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00HARARE4611	NEW TRADE MINISTER MOYO IS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR [...] (C) NEW INDUSTRY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE MINISTER NKOSANA MOYO TOLD THE AMBASSADOR AUGUST 15 THAT PRESIDENT MUGABE WAS DETERMINED TO SEIZE 3,000 FARMS AND HAD NO INTENTION OF PROVIDING COMPENSATION. MOYO CLAIMED THAT MOST CABINET MEMBERS WERE IN FAVOR OF A FAIR, TRANSPARENT LAND REFORM EFFOR [...]	2000-08-17 16:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PINR PHUM ZI EFIN EAGR

00KINSHASA8621	DRC FOREIGN MINISTER PRAISES UN RESOLUTION 1332, [...] (C) SUMMARY: FOREIGN MINISTER OKITUNDU TOLD AMBASSADOR SWING HE WAS PLEASED WITH UN RESOLUTION 1332, PARTICULARLY THE SPECIFIC MENTION OF CITIES WHERE MONUC WOULD DEPLOY. HE CLAIMED THIS WOULD DISCOURAGE PARTITION OF THE CONGO. HE PREFERRED THE CONGO CONFLICT'S FOLLOW-UP MEETING TO TAKE PLACE [...]	2000-12-28 13:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CG
01DAKAR2990	PRESIDENT WADE SEIZES OPPORTUNITY TO [...] (U) ON AUGUST 28, SENEGALESE AUTHORITIES REFUSED PERMISSION TO APPROXIMATELY 100 YOUNG WOMEN TO BOARD A LIBYAN CHARTERED AIRCRAFT, WHICH APPARENTLY LANDED WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORIZATION, AND WHICH WAS ALLEGEDLY TAKING THE WOMEN TO LIBYA TO PARTICIPATE IN A CULTURAL EVENT CELEBRATING THE THIRTY-S [...]	2001-09-07 16:28:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SG
01GABORONE3435	TFUS01: BOTSWANA MUSLIM ATTITUDES [...] (C) POST HAS ACTIVELY SOUGHT OUT MEMBERS OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN BOTSWANA TO GAUGE ATTITUDES TOWARDS U.S. ACTIONS IN COMBATING TERRORISM FOLLOWING THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS AND FOLLOWING COMMENCEMENT OF MILITARY ACTION IN AFGHANISTAN (REFS B, C). MUSLIM COMMUNITY LEADERS HAVE DELAYED MEETI [...]	2001-10-22 16:00:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PTER BC
02ABUJA696	VATICAN ANTI-TIP CONFERENCE: NIGERIAN ROLE? [...] Post read reftel with interest and applauds Embassy Vatican's initiative in organizing an international conference on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in collaboration with the Vatican Secretariat, G/TIP and PD/IIP. 2. We would like to suggest that the issue of Nigerian trafficking be include [...]	2002-03-05 13:48:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN KPAO VT IT NI
02ABUJA820	NIGERIA: ITALY DEPORTS 152 TIP VICTIMS [...] No summary [...]	2002-03-13 09:46:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PHUM IT NI
02COLOMBO1633	SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT FINANCE-DOLLAR DEBT AND [...] Summary: The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) has requested proposals for a financial facility of up to $350 million to finance the budget deficit. The funds raised in this issue will ease pressure from the local money market and interest rates. The proceeds will be part of a Rs 329 billion ( [...]	2002-09-06 02:32:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB BEXP ECON EINV ETRD EFIN CE ECONOMICS
02COLOMBO2104	FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MS. ALIKIE ISMAIL, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL/FINANCIAL CONTROLLER, CEYLON CHAMBER SIPDIS OF COMMERCE, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colom [...]	2002-11-08 03:36:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
02COLOMBO2178	FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM: SRI [...] POST NOMINATES MR. NISSANKA WEERASEKERA, MANAGING DIRECTOR, NEXTVENTURES, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. PART I OF NOMINEES' BIO DATA FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colombo TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 2929 EXPO [...]	2002-11-22 05:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
02HARARE2361	Business Community Tries to Engage Mugabe [...] (U) Summary: The heads of 8 large corporations in Zimbabwe are banking that their new association can engage the Government of Robert Mugabe in a non-threatening manner and help the country stave off deeper recession. End Summary. Will Mugabe listen? -------------------- 2. (SBU) In fund [...]	2002-10-30 02:59:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD ZI
03ABUJA1340	NIGERIA: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MEMBERS OF THE [...] (C) This is the second of Post,s biographic cables on newly appointed GON ministers. This cable focuses on the President,s new economic team. According to Embassy sources and press reports, President Obasanjo is promoting his economic team as a new generation of internationally respected tec [...]	2003-08-07 09:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL KISL NI
03ABUJA284	NIGERIA: TELECOMMUNICATIONS EXPANSION A SUCCESS [...] Summary: While there is still a long way to go to bridge the telecommunications divide between Nigeria and the developed world -- or even between Nigeria and the rest of Africa -- the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has made a promising start. Quiet support from USAID/Nigeria, the L [...]	2003-02-10 09:28:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECPS ECON PGOV NI
03ABUJA337	NIGERIA: WORLD AIRWAYS CHARTER TO LAGOS [...] Summary. The Ministry of Aviation is awaiting USG Designation of World Airways before it will grant landing rights. The Minister of Aviation published a notice in the Guardian newspaper on January 23 stating that World Airways does not have permission to fly to Nigeria. The Ministry's appr [...]	2003-02-14 12:14:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ETRD NI
03ABUJA380	NIGERIA COMPLETES FINANCING PACT FOR BILLION [...] (U) On January 23, Nigeria LNG (NLNG) held a signing ceremony for the six Nigerian banks providing $160 million of the $1.06 billion financing for Nigeria's fourth and fifth liquefied natural gas production trains. State-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) holds 49 percent of [...]	2003-02-21 13:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV OPEC
03AMMAN1770	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 9 (3/24 1600 LOCAL) [...] (U) The Embassy continues on a normal schedule, with consular services open. Services at ancillary facilities -- the Peace Corps office and the American Language Center -- remain suspended. 2. (C) A large demonstration (3,000 students) at Amman's Jordan University on 3/23 became unruly acc [...]	2003-03-24 12:40:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT ASEC EFIN ETRD CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN2367	TFIZ01: JORDAN'S ENERGY MINISTER ON OIL SITUATION, [...] (c) Summary: Jordanian Energy Minister Mohammed Bataineh told us April 17 that after a slow start, Gulf oil was now flowing into Jordan to replace Iraqi crude. Jordanian reserves had dipped initially when Iraqi oil stopped flowing, but had since stabilized and were expected to replenish soo [...]	2003-04-20 10:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETRD ENRG IZ JO
03AMMAN4650	GOJ BEGINS OIL DISCUSSIONS WITH IRAQ [...] (c) Summary: A working-level GOJ delegation from the Ministries of Energy and Finance, along with refinery officials, traveled to Baghdad July 24 to open discussions with Iraqi counterparts concerning resumption of crude exports from Iraq to Jordan. The two sides held exploratory discussio [...]	2003-07-27 15:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN5890	TRAVEL TO IRAQ FROM JORDAN: NEW HACC CHARTER [...] (U) Post has received multiple inquiries about travel to Iraq by way of Jordan, and is in planning stages for the creation of a logistics center to assist USG personnel transiting Jordan en route to Iraq. As this logistics center is not yet operational, the Embassy wishes to supply he Departm [...]	2003-09-13 08:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD EINV JO
03COLOMBO1389	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2003 FOR SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-11 07:10:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE ECONOMICS EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV
03COLOMBO1648	Unprecedented unrest in the Maldives against [...] (C) SUMMARY: Unrest hit the Maldives over the September 20-21 weekend, with rioting in Male', the capital. The unrest was apparently triggered by at least two deaths that occurred either before or during a prison riot at a jail located on a nearby island. Several buildings, primarily govern [...]	2003-09-23 09:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM CASC MV
03COLOMBO517	FY-03 MRP ON "MULTI-CULTURALISM IN A [...] GRANTEE JAYASURIYA ACCEPTS INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. HER COMPLETE BIODATA FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and should not be : edited except by means of [...]	2003-03-27 04:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
03HARARE1521	Banknote Shortage Still Acute [...] Summary: It has become exceedingly difficult to secure paper money in Zimbabwe. Bank lines stretch to several blocks, with angry account-holders occasionally resorting to violence. The GOZ is blaming the Reserve Bank, opposition party and several others, but taking no visible action to allev [...]	2003-07-28 11:39:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN ZI
03HARARE1677	Businessmen foresee recovery (somehow) [...] (U) Summary: Local businessmen assured a visiting congressional staffer that the Zimbabwean economy can regain past prowess. While despairing of the present economic climate, the businessmen's medium-term hopefulness stunned our visitor, a seasoned Zimbabwe- watcher. Although we share our i [...]	2003-08-26 06:36:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE337	Leading Banker Fears Decision Paralysis [...] (SBU) Summary: Unless the GOZ modifies its economic policies, the Bankers' Association President believes its once-formidable infrastructure will be irreparably damaged. End summary. 2. (SBU) Standard Chartered Chief Executive and Zimbabwe Bankers' Association President Washington Matsair [...]	2003-02-19 07:43:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN ZI
03KABUL1565	COMMERCIAL BANKING SECTOR UPDATE - JUNE 2003 [...] (SBU) In previous reporting, post has identified the lack of commercial banking facilities in Afghanistan as a major obstacle to attracting increased investment. Further, the lack of reliable banking institutions, and the resulting prevalence of NGOs and businesses having to keep large amount [...]	2003-06-06 02:53:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN AFIN AF
03KUWAIT4840	TERRORIST FINANCE: OFAC/STATE TEAM MEETS KUWAITI [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and a State Department representative met with Kuwaiti officials 4-5 October to encourage a joint USG-GOK investigation of suspicious charities, discuss the status of frozen Iraqi assets, and inform the GOK of money transfers [...]	2003-10-25 07:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ECON ETTC PTER PREL KU
03LAGOS2045	THE SEX TRADE TO THE US AND EUROPE: MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF met with Gerrit Van Hemert, Deputy Head of Mission for the Netherlands Consulate General in Lagos on 17 September to discuss patterns of trafficking of women for the sex trade to Europe. Van Hemert, who has studied the subject for three years, laid out a pattern of traffick [...]	2003-10-02 10:37:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SMIG SOCI SNAR CVIS NI
03OTTAWA2002	2003 CANADIAN INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR CANADA Openness to Foreign Investment General Attitude ---------------- 2. With few exceptions, Canada offers foreign investors full national treatment within the context of a [...]	2003-07-15 20:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV KTDB KSPR CA OPIC
03ROME4603	WFP APPEAL FOR WEST AFRICA COASTAL SPECIAL [...] THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) HAS FOUR SPECIAL OPERATIONS (SO) WHICH ADDRESS RECENT THREATS TO ITS PROTRACTED RELIEF AND RECOVERY OPERATION FOR REFUGEES, RETURNEES, AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN GUINEA, SIERRA LEONE, AND LIBERIA. TOTAL REQUIRED FUNDING IS U.S. DOLLARS (USD) 6.8 MILLION, [...]	2003-10-08 09:57:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF WFP UN
03TEGUCIGALPA2162	POSSIBLE AL-QAIDA AVIATION THREAT TO THE U.S. [...] (S) Post demarched key GOH officials in several ministries September 10 with reftel information concerning a possible Al-Qaida aviation threat to the U.S.: -- PolOff delivered reftel talking points to MFA Director General for Foreign Affairs Mario Fortin who said he would immediately forward [...]	2003-09-11 17:59:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PTER ASEC PREL EAIR HO
03THEHAGUE1552	EU Subregional Voluntary Visitor Program on [...] As requested in ref cable, Post is pleased to confirm the nomination of the Dutch participant in the EU Subregional Voluntary Visitor program on Financial Market Issues, Mr. Willem J. Kooi, Policy Advisor of International Monetary Affairs, Ministry of Finance. 2. It is understood that the t [...]	2003-06-17 07:55:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL NL
03THEHAGUE2750	DUTCH 2004 BUDGET: TOUGH DEFICIT REDUCTION PACKAGE [...] THE DUTCH PARLIAMENT HAS APPROVED A TOUGH DEFICIT REDUCTION PACKAGE AIMED AT LIMITING THE 2004 BUDGET DEFICIT TO 2.3 PERCENT OF GDP, WELL UNDER THE THREE PERCENT STABILITY AND GROWTH PACT (SGP) CEILING. ON OCTOBER 1, THE PARLIAMENT APPROVED A CY 2004 BUDGET THAT COMBINES SHARP SPENDING REDUC [...]	2003-10-31 16:21:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL EINV ELAB PGOV MCAP NL
03YEREVAN2975	TYCOONS RELOADED: WHO CONTROLS WHAT IN ARMENIA [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) The following is our informal guide to who owns what in Armenia, with the caveat that some of the information is based on rumor and speculation. ----------- MULTI GROUP ----------- 3. (SBU) The Multi Group is h [...]	2003-12-09 09:11:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AM
04ABUDHABI2343	UAE: JULY 2004 APPENDIX TO 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] (U) This appendix serves as an update to the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It has been provided to assist investors in the interim period resulting from the U.S. Government's decision to begin publishing the Country Commercial Guide (of which the Invest [...]	2004-07-13 11:36:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON KSPR KTBD KPRP OPIC TC
04ABUJA2065	GON AVIATION OFFICIALS DISCUSS AIRPORT SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 8, Embassy Econ Officer, Consular Officer, and Consulate Economic Specialist traveled to Lagos Muhammed Murtala International Airport (MMIA) for talks with officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria. The two sides discussed Nigeria's continued efforts [...]	2004-12-15 10:51:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	NI EAIR EAID ECON ETRD PTER CACS
04ACCRA1810	SURVEY OF GHANA'S EVOLVING BANKING SECTOR [...] (SBU) The Government of Ghana's (GoG) sound macro policies have led to lower inflation and interest rates, paving the way for local banks and insurance companies to introduce innovative new products and vie for the 95 percent of Ghanaians who do not use the formal financial system. Banks can [...]	2004-09-07 12:52:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMCA EFIN ECON GH
04ACCRA1837	GHANA: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW UPDATE [...] PER REFTEL, POST SUBMITS THE FOLLOWING UPDATE ON GHANA'S AGOA ELIGIBILITY: 2. BEGIN TEXT, TPSC SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGOA IMPLEMENTATION 2004 COUNTRY ELIGIBILITY RECOMMENDATIONS STATE SUBMISSION Country: GHANA Current AGOA Status: Eligible State recommends continued AGOA eligibility fo [...]	2004-09-13 15:51:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL GH AGOA
04AMMAN204	RESUMPTION OF ROYAL JORDANIAN BAGHDAD FLIGHTS [...] (C) National Security Adviser and General Intelligence Department Director Sa'ad Khair told the Ambassador January 8 that he had authorized the resumption of Royal Jordanian (RJ) charter service to Iraq. Khair said that the government had concluded that with the passage of time the specific s [...]	2004-01-08 18:50:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PREL PINR IZ JO
04AMMAN2193	"MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE STUDY OF THE [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES THREE PRINCIPAL NOMINEES: MS. YASMEEN ABDEL-WAHAB HASAN ABU-TALEB, MR. LUKMAN FAROUQ ARSALAN, MR. KHALED WAIL FARID ALALI AND MS. DALIA H. AHMED AS AN ALTERNATE NOMINEE. 2. THE FOUR CANDIDATES ARE MEMBERS OF THE YOUTH EXCELLENCE COUNCIL OF THE KING ABDU [...]	2004-03-23 13:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL JO
04AMMAN4836	NAQUORA KURDS DEPART AMMAN, ARRIVE SAFELY IN [...] After a tense weekend of continued standoff among GOJ, Dutch and UNHCR officials (reftels),the 14 Naquora Kurds departed Amman on June 13 via a UN-chartered Russian plane and accompanied by security officials from the Iraqi Embassy in Amman. According to UNHCR officials, the plane arrived s [...]	2004-06-14 10:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL IZ LE JO UNHCR
04COLOMBO1233	FY-04 IV PROGRAM: SINGLE COUNTRY GROUP PROJECT ON [...] Post submits detail bio data of Mr. Susantha N. Balapatabendi, the sixth nominee for the subject group project. Post confirms that this nomination has "full country team approval." START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : autom [...]	2004-07-26 09:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO OECV OEXC
04COLOMBO1978	2005 National Trade Estimate report for Sri [...] The U.S. trade deficit with Sri Lanka was $1.7 billion in 2003, an increase of $14 million from 2002. U.S. goods exports in 2003 were $155 million, down 10 percent from the previous year. Corresponding U.S. imports from Sri Lanka were $1.8 billion, down 0.2 percent. Sri Lanka is currently th [...]	2004-12-10 09:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD CE ECONOMICS
04FRANKFURT10393	Accounting - Bumpy Ride to The Big Deal [...] (SBU) Summary: Having all 7,000 EU firms listed on EU stock exchanges use the same accounting standards will be a very big deal for European financial markets. Investors will be able to compare investment opportunities, capital will be allocated more efficiently, and supervisors will more c [...]	2004-12-10 13:17:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EUN
04HANOI2068	VIETNAM: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT APPENDIX [...] This cable provides the suggested text of the 2004 Investment Climate Statement Appendix for Vietnam. As requested reftel, post has also sent the ICS/A via email to EB/IFD/OIA Alexander T. Bryan. 2.Begin text of the 2004 Investment Climate Statement Appendix for Vietnam: Vietnam - July 2 [...]	2004-07-26 08:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC VN FINREF IPROP LABOR
04HANOI335	VIETNAM'S BANKING SECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vietnam's banking sector is presently characterized by a few dominant state-owned commercial banks (SOCBs),a number of comparatively small joint stock banks (JSBs),and some foreign banks. In recent years, the GVN has undertaken a number of reforms, with the goals of ensuring [...]	2004-02-09 01:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID ETRD VM BTA FINREF SOE
04HANOI898	VIETNAM: STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reform of the state-owned enterprise (SOE) sector is one of the primary pillars of Vietnam's reform efforts and ongoing transition to a market economy. Relying on a four-pronged strategy that includes increasing competition, hardening budget constraints, divesting "non- strateg [...]	2004-03-30 08:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID VM SOE
04HARARE59	CENTRAL BANKER MEETS GROWING HOSTILITY [...] (C) Summary: Drenched in palpable exasperation, Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono says his market-friendly proposals have unleashed a "shrill" cacophony of covert memos and emissaries to President Mugabe. He is uncertain whether Mugabe will continue to grant him wide latitude to tame Zi [...]	2004-01-12 12:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV ZI
04HARARE86	Banking Sector Shake-down [...] Summary: New Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono is cracking down on insolvent and corrupt financial institutions. While we consider this a necessary and healthy process, it adds even more turbulence to rocky economy. End Summary. 2. These are the main events of the unfolding crisis: [...]	2004-01-15 07:52:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV ZI
04ISTANBUL1484	A MARINER'S VIEW OF THE TURKISH STRAITS [...] (U) In meetings with Consulate and Embassy officers last week, British Petroleum maritime consultant Vice Admiral Sir Christopher Morgan provided a mariner's view of the issues the Turkish straits pose for transiting oil tankers. Morgan, who accompanied a BP Suezmax tanker through the straits [...]	2004-09-29 10:43:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ENRG ECON SENV TU
04KATHMANDU937	NEPAL: TERRORIST FINANCE UPDATE [...] (U) The Government of Nepal (GON) indicates that no terrorist assets listed by the United Nations 1267 Sanctions Committee have been identified in Nepal and therefore, no accounts have been frozen. The U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu has no evidence of financial links in Nepal to international ter [...]	2004-05-18 08:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER EFIN ETTC PREL NP
04KUWAIT2909	KUWAIT BANKING AND FINANCE UPDATE, SEPTEMBER 2004 [...] (SBU) Summary: In this edition of the Kuwait Banking & Finance Update: the Central Bank raises interest rates; a Kuwaiti bank limits its business in Iraq due to security concerns; the banking sector opens to foreign banks; a new Islamic bank is formed; and a new draft tax law is approved by [...]	2004-09-01 13:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL IZ FR KW
04LAGOS1775	UPDATE ON BANKS' REACTION TO NEW [...] (SBU) In response to the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) new N25 billion capital base requirement (about USD 200 million),banks are forming strategic alliances through consolidations, mergers and acquisitions. Big banks are expected to comply fully, many smaller banks face the unwelcome choic [...]	2004-08-30 07:25:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL NI
04LAGOS462	Nigeria: NLC Plans Protests Against Casualization [...] (U) On February 26, Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) President Adams Oshiomhole announced that the NLC, the Congress of Free Trade Unions (CFTU),and several civil society groups have planned demonstrations in Lagos beginning March 4, 2004 to protest casualization (use of contract labor) in the ba [...]	2004-03-02 16:00:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EPET KDEM NI PGOV
04LAGOS627	NIGERIA: Labor Update [...] On March 2, approximately 30 of the 56 Nigerian banks accused by the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) of engaging in anti-labor practices announced their decision to reduce contract labor and allow their employees to unionize (ref A). However, many banks have reluctantly implemented the new pol [...]	2004-03-23 14:54:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EPET KDEM NI PGOV
04LAGOS74	WORLD AIRWAYS SUSPENDS SERVICE, LEAVES PASSENGERS [...] (U) Summary: World Airways recently announced the indefinite suspension of its charter flights between the United States and Nigeria. Company executives say World's booking agent, Ritetime Aviation and Travel Service, owes the airline nearly US $2 million and argue that World cannot continue [...]	2004-01-14 16:24:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON CASC SOCI ASEC AMGT NI
04LAGOS83	WORLD AIRWAYS SUSPENDS SERVICE, LEAVES [...] (U) Summary: World Airways recently announced the indefinite suspension of its charter flights between the United States and Nigeria. Company executives say World's booking agent, Ritetime Aviation and Travel Service, owes the airline nearly US $2 million and argue that World cannot continue [...]	2004-01-15 09:41:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON CASC SOCI ASEC AMGT NI
04MANAMA1503	GOB SHUTS DOWN HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER [...] (C) On September 28 at 22:30, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSA) sent a press release to Bahraini newspapers announcing the closure and dissolution of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) for "actions that contravened the Law of Societies and the Center's own charter." T [...]	2004-09-29 16:38:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV ASEC KMPI KCRM BA
04MANAMA272	GEARING UP FOR FTA ROUND TWO: STICKY ISSUES [...] FTA round one produced remarkable progress. Round two promises to be more difficult because negotiators will have to tackle sticky issues. Eliminating physical presence requirements and disclosure of judicial decisions will likely require extensive revision of local laws. Textiles, technol [...]	2004-02-26 11:16:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON BA
04PANAMA2176	PANAMA PARDONS ANTIâ€CASTRO CUBANS [...] (SBU) Late on August 25, outgoing President Mireya Moscoso signed an executive decree pardoning four anti"Castro Cuban prisoners "" Luis Posada Carriles and AmCits Gasper Jimenez, Guillermo Novo, and Pedro Remon (see Reftels) and 163 others, as one of her final acts as president. The GOP imme [...]	2004-08-26 22:42:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PM CU HO LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA2583	DAS FISK TOURS PANAMA'S REMOTE DARIEN BORDER REGION [...] (SBU) WHA DAS Dan Fisk and Ambassador Watt, with POL Counselor and NAS Director, visited three locales in Panama's rugged and remote Darien province October 6, including the provincial capital, La Palma. They spent the day viewing Panamanian National Police (PNP) border installations, greeti [...]	2004-10-19 18:58:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SNAR PM POL CHIEF
04PARIS9145	FRANCE AND THE INDIAN OCEAN STATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The standoff in 2002 between Marc Ravalomanana and Didier Ratsiraka following the disputed election in Madagascar was a serious political crisis for the government of France, exposing divisions between the MFA and the presidency. With the crisis resolved, France's attention to t [...]	2004-12-28 10:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CN MA MP SE XW XA FR
04PRETORIA4582	SOUTH AFRICA: BARCLAYS TO BUY ABSA [...] (U) Summary. President Mbeki has publicly given his support for Barclays Bank's planned bid to purchase a 50.1% stake in ABSA, the fourth largest bank in South Africa. While Finance Minister Trevor Manuel has the final say, Mbeki's support certainly paves the road for approval. The acquisitio [...]	2004-10-14 13:12:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON SF UK
04ROME1042	WFP ASSUMES OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR UN [...] AS REPORTED REF A, WFP MADE A COMMITMENT AT THE UN'S FIFTH SESSION OF THE HIGH LEVEL COMMITTEE ON MANAGEMENT (HLCM) HELD IN NEW YORK JUNE 12-13, 2003, TO ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ADMINISTERING AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE FOR UN AGENCIES IN HUMANITARIAN, AND "OTHER" ACTIVITIES THAT ARE NOT DIRECT [...]	2004-03-17 07:30:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC PREF KUNR WFP ACABQ UNHCR ICAO AVIATION
04ROME2222	WFP AIR OPERATIONS [...] Summary. WFP is addressing the findings of the external auditor regarding air operations in advance of its next Executive Board meeting. End summary. 2. Review of the WFP's Air Operations, a Report of the External Auditor, was presented but not discussed at the Annual Session of the WFP E [...]	2004-06-10 13:29:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC PREF EAIR WFP AVIATION
04ROME4620	IN THE DESERT OF LIBYA, AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL [...] During a visit to al-Kufrah on November 22, Ambassador Tony Hall witnessed the first shipment of U.S. food assistance moving through the "Libyan Corridor" on its way to Sudanese refugees in Chad. The first 40 truckloads of an estimated 350 made their way on the 2,800 kilometer journey start [...]	2004-12-06 14:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF EAGR PHUM AORC WFP FAO
04TEGUCIGALPA1969	PROPOSED SUPPORT BY ASHA TO THE PAN AMERICAN [...] Increase the storage capacity of a reservoir used for irrigation from 30,000 cubic meters to 340,000 cubic meters. 2. Increase the cultivated area under irrigation by adding 96 hectares. 3. Increase the plantation forest area under irrigation by adding 45 hectares. 4. Purchase timbe [...]	2004-09-02 17:18:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID HO
05ABUDHABI224	2005 Investment Climate Statement, United Arab Emirates [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-12 10:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON OPIC KTDB USTR TC
05ABUDHABI2741	INCONSISTENT UAE CHARITY OVERSIGHT, A SYSTEM [...] (C) Summary. The UAE Government, aware that mechanisms of charitable giving could be used to provide a cover for the financing of terror, has established regulations and procedures to try to ensure that charitable funds are not diverted for terrorist purposes. The regulatory regime for licen [...]	2005-06-19 09:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN EAID EFIN TC UAE
05ABUDHABI4103	OFAC DISCUSSES WMD, TERFIN WITH UAEG, BANKS [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-28 08:53:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	KTFN PTER EFIN SNAR PK KN IR TC
05ABUJA1821	NIGERIA PUBLIC DIPLOMACY INFLUENCE ANALYSIS [...] Introduction: Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation and the central gravity for the continent's emerging democracies. Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo is the current Chair of the Africa Union, and with approximately 130 million people and still growing, Nigeria provides the largest s [...]	2005-09-26 13:58:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO NI
05ABUJA2072	MEETING WITH BELLVIEW AIRLINES RE CRASH [...] (C) Summary: On October 25, Bellview Airlines CEO, Kayode Odukoya, Exexcutive Director Gbenga Olowo and Abuja Airport Station manager Owo M called on the Ambassador to offer condolences on the death of Embassy staffer Major Joseph Haydon, to offer assistance to family members, and to provide w [...]	2005-10-26 17:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR CASC ASEC AMGT NI
05ACCRA2267	GHANA'S AGOA ELIGIBILITY: POST'S SUBMISSION [...] Mission's submission regarding Ghana's continuing eligibility for the African Growth and Opportunity Act(AGOA) is formatted at requested in ref a. Submission was originally transmitted in ref. b. 2. Begin eligibility paper: TPSC SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGOA IMPLEMENTATION 2005 COUNTRY ELIGIBI [...]	2005-11-04 13:17:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	AGAO ETRD ECON XA GH
05ACCRA2427	CORRUPTION IN GHANA II: FIGHTING BACK [...] (C) Summary: Reftel looks at corruption in Ghana, and this cable examines efforts to tackle the problem. Since President Kufuor came to office in 2000, Ghana has passed three anti-corruption laws, established an Office of Accountability in the presidency, allowed a more free media environm [...]	2005-11-29 08:50:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON GH PGOV PHUM PREL
05AMMAN6529	Jordanian Businesswomen Tackle Gender Barriers [...] SUMMARY: Over the past decade, women's ability to succeed in Jordan's private sector has improved. Although financial and social barriers are still present, the establishment of business and gender-focused organizations combined with a general optimism suggest that many Jordanian businesswo [...]	2005-08-16 10:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI KWMN ECON EFIN JO
05BAGHDAD3015	BUILDING A HOUSE ON SHIFTING SANDS--IRAN'S [...] (S//NF) Summary. Despite the relative spirit of democratic cooperation demonstrated by the Shia parties that dominate the governing coalition in Iraq, some of these parties and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps - Qods Force (IRGC-QF),Iran's vanguard political and unconventional warfare o [...]	2005-07-20 15:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PINS PREL MCAP MOPS PGOV IZ IR
05BOGOTA4342	FY 2007 COUNTER NARCOTICS AND ANTICRIME ASSISTANCE BUDGET - (REVISED COPY - SEE USAID SECTION - PROMOTE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS) [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-06 21:32:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD CO PREL SNAR MASS
05BRASILIA2672	BRAZIL AND USG SIGN MARITIME TRANSPORT AGREEMENT [...] Summary. On September 30, after several years of negotiation, Brazil and the USG signed a Maritime Transport Agreement in Washington, DC. The agreement still must be ratified by the Brazilian Congress, which we do not anticipate will happen in the near-term. The signing was, nevertheless, o [...]	2005-10-06 18:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD PHSA PREL ASEC
05COLOMBO1366	IMI - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 - SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-04 10:59:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE ECON ECONOMICS EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
05COLOMBO875	IMI - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 - SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-12 07:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE ECON ECONOMICS EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
05DARESSALAAM217	Up-Country Travels: Local Government Mechanisms [...] (U) Summary: From January 7-23, Embassy Dar es Salaam was fortunate to have the use of a chartered Twin Otter airplane from Prescott Aviation. Mission personnel had an unparalleled opportunity to view a cross section of the diverse regions of the vast Tanzanian mainland. During their trave [...]	2005-02-03 04:14:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON TZ
05GUATEMALA867	LETTER FROM GUATEMALA (7) [...] (SBU) Three and a half weeks have passed since Guatemala's Congress ratified CAFTA, without much sign of the second wave of demonstrations promised by a number of NGO leaders. It could be that potential demonstrators joined the rest of Guatemala in taking Semana Santa (Easter week) off, as [...]	2005-04-07 16:49:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV EINV GT
05GUAYAQUIL424	EX-PRESIDENT BUCARAMS HOMECOMING CELEBRATION [...] (U) Summary: Former president Abdala Bucaram, of the Ecuadorian Roldosista Party (PRE),made a flamboyant, celebratory return to Guayaquil on April 2. After eight years of self-imposed exile in Panama, he arrived in the city center by helicopter, accompanied by men on horseback, and with fir [...]	2005-04-04 19:59:00	Consulate Guayaquil	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC PREL EC
05HANOI1047	VIETNAM'S UNHEALTHY BANKING SECTOR [...] This cable contains sensitive information and should not be placed on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's banking sector is underdeveloped and dominated by state owned commercial banks, many of which would be insolvent by international standards. Joint stock banks comprise the fas [...]	2005-05-05 10:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID ETRD VM FINREF
05HANOI2555	VIETNAM'S EXTRA-BUDGETARY FINANCING [...] (U) Summary: The Development Assistance Fund (DAF) and the Vietnam Postal Savings Company (VPSC) are responsible for an increasingly large share of the Government of Vietnam's (GVN) policy lending efforts. The VPSC raises funds from ordinary citizens through its deposit and transfer [...]	2005-10-03 09:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD VM SOE FINREF
05HANOI3385	VIETNAM'S FISCAL POLICY: STILL MUCH ROOM FOR [...] (U) Summary: After two years of implementation, it id clear that the 2002 "Law on State Budget," which came into effect on January 1, 2005, has significantly improved Vietnam's budgetary fiscal transparency. Other new laws and regulations have helped modernize Vietnam's revenue collection and [...]	2005-12-29 23:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD VM FINREF SOE
05HANOI468	VIETNAM: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-25 14:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	APEC ASEAN BTA EFIN EINV FINREF ILAB IPROP KTDB OPIC PGOV SOE VN WTO
05HANOI575	VIETNAM: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-09 04:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	APEC ASEAN BTA EFIN EINV ELAB FINREF IPROP KTDB LABOR OPIC PGOV SOE VN
05HARARE1492	CORRECTED COPY - NEW FOREX TRADING REGIME - A LOT [...] (SBU) In his Monetary Policy Review Statement for the third quarter of 2005, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gono announced numerous policy shifts, many of which centered around replacement of the auction system of foreign currency allocation by a system intended to be largely governed [...]	2005-10-31 14:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV ZI
05HARARE970	ANOTHER CASH CRUNCH COMING? [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe's largest denominated bill, Z$20,000 (US$2 at the official exchange rate, less than US$1 at the parallel market rate),appears to be growing scarcer, reportedly as a result of deliberate GOZ policy. It is being replaced with smaller bills that will prove cumbersome to use in com [...]	2005-07-14 10:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON PGOV ZI
05HELSINKI353	POSSIBLE GEORGIAN TRAFFICKING CONNECTION WORRIES [...] Summary: -------- (U) Finland's National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and Frontier Guards announced on March 7 that they believed as many as 1,500 Georgian women may have been trafficked through Finland to destinations scattered throughout western Europe from 2002-2004. According to t [...]	2005-03-24 08:11:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG SOCI FI
05KATHMANDU1155	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM MAY 24 TO 31, 2005 [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS `Supporting democracy is not meddling': Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said THAT India has no intention to interfere in the internal affairs of Nepal, and that attempts to encourage democracy in the northern neighbor should not be construed as interference. "Our atte [...]	2005-06-01 08:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
05KATHMANDU2811	FM PANDEY SEEKS SPECIAL, LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) On December 14, Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey emphasized to the Ambassador that HMGN sought a long-term special Nepal-U.S. relationship; Pandey urged the U.S. to change course and use engagement, rather than pressure, with the King. The Ambassador responded that he was authorized to [...]	2005-12-15 10:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV PREF PHUM NP
05KINGSTON1745	HURRICANE SITREP 01, 7/15/05, 1500 HRS - JAMAICA [...] Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met in Kingston at 10:00 a.m. local on July 14 to finalize preparations for the approaching Hurricane Emily. The EAC discussed authorized departure, granted by the Department per Ref A. Although authorized departure has been approved, however, few Embas [...]	2005-07-15 20:14:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	JM CASC ASEC AEMR AMGT
05KINGSTON1746	HURRICANE SITREP 01, 7/15/05, 1500 HRS - JAMAICA [...] Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met in Kingston at 10:00 a.m. local on July 15 to finalize preparations for the approaching Hurricane Emily. The EAC discussed authorized departure, granted by the Department per Ref A. Although authorized departure has been approved, however, few Embas [...]	2005-07-15 20:15:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	JM CASC ASEC AEMR AMGT
05KUWAIT2229	KUWAITI PM SAYS THERE WILL BE A FEMALE CABINET [...] (C) Summary: During a May 24 call on Kuwaiti PM Shaykh Sabah, the Ambassador congratulated him on the May 16 vote granting women full political rights and encouraged speed in bringing women into senior government positions. The PM said the GOK would appoint a woman cabinet minister, a matte [...]	2005-05-24 16:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ECON KDEM SOCI KWMN IZ KU TERRORISM
05LAGOS1402	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC BRIEFS, JULY/AUGUST 2005 [...] (U) Summary: While targeting a 1.6 trillion Naira budget for 2006, GON officials claim Budget 2005 cannot be fully implemented due to oil production shortage resulting from oil well closures in the Niger Delta. With oil production at only 2.4million barrels per day (bpd) instead of the budgete [...]	2005-09-08 13:44:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR PGOV NI
05LAGOS1405	BANKS SCRAMBLING TO MEET DECEMBER RECAPITALIZATION [...] (SBU) Banking experts predict 25 to 30 banks or newly merged bank groups will make the December 2005 Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) deadline to attain a 25 billion naira capital base. A large number of banks will be unable to meet the CBN's naira 25 billion (USD 192 million)recapitalization re [...]	2005-09-08 15:07:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV NI
05LAGOS1772	CONFIRMATION: BAYELSA GOVERNOR BACK IN NIGERIA [...] (C) Sources in Nigeria confirm breaking news reports that Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha of Bayelsa State is back in Nigeria. 2. (C) Publicly the Governor seemed to be gearing for a legal battle and voiced confidence that he would be acquitted at trial. Evidently, Alamieyeseigha had pl [...]	2005-11-22 09:01:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
05LAGOS1802	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC BRIEFS, OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2005 [...] (U) Summary: The GON's single digit inflation target now seems a mirage as inflation figures for August rose to 28.2% from 26.1% in July. Experts expect September figures to be about 21%. In the official markets, the naira was stable at about N130/$1 as of late October, while parallel market [...]	2005-11-28 15:13:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR PGOV NI

05LAGOS747	CBN'S NEW CAPITALIZATION DEADLINES CAUSE BANKS TO [...] (C) Summary. Eschewing prior consultation with the industry, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) unexpectedly promulgated a new set of deadlines to spur banks to meet its recapitalization requirement: April 30 for pre-merger consent, August 31 for preliminary merger approval, and October 31 for [...]	2005-05-19 08:49:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL NI
05LILONGWE146	BIODATA - MALAWI'S NEW MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] CDA paid a courtesy call to new Minister of Foreign Affairs Davis Katsonga on February 14. Katsonga, whose appointment to Foreign Affairs comes in the wake of the President's departure from the United Democratic Front (UDF),expressed his support for the president and his anti- corruption in [...]	2005-02-16 14:10:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PINR KMCA MI
05MANILA3655	ELECTIONS IN MUSLIM AUTONOMOUS REGION PROCEED IN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The August 8 elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) have proceeded in largely an orderly fashion as of the close of polls at 1500 hrs local. Mission observers on the groun [...]	2005-08-08 09:23:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KISL ASEC EAID RP
05MANILA5951	Banking System More Stable But Still Vulnerable [...] (SBU) The Philippine Government is working to overcome the reputation of the banking sector as weak and inefficient with insufficient oversight. Although it remains fragmented, the central bank has successfully encouraged consolidation and has introduced many reforms to strengthen banks and [...]	2005-12-23 08:02:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV RP
05MAPUTO2	TRAFFICKING OF BANGLADESHI CITIZENS IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] (SBU) Summary: In early December, 34 Bangladeshi nationals were apprehended by Mozambican police under charges of illegal immigration after having flown into the country from the Comoros Islands on a chartered airplane. Mozambican newspapers reported that the Bangladeshis were on their way to [...]	2005-01-03 11:58:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD MZ
05OTTAWA3069	Hurricane Katrina and Canadian Response; Lessons [...] Summary: Operational linkages between DHS and Canada's Public Safety Ministry (PSEPC) worked reasonably well as Canada responded to provide relief in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. But, to make those connections even more effective, Canada would like to have a DHS Liaison Officer stationed at [...]	2005-10-13 19:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PGOV PREL PINS CA
05PARIS2825	THE FRENCH REFERENDUM ON THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION: [...] (SBU) The current debate over French referendum on the EU Constitution has highlighted France's deep-rooted economic and social malaise. With unemployment at a five-year high of just over 10 percent, labor groups and public sector unions have linked outsourcing to this general malaise to just [...]	2005-04-26 15:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL ELAB PINR FR EUN
05PARIS365	FRANCE - 2005 MONEY LAUNDERING CONTRIBUTION FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-20 12:26:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR EFIN FR
05PARIS5541	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - GAZA PULLOUT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-17 10:31:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6116	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Katrina [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-09 10:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8203	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Allegations of CIA Flights [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-02 16:24:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PRETORIA1959	SOUTH AFRICA: BARCLAYS' FINAL OFFER FOR ABSA [...] (U) Summary. UK bank Barclays made its final offer for South African bank ABSA on May 9. Barclays will pay R33 billion ($5.5 billion) in cash for a 60% stake. Barclays expects to receive ABSA shareholder approval on June 13 and to close on July 13. The South African Reserve Bank will absorb [...]	2005-05-19 08:05:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON SF UK
05PRETORIA2942	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - BER Predicts 4.2% Economic Growth; - Weak Rand, [...]	2005-07-26 04:53:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05QUITO2359	GUTIERREZ RETURNS TO JAIL, PALACIO SOWS UNCERTAINTY [...] (C) Summary: Ex-president Lucio Gutierrez returned to Ecuador on October 14 and was promptly arrested and incarcerated in Quito. Perhaps more destabilizing was an announcement the same day by President Alfredo Palacio proposing a national constituent assembly over congressional opposition. [...]	2005-10-18 15:17:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL EC
05SANTIAGO1636	UPDATE ON LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL IN CHILE [...] SUMMARY: AS PART OF ITS MISSION PERFORMANCE PLAN, POST HAS INITIATED YOUTH SPORTS ACTIVITIES AS A GRASSROOTS EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE INTERACTION WITH NEWER GENERATIONS OF CHILEANS WHO DO NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR TRADITIONAL POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ELITES. POST WILL BE REQUESTING U.S. GUEST COACH [...]	2005-08-02 20:12:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL OEXC KPAO CI
05SOFIA423	BULGARIAN PARLIAMENT RATIFIES ANGLO-AMERICAN SCHOOL [...] After months of intensive lobbying by Embassy Sofia, the Parliament ratified with an overwhelming majority March 1 the U.S.-Bulgarian agreement defining the legal status of the Anglo-American School (AAS) in Sofia. With its status defined in law, AAS can now begin construction of a new camp [...]	2005-03-04 14:21:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	ASCH PREL KTIA BU
05TAIPEI118	LIEN CHAN ON SPECIAL BUDGET, CROSS-STRAIT, AND PFP [...] (C) Summary: KMT Chairman Lien Chan told AIT Director on December 12 that the KMT Legislative Yuan (LY) caucus intends to pass half (approximately USD nine billion) of the USD 18 billion as soon as the legislation is resubmitted in the next LY session, beginning February 1. On the cross-Strai [...]	2005-01-13 06:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI1404	WHERE HAVE ALL THE BUSES GONE? -- THE 326 PROTEST [...] (C) SUMMARY. Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) plans for a one-million-person rally on March 26 to protest China's Anti-Secession Law are running into logistical problems. While Southern Taiwan DPP offices and officials have found no shortage of supporters willing to participate, they fear a [...]	2005-03-26 01:57:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI3293	"UNITED DAILY NEWS" EDITORIAL ON TAIWAN'S CROSS- [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-08 22:58:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO TW
05TAIPEI3313	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Most Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage August 8 on local issues such as the water shortage in Taoyuan County, a junior high school student overpowering an armed bank robber, and a child abuse case. The pro-independence "Taiwan Daily" was the only Chinese-language [...]	2005-08-09 08:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI4517	MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, AVIAN FLU [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage November 8 on the arrest of a famous poet who threatened Premier Frank Hsieh by phone last week, local scandals, and Taiwan's financial assistance to Senegal, which severed diplomatic ties with Taiwan in late October. Almost [...]	2005-11-08 23:12:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW ESTH
05TEGUCIGALPA2239	REQUEST FOR EMERGENCY HELICOPTER ASSISTANCE FOR [...] This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. Based on the deteriorating conditions and lack of food in Puerto Lempira in the remote Mosquitia region of Honduras due to the effects of Hurricane Beta, Post requests immediate emergency DoD assistence to airlift food, medicine, and hygie [...]	2005-11-02 14:21:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS EAID PREL HO
05TELAVIV4304	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. London Bombings ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that on Monday, the delegation of senior Israeli officials to Washington officially presented Israel's disengagement-related aid request to the U.S. admini [...]	2005-07-12 11:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TORONTO3250	Reviving the Islamic Spirit Convention [...] (U) See para 8 for action request. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A large convention for Islamic youth will take place in Toronto December 23 to 26. Organizers expect about 12,000 to 15,000 people to attend - about 1,000 people will likely travel to Canada from the U.S. Since the convention is occu [...]	2005-12-14 15:20:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC KISL KPAO PREL CA
05WELLINGTON45	NEW ZEALAND: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-14 04:22:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV NZ OPIC USTR
06ABIDJAN1004	COTE D'IVOIRE: TOXIC WASTE SCANDAL UNFOLDS [...] (U) Summary. The illegal dumping of toxic waste at eleven open-air garbage sites around the city of Abidjan has reportedly left three people dead and led some 1,500 others to seek treatment for symptoms of nausea, rashes, fainting, diarrhea and headaches. The dumping has generated public pro [...]	2006-09-08 17:44:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SENV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1084	COTE D'IVOIRE: BANK EMPLOYEES GO ON STRIKE [...] On September 27, the National Union of Employees of the Banking and Financial Establishments in Cote d'Ivoire (SYNABEFA-CI) went on strike for 72 hours, making good on a threat issued on July 25 (reftel A). To maximize the impact, the strike was evidently timed to coincide with the monthly d [...]	2006-09-27 13:39:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EFIN PGOV IV
06ABUDHABI135	UAE: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-18 12:41:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV AE USTR OPIC
06ABUDHABI3537	ASSESSMENT OF UAE TERRORIST FINANCING ENVIRONMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. In response to ref A, Embassy's country team provides the following assessment of the terrorist/insurgent finance operating environment in the UAE. Responses are keyed to reftel, to the extent possible. End summary. Legal Regime ------------ 2. (SBU) Question. What la [...]	2006-09-06 14:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC TC IQ
06ABUDHABI4290	US BUSINESS IN UAE HURT BY HIGH HOUSING COST AND U.S. TAX [...] U.S. businesses in Abu Dhabi and Dubai have approached both the Embassy and Consulate General to express concern about the negative impact of recent changes in the U.S. tax code on the amount of housing assistance that can be excluded from taxable income. Under the revised regulations, U.S. re [...]	2006-11-15 12:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD AE
06ABUJA2897	DEATH OF SULTAN ADDS TO POLITICAL TURMOIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The tragic death of the Sultan of Sokoto and the subsequent politicking surrounding the naming of his replacement (Alhaji Sa'ad Abubukar, currently Nigeria's Military Attach in Pakistan, was named Sultan on November 2),are but the latest factors contributing to a climate of turmo [...]	2006-11-03 13:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM KISL SCUL NI
06ACCRA248	REFUGEES IN GHANA: STRENGTHENING UNHCR AND GOG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 23 meeting with Embassy officers, UNHCR Representative Luc Stevens welcomed USG support for his various refugee programs in 2006 and accepted our encouragement to work more closely with the GOG. Beyond money and staffing, his primary concern was the GOG wild card: [...]	2006-01-30 14:38:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GH LI PREF PREL TO
06ADDISABABA2093	SOMALI TFG SURVIVES ASSASSINATION, DEFECTIONS, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Over the last three days, Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) has weathered the assassination of one government minister, the resignation of nearly 20 others, and a no-confidence vote by 49 per cent of its parliamentarians. According to Somalia's PermRep to the Afric [...]	2006-07-31 16:07:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINR KPKO AU SO ER ET
06AITTAIPEI1916	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT CHEN CEDING POWERS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage June 3-5 on KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou's last-minute decision to show up at a PFP-held demonstration Saturday, calling on President Chen Shui-bian to step down; the aftermath of Chen's announcement he will relinquish some p [...]	2006-06-05 22:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI2099	MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT CHARTER FLIGHTS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage June 17-19 on the rallies held by the pan-Green and pan-Blue camps over the weekend to show their support for and opposition to President Chen Shui-bian; inauguration of the Taipei-Ilan Hseuhshan Tunnel; the crash of an F5 [...]	2006-06-19 22:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI2800	TAIWAN DPRK NON-PAPER: ADDRESSING U.S. CONCERNS [...] (S) MOFA NORTH AMERICAN AFFAIRS DIRECTOR-GENERAL LEO LEE (CHEN-JAN) CONVEYED A TAIWAN INTERAGENCY DECISION ON NORTH KOREA-RELATED PROLIFERATION ISSUES TO AIT ON AUGUST 15. LEE EXPLAINED THAT THE "NON-PAPER" (TEXT IN PARA 2) WAS DRAFTED IN RESPONSE TO AIT'S REPEATED URGING THAT TAIWAN RESTRICT [...]	2006-08-16 08:27:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	PGOV PREL TW
06AITTAIPEI3595	M&A by Foreign Financial Institutions [...] London-based Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) recently announced it will totally acquire Taiwan's Hsinchu International Bank (HIB) in October 2006 by purchasing equity shares in Taiwan's stock market. A dozen foreign investors have acquired significant equity in six Taiwan banking institutions th [...]	2006-10-20 07:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06ALMATY1083	KAZAKHSTAN: TAX AND CUSTOMS EXEMPTIONS FOR CTR PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Almaty received a letter from Ministry of Finance outlining the ministry's interpretation of tax and customs liabilities for CTR program participants. The letter states that exemptions shall only be provided to those organizations specifically named; that only contracto [...]	2006-03-27 15:48:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM EAID KZ
06AMMAN2525	JORDAN FUEL PRICE HIKES, "SAFETY NET" IMPLEMENTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Businesses, consumers, and government offices were moving rapidly April 9 to adjust to the fuel price hikes approved by the cabinet April 8 and implemented at midnight (see ref's). In addition to a JD 61.7 million ($87 million) "social safety net" program (Ref C) already in ef [...]	2006-04-10 13:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV SOCI EPET JO
06ANKARA2904	MONTREUX CONVENTION: MILITARY LIMITS ON THE [...] (C) Summary: The Montreux Convention (MC) obligates Turkey to keep the Dardanelles and the Bosporus open to commercial shipping and to limit naval passage into and out of the Black Sea. In addition, non-littoral navies face limits on both tonnage and duration of stay in the Black Sea. Civil [...]	2006-05-23 05:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIA MOPS EWWT XH ZJ TU
06ANKARA4200	TFLE01: LEBANON EVACUATION: POSSIBLE ARRIVAL OF [...] (U) In response to Task Force information (ref A) that AmCits may be arriving in the Turkish port city of Mersin on 7/19, Mission made contingency preparations to accommodate and process. 2. (U) Initial information that 100 ) 200 AmCits would arrive late July 19 in Mersin on a Canadian-char [...]	2006-07-19 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR CASC EWWT PREL CMGT MOPS US TU
06ANKARA4234	TFLE01: LEBANON EVACUATION: PREPARING ALTERNATE [...] (U) In response to Task Force direction, Mission Turkey has prepared to use the port of Mersin as an overflow evacuation point for AmCits departing Lebanon. We intend to bus evacuees to Incirlik Air Base and conduct processing on the base. Mission has directed all available existing resourc [...]	2006-07-20 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR CASC EWWT REL CMGT MOPS US TU
06ANKARA4252	TFLE01: LEBANON EVACUATION: MERSIN/ADANA/INCIRLIK [...] (U) By evening 7/21 local time, Mission Turkey will have staffed up in Mersin and Incirlik Air Base to accommodate AmCits evacuating Lebanon. As of 7/22 we will be capable of processing the 1400 pax expected on the Rahmah. We understand TDY consular and management assistance is en route; we [...]	2006-07-21 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR CASC EWWT PREL CMGT MOPS US TU
06ANKARA4354	TFLE01: UPDATE ON EVACUEE PROCESSING IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Of the 1,700 evacuees received in Turkey, approximately 700 remain on the Incirlik Air Base as of July 28, awaiting chartered aircraft. All three of the flights scheduled to depart July 28 were canceled. These repeated cancellations and delays are seriously undermining morale o [...]	2006-07-28 16:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC ASEC TU LE CY
06ANTANANARIVO1441	SAMBI DEMANDS UNION FORCES ACCESS IN ANJOUAN [...] (U) Comoran President Sambi held a rally in Mutsumudu, Anjouan, on December 25 telling supporters he would not leave until Island President Bacar authorized Union forces access at the sea port and airport. Sambi called on Anjouan Island forces to turn in their weapons to Union counterparts an [...]	2006-12-26 10:52:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM CN
06ATHENS1691	ACTIONS OF POLICE, NOT PROTESTERS, CONDEMNED AFTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following months of demonstrations over now-stalled reforms to Greek higher education, another angry protest on June 27 left parts of central Athens damaged, including the U.S.-affiliated Hellenic American Union and University. Focusing on protesters' rights, media and opposi [...]	2006-07-03 14:20:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC SCUL GR
06ATHENS1853	GREEK MFA INVOLVED IN ARRANGING VESSELS FOR BEIRUT [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador called on Deputy Foreign Minister Kassimis on July 17 to advise the GoG of current USG efforts regarding potential evacuations from Beirut, as well as enlist GoG aid in locating appropriate vessels for RFP N00033-06-R-5523, and raise the possibility that Souda Bay mig [...]	2006-07-18 04:41:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AEMR CASC EWWT GR LE MARR PINS PREL ETRA KHLS
06BAGHDAD2699	NINEWA: LOCAL KURDKISH LEADERS CALL FOR MORE U.S. [...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Ninewa cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Kurdish political party leaders from Ninewa are calling for a greater U.S. presence in Iraqi Kurdistan. PUK West Ninewa Director Mustafa Kokhe and Vice Governor and KDP Provincial Director [...]	2006-07-29 11:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR ECON
06BAKU607	EC VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN HEAVY ON NEIGHBORHOOD [...] (C) SUMMARY. During his April 7 visit to Baku, EC RELEX Deputy Director-General Fotiadis discussed mainly European Neighborhood Program issues and some energy issues. Sticking points for adoption of Azerbaijan's draft ENP plan appear to be language on regional cooperation, lingering Cypriot [...]	2006-04-20 03:21:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG AJ GG AM CY EU
06BAKU947	BP JUNE UPDATE ON EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his regular brief for Charge and British Ambassador, AIOC President David Woodward noted rising production in the ACG field and the first tanker lifting of BTC-delivered oil from Ceyhan. The gala ceremonies officially opening BTC in Ceyhan will take place July 12-13 and the G [...]	2006-06-27 14:01:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL AJ KZ IR
06BANGKOK1845	A WEEKEND OF DEMONSTRATIONS; NOTHING CHANGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: A small bomb of unknown origin was defused at the headquarters of the opposition Democrat Party on Monday. This follows a very successful and large demonstration Friday evening by the Democrats, who have joined the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) call for a royally-appoint [...]	2006-03-27 11:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BEIJING10734	PRC/GERMANY: MERKEL VISIT READOUT [...] (C) China supports a more important role for Germany in the United Nations, China's leaders told visiting German Chancellor Merkel, according to MFA European Affairs Division Director Wang Shunqing. Wang said that during Mrkel's May 21-23 visit to China, China and Germany agreed to initiate a [...]	2006-05-31 08:42:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV GE CH
06BEIJING10891	PRC RESPONDS TO INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-01 10:06:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SENV EAID CH ID
06BEIJING7890	PRC EVACUATES OVER 300 CHINESE FROM SOLOMON [...] (C) The PRC evacuation of over 300 overseas Chinese and Hong Kong residents from the riot-torn Solomon Islands has been front page news for the past two days. The efforts included 5 chartered planes, although the first only arrived in Honiara two days after the cessation of violence. China [...]	2006-04-26 04:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL CH PP
06BEIJING8109	China Raises Interest Rates to Rein in Overheated [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 27, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) announced an increase in loan interest rates, with rates on the benchmark one-year lending rate rising by 27 basis points to 5.85 percent. Local observers interpret this move as a response to fears that the economy is overheating [...]	2006-04-28 09:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV CH
06BEIRUT929	MGLE01--AOUN READY TO COOPERATE WITH EVERYONE WHO [...] (C) In a March 23 meeting with the Ambassador, Michel Aoun, head of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM),expressed unquestioning convinction of the correctness of his positions. In Aoun's world, his agreement with Hizballah is flawless, his attack on the parliamentary majority is righteous, [...]	2006-03-24 09:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINS LE SY KISL
06BELIZE543	BELIZE: SHIP REGISTRY RESPONSE TO CURTAILING THE [...] (S) Following the demarche of March 30, the MFA referred questions (reftel) to the Belizean ship registry company, IMMARBE (International Merchant Marine Registry of Belize),which has provided post a copy of its reply to the MFA: BEGIN TEXT ---------- We refer to your fax transmission date [...]	2006-06-16 16:49:00	Embassy Belmopan	SECRET	PARM PREL KN KNNP MNUC EWWT PHSA BH
06BOGOTA2897	COLOMBIAN BANKING SECTOR: REVIEW AND PROSPECTS [...] (Summary) 2005 was a year of continued growth and consolidation for the Colombian banking sector, with banks registering a record 2.4 billion USD in profits, an increase of 46 percent over the previous year. Colombia's financial regulatory bodies were also consolidated in 2005 to improve gene [...]	2006-03-31 17:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN
06BUDAPEST710	HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: BALATON RESORT TOWNS POISED [...] (SBU) The FIDESZ campaign in the western resort towns of Keszthely and Heviz is tagging the MSZP for high unemployment and a sagging economy and hoping to use FIDESZ's improved organizational skills to get unhappy voters to the polls on April 9. A FIDESZ politician already in Parliament pegs h [...]	2006-04-06 18:16:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI HU
06CAIRO3704	EGYPT: MAY 2006 MONTHLY ECONOMIC REPORT [...] In this edition: The People's Assembly passes new economic legislation, and reform of tax administration continues. Public sector wages are increased, as the GOE opens a debate on petroleum subsidies and the future of the petroleum sector. The GOE gets closer to settlement of some non-perfo [...]	2006-06-14 08:20:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT SENV EG
06CARACAS2489	INSIDE BARRIO ADENTRO: THE BRV'S PRIMARY HEALTH [...] (SBU) Mision Barrio Adentro ("Inside the Neighborhood") is a network of BRV-sponsored primary health care modules largely staffed by Cuban medical personnel. Current statistics and financial information about this BRV program are very difficult to obtain. Venezuelan physicians' groups alleg [...]	2006-08-21 20:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON VE
06COLOMBO159	SRI LANKAN NOMINEES FOR EDWARD R. MURROW PROGRAM [...] Post nominates Ms. Zainab Ibrahim, Assistant Editor, Lanka Business Online, as principal nominee, and Ms. Namini Wijedasa, Assistant Editor, Sunday Island, and Ms. Dilshani Samaraweera, Senior Business Journalist, Lanka Business Online, as first and second alternate nominees respectively, for [...]	2006-01-27 06:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
06COLOMBO1679	SRI LANKA: TEXT ON GSL REPORTS ON LTTE FINANCING [...] (SBU) Summary: During reftel discussion to prepare for the initial meeting of the Contact Group, Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) officials gave Post copies of reports they had produced regarding Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) financing. The following are excerpts from two of those report [...]	2006-10-13 05:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL CE
06COLOMBO2132	DEVELOPMENT GOALS FOR MALDIVES [...] (U) Summary: The importance of creating a stable economy before Maldives' 2011 LDC graduation, diversification beyond the fisheries and tourist industries, and promoting environmental protectionism were the main topics of Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to South and Southwest Asia, [...]	2006-12-27 12:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR ENRG EWWT SENV EINV ETRD MV
06COLOMBO321	IMI - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2006 ? SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-28 10:56:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV
06DAMASCUS3047	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ALEXANDER PASCAL [...] (U) Embassy Damascus warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Alexander Pascal, 2006 Summer Intern, for travel to Damascus from July 15 to August 20, 2006. 2. (U) POC for this visit is Elizabeth Lyne, Administrative Assistant, who can be reached at (work) (963) (11) 333-1342, Ext [...]	2006-06-25 11:15:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER SY
06DAMASCUS5390	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL DODD, DECEMBER 19-21 [...] (U) Embassy Damascus welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Senator Christopher Dodd, and the other members of his delegation: Ms. Janice O'Connell (SFRC),and COL Mike Barbero, U.S. Army Senate Liaison. 2. (U) Control officer and point of contact for this visit is Pol/Econ [...]	2006-12-12 13:00:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AMGT ASEC OREP SY
06DAMASCUS674	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BAGHDAD REFUGEE COORDINATOR [...] (U) Embassy Damascus welcomes and grants country clearance to Baghdad Refugee Coordinator Camille Hill for travel to Damascus from February 28 through March 4, 2006. After clearing customs, traveler will be met and assisted at the airport by an Embassy driver who will display a sign with the [...]	2006-02-16 14:40:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA PREF SMIG SY IZ
06DHAKA2741	BANGLADESH: IMF CONDUCTS FIFTH REVIEW OF PRGF [...] (C) Summary: An IMF mission conducted the fifth review of Bangladesh's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) from April 30 - May 10. Although identifying several actions the BDG must take, the IMF mission was generally satisfied with progress to date. Key issues are reducing fuel p [...]	2006-05-15 08:33:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID IMF BG
06DOHA559	FIVE YEARS ON: THE STATUS OF EDUCATION REFORM IN [...] (U) Summary: In 2001, the government of Qatar embarked on an ambitious mission to reform the country's education system. Under the banner of, "Education for a New Era," this initiative, led by the Amir's consort, Sheikha Mozah, aims to comprehensively reform education from kindergarten throug [...]	2006-04-12 11:22:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO SCUL KMPI QA
06DUBAI4348	AIRPORTS IN THE EMIRATES - SHARJAH, RAS AL-KHAIMAH, AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-11 07:57:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PINS TSPA EINV IR AE
06DUBAI6884	IRANIAN DHOW TRADE WITH DUBAI [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-22 10:39:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EWWT PGOV IR AE
06FREETOWN500	CHARLES TAYLOR DEPARTS FREETOWN FOR THE HAGUE [...] (C) At 0941 on June 20, a UN-chartered Airbus departed Lungi International Airport in Freetown with former Liberian President Charles Taylor onboard. 2. (C) Taylor departed the Special Court compound via helicoptor at 0900 enroute to Lungi under heavy security. Armored vehicles and UNMIL Ir [...]	2006-06-20 10:11:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC KAWC SL NL
06GEORGETOWN233	BERBICE RIVER BRIDGE AGAIN INCHES TOWARD REALITY [...] SUMMARY: The GOG's point person on the one-mile long Berbice River Bridge project, which would connect the agricultural east Berbice region with the central coast and Georgetown, has predicted completion of the bridge by October 2007. Significantly, funding for the US$37.2 million dollar proje [...]	2006-03-13 11:48:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ELTN ECON PGOV EFIN GY
06GUANGZHOU17360	Capitalizing on Taiwan Cache: The Fuzhou Cross- [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan-based and -invested companies displayed their wares to an eager crowd at Fuzhou's annual Cross-Strait Trade Fair. Taiwan agricultural produce occupied a prominent spot at the fair, following on China's 2005 elimination of tariffs on ten types of agricultural imports from [...]	2006-06-12 08:45:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL CH TW
06GUANGZHOU32317	New Foreign Banking Regulations: Foreign Bankers are [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the November 15 release of banking regulations that permit wholly foreign-owned banks in China, Guangzhou-based representatives of foreign banks believe they can now operate on a level playing field with domestic banks. Citibank and Deutsche Bank branch managers said t [...]	2006-11-22 09:18:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN WTRO ECON EINV CH
06HARARE1396	MUCH BALLYHOOED 99-YEAR LEASES DISAPPOINT ALL ROUND [...] (SBU) The terms of the few dozen much ballyhooed 99-year leases issued on November 9 by President Mugabe left many questions unaddressed. Bankers say they do not appear to meet collateral requirements for lending into the sector. Security of tenure under the leases is tenuous, as the GOZ ret [...]	2006-11-22 13:04:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ASEC ZI
06HARARE180	BELEAGUERED BUSINESS LEADERS SAY POLICY CHANGES [...] (C) At an economic roundtable hosted by the Ambassador on February 8, five leading businessmen had little doubt about the inevitability of a GOZ shift to market-driven policies but differed on its likely timing. They agreed that the speed of economic deterioration was accelerating, the econom [...]	2006-02-16 14:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV EINV ETRD ZI
06HARARE186	LAURIE ON POLITBURO SHIFT ON WEST [...] (C) John Laurie, a former leading post-independence businessman and parliamentarian who maintains regular contact with a Politburo member and has a personal relationship with Mugabe, relayed to econoff on Feburary 8 that the Politburo recognized the accelerating pace of economic deterioration [...]	2006-02-17 10:21:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ZI
06HARARE413	BANK CEO ON FOREX RATE MOVEMENTS [...] (SBU) CEO of Standard Chartered Bank Washington Matsaira told the Ambassador on April 3 that a combination of attractive interest rates on GOZ Treasury bills and increased availability of fuel had contributed to a cooling of the parallel foreign exchange market over the past month. The parall [...]	2006-04-07 13:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ASEC ZI
06HARARE731	GOZ POLICIES CRIPPLING BANKING SECTOR [...] (SBU) Stricter liquidity controls implemented in January by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) are sapping the banking sector of vital capital at the same time as the industry struggles to comply with higher capital requirements that take effect later this year. This impending crunch has fue [...]	2006-06-19 15:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE764	FORMER ZANU-PF OFFICIAL LAUNCHES NEW OPPOSITION [...] (U) Daniel Shumba, a former ZANU-PF provincial chairman for Masvingo, officially launched the United People,s Party (UPP) on June 24 in Harare before a smaller than advertised crowd of approximately 800 supporters. (N.B. Shumba was one of the six provincial chairmen forced out of the ruling pa [...]	2006-06-27 15:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC ZI
06HARARE96	ADVERSE REACTION TO GONO'S POLICY STATEMENT [...] (C) Reaction to Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono's Monetary Policy Statement for the Fourth Quarter (details septel) has been largely negative. The independent media gave the most prominent coverage to Gono's public reference to the regime,s concern about public unrest over food insec [...]	2006-01-30 16:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
06HOCHIMINHCITY1492	ALL HIS (PRIME MINISTER DZUNG'S) CHILDREN [...] (S/NF) Summary and Introduction: ConGen has been seeking additional information on the biographies of the three children of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung. We understand that Dzung, in his meeting with the President during the APEC Leaders' Summit, sought to deflect or downplay the ties of h [...]	2006-12-26 09:36:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR ECON EFIN PGOV PREL VM
06HONGKONG1383	HONG KONG DOLLAR PEG'S FUTURE UNDER CONSIDERATION [...] (C) The Chinese renminbi (RMB, 8.02=1 USD) and Hong Kong dollar (HKD, 7.76=1 USD) are likely to reach parity by year-end, assuming the RMB continues its gradual appreciation in line with most forecasts. Looking at the evolution of the two currencies, such parity would merely be an accident of [...]	2006-04-03 10:39:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV HK CH
06HONGKONG2166	ECONOMIC COOLING SEEN AS CHINA TIGHTENS, CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Hong Kong's 8.2 percent first quarter GDP growth caps off two years of impressive and above-trend economic performance, but this is likely to change quickly. The boost to Hong Kong's economy from China's growth appears set to wane amid determined moves in the mainland to slow loan growt [...]	2006-05-24 10:27:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV HK CH
06HONGKONG2472	INTERPLAY OF U.S. INTEREST RATES AND LOCAL STOCKS [...] (C) Driven by jitters over the direction of U.S. interest rates, Hong Kong stocks have seen double-digit declines over the past month, in line with the sell-off affecting other Asian exchanges and, to a lesser extent, the U.S. markets. This city's economy, however, is heavily oriented towards [...]	2006-06-14 10:46:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN HK CH
06HONGKONG4265	HK Economists discuss China's Economy, Banking in China, [...] (SBU) Summary: Hong Kong economists, bankers, and Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) officials told Embassy Beijing Minister-Counselor for Financial Affairs David Loevinger (Finatt) that the rate of renminbi (RMB) appreciation would not sustain the rate it achieved following the September vis [...]	2006-11-01 00:37:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD HK CH
06ISLAMABAD16739	ISLAMIC BANKING IN PAKISTAN (C-TN6-00207) [...] (C) Summary. With limited government support, Islamic banking has gained momentum in Pakistan in the past three years. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reports that the capital base of the Islamic banking system has more than doubled since 2003 as the number of Islamic banks operating in P [...]	2006-08-24 12:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ECIN EFIN KTFN PK
06ISTANBUL2013	ISTANBUL'S KURDISH INTELLECTUALS: THE TIME IS NOW [...] (S) Summary. Istanbul's Kurdish intellectuals opine the evolving political situation in Turkey and the region sets a favorable stage for agreement to end the Kurdish conflict in Turkey. According to these intellectuals, Turkey's Kurds -- accepted as equals during Turkey's war of independenc [...]	2006-11-02 13:59:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PTER TU
06JAKARTA8686	INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS JUNE [...] Summary. The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) announced on July 3 a slight decrease in year-on-year (YoY) inflation in June 2006 to 15.5 percent. Citing improving macroeconomic trends, Bank Indonesia (BI) cut interest rates by 25 basis points to 12.25 percent on July 6. At their June 14 m [...]	2006-07-11 10:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
06JAKARTA8800	BATAM - A DEVELOPMENT MODEL FOR INDONESIA? [...] (SBU) Summary: The July 25 Indonesia-Singapore "Framework Agreement on Economic Cooperation" aims to create an ambitious Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Batam and adjacent islands, already the site of one of Indonesia's most noteworthy manufacturing success stories. Batam's local economy conti [...]	2006-07-14 06:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON EFIN ELAB ID
06KABUL5279	REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE WITH AFGHAN HAJJ FLIGHT SLOTS [...] (SBU) President Karzai yesterday informed the Ambassador that the Saudi Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has not yet granted arrival/departure slots for Afghanistan's Hajj flights. The GoA is in the process of engaging the Saudi government at a high level to get these assignments quickly. Given [...]	2006-10-31 01:42:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PGOV ECON AF
06KABUL5566	NEW ANP PAY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM A POSITIVE STEP [...] Summary: A recent reform of the pay distribution system in Afghanistan makes it possible for Afghan National Police employees in the provinces to receive their pay directly from a branch of the central bank or one of several commercial banks. Previously, pay was distributed by means of middl [...]	2006-11-22 12:43:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SNAR MARR AF
06KATHMANDU2598	PARTIAL PEACE DEAL POSSIBLE BEFORE DASHAIN? [...] (C) On September 22, peace facilitator Hannes Siebert and UN Secretary General Annan's representative to the peace process Ian Martin told the Ambassador that the Government of Nepal and the Maoists were getting closer to agreement on several of the key peace documents. There were also, they [...]	2006-09-25 11:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU745	MARCH 16 REFUGEE UPDATE [...] (C) The Nepal Country Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) agreed with Nepal that the Bhutanese government continued to stall on progress toward returning Bhutanese refugees in Nepal to Bhutan and UNHCR was prepared to assist countries to internationaliz [...]	2006-03-16 12:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL NP
06KATHMANDU957	PROFESSIONALS INCREASING SUPPORT FOR PRO-DEMOCRACY [...] (C) Numerous professionals and professional organizations have either announced their support through press statements or staged protests around the country as pro-democracy demonstrations called by the seven-party alliance continued into a seventh day. Health services in major hospitals arou [...]	2006-04-12 12:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM NP
06KHARTOUM1322	SOUTHERN SUDAN: LATEST INFORMATION ON THE LORD,S [...] (SBU) Summary. Ugandan officials have confirmed that the GOU has accepted the concept of contact with the Lord,s Resistance Army (LRA),but they were uncertain on the modalities. An initial meeting was postponed due to Vice President Machar,s travel to Khartoum but is expected to take place [...]	2006-06-05 14:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM UG SU CG
06KHARTOUM1644	Southern Sudan: UNHCR Has Successes, Faces Challenges [...] The Director of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Southern Sudan, Bhairaja Panday, said that returns from Uganda, Kenya, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were now proceeding smoothly. However, he explained that returns from the Central African Republic ( [...]	2006-07-12 11:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF UN CT CG ET CD UG KE SU
06KHARTOUM479	MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND [...] (U) Summary: On February 20, CG Juba met with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Dr. Martin Elia Lomuro. The Minister provided an overview of his ministry's capacity as well as his ambitious vision for the future. He described the irresponsible logging [...]	2006-02-23 16:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EPET PGOV EAID SU

06KINSHASA172	CONFIDENTIAL TEMPLATE [...] (C) Summary: A roughly six-hour January 23 meeting of the CIAT with the President and Vice Presidents produced little other than a renewed demonstration of how difficult it is for the Transition Government to function. A January 25 session of the Mixed Commission on Security was also long, bu [...]	2006-02-01 15:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA173	PRESIDENTIAL AND SECURITY COORDINATION MEETINGS: [...] (C) Summary: A roughly six-hour January 23 meeting of the CIAT with the President and Vice Presidents produced little other than a renewed demonstration of how difficult it is for the Transition Government to function. A January 25 session of the Mixed Commission on Security was also long, bu [...]	2006-02-01 16:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KUALALUMPUR947	MEET THE FTA NEGOTIATORS: PART 3 [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Many of Malaysia's lead negotiators for the different FTA chapters took part in our Trade and Investment Framework (TIFA) discussions, but others are new faces. Econ counselor and econoffs are calling on all of the new negotiators to take their measure in adva [...]	2006-05-24 07:33:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN ELAB ECPS MY
06LAGOS1339	DELTA SITREP 3: BAYELSA DEPUTY GOVERNOR IN [...] (C) Summary: American citizen James Brazel remains in captivity. The Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State departed by boat at 11:30 AM November 3 for the villages of Ezetu and Ekeni Ezeatu 2, where the hostages are believed to be held. PGS has had no direct communication with the kidnappers, or [...]	2006-11-04 13:14:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS1343	DELTA SITREP 5: HOSTAGES RELEASED [...] (SBU) American citizen James Brazel and Briton Martin Maddieson were released to the Bayelsa State Government on November 7. Upon release they were taken to the Bayelsa Capital, Yenagoa. Tim Branch of Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) advised RSO on November 7 the hostages are traveling today to [...]	2006-11-07 15:59:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS34	BANK RECAPITALIZATION AND 2007 ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. 25 newly formed bank groups have met or surpassed the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) naira 25 billion capital base. According to CBN's press release, some 13 banks did not meet the requirement before December 31, 2005. Bank insiders indicate at least 15 banks may be liquidate [...]	2006-01-12 16:03:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL TO NI
06LAGOS432	NIGERIA:BANK UPDATE AND THE 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (C) The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) began post-integration verification of assets on all 25 newly emerged bank groups on February 22. Insiders expect the verification process to reveal some of the banks did not actually meet the CBN's naira 25 billion (USD 192 million) capitalization requir [...]	2006-03-24 06:58:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL NI
06LAGOS793	NORTH AMERICAN AIRLINES JULY 17 INAUGURAL FLIGHT [...] (SBU) On June 9, the North American Airlines (NAA) Nigeria Country Manager, Henry Seymour, confirmed to Econoff the airline plans to begin its first direct flight from Lagos Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA) to New York John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) on July 17. Seymou [...]	2006-06-12 14:16:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT EAIR EINV KFRD PREL NI
06LAGOS800	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC BRIEFS, APRIL - MAY 2006 [...] Summary: The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) reported the lowest inflation figures in 10 years with a drop from 10.7 percent in January to 7.9 percent in February. Inter- bank interest rates also declined significantly as the system experienced a liquidity ease following release of monthly sta [...]	2006-06-13 08:20:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR PGOV NI
06LIMA1781	BOLIVIA AND VENEZUELA PERPLEX, VEX GOP [...] (C) According to Foreign Ministry South American Affairs Director Milagros Castagnon: -- the Government of Bolivia has asked the GOP for 40 experts to provide technical assistance with Bolivia's hydrocarbons nationalization; -- Venezuela refuses to acknowledge the seriousness of Peru's w [...]	2006-05-09 16:44:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06MANILA4919	NEXT STEPS TO ASSISTING TYPHOON REMING VICTIMS [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE -- SEE PARA 5. 2. (U) A December 6 on-the-ground assessment by a joint USAID-JUSMAG team provided a snapshot of the area in southern Luzon recovering from Typhoon Reming, which struck the Philippines November 30-December 1. The disaster affected more than a [...]	2006-12-07 10:20:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR CASC SOCI RP
06MOSCOW11413	REGIONAL ELECTION RESULTS: UNITED RUSSIA WINS AS [...] (SBU) As expected, the Kremlin's United Russia received a plurality or majority of votes cast in the elections for nine regional legislatures on October 8. Other key findings: -- the experiment with managed, two-party democracy seems to have succeeded from the perspective of the Presidential [...]	2006-10-11 14:52:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
06MUSCAT122	2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] (SBU) ECONOMIC/POLITICAL FACTORS: There have been no major policy changes since the 2004 report (ref B). Oman remains a stalwart ally in the global war on terrorism and key Arab proponent of regional stability, including USG stabilization efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Long-standing milita [...]	2006-01-31 06:48:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP MASS MARR MU
06NAIROBI1015	AMBASSADOR MEETS KENYA'S NEW FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In his new job as Kenya's Finance Minister, Amos Kimunya wants to focus on repairing relations with donors, improving governance, and controlling government spending. Kimunya also told the Ambassador on March 3 that the Government of Kenya is moving ahead with major privatization [...]	2006-03-07 10:31:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL PINR PTER KE
06NAIROBI1850	HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN [...] The widespread heavy rains experienced in the region during the first ten days, or dekad, of April subsided in the second dekad. During the second dekad of April, most parts of Somalia and Djibouti, northern and eastern Kenya, and the eastern half of Ethiopia, where most of the drought-affec [...]	2006-04-28 09:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE
06NAIROBI2755	KENYA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DREIER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Kenya, a country that stands out among African nations as a country of special interest to the United States. With substantial existing infrastructure, a well-educated work force and a diverse economy, Kenya could become East Africa's engine for economic growth. In [...]	2006-06-23 10:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KE
06NAIROBI3500	KENYA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL OBAMA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Kenya, a country that stands out among its East African neighbors as a stable, open democracy and as a key regional partner for the United States. The country is making a dramatic break from its past by greatly improving respect for human rights and by expanding d [...]	2006-08-11 10:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KCOR KE
06NDJAMENA535	CHAD: GOVERNMENT SURVIVES FIGHTING IN NDJAMENA [...] (U) Rebels reached the northeastern and eastern sections of Ndjamena during the night, and fighting erupted at dawn and lasted throughout the morning April 13, with the Chadian armed forces beating them back. Ndjamena has been quiet ever since, except for sporadic gunfire to the east. Embass [...]	2006-04-13 18:21:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC MOPS CH
06NICOSIA1172	TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 04 AS OF 1800 LOCAL, [...] (S) Summary: Preparations continue to accommodate thousands over the next few days. Total headcount of U.S. citizens received as of 1800L is 467. POL/MIL 2. (S) The following are pol/mil updates: --USAF Europe is sending 20 medics and three medical doctors to Cyprus, arrival late [...]	2006-07-19 16:27:00	Embassy Nicosia	SECRET	AEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1174	TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 05 AS OF 0900 LOCAL, [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Nicosia's focus remains assisting arriving U.S. citizens and helping Embassy Beirut. Total headcount of U.S. citizens received has substantially increased to 1529 (as of 0745L). POL/MIL 2. (C) The following are pol/mil updates: --DAO has assigned an officer to t [...]	2006-07-20 09:11:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1175	TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 06 AS OF 1800 LOCAL, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador weighed in septel with request that the increasing flow of evacuees be calibrated between Cyprus and other destinations such as Mersin in order to keep our total daily flow in line with our capacity to handle 2,000 evacuees daily. Additional charter airlift will be n [...]	2006-07-20 15:51:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1177	TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 07 AS OF 1115 LOCAL, FRIDAY, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 1115L was 3753. POL/MIL 2. (C) Arrivals from Beirut to Larnaca via the Beirut Air Bridge (BAB) are expected to conclude July 21. CONSULAR 3. (C) The following are consular updates. --Accounting of U.S. ci [...]	2006-07-21 08:35:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1179	TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 08 AS OF 1800 LOCAL, FRIDAY, [...] (C) Summary: Airlift capacity remains our biggest strategic concern as the intake of evacuees continues to outpace our ability to transport them to onward destinations. Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 1800L was 3,822, and we anticipate another 3803 to arrive in the [...]	2006-07-21 16:26:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1180	TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 09 AS OF 1100 LOCAL, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 1100L July 22 was 5,819, and we anticipate another 2140 to arrive in the next 12 hours. We expect approximately 2,000 to depart July 22. POL/MIL 2. (C) The military will provide 5 milair flights/day (101 pax per p [...]	2006-07-22 08:28:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1182	TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 10 AS OF 1800 LOCAL, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens receive in Cyprus as of 1700L was 6869, and we anticipate another 2,825 to arrive in the next twelve hours. 1,226 U.S. citizens had departed by 1700(L) July 22. POL/MIL 2. (C) Post is working with TF 3 and through DAO channels to seek addi [...]	2006-07-22 17:41:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1183	TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 11 AS OF 1000 LOCAL, SUNDAY, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 1000L July 23 was 9,711, and we anticipate another 1,300 to arrive by 2300L. 3,782 had departed by 0700L, and we expect approximately another 1,400 to depart July 23 by commercial charter and military flights. POL/MIL [...]	2006-07-23 08:54:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1184	TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 12 AS OF 1800 LOCAL, SUNDAY, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 1800L July 23 was 9,711; another 40 are expected to arrive at 2030L, and up to 1030 on July 24. Approximately 4,640 had departed by 1630L, and we expect another 817 to depart via commercial charter and military flights be [...]	2006-07-23 16:34:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY FKFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1186	TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 13 AS OF 1100 LOCAL, MONDAY, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 0800L July 24 was 10,278; another 1,000 were expected arrive at 1000L on the Orient Queen. 5,772 had departed by 0700, and we expect approximately another 1,788 to depart on July 24. End summary. POL/MIL 2. (C) The [...]	2006-07-24 10:51:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1189	TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 14 AS OF 1800 LOCAL, MONDAY, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 1630L July 24 was 10,278; the Orient Queen is expected to arrive at 2300L carrying 772 U.S. citizens. 5,951 had departed by 1630L and outbound milair and civilian charter flights continue. Approximately 300 people remained [...]	2006-07-24 16:02:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC KPAO AMGT LE CY KFLO CASC
06NICOSIA1190	TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 15 AS OF 0900 LOCAL, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 0800L July 25 was 10,881. 7,690 had departed by 0800L on July 25, and civilian charter flights continue. At 0800L, there were 280 people at the Fairgrounds and 230 at hotels. Hotels should be completely vacated by 1200L. [...]	2006-07-25 08:02:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1192	TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 16 AS OF 1800 LOCAL, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 1800 L July 25 was 11,030. 8,142 had departed by 1800L on July 25, and commercial charter flights continue. At 1800L, there were 250 people at the Fairgrounds, and none remaining in U.S. government-sponsored hotels. En [...]	2006-07-25 15:40:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1195	TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 17 AS OF 0800 LOCA, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 0800L July 26 was 11,635. 9,664 had departed by 0800L on July 26, and one more commercial charter flight is scheduled to depart July 26. 200 people spent the night at the Fairgrounds, and 400 were there as of 0800L July [...]	2006-07-26 08:18:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1206	TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 18 AS OF 1800 LOCAL, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 1800L July 26 was 11,926. 9,087 had departed by 1800L on July 26. 350 people were at the Fairgrounds as of 1800L. End summary. CONSULAR 2. (C) The following are consular updates: --Headcount of U.S.-sponsored [...]	2006-07-27 03:40:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1216	TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 19 AS OF 1700 LOCAL, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals in Cyprus as of 1700L was 13,229. 9,389 had departed with U.S. government assistance by 1700L on July 27. 488 will spend the night at the Cyprus International Fairgrounds. End summary. POLITICAL 2. (U) GOC Interior Minister Chris [...]	2006-07-27 15:33:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1222	TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 20 AS OF 0800 LOCAL, FRIDAY, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals in Cyprus as of 0800L was 13,231. 9,944 had departed with U.S. government assistance by 0800L on July 28. 494 are currently were at the Cyprus International Fairgrounds as of 0800L on July 28. CONSULAR 2. (C) The following are co [...]	2006-07-28 07:20:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1245	TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 26 AS OF 0800 LOCAL, MONDAY, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals and departures as of 0800L remained the same (13,534 and 10,280). The last two U.S. charter flights are still scheduled to depart July 31 and August 1. Post predicts that either all or nearly all of the requests for humanitarian parole [...]	2006-07-31 08:00:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1250	TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 27 AS OF 1600 LOCAL, MONDAY, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals was 13,548 (TBC) and total U.S.-assisted departures remained at 10,280. Conditions at the Fairgrounds are tense as people realize they will have to leave soon. End summary. CONSULAR 2. (C) Total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals [...]	2006-07-31 14:04:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1252	TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 28 AS OF 0800 LOCAL, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals was 13,548 and of U.S.-assisted departures was 10,566. As of 0800L August 1 there were 234 people at the Cyprus International Fairgrounds, with more people arriving from hotels to wait for the last U.S.-chartered flight. We are working w [...]	2006-08-01 10:30:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1253	TFLE01: GOVERNMENT OF CYPRUS ON U.S.-ASSISTED [...] (SBU) Summary: DCM met with Homer Mavrommatis, MFA's Consular Affairs Director, the Cyprus Police, and Civil Defense on August 1 to discuss the status of U.S.-assisted arrivals in Cyprus from Lebanon and post's plans to vacate the Cyprus International Fairgrounds facility. Mavrommatis reminde [...]	2006-08-01 15:07:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR CASC MARR PINS PREL CY LE
06NICOSIA1256	TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 29 AS OF 0800 LOCAL, [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Nicosia emptied the Cyprus International Fairgrounds facility of U.S.-assisted arrivals from Lebanon on August 1, and the last U.S.-chartered flight departed on August 2 at 0345L with 170 people. As the local Sigma Television station filmed, embassy buses drove away fro [...]	2006-08-02 09:36:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06OTTAWA119	CANADA: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-13 21:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB CA KTDB PGOV NAFTA
06PARIS4415	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Situation in Occupied Territories [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-27 10:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS7329	FRANCE 2007 INCSR Report, Part II [...] (SBU) Below is the proposed 2006-2007 INCSR Report for France, Part II, Financial crimes and money laundering. 2. (SBU) France France remains an attractive venue for money laundering because of its sizable economy, political stability, and sophisticated financial system. Common methods [...]	2006-11-09 15:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KCRM KTFN FR
06PARIS96	2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] The following text is our contribution to the INCSR, per reftel: France remains an attractive venue for money laundering because of its sizable economy, political stability, and sophisticated financial system. Common methods of laundering money in France include the use of bank deposits; f [...]	2006-01-06 14:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN FR
06PORTAUPRINCE952	DEPORTEES RETURN TO HAITI [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 13:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM HA
06PORTMORESBY185	SOLOMON ISLANDS REMAINS TENSE [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-24 07:04:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CASC BP
06PRETORIA1196	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER MARCH 24 2006 [...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Construction, Property BEE Charters Signed; - BE [...]	2006-03-24 11:18:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
06RABAT2	ASYLUM SEEKERS OVERWHELM UNHCR IN RABAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 30, Poloffs from Rabat and Casablanca met with UNHCR Head of Mission, Johannes van der Klaauw, at UNHCR headquarters in Rabat to discuss the status of refugee seekers in Morocco and UNHCR,s future plans. Van der Klaauw highlighted the challenges with the dramatic [...]	2006-01-03 08:53:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB MO PHUM PREF PREL SMIG SOCI
06RABAT638	MCA: MOROCCO HOLDS NATIONAL CONSULTATIVE WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 28-29, the GOM hosted a national consultative workshop with NGOs, local associations, academics, private sector representatives and members of the international donor community as part of its consultation process for developing a compact proposal to access funds from [...]	2006-04-07 18:27:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMCA EAID ECON SOCI MO
06RANGOON214	U.S. DOLLAR MOVES UNDERGROUND IN BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary: Banks in China, Japan and Singapore are now refusing to handle Burma's government and commercial dollar-denominated business, forcing many companies to transfer their business transactions to their personal offshore accounts to keep cash flowing. Meanwhile, the ruling regime is [...]	2006-02-14 07:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BM
06RIYADH5220	14 GUANTANAMO DETAINEES TRANSFERED TO SAUDI [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On June 25, 14 Guantanamo detainees were transferred to Saudi authority, including a non-Saudi citizen, Ahmad Sadik Turkestani. The Ministry of Interior (MOI) has told EmbOffs that all of the detainees will be further incarcerated in the Kingdom until the SAG rules [...]	2006-07-02 13:28:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAO PGOV PREL KAWC MOPS PTER SA XF
06RIYADH7838	USG ASSESSMENTS OF TERRORIST/INSURGENT FINANCE [...] (C) INTRODUCTION: This cable provides the assessment of Embassy Riyadh's country team of the terrorist/insurgent financing environment in Saudi Arabia. As instructed in reftel, post's response is divided into separate sections providing background information on the terrorist/insurgent operat [...]	2006-10-05 14:06:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PREL PTER KTFN ETTC SA IZ
06SHANGHAI7096	CHINA FOREX: AFTER NEW HIGHS, NEXT STEPS NEEDED [...] (SBU) Summary: As the RMB continued to set record highs, closing at RMB 7.84 per USD on November 27, Shanghai forex traders expressed appreciation for the greater volatility in the forex market and predicted continued gradual appreciation of the RMB. In a series of meetings in late October and [...]	2006-11-30 09:04:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL CH
06STOCKHOLM527	SWEDEN: THE NEW POST "CIA PLANES" REALITY -- [...] (c) What could have been a routine diplomatic flight clearance for a 4/4 Department of Homeland Security deportation "ICE" flight to land briefly and refuel in Sweden enroute to final destinations in the Middle East developed into an urgent situation when late in the game Swedish authorities [...]	2006-04-18 13:32:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR MARR PGOV PINR SW
06TAIPEI3146	WEEKEND ANTI-CHEN PROTESTS PEACEFUL, CONTINUE ON [...] (C) Summary: Weekend protests aimed at "deposing" President Chen were peaceful and attracted up to 100,000 people on Saturday, September 9. Turnout did not reach the 300,000 organizers projected. Organizers nevertheless declared the turnout was a "strong statement" of the people's disapp [...]	2006-09-11 11:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3552	TAIWAN VICE PREMIER ON EXPORT CONTROLS [...] (C) Summary: On October 16, Taiwan Vice Premier TSAI Ing-wen assured AIT Director Young of full cooperation on export control issues, promised to look into the U.S.-EU proposal on advancing Taiwan's accession to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement and said she believes the Taiwan econom [...]	2006-10-17 10:03:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	ETRD ECON PREL WTRO TW
06TAIPEI3737	Taipei Economic Brief for October 2006 [...] This cable summarizes selected October 2006 economic events in Taiwan: --Economic Performance --Taiwan 4th in US Patents --Bank Acquisition through Open Market Trading --Legislature Reviewing 2007 Budget --Draft CO2 Emissions Law --R&D Subsidies for SME --Fourth Nuclear Power Plant --CM [...]	2006-11-02 07:33:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06TAIPEI3945	Foreign Investment in Taiwan Surges 291 Percent [...] SUMMARY. Inbound foreign direct investment (FDI) has increased by 291 percent so far this year. Major factors behind the sharp increase include Philips Taiwan transferring local holdings to Philips Holland; several large merger and acquisition (M&A) projects; and a new regulation which allow [...]	2006-11-24 06:46:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN EIND ECON PINR TW
06TAIPEI399	TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR FOUNDRIES BUILDING ON SUCCESS [...] (C) Taiwan firms created the fabless-foundry model in semiconductor manufacturing, and its "foundries" (contract chip manufacturers) continue to dominate this large and growing segment of the industry. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has more than 50 percent of the global fo [...]	2006-02-09 03:17:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETTC ECON PREL CH TW
06TAIPEI4004	Taipei Economic Brief for November 2006 [...] This cable summarizes selected November 2006 economic events in Taiwan: --Domestic Demand to Sustain 2007 Growth; --Foreign Direct Investment Quadruples; --Carlyle to Acquire World's Largest Chip Packaging Firm; --Long-term Goals and Medium-term Development Plan; --Overseas Taiwan Firms En [...]	2006-11-30 09:03:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06THEHAGUE397	BOT RESPONDS TO PARLIAMENT ON CIA FLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Bot told Parliament he had no credible information on illegal CIA flights. He repeated Secretary Rice's assurances regarding U.S. practices and said SIPDIS that he continues to emphasize to her the importance of human rights in the war on terror. We expect t [...]	2006-02-22 15:15:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM NL
06TOKYO2672	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/16/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-16 00:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3732	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/05/06 [...] Measures against North Korea (1) Japan calls for a moratorium on North Korea's missile-launching and demands that North Korea return to the six-party talks on its nuclear programs quickly and unconditionally. (2) Japan prohibits the North Korean ship Man Gyong Bong from calling at Japanese p [...]	2006-07-05 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3743	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/06/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-06 03:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5887	The Japan Economic Scope - Economic News At- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3 - EB DAS Moore Discusses IPR, Economic Relationship in Tokyo 4 - Investment Initiative Looks Toward Future under Abe Government 7 - Michalak Meetings Signal Progress on Some Investment Issues 11 - AIG flags interest in Japan Post, retirement serv [...]	2006-10-11 02:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO5914	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/11/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-12 01:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6575	2006 JAPAN INCSR PART II [...] (U) Japan is the world's second largest economy and a large and important world financial center. Although the Japanese government continues to strengthen legal institutions to permit more effective enforcement of financial transaction laws, Japan still faces substantial risk of money launder [...]	2006-11-16 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM EFIN KTFN
06TRIPOLI198	QADHAFI INCORPORATED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Qadhafi often speaks out publicly against government corruption, but the politically-connected elite has direct access to lucrative business deals. This commercial access can easily be cut off when individuals fall out of favor. The Qadhafi family and other Jamahiriya political favorit [...]	2006-05-10 09:26:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	ECON ECIN ETRD PGOV LY
06TRIPOLI453	CONGRESSMAN LANTOS STRESSES BILATERAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND [...] (SBU) In a series of meetings with senior Libyan officials during his August 22-24 trip to Libya, Congressman Tom Lantos, ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Relations Committee, reviewed bilateral achievements since his first visit to the country in January, 2004 and set new goals for enhanc [...]	2006-08-31 15:02:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	OREP PREL PTER PGOV LY
06TRIPOLI454	SENATOR SPECTER REVIEWS BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP WITH SENIOR [...] (SBU) In a series of meetings with senior Libyan officials during his August 21-24 trip to Libya, Senator Arlen Spector, Chairman of the Senate Justice Committee, reviewed the bilateral relationship with senior Libyan officials and inquired about prospects for developing a "Libya model" that co [...]	2006-08-31 15:03:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	OREP PREL PTER PGOV LY
06TUNIS2957	THE BUSINESS OF HAJJ IN TUNISIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. DESPITE THEIR GOVERNMENT'S SECULAR LEANINGS, THE NUMBER OF TUNISIANS WISHING TO PERFORM THE ANNUAL HAJJ PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA IS INCREASING IN PARALLEL WITH TUNISIANS GENERALLY BECOMING MORE RELIGIOUS. WHILE TUNISIAN AUTHORITIES, LIKE MOST MUSLIM GOVERNMENTS, UNDERTAKE SIGNIFICANT [...]	2006-12-22 10:32:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PREL TS
06VIENNA310	COUNCIL OF EUROPE INQUIRY ON RENDITION FLIGHTS: [...] (C) DCM met Austrian MFA Legal Advisor Ferdinand Trauttmannsdorff (at the latter's request) regarding Council of Europe Rapporteur Dick Marty's inquiry into "Alleged Secret Detentions in Council of Europe Member States." SIPDIS Trauttmansdorff handed over a Verbal Note (sic) requesting in [...]	2006-02-02 07:47:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU EUN
06WELLINGTON384	SAMOAN GOVERNMENT: NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA [...] (C) Summary: Officials for New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and the Australia High Commission in Wellington continue to follow closely the implications of Samoa's March 31 general election. Both recognize the potential for improved governance following the announceme [...]	2006-05-18 05:05:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NZ WS
07ABIDJAN135	COTE D'IVOIRE'S BANKING SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The performance of Cote d'Ivoire's banking system in the government-controlled south has stabilized since the beginning of the political crisis in 2002. Profitability is relatively strong and the total asset base has recently grown modestly. However, these results mask a tr [...]	2007-02-06 13:17:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD IV
07ABUDHABI1388	U/S LEVEY TALKS IRAN WITH UAEG [...] (S/NF) Summary: On August 13, UAE Central Bank Governor Al-Suwaidi told U/S Levey the Central Bank had seen an increase in outflows from Iran in April and May and then a drop. He stated that this movement appeared to reflect capital flight from ordinary business people and not government fun [...]	2007-08-19 12:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC KTFN PARM PREL ECON PTER AE IR
07ABUDHABI203	UAE INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-08 10:57:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR
07ABUDHABI387	UAE OFFICIALS DISCUSS GCC MONETARY UNION WITH [...] (C) Summary. On January 21 and 22, UAEG officials and local economists discussed perspective on challenges to the planned 2010 GCC currency union and the peg to the dollar. UAEG officials, while acknowledging the difficulties facing the currency union argued that its benefits outweighed the c [...]	2007-03-08 10:42:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ETRD ECON AE
07ABUJA1694	NIGERIA: ECON-RELATED NEW MINISTER BIOS [...] SUMMARY: The incoming Ministers come from a variety of backgrounds in keeping with Nigeria's ethnic diversity and several analysts have praised the appointments. President Yar'adua will act as Minister of Energy, following the footsteps of his predecessor. Questions remain on several Ministe [...]	2007-08-07 15:00:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV NI
07ABUJA177	NIGERIA: NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] Per reftel request, names follow of the six most influential women in Nigerian government and civil society. 2. PROFESSOR DORA AKUNYILI: Director General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). Ms. Akunyili, Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, is responsib [...]	2007-01-26 10:32:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PINR KWMN NI
07ABUJA1828	NIGERIA: BANKING CONSOLIDATION SECOND WAVE [...] Summary. The second wave of banking consolidation is underway with a large portion of the banking community under-banked. By the end of 2007 at least 7 banks will have share capital in excess of $1 billion and ten with over $2 billion. Banks are raising additional capital in both the domest [...]	2007-08-23 09:25:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV NI
07ACCRA2077	Ghana: Input for AGOA Eligibility Review [...] Ghana is a country of about 22 million people with a constitutional democracy dominated by a strong presidency. President John Kufuor has governed since assuming office democratically in January 2001, succeeding Jerry Rawlings, who ruled for 19 years. Presidential elections are scheduled for [...]	2007-10-01 17:05:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD GH
07ADANA47	TURKEY REOPENS ARMENIAN AKDAMAR CHURCH [...] (SBU) Summary: Following a year and a half of restoration work, the 10th century Armenian Akdamar Church was reopened in a March 29 ceremony attended by a GOAM delegation and members of the diplomatic establishment from Ankara, as well as members of Turkey's Armenian population. In opening rem [...]	2007-04-03 14:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TU
07ADDISABABA1207	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST - ACOTA [...] Embassy Addis Ababa welcomes African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program and Policy Coordinator Chip Beck and ACOTA Regional Training and Operations Manager Richard Roan to from o/a April 25-26, 2007. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situat [...]	2007-04-19 10:51:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS OTRA UG ET
07ADDISABABA1230	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST - ACOTA [...] Embassy Addis Ababa welcomes African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program and Policy Coordinator Chip Beck and ACOTA Regional Training and Operations Manager Richard Roan to from o/a April 25-26, 2007. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situat [...]	2007-04-20 06:15:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS OTRA UG ET
07ADDISABABA1987	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PATRICK HICKEY [...] Embassy Addis Ababa welcomes Patrick Hickey to Ethiopia June 25 through July 10, 2007. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. Travelers should re-confirm this clearance with the control officer 72 hours prior to commencement of tr [...]	2007-06-26 06:51:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ET GH OTRA
07ADDISABABA2951	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR YUE JIN [...] Embassy Addis Ababa welcomes Yue Jin, yue.jin@ars.usda.gov to Ethiopia October 2 to October 7, 2007. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. Travelers should re-confirm this clearance with the control officer 72 hours prior to co [...]	2007-10-02 07:59:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR KE OTRA ET
07ADDISABABA3217	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GENERAL WARD AND TEAM - [...] Embassy Addis Ababa and the U.S. Mission to the African Union welcomes General Wlliam E. Ward and his Team to Ethiopia from November 6-9, 2007. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. Travelers should re-confirm this clearance wit [...]	2007-11-01 10:19:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MOPS AU
07ADDISABABA3218	CORRECTED COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GENERAL WARD AND [...] Embassy Addis Ababa and the U.S. Mission to the African Union welcomes General William E. Ward and his Team to Ethiopia from November 6-9, 2007. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. Travelers should re-confirm this clearance wi [...]	2007-11-01 10:28:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MOPS AU
07ANKARA121	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-22 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2777	TURKISH GOVERNMENT VIEWS ON BANK MELLI AND BANK [...] (U) This is an action cable. Post requests guidance on related item outlined in paragraph 4. 2. (S) Per Reftel A, we informed leaders at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA),and MASAK, the Turkish financial intelligence unit, of Bank Mell [...]	2007-11-15 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KNNP MNUC TU PREL IR PARM EFIN
07ANKARA642	TURKISH GOVERNMENT MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR AKDAMAR [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-21 13:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANTANANARIVO109	UPDATE ON THE MURDER OF MOHAMMED JAMAL KHALIFA [...] (U) Post is providing an update on the Mohammad Jamal Khalifa murder from a security and political standpoint. Below is an assessment by the Regional Security Officer (RSO) and the Political Office. 2. (S) On the security front, RSO continues to engage local Law Enforcement Officials concer [...]	2007-02-05 13:54:00	Embassy Antananarivo	SECRET	ASEC PTER MA
07ASMARA158	REMITTANCES AND HARD CURRENCY: ERITREA'S LIFELINE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: As the Government of Eritrea (GSE) and its sole political party, the PFDJ, continue to hold the Eritrean economy in a strangle-hold, the economy continues to circle the drain, making hard currency and remittances the critical factors for Eritrea's on-going economic survival. Th [...]	2007-02-16 08:04:00	Embassy Asmara	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR ECON EFIN ER
07ASMARA282	KIDNAPPED EUROPEANS RELEASED IN ERITREA [...] (C) Just after 1700 on March 13, an Eritrean military helicopter landed in Asmara returning the five Europeans kidnapped on March 1. The Europeans arrived in good health and good spirits, reporting their kidnappers treated them well during the ordeal. Upon arrival, the hostages met immediate [...]	2007-03-14 13:29:00	Embassy Asmara	SECRET	PREL PINR PTER ET ER
07BAGHDAD2608	AMBASSADOR CROCKER AND HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER'S [...] (S) SUMMARY: During an August 2 meeting with Ambassador Crocker, USAID Mission Director Bambi Arellano, and Rule of Law (RoL) Coordinator Jim Santelle, Human Rights Minister Wijdan Salim discussed the following subjects: -- problems within the Iraqi detention system (including alleged disappea [...]	2007-08-06 11:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ KJUS MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL
07BAGHDAD3946	NINEWA: HAJJ FLIGHT INAUGURATES MOSUL'S FIRST [...] (U) In Mosul's first commercial passenger flight operation since 1993, Iraqi Airways Flight 020 departed Mosul Airport for Baghdad International Airport at 2230 December 2 with approximately 150 Hajj pilgrims. A second Iraqi Airways flight departed Mosul Airport December 3 with approximately [...]	2007-12-05 08:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EAIR EAID IZ
07BAGHDAD864	BAGHDAD HOSTS FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE SINCE [...] (C) Summary: Key U.S. and Iraqi objectives were fulfilled, albeit imperfectly, at the March 10 expanded neighbors' conference in Baghdad. All of Iraq's neighbors expressed their support for Iraq's security and stability and pledged cooperation; all attended at respectably senior levels; and [...]	2007-03-11 18:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ
07BEIJING6654	UNDERLYING CHALLENGES HINDER RURAL FINANCE [...] (SBU) Promoting rural finance has been a Central Government priority during the past year, as government leaders recognize that the significant financial services gap in rural areas adversely impacts efforts to balance the economy. Rural finance reform was a primary focus of the National Finan [...]	2007-10-15 03:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING6655	UNDERLYING CHALLENGES HINDER RURAL FINANCE [...] (SBU) Promoting rural finance has been a Central Government priority during the past year, as government leaders recognize that the significant financial services gap in rural areas adversely impacts efforts to balance the economy. Rural finance reform was a primary focus of the National Finan [...]	2007-10-15 03:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING7362	CHINESE STEEL FIRM MAY BID $200 BILLION FOR MINING [...] (C) China's top steel maker, Baosteel, is considering a $200 billion bid for Rio Tinto, the UK-based mining giant currently targeted in a $134 billion offer from Australian mining firm BHP Billiton. Rio is among a handful of Western firms that dominate trade in the increasingly expensive iron [...]	2007-12-05 09:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EINV ETRD EFIN PREL CH

07BEIJING7554	CHINA: MODERATE INFLATION HERE TO STAY, EXPERTS SAY [...] (SBU) Beijing-based economists said this week that moderate inflation likely will continue in 2008, and they expect further administrative tightening measures by the Central Government in order to control prices. Their comments followed the government's announcement earlier this month that Chi [...]	2007-12-20 01:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV CH
07BEIRUT794	HADDAD, AZOUR CONVINCED SYRIA WANTS RIAD SALAMEH [...] (S) After shooing out their staff members and Embassy notetaker after a lengthy meeting on economic and financial matters (reftel),Minister of Finance Jihad Azour and Minister of Economy and Trade Sami Haddad told the Ambassador on 6/1 that they were deeply concerned about the "charm offens [...]	2007-06-04 16:25:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL KDEM PGOV LE SY
07BELMOPAN97	BELIZE: FORENSIC AUDIT UNCOVERS "POSSIBLE ILLEGALITIES" IN [...] (SBU) The draft report of a forensic auditor's review of the Development Finance Corporation (DFC) - released on February 1 - revealed conflicts of interest, procedural irregularities, and possible illegalities. Mark Hulse, a chartered accountant, appeared before the DFC Commission of Inquiry [...]	2007-02-12 20:14:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV BH
07BRASILIA1715	DEPUTIES PROPOSE TRIP TO CUBA TO INVESTIGATE [...] (C) Summary. A delegation of Brazilian federal deputies could travel to Havana soon to learn more about the Cuban boxers who were returned to Cuba during the PanAm games after apparently trying to defect and then undergoing a change of heart. The deputies would try to see the boxers to det [...]	2007-09-11 15:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL BR CU
07BUENOSAIRES1582	MEDIA REACTION; ARGENTINA-VENEZUELA; US ECONOMY; SUSAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today are related to the Argentine-Venezuelan relationship following the scandal of the 800,000-dollar suitcase found at Jorge Newbery Airport; the current status of the US economy; and comments from Susan Segal, head of the Council of the Americas [...]	2007-08-14 12:50:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1608	MEDIA REACTION; VENEZUELAN-ARGENTINE TIES; 08/15/07 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international leading stories are related to the current status of the Argentine-Venezuelan relationship in the aftermath of the suitcase-scandal and its impact on Cristina Kirchner's chances to win the Argentine presidency. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - [...]	2007-08-16 15:32:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1622	MEDIA REACTION; ARGENTINE COUNTRY-RISK; IMPACT OF THE WORLD [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today are related to the impact of Argentine-Venezuelan ties on Argentina's country-risk ratings; and business expectations about the next Argentine Government's economic policy. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "(Argentina's) country-risk [...]	2007-08-17 14:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1730	ARGENTINA: ELECTIONS 2007 WEEKLY ROUNDUP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Election season is in full gear now that there are less than 60 days to presidential elections on October 28. The opposition further damaged its image this week when the highly-publicized effort to join the candidacies of center-left leader Elisa Carrio and center-right lead [...]	2007-08-31 11:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AR ECON
07CAIRO3400	GOE WORRIED ABOUT MORE HAJJ PILGRIMS THROUGH [...] (C) Summary. Egyptian MFA and MOD contacts confirmed to us today that approximately 500 Palestinians entered Egypt from Gaza on December 3. The GOE maintains that only Palestinians holding valid Saudi Arabian Hajj visas were allowed to enter, and that these travelers have been bused to the [...]	2007-12-04 17:00:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PTER KPAL EG IS
07CARACAS1686	THE TEFLON EFFECT: CHAVEZ EVADES SUITCASE SCANDAL [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez so far seems to have escaped largely unscathed by the fallout from the seizure in Buenos Aires of $800,000 cash carried by a U.S.-Venezuelan businessman. Using a variety of public relations tactics, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) has managed to defle [...]	2007-08-24 15:07:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
07CHENGDU243	EVEREST AND BEYOND -- A RARE GLIMPSE INTO WESTERN TIBET [...] (C) Summary: The remote western areas of China's Tibetan Autonomous Region are a mixture of active military facilities, sensitive religious sites, and vulnerable archeological ruins. The Everest Base Camp, at which a People's Armed Police station was recently added, has become a rather squalid [...]	2007-10-09 04:29:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ECON CH
07CHIANGMAI157	BURMESE ARMY MUTINIES REPORTED [...] (C) Three Burmese Army divisions have reportedly refused to carry out orders from army central command to fire on demonstrators, according to several northern Thailand-based sources. These units are: -- the 33rd Division, based in Meiktila (near Mandalay); -- the Mandalay Division comman [...]	2007-09-28 10:03:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM MARR MOPS TH BM LA
07COLOMBO1050	SRI LANKA: EMBASSY HELPS GLOBAL ENERGY REVIVE ITS OIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy continues advocacy for U.S. firm Global Energy and Industrial Operations, Inc., which seeks to build and operate an $800 million oil refinery near Colombo. The project has been stalled since 2004, when Global Energy thought it had a deal upon signing a memorandum of und [...]	2007-07-30 06:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG PREL CE
07COLOMBO127	SRI LANKAN ARMY TAKES VAKARAI; TIGERS ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: Security forces captured the eastern LTTE redoubt of Vakarai on January 20 after almost three months of fighting. This significant victory in the east may embolden the GSL to continue its campaign to recapture LTTE-held territory in the north and east. On January 21, a cluster o [...]	2007-01-22 12:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER PHUM PGOV CE
07COLOMBO1352	SRI LANKA: CONFLICT CONTRIBUTES TO BRAIN DRAIN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Professionals and business people are steadily migrating out of Sri Lanka in pursuit of better living conditions and a more stable business environment. Many are Tamils and Muslims fleeing the conflict and persistent harassment. The "brain drain" is depleting a local talent pool [...]	2007-10-02 05:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ELAB KMCA CE
07COLOMBO82	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2007 - SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-16 12:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
07DAMASCUS165	SYRIA COUNTRY CLEARANCE KENNETH CURTAIN AND [...] Embassy Damascus welcomes and grants country clearance for the proposed visit of Kenneth Curtain and Kristofer Doucette, Representatives of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, 23-27 February 2007. Travelers will be met and assisted at the airport, after clearing customs, by an embassy driver, [...]	2007-02-20 15:40:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC AFIN PREL SY
07DAMASCUS323	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL ISSA, APRIL 5-6.2007 [...] (U) Embassy Damascus welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Congressman Darrel Issa, and the other members of the delegation: David Abruzzino and Jeremy Bash. 2. (U) Control officer and point of contact for this visit is Econ Officer Stacey Jones, who can be reached at work: [...]	2007-04-01 15:01:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT SY AFIN ASEC
07DAMASCUS793	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FIVE USG PERSONNEL [...] Embassy Damascus welcomes and grants Country Clearance for the proposed visit of Ms. Karen H. Sasahara, Mr. Stephen Mangino, Colonel Cheryl Smart, Mr. Daniel F. Landers, Mr. Brian Gilligan and Mr. Thomas Meek. Travelers will be met and assisted at the airport by an Embassy driver, expediter, [...]	2007-08-06 10:01:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT EAGR IZ JO OTRA PREL PTER SY
07DHAKA1161	HASINA FACES NUMEROUS ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION, [...] SUMMARY. (SBU) On July 16, Awami League president Sheikh Hasina was arrested at her Dhaka residence and brought to court on charges of extortion. The charges stem from an alleged bribe Hasina and her cousin, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, extracted from a company seeking permission to build an e [...]	2007-07-18 09:17:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KGOV KDEM BG
07DHAKA195	2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - BANGLADESH [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-05 09:03:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV OPIC KTDB USTR BG
07FREETOWN355	PARAMOUNT HELICOPTER CRASHES KILLING TOGOLESE MINISTER [...] On the evening of June 3, a helicopter operated by Paramount Airlines crashed while attempting to land at Lungi International Airport killing a reported 21 people, including Togo's Minister of Sport. News reports state most victims were members of a Togolese delegation attending a soccer match [...]	2007-06-04 13:26:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ATRN EAIR CASC SL
07FREETOWN58	SIERRA LEONE: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT [...] The Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) Ministry of Trade and Industry is actively working to increase trade and investment. 2. Investment Laws: A new Investment Code went into effect in 2005. It is designed to put Sierra Leone at par with western countries concerning the protection of compa [...]	2007-01-24 17:46:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTBD OPIC EFIN USTR ETRD SL
07FREETOWN689	BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON NEW SIERRA LEONEAN [...] The initial group of cabinet Ministers in the new government has been announced by President Koroma. The process of confirmation by parliament has been completed for most nominees. Three Ministers were confirmed on October 19, and 12 more confirmed on October 24. Biographic information for 15 [...]	2007-11-19 17:17:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SL
07GENEVA1713	SRI LANKAN PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE LOBBIES [...] (C) Recently arrived Sri Lanka Permanent Representative, Dayan Jayatilleka, used an introductory courtesy call with Ambassador Tichenor June 27 to lobby hard against any kind of resolution on Sri Lanka in the Human Rights Council. Jayatilleka stressed that Sri Lanka saw all country resolutio [...]	2007-07-03 09:47:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC PINR CE
07HANOI260	VIETNAM CONSIDERING CAPITAL CONTROLS [...] (SBU) Summary. Rumors have surfaced that the Prime Minister is considering the imposition of capital controls as a measure to cooling off the overheated stock market. A contact in the State Securities Commission explained why that agency is opposed to the idea. The Citibank Country Officer fo [...]	2007-02-09 11:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV VM
07HANOI973	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - PERSISTENT SPORADIC ANIMAL [...] (U) Summary: After a month-long period of no highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) outbreaks in animals, limited outbreaks in poultry have been reported in five provinces, including Hanoi. One suspected human case, a 30-year old man from Vinh Phuoc Province, is recovering but still in critica [...]	2007-05-24 10:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HARARE1118	ZIMBABWE,S MULTIPLE EXCHANGE RATES, [...] (SBU) Players in Zimbabwe's formal and informal economy primarily use three different exchange rates: a grossly overvalued official rate that is forced on exporters but a source of patronage for the ruling party in selling forex; a parallel rate for cash, which has become extremely scarce rec [...]	2007-12-14 10:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV AMGT ZI
07HARARE1134	GONO DODGES EFFECTIVE REFORM IN SIMPLY ISSUING NEW [...] (C) Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gono announced the issuance of new, higher-denominated bearer cheques on December 19, 2007 and the withdrawal of the previously largest note as a move against cash hoarders. He did not remove any zeros from the currency. Two days later, Zimbabwe [...]	2007-12-21 09:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
07HAVANA1036	U.S. CHARTER AIRLINES IN CUBA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is a follow-up to HAVANA 01011, regarding the 10/7-22 visit by a delegation from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). This cable addresses specifically the operations of OFAC-licensed U.S. charters in Cuba. Based on information gathered during the trip, we [...]	2007-11-02 15:31:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL ASEC EAIR CU
07HONGKONG1698	HONG KONG'S NEXT CABINET APPROVED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Government, on the nomination of Hong Kong's Chief Executive (CE),Donald Tsang, approved the appointments of principal officials for the third term of the HKSAR Government, as well as five officials who will head HK's disciplined services. Biographies for each new [...]	2007-06-25 23:31:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PINR CH HK
07IRANRPODUBAI6	BUSINESSMAN'S VIEW ON IRAN'S TIGHTER BANKING SECTOR AND IRGC [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-15 13:50:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	ECON EFIN PGOV IR
07ISLAMABAD3694	Will Pakistan's growth continue [...] (SBU) Pakistan is in its fifth year of seven percent economic growth, but a number of international and private sector observers in Islamabad and Karachi question whether this growth is sustainable without additional reforms and a clear path through the election season. This cable is based on [...]	2007-08-23 13:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07JAKARTA1102	INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS MARCH 2007 [...] Summary. On April 2, the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) announced that consumer price inflation rose a modest 0.24% in March on a month-on-month (MoM) basis as rice price increases moderated. Three days later, Bank Indonesia (BI) announced it would keep its benchmark 30-day Bank Indonesia [...]	2007-04-19 08:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA144	TERRORIST FINANCE - VIEWS ON RIHS DESIGNATION, USG [...] (S) Summary: Given our recent experience with the designation of the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO) Indonesia branch, and Indonesia's new status on the UNSC, it is difficult to predict how the GOI would react to a proposed Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) designat [...]	2007-01-18 03:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PTER EFIN ETTC PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3099	RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN PURCHASE OF BANK INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite a modest retreat in the June-August period, gross capital inflows to Indonesia remain high and have accelerated in recent months. Concern about a sudden reversal of portfolio inflows prompted public comments from two Bank Indonesia (BI) officials as well as an internal [...]	2007-11-07 10:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07KABUL1006	BANK SECURITY UPDATE - CRIME IS A GROWING PROBLEM [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-27 09:02:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ECON PGOV PINS KCRM AF
07KABUL246	REPEATED ROBBERIES COULD PRODUCE BANKING CRISIS [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-24 12:49:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV PINS KCRM AF
07KABUL247	REPEATED ROBBERIES COULD PRODUCE BANKING CRISIS [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-24 12:51:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV PINS KCRM AF
07KAMPALA1171	SLM-Abdelshafi's Faith in UN/AU Roadmap Undermined [...] (SBU) Summary: Members of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) Abdelshafi faction were disappointed in the failure of the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue meeting to take place. After being informed by UN/AU officials that the CHD meeting was off, faction members concluded that the UN/AU may h [...]	2007-07-17 03:26:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL UG SU
07KAMPALA1370	UGANDA: AUGUST ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) Uganda breaks ground on USD 800 hydroelectric dam which when completed will represent the largest U.S. direct investment in the country. The GOU is reporting a recent uranium discovery by a Canadian firm. The Ministry of Finance is promising tax breaks for foreign investors which is rai [...]	2007-08-29 07:48:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD KTDB PGOV UG
07KAMPALA1774	UGANDA: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Uganda is not a regional financial center or a major hub for narcotics trafficking and terrorism financing. Money laundering takes place in Uganda, but the GOU has no systematic research on its scope and magnitude. Recent efforts by GOU officials to address the smuggling of counterfeit [...]	2007-11-16 09:32:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR ASEC UG
07KINGSTON1273	JAMAICA: Sitrep #4 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-20 18:22:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC EAID JM
07KINSHASA389	BEMBA WEAPONS CACHE SEIZED IN EQUATEUR [...] (C) Summary: MONUC and Congolese military (FARDC) officials have seized an estimated 200 tons of weapons and ammunition belonging to the forces of Jean-Pierre Bemba in Equateur province. The cache, located in an abandoned soft drink factory in Gbadolite, near the border with the CAR, contained [...]	2007-04-03 15:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS PINR PINS UG TZ LY CG
07KINSHASA658	BRAZZAVILLE/CONGO: "WALK IN THE WOODS" WITH [...] (U) DCM represented Embassy Brazzaville at the June 8 closing ceremony for the two-day "concertation" which took place in the former ex-Ninja rebel stronghold of Kinkala in the heart of the Pool region. Unlike the high-profile, security-charged environment witnessed the preceding day by th [...]	2007-06-13 13:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINS CF
07KYIV2753	UKRAINE: PSI Eastern Shield Exercise, October 29-31, Odesa, [...] (U) Summary: Ukraine and Poland sponsored a Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Eastern Shield demonstration, with Romanian, Georgian, Moldovan, and Bulgarian participation, October 29-31 in Odesa, Ukraine. The demonstration, planned as the first PSI exercise in the Black Sea region, empl [...]	2007-11-06 09:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PTER KCRM PREL KNNP UP
07LAGOS10	CADBURY: NIGERIA'S ENRON? [...] (U) Summary: Since 2003, Cadbury Nigeria, Plc. had overstated its financial position by naira 13bn to naira 15bn. This information came to light following the company's discovery of accounting irregularities in November. After a special audit conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC),the comp [...]	2007-01-08 15:27:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV NI
07LAGOS654	NIGERIA: SECOND PHASE OF BANK CONSOLIDATION UNDERWAY [...] (U) Summary: Another phase of bank consolidation in the wake of successful recapitalization of banks in 2005 pursuant to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) banking reform is underway. Many banks are going to the stock market to raise capital. Banks which had criticized the CBN directive to recap [...]	2007-09-26 14:27:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV NI
07LAGOS727	CITIBANK NIGERIA: CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT CONSTRAINS LENDING. [...] (U) Summary: Citibank, the only U.S. bank operating in Nigeria, believes corporate lending is constrained by difficulty in enforcing contracts. Retail banks have difficulty verifying customers' identity and credit worthiness; to get around these problems, they lend to civil servants and employe [...]	2007-11-07 15:13:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL NI
07LONDON2534	(U) BROWN'S GOVERNMENT IN PLACE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Gordon Brown has moved fast to put his stamp on the UK Government and the results have been positive for his poll ratings and media coverage. The latest Guardian/ICM poll gives Labour the lead (39 percent to 35 percent) over the Conservatives, Labour's first le [...]	2007-07-02 16:01:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV UK
07LONDON4328	(C/NF) UK SHARES U.S. GOALS ON IRAN; WE SHOULD RE-FOCUS UK DOMESTIC EFFORTS AND INCREASE COORDINATION REF: A. STATE 156409 B. STATE 157039 LONDON 00004328 001.2 OF 006 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 16:16:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MNUC EFIN PTER KTFN IR UK
07LONDON4512	UK OFFICIALS TELL U/S LEVEY THAT WILL ON IRAN IS [...] (C/NF) Summary: Senior UK officials told Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey November 30 that international action SIPDIS against Iran has increased pressure on the regime and made life "significantly uncomfortable" for Iranian leadership, but has not so far succeeded in changing Iran's nu [...]	2007-12-10 12:24:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN KTFN PREL MNUC PTER IR UK
07LUSAKA1132	ZAMBIA SEPTEMBER 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY -- ZAMBIA RECORDS SINGLE DIGIT INFLATION -- URANIUM MINING PROJECTS AWAIT GRZ POLICY FINALIZATION -- ZESCO PROPOSES ELECTRICITY PRICE HIKES -- KCM IMPORTS STATE-OF-THE ART SMELTER PLANT EQUIPMENT -- NEW TRI-NATIONAL JOINT VENTURE ESTABLISHED -- COMMERCIAL BANK LENDING RATES TOO HIGH F [...]	2007-10-05 06:11:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV BEXP EAIR ZA
07LUSAKA1133	ZAMBIA SEPTEMBER 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY -- ZAMBIA RECORDS SINGLE DIGIT INFLATION -- URANIUM MINING PROJECTS AWAIT GRZ POLICY FINALIZATION -- ZESCO PROPOSES ELECTRICITY PRICE HIKES -- KCM IMPORTS STATE-OF-THE ART SMELTER PLANT EQUIPMENT -- NEW TRI-NATIONAL JOINT VENTURE ESTABLISHED -- COMMERCIAL BANK LENDING RATES TOO HIGH F [...]	2007-10-05 07:28:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV BEXP EAIR ZA
07LUSAKA372	ZAMBIA MARCH 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-29 08:16:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EAIR ZA
07MADRID2070	SPANISH ROYAL VISIT TO CEUTA AND MELILLA BACKFIRES [...] (C) The strong Moroccan reaction to the November 5-6 visit of the King and Queen of Spain to Ceuta and Melilla seems to have caught the Zapatero government completely by surprise. When Morocco recalled its ambassador, Spanish FM Moratinos and his number two, Bernardino Leon, were reportedly spendin [...]	2007-11-05 18:31:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO SP
07MANAGUA385	MISKITO COMMUNITY COMMITTED BUT FRACTURED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff talked with political and civil society leaders in Puerto Cabezas, Northern Autonomous Region (RAAN) about the situation there and their views on the Ortega Administration. Leaders of the Moravian church, the historical bedrock of the indigenous Miskito community, admitte [...]	2007-02-09 21:30:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM KIRF PGOV PINS PREL PHUM SOCI EAID NU
07MANAMA747	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR [...] (S) The Ambassador July 31 cautioned Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) Governor Miraj and Ahli United Bank (AUB) CEO El-Labban regarding the inherent risks associated with Iranian banking relationships. The Ambassador also noted that Treasury Undersecretary Stuart Levey intends to visit Bahrain i [...]	2007-08-02 13:32:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	KNNP PREL PARM MNUC ECON IR BA REGION
07MASERU500	LESOTHO: ALLEGED COUP PLOTTERS FREE IN SOUTH AFRICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 14, three of the six Lesotho nationals accused of coup plotting in Lesotho, and reportedly granted political asylum in South Africa, walked free from a magistrate court in Gauteng Province after posting bail. Crowds of their supporters, bused in from Maseru, packed th [...]	2007-08-17 14:55:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC PINS SF LT
07MASERU633	LESOTHO NOVEMBER 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP: POVERTY, [...] In this edition: -- GOL Reviews Progress on Poverty Reduction Strategy -- SACU Develops Common Negotiating Mechanism, Textile Strategy -- GOL Promotes Procurement as a Profession -- Lesotho's Treasury Stops Payroll Deductions Directed to MKM Burial Society ------------------------------- [...]	2007-12-14 10:28:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV ECIN EFIN EIND LT
07MEXICO6187	PRIVATE SECTOR OFFICIALS COMMENT ON CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Mexico has made great strides in strengthening its securities regime over the past several years, but additional work is needed to develop these markets. Conversations with local experts show that the following issues hold back growth: restrictions on institutional investors; an ineffi [...]	2007-12-17 14:39:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MINSK1020	EBRD ON MICROFINANCE, POWER PROJECTS IN BELARUS [...] (C) The EBRD signed a charter to open a microfinance bank in Minsk Belarus December 12. The bank, with seven investors and start-up capital of USD 7 million, needs 19 permits to begin operation but could be ready for business by mid-2008. In a briefing for the Ambassador, EBRD representatives [...]	2007-12-13 14:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PINR BO
07MOSCOW5516	THE WEEK IN POLITICS: THE PUTIN NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The "For Putin" movement continued to percolate, with a November 21 gathering of five thousand supporters in a Moscow sports hall. The event --part U.S. political party convention, part CPSU congress-- featured an extended attack by Putin on his political opponents, a swipe at t [...]	2007-11-26 11:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI PINR RS
07NAIROBI1127	Somali Insurgents Attack Arriving Ugandans [...] (C) Summary. Mortars interrupted the welcoming ceremony on Tuesday (3/6) for the first contingent of arriving Ugandan troops. Ethiopian troops engaged in a firefight with unknown gunmen the same day, and insurgents attacked a Ugandan vehicle convoy on Wednesday (3/7). As many as 16 Somali [...]	2007-03-09 09:35:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID ASEC MOPS SO ET UG
07NAIROBI1135	SOMALIA EMBASSY MEDIA OUTREACH [...] (U) On March 7 the Embassy of the Somali Republic in Nairobi held a media conference and issued the following statement. Begin Text: Embassy of the Somali Republic Nairobi -Kenya GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MEMBERS OF THE PRESS: First I would like to take this opportunity t [...]	2007-03-09 10:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1359	Somalia--Belarus IL-76 Probably Shot Down [...] (U) A Belarus registered IL-76 crashed after taking off from Mogadishu airport on Friday, March 23. All 11 passengers and crew were killed. Though the plane was not affiliated with AMISOM, it reportedly had brought engineers and parts to repair the AMISOM- chartered IL-76 damaged while land [...]	2007-03-26 12:27:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PTER ASEC MOPS SO BO
07NAIROBI1407	Somalia--Kenya Requests Anti-Pirate Assistance [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-28 14:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EAID PREL MOPS SO US
07NAIROBI2764	KENYA & SOMALIA SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ADMIRAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Kenya, a stable, dynamic democracy and a key regional partner for the United States. Our partnership with Kenya focuses on five major goals: cooperate to fight insecurity and terrorism; combat disease and save lives; promote prosperity, fight poverty and invest in [...]	2007-07-06 05:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM KE PGOV PREL
07NAIROBI294	SOMALIA DART SITUATION REPORT 4 ? FOOD AID [...] The 2007 UN Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP) for Somalia estimates that 1.4 million people are food insecure. In response, the UN World Food Program (WFP) plans to deliver 114,000 metric tons (MT) to more than 1 million people, and CARE plans to distribute food to approximately 400,000 oth [...]	2007-01-17 13:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PHUM PREL EAGR SO
07NAIROBI3262	KENYA AND EAST AFRICA: A STEP CLOSER TO FIBER OPTIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Fiber optic connectivity in East Africa may be only a little more than 18 months away. The U.S-owned and managed SEACOM submarine fiber optic cable is at the starting line, ready to begin system construction in September under a contract with another U.S. firm, fiber maker Tyco [...]	2007-08-13 14:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN KE
07NAIROBI927	KENYA & SOMALIA SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF A/S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Kenya, a stable, dynamic democracy and a key regional partner for the United States. Our partnership with Kenya focuses on five major goals: cooperate to fight insecurity and terrorism; combat disease and save lives; promote prosperity, fight poverty and invest in [...]	2007-02-27 11:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI973	KENYA & SOMALIA SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF S/WCI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Kenya, a stable, dynamic democracy and a key regional partner for the United States. Our partnership with Kenya focuses on five major goals: cooperate to fight insecurity and terrorism; combat disease and save lives; promote prosperity, fight poverty and invest in [...]	2007-03-01 06:42:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NDJAMENA870	CHAD: ZOE'S ARK AND THE ALLEGED CHILD SMUGGLING [...] (SBU) Nine Europeans and four Chadians remain in Government of Chad (GOC) custody in the widely-publicized and bizarre case in which a French NGO, Zoe's Ark, attempted to ferry 103 Chadian/Sudanese children to Europe in a chartered Spanish plane. Personal diplomacy by French President Sarkozy [...]	2007-11-07 16:07:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PHUM KTIP
07NEWDELHI1292	ECON HIGHLIGHTS FROM NEW DELHI(March 12-16, 2007) [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 12-16, 2006. --------------------------------------------- - ECONOMIST CONFERENCE: GOI ROLLS OUT RED CARPET --------------------------------------------- - 2. (U) Prime Minister Singh address [...]	2007-03-16 11:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EFIN ECON ETRD ENRG PREL PGOV IN
07NEWDELHI3132	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 2-6, 2007. Foreign Banks Report High Profit Growth, Yet Opportunity Costs are Extreme ----------------- 2. (U) Major foreign banks in India have reported a healthy growth in net profits in the [...]	2007-07-09 10:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD EAIR PTER KTFN PREL ENRG ECON IN IR
07NIAMEY80	NIGER: TOLERANCE FOR EVANGELIST DR. RICHARD ROBERTS' [...] Summary. The Republic of Niger laid out the welcome mat for the January 24-27 visit of Oral Roberts University (ORU) President and Evangelist Dr. Richard Roberts and his delegation. Print and broadcast media, notably "Le Sahel" (government newspaper) and "Tele-Sahel" (the national news stati [...]	2007-01-26 11:17:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KIRF PHUM KISL KWMN NG
07PRETORIA1596	SOUTH AFRICA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SENDS [...] (SBU) This is an action request, see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Summary. The South Africa Department of Transport (SADOT) requests that the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) set aside Delta Airline's (Delta) opposition to South African Airway's (SAA) USDOT application to renew its permit [...]	2007-05-04 13:52:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON SF
07QUITO659	REPLACEMENT CONGRESS SWORN IN [...] Summary: (SBU) The festering confrontation between the government-backed Supreme Electoral Tribunal and Congress continued on March 20 as President of Congress Jorge Cevallos swore in 21 new replacement congressional deputies and then opened a new session of Congress with 52 members. Dismisse [...]	2007-03-20 22:49:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
07RABAT1724	MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from July 1-September 30. A large MEPI grant (USD 450,000) made possible the first international observer mission in the history of Moroccan elections. Other activities included an election survey by Akhawayn University [...]	2007-11-08 18:57:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV EFIN KMPI SCUL MO
07RANGOON60	BURMA'S LEADER KEEPING UP APPEARANCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior General Than Shwe returned to Burma on January 12 from his hospital stay in Singapore. He appeared briefly in the Burmese media on January 15 and 16, chairing the quarterly SPDC meeting in Nay Pyi Taw and welcoming PM Soe Win back from the ASEAN Summit in Cebu. Although ru [...]	2007-01-17 09:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
07SEOUL2695	THE LONE STAR SAGA CONTINUES: HONG KONG SHANGHAI [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 3, Lone Star Funds (LS),a Dallas-based private equity firm, agreed to sell its 51-percent management stake in Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) to Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) for USD 6.3 billion, pending regulatory approval. The sale would permit LS to c [...]	2007-09-05 08:24:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV PREL KS
07SHANGHAI161	CITIBANK'S STANLEY ON GDB AND CHINA BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 8 meeting with Beijing Financial Attache David Loevinger, Treasury Asia DAS Robert Dohner, Asia Director Mathew Haarsager and Congenoffs, Citigroup China CEO Richard Stanley expressed great appreciation for USG support which facilitated its December acquisition of [...]	2007-03-23 08:21:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PREL CH
07SHANGHAI247	CFETS UPDATE ON FX AND BOND MARKET DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: China Foreign Exchange Trading System (CFETS) President Xie Duo told Embassy ECON M/C Robert Luke on April 19 that CFETS continued to carry out policies to make China's foreign exchange (FX) trading system more market-based and efficient, including: increasing the number of over [...]	2007-04-25 06:17:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL CH
07SHANGHAI553	INFLATION WATCH: FOOD PRICES UP IN SHANGHAI [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai's consumer price index increased 2.7 percent in July as food prices here joined prices nationwide in rising (Ref A). According to Standard Chartered's Stephen Green, food-price inflation was starting to "hurt" low-income earners such as migrants and pensioners. A non- [...]	2007-08-31 08:44:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN EAGR SOCI CH
07SHANGHAI654	SHANGHAI BANKERS ON RMB, PROTECTIONISM AND THE FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: China's weak and rigid exchange rate is increasing costs and inhibiting innovation in China's financial sector. Shanghai officials and banking leaders told a visiting Treasury delegation that growing protectionism in the financial services sector would make increased foreign pe [...]	2007-10-05 09:29:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PGOV CH
07SHANGHAI769	SHANGHAI ACADEMICS, BUSINESSMEN TO AMBASSADOR HOLMER: KEEP [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai-based academics and businessmen stressed the importance of having the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) focus on long-term policy issues between the two countries in order to insure its relevance and sustainability beyond 2009 in meetings with Treasury Department SED Speci [...]	2007-12-04 06:49:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL CH
07SHANGHAI777	FRB GOVERNOR WARSH TOLD RMB APPRECIATION GRADUAL, NO STOCK [...] (SBU) Summary: According to the Shanghai branch of the People's Bank of China (PBOC),RMB appreciation will continue at a gradual pace without any dramatic revaluations in the near future. Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh, in Shanghai November 18-20, was also told that the PBOC is closely [...]	2007-12-07 08:31:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PGOV CH
07SINGAPORE2197	BURMA: UPDATE ON PAVO TRADING'S FINANCIAL [...] (S) A person claiming to be the former finance manager of Pavo Trading Pte Ltd. -- a Singapore-based company with close ties to the Burmese junta -- again volunteered to meet with us on December 10 to provide additional information about the company's business activities. We first met source [...]	2007-12-14 04:19:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET	ETTC KCRM EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV SN BM
07TAIPEI1324	Taiwan Auctions 2nd Insolvent Bank in 2007 [...] In early June Taiwan financial regulators successfully auctioned off the Taitung Business Bank (TBB). ABN AMRO Bank became the first foreign bank to win bidding for a problem bank and will become third largest foreign bank in Taiwan after it takes over TBB. TBB was the second insolvent bank [...]	2007-06-12 07:33:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
07TAIPEI1646	Carlyle Acquires Ta Chong Commercial Bank [...] The U.S.-based Carlyle group has become the latest foreign investor to acquire a significant share of equity in a Taiwan bank by private placement, with half of the required funds obtained from local sources. Carlyle will participate in the management of the Taiwan bank. Banking sector M&A w [...]	2007-07-23 08:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
07TAIPEI1697	Taipei Economic Brief for July 2007 [...] This cable summarizes selected July 2007 economic events in Taiwan: --Standard Chartered Raises Taiwan's GDP Growth --Improved Economic Performance, Inflationary Threat --Penalty on UMC for Investment in China Overruled --Medical Tourism --Fubon Intends to Acquire PRC Bank --Taiwan Ranks [...]	2007-07-31 08:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
07TAIPEI1967	TAIWAN HIGHLIGHTS SUCCESSFUL TECHNOLOGY SECTOR [...] SUMMARY. Officials and foreign investors highlighted Taiwan's technology and financial sectors during AIT/W Trade and Commercial Programs Director Rick Ruzicka's August 13-17 visit to Taiwan. Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) Chairwoman Ho emphasized Taiwan industry's high- [...]	2007-08-28 06:54:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL KIPR ELAB TW
07TAIPEI2130	DUELING UN RALLIES: MOSTLY SMOKE, LITTLE FIRE [...] (SBU) Summary: The DPP and KMT on September 15 hosted competing rallies in Kaohsiung and Taichung, respectively, that aimed to promote Taiwan's entry into the UN and their party's separate UN referenda. Led by all the DPP's top leaders, the party faithful turned out in moderate numbers to [...]	2007-09-17 10:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
07TAIPEI246	CLOSING THE FINAL LINK - AVIATION (PART 2 OF 2) [...] (C) Summary: The lack of direct air links between Taiwan and the Mainland causes considerable harm to Taiwan's economy. Inconvenient passenger routes change how Taiwan businessmen and foreign investors do business. More expensive air cargo makes Taiwan exporters less competitive. Direct air [...]	2007-02-01 02:13:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PREL EINV ETRD TW CH
07TAIPEI407	TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY - SOARING PROFITS [...] (U) Summary: Taiwan's semiconductor industry showed strong growth in 2006 at 23 percent overall. The top producers of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) averaged growth of 74 percent. Taiwan may overtake South Korea as the largest supplier of DRAM this year. Taiwan contract chip manufactur [...]	2007-02-16 07:13:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETTC TW
07TAIPEI73	Taiwan's 2007 Investment Climate Statement (Part II) [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-11 01:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR OPIC KTDB USTR TW
07TOKYO1760	PREVIEW OF PRIME MINISTER ABE'S TRIP TO THE MIDDLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Immediately following his summit with President Bush, Japanese PM Abe will visit Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Kuwait, Qatar, and Egypt between April 28 and May 2. A major goal of the trip will be to enhance economic relations and to raise Japan's profile in the region. Abe w [...]	2007-04-20 07:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD ENRG XF EG KU QA SA AE JA
07TOKYO2219	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/17/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-17 01:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2233	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/17/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-17 08:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO30	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-05 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

07TOKYO401	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-30 07:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4280	HIGH-LEVEL DIPLOMACY CONTINUES JAPAN-PRC WARMING [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with Chinese President Hu Jintao twice on the sidelines of APEC to discuss ways to strengthen economic, environmental, and security ties. Marked more by warm atmospherics than progress on substantive issues, the informal talks signal the warming tren [...]	2007-09-13 07:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH TW JA
07TOKYO4339	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-19 01:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4648	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-04 01:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TORONTO479	Reviving the Islamic Spirit Convention [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Toronto-based IHYA Foundation is organizing a knowledge retreat for Muslim students, a large convention at the Metro Toronto Convention Center, and a concert from December 23-31. Organizers expect 15,000 people to attend the convention - about 2,000 of whom will likely come [...]	2007-12-18 18:49:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC KISL KPAO PREL CA
07TRIPOLI436	LIBYA: DARFUR CONFERENCE ATMOSPHERICS [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Libyan-organized conference on Darfur April 28-29 was a substantive success (Reftel),but the scheduling challenges posed by a last minute decision by the Leader to fly all delegates to Sirte to meet with him exemplify the capricious environment in which even Libya's most seni [...]	2007-05-04 12:02:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO LY
07ULAANBAATAR375	NSC RECOMMENDS 8TH ROTATION TO IRAQ; SOLDIERS [...] (C) On June 25, Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister Davaasuren confirmed to DCM that on the evening of June 22 the National Security Council (President, Speaker and Prime Minister) had agreed to recommend to the Cabinet that Mongolia send an 8th rotation of soldiers to Iraq. Ahead of [...]	2007-06-25 08:50:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV MG IZ PL
07ULAANBAATAR382	Cabinet Approves 8th Rotation to Iraq [...] (SBU) On June 26, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas, Middle East and Africa Director General Jambaldorj confirmed to the Ambassador that the Cabinet had earlier that day approved an 8th rotation of troops to Iraq. Foreign Policy Advisor to the President Tsogtbaatar and Foreign Policy Adviso [...]	2007-06-27 08:54:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PGOV EFIN MG IZ PL
07YAOUNDE227	CAMEROON: POSSIBLE SUCCESSORS TO PRESIDENT BIYA [...] (SBU) President Biya's 74th birthday (February 13, 2007) revived speculation about who might succeed him, especially if were not to complete his term in office (which ends in 2011). The latest round of succession talk began last year following his spring 2006 illness (Ref. A),and his final [...]	2007-02-22 13:05:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV CM KCOR
07YEREVAN419	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RIBBON CUTTING AT THE NATANZ [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-09 12:03:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC AORC KNNP IAEA UNSC IR AM
08ABUDHABI1381	U/S LEVEY PRESSES UAE ON IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (S) Summary. On 18 November 2008, Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey and DCM Doug Greene (in Abu Dhabi) and Paul Sutphin, the Consul General (in Dubai) discussed with UAE counterparts recent U.S., international and UAE steps to increase financial pressure on Iran. In particular, Levey detai [...]	2008-12-03 14:31:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	AE ECON IR KTFN PREL PTER
08ABUDHABI549	DUBAI'S ARAB MEDIA FORUM: HIGH TECHNOLOGY AND LOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dubai Press Club organized the Arab Media Forum April 23 and 24, 2008, focusing on the theme "Bridging Arab Media Through Technology". Well-attended workshops covered the spectrum of technological change in regional media. UAE government officials declared the Forum a succ [...]	2008-05-05 05:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM KMDR SCUL PGOV KPAO AE
08ABUDHABI684	TREASURY U/S LEVEY MEETING WITH UAE CENTRAL BANK [...] (S) Summary: On June 2, Treasury U/S Stuart Levey discussed Iran and the UAE's FATF mutual evaluation with UAECentral Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al-Suwaidi. A-Suwaidi explained that he had not seen much groth in the portfolios of Iranian banks in the UAE In response to U/S Levey's question [...]	2008-06-08 10:42:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PTER KTFN PREL IR AE
08ABUJA107	NIGERIA: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following information is Nigeria's 2008 Investment Climate Statement. Overview -------- With an estimated population of 140 million, Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation. It offers investors a low-cost labor pool, abundant natural resources, and potentially the largest domestic [...]	2008-01-17 06:39:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD EFIN OPIC KTDB USTR NI
08ABUJA2212	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR OCTOBER 16-31, [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of October 16-31 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Fishing and Agriculture --Environment --Health --Financial News --Education --Labor --Corruption --Political/Int [...]	2008-11-12 08:14:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN EAGR KDEM NI
08ABUJA236	NIGERIA: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Although the Federal Republic of Nigeria is not an offshore financial center, Nigeria's large economy is a hub for the trafficking narcotics and other contraband. Nigeria is also a center of criminal financial activity, reportedly for the entire continent. Individuals and criminal organizations [...]	2008-02-05 14:14:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN SNAR KTFN KCRM NI
08ABUJA2387	NIGERIA: NAIRA DEPRECIATING AGAINST THE DOLLAR [...] (SBU) Summary: The naira is beginning to depreciate against the dollar and may continue in that direction because the demand for dollars has been increasing. It has gone from 117 naira to one dollar to 130 naira to one dollar from December 1 to December 10. A global credit crunch and falling [...]	2008-12-11 08:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV EPET EAID PGOV NI
08ABUJA359	OPIC-SUPPORTED INVESTMENT FUNDS IN THE REGIONS: AFRICA [...] The required capital to operate businesses and implement development programs that will create jobs and improve the livelihoods of the citizens is in short supply in Africa. Some African countries, Nigeria inclusive, are implementing economic reforms in order to achieve higher growth rates an [...]	2008-02-26 14:51:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON NI
08ACCRA1324	Ghana: Input for AGOA Eligibility Review [...] Ghana is a country of 22 million people with a constitutional democracy dominated by a strong presidency. President John Kufuor has governed since assuming office democratically in January 2001, succeeding Jerry Rawlings, who ruled for 19 years. Presidential elections are scheduled for 2008. [...]	2008-10-10 12:23:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD GH
08ACCRA746	GHANA POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) Summary: President Kufuor plans to bestow Ghana's highest civilian award on opposition presidential candidate John Atta Mills, to the vocal consternation of top New Patriotic Party leaders. The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) accuses President Kufuor of confli [...]	2008-06-11 10:35:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SNAR PREL GH
08ADDISABABA3000	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFDEL PHELAN [...] Embassy Addis Ababa welcomes Mr. Michael Phelan, Minority Professional Staff Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) to Ethiopia November 1-7, 2008. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. Travelers should re-confirm [...]	2008-10-31 08:19:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF AFIN ET OREP OTRA
08ADDISABABA774	COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR AMBASSADOR [...] Embassy Addis Ababa welcomes Ambassador Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr., U.S. Special Envoy for Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) Threat Reduction, PM/WRA Senior Policy Advisor Stephanie Pico, and PM/WRA Technical Advisor Michael Kunst to travel to Ethiopia March 27-28 and April 1, 2008. [...]	2008-03-19 14:34:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN MARR OTRA PREL MU YM DJ EG SA ET
08AITTAIPEI1109	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 26-29 on Typhoon Fung-wong, which swept across the island Monday; on the current status of the U.S.-Taiwan arms deals; on the title of Taiwan's Olympic team; and on President Ma Ying-jeou's upcoming trip to Paraguay an [...]	2008-07-29 23:24:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1331	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, U.S. DEFENSE [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage September 6-8 on the Ma Ying-jeou Administration's various moves to stimulate Taiwan's sluggish economy, following extensive and severe criticisms against President Ma's failure to realize his economic platform in his first [...]	2008-09-08 08:54:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1450	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN ARMS SALES, U.S.-TAIWAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 7 on the arrest of Yeh Sheng-mao, former Director of the Ministry of Justice's Investigation Bureau (MJIB); National Security Bureau (NSB) Director-General Henry Tsai's remarks that SARS was a bio-chemical warfare a [...]	2008-10-07 09:48:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1601	MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their November 11-12 news coverage on former President Chen Shui-bian, who was handcuffed and taken into to court Tuesday night as prosecutors sought his detention on alleged corruption and embezzlement charges; and on the students stagi [...]	2008-11-12 09:31:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI535	MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-17 08:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI966	MEDIA REACTION: THE LAUCHING OF DIRECT CHARTER FLIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-03 09:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AMMAN2564	UNHCR Jordan: No Plans for Large-Scale Iraqi Repatriations [...] (SBU) Summary: A press report that Iraqi-chartered planes would fly Iraqi refugees home from Jordan before the end of Ramadan is an exaggeration. UNHCR-Jordan and the GOI discussed possible repatriation methods during a late August 2008 meeting. However, neither party committed to plans for [...]	2008-09-03 13:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF EAID IZ JO
08AMMAN2958	Jordan: Iraq Embassy Reports Repatriation [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 25, more than 100 Iraqis returned from Jordan via an Iraqi-chartered aircraft. The October 25 flight appears to be the first planeload of Iraqis to return from Jordan following similar operations from Egypt, and Syria earlier this year. Neither the GOJ nor UNHCR [...]	2008-10-28 05:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF EAID JO
08ANKARA1997	TURKEY WILL HANDLE TWO EASTERN MED MARITIME [...] (C) Summary: Charge and Econ Counselor met November 17 with MFA Deputy Undersecretary Haydar Berk to discuss two maritime incidents that occurred in the eastern Mediterranean on November 14 and 15 in waters that Turkey claims as part of its continental shelf (reftel B). The first started midd [...]	2008-11-18 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ENRG CY GR TU
08ASHGABAT667	TURKMENISTAN-EU ENERGY MOU MIGHT OPEN NEW DOORS [...] (C) During his early-November 2007 visit to Brussels, President Berdimuhamedov agreed that Turkmenistan and the European Union would draw up and sign an energy memorandum of understanding (MOU). The original intention was that Deputy Prime Minister for Oil and Gas Tachberdi Tagiyev would retu [...]	2008-05-27 11:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EU TX
08ASHGABAT973	TURKMENISTAN: BURIED HILL SAYS IT IS UNFAZED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Canadian oil firm Buried Hill, which has a contract from the Government of Turkmenistan to develop hydrocarbons in the Serdar/Kyapaz field in block III, is moving forward very slowly in its plans. It concluded 2-D seismic imaging in February, and hopes to drill three explorator [...]	2008-07-28 12:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET AJ TX
08ASMARA493	ERITREAN AIRLINES' DYSFUNCTIONAL OPERATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Eritrean Airlines' operations are hampered by internal conflicts, incompetent management, and general socio-economic conditions in Eritrea. The Eritrean government appointed managers based on patronage rather than skill or experience, resulting in poor decision making and an unc [...]	2008-10-08 12:40:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ER
08ASTANA1456	KAZAKHSTAN - PUBLIC SECTOR STRIVES TO CATCH UP WITH [...] During June 16-26, 2008, the USAID Accounting Reform Project provided a Training of Trainers (TOT) in the application of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) to the lecturers of a newly established Ministry of Finance (MOF) training centre. The TOT capped a series of MOF-requested [...]	2008-08-11 10:04:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EINV PGOV KZ
08ASTANA2226	KAZAKHSTAN: PROPOSED TAX CODE CHANGES COULD IMPACT OIL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In September, the Ministry of Finance submitted several proposed changes to the tax code to Parliament. If Parliament adopts the amendments, the changes will take effect January 1, 2009. A major objective of the [...]	2008-11-10 02:15:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV KZ
08ASUNCION720	VENEZUELANS PERFORMING EYE SURGERIES AND MORE [...] (SBU) Venezuela's ""Miracle Mission"" Program has sent several thousand Paraguayans abroad for free eye surgeries and ""leadership"" training in Cuba and Venezuela. The last Paraguayan government signed an agreement with Venezuela in April 2006 to launch the program, and the Lugo administration e [...]	2008-10-24 14:57:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PROP PGOV SOCI CU VZ PA
08BAGHDAD2299	PM MALIKI OPENS NAJAF INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. On July 20, Prime Minister Maliki made an inaugural flight to Najaf International Airport (NIA) in a ceremony widely attended by Shia political and religious elite from the Middle Euphrates region. NIA is not yet open for business [...]	2008-07-24 03:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAIR IR IZ
08BAGHDAD3417	WITH CITI DEAL, WARKA POSITIONED TO LEAD IRAQ'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Citibank and Iraq's Al Warka Bank for Investment and Finance (Warka) announced establishment of a correspondent relationship on October 22. This is good news for Iraq as Warka is leading the way in revitalizing Iraq's private banking industry. This is also good news for the USG [...]	2008-10-26 15:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD3811	COUNTERING HOSTAGE-TAKING IN IRAQ [...] (S) SUMMARY. Embassy Baghdad's Office of Hostage Affairs (OHA) has provided critical support to the Embassy and MNF-I in the recovery of hostages captured by a multitude of criminal/insurgent organizations in Iraq. Formed in 2004 as the Hostage Working Group (HWG),OHA has three primary role [...]	2008-12-04 14:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ASEC IZ MOPS PGOV PINS PTER
08BANGKOK3531	DECEMBER 2: UPDATE ON THAILAND'S MAKE-SHIFT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy is assisting Amcits 24 hours a day though a call center manned by consular officers and volunteers from the Embassy community, to find hotel rooms and/or outbound transportation from Thailand. Neither United nor Northwest, the only U.S. carriers that serve Bangkok, [...]	2008-12-02 11:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CMGT EAIR EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD TH
08BANGKOK3532	DECEMBER 2: UPDATE ON THAILAND'S MAKE-SHIFT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy is assisting Amcits 24 hours a day though a call center manned by consular officers and volunteers from the Embassy community, to find hotel rooms and/or outbound transportation from Thailand. Neither United nor Northwest, the only U.S. carriers that serve Bangkok, [...]	2008-12-02 23:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CMGT EAIR EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD TH
08BANGKOK3540	DECEMBER 3: UPDATE ON THAILAND'S AIRPORT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Anti-government protesters claimed victory and departed Thailand's airports December 3 after the high court dissolved several political parties and the prime minister stepped down December 2. The Airports of Thailand (AOT) reports that Suvarnabhumi, Bangkok's international ai [...]	2008-12-03 10:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CMGT EAIR EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD TH
08BANGKOK3561	DECEMBER 4: UPDATE ON THAILAND'S AIRPORTS AND [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) representatives began assessing the security conditions at Suvarnabhumi on December 4. TSA is working with U.S. air carriers and Thai officials to ensure that all safety and security regulations are met prior to U.S. air carr [...]	2008-12-04 09:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CMGT EAIR EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD TH
08BANGKOK469	THAILAND TO LIFT 30-PERCENT RESERVE REQUIREMENT [...] (U) New Finance Minister Surapong Suebwonglee said February 12 that no decision had yet been made to immediately remove the 30 percent unremunerated reserve requirement (URR) after his two-hour meeting with Bank of Thailand (BOT) Governor Tarisa Watanagase. Surapong, also the PPP party's Secr [...]	2008-02-13 11:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON ETRD TH
08BANJUL385	GLOBAL ECONOMY IMPACT ON THE GAMBIA: VIEWS DIFFER [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with the Managing Director of Trust Bank on a wide range of banking and finance issues. The Director scoffed at a front page news article proclaiming Gambia unaffected by the global crisis. He shared his views on the recent proliferation of new banks opening in th [...]	2008-12-05 11:45:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN GA
08BANJUL86	THE GAMBIA: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) In accordance with Reftel, Embassy Banjul provides its submission to the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW: A. The Gambia is a country of origin, transit, and destination for victims of trafficking, mainly women and children. Due to its porous borders, [...]	2008-02-29 09:15:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08BEIJING1865	MAY 14 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE, [...] The May 14 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing was dominated by discussion of the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan: -- The spokesman addressed the fate of 2,897 Taiwan compatriots who were traveling in Sichuan at the time of the quake, stating that 588 were stranded in Jiuzhaigou, 13 were [...]	2008-05-14 10:30:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD ECON CH TW
08BEIJING3060	BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/02/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: XXXXXXXXX [...]	2008-08-08 07:21:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3076	BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/11/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]	2008-08-11 07:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING4410	DECEMBER 2 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DALAI LAMA AND FRANCE, SED, [...] Key points at the December 2 MFA press briefing: -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy's "insistence on disregarding Chinese concerns" regarding the Dalai Lama is "affecting relations" between China and the European Union. -- China expects the upcoming round of the Strategic Economic Dialogu [...]	2008-12-02 23:27:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER MARR ECON EFIN TW CH FR KS IN TH
08BEIRUT651	BEIRUT EAC MEETING MAY 11, 2008 [...] (C) At noon on May 11, 2008, Embassy Beirut's Emergency Action Committee (EAC met). Present were A/DCM, MGMT, SpecAsst, CONS, DAO, ODC, PD, RAO, RSO. Beirut International Airport remains inaccessible with roads blocked. EAC agreed to maintain personal moves to area near the compound and [...]	2008-05-11 16:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC LE MOPS PTER SY
08BERLIN1286	GERMANY: MOVING FORWARD WITH EU OBSERVER MISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany plans to have 18 of the 40 observers it has pledged for the EU observer mission on the ground in Georgia early next week, with the additional 22 on standby should the EU need them. Contacts at MFA and the German Government Center for International Peace Operations (Zentru [...]	2008-09-18 15:06:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EUN
08BERLIN1345	SEPTEMBER 17 VISIT OF ACTING DOD GENERAL COUNSEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting DOD General Counsel Daniel Dell'Orto, accompanied by Charge Koenig, met with MFA Legal Advisor Georg Witschel and MOD Legal Advisor Dieter Weingartner September 17 in Berlin. In addition to a general legal discussion about the use of force in combating transnational terror [...]	2008-09-29 12:48:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PARM PGOV GM
08BERLIN558	BERLIN: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NUCLEAR FUEL [...] (SBU) Originally intended as a venue for formally rolling out German Foreign Minister Steinmeier's proposal to establish a new IAEA-run uranium enrichment facility, the scaled-back "International Conference on Nuclear Fuel Supply: Challenges and Opportunities," hosted by Germany, the Netherlan [...]	2008-04-30 13:51:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM AORC IAEA KNPP ENRG GM
08BUCHAREST507	ROMANIAN STOCK MARKET SEARCHES FOR A COMPETITIVE EDGE [...] (U) Summary: Battered by the same negative forces affecting stock markets worldwide, the Bucharest Stock Exchange (Bursa de Valori Bucuresti, or BVB) is struggling to capitalize on Romania's strong economic growth in order to maintain a competitive position. To boost investor confidence, BVB m [...]	2008-06-20 14:15:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EIND RO
08BUCHAREST942	ROMANIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: THE MORNING [...] (SBU) The Central Election Bureau (BEC) has yet to release the final official results from the November 30 parliamentary elections pending formal receipt of the official results from four counties. However, the BEC on December 2 released a "final but still unofficial" set of results (which inc [...]	2008-12-02 15:47:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO
08BUDAPEST673	MAGYAR GARDA - TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS? [...] Summary: The Budapest Municipal Court held the third round of hearings concerning the Budapest Prosecutor's civil suit against the far-right Jobbik Party's Magyar Garda on June 30. The hearing attracted numerous onlookers, both for and against declaring the organization unlawful. Conducted [...]	2008-07-07 10:33:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI HU
08BUENOSAIRES1380	ARGENTINE POLICE AGENT CLAIMS FBI OFFERED HER [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina's largest circulation newspaper "Clarin" and other media outlets (including television and radio) reported that former airport police agent Maria del Lujan Telpuk claimed the FBI had offered her "political asylum" and help in getting "work," presumably in exchange fo [...]	2008-10-08 16:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM AR
08BUENOSAIRES1550	ARGENTINA: ANTONINI-WILSON CLAIMS NESTOR KIRCHNER [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Argentine daily "La Nacion" prominently published November 9 a lengthy exclusive interview with dual U.S.-Venezuelan citizen Guido Antonini-Wilson (A-W),who was intercepted by GOA authorities in August 2007 with a suitcase stuffed with $800,000 arriving on a c [...]	2008-11-12 20:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR KCOR KLIG CJAN AR
08BUENOSAIRES462	ARGENTINE VALIJAGATE INVESTIGATION MOVING SLOWLY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Argentine investigation into the origin and destination of USD 800,000 seized from a Venezuelan-American passenger arriving on a chartered flight from Caracas last August continues to move forward slowly. A new judge has been assigned to oversee the money laundering and cu [...]	2008-04-10 12:03:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS PREL SNAR KCOR VZ AR
08CAIRO1370	BANQUE DU CAIRE PRIVATIZATION POSTPONED [...] (U) The GOE postponed indefinitely the sale of state-owned Banque du Caire on June 25, after the highest bid received did not meet the minimum asking price of $1.6 billion for 67% of the bank's shares. A GOE evaluation committee set the minimum price based on the $1.6 billion that Italy's San [...]	2008-07-01 13:24:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EG
08CAIRO602	UPDATE ON U.S. NAVY INCIDENT AT SUEZ (CORRECTED [...] (C) Summary: On March 25 our NCIS officer witnessed the autopsy of the apparent victim in the March 24 incident at Suez involving a U.S. Navy-chartered vessel. The wounds appear consistent with the 50-caliber warning shots fired from the "Global Patriot" (ref B). NAVCENT NCIS will send a te [...]	2008-03-27 09:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV EG
08COLOMBO61	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2008 - SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-14 10:32:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
08CONAKRY734	17 GUINEAN MINISTERS IN MECCA FOR PIGLRIMAGE [...] (U) The Guinean Government sent a delegation of 17 ministers, including the prime minister, on pilgrimage to Mecca this week. A western diplomat told the Charge that he had personally seen the group boarding two unidentified, private chartered airplanes at the national airport. A local inte [...]	2008-12-05 09:59:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ASEC GV
08COTONOU562	BENINESE ATTENDANCE AT THE 63rd UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] Further to Ref (A),the list of Beninese attendees at the 63rd UNGA follows: -- Head of Delegation, H.E. President Boni Yayi; -- President's Wife, Chantal de Souza Yayi; -- Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Integration, Francophonie and the Beninese Diaspora, Moussa Okanla (AF); -- Min [...]	2008-09-09 16:54:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA BN
08DJIBOUTI665	Somalia - First Steps to Implementing the Djibouti [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 16, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General for Somalia Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah (SRSG) opened the first meeting of the High Level Committee and the Joint Security Committee to implement the Djibouti Agreement. At least one of the objectives of the meeting is [...]	2008-08-17 15:08:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL DJ SO
08DOHA416	EX-GTMO DETAINEE SAMI AL-HAJJ SEES HERO'S WELCOME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Al Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Hajj, recently released from Guantanamo, arrived in Doha with great fanfare on May 31 via a chartered Qatar Airways flight from Khartoum. Greeted by Al Jazeera Chairman Hamid bin Thamer al-Thani, members of the AJ Board of Directors, and hundr [...]	2008-06-02 12:04:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KAWC PTER KPAO SU QA
08DOHA417	EX-GTMO DETAINEE SAMI AL-HAJJ SEES HERO'S WELCOME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Al Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Hajj, recently released from Guantanamo, arrived in Doha with great fanfare on May 31 via a chartered Qatar Airways flight from Khartoum. Greeted by Al Jazeera Chairman Hamid bin Thamer al-Thani, members of the AJ Board of Directors, and hundr [...]	2008-06-02 12:04:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KAWC PTER KPAO SU QA
08DOHA443	TIGHTENING MORTGAGE LENDING RULES TO SHORE UP THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Qatar is considering tighter rules for residential and commercial mortgages that would minimize the banking system's exposure to real estate market fluctuations, more tightly regulate property prices, and reduce liquidity in an effort to curb soaring inflation. The proposed rules [...]	2008-06-15 09:03:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN QA
08DOHA736	QATAR'S LOCAL BANKS RETAIN STRONG FUNDAMENTALS; [...] (C) The message from Embassy Doha's banking sector contacts continues to be that local Qatari banks are weathering the global financial storm well (see reftels). Over half a dozen bankers affirmed to Econoff the last few days that the major danger in Qatar is a psychological ripple effect from [...]	2008-10-20 09:25:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON QA
08DOHA782	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt met October 29 with Finance and Economy Minister Yousef Hussain Kamal and Qatar Central Bank (QCB) Deputy Governor Shaykh Fahad Bin Faisal Al Thani. Also participating in the meetings from the U.S. side were Ambassador, Treasury Deputy Assistant .S [...]	2008-11-05 08:02:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON QA IR IZ
08DUBAI1	DIFC SIGNS MOU WITH FDIC, FEDERAL RESERVE AND OTHER US [...] (U) On October 23 the Dubai Financial Services Authority (the DFSA is the regulating authority for the Dubai's self-governing financial "free zone" the Dubai International Financial Center, DIFC) entered into a comprehensive Statement of Cooperation with key U.S. federal banking supervision aut [...]	2008-01-02 08:18:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV TC AE
08GRENADA151	GRENADA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] Embassy Grenada response to reftel request for the investment climate statement. 2. Begin text: The Government of Grenada (GOG) seeks to attract foreign direct investment and, with limited exceptions, encourages investors to enter in and operate enterprises in all fields of lawful econom [...]	2008-12-12 13:05:00	Embassy Grenada	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV GJ
08GRENADA91	GRENADA 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The Investment Climate Statement is contained in paragraph 2 below. 2. (U) Begin text: The Government of Grenada (GOG) seeks to attract foreign direct investment and encourages investors to enter in and operate enterprises in all fields of lawful economic activity. There is no minimum en [...]	2008-07-03 19:11:00	Embassy Grenada	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC GJ
08GUANGZHOU170	Taiwan Elections: South China Scholar Calls Both Candidates [...] (SBU) Summary: Though Ma Ying-jeou is heavily favored by south China experts to win in the upcoming Taiwan elections, a victory by either of the leading candidates, in their view, would improve cross-Strait relations. In spite of efforts by Taiwan Businesmen Associations to encourage their mem [...]	2008-03-20 08:37:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TW CH
08GUANGZHOU408	Cross Strait Relations: The view from Fujian [...] (SBU) Summary: China is ready to discuss Taiwan's international space, according to officials and academics in Fujian. Negotiations could lead to agreement on Taiwan's accession to the World Health Organization (WHO) as early as next May. In addition, they anticipate that Beijing and Taipei [...]	2008-07-11 08:15:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAIR EFIN TW CH
08HANOI123	HIGH PRICED IPOS HURTING VIETNAM'S EQUITISATION PROCESS [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET. 2. (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's process of "equitisation," or partial privatization, of large state-owned enterprises began in July, 2007. High initial auction prices have discouraged strategic investors from buying in to Viet [...]	2008-02-01 09:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON PREL VM
08HANOI248	SBV TRIES TO SLOW CREDIT GROWTH TO FIGHT INFLATION [...] (SBU) Summary: One of the main ways that the GNV is trying to tackle the dramatic spike in inflation is by slowing the growth in bank lending. Vietnamese bank lending has been growing at a double-digit pace since 1994, with a larger share of the loan growth coming from joint-stock commercial [...]	2008-02-29 10:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VM
08HANOI388	VIETNAM'S MARKET HAS FALLEN AND IT CAN'T GET UP [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam's stock market has dropped dramatically in the first quarter of 2008, prompting the Government of Vietnam to take a number of steps to try to stabQe the market. A plan to have the State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) buy shares did not prevent further declines. Nar [...]	2008-04-04 09:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV VM
08HANOI634	Part I: Latest Economic Data Sends HCMC Analysts Into A [...] (SBU) Summary: After a record of good performance through the first half of 2007, missteps in fiscal and monetary policy have set the stage in 2008 for concerns that the GVN needs stronger macro-economic management. High inflation, exchange rate fluctuations and lack of SOE control have erode [...]	2008-05-30 11:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECPS ECON EAGR ETRD VM
08HANOI654	STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISE REFORM KEY TO IMPROVING THE BUSINESS [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Vietnam (GVN) got an earful of solicited advice from domestic and foreign businesses on how to improve its business climate at the GVN-sponsored Vietnam Business Forum on June 2. Commonly-cited prescriptions included redoubling efforts against corruption and red [...]	2008-06-04 08:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN EINV KCOR KPRV PGOV VM
08HARARE215	ZIM'S INDIGENIZATION BILL - A DAMAGING BUT MOST LIKELY [...] (SBU) The announcement that President Mugabe had signed the Indigenization and Economic Empowerment Act and its official publication on March 7 rocked the business community in Zimbabwe. Many businessmen had breathed a sigh of relief believing the Bill had been allowed to expire, unsigned, whe [...]	2008-03-19 08:21:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ASEC ZI
08HARARE91	LOOMING LIQUIDITY CRISIS THREATENS ZIMBABWE,S [...] (C) Zimbabwe's banking sector has been heading toward a liquidity crisis arising out of a patchwork of misguided monetary policies and their disastrous consequences. Onerous statutory reserve requirements, punitive overnight accommodation rates, a hyperinflationary environment that is spurrin [...]	2008-02-01 07:18:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON PGOV ASEC ZI
08HONGKONG1679	HONG KONG FINANCIAL COMMUNITY REACTS POSITIVELY TO [...] Summary: Hong Kong's financial community responded positively to the USG's assumption of control over the operations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, believing that the announced arrangement might stabilize the stock, property and credit markets in the U.S. over at least the short term. The chi [...]	2008-09-09 10:08:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV HK CH
08HONGKONG179	HONG KONG'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following is the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. ----------------------------------- A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ----------------------------------- 2. Hong Kong pursues a free market philosophy with minimal government interfe [...]	2008-01-28 06:34:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MO
08HONGKONG1875	Hang Seng Recovers, but HIBOR remains High [...] Summary: The Hang Seng bounced back by 3.3 percent in response to the coordinated action by major central banks. Hong Kong Financial Secretary John Tseng warned, however, that the financial crisis had yet to hit Hong Kong. Despite central bank easing, interbank liquidity in Hong Kong remaine [...]	2008-10-09 11:15:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
08HONGKONG1991	Hang Seng Bounces 14.35 percent, Regains Monday's Losses [...] A day after the biggest single day drop in the Hang Seng Index since 1989, the Index regained all of what it had lost on Monday and more. By the end of Tuesday trading, the Hang Seng Index was up 14.35 percent to 12,596, a gain of 1580 points, the largest one day gain since 1997. Volume was [...]	2008-10-28 10:39:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
08HONGKONG2083	Demand for HK$ Increases, Hang Seng Moves Up Steadily [...] Summary: Hong Kong officials arrived in the U.S. to participate in G20 meetings as part of the Chinese delegation as the local economy continued to slow. Layoffs loom as economic difficulties in Macau threaten Hong Kong workers as well. Hong Kong's Legco approved a measure to investigate bank [...]	2008-11-14 11:44:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
08HONGKONG2084	CORRECTED COPY: Hong Kong Officials Join G20 Meeting As [...] Summary: Hong Kong officials arrived in the U.S. to participate in G20 meetings as part of the Chinese delegation as the local economy continued to slow. Layoffs loom as economic difficulties in Macau threaten Hong Kong workers as well. Hong Kong's Legco approved a measure to investigate bank [...]	2008-11-14 11:49:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
08HONGKONG2156	HK Market Update, Nov. 28 -- More RMB Business in HK? [...] Summary: In recent meetings, HKMA Chief Joseph Yam asked Beijing officials to allow expanded RMB business in Hong Kong, but local analysts are skeptical that Beijing will respond positively. Standard Chartered Bank is proposing to raise HKD 20 billion in the equity markets in a plan that could [...]	2008-11-28 10:24:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
08HONGKONG2198	Lawsuits, Layoffs and Interest Rate Hikes in Hong Kong [...] Summary: The Hong Kong Association of Banks has reportedly suggested postponing plans to buy back Lehman minibonds, while a an American law firm has contacted Hong Kong investors, offering to explore the possibility of filing a class action lawsuit in the U.S. against HSBC. Financial Secretary [...]	2008-12-05 11:44:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
08HONGKONG2238	US Auto Bailout Drives Hang Seng Volatility [...] Summary: The Hong Kong government's announcement that it would greatly expand an SME loan guarantee program pushed Hong Kong stocks higher this week, before profit taking and news that the U.S. Senate had rejected a bill to bail out U.S. automakers drove the market down on Friday. Hong Kong ec [...]	2008-12-12 12:10:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
08ISLAMABAD1148	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH POTENTIAL NEW MINISTER OF FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: In a March 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, whose name has been cited as a potential PML-N Minister of Finance, discussed his relationship with Benazir Bhutto and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP),and emphasized that [...]	2008-03-14 12:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1534	AMBASSADOR AND FINANCE MINISTER DAR DISCUSS PAKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with newly-appointed Finance Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar (PML-N) April 8. Pakistan's current fiscal crisis and need for fiscal austerity shape Dar's plan to ask for a shadow International Monetary Fund (IMF) program, pending Coalition Support Fund (CSF) payments, [...]	2008-04-11 02:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1701	NAVIGATING THE MAZE OF PAKISTANI ENERGY POLICY- PART TWO [...] (SBU) Summary. Further complicating Pakistan's maze of government organizations with responsibility over energy, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources and its 16 subordinate agencies, determine the natural gas, oil, mineral and coal policies for a country which desperately needs energ [...]	2008-04-29 13:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENGY EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD470	TAKING THE KARACHI BUSINESS COMMUNITY'S PULSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Econ Counselor and Econoff traveled to Karachi to meet with a broad section of Karachi's dynamic business community. The overall consensus was that 2007 had been a good year for business in spite of repeated political turmoil and violence. Concern over lack of law and order and t [...]	2008-02-01 09:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN PREL PK
08ISTANBUL557	IRANIAN TOURISM: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LEVERAGE? [...] (C) Summary: Iran is making a strong diplomatic push to promote tourism cooperation with Turkey and "friendly" organizations like the D8 and the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO). Iran sees tourism and related investment as a way to ease its isolation and boost economic growth, and th [...]	2008-11-03 14:18:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ECON EINV CVIS SCUL SOCI TU IR
08JAKARTA1380	INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: JUNE 2008 [...] On June 7, Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation released 25 orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) in Bukit Batikap protected forest, Murung Raya Regency, Central Kalimantan. According to BOS, the orangutans were victims of palm oil plantation expansion. BOS Communication Manager Nina Nuraisyah st [...]	2008-07-17 09:19:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID
08JAKARTA243	FINANCIAL SECTOR UPDATE AND IMF BRIEFING [...] (SBU) Summary. The International Monetary Fund Senior Resident Representative in Indonesia briefed donors on the Indonesian economy on January 29. The IMF said that GDP growth for 2008 is on target at 6.1%, lower than the Government of Indonesia's estimate of 6.7%. Reserves are a healthy $56 [...]	2008-02-06 08:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID

08JAKARTA469	INDONESIAN ECONOMY - CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC DESPITE [...] (SBU) Summary: Local economists remain cautiously optimistic about Indonesian economic forecasts for 2008 despite global and local pressures. Indonesia's 2008 economic growth will be 6.0-6.3%, down from the originally forecasted 6.8%, according to economists. The U.S. economic slowdown combine [...]	2008-03-10 03:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
08JAKARTA515	INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS JANUARY - [...] Summary. Indonesia's inflation in February came as expected at 7.4% on a year-on-year (YoY) basis, after an unexpectedly large jump in January. Bank Indonesia (BI) has maintained its reference interest rate at 8% for the past four months. Indonesia's economy grew at 6.3% in 2007, the fastest [...]	2008-03-13 08:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
08JAKARTA633	WEST JAVA GOVERNOR'S RACE HEATS UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C visited Bandung, West Java, March 27-28. West Java--Indonesia's largest province in terms of population--holds its first-ever direct election for governor on April 13. With the race heating up, most observers believe the opposition candidate is gaining traction. The inc [...]	2008-03-31 08:03:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO ECON ID
08JAKARTA780	INDONESIA: FOOD PRICES DIM ECONOMIC PROSPECTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Economists continue to lower their projected 2008 growth rate for Indonesia due to concerns that inflation and global uncertainty will decrease economic performance more seriously than previous expected. Soaring food prices, which have lowered purchasing power among Indonesian [...]	2008-04-18 07:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON EAGR ID
08JAKARTA868	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES-INODONESIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The price of most Indonesian staple foods (soybeans, wheat, palm oil, instant noodles, chicken, eggs) has risen rapidly in the past year. In contrast, the cost of rice, the largest component of the Indonesian diet, has declined in Indonesia over the last twelve months. However [...]	2008-04-30 08:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV ID
08JAKARTA901	RISING PRICES PROMPT INTEREST RATE INCREASE [...] Summary. On May 6, the Indonesian central bank - Bank Indonesia (BI) - increased its reference interest rate by 25 basis points to 8.25% in response to higher than expected inflation in March and April. BI also signaled that they expect to raise interest rates further this year. While the 2 [...]	2008-05-07 09:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAGR ECON PGOV ID
08KARACHI586	RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN SINDH AND BALOCHISTAN PROVINCES [...] (C) Summary: With the exception of the Ahmadi sect, most religious minorities in Sindh and Balochistan find the provincial governments supportive - to varying degrees - and do not report official discrimination. Urban communities tend to be more tolerant of religious minorities than rural [...]	2008-10-28 10:26:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PGOV PK
08KHARTOUM1594	GOS BLOCKS U.S. TRIP TO DARFUR AND FLIRTS WITH A [...] (SBU) On September 29, the Sudanese MFA finally informed CDA Fernandez that the GoS would not allow an embassy trip to Nyala and a joint UNAMID-USG trip to East Jebel Marra, Darfur scheduled for September 30. This denial came after a week of submitting three dipnotes, high-level discussions b [...]	2008-10-30 05:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM750	"NO TO WAR, YES TO A NEW SUDAN" - THE SPLM NATIONAL [...] (SBU) The SPLM National Convention - the party's second in 14 years - kicked off May 15 with great fanfare. 1720 delegates elected via successive grassroots contests at the boma, payam, county, and state-level converged on Juba to craft a new executive structure for the party - the first intra [...]	2008-05-16 11:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM KDEM SU
08KHARTOUM992	DARFUR SECURITY UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Tensions are mounting throughout Darfur, particularly in North Darfur, where a heightened Government of Sudan (GoS) military presence and tightening GoS restrictions on movement of all parties seem to signal a reassertion of GoS control over the state, possibly in response to reb [...]	2008-07-06 06:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU CD
08KUALALUMPUR158	FINAL PUSH BEFORE MALAYSIA'S ELECTION DAY [...] (C) Malaysia's national election campaign will conclude at midnight on March 7. Polling booths will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. on March 8. Local election officials will quickly announce results in their respective districts, and almost all races should be known by midnight March 8. Th [...]	2008-03-07 11:53:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM MY
08KUWAIT1164	WHILE KUWAIT PUSHES AHEAD ON OIL AND GAS, CHEVRON [...] (C) Summary: The Kuwait Oil Company CEO described plans for expansion of oil production capacity to 4 million barrels per day (mmb/d) by 2020 from its current 2.8 mmb/d. He confirmed the key to reaching this goal is creating a new type of agreement which is financially attractive to internat [...]	2008-11-25 14:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV KU IZ
08LAGOS314	NIGERIA: FIVE ATTACKS; NO AMERICANS INVOLVED [...] (C) Summary: Five separate attacks on foreign interests in the Niger Delta, including one attack on the Nembe pipeline, occurred in Rivers State between July 24 and July 30. No Americans were involved in the incidents. On July 24, the local press reported that the Movement for the Empancipa [...]	2008-08-06 14:15:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET NI
08LAGOS482	NIGERIA: FIRST CREDIT BUREAU TO LAUNCH APRIL 2009 [...] (U) Summary: The Central Bank of Nigeria released operational guidelines for credit bureaus in October 2008. Eleven Nigerian commercial banks have invested in Credit Reference Company, arguably the first credit bureau in Nigeria. Low quality data constitutes the biggest hurdle to developing a [...]	2008-11-29 12:17:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID NI
08LAPAZ1979	EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING-LA PAZ 1600 [...] (C) Summary: The Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met at 1600 9/15 to discuss the protest of 9/15 that required evacuation of the alternate command center, the planned protest for 9/16 that may include violent student demonstrators, the ongoing authorized departure process, and the overall po [...]	2008-09-15 23:01:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER BL
08LIMA213	PERU ENERGY UPDATE [...] This is an update on the following energy sector news from Peru: -- Shell returns to Peru by buying BPZ Energy -- Japanese interested in Peru explorations -- Biodiesel and Ethanol projects seek to meet demand -- Brazilians seek ethanol projects because of PTPA -- Natural gas displaces diese [...]	2008-02-05 21:58:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON SENV EINV ETRD PE
08LONDON1146	HMG REQUESTS FORMAL CONSULTATIONS REGARDING [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request. Following up on ref a request for informal consultations, PolMiloff received a letter and non-paper April 22 from HMG requesting formal consultations on renewing the 2003 HMG-USG Agreement concerning the use of Wideawake Airfield on Ascension Island. Embassy [...]	2008-04-23 14:30:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS MARR PREL UK
08LONDON2757	SUMMIT ON FINANCIAL MARKETS AND THE WORLD ECONOMY [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-31 12:07:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN
08MANILA1108	PREPARING FOR MERCY DEPLOYMENT IN LANAO DEL NORTE [...] (U) Summary: During an April 28 visit to Iligan City and Lanao del Norte province in the southern Philippines, Embassy officers and a U.S. Navy planner consulted with senior Philippine civil and military officials regarding the upcoming visit of USNS MERCY. Polcouns highlighted the importance [...]	2008-05-08 08:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER RP
08MANILA1818	HEALTH AND POPULATION IN THE PHILIPPINES [...] (SBU) Summary: In the aftermath of the July 11 World Population Day ceremonies in Manila, many civil society and legislators have expressed their opinions on the country's need and ability to extend family planning services more widely. There has been a vigorous public debate, extensively [...]	2008-07-31 07:19:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	RP
08MASERU89	LESOTHO: 2008 FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT [...] SUMMARY: The Government of Lesotho is committed to fiscal transparency and accountability and works closely with the IMF and the World Bank on the issue. Lesotho currently lacks the capacity with regards to internal financial controls necessary for top tier financial reporting, especially in [...]	2008-03-25 14:54:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL LT
08MEXICO2348	UNION USES FEDERAL FUNDS TO PROMOTE HOME [...] SUMMARY: The Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM),Mexico,s largest labor federation, is expanding an initiative it began earlier this year to improve living conditions for workers into the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. The initiative being implemented under union auspices uses GOM f [...]	2008-07-31 16:58:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV PINR SOCI MX
08MEXICO3102	CUBAN-MEXICAN MOU ON MIGRATION: GOOD NEWS, BAD [...] (C) Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque will sign an MOU with Mexico today that could have Cuba taking back significantly greater numbers of the illegal Cubans detained en route to the U.S. each year by Mexican immigration authorities. He will also extend an invitation to President Cald [...]	2008-10-20 17:22:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF KMIG KCRM CU MX
08MUMBAI246	BABY STEPS: EXTERNAL COMMERCIAL BORROWING NORMS AND DEBT [...] (U) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Ministry of Finance (MoF) relaxed norms on external commercial borrowings (ECBs) on May 30. The announcement relaxed restrictions in three distinct areas. First, the limit on borrowings by companies for rupee expenditures was raised from USD 20 millio [...]	2008-05-30 12:13:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD EINV IN
08MUMBAI304	INDIAN PLANNING COMMISSION COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL REFORMS [...] Summary: In August 2007, the Planning Commission constituted a high-level Committee on Financial Sector Reforms (CFSR) to outline a comprehensive agenda for the evolution of the Indian financial sector. The Committee compiled its findings and suggestions in a draft report and put it up for di [...]	2008-06-26 14:02:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN TRSY IN
08NAIROBI1579	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE [...] (C) Summary: Welcome to Kenya. Your visit comes six months after the disputed December 2007 general elections, when the controversial announcement of the victory of incumbent President Kibaki led to widespread violence, the deaths of 1,500 people and displacement 600,000 Kenyans. Kenya now st [...]	2008-06-27 12:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI192	KENYA: WHAT A DIFFERENCE AN ELECTION MAKES [...] (U) Summary: In a stunning reversal from consensus predictions that the December 27 general election would not affect Kenya's growing economy, allegations of vote rigging led to inter-tribal violence and looting that temporarily paralyzed the country's transportation system, scared away tourist [...]	2008-01-17 12:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR ELAB PGOV EFIN KE
08NAIROBI1961	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON [...] (C) Summary: Welcome to Kenya. Your visit comes eight months after the disputed December 2007 general elections, when the controversial announcement of the victory of incumbent President Kibaki led to widespread violence, the deaths of 1,500 people and displacement of 600,000 Kenyans. Kenya h [...]	2008-08-14 12:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL PGOV KDEM PTER KE
08NAIROBI2057	Somaliland: Revised Travel Request for US Mission Officers - [...] (S) This is a revised country clearance request for travel to Hargeisa, Somaliland (Ref A and B). Per Ref C, the Department approved the travel for August 7. Post requests clearance for US Mission officers to travel to Hargeisa, Somaliland on September 9. The travel and security plan remain a [...]	2008-09-03 12:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	OTRA PREL ASEC PTER MOPS SO
08NAIROBI473	Somalia -- Travel Request [...] (U) This is an action message. See paras 2 and 10. 2. (C) Embassy Nairobi requests Department approval for Bradley G. Anderson, Colonel, Defense Attache, U.S. Defense Attache Office Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Lisa R. Schade, Lieutenant Colonel, Marine Corps Attache, U.S. Defense Attache Offi [...]	2008-02-12 15:39:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	OTRA PREL ASEC PTER MOPS ET SO
08NEWDELHI333	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 28 - February 1, 2008. CARREFOUR COMING TO INDIA -------------------- 2. (U) French retail giant Carrefour, after several abortive attempts to reach a deal with an Indian partner over the pa [...]	2008-02-01 09:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
08NICOSIA307	LEBANON CRISIS EAC, MAY 15 0845 HRS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-15 12:30:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC PREL PGOV LE CY
08NICOSIA916	CYPRUS: UNFICYP PLEASED BY LATEST LEADERS' [...] (C) SUMMARY: The quickening pace of leaders' meetings and some recent progress on Governance issues have heartened the UN negotiating team, according to UNFICYP Senior Adviser Wlodek Cibor. In a November 19 meeting with Embassy staff, Cibor recounted recent developments in the negotiations an [...]	2008-11-20 14:50:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
08OTTAWA1162	GREEN PARTY MAKES HISTORY WITH FIRST MP [...] The Green Party landed its first Member of Parliament on August 30. Sitting Independent MP Blair Wilson formally joined the party and said he will run under the Green banner in a Canadian federal election that local analysts expect to be called within days. Wilson's recruitment marks a first [...]	2008-09-03 15:06:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SENV PINR CA
08OTTAWA85	CANADA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (u) Per reftel instructions, post has updated the Investment Climate Statement for the 2008 Country Commercial Guide. 2. (u) Begin Text of ICS Update Chapter 6: Investment Climate Openness to Foreign Investment General Attitude Strong economic fundamentals, proximity to the U.S. marke [...]	2008-01-15 22:00:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	CA EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR
08PRETORIA2096	ANC MAY TAP KGALEMA MOTLANTHE FOR ACTING PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) There are strong indications the African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe may replace President Thabo Mbeki on an acting basis until elections are held within seven months. (Note: Mbeki in a nationally televised speech on September 21 agreed to abide by the AN [...]	2008-09-22 17:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV SF
08PRETORIA2181	MATH, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION REMAINS A SERIOUS [...] (U) Inadequate math, science and technology (MST) education remains a serious problem in South Africa. The Department of Education (DOE) and non-government education experts agree that there are multiple causes for the lack of MST skills, including under-qualified teachers, minimal resources, [...]	2008-10-03 14:19:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
08PRETORIA2628	SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings newsletter, November 2008, Volume 3, Number 11, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- US EMBASSY AND UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA INAUGURATE U.S. SCIENCE R [...]	2008-12-03 14:15:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
08PRETORIA2648	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 5, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 49 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Concern as Chinese Clothing Quotas Expire - Tax Reforms Help South Africa's Rankings in a Global Study - Factories Hit Historic Low [...]	2008-12-05 13:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA2736	COPE, ANC SQUARE OFF ON RECONCILIATION DAY IN [...] (C) The Congress of the People (COPE) and the African National Congress (ANC) held events on December 16 in Bloemfontein that indicate where South Africa is headed ahead of the election next year and beyond. COPE's December 13-16 inaugural conference ended on December 16 with the election of [...]	2008-12-18 16:05:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA371	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 7 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Budget Unveiled - Rand Weakens After Budget Speech - SA Looks to Indian Skills Development Model - SA Launches Diaspora Networking Progra [...]	2008-02-25 05:51:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP
08PRETORIA425	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 9 of U.S. Embassy PretoriaQs South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Textile Sector Seeks Survival Aid - SA-EU Trade Row Puts Customs Union at Risk - U.S. Trade with Sub-Saharan Africa Increases - GDP Growt [...]	2008-02-29 12:35:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP
08RANGOON345	BURMA: CYCLONE NARGIS SITREP NO. 5 [...] (SBU) EMBASSY OPERATIONS: Four eligible family members are scheduled to depart for Bangkok on May 9. The remaining eight EFMs who want to depart are scheduled to leave on May 13. The Embassy continued to operate on city power, and we continued to receive diesel shipments. New welfare and [...]	2008-05-09 07:27:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID BM
08RANGOON349	BURMA: PRYING OPEN THE DOOR FOR HUMANITARIAN AID [...] (C) Summary: The OFDA DART team will not be granted visas "for the moment" and other missions are having mixed success obtaining entry for their disaster assistance experts. The GOB turned back 62 medics that arrived on a chartered relief flight from Bangladesh. The UN has had mixed succes [...]	2008-05-09 12:45:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON518	BURMA: PROMOTING DEMOCRATIC CHANGE THROUGH CYCLONE [...] (C) Summary: Except for a few isolated cases highlighted by the Burmese exile press, private relief efforts in the Delta are proceeding unhindered by the GOB, including those undertaken by pro-democracy groups. These efforts are widespread and crucial to covering gaps in the government's inept [...]	2008-06-27 11:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM EAID
08ROME1551	G8 COMMISSIONER BERTOLASO ON SUMMIT LOGISTICS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: G8 Summit Commissioner Guido Bertolaso, Prime Minister Berlusconi's Commissioner in charge of logistics for the July 8-10 2009 Summit at La Maddalena, told the DCM on December 19 that construction of the two hote [...]	2008-12-22 11:03:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON OTRA OVIP ASEC AORC IT
08ROME1552	G8 COMMISSIONER BERTOLASO ON SUMMIT LOGISTICS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: G8 Summit Commissioner Guido Bertolaso, Prime Minister Berlusconi's Commissioner in charge of logistics for the July 8-10 2009 Summit at La Maddalena, told the DCM on December 19 that construction of the two hote [...]	2008-12-22 11:06:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON OTRA OVIP ASEC AORC IT
08SANAA1053	YEMEN'S BIG BROTHER: WHAT HAS SAUDI ARABIA DONE [...] (U) AMEMBASSY Riyadh and AMCONGEN Jeddah have cleared this cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Yemen has a long history of relations with Saudi Arabia based primarily on their 1500 km shared border, which has led to extensive social, religious and business ties. Yemenis perceive the relationship as he [...]	2008-06-18 09:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS SA YM
08SEOUL1319	NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - June 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-01 23:34:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD SENV SOCI KS KN
08SEOUL499	SOUTH KOREAN NGOS' UPHILL STRUGGLE IN NORTH KOREA [...] (SBU) In early March, DPRK officials faxed a request to their ROK counterparts at Mt. Kumgang saying that South Korean aid workers should "temporarily" halt visits to Mt. Kumgang and Kaesong, but noting that aid would still be accepted, with no further explanation. The message encapsulated No [...]	2008-03-13 06:31:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KS KN ECON EAID
08SHENYANG136	DALIAN PORT GROUP EXPANDS REACH THROUGHOUT [...] (U) Summary. The "Five Points One Line" development plan, devised by former Liaoning Party Secretary and current Executive Vice-Premier Li Keqiang, is virtually co-extensive with the expansion of Dalian Port Group, which continues to broaden its reach throughout Northeast China (Ref A). In ad [...]	2008-09-26 05:06:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON ETRD EWWT PGOV PREL
08SINGAPORE1110	Singapore In Recession, Loosens Monetary Policy [...] (U) Summary. Singapore officials announced October 10 that third quarter GDP growth was a negative 0.5 percent, which on top of negative second quarter numbers placed the country into a technical recession. Analysts blamed the poor performance on declining industrial production and falling e [...]	2008-10-16 10:57:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV SN
08SINGAPORE1127	DEPOSIT INSURANCE DOMINOS FALLING ACROSS SE ASIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Last week, Southeast Asian governments' limited deposit insurance schemes fell like dominos. Even though authorities insist that their financial systems are strong, expansions of deposit insurance in competitor jurisdictions outside Southeast Asia, especially Hong Kong, Austra [...]	2008-10-21 09:18:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SN
08STATE126440	DEMARCHE TO NATO AND COALTION PARTNERS ON [...] (U) This is an action request; see paras 3-6. 2. (C) Summary: On December 3, the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) will be opened for signature in Oslo, Norway. The United States will neither sign this Convention nor participate as an observer, although many of our allies and partne [...]	2008-12-01 19:43:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM NATO MOPS PREL
08STATE127398	RETRANSMITTAL: DEMARCHE TO NATO AND COALTION [...] (U) This is a retransmittal of STATE 125512 to include KOLONIA, KOROR, and MAJURO for INFO. Classified portions have been removed for transmittal to KOROR. 2. (SBU) Summary: On December 3, the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) will be opened for signature in Oslo, Norway. The Unite [...]	2008-12-03 18:37:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM NATO MOPS PREL
08STATE33109	RESPONSE TO UAE MFA ON STATUS OF INTERDICTIONS [...] (S) Embassy Abu Dhabi is requested to approach appropriate United Arab Emirates (UAE) officials regarding the four outstanding interdiction cases: YM Energy, M/V Sinotrans Qingdao, M/V Seventh Ocean and M/V Anna E and discuss the options for resolving them. Post should draw from objectives b [...]	2008-03-31 21:49:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MNUC PARM PREL XB ZO ZP AE
08STATE49938	MGLBO1: LEBANON MONITORING GROUP SITUATION [...] (SBU) Syrian smugglers instigated clashes at the Masnaa border crossing, but the al-Arida border crossing remains open. (Ops/Embassy Beirut telcon) 2. (SBU) Embassy Beirut notes fighting broke out again in Aley, east of Beirut. Fighting in Tripoli subsided. ISF report 47 dead and 160 wo [...]	2008-05-12 12:04:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT LB
08STATE61431	GUATEMALAN MND POTENTIAL AECA SECTION 3 VIOLATION [...] Summary: (SBU) Over the last several months, the Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) has been working with the Office of Regional Security and Arms Transfers (PM/RSAT) to investigate the apparent unauthorized re-transfer of firearms that had been provided to the [...]	2008-06-06 21:49:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC KOMC GT
08STATE79112	(S) FLIGHT OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN BETWEEN DPRK [...] (S) Posts are requested to approach appropriate-level host nation officials regarding a planned North Korean flight to Iran of proliferation concern and encourage them to deny overflight for the aircraft or require that it land and be subjected to inspection before proceeding. Posts may draw [...]	2008-07-23 15:00:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MNUC PARM PREL AF CH KG KZ TI TX UZ
08STATE80081	(S) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON DPRK-IRAN FLIGHT [...] (S) Posts are requested to approach appropriate-level host nation officials regarding additional information vis-a-vis a chartered North Korean passenger flight to Iran (REF A). It has come to our attention that a Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) meeting is scheduled to be held in Iran on 27-30 Jul [...]	2008-07-24 21:53:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC AF CH KG KZ TI TX UZ
08STATE85639	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 04 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-10 13:10:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08TAIPEI1298	Former President Chen's Family Under Investigation for [...] (SBU) Although it is not uncommon for Taiwan's wealthy or upper middle classes to send money overseas for investment, to avoid tax, or for other reasons, it came as a shock to many when former President Chen Shui-bian acknowledged that his family had accumulated overseas accounts equivalent to [...]	2008-09-01 22:24:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN PGOV ECON PREL SENV TW
08TAIPEI1539	MAC CHAIR LAI SHIN-YUAN PREVIEWS UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary. On October 29, AIT Director Young met with the chairwoman of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC),Lai Shin-yuan for a preview of the agenda and substance of the November 3-7 talks between the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) and China's Association for Relations Across the T [...]	2008-10-30 10:07:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAIR EWWT PGOV TW CH
08TAIPEI176	Taipei Economic Brief for January 2008 [...] (U) Summary. Here are the highlights of January 2008 economic events in Taiwan. Taiwan's economy outperformed expectations in 2007, with capital outflow partly offsetting inflationary pressure.... Taiwan's 2008 economic outlook less optimistic.... Initial public offerings in 2007 set a thre [...]	2008-02-05 03:24:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON SENV TW
08TAIPEI181	Taiwan Moves Aggressively on Insolvent Banks [...] SUMMARY. Taiwan continues to move to resolve its insolvent banks. In early February, Taiwan authorities sold the fifth insolvent bank in 13 months and put another into receivership. Taiwan's last troubled bank is still being monitored and may be put into receivership soon. END SUMMARY. A [...]	2008-02-05 04:59:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON SENV TW
08TAIPEI487	KMT HONORARY CHAIRMAN LIEN CHAN ON CROSS-STRAIT [...] (C) Summary: Honorary KMT Chairman Lien Chan suggested to the Director on April 3 that Ma Ying-jeou's victory is also a win for the U.S., because Ma will restore stability and predictability to cross-Strait relations, easing U.S. security concerns. Lien expressed appreciation for President Bu [...]	2008-04-07 09:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
08TAIPEI76	TAIWAN: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Taiwan officially welcomes foreign direct investment. Taiwan,s science-based industrial parks, export processing zones, and free trade zones offer streamlined procedures. Taiwan has made significant improvement in protecting intellectual property. 2. As part of its efforts to improve the [...]	2008-01-16 09:45:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD TW
08TEGUCIGALPA525	PRESIDENT ZELAYA'S PROPOSED TOPICS OF DISCUSSION [...] (C) Summary: On Friday May 30, the Ambassador met with President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya to discuss the President's upcoming meeting with the Deputy Secretary. The Ambassador has met with all individuals who have meetings scheduled with the Deputy Secretary in order to help them understand his r [...]	2008-06-02 21:52:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM HO
08TOKYO1032	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/16/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-16 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1226	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-07 04:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1497	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-02 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1504	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/02/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-02 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1625	JAPAN'S DISASTER RELIEF ASSISTANCE TO CHINA [...] (S) Summary: Japan is continuing efforts to provide disaster relief assistance to China following the earthquake in Sichuan Province in an effort to improve ties with Beijing. Japan has provided one billion yen in aid and disaster relief supplies in addition to the three emergency and medical [...]	2008-06-13 09:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PGOV EAID CH JA
08TOKYO1628	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/16/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-16 01:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1641	INITIAL REACTION TO DPRK DEAL MOSTLY POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Summary. Reaction to the announcement that Japan will partially lift its unilateral sanctions on North Korea, in return for a reinvestigation into the abductions issue and cooperation on repatriating four 1970's-era Japanese hijackers, dominated the news over the weekend. Media attenti [...]	2008-06-16 09:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV JA
08TOKYO1997	JAPAN-TAIWAN ECONOMIC TIES CENTERING ON [...] (C) Summary: Economic ties between Japan and Taiwan center increasingly on cooperative operations in mainland China, according to Embassy Tokyo contacts. The rapid improvement in the political relationship between Taipei and Beijing with the accession of the new Taiwan president took some [...]	2008-07-18 07:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PREL JA TW CH
08TOKYO2209	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/12/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 01:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2225	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/13/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2227	JAPAN-DPRK REACH AGREEMENT ON ABDUCTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Japanese and North Korean negotiators have agreed to the basic outlines of a plan to move forward on resolution of the abduction issue and possible normalization of diplomatic ties. The agreement spells out the DPRK's commitment to conduct a full investigation into the fate of J [...]	2008-08-13 09:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV JA KN
08TOKYO2229	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/14/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 00:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2242	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/14/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 22:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2418	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/04/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2824	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 01:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2963	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/23/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-23 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3283	JAPAN ANNOUNCES END TO IRAQ DEPLOYMENT; LAUDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso November 28 officially announced Japan's intention to end the deployment of Air Self Defense Forces (ASDF) stationed in Kuwait in support Operation Iraqi Freedom by the end of December. MOFA contacts tell us the ASDF plans to fly its last mission [...]	2008-12-02 06:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ JA
08USNATO448	COMMUNIQUE OF THE DECEMBER 2-3 NATO FOREIGN [...] (U) The following communique was approved and released by NATO Foreign Ministers following their December 2-3 meeting: BEGIN TEXT: MEETING OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL AT THE LEVEL OF FOREIGN MINISTERS HELD AT NATO HEADQUARTERS, BRUSSELS, ON 2-3 DECEMBER 2008 FINAL COMMUNIQUE Â [...]	2008-12-03 16:43:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO MARR PARM PHSA PTER XG ZM XA XF
08USOSCE166	FSC JUNE 25: LITTLE CONTROVERSY IN PRIVATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Austrian Brigadier Feichtinger described the increasing importance of private military/security companies as a "worrisome development" that challenges the democratic control of the armed forces and the state's monopoly on the legitimate use of violence. The U.S., in response, [...]	2008-06-26 16:16:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL OSCE KCFE MCAP MOPS XG
08VIENTIANE149	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR LAOS [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-04 01:30:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV OPIC USTR KTDB LA
09ABUDHABI77	UAE INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 12:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR AE
09ABUJA1	NIGERIA: A GLANCE AT THE STATE OF WILDLIFE AND FORESTRY IN [...] (U) Summary: ESTHOff and visiting REO met with key Nigerian federal officials responsible for wildlife and forest conservation and management November 26-29. Ownership of the major Nigerian wildlife and forestry reserves transferred from the federal government to the states starting in 2000 w [...]	2009-01-02 06:59:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON TRGY KRVC TPHY NI
09ABUJA1520	NIGERIA: NAMES OF DEFAULTERS PUBLISHED; INDUSTRY SUPPORTS [...] (C) Summary: Banking contacts say CBN Governor Sanusi's firing of five bank heads has made the banking sector stronger, more transparent, and indicates that the sector is open for new domestic and international investors, including foreign banks. The public naming of defaulters like Aliko Dango [...]	2009-08-20 07:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ELAB ETRD NI
09ABUJA1845	NIGERIA: CBN RELEASES ITS SECOND BANK AUDIT RESULTS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Central Bank of Nigeria's second and final bank audit report found five banks to be undercapitalized and/or suffering from illiquidity. The CBN replaced three managing directors and injected 200 billion naira ($1.3 billion) into the affected five banks. The Nigeria Stock Exc [...]	2009-10-07 15:33:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV NI
09ABUJA2063	CBN GOVERNOR WORRIES ABOUT NIGERIA'S ENERGY AND [...] (S) Central Bank of Nigeria Governor (CBNG) Sanusi Lamido Sanusi asked for a private, one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on November 13 at the residence. The CBNG noted his worries about the capability of several ministers, most particularly the Ministers of Power and Finance to make the [...]	2009-11-16 19:53:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV ECON EFIN ENRG EAGR NI
09ABUJA2351	2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] (U) Nigeria remains a major drug trans-shipment point and a significant center for criminal financial activity. Individuals and criminal organizations have taken advantage of the country's location, porous borders, weak laws, corruption, lack of enforcement, and poor socioeconomic conditions to [...]	2009-12-30 15:32:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SNAR KCRM KCOR EFIN KTFN EAID ASEC NI
09ABUJA614	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR AND STANDARD CHARTERED CEO DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 7, the Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria, American citizen, Christopher Knight, paid a courtesy call on the Ambassador and discussed challenges facing the banking sector. He stated that the low price of oil is the main contributor to the economi [...]	2009-04-14 08:49:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EPET ECON EINV EAID NI
09ABUJA88	NIGERIA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following information is Nigeria's 2009 Investment Climate Statement. Overview -------- 2. With an estimated population of over 140 million, Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation. It offers investors a low-cost labor pool, abundant natural resources, and potentially the largest [...]	2009-01-16 06:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD EFIN ECON OPIC KTDB USTR NI
09ABUJA938	NIGERIA: A REVIEW OF CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR SOLUDO'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Professor Chukwuma Soludo's first term at the Central Bank ended on May 29. It appears unlikely he will be appointed to a second term (First Bank Group Managing Director Sanusi Lamido Sanusi appears to be the frontrunner at this point, but in Nigeria one can always expect last [...]	2009-06-01 10:12:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV NI
09ACCRA1226	KOSMOS ENERGY ACCOUNTS FROZEN IN GHANA [...] (U) Please note that this is an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Ghana's Serious Fraud Office has ordered banks immediately to freeze the Ghanaian accounts of Kosmos Energy as part of the Attorney-General's corruption investigation in the oil and gas secto [...]	2009-11-18 15:30:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PGOV EFIN PREL KCOR GH
09ACCRA1339	GHANA: KOSMOS ENERGY UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bank of Ghana rescinded its account freeze order against Kosmos Energy LLC and its Ghanaian affiliate Kosmos Energy Ghana HC as of November 19. However, it left frozen the accounts of some Ghanaian individuals and organizations contained in the original freeze order. No char [...]	2009-12-18 14:01:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PGOV EFIN KCOR GH
09ACCRA6	GHANA ELECTIONS: AT LONG LAST, A WINNER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ghana's marathon presidential elections, which had begun on December 7, finally drew to a close on January 3 when the director of the Electoral Commission (EC) pronounced the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party's John Evans Atta-Mills President-elect of the Republi [...]	2009-01-05 17:20:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL

09ADDISABABA1824	STAFFDEL PERKINS [...] Embassy Addis Ababa welcomes Mr. Alexander Perkins, Majority Trade Counsel, and Ms. Angela Ellard, Minority Trade Counsel to Ethiopia August 6-9, 2009. For the latest travel advisories consult the Department of State website at http://travel.state.gov. The purpose of travel is to hold AGOA-r [...]	2009-07-30 11:45:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF OTRA ET
09ADDISABABA708	CODEL CARNAHAN APRIL 5-8, 2009 [...] Embassy Addis Ababa warmly welcomes CODEL CARNAHAN to Ethiopia April 5-8, 2009 to participate in the Inter-Parliamentary Union assembly. Travelers should check with the control officer 72 hours prior to commencement of travel, and consult the Department of State website at http://travel.stat [...]	2009-03-24 14:22:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP OTRA AF CY EG ET
09ANKARA1828	SAFE DEPARTURE OF HEU FROM TURKEY ADVANCES [...] (C) Officials from Department of Energy/National Nuclear Safety Administration (DOE/NNSA) along with contractors oversaw on December 14 the removal of Turkey's stockpile of highly enriched uranium (HEU) spent fuel elements from the Cekmece Nuclear Research and Training Center located in Istanb [...]	2009-12-23 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL ENRG TU
09ANKARA430	TURKEY: GAZA RECONSTRUCTION PLEDGE REFLECTS [...] (C) Summary: Turkey pledged $ 93 million at the Egyptian-hosted March 2 donors' conference in Sharm al-Sheikh. The GOT will donate $ 50 million to in-kind reconstruction projects in coordination with the Palestinian Authority. The remaining $ 43 million reflects private donations made throug [...]	2009-03-23 09:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL IS TU
09ANTANANARIVO831	MAPUTO III: TGV FINALLY FEELING THE HEAT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The leaders of three out of four of Madagascar's main political movements -- all but Transition President Rajoelina -- departed Dec. 3 for a third summit to be held in Maputo Dec. 4 to discuss the allocation of cabinet posts in Madagascar's delayed power-sharing transition governm [...]	2009-12-03 14:26:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MA
09ASHGABAT476	IPC AGRI: ONE EXAMPLE OF COMMERCIAL SUCCESS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sales of Case New Holland equipment to Turkmenistan continue apace in 2009, with shipment of 300 tractors and $30 million in spare parts underway. Exclusive importer of Case New Holland and John Deere equipment to Turkmenistan, IPC Agri feels that its business is secure due t [...]	2009-04-15 11:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID EIND ETRD TX RU
09ASHGABAT763	TURKMENISTAN -- A NEGLECTED OPPORTUNITY FOR U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although Turkmenistan's population is small, the country's wealth -- due primarily to its natural gas deposits -- makes it a potentially attractive market for U.S. businesses. Obstacles include a restrictive visa regime, lack of rule of law, bureaucracy and corruption. Despit [...]	2009-06-17 13:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL EIND EFIN TX
09ASMARA139	ERITREA'S NASAIR STRUGGLING TO TAKE FLIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nasair, a privately owned Eritrean airline, is gamely attempting to succeed amid Eritrea's atrophying economy. With no aviation fuel available in Asmara and almost no tourist or business travelers, the deck appears stacked against Nasair, which is putting the final touches on a [...]	2009-04-29 12:34:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PGOV PREL ER
09ASMARA319	ERITREA AND SOUTH SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sudanese VP and SPLM chairman Salva Kiir, accompanied by top Southern officials, concluded a two-day visit to Eritrea September 15. President Isaias, reportedly worried that the SPLM lacks strategy and cohesion, fears that Sudan could tip into chaos in the context of the upcoming [...]	2009-09-22 09:06:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ER SU
09ASMARA379	ERITREAN AVIATION: GOVERNMENT SQUEEZING THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The four international airlines serving Asmara are discouraged by the Eritrean government's (GSE) refusal to allow them to convert $20 million worth of local currency and its repeated attempts to gouge them for hard currency. The GSE, through its wholly owned Eritrean Airlines, [...]	2009-11-04 10:40:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ATRN ASEC CASC EFIN ECON ER
09ASMARA79	UNMEE BIDS FAREWELL [...] (C) Summary: The UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) has finally closed down its operations in Eritrea, according to the acting UN resident representative. All remaining staff left on February 28, bound for Sudan on a chartered UN flight. UNMEE sent out all sensitive equipment on the [...]	2009-03-05 12:42:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PREL ER ET
09BAGHDAD162	NINEWA ON THE EVE OF ELECTIONS: COUNTERING [...] (S) Summary: Credible provincial elections are key to creating the conditions for sustainable political and economic development in Ninewa Province. They are also critical to the resolution of the disputed internal boundaries (DIBs) issue as well as to Arab-Kurd relations within Ninewa and [...]	2009-01-22 07:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
09BAKU14	YOUNG IRANIANS GET CRAZY AT IRANIAN ROCK STAR [...] On December 14 Swedish-based Iranian pop star Arash Labaf (originally from Iranian Azerbaijan) gave a concert at the Heydar Aliyev Sports complex in Baku. Although similar concerts have occurred in Dubai, this was the first-ever performance in Azerbaijan of an internationally known Iranian r [...]	2009-01-09 10:05:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AJ IR PGOV PHUM PINR
09BAMAKO246	MALI RELEASES SOME TUAREG PRISONERS AND ONE MURDER [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-20 16:58:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS PINR PREL PGOV ASEC ML
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN288	OVERVIEW OF BRUNEI'S HAJJ PILGRIMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Brunei (GoB) is committed to supporting the Hajj pilgrimage for Bruneian citizens, including recent converts to Islam. As Brunei's pilgrims return, it is useful to highlight how the GoB supports the annual Hajj pilgrimage. This year, there were 766 official Bru [...]	2009-12-04 06:41:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KISL KIRF BX
09BANGKOK3223	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor attended a Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) Export Control Experts Meeting in Hanoi, Dec. 8-10. Thai officials impounded an aircraft carrying 35 tons of weapons from North Korea on Dec. 11. Thai officials attended International Border Interdiction Train [...]	2009-12-22 09:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL CB TH VN
09BANGKOK3248	THAILAND FORCIBLY RETURN PETCHABUN HMONG TO LAOS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Thai government December 28 began forcibly returning Lao Hmong at Petchabun back to Laos in an operation anticipated to result in the return of all 4,351 Hmong from the Huay Nam Khao camp by the end of the day. There were no public or NGO reports of significant resistance or [...]	2009-12-28 10:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG TH LA
09BANGKOK755	THAI GOVERNMENT OPPONENTS RALLY AT GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Over 20,000 anti-government "redshirt" protestors rallied at the Government House compound in Bangkok on March 26 with the intention of remaining at least several days. Thousands of police officers and soldiers were on hand to ensure the demonstration remained peaceful, as the organizers h [...]	2009-03-26 10:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM ASEC TH
09BEIJING1197	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 4 [...] (U) As of COB on May 5 Beijing Time, there are no confirmed cases of infection of humans or livestock by the A/H1N1 influenza virus on Mainland China. One case was confirmed in Hong Kong on May 1 (REF D). 2. (SBU) Two American citizens remain under quarantine. Two others who had crossed o [...]	2009-05-05 09:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1199	MAY 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: FLU, QUARANTINES, VISA POLICY, [...] Key points at the May 5 MFA press briefing: -- China has taken "urgent and temporary" measures to "protect the safety of the animal husbandry industry and the people" from the threat of H1N1 Influenza. -- The spokesperson had no information about reports that four American citizens have be [...]	2009-05-05 22:46:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AMED MCAP CH MX CE CA AS KU JP
09BEIJING1224	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 6 - [...] (U) This cable corrects Beijing 1223. Please disregard Beijing 1223. AMERICANS IN QUARANTINE, QUARANTINE CHARGES, AND NOTIFICATION ----------------------- ------------------- ---------------- Â [...]	2009-05-07 10:34:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING2984	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS, U.S. SPACE [...] U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS "U.S. and Chinese military shake hands at the Pentagon" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(10/28)(pg 1): "During the visit of Chinese military leaders to the U.S., the U.S. opened up rarely-seen, secret m [...]	2009-10-27 09:55:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3349	CHINA/OVERCAPACITY: OVERWEIGHT OR HEALTHY BABY FAT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China's industrial structure is extremely overcapacity and the recent massive government stimulus packages and credit expansion exacerbated the problems, according to a November 26, 2009 EU Chamber of Commerce report. The report stirred controversy in China's blogosphere and med [...]	2009-12-15 09:20:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN EU CH
09BEIJING400	SOCIAL STABILITY CHALLENGES LOOM IN 2009, BUT PRC [...] (C) The global economic downturn has heightened Chinese leaders' longstanding obsession over maintaining social stability, with even PRC official media predicting an increase in "mass incidents" in 2009. Beijing observers vary in their assessment of the severity of this year's stability chall [...]	2009-02-17 09:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ECON ELAB PHUM CH
09BEIRUT135	Lebanon -- The Daily Star is Back [...] Summary: English-language Lebanese newspaper The Daily Star returned to publication on February 2, after having been closed since January 14 in a dispute over unpaid loans with the Standard Chartered Bank. End Summary. 2. The publisher of the Daily Star, Jamil Mroue, told Arab nationalis [...]	2009-02-03 06:45:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT664	LEBANON: CABINET FINALLY APPROVES 2009 BUDGET; SENDS TO [...] (SBU) After almost six months of heated discussions, the cabinet approved the 2009 budget during its June 12 session. The budget projects a deficit of approximately 30% of spending and around 10% of GDP. The budget includes appropriations for the Council of the South of around $40 million -- [...]	2009-06-15 13:07:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE
09BERLIN1183	BRINGING THE GERMANS AROUND ON GRANTING SOVEREIGN [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The German MFA and MOD continue to argue that only U.S. "warships" can be granted "sovereign immunity" against search or arrest when visiting German ports, but this seems to be based on an overly narrow and traditional reading o [...]	2009-09-24 09:25:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PARM PGOV PHSA PBTS GM
09BRATISLAVA428	SLOVAKIA'S BORDER WITH UKRAINE [...] (U) Summary. On Monday, September 21, Embassy officers together with DHS/ICE attachi visited the Slovak-Ukraine border as the guests of the Border and Alien Police (BAP). Our purposes were (I) to assess any security changes since visa waiver accession; (ii) observe U.S.-donated inspection eq [...]	2009-10-02 15:31:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PGOV LO UP PINR
09BRAZZAVILLE285	BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF - OCTOBER 1, 2009 [...] (U) President Denis Sassou Nguesso and a large delegation of sixty arrived in New York on September 17. Sassou, First Lady Antoinette, the Foreign Minister, the Minster of Forestry, the Minister of the Environment and 25 others travelled on a chartered plane via Cape Verde. 2. (U) In hi [...]	2009-10-01 12:56:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL CF
09BRIDGETOWN745	Dominica Election Primer: The Bolivarian Candidate [...] (C) With high unemployment and government corruption dominating election debates, Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has decided to take a gamble on his political career, betting that he can ride a wave of financial support from China and Venezuela to overcome his government's poor sho [...]	2009-12-04 21:52:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON XL VE
09BRIDGETOWN765	Dominica's Opposition Leader Cautiously Optimistic Despite [...] (C) Dominica's main opposition United Workers Party (UWP) leader Ron Green was cautiously optimistic in a call on the Charge in Bridgetown December 11, a week ahead of December 18 General Elections. Green lamented the role that outside money was playing in the election, especially by giving th [...]	2009-12-16 19:58:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM XL
09BRIDGETOWN771	Dominica's General Election Creates a Nearly One Party State [...] (C) Roosevelt Skerrit's Dominica Labour Party (DLP) won a landslide victory, capturing 18 of the 21 constituencies, with the opposition United Workers Party (UWP) relegated to only 3 seats. The final vote tally was 61 percent for the DLP, 35 percent for the UWP and 4 percent for the remaining [...]	2009-12-22 22:45:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM OAS XL
09BRUSSELS1058	IRAN, PSI, AND THE EU: IS IT TIME TO LET THE EU [...] (S//NF) Summary/Comment: The EU,s growing role in European maritime security and non-proliferation policy makes it increasingly in our interest to enlist the EU in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). New EU initiatives and a formal EU role in PSI could help compel stronger action [...]	2009-07-31 15:43:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL ETTC IR EUN EWWT KNNP
09BRUSSELS1569	EU NOVEMBER GAERC - SELECTIONS FOR EU POSITIONS [...] (U) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers met November 16-17 in Brussels for their biannual "jumbo" or "super" General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) that included a November 16 informal meeting with EU Defense Ministers and a November 17 meeting with EU Development Ministers. Highli [...]	2009-11-23 14:54:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN AF AL BO BK MK UP RS MOPS
09BRUSSELS783	CHINA/EU: HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE IS PRODUCTIVE, [...] (SBU) Summary: The EU troika held its annual EU-China Human Rights Dialogue on May 14 in Prague. EU participants found the atmosphere to be more positive and productive on most issues than at the last dialogue in December 2008 in Beijing. 2. (SBU) The EU held legal seminars in Prague tw [...]	2009-06-05 11:05:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDRG EUN CZ CH
09BRUSSELS923	GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: S/E FRIED THANKS E.U. FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-06 16:18:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER EUN
09BUENOSAIRES532	ARGENTINA: "VALIJAGATE" JUDGE DENIES DEFENDANT'S [...] (SBU) Investigating Judge Daniel Petrone ruled May 5 against an appeal by lawyers for former Argentine government official Claudio Uberti to dismiss evidence from the Miami trial of Franklin Duran. The local investigation into the infamous suitcase carried by Venezuelan-American Guido Antonin [...]	2009-05-06 20:25:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KCOR SNAR CJAN KFRD AR
09BUENOSAIRES579	TFFLU01: H1N1 Influenza Outbreak and Argentina: SITREP #3 [...] (U) Summary: Argentina has only one confirmed case of Influenza A (H1N1) to date, while 88 are still under study. The Ministry of Health requested information from Post about four Americans who may have been on a flight from Mexico that carried a "suspected" H1N1 case. Post was able to track [...]	2009-05-18 10:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED KSAF KFLO AR
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
09CARACAS891	PDVSA EXPROPRIATES REMAINING TIDEWATER VESSELS [...] (C) Tidewater's remaining assets in Venezuela were verbally expropriated the weekend of July 11-12. According to Tidewater Country Representative, Mikael Jacob (strictly protect throughout),the U.S. oil services company had four boats supporting PDVSA's PetroSucre project (formerly ConocoPhi [...]	2009-07-14 19:04:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CHENGDU163	UK CG'S VIEWS ON CHONGQING ECONOMY, MARKET ACCESS, CLIMATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The impact of the global financial crisis on domestically focused Chongqing has been relatively small, with China's stimulus package and auto-sector incentives boosting GDP by 12.1 percent in the first half of 2009, the UK's Chongqing-based Consul General told us. Chongqing's P [...]	2009-08-24 11:42:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD SENV TBIO PREL CH
09CHENGDU229	CHONGQING GOALS FOR BALANCED URBAN-RURAL DEVELOPMENT [...] Summary: As one of only two pilot areas in China working to reduce the economic imbalance between urban and rural citizens (ref A),Chongqing Municipality -- where rural residents account for 70 percent of 33 million inhabitants -- is focusing inter alia on reforming the social security, land [...]	2009-10-15 09:43:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EAGR PGOV SOCI CH
09CHENGDU271	WORLD BANK/IFC'S CHENGDU OFFICIALS ON STRUCTURAL IMPEDIMENTS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Small business access to credit in China is a long-term, structural problem that 'is not going away for the next 10-20 years", a Chengdu-based official of the World Bank's [...]	2009-11-30 17:19:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN PGOV CH
09CHENGDU272	WORLD BANK/IFC'S CHENGDU OFFICIALS ON STRUCTURAL IMPEDIMENTS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Small business access to credit in China is a long-term, structural problem that 'is not going away for the next 10-20 years", a Chengdu-based official of the World Bank's [...]	2009-11-30 17:19:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN PGOV CH
09CHENGDU273	WORLD BANK/IFC'S CHENGDU OFFICIALS ON STRUCTURAL IMPEDIMENTS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Small business access to credit in China is a long-term, structural problem that 'is not going away for the next 10-20 years", a Chengdu-based official of the World Bank's [...]	2009-11-30 17:19:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN PGOV CH
09CHENGDU274	WORLD BANK/IFC'S CHENGDU OFFICIALS ON STRUCTURAL IMPEDIMENTS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Small business access to credit in China is a long-term, structural problem that 'is not going away for the next 10-20 years", a Chengdu-based official of the World Bank's [...]	2009-11-30 17:19:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN PGOV CH
09CHENGDU275	WORLD BANK/IFC'S CHENGDU OFFICIALS ON STRUCTURAL IMPEDIMENTS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Small business access to credit in China is a long-term, structural problem that 'is not going away for the next 10-20 years", a Chengdu-based official of the World Bank's [...]	2009-11-30 17:19:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN PGOV CH
09CHENGDU276	WORLD BANK/IFC'S CHENGDU OFFICIALS ON STRUCTURAL IMPEDIMENTS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Small business access to credit in China is a long-term, structural problem that 'is not going away for the next 10-20 years", a Chengdu-based official of the World Bank's [...]	2009-11-30 17:19:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN PGOV CH
09CHENGDU313	SW CHINA: SELF-IMMOLATION CASE IN CHENGDU HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. Three recent cases in southwest China -- including a high-profile case where a Chengdu citizen set fire to herself to protest a demolition of a property -- illustrate how Chinese citizens [...]	2009-12-18 09:17:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KJUS ECON EFIN CH
09COLOMBO1040	SRI LANKA,S PERSONALIZED SYSTEM OF ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary. The real power to make economic policy appears to transcend the formal government policy channels and focus on the influence of President Rajapaksa and his circle. According to our contacts, the new Secretary to the Treasury, P.B. Jayasundera, is the policymaker with the mos [...]	2009-11-17 06:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	CE ECON EFIN PGOV
09COLOMBO285	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IMF AGREEMENT AND CITIBANK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a March 12 meeting with Ambassador, Central Bank Governor Cabraal disclosed that an IMF team is expected shortly in Colombo with a view to concluding an agreement in as little as one month. The Fund will be focused on GSL measures to help Sri Lanka strengthen and stabilize it [...]	2009-03-12 13:03:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV CE
09COLOMBO600	SRI LANKA: OIL HEDGE BACK BEFORE SUPREME COURT [...] (SBU) Summary: The filing of a new fundamental rights petition before the Supreme Court once again calls into question the legality of oil hedge contracts between the Ceylon Petroleum Company (CPC) and several international and local banks. The petition asserts, among other issues, that CPC [...]	2009-06-09 11:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV KMCA CE
09COLOMBO67	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 - SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-21 06:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
09DAMASCUS174	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NEA ACTING A/S [...] (C) Embassy Damascus welcomes and grants country clearance for the proposed visit of Acting Assistant Secretary of State (A A/S) for Near East Affairs (NEA) Jeffrey Feltman, NSC Senior Director Daniel Shapiro, and NEA Staff Assistant Oni Blair on March 7-8, 2009. Travelers will be met at the [...]	2009-03-04 15:20:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	OTRA SY
09DAMASCUS686	NO U.S. COMPONENT TO U.S. INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT [...] (C) As previously reported, the American International Investment Group (AIIG) has targeted eastern Syria for $30-40 million in investments (ref A). AIIG (formally referred to as the U.S. International Investment Group (USIIG)) plans to launch five projects in the Industrial City of Dayr al-Za [...]	2009-09-16 13:44:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL SY
09DHAKA301	BANGLADESH INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] This is Embassy Dhaka's submission for reftel tasking. 2. Begin text of the 2009 Bangladesh Investment Climate Statement: Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Bangladesh actively seeks foreign investment under its industrial policy and export-oriented, private [...]	2009-03-29 09:26:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR 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
09DILI332	TIMOR-LESTE COMPLETES EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES TRANSPARENCY [...] The Government of Timor-Leste completed its first Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) report and conveyed it to the president in a public ceremony on December 21. The report covers activities during calendar year 2008 and was compiled by the chartered accountant, Deloitte Touc [...]	2009-12-21 12:42:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET EFIN ENRG PGOV KCOR TT
09DJIBOUTI1031	DJIBOUTI/SOMALIA: TFG FORCES BEGIN WEAPONS TRAINING; FRENCH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Military recruits for Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG),undergoing training by Djibouti's armed forces (FAD),have nearly reached the midpoint of their anticipated three-month program of instruction, which includes a human rights component as well as collective trai [...]	2009-08-06 20:42:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET//NOFORN	MASS MOPS KPKO PREL SO DJ UG FR
09DJIBOUTI1290	PROGRESS ON PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN WIND, SOLAR DESALINATION [...] (SBU) This message contains business proprietary information. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Maple Renewable Resources Corporation (MRRC) is working with the GODJ to develop an estimated USD 216 million worth of wind energy and solar desalination projects (ref A). While M [...]	2009-10-15 14:06:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV BEXP SENV DJ
09DJIBOUTI50	Somalia - TFG Parliament Convenes in Djibouti [...] (C) Summary: The Transitional Federal Parliament convened January 25 in Djibouti's Peoples Palace with an estimated 230 MPs in attendance. On the agenda for day one are amendments to the Transitional Federal Charter, which would expand the Parliament to allow Alliance for the Re-liberation of [...]	2009-01-25 14:23:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM SO DJ
09DUSHANBE423	IS TAJIKISTAN'S ISLAMIC PARTY AT A CROSSROADS? [...] (C) Summary: Tajikistan's new religion law puts Tajikistan's Islamic Revival Party in a difficult position. The party's inability to influence either the legislative process or the government's religious policy, calls into question its reason for being. The party's silence on major issues cha [...]	2009-04-08 13:37:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TI
09FREETOWN152	LANDMARK NARCOTICS CASE ENDS: DEFENDANTS NOT GOING [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Sierra Leone's judicial system completed its landmark narcotics case (reftel A) on April 20, finding all defendants guilty. The first case tried using the national Narcotics Control Act of 2008, this creates valuable legal precedent, while also sending a message to na [...]	2009-04-22 15:44:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL SL
09FREETOWN24	SIERRA LEONE 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, please see Embassy Freetown's 2009 Investment Climate Statement below. The document will also be sent via e-mail on the unclassified system. Embassy POC for this report is Political/Economic Officer Amy LeMar (lemaran.@state.gov). A. Openness to Foreign Investment 2. The Gov [...]	2009-01-15 18:18:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EINV ETRD KTDB USTR OPIC SL
09GENEVA363	Accounting: a key development challenge [...] SUMMARY: The Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting (ISAR) builds developing countries' capacities to keep accounts (book keeping) and comply with internationally accepted accounting standards. ISAR has produced useful simplified acc [...]	2009-05-11 16:37:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EINV EFIN UNCTAD
09GUANGZHOU397	South China Bankers See Signs of Economic Improvement, [...] (SBU) Summary: Guangzhou bankers differ over whether South China's economy is as bad off as some media reports would have us believe. They agreed, however, that Beijing is increasing the pressure to expand lending to small and medium enterprises. They expressed interest in the Chinese governm [...]	2009-07-01 07:31:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD HK CH
09GUANGZHOU711	Growth Returns to Guangdong with Rising Domestic Demand and [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials in Guangdong are declaring victory over the global financial crisis's impact on the trade-dependent province's economy. They point to projections that growth for the province will exceed 8% for the year after falling to a 30-year low in the first quarter. Our contacts [...]	2009-12-30 03:27:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV CH
09HANOI569	RED TAPE GRIPES AGAIN DOMINATE VIETNAM'S DISCUSSIONS WITH [...] (U) Summary: At a semi-annual meeting between the Government and the private sector, local and international businesses criticized Vietnam's multiple administrative hurdles, inefficient tax regime, and lack of transparency as they recommended ways to speed up investment in the banking, mining [...]	2009-06-19 09:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD ECON KCOR VM
09HARARE183	ZIMBABWE COMMITTED TO U.S. DOLLARS FOR CIVIL [...] (C) The pervasive dollarization of the Zimbabwe economy and collapse of the Zimbabwe dollar drove the GOZ's decision to pay civil servant allowances in hard-currency vouchers redeemable for goods. Potential abuse of the system by Reserve Bank Governor Gono compelled Minister of Finance Biti t [...]	2009-03-04 16:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV 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
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
09HOCHIMINHCITY213	CAMBODIA BORDER AND CENTRAL HIGHLANDS PROVINCES BRUSHING OFF [...] (SBU) Summary: While provinces on the outskirts of Vietnam's Southern Key Economic Zone (SKEZ) feel cushioned from the global economic downturn because their largely agricultural economies can easily absorb unemployed workers, these areas are suffering from declining global commodity prices. [...]	2009-03-24 09:17:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINV ETRD PGOV PREL SOCI VM
09HONGKONG124	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, HONG KONG [...] Hong Kong pursues a free market philosophy, and the government interferes minimally in the economy. The Hong Kong Government welcomes foreign investment, neither offering special incentives nor imposing dis-incentives for foreign investors. Hong Kong's well-established rule of law is applied [...]	2009-01-20 06:51:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON OPIC KTTB USTR HK
09HONGKONG1248	HONG KONG INSIDER SAYS EXCO CONVENOR LEUNG WILL [...] (C) Of the three "non-candidates" to succeed Donald Tsang as Hong Kong Chief Executive (CE) in 2012 -- Chief Secretary Henry Tang, Financial Secretary John Tsang, and Executive Council (ExCo) Convenor C.Y. Leung -- Leung has been the most visibly "non-campaigning". While few doubt Leung has hi [...]	2009-07-08 10:35:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR HK
09HONGKONG1319	Norman Chan Announced as New HKMA Chief [...] SUMMARY: As long expected, the Hong Kong government announced today that Norman Chan will take over as Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority when Joseph Yam steps down October 1. Chan, currently serving as Chief Executive Donald Tsang's Chief of Staff, is well qualified having p [...]	2009-07-17 10:40:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL HK
09HONGKONG1829	HONG KONG ANALYSTS CREDIT CHINESE STIMULUS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong economic analysts give China full credit for Asia's rebounding economies. The region's financial systems were generally well capitalized and less exposed to toxic assets, making the rebound that much quicker, but with the exception of China, national fiscal stimulus p [...]	2009-09-25 11:20:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON HK CH
09HONGKONG2178	FED HEARS HONG KONG VIEWS ON CHINA AND THE REGION [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong economists, bankers and financial observers for the most part painted a rosy picture about the Chinese economy for U.S. Federal Reserve Board and San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank officials. They said that China would grow strongly in 2010, but that an economic recove [...]	2009-11-27 09:17:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON HK CH
09HONGKONG231	Hong Kong Market Report: Hang Seng Up on Hope for U.S. [...] The Hang Seng Index was up 3.61 percent or 476.14 points today, closing at 13,655. Chinese stocks led the rally, following positive results in mainland Chinese markets and optimism that a U.S. stimulus package would pass Congress. Hong Kong Shanghai Bank, China Mobile, Industrial Commercial [...]	2009-02-06 11:49:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
09ISLAMABAD2173	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 09, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-09 09:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09JAKARTA1026	INDONESIAN AUTHORITIES CONFIDENT, BUT NOT COMPLACENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesian economic policymakers appear confident, relishing the wave of positive attention the country has received in recent weeks. The recent upward revision by the IMF of its 2009 growth forecast for Indonesia and an improvement in the outlook for its sovereign rating by Mo [...]	2009-06-17 09:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ID
09JAKARTA557	LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS -- KEY OPPOSITION PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: It's a full court press ahead of April 9, election day for Indonesia's national legislature and other bodies. Working to mobilize its considerable grassroots base, Indonesia's key opposition party, PDI-P, held a large rally on March 24 in Jakarta. Golkar Party is also revving [...]	2009-03-27 09:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID
09KABUL4029	Afghanistan's Hajj 2009: Transport Ministry and Ariana [...] Summary: In a marked improvement from last year's Hajj, logistics for the 2009 Afghan pilgrimage proceeded smoothly, due to extensive planning by the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (MOTCA). State-owned Ariana Airlines transported about 35,000 pilgrims, thanks to a last-minute deal b [...]	2009-12-16 10:46:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL809	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW [...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes your visit. 2. (SBU) The coming year will take its identity from the Afghan presidential election, and from increased US military deployments. Implementing the new strategy will require significant resources to enhance our current diplomatic support plat [...]	2009-04-01 14:11:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AMGT ABLD APER CVIS AF
09KAMPALA1379	UGANDA: 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Summary: Uganda is not a major hub for narcotics trafficking and terrorism financing, but it is a growing site for money laundering. Ugandan efforts to combat money laundering are hampered by the continued absence of comprehensive anti-money laundering legislation, severe resource constraints, [...]	2009-12-07 18:07:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR PTER ASEC UG
09KAMPALA77	SUBJECT: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 05:29:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR UG
09KATHMANDU910	FRAUD SUMMARY - KATHMANDU, NEPAL [...] Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world, with a per capita income of less than USD400. A precarious peace following ten years of armed civil conflict, the Maoist party intimating a potential return to violence, weak government institutions under the current government - the second [...]	2009-10-05 12:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NP
09KHARTOUM1072	SOUTHERN SUDANESE FINANCE MINISTER COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary. Charge met with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Minister of Finance and Economic Planning David Deng Athorbei on September 22 to discuss the return of USD seven million in cash from a Citibank courier flight. Deng committed to the return of the money "in a very short time" [...]	2009-09-23 12:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL UN
09KHARTOUM1474	PORT SUDAN AS POTENTIAL LOGISTICAL SOLUTION FOR REGIONAL [...] (U) Summary: There is no recent history of vessels with USG humanitarian aid cargo waiting for berthing space due to port congestion outside of Port Sudan. The same can-not be said for Djibouti port to the south. In order to avoid delays of emergency food aid delivery to Ethiopia due to port co [...]	2009-12-30 14:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU
09KHARTOUM262	MALAKAL TENSIONS PERSIST AFTER TANGINIYA DEPARTS [...] (U) This is an action request - see para. 13. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Erstwhile SSDF Commander and current SAF Major General Gabriel Tanginiya returned to Khartoum February 24 following his evacuation from Malakal via a chartered Antanov flight. GOSS Vice President Riek Machar, who arrived in [...]	2009-02-25 12:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINS KPKO UNSC ASEC MARR MOPS SU
09KIGALI716	SIERRA LEONE CONVICTS ARRIVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 17:30:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM RW
09KINGSTON315	JAMAICA: BUDGET PLAN AND GAS TAX UNVEILED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance and the Public Service Audley Shaw presented a plan to Parliament on April 23 to bridge a USD 204.5 million gap in the national budget. During the speech attended by emboffs, Shaw announced a further USD 90 million increase in the new Budget - from JD 547.7 [...]	2009-04-24 18:39:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ENRG PGOV SENV EAIR SOCI ASEC ETRD TRSY
09KOLKATA34	PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS FEELS THE HEAT FROM SATYAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Two partners from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) remain in judicial custody in connection to admissions of large scale fraud by the chairman and founder of Satyam Computers Limited (Reftel). PWC leadership contends that the charges are politically motivated and that there is no ev [...]	2009-02-10 08:58:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IN
09KUALALUMPUR959	MALAYSIA: BANK NEGARA KEEPING CLOSE WATCH ON FIRST [...] (C) Summary: Bank Negara (BN) Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Manager Abdul Rahman Abu Bakar (Rahman) stated during a November 20 meeting with econoff that FIU is monitoring all account activity at First East Export Bank (FEEB - a subsidiary of Iran,s Bank Mellat) on a daily basis, treating [...]	2009-11-30 09:55:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD ETTC IR KNNP MY PINR PTER
09KUWAIT8	GLOBAL INVESTMENT HOUSE SEEKS TO RESTRUCTURE DEBT [...] (U) This contains business proprietary information. 2. (C) Summary: Global Investment House defaulted on a $200 million payment for a syndicated loan on December 15 and sought a 90 day standstill on payments to approximately 30 international and Kuwaiti banks to develop a restructuring plan [...]	2009-01-05 08:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON KU
09LAGOS453	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH STANDARD CHARTERED BANK [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with top management of Standard Chartered Bank, which is growing in Nigeria by focusing on profitability, not size. Standard Chartered offered their approval of Central Bank Governor Sanusi,s reforms with some criticism of previous Central Bank Governor Soludo's ac [...]	2009-11-30 08:24:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV NI
09LONDON1040	FAINT SIGNS OF SPRING, BUT ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN U.K. AT [...] (SBU) Summary: UK Government officials have been increasingly optimistic in their outlooks for economic recovery. Business Secretary Peter Mandelson, said he sees "green seedlings" in the British economy, while Chancellor Alistair Darling forecast positive growth figures by the end of the year [...]	2009-05-01 15:20:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV UK
09LONDON1497	LONDON-BASED EXPERTS ASSESS SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND [...] (SBU) Summary: The global financial crisis eroded the market value of sovereign wealth funds' holdings, leading many to refocus on liquidity in the short term with moves towards cash balances and fixed income government securities, especially U.S. Treasuries. However, experts with whom ECONOF [...]	2009-06-25 14:53:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV UK
09LONDON1999	SCENESETTER FOR SEPTEMBER 3-7 VISIT OF CODEL KANJORSKI TO [...] (SBU) The UK government is eager to share viewpoints on financial services reform, and to ensure that U.S. and UK regulations complement each other with the goal of ensuring a vital and thriving financial services industry - critical to both our countries' economic recovery and growth. (Post h [...]	2009-08-27 15:10:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA OVIP ECON UK
09LONDON2002	SCENESETTER FOR SEPTEMBER 3-6 VISIT OF CODEL SHELBY TO THE [...] (SBU) The UK government is eager to share viewpoints on financial services reform, and to ensure that U.S. and UK regulations complement each other with the goal of ensuring a vital and thriving financial services industry - critical to both our countries' economic recovery and growth. (Post h [...]	2009-08-28 07:14:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA OVIP ECON UK

09LONDON2237	Economists Warn UK's Economic Recovery Is Fragile [...] (SBU) Summary: Economists at a Business for New Europe seminar (September 25) said the UK is recovering economically but warned about a false euphoria. Panelists were concerned that a premature tightening of monetary policy would harm the recovery. Banks are still not lending to small busine [...]	2009-09-29 10:58:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
09LONDON2650	CITY OF LONDON LORD MAYOR DEFENDS UK FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary. At his inaugural banquet on November 16, Nick Anstee, incoming Lord Mayor of London and official representative of London's financial services industry, urged businesses to learn from their mistakes, but also emphasized that the UK government needs to support London's financial firms, [...]	2009-11-25 17:35:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PGOV EFIN UK
09LONDON2705	UK BANKS: LARGE EXPOSURE TO THE UAE, BUT STILL SMALL TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: UK banks have greater exposure to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) than their global counterparts, but the potential impact of debt problems in Dubai on the UK banking sector is unlikely to be significant, say industry analysts. Analysts viewed the initial media frenzy following th [...]	2009-12-03 17:17:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
09LONDON2710	UK BANKS: LARGE EXPOSURE TO THE UAE, BUT STILL SMALL TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: UK banks have greater exposure to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) than their global counterparts, but the potential impact of debt problems in Dubai on the UK banking sector is unlikely to be significant, say industry analysts. Analysts viewed the initial media frenzy following th [...]	2009-12-04 09:10:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
09LONDON821	G20 REFLECTIONS: GORDON BROWN DESERVES CREDIT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The London G20 Summit emphasized a new global partnership and produced impressive commitments on trade, the IMF and regulatory reform, according to panelists at a Business for New Europe seminar. They were impressed by the G20's recognition of the need for global coordinated a [...]	2009-04-06 16:10:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
09MADRID1030	64TH UNGA CANDIDATE INFORMATION: JOINT INSPECTION [...] (U) Spain requests USG support for Spanish candidate Jose Capel Ferrer to the UN Joint Inspection Unit. The Office of the UN and Multilateral Organizations within the Spanish MFA provided the following information in support of Spain's candidate. Capel Ferrer has an advanced degree in civil [...]	2009-10-21 09:22:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC UNGA
09MANAGUA308	NICARAGUA: PANDEMIC AND AVIAN INFLUENZA TRIPWIRES [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: With no cases of the virulent H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) strain existing yet in the Americas, the Emergency Action Committee reviewed and approved the Mission Response Plan and Tripwires for Pandemic and Avian Influenza. The plan recognizes Nicaragua,s current i [...]	2009-03-23 13:17:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT ASEC KSAF KSEO SENV TBIO KFLU NU
09MANILA1121	MICROFINANCE TO EMPOWER MUSLIM FILIPINAS [...] (U) Summary: The first Islamic microfinance program in the Philippines aims to empower Muslim women living in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao, a region in the southern Philippines plagued by poverty and conflict. The intent is to expand the program nationwide to help Muslim Filipinas [...]	2009-05-27 08:56:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PHUM KWMN KISL RP
09MANILA1468	LAST REMAINING ICRC HOSTAGE EUGENIO VAGNI RELEASED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The last of three International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) workers kidnapped January 15 on Jolo island in the southern Philippines by Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) terrorists was released early Sunday morning, July 12. The 62-year-old Italian engineer, Eugenio Vagni, was release [...]	2009-07-13 10:18:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR KISL IT RP
09MANILA2359	DCM VISIT TO PROVINCIAL CAPITAL SHOWCASES U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] SUMMARY. The Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) visited Cagayan de Oro, a vibrant city in Northern Mindanao, October 23-24 and showcased the continuing U.S. commitment to the economic and social development of the Philippines. The DCM presided over the conferral of an internationally recognized fo [...]	2009-11-12 04:34:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KISL KPAO EAID RP
09MANILA2593	AMBASSADOR'S GOODWILL VISIT TO BAGUIO CITY AND LA TRINIDAD [...] SUMMARY. In the wake of devastating mudslides in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR),the Ambassador travelled to Baguio City December 3 and 4 for a goodwill visit and to host the annual holiday reception. On December 3, the Ambassador announced USG plans to provide an additional $10 mi [...]	2009-12-18 07:08:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KISL KPAO RP
09MOSCOW1346	RUSSIA AND THE ARCTIC: POLICY AND COMPETING VOICES [...] (C) In March, Medvedev approved Russia's long-delayed Arctic policy. It defined the region as Russia's strategic energy reserve, called for its promotion as a transportation corridor, and sought to balance cooperation with the country's security needs. The policy itself reflects competing [...]	2009-05-26 11:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG SENV RS
09MOSCOW1475	RUSSIA EAGER TO CONCLUDE AGREEMENT ON LETHAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-05 06:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AF RS
09MOSCOW1487	RUSSIA EAGER TO CONCLUDE AGREEMENT ON LETHAL [...] (C) Summary: Russian officials expressed genuine interest in overcoming obstacles to conclude an agreement with the U.S. on lethal transit to Afghanistan during May 27 talks, and passed a draft agreement to the U.S. delegation. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said that there might be [...]	2009-06-05 12:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AF RS
09MOSCOW1488	ISRAELI FM LIEBERMAN IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary: Israeli FM Lieberman's June 2-3 visit to Russia appears not to have broken new ground diplomatically, but cemented Moscow's impression that the Russian-speaking Lieberman is one of their own. The trip included meetings with Medvedev and Putin, as well as a lengthy discussion with [...]	2009-06-05 13:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR IS SY GG RS
09MOSCOW1660	RUSSIAN REACTIONS TO REVISED DRAFT OF THE RUSSIA [...] (C) Embassy delivered the revised draft of the Russia Afghanistan Transit Agreement (reftel) to MFA North America Deputy Director Nikolay Sofinskiy and European Cooperation Deputy Director Yuri Gorlatch June 24. Set forth below are their initial questions and comments on the text. We also pa [...]	2009-06-24 15:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF US RS
09MOSCOW2906	AMB BEYRLE AND DFM RYABKOV DISCUSS EURO SECY [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov November 30 at the MFA and discussed, inter alia, the European Security Treaty, the Afghanistan transit agreement, and the upcoming visit to Moscow of Under Secretary Tauscher. Ryabkov thanked the Ambassador f [...]	2009-11-30 12:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR NATO RS AF
09MUMBAI272	IRAN WINNING THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF MUMBAI'S MUSLIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran (GoIRI) is making a concerted effort to increase its outreach towards Mumbai's Sunni Muslim intellectual community. On June 12 and June 24, ConGenOff met with a group of Mumbai's Muslim intellectuals (strictly protect),mostly Sunni, [...]	2009-06-29 03:59:00	Consulate Mumbai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL IN IR
09MUMBAI85	MUMBAI BUSINESS COMMUNITY RAISES CHALLENGES TO IMPROVING [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Mumbai-based business executives and corporate governance experts, CongenOff heard that corporate governance is still at a nascent stage in India. While most acknowledged that the size of the Satyam Computer scandal was exceptional, interlocutors also believe t [...]	2009-03-02 05:53:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV EAGR IN
09NAIROBI1460	SOMALIA - TFG Begins Partnership with Price Waterhouse [...] (SBU) On June 29, Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) signed a contract with PricewaterhouseCoopers Associates Africa (PWC) for financial management, tracking and monitoring of development donor funds, government procurement management, and to develop and implement a financial mana [...]	2009-07-10 07:58:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID SO
09NAIROBI1669	SOMALIA - TFG PREVIEWS OUTREACH TO ABGAL AND TO [...] (C) Summary: The TFG Prime Minister, Somalia's Envoy to Kenya Ambassador Nur "Americo," and the TFG Minister for Women and Family Affairs Fauziya Mohammed Sheikh shared their impressions of the functioning of the Transitional Federal Government as a result of their recent interactions in Moga [...]	2009-08-03 14:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PROV PINR SOCI KDEM SO
09NAIROBI1771	SOMALIA - NEWLY-ENERGIZED TFG BUILDS BRIDGES IN [...] (C) Summary: The Transitional Federal Government (TFG) appears to be newly energized following President Sharif's August 6 meeting with the Secretary (septel) and months of drift in the wake of an extended al-Shabaab offensive in Mogadishu that began May 7. Recent developments: an apparent [...]	2009-08-20 14:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS PINR SOCI EAID SO
09NAIROBI2241	SOMALIA - PM PREVIEWS EUROPEAN TRIP, HEARS OUR [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Nairobi Somalia Unit met with Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minister Sharmarke on Sunday, October 25 to discuss key issues on Somalia prior to the PM's departure for meetings in London with the FCO and Brussels with the EU and donor community. USAI [...]	2009-10-27 13:58:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO
09NAIROBI2429	KENYA'S NOMINEES AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PLAN FOR THE [...] Ms. Summaiya Athman, Legal Manager, Sitara Investment Ms. Athman holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Commercial Law from the University of Bristol United Kingdom. She is the head of the legal department of a State-owned oil corporation which is engaged in both the Petroleum upstream (explorati [...]	2009-12-01 11:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PREL SOCI KE
09NAIROBI810	SOMALIA - Aweys' Return to Mogadishu [...] (SBU) On April 23, opposition leader Hassan Dahir Aweys (Hawiye/Habar Gedir/Ayr) returned to Mogadishu after a more than two-year absence. With a checkered past that has found Aweys in the leadership of many of Somalia's Islamic movements, he is now considered the leader of the Hisbul Islam ( [...]	2009-04-24 14:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SO
09NASSAU83	THE BAHAMAS 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Openness to Foreign Investment: The Bahamian Government generally encourages and offers incentives for foreign investment in all sectors of the economy except those the Government reserves exclusively to Bahamian citizens. Reserved businesses include: wholesale and retail operations; commiss [...]	2009-02-05 17:53:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR BF
09NEWDELHI1096	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 26-29, 2009, including the following: -- Indian Telecom Major Bharti Airtel and MTN of South Africa Back in Merger Negotiations -- Government Aims to Present Budget by Early July -- Bharti Wal-Mart t [...]	2009-05-29 13:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI150	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 20-23, 2009, including the following: -- Montek Ahluwalia on 2009: "Brace Yourselves" -- Canadian FIPA/BIT Still Being Scrubbed -- GOI May Relax SEZ Norms Due to Low Export Demand -- Tourism in [...]	2009-01-23 12:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI2069	The UPA's Austerity Drive: Cynical or Brilliant? [...] (SBU) Summary: India's Congress Party has committed to an "austerity drive" as a gesture of solidarity with India's "aam admi" or the common man. VIPS are traveling in economy class on trains and aircraft, foregoing chartered helicopters or private planes. Critics attack these gestures as pur [...]	2009-10-08 10:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI2375	USTR KIRK AND MINISTER SHARMA REACTIVATE TRADE POLICY FORUM [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 26, United States Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador Ron Kirk led an interagency delegation to India for the first Trade Policy Forum (TPF) meeting with the GOI since February 2008. Noting the 20 months between TPF meetings, USTR Kirk and Minister of Commerce and [...]	2009-11-24 12:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR EINV KIPR IN
09NEWDELHI878	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 27 to May 1, 2009, including the following: -- India Signals Plans to Purchase IMF Bonds -- Slowdown in Mergers and Acquisitions -- Regulator Issues Notices to 12 Accounting Firms -- India Conside [...]	2009-05-01 13:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NICOSIA193	CYPRUS: UN'S DOWNER REMAINS REASONABLY OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Special Adviser Alexander Downer remains reasonably optimistic the Cypriot leaders can make a notional deal by late 2009 or early 2010, although he acknowledges the sides' substantive differences have yet to narrow much. In a March 12 tour d'horizon with the Ambassador, Downe [...]	2009-03-19 09:42:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA205	CYPRUS: INVESTMENT AGREEMENT WITH IRAN AND GOC GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 2, 2009, Cyprus and Iran signed an Agreement on the reciprocal promotion and protection of investments. The agreement was the outcome of a recent trade mission to Iran. It falls under the GOC's ongoing business outreach efforts towards "non-traditional" markets such as [...]	2009-03-23 07:03:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ETRD CY
09OTTAWA34	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR CANADA [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-14 18:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB USTR OPIC PGOV CA
09OTTAWA70	Canada's Coming Federal Budget and Stimulus Prospects [...] (SBU) Summary: With the economy dominating the political landscape (ref a),Canada's opposition parties have made the January 27 federal budget a litmus test of PM Harper's ability to make his Conservative minority government work. Ottawa observers estimate that the budget will pass with just [...]	2009-01-26 13:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA
09OTTAWA80	Canada Budget Offers Economic Stimulus [...] (SBU) Summary: Although battered by economic shocks, Canada is well positioned for economic recovery if and when commodity prices rise and U.S. demand returns. To best position Canada for eventual recovery, the Conservative government's January 27 budget provides massive (by Canadian standards [...]	2009-01-30 21:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA
09OUAGADOUGOU631	BURKINA FASO: DEPLOYMENT OF FIRST PKO TROOPS TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 4 Burkina Faso's PKO contingent departed Ouagadougou in route to Darfur. Trained under the ACOTA program, one hundred and thirty four troops boarded a United Nations chartered plane headed for Nyala (South Darfur state) to begin the preparatory stage of their six month lo [...]	2009-08-10 14:19:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO MASS
09OUAGADOUGOU938	BURKINA FASO: PKO TROOP DEPLOYMENT TO DARFUR RUNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Burkina Faso's initial peacekeeping detachment in Darfur has run into several obstacles and thus is behind schedule on further troop deployment. The first troops departed Ouagadougou in August 2009, but since then meteorological conditions, issues with the transportation contract [...]	2009-10-22 08:25:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP KPKO MASS PREL UV
09PHNOMPENH954	CORRECTED COPY - DEPORTATION SCENARIO FOR 20 UIGHUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 19 at 9:15 p.m., the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) deported 20 Uighur asylum-seekers back to China. Police removed the Uighurs from their safe house on December 18 around 6:00 p.m., and held them in a detention facility inside the Ministry of Interior compound [...]	2009-12-21 11:23:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM CB
09PORTAUPRINCE348	HAITIAN CRIMINAL DEPORTEES (PART TWO): [...] (SBU) Summary. The International Office for Migration (IOM) administers the only reintegration program for deportees in Haiti, a program partially funded by the USG. Current funding levels cover only one-quarter of the total number of annual Haitian deportees. Criminal deportees claim that I [...]	2009-03-31 16:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM HA
09PORTOFSPAIN460	CLIMATE CHANGE TO HEADLINE COMMONWEALTH MEETING [...] SUMMARY: Trinidad and Tobago hosts the 21st biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) November 27-29 in Port of Spain, with several related forums beginning as early as November 20. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip are to pay a state visit just before the event, and the Qu [...]	2009-11-19 20:29:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KGHG KSUM EINT TD
09PRETORIA2385	PRETORIA RESPONSE ON CANDIDATES FOR HEAD OF UN/OIOS [...] (C) With respect to the three South Africans under Department consideration for possible nomination as head of the U.N. Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) (reftel),post herein provides assessments of the three individuals' backgrounds, reputations, and overall suitability. While a [...]	2009-11-20 15:13:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SF
09PRETORIA2656	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]	2009-12-28 05:56:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA67	ANC LOYALIST THRONG TO EAST LONDON FOR ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma launched the party,s election manifesto in front of a packed stadium in East London on January 10. Zuma said the ANC intends to focus on job creation, education, health, rural development, crime, and corruption during the nex [...]	2009-01-13 14:47:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
09PRISTINA578	KOSOVO: ELECTRICITY IN THE NORTH-ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo Energy Corporation (KEK) employees were only partially successful in conducting a December 24 visit to read meters at three substations in the northern part of Kosovo. The limited success of these visits was marred, however, by the Serbian state electrical conglomerate EP [...]	2009-12-29 15:32:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PGOV KV SR
09RIYADH761	H1N1: SAUDI HEALTH MINISTRY ACTS EXPEDITIOUSLY IN FIRST [...] (SBU) Key Points and Action Request: -- The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed two cases of H1N1, both involving persons who contracted the disease abroad. -- MOH will adhere to WHO guidelines and has imposed neither travel nor import restrictions. -- MOH is gearing up for the Hajj/U [...]	2009-06-09 08:16:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC AMGT SA
09SANAA1123	PIRATES SEIZE YEMEN LNG CHARTER VESSEL OFF OMANI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pirates seized an empty cargo ship under contract with the Yemen Liquefied Natural Gas Company (YLNG) on June 12 off the coast of Oman. The ship was returning to Jebel Ali, UAE, after unloading a shipment of ethylene, a highly flammable chemical compound, at the Yemeni port of Be [...]	2009-06-17 13:40:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND EPET ETRD EWWT ECON PTER MCAP MY AC MU
09SANJOSE28	NOVEMBER'S MASSIVE FLOODING IN LIMON PROVINCE [...] (U) SUMMARY. At the end of Costa Rica's rainy season late last November, a stationary storm caused massive flooding in Limon province. The Ambassador authorized his $50,000 disaster assistance authority (Ref B) and Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-B) helicopter assets were deployed to assist both [...]	2009-01-20 18:44:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS PGOV SOCI PHUM CS
09SAOPAULO531	BRAZILIAN BUSINESS SEES RECOVERY UNDERWAY [...] SUMMARY: Following two quarters of economic contraction, most Brazilian private sector representatives agree the local economy is solidly on the road to recovery. Restored domestic consumer confidence and strong domestic demand are fueling business optimism. Underlying factors contributing to [...]	2009-09-09 17:26:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BR
09SEOUL1344	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-21 08:04:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1389	NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - AUGUST 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- ROK Think Tank: DPRK Faces Worst Economic Crisis since 1994 -- DPRK Develops Wind Power Capacity -- Number of DPRK Mobile Phone Users Increases to 48 [...]	2009-08-31 08:02:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
09SEOUL1469	SEOUL ESTH UPDATE -AUGUST 2009 [...] On August 4, Korea proposed three options to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, saying it will determine the final implementation plan by the end of this year. The Presidential Committee on Green Growth (PCGG) unveiled three scenarios that seek to reduce emissions from 21 to 30 percent [...]	2009-09-15 01:58:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ELTN ENRG PREL TBIO TPHY TRGY KGHG KFLU KS
09SEOUL1873	SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - NOVEMBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- Korea's Trade Dependency Over 90 Percent -- Foreign Currency Reserves Continue to Rise -- International Organizations Raise ROK Economic Outlook -- P [...]	2009-11-30 06:26:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS
09SEOUL753	ROKG, KOREAN COMPANIES REACHING OUT TO CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: ROK President Lee Myung-bak will be visiting Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan May 10-14. His meeting with Uzbek President Islam Karimov will be his third in 15 months, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Eurasia Division Director Lim Soo-suk told Poloffs on May 7. Seoul is in [...]	2009-05-12 01:07:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID EAIR EINV ENRG EPET KS UZ KZ
09SHANGHAI119	(SBU) SHANGHAI FINANCIAL SECTOR SEES CHINESE INVESTMENT AS [...] (SBU) Summary. China 's stimulus program emphasizes capital investment, particularly in railways, subways, roads, and airports, say a variety of Shanghai financial sector professionals. Shanghai has been quick to seek support for previously rejected World Expo and other projects. At the sam [...]	2009-03-13 10:11:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN PGOV PREL
09SHANGHAI120	(SBU) SHANGHAI UNSURE OF NEXT STEPS IN THE WAKE OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign banks have largely been able to regain access to the renminbi interbank market after Chinese banks pulled credit lines this past fall in the wake of the Lehman Brothers collapse, Shanghai interlocutors told a Treasury delegation on February 19-20. The financial sector [...]	2009-03-13 10:53:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN PGOV PREL
09SHANGHAI185	(SBU) EAST CHINA SEES CORPORATE BOND MARKET OPENING SLOWLY [...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign-invested banks in Shanghai generally agree that they will take only gradual steps into local corporate bonds traded on the interbank market. Several banks are still studying the market conditions, although one disappointment already is that foreign-invested banks most [...]	2009-04-23 02:14:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV
09SHANGHAI291	HOUSEHOLDS LOOKING AT REAL ESTATE PURCHASES, BUT GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese households in cities across China began to show renewed interest in residential property during the first four months of 2009, but the boost this gives to the economy is limited because developers are still running down their housing inventory. Speculators, who drove i [...]	2009-07-01 05:46:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV SOCI
09SHANGHAI362	STIMULUS BOOSTING GROWTH, SHANGHAI ANALYST TELLS CODEL BOEHNER [...] (SBU) Summary: China's economy is likely to achieve the Central Government's 8 percent growth target this year, a Shanghai-based investment bank analyst told CODEL Boehner on August 11. However, much of the growth is a result of Beijing's economic stimulus measures, which are non-transparent [...]	2009-08-19 04:05:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG PREL OVIP CH
09SHANGHAI401	CHINESE BANKS DEMANDING ASSURANCES ON FOREIGN BANKS' [...] (SBU) Summary: New Chinese regulations governing derivatives trading that went into effect September 16 are having a disproportionate negative impact on foreign-invested firms. In the face of efforts by foreign-invested banks to modify or roll back the requirements, the major Chinese banks [...]	2009-09-22 05:56:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN EINV PGOV
09SHANGHAI44	(SBU) NANJING BANKERS NOTE SURGE IN GOVERNMENT PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese domestic and Hong Kong commercial bank representatives in Nanjing confirmed that new lending for government-sponsored projects surged in December and January. Over the past year, said the officials, lending quotas established by China's central bank have made the greate [...]	2009-01-22 09:03:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED	CH ECON EFIN EINV PGOV
09SHANGHAI485	SHANGHAI AIRLINES TO RESUME SAIPAN SERVICE DECEMBER 18 [...] (SBU) Shanghai Airlines (SAL) representatives met with Shanghai Consulate Officers December 14 to resolve lingering confusion following a November 28 Department of Homeland Security directive permitting visa-free travel to the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) by Chinese [...]	2009-12-16 02:02:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PREL CVIS CH CQ
09SHANGHAI61	NANJING BANKER ON MONEYLAUNDERING AND OTHER FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) office in Nanjing is organizing monthly anti-moneylaundering training sessions, according to the chief representative of the Standard Chartered Bank branch there. New bank regulations imposing a tax on overseas borrowings are causing concerns fo [...]	2009-02-03 02:42:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON EFIN PGOV PTER
09SINGAPORE1142	SINGAPORE POSITIONS TO BE CARBON TRADING CENTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Singapore hosted an October conference on emissions trading and carbon finance, highlighting the role Asia, and potentially Singapore, can play as a center for carbon trading. Speakers at the Carbon Forum Asia conference voiced concerns about the lack of carbon credit supply and a [...]	2009-12-01 10:15:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV ECON KGHG SN
09SINGAPORE131	SINGAPORE REACTS TO LEADERSHIP CHANGES AT TEMASEK [...] (C) Summary: Despite denials from Temasek leadership, the announcement of the upcoming departure of CEO Ho Ching from Singapore's sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings is suspected to be at least partly a result of the fund's recent poor performance. Ho oversaw a broad expansion and diversi [...]	2009-02-12 09:51:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV SN
09SINGAPORE303	SINGAPORE ECONOMISTS LOOKING FOR LIGHT AT END OF TUNNEL [...] (SBU) Summary: Although Singapore has seen a steep drop in exports and industrial production the past few quarters and is expected to see continued drops in the near future, Singapore economists are beginning to see signs that the economy has bottomed out and a slow recovery may soon be under [...]	2009-04-01 00:18:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN SN
09SINGAPORE355	SINGAPORE SEES SHARP DECLINE IN GDP, LOOSENS MONETARY [...] (U) Summary: The Singapore government announced April 14 that first quarter GDP growth was 11.5 percent lower than the first quarter of 2008, the sharpest fall in GDP on record. The steep drop is attributed to the collapse in global trade demand which has dramatically reduced economic activi [...]	2009-04-16 00:31:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV SN
09SINGAPORE445	SINGAPORE: NO H1N1 CASES; NO MORE VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There are no confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza in Singapore and the Ministry of Health (MOH) lowered its alert level from orange to yellow on May 11. The GOS lifted its visa requirement for Mexican citizens on May 12, but seven-day quarantine requirements for people with recent [...]	2009-05-13 10:05:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR EAIR CASC ECON SN
09SINGAPORE80	SINGAPORE LAUNCHES EXPANSIONARY BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore's Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam unveiled an expansionary budget January 22 with S$20.5 billion (USD 13.7 billion) in new measures to help Singapore businesses and workers survive the economic downturn. Tharman made clear the budget was not sufficient to pull [...]	2009-01-23 10:31:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN SN
09SINGAPORE842	TEMASEK UPDATES CHARTER TO REFLECT COMMERCIAL FOCUS [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings revised its charter to reflect what it called "a changed environment," downplaying its former leadership role in managing Singapore's state-owned companies and guiding the country's economic development. The new charter emphasiz [...]	2009-09-03 02:12:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN SN
09STATE101150	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Maritime Shipping Trends Of Controlled Materials 2008-2009" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) [...]	2009-09-29 13:28:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR
09STATE102919	IRANIAN SHIPPING IN A POST-UNSCR 1803 ENVIRONMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Iranian Shipping in a Post-UNSCR 1803 Environment" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point o [...]	2009-10-02 18:11:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR
09STATE24316	U.S. RESPONSE TO LATEST VERSION OF DRAFT TRANSIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable provides formal guidance to Embassy Tashkent in response to the Government of Uzbekistan,s latest draft of the exchange of letters dated March 3, 2009 (Ref. D). It is the position of the Department of Defense and Department of State that the U.S. Government can acce [...]	2009-03-13 20:36:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR UZ
09STATE30114	USUN INSTRUCTION: IRAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) Washington concurs with USUN's proposed approach (reftel) for next steps in the Iran Sanctions Committee with regard to the M/V Monchegorsk incident. 3. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Mission is instructed to engage the UK and France on possible next steps in [...]	2009-03-29 20:42:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP SY CY
09STATE31078	INSTRUCTIONS TO SIGN TRANSIT ARRANGEMENT WITH THE [...] (SBU) Embassy Tashkent is instructed to deliver the proposed exchange of letters in paragraph 3 to the Government of Uzbekistan. The U.S. Government has agreed to all of the Government of Uzbekistan's proposed changes found in reftel C. If the transit arrangement is acceptable to the Gove [...]	2009-03-31 21:43:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR NATO PREL UZ
09STATE45021	SITUATION REPORT NO. 5: INFLUENZA TASK FORCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-04 15:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09STATE45206	SITUATION REPORT NO. 6 INFLUENZA TASK FORCE [...] (SBU) Cases were confirmed in Italy, Ireland, and El Salvador. In-country transmission was confirmed in Germany, the United Kingdom, and Spain. CDC confirmed 286 U.S. cases and reported 786 probable U.S. cases. (Task Force/Domestic Readiness Group telcon) 2. (SBU) Since delivering requ [...]	2009-05-04 20:52:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09STATE46274	SITUATION REPORT NO. 8 INFLUENZA TASK FORCE [...] (SBU) Mexican Health Minister Cordova announced 1,012 confirmed cases and 40 deaths overall. The new death total is based on laboratory results. Areas hardest hit by the H1N1 virus are Mexico City, the State of Mexico, San Luis Potosi and Hidalgo. (Task Force/HHS telcon) 2. (SBU) The co [...]	2009-05-06 21:26:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09STATE5953	DOE REQUEST FOR ASSURANCES IN ORDER TO TRANSFER [...] (U) DOE REQUEST FOR ASSURANCES: We wish to inform post that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has sent a request for assurances to Mr. Jacques Figuet at the French Embassy in Washington (para 4) to facilitate the Commissariat a l'Energue Atomique's (CEA) request to participate in a nuclear [...]	2009-01-22 22:22:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM AORC FR PTER PINR
09STATE5964	DOE REQUEST FOR ASSURANCES IN ORDER TO TRANSFER [...] (U) DOE REQUEST FOR ASSURANCES: We wish to inform post that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has sent a request for assurances to Mr. Michael Mohr at the Swedish Embassy in Washington (para 4) to facilitate the Swedish Defense Research Agency's (FOI) request to participate in a nuclear for [...]	2009-01-22 22:33:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP
09STATE5968	(S) SHIPMENT OF MILITARY-RELATED ITEMS FROM IRAN [...] (S) The M/V MONCHEGORSK, a Cypriot-flagged vessel chartered by Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) is carrying Iranian-origin military-related cargo from Bandar Abbas, Iran to Tartous, Syria. A boarding party from a U.S. Navy warship boarded and inspected the vessel on two separat [...]	2009-01-22 22:35:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC IR SY CY
09STATE5970	DOE REQUEST FOR ASSURANCES IN ORDER TO TRANSFER [...] (U) DOE REQUEST FOR ASSURANCES: We wish to inform post that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has sent a request for assurances to Claire Bloomfield at the British Embassy in Washington (para 4) to facilitate the Atomic Weapons Establishment's (AWE) request to participate in a nuclear foren [...]	2009-01-22 22:42:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM UK AORC PTER PINR
09STATE60382	RESPONSE TO RUSSIA'S DRAFT AFGHANISTAN TRANSIT [...] (C) On June 10, Amb. Mull, from the Office of the Undersecretary for Arms Control & International Security, provided Russian MFA North America Director Igor Neverov with the USG response to the draft agreement Russia had provided on May 27 (reftel). The text of the USG response is in paragra [...]	2009-06-11 19:34:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL AF RS US
09STATE6306	Pandemic Influenza Tripwires [...] This is an ACTION REQUEST: please see paragraphs three, four and five. 2. The threat of a potentially devastating global influenza pandemic persists. The National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza calls pandemic influenza "a unique circumstance," requiring planning beyond more customary em [...]	2009-01-23 19:42:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AMED CASC TBIO ASEC KFLU KSAF KSEO KPAO
09STATE65194	REVISED DRAFT OF THE RUSSIA AFGHANISTAN TRANSIT [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2, 3, and 4. 2. (C) Post is requested to provide the revised draft of the Russia Afghanistan Transit Agreement to the MFA. The text of the revised draft is in paragraph 5 below. A Microsoft Word version of the agreement with tracked revi [...]	2009-06-23 23:56:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL AF RS US
09STATE69684	INFORMATION FOR UK DESIGNATION OF IRISL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (S) Summary: The Department wishes to provide the UK with information on the proliferation-related activities of Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IR [...]	2009-07-06 17:42:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ECON EFIN KNNP PARM PINR PREL
09STATE73966	DESCRIPTION OF FY-09 MRP "U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND [...] ECA/PE/V/M is pleased to provide a description of the FY-09 MRP "U.S. Foreign Policy and Counterterrorism". Please share this information with participants during predeparture briefings. This project is closed to additional nominations with 17 participants. Project team will be Ms. Janice B [...]	2009-07-16 13:45:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL
09STATE8319	ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-UP TO IRANIAN FLIGHTS [...] (U) This is an urgent action request to Embassies Abu Dhabi, Khartoum, Muscat, Riyadh, and Sanaa. Please deliver as soon as feasible. Please see paragraphs 4 and 5. ---------- Background ---------- 2. (S/NF) Ref A expanded the action in Ref B to include Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, Yemen, [...]	2009-01-30 02:38:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL ETTC MASS AE MU SA YM IR SU
09STATE92639	CFE: JCG FALL 2009 OPENING OF SESSION GUIDANCE [...] (SBU) Since Russia's "suspension" of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) implementation in December 2007, the Alliance has used the Joint Consultative Group (JCG) to establish a clear record of Russian noncompliance while calling on Russia to return to full implementation. [...]	2009-09-04 23:08:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE PARM PREL
09SUVA107	FIJI LEAHY REPORTING: CREDIBLE EVIDENCE OF GROSS [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Suva submits the following credible evidence of gross human rights violations by members of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces and the Fiji Police. We have listed the individuals by name and then included a summary of the human rights abuses for which there is credible [...]	2009-03-25 23:59:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR FJ
09SUVA251	NOTED ACADEMIC'S SPEECH BANNED BY FIJI'S DE FACTO [...] (U) On June 12, Fijian police banned the opening session of the Fiji Institute of Chartered Accountants annual congress in Nadi because Fiji lawyer and outspoken critic of the de facto government Graham Leung and Dr. Brij Lal, Professor of Pacific and Asian History at the Research School of Pa [...]	2009-06-12 03:16:00	Embassy Suva	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL FJ KDEM
09SUVA26	Fiji Investment Climate Statement 2009 [...] Paragraph 2 contains the text of the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Fiji, per reftel. 2. Begin text: Openness to Foreign Investment In light of political events in Fiji and concerns about the treatment of some established foreign investors by Fiji authorities, potential investors [...]	2009-01-22 05:07:00	Embassy Suva	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTBD OPIC USTR FJ
09TAIPEI589	DPP AND PRO-GREEN GROUPS PLAN MAY 17 RALLY AGAINST [...] (SBU) Summary: The DPP and pro-Green organizations are gearing up for demonstrations in Taipei and Kaohsiung on Sunday, May 17, timed to coincide approximately with President Ma Ying-jeou,s first anniversary in office (May 20). After the demonstration in Taipei in front of the Presidential Of [...]	2009-05-15 11:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
09TOKYO1025	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/01/09 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-01 12:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1061	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/11/09 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-11 00:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1084	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/13/09 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-13 07:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO128	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/22/09 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-22 04:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1361	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/17/09 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-17 02:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1379	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/19/09 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-19 00:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1581	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/13/09 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-13 00:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

09TOKYO161	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/26/09 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-26 01:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1834	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/12/09 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-12 00:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO198	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/28/09 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-28 01:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2459	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/26/09 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-25 23:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO588	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/17/09 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-17 07:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO68	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/14/09 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-14 01:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO714	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/31/09 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-31 01:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO81	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/15/09 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-15 01:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO999	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/30/09 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-30 01:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TORONTO52	Toronto Tamils Turning Tiger? [...] (U) Summary: Canada is home to the largest Tamil population outside Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's domestic issues recently have been taking a more public stage in Canada, particularly in Toronto. Post has seen four large pro-Tamil demonstrations in downtown Toronto and in front of the Sri Lankan and [...]	2009-03-13 19:17:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM CE CA
09TRIPOLI1022	LIBYA HEU UPDATE [...] (S/NF) After raising a sensitive proposal on another topic (septel) during their hastily-called late Friday evening meeting, and only in response to the Ambassador's insistence that the HEU issue be raised, Foreign Minister Musa Kusa told the Ambassador on December 18 that there would be "no p [...]	2009-12-20 15:06:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MNUC PARM PINR RS KGIC KNNP KRAD ENRG LY
09TRIPOLI1025	FINAL HEU SHIPMENT DEPARTS LIBYA REF: A) TRIPOLI 938 B) TRIPOLI 966; C) TRIPOLI 941 [...] (S/NF) On December 21 at 0515, a Russian-chartered plane took off from Tripoli with the seven casks containing Libya's final Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) spent fuel stocks. Department of Energy (DOE) staff in Tripoli confirmed that the flight arrived in Russia at 11:15 local time. Today's flight m [...]	2009-12-21 16:26:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINS MNUC PARM PINR RS KGIC KNNP KRAD ENRG
09TRIPOLI740	EMBASSY TRIPOLI RESPONSE: 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY HIGH [...] (SBU) Post submits the following information regarding high level members of Libya's delegation to the 64th UN General Assembly Session. A. Attendance of the Head of State -- Name and title: Muammar al-Qadhafi, Leader of al-Fateh Revolution -- Arrival and departure dates to and fr [...]	2009-09-14 15:29:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA USUN LY
09UNESCOPARISFR1651	APPLICANT FOR DIRECTOR OF UN OFFICE OF INTERNAL OVERSIGHT [...] (SBU) Reftel requests post's assessment of UNESCO Comptroller Getachew Engida who is among the applicants for director of the UN Office of Internal Oversight. Post deals with Engida occasionally on matters regarding payment of our assessed contributions and has seen him in action when speakin [...]	2009-12-07 11:51:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PINR UNESCO
09USEUBRUSSELS1569	EU NOVEMBER GAERC - SELECTIONS FOR EU POSITIONS [...] (U) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers met November 16-17 in Brussels for their biannual "jumbo" or "super" General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) that included a November 16 informal meeting with EU Defense Ministers and a November 17 meeting with EU Development Ministers. Highli [...]	2009-11-23 14:54:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN AF AL BO BK MK UP RS MOPS
09USOSCE203	CFE/JCG:15 SEPTEMBER: 12 ALLIES CRITICIZE RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. In the JCG on 15 September, Russia claimed to welcome elements of the U.S. opening of round statement last week and said it was open to U.S. overtures to work in the JCG on matters other than those simply technical in nature. Bulgaria noted Russia's refusal of an inspection and [...]	2009-09-15 15:33:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USUNNEWYORK103	IRAN/CYPRUS: NEXT STEPS ON MONCHEGORSK [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: USUN seeks to continue to shape the UN response to the discovery of Iranian arms-related material on the M/V Monchegorsk in violation of UN sanctions on Iran. Such a response should motivate Cyprus to responsibly dispose of the proscribed cargo and ensure the UN Security Counci [...]	2009-02-10 10:22:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP CY
09USUNNEWYORK305	MONCHEGORSK: IRAN/SYRIA REBUFF SANCTIONS COMMITTEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran and Syria effectively rebuffed a request from the UN Security Council's Iran Sanctions Committee for information regarding a vessel found carrying Iranian arms to Syria in violation of UN sanctions. Syria answered with an anti-Israel screed that implicitly acknowledged its [...]	2009-03-24 21:36:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP
09VALLETTA467	MALTA SUBMITS REPORT OF IRAN SANCTIONS VIOLATION [...] (SBU) This cable provides additional response to reftel A. On October 16, the office of Malta's Permanent Representative to the UN submitted to the Chairman of the UNSCR 1737 Sanctions Committee a report of Malta's actions described in reftels through D to the Chairman. The report was address [...]	2009-10-21 15:08:00	Embassy Valletta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MNUC IR UK LY EG GM MT
09VIENTIANE63	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR LAOS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-09 00:44:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV KTDB LA OPIC USTR
09VIENTIANE67	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR LAOS [...] The Lao government is open to foreign investment as a matter of policy. It allows 100% foreign ownership of investments. The overall investment climate is poor but improving. Laos rates very low in international indices of transparency and ease of doing business. 2. The economic reform [...]	2009-02-10 07:56:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV OPIC USTR KTDB LA
09VILNIUS549	LITHUANIA'S PRESIDENT REIGNITES ALLEGED CIA PRISON [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a period in which the story had largely disappeared, Lithuanian media again began writing articles and editorials about the alleged existence of a CIA prison in Lithuania after President Grybauskaite addressed the issue in a press conference October 20 and said she suspec [...]	2009-10-22 12:33:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LH
09VILNIUS564	LITHUANIAN MEDIA CONTINUE TO PROBE ALLEGATION OF [...] SUMMARY: In the aftermath of an October 20 presidential press conference that reopened the question of whether Lithuania hosted a secret CIA prison for terrorist suspects, Lithuanian media continue to report on and investigate the topic. GOL officials have by and large claimed ignorance of [...]	2009-10-28 15:02:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR LH
09YAOUNDE786	THE INTERNATIONALLY LAMPOONED BIYA VACATION [...] (C) President Paul Biya's recently completed expensive vacation to France drew criticism and an extended media battle in Europe and Cameroon. Rather than refute the allegations and let the story die, the GRC lashed out with tit-for-tat planted stories and accusations of an unpatriotic press. [...]	2009-09-16 15:19:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM FR PGOV PREL
09YEREVAN700	ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT INTRODUCES RESTRICTIVE [...] (SBU) On September 23 the GOAM approved proposed changes to the Law on Public Organizations (NGO law) which, if adopted by the Parliament, threaten to restrict significantly the rights of NGOs and increase government control of their finances. There were no public discussions held with the NGO [...]	2009-10-02 13:29:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV AM
10ABIDJAN98	Cote d'Ivoire 2010 Investment Climate Statement [...] In response to reftel request, Embassy Abidjan's Investment Climate Statement 2010 follows in paragraph 2. 2. Begin Text. Openness To Foreign Investment. In September 2002, an attempted coup in Cote d'Ivoire began a crisis that divided the country politically, militarily, and eco [...]	2010-01-22 17:42:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON OPIC KTDB USTR IV
10ADDISABABA245	UNDER SECRETARY OTERO'S MEETING WITH WOMEN [...] (SBU) February 1, 2010; 6:30 pm; Chief of Mission Residence, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 2. (SBU) Participants: United States ------------- U/S for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero Charge d'Affaires John Yates Special Assistant to U/S Otero Caroline Mauldin Special Advisor to U/S Ot [...]	2010-02-08 05:32:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PGOV AF ET
10AITTAIPEI75	TAIWAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI [...] (SBU) During a January 20 lunch with Vice Foreign Minister Shen Lu-shun, AIT Pol Chief expressed appreciation for Taiwan's contributions to relief efforts in Haiti. Shen thanked AIT and the United States for assistance in this process, noting the speed with which Taiwan search and rescue pers [...]	2010-01-19 09:45:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC KFLO MARR PREL AMGT HA TW
10BAGHDAD109	IHEC DE-CERTIFIES 500 CANDIDATES, INCLUDING MUTLAQ [...] (C) Summary: IHEC made a sudden decision late in the night of January 14, de-certifying some 500 candidates, including prominent Sunni politician Salah al-Mutlaq and Minister of Defense Abd al-Qadir al-Mufriji. (NOTE: Regarding the number, IHEC admitted to UNAMI that they needed to clean up [...]	2010-01-15 14:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD110	MP MUTLAQ TO APPEAL ELECTION BAR; SEEKS USG, [...] (C) Summary: Sunni MP Saleh al-Mutlaq appealed to the A/DCM for USG and international community intervention to prevent him and other candidates from being barred from running in the parliamentary elections. He asked that pressure be brought on senior GOI officials to halt what he termed "an [...]	2010-01-16 08:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
10BERLIN216	GERMANY ON-BOARD TO CLAMP DOWN ON IRANIAN SHIPPING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany supports sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) along with its affiliates and views denying Iran access to insurance/reinsurance as an excellent vehicle to do so. On February 23, Emboffs delivered reftel demarche to the German Ministries o [...]	2010-02-25 16:43:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KNNP PARM PREL UK IR FR GM
10COLOMBO72	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2010 - SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-01 08:41:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
10DUBAI1	RAK Airport Sleepy, but with Residual Russian Connection [...] (C) Summary: The Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) Airport is attempting to reinvent itself as a cargo transit point for the RAK Free Zone in the wake of RAK Airways suspension of regular commercial flights in late 2008. The airport is also working to distance itself from its reputation as a transport facilitat [...]	2010-01-07 07:41:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PGOV PREL AE
10HONGKONG80	2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR HONG KONG [...] The Hong Kong Government welcomes foreign investment, neither offering special incentives nor imposing disincentives for foreign investors. Hong Kong's well-established rule of law is applied consistently and without discrimination. There is no distinction in law or practice between investment [...]	2010-01-14 09:42:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR HK CH
10KABUL561	LAUNCHING QUICK RESPONSE FUNDS FOR FIELD OFFICERS [...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2, 9 and 10. 2. Summary and Action Request: Embassy Kabul Interagency Provincial Affairs (IPA) and the Financial Management Office (FMO) have been working to design a mechanism to disburse USD30 million in 2009 Supplemental Economic Support Funds (E [...]	2010-02-15 05:49:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN EAID AF
10KINGSTON174	JAMAICA: EXTRADITION CASES OF PRESLEY BINGHAM AND [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-04 22:27:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN SNAR PREL SOCI EAID ASEC KCRM KCOR JM XL
10KINGSTON60	JAMAICA / HAITI / CARICOM: RESPONSE TO EARTHQUAKE DISASTER [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-15 16:55:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT SOCI OVIP EAID
10NAIROBI79	Arrest of Islamic Cleric Sparks Violent Protests [...] (C) Summary: The arrest of radical Islamist cleric Adullah el-Faisal in Kenya on December 31, 2009 sparked a violent protest in which some demonstrators waved al Shabaab flags. As the GOK has attempted and failed to deport Faisal over the past two weeks interfaith tensions have escalated, and [...]	2010-01-22 10:52:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS JM SO KE
10NASSAU116	THE BAHAMAS: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) The following is Embassy Nassau's Investment Climate Report for 2010. --------------------------------------------- - Openness to Foreign Investment --------------------------------------------- - 2. (U) The Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas generally [...]	2010-02-03 21:35:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC BF EIND ECON EINT
10OTTAWA60	Canada's 2010 Investment Climate Statement [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-19 15:18:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	OPIC KTDB USTR ETRD EINV
10PARIS65	FRENCH RELIEF EFFOTS IN HAITI - SNAPSHOT: JANUARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Responding immediately to the earthquake on January 12, France quickly mobilized physical and financial resources to assist Haitian disaster victims. President Sarkozy convened an inter-ministerial meeting of his Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Interior, Economy, and Defense at t [...]	2010-01-21 17:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF EAID PHUM UN FR HA
10PORTAUPRINCE80	HAITI EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART HUMANITARIAN SITUATION UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. Despite U.N. and media reports noting that the Government of Haiti (GoH) declared the end of the search and rescue phase on January 22, urban search and rescue (USAR) teams responded to a request for assistance that resulted in a live rescue on January 23. On January 22, the GoH [...]	2010-01-24 03:08:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTLOUIS35	CORRECTED MAURITIUS: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel request, Post submits the following 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Mauritius. Please note that the exchange rate used throughout the report is (i) 2007: USD 1 = MRs 32, (ii) 2008: USD 1 = MRs 29, and (iii) 2009: USD 1 = MRs 32.50. (Mauritius Rupees = MRs). --------------- [...]	2010-02-04 12:30:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ECON ELAB KTDB KIDE PGOV OPIC USTR
10PRETORIA392	PRETORIA INTERVIEW WITH UN/OIOS CANDIDATE S.A.FAKIE [...] (C) Mr. Shauket Allie Fakie, potential UK nominee for the position of head of the U.N. Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS),said he was interested in the OIOS role and could work to arrange his availability to fill it. His responses to Department interview questions (ref A) follow. [...]	2010-02-26 13:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SF
10SANTODOMINGO92	Santo Domingo - Haiti Earthquake Sit Rep 5 [...] (U) Embassy Santo Domingo Earthquake Sitrep 5, further to reftels: 2. (SBU) Embassy Santo Domingo is organizing a convoy that will travel to Embassy Port au Prince, Saturday 16 JAN. The convoy will include fuel, vehicles and drives, water and other supplies requested by Embas [...]	2010-01-15 22:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AMGT ASEC EAID DR HA
10SEOUL52	SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - DECEMBER 2009 [...] President Lee witnessed the signing of a contract December 27 that will award USD 20 billion to a South Korean consortium led by the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) to supply four 1400 megawatt light water nuclear reactors and design and build four nuclear power plants in the United A [...]	2010-01-14 00:53:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EAGR ECON EIND PREL SENV TBIO TPHY KGHG KHIV
10SINGAPORE167	SINGAPORE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS PRODUCTIVITY BOOST TO DRIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore's Economic Strategies Committee released recommendations to drive future growth, focusing on raising productivity by improving worker skills, encouraging innovation, and limiting the economy's reliance on foreign labor. The recommendations mark a policy shift from a [...]	2010-02-11 08:51:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ELAB SN
10STATE10500	ANNOUNCEMENT OF RECIPIENTS OF THE 2010 [...] This is an action request. See paras 5 and 7. 2. Summary: I am pleased to announce that Secretary Clinton has approved ten outstanding women to receive the Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage (IWOC) for 2010. These women will be recognized at a high profile cere [...]	2010-02-02 18:07:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM
10STATE16219	IRISL'S UNINSURED FLEET AND EVASIVE ACTIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------- 2. (SBU) On October 12, 2009, the UK government banned its companies from doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL),Iran's shipping line of [...]	2010-02-23 00:39:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KNNP XF ZP ZR IR UK XG XT
10STATE16220	IRISL'S UNINSURED FLEET AND EVASIVE ACTIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------- 2. (SBU) On October 12, 2009, the UK government banned its companies from doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL),Iran's shipping line of [...]	2010-02-23 00:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KNNP XF ZP ZR IR UK XG XT
10STATE3121	TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION [...] (SBU) President Obama, Secretary Clinton, and UN Special Envoy Clinton issued separate statements. Haitian Ambassador to the U.S. Raymond Joseph called for assistance in a CNN interview. Chile, the Dominican Republic, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Jamaica have offered support, with more e [...]	2010-01-13 09:49:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA
10STATE4231	TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION [...] (SBU) NSC Deputy Director Dennis McDonough and Captain John Kirby, spokesperson for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in Port-au-Prince at 0320 EST to address strategic communications. (TF1/Embassy Port-au-Prince/NSC Duty Officer telcons) SEARCH AND RESCUE --------------- [...]	2010-01-15 13:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT
10TBILISI20	GEORGIA: CHARTER FLIGHTS TO RUSSIA SET TO RESUME JANUARY [...] (SBU) Summary: Private airline Georgian Airways (formerly Airzena) is scheduled to initiate charter flights to Moscow and St. Petersburg on January 8, 9, and 10. Russia ended direct flights as a part of its embargo against Georgia in October 2006. The new temporary routes will be the first [...]	2010-01-06 05:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EAIR ECIN RR GG
10TOKYO139	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/22/10 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-22 01:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10USUNNEWYORK107	DPRK: SOUTH AFRICA REPORTS SANCTIONS VIOLATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: South Africa has confidentially reported to the Security Council's North Korea Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") a sanctions violation involving the transfer of North Korea-origin conventional arms to the Republic of Congo via China and Malaysia. According to this report, i [...]	2010-02-25 00:48:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
10YAOUNDE5	CAMEROON AND NIGERIA BEGIN HISTORIC BORDER [...] (U) Summary: On December 14, Cameroon and Nigeria laid the first pillar to demarcate their land border, in compliance with a 2002 International Court of Justice ruling. In remarks at the event, Cameroonian Minister of Justice Amadou Ali called the border a "bridge" rather than a "separatio [...]	2010-01-06 11:49:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC CM MARR NI PGOV PREL
85BANDARSERIBEGAWAN214	BIG BUSINESS IS ROYAL BUSINESS IN BRUNEI [...] No summary [...]	1985-03-04 06:20:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON BX KPRP
85STATE317062	STATUS OF MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND VESSELS [...] REFERENCE (A) SUMMARIZED U.S. GOVERNMENT POLICY AND PRACTICE REGARDING SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY STATUS OF VESSELS EMPLOYED BY THE U.S. NAVY'S MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND (MSC). RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STRATEGIC SEALIFT PROGRAM NECESSITATE A REVISION OF THE POLICIES PROMULGATE [...]	1985-10-15 21:02:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PBTS XX
97COLOMBO3477	LTTE ATTACKS SHIP CHARTERED BY US [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: MICHAEL OWEN, ECONOMIC COUNSELOR. REASON 1.5 (D) 2. (C) INITIAL REPORTS INDICATE THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 0100 LOCAL TIME SEPTEMBER 9, THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE) ATTACKED THE MERCHANT VESSEL "CORDIALITY" WHICH WAS ANCHORED OFF THE NORTHEAST COAST OF S [...]	1997-09-09 10:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER PREF PGOV EWWT CE
97COLOMBO3548	MORE ON THE LTTE ATTACK ON [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR ANDREW MANN. REASON: 1.5 (D). 2. (C) THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY HIRED TO SALVAGE MV CORDIALITY WHICH WAS ATTACKED IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SEPTEMBER 9 (SEE REFTEL) HAS PROVIDED ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF THE ATTACK. THE SHIP HAD BEEN LOADING ILME [...]	1997-09-12 11:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EWWT MOPS CE
97NIAMEY2216	QADHAFI VISIT: HE CAME, HE SAW, HE LEFT [...] (C) SUMMARY. WHAT HE LEFT BEHIND WILL BECOME MORE APPARENT IN THE COMING DAYS. QADHAFI STAYED ABOUT 24 HOURS. THE MAIN PUBLIC EVENT WAS HIS ADDRESS TO THE FAITHFUL AT THE NIAMEY MOSQUE THURSDAY AFTERNOON, IN WHICH HE CALLED FOR THE ABANDONMENT OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE IN FAVOR OF ARABIC, AND [...]	1997-05-09 17:12:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID NG

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