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PINR PGOV BG |
09DHAKA280 | FBI WORKS TO HELP CORRECT FLAWS IN BANGLADESH [...] (C) Ambassador Moriarty and the head of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation team helping Bangladesh investigate its border guard mutiny urged the minister in charge to strengthen the probe. PolEcon Counselor reiterated the message to two senior Cabinet officials with responsibility for se [...] | 2009-03-22 08:42:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER ASEC KDEM BG |
09DHAKA304 | FRAUD SUMMARY - DHAKA [...] Bangladesh is a high fraud post. In CY 2008, Dhaka's FPU investigated 969 cases, not/not counting cases referred for DNA analysis. Infrastructure, especially road infrastructure, is poor outside of main cities and towns. This combined with wide-spread seasonal flooding and frequent natural [...] | 2009-03-30 00:33:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC BG |
09DHAKA345 | GOVT SAYS WAR CRIMES TRIAL PROCESS BEGINS APRIL 8. [...] (C) The GOB intends to prosecute war crimes committed during the country's 1971 war of independence (reftel) on the basis of legislation passed in 1973, which may not provide a current internationally-acceptable basis for war crimes prosecution. The Law Minister announced the process would beg [...] | 2009-04-06 09:28:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM ASEC KISL KAWC PHUM |
09DHAKA361 | HIZB UT TAHRIR IN BANGLADESH: STILL NEW, STILL [...] (SBU) Hizb-ut-Tahrir Bangladesh (HTB) was established in Dhaka in 2001 and has an estimated membership of about 3,000 young, well-educated, middle-class Bangladeshis, mostly from Dhaka. In common with the global HT movement, HTB claims to aspire to the establishment of a Muslim caliphate throug [...] | 2009-04-09 04:31:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM ASEC KISL BG |
09DHAKA372 | LAW ENFORCEMENT IN BANGLADESH: CAUTION AHEAD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-13 06:37:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KAWC KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER |
09DHAKA394 | BANGLADESH'S NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL OUTLINES AGENDA: [...] (C) New Attorney General (AG) Mahbubey Alam, a barrister in private practice, recently detailed how the GOB was considering three adjudicative approaches (standard trials, war crimes tribunals, and military courts martial) to deal with the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) mutiny during a recent meeting [...] | 2009-04-21 08:13:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KAWC KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER |
09DHAKA406 | JMB THREAT LETTER WARNS INTERNATIONAL [...] (S) Summary: Three international organizations operating in Barisal (southern Bangladesh) have received a copy of the same threat letter reportedly from the banned islamist group, Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). The letter, which received widespread media attention, demanded the organiza [...] | 2009-04-23 12:19:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | ASEC PTER BG |
09DHAKA464 | A WAY FORWARD FOR MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND [...] (C) GOB's Law Minister Shafique Ahmed recently promised the government's full support for the development of a mutual legal assistance (MLA) program for Bangladesh, including the establishment of a Central Authority for MLA in the Office of the Attorney General (OAG). The Law Minister also agr [...] | 2009-05-07 11:50:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KAWC KISL PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SNAR BG |
09DHAKA466 | PROGRESS REPORT: FBI CONDUCTS FOLLOW ON ASSESSMENT [...] (C) The Police investigation into the February 2009 BDR mutiny appears on track, with investigators continuing to follow the best practices shared by the FBI during an earlier visit. The investigation will likely require another six months, but as of now there is still no indication of outsid [...] | 2009-05-07 13:35:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | ASEC MOPS PGOV PINR PBTS PHUM BG |
09DHAKA533 | GOVERNMENT PROBE FAILS TO FIND OUTSIDE [...] (C) A much-anticipated government probe into the February border guard mutiny that left 57 army officers dead found no evidence of outside conspirators, mirroring the reported findings of an army investigation. Instead, the report cited long-standing grievances against poor treatment by, and c [...] | 2009-05-28 09:28:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER ASEC BG |
09DHAKA61 | DHAKA ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL [...] (U) Please find the following crime/safety information for Bangladesh: I. Overall Crime and Safety Situation: In 2008 police reported an increase in violent crimes involving the local population over 2007 levels. Crimes of opportunity remained prevalent against Western targets, particu [...] | 2009-01-15 07:47:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT APER |
09DHAKA64 | PROPOSAL FOR NADR-FUNDED SOUTH ASIA SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] (U) The following is a proposal for a regional counterterrorism program to be funded with two-year FY'09 foreign assistance funding per Reftel: 2. (U) Project Title: South Asia Security Dialogue 3. (U) Implementing Agency: Local think tank 4. (SBU) Program Description: The South Asia [...] | 2009-01-15 11:30:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC IN BG |
09DHAKA692 | AMBASSADOR REGISTERS CORRUPTION AND CRIME CONCERNS [...] (C) The Ambassador voiced serious concerns about rising levels of crime and corruption in Bangladesh with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, describing recent incidents of pressure by the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the Awami League on American business, including harassment of a U.S.-inves [...] | 2009-07-14 09:54:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR ASEC KCRM CASC BG |
09DHAKA742 | LIFE IN DHAKA COMES TO STANDSTILL AFTER RECORD [...] (SBU) Record rainfall overnight July 28 left major sections of Dhaka temporarily underwater, bringing normal life in the capital to a standstill and causing significant localized damage. The Prime Minister immediately convened an emergency meeting of Dhaka city and ministry officials and cr [...] | 2009-07-29 09:51:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC BG CASC EAID PGOV PINR PINS PREL |
09DHAKA805 | FY2009 PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR INL LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-17 08:52:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC BG KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI |
09DHAKA950 | FRAUD SUMMARY - DHAKA [...] Dhaka is a high fraud post. In FY 2009, Dhaka's FPU conducted FPU verifications (mostly site visits) for 488 cases, not/not counting cases referred for DNA analysis. Many of these cases required several site visits to complete. Infrastructure, especially road infrastructure, is poor outside [...] | 2009-10-06 09:54:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC BG |
09DILI100 | VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR DILI - MARCH 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-06 03:24:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS AMGT KVPR PINR PTER ASEC TT |
09DILI117 | MGSF01: EMBASSY DILI EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING ON [...] (U) Embassy Dili Emergency Action Committee (EAC),chaired by Deputy Chief of Mission, convened to determine post response to outbreaks of H1N1 influenza. EAC participants included Ambassador, Management Officer, POL/CONS officer, MilRep, Regional Security Officer, Medical Officer, and Communi [...] | 2009-05-01 15:32:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ASEC TBIO AMGT TT |
09DILI120 | VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR DILI - APRIL 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-06 08:58:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS AMGT KVPR PINR PTER ASEC TT |
09DILI137 | TIMOR-LESTE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR ILEA BANGKOK CRIME [...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the individuals listed in paragraph 2. They have been selected to take part in the International Law Enforcement Academy's (ILEA) Crime Scene Management Course on June 1 - 12, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. 2. The candidates are listed i [...] | 2009-05-26 07:26:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL ASEC TT |
09DILI138 | TIMOR-LESTE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANT IN ILEA [...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the individual listed in paragraph 2. He has been selected to take part in the International Law Enforcement Academy's (ILEA) Seaport Border Security Course on June 8 - 12, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. 2. The candidate is listed in "na [...] | 2009-05-26 08:26:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL ASEC TT |
09DILI139 | TIMOR-LESTE: LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANT IN ILEA [...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the individual listed in paragraph 2. He has been selected to take part in the International Law Enforcement Academy's (ILEA) Seaport Border Security Course on June 8 - 12, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. 2. The candidate is listed in "name, [...] | 2009-05-30 03:08:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL ASEC TT |
09DILI147 | VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR TIMOR-LESTE - MAY 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-05 09:06:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS AMGT KVPR PINR PTER ASEC TT |
09DILI25 | ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) CRIME AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-27 09:20:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER ASEC TT |
09DILI258 | TIMOR-LESTE: REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010 JIATF WEST [...] (U) This is an initial request for fiscal year 2010 (FY10) JIATF West support in Timor-Leste, as defined and authorized by the National Defense Authorization Act of 1991 (as amended). 2. (SBU) Timor-Leste is vulnerable to exploitation by transnational criminal organizations due to its ov [...] | 2009-09-24 06:18:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PINS PINR SNAR TT |
09DILI267 | TIMOR-LESTE: REQUEST FOR ANTI-TERRORISM ASSISTANCE TRAINING [...] (SBU) Embassy Dili would like to request an Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) training assessment to address two separate critical areas of vulnerability for the National Police of Timor-Leste (PNTL). First, the Secretary of State for Security has requested assistance from the Ambassador in pro [...] | 2009-09-30 08:24:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PREL TT |
09DILI274 | VISAS VIPER: AUGUST 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The Charge d'Affaires chaired a meeting of Post's Visas Viper committee on October 6, 2009. State Department, USAID, Defense Department and Department of Justice were present at the meeting. 2. Post has no information to report for the August 2009 reporting period. 3. Post's Vis [...] | 2009-10-06 03:26:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TT |
09DILI275 | VISAS VIPER: SEPTEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] Charge d'Affaires chaired a meeting of Post's Visas Viper committee on October 6, 2009. State Department, USAID, Defense Department and Department of Justice were present at the meeting. 2. Post has no information to report for the September 2009 reporting period. 3. Post's Visa [...] | 2009-10-06 03:35:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TT |
09DILI276 | TIMOR-LESTE: LOCAL COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) countries, a G8 initiative intended to support the U.N. Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee, met for the first time in Timor-Leste on October 2. The group concluded that while the current risk of a terrorist a [...] | 2009-10-06 08:45:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL ASEC ID TT |
09DILI285 | TIMOR-LESTE: SECURITY SITUATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The security situation in Timor-Leste has improved dramatically following the political crises and violence in 2006, 2007, and early 2008. Infrastructure has been rebuilt, the internally-displaced persons have been resettled, and the incidence of serious and even petty crime i [...] | 2009-10-16 07:48:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC EAID TT |
09DILI289 | EVACUATION EXERCISE REINFORCES AMCIT OUTREACH, EXPOSES [...] SUMMARY: The Embassy conducted a non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO) exercise on October 20 as part of the MAREX 2009 combined military exercise. U.S. Marines evacuated three dozen volunteers drawn from both the Embassy and the private American citizen community, using CH-53E Sea Stallio [...] | 2009-10-26 04:48:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CMGT AEMR AODE ASEC TT |
09DILI290 | USS BONHOMME RICHARD AND 11TH MEU VISIT TIMOR-LESTE [...] (U) Summary: The USS Bonhomme Richard and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit visited Timor-Leste October 13-23 and conducted highly successful exercises, provided medical services, completed humanitarian engineering projects, and engaged in community relations activities in coordination with [...] | 2009-10-26 05:36:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS MASS ASEC TT |
09DILI304 | VISAS VIPER: OCTOBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] Deputy Chief of Mission chaired a meeting of Post's Visas Viper committee on November 17, 2009. State Department, USAID, Defense Department and Department of Justice were present at the meeting. 2. Post has no information to report for the October 2009 reporting period. 3. Post [...] | 2009-11-17 02:48:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TT |
09DILI312 | VISAS VIPER: NOVEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] Deputy Chief of Mission chaired a meeting of Post's Visas Viper committee on December 1, 2009. State Department, USAID, Defense Department and Department of Justice were present at the meeting. 2. Post has no information to report for the November 2009 reporting period. 3. Po [...] | 2009-12-01 08:12:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TT |
09DILI326 | TIMOR-LESTE: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-14 05:04:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PREL TT |
09DILI86 | RETURN OF THE PEACE CORPS TO TIMOR-LESTE [...] (SBU) President Ramos-Horta formally requested the Peace Corps to resume its program in Timor-Leste in a March 10 letter. Embassy Dili judges the security and stability conditions in Timor-Leste as safe and fully permitting the resumption of a Peace Corps Volunteer program. Much has changed [...] | 2009-03-17 10:15:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID ASEC TT |
09DJIBOUTI10 | NADR-FUNDED PROPOSAL TO SUPPORT THE REGIONAL STRATEGIC [...] SUMMARY. Per guidance in reftel, Embassy Djibouti submits the following proposal for $500,000 to establish a "Djibouti-Somalia Counter-Terrorism Border Post" (DSCBP) at Loyada, along the currently porous border between Djibouti and Somalia. Implementation of this proposal would enable the USG [...] | 2009-01-06 12:01:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINS ASEC DJ SO |
09DJIBOUTI1029 | CITING SECURITY CONCERNS, GODJ DENIES ACCESS TO SINGLE MALE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Citing national security concerns, Djibouti's Ministry of the Interior decided August 3 to bar all young, single male Somali asylum seekers from entering Djibouti. GODJ officials are concerned about the possibility that Al-Shabaab elements might try to infiltrate Djibouti by p [...] | 2009-08-06 13:44:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL ASEC PTER DJ SO |
09DJIBOUTI1035 | DJIBOUTI/SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB CHANGING TACTICS, BUT CAN BE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Abdillahi Mohamed Abdillahi, deputy director of Djibouti's National Security Service, assesses that the struggle against al-Shabaab is "a war we can win," if timely support is given immediately to Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG). While Djibouti is actively trainin [...] | 2009-08-07 14:45:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PINS ASEC MASS MOPS SO DJ |
09DJIBOUTI1043 | DJIBOUTI: REQUEST BY PROSECUTOR-GENERAL FOR INVESTIGATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Post requests FBI assistance to investigate suspected fraud against the Djibouti-based "Banque pour le Commerce et L'industrie Mer Rouge" (Red Sea Bank for Commerce and Industry, or "BCI-MR"),which also involves several U.S.-based financial institutions and c [...] | 2009-08-12 14:37:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ECON PREL KCRM FBI DJ |
09DJIBOUTI110 | DJIBOUTI CONVENES EAC TO REVIEW THREAT TO U.S. [...] (S/NF) Post convened its core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on February 10, following receipt of threat information citing possible planning of attacks on Djibouti night clubs frequented by U.S. servicemembers (refs B-C). Attendees included Ambassador, DCM, RSO, CONS, IPC, MGT, ORA, NCIS, [...] | 2009-02-11 12:37:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | ASEC PTER DJ SO MOPS |
09DJIBOUTI1109 | DJIBOUTI: FORMER OPPOSITION LEADER ON PRESIDENT'S THIRD [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a September 8 meeting with the Ambassador, the head of the former opposition party Front for the Restoration of Democracy and Unity (FRUD)-and currently President Guelleh's most important ruling coalition partner-laid out the FRUD's cautious approach to the question of a p [...] | 2009-09-14 07:35:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC KDEM PINR SOCI PHUM DJ ER |
09DJIBOUTI1123 | DJIBOUTI EAC MEETING [...] (C) On September 15, 2009, core members of Djibouti's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to discuss possible security implications to U.S interests in Djibouti from wide-spread media reports of a missile strike in Somalia that killed senior al-Shabaab commander Saleh Nabhan. The EAC was led [...] | 2009-09-16 14:47:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC DJ MOPS PTER |
09DJIBOUTI1252 | FRAUD SUMMARY - DJIBOUTI [...] Country Conditions: The Republic of Djibouti is a developing and stable African country in the Horn of Africa. Although exact statistics are unavailable, unemployment is estimated in excess of 50 percent of the working-age population. Over two-thirds of the country's estimated 650,000 residen [...] | 2009-10-08 15:32:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DJ ET ER SO XA |
09DJIBOUTI1272 | CORRECTED COPY - FRAUD SUMMARY - DJIBOUTI [...] CORRECTED COPY of 09 DJIBOUTI 1252. See paragraph 36 for revised text. 2. Country Conditions: The Republic of Djibouti is a developing and stable African country in the Horn of Africa. Although exact statistics are unavailable, unemployment is estimated in excess of 50 percent of the wor [...] | 2009-10-13 11:51:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DJ ET ER SO XA |
09DJIBOUTI1299 | NORTHERN DJIBOUTI: BEYOND SECURITY CONCERNS, HOPE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador visited the northern, primarily ethnic-Afar regions of Obock and Tadjourah November 2-4. Local officials remained concerned that Eritrean-influenced elements continued to infiltrate remote areas of northern Djibouti, and reported one recent and possibly Eritrean-linked [...] | 2009-11-12 10:43:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAID ASEC PBTS ELTN EWWT ER DJ |
09DJIBOUTI169 | MGSUO1: IGAD "DISSAPOINTED" WITH ICC INDICTMENT [...] Post received the following press statement from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Executive Secretariat March 10. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF IGAD PRESS STATEMENT: PRESS STATEMENT BY THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF IGAD ON THE INDICTMENT OF THE PRESIDENT OF SUDAN The Executive Sec [...] | 2009-03-10 13:58:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CASC AEMR ASEC KAWC KPAO KJUS AMGT KFLO MARR |
09DJIBOUTI261 | DJIBOUTI-Security Environmental Profile Questionnaire [...] (U) Post provides the following responses to questions raised reftel. 2. (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. (U) ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? No. In December 2008 and January 2009, the Min [...] | 2009-04-01 14:43:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | ASEC PTER DJ SO |
09DJIBOUTI449 | DJIBOUTIAN NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR AND CHOD CONCUR WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 2 meeting with RDML Mercer, Djiboutian National Security Advisor Hassan Said Khaireh and CHOD MG Fathi A. Houssein concurred with the proposed establishment in June 2009 of a U.S. Navy Harbor Security Unit in the Port of Djibouti. The establishment of a Harbor Security [...] | 2009-05-05 16:17:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MOPS PHSA PTER ASEC DJ |
09DJIBOUTI569 | FRAUD SUMMARY - DJIBOUTI [...] Country Conditions: The Republic of Djibouti is a developing and stable African country in the Horn of Africa. Although exact statistics are unavailable, unemployment is estimated in excess of 50 percent of the working-age population. Over two-thirds of the country's estimated 650,000 residen [...] | 2009-05-28 11:56:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DJ ET ER SO XA |
09DJIBOUTI661 | DJIBOUTIAN POLICE REQUEST USG ASSISTANCE TO IDENTIFY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following several recent grenade incidents in Djibouti City, the National Police requested Embassy assistance in working with the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) to identify the origins of recovered grenade fragments. Djiboutian police ascribe the recent incide [...] | 2009-06-10 10:51:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC MASS PINS PTER CASC DJ ER SO |
09DOHA131 | QATAR: INPUT FOR THE NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Post was very encouraged in the second half of the year by the willingness of the government to open a more frank and constructive dialogue on the problem of TIP and how to combat it. As a result of this dialogue, Post gained easier access to Qatari officials, and the government hosted [...] | 2009-02-19 10:33:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB |
09DOHA132 | QATAR: INPUT FOR THE NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] Below is Part 2 of 2 of post's input for the Ninth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) reported. Part 1 has been communicated by septel. 2. (SBU) PARAGRAPH 26: PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS: A. (SBU) What kind of protection is the government able under existing law to provide f [...] | 2009-02-19 10:34:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB QA |
09DOHA158 | FAA VISIT CONFIRMS WEAKNESS OF QATAR'S CIVIL [...] (U) FAA Senior Regional Representative Roy Barnett visited Qatar January 21-22 for consultations with the Embassy, Qatar Civil Aviation Authority, and Qatar Airways. During the visit, he met with the QCAA Vice Chairman Ibrahim Abdulgadir, half a dozen other QCAA employees, and the Qatar Airway [...] | 2009-03-04 05:07:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ASEC QA |
09DOHA197 | TSA LAYS OUT A PATH TO SUCCESS OR FAILURE FOR [...] (U) Four TSA officials visited Doha March 15-19 to follow-up on a joint action plan to improve Qatar's aviation security as agreed to by Qatari representatives during their mid-February visit to Washington. The TSA officials included the TSA HQ Middle East area director Carlos De La Torre, TSA [...] | 2009-03-19 14:00:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ASEC QA |
09DOHA205 | KEY TRENDS IN QATAR OVER THE NEXT 36 MONTHS - AN [...] (C) Embassy Doha's second interagency off-site was held March 3, 2009 at CENTCOM Forward HQ at Camp As-Saliyah (see ref A). This was the second such off-site (see ref B). These interagency off-sites will be held twice yearly, with the objective of reviewing and updating our field interagency [...] | 2009-03-24 13:11:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | AMGT ASEC ECON KSPR PREL QA |
09DOHA214 | QATAR: 2009 CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (C) Qatar shares with Iran the largest non-associated gas field in the world. Qatar's portion contains an estimated 900 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, giving it the third-largest reserves of natural gas in the world. Qatar is believed to have an agreement with Iran providing a set extract [...] | 2009-03-26 13:41:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ENRG ETTC KCIP PGOV PREL PTER QA |
09DOHA215 | TSA: QATAR MAKING SOME PROGRESS IN AVIATION [...] (C) The TSA assessment found the following deficiencies at Doha International Airport (DIA): -- The CAA's airport security program is generic and not specifically tailored to DIA, as it should be. -- The MOI's standard operating procedures for screening are not being fully implemented, esp [...] | 2009-03-26 14:04:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ASEC QA |
09DOHA288 | MGSF01: QATAR H1N1 STATUS REPORT [...] (U) On April 27, the Ministry of Health advised the public to postpone non-essential travel to the U.S., Mexico, Canada, the UK and other countries that have reported confirmed cases of H1N1. The Ministry also advised people returning from those countries to watch out for fever and flu-like sy [...] | 2009-04-30 12:43:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AMED ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO |
09DOHA307 | TFFLU01 QATAR H1N1 STATUS REPORT [...] (SBU) There are no confirmed H1N1 cases in Qatar as of 1600 local on May 7, 2009. Embassy Actions --------------- 2. (SBU) Embassy's Pandemic Influenza Working Group continues to regularly consult on latest developments. Embassy was involved in quashing one rumor of a sick student/famil [...] | 2009-05-07 13:52:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AMED ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09DOHA310 | TFFLU01 QATAR H1N1 STATUS REPORT NUMBER 3 [...] (U) There are no confirmed H1N1 cases in Qatar as of 1600 local on May 11, 2009. 2. (U) Embassy and U.S. military representatives met May 11 at the Ministry of Health with Dr. Mohammed Bin Hamad Al Thani, Director of Public Health, and Dr. Shazia Nadeem, Head of the Emergency Preparedness P [...] | 2009-05-11 12:54:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AMED ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09DOHA319 | TFFLU01 QATAR H1N1 STATUS REPORT NUMBER 4 [...] (U) There are no confirmed H1N1 cases in Qatar as of 1600 local on May 11, 2009. 2. (U) Three groups, consisting of more than 60 young Qatari men and women, have decided to cancel previously planned trips to the United States to study English and participate in Embassy-arranged cultural pro [...] | 2009-05-17 04:39:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AMED ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09DOHA32 | QATAR AVIATION SECURITY REMAINS A WORK IN PROGRESS [...] (C) In separate meetings with the heads of the Ministry of Interior (MOI),Civil Aviation Authority (CAA),and Qatar Airways, Ambassador made clear that the December 2008 TSA inspection did not go well, and the USG is looking for sustained improvements in passenger screening to ensure that dir [...] | 2009-01-14 09:38:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ASEC QA |
09DOHA329 | SYNCHRONIZING USG ENGAGEMENT WITH QATAR ON [...] (C) Reftel is Post's review of the critical infrastructure in Qatar, which if destroyed, disrupted or exploited might have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States. The following report is a description of Embassy Doha's interagency approach to engage GOQ entities in a synchro [...] | 2009-05-20 12:09:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV ECON ETTC EAID EFIN EAGR ASEC |
09DOHA398 | QATAR CONFIRMS FIRST THREE CASES OF H1N1 [...] (U) The Ministry of Health announced 16 June that three H1N1 cases had been diagnosed in Qatar. The first was a two-year old child from New Zealand who arrived in Doha 13 June on a flight from Australia via Dubai (Emirates Air 409 from Melbourne and Emirates Air 843 from Dubai). The child was [...] | 2009-06-17 14:04:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AMED ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09DOHA513 | H1N1 UPDATE IN QATAR: MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF [...] (U) Qatar's Supreme Council of Health is now reporting 350 H1N1 cases, up from the previous figure of 43, according to a report in a local English-language newspaper published on August 12. This gives Qatar the 3rd largest total of cases in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. To date th [...] | 2009-08-17 12:41:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KFLU AEMR AMED ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO |
09DOHA572 | QATAR CONFIRMS SECOND H1N1 DEATH: VICTIM ACTIVE IN [...] (C) The Supreme Council for Health (SCH) announced on September 12 that a second death had occurred as the result of the H1N1 virus. Dr. Husam Rezeq, Head of Communicable Disease Control and Vaccination at the Ministry of Health, told Emboff on September 15 that the victim, a 40 year-old Nepal [...] | 2009-09-15 11:49:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KFLU AEMR AMED ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO |
09DOHA656 | EMBASSY REVIEWS READINESS FOR SEVERE H1N1 OUTBREAK [...] (SBU) On October 25, the Pandemic Influenza Working Group (PIWG) met, as requested reftel, to review the current status of H1N1 infection Qatar and the steps that the Embassy has taken to prepare for a severe influenza outbreak, should that occur. DCM chaired the meeting with representatives f [...] | 2009-11-04 13:24:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AMED ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO |
09DOHA698 | SOME POSITIVE SIGNS ON AVIATION SECURITY [...] (C) In a November 17 meeting hosted by Major General Saad Al-Khulaifi of the Ministry of Interior (MOI),TSA Deputy Director of International Operations in the Office of Global Strategies Victoria Reeder noted that TSA personnel observing passenger boarding that morning on Qatar Airways flight [...] | 2009-12-02 12:35:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ASEC QA |
09DUBAI16 | ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) CRIME AND [...] The following is US Consulate Dubai's OSAC Crime and Safety Report for 2008: 2. Overall Crime and Safety Situation: The actual crime rate in Dubai is difficult to determine due to lack of transparency on the part of host government with regards to crime statistics and related information. [...] | 2009-01-15 12:14:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED | AE ASEC |
09DUBAI408 | FRAUD SUMMARY - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] Country Conditions Fraud at Embassy Abu Dhabi and Consulate General Dubai is low. Concern about visa fraud in the UAE is generally limited to visa applications from Third Country Nationals (TCNs) living in or visiting the UAE. UAE citizens ("Emiratis") are a minority in their own country, c [...] | 2009-10-05 10:51:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC AE |
09DUBLIN120 | FRAUD SUMMARY - IRELAND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-13 16:53:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EI |
09DUBLIN180 | MGSF01: Ireland's First "Probable" H1N1 Case [...] (U) Irish health authorities have confirmed the first "probable" case of the H1N1 virus in Ireland. The victim, a recently returned traveler from Mexico, has been quarantined and is undergoing medical treatment. It is understood that those in immediate contact with the victim have also been g [...] | 2009-05-01 15:48:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PGOV |
09DUBLIN224 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR IRISH GOVERNMENT PRACTICES ON [...] While Ireland is taking steps to enhance the amount of information it collects on travelers entering the country, it faces an uphill battle. Irish laws limiting the use of public data, public skepticism and the lack of enabling legislation are stalling efforts to upgrade the quality of data c [...] | 2009-06-11 06:59:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV CVIS ASEC KHLS EI |
09DUBLIN3 | MEETING WITH THE IRISH REGARDING HOMELAND SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 11, a USG delegation consisting of State Department and Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) officials briefed Irish government officials on the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 6 (HSPD-6) process and on what is expected from the Irish government. The Irish were [...] | 2009-01-06 14:24:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CMGT CVIS PTER PGOV PREL EI |
09DUBLIN81 | IRELAND - NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-25 13:27:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EI |
09DUBLIN89 | IRELAND - NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-26 17:32:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EI ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG |
09DURBAN32 | UGANDAN WALK-INS CLAIM INFORMATION ABOUT TERRORIST [...] (S) Summary: On Wednesday, March 11, 2009, RSO interviewed two Ugandan males and a Ugandan female who claimed to have information relating to terrorist activities in Zanzibar and, potentially, in South Africa. The males provided written statements and sketches concerning the presence of al-Qae [...] | 2009-03-26 08:54:00 | Consulate Durban | SECRET | ASEC PTER |
09DUSHANBE1016 | UPDATE ON TAVILDARA [...] (U) On Sunday August 23, the Regional Security Officer and FSNI embarked on a journey southward to observe the Tajik/Afghan border area and then northward to Tavildara and the Rasht valley area to assess the security situation. Host nation police and military units recently wrapped up anti-ter [...] | 2009-08-27 11:10:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC TI |
09DUSHANBE1204 | FRAUD SUMMARY - DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN [...] Tajikistan's continued poverty, high unemployment and dependence on remittances from family members abroad result in a significant number of working age Tajiks, mostly male, who leave Tajikistan for better prospects elsewhere. Until recently, approximately one million Tajiks out of a populati [...] | 2009-11-05 05:04:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC TI |
09DUSHANBE1427 | JIHAD DECLARED AGAINST OMON [...] (C) SUMMARY: OMON (Militia Special Purpose Detachment) Commander Colonel Makhmadshoev Khurshed believes that the IMU declared a jihad against OMON in retaliation for the killing of suspected IMU militants. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) During a recent meeting with the RSO, Colonel Khurshed desc [...] | 2009-12-15 12:17:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC TI |
09DUSHANBE1445 | TAJIKISTAN: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Following is the submission from U.S. Embassy Dushanbe for Tajikistan's Country Report on Terrorism: 2. (U) Tajikistan's security forces confronted and neutralized members of extremist groups in Tavildara district in spring and summer 2009. Government forces killed several suspecte [...] | 2009-12-21 12:43:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL ASEC TI |
09DUSHANBE228 | NEW INTERIOR MINISTER AND THE AMBASSADOR ARE ON THE SAME [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador's introductory meeting with new Minister of Internal Affairs Abdurahim Kaharov revealed Tajikistan's new chief policeman wrestling with, but undaunted by, enormous challenges. Kaharov was trying to retain SWAT forces who were leaving for better paying jobs, train [...] | 2009-02-25 13:51:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR ASEC KCRM EAID KJUS PINR TI |
09DUSHANBE242 | AN INSIDE LOOK AT TAJIK LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Interior's investigation of an embassy employee's alleged involvement in a visa scam gave EmbOffs an inside look at how Tajik law enforcement officers conduct criminal investigations. The embassy employee was ultimately cleared of criminal liability, but the invest [...] | 2009-03-02 12:09:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS ASEC TI |
09DUSHANBE248 | MISSION RIGHTSIZING GOAL [...] Introduction and Summary: A recent review of the Mission Strategic Plan provided a snapshot of what we achieved in the last year and our top priorities looking ahead. This is the fifth cable to provide a goal-by-goal look at what Embassy Dushanbe is doing. For our rightsizing goal all agencies [...] | 2009-03-02 13:57:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT KMPP ASEC EAID APER ABLD TI |
09DUSHANBE413 | FRAUD SUMMARY - DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN [...] Tajikistan's continued poverty, high unemployment and dependence on remittances from family members abroad result in a significant number of working age Tajiks, mostly male, who seek to leave Tajikistan for better prospects elsewhere. Until recently, according to unofficial statistics, more th [...] | 2009-04-03 10:16:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC TI |
09DUSHANBE480 | TAJIKISTAN: VISAS VIPER MARCH 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 04:00:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TI |
09DUSHANBE514 | MIFFED ABOUT INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND VOTE, TAJIK FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: With the Tajik government highly annoyed that the United States dared to oppose a new IMF loan, Foreign Minister Zarifi called in the Ambassador April 27, accompanied by the DCM and RSO. In a departure from normal practice, Zarifi, who is comfortable in both Russian and English, i [...] | 2009-04-27 13:28:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ASEC CVIS PHUM EAID TI |
09DUSHANBE533 | TAJIKISTAN: VISAS VIPER JANUARY 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY [...] Post's Visas Viper Committee met on February 2, 2009. The meeting was chaired by ConOff and DCM and attended by the PAO, MGT, ODC, DEA, USAID, INL, POL/MIL, POL/ECON, RSO, DAO and EXBS. The meeting did not generate any information that meets the Visas Viper criteria. 2.VVP Coordinator [...] | 2009-05-07 03:36:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TI |
09DUSHANBE564 | TAJIKISTAN: VISAS VIPER APRIL 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] Post's Visas Viper Committee met on May 4, 2009. The meeting was chaired by ConOff and DCM and attended by PAO, MGT, ODC, DEA, USAID, INL, POL/MIL, POL/ECON, and RSO. The meeting did not generate any information that meets the Visas Viper criteria. 2. VVP Coordinator is ConOff Elisa [...] | 2009-05-12 06:42:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TI |
09DUSHANBE565 | TAJIKISTAN: VISAS VIPER APRIL 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] Post's Visas Viper Committee met on May 4, 2009. The meeting was chaired by ConOff and DCM and attended by PAO, MGT, ODC, DEA, USAID, INL, POL/MIL, POL/ECON, and RSO. The meeting did not generate any information that meets the Visas Viper criteria. 2. VVP Coordinator is ConOff Elisa [...] | 2009-05-12 08:31:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TI |
09DUSHANBE575 | TAJIKISTAN'S NEW SYNAGOGUE: BUSINESS, CENTRAL ASIA STYLE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-14 11:16:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KIRF KPAO SCUL ASEC TI |
09DUSHANBE617 | TAVILDARA SITREP [...] (C) Summary: On May 22, the Regional Security Officer met with the Ministry of Interior's Deputy Chief of Staff following a week of intense rumors about foreign fighters in Tavildara, Tajikistan and the movement of government forces to the area. (See REFTEL) While initially providing the cove [...] | 2009-05-22 12:12:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL MARR SNAR TI |
09DUSHANBE619 | TAVILDARA SITREP [...] (C) Summary: On May 22, the Regional Security Officer met with the Ministry of Interior's Deputy Chief of Staff following a week of intense rumors about foreign fighters in Tavildara, Tajikistan and the movement of government forces to the area. (See REFTEL) While initially providing the cove [...] | 2009-05-22 12:38:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL MARR SNAR TI |
09DUSHANBE653 | TAJIKISTAN ARRESTS MUSLIM MISSIONARIES: ARE THEY [...] (C) Summary: In April and May 2009, Tajik law enforcement officials arrested members of the Jamoat-i-Tabligh, a Sunni missionary group. Most of those arrested have been released, but an unknown number remain in custody, and it is unclear when or if criminal proceedings will be initiated agains [...] | 2009-05-29 04:06:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC TI |
09DUSHANBE664 | TAVILDARA SITREP [...] (C) On May 28, the Regional Security Officer met with Colonel Khaidar Makhmadiev, Senior Advisor to the Minister of Interior and the former Chief of Staff, to get more information about the security situation in Tavildara (reftels). The Regional Security Officer has worked with Makhmadiev for [...] | 2009-05-29 12:50:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC TI |
09DUSHANBE737 | TAJIKISTAN: VISAS VIPER MAY 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] Post's Visas Viper Committee met on June 2, 2009. The meeting was chaired by ConOff and DCM and attended by PAO, MGT, ODC, DEA, DATT, USAID, INL, POL/MIL, POL/ECON, and RSO. The meeting did not generate any information that meets the Visas Viper criteria. 2. VVP Coordinator is ConOf [...] | 2009-06-15 03:31:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TI |
09DUSSELDORF32 | RIGHT-WING PARTIES IN NRW ELECTIONS FULL OF SOUND AND FURY [...] (U) Summary: While right-wing extremist parties are likely to make gains in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) state-wide municipal elections at the end of August, their electoral success will actually be meager in the grand scheme of things. Despite historic difficulty in the region, extreme right [...] | 2009-08-19 16:04:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL CASC ASEC GM |
09DUSSELDORF37 | DECREASE IN REPORTED TIP CASES IN NRW COULD HIDE ADDITIONAL [...] (U) Summary: The number of human trafficking perpetrators and known victims in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) decreased significantly from last year, but the statistics likely do not capture the full numbers of trafficking perpetrators and victims. Most victims are non-German with many coming [...] | 2009-09-25 10:46:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GM |
09DUSSELDORF38 | STEPPED-UP SECURITY IN NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA; TAKING THE [...] (U) Security has been further ratcheted up in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) as a result of the pre- and post-Bundestag election alerts. Armored personnel carriers and stepped up armed police presence are in evidence at airports, and there is a visible increase in police presence at the Duesse [...] | 2009-09-25 14:08:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC GM |
09EFTOMONTEVIDEO137 | REQUEST FOR FUNDING/MANTRAP FOR MONTEVIDEO [...] (U) This is an Action Cable. Please see Paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) U.S. Embassy Motevideo has a critical need for a mantrap. Recently, a survey team from DS/PSD/PSPCB and OBO/SEB came to post to survey three different possible locations for the installation of a mantrap. The surveyors recomme [...] | 2009-03-10 11:03:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ABLD ASEC |
09EFTORIYADH1110 | SAUDI ARABIA: ASSISTANT INTERIOR MINISTER SURVIVES [...] (U) Prince Mohammed bin Naif (MbN),Assistant Interior Minister for Security Affairs, escaped an assassination attempt on August 27 when a suicide bomber detonated himself at the Prince's palace in Jeddah. MbN was treated for minor injuries and then released. There were no other casualties. [...] | 2009-08-28 08:29:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC PTER SA |
09FLORENCE19 | FRAUD SUMMARY (SAN MARINO) [...] Relations between the United States and the Republic of San Marino (RSM) were upgraded in 2006 from Consular to Diplomatic. For consular purposes, the republic is within the jurisdiction of the Consulate General in Florence for all functions except for immigrant visas, which are processed at t [...] | 2009-05-05 14:14:00 | Consulate Florence | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC SM |
09FLORENCE22 | SAN MARINO: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST [...] (SBU) The following are post's answers to the questionnaire in Reftel for the Republic of San Marino. . 2. (SBU) Section A: Immigration Data Bases and Traveler Information Collection - - - - - - - - - - -- What computerized immigration databases are used to track entries a [...] | 2009-06-03 14:15:00 | Consulate Florence | CONFIDENTIAL | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC SM |
09FRANKFURT1712 | FRAUD SUMMARY - GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 2008 TO FEBRUARY 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-30 13:41:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC GM |
09FRANKFURT1722 | FRANKFURT'S IRANIAN VISA APPLICANT VALIDATION STUDY [...] SUMMARY: Consulate General Frankfurt conducted a validation study of Frankfurt's 2007 Iranian B-1/B-2 travelers. Of the 288 applicants who traveled to the United States, 19 (6.6%) claimed asylum, adjusted status or overstayed. For the vast majority who returned from the United States without [...] | 2009-07-01 08:52:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KFRD IR GM |
09FRANKFURT2648 | FRAUD SUMMARY - GERMANY - MARCH - AUGUST 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-09 12:57:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC GM |
09FREETOWN110 | APC U.S.-BASED BLOG ATTACKS, THREATENS U.S. AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Please see action request, para 7. 2. (C) An All Peoples Congress (APC) blog called "All Peoples Communication" has issued a scurrilous, untrue polemic attacking Ambassador's meeting with opposition party (SLPP) at the destroyed SLPP headquarters site. It does not indicate that the Amba [...] | 2009-03-23 18:06:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PREL PINR SL |
09FREETOWN115 | PRESIDENT, FOREIGN MINISTER APOLOGIZE TO U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-26 17:53:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KWMN PINR SL |
09FREETOWN12 | EAC FREETOWN CONVENES ON PROPOSED LIBYAN UN DRAFT [...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel, Post convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on January 8 to review our security posture in advance of the potential USUN veto of Libya's proposed draft resolution on Gaza. The EAC was chaired by CDA, and attended by RSO, POL, MGMT, CONS, PAO, and Legatt. End S [...] | 2009-01-08 10:31:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC IS PREL PTER UN SL |
09FREETOWN121 | AN IRON FIST IN A VELVET GLOVE: FIRST LADY VISITS [...] (C) Summary: First Lady Sia Koroma called on Ambassador Perry on March 28 at the CMR to apologize for the threats made against the Ambassador in an online APC blog, as well as offer her views on the opposition party and their culpability in the March 13 and 16 incidents (reftel A). Koroma also [...] | 2009-03-31 17:21:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ASEC SL |
09FREETOWN127 | Fraud Summary - Freetown [...] Freetown is a high fraud post. Despite much progress since the end of an 11-year civil war in 2001, Sierra Leone is ranked last on the UN Human Development Index. As such, socioeconomic conditions for many residents are poor and many people seek a better life elsewhere. There is a large dia [...] | 2009-04-03 08:41:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS CPAS ASEC KFRD SL |
09FREETOWN128 | GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION AGREEMENT: JOINT [...] (SBU) Following two weeks of talks with the international community core Ambassadors (U.S., U.K., EU, China) under the aegis of the UN, the ruling All People's Congress Party (APC) and the opposition Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) signed a joint communiquQ on April 2, 2009. The ceremony r [...] | 2009-04-03 13:44:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC SL |
09FREETOWN135 | MARIJUANA CULTIVATION SEEN AS NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (S/NF) Summary: On April 11, a highly-placed security sector source provided Poloff with a classified assessment from the Office of National Security (ONS) on the proliferation of cannabis cultivation. Drafted for the President, the assessment states that Sierra Leone is "gradually emerging as [...] | 2009-04-14 15:41:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET | SNAR PGOV PREL ASEC SL |
09FREETOWN20 | ANNUAL CRIME SAFETY REPORT - FREETOWN 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-14 13:06:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC KSAC OASCC SL |
09FREETOWN288 | SIERRA LEONE: BROKER FOR REGIONAL STABILITY? [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met July 20 with Foreign Minister Bangura following President Koroma's travel to Conakry for an aborted Mano River Union summit July 14. Minister Bangura was defensive about the need for Sierra Leone to stay engaged with coup leaders Dadis Camara despite ECOWAS, AU and [...] | 2009-07-23 08:18:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC SL |
09FREETOWN304 | GENDER BASED VIOLENCE IN SIERRA LEONE [...] Summary: Gender-based violence (GBV) and inequality are tragic norms in Sierra Leone. Long-entrenched in the culture and reinforced during the civil war years, GBV is one of the most significant human rights issues facing Sierra Leone today. Though policy-makers, organizations, and the interna [...] | 2009-08-03 17:13:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KWMN ASEC KJUS KCRM SL |
09FREETOWN322 | SIERRA LEONE CURRENCY TANKING FASTER THAN EXPECTED [...] (C) Summary: The Sierra Leone currency is suffering a continued significant decline. The Leone is trading at rates approaching 4,000 to USD 1.00, surprising independent analysts who had forecast the devaluation to go no further than a 3,600:1 ratio (reftel). Banking officials had been more pes [...] | 2009-08-17 15:28:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ASEC PINR SL |
09FREETOWN327 | U.S. PLANE DETAINED IN SIERRA LEONE AFTER ILLEGAL [...] (S) At approximately 1800 GMT on August 19, a U.S.-registered plane (N-748AA) illegally landed at Lungi Airport. The airport crew told the aircraft, reportedly a "Kruman 154," that they would have to identify an alternate landing site, since they did not have a landing permit. The plane eventu [...] | 2009-08-20 14:55:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL PINR PBTS SNAR EG UK SL |
09FREETOWN328 | UPDATE ON PLANE LANDING: CONTINUED DETENTION [...] (S) Summary: Embassy learned at 1930 GMT on August 20 that the eight detained individuals connected to the reftel plane were released by the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) following brief interviews. However, the individuals were then re-detained at 1000 GMT at the orders of the Vice President, and [...] | 2009-08-21 12:05:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL PBTS SNAR EG UK SL |
09FREETOWN34 | SIERRA LEONE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND JUDICIAL TRAINING [...] In response to reftel, Embassy Freetown's Law Enforcement Working Group was convened on January 23 to discuss law enforcement and judicial capacity. Responses to reftel questions are presented in the following paragraphs. Please note that judicial capacity, including the court system and Depar [...] | 2009-01-29 16:41:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCRM ASEC SL |
09FREETOWN374 | MOB ATTACKS POLICE STATION: SLP OPEN FIRE, WOUND 11 [...] At around noon on September 17, a mob of approximately 100 people attacked a small police station outpost near the Lungi International Airport. According to sources, the mob was angry at recent arrests of community members suspected of committing armed robberies in the area. The Sierra Leone P [...] | 2009-09-17 16:34:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC PINS SL |
09FREETOWN391 | Fraud Summary - Freetown [...] Freetown is a high fraud post. Despite much progress since the end of an 11-year civil war in 2001, Sierra Leone is ranked last on the UN Human Development Index. As such, socioeconomic conditions for many residents are poor and many people seek a better life elsewhere. There is a large dia [...] | 2009-10-02 08:09:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS CPAS ASEC KFRD SL |
09FREETOWN393 | POLICE-MILITARY RELATIONSHIP STRAINED [...] (C) Summary: Though a rivalry has always existed between the civilian and military branches of the security apparatus, the relationship between the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) and the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) is starting to show increased strain. Small-scale incidents that oc [...] | 2009-10-06 12:02:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR ASEC SL |
09FREETOWN400 | KOROMA SHOWS PARANOIA IN RESPONDING TO CRIME SPIKE [...] (C) President Koroma called a National Security Council (NSC) meeting on October 6 to discuss the recent increase in violent armed robberies in the Freetown area. Home invasions, illegal vehicular checkpoints, and muggings are on the rise, targeting those with known wealth or the appearance of [...] | 2009-10-14 17:49:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL PINR SL |
09FREETOWN410 | MILITARY MANIPULATING KOROMA? [...] (C/NF) Poloff was informed by a high-level security contact on October 15 that the civilian security sector blames the Minister of Defense and his inner-circle for influencing the President to call a premature Military Assistance to the Civil Power (MACP) in response to the recent spate of arm [...] | 2009-10-19 14:24:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ASEC SL |
09FREETOWN424 | CONFIDENCE WANING IN CORRUPT POLICE LEADERSHIP [...] (C) With the President seemingly placing greater civilian security authority in the hands of the military due to an increase in crime (reftel D),the Inspector General of Police (IGP) is currently facing significant criticism both within and outside of government. Brima Acha Kamara, a hold-over [...] | 2009-10-28 10:57:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV SNAR SL |
09FREETOWN456 | BOMB SCARE AT AIRPORT HIGHLIGHTS SECURITY CONCERNS [...] (C) On November 8, an "electronic cigar" was found on an inbound British Midlands (BMI) flight from London. The cigar, found by a cleaning crew once on the ground in Freetown, caused alarm because it was found hidden beneath a blanket under a seat, with wires protruding from either end. Breach [...] | 2009-11-25 12:39:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET | ASEC EAIR PINS PTER SL |
09FREETOWN471 | SIERRA LEONE STABILITY, PART III: SECURITY SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: This cable is the third in a four-part series (reftels A/B) that highlights risks to Sierra Leone's stability. Given recent events in the sub-region and Sierra Leone's own blighted history, the ability of the security sector to maintain peace is an ongoing, critical concern. While [...] | 2009-12-02 17:45:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL PINS SNAR KCOR SL |
09FREETOWN56 | SIERRA LEONE 2009 TIP SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Sierra Leone continues to struggle in the fight against trafficking. Internal politics and competing priorities overshadowed the TIP issue in terms of attention and financial support in 2008. The Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender, and Children's Affairs and the Sierra Leone Police contin [...] | 2009-02-19 15:09:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SL |
09FREETOWN6 | FREETOWN: EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS RAMIFICATIONS OF [...] (SBU) EAC Freetown was convened on December 23 to discuss the possible ramifications of Guinean President Conte's death to security in Sierra Leone. Though Conakry is reported to be calm, EAC is concerned about potentially rapid deteriorations to the situation that may result in spillover effec [...] | 2009-01-06 13:44:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC SL |
09FREETOWN60 | SIERRA LEONE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESOURCES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 15:42:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP SL |
09FREETOWN95 | FREETOWN EAC MEETING MARCH 16, 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on March 16, 2009 to review the security situation in Freetown following politically-motivated riots on March 13 and March 16. The EAC was chaired by the AMB, and attended by DCM, RSO, POL, MGMT, DAO, CONS, APAO, CLO, and [...] | 2009-03-16 16:53:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PREL PTER SL |
09FSINFATC1533 | Capturing Recent Crisis Management Experience [...] (U) With the summer transfer and leave season rapidly approaching, FSI asks personnel from posts that have faced significant crises in the last 18 months to consider sharing their experiences when back in Washington. FSI's Crisis Management Training division (CMT),in our Leadership and Manage [...] | 2009-06-17 20:53:00 | DIR FSINFATC | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC YI CD CM YM BM GG BL CU BF |
09GABORONE1001 | BOTSWANA 2009 REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Botswana has a low terrorism threat. No acts of domestic or international terrorism occurred in Botswana during 2009. 2. While there was no evidence of terrorists using Botswana in this way in 2009, two reports in recent years suggest that terrorists could use Botswana as a transit point du [...] | 2009-12-17 15:07:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR BC |
09GABORONE127 | BOTSWANA: 2009 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) The existence of a human trafficking problem in Botswana is suspected but cannot currently be corroborated by reliable reporting. Few people in the country accurately understand the concept of human trafficking, although local religious and NGO groups are currently working to raise awar [...] | 2009-02-17 04:29:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BC |
09GABORONE475 | MEDIA FRENZY OVER SUSPECT SHOT BY SECURITY OFFICERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 13 at approximately 2300 hours, John Kalafatis, a suspected criminal, was shot and killed in Gaborone, allegedly by military intelligence officers. Though government spokespersons say that Kalafatis was killed during an exchange of gunfire while resisting a legitimate arr [...] | 2009-06-11 08:14:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM MOPS ASEC KCRM BC |
09GABORONE481 | SADC REQUEST TO TOUR IBB FACILITY IN SELIBE-PHIKWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Gaborone received a diplomatic note from the Government of Botswana late in the afternoon June 15 requesting that a delegation from the SADC troika team "investigating the allegation that Botswana trained MDC cadres" be granted permission to visit the IBB Transmitting Stat [...] | 2009-06-15 15:52:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC SADC BC |
09GABORONE570 | FRAUD SUMMARY: BOTSWANA JULY 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-22 09:51:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC BC |
09GABORONE583 | GOB WILL NOT INTERVENE IN IMPENDING SEIZURE OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-24 13:15:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KLIG ABLD AMGT ASEC BC |
09GABORONE96 | UB SUSPENDS CLASSES AFTER STUDENT STRIKES [...] SUMMARY: Students at the University of Botswana (UB) are unhappy over changes in government policy regarding their monthly allowances. The UB Student Representative Council (SRC) organized a series of demonstrations to protest the changes, and an attempted march from the university to Parliam [...] | 2009-02-06 04:53:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC CASC SCUL SOCI PHUM BC |
09GEORGETOWN123 | NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) The following is Embassy Georgetown's submission of information requested in reftel for the 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report. 2. (SBU) GUYANA'S TIP SITUATION: A. Sources of information used to compile this report include: the Guyanese media; the Ministry of Home Affairs; the Minis [...] | 2009-02-27 16:27:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP PREF ELAB SMIG ASEC KCRM KWMN KFRD GY |
09GEORGETOWN179 | 2009 OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT FOR GEORGETOWN [...] This report provides a historical record of crime in Georgetown, Guyana and how it affects the American private sector community that resides in country. --------------------------- OVERALL CRIME AND SAFETY --------------------------- I. Criminal activity in Georgetown continues to incre [...] | 2009-04-02 15:51:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER ASEC |
09GEORGETOWN521 | COM CONCURRENCE/VETTING ASSURANCE FOR FY2010 [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires Karen L. Williams formally concurs, per reftel guidance, with Embassy Georgetown's proposal for FY2010 Section 1206 funding submitted via web on October 13, 2009. The proposal is designed to strengthen Guyana's capacity to conduct counter-terrorism activities and continu [...] | 2009-10-28 15:44:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PTER ASEC GY |
09GRENADA10 | TIP SUBMISSION - GRENADA [...] (U) As requested reftel B, below are Embassy Grenada's responses to questions regarding Grenada for the ninth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. ------------------------------------------ PARA 23 - THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ------------------------------------------ 2. (SBU) [...] | 2009-02-17 21:41:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP XL PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF GJ |
09GRENADA28 | EMBASSY GRENADA CLOSED ON FRIDAY, APRIL 10 AND MONDAY, APRIL [...] Embassy Grenada will be closed on Friday, April 10, and Monday, April 13, 2009 to celebrate Easter Holidays. 2. Post will resume normal operations on Tuesday, April 14, 2008. 3. Charge d' Affaires Karen Jo McIsaac will be reachable at Embassy's emergency number (cell phone) 1-473-407-2 [...] | 2009-04-03 14:55:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ANET ACOA ASEC APER GJ |
09GRENADA37 | EMBASSY GRENADA CLOSED ON FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2009 FOR LABOR DAY [...] Embassy Grenada will be closed on Friday, May 1, 2009 to celebrate Labor day. 2. Post will resume normal operations on Monday, May 4, 2009. 3. Charge d' Affaires Karen Jo McIsaac can be reached at Embassy's emergency number (cell phone) 1-473-407-2495 or at the Residence phone number: 1 [...] | 2009-04-28 00:08:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ANET ACOA ASEC APER GJ |
09GRENADA48 | EMBASSY GRENADA CLOSED MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2009 FOR LOCAL [...] Embassy Grenada will be closed on Monday, June 1, 2009 in observance of the Whit Monday Holiday. 2. Post will resume normal operations on Tuesday, June 2, 2009. 3. Charge d' Affaires Karen Jo McIsaac will be reachable at Embassy's emergency number (cell phone) 1-473-407-2495 or at the R [...] | 2009-05-29 20:19:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ANET ACOA ASEC APER GJ |
09GRENADA49 | GRENADA GRANTS SEASONAL BLANKET OVERFLIGHT CLEARANCE FOR [...] The Government of Grenada, via diplomatic note number 460/09 dated June 5, 2009, granted blanket clearance for United States NOAA AOC aircraft involved in tropical storm and hurricane reconnaissance missions to overfly and land in Grenada during the period June 1st - November 30th, 2009. 2. [...] | 2009-06-05 23:44:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS ASEC CASC PREL GJ |
09GRENADA50 | GRENADA GRANTS SEASONAL BLANKET OVERFLIGHT CLEARANCE FOR [...] The Government of Grenada, via diplomatic note number 460/09 dated June 5, 2009, granted blanket clearance for United States NOAA AOC aircraft involved in tropical storm and hurricane reconnaissance missions to overfly and land in Grenada during the period June 1st - November 30th, 2009. 2. [...] | 2009-06-08 12:50:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS ASEC CASC PREL GJ |
09GRENADA51 | GRENADA GRANTS SEASONAL BLANKET OVERSIGHT CLEARANCE FOR [...] (U) The Government of Grenada, via diplomatic note number 460/09 dated June 5, 2009, granted blanket clearance for United States NOAA AOC aircraft involved in tropical storm and hurricane reconnaissance missions to overfly and land in Grenada during the period June 1 - November 30, 2009. 2. [...] | 2009-06-08 13:08:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS ASEC CASC PREL GJ |
09GRENADA52 | GRENADA GRANTS SEASONAL BLANKET OVERSIGHT CLEARANCE FOR [...] (U) The Government of Grenada, via diplomatic note number 460/09 dated June 5, 2009, granted blanket clearance for United States NOAA AOC aircraft involved in tropical storm and hurricane reconnaissance missions to overfly and land in Grenada during the period June 1 through November 30, 2009. [...] | 2009-06-08 13:11:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS ASEC CASC PREL GJ |
09GRENADA71 | EMBASSY GRENADA CLOSED AUGUST 4 FOR EMANCIPATION DAY HOLIDAY [...] Embassy Grenada will be closed Monday, August 3, 2008 for the local celebration of Emancipation Day. 2. Post will resume normal operations on Tuesday, August 4. 3. Embassy Grenada will be closed also on Monday, August 10 and Tuesday, August 11, 2009 for the local Carnival celebrations. [...] | 2009-07-24 20:38:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ANET ACOA ASEC APER CASC XL |
09GRENADA74 | POST CLOSED OCTOBER 26 FOR GRENADA'S THANKSGIVING DAY [...] Embassy Grenada will be closed Monday, October 26, 2009 in observance of Grenada's Thanksgiving Day. 2. Post will resume normal operations on Tuesday, October 27, 2009. 3. Charge d' Affaires a.i. Kate Riche, will be reachable in an emergency on the Embassy's cell phone: 1-473-40 [...] | 2009-10-22 20:41:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ANET ACOA ASEC APER GJ |
09GUADALAJARA101 | JALISCO VIOLENCE CONTINUES WITH GRENADE ATTACK TARGETING [...] (SBU) The recent increase in violent activity within Guadalajara's consular district continued over the past weekend with a series of significant incidents. While there is still no indication that any of the violence is specifically targeting American citizens nor American interests of any kind [...] | 2009-03-18 02:06:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC MX CASC |
09GUADALAJARA379 | FRAUD SUMMARY - (GUADALAJARA) [...] (U) Guadalajara is the second largest city in Mexico and the consular district covers the Mexican states of Jalisco, Colima, Nayarit, and Aguascalientes although both post accepts applicants from throughout Mexico. Conditions within the consular district are similar to other parts of Mexico; t [...] | 2009-10-02 20:39:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MX |
09GUANGZHOU166 | CHINA: AMCIT BUSINESS DISPUTE SHAKEDOWNS INCREASING AS [...] (U) Summary: There appears to have been an increase in the number of business disputes in which American citizens have been forcibly detained until money is paid to obtain the victim's release. We believe the trend is related to worsening economic conditions, and that many cases likely go unre [...] | 2009-03-15 08:20:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ASEC ELAB PGOV PINS SNAR KCRM CH |
09GUANGZHOU176 | Illegal Migration or Illegal Entry/Illegal Exit: Whatever [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Consul General -- in concert with five other Guangzhou-based Consuls General representing Australia, Canada, France, Germany and the United Kingdom -- discussed illegal immigration, visa fraud and human trafficking with Fujian provincial leaders, February 25-26. [...] | 2009-03-21 08:16:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KTIP KFRD ASEC PGOV CH |
09GUANGZHOU325 | Guangzhou Consuls General and Fujian Authorities Hold [...] (U) Summary and Comment. Fujian government officials appear to have received our message about the need to work together to address fraud and illegal migration issues. At a May 26 meeting in Guangzhou, six Guangzhou-based consuls general and their staff met with Fujian officials to discuss [...] | 2009-05-29 09:29:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | CFIS KTIP KFRD ASEC PGOV CH CMGT CVIS |
09GUANGZHOU631 | CHINA: ON-SITE FRAUD CHECKS STRENGTHEN VISA OFFICER [...] (SBU) Summary: In mid-September, Guangzhou's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) conducted on-site visits as part of a validation study focusing on the accuracy of issuances and refusals for students from Fuzhou, Fujian. Fujian province has become notorious over the past 30 years for immigration docu [...] | 2009-11-16 07:09:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD CMGT ASEC PGOV PINS CH |
09GUATEMALA1022 | VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] VISAS VIPER 2. POST: Guatemala City MEETING DATE: 7 October 2009 CHAIR: DCM Todd Robinson COORDINATOR: CG Kay Anske ATTENDEES: Consular, Regional Affairs, Military Group, RSO, DEA, NAS, DAO, DHS/ICE, POL/ECON, DHS/USCIS PREVIOUS SUBMISSIONS: Non [...] | 2009-10-07 19:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PREL GT |
09GUATEMALA106 | UNDER NARCO THREAT, RULE OF LAW COLLAPSING IN COBAN [...] (C) Confronted by the threat from three narcotrafficking groups, including recently arrived "Zetas" from Mexico, the local Rule of Law (ROL) apparatus in the northern city of Coban is no longer capable of dealing with the most serious kinds of crime. What is happening there is typical of many rural [...] | 2009-02-06 10:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR EAID KCRM ASEC PHUM PINR MX GT |
09GUATEMALA1212 | VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR OCTOBER 2009 [...] VISAS VIPER 2. POST: Guatemala City MEETING DATE: 4 November 2009 CHAIR: Charge Todd Robinson COORDINATOR: ACG Barbara Armstrong ATTENDEES: Consular, Regional Affairs, Military Group, RSO, DEA, NAS, DAO, DHS/ICE, POL/ECON PREVIOUS SUBMISSIONS: N [...] | 2009-11-04 17:50:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PREL GT |
09GUATEMALA1262 | Peasant Groups Growing Impatient with Colom [...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemala's various peasant and indigenous groups are growing increasingly impatient with the Colom administration for what they believe has been its slow and inadequate response in addressing the needs of the rural poor, many of whom have been hit hard by the combined effect [...] | 2009-11-13 15:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ELAB EAGR PHUM SOCI ASEC GT |
09GUATEMALA1306 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 122 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 19:01:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PINR APER AFSN GT |
09GUATEMALA1376 | Congressman Arrested for Illicit Investment Scandal [...] On November 26, Former President of Congress Rub????n Dar????o Morales was arrested while attempting to flee from the Congress building. The previous day, the Supreme Court had stripped Morales of his parliamentary immunity for accepting payoffs in return for authorizing illicit investments [...] | 2009-12-02 17:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KCRM SNAR KDEM PHUM PGOV GT |
09GUATEMALA1404 | VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2009 [...] VISAS VIPER 2. POST: Guatemala City MEETING DATE: 2 December 2009 CHAIR: DCM Todd Robinson COORDINATOR: CG Kay Anske ATTENDEES: Consular, Regional Affairs, Military Group, RSO, DEA, NAS, DAO, DHS/ICE, POL/ECON PREVIOUS SUBMISSIONS: None [...] | 2009-12-09 00:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PREL GT |
09GUATEMALA1406 | VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2009 [...] VISAS VIPER 2. POST: Guatemala City MEETING DATE: 2 December 2009 CHAIR: DCM Todd Robinson COORDINATOR: CG Kay Anske ATTENDEES: Consular, Regional Affairs, Military Group, RSO, DEA, NAS, DAO, DHS/ICE, POL/ECON PREVIOUS SUBMISSIONS: None [...] | 2009-12-09 00:14:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PREL GT |
09GUATEMALA1458 | Guatemala: 2009 Country Reports on Terrorism [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy Guatemala's 2009 Report on Terrorism is below. This report was compiled by Political Officer Gina M. Werth, available at email: WerthGM@state.gov ; tel. (502) 2326-4636. 2. (SBU) Guatemala does not suffer from a general terrorist threat and ther [...] | 2009-12-17 17:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC GT |
09GUATEMALA147 | GUATEMALA: ESCALATING VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Guatemala is experiencing a significant escalation in the level of violent crime throughout the country, including areas in close proximity of the Embassy and Embassy staff residences. In addition to a general increase in the frequency of street assaults and homicides, new wea [...] | 2009-02-17 17:38:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC GT KCRM PHUM PTER SNAR |
09GUATEMALA162 | COLOM'S FIRST YEAR HAS SUCCESS IN SOCIAL POLICY, [...] (C) President Colom's first year in office was characterized by a number of successes in the social field, and growing challenges in others. Controversial First Lady Sandra de Colom led the government's efforts to fulfill campaign promises of poverty alleviation and social inclusion of indig [...] | 2009-02-20 11:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PINR ASEC SNAR EAID GT |
09GUATEMALA17 | SEEKING TO IMPROVE SECURITY, COLOM REPLACES [...] (C) On January 7, President Colom named Salvador Gandara to replace Francisco Jimenez as Minister of Government, the position that has responsibility for the police and domestic security. Gandara is a tough and ambitious politician who has earned a reputation as an effective administrator, e [...] | 2009-01-09 13:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR ASEC PHUM KCRM GT |
09GUATEMALA170 | GOG LEADERS DISCUSS APPLICABILITY OF COLOMBIAN [...] (C) The Ambassador hosted a meeting February 18 for senior Guatemalan leaders, including Acting President Espada, with Embassy Bogota's NAS Director to discuss the applicability of Colombian lessons to Guatemala's deteriorating security environment. Bogota NAS Director identified political wil [...] | 2009-02-24 08:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV ASEC PINR CO GT |
09GUATEMALA197 | GUATEMALA'S INPUT FOR 2009 TIP REPORT [...] Below is post input (keyed to ref B) on anti-trafficking efforts undertaken by the Guatemalan government between April 2008 and February 2009 in the areas of prevention, protection of and assistance to trafficked victims, and investigation and prosecution of traffickers. While challenges remai [...] | 2009-03-03 17:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC GT |
09GUATEMALA202 | EMBASSY GUATEMALA VEHICLE HIT BY GUNFIRE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 4, 2009, at approximately 0915 hours, an official Embassy vehicle was hit by one round of gunfire in the rear window assembly while traveling within six blocks of the Embassy. No Embassy personnel were injured. END SUMMARY 2. (SBU) On March 4, 2009, at 0912 hours [...] | 2009-03-05 08:01:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ABLD ASEC GT KCRM |
09GUATEMALA254 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S SHANNON'S MARCH 19-21 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) President Colom's tenure has been characterized by a number of successes in the social field, and growing challenges in others, especially security. Controversial First Lady Sandra de Colom leads the government's efforts to fulfill campaign promises of poverty alleviation and social in [...] | 2009-03-18 18:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR ASEC SNAR EAID GT |
09GUATEMALA278 | GUATEMALA: RECENT SIGNIFICANT CRIME EVENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As violent crime continues to increase throughout Guatemala, the following are some of the more recent significant events, including crimes against Embassy employees and American citizen visitors. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On March 19, 2009, at approximately 0740 hours, an Ame [...] | 2009-03-24 12:57:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC GT KCRM |
09GUATEMALA289 | CN TACTICAL RESPONSE TEAM SEIZESS A CESSNA 210 AND [...] SUMMARY: On March 20, 2009 a host nation Tactical Response Team (TRT) consisting of Guatemalan Counter Narcotics Police (SAIA),Guatemalan military special forces unit GEIR/KAIBIL and DEA agents from the GCO intercepted a drug trafficking group as they attempted to off load a shipment of narco [...] | 2009-03-26 14:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL GT |
09GUATEMALA45 | NEW MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT OUTLINES AMBITIOUS [...] (C) Summary: Newly sworn-in Minister of Government Salvador Gandara, with whom the Embassy has long had a good relationship, outlined an ambitious agenda to the Ambassador January 9. He said he planned to increase the tempo and efficiency of police operations, including against major narcot [...] | 2009-01-14 16:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SNAR ASEC GT |
09GUATEMALA471 | ESCALATING VIOLENCE IN GUATEMALA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The continuing escalation of violence in areas near US Embassy Guatemala and in close proximity official residences, including the two incidents listed below, pose a significant direct threat to Embassy personnel. The below incidents also raise the possibility of political vio [...] | 2009-05-15 21:27:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV ALOW GT |
09GUATEMALA732 | ATTEMPTED ARREST OF NARCO FAMILY [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 21, 2009, DEA agents accompanied Guatemalan military and police units in the execution of search and arrest warrants in Reforma, Zacapa, Guatemala. The warrants were for the arrest of members of the Lorenzana family. No arrests were made. End Summary 2. (U) PRE RAID D [...] | 2009-07-30 20:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL GT |
09GUATEMALA776 | SENIOR POLICE FIRED FOR STEALING COCAINE, [...] (S) On August 7 President Colom ordered the firing of four senior police officers after they were implicated in a partially successful police heist of more than 1000 kilograms of cocaine. The Attorney General's Office is now investigating at least 23 police officers. The Attorney General vis [...] | 2009-08-12 23:00:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET | SNAR KCRM PINR ASEC GT |
09GUATEMALA777 | GUATEMALA: RECENT SIGNIFICANT CRIME EVENTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: As violent crime continues throughout Guatemala, the following are some of the more recent significant events, including acts against Guatemalan government facilities and personnel, American citizen visitors, Embassy employees, and in residential areas of Embassy personnel. END S [...] | 2009-08-12 23:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC KCRM GT |
09GUATEMALA9 | EX-SECURITY CHIEF QUINTANILLA TURNS HIMSELF IN [...] (C) Controversial ex-Director of Presidential Security Carlos Quintanilla, a longtime friend and campaign financier of President Alvaro Colom, turned himself in to authorities December 22. Now under house arrest and prohibited from leaving the country, Quintanilla faces charges of negligence, [...] | 2009-01-06 16:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR GT |
09GUATEMALA904 | STAFFDEL JACOBSTEIN STRUCK BY GUATEMALA'S SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Human rights and UN officials told Staffdel Jacobstein September 1-4 that weak institutions, vulnerability to narco-traffickers, and corruption were all serious problems facing the Colom government. These points were reiterated by the Country Team, and driven home during the St [...] | 2009-09-18 18:32:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PHUM PREL PGOV PINS ASEC EAID MARR MCAP MOPS GT |
09GUATEMALA913 | Ten Arrested in Rosenberg Murder Case [...] (S) Summary. Ten men, including three police officers, were arrested as a result of a CICIG investigation into the May murder of attorney Rodrigo Rosenberg. The FBI is assisting with the investigation. The men are currently being held together at Guatemala City's Zone 18 prison, but CICIG [...] | 2009-09-28 22:40:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET | PGOV PINR SNAR ASEC KCRM GT |
09GUATEMALA983 | Mixco Security Woes Leave Bus Drivers Dead, Erode Public [...] (C) Summary: Mixco, the largest suburb of Guatemala City, has experienced a sharp rise in violence over the last year, especially in attacks against bus drivers. Post believes much of the violence is perpetrated by organized crime and gangs that kill those unwilling or unable to pay their exto [...] | 2009-11-24 15:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM EAID KJUS PINR SNAR ASEC GT |
09GUATEMLA692 | FROM GUATEMALA, ZELAYA CALLS FOR CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-17 18:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GT |
09HALIFAX38 | NEW INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE AND PORTS OF ENTRY NEARING [...] SUMMARY: Although construction of the new U.S. Land Port of Entry (LPOE) at Calais, Maine is running slightly ahead of schedule, and the new international bridge and Canadian LPOE are nearly complete, USG officials continue to maintain the public position that the opening of the new border cros [...] | 2009-06-08 19:54:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS CASC PREL ASEC ECON KHLS WHTI CA |
09HAMBURG25 | MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN OPENS TIP COUNSELING CENTER - ALL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 4, a counseling center for victims of forced prostitution and trafficking-in-persons (TIP) opened in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (M-V). With this new center, all sixteen German federal states now host NGOs explicitly dedicated to TIP. M-V registers approximately 20 TIP cases [...] | 2009-08-07 08:36:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC KFRD ELAB PREF GM |
09HAMBURG9 | BEST PRACTICES LEAD TO SUCCESSFUL TIP PROSECUTIONS IN LOWER [...] (SBU) Summary. Combating trafficking in persons (TIP) is a priority for officials in the northern German state of Lower Saxony. In 2008, state officials amended a decree regulating cooperation among the various agencies in order to improve victim assistance programs and cooperation between go [...] | 2009-03-26 15:35:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GM |
09HAMILTON149 | BERMUDA: GANGS, GUNS, AND CRIME [...] (SBU) Summary: Crime, in particular gang-related and gun crime, is increasing on the island. The Consul General met with the Bermuda Governor on December 16th and Bermuda and its citizens are uniting together to combat the violent crime problem. The Government is even considering imposing [...] | 2009-12-18 21:21:00 | Consulate Hamilton | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC SOCI |
09HANOI178 | 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - VIETNAM - PART 1 of [...] (U) Per the instructions in refels, post provides the following responses to the reporting questions asked in paragraphs 23-27 of ref. A, taking into account the additional guidance and reporting requirements required by the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act [...] | 2009-02-27 10:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB VM |
09HANOI179 | 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - VIETNAM - PART 3 of [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 10:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB VM |
09HANOI180 | 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - VIETNAM - PART 2 of [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 10:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB VM |
09HANOI35 | 2008 ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-13 09:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT APER |
09HANOI388 | Footloose in Vietnam? [...] (SBU) Summary: In its latest attempt to clamp down on illegal behavior at karaoke bars, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MOCST) has drafted a decree that would ban dancing at the popular singing clubs. The proposed regulations were posted on MOCST's website, which says it is tryin [...] | 2009-04-24 05:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB VM |
09HARARE1004 | TSVANGIRAI ASKS THE WEST FOR HELP ON CHANGING THE [...] (SBU) This cable includes an ACTION REQUEST, please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said that while there was tremendous progress in 2009 as compared to 2008, Zimbabwe and its coalition government still faces challenges. Reforms must be implemented quickly, and th [...] | 2009-12-24 08:26:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI |
09HARARE1009 | ZIMBABWE RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] (U) Under Zimbabwean law, sexual acts between same sex individuals are criminalized. Specifically, the Zimbabwean Criminal Code states that sodomy is illegal, while sexual acts between women are unlawful as they constitute "unnatural acts." With strong support from President Robert Mugabe, [...] | 2009-12-29 13:33:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL PTER ZI |
09HARARE1012 | OUTSIDERS, VIEWS OF THE INSIDE OF ZANU-PF [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF hardliners have adopted a 'wait and see' attitude regarding Western sanctions, believing that EU sanctions might be lifted soon, with lifting of U.S. sanctions taking another two to three years. Merely offering immunity from prosecution and one-time payments will not be [...] | 2009-12-30 14:09:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC ZI |
09HARARE115 | POLITICAL REPRESSION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Even after Morgan Tsvangirai's inauguration as Prime Minister, political detainees including Jestina Mukoko and approximately 29 others remain in State custody. Encouragingly, on February 13 some were allowed access to a private medical facility and Prime Minister Tsvangirai attempted to [...] | 2009-02-12 16:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
09HARARE119 | ZIM NOTES 02-13-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Tsvangirai and Deputies Sworn Into Government... - Tsvangirai Picks Fill New Ministerial Posts... - While Mugabe Resorts to the Usual Suspects... - National Security Council Bill Passed... - Little Progress for Detainees... - Cholera on the Dec [...] | 2009-02-13 09:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE129 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON PRIME MINISTER TSVANGIRAI [...] (C) The Ambassador today called on prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai. Tsvangirai was accompanied by deputy prime minister Arthur Mutambara, minister for state in the prime minister's office Gordon Moyo, and advisor Ian Makone. Tsvangirai expressed the utmost confidence in the ability of the n [...] | 2009-02-17 15:13:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE130 | ZANU-PF HARDLINERS USE ARRESTS TO MAINTAIN PRESSURE [...] (C) On Friday Feburary 13, MDC Treasurer and nominee for Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Roy Bennett, was arrested at an airport outside Harare and taken in a high speed getaway to the eastern city of Mutare. Although lawyers were assured he would be brought to court on Monday February 16, the [...] | 2009-02-18 05:39:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
09HARARE135 | ZIM DONOR MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Minister of Finance Tendai Biti met with Multi Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) representatives on February 16 to discuss the dire economic situation and to discuss necessary steps to resuscitate the economy. Tsvangirai focused on the need to pay civil servan [...] | 2009-02-18 15:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN EAGR PREL PGOV ASEC ZI |
09HARARE136 | MFA BRIEFING: SAME OLD STORY [...] (SBU) GOZ foreign minister Samuel Mumbengegwi summoned Heads of Mission to the MFA today for a briefing ostensibly to discuss, as he stated in his introductory remarks, "recent, very positive developments." After lauding the new, inclusive government, and paying tribute to the AU, SADC, and [...] | 2009-02-19 15:37:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE142 | ZIM NOTES 02-20-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - On the Political/Social Front PM, MFA Brief Diplomats and Donors... - New Ministers and Deputies Take Office... - UN Visit... - USAID Employee's Hearing Delayed - Again ... - Political Prisoners Remain in Custody... - More WOZA Arrests... - C [...] | 2009-02-23 07:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE144 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON ZIM MINISTER OF FINANCE BITI [...] (C) The Ambassador paid a courtesy call today on new Minister of Finance Tendai Biti. Bti outlined his plan for short-term economic recovery, but expressed concern about funding recurrent government expenditures over the next several months while the economy stabilizes. He acknowledged that [...] | 2009-02-23 14:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAID ECON ZI |
09HARARE146 | HARARE: ANNUAL OVERSEAS ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) [...] Always remain aware of your surroundings and the activity around you. A typical mugging in Harare involves a group of young males who surround and overwhelm their victim in a public area. An alert individual can often see this developing and initiate an appropriate evasive action. 2. Trav [...] | 2009-02-24 11:31:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT APER ZI |
09HARARE149 | TSVANGIRAI CHALLENGES ZANU-PF ACTIONS [...] (U) Today's "The Herald" announced that Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe had reassigned a number of permanent secretaries and would make additional appointments of permanent secretaries in due course. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai held a noon press conference, accompanied by deputy prim [...] | 2009-02-25 14:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE162 | NEW ZIMBABWEAN CABINET ASSEMBLED [...] (SBU) The newly-constituted Zimbabwean Cabinet is comprised of 42 members, consisting of six principals (the president, the prime minister, two vice presidents, and two deputy prime ministers) and 36 Cabinet-level ministers. There are an additional five ministers of state who are not members [...] | 2009-02-26 14:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC ZI |
09HARARE163 | ZIM NOTES 02-27-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - MDC and ZANU-PF Going Head to Head in Government... - SADC Looking to Raise US$2 Billion for Zimbabwe... - Roy Bennett Granted Bail, but Still in Jail... - Tsvangirai to Attend Bob's Birthday Bash? ... - USAID Employee Released... - WOZA Women [...] | 2009-03-02 08:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE166 | UN A/SG URGES DONORS TO DO MORE IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 25 breakfast meeting with U.S. and UK Ambassadors, UN Assistant Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Catherine Bragg urged donors to expand their humanitarian assistance to Zimbabwe to include recovery activities. While she acknowledged the appropriateness [...] | 2009-03-02 15:07:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE168 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER KHUPE [...] (C) In a cordial courtesy call in her freshly-painted office, Ambassador McGee and Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe discussed the immediate needs of the new government and how the U.S. government can assist. DPM Khupe acknowledged the serious challenges facing government and the forces w [...] | 2009-03-02 17:38:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
09HARARE177 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT (TIP) - ZIMBABWE [...] (U) The following is Embassy Harare's response to questions posed to Post in reftels. ------------------------ Zimbabwe's TIP Situation ------------------------ -- 23 A. (SBU) There are no reliable statistics on the trafficking problem in Zimbabwe. Most information on trafficking comes fr [...] | 2009-03-03 11:38:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ZI ASEC |
09HARARE18 | NEW ARRESTS: POSSIBLE EFFORTS TO MANUFACTURE [...] (C) An eye witness estimates that 300 security forces, including two helicopters, were used in an extensive search of three white-owned properties about 10 miles east of Harare on January 3. Members of the military, police, presidential guard and intelligence services participated in the sear [...] | 2009-01-07 12:58:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
09HARARE180 | THE ZIMBABWEAN CABINET: PERSONAL LOYALTY KEY TO [...] (SBU) President Mugabe filled his ministerial selections by primarily rewarding loyalty to himself, and secondarily maintaining ethnic representation amongst Shona tribes, and, in keeping with the 1987 Unity Accords, Ndebeles. Mugabe was challenged in findin sufficient positions for a number o [...] | 2009-03-04 14:32:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC ZI |
09HARARE182 | BAIL APPROVALS INDICATE SLIGHT GOZ SHIFT IN RIGHT [...] (C) Of the 32 persons abducted between October and December 2008, 21 have now been released, including human rights activist Jestina Mukoko who was released on bail on March 2. The granting of Deputy Agriculture Minister-designate Roy Bennett's bail was reaffirmed in the high court on March 3 [...] | 2009-03-04 16:24:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
09HARARE184 | GIDEON GONO MUST GO--BUT HOW? [...] (C) Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono has become the ZANU-PF poster boy for corruption and financial mismanagement. The MDC realizes that Gono's presence at the RBZ complicates possibilities of assistance to Zimbabwe. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has told the Ambassado [...] | 2009-03-04 16:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EFIN ZI |
09HARARE19 | MUGABE SHUFFLES MINISTERS AS HE AWAITS MDC DECISION [...] (U) In early January, President Robert Mugabe dismissed 12 ministers and deputy ministers, and shifted their portfolios to other senior ZANU-PF officials. The dismissals were in keeping with constitutional requirements that stipulate that all ministers and deputies need to be sitting members [...] | 2009-01-07 15:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE192 | ZIM NOTES 03-06-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Pressure Rises on Gono... - Tsvangirai Urges West to Move Towards Lifting of Sanctions... - Cabinet Reveals Loyalties and Priorities... - Permanent Secretaries to Go? - NGO Report Exposes Diamond Industry and Abuses... - PM Tsvangirai Skips Par [...] | 2009-03-09 12:03:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE194 | TSVANGIRAI'S CAR ACCIDENT [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST, PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 10. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador spoke with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on March 7, and USAID officials and Zimbabwean lawyers spoke with witnesses on the same day. It is clear that the incident in which Mr. Tsvangirai's car was struck [...] | 2009-03-09 13:33:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE217 | A TRUCE IN THE WAR OF WORDS IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) This week has been dominated by a church service and public memorial for Susan Tsvangirai, and a public internment. President Robert Mugabe had conciliatory words for Morgan Tsvangirai at the church service; Tsvangirai's eldest son and MDC secretary general and GOZ finance minister Ten [...] | 2009-03-12 13:03:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE218 | MDC'S BENNETT RELEASED ON BAIL; STATE CONSIDERS [...] (C) Jailed Deputy Minister of Agriculture-designate Roy Bennett was released from a Mutare jail on March 12 after the Supreme Court Chief Justice upheld a previous, lower court decision to grant Bennett bail. The magistrate who originally ordered Benntt's release after a High Court order gran [...] | 2009-03-12 14:53:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC ZI |
09HARARE221 | BAD OMENS FOR ZIMBABWE AGRICULTURE [...] (C) As orchestrated land grabs by ZANU-PF continue, an informed contact reports that new Lands Minister Herbert Murerwa appears to be a captive of the permanent secretary inherited from Didymus Mutasa, and Agriculture Minister Joseph Made has no use for white commercial farmers. Without chea [...] | 2009-03-13 15:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE222 | ZIM NOTES 03-13-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Tragic Car Accident Results in Death of Tsvangirai's Wife... - Roy Bennett Out on Bail... - Surge in Land Invasions Continues... - Retired Army Chief Dies... - New Independent Newspaper Seeks Approval... - Australia Makes Non-Humanitarian Donat [...] | 2009-03-16 07:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE226 | THE NEW GOZ: A ONE-MONTH ASSESSMENT [...] (C) The newly formed Government of Zimbabwe is not a government of national unity with shared values and goals. It is principally a forced marriage of two opposing parties that seek to strengthen themselves while weakening the other as they look toward elections in two years. 2. (C) The M [...] | 2009-03-16 13:19:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID PHUM ASEC ZI |
09HARARE239 | OBSERVATIONS OF MDC MINISTER OF WATER [...] (C) Polecon Chief spoke with Minister of Water Sam Nkomo on March 19. Nkomo is an MDC MP from Matabeleland North and is the brother of John Nkomo, the ZANU-PF party chairman and a Minister of State in the president's office. He offered observations on the current situation. 2. (C) Nkomo [...] | 2009-03-19 10:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE24 | MILITARY EXPANSION FUELS DIAMOND CHAOS XXXXXXXXXXXX [...] (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX, poloff met with XXXXXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXXXX region that contains the diamond-rich Marange fields, to discuss violence in the region as well as recent developments in the turbulent Marange diamond trade. XXXXXXXXXXXX described how the military expansion in XXXXXXXXXXXX in late [...] | 2009-01-09 08:43:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EMIN RS ZI |
09HARARE240 | ELTON MANGOMA ON THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE [...] (C) Minister of Economic Development Elton Mangoma provided Polecon Chief on March 19 his observations on the current political landscape. 2. (C) Mangoma, who was one of the MDC negotiators in arriving at the Inter-Party Agreement and was supportive of the MDC entering into government, ex [...] | 2009-03-19 15:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE246 | ZIM EDUCATION STILL IN LIMBO AS TEACHERS THREATEN [...] (SBU) Raymond Majongwe, the outspoken Secretary General of the Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ),told us in a meeting on March 18 that teachers' unions are in the difficult position of working with the genuinely interested and committed new Minister of Education (MDC-M's David Co [...] | 2009-03-23 12:00:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KDEM ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
09HARARE248 | ZIM NOTES 03-20-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - New Government Making Progress, But Still Lacks Unity... - Conspiracy Theorists Continue to Blame U.S. for Accident... - Minister Matinenga Takes The Witness Stand... - MDC Members Remain Behind Bars For Post-Funeral Violence... - Giving Up On O [...] | 2009-03-23 12:36:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE257 | MDC ON LAND SEIZURES, POLITICS [...] (C) Gorden Moyo is the Minister of State in Prime Minister Tsvangirai's office. He serves as a chief of staff for Tsvangirai, helping to coordinate MDC policy and serving as a liaison with ZANU-PF. Moyo offered us his observations March 26 on land seizures and the political situation. 2. [...] | 2009-03-26 09:57:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE258 | ZANU-PF INSIDER ON POLITICS [...] (C) Walter Mzembi, ZANU-PF Minister of Tourism, spoke with us on March 20. Mzembi is considered a "young Turk" within the party. He is close to Mugabe, but at the same time is one of the few ZANU-PF officials who has been confident enough to speak openly with us without fear of repercussion [...] | 2009-03-26 09:58:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE263 | KIMBERLEY PROCESS CHAIR GIVES ZIMBABWE KID-GLOVE [...] (SBU) During a short visit, hijacked to some extent by the marketing might of Rio Tinto's Murowa Diamonds, Kimberley Process (KP) Chair Bernard Esau got a white-washed account of the violence in the disputed Chiadzwa diamond field in late 2008. Esau made conciliatory remarks about the need fo [...] | 2009-03-26 15:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV PHUM ASEC EMIN ZI |
09HARARE264 | ZIMBABWEAN PARLIAMENT'S PRIORITIES AND NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Speaker of the House of Assembly Lovemore Moyo met with polecon chief and poloff on March 25, 2009 and discussed Parliament's next steps, legislative priorities, and role in promoting reform. Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara addressed Parliament for the first time and can [...] | 2009-03-27 09:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE266 | BANKS STRUGGLE WITH LOGISTICS OF PAYMENTS TO CIVIL [...] (U) Funds have been released to pay government employees the March US$100 foreign exchange allowance that tops up their worthless Zimbabwe dollar salaries. At mid-month, however, when the allowances were due to be paid, many recipients were not able to withdraw the funds due to shortcomings i [...] | 2009-03-27 10:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ECON ASEC EAID ZI |
09HARARE268 | ZIM NOTES 03-27-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Parliament Getting its House in Order... - Zimbabwean Teachers Consider Striking... - Government Sponsors Stakeholders Meeting... - Cholera Continues to Decline... - Zimbabwe Hosts Tourism Conference... - Court Update... - Scandinavians Send D [...] | 2009-03-30 11:27:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE275 | LABOR ANALYSIS: UNIONS FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL (PART 1 [...] (U) This is the first of two cables assessing labor in Zimbabwe. Part one examines the history of the labor movement and the challengs facing unions. Part two examines the internal political struggles within the labor movement and its continued relationship with the MDC leadership. 2. ( [...] | 2009-04-02 13:36:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ELAB KDEM ZI |
09HARARE276 | LABOR ANALYSIS: ZCTU'S INTERNAL STRUGGLES (PART 2 [...] (SBU) This is the second in a two-part series analyzing the labor movement in Zimbabwe. Part one (Ref A) examined the history of the labor movement and the current struggles unions are facing. Part two examines the internal political struggles within the labor movement and its relationship w [...] | 2009-04-02 14:00:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ELAB ZI |
09HARARE278 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON ZIM MINISTER OF ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) The Ambassador called on Elton Mangoma, MDC Minister of Economic Development, on April 2. Mangoma discussed the overall political situation and made the following salient points: 2. (C) The MDC was pleased with the SADC Summit last weekend in Swaziland. SADC emphasized that the le [...] | 2009-04-02 14:57:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE281 | ZIM PARLIAMENT PUTS IN PLACE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe's parliament finalized its committee nomination process this week by announcing appointments to the Parliamentary Legal Committee as well as to the 20 various portfolio committees. These bodies serve as important mechanisms to evaluate the legality of proposed legislation and t [...] | 2009-04-03 10:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE283 | ANGLICAN CHURCH FEUD TURNS VIOLENT; POLICE BACK [...] (C) The head of the Anglican Church in Harare, Bishop Sebastian Bakare, met with poloff on March 31 to discuss the escalating feud and resultant violence stemming from the rivalry between the official Anglican Church and a rogue faction headed by Bakare's predecessor, expelled Bishop Nolbert K [...] | 2009-04-03 11:33:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE284 | DELISTING ZIMBABWEAN BANKS WORTH CONSIDERING [...] (C) Post recommends consideration of removing Zimbabwean banks the Agricultural Development Bank of Zimbabwe ("Agribank") and ZB Financial Holdings and its subsidiaries (collectively "ZB Bank") as Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Specially Designated Nationals (S [...] | 2009-04-03 11:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EFIN ZI |
09HARARE285 | ZIM NOTES 04-03-09 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - WhereQs the Money - QTsvangirai Blasts West - New Mercedes for All - Parliament forms Committees - QBlowQ to U.S. Sanctions - Journalist Abducted in Gweru - Anglican Church Feud Boils Over - No QHell HoleQ Here - Exam Council Corruption - L [...] | 2009-04-03 13:22:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EFIN ZI |
09HARARE288 | LACK OF FUNDS LEAD TO ZIM PARLIAMENTARY RECESS [...] (SBU) Parliament has announced it will adjourn until May 12. This is due to a lack of funds to pay MPs housing and travel allowances while Parliament is in session. Separately, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono's recent offer to give MPs secondhand central bank vehicles is [...] | 2009-04-06 15:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE29 | TORTURE, TERRORISM, AND THE RED VAN: UPDATE ON [...] (C) Court cases continue for 18 Zimbabweans abducted between late October and mid-December who face various accusations related to terrorism, banditry, and mounting an armed insurgency. Prominent human rights activist Jestina Mukoko and eight others remain in custody until their next appearan [...] | 2009-01-09 11:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI |
09HARARE296 | BITI ON THE ECONOMY, SANCTIONS, AND MUGABE [...] (C) The Ambassador, accompanied by visiting Staffdel Smith, met April 8 with Minister of Finance Tendai Biti. Biti briefly reviewed the current budgetary situation and discussed Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono, President Robert Mugabe's role in the new government, the Zimb [...] | 2009-04-08 15:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN PHUM PREL ASEC ZI |
09HARARE303 | TSVANGIRAI UPDATES U.S. AND UK AMBASSADORS [...] (C) In an April 10 meeting, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai acknowledged the problematic nature of recent farm invasions and the continuing presence of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono. He noted that his personal situation had removed him from the fray for three weeks. H [...] | 2009-04-14 12:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE310 | ZIM NOTES 04-09-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Government Concludes Retreat... - More Media Space?... - Parliament Adjourns Until May... - First Constitutional Deadline Approaching... - Prison Wardens Arrested, Beaten, Released... - Three Remaining Bombers Denied Bail by Chief Justice... - [...] | 2009-04-15 14:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE321 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ZIM ICT MINISTER NELSON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador McGee met with Zimbabwean Minister for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Nelson Chamisa on April 8 as part of a series of calls on ministers in the new government. They discussed the US$100,000 recently paid by the USG to ZimPost for past delivery of person [...] | 2009-04-17 09:20:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS EINT PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE323 | ZIMBABWEAN CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS KICKS OFF [...] (SBU) The Speaker of the House of Assembly announced on April 12 the formation of a Parliamentary Select Committee charged with directing the process to form a new Zimbabwean constitution. The membership of the committee is divided on a proportional basis between the three political parties. [...] | 2009-04-17 09:33:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE326 | ZIM NOTES 04-17-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Outstanding Issues Still Outstanding... - Communications Portfolio in Limbo... - Constitutional Process Kicks Off... - Joint Independence Day Celebrations Planned... - MDC MPs Divided Over Cars... - U.S. Lauded for Lifting Travel Warning... - [...] | 2009-04-20 07:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE33 | ZIM NOTES 01-09-09 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - ZANU-PF-MDC Negotiations... - Ministers Shuffled, Still Room in the Cabinet for MDC... - Abductees Still in Prison... - GOZ Decides to Fight Cholera, Too? - Skyrocketing Media Fees Likely to Restrict Free Flow of Information... - Uganda Praised [...] | 2009-01-12 16:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE332 | LAST 3 ABDUCTEES RELEASED, AGAINST GOZ WISHES [...] (U) On Friday April 17, journalist Andrisson Shadreck Manyere, Tsvangirai advisor Gandhi Mudzingwa, and Chris (Kisimu) Dhlamini were released on US$1,000 bail. The three men were abducted between October and December 2008 and are charged, along with four others, of bombing several Zimbabwe p [...] | 2009-04-21 13:22:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL ASEC ZI |
09HARARE333 | COMMERCIAL FARMERS IN ZIMBABWE SEEK COMPENSATION [...] (C) Trevor Gifford, president of the Commercial Farmer's Union (CFU),met with the Ambassador on April 15 to discuss a shift in strategy his organization is adopting regarding seized and threatened commercial farms in Zimbabwe. The CFU's new position is to seek compensation of up to US$20 bi [...] | 2009-04-21 13:22:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAGR PHUM ASEC ZI |
09HARARE340 | TWO FACES OF ZANU-PF [...] (C) A courtesy call by the Ambassador on Co-Ministers of Home Affairs Giles Mutsekwa (MDC-T) and Kembo Mohadi (ZANU-PF) on April 23 devolved into an anti-U.S. diatribe by Mohadi who walked out of the meeting. This followed remarks by the Ambassador that the U.S. wanted to help Zimbabwe, but n [...] | 2009-04-23 16:00:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE342 | ZIM NOTES 04-17-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Stalemate Continues... - Biti Demands Investigation of Gono, Travels to U.S... - Ministerial Visit Fails to Quell Disruptions at Farms... - Constitutional Committee Still Lacks a Chair... - Political Detainees Rearrested... - Kunonga vs. Baka [...] | 2009-04-27 07:35:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE356 | ZIM NOTES 04-30-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Continuing Stalemate... - Farm Invasions Decreasing... - MDC Targets Gono... - Teachers Pledge to Strike... - The Herald Attacks Eddie Cross... - U.S. Volunteer Surgical Team Arrives... - HIFA Enlightens Harare Again... - Dutch Farmers Win Le [...] | 2009-04-30 15:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE360 | TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON GOZ PROGRESS [...] (C) Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador May 1 that he is reasonably satisfied with the progress of the new transitional government. Outstanding issues in the process of being resolved include: governorships, permanent secretaries and ambassadorships; political detainees; and [...] | 2009-05-04 13:35:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE367 | DRAMATIC SETBACK: ZIM ABDUCTEES SENT BACK TO JAIL [...] (C) On May 5, Magistrate Catherine Chimwanda remanded 15 individuals, including prominent human rights activist Jestina Mukoko, to prison pending their trials, which are currently scheduled for June and July 2009. Mukoko and others were abducted between October and December 2008, tortured, acc [...] | 2009-05-05 15:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
09HARARE372 | MDC FOCUSES ON OUTSTANDING ISSUES; DETAINEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a May 6 MDC Standing Committee meeting, party Secretary General Tendai Biti held a press conference to announce that the MDC expected action in the next ten days on outstanding issues under the Global Political Agreement, including the appointments of the Reserve Bank (R [...] | 2009-05-06 14:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE379 | FORGIVE AND FORGET? NOT YET -- RECONCILIATION SLOW [...] (C) Progress towards forgiveness is slow in Gutu South, a rural constituency that was hard hit by violence during the 2008 inter-election period. Although some chiefs are leading an effort towards reconciliation between victims and perpetrators of violence, fear and intimidation remain high a [...] | 2009-05-07 15:51:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
09HARARE38 | MDC SPOKESMAN CHAMISA ON MDC POSITION, U.S. POLICY [...] (C) MDC spokesman Nelson Chamisa told polecon chief on January 14 that the MDC was resolved to condition entry into government on satisfactory resolution of outstanding issues. MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai would meet with Zimbabwean president Mugabe in the next few days to either resolve these [...] | 2009-01-14 12:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE39 | NO END IN SIGHT TO HARARE'S WATER PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Harare's water and sewer systems are antiquated and can no longer cope with the city's expansion. The problems worsened in 2006 when the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) took over the administration of water and sewer reticulation from the city of Harare. In recent years, int [...] | 2009-01-14 14:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ASEC PHUM PGOV ZI |
09HARARE390 | ZIM NOTES 05-08-09 [...] MDC Takes on Outstanding Issues...Tendai Biti, in his capacity as MDC Secretary-General, held a press conference on Wednesday to demand that outstanding issues be resolved. Noting that the principals Q Mugabe, Tsvangirai, and Mutambara Q had had a series of meetings on these issues, he said t [...] | 2009-05-11 18:14:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EFIN ZI |
09HARARE392 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ZIM MINING MINISTER [...] (SBU) On May 11, the Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Zimbabwe's new Minister of Mines and Mining Development, Obert Mpofu. The Ambassador pressed the ZANU-PF minister on the importance of boosting electrical supplies to support renewed economic activity and ongoing U.S. concern about viol [...] | 2009-05-12 15:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE394 | MDC MP CONVICTED FOR OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE; OTHERS STILL FACE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The advent of the transitional government has failed to stem political prosecutions of abductees as well as MPs. This week Matthias Mlambo, MDC-T MP for Chipinge East, was jailed for an effective seven months while his colleague Meki Makuyana, MDC-T MP for Chipinge South, also fac [...] | 2009-05-13 16:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
09HARARE395 | MEDIA STAKEHOLDERS SPIN OUTCOME OF MEDIA CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) After several delays and despite a partial boycott, the All-Stakeholders' Media Conference under the theme "Towards an Open, Tolerant, and Responsible Media Environment" went forward May 8-10 in Kariba, with about half of the expected stakeholders present. The umbrella civil society org [...] | 2009-05-13 16:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
09HARARE40 | MDC PARLIAMENTARIAN PUSHED OUT BY JUDGE [...] (SBU) A Zimbabwean judge disqualified an MDC member of parliament after convicting her of forging signatures nominating her to run in the March 2008 parliamentary elections. Lynette Karenyi was convicted by Magistrate Billard Musakwa of forging four signatures nominating her to contest the C [...] | 2009-01-14 14:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PHUM PREL ZI |
09HARARE401 | LAST THREE ABDUCTEES GRANTED BAIL; POLICE ARREST [...] (SBU) The legal drama surrounding the 18 people abducted in late 2008 continues. On May 13, High Court Justice November Mtshiya granted bail to the last three abductees still in custody: Kisimusi (Chris) Dhlamini, Ghandi Mudzingwa, and Andrisson Shadreck Manyere. In his ruling, Justice Mtshi [...] | 2009-05-14 15:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
09HARARE402 | MDC-M SUSPENSIONS REVEAL SPLIT IN PARTY [...] (SBU) The President of the MDC-M and Deputy Prime Minister, Arthur Mutambara, and other top party officials suspended six senior party members, including three MPs. The suspensions have unearthed growing dissent within the MDC-M about Mutambara's leadership, which some party officials and par [...] | 2009-05-14 15:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE403 | AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON NICHOLAS GOCHE [...] (SBU) As part of a series of courtesy calls on new Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) ministers, the Ambassador met on May 14 with Nicholas Goche, Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development. Goche is a long-time ZANU-PF insider who served as that party's lead negotiator in negotiations [...] | 2009-05-14 15:43:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE405 | THE NEW GOZ: A THREE MONTH ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-15 10:20:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE411 | ZIM NOTES 05-15-09 [...] Tsvangirai Launches Next 100 Day Plan... Having just about completed the first 100 days of the unity government, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai hosted a conference in Harare to lay out his plans and goals for the next 100. The plan groups the 32 ministries into five clusters (Economic, Inf [...] | 2009-05-18 08:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EFIN ZI |
09HARARE416 | TSVANGIRAI OUTLINES NEXT 100-DAY PLAN [...] (SBU) On May 13, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai unveiled his plan to guide the Government of Zimbabwe's (GOZ) activities during the next 100 days of the unity government at a conference attended by government officials, legislators, diplomats, civil society, and business leaders. In essence [...] | 2009-05-19 14:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI ECON XA |
09HARARE430 | AMCIT INVOLVED IN VIOLENT ZIMBABWEAN FARM INVASION [...] (SBU) The Zimbabwean President of the Senate, Edna Madzongwe, is carrying out a violent farm invasion of a commercial citrus farm with an annual estimated export crop worth US$4 million. The invasion and ejection of the title holder appear to violate local law, as the Zimbabwean High Court ha [...] | 2009-05-21 15:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAGR CASC ZI |
09HARARE431 | ZANU-PF AND MDC-T RESOLVE SOME OUTSTANDING ISSUES [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Tsvangirai announced on May 21 that the three political parties had reached agreement on the contentious issues of division of governorships, appointment of permanent secretaries and ambassadors, and the delayed swearing in of Roy Bennett as Deputy Minister of Agriculture. [...] | 2009-05-21 18:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE444 | ZANU-PF GOVERNOR FORCING HIMSELF ON AMCIT-OWNED CONSERVANCY [...] (SBU) After years of successfully avoiding land invasions, Zimbabwe's private conservancies now face the threat of forced "indigenous partnerships" that--if carried out--will likely deter further investment and derail significant conservation gains. Under the Wildlife-Based Land Reform Policy [...] | 2009-05-29 12:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC SENV PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM CASC ZI |
09HARARE447 | GORDON MOYO SHARES INSIGHTS INTO CABINET AND TOP [...] (C) Minister of State in the Prime Minister's office, Gordon Moyo, explained President Mugabe's refusal to fire Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono and Attorney General Johannes Tomana. Firing Gono would be an indictment on Mugabe's presidency and he was still financially useful, while Tomana w [...] | 2009-05-29 14:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE456 | TEA WITH MUGABE: CODEL PAYNE'S MARATHON MEETING AT [...] (SBU) On May 30 President Robert Mugabe received Congressmen Donald Payne (D-NJ),Ambassador McGee, and staffers at his State House office for a nearly three-hour-long meeting. Throughout the marathon meeting Mugabe was alert, articulate, in apparent good health, and defiant. Congressman Pay [...] | 2009-06-02 13:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ASEC PREL PHUM ZI |
09HARARE461 | AG'S OFFICE STILL PURSUING LAWYER, JOURNALISTS, WOZA [...] (SBU) The harassment of human rights lawyers and independent journalists continues as the Attorney General's (AG) office--headed by ZANU-PF stalwart Johannes Tomana--shows no signs of letting up on politically motivated criminal prosecutions. Human rights lawyer Alec Muchadehama and Zimbabwe I [...] | 2009-06-02 15:10:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ASEC KDEM PGOV PREL ZI |
09HARARE465 | ZIMBABWEAN STATE DINNER HONORING THE KING OF SWAZILAND [...] (U) On June 3, President Robert Mugabe held a State dinner at the Rainbow Towers Hotel in Harare in honor of visiting King Mswati III of Swaziland. The dinner occurred before King Mswati departed to Victoria Falls for the COMESA Summit. Mugabe thanked the King for his support of the inclusive [...] | 2009-06-05 12:38:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ASEC KDEM PGOV PREL ZI |
09HARARE466 | ABDUCTEES RE-ABDUCTED, THREATENED BY POLICE AND [...] (C) On June 2, two police officers, including the notorious Superintendent Peter Magwenzi, abducted three MDC leaders--Terry Musona, Lloyd Tarumbwa, and Fanny Tembo--from their homes in Mashonaland West province. The trio was first abducted in October 2008, held incommunicado and tortured by M [...] | 2009-06-05 12:51:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
09HARARE467 | ZIM NOTES 06-05-09 [...] Some Issues Resolved, SADC Asked to Help... On May 21 Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai announced the three parties had resolved some of the outstanding issues, including governorships, permanent secretaries, and ambassadorships. However, Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono and Attorney General [...] | 2009-06-05 14:40:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAGR ECON EFIN ZI |
09HARARE47 | ZIM NOTES 01-16-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Tsvangirai to Return, Meet Mugabe... - Conviction Threatens to Expel MDC MP from Parliament... - Still no Resolution on Court Cases... - SADC Tribunal Wrong Says Zimbabwean Supreme Court Justice... - Schools Opening or Not? - New Report on Zim [...] | 2009-01-20 07:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE471 | ZIM NOTES 05-29-09 [...] Post Welcomes CODEL to Zimbabwe: A Congressional delegation led by Representative Donald Payne (D-NJ) is arriving in Harare this weekend for several days of meetings with senior government officials, the donor community, and civil society and business leaders. Representative Payne is current [...] | 2009-06-08 12:11:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAGR ECON EFIN ZI |
09HARARE472 | ZIM NOTES 06-05-09 (Corrected) [...] CODEL Payne Visits Zimbabwe: Chairman of the House Sub-Committee on Africa and Global Health, Donald Payne and three professional congressional staffers visited Zimbabwe May 29-31. The delegation met with President Mugabe (Harare 456),Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, a number of senior gov [...] | 2009-06-08 12:35:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAGR ECON EFIN ZI |
09HARARE477 | CODEL PAYNE: GOZ AND CIVICS PLEAD FOR HEALTH, [...] (SBU) During his May 29-31 visit to Zimbabwe, Congressman Donald Payne (D-NJ) and three congressional staffers met with senior government officials including President Robert Mugabe (ref),Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara, Health Minister Dr. Henry Madzo [...] | 2009-06-09 08:56:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
09HARARE478 | ZIMBABWEAN BUSINESS LEADERS SEEK CREDIT NOT [...] (SBU) Zimbabwean business leaders briefed Congressional delegation Payne on May 31 on challenges facing their respective industries. Commonalities from the presentations included the need for access to international credit lines, improved local governance, and stable delivery of utilities. In [...] | 2009-06-09 08:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD XA PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE48 | ZIMBABWE - STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) A 12-hour SADC-sponsored mediation between ZANU-PF and the MDC ended January 19 with a continuing stalemate as the parties failed to narrow their differences on outstanding issues. A SADC Extraordinary Summit is tentatively scheduled for January 26 in either Gaborone or Johannesburg which [...] | 2009-01-21 14:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE488 | AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK: NOT YET TIME TO REENGAGE [...] (SBU) Ambassadors and aid agency heads attended a briefing by African Development Bank (AFDB) President Donald Kaberuka on June 9. Kaberuka, who we met just after the COMESA summit in Victoria Falls, related his impressions of Zimbabwe and the content of various meetings with political and bus [...] | 2009-06-11 15:07:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN EAGR PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI |
09HARARE49 | ZIMBABWE COURTING FOREIGN DIAMOND INVESTMENT IN [...] (C) Discussions in mid-January with private sector mining executives Ndodana Mguquka and Greg Sebborn revealed further details of a possible diamond deal between the Zimbabwean government and either Russian or Indian diamond investors. The Russian group may only be interested in purchasing sev [...] | 2009-01-22 08:19:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ECON PHUM PREL ZI RS IN IS ASEC |
09HARARE491 | ZIM NOTES 06-12-09 [...] The Herald Spins TsvangiraiQs Trip... With Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on an official visit to the U.S., Canada, and Europe the ZANU-PF mouthpiece The Herald has been spinning his trip as a solicitation for a lifting of sanctions and re-engagement in the form of aid. This week, the front [...] | 2009-06-12 11:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAGR ECON EFIN ZI |
09HARARE500 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ZIM VICE PRESIDENT MUJURU [...] C) The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Vice President Joice Mujuru on June 17, his first meeting with her. Mujuru, who was warm and engaged, expressed her support for the transitional process and bemoaned hardliners in her party who were attempting to sabotage it. She urged incremental a [...] | 2009-06-18 10:35:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE503 | ATTORNEY GENERAL ORDERS ARREST OF SENIOR MDC OFFICIAL [...] (SBU) Attorney General (AG) Johannes Tomana is continuing his pursuit of attorneys and MDC officials who seek to protect and defend the MDC officials who were abducted late last year. On June 16, at the behest of Tomana, senior MDC-T official Toendepi Shonhe was arrested on charges of perjury. [...] | 2009-06-19 09:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ASEC KDEM PGOV PREL ZI |
09HARARE506 | ZIM NOTES 06-19-09 [...] Tsvangirai Delegation Heads to Europe... Following last week's visit to the U.S., Prime Minister Tsvangirai turned his attention to contnental Europe, spending this week meeting with senior European officials. Justice Minister Chinamasa and Foreign Affairs Minister Mumbengegwi of ZANU-PF were [...] | 2009-06-19 13:35:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAGR ECON EFIN ZI |
09HARARE51 | MILITARY PLANS TO DISPLACE THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS [...] (SBU) In mid-January, a local chief in the diamond rich and violence-ridden XXXXXXXXXXXX informed us of the Zimbabwean military's intention to displace as many as 25,000 villagers from their homes XXXXXXXXXXXX. The military operation is intended to establish control over the diamond fields as [...] | 2009-01-23 09:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ASEC PHUM ZI RS ECON PREL |
09HARARE510 | AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY GENERAL SLAMS ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Amnesty International (AI) Secretary General Irene Khan wrapped up a six-day visit to Zimbabwe on June 18 with a press conference where she expressed her dismay at "persistent" human rights violations in Zimbabwe. During a diplomatic briefing on June 16 that included numerous African dip [...] | 2009-06-23 11:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ASEC KDEM PGOV PREL ZI |
09HARARE521 | ZIM NOTES 06-26-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Next Stage in Constitutional Process Begins... - MP for Chiadzwa Convicted... - MDC Director General Still in Jail... - UK Ups Commitment Slightly... - State (Reluctantly) Admits Violating Mukoko's Rights... - South Africa Reconsiders Permit fo [...] | 2009-06-29 08:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE522 | ANOTHER MDC MP CONVICTED [...] (SBU) In a growing pattern of criminal conviction of MDC Members of Parliament (MPs),Shua Mudiwa MP for Mutare West (which includes the Chiadzwa diamond fields) was convicted on kidnapping charges on June 20. Mudiwa remains in custody awaiting a potential life sentence on June 27. He denies t [...] | 2009-06-29 09:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ASEC KDEM PGOV PREL ZI |
09HARARE524 | STATE ADMITS TORTURING MUKOKO [...] (SBU) On June 24, the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe heard a landmark case brought by human rights activist Jestina Mukoko, arguing that her abduction, torture, and illegal detention in December 2008 constituted such a grave violation of her constitutional rights that the court should permanently s [...] | 2009-06-29 12:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ASEC KDEM PGOV PREL ZI |
09HARARE526 | HOUSE SPEAKER BRIEFS ON ZIM CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS [...] (SBU) House of Assembly Speaker Lovemore Moyo briefed diplomats June 24 on the constitutional process. According to Moyo, it is on track, as specified in the Global Political Agreement (GPA),to be completed within 18 months from the inception of the inclusive government on February 11. Curr [...] | 2009-06-29 13:44:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE532 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES BITI ON REFORMS [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Minister of Finance Tendai Biti on June 30 at Biti's request. Biti requested details of the US$73 million pledged by President Obama to Prime Minister Tsvangirai at their recent White House meeting. The meeting evolved into a discussion of Zimbabwe's lack of prog [...] | 2009-07-01 12:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EFIN ZI |
09HARARE54 | ZIM NOTES 01-23-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Talks Remain Deadlocked... - Zimbabwe Courts Foreign Diamond Investors... - Zimbabweans Turn to Satellite TV to Watch U.S. Inauguration... - (Dis)Grace Punches Photographer... - Cholera Continues... - Budget to Consider Dollarization... - Lawy [...] | 2009-01-26 08:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE544 | ZANU-PF MINISTER BRIEFS ON WASHINGTON VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Tourism Walter Mzembi (ZANU-PF) briefed polecon chief on his recent visit to Washington as part of a delegation headed by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. Mzembi took away the clear message that reforms and compliance with the Global Political Agreement (GPA) were n [...] | 2009-07-02 09:41:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE55 | MUGABE-TSVANGIRAI MEET PRIVATELY [...] (C) Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe and MDC-T president Morgan Tsvangirai met privately last week as Tsvangirai attempted to salvage a deal by gaining concessions from Mugabe on outstanding issues. Mugabe refused to budge and ZANU-PF and MDC remain deadlocked. It is unlikely the SADC Sum [...] | 2009-01-26 12:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE554 | ZIM NOTES 07-02-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - MDC Boycotts Cabinet... - Makoni Launches Opposition Party... - Chiadzwa Abuses Exposed... - ...As KP Visit Begins... - Bennett Trial Set for October... - No UZ Grads in 2009? - The End of School Fees? - Senator Offers $30 Child Support... - [...] | 2009-07-06 07:03:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE557 | CHINESE ASSISTANCE TO ZIMBABWE [...] (U) Over the past couple of weeks, both President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai have claimed credit for obtaining $US950 million in lines of credit from China. There were also reports that Zimbabwe would receive a $5 billion loan in exchange for platinum mining rights. A [...] | 2009-07-06 10:27:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID ASEC PHUM CH ZI |
09HARARE577 | ZIM NOTES 07-10-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Kimberley Team Urges Ban on Chiadzwa Diamonds... - Cabinet Presses Ministers on Outstanding Issues... - Constitutional All Stakeholders Conference to Kick-Off Monday... - Another MDC-T MP Convicted... - Swine Flu in Zimbabwe? - MIC Maintaining [...] | 2009-07-13 09:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE59 | READOUT ON SADC SUMMIT [...] (U) A marathon SADC Extraordinary Summit meeting ended at about 4 am today with SADC declaring that MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai should be sworn in on February 11 as prime minister with cabinet ministers to be sworn in two days later. South African president Kgalema Motlanthe reportedly told [...] | 2009-01-27 11:15:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE596 | ZIM NOTES 07-17-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Constitutional Process Stumbles On... - MDC-T MP Suspended from Parliament... - ZANU-PF Ministers Implicated in Poaching Scandal... - Finance Minister Discusses Chiadzwa in Fiscal Assessment... - Top Security Chiefs Sued Over Abductions... - Bu [...] | 2009-07-20 06:59:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE6 | MDC SPOKESPERSON CHAMISA ON NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) According to MDC spokesperson Nelson Chamisa, the MDC's goal is new elections through which it can take over complete control of government. Chamisa told polecon chief December 31 the MDC believes it can best shape the electoral environment, including drafting of a new constitution, thro [...] | 2009-01-02 09:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE613 | ZIM NOTES 07-24-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Launch of Organ for National Healing, Reconciliation, and Integration... - Senate Passes Biti's Budget... - MDC Gets Ambassadors... - Zaka North MP Convicted... - Civil Servants Get 50% Raise... - Foul Play in Death of Manicaland MP? - AG Tom [...] | 2009-07-27 07:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE618 | ZIMBABWE H1N1 FLU: TWO CASES CONFIRMED [...] (U) To date, only two cases of the H1N1 flu virus have been documented in Zimbabwe. Both of these imported cases were contracted and confirmed by laboratories outside of Zimbabwe. 2. (U) In one confirmed case, an Indian man contracted the disease outside Zimbabwe, probably in London, before [...] | 2009-07-29 10:14:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON EAGR PHUM ASEC PGOV PREL ZI |
09HARARE622 | BITI ON CURRENT ISSUES [...] (SBU) Minister of Finance Tendai Biti told the American Business Association of Zimbabwe (ABAZ) that Zimbabwe was at a cross roads; continued progress depended on successful completion of the constitutional process and resolution of ZANU-PF succession, the land issue, and Global Political Agr [...] | 2009-07-30 15:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE630 | ZIM NOTES 07-31-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Media Freedoms on the Horizon? - NCA Calls for Halt to Constitutional Process... - Biti Receives Death Threat... - MDC-T MP Arrested for Stealing a Cell Phone... - Anglicans Defy Court Order and Ordain New Bishop... - Tribal Chief Evicted for K [...] | 2009-08-03 07:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE643 | MSIKA'S DEATH AND HIS SUCCESSOR [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe's long-serving Vice President, Joseph Msika, died of liver and kidney failure the morning of August 5, 2009, according to the State media. (NOTE: The GOZ officially announced August 6 that Msika had died on August 5; we learned from sources that he actually died on August 4. [...] | 2009-08-06 15:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI PINR |
09HARARE650 | ZIMBABWEAN WORKERS RECOUNT TRAFFICKING TO ANGOLA [...] (SBU) At least seven Zimbabwean men were recently trafficked to Angola to work on a construction project after they answered a job advertisement posted by a Chinese-managed company in Harare. On arrival in Angola, the men discovered that the recipient Chinese-managed company was not prepared t [...] | 2009-08-12 08:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP ECON ELAB ASEC PGOV PREL ZI AO CH |
09HARARE651 | ZIM NOTES 08-07-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - VP Msika Dies... - Parliament Recommends 12 for Media Commission... - Protesting Students Arrested... - GOZ Forms Diamond Committee... - ZLHR Wins ABA award... - Magistrate Acquitted... - Women Speak Out on Political Rape... - Hillary Who? - [...] | 2009-08-12 08:33:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE660 | ZIM NOTES 08-14-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - MDC and Outstanding Issues... - New Doctor's Strike a Blow to Healthcare Efforts... - Tsvangirai Saluted by Defense Chiefs?... - MDC-M Pressures Speaker to Ban MPs... - Secretary Clinton Blames Leadership for Zim Collapse... - ILO Investigation [...] | 2009-08-17 08:58:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE677 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MEEK'S VISIT TO ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Zimbabwe welcomes Representative Meeks and his delegation. Your visit comes at an important period in Zimbabwe's history following the entry into government of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in February of this year and is an opportunity to express support for dem [...] | 2009-08-19 15:04:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAID ZI |
09HARARE678 | ZIMBABWE TIER 3 TIP ASSESSMENT: MOVING IN THE [...] (U) This cable serves as a response to the Department's request for information (Ref B) on Zimbabwe's progress towards improving its performance in addressing anti-trafficking issues. In response to Zimbabwe's recent Tier 3 ranking in the Trafficking in Persons report, Post has encouraged the [...] | 2009-08-19 16:04:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KDEM KTIP PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
09HARARE699 | ZIM NOTES 08-28-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Zuma Visits Zimbabwe, Discusses GPA... - Elections When?... - Mutambara Speaks Out...and is Slammed... - KP Chair's Visit Stir Controversy... - Mugabe Seeks Health Care in Dubai... - Deputy Youth Minister's Trial Begins... - Richard Hove Dies. [...] | 2009-08-31 10:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE70 | TSVANGIRAI TELLS AMBASSADOR MDC WILL ENTER [...] (C) MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai has decided the MDC should enter government and will so recommend to the MDC National Council on January 30. He expects the Council to support his recommendation. With his inauguration as prime minister scheduled for February 11, ZANU-PF negotiators will mee [...] | 2009-01-29 13:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE707 | CODEL MEEKS MEETING WITH MUGABE [...] (SBU) In a brief meeting with CODEL Meeks, truncated by the CODEL's departure schedule, President Robert Mugabe lapsed into historical reveries, praised the Global Political Agreement (GPA),saying that only "little issues" remained, and questioned sanctions. Constrained by time, Congressman [...] | 2009-09-04 08:51:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM OREP ZI |
09HARARE710 | ZIM CONSTITUTIONAL CHAIR GIVE UPDATE ON PROGRESS [...] (C) Co-chair of the Parliamentary Select Committee on the Constitution, Douglas Mwonzora of the MDC-T, briefed the Embassy on recent developments regarding Zimbabwean efforts to craft a new constitution. Parliament is moving forward on the creation and composition of 17 thematic sub-committees [...] | 2009-09-04 10:19:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL ASEC ZI |
09HARARE714 | ZIM NOTES 09-08-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Codel Meets with Mugabe, Tsvangirai and MPs... - Min. of Justice Withdraws Zimbabwe from SADC Tribunal... - Fires Destroy Two White Homesteads... - KP Chair Clarifies Zim Visit... - Teachers Ignore Call to Strike... - Mugabe Grants Amnesty to 1 [...] | 2009-09-08 08:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE72 | FARM SEIZURES CONTINUE: SADC RULING AND BIPPAS [...] (C) In mid-January, the president of the Commercial Farmer's Union told us that the Zimbabwean government was continuing to promote its land seizure and redistribution program by evicting commercial farmers and handing their farms over to loyal regime officials. Land reform was a topic of con [...] | 2009-01-30 08:20:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE725 | ZIM NOTES 09-11-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - SADC Summit... - New Strategy Against White Farmers? - Senior EU Delegation to Visit... - MP Jonathan Moyo Re-joins ZANU-PF... - Activist Killed for a Song... - MFA Apologizes, and The Herald Prints Embassy Letter... - University of Zimbabwe R [...] | 2009-09-14 09:40:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE726 | CHARGE'S MEETING WITH ELTON MANGOMA [...] (C) Minister of Economic Development Elton Mangoma on September 10 discussed current political and economic events with the Charge. He believes SADC is largely ineffective and that the MDC and Zimbabweans must rely on themselves. The constitutional process and other elements of the Global Po [...] | 2009-09-14 15:19:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EMIN ZI |
09HARARE734 | PEACE (BUT NOT PROSPERITY) RETURNS TO MAZOWE CENTRAL [...] (SBU) During election violence that stretched across Zimbabwe in 2008, few areas were hit harder than the Mazowe Central constituency in the heartland of Mashonaland Central province. We recently went to the rural area to visit a site for a proposed project for the Ambassador's Self Help fund. [...] | 2009-09-16 10:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM ASEC PGOV PREL ZI |
09HARARE736 | TSVANGIRAI SPEAKS OUT, CONFRONTS MUGABE [...] (C) Facing strong crticism from his party for being too conciliatory, Prime Minister and MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai delivered a hard-hitting speech, directed at ZANU-PF, at the MDC's 10th anniversary celebration on September 13 in Bulawayo. Two days later, in a short and tense meeting with [...] | 2009-09-16 14:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE75 | ZIM NOTES 01-30-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - MDC-T to Vote Today on Whether to Join Government... - EU Expands Sanctions List... - Cholera Deaths Continue... - Farm Invasions Continue Despite Tribunal Ruling and BIPPAs... - Still No Resolution to Abduction Cases... - Teachers Don't Show... [...] | 2009-02-02 15:36:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE752 | ZANU-PF YOUTH BEAT TEACHER FOR FAILING TO STRIKE [...] (U) On September 11, ZANU-PF youth beat up an elementary school teacher in a rural area in eastern Zimbabwe for not going on strike with the historically ZANU-PF-aligned Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (ZIMTA) union. The aggressors had warned the teacher that he should stop teaching "until Tsva [...] | 2009-09-18 10:22:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EAID ELAB ASEC PGOV PREL ZI |
09HARARE753 | TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS CHARGE ON REFORM EFFORTS [...] (C) Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai told the Charge on September 18 that MDC commitment to the Global Political Agreement (GPA) has been met with nothing on the part of ZANU-PF but provocative actions. He continues to push for reforms, but is focused on constitutional reform which he hopes [...] | 2009-09-18 11:33:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE754 | ZIM NOTES 9-18-09 [...] Donors Pledge USD 70 Million to Education... In a September 14 ceremony attended by the Charge and numerous other heads of mission, the Educational Transition Fund announced it is investing USD 70 million in education. The fund will put textbooks and learning materials back in schools and guar [...] | 2009-09-21 09:37:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EFIN EAID ZI |
09HARARE759 | ZIM MINFIN BITI BRIEFS CHARGE [...] (C) Minister of Finance and MDC Secretary-General Tendai Biti told the Charge on September 21 that the MDC will canvass its supporters as to whether the MDC should remain in government; he believes most MDC members favor staying in the inclusive government and confronting Mugabe and ZANU-PF. [...] | 2009-09-22 15:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EFIN ECON ZI |
09HARARE760 | ZIMBABWEAN FILM DOCUMENTS LAND, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES [...] (U) The Research Advocacy Unit (RAU),a local NGO dedicated to documenting various human rights abuses and launching advocacy campaigns, recently completed a film documenting human rights abuses involved in the recent land grabs. Although the land issue has largely revolved around the plight o [...] | 2009-09-23 08:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM EAID EAGR ASEC PGOV PREL ZI |
09HARARE768 | SURVEY SHOWS DRAMATIC DECLINE IN PUBLIC SUPPORT [...] (SBU) According to a survey conducted by the Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) in May 2009, if an election for president was held in Zimbabwe today, support for ZANU-PF would be at an all-time low -- just over 10 percent -- while the MDC would enjoy 57 percent support. Large majorities in [...] | 2009-09-24 15:08:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ASEC ZI |
09HARARE769 | CHARGE'S MEETING WITH VICE-PRESIDENT MUJURU [...] (C) In a cordial meeting with the Charge, Vice-President Joice Mujuru hewed to the ZANU-PF party line in defending the progress of the inclusive government and in criticizing sanctions. She stated a constitutional process was in place, but that elections might not take place for some time. M [...] | 2009-09-24 15:19:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAGR EAID ZI |
09HARARE771 | ZIM NOTES 9-25-09 [...] Political Parties Reconfigure Control of Constitutional Process... The three principals to the power-sharing agreement, President Mugabe, PM Tsvangirai, and DPM Mutambara, met last week and agreed to form three new entities to oversee the constitutional process - a Management Committee that ap [...] | 2009-09-26 16:05:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EFIN EAID ZI |
09HARARE772 | TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS DIPLOMATS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on September 24 briefed diplomatic chiefs of mission on the status of the inclusive government (IG). His remarks were essentially a reiteration of what he told the Charge two days earlier about the aims of the Global Political Agreement (GPA),[...] | 2009-09-28 12:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE774 | MDC MINISTERS BITI AND MANGOMA BRIEF DONORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance Tendai Biti and Minister of Economic Development Elton Mangoma met with Western donor chiefs of mission and aid directors September 24 and briefed on political and economic issues. They believe that ZANU-PF intransigence on the Global Political Agreement ( [...] | 2009-09-28 14:57:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EFIN ECON ZI |
09HARARE775 | ZIM SUPREME COURT: SECURITY FORCES VIOLATED MUKOKO'S [...] (U) On September 28 the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe issued a ruling on behalf of a unanimous court that the constitutional rights of human rights activist Jestina Mukoko had been violated in connection with her abduction, torture, and detention by State agents last year. The [...] | 2009-09-28 15:03:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EAID ASEC PGOV PREL ZI |
09HARARE779 | FRAUD SUMMARY - ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-29 15:13:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ZI |
09HARARE780 | FRAUD SUMMARY - ZIMBABWE [...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: One year after the signing of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) that led to the February 2009 formation of a new unity government, tension remains between and within Zimbabwe's major political parties. Several issues remain unresolved, to include the restoration of basi [...] | 2009-10-01 12:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ZI |
09HARARE788 | ZIM POLICE SHOOT STRIKING LABOR LEADERS [...] (U) In a recent meeting, Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) Secretary General Wellington Chibebe described in detail the recent shooting of three labor leaders at a government-owned asbestos mine in central Zimbabwe. The workers were shot after a three-week strike had ground production a [...] | 2009-10-07 14:35:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EMIN PHUM PGOV ASEC ZI |
09HARARE79 | ZIMBABWE DEALING WITH OUTSTANDING ISSUES [...] (C) MDC-M secretary general Welshman Ncube believes the power-sharing agreement is imperfect with questionable chances of success, but failure to form an inclusive government in his opinion could have resulted in an increasingly anarchic situation. With all sides supporting the SADC communiq [...] | 2009-02-03 15:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE8 | ZIM NOTES 01-02-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - MDC and Civil Society Activists in Court... - Next Steps... - Bob Sent Morgan a Passport for Christmas... - Wedding Bells Unite Zuma and MDC-M... - Unproductive Year for Parliament... - Cholera Response Continues... - No Drought This Year [...] | 2009-01-05 06:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE806 | TSVANGIRAI ADVISOR ON STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) Gorden Moyo, political advisor to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, briefed the Charge October 7 on current political developments. Moyo believes that Tsvangirai's hard-hitting speech at an MDC rally in Bulawayo on September 13 has led to a conciliatory attitude on the part of President [...] | 2009-10-07 14:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI |
09HARARE808 | FRAUD SUMMARY - ZIMBABWE [...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: One year after the signing of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) that led to the February 2009 formation of a new unity government, tension remains between and within Zimbabwe's major political parties. Several issues remain unresolved, to include the restoration of basi [...] | 2009-10-08 10:58:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ZI |
09HARARE809 | ZIM NOTES 10-02-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Supreme Court Rules in Human Rights Defender's Favor - Shamu Fills Media Boards with ZANU-PF Sympathizers... - Parliament Completes Electoral Commission Interviews... - Brigadier General Ignores High Court Order... - GOZ to Appeal Ruling on Diam [...] | 2009-10-08 11:58:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE810 | ZIM NOTES 10-02-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Supreme Court Rules in Human Rights Defender's Favor - Shamu Fills Media Boards with ZANU-PF Sympathizers... - Parliament Completes Electoral Commission Interviews... - Brigadier General Ignores High Court Order... - GOZ to Appeal Ruling on Diam [...] | 2009-10-08 12:04:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE812 | ZIM NOTES 10-09-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Mugabe Opens Parliament... - ...And Then Attacks West's "Obnoxious Agenda"... - State Media Calls Off Attack Dogs... - ... And Then Intimidates Independent Paper... - Voter Roll Irregularities... - Striking Mine Workers Shot, Intimidated... - [...] | 2009-10-13 11:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE814 | ZIMBABWE - AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-13 14:15:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE824 | INDEPENDENT NEWS DAILIES PREPARE TO PUBLISH [...] (C) Despite ZANU-PF foot-dragging, the new Media Commission, with the power to license newspapers, is expected to be announced shortly. Trevor Ncube, publisher of weekly papers The Independent and The Standard, plans to begin publishing a daily, NewsDay. The Daily News, shut down by the gov [...] | 2009-10-15 09:26:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI |
09HARARE826 | MDC TO DISENGAGE FROM ZANU-PF, BUT REMAIN IN [...] (C) Precipitated by the re-arrest of Roy Bennett, the MDC has taken a decision to disengage from ZANU-PF, while remaining in government. This means it will continue to head ministries and participate in the process to draft a new constitution, but will not attend meetings of the Cabinet and [...] | 2009-10-15 15:43:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI |
09HARARE830 | TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS ON MDC DISENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) A resolute Morgan Tsvangirai briefed diplomats on October 16 on the MDC's intention to disengage from ZANU-PF until progress is made on the Global Political Agreement (GPA). Commenting that what he termed a "constitutional crisis" had been precipitated by the rearrest of Roy Bennett, T [...] | 2009-10-16 15:36:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI |
09HARARE831 | TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON MDC DISENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) A resolute Morgan Tsvangirai briefed diplomats on October 16 on the MDC's intention to disengage from ZANU-PF until progress is made on the Global Political Agreement (GPA). Commenting that what he termed a "constitutional crisis" had been precipitated by the rearrest of Roy Bennett, T [...] | 2009-10-16 15:36:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI |
09HARARE832 | TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON MDC DISENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) A resolute Morgan Tsvangirai briefed diplomats on October 16 on the MDC's intention to disengage from ZANU-PF until progress is made on the Global Political Agreement (GPA). Commenting that what he termed a "constitutional crisis" had been precipitated by the rearrest of Roy Bennett, T [...] | 2009-10-16 15:36:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI |
09HARARE834 | ZIM NOTES 10-16-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Roy Bennett Locked Up Again and then Ordered Released... - MDC Announces Disengagement from ZANU-PF... - Media Commission Selected, but not Announced... - Journalist Arrested in Chiadzwa... - Trial of Human Rights Lawyer and Court Clerk Begins.. [...] | 2009-10-19 07:45:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE839 | UNEASY CALM BLANKETS ZIMBABWE,S RURAL AREAS [...] (SBU) A series of Embassy visits across five Zimbabwean provinces between mid-September and mid-October 2009 confirmed that levels of political violence are currently quite low, with the exception of invasions of several contested white-owned commercial farms. Nevertheless, the potential for [...] | 2009-10-21 12:26:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI |
09HARARE843 | ENDING THE IMPASSE [...] (C) Next week in Harare will see a flurry of activity aimed at ending the MDC's "disengagement" from ZANU-PF and a resumption of government under the Global Political Agreement (GPA). Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, who will return to Harare on October 23 after meeting with regional leaders [...] | 2009-10-22 14:58:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI |
09HARARE85 | TSVANGIRAI ON STATE OF PLAY IN ZIMBAWE [...] (C) Morgan Tsvangirai met with South African president Motlanthe on February 5 in South Africa. ZANU-PF and MDC negotiators also met yesterday in South Africa. Upon Tsvangirai's return to Harare today, he briefed the Ambassador. 2. (C) Negotiators agreed that governorships would be divi [...] | 2009-02-05 12:41:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE851 | ZIM NOTES 10-23-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Tsvangirai Lobbies Key SADC Members - As Mugabe Holds Cabinet Meeting in his Absence - Rural Residents Fear Renewed Violence - Cholera Season Begins in Zimbabwe - AG Tomana Takes Over Bennett's Case - Manufacturing Sector Improving but Problems [...] | 2009-10-27 14:56:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE853 | TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS CHARGE ON STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) A somewhat dejected Morgan Tsvangirai told the Charge on October 27 that a three-hour meeting with President Robert Mugabe the previous day to discuss implementation of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) and an end to the MDC's disengagement had ended in deadlock. Commenting on his rec [...] | 2009-10-28 05:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI |
09HARARE856 | WAITING FOR GOD OR SADC: VIOLENT FARM SEIZURES, [...] (SBU) Poloff visits to farms in central Zimbabwe confirmed continuing invasions of white-owned commercial farms by ZANU-PF supporters, and associated violence and displacement of black Zimbabwean farm workers. Police have refused to intervene. Although politically-motivated violence has decrea [...] | 2009-10-28 14:04:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB PGOV ASEC ZI |
09HARARE857 | WAR ENDS WITH WAR: ANOTHER FARMER LOSES THE LONG STRUGGLE [...] (SBU) As part of a trip to research the impact of recent farm invasions, poloffs visited farms and farmers in central Zimbabwe on October 21 and 22 (septel). On October 21, we met with Manie and Lucy Grove who, after battling to keep their property since 2002, were homeless just five days afte [...] | 2009-10-28 14:05:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB PGOV ASEC ZI |
09HARARE860 | ZIM OFFICIALS MISTREAT, DEPORT UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-29 12:12:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM ASEC UN ZI |
09HARARE862 | MDC PUSHES FOR REFORM IN ZIMBABWE'S PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) The MDC-T caucus in Parliament intends to introduce draft legislation over the next several weeks to amend several acts that have been used by the State to suppress individual and press freedoms. The MDC-T will first target the Public Order and Security Act (POSA),before addressing the [...] | 2009-10-29 13:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI |
09HARARE865 | MDC FOCUSES ON SECURITY SECTOR, GONO [...] (S) According to Elton Mangoma, MDC-T Minister of Economic Development and member of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's inner circle, the MDC would like the U.S. to contribute to a "trust fund" to buy off securocrats and move them into retirement. The MDC will also try to pressure Reserve Bank of Z [...] | 2009-10-30 07:29:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC ZI |
09HARARE866 | ZIM OFFICIALS MISTREAT, DEPORT UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON [...] (SBU) The UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Manfred Nowak, was deported from Zimbabwe on October 29 after officials at the Harare International Airport refused him entry the previous evening. He was scheduled to visit Zimbabwe Octob [...] | 2009-10-30 09:07:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM ASEC UN ZI |
09HARARE867 | A WEEK OF RAIDS, ARRESTS, AND MAYHEM IN ZIMBABWE [...] (U) Throughout the past week, Zimbabwe's security forces and likely ZANU-PF supporters have executed a series of operations targeting the MDC and several local NGOs, resulting in the arrest of seven people -- five of whom were subsequently released -- the attempted abduction of an eighth indiv [...] | 2009-10-30 09:38:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC ZI |
09HARARE868 | ZIM NOTES 11-02-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - SADC Troika Visits Zimbabwe... - NGO Arrests and Abductions Return to Zimbabwe... - UN Envoy Deported... - Teachers Report Mounting Harassment, Militarization... - MDC to Push for Reform in Parliament... - Farm Violence Increases, Targets Black [...] | 2009-11-02 08:05:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE885 | SADC TROIKA SUMMIT: MDC TO REENGAGE [...] (U) After a one-day Summit of the Troika of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation in Maputo on November 5, the MDC agreed to suspend its disengagement from ZANU-PF. The Summit (as set out in a Communique) decided that: --the parties to the GPA (ZANU-PF, MDC-T, and MDC-M) [...] | 2009-11-06 10:44:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI |
09HARARE888 | ZIM NOTES 11-09-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: SADC Summit-MDC to Reengage... Warthogs Delay Ambassador's Arrival... ...And May Have Prevented Abduction of Labor Leader... Nkomo Nominated for VP Slot... Zim Can Still Export Diamonds, With Greater Oversight... Another Human Rights Lawyer Arres [...] | 2009-11-09 07:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE890 | MDC OFFICIAL DESCRIBES LIFE IN CHINAMASA'S [...] (C) Poloff met with Deputy Minister of Justice Jessie Majome (MDC-T) on November 5 to discuss her experiences working in a ministry led by ZANU-PF stalwarts Patrick Chinamasa and Attorney General (AG) Johannes Tomana. Majome described her position as a constant "fight against marginalization [...] | 2009-11-09 16:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI |
09HARARE894 | BITI ON STATE OF PLAY IN ZIM [...] (C) Minister of Finance and MDC Secretary-General Tendai Biti briefed pol/econ chief on last week's SADC Troika meeting in Maputo and the MDC's next steps. 2. (C) According to Biti, South African President Jacob Zuma, who as the SADC process facilitator, joined the SADC Troika leaders (Gue [...] | 2009-11-10 15:00:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI |
09HARARE901 | ZIM NOTES 11-16-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: Bennett's Lawyers Challenge Judge's Impartiality... Magistrate Who Jailed Prosecutor Forced Out... Outreach Campaign Focuses on Child Protection... Prison Guards Deny Medical Treatment to Abductee... MDC-T MP Acquitted of Rape Charges... Court Th [...] | 2009-11-16 06:54:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE91 | TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS ON PLANS, CONCERNS [...] (C) A confident but realistic Morgan Tsvangirai briefed OECD ambassadors in the late afternoon of February 5 immediately after a meeting with Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe and shortly after the House of Assembly had passed Amendment 19 by a vote of 184-0. He left no doubt that he will b [...] | 2009-02-06 09:09:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
09HARARE911 | ZIM NOTES 11-23-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: Talks Expected This Weekend... ZANU-PF Fills Out Top Posts... Bennett's Trial Begins... State Continues to Block Release of MDC Official... Striking Lawyers Protest... German Priest Assaulted by Soldiers... Old Cases Against Activists Revived... [...] | 2009-11-24 10:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE924 | ZIM NOTES 11-30-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: Zuma Sending Negotiating Team to Harare... South African Investment Treaty Signing Today... Bennett Trial Limps on as Gwezere Languishes in Prison... Gono Not Formally Joining ZANU-PF... Prosecutor Gets Promotion Instead of Jail Time... Obama Hon [...] | 2009-11-30 06:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE938 | BULAWAYO'S SUPPORT FOR MDC-T GROWING; ECONOMIC [...] (C) During a recent visit to Bulawayo, we met with representatives from a number of civic organizations to take the political and social temperature in this anti-ZANU-PF stronghold. We were pleasantly surprised that civic groups have experienced significantly less harassment since the formati [...] | 2009-12-03 13:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB ECON KDEM ASEC ZI |
09HARARE944 | ZIM NOTES 12-07-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: South Africans Mediate Talks... ZANU-PF Congress Rescheduled for December 8... Disunity in the Unity Government... Ambassador's Vehicle Detained by Police... Threats Escalate in Mudzi... Cholera Epidemic Less Severe... Uncertainty for Chiadzwa Res [...] | 2009-12-07 09:44:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE946 | MUGABE AND ZANU-PF MAINTAIN POWER [...] (C) President Robert Mugabe, in advance of the ZANU-PF Congress set to begin on December 8, has consolidated his position within ZANU-PF and will continue to rule with the support of the military leadership. The Congress will likely confirm decisions already made by the party. ZANU-PF in tur [...] | 2009-12-08 10:19:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC KDEM ZI |
09HARARE956 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MALAWI CHARGE TO ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malawi-Zimbabwe relations are complicated by the presence of over two million Malawians in Zimbabwe, most working in farming and mining. The president of Malawi adopts a hands-off policy in SADC to avoid provoking Harare and causing the expulsion of Malawians which could have [...] | 2009-12-09 13:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI MI |
09HARARE958 | FORMER GUERRILLA FIGHTERS DISCUSS SECURITY REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reform of the security sector is an absolute prerequisite to solid political reform in Zimbabwe. Former ZAPU and ZANU fighters who are not part of the current government have formed an organization to highlight this need. The reform process must have broad-based Zimbabwean con [...] | 2009-12-11 07:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC ZI |
09HARARE964 | ZIMBABWE AT THE EPICENTER OF RHINO POACHING [...] (SBU) Rhino poaching continues unabated in Zimbabwe because of lax law enforcement and what appears to be a growing Asian demand for rhino horn. In the last three years, approximately one-quarter of all Zimbabwe's black rhinos have been killed by poachers. Local conservationists are increasin [...] | 2009-12-14 09:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC ZI VM |
09HARARE966 | ZIM NOTES 12-14-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Ambassador Presents Credentials... ZANU-PF Congress Begins... Human Rights Day Marches... Report on ZANU-PF Perpetrated Rape Released... Kunonga Renews Attacks on Anglicans... WOZA Cases Continue to Drag On... Court Acquits Human Rights Lawyer... MDC-T Suspends Co [...] | 2009-12-14 09:44:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE970 | FORMER ZIMBABWE ANGLICAN BISHOP DISRUPTS CHURCH [...] (SBU) A recent series of church disruptions mark a resurgence of the heated dispute between the Anglican Church in the Province of Central Africa (CPCA) and a breakaway faction led by former CPCA Bishop Nolbert Kunonga. The latest actions by Kunonga and his followers further undermine the te [...] | 2009-12-15 13:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC ZI |
09HARARE976 | MUGABE AND ZANU-PF BURY HEADS AND DIG IN HEELS AT [...] (SBU) ZANU-PF concluded its five-year Congress on December 13 by reelecting President Robert Mugabe to another term, as well as completing the appointments of Joice Mujuru and John Nkomo as Vice Presidents, and Simon Khaya Moyo as Party Chairman. Though rumors of party discontent abounded, n [...] | 2009-12-16 14:58:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI |
09HARARE987 | BITI ON STATE OF PLAY IN ZIMBABWE [...] (U) This message includes an action request. See para 13. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) ZANU-PF is a party in disarray, according to Minister of Finance and MDC-T Secretary General Tendai Biti. As a consequence, Mugabe will find it more difficult to comply with the Global Political Ag [...] | 2009-12-17 15:53:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ASEC ZI |
09HARARE99 | ZIM NOTES 02-09-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - MDC Prepares to Enter Government... - MDC-T's Biti Appears to Face Charges... - ... And Sues The Herald for Defamation... - USAID Driver Denied Bail... - No Progress in Other Court Cases... - Cholera Still Ravaging Zimbabwe... - Anglican Churc [...] | 2009-02-09 09:01:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HARARE990 | ZIMBABWE: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Zimbabwean government agencies routinely provided assistance by conducting investigative inquiries, traces, and border checks of individuals thought to be threats to U.S. government facilities or personnel. Zimbabwe's continued economic decline, however, has had a detrimental impact on l [...] | 2009-12-21 08:29:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC ZI |
09HARARE996 | ZIM NOTES 12-21-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Potential Progress on Negotiations? No Surprises at ZANU-PF Congress... Moyo Rises from the Ashes... Journalists Seek Nullification of ZUJ Election... Mugabe Commandeers Plane to Deliver Climate Rant... Central Bank Law on Hold... Food Markets Still Balkanized... A [...] | 2009-12-21 09:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
09HAVANA121 | USINT HAVANA ANNUAL CRIME EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-23 14:27:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER |
09HAVANA132 | ASSESSING THE RISK OF SOCIAL UNREST IN RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary. The risk of crisis-driven unrest in Russia remains low and is likely to remain so, at least through the summer. Public opinion surveys show an up-tick in dissatisfaction with the country's general direction, but with no indication that the darkening mood signals an increased tendency f [...] | 2009-02-27 21:20:00 | US Interests Section Havana | SECRET | ASEC PTER |
09HAVANA172 | CUBAN MININT'S THOUGHTS ON TRAVEL, LAW [...] (S) Summary: On 9 March 2009, the United States Coast Guard Drug Interdiction Specialist (DIS) stationed at the United States Interests Section in Havana, Cuba (USINT) attended a routine working meeting with Cuban Ministry of Interior (MININT) officers, including one Cuban Border Guard Colonel [...] | 2009-03-17 15:36:00 | US Interests Section Havana | SECRET | SNAR PREL SMIG PGOV CU ASEC |
09HAVANA187 | KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE AND CUBA EVEN CLOSER [...] (S) Summary: On 18 March 2009, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Drug Interdiction Specialist (DIS) assigned to the United States Interests Section (USINT) in Havana, Cuba attended a repatriation of 16 Cuban migrants at Baha de Cabaas. During the repatriation, the DIS spoke at length wit [...] | 2009-03-24 16:14:00 | US Interests Section Havana | SECRET | SNAR PREL SMIG PGOV CU ASEC |
09HAVANA205 | CUBA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 14:03:00 | US Interests Section Havana | SECRET | PTER ASEC EFIN CU |
09HAVANA210 | CAUGHT IN THE ACT: AMCIT IN CUBA CAUGHT SMUGGLING [...] (C) Summary: On 30 March 2009 the American Citizens Services (ACS) unit at the United States Interests Section (USINT) in Havana, Cuba, received notice from the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Relations that on 27 March, the Government of Cuba (GOC) took into custody an American Citizen (AMCIT) su [...] | 2009-04-09 19:40:00 | US Interests Section Havana | SECRET | ASEC CU PGOV PREL SMIG SNAR |
09HAVANA269 | H1N1: FIRST CASE IN CUBA; FIDEL ADMITS NOT PART OF [...] Cuba confirmed its first case of the H1N1 virus in a Mexican medical student who returned to the island days before Cuba became the first country to suspend flights from Mexico on April 29. Fidel Castro defended Cuba's (over) reaction to the outbreak and made a few accusations of his own alon [...] | 2009-05-12 19:20:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU ASEC TF ECON CU |
09HAVANA277 | GOC MOUNTS "PROTEST" IN FRONT OF THE INTERESTS [...] (U) As part of the "II International Youth Encounter for Solidarity with the Five Heroes," at 0800 on May 12, several hundred people appeared in front of the Interests Section in the so-called anti-imperialist amphitheater to protest a variety of alleged crimes committed by the USG. The part [...] | 2009-05-14 18:30:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CU |
09HAVANA278 | U.S. LEGAL TEAM SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTS WITNESS [...] (SBU) A team made up of prosecutors from the US Attorney's Office from the Southern District of Florida, public defenders assigned to the defendants in two criminal alien smuggling cases, a court reporter, videographer, two interpreters and two DHS/ICE agents traveled to Cuba May 6 to take cou [...] | 2009-05-14 18:36:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR ASEC PGOV CU |
09HAVANA327 | FRAUD SUMMARY Q CUBA [...] Although initially optimistic that Raul CastroQs formal assumption of power might bring significant improvements to their lives, the economic and political reality on the ground continues to drive many Cubans either to the Interests Section or more unacceptably, the high seas, in any hopes fo [...] | 2009-06-05 11:39:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS SMIG CPAS CMGT ASEC CU |
09HAVANA330 | USINT HAS FRONT ROW SEAT FOR RAFTER INCIDENT [...] (C) Summary: On 4 June 2009, United States Interests Section Havana (USINT) personnel witnessed an apparent Cuban migrant raft floating extremely close to the Malecon seawall directly in front of the USINT building. The raft had seven males onboard who refused, at first, to come off the vess [...] | 2009-06-05 18:09:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CU PGOV PREL SMIG SNAR |
09HAVANA341 | FROM THE MOUTH OF MINREX: POSSIBLE INSIGHT INTO [...] (S//NF) Summary: On 5 June, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Drug Interdiction Specialist (DIS) assigned to the United States Interests Section (USINT) in Havana, Cuba attended a repatriation of sixteen Cuban migrants at Bahia de Cabanas. During the transit to and from the pier, a Cuban Ministry of For [...] | 2009-06-09 19:53:00 | US Interests Section Havana | SECRET | SNAR PREL SMIG PGOV CU ASEC |
09HAVANA351 | CUBAN MINREX SOUNDS OFF - AGAIN [...] (C//NF) Summary: On 11 June 2009, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Drug Interdiction Specialist (DIS) assigned to the United States Interests Section (USINT) in Havana, Cuba, attended a repatriation of 14 Cuban migrants at Bahia de Cabanas. During the transit to the migrant receiving pier, DIS enga [...] | 2009-06-12 20:38:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SNAR PREL SMIG PGOV CU ASEC |
09HAVANA491 | GOVERNMENT OF CUBA FRUSTRATION INCREASES OVER LACK [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. Coast Guard Drug Interdiction Specialist (DIS) assigned to the U.S. Interests Section (USINT) in Havana, Cuba has spoken with Cuban Ministry of Interior (MININT) officials on multiple occasions, as recently as 4 August 2009, regarding their perceived lack of Government of Jama [...] | 2009-08-11 13:32:00 | US Interests Section Havana | SECRET | SNAR PREL SMIG PGOV CU ASEC |